1957 Autocar Truck First Drive in 16 Years!!! Is it road worthy??
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2020
- Finally got her moving under her own power, for more videos of this truck click here: • 1957 Autocar Truck
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Bonus points to whoever spots my buddy Billy the buck in the video!
Mud Bee 🐝 lolz
I'm soo glad to see her running for you! I'd love to see her up close.
Diesel Creek I found him
@@powerstrokediesels7824 Timestamp or it didn't happen!!
Ole Dude he doesn’t have to prove it if he wants to you can’t demand him to do it he can do what he wants.
It's old, slow, noisy, smelly and looks rough as hell. It's absolutely gorgeous and would love to own it.
Mark Wallis Could not have said it better myself.
Just like my mother in law😂 except the second bit
john dowe Doh!
It will make a great work horse, and with that trailer do all sorts of heavy hauling around the county.
@@johndowe7003 i got a mother in law thats similar and shes a 4x4..4 foot tall by 4 foot wide..🤣
Vice Grips on the battery terminal. That’s “factree.”
Mint 👌
Good field fix! When you have to rig a fix with what you have on-hand, its a win!
Help me understand!!! I don't knowwww...
@Paul Veldman I didn't really need help understanding. That is one of Vice Grip Garage's quotes.
True strate out of the factory
Maximum respect to the guys that used to drive these things for a living. My grandfather among them. Men with arms and legs like zeuss but deaf as a post. I tip my hat gentlemen.
Also he was bounced around by that old suspension, no separate suspension to make the seat more comfortable. Kidney killer I heard.
@@joerogers4227 my grandfathers neck was so messed up from the jarring he had a leather strop he used to put his head through that was attached to a cable and pulleys to a bucket of scrap metal on the floor, he would sit down and lift the bucket to straighten his neck, best bit was this contraption was located in his toilet! The look on visitors faces when confronted by a shitter with a noose above it was awesome, grandma wasnt a fan of the system.
thank you, drove one of those old girls in the oil fields in Texas 50 years ago, 10 years same truck. loved every minute of it.
@@watsisbuttndo829 He probably never complained or felt sorry for himself.
The good thing about these old rigs everything was rebuildable along side the road as long as you had a few tools and common wear items on board.
You can hardly hear it coming, better get that horn going🤙
Use it or lose it........
Everybody knows that batteries enjoy “a little tappy tap tap”......don’t listen to the others!
I used to do that all the time on my old machines! Worked every time! 😁
It's one of my favorite "hacks" from CZcams.
@CivilDefenseLLC I don't even like using them round post batteries I swap em to the stud style and it.makes life a lot easier and wastes less time.fiddling with em. Round posts get no love from me they get the. Biggest hammer like object first then the vice grips/screw/nail
@CivilDefenseLLC Thats the most american thing ive heard today XD
every mechanic that's worked on farm equipment has done it at least once, and it worked
She is one of the most gorgeous machines I've ever seen. I absolutely love old hardware.
So simple and basics yet it did what it needed to do. And after years of neglect still fires up.
Try this with a newer truck in 50 years 🤣
Shoot alot of the times, you can't even do that after 50 days...
Considering that it's been standing around for the last 15 years it's in better condition than than "bush wacker" you bought LOL
Hahahah very true!!!
American made. Built to last not replace. Wish we went back to that method
😀
@@DieselCreek Love your truck. Does she have the Ross power steering, or manual gearbox.
He keeps working on the bush wacker long enough he can call it American remade.
You need a 40s era dozer to go on the low boy, what a sight that would be!
Yeah!
You got that right. I know where there's a 1947 gas IH dozer for $3500...bad news is it's in New Mexico!
“I’m just gonna hammer these corroded terminals on with a ratchet.” Fast forward. “Oh I melted the battery terminal.” Lol
Those old N/A Cummins have such a distinct, beautiful tone when you lean into a load.
So glad to see that old girl moving again can't wait to see her hooked up to the lowboy and getting back to work
Amen!!!!
Totally agree, Matt if you ever get a chance to make it to Indiana, look me up. Lunch or dinner is on me. Your autocar is built similar to my old army trucks. Love to shout the BULL with you over a meal.
