A Tour of Tom Silva's Work Truck 1988
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- General Contractor Tom Silva gives Bob a tour of his work truck. This is the second appearance Tom Silva makes on This Old House and the first This Old House project he was the general contractor for. From "This Old House" Season 10 "The Lexington Bed and Breakfast" Episode 6 "The Lexington Bed and Breakfast Part 6". Originally aired Thu Oct 06, 1988.
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Bawb, Nawm and Tawm in a single episode. You would think the world would implode under this much mass.
what are you saying, we talk funny?
Eatin to many Lobstahs ,,, perbert
And they even looked at a few draws
You know Tom was thinking inside his head, “stop touching my stuff Bob!”
Touching is one thing, but unhooking latches - not cool Bob.
He was thinking. “I’ll have your job”
only thing bob did was perfect the art of supervision
Thought the same thing!
@@Kevin-mp5of farkin narcissistich jahg uff
He was just the guy they were featuring that week. I can’t imagine the show without him.
I started out with a carpenter who did everything from forming to finishing. Now everyone is specialized. My god he even had a welder on board. He was havin a good hair day too.
A lot of carpenters deal with steel structural I-beams most farm the cutting and welding work out.
better to have it and not need it, versus needing it and not having it.
Yup, us old New England Carpenters had to learn to do everything, before nail guns and lazer transits. I remember using nothing but string, plumb bob, compasses, and a transit, and 1 benchmark to plot out the house site, my best spot was less than an inch in every direction for a 3200 sq foot house. Surveyors who did the as built were stunned. We were lucky we were the last generation to learn how to do it all by hand, and then, after we learned all the basics, we got to use powertools!!!! OMG it was amazing what an education I got. I also learned a boatload of my craft, especially finish work from watching TOH, and then applying their techniques in the field. I still use Tom Sylva's stair jig to this day to get perfectly mitered skirt boards on all my staircases. And I'm not a boomer, "Gen X", the last of the old school, but I've taught a lot of young men how to make an honest living building stuff, the old fashioned way. Love TOH, one of the best shows ever imagined, it will continue to teach generations of builders how to do really awesome stuff!!!
Yes because not everyone can learn everything and when you are doing 20 different trades its easy to screw something up and miss something or just flat out not be skilled at it. Compared to someone where all their entire life they have done that one trade. You will get more experience than a casual handyman. If you have a huge antique brick chimney to restore or that needs to be rebuilt with fresh brick, would you want someone that has been a bricklayer for 40 years of their life to work on it or someone thats only been doing brickwork 2 years off and on between building prefab decks and fixing leaky sinks?
@@bvalt1 God-bless you we are kindred spirits
I met Tom by chance and what a nice guy. He was really happy to meet a fan of the show. Stand up guy with loads of knowledge!
Back when every contractor wanted to look like Mario or Luigi....miss the 80s
Yup!
@@Kevin-mp5of bach den dey wehre moh concernehed abouht hohw dare mustache loohked ohn dah johb sihte
Bob: “hey Tom how you doing”
Tom: “good Bob.....just thinking about taking your job”
@T Borg, Tom didn't take Bob Villa's job. Villa stupidly and famously quit to go on to what he thought were bigger and better things. He's in the David Caruso club now. The show hired Steve Thomas as host before eventually hiring Kevin O'Connor.
@warsurplus no shit.....it is called a joke. Not everything is meant to be fact. Enjoy life a little.
@@tborg9173 I'd suggest from your response, that YOU are the one wound a little too tight. Your so-called joke doesn't resonate because a person other than Tom did indeed take Villa's job. Your misinformed attempt at a joke failed because the punch line doesn't fit with what played out in pop culture.
@warsurplus actually Tom took Norm’s job. Moron.
@@tborg9173 Tom didn't become the host of the show as you implied he wanted in your original post. But since you can't participate in a civil discourse without descending into name calling, I'll leave you the last word. Cheers.
I bet looking back-Tommy never would’ve guessed he’d still be working on TOH all these years later.really enjoyed seeing this and remembering the history that has been made by these guys...Norm graciously passed the big work off to the Silva brothers knowing full well they were equally as skilled as he was and could handle whatever was needed.truth be told-Bob Villa was never missed going forward.The only thing I missed was hearing Tom call him”BWAB”🤣
Lol
Hey, yo', bwabby! Get back here wit my swah.
In the early or mid 90's Bob Vila came to our local Sears for a meet and greet. A friend of mine happened to have some tools he needed to exchange so he asked if I wanted to go with him. We weren't really interested in talking to Bob but figured why not go during the hour he was there. When we got there Bob was guarded more than the pope. Plexiglass and all. We couldn't believe it and still laugh about it to this day. Did he really think he was that special or in danger?
