The power, speed, and durability of the Ford with the flathead V-8 was so good that on April 13, 1934, Clyde Barrow, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, wrote a letter to Henry Ford himself thanking him for building a car that allowed him to outrun the police almost everywhere. Probably not the kind of publicity Ford wanted, but I'm sure it didn't hurt.

@melvinroyal1373

2 жыл бұрын

sorry to be so offtopic but does anybody know a method to log back into an instagram account? I somehow lost the login password. I appreciate any help you can give me.

@melvinroyal1373

2 жыл бұрын

@Leonard Cody It worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thank you so much you saved my ass !

@Hercules718

2 жыл бұрын

Henry Ford was a Nazi, an anti semite, and Hitler admired him very much.

@kitrichardson2165

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hercules718 Just like Franklin Roosevelt. Who was also an anti-Semite and whose Democrat party was studied by the Nazis for how they were able to repress minorities. A lot of people were antisemites in those days not just the wealthy or political leaders.

@TomasUjhelyi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hercules718 … and?

I'm not sure how I ended up here but I'm glad I did. Can't believe how much effort and engineering we all take for granted.

@jamesjohnson1710

Жыл бұрын

True brother a shame suck craftsmanship rarely exist now

@user-ht8vl5vh4e

3 ай бұрын

​​@@jamesjohnson1710Actually, quality and craftsmanship are still available but you gotta search carefully. Sift much sand to find the gold nugget. Web searches all pop up the same conglomerate crap but local mechanics and craftsmen still make it right. It doesn't come cheap or overnight but it is always worth it. They don't have big advertising budgets but spend the profits on tools and stuff. Word of mouth brings us in.

The quality control of the time was amazing.

What a wonderful film! I used Ford E350 cargo vans for work in the early eighties and bought a 89 used one to start my own distribution business without realizing it came with a bumper to bumper warranty up to 60 K miles. It hauled extra load of magazines in San Francisco’s 46 hills and eventually the transmission broke, I took it to my neighborhood mechanic and he sent it to a transmission shop for it to be refurbished for $3 K not a small sum back then. Then he found out that it was still under warranty but it could only be honored if sent to a dealership. I was beside myself! Then I received a check for the full amount from Ford because there was an exception, if the vehicle broke down during a long weekend due to a holiday since you couldn’t get it fixed right away. I couldn’t believe my luck and Ford’s ethics. Then and there I vowed to be a Ford customer for life. Interesting enough previously I had a bad experience buying a used 79 Ford Fairmont, probably one of the worst era for Ford quality control. When my daughter was born I bought my first brand new car, a Ford Escort Station Wagon that not only was the most affordable Station Wagon at the time but it lasted 24 years (with only a new engine as a major repair). I eventually bought two brand new E350 and another used one. After 35 years in the publishing business I closed shop in 2018, and decided to drive as a Rideshare driver biding my time for retirement, so I bought a brand new Ford Fusion Hybrid (the second time Ford offered me a 0% interest loan), I recently did my 100 K maintenance and it passed with flying colors regardless of all the SF hills! Henry Ford changed the world, and I’m grateful for that in the twentieth first century!

My Dad worked for Ford in Dearborn as a design engineer. That was in the early sixties and late seventies, and into the eighties. We lived in West Dearborn on Newton Place Street, a suburb built by Ford for his employees. We lived in a colonial two level with a full basement, and the housing was all unique and not cookie cutter housing like you sees now a days. We were well off, had a nice education and lifestyle since Ford took great care of their employees.

@trevking3772

Жыл бұрын

Not Henry 1 he didn't !

@stevenrussell5340

Жыл бұрын

@@trevking3772 I heard Henry the 1st, was a bit of a donkeys you know what, but that smoothed out and the Ford enterprise got better with better management that went the right way to take care of the employees. Took some time, but all ended well.

@mariekatherine5238

Жыл бұрын

No more, huh? If one can even find a factory to work in, in the US, you won’t be buying a house and living a middle class lifestyle.

@iphuqdyrmum

Жыл бұрын

​@@mariekatherine5238 that's not true. They pay good the ones I know. All the guys I went to school with work at a car plant and or the coal mines and we all made about the same money. Ws all had nice 3 bedroom homes with big yard and basements some have garages. A couple of em have drag cars one races round track. They're wives have part time jobs but make decent. I'd say were all middle class. None of us went to college so we did good for ourselves I think but we've had.to work our asses off which is how it.should be. We manage our money well. Most have a savings. Its usually spoiled brat millenials that's super entitled that think everything should be given to them or they waste every penny they get cause they think they gtta start out on top buy buying a 50 thousand dollar truck to drive to work then wonder why they dont have anything saved up or they cant build a race car or have a nice hobby. Hunting or fishing maybe. Anyone can do Those things but these folks think they cant go fishing without a fancy bass boat and 300 fishing rods and what not. It's all in how u manage what.u have. I know guys that worked at McDonald's forever that's paying for a nice house.

@hookergetlucky3216

Жыл бұрын

Tell him Ford engines are junk, Ford started the assembly line he also ripped his employees off!

I wish I could go back in time and tell my great grandfather to stock up on these 32's and store them with no miles! Could you imagine what a barn find with 10 or 20 brand new 32s with no miles would be worth today?

@user-ht8vl5vh4e

3 ай бұрын

Add a mint condition Red Barchetta for me...

@BullittGT40

Ай бұрын

You might be surprised. These cars depending on options were about $500 brand new, which is about $50,000 in todays money and while a mint condition one would be worth more than most I bet you be hard pressed to get much more than more than $100k for one. There would have been many far easier ways to double your money between then and now.

