Model T was built at a time when the road conditions were horrible, so it had to have excellent suspension and ground clearance. It just looks old, but it is built like a tank.

@Grenyas

8 жыл бұрын

+February 100 years later, road conditions are still horrible in the US

@frakinaur

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Ortiz Eric, you must live in Illinois.

@raywei8472

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Ortiz yeah, surprisingly bad in big cities like New York

@vihangatck

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Ortiz lol don't be a dumbass. Go to india or any third world country and see how good the USA roads are.

@igostupidfast3

8 жыл бұрын

+OpTune in rural parts of Mexico a thick of rope is what's used as a speed bump

more articulation than most jeeps will ever see in their entire life of use

@benjamin9262

3 жыл бұрын

That's because the frame and body of the model t are allowed to twist and bend. It's an amazing thing to see! They don't build em like they used to.

@tacocatvlogs

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@Sak-zo1ui

3 жыл бұрын

I would rather get hit in a jeep than a model t though.

@480_Detailing

3 жыл бұрын

I was the 420th liker ⛽ ⛽ ⛽ ⛽

@isaakwelch3451

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sak-zo1ui I'd rather be dead in a T than alive in a jeep

When Grandpa wants to show how far he's progressed in yoga class

@freddieparrydrums

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao, needs more likes

@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@MAILMAN9936

3 жыл бұрын

That's something I don't want to see

@corporalclegg914

3 жыл бұрын

Grampa Flexes Out Hard & Does It with Style. He Ain’t Fast, but He Gets There Every Time. He Doesn’t Complain. He Drinks Whiskey, not Starbuck’s. Millennials Take Note...SnowFlakes Beware. Grampa Requires No Tuning...just Gas, Oil, Water & Air in Tires. Don’t Give Up Style for Speed; It’s the Journey, not Arrival Time.

@MR2hitty

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Man this thing was made over 100 years ago and STILL looks elegant asf

@Foxfloop

3 жыл бұрын

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel how is this a facepalm worthy comment? these are rather elegant old cars. Beauty in simplicity.

@dinnercat1142

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the gold and black compliment the bodywork so well!

@emersontrench1354

3 жыл бұрын

@@Foxfloop I think the face palm is cause he pointed out the obvious and yall just arent even worth lol

@worldwar1424

5 ай бұрын

@@thegamereviewandreallifech1910you make me sick

Back when "roads" were barely better than just driving through fields you needed that suspension

@Zesmas

3 жыл бұрын

have you seen Michigan? its the same as driving though the woods.

@Monster8242

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zesmas same with Minnesota 😂

@nopegaming2117

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zesmas yeah visited family back home in Wisconsin and on the way through Michigan I commented how the roads looked like Milwaukee roads

@TheTyisawesome

3 жыл бұрын

When "roads" were just the most traveled path that was more matted down haha

@k.g.b.1150

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, you know nothin'. You call the road in the US bad? Come to Eastern Europe to see the meaning of potholes and bad roads.

This Ford should have been named the Ford Flex, not the new ones

@tropictitan8531

3 жыл бұрын

And that's a great name for an old car 👌

@deadbushpotato2331

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you theos poo

@user-lf7nf3kl7t

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadbushpotato2331 because deadbushpotato23's poo was taken

@cesarmercado8536

3 жыл бұрын

Those can sure flex the frame

@deadbushpotato2331

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-lf7nf3kl7t OH SHIT CALL DE POLICE

It’s common knowledge that these 1900’s cars had incredible articulation in their suspension setups. Just think of the road conditions when they were made. Most roads were little more than “trails” at the time.

@will7its

3 жыл бұрын

With 2 feet of mud in spring time.......

@Stressless2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@will7its Exactly. The early 1900's and 1910's Fords, Chevrolet's, and others were built for these types of conditions.

@joshrepik

3 жыл бұрын

Common knowledge to some. I figured that was the case knowing how it was back then, but this is still super surprising to see

@c4onmylip

3 жыл бұрын

It's one of those things that you don't think about until you have to think about it though lol. Like yeah, it's a solid axle with inverted leafs and no sway bar, it should flex like crazy.

@danielhomant2832

3 жыл бұрын

Plus, if you notice how much the front flexed over the rear, it shows that it is set up like a 3 point suspension. This helps to ensure that all wheels are always grounded, and it gives a slightly more comfortable ride on the front.

