Great Cars: OLDEST AUTOS
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- Most people think of them as early relics of an era long past-as antiques that are best left in museums. To a special group of people - a much larger group than most would dare imagine - the earliest motorcars are an integral part of their lives.
Some owners of veteran automobiles are fascinated by the early technology of the horseless carriage; others are captivated by their importance and history. But, the people were about to meet love the challenge of using their ancient motorcars as often as possible, reliving many of the challenges faced by the motoring pioneers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This special uncovers some of the world’s oldest running cars and the people who’ve nurtured these noisome relics.
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Hats off to Dave driving that 1915 as an everyday car.
I’m always amazed at 100 plus years old cars are still functional.
That steam ride is amazing! What a piece of history! 😲
I'm 79 years old and at age 15 I started my apprenticeship in the Montagu Motor Museum Workshops in Beaulieu in the south of England restoring old cars. I loved everything about the job but the wages were too low. When I finished the apprenticeship I found nobody else wanted to employ me as a mechanic because what I'd been doing was so out of date..
Your apprenticeship was a "niche." Your search for employment should have been thru museums and car restoration buffs. Your knowledge was superior to any present day mechanics. Today's "mechanics" can take off parts and replace the parts with the replica parts. You, on the other hand can "repair" machines. There is a difference. I am also 79 yrs old. I envy your employment record.
We still quite often drive around our 1903 Nash Rambler. Slightly updated and a blast to drive
Fascinating.
Since early childhood I've been mesmerized by old cars.
I suppose I always will be.
Wish this series was still on TV.
Very well done.
Thank you for the post!
Wish we had the chance to make a few more episodes. There were cars we couldn't get to. Thanks for your comment.
It is a great thing to see these early automobiles preserved, restored and running. Evidently it was feared in the 1910’s that the automobile would soon become a thing of the past. Especially with World War 1, demand for gas and oil was exceeding supply and petroleum reserves were dwindling. In the February 1918 issue of National Geographic is an article ,”Billions of Barrels of Oil Locked Up in Rocks”, which touches on this. This article states that the recent discovery of the extent of oil shale in the US insures that the automobile will able to be enjoyed by many future generations to come. The following statement is made by this article:” The horseless vehicle’s threaten East dethronement has been definitely averted and the uninviting prospect of a motorless age has ceased to be a ghost stalking in the vista of the future”.
The Oldsmobile Curved Dash had a beautiful paint job. Great color and very shiny.
The Joy of driving is the key.. cars are designed to be driven maintained and loved!
Wish the kids could see a Greenfield Patterson. Honestly our generation isn't close to the skills of that time. Yet they didn't have access to information like we do. Amazing what a man could do back then. I just hate the inequality of the times on all fronts.
Thanks for posting this video. Enjoyed it very much. Be Blessed.
Was glued to my screen every second of this. EXCELLENT JOB!! Thank you!!
Thank you. Appreciate that.
Not a word about the Winton that made it across the states in 1903 . Almost like it didn't happen . History worthy of forgetting. :-(
So much enjoying these videos, thank you so much for posting them.
Thank you for watching. And please share them with your friends.
Great work was done on 'Oldies' Thank you so much.
Drove the model A everyday for a few years while I assembled it from scratch.still use it every weekend to haul stones from the river.self assemble .carl barandi
Cool is it the model aa truck
I think they should teach people how to drive these cars so we can keep them on the road very fascinating history
Amazing bit of history! Steam power,
then internal combustion engines, and now electric cars!
Steam, Electric then internal combustion.
05/16/2023 look up William Morrison. He made an electric car in 1890 in Des Moines Iowa.
Nice video. Could have added more info about Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. There is some great video out there of Cugnot tinkering with one of his engines. That would be great to add to this.
Hahahahaha18th century videos! I have a large collection myself of the building of the pyramids and the Great Wall of China. I did have one of the Big Bang but there was no sound! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The first American gasoline powered automobile was the Duryea in 1893 built in Springfield Massachusetts.
amazing thanx for the upload...
I just remembered something. At Olney, Texas around 1962 or so, two guys built a steam engine in a Volkswagen car (bug). I saw a copy of a letter that the Volkswagen company sent to a Fort Worth, Texas VW dealership, asking the dealership to help the two guys locate parts.
There was an article in Popular Mechanics or Popular Science magazines on this car. The article said that the guys used a couple of big Mercury or Evenrude outboard motors. The author rode in the car and said it was very quiet. Not many details were given, because the guys were busy with the patent procedure.
Then it just died. I have never heard anything else about it. Was it just a hoax? Or was the thing a complete failure? I never found out, and never found anyone else who ever heard of it.