@lightningdemolition1964

Ай бұрын

You would have been better to invest in coca cola or apple a little later. A lot less storage and maintenance costs too.

Beautiful old footage processing the manufacturing of the internals/cam and crank 🙏🤠 old school slide rule genius folk 😅

Most ingenious use of gears, bearings and springs. Gotta love it.

There is a picture of my grandfather at 51:59. I was shocked to see him. He had the third Ford dealership in Washington State!

@jackrohde4709

7 жыл бұрын

Was that Mallon motors ??

@farinellibroschi1432

7 жыл бұрын

You are making a mistake ,he is my grandfather ans we are not related

@FloridaMugwump

7 жыл бұрын

Most people know who both their grandfathers are. Well, not all. But the two grandfathers often have different last names. You did not say Paternal grandfather, so why would he expect your grandfather to have the same last name as you?

@jamesavery6671

7 жыл бұрын

No he's my grand father. He took me out for ice cream just the other day !

@jmfs2k273

6 жыл бұрын

Bill Sprague very cool.!!

All of those experimental V8's are sitting on display at The Museum of American Speed now.

quite astounding for the day. Isn't this the Bonnie and Clyde car? Pretty amazing car for the day. Wow did the dark side put the hammer on this progress. Wow what a great video. Thank you ❤

$500 for the Deluxe Roadster in 1932 is less than $10,000 in today's money. It makes you think about American manufacturing jobs and wages and how corporate profits (shareholder profits) have affected the life of working people and the price of durable goods. Of course, on the flip side, the massive layoffs that Ford was able to implement almost at whim were part of the equation too.

All this progress without computers, astounding how smart these engineers were.

@philipgates988

4 жыл бұрын

Jeb Broham all with a slide rule.

@bighands69

4 жыл бұрын

Engines could run today with just a little bit of help from computers. So even if the computers were to go they would still run on. The problem is that modern manufacturers have become lazy with their designs.

@ian_lambert-knight

4 жыл бұрын

These are super simple engines. Like the complex bit are the radiator and the transmission. Which are super simple by modern standards. PS, modern companies provide more of an experience* than just a car. It isn’t just about A-B anymore. It abound the journey, and the experiences that can be had during it.

@thomaskarlstrom4815

4 жыл бұрын

Remember, computers don´t think, they´r just as smart as the programmer.

@fernesal

4 жыл бұрын

Today. Mechanics won't do more than plugging a scanner. You trying to explaining that You think something is broken base in common sense they won't listen. I love dirty hands mechanics who say: Start the engine... Then look ,grab something and tell you: This is bad. Swap something and say: -Try again! Broom! Done.

Ford flathead was one of the best engines ever built I think. When I was growing up my dad gave me one he found in the junk yard and that’s what I learned about mechanics. I can still remember the firing order and other facts.thankyou ford.

I'm no petrol head, but I watched this beginning to end. Excellent video with really great vintage footage. Great work, mate.

@allysonhanks7367

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sunny, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.

@theswanster1

2 жыл бұрын

@@allysonhanks7367 lmao

As a guy who was raised in a family of hot-rodders, we always admired the '32 as an unobtainable beacon of coolness, ala "Little Deuce Coupe" and nearly any issue of an automotive customization magazine available. I remember when I first saw one in person, in abysmal condition, and the seller was commanding over $5k. Fellas were lined up, with cash and checks in-hand, each hoping for a shot to own the basket case on the trailer.

@mikeholland1031

2 жыл бұрын

But most had chevy small blocks in them

@Vann_Scale_Modeling

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeholland1031 After 55 and up, for sure. A lot still stood by the early hemi or 331 Cadillac motors.

@jimhen459

Жыл бұрын

i worked on a 32 ford in auto shop in high school-- they put a 350 ci engine in and it fit perfectly.

I watched this video in it's entirety and loved every minute of it!! Even tho this is only about the new V8 Ford in 1932 and the variety of models that were available that year, I really appreciate the information and all the footage!! This video is without a doubt a national treasure!! I certainly hope a copy of this is preserved for scores of future generations to watch and appreciate it as much as I do!! You can tell that the music and narration is 1932 in some parts! Surprisingly still of good quality for its age!! Thank You for sharing!!!!

@brandonhebert5485

2 жыл бұрын

You gotta remember, TELEVISION was invented in 1927, only 5 years before this video was made!

@patrickwayne3701

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonhebert5485 I'm sure you know this video wasn't made in 1932,,, the FILM FOOTAGE may have been shot then, but this video, clearly, was not.

@randycoursey7230

2 жыл бұрын

The movie Lawless starring Tom Hardy showcased the V8 32 Ford Roadster. I don't know who owns this car but wow, it's breathtaking to look at.

@michaelmartin6912

Жыл бұрын

@ dexterlovejoy2855....what you said ....:)

@cringram1003

Жыл бұрын

Aaa

The chickens making noise in the courtroom was priceless!

As she sailed through the windshield, she could be heard exclaiming: "EXCELLENT BRAKES"! In few decades, seatbelts would come in handy.

One of the best automotive documentaries I’ve ever seen

It is no wonder that the 32 Fords remain incredibly popular to this day. An amazing number of these cars survived.

@hendo337

4 жыл бұрын

The Fox body is the modern equivalent of the 32-42 Ford back then.

And today Ford is knocking out the competition, without a bailout. When I was a kid we had 2 Model A's, a 29 coach, a 32 coupe, and one 1937 V8. That V8 was SO smooth. My dad and uncles used to cuss shiverlays up one side and down the other.

Strange but true fact: the music featured in this documentary of Fiord and his engineers’ incredible ingenuity wasn’t developed or played till a full decade after the V8 was invented. Bluegrass music came about in the 40s thanks to Bill Monroe.