You made literally every Jeep owner cry. Lol

@AlftraZignTriOxide

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, 1 wheel drive

@schulzy1544

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlftraZignTriOxide it'd be pretty cheap to only need to buy one mud tire lol

@godsinbox

3 жыл бұрын

yes reminding them that their car should still be running, not at the dealer for repair

@MAILMAN9936

3 жыл бұрын

I seen hatchbacks to better at off-roading than the jeeps honestly

@alecz478

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlftraZignTriOxide 3 wheel motion

Now that s**** Ford tough looks like Henry Ford knew what he was talking about

@AiOinc1

3 жыл бұрын

It's basically a tractor that can go high speed

@ScrotumWizard

3 жыл бұрын

Ford tough means nothing today.

@jrea424

3 жыл бұрын

@@AiOinc1 they even came with a PTO so you could run saws and other implements

@stewietinktink8441

3 жыл бұрын

That “was” Ford tough

@GlizzyAssassin

3 жыл бұрын

GOBBLESS

She was truly Built Ford Tough

@aspiceronni4462

3 жыл бұрын

Damn straight.

@Quint1836

3 жыл бұрын

@@aspiceronni4462 bone simple vehicle right there

@aspiceronni4462

3 жыл бұрын

@@Quint1836 Right? Must have been a magical time to be alive.

@nopegaming2117

3 жыл бұрын

@@aspiceronni4462 could practically fix the whole car with a simple toolkit, no need for 40 special tools

@aspiceronni4462

3 жыл бұрын

@@nopegaming2117 Cars back then weren't designed to fail. Not yet anyway. They were well on the path but they were still built to last.

Some of the Model T’s articulation comes from the frame itself, which is made out of vanadium steel; stronger, lighter, and more flexible than other steels used by auto manufacturers at the time. Two people on either end of a bare Model T frame could pick it up and simultaneously twist it in either direction. Each axle has one laterally -mounted leaf spring, as opposed to having two that run parallel with the frame rails. While this isn’t the best for high speed driving, it works wonders for articulation, as shown in the video.

@DrTheRich

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm, it drives like a dream off road. I can't tell the difference between asphalt and gravel roads by feel. The lateral suspension was quite unique even for it's time

Todays cars will never have suspension flex like this Ford.

@NGCgalaxy

3 жыл бұрын

Because they don't need to

@Rumham666

3 жыл бұрын

No shit bozo it's not 1910 anymore

@Kieryboo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rumham666 for real It ain't like flex means it don't hit bottom

@HioSSilver1999

3 жыл бұрын

And today's cars handle much better.

@brandoncaldwell95

3 жыл бұрын

@@HioSSilver1999 handle better? In what country? These old cars handle better than any new vehicles off the assembly line. These cars were built to take abuse and hit things unlike cars these days that simply fall apart looking at them.

The Model T really was the car that "put the world on wheels"

@DKG_4747

3 жыл бұрын

American innovation right there

@urmanthenascarfan5847

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@misterbuklau4053

3 жыл бұрын

Little known fact is that Oldsmobile beat ford to the spotlight.

@RuviaPawz

3 жыл бұрын

@@DKG_4747 they also 0retty much built the internet

@DKG_4747

3 жыл бұрын

@@RuviaPawz let's be honest, the United States pretty much invented everything we use in modern life

I can’t believe this video is 5 years old and I’m just now seeing it like wow I want to see what my model a can do now

@61rampy65

3 жыл бұрын

Model A had the same basic suspension design as the T, as did all Fords up until 1949.

@hunterthomas9999

3 жыл бұрын

@@61rampy65 yes it sure does that’s why I’d like to try it

@hunterthomas9999

3 жыл бұрын

@Jesus Is My Savior i happen to have a 1930 model a and as a matter of fact I’ve never been unfortunate enough to get it stuck through mud and sugar sand it’s something about those pizza cutters that just keep on finding traction somehow

@hunterthomas9999

3 жыл бұрын

@Jesus Is My Savior I don’t understand that why it keeps being deleted

I bet that wonderful Ford looks at these expensive rock crawlers and goes "rookies". hahaha I love this!

@eternalemperorvalkorion750

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it was built in a time basically half of America was dirt roads, Britain was cobbled old Victorian and roman roads and a lot of mainland Europe had the city infrastructure but the country terrain was rugged so these cars were built to bend shake contort and move in strange ways to overcome the road issue being a lack of good roads in the time.

@Leatherface123.

3 жыл бұрын

This model t is Bigfoots cousin

@AltimaNEO

3 жыл бұрын

@@eternalemperorvalkorion750 also it's built out of wood

Does thouest even flex, brethren?

@jay1185

3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment.