I enjoyed this great informational video.
Old Texan
@@jamesharan8225 shoot George Doble was still around in the 50's. Made a modern, extremely good steam car prototype, that of course never went anywhere because folks believed the lies about steam that even this video propagate.
bill lear... was developing a delta type engine (napier deltic?). lots of money, never went anywhere.
there were hundreds, if not thousands of attempts at steam powered cars in the last century... and none have been successful, the last reasonable success was already mentioned... doble.
Fantastic video
A decent documentary in a style that is familiar from the 1950s -80s, it’s interesting to know that it was made in 2005 and uploaded in 2017 but feels earlier, despite there being stills and videos in the titles of cars from the 21st Century.
(Just read this two years later) Maybe because it was a British, not American production? Pre-computer based editing as well.
From other industries mentioned, one could be added: Elevator manufacturing. The Sultan was a product of the Otis Elevator Co.
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Great video!
Many decades ago, the Mother Earth News magazine did an article on a "hybrid electric," in which a small ICE lawn mower engine kept a bank of batteries charged. This was, if memory serves, later offered in plans form.
I very much enjoyed this video and have just subscribed to King Rose Archives. The photo that drew me to click on and play this video was a photo of Horatio Nelson Jackson in his 1903 Winton. The photo was taken during Jackson's drive from San Francisco to New York City in 1903 with his hired co-driver Sewall Crocker. They were the very first to successfully drive across America. I was surprised that there was no mention of this. With the mention of the Oldsmobile I was further surprised at no mention of the Oldsmobile company having one of their motor vehicles at the very same time driving across America. Also at that very same time was the Packard automobile company having one of their motor vehicles driving across America.
One thing cars did which never gets any attention was eliminate the tons of horse-shit in the towns and city streets!
You forgot to mention the millions of gallons of horse p@ss.
@@KingRoseArchives Seriously?
Substituted for lung disease. But horses were treated dreadfully beaten to go until they dropped dead in the street.
The horses created a problem 24/7, even when not be used for transportation. The automobile only created a problem when it was running, being used.
@@northdakotaham1752 That is a ridiculous thing to say. Oil industry runs 24/7, deaths and lung disease due to vehicle emissions are a very big issue.
The cars shown in this video are marvelous !
outstanding video!!!
AWESOME!
"they don't build them like they used to"...Thank God, old cars are scary compared to what we have today. It's nice to have brakes for one thing.
@505197 .. So you don't mind the large bill when the garage tells you the 'Engine Management System' has a fault and you need a new one because it is a 'sealed' unit, or the cost of a new 'plastic' bumper as you simply let the car roll into, (or got too close to something) and put a large scratch along it. Give me an old one any-day - at least the metal was thicker, as were the layers of paint -- -- and the brakes did work, as people didn't tend to drive at 70 everywhere. Lets face it before 1958 we didn't have any motorways, so there wasn't really the need for 'power assisted' brakes and all this ABS.
Don't follow so close!
Just use your trusty sprag!
@@christopherlovelock9104actually we have had freeways since the late 40s. I remember when the IOI freeway bypassed Petaluma in 1956. There was even an article in LOOK magazine about it.
I could watch this era of cars all day long.
These infernal machines will never catch on ;) .
CNCmachiningisfun lol well put
That's what I predicted about the internet when it first came out.
I am not a car buff, But this a great video, Well Done
fantastica!!
Thank you.
My hobby loves this.
Nice job
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I have oldsmobile 1933 from my Family memorie and i also bought mercedes 1933 and 1969 Mustang
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I'd love to own a curved dash Olds... lovely vehicle...
Agreed. Though in this day and age (and my poverty budget,) I'd be content to build one that has that look, powered by a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine.
One type of fuel that was not mentioned is cars driven by burning wood. After WW2 you could see these in Europe. The smoke is combustible when used correctly.
Nice
First automobile was a 2 cylinder steam powered buggy invented by Dr. Carhart in the USA in 1873, 11 years before the Europeans. It was nicknamed, “Spark” and Dr. Carhart received recognition by the world as the “father of the automobile.” Sadly, he has been largely forgotten, as evidenced by this video.
It was over so quickly. Great video.
Thanks for watching. I know, 25 minutes is pretty fast for a documentary but truth be told we didn't have very big budgets and decided we could do a good job with a 25 minute show but an hour would be a stretch.
Well done either way!
Wish my grandpa was still around to enjoy this with me. He always had a Model T in the garage, and fixed everything and anything. I've been following in his footsteps ever since I finally woke up in my mid 20's. :)
He'd probably roll in his grave if he could see how much they're getting for Models T's these days, but at least they've survived! I can guarantee you if any one of the cars rolling off an assembly line today make it 100 years and are still operable, that will be quite the achievement! I think 20 years will be pushing it. :)
Why in the automotive industry no longer produce "white" tires? For example, if the car is white, it will fit white tires with black inscriptions: (Chevy Caprice Classic of 91). Never mind...
@@roll411 Ask Coker Tire. They make antique tires and could provide a good explanation.
@@jessebrook1688 Thanks Jesse! :)
Much is said about how long it takes to start these early cars, but when you compare that with the time it takes to get the horse up and fed, hooked into the harness and coupled to the carriage, it's still comparable and probably a lot faster.
I think that is very interesting.
Am glad I watched this video
I thought electric cars were new thing
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Have you head of the Sultan? This was a luxury car that was built from about 1906 to 1910. It was manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company at their plant in Springfield, MA The car's body was made either in Newark, NJ or in New York. Mr. David Baldwin, then president of Otis,imported plans, tools, dies, and other factory parts from France to produce the car. By 1910, Otis was loosing money on the Sultan and discontinued its manufacture, and vowing to stick to elevators an escalators. Has anyone seen a Sultan ant any antique auto show?
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Did anyone notice the best car of all times at 10:08 ...the white Volvo 940 stationvagon?
The devious French invented the Serpollet Steam Generator. Water tubing was arranged in the firebox, instead of a huge tank of hot water. If a tube ruptured, it just put the fire out, still it must have been a terrifying experience.
It is used today in pressurized industrial steam cleaners. Early 20th Century on-demand hot water heaters used the same concept.
The farmer in Asia assembles 1 cylinder cars like this NOW ! 2023 / I rode on one ? !
It´s a common myth, that the introduction of the assembly line brought the cost of production of a Ford Model Tdown to the level it is assumed it did. This is only partly true. Each car was subsidized heavily by Rockefeller as the monopolistic provider of gasoline. The secret agreement encompassed the Model T - and that´s why Ford hung on to it when competition was already way ahead of him.
At the beginning of the motor car era, there were few roads suitable for cars with their primitive suspension system and bad tyres. Even worse, there was no network of gasoline fill up stations. They probably had to drive far just to get some gas.
Check out the Bertha Benz Technology History Route for a perspective on "get to know your car".
She actually mixed chemicals available in a farmacy (drug store) to make herself more fuel.
There is a statue in her honor in the square where the farmacy used to be
Cars with a proper tiller, not a confounded "steering wheel".
first car is Vassor (french car)
Great fun. There is a large Stanley collection in our town and I'm sure the owner would take umbrage at your "blowing up" comment.
I do love the Stanley's too and hope the owner's doesn't blow up.
Specifically, I think there is no evidence of any ever having "blown up". That's to say that, if you mean a boiler explosion. It's very hard for a fire tube boiler to violently explode. Obviously a single brazed joint may fail or a fusible plug can melt with the sudden, rapid release of steam but that's not a explosion in the usual sense.
I stand corrected. Thank you. It appears the creators developed a boiler design that did resist explosions. www.stanleymotorcarriage.com/Parts/Boiler.htm
Nice reference but I believe that fire tube boilers were developed long before the Stanley brothers. Others produced automobile boilers far superior in design and function to the Stanley's.
@@wholeNwon Doble comes to mind really fast...
No Stanley Steam Car EVER blew up due to steam issues Only one is known to have "blown up". Happened in the late 20th century at a car show. It was a conversion to LPG what had turned gas left on whilst owner talked with someone and when he went to light it, the LPG blew, not the steam engine. He died trying to save his family from the ensuing LPG fire. Leave them as they were built and they were safe. Gasoline engines had to pilots lit to heat the gas to vapor before anything cold happen. Watch Leno's Stanley videos to see what CAN happen. Burn to the ground, yes, blow up, no. Shame on the producers for repeating that lie.
Years ago, in the 1980s I went to the Natural History Museum in so. CA - I think their old cars were on, the
1st floor? They had an Oldsmobile (actual size) on display,
and a mirror under it , I looked down to see its engine and
flywheel? Underneath ...
Thanks for a great video. Also, thanks for the credit to Ransom Olds as the first to use an assembly line. Henry Ford may have been more successful in it's application but he was not the first to try it
Have anyone one notes that cars that is over the pond are big cars and the cars like the first fords was really small cars . Then in a time this had changed back in the late 20's . Over the pond cars was still big until the mid 30's . The USA cars had now gotten bigger . The late 30's and after WW2 the cars from across the pond are gotten smaller and the cars in the USA had ballooned to be big .
