Thanks for the great video. My son found on a search engine. I actually interviewed pretty well with no warning or script. The car cost about $950 new and the central headlight and generator were extra. The top was another option, but GGGrandfather did not go that option. Who needs it? No windshield either. I was lucky to get it started. The carb was too lean and was not getting enough gas to start. Once the manifold was "wet" it started very easily all day. The warm weather helped.
i really feel very very happy when cars in family live for generations & the posterity taking care of it- i wish this owner & his family endless miles of happy touring on this car !!!
Awesome. Sure wish my family had saved and passed down my great grandfather's 1904 Pope-Toledo, but it went to a WWII scrap metal drive some 10 years after he died. All I inherited were my granny's stories about it.
What a wonderful legacy to have, a historic vehicle to pass down for your descendents to enjoy, the story behind it, and your memory kept alive through it's use and enjoyment.
Thank you chuck fo yet another great video. Where the coils are concerned, it's back to the future for modern cars with a coil for each cylinder as used by this and most of the cars of that era.
Thanks, I've found over the years that no script and not too much warning works best. My viewers seem to appreciate straight talk from vehicle owners. And you have a really great story to tell.
An automobile made when they were still 'horseless carriages'. Having this 'Economy G' in the same family for 104 yