Is a Model T Cheaper Than a VW? And How Much Has YouTube Paid Me?
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2021
- We look at the full cost of the Model T and the Beetle, and we find out which one is more valuable. I also go over how much CZcams has paid me for each project.
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Very interesting and confirms my belief that restoring old cars is more a labour of love than to make money
The model T is what brought me to your channel, but your work is what I admire and the care you take to repairing these cars.
We may only have 15million here in the US, however, Volkswagen Beetle production hit a major milestone on February 17, 1972 by producing the 15,007,034th Type 1 Beetle thus surpassing the Ford Model T as the most produced single model in world history. Total production topped out in 2003 at the Puebla, Mexico plant with car 21,529,464.
Interesting recap.
They are both kind of old school type design/technology too.Simple, solid, that kind of thing.
Thanks, and Woof to Walter.
Excellent and informative breakdown of costs, investments, hours, and prices - thank you! Your passion is tempered by rational cost-benefit calculations, which is great. I totally agree that painting mass-market cars is a plain waste of money, as well as aesthetically dubious-
Because your Videos are mostly silent we have seen lots of great work but very little of you - this video shows us the man behind a very impressive skill set Keep up the great work.
I love your philosophy, just repair what is broken. No more, no less.
I agree with your choices. Sentimentally though, I'd love to see the T painted. Btw the 356 is fascinating
I asked him the same question, "Are you going to paint the T" The answer was so good it made me change my mind.
"I want it to show its age" As a proud 65 year old with a white beard and hair, i just clapped"👏👏👏
I thought this channel was your full time job! Hope you continue your videos, I really appreciate them.
Please know that all your hard work in restoring these cars and the hard work of making these videos is MUCH appreciated!
Great information. I now know a lot more about how CZcams pays for videos. I also agree with your philosophy to not over-restore cars; it's just not financially wise.
Enjoyed your very well illustrated report, and I am completely agree with your stand point, But,
Next to restoration values, there remain one thing, and that next to a market value, there is one value, called sentimental value, and that my friend is for each person a nearly un payable value.
I do own a restored Model A, 1930, that my grandfather during my youth always talked about and his brother was the local ~Ford dealer here on the island of curaçao.
When I got the opportunity to purchase back this model A and put this vehicle 100% back in its original shape as back then, the old man keeps living for us, in our hart for many years.
Now, the top job you did on that model T of yours, I am more than convinced, that you should have a great amount of satisfaction of a job darn well done, as I followed all you videos and you are a very well mechanic/ restorer, you should be very proud to be able to achieve such a well done job, both on the model T and beetle.
I also learned a lot from your way of working, and how you go down to the last screw to fix this.
Markt value, yes you are right, but if you get a person like me, that purchase or look for an item that will have sentimental value, there is where market value will be as a plat form to work up to a decent selling price. Your model T or VW, I would purchase these with closed eyes, sitting here from my study and wire transfer you the selling price, because you are a correct and no nonsense person.
My sincerely compliments to the, you tube footages, the contents of all your remodeling sessions, job well done.👍🏼🇺🇸🤝
Obviously a savvy business mind.
I do hope your videos can pay off your vehicles, thank you for the rundown of how views can actually earn real money. keep up the great work friend.
I would Keep the Model T! It will be a FUN Car for Your Grandkids one day! Especially when You teach them to drive it! And it made a lot of money for You, And probably will pay for itself one day soon, It`s Your CZcams Star! I know many Men who sold their Model T`s and now say they would like to kick themselves in the ass for doing so! I traded a 1930 Model A Ford chassis for a 1915 REO! And as unique as The Reo is, I wish I had NEVER Traded it off! It is now a BEAUTIFUL Roadster! Rumble seat at that! I WOULD KILL TO HAVE IT BACK!
I've seen probably thousands of VW Beetles in my time yet I've never seen a single Model T. The fact that I'm in the UK might have something to do with that. In fact, I didn't even know what a model T looked like, until today. I'd heard the name but had never clapped eyes on one. But, due to this series, I now know the model T inside out. I just watched the entire playlist from the begining. So glad you've made something back from it and it's now three years on. I'm hoping you may have even made your money back on the car.