Economical problem, later oil crisis hit US too.
I know more about steam than I do Internal combustion!
Is Raymond Carr the son of Guy Carr? Guy had a massive old car collection, and was the founder of Carr Chevrolet in Beaverton Oregon, around 1920 or so.....and was also my Great uncle.
first storm chaser was yes a locomotive engineer singular machine to be weighted from natural occurrences | CORRECT
Fast forward 100+ years, and people get frustrated when a low tire pressure light comes on. A check-engine light can ruin your day. Having to get up early Saturday morning to get your car State inspected is a major challenge.
NO stock Stanley has every exploded
Sorry NO stock Stanley has every exploded
ok NO stock Stanley has ever exploded (I love auto correct)
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It's fantastic that they still drive these cars. However, preserving them is very important too, and there are plenty of idiots on the road.
They go slowly, and that could be dangerous by modern standards,. unfortunately.
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These cars might be difficult to use and maintain. Even cars from my youth (80's/90's) required more effort to use than today's cars. Also, steam cars could blow up? I'll need to remember that when I hear someone harping on electric cars catching fire.
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At 12:35, yes, my 1904 Oldsmobile car looks similiar to that, but it also has a hood above it; ah, no, I'm talking about a 1/24 scale model size ... 😮
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Interesting how they simply could not visualize anything other than a horse-carriage...minus the horse, of course. They could have made it any shape. Like the early PC's: once IBM made a boring, beige box, the next twenty years saw almost nothing but boring beige boxes. And also: Windows and Apple OS are natively able to use a Dvorak keyboard yet everyone keeps on using QWERTY. Madness.
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Streets to smooth lol. 🐎
I want a ford Anglia 105e
how many new cars will still be running in 100 years if this country is still here?
Inner Architektur & Flugzeuge Zeichnungen......
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Maybe use music contemporary to the era documented. The randomness of the genres is really jarring. The music is all over the map. "The Day His Jukebox Ran Away."
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Hell ya that’s what I do with my vehicle and motorcycles there meant to go not sit and rot even in the winter too
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what about Elwwod Haynes?
Love to have a steam car
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3:18 - All you really need are several guys pushing it from behind. What's the point of an engine?
No kidding. Get some big slaves- er, guys and some nice craftsmanship and you don't even need wheels. Sedan chairs are the way of the future local commuter!
Assisted starting was common for steam engines, which would spend a lot of energy just to build some momentum.
So it is not strange at all that some excited people gave a push to a starting vehicle back then.
as far as battery limitations ---- what's wrong with a generator/alternator as used on modern gas cars???????? Hmmm.........
No owner manual?
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Hi🙂Thank You for this Interesting program ...Question : Regarding the curved dash Olds @ 15:14.... The owner is seen driving this vehicle on a road somewhere... Is the road public or private?..🤓..If driving on a public road , doesn't he have to have seat belts installed in the vehicle in accordance w/ current Federal Laws & Regulations?...🤔🙄AND use them?.. If he doesn't have them , and he is driving on any public road, then isn't he violating the law - If he is driving any of these un - seatbelted vehicles at any public function - parades , car shows , etcetera. Is he not concerned about this issue?!? What about safety issues should a collision with anything occur?..I mean , it's not like these dashboards have cushy padding or airbags💥💨🙆🤕💫💫💫... Would he feel comfortable putting an infant in the seat adjoining him and taking the car for even a slow mph cruise?!?🚨🚧🤔🤕🚑👰🛌. In my humble opinion, with all due respect, while these vehicles are truly tech wonders for their time, If one would wish to drive one purely for demonstration purposes, for any audience , I would think the best place would be on a test track at a drag strip or racetrack... just for safety regarding the audience in attendance 🚧🚧... Safety First 🤔🕵... no matter how cute or historical the vehicles are.... 🙂🍀🍀🍀🍀☕. (§)....
There are no federal regulations regarding seat belt use. Only states regulate the operation of autos on their roads and most states have "grandfather clauses" regarding standard equipment. If it didn't come with it originally, it isn't required.
J Mason must be a Governmental Bureaucrat. I have been driving these cars since I was 14 and am 70 now. The law states that if any car did not come with seatbelts, you don't have to install them, but if you do, then you do have to use them. I own cars from the brass Model T back to the 1902 Northern, and have never had seatbelts. You just have to use common sense, and as Ray Carr says, stay off the major roads and out of the way of those crazy drivers. Never had an incident in all those years, and don't intend to. Now, I can see J. Mason hustling right out to lobby for changing those laws.