@shaggymeme1268

3 жыл бұрын

Your a couple hundred years off but I see what u we’re trying to do 😂

@crystalwallace2175

3 жыл бұрын

Thou proclaimed thy flex in thine presence.

@deephorizon1365

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA

@lazarogarcia2122

3 жыл бұрын

Haha good one.

what's more impressive is that driver not knowing which direction to turn when a person points

@Majorfarter

3 жыл бұрын

Typical moron that can’t be told what to do by anyone

@TheyForcedMyHandLE

3 жыл бұрын

Especially when it looks like he can just literally look out the front and see the tire.

@Kraigthecanadian

3 жыл бұрын

That's more the flex and steering style with no modern geometry or power steering as the axle lifts it changes the distance to the steering box so the extra length has to go somewhere so the wheels must turn plus i doubt he takes it up something like that often so likely didn't understand that its amazing how few truly understand the mechanics of there vehicle or what it will do so to him he was like but i held the wheel straight i should go straight

@AimForTheBushes908

3 жыл бұрын

He's in a Ford, what so you expect??

@TheyForcedMyHandLE

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kraigthecanadian Yeah, bump steer is a thing. So is him not knowing what he's doing.

When it said "shows how its done" I thought the dude was gonna hit it at max speed and hit a two wheeler

i've been watching black and white sidebar videos of the road conditions the model t was designed for... it was like it was madatory your ride was "trail rated" in order to get into town for groceries.

@nubreed13

5 жыл бұрын

Just like the old Soviet cars

I like the old silent movies where they show the cars taking some crazy ruts. Cars nowadays couldn't come close to traversing what they did in those days.

@zachmeyer2718

3 жыл бұрын

Cause cars today are designed to go on pavement roads. Cars back then were designed to go on crappy muddy paths. Different needs, different designs.

@cardioandfriends

3 жыл бұрын

We can’t come close because we overshot it with about 120 years of progress. What a stupid fucking remark

@JDMSpecYugo

3 жыл бұрын

They don't make them like they use to. Cars from the 80s could smack a tree and still run good. Today cars would shut off from hitting a curb hard enough lol.

@zachmeyer2718

3 жыл бұрын

@@JDMSpecYugo dude just about every car would die from ramming full speed into a tree. I would say that modern cars would preform a lot better than 80s cars. In your head every “80s car” is a Ford F-250. Reminder that they made more than just those in the 80s and watch a whistling diesel video and it’s pretty clear that it actually can’t handle that much.

@johngault7329

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachmeyer2718 he didn't say 'full speed'. Work on your reading comprehension. He was making a comment about how new cars turn off with the slightest impacts. All for safety, of course. Older cars wouldn't turn off. Even if you hit a tree. (NOT AT FULL SPEED). scenario. Your backing out of a friend's driveway and you back into a tree. Your 80's car would still be running.. See? No full speed mentioned.. Simple... .

The model T suspension is based on old carriage suspensions that were developed for hundreds of years before cars were even thought of. The duel transverse leaf spring suspension was used on carriages at least a hundred years before the model T. Most Amish buggies still use dual transverse leaf springs. Transverse mounted leaf springs are great for suspension travel on rough terrain, and since only 2 are required it simplified production, but they allow extreme body roll which can lead to roll overs if turning too fast. By the 40s transverse leaf springs were a thing of the past and the 4 leaf spring setup found on many vehicles with rigid front and rear axles became popular. Highways and higher speeds needed even more stability so leaf springs were replaced on the front with coil springs and independent front suspensions. Its still amazing to see the model T in action.

That is so unbelievably awesome that it needs to be a poster...

Henry Ford was the first rock crawler. model t said, hold my spare, I'm going rock crawling.

These things look like they would have suspension from a super car (hard) but they have stuff from a 70s LR. I want one even more now.

@isaacsrandomvideos667

3 жыл бұрын

@Keegan Young hey!

The chassis rails were Chrome Molybdenum Steel (yep the same steel as spanners) their ability to flex without stress cracking is unreal. A visit to the Ford Museum is an eye opener to just how advanced the Model T was, so impressive, it was the best selling car for many reasons more than just the low price, materials and engineering innovation proliferated on this machine, I walked out that museum with a massive respect for what Ford had done to provide Joe Public with the very best quality vehicle built to last at an affordable price.

I looking for the back to the future reference "Where we are going we don't need roads"

IMO, old cars just look so much better, so much character and personality to them, I love them❤

We need a petition to make every short video exactly a minute and one second so they don't end up on KZread shorts.

