1936 Ford Flathead V8 Road Trip -- No Talking, No Music
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2019
- Since my previous video proved to be quite popular, here's a follow-up! Over the summer I took my old Ford on a long drive to Northern Michigan, just short of 800 miles in total. Here's a small snippet of the trip. Once again, there's NO TALKING and NO MUSIC to detract from the engine and exhaust sounds. Like, comment, and most importantly, enjoy!
Oh, there was music..... the sweet sound of a V8.
Absolutely! That flathead V8 is music to my ears all the way!
All classic engines are musical. And each has a unique sound!
"no talking, no music"
*smashes on table* THANK YOU!
KingLich amen haha! Seriously though!!! This man deserves a round of ( silent ) applause for that. RUclips stays annoying me with the “ music “ and all the noise of random ppl yammering on in their incessantly annoying videos 😂 ! Couldn’t agree with ya more , friend !
What all of us have been dreaming for
At least you didn’t tear the engine out and replace it with a generic LS engine like everyone does.
Yea keep the classics alive
Nathan Kirby
Exactly, if you are fortunate enough to find an all original classic like this....Leave it be.
Everyone I see with one of these either pulls the engine and replaces it with a 5.0 from a fox body mustang or converts it to an LS engine.
Demon50 The majority of the ones I see have a 350 SBC in then rather than an LS.
Nothing beats a Flat Head, especially the 8BA version 48-52.
Yep, the LS is an AMAZING engine platform, just not in a car like this. Flatheads are so smooth and quiet, I love 'em!
I just came for the "No Talking, No Music" in the title. We need more videos on RUclips like that!
The rumble of the V8 in this ancient car is awesome. I would leave the mufflers on. Straight pipes would be too brash. This has style and class. Awesome car
I'd love to hear it exactly as Henry would have heard it when it drove out of his plant in 1936. Whatever that configuration is, is the configuration I would have on mine.
I'm happy that this ol classy lady is still racking up miles. Most people get these cars, and stuff em in a garage, as a show car.
Nah, this car was built to run. She was built to be driven.
Amen! I get it though. A guy may spend 80 grand getting his '34 roadster perfectly restored, a car he's dreamed about owning since childhood. With that much invested he's terrified to drive anywhere, as I would be. That's why I built my '36 to be as reliable as possible and a solid driver.
@MrThirtyTwo There are some people out there that actually daily their Lamborghinis.
Bonnie and Clyde
@IngLouisSchreurs it's a lady.
@TheBradge lol homey you could take a cylinder head off of it and still drive it. Of course it's reliable enough to daily. Better than this modern plastic trash anyway...fuck's sake our '03 Explorer seems to think the CEL is something that should be lit whenever the engine's running no matter what we do and the Chally is *literally about to lose its face*.
Sodding modern garbage.
I just watched a documentary on the ‘32 V8 that went for over an hour and didn’t once demonstrate or even discuss the sound of the engine!
A huge part of the V8 mystique.
I love how you are not afraid of dirt roads! You are exactly right plus these cars were pretty much built for that
I was waiting for Bonnie and Clyde to appear at any moment!
they were 4 years dead when this car was built
Me top😂😂😂😂😂😂
They were using a 1934 Ford, not a 1936
Well, the way he was driving, I was beginning to think Bonnie and Clyde were IN the car!
No suicide doors!
There’s nothing like a carbed flathead gulping air. That sound alone is awesome.
Thanks for watching!
Carbureted.
Perfection!
No Talking, No Music.. Just Smiling.
Love that car, imagine cruising around in the thirties in that 😊
Ciaran Burke Imagine cruising around in that today😎
With a Chicago typewriter in the glove compartment?
Stay away from Hoover towns, or it will get stolen.
@@clockworkmultiverse92 ah the good ol' days
ClockworkMultiverse on your lap beats the glovebox.
The mufflers are great, not annoying like straight pipes or causing fatigue on a road trip. If you plan on a lot of heavy loads consider adding another leaf to the springs on each side of the back.
Tame too great for everyday driving now for racing I would definitely striaght pipe it
I think it has a single transverse spring in the back.
@@CaptainZeek That's true; single traverse springs, front and back and lever type shocks. This setup continued through the 1948 Ford, which was a re-design of the 1942 model.
I wonder if the guys making it at the time realized they were creating one of the greatest exhaust notes for centuries to come
YES! Finally a person who isnt scared of using their classic car! Lovely video, sights and sounds are perfect!
Thanks for driving it the way it was meant to be driven.
That’s what I like....no talk, no music. Just engine roar and shocks behavior. Thank you.
I appreciate the videos with no music. Cool to watch. Thanks!
No MORONIC music - Just the sound of the car - What a pleasure‼️👍👏
Thanks for watching!
The sound of the car is music enough.
Running far better than any modern day SUV or sedan even off the road.
These old Fords are very capable offroad! They were built at a time when most roads were poor or nonexistent.
Thank you for adding some outside shots! So much of why people love these is wrapped up in the way they look. I’m telling you the truth ... that segment from :40 to :50 ... I felt my throat tightening, and I strongly suspect I am not alone ..
The best video!!!! No music...no trash...ONLY BEAUTYFUL NICE FORD!!!!!!
That exhaust note is fantastic. Don't touch it ever again.
That’s a very solid car. Zero squeaks or rattles. Impressed.
👍for the "No Talking, No Music" The engine sound is so cool... Thank you...!
Wow beautiful car man, like others have said already props to you for keeping the flathead v8 and not LS swapping like everyone and their mother has done
Flatheads for life! The LS is a wonderful engine, but if you swap one into a car like this, then you've got to upgrade the transmission, driveline, and rear end. Those original Ford parts will literally explode from all the extra torque. No joke, LOL. Then you're going to need better brakes, steering and suspension to handle that power... It's an endless list to swap an LS here.
I loved seeing the tachometer where the radio would normally be. This tach looks like it was custom-made for said spot.
- it's a tachometer from a light aircraft. Works perfectly there and looks almost 'stock'.
Dude!!! shes a beauty!! I have a 1971 Ford Galaxie 500, 351 Windsor FMX auto. Bought it from a family who owned it since new!! when i got her she had 44,000 original miles! She is my daily driver, she just turned over 50,000! and counting!! No one should be afraid to drive these babies as long as you take great care of them
Nice car! Keep driving her! Thanks for watching!
The world needs more videos like this. Straight forward, pure pleasure to watch and listen.
Sweet car, thanks for the ride neighbor. Ford guy here, Wayne County.
I very much appreciate the video title. All car videos should be like this
High torque very quiet engine....one of Fords greatest achievements 🙌....imagine that engine today with all our technology. Thumps up ...Henry
Thank you so much for keeping him stock. Unlike those nasty rat rods
1936 was a watershed year for all cars!!!My Dad owned a 1936 Ford pick-up,and also a 1936 Pontiac 4 dr.sedan with side mounts.Gray mohair interior,.I loved sitting in the rear seat!!
wow a toilet paper dispenser for the front passengers! Ford thought of everything. A beautiful car and you're enjoying it in the way it was meant to be...fantastic!
Long live the internal combustion engine
Oldtimers are built for this. And there is nothing more fun than something like that. Amazing
What a fun video! My Dad had just bought a '32 Ford with the flathead V8 when he got drafted into WWII. He parked it in his parents garage and when the war was over he came home and found out his sister had "borrowed" it and wrecked it beyond repair. He never replaced it. Enjoy this car for him. He's smiling.
That shot of your car on the dirt road just earned you a subscriber 👍
It's great to see and hear this without music or talking. Someone was thinking. Not dramatized to death!
That’s an absolute beauty. The soft, gurgling grumble of that engine, the villainous look to the hood and grill. A real symbol of American freedom.
Nice to see you enjoying your car. Simple pleasures in life are really the best.
I'd rather have that than any new luxury car.
@@bondedstars
If I have to explain it you wouldn't understand it anyway.
@@bondedstars
I own a 34 Ford.
Modern cars are just transportation.
Drive whatever you like and I'll do the same.
@@colehara , I agree with you. Modern vehicles are boring. My daily driver is a 1959 Chevy panel truck, and I wouldn't trade it for anything they're making nowadays. As far as I'm concerned, it's all overpriced junk. Also, no one is going to convince me these modern vehicles which are made out of beer cans, tinfoil, and plastic are safer to ride around in than my old truck which is made out of good ol American steel.
@@jerrybrooks870 Agreed, except for the flat earth style theory about being safer in a less safe car.
@@suckmydingledong , I've been in two major accidents in my panel truck which has no seatbelts or airbags and came out completely unscathed with little to no damage to my truck. The other vehicles were totalled. I was rear-ended in a 1951 Chevy truck which I also own (no seatbelts or airbags either) and was also uninjured. The only damage to my truck was a broken tail light, but the other truck who hit me was totalled. I was riding with a friend in a modern vehicle when we got rear-ended. I was wearing a seatbelt yet ended up with a very sore neck from it. My friend's car was too damaged to be worth fixing. I've seen quite a few wrecks in these modern vehicles where the occupants end up severely injured from an impact that wouldn't even put a dent in one of my trucks. So, you drive the modern vehicles made out of plastic and beer cans, if it makes you feel safer, and I'll drive my old ones built out of steel. And no, I don't believe in a flat Earth.
An electric car will never sound this good! Long live the V8.
Fabulous flathead V8love that rumble
My dad and his brothers went in together on a '36 Ford just like yours when they got back from serving in WWII. The dirt road to their dad's farm would be mud half the time, so they'd put chains on the rear tires and mud that '36 from the highway to the farm as soon as it would begin to dry out. After mudding the car in first gear, spinning the tires all the way from the highway to the farm at night, the exhaust manifolds would be so hot that they'd glow slightly red, and they said when you saw the red glow, she was really running good.
Now, about your sound:
What you want is a pair of electric solenoid actuated exhaust cutouts, one on each straight pipe. That way you can select between the awesome Flathead V8 roar when you want it, and the glass packs. Also, very important to the sound is to put a balance pipe between the two exhausts as close to the engine as possible. Without the balance pipe, you get that blatty sound from uneven pulses that isn't nearly as nice as the throaty roar with evened pulses that you get when the two pipes are balanced.
it's so refreshing to see one that's unmolested!
It's not a 100% perfect restoration, but it's pretty close.
That phrase: "It was built to drive, not baby"
I absolutely love that phrase! If its not going to be driven then put it in a museum, otherwise drive that SOB! Just cause its old doesn't mean it ain't drivable!
Good to see Saginaw again, I grew up there, graduated from Douglas MacArthur. So glad I left, nothing but flat bean fields (and now windmills). The girls in Saginaw eat beans and fart all night (Theodore Roethke- "Song of Saginaw." Got a bit off track, kind of got lost on the straight roads and square corners of the "Bean Capital of the World."
To comment on the dirt road… that road is probably closer to the roads this thing drove on when it was new, perhaps a bit better maintained and smoother. Looks like its natural habitat. Beautiful car! Sounds great also, gotta love the V8!
Oh yeah, you're absolutely correct. The roads this car would have been driven on when new would have been dirt and likely in terrible shape.
It's interesting, because this car LOVES rough roads at lower speeds. It eats up potholes and washboard surfaces unlike any other vehicle I've driven. It's kind of remarkable how well the car kind of just floats over huge bumps and ruts. I think it's due to the friction in the springs, but you actually feel highway expansion joints (when both front wheels hit the joint at the same time) more than some potholes.
Now that was a badass video.....brought me instantly to the 1930's
Cars sounds incredible, runs like a top. This raises the bar on road trips, i only wish you road trip everywhere all the time and just talk of stories of your road trips.
Genuine love and respect from an engineer in Wisconsin!
Thank you!!!
you go dude, what an adventure, loved it when he shifted gears, slick as a whistle
Yep, you've just gotta give those old-style syncrhos a second or two to do their thing. Be gentle and you'll never grind the gears. Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! Just awesome hearing that flathead sing! Best to you!
Thanks so much for watching!
Wow, takes me WAY back to 1961 when my brother and a friend and I bought the exact same year/model for $50 in Los Angeles. We drove the heck out of it for a few months before my insurance company refused to renew because the car didn't have hydraulic brakes. Miss that old bus; what a great car.
Great story and thanks for watching! When properly set up (with the shoes arced to the drums, new bushings, straight brake rods, fresh wedges and rollers, new clevises and pins, etc.) mechanical brakes are just as good as the early hydraulics, you just have to adjust them occasionally. But best of all, you never have to worry about a leaky wheel cylinder.
Great video! I love to only hear the Ford! The engine is the only music you need!
A beautiful car motoring along a beautiful country side.
Thanks for sharing
I had a ‘41 Sedan I drove all over the place for 20 years. I had a lot of fun like you do and I had a lot of maintenance. Wishing you continued success, the operating texture and experience of piloting a Flathead V-8 is priceless.
Thank you so much!
Ive' owned a few 36 fords,--they look so good !-sound Great,-and are reliable & easy to fix !!-after seeing this i'm going to buy another one
Sweet flathead Ford V8 music. With that you don't need a radio. I had a 49 Ford 2 Dr sedan with a flathead V8 with headers and dual exhausts with cherry bomb mufflers. It sounds dedicated great!
Lovely. The sheer joy of riding an old car/bike is simply not discribale. It's pure joy. Happy driving.🎶💯
Beautiful car, and I am in love with the Ford flathead! I am looking to get a Ford pickup with one.
And, yes, I will drive it constantly. These vehicles are meant to be driven and enjoyed.
In response to the question on the exhaust...keep her stock!
That’s thing is so classy I love it!
I have a 37 with the v8 60 HP.
My grandfather bought the car brand new in 1937. $700. My dad started to restore it 40 years ago and it’s been in his shop ever since. I plan to finish what he started someday soon. Thanks for the video and the inspiration to get it back on the road.
My family's only car until 1954 was a 36 Ford Phaeton convertible with side curtains. It had Duseberg pipes coming out of the hood and my Dad put hydraulic brakes on her. The car also had a Columbia 2 speed overdrive. My Mother let her brother use it and he bent the front bumper up so my Dad got mad and sold the car. We had no car for two years to punish my Mom. Dad was tough !! I miss that car. Loved riding in it. It was my Grandmothers car and she gave it to my Dad in 1943.
I love the deep base rumble of the car with the mufflers on. Everyone said nothing else sounded like the V8 Ford.
I found this video while searching for title ideas for my own 1936 Ford video I was uploading. I love it! The external shots were great, you were really hauling it! My dad and I have taken our 36 sedan cross country several times, there’s really no better way to see the states.
Thanks for watching!!!
Beautiful car. Wish they brought cars like this back.
I also like the cowling fresh air intake . It actually works pretty good. Beautiful car!
As is , sounds perfect. What a great car. Just to experience what an old car like that was like to drive in it's original form through a scenic country must feel a bit like being in another time
no car today can give you such a good feeling and smile . no electronics no comfort nothing but even without them this car give you smile ... so different the cars today :(
1936 Ford Flathead V8...
Freakin Awesome!!
Car sounds great, 83 years old and I'd rather drive that car than a 2019 model anything... 😀
What a rippa!
Without any music, fantastic.
My parents were so lucky to live during those days in which life was so much more simple
MAKE MORE VIDEOS OF YOUR 36 FORD! LOVE THE SOUND OF A FLAT HEAD!
What a sweet piece of machinery!! Green with envy.... enjoy!!
Bloody gorgeous old car👍🏻😎
I'm envious! Just a decent "driver" example of a total classic cruising on those open roads.....a dream for me. I would install an upgraded period radio and listen to mid-'30's hot jazz. Really create the mood. Enjoy that beauty!
Cool vid! Now, i want one of these!
The musick of all the sounds!
You're a cool fun guy.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
I love the gentle rumble of V8s at low speeds
Marvellous !! Great to hear the original motor sound... back to 1936; thanks for sharing
A beautiful sound indeed.
Watched this while listening to Mr. Sandman...Then looked through the window and saw a gas station with more employees around the car than a formula 1 pit stop🤩
I gotta drive one of those. I can't die happy unless I do so😅
V8 Transforms all vehicles !! Takes a Clunker to a Cool Ride !!
Love it when people drive their cars, rather than babying them.
She's a Beauty running like a top I'm guessing the thumbs down are jealous Chevrolet owners
I'm guessing the thumbs down are partly from people who wouldn't be quite as rough on it.