@MarkBlackburnWPG

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informed note, Misisipi Mike.

@augustodavid7372

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkBlackburnWPG na

This is without doubt the best automobile documentary i have seen of this era. As has been said by another commentator this vid is a national treasure. It is especially pleasing as back in the late 60s when i was 20 i managed to buy a well used Ford Pilot with the Flat Head V8 engine which was the totally coolest machine in town , especially as i lived in the small town of Crowborough, in Sussex , England. I bought it from a local businessman that sold it to me for a price i can't recall, but it was cheap. Being a mechanic i sorted it best i could but the brakes were mechanical and were nothing short of dangerous. My pals and girlfriends would all put some money together to buy petrol and we'd head off to London or to the coast so as to go bowling or dancing or whatever. It wouldn't have been the same though if it hadn't had that fabulous V8 Flathead motor. Thank to all those real and proper engineers and designers that put together something that is still recognised as great engineering even in todays world.

@JoshuaSmith-bv3nq

Жыл бұрын

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@helioselexandros

Жыл бұрын

Were Ford's and Chevy common in England at that time

@foobarmaximus3506

Жыл бұрын

The audio is terrible! How can you call this good?

@billjones9266

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaSmith-bv3nq q

@rickreese5794

Жыл бұрын

Thx for your post 😊

What's amazing about these old cars is how amazingly tough they are! I'm seeing these cars driven FAST over unimproved roads, bouncing over rocks and ruts, going airborne, sliding around. Drive a modern vehicle, even something sold as off-road worthy, like a Jeep Wrangler, or a Toyota 4-runner, and it would be trashed in minutes, but people did this everyday to these cars, and they came back asking for more

@13thSystem

4 жыл бұрын

It's because they didn't worry about efficiency back then, steel was also cheaper, everything was made of thick solid steel and everything drove like a tank but at the end of the day, they were driving 4-6L V8s that couldn't even produce the same horsepower to weight ratio of a modern 1.2L inline 4 cyl car.

@stephenmason2151

3 жыл бұрын

You would not see these cars survive for 250k miles though. Don't get me wrong they were "built Ford tough" but ......

@rockyj2008

6 ай бұрын

You’re wrong about the Toyota

Educational value here for the next generation. What a great film in good condition. Show this to your grandkids.

This was the day after my mom was born! RIP Mom! 😇🙏♥️

The true heroes are the engineers and technicians involved the hard line creation of the engines ! Management can conceive : the real skill is in creating !

@steveanacorteswa3979

2 жыл бұрын

Not just creating, actually making it work in the real world, anyone can make something cool in a lab, then turn it loose on low info people, like the ones I hear racing their frozen car motors trying to warm them up when it's 12 deg outside, I mean the stupidity is deep with them.

ive been building cars& engines for 40 years and still learned something im a chevy man but thank you mr.ford RIP

@tiko5876

4 жыл бұрын

Brian notafan this knowledge is older than you or me bud + there’s always always somethin to be learned in this trade.

it's crazy that this was all done without computers over 70 years ago. these engineers were so smart and talented

@vincentleatham8291

4 жыл бұрын

Not crazy lol

@hosgoth

4 жыл бұрын

" then...than"....you summed it all up.

@NatalieTG

4 жыл бұрын

@@vincentleatham8291 You try making an entire engine with no CAD or computers or modern materials

@retireddriver16

3 жыл бұрын

brent grubbs try 90 years ago

@theronherbert7814

2 жыл бұрын

Q

During the 60s, I took the Ford Moter Car Plant tour in Detroit. Good memories of a bygone time.

@allysonhanks7367

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Steven, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.

Wonderful video, I had it on vhs years ago when I owned a Ford V8 Pilot God I loved that car and it’s fabulous flathead V8. Thanks for sharing.

This is incredible technology and precision machinery for 1932. These men I consider true geniuses.

@TRX450RVlogger

4 жыл бұрын

Here this will speak for it's self. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mIR6lsh7d7GxYLg.html

@pilotavery

4 жыл бұрын

This was the equivalent of microprocessors and cell phones now.

@dave_riots

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Peterson Modern cars can either be flimsy or well built. While I can't say anything about Tesla since they haven't been mass producing cars as long - GM, Chrysler and Ford haven't really been making solid-built cars since the late 60's, the Germans fell through in the early 1990's, while the Japanese and Koreans have been beating them all out in quality since the late 90's and early 2000's.

@TRX450RVlogger

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Peterson Look up the crash test's vs old Chevy Bel-Air vs a 2018 Chevy Malibu. Trust me the old cars are dangerous for accidents. The can on older care just crash and twist and you will pretty fucked up or dead after an accident of a older car.

Hah, designers have been struggling to get that front license plate mount to look good for 100 years. Some things never change.

Excellent coverage of Ford Car Industry. Mechanical engineering is at its height. The conception, the execution, the assembly line - everything shows the man is capable of realizing anything under the sun. Ford was indeed a visionary. Thanks for the preservation of such footage and uploading it the KZread.

@foobarmaximus3506

Жыл бұрын

American Men, perhaps.

@dasboot5903

Жыл бұрын

"Amen.*

@ramonmoreno8014

11 ай бұрын

@@foobarmaximus3506 #triggered

This is such an amazing history film.👍 Watching this after a bowl!

@dennislavoie5869

3 жыл бұрын

A bowl of cereal? Lol

@timbuktu7753

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennislavoie5869 Fruity pebbles!😎

@joaquini007

2 жыл бұрын

Reach for the stars

I really enjoyed every minute of this window in to the past.

@jhask64

4 жыл бұрын

I did as well. Being a fan of documentaries especially historical ones covering such an interesting story!