It really did surprise me how little value the model T has. Especially since I've still never seen one in the flesh. So it's only natural that I'd have thought they're quite rare.
I’ve seen two or three of your videos on the model T and that’s why I watched this video. I would like to watch from beginning to end and the VW videos one day. Great work. This day and time we have to pick and choose what we spend our time on especially when we’re working on projects too! Thanks for your time!
Very interesting. If add the going rate for shop charges you wouldn’t ever get your money back.
Jared, thanks for the interesting analysis! I am not surprised at the vehicle costs and values as I have restored 5 Corvairs! I totally agree that knowing the potential end value is critical so you don't go crazy in the restoration process. I believe in the Jay Leno school of car restoration dangerous thinking "buy a car for 15k, invest $50k and sell it for $25k"!!
What I am really amazed at is the CZcams revenue numbers. Wow, so low! But it does mirror what I have heard from other content creators.
To me, I work on my cars for the personal challenge and satisfaction of accomplishment. I assume the motivation is similar for you.
I really appreciate your sharing of your work and achievements. I think the knowledge you bring to your viewers is fantastic. Thanks!
One additional comment, I use the Hagerty value system as well, but temper it with the reality that the cars are really only worth what you can get somebody to pay for them. The Hagerty values are very helpful though for insurance purposes to make sure you don't over or under insure your investment. Of course the amount of hours and work you put into them is not adequately represented but that's just the way it is!
Thanks again and I'll keep watching!
Glad to see the channel finally taking off, I've really enjoyed all the content.
This is the first time I have ever herd anyone be honest about what they make on you-tube Thank you for that. I love the T videos that is what made me come to your channel and gave me renewed hope that if I find one that needs restored I could really do it! Keep up the Great work!! Thank you for your honesty.
The payback is happiness. Everything else is blessing!
Fantastic channel Jared. Brilliant work. Absolutely love it. Loved the silent series. The lack of dialogue really works. Can’t praise what you do enough. Francis from England.
Great comparisons and the explanation of the CZcams revenue is informative. Even though I thought your decisions not to paint them was wrong at the time, I now "see the light". I am fascinated with the Porsche and how you brought it back to a driver; your skills are very apparent. Keep up the good work so I can follow along.
The FJ40 build is what brought me to your channel. I’m glad I found it. One of my favorites!
Keep up the good work, I learned something new today, more power to your channel
Great break down the car values and the model t has been on road for ever and not that popular. And you are right not painting the model t look beautiful. Thanks for sharing you thought with us 👍👍
You've done a great job on the model T, it's good to see that it's going to be enjoyed.
Investment vs. payback aside, thank you for putting up these videos, I really enjoy them! :)
I binged the T vids last night. Where I live I doubt that beetle would bring more than $5K. I think you did good job on the T and treated it right.
Thanks for the analysis of these two cars very interesting. Keep up the great work that you do. 👍🏻🇺🇸
As I expressed in one of your videos, I'm glad you didn't paint the T. It adds character to the car by showing its well deserved patina. I really hope you make enough ad revenue to pay for the car eventually. Although Ford made 15 million model T's, not all of those still exist. However, there's still a lot to go around. Personally, I think people are asking too much for them. Thank God I bought my 1960 Chevy pickup when they were still cheap. My truck is restored and now worth a fortune, although I will never sell it and will hand it down to my son.
There were actually over 21 million Beetles produced in that timeframe. The 15.4 million figure is only the Beetle production in Germany, which stopped in 1978.
I got lucky so far, My model T that I been peaching together I about a grand into it, I just got a frame and all the running gear plus a extra rear end for 500 bucks I'm only missing the head. I still have the other frame I started with, the rad I got for 50 on facebook and the rusty body I found in the woods for free. I did buy the rear leaf and a front axil from some guy for 250 but now I have two and to top it off a 70 year old man just handed me the a brass rad just for being interested in fixing model ts. Then we the cost of the truck I rented to pick up the semi-complete one I got. I really enjoyed watching you put yours together, it has really motivated me. I changed the name of my channel to, Im no longer McFuckersGarage Im now Chris's Garage
There were no adds throughout this video. Interesting to know the breakdown comparisen of both cars. Thanks.
I am doing up a 1926 Nash tourer and there are not many of these left in the world, doesn't make them any more valuable so I am doing it for love like most restorers. Thanks.
