**RARE** Slant Tunnel-on-Wheels @ Morro Bay Car Wash
*This video is dedicated to Car Wash Studios, because he identified this machine first as a Slant system of some kind*
This older hybrid machine has an unusual design, featuring a roll-up mitter, reverse rocker panel brushes, high pressure manifolds, and an arm which is used for front and rear presoak application and high pressure cleaning. Wash quality was about 3 stars: cleaning power was low, but the machine was still capable of removing bird droppings and bugs fairly well. The machine was also fairly intelligent, as demonstrated by how it just partially retracts the mitter for front presoak application.
This video shows the best package which was offered at this site: the Deluxe Combination Wash (for $8; oddly just $1 more than the Basic Combination Wash). Touchless options were also available for $7 and $8, and were nearly identical in terms of wash content.
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I had not seen a car wash like this before. Looks ancient. Thanks to the cameraman I have a headache from the jiggling and jerking of the camera.
3:07 Clapping Mitters!!! lol
@ameliadiaz8040
7 жыл бұрын
I rather like colorful top brushes best!
This car Wash has now been removed and the site no-longer operates an automatic wash. You can look up "Morro Bay Car Wash" and see the proof for yourself on their facebook page.
wow, the imperfections in the paint are real!
@SFCarWashChannel
6 жыл бұрын
The imperfections are probably from hand washing the car a few years back, before I started my channel. We did it because the washes were free with an oil change at a local hand wash/quick lube.
@CARWASHCHANNEL.
2 жыл бұрын
@@SFCarWashChannel can you film from the inside view next time please
@SFCarWashChannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@CARWASHCHANNEL. I no longer do inside views or film inbay automatics. This machine has also been removed since I filmed it.
@carwashreviewsandmore7609
2 жыл бұрын
@@SFCarWashChannel what has it been replaced with?
@SFCarWashChannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@carwashreviewsandmore7609 Apparently it was converted to another self serve bay.
wow those are rare its hard to find car washes like this, this system looks like it was made in the 70s or late 60s
We had something like this back home in Kansas and it was called a "tunnel on wheels" system. It was the same configuration except there was no wash arm that covered the front and back of the car, and the sprayers for the rinse pass rotated back and fourth.... was there for a while then the pulled it out.
I know you don't do in-bay automatics anymore, but I think you should refilm this from the inside if it still exists. It's just such a rare system that appears to be well maintained. And maybe film one of the touchless cycles?
This is a magic touch rollover i think
@SFCarWashChannel
4 ай бұрын
This machine is a Slant Tunnel-on-Wheels. Slant is better known for the S7 Fasttrack rollover, which has 2 top brushes and angled side brushes.
I wished it hand dryers
You're a great car wash photographer!!! You should do more in-bay systems. (No enforcements, and I will stay subscribed even if you can't do in-bays.)
@SFCarWashChannel
3 жыл бұрын
I stopped filming inbays because once you see one machine of a given type, you basically see them all. However, tunnels are much more variable. Even 2 tunnels that are theoretically identical can perform very differently from each other.
@kingcarwashnfansdrivesetc8364
3 жыл бұрын
I totally understand! While an in-bay system can be the same stuff, tunnels are customized, and can be very different.
Found the info on this system. Made by now defunct company called "Slant Systems", in the early 1990's. They made many obscure systems, and this one obviously wasn't successful, and was very ahead of it's time. Source: Google Patents- www.google.com/patents/US5148570?dq=Ryko&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1KdFVfjpJcX-gwTgroFg&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBjgK
@SFCarWashChannel
9 жыл бұрын
Car Wash Studios Wow! I thought Slant only made the S[unknown] Fastrack and some tunnel stuff like what Earl Weiss had. Also I found a Slant rollover at Crystal Car Wash in Willits, CA (though I will not likely visit it for some time because it is far away) that appears to be a Fastrack. This particular system seems to be a later or earlier model of the system seen in the patent info, considering the addition of rocker brushes and different treadle placement. BTW this info really made my day. Thank you!!!
When will you film the Slant Car Wash system at Crystal Car Wash in Willits, CA?
@bigburgerboi2005
3 жыл бұрын
sadly it was replaced with ANOTHER Mark VII CHoice wash SMH
By the look of the brushes, it looks like an old hanna system
Are those side brushes stuck? Because they turned on, but didn't come towards the car.
@adelaideautowashes
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they probably are. Or, the mechanism that pushes them out is too weak and/or stuck.
that is a nu-star soft touch system
@SFCarWashChannel
Жыл бұрын
This machine is a Slant Tunnel on Wheels, which was developed as a hybrid friction/touchless machine.
The build makes me think Hanna, I can't find anything about Slant. Does anyone have links?
@SFCarWashChannel
4 ай бұрын
flickr.com/photos/54431983@N04/28773116872/in/photostream/
@SFCarWashChannel
4 ай бұрын
Best place to find information about Slant's designs is Google Patents. I believe the company itself was called Bivens Winchester Corp.
is this car wash still working
@SFCarWashChannel
8 жыл бұрын
+Adam sturgeon As far as I am concerned, it is still operational.
As of 2020 this car wash system has been removed and it’s now a full self service car wash. 🙁
@bigburgerboi2005
3 жыл бұрын
no its still there, if so how do u know?
Simple look for a car wash
there is no dryers at this bay wash
Some more video's I have of slant's equipment (Even tunnels!) kzread.info/dash/bejne/foKs2c2Fpbu7ZdI.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/n21rw9ybadTWiMo.html
4:20 Did the rinse arms make a squeaky noise??
@theyoutuber254
8 жыл бұрын
Yes.
"Your BEST Choice" Nah, a ryko system would do better than that.
@inactivechannel7029
6 жыл бұрын
Cool James I don’t think so. Ryko systems are extremely poorly built, if I would compare and rate, I’d rate this 4.9 stars and a Ryko 1.5 stars.
@adelaideautowashes
6 жыл бұрын
Huh! Okay.
@inactivechannel7029
6 жыл бұрын
Cool James Although, it depends. Usually if it has a dumb owner that is a cheapskate that doesn’t care about their system and leaves it to rot, then that is when it gets horrible. If the owner cares about their system and does not leave it to rot and they maintain it well, usually it will last good for about 3 years.
@adelaideautowashes
5 жыл бұрын
@@inactivechannel7029 Ok i've thought about this wash compared to a Ryko SoftGloss for a while. There is NO way that this thing can outperform a Ryko SoftGloss. There's just no way! A SoftGloss has 5 brushes, while this thing has two that don't move, and a mitter. The mitter only works properly while the side brushes don't move in/out. With a Ryko SoftGloss, the brushes are active throughout the whole wash cycle and have 3 more than this wash. And, it has a top brush, rather than a mitter curtain. It also has much better application of presoak, wheel scrub, high pressure prewash, rain-x, clear coat protectant, and onboard or offboard dryers.