@michaeldahlinger8815

3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@jonathanriley469

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldahlinger8815 because KZread shorts is like tiktok now and I hate tiktok. It's annoying.

@cscrossman

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanriley469 Agreed.

Henry Ford said: "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black."

Considering the model T was built before the highway system and the use of paved roads between town and was meant for the common man, yeah I believe it.

that was really impressive to watch! the Flex 4 Food is a great event. thanks to the Christian Off-Road Association and When Pigs Fly BBQ for putting it on

@TheAnnoyingBoss

3 жыл бұрын

"Christian off-road association" Back when I started learning about jesus I would have never guessed the christians were so diverse lmao I guess this reply was 5 years too late haha

@ZIGZAG12345

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnnoyingBoss I'm glad you replied recently though, because I had to read that bit twice myself!

One of the vehicles I want to own right here. Model T will always be on my favorites list

"they don't make em like they used to"

Henry is smiling 😃

That's the most new looking 100 y. o. car I've ever seen.

That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen done by something old of that nature!! F*ckin' Awesome y'all!!!

That is too cool! Not bad for an old jalopy.

@ArKritz84

8 жыл бұрын

+Yet Another Car Show Not bad by any standards.

The chassis itself is flexing like crazy, awesome

@brandoncaldwell95

3 жыл бұрын

Way they were designed. The vehicle itself flexed to help with rough conditions and heavy loads of the time do redice stress to the structure. Ridged frames like the boxed frames of modern pickuos can crack due to stress. Why semi trucks are still C channel and will flex with the engine torque.

20th time I've watched this!!! Its gotten better each and every time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody gangster until the model t rolls up

Best car ever built.

That's the Ford I Like!

We need some vehicles like this as a salute to the old Ford model T's. Beautiful car.

100 yrs old and still flexin 💪this is impressive!!!

Very very impressive considering it's a CAR!😲

@AiOinc1

3 жыл бұрын

It's basically a tractor that can do 45mph, many people added PTOs. A guy I knew used one as a saw mill.

@twoeightythreez

3 жыл бұрын

The earliest trucks were just cars with beds mounted on

@AiOinc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@twoeightythreez Not even, they were chassis that you mounted a custom body to

Rubicon this! Jeep eat your heart out!

@AngryTurds

3 жыл бұрын

How's the new f truck go for flex?

And still the simplicity and reliability champion. You got to give it to the T

Have one of those cars upstairs above our garage. Part of family history. Love it!🙏

looks like the frame flexed just as much as the suspension, lol.

First production car ever still out performs most of todays competition XD

@danieljones1861

3 жыл бұрын

Technically Ford's first production car was the Model A that ran from 1903 to 1904. But in terms of flexibility of the frames, yeah the Model T definitely out performs most modern ones. :)

@logankuzyk

3 жыл бұрын

It's not the first production car.

@armchairgeneralissimo

3 жыл бұрын

First production gasoline car was by Karl Benz in 1888 First mass produced car was the Oldsmobile Curved Dash in 1901 This is not to shit on Henry Ford the man perfected mass production of cars as the Oldsmobile sold in the thousands and his Model T sold in the millions.

@Iisakkiik

3 жыл бұрын

Ok so how does that much articulation help me drive to work?

@armchairgeneralissimo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Iisakkiik It would have done back in the early 1900s where roads outside of the cities and large towns would be dirt tracks.

The fact that this performs better than most Ford cars we have today

That is pretty freaking impression. Listen to that engine chuckling along. Love it 👍

Are you kidding me? That is awesome!

A lot of interest from the off-road clubs about restoring these lately, now I know why! lol

Guy frantically pointing left... Driver: "ok I think I'll turn to the right now"

I really wish Ford could make these cars again. It been over 100 years since these cars have been made. We need more vehicles like this on the road.

When you've been invited to Downton for a tea but roads weren't still invented

Damn grandpa! You got some flex boi!

This is an exciting video im so chuffed by this! ❤

That's a lovely piece of history right there.

It's a Model T thing, you wouldn't understand

100 years old and still almost as capable as most actual off-roaders today. Impressive.

@PatrickKQ4HBD

3 жыл бұрын

---in 2 wheel drive!

Just goes to show that Ford has been leading the way for over 100 years boys

I like how the entire chassis flexed.

I wanna see pumps on a model t now 😂

@franklyspeaking4480

3 жыл бұрын

😆

Mean while someone with a wrangler spent 15 grand in order to do this

The good old model T is one of the best cars in the world. When anyone probably thinks of an automobile, the first thing that pops up in their mind is a T Model Ford.