@andyvasvari4874

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, I am from the areas of pininfarinas, topolinos, 74 yrs old.

@bobmarley5811

4 жыл бұрын

How are you dealing with the corona-19?

@MrGregHiller

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, truly wonderful to see. The model my Dad had in England, was a great car, and powerful indeed for the times. There was a 3 gear column shift, I remember. I learned to drive in that car, and I used it a lot after that.

@allysonhanks7367

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyvasvari4874 Hello Andy, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.

It's quite easy in our computer-driven world for thinking these were primitive vehicles, but I'm incredibly impressed with how much precision was attained back then as these early cars were mass produced largely by hand. These days about the only cars that get that kind of attention are race oriented and low-volume supercars. They ought to show this as mandatory training for current employees.

@Iconhulk

Жыл бұрын

One chip goes out now you're f'd..

@orangejjay

Жыл бұрын

@@Iconhulk How often do those chips go out though? You and Mr. C-M-E clearly aren't engineers and clearly aren't versed in what goes in to engineering vehicles these days. Cars are far more reliable, last longer, and more efficient than they have ever been, in part thanks to things like electronic fuel injection, direct injection, and ECU mapping. But go on ... tell us more about your engineering expertise. lol

@mikestevens5512

4 ай бұрын

You are so right. They were more advanced then we are today in so many ways.

@mikestevens5512

4 ай бұрын

​@@Iconhulk absolutely!

@mikestevens5512

4 ай бұрын

​@@orangejjay The question is put one Of these old vehicles to a test versus A vehicle today. See which one last longer and holds up longer. Over tough terrain with the least maintenance.

Dad started at Ford as a draftsman in 1957 and became a body engineer by the mid-sevens, he was teaching and drafting on CAD computers. He retired in 1993 as lower management. The wonderful thing he enjoyed going to work every day. After contract work, he spent 42 years there. Dad was blessed.

What an enjoyable 1hr 3mins of a piece off car history.well told and filmed.

It's always fun to see original films showing how these antique cars were actually made!

@brandonhebert5485

2 жыл бұрын

And how WELL they were made. Back then manufacturers went over the top to produce quality cars that would last for decades. Now, they produce plastic junk that lasts for 3 months longer the warranty and they charge you out of the ass for this junk too.

@tyrssen1

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonhebert5485 Quite right!

I love the way that the Ford publicity machine did not dumb-down the explanation of how the car and its V8 engine was made. You just would not get that level of detail in the modern era - such a great shame. Like some others, I watched the whole thing with great enjoyment.

@eddieafterburner

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The days when companies and manufacturers produced their own educational content are long over unfortunately. I think the dumbing down started in the 1980s. Now what little science and engineering you can find is focused on “fun”, with way-too-excited super-extroverted hosts catering to the zero attention span set.

The videos of the manufacturing floors left the safety trainer in me in a cold sweat..... Great video!

@stevethomas760

3 ай бұрын

Different times for sure. I started my Ironworker apprenticeship in '72 and there was a lot of changes for the better, safety, at the end of my career. Trust me there was plenty of complaining along the way.

@Pslytely_Psycho_GreybeardGamer

3 ай бұрын

@@stevethomas760 I graduated and joined the Big Green Machine in '77. I think that puts us within a decade age-wise. I worked in production, transportation and plumbing, and the same is true there as well. We've seen a lot of change in just our lifetimes. And a lot of resistance indeed. A few missteps for certain, but most found corrections at some point or other. After all. Safety regulations are written in blood. And we've seen plenty of it spilled in just our time on the floor. A great week to you Stevethomas.😎

Amazing manufacturing wow also the V8 logo used on the wheel was still in use I remember seeing it Ford expedition V8 version

What a sublime treat this was, every minute of it!

Those cars were designed by the best automotive engineers of their era. I wonder what our grandchildren will think when they watch how our present day cars are made. Very good clip. Appreciation for uploading.

@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8

7 жыл бұрын

*Henry Ford didn't want to replace the Model T. The people around him and his son had to drag and push him kicking and screaming to get him to replace the T with the A.*

@777jones

7 жыл бұрын

They will probably think "wow our grandparents were giant douches"

@timsharpe3498

7 жыл бұрын

Henry was completely bonkers by then. Any other old coot would have been in a rubber room.

@Kimoto504

7 жыл бұрын

The business model then was to design durable, long lasting, easily maintained vehicles you could keep for many years. -Vehicle as a useful necessity... Primarily logic/reason based sales/consumption. The business model now is to design reasonably reliable but not necessarily long lasting vehicles that are harder to maintained (for dealer maintenance income), that you keep for a modest amount of time to change out for the next model. -Vehicle as a consumer item... Primarily emotion based sales/consumption.

@someoneelse.2252

7 жыл бұрын

Pete Kiryluk Hmmm..interesting comment.

This is a great film which shows one of Henry Ford's most important contributions to mass production - interchangeable parts. The parts were manufactured and tested to be within very tight tolerances so that no adjustments would be required during the assembly process.

@richardelliott9511

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, interchangeable parts in manufacture were pioneered by Eli Whitney jr and Sam Colt, one hundred years earlier. It was the moving assembly line that Ford introduced.

@Telcom100

2 жыл бұрын

Good points! He should still get credit as the first to use it for car manufacturing.

@bighands69

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardelliott9511 But not in the mass manufacture of cars. Up to that point it was really glorified batch manufacturing.

@richardelliott9511

2 жыл бұрын

@@bighands69 you're point is not in dispute. My point was to merely correct the mistaken idea that the concept of interchangeable parts did not belong to Ford and that it was a well established concept and widely used at the time he adopted it's use. There is no doubt that he did fully exploit the concept and expanded it into areas where it had seen little use yet was totally necessary to take full advantage of his moving assembly line, which WAS his idea...

