Driving a 100-Year-Old Car Through the Middle Of Nowhere! (Part 2)

Me watching this like i have a model t to drive

I have a 1922 Model T Roadster. I had the same cooling problem that you are having when I first got mine. I took off the water pump and threw it away. I thoroughly flushed the radiator and engine block several times, taking it through several heat cycles. I completely drained the whole system each time, and did this until there was no more rust color in the water. That completely solved my cooling problem. I now run antifreeze in it year round. I have been driving it this way for the past 3 years without any loss of coolant and never overheat even after driving for more than 100 miles in a touring day. Also, your carburetor should never be leaking. The fact that yours is leaking indicates a need for the bowl gasket replacement or float adjustment, or both. If you fix those issues you should get 20+ miles per gallon on paved roads using non-ethanol gasoline. If you use ethanol, you will get about 2 mpg less than with non-ethanol gasoline. One more observation about your comment in your part 1 video about what fuel the Model T used back in the day. Model T engines could indeed run on a variety of fuels, but they needed special carburetors to do so. The specifics of that are too numerous for me to go over in this comment but if you do some research you will easily find information about that. Anyway, you have a great car there. If you do the routine maintenance it will give you many hours of happy motoring.

Too much fun. But as I listened to them talk about how this was adventuring back in the day, I couldn’t help but imagine that when that Model T was new some grizzled old guy was talking about how real adventure travel was done in a covered wagon.

We left Milaca MN with ours, headed across SD, then up to Medora ND, then down into MT into WY, open range, cattle, deer, then to Devil's Tower, then Mt Rushmore in SD, the SD badlands, back across SD to Redwood Falls MN, then home from there, unassisted and alone all the way.. Make that 2000 mile trip, you know you've done it in a T. We have it all on VHS video.

Since farmers were just beginning to adopt tractors (and in the 19 teens a large portion of the American public was involved with farming), making a car tractor-like made sense. My grandfather reported that when Ford came out with the Model A in the late 1920s, many of my grandfather's neighbors put Model T wheels on their new Model A cars to get the extra ground clearance the Model T wheels provided.

Great video, guys. Back in the 90s, I was at the Hershey swap meet. It had rained all week, and the “roads” were all mud around the field. All modern stuff was stuck. Then a Model T came through, and you could see it was just meant for the conditions. Keep these T videos coming!

Imagine yourself at age 14, with your recently widowed mother, making the trip ftom Lincoln Nebraska to Eugene Oregon in a 4 seat version of that exact car. Complete with the Ruxtel 2 speed axle. Add into the equation your pulling a 4 wheel enclosed trailer with a hay wagon style front axle. Include a small chicken coop and an enclosure for 4 goats built on the rear of the trailet. Load the whole thing up with all your worldly possessions, including 2 steamer trunks tied on the running boards. My father and Grandmother made that journey during the depression in dust bowl conditions. Pretty epic situation.

If you encounter a very steep hill climb it in reverse. 1 , it’s a lower gear for more torque , 2, it gets your fuel tank to a higher elevation. The Model T is the epitome of simplicity which I love , at the same time it necessitates a bit of ingenuity to reach your final at times. BYW, great editing!👍👍👍

Pull the choke out about half way if it starts to stall up hill. We've owned 2 model T`s and still have a 1925 2 door hardtop. Love these videos!

From 1916 to 1923 My Grandparents and my Mom (born in 1917) lived in a tent with no floor and drove the Model T all over the western half of the country. My Grandfather was an itinerant lineman and followed the work as electricity was brought to the nation. All he had was few spare parts and a block and tackle to pull himself out when they got stuck. It was ALL dirt roads then and they would find a creek near a farm to camp. By eggs from the farmer. And people think they are poor now.....

I love this series! More, more, more!!!

Welcome to the hobby guys, enjoy the videos. Maybe someone else has already said this in the comments, if not a humble suggestion. Cranking the engine the full 360 when starting the engine could put you at risk of serious injury, pull from the passengers side up using your left hand with your thumb out of the way of the handle. This way you wont risk breaking your wrist/arm should the engine kick back and push the crank handle back at you. Hopefully we will see you at one of the club meetings.

This made me smile. Mr. Ford knew what he was doing. These things sold to nearly everyone back in the day.

What is amazing about the T is how much influence the Dodge brothers had in this car. Dodge brothers and Henry didn't see eye to eye on many issues.

This was very cool to see. My grand parents moved from Arvada, Colorado to So Cal in 1919 in an old touring car when my dad was 1 year old. When crossing the desert sand dunes the road was wooden planks and when they blew their last inner tube my grandfather stuffed rags in the tire to keep going. Somehow they made it. Over 15 MILLION Model Ts were built by 1927 and it wasn't until 1972 that the VW Beetle surpassed that production number.

I don't own one, yet. But I am an honorary member of a Model T club with over 30 members. They let me in because I am a professional vintage car mechanic (mostly '50s and '60s vehicles) and because of my love and enthusiasm for these cars. I went from not even knowing how to drive one to almost being able to build one from the ground up. These cars are more reliable than any modern car. Maybe not a 30 year old modern car ("modern" meaning it has some kind of computer) but definitely anything being made today.

The amount of rust when it boiled over. It needs a good flushing at the very least. That rusty water in the cooling system isn't helping.

We need a part 3,4,5,6,& 7😂🙏

Great Scott! Tommy looking like Doc Brown.

I remember seeing a video of Dirk and Trudy Regter who drove around the world in their 1915 Model T. They even got into an accident and thankfully both survived. It brings a smile to my face seeing these cars do what they were built for and so much more. No car has been more versatile than the humble "Tin Lizzie".