@@nickslistm246 Dont tempt me with a free meal! Ill find something to buy out there just to get the free lunch hahah
@@DieselCreek well come on by, bring the Mrs., your camera And the meatball. my wife loves dogs, hints we have 2 geriatric pups and I'll give you a tour of my collection of old army trucks (5) and trailers (11).
How much you want to bet it want crank up by its self in the winter
The auto car brings back some fun memories. Dad was chief mechanic for a small oil drilling company in Colorado in the early and mid-50s. I started doing some grease monkey and swamping for him and some of the drivers when I was about 10 or 11 years old. The best job I had was firing up one of the rig trucks when it was time to bring it into the shop for dad to work on. They had a couple of auto cars I don’t remember what year or what type of engine. But watching this Brought back the fun memories of sitting in the cab pulling like crazy on the compression release lever, spinning up the engine and then dropping that compression lever and hearing that engine shake and rattle and finally smooth out. Naturally being 10 or 11 I took the longest way possible from the yard right next to the shop before pulling the truck in the bay. Love an auto car!
Well, the old machines like a good easy warm up.....
dude you had a awesome childhood
I guess even Spielberg would give you 5 stars for this one... IT'S ALIVE..... the effort you put in to make these vids is awesome... great work... superb result Matt.
Wilson Contracting Co. was a road contractor that did a lot of contract work for Delaware DOT in the mid 50s thru late 1970s. They had a yard office in State Road, Where Route 13 and Route 40 come together in New Castle, Delaware. State Road is now considered and addressed as part of New Castle. My uncle who was a foreman in the 60s and 70s for Rupert Construction, who was mainly a concrete company, worked on quite a few road projects with Wilson.
Well are you selling a 59 out of cards exactly the same model it had a 10-speed or 96 transmission in it the situation was if that truck there as a air box in a supercharger turn around you have to turn around be careful of how high you push it because to turn around the head bolts on a 220 Cummins don't have enough head bolts in order to hold her down you may have to turn around and do a head gasket repair that's the way it was for me anyway and I always had to use brand new head bolts to turn around because of the situation that they would turn around leak after a few thousand miles but my truck my auto car with my 262 model which is some size of the motor with a with a supercharger on it turned around it so that turn around and been bored out to a 335 there by which I didn't have enough head bolts nor to hold the head together miss my old truck having to turn around and let it get froze split around the middle good luck to you my friend
one of the biggest problems was the old trucks was a series parallel switch turned around 1201 side then when you turn around try to start and went to a 24 volt system it always had a problem starting and no soul so I had a problem turning around keeping the batteries charged up you best off to turn around if you're going to do a rebuild just buy a 12 volt starter and go from a positive ground to a negative ground which the old trucks used to be the old truck used to have a
Man that's cool as hell. The possibilities are endless with this truck! I have a 1940 Cummings that is mounted on a trailer, I use it to run a pump in a creek to water about 40 acres. I keep the filters cleaned oil full and it fires every time! When I open her up the folks 10 miles away can hear her!
@NNNNNNNGGGG she runs that pump like no body's business cranks Everytime and at night she will have that manifold red hot when you drive down and check o her. I've used her, my dad and granddad got her out of an old truck
Cummins*
@@tinoswrld that drives me nuts too lol
@@DieselCreek lol
Jason King Does it have a backdrop manifold? An N/A Cummins with a backdrop manifold has the most beautiful exhaust bark you’ll ever hear! I hope you post a video of her working one day!
Oh my God who wouldn't love an auto car look at the bumper on that thing in the way it flows together they built beautiful trucks back then
Cherish the old iron and save it, no one else will...awesome job Matt.
My dad drove autocars as a truck driver hauling steel .when I was a boy, I will never forget the purr of the engine, enjoy it.👍👌😇
that truck is actually holding air pressure? that's kinda amazing.
You ever hear the saying they don't build stuff like they used to like this truck for example
@@ethanspaziani5269 my dad’s backhoe was like that, it was able to run and be used despite having multiple problems (one brake was gone, it had multiple leaks, and was missing the seat) until the engine started knocking
@@jakealter5504 we live in a shity world today with all this amazing technology and advancement it looks like we have regressed backwards in terms of useful technology re equipment is suffering from greed not only our society now
@@ethanspaziani5269 sounds right. All my dad’s backhoe needs to be usable is having it’s engine rebuilt. I had accidentally ran the engine too low on oil and didn’t realize it was knocking since the machine is loud, thankfully we shut it down before it could get worse. Hopefully we will eventually rebuild the engine since getting a newer used backhoe in decent shape would cost more than rebuilding the engine would
@@jakealter5504 it's better to repair and keep your old stuff working because new stuff will brake four times faster
That things awesome. Love old trucks like that.
Thanks!!
Diesel Creek yea I’m the kid on Instagram that keeps pesterin ya lol
Your granddad's saying is very close to what I grew up hearing: "Grind em til you find em they will make em out of rubber someday!". Lovely old truck you got there!
Diesel Creek- I worked for a small truck line in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-seventies and a huge scrap yard had a brand new Autocar with a 3408 Cat engine in it. To a young mechanic it was a real thing of beauty! I had straight pipes and sounded awesome!
Kinda sounds like, "Christine" after she limps back to the garage. Love old trucks!
it's been a pleasure so far watching these videos. it sure brings back memories of driving these on my first real truck driving job. we had two old Autocars and two old Mack's. i can't believe you have 1 dislike on this video.. just be a smart car driver or my brother
Hahahah 😂
No it's probably somebody who just don't like Matt
They're now 15 loosers ! They're to be everywhere, especially on good channels like Matt's here. Sad.
I always like to see old school trucks n cars brought back to life ! 👍👍
Legend tells of a lumbering beast, out in the woods late at night...
Terrible growling noises coming from the dark...
The air fills with acrid smoke...
A glimmer in the moonlight...🌙
And if you look closely, you can just make out the words...
Autocar...
She lives to dance another day...⛽
Greetings Matt!
As the son of a trucker who owned mostly Chevies from the 40s until his last, his only new truck in 1975, I can't tell you how pleased I am and how much I can identify with the feelings you have for your sweet pile of tired iron. Keep up the great work and the super content. I admire your killer work ethic!!
Thank you much!
I almost started yelling, “don’t hook that trailer”. Good thing you’re smart.
That falls under, work smarter not harder.
If you HAD hooked that trailer and the fifth wheel jammed you would have probably had to unbolt or cut the fifth wheel (legs) away from the truck and leave it hang under the trailer so you could get to the locking mechanism. 240 ish pounds of cast steel just poised to fall on you.
That’s awesome, love those old trucks, built tough and well, you can’t kill them. I’m a trucker and today’s trucks can’t hold a candle to those old rigs! Today’s trucks may be modern and full of computers but they aren’t made from quality and won’t last like those old beauties!!
No doubt!!, they won’t be able to be fixed either because of all that tech crap
@@DieselCreek That's right, we live in a throw away society today, my current truck a 2020 Kenworth and it will probably be in the scrapheap someday and that gem you have will still be running and looking sweet. Hold on to that Autocar !! Some day I'm gonna buy a truck like the one you have, I already own a Greatdane trailer mostly for storage, but I will need a cab to pull it.
built and runs like a tank!
Omg I’ve been waiting for this
Same
Me too i hope we get a up date on the trailer for it
Yeeeees finally
All in due time!
When you drove up the gravel drive with the camera on the ground and horn blaring, I suddenly had a flashback to Spielberg's first film, "Duel". 😊 Just love seeing this old iron get used again. BTW if you can't find a cab, maybe at least some doors and you won't have to do so much patchwork.
It’s one of the only things you can drive at 10 miles an hour and be happy
The kind of guy who will not allow the jaws of defeat from taking victory away from him. Fighting to the end, whatever it takes. Very, very good!