I now have a 'new found respect' for 'these' early automobiles.

Lets not forget it was Henrys goal to make it affordable to all , his efforts ,Wisdom, and lack of greed = USA prosperity. He was so bothered that some workers couldn't afford the cars they built he cut the price of the cars in half 2 times . Model T was about $1000 , cut it close to $500 , then cut it to $270 , while raising wages to an all time high, for the purpose of getting the workers everything they need

@k3kboi665

3 жыл бұрын

No he did all things *because* of his greed. If he werent gredy he wouldent of been the wealthiest man in the world.

@timvandenbrink4461

2 жыл бұрын

@@k3kboi665 Money is a byproduct of those efforts. True entrepreneurs have a passion for what they are doing. If you are successful, the money just comes.

@messianichebrewshawnkawcak1550

2 жыл бұрын

@@k3kboi665 so do you give every dime you earn away? You would be welcome in Venezuela, North Korea, China, Russia, but there are the ultimate expression of greed because the elitist running government are the wealthiest people on the planet while their people starve to death. At least Ford contributed to making life better for the common man. Politicians don’t create anything to help us, but they collect taxes and a paycheck forever. Politicians are the very greedy, hence why they are millionaires.

Great video...........I just loved the sound of my ford flathead V8 with a glass packed muffler. Wonderful memories.

@russellnovotny2921

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that motor boat sound.. We called it mellow. Smitty mufflers with metal shavings packing.

Best part: "Two chickens and a sack of flour" traffic fine.

@mr22guy

2 жыл бұрын

That got me choked up. The poor bastard had no money at all. I'm sure if he tried to sell the car, he'd get pennies on the dollar so he was holding on hoping the economy would recover.

The thought of finding the perfect timing/motion and the ability to generate electricity to sustain it took some serious engineering and it didn't happen overnight. Now these things run so efficiently that they are cleaner and more powerful with reliability than ever.

Love this documentary I like waching all type of this, history of all things , thak's.

@charlesreid3482

3 жыл бұрын

Beats anything on the History channel

I LOVE the editing on this vid. Nice job moving from the old footage to the new perspective. Not as easy as you think.

This video is great! The section on the Rosamond testing is particularly interesting. My grandfather (Rayford Dees) owned the garage shown in the video and my grandmother (Janie Dees) ran the hotel also shown in that clip. Rayford's garage burned down on July 8th and I wonder whether the testing was terminated early due to that event.

@user-xq2zn8bu9q

6 ай бұрын

Great stuff.

This V8 car all up costed 624 million dollars in the 30s to make, which is about 10 billion dollars today. Crazy

I’m impressed with the tent designs they had in 1932! The Big Top they called it. There are a few fairly big temporary tents in the world today but back then they had some huge ones that were temporary and were moved around for big events!

@deependz3231

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, as long as someone didn't drop a lighted match, cigar, or cigarette, see Hartford circus fire of 1944. Back then, they used to waterproof those tents with gasoline. LOL

@jimhen459

Жыл бұрын

they had many fires, Egyptian cotton cured in diesel.

@gregguiltner8764

7 ай бұрын

SpaceX was building the world's largest rocket in enormous tents until recently.

The whole thing is one mind blowing spectacle of innovation. The machines that make the machines that make the machines. Incredible!

The people who designed and built that engine were mechanical geniuses.

@charlesbrown4214

2 жыл бұрын

Reujv

@houseofno

2 жыл бұрын

The flathead V8 would last for about two decades, legendary in its longevity even by today's standards. Coincidentally, that's also how long the Ford Modular engine was in production starting with the 1991 Lincoln Town Car until the Coyote engine came out in 2011 for the Mustang GT and the Ford F150 pickup.

@joebuffalo6552

2 жыл бұрын

,82 blx Cl

@robertdelalande7734

2 жыл бұрын

Getting the exhaust to exit on the opposite side to the inlet on a flathead was an amazing feat of design.

@tallswede80

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbrown4214 "Reujv" But isn't that the same thing that your mother said to you?

Those cars are absolutely beautiful. I bet if Ford reproduced these cars exactly as they were with modern drivetrains and safety features they would sell....I know I would buy one.

@josephb404

2 жыл бұрын

Or even without modern drive trains. Just the originals with the bare minimum of safety equipment necessary to be allowed and just sell them as an extremely cheap durable alternative for a new car

@josephb404

2 жыл бұрын

They could even use it under the facade of being a licensed continuation car. And then sell a new model A for like $6000 and do that with all their cars, like the more classic mustangs and stuff, all their old cars. Sell them for like $8-$16,000

@InvestmentJoy

Жыл бұрын

Impossible to make safe

This amazing documentary is the best historical automotive video I’ve ever seen.

@allysonhanks7367

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Michael, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.

To keep this to cars, this is an awesome tribute to Ford and the development of the V8. Well done!

@mikefitchett6583

4 жыл бұрын

Ford have always built the best V8 engines.

I used to setup program and run CNC machine tools, but , some of the most amazing tools I worked with were the automatics from the period just before NC or CNC machines. The old time Machinists and engineers who built these machines had some real native ingenuity. I would say, much more than the CNC machines designers. Something that always surprises modern Machinists who use a lot of CNC machines is how fast and automatic machine could be. Once they were set up they could really haul ass.

@deependz3231

2 жыл бұрын

I worked for a 100 year old gun manufacturer in the mid 80's that were still using Brown & Sharpe screw machines they had purchased from around 1905. Except for making up new cams, probably every 10 years, these machines could still spit out thousands of good quality screws per day.