Tom reminds of the mailman off that cheers show
Cliff Clavin.
Rofl 🤣
@@QuickTrainer he is even hanging out with Norm!!! Good observation!!
Cliffy!!
Exactly haha!
That shot was done without an edit. You wouldn’t see that on today’s show.
The way they talk is more genuine too. Not the forced stuff
Definitely. Would be great for the show go back to this style. Less cuts and less scripting. Just a bunch of fellas who love the trades having a conversation. Gives a whole different vibe to the series.
pre-festool era
Definately pre tool sponsorship
i bought festool stuff when id find it in pawnshops. use it for whatever i need it for. then sell it. usually at a profit.
Two way radio, those were the days.
Two way radio, still used by a lot of people to this day.
Breakah onhe nihne whe gottah loahdah lobstahs headehd for Nehw Englanhd
Where do I paaaaark the vassar?
I remember watching this on tv when it originally aired and that truck looked well equipped then and still holds up decades later. 🔨
Please keep these clips coming!
Tom Silva Is Amazing . He Is Like A Super Hero
.....you even have a two way radio on board....(Bob was really impressed)
1:59 WOW a two-way radio, cutting edge technology right there.
Tom is one of the most natural teachers I ever seen , he really puts folks at ease and explains things so they're easy to understand.
I remember when they first showed that episode and I use to record them so I could watch back and see everything Tommy and Norm would use and do!!!
Such nostalgia. Back when you could actually buy materials to make something and it wouldn't cost as much as buying the thing new
Love that truck setup!
How cool must this be for tommy to see 32 years later
"Why don't we check in with our contractor friend now." 😆
The original van build out!!!
this dude is my hero.
How awesome! like Ron Paulk but before...Tom Silva is a legend. I love TOH
Tom has always been a good guy doing excellent work.
Run the same truck,but with a power tail gate and roll up door,best investment ever.👍🔨🇨🇦📐
"Electric mitre box " ! :)
OMG that full bushy mustache!!! 😝
Looking good Tom!
Supah Marioh
Toms a hell of a carpenter
Is it just me or does Tom remind you of Cliff from cheers? All he needs is a beer can in one hand and he’d be set! 🤣
The good old Days !!
Tommy is the man. The truck tour, a bit disappointing 🙃
I imagined Tom’s truck would be much more organised with ingenious storage solutions.
Still, what a guy Tommy is. Taught me loads. So has Norm.
Thank you both 🙏 all the way from the little old 🇬🇧
Tommy still uses that same truck today. Along with same hair style :)
...a quarter, to half inch, out of level...
I can only dream of some of the old houses I've worked on being that nice.
But wasn’t Tommy talking about the new foundation?
@@JacobGrippenMusic yeah
I see why bob was the face of the show a true word smith.
Bob Vila is a national treasure. He’s an asset to America the likes of which we may never see again. Plus he’s hung like a horse.
@@HipsterDoofus100 You posted the EXACT same thing on a post I made months ago about Vila. Weirdo.
@@chrisgrandpre6063 why do you memorize my
posts? Why are you obsessed with me?
@@HipsterDoofus100 Not quite. Your comment was odd and out of the ordinary. It's not hard to forget someone who prob has a hung horse fetish and is prob a borderline if not ophidiophile.
@@chrisgrandpre6063 Don't be jealous you flatiner jive turkey
That accent giving Vila's name 2 "w"s.
"Bwawb"
I remember an episode when Norm
pulled up in a gorgeous new Ford Bronco and thinking wow public television pays well.
Nice set up love these old videos
Just below all the router bits - a lowly screen spline too. Gotta be ready for anything.
Hah! I knew I couldn't be the only one that noticed that.
Tommy's handle was "Made for TV" on the 2-way
Cool another one! Bring back all the old episodes. Could we get a behind the scenes or prep of a take from 88?
A lot more old clips coming, including more first appearances. Stay tuned!
@@TOHClips Love these old shows the best, get to see the way things were done in the past and think about how modern tools like battery powered everything, have changed construction.
In 88 this was huge) the big three all together
I still have one of those 14" makita miter saws! Heavy cast iron.
I see ol timers at flea markets with em
Did you see he had a Ginger Lynn poster in the truck.
Where at? I'm, looking lol
fun to see the work truck and what things have changed and what would basically be the same today
Young Tom Silva remind me of fix-it felix from Wreck it Ralph 😆
I'd love to see that immediately followed up by a current truck.
Now Dats a work truck 🚚
Even back then tommy wasn't crawling in no E350 van, Sprinter should be paying Tom lol
Sprinter? That looks like one of them potato chip delivery trucks.
@@elvism684 iths a fritoh truchk
I could never stand how Bob had to touch other people’s things. He would physically move someone out of the way just to get his hands on something. Half the time Bob would mess something up touching it.