Personalty, i wouldn't have painted the Model T. I like that look.
Really informative video, not just about the repair costs of the vehicles and their value, but also about operating a CZcams channel
Great insight! Thanks for sharing.
This is a fascinating video. I now have a much better understanding and APPRECIATION for what you do. All of your figures EXCLUDED labor, so you are truly doing this because you are passionate about it, not because it is turning a big profit. Thank you for the illuminating details.
I've known your channel for just a couple of days now and it's already my favorite one. Your videos are great,well done and intuitive to understand. You are an inspiration to all the people who want to restore an old car (like myself with my old VW Bus)! Tks a lot, Jared!
Very good videos! Always very informative and interesting. The Beetle is my favorite! My first car was a 72 in ivory. I came to the channel because of the 356 videos. It inspired me so much that I bought a replica just like it in red and black interior. Without your videos I would not have a 356 replica today. Thanks for the inspiration! Keep it up!
Great explanations for everything! Really appreciate your work, and I have learned a lot!
Good call on the Model T. I have a Model A and your videos popped up related to old cars. I subscribed and watched all the "T" information. I'll likely move on to the VW now. I like them too. Your talent and ability is very impressive. I've enjoyed the segments. Thanks and good luck.
Congratulations for all your achievements!
That was extremely interesting! 👍
Thanks for your very informative video Jerod. Hope the cars continue to make some money for you.
You somehow missed $200 when you added up everything for the model t restoration costs. You said it was $4,275 but if you had everything up it comes up to 4,475 I'm a nerd that was keeping tabs and adding it up in my head and noticed it as soon as it happened LOL
Thanks Jared, I enjoy your "no fuss" videos, and your willingness to try your hand at any part of the resto's.
It's interesting to hear the nitty gritty of youtube vids.
Very informative video, thank you!
This is exactly the problem I have with some TV classic restoration/flipping shows ... they imply "profit" on car flipping without ever including labour value/cost ... at this rate a sweatshop labourer makes more per hour than a car restorer 👍
Honest and helpful👍😊
This would be a great follow-up video comparing the 356 vs Land Cruiser.
Great and very informative video.mate,is there any chance to bring that stunning mini on the next video?to be honest,i really admire your mini.Stay safe and cheers,mate!!🚗😄😀😃👍
Great video. Thanks
I have a old beetle and I’d love to have a Model T or a A. I’ve had a A before but I’d love a T. I like how yours looks too. Older bugs are more valuable than yours I believe…. Enjoy your vids.
Jarod - this is one of my favorite YT channels! I’ve watched almost all of your videos, but I must admit only a couple of the Model T videos. It’s just not an interesting car to me but clearly it is to many others. Cool that you explained the costs and YT revenue for each. Maybe next time also estimate the hours of time you spent. To keep you going and get the revenue you most absolutely deserve, I am going to go back and watch the vids I skipped…even the Model T ones.
Thanks for the comment and for watching! The model T videos just got lucky and got promoted a lot by the algorithm👍
Thank you for answering a number of questions that come to mind from time to time. Helps to have a level head mixed with passion. If you factor a sum for the enjoyment and satisfaction you received then you are well and truly ahead. Add that to the enjoyment your subscribers get watching the videos then we are all better off for it because of your work. Joe Z
Well I have 57 subscribers and only 1000 views, so you've done great. Keep it up.
FYI the reason that we are not running over with old Model T's (there were over 15 million made) is
1.) Even during it's production run Ford had a "buy back" program where he would buy older models and recycle them in the blast furnaces to make new little Ford Model T's
2.) During the depression thousands of cars that no one could afford anymore were put in landfills.
3.) During World War Two scrap metal of any type (and that includes old Model T's) was melted down for the war effort.
I think that one of the reasons that the Model T's aren't worth as much as the VW Bug is they aren't really as road worthy as the bug.
I mean a vehicle that struggles to go 45 mph just ain't popular on the interstate although a bug may not do much better they are a little bit newer.
Good video man.
You can't put a value on enjoyment. One can not take either the money or the item with you when you check out, so enjoy your life and what you do with it.