@ianmangham4570

4 ай бұрын

​@@deependz3231The machines were made in England 🇬🇧

@deependz3231

3 ай бұрын

@@ianmangham4570 Made in England 🇬🇧, improved upon in America.💪

Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing this with us all.

I learn something new everyday, I did not know they had a locking steering wheel in the 30's.

@spacexvanityprojectslimite3315

3 жыл бұрын

my good the ancient invention of a lock....combined with something else....omg earth shattering! lol

@almodequindre8601

3 жыл бұрын

They had electric cars in the 20s and 30s even

@floydrhodesiv5733

3 жыл бұрын

Ford was way ahead of his time ! Is there any cars today that can do 33 ,000 miles in 33 days on dirt roads ?? Not one

@almodequindre8601

3 жыл бұрын

@@floydrhodesiv5733 Agreed,

@nemolevola

3 жыл бұрын

@@almodequindre8601 Electric cars were invented around 1830's.

Beautiful aesthetics ..but lethal to drive at speed. Crashing in old cars like this produced some truly macabre accident scenes.

Wow, locking steering wheel! The seats fold forward just like my 2014 Prius. Sun visors! Amazeballs.

I’m lovin’ the banjo and fiddle jams. Gonna see if I can download or use for my ringtone.

I love to see the amount of intricate engineering that was accomplished with out electronics and computers...

@ian_lambert-knight

4 жыл бұрын

Dude it one chunk of metal pushing another. It is actually pretty simple. The only complex part is the cooling system. That is it.

@Clickbaiters

4 жыл бұрын

@@ian_lambert-knight Everything is easy once it's been invented/developed for you. If you think the cooling system is the most "complex" part of an engine then I doubt you truly understand an engine beyond "piston goes up, piston goes down." In fact, the cooling system is the simplest part of an engine and hasn't changed much since the inception of it.

@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20

4 жыл бұрын

@@Clickbaiters 99% of the engineering in this video were not invented for this car, but much before. The problems were solved over a long period of time. Engineers job is to solve technical problems mostly with known solutions as efficiently as possible. That is what makes engineering different from art; the process to design something is not chaotic but systematic, the aim is to develop efficient solution processes to common engineering problems. For example, a car can be divided into smaller sub problems; engine, gearbox, frame, body, braking system, etc. And those to even smaller problems. For each small problem, there usually is a known solution process already, like electrical spark plugs for ignition, etc. Then something new on some field may be developed, like the new type of V8 engine in this video, but even in that case, 90% of it is existing technology. Complexity is actually a very bad thing in engineering, the idea is not to make a complicate design, the idea is usually to keep it simple, because complicate design is more prone to failure, more difficult/expensive to manufacture, etc. Smart design is that design, that manages to do a complicate thing as simply as possible. But indeed even simple things can be quite difficult to get working exactly right. The devil is in the details.

@ian_lambert-knight

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, the biggest problem early combustion engines face was reliable cooling. This single part is very complex in comparison to piston technology. Witch had already existed for hundreds of years. It requires you to be able to move coolant through out the engine and cool it. Adding to that you don’t want to over cool the engine and need to more or less evenly cool it.

@ian_lambert-knight

4 жыл бұрын

Well I’ve never cast anything.

That garage with the center post lift and the double jointed arm for oil collection makes us all look like dopes today!

Excellent documentary, packed with info and interesting film clips. Thanks!!

WOW, that was just amazing, always had a love for the flat head, hopefully I can find one now that I am ready to retire, need a hot rod. Amazing the engineering in 32, you forget how many innovations it takes to make a car.

Awsome video. Love all the mechanical detail that was shown. these days dealers will barely tell you the engine size, can't even see it under the engine cover.

@dufus2273

4 жыл бұрын

today the emphasis is on the sound system and video screen

@johnj.baranski6553

4 жыл бұрын

Dealer sales people know nothing about the mechanics of a car only the electronics.

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

Frenchman Leon Levavasseur was a 39-year-old inventor in 1902 when he took out a patent for the first V-8 engine he called the Antoinette. The V8 since then has become the most reliable and efficient internal combustion engine to power automobiles and to see extensive use in power boats and early aircraft.

@jasonsprouse2803

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody said Ford built the First V8. He built the first MONOBLOCK V8. Ford had been building V8's for years already, but not monoblock.

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

Leon was a HACK.

@alexanderpherigo6806

2 жыл бұрын

Google copy-paste I see

@MGB18

Жыл бұрын

Did the Frog Frenchman sell over 13 Million V8 engines? I didn't think so. lol.

@patsie10

Жыл бұрын

@@MGB18 exactly the kind of moronic reply I would expect from someone who thinks like yourself

Dear Ford: The power house 4.6L V8 in my Lincoln is top shelf, Keep up the good work.

That old engine is better than any modern eco-boost by a long way!

@mrwhips3623

Жыл бұрын

😂 eco boost last longer, get 10x better gas mileage, lighter, makes WAY more horsepower and is probably more reliable. I love older cars but you are wearing the thickest rose tinted glasses ever dude. New engines (even if they have some problems) are 100x better than what they had back then

@JasPlun

Жыл бұрын

@@mrwhips3623 You need to do your research because Eco-Boost engines are plagued with problems. You get a few here and there that turn out decent, but they are not even close to lasting as long as the above:P

@mrwhips3623

Жыл бұрын

@@JasPlun cars from this era couldn't even get past 100k miles, so their not hard to beat even with a shitty modern engine.

Excellent video! I always loved the sound of the flathead Ford V8, I worked at an auto wrecking yard in the 1960's in Torrance CA. In the yard, we had a mobile crane that had one without mufflers. The unique rumble of that engine was music to our ears.

