I remember riding in my parent's '47 Ford, almost the same as this one. It was dark blue with the grey interior. I used to ride standing up on the transmission hump in the back seat.

@AhmedAli-vb1zj

5 жыл бұрын

JuniorFan08 these memories are the ones that last

@kfl611

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the era of ash trays - who didn''t smoke then? And the ers of no seat belts or child seats.......or air bags.....

@2vaclav

3 жыл бұрын

How old are you?

@kfl611

3 жыл бұрын

@@2vaclav I'm 60.

@2vaclav

3 жыл бұрын

@@kfl611 Wow, good job mate. I was just wondering since what you said kinda coresponded with you having to a bit older than us, younglings. Hope all is good!

Brings back a lot of good memories from when I worked at my dad's Humble Gas Station in Corpus Christi, Tx, in the 50's. Love your video. Too many of the other guys just show you their feet and the dash during a drive-around. Thanks for making this 48 look good.

My parents had an identical one from '48 to '53. What a time capsule.

I learned to drive in a '49 Ford in '62. Also flat head V-8, push button starting and three speed. I helped rebuild the engine. My brother bought it for $25 in '59.

This is really my favorite era of classics, before they had their first post-war redesigns. You're lucky to have found such a well-kept example. Great color too!

I bought my first classic car a few months ago---a 1948 Ford Super Deluxe convertible, black with red leather and tan corduroy interior, with the original flathead and 6v electrical. (Loving it so far.) Excellent video on this line of cars, Kyle! You did a great job balancing the technical detail with your summary information and demonstration driving. Keep up the good work!

WOW! What a neat piece of history! My Grandpa had a very similar faded, dark blue '48 ford deluxe his whole life. There isn't much I remember about him. Sadly, he passed when I was very young. BUT I do remember him shifting his 3-on-the-tree, and singing while driving his '48. Thanks Saabkyle04. this was a real treat.

You're not a car fan if you can't appreciate the classics.

@MrCantGetRight313

10 жыл бұрын

Truth. Nothing like old American iron.

@susannardone6032

7 жыл бұрын

Nate S. true

@th3alchem1st46

7 жыл бұрын

True bro

@marajadeskywalker5992

6 жыл бұрын

So true. It's way different when you own 2 as your go to vehicles.

@Lincolntowncoupe

5 жыл бұрын

You know you're a car fan when you cool the engine while driving

My uncle had one of these when I was a little guy. I couldn't wait till you started the motor. What memories I knew the sound of that motor.

Amazing car you have a gem on you're hands!!!!! If I had a car like that I'd never sell it

One feature you may have not known about is. The inside door handles when pushed up lock the doors from the inside to the outside. Pretty cool feature I must add!

We had the 1946 convertible with electric convertible top control and fold down rear window. We drove it for 10 years and it ended its life powering a saw mill. Fond memories!

it has push button to start!

@19fortynine10

6 жыл бұрын

LOL yup till 51 in ford.

@Titanic19127

6 жыл бұрын

Wayy ahead of time

@WindozeCS

6 жыл бұрын

Almost all cars had push to start back then

@lsswappedcessna

6 жыл бұрын

70 years ahead of its time!

@Shelby-fq3eh

5 жыл бұрын

​@Gappie Al Kebabi Choke is on the right, start button is on the left. Just see how he starts the car.

What a beautiful car, greetings from Italy!

Wow Kyle, thank you so much for uploading this video! I've been waiting for this one! I learned some new things too! Your explanation of the transmission shifting and choke were really helpful, along with how to work all the other features of these cars since nobody ever makes videos showing how these things work. Your classic car videos are always my favorite. I saw your Facebook status and it's a shame that you sold this car, but at the same time I understand your reasons. I really want to own one of these post-war 40s Fords sometime in the not-too-distant future hopefully. Watching you drive it was super cool too. Thanks again for taking the time to post this one Kyle! Adding it to my favorites and will be watching it many more times in the future!