I connected with the channel at start of the Model T, but have gone back and started watching other builds. I really respect your decision not to paint the cars. In furniture, original finish ends up increasing the value.
❤ enjoy your channel! You're intelligent and concise! A great speaker & wonderful CZcamsr! Keep up the good work !👍
Hi Jared, many thx for inspiring us, I hope your purpose of this informative analysys wasn to trigger a decision wether to progress or not. I would honestly missing your enjoyable movies :-)
Short story, like your style. numbers, numbers, numbers.....cool. The no B.S. ''just the facts mam" version. As to keeping the 'T' because you ' just like it' concur. Ford Model N, T, A love to see, VW beetle (as 'Iconic' as it is) couldn't care less. Looks like the 'T' makes more financial sense as well as 'pleasure' sense. Best of luck. I really enjoyed the 'T' series, never batted an eye at the bug series. Just one consumers input.
Wow super danke für diese Video 🥰👍
One thing that you didn’t mention was that although the Model T and the Bug had similar production figures (15 million), but the Model T has many more years of attrition and conversion to hot rods in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s...Therefore, the Model T IS much more significant than. VW Bug.
I can't wait to paint these cars
You will hardly find them for sale in Belgium, for a wooden Ford Model T '15 they ask here €19,950 (35,391 US Dollar). A Ford A is double that. I only build one in modeling.
So you don't have to make a living. Instead you can do this labour of love and share it with us! That's not a bad thing at all.
Fantastically informative and very counterintuitive! Who knew Model Ts were so plentiful even now?!?! That said, I've known for a couple of years where someone had two of them stored away right here in Texas near where I live. I honestly thought it was a big deal.
Thanks for the very informative video. Being one of those "life long gear heads" (always took my new toys apart to see how they worked instead of "playing" with them), I treat the kind of thing you, and I, are doing as a "hobby". There's no getting around the significant amount of WORK that is involved in doing this. The "difference", however, is that WORK is not always a "four letter word"!! In my case, and I suspect yours as well, I suspect the "work" expended is enjoyable and quite satisfying!! In my seven plus decades, I have found very few things as satisfying as what comes from being "creative" which brings us right back to that four letter word, "WORK".
That said, I treat the work and the financial/cost considerations as a "hobby" cost instead of as a cost/profit/gain analysis. There are precious few "hobbies" that result in financial gain. Most all "hobbies" come with a cost. Some much higher than others of course. Even simply being a "sports" fan can get "pricey" unless you spend all of your "fan" time in front of your home TV!!! Even that, these days comes with what can be a hefty price tag with all the "digital" charges!!!
I just watched your entire Model T series after seeing your car on Superfast Matt. Glad he turned me onto your channel.
Awesome! Thank you!
@@Jerod_Helt thank you! I finished up the 356 series last night. It was a joy to watch that transformation. I've straightened some questionable panels before but your work on that fender was extremely impressive. Another great series. I'm hooked.
@@bobulele very cool. The 356 is such a great car! I drive it all the time
Depends on condition..both about the same if VW not a rare one..
I tried to explain to a friend of mine that the money he was spending on restoring his 25 year old car was a waste of money. He'd have to keep the car another 25 years just to get back what he'd put into it.
Very informative and well done. I really enjoyed your silent model t videos. All that meticulous work. Forty hours per week working on CZcams. Do you have a day job also? How do you find time for poor little Walter?
Saying the classic bug was built from 38 to 03 is kinda weird. While technically correct, the first bugs were like preproduction cars, built for high ranking German officers. Later in the fifties, volkswagen began and started making those cars off of the plans until 79 when they discontinued the air-cooled cars, but Mexican and Brazilian factories kept making them to 03
Some correction on the numbers of the Beetle: The overall production number until 2003 for the old Beeetle was 21.5 million, where 15.8 million where German production (Wolfsburg - end of production 1974 and Emden - end of production 1978), the rest was made in Mexico. On 17th February 1972 th 15,007,034 mil. beetle was produced and took over the Model T record. So just 34 years instead of your mentioned 65 years. But still a great record by the T, historically seen. 😉
Thanks for this video 👍🏾
A couple of disagreements about the availability of each car. The model t was mad before WW2 so many of them were probably lost in metal scrap drives for the war effort. The beetle's production numbers were probably 1/2 of them produced after the world wars. Therefore, the beetle should be much more available at this time.
