I was 12 years old in 1968. I learned how to drive on a 1930 tudor sedan...with a galvanized bucket for a seat...what a thrill... great video here!👍👍

@vassa1972

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and good morning from Hamilton Ontario Canada Steven I'm Peter now 49 years old and unfortunately I'm also a stroke and cardiac arrest survivor and use a cane for balance when I'm outside walking around and can't drive anymore but I when I was young I remember driving too but the first time I drove a car was my aunt Claire's little Mazda 323 hatchback from the early 80's and it had a manual transmission and I couldn't get it out of their driveway LoL

My first car was a '29 Tudor. In 1959, nobody considered it to be "low and rakish." But it was fun to drive.

@gabrieljordan9977

Жыл бұрын

I wish that was my first car I really like it.

Still one of the most beautiful of industrial designs. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for creating this new channel dedicated to the history of the Ford Model A. I look forward to your videos in the future!

This car was converted to a Pheaton and given to Thomas Edison. It's currenly at the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners, MI

Wonderful video, and such a great channel you have here

I doubt that Henry didn't know how to drive a standard shift! After all, he developed the Fordson tractor about 10 years earlier and it had a standard shift transmission, clutch pedal and all!

Thanks for posting.

Like the channel as I have a 28 Tudor #238 serial number ,lots of odd features on her fun to drive and comments you get driving her

@AModelA

2 жыл бұрын

Talk about early! Glad to hear you're not afraid to drive your A.

Amazing history

Excellent video!

Love the song and video.

Fascinating and informative

Wow thanks so much for posting now we have the new Honda Maverick hybrid truck

Beautiful...I love Ford's chevys internationals Hudson's Lamborghinis Harleys....but this car the model T and 32s....perfect

I've heard Thomas Edison got the first Model A, as a gift from Ford. But it had a 'touring' car body, not the Tudor Sedan body shown here. Edison requested a closed car, as he didn't like open cars, so Ford swapped bodies for him. It's now in the museum in Dearborn..... (That's what I heard, at least)

@gregwddriver

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the other way around. The Tudor body was replaced with a Touring body. Model A #1 is on loan from The Henry Ford Museum to the Model A Ford Foundation Inc Museum on the Gilmore Museum Campus in Hickory Corners, Michigan.

@AModelA

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments! There's a lot of myth and legend behind Thomas Edison and Model A1. We're working on a video now that addresses that very specific topic! Hit subscribe if you haven't already and you'll be notified when new videos are posted.

It was a beautiful car.

Amazing!!!

An interesting movie 👍🏻😊

Looks 👍

@AModelA

6 ай бұрын

It does!

Just to think if all these top guy's hadn't got together back then how things could of be so different today.

Those raised platforms along the assembly line look dangerous.

My maternal grandfather worked here He came from cornwall to work here

I could have gone the rest of my life without knowing Henry Ford couldn’t drive a stick shift…

@email4664

2 жыл бұрын

That and the fact that John Wayne liked screwing little boys. Sort of kills it, for all of his tough guy films...

Histórico!!

The Plymouth was more progressively engineered but the Model A had excellent styling, low price, and simplicity.

@hankhicks1108

2 жыл бұрын

Plymouth with hydraulic brakes in 1928!

@email4664

2 жыл бұрын

@@hankhicks1108 White Motor Co had wet brakes then too.

Little did they know it was absolutely wanted to build the model A because the model T was getting outdated and undersold and Henry Ford was convinced that they just needed to make more. It was Edsel who had an important meeting with these people discussing the possibility of a new model only after getting them all on board did Henry Ford the first agree and then in typical Henry Ford style claim the idea as his own as it became successful and gave his son no credit. No wonder Edsel died of a heart attack try to please his dad his whole life and nothing was good enough

@fastmail55

2 жыл бұрын

Old Man Henry treated Edsel like dirt. Edsel deserved the bulk of the credit for the "A" as Henry had resisted the change from the T for years. If he had not been checked, Henry would have made Model Ts into bankruptcy.

@chuckschafer6728

2 жыл бұрын

EDSEL FORD DIED OF CANCER

Who is performing the narration for this work of art! @#$&*@# KZread!

Just think about something, the 'standard' transmission today is an automatic. Manuals are virtually extinct! Only some sports cars and a very few economy cars have a stick.

@uppastdawn7627

2 жыл бұрын

Every year Car and Driver or Motortrend does a story listing all of the manual transmission equipped cars available. Usually around 50 or so. Sad.

@bigears4426

2 жыл бұрын

That would depend in which country you live to some degree

@-oiiio-3993

2 жыл бұрын

My old '55 Chevy truck was 'three on the tree'.

@loboheeler

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure worldwide, but have heard that manual transmissions are 70% in Germany compared to 5% in the US. Whole generations that have never driven a manual.

@thomasjordan5578

2 жыл бұрын

Wasnt even synchro’d, extra skill required to match up engine speed to gear in shifting.

Funny song.

József Galamb????

@AModelA

2 жыл бұрын

Galamb was very involved in the creation of the Model A and it is surprising that he wasn't pictured at this moment alongside other people who had a role in developing the car. There were several other people who contributed greatly to the Model A who for some reason were not around on this day. Thanks for watching and commenting!

#meekbaylake

Made a Lady out of Lizzy...

All that HISHtory.

The whole world was not waiting for a new ford, America was. The world had Renaults, Peugeots, Fiats, Alfa Romeos, Lanchias, Mercedes, Opels, VWs and all these other cars that were more technologically advanced than ford

@Cougracer67

2 жыл бұрын

There were no VW's in 1927! Not until the late '30's.

@email4664

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cougracer67 Much more to European cars - Just like, the first cars were made by Mercedes and Mitsubishi, not Ford. He just sorted out mass production, which the Germans quickly perfected. Unfortunately, we bombed the shit out of all of that a few years later, but they had things well sorted - better than us here. The quality was, and still is, far superior.

@buckhorncortez

2 жыл бұрын

@@email4664 No they're not. Buy a new BMW or Audi and tell me all about the quality after four years or 50,000 miles. They have all kinds of problems. Have known a number of people who made the mistake of buying a BMW and were glad to get rid of the POS in less than three years because of the myriad of problems.