Aside from the grey hair now Tom still looks and sounds exactly the same.
I think his accent was just a bit stronger here than now, but not by much. I watch TOH nightly on PlutoTV.
@@AaronRenner I've been a longtime fan myself of TOH on PBS since I was 7 and i still watch it to this day at 39
@@AaronRenner i think i have it on daily also. The wife is hooked now too lol
To know its actually Tom speaking he has to say "straight and parallel".
“Square and plumb”
Pablo Escobar the general contractor? Epic
Tom Silver, his brother Frank is the harbor master in the first Jaws movie,eating his cereal, check it out for yourself
It's actually Silva and not Silver with a Boston accent...lol
For any ham operators watching, what brand / model / transceiver was that and on what radio service of the time?
This dudes my hero
Silva looks like Dave Thomas of Strange Brew. Next up on This Old Mustache
Tom sounds like Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
WE GOTTA BIG COMPRESSAH!
Tommy is the man.
Coool! Thanks for sharing.
This is the 1st version of the #ronpaulktrailer !
Tom is Old School Cool
Tom should of said to Bob, Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?
no cell phone,just 2 way radio.cool.
A time capsule!
I enjoyed it
I want to see what his truck looks like now.
Wow two way radio! Now they got cell phones!
that bullet proof 6.2 non turbo diesel getting it done!
Good old GM/Detroit 6.2 diesel in that rig
"We've got router bits in our drawers"... sounds painful!
Man, so neat. Didn't look like what nathan describes as a Friday truck. Lol
Bob always wants to catch Tom off-guard. sheesh this guy !
Here we have our sawrs and over here are our charpeners!!
wow tom voice still sounds the same today 2020 probably he will retire in few years from now
It’s a full on shop!
Batman is nothing without tools.
Nice, put the air compressor in the truck. Better than in the middle of the living room where you can’t hear anything every time it kicks on. Hate working around framers
2:05 What is that with the keys in it? Anti-theft device? Where is the steering wheel? I have never seen anything like it.
In my neighbourhood everything in that truck would get robbed, and I live in a decent part of town.
where do u live men?
My Dad, a contractor, had a huge trailer loaded with every tool you could think of. he used to leave it onsite until one night in a very upscale neighborhood, someone cut the hinges off the door and cleared it out. Turned out, it was a smaller contractor working a couple streets over. my dad only got back about 70% of his gear. He always talks about some of the tools he lost. Tools he had from when he first started in the late 70's tools they don't even make any more or to the same level of quality.
God, I really don’t like Bob, his constant interruptions and he’s a big know it all.
hyper or something
I think the opposite. He directed that show with with his skill as a host. This clip was done in one shot with the camera following his lead.
@@joelkton1 It's both really. Bawb was overly aggressive but that is probably what Russell Morash wanted so shots were quick and to the point. As a viewer, Bawb was nothing but irritating as he has to not just show what's what but do that participation thing often. Watching Norm during the New Yankee Workshop is another example of hosting and directing but doing it correctly. He showed everything simply and without arrogance or that pushy quality that Bawb had.
I'm right there with you. That guy always rubbed me the wrong way. He would ask a loaded question and give the tradesman about half of the time to reply. In this case, it's Tommy OG SILVA and to be honest, I could give my shirt less to hear what Bob Vila had to say. He is a dick. I truly loved this little insight into seeing how Tommy organized his trade into a trailer before this was even a thing. Also, whoever is producing the new videos, let the tradesmen show their failures, and how to fix them. We all see them as armchair fixi-it's and I think you would do a better service to your viewers by showing such mistakes and the honest remedies.
Tommy and Norm and Richard and Jenn and whoever I'm not mentioning can do ANYTHING. Let them do it.
I really think that the air compressor was well undersized. But that radio...breaker, breaker Silva one to Silva two do you read....
i couldnt hear ya, da compressor was runnin.
@@davesilvia9711
😂😂
Wish I could go back to that ur I would be 5 😉
Year
Well almost 6
I'd be afraid to leave that truck alone for very long.
Mr Silva nice hair dew😁
Is this from Toh insider and not for free whole time?
I never knew Tom and David Spade sound alike when they talk
wow.
Sorry Ron Paulk, your rig is now #2 on RUclips
Tommy was and is way ahead of his time,,,,
Is this the first "shop tour" video ever filmed?
most likely, before no one liked to show the underbelly of the beast.
El Chapo Guzman
Wearing a toy tool belt, still does ( at least on camera), most pros have a framers rig.
Fully expected to see a calender of a half clothed Tom carrying construction tools.
That's about a million dollars worth of lumber in 2022.
Now the have cell phones and battery powered tools.
Did Norm ever lay off the donuts?..