I LOVE Your Cars! The Model T has a Special place in My Heart, Because it is AWESOME to See Someone as Young and Talented as You save a BEAUTIFUL 1920`s Car! They stopped building the VW Bug I believe in the early 1980`s than came back out with a totally different version I DID NOT LIKE AT ALL around the early 2000`s! Sadly a lot of Model T Fords were Hot Rodded, And or tossed away! But they were Reliable and Survived a WW2 Metal Drives when new cars were not being Manufactured, Folks hang on to them. And they were cheep of gas! Sometimes! I love the Original VW`s 1938 to 1982! But I LOVE Model T Fords! You got Your Coils CHEEP! Mine cost #$80+ each! I am going to get a Rocky Mountain Breaks on Mine because I live around a few hills I would like to drive down, My other Model T is a Touring, And it does not have issues on Hills, But I want to be on the safe side with My 1923 Sedan! My very Good Friend Mick Hartmann makes the High Speed Rear-end Gears for the Model TT Trucks, And these Have NO Hill climbing issues! His TT Truck will do 45 Comfortably! I stil;l See Model T Fords around here on the road today! I LOVE IT!
Toyota Cor!olla 44 million (Wikipedia) but so many model years that the T and the Beetle are a greater achievement IMHO
Excellent breakdown of the projects and I also joined your channel because of the model "T" and will continue to follow the video's in the future. If you were to add your labor costs at todays rate, the model "T"s overall value (as you stated) may never be recovered. Just your personnel achievement should be the overall value and satisfaction!
Two quick question for anyone watching, I assume you put lead additive into the fuel for both cars, but how high of an octane do you use? Do you use antifreeze in the model "T" coolant system?
Groetjes uit Holland 🥰👋🏼🌹
The amount of work you have to do is humongous and that means sweat equity, time and financial investment. Very hard for what CZcams pays to even recoup your investment. We sort of knew that, now it’s confirmed. That’s why we thank you for your work just for our entertainment.
Thanks for sharing some numbers. It's about where I thought it would be for the T. (I haven't seen the Bug series yet.) I've often wondered if I'd have the personality and stick-tuit-ivness to do a channel. It looks like a lot of hard work! I like how you get tasks done in an expedient way without a lot of chitchat. Often a new channel will struggle because the host runs out of engaging content and starts milking the same old project without much progress. I see that you are continually searching for and acquiring more cars to keep the channel fresh. I rather like the affordable mass production stuff myself. At some point you'll want to judge each new subject more on how much fun it will be and entertaining for viewers than how much financial sense the project makes. The CZcams revenue will help tilt the scale as it started to do with the T. If I see an Amphicar basketcase I'll let you know, haha.
An amphicar would be sweet
thanks for that, i know what you mean.
Over the decades rust, crashes, death, lack of interest and other reasons, cars are lost never to return- so saying there are 15 million of these cars is way off. People estimate there are about 10 thousand T's still around and about 200 thousand type 1 beetles. Big difference. But understandable since the last model T was built 84 years ago.
Es wurden 21.526.464 Volkswagen Typ 1 gebaut.
How about the FJ 40 ?
Actually, they have produced 15.458.781 cars of model T.
there were 21,529,464 beetle's built!!!!
I got my info from Wikipedia 👍
@@Jerod_Helt …in Germany 😉
@@Jerod_Helt I checked Wikipedia and it also states 21,529,464
Do a Ford Model A with a V8!
You are incorrect about the production number of the Volkswagen Bug. A total of 21.529.464 were built!
Hi Jared, what is the height of your Model T?
My garage opening is 80". Thinking a Fordor might be too tall. Have heard other T owners talking about the the height of their cars being around 76" or so.
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1:41 Sorry for correcting you, but VW hit the 15.4 Million in 1972 and had beaten the T Modell as the most build car.
The production ended in 2003 in Mexico and they actually made 21 Milloine Beetle. Lots of them were sold in Mexco but also in Brasil.
Nowadays VW claims the VW Golf was sold more often, but there are 7 ir 8 different models of it while the beetle and the T model wasn't changed that much over the years.
How much did you pay Walter from all of that CZcams money?