Nah there’s a difference between car enthusiasts and one brand loyal fanboys. Cool cars are cool cars and that is one cool car. I love he drives it.
Love that car...❤
No talking, no music. I love you !
I am attempting to imagine my Dad riding around in a car like that. He grew up in such a small place it is possible he didn't even see on until he joined the military . Then perhaps some people took him for a ride in one. I would keep that car fully stock , no to the extra noise making
Holy cow that rev counter looks great, awesome car
What a cool car, fast and comfortable, reminds me of the Citroën Traction Avante. I want one.
I love the Traction Avant! Looks a lot like a 1933/'34 Ford. I'd also love to own a Citroen 2CV and DS, as well as a Hudson Hornet.
That's awesome, I have a 1970 DS Pallas project car for myself, and a 2CV in parts, and a 1950 Hudson Pacemaker, I want to sell. And I have a 1952 Hudson Hornet project 😊
The good old days
Thanks for sharing this! Greatings from Argentina!.
I much prefer this exhaust note over the open headers - It's quiet when you're not trying to listen to it!
That is one sweet ride, you must be incredibly.proud of her!👍
She's an absolute gorgeous specimen, and I hope she lasts well past 150 years from her date of birth. Brought a tear to my eye. My great grandfather had a 1931 Dodge limousine, it was the most beautiful and elegant car I had ever seen. He had gotten it from his father when his father had been sent overseas in the coming of WWII. For nearly two decades, she sat in a barn, with tarps on the posts around her to keep her from being taken for scrap. It was passed onto my grandfather's possession, and was finally pulled from the dark in the late 1970s as the very car he had taken my grandmother to the hospital as she was going into labor with my mother. The old Dodge had less than seventy-thousand miles on it. She was nearly pristine, being oiled, and cleaned every so often to ensure her condition. Due to my Father not being favored by my grandfather, the beauty was not passed on. My grandfather had it safe for years somewhere in northeastern Pennsylvania, it was kept in an old tin hangar at a factory hidden in the woods. I remember seeing it only once or twice when I was eight and ten years old... But with the loss of my grandfather around seven years ago, he took with him the secret to the family car. She lay resting in the hangar as far as we were aware at the time of his death. He was the only one who knew her location, so now she lays hidden, waiting to be found. The day my grandfather had passed, he asked for me to come see him in the hospital. He had something for me, laying there unable to open his eyes. A combination of a lengthy battle of cancer, mixed with decades of being a volunteer firefighter had torn the old man. I remember when he handed me the leather satchel. It looked like an old travel bag, greatly decayed from age. He had instructed me to open it, and to my surprise there was an vehicle key and and a faded document that I at the time had no idea what it was. It was the title and key signed over to my name, when I would become 18, I'd inherit the hidden treasure. He told me to look further in the bag, it had a very illegible handwritten note, looked like instructions on how to get to somewhere. Granted, my younger curiousity, it made my grandfather on his deathbed chuckle. He coughed, and I remember how he fought to breathe. It brings a tear to my eye, seeing him in such pain. Between his terrible coughing fits, he began to tell me the location of the car. He passed before he could, the hospital staff pushed me out. The key and the title are away, in a safe in the possession of distant relative. As for the car, she's still out there, waiting to be found. Nobody in the family had any idea where she was kept, and so, she's still asleep. Waiting to be awaken after all these years
Cars were meant to be driven. Love this...
I didn’t need this in my life till I needed this in my life
Thanks for watching!
Got my ‘39 LaSalle winterized and I’m making a trip to Madison Indiana for Halloween weekend! I’m 28 and trying my best to keep the old ones going and on the road, not in a garage. Love the aviation style tach!
Good luck, sir! I'd love to own a LaSalle; I like the old Fords because they're plentiful and easy to get parts for.
Craig Cole I was just thinking how every single time I google ‘Cadillac flathead’ waterpump, intake, carb, whatever I need it always comes up with Ford parts...i daily drive Lincoln TC and ST Focus. However mine really was made well and doesn’t need anything other than stuff that happens from not being driven often...bad gas, leaky water pump,etc. but I love that you use yours! I try to drive it on 200-300 hundred mile hard driving trips at least twice a year, or just take it to get coffee.