She's an ol' beauty. I hear music coming from the exhaust pipe!(well maybe its coming directly the manifold)
She has a muffler on passenger side,,prefferenly a stack
@@hemiroyd7431 what Ed means is it sounds like the exhaust is exiting under the hood, most likely from a rust hole. Nothing too hard to fix if the owner wants it quieter! I prefer my trucks as quiet as possible, but my trucks are all for daily use and not for showing off!
What a awesome truck it happens to be 1 year newer then me rock on Matt
Cosmetic damage! Look at that gorgeous patina! Don't you dare touch that glorious paint!
If Harley Davidson ever built a diesel, I think it would’ve sounded like this guy when you first started it. 10:33 It sounds amazing!!
I've watched this numerous times and am impressed again and again with how much work you've invested in your property! You deprecate your efforts but they're quite impressive.
That was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be to watch. You did a great job with the narration and photography. Your enthusiasm also helped!
Hi.Born and raised on a truck in New York City in the 40's, 5 Brothers,each a real NY card, and most of their ,and my Dad ,the boss, never got over 50,000 miles,an mostly Macks, whose fenders flapped in the wind at 40 mph, who purchased a 50' Gas Autocar, three axle with a 2 speed rear,and totally foreign to any of them,and I came from college,after some exposure to california trucks,and on trip with my Uncle Joey,he let me Drive a swinging load of hanging beef, to an A& P warehouse in Joisy, And Got into 3 gear and pulled a shift on the twist lever with a touch on the clutch, and he almost jumped out of the truck,hollering " You're ruining this truck", and i proceeded to hit fourth with another twist on the shift to low range,then twist to high range ,and he was astounded that all those gears were there. None of hem would believe it when we got back to 9th Ave and 14th st,in the meat market office. My Dad just smiled. By the way the with meat rails on the 28 ft body, was overloaded when EMPTY. and she didn't even feel it . Sorry but I wanted to show how they were built. Real tough and reliable .
Please do a restoration series on this, you will win the Internet man, love all your videos 🤙🤙
I’m planning on it!!
Such a sight!! Definitely made my morning!
Love the video! So happy for you. What a great truck! Can't wait to see your next video.
I don’t know anywhere near enough but with a truck like this boy would I learn quickly.
It would give me so much joy to clean and restore this truck, but not to all brand new parts.
I live where autocar is made my cousin owns a factory which does the wiring harness for the new autocar trucks
I am stuck at home with a bum knee, and while I am not one of the guys I friggin love this channel.
Audiance applause counts, Ma'am! 😀
A bum knee? Does that mean it has a crack in it? xD
SHE LIVES! Nothing like Christmas in August. Congratulations on getting her moving down the road.
Matt, I love your excitement about this old truck. It's so great to se people like you saving old equipment from the boneyard.
Always a great feeling to get an old beast going again!
This truck is what brought me to this channel. Keep up the good work!
That truck has so much character. Congrats on getting her rolling.
Newer viewer to the channel and lemme just say I've loved all of your videos so far. This one is by far my favorite, how effortlessly that old truck starts up once you got it fixed up is amazing, old steel really is stout.
I LOVE your minimalist execution of equipment shed!!!
"Exellent video" love seeing these old Rigs comeing Alive again. Great job.
Cheers Grant ; )
Dude ! I am stoked for you ! Love that truck !
Thanks!!
Thumbs up for checking the oil. Never hurts, and only takes a second.
I have always had gasoline vehicles, but the sound of the Autocar and the Diesel is Classic. You can hear that motor Building America.
Glad you're having fun with the old girl. Can't wait to see her shiny and road worthy again. All the best from down under.
Sweeeeet! Love the sound of those old diesels. Awesome to here it and see it move. Paying homage to Derek didn't hurt. He's fun to watch too.
Matt, greetings from Philippines , everytime I see and hear old machines you repaired start and run , I find joy !
Thanks for the video!
I loved the sound of this beauty and look forward to seeing your progress. You sound like you have the skills and knowledge to make this a show-stopper. Thank you. - Dean from Minnesota
Hey Matt, good video, I'm proud of you. Life is tough and we all work hard but every now and then, we get one of those rare moments where we feel like we're winning. You driving your 1957 Autocar tractor, on the road you built, on your own property... buddy you were winning that day! 👍🏻👊🏻
Really sweet AutoCar, one of my favorite trucks especially the older ones like you have and love them in the single axle.