Oh how amazing it would be to daily something like this. Sacrifices? All of them. Benefits? You can fit everything you need to fix anything, anywhere, in a lunch box.

I think I could complete the Gambler 500 with a stock model T...

@tomasperalta3961

3 жыл бұрын

#abg

@danielhomant2832

3 жыл бұрын

They were rolling past today, but didn't see anything older than mid 80's or so. Whatever anything a 92 Thunderbird can handle, a T can. Unless it is doing anything quickly, heh.

Got Flex?

My mans is a counterweight holding it up

One of the reasons I want a Model T

And this is surprising? Now open the door and close it again, lol.

@Slinky-jf8oo

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna see tht! Lol

@mikaelsiivonen

3 жыл бұрын

It should work because there is no stress on the body just the frame

@jimmartin7881

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikaelsiivonen Lol, and what's that minimally braced body bolted to?

@notamexican91

3 жыл бұрын

No need when you can just literally step over the door

@momj8432

3 жыл бұрын

Bro I've seen people take the exact Ford on the exact same thing and open the door

Only sad part is that they're sometimes 1 wheel drive 😂

@specialopsdave

3 жыл бұрын

@Tilc Rekcil Many Model Ts had no differentials, they were complicated and expensive. It was optional, because many people lived on cobbled roads where traction was nowhere near as limited, and it was more maintenance than a simple gear to drive the left axle. A proper differential was optional, just like wheel brakes.

@HenryJaySabercat

3 жыл бұрын

@@specialopsdave as someone who rebuilds these cars, I feel I have to correct both of those statements. The Model T did in fact have a standard differential. It's wasn't very advanced, just a plain old open diff, but it did have one. Perhaps pre T Ford's didn't, but that's beyond my scope of knowledge. Wheel brakes were standard in the form of the parking/emergency brake on the rear wheels. You could buy external rear brakes that operated with the brake pedal, but those were not factory equipment and could only be found aftermarket.

@specialopsdave

3 жыл бұрын

@@HenryJaySabercat I remeber being told that the Rocky Mountain 4-wheel Brake kit was a factory option. The differential misconception must have been from some video I watched involving the quadracycle or something, and I mixed up the two

Nice the roads of the day needed that.

Amazes me how we went from that, to cars filled with tech we dont even need

100 years old but... Fully restored to a mint condition. Keep that in mind.

@MrWolfSnack

5 жыл бұрын

That has nothing to do with it. Nothing has been changed.

@PU8698

3 жыл бұрын

Restored to how it was 100 years ago...

@eternalemperorvalkorion750

3 жыл бұрын

No these things went down mud drop offs back in the day watch their advertisements for the cars strength back in the day

This is the most american video I have ever seen in my life.

Made better than most Ford trucks in 2021

Amazing piece of machinery

What’s better a tacoma trd pro or a model T Well I say model T

Someone held the camera the wrong way

To think this was a classic even back in the 60s 😂

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

11 ай бұрын

A classic in 1936.

There are two types of antique car owners: "This car is a priceless historic artifact that must be preserved in original condition for future generations. It can be driven 100 miles per year and only in perfect weather on freshly paved roads." "Let grandpappy show you how it's done! It could do this then, and it can do it now!"

Those old ladies got built in days where they didn't even know what asphalt was and things were desingned to last through everything . They maybe are old and slow, but they are way well built than any new car of today

I’ve been off-roading in a Jetta, street raced my truck against a Camaro RS, and jumped a Ford Focus over a creek in a hometown rally race, but I have never, in a million years, thought you could go Jeeping in an old Henry Ford.

Since the beginning the flexible frame was part of the suspension system. Early CJ's were known for having a flexible frame.

@LeoMkII

3 жыл бұрын

I think russian trucks like Ural use flexible chassis too, but I'm not 100% sure

That logo looked soo much better than the cheap looking blue one they use now

that car is so beautiful

Absolutely amazing. If my 67 firebird had that travel i would have been golden

Wow... even about 90-odd years later they had fords doing stuff like that with suspension Except of course for the modern ones Old school rocks

New Bronco is looking sick!

Now that's what a ford should be.

The true original off road vehicle. Awesome.

Quite incredible, many so called 4wd vehicles could not have done that and still had all four wheels on the road surface but the old Model T Did, ALL four wheels were still in contact with the road surface!!!!

Thing was actually a beast

Its old but is still the best .

That frame twist though

Around 0:37, look at the windshield compared to the rear of the T. This whole car is a flex on anything new

THIS CAR IS AWSOME