@saabkyle04

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot buddy! I'm glad you enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun filming :)

@asrockrpg

10 жыл бұрын

***** Is this car fully restored?

@connorjacobson9959

9 жыл бұрын

***** Nope, it has never been restored.

@shannonmcnally2346

6 жыл бұрын

Matt Maran Motoring Day o my god

@kfl611

3 жыл бұрын

These cars were easy to shift, and with only 3 gears - plus reverse - you can stay in each gear a bit longer than modern shift cars. A lot of the 3 speed shift on the floor have the same pattern for shifting - like a backwards 'h'.

My first car was a '47 Super Deluxe Tudor. I had factory shades on the back side windows.

Love this original owner's manual at 27:00. My present car has an owner's manual 4 inches thick! My brother owned one of these cars that was a coupe and at the same time I owned a '47 Mercury V8 convertible. I really miss the simplicity of the older cars.

What a nice streamlined lumpy looking car, I love it. So cool, not quite still 1930's styling, and not quite 1950''s styling either, kind of a little of both. You can see how the war interrupted the progression in body styles. Packard had the first car AC in the 1930s.

I would still take this over most of the crap that gets released nowadays. Awesome vid keep doing what you do best. :)

i am a British lad but i am fascinated by american cars from the 1940s fords espesily

@stormtrooper8431

8 жыл бұрын

+jack cooke finally

@jackcooke8556

8 жыл бұрын

+GameandcheezA.K.A.Gamecubekid874 what do you mean finally

@stormtrooper8431

8 жыл бұрын

jack cooke a lot of british people I see consider American cars bad

@jackcooke8556

8 жыл бұрын

+GameandcheezA.K.A.Gamecubekid874 i think there well nice

@knolmol6857

5 жыл бұрын

jack cooke british and american cars are masterpices.

Beautiful car. It's amazing how far engines have come. This car got 18mpg with a 3.6L V8 with 90hp. My 2015 car has a 2.0L I4 with 174hp and gets around 30mpg!

@johnossendorf9979

2 жыл бұрын

If that 4 cylinder is naturally aspirated I agree. If it's forced induction then imho, your getting in to apples and Oranges territory.

@zeroturn7091

2 жыл бұрын

V8’s have only evolved in power delivery. The MPG on most examples haven’t improved over figures from the 90s.

It's cool to see that Ford was implementing the Pushbutton start, not only in the present day but in the 1940's as well.

18MPG? That's actually not too shabby

@RetroCaptain

9 жыл бұрын

What (to Me) that IS shabby, is that *despite all the "Electronic this & that" & "Plastic this & Plastic that" (like Plastic Bumpers that self-destruct on impact), MANY Autos STILL get this kind of Mileage. It's a crime really, that in all these Years economy has not improved at all.

@BananaPhoPhilly

9 жыл бұрын

RetroCaptain Lol and the 1983 Honda Civic gets more gas mileage than a Prius

@19fortynine10

6 жыл бұрын

BOOHOO cry ! LOL !

@lsswappedcessna

6 жыл бұрын

Especially for a flathead V8.

@kens97sto171

6 жыл бұрын

RetroCaptain You're not considering the difference in Horsepower relative to fuel economy. Today a 450 horsepower Corvette gets 28 miles to gallon on the highway. And my 1.5 L 4-cylinder Toyota makes more horsepower than this V8. I'm not knocking the Ford believe me I think it's gorgeous and I'd love to own one but you have to look at all aspects of fuel consumption to get an idea of the comparison. The V8 in this car is 3.6 liters. And made 90 horsepower. And I think Kyle said 180 lbft feet of torque. My 1.5 liter Toyota makes 105 horsepower and about 90 lb of torque. And I averaged 30-35 miles per gallon City

My grandpa said to me that he had a "V8 48 Ford" And he said it was a nice car, just accelerate and it would go. He said too that once the radiator was not working so he pulled it out of the car, fixed it and attached it at the front of the car, or something like that, and drove it like this for a while, and he said too that he disassembled the whole engine and put it together again. He told me too that once a guy was trying to outpass him and I think he was in a muddy/dirty place/terrain or something, and then he accelerated the car and the guy in the back was so far behind after that. Ah, I think the car on the video was this same car model he had. I miss him.

Beautiful car! Take care of it, truly a master piece.

i really like that 'air conditioning' idea for the higher speeds, much better than rolling down windows

Ha, Push to start since 1948!