Damn that’s one badass truck. The old auto cars are absolutely beautiful
They don't build trucks like that anymore, old Macks, Kenworths, Oshkosh, Autocars etc built America. Great video and good luck with the resto, I am sure it will scub up very well.
I like that old thing :) Glad you can drive it (some what)!
It was nice to see the ole girl moving along again!
That engine noise gives me a big smile. Love old machines. 👏🏻
she's taking the fuel pretty darn good! Sounding better the more you drove it.... Impressive that the brakes worked too
"Tappy-tap-tap", "broken right half in two"- you've been watching too many AvE videos!
I agree, you’ve got a Cool truck. I’ll be watching to see if get her fixed up.
That was the coolest thing I've ever seen oh, I've always been a big car guy and that was awesome thank you very much for taking the time to film that!
There used to be alot of these workhorses in the back of my family's home as there used to be an industrial workshop that was abandoned (unknown reason) I would play around there as a kid and my parents would scold me alot! This video brought a load of nostalgia that I could even smell the all familar oil and tires! Good times! Awesome video!
Let’s hope the next video on this beauty doesn’t take as long to come out
Great series of videos, looking forward to seeing many more on this old gem.
That’s freaking awesome, this truck is sick, and driving it decades later is even more awesome
That's awesome you mentioned Derek from VGG. Both of y'all's channels are awesome to watch.
Right on brother! will be watching this as soon as my work meeting is over with lmao
I Seldom leave comments, but I felt it was worth leaving one. A-cars are just awesome! Great video!
I love seeing old equipment come to life!
Thanks for another right up my street video, I feel your joy with motors, I have had 50 years of this great life with old trucks. Good luck.
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while!! I love that truck!! I would hope you’re going to put the spring brake cans on there when you start working on it. When I first started driving trucks we had a couple trailers at work that were older and didn’t have spring brakes on them. If you didn’t hook up the air lines and charge the brakes they would roll back wards as the air would leak off and the brakes released! Keep up the great videos Matt!
Back in the 70s here in the UK trailers had an automatic system to apply the brakes with air from a tank when the tractor unit was disconnected. This was ok unless the trailer had a slow air leak. I've seen many drivers back under trailers and push them back where they shouldn't be because the brakes had let go. Can work out very expensive. Now they have spring brake chambers.
Cool as hell. Amazing that it hasn’t moved in 15+ years. Seems that old technology pretty much never lets you down. Good luck in the future Matt with your planned restoration.
I’ll be looking forward to it.
Iron, mechanical linkages, no electrical gizmos besides gauges and an hourmeter - that's how equipment should be.
It's great to see this old girl back on the road. I can't wait to see what your going to do to it next. Another great video.
I’ve been waiting for this,congratulations.
just to keep it short I LOVE IT
Me too!!
That's awesome! The Autocar is what brought me to your channel. Happy to see the old girl driving. More double clutching.... Lol
Work fascinates me. I can watch it for hours! And I really like that horn! Truly a blast from the past!
I have a sign that says that somewhere 😂
That's so good to see it running, loving this series/playlist
So glad this is here
Glad your here to watch it!
Man, that engine sounds GOOD spinning up! Kind of like an air starter.
It's fun bringing them back to life. I just resurrected a 74 corvette that's been sitting for at least 15 yrs. A lot if work but it's sure fun to drive. Good job. God bless
I just wanted to add a note to say how much I enjoy your videos. I used to enjoy doing as a hobby a few of the many things you are involved with, but I am 65, I have no energy due to chronic Lyme disease, and what energy I do have goes to helping to take care of my partially paralyzed spouse. Enjoy your life and your health while you still have both.
Thank you!
I love the sound please restore it but just enough to be safe dont fix the paint or the look
The gnarly old patina is great. That trick of buffing the paint and surface rust with beeswax can preserve the look without it getting worse.
about time . soo excite
So was I!
Just so cool. Hope you take good care of it and bring her back to full glory!