The Ford V8 was Clyde Barrow's car of choice because it was not only faster than most cop cars, but it was very rugged and thus could traverse rough roads and off-road terrain, and it was quite bulletproof for ordinary weaponry.

@foobarmaximus3506

Жыл бұрын

Duh

@wazzanose

Жыл бұрын

John Dillinger wrote to Henry Ford praising the Ford V8 as his first choice when stealing a getaway car,

@Quacks0

Жыл бұрын

@@wazzanose Really? I did not know that --- thanks for sharing that interesting nugget of info. I Googled it, and these two letters were received by Ford Motor Company only about a month apart in the spring of 1934 --- Barrow's on April 13, and Dillinger's on May 17. Amazing, huh? Apparently, both letters were not actually from these infamous gangsters, though --- sorry to burst your bubble. Modern handwriting analysts have examined the letters, and the general consensus is that neither letter was written by its supposed author. The fact that both of the letters surfaced so close together seems awfully suspicious to me, as well. I'm guessing that the letters were probably just invented by Ford as a publicity stunt to promote their V8-engine cars as being fast, rugged, and reliable --- kinda like, "hey, we build such great cars that even the top contemporary hard-boiled criminals choose them over other vehicle-makes/models, and have praising words for them!"

@wazzanose

Жыл бұрын

@@Quacks0 Sounds like a clever publicity campaign alright. I didn't Google it I just rememberd either reading it somewhere or hearing it in a documentary about Dillinger. I imagine there would be enough genuine examples of both their handwriting and expert judges to be sure these days, but probaly not so much back then.

@MrCgford1

Жыл бұрын

​@FooBar Maximus go lay down professor Duh

i learned to drive on a 1933 model. it was in our family until the late '50's. my dad did all the maintenance on it and I dont recall it ever being in a repair shop or having to go to one. it probably got a new life as i remeber seeing a couple of young fellows taking posession to make it into a hot rod. we were sad that day. it was a family member after all. goodbye "Old Lizzy", and thank you.

I had the pleasure of riding in a 51 Ford pickup truck with a flathead V8 its still ahead of its time has a very unique sound

Bonnie and Clyde loved the Ford V-8.

Fantastic old period footage. Most educational...gave me great insight into my grandfather's era and thinking. ....although he was a Chevy man hinself.

Locking steering column in the 30s! Who would have guessed?

@buddyg1408

3 жыл бұрын

Steal a car and go straight 🤪

These methods of engine production and assembly were still used in some countries as late as the mid 1960s. No wonder these engines required oil as thick as 20W-50. By the 1960s , 10W-40 was the oil of choice for most V 8s , and V6 engines , bad choice when its less than 20 degrees F outside ! This is also the time when engine oil warmers were introduced , an idea brought from Scandinavia and the far European east. Yet they lasted , why ? In those days , there was no VVT , V-Tec , Mivec and so on . Engines had many many less parts and were simple to maintain. Today , a totally different ball game. Great video by the way !!!!!!!!!

Awesome documentary, thanks for sharing!

You can really see the Beautiful paint selection: black, dark grey, lighter grey, grey, and white.

@MrHantz101

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot Slightly Darker Black

@buckhorncortez

4 жыл бұрын

@Mungo_T Actually toward the end of Model T production (1926) the car was available in: Black, Highland Green, Royal Maroon, Fawn Gray, Gunmetal Blue, Phoenix Brown, Commercial Green, Moleskin, and Drake Green.

@nigratruo

4 жыл бұрын

Come on, don't be unfair: You know this was before colors were invented and there were so many traffic accidents because nobody could distinguish a red light (grey) from a green light (grey), from a yellow light (grey) ;-)

@craigdawson1749

4 жыл бұрын

nigratruo hahahahahaha

WOW,, this is soo informative. I learned to drive in a '49 Ford Custom flathead V-8 stick. That was some dependable car. The body rusted out before the motor gave up it's spirits. Thanks for such a great video!

I remember that as a kid i played around in one that never ran to my knowledge.

@tomrogers9467

2 жыл бұрын

Many Fords never ran. - well or for long.

@deependz3231

2 жыл бұрын

Cause no one was stupid enough to give you the keys.

I love documentaries like these.

@briannotafan3368

4 жыл бұрын

as a kid we had a 16mm sound projector our downtown libary had indrustral documentaries my dad would get them me& my friends were glued to our seats

@Thunder_Dream_Designs

2 жыл бұрын

I wish history and discovery channel didn’t abandon documentaries.

This video is utterly amazing!!!! Just look at all of the machinery back then. WOW...Totally top shelf equipment. Imagine the time involved in making all the machinery in Fords factory's.... This really blew my mind. Of course other car companies were the same, I'm just commenting on this totally AWESOME video. Thankyou so much for posting this. A+ all the way.

@dingdong2103

Жыл бұрын

Look at the mill operator stopping the rotating crankshaft with hand... I doubt that would be allowed today. Way too many machinists mangled around rotating objects.

@rickreese5794

Жыл бұрын

Merca 🤙🏻😎🇺🇸

What a true genius the ol man Henry was along with that entire generation.

@HOGRANCHgeorgegabriel9538

2 жыл бұрын

He was so smart he ran the exhaust system thru the cooling system, nothing but a boiler!

@scottclute7443

2 жыл бұрын

Engineering defects into the automobile..

You don't often get this quality of documentary video on the television now, which is a shame.

"The streamlined effect is carried throughout the entire car..." ..... They had NO idea what was coming back then....

@1tokeover

4 жыл бұрын

Which part are you referring to?