@conner5611

6 жыл бұрын

My ford 8n tractor has push button start lol its definitely not a new feature idk why everyone thinks it so cool

@Batman-wv5ng

5 жыл бұрын

Gappie Al Kebabi Yes but it’s got starter button

@SeilbonChinsYT

4 жыл бұрын

Yet a 2019 Camry (low trim) doesn’t

It is so very nostalgic to have the glimpse of this wonderful car - my grandfather owned this wonderful car - the V8 , then thereafter my father changed it to the one Ford V8 Superdelux - a magnificent car - just mesmerising.

My grandpa has a '48 Ford Super Deluxe. It won a judge's choice award at the Dwyer and Michaels auto show. It's a beauty

My Grandpa actually has this type of car and to this day he still drives with it. The car itself is also in proper maintenance as it looked like it was just manufactured yesterday.

This was made 7 years ago pretty good quality if you ask me

Fantastic automobile. This is a real treat. I was born in 57, but remember as a child taking a trip from New York to Florida in a car like this. I especailly remember the smell.

I would not mind having a car like this! I would love to learn how to drive a 3-speed on the column! I think it would be so much fun shifting on the column!

@GTARockman

6 жыл бұрын

The column shift was very sloppy and just not very good.

@johnkendall6962

5 жыл бұрын

@@GTARockman Actually the cars that only came that way had very tight shifters It was only after most cars had automatics did the shifters become sloppy The car companies didn't want to spend money to do it right.

@jeffambrosia5678

5 жыл бұрын

@@GTARockman ,good enough to be used for over thirty years

I had the same transmission in my 76 ford f-100, it was a great security system.

Nice. A beautiful piece of history, and your video puts the viewer right in the car with you.

A beautiful car in a beautiful color. I'd love to own a Ford with a flathead V8.

Whilst being a huge chevy fan, I really do like this car. It looks awesome

Absolutely LOVE it! You got quite lucky to find an unmodified original like that in such good shape. I really appreciate how you demonstrate how everything works. Keep up the good work!

I really like your classic car reviiews, especially the pre-50's cars, I hope you'll do more 40's car videos. Keep up the good work!

I have a vivid '48 Ford memory. I was about six and my father had business at a nearby courthouse. He got me a ice cream cone while I waited in the car. It was a hot day, the ice cream was quickly melting and I tossed the mess out the window and into the drivers window beside me. Fortunately we left before the owner came out to find a melted ice cream cone in the drivers seat. For years afterward whenever I saw a black '48 Tudor I would hide, thinking the owner might be looking for me. :)

@heckraiserrr413

2 жыл бұрын

LOL that's funny

Gorgeous car! Antique cars look so much better when they are left stock and not made into a hot rod with modern parts and mag wheels. I bought a '47 Tudor sedan in 1985 when I was in high school. It was my first car. It was an early '47 so it had '46 trim and looked like a '46. Great video.

Nine years ago today!! Still classic to buy!

My grandparents 67 Chevy C-10 has the three on the tree! My grandma is gonna let me try to do it in the spring!

Amazing condition man. Nice to see vintage cars on the road

Design and build quality still better than 2020 indian made cars

What a beautiful example of 1940s American rolling iron! Whoever put those seat-covers on back in the day did you a *huge* favor - the original upholstery would be ruined, were it not for those covers! The interior is damn near perfect!! Gorgeous!

I'd love to have an old car like this. Thanks for the video.

Your videos never disappoint me! Keep up the good work!

I love my 48 super deluxe i may only be 16 but ive only had mine a few weeks and i already love it and it taught me how to drive three on the tree so its a win win

My first car was a '47 Ford tudor flathead V8, bought in 1961 for $165. Years later installed a Chevy engine and running gear and went drag racing. The curved roof/trunk area was an aerodynamic problem above about 100 mph as the rear end of the car would tend to go airborne. The statement about the existence of a vacuum pump to power the vacuum windshield wipers is in error. The wipers received their vacuum from the intake manifold. Otherwise a great video.