@AridersLifeYT

4 жыл бұрын

@@1tokeover the production of the car, hes talking about how mass production completely changed the building process. aka $3 days

@vincesbardella3838

4 жыл бұрын

Chrysler showed them about three years later.

People that continue to complain Today! Listen up! You have no idea how rough & tough the times were unless you lived back then during the Depression! Social security didn't exist until 1936, Only 35 % of the population worked or had a job! There was no Govt entitlements of any kind other than an occasion State run Soup line! You had it good if you were well off or lived on a Farm! Otherwise, You had Nothing!! But Life went on! People back then didn't complain they sucked it up & pulled their weight! This would instill America's greatest Generation..

@eugeneburden9761

6 жыл бұрын

I was in line for the soup back then. I would never 'slerp' there on Tuesdays. They had some kind of road kill and I was allergic to the tar in the pavement. I was always there on Friday's. That was the fish day. How I loved fish. The fins were tasty, but they should have been boiled longer?

@jimblack120

4 жыл бұрын

garbOZO bean ... thank the Carnegie > Morgan > Rock. FORD family

@scottfirman

4 жыл бұрын

My family had a self sufficient farm. Most people had gardens. Every household canned their own food. My Grandfather eventually had to leave farming and worked in the coal mines in the south, then Worked as a painter on the GM line. They had no masks to speak of. When he died, 65% of his lungs were full of paint.

@jimblack120

4 жыл бұрын

@Duane Miles Myth . IS >>> Human beings are good as a whole . ... Myth . Truth IS >>> Like maggots at a dead whatever !! they FEED at SELFISH GREED ......... On this Earth they EAT , On each other they EAT >> ALL FOR SELFISH GREED .. Just a SHEE ITE load of ASs HOOOOOLLLLLLEEEEESSSSS

It's sad that people don't realize or respect how much the auto industry changed the economy of the United States. When America shifted from an agricultural to an industrial based economy it was the auto industry who was the major cause of innovation, work and tax revenue in so many industries that support the auto makers. The material that's needed is one thing. Mining the ore, shipping it to the refineries and then shipping the metal to the machine shops for their use. headlights, brake lights, dome lights, dash lights, turn signal lights, license plate lights, glove compartment lights, fog lights. Circuit breakers, electrical systems, relays, servos, switches. Hydraulics, fuel, paint, oil, radiator fluid. Then you had shipping companies to deliver the cars to the dealerships around the country. You had places with contracts to make replacement parts for at least 7 years, places that made customized parts, repair shops, gas stations, car washes, auto parts stores, magazines where you could buy parts, all the accounting firms to do the corporate taxes, all the health insurance for the employees in the UAW union working for the car manufacturers, the advertising agencies, the car insurance companies consumers need to carry for owning cars, and I'm not mentioning everyone but damn, that trickle down effect was the truth when it came to the auto makers and the US economy! Charles Kettering was one of the main drivers!

At 12 minutes, done with describing the development of the engine. The car, Model A development continues. I am familiar with antique cars, and this is a great collection of period footage. The amazing thing to consider is that this car/engine was like a space ship to American people. The features, design and engineering were from the future.

I remember the old flathead V8’s very well. I had one that ran for years without an ounce of oil pressure-the oil pump drive gear pressed on the end of the cam shaft had come loose. Mine was the popular 85 horse power but they also had a little baby brother V8 that put out 60 hp. The only reason I eventually ditched my old Ford was that the girls weren’t interested!

@chrish5791

Жыл бұрын

That explains why! A mechanic that I worked for in high school used to sell Wynn’s products. He told me about a V8 that the Wynn’s regional distributor used take to fairs for demonstration of their oil treatment. He said that they would drop the oil pan and let it run for a half hour with no oil pressure. He also said it was a flathead Ford. It sounds like they don’t load the main and rod bearings very heavily judging by your experience and this.

@charlesbracken367

Жыл бұрын

Y bfi xbl tut

@charlesbracken367

Жыл бұрын

WHY DON,T THEY MAKE THEM. AGAIN, THEY WERE EASY TO KEEP UP

@gordocarbo

7 ай бұрын

@@charlesbracken367 Who would buy them? Not todays youth thats for sure .

This is thee most interesting picture of how an automobile came out the end of an auto assembly plant. I worked at General Motors Assembly plants at South Gate and Van Nuys for 14 years and never grew disinterested in the automobile production. If you can visit and see how a car is built do it! It's a marvel of engineering.

@6h471

4 жыл бұрын

agreed. I think the machines used to build the car, and the manufacturing processes are even more interesting than the cars they produced.

Couldn't help but think of Grey Baskerville of Hot Rod fame during my youth in the late 70's and early 80's He was a 32 roadster loyalist of uncompromising dedication. I still have my Monogram 1/8th scale 32 roadster in the living room as a dedication to Grey and the classic roadster.

Used the flathead in a hotrod. Found that removing some of the fins in the waterpump improved the water circulation and lowered the sometimes overheating problem. Turned out that too many fins caused turbulence in the cooling sysytem.

@haroldbonner5909

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct on the water pump, we also tilted the radiator back to slow down the air flowing through it picking up more heat as it past through helping to keep the engine heat down.

@caroltenge5147

2 жыл бұрын

go air cooled!

@spaceghost8995

2 жыл бұрын

The inherently long run of the exhaust ports created a lot of hot metal to be cooled.

@jamesdalling5603

2 жыл бұрын

smart car for those times.

@jamesdalling5603

2 жыл бұрын

@@spaceghost8995 fsqsnice times in those tiimescops have to do ther jop.keep drunksor it wouldkeep of and otfher law breakers of the road. ttim dalling.thanks.