Awesome review Kyle you kept that car in very good shape and sounds fantastic I love your videos keep up the fantastic work! :)

Awsome video!! I just bought a 47 mercury town sadan today. Apparently it was impounded for 20 years in Maryland for bootlegging. Its got 4000 miles on it and has had a complete rebuild from engine to diff. Not my favorite car but geeze it looks cool and has a pretty amazing story. Cant wait to find out just how original she is because it looks amazing for 71 years of age..... sweet video dude now i no how to start it hahaha. If its as original i think it is i believe it should be in a museum or at least in a collection back in the states, not Brisbane Australia. Woooohoooo im so excited

I love this video. A great demonstration of a neat old Ford.

And now it’s bought back Awesome! Rest in peace papa 😞

Thank you for that film. Your car is amazing. It's hard to believe that the car from 40's has all that great features :) Best regards from Poland !

One of my dream cars is a 47' Ford Super 8 Deluxe sedan police special. Preferably a L.A police special. Also the 47' Tudor convertible from Back To The Future.

Engine runs quiet ,smooth and strong! No trouble keeping up to modern traffic. Too bad Ford was slow to adapt front end independent suspension with coil springs. My 1948 Chevrolet had that. However, Ford did invent modern ball joint suspension in the early 50's.

Bias ply tires, original V8, original interior... I'm in love.

The superb past memory which makes me nostalgic because I am driver since 1973

Nice detailed review as always, thank you! The documentation of a car of this vintage should be protected in a folder, and pages turned very carefully please, it do not take much to tear a page. A complete documentation not teared and crumbled adds much to the joy of ownership of a classic car. Cheers.

Great review. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks.

Thank you Kyle, for everything you've done so far. I hope one day I will get to meet you in person and shake your hands! Wish you all the best in future work.

love this American classic,to me this should be only driven on a Sunday congrats to the owner of this beautiful machine

thats an awesome car. nice to see you still do classic old cars too. :)

God i love that engine sound , i wish i was born in those days . Everything was better

That is a simple and beautifully styled car, love american cars built before/after ww II

Lovely video. Great tour of the car which is in great condition and surprisingly well appointed. Perhaps one day you might tell us about some of the jobs you have done to bring your cars up to standard, I assume you do some servicing and maintenance to make sure they are reliable runners. Keep up the good work, love the detail and research you must do to have all the facts to hand. Cheers

Beautiful car Kyle, I'd love to have a car collection as nice as yours someday.

dude that is a beauty. i really love your channel an im a big car guy myself. keep doing what you do u r awesome. really nice car u shud be proud of it

Outstanding review Kyle. For a vehicle that old, the condition of it is absolutely in top notch shape for it's age :) In addition, which kind of manual transmission placement do you like better, the column-mounted one featured in this video, or in the middle in front of the center console? - Michael Land

My dad got a 1937 Chevy truck dually it used to be a fire truck from new Hampshire but I don't really know much about it but i still think its cool

Thank you so much Kyle, I was waiting a long time for you to post this video, and now you posted the video

@saabkyle04

10 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

I'm a lot younger than this car, but I'm old enough to know how wonderful vent windows are. Even if your not a smoker.

❤️ Love this car ~ a real beauty ! Stick shift is neat.

Great car! While I love seeing new vehicles and the technology going into new cars, I always love when you do old muscle cars and classics/antiques. I hope you're able to make videos of more classics like this. The history is so interesting and I feel like these cars are even more out of my reach than new cars so I love seeing them being picked apart and presented in such an unbiased way. Keep up the great work. I love your videos. EDIT: I also love comparisons. My car is much faster but still not great and this car still gets slightly better mpg.

Greetings from N.C. What a great restoration of a model I remember very well. Can't help but wonder about the North Carolina plate on the rear and South Carolina on the front? 1948 was the last year of the 1941 body style before the revolutionary and popular 1949 Ford with 8A engine was introduced.

Really COOL Super Deluxe you have there! 👍

This is very informative. Thank you! I LOVE OLD CARS!!! Thanks for sharing!

Push button start in the 40s

@1940limited

7 жыл бұрын

Mercury still had it in 1957. Buick had a gas pedal starter through 1960.

do you still own this car? in your playlist it said you sold it in nov 2013 but this video was updated in jan 2014. Late video perhaps?

Cars like this have so much goofyness to them yet they are soooo cool.

@MrCantGetRight313

10 жыл бұрын

Goofyness? I think that would be cars of today...

@ICleverFoxI

10 жыл бұрын

MrCantGetRight313 Good point, this is just a car. Not a computer/ robot thing.

@Rick1885

10 жыл бұрын

Like electronic gas pedals and all that other computer crap.

@jeffambrosia5678

5 жыл бұрын

So Goofy ,that Volvo copied it

Haha for a second at the beginning, I thought he was gonna pull out a remote and start up the engine lol.

@ellieprice363

6 жыл бұрын

You could actually start these engines from under the hood by turning on the ignition and pushing a button on the bottom of the solenoid.

@kalielwebb3774

4 жыл бұрын

I did too 😂😂😂

@rexjolles

3 жыл бұрын

@@ellieprice363 easy way to steal em lol

@eyheisbigcutie

3 жыл бұрын

@@rexjolles Stealing a car like that is just sad, it's a beautiful car, only steal it if no one is taking good care of it

@rexjolles

3 жыл бұрын

@@eyheisbigcutie steal it cuz you want it

So muich better than modern cars... That classic look!

This dude does a good job showing cars!😇😊😎😷

What a beautiful 1942 Ford! I would love to have one of them, they're big enough to sleep in. Dad had a Plymouth with push start and transmission.

I love how the engine sounds!!!

Always love your vintage car reviews!

This was quite a treat, as my father had a new 1947 Chevy 2 door, which my brother & I rode in with Mom and Dad until 1956. I much prefer the 48 Ford Deluxe with the flat head V8. This one appears to have been owned by a little old lady, who only drove "baby" to church on Sunday and to the grocery store on Saturday and then put it back to bed.

Great video! I really enjoyed it.It's nice to see a younger person interested in these cars and knowledgeable of them.

amazing...what a beautyful car...lets go back to the 40s...

@randykelso4079

2 жыл бұрын

Second that motion.

This would have been very useful 72 years ago but I’ll still watch

Wow...Great car Kyle! What did your grandfather say when he first saw it? Bet he was proud of it!

@saabkyle04

10 жыл бұрын

He thought it was awesome, quite surprised to see it :)

Very good video. You did a brilliant job. I learned things a never knew about the 1947. I was born in 1945.

You are out of your mind if you sell this car. Keep and enjoy it. As always. Great video. Thanks for posting.

I'm very familiar with any 3 Speed Column Shift (3 On The Tree). My favorite car is a 1947 Packard Super Clipper with the standard 3 Speed Column Shift.

Dear Mr. Lindsey, Thank you for everything. You have inspired me to love cars more. I love Acuras in stick shift. You inspired me with the RSX video. I want to wish you good luck in everything. And thank you for everything!

thanks very much for such a detailed presentation. Such a gem and original owners manual wow.

This was back when cars where made right. They were art

Watching this made me so happy I actually cried and frowned at modern auto makers. Based on that flat head V8 car right there NOTHING has improved as for as automobiles. That same flathead V8 or a 4 cylinder or V6 flathead could still be being used today in cars and light trucks. That 48 ford in the video if it was lubricated right and all ball joints kept greased would have lasted forever and was totally repairable forever. And that was the affordable version in the video because Cadillac and Oldsmobile had an over head valve V8 in 48 that was as good and actually better than any engine used today. That Ford was made to be available for the blue collar man. I rode in these cars as a child and am a mechanic with 44 years experience and nothing has improved in the auto industry

@trippberry

9 жыл бұрын

+Earl Guyton Right on Mr. Guyton, flatheads are a great design, simple, cheap, reliable, shame they faded out so easily. I'd have to agree, that for the most part there have been no real advancements since the 50s.

@charlesschaffer3732

5 жыл бұрын

@@trippberry have to disagree I saw plenty of these cars driving around with smoke pouring out the exhaust. The standard joke of the day was "fill it with oil and check the gas". 50,000 miles and it was due for an overhaul. Rings bearings and grind the valves.

What a splendid review, thanks! Really enjoyed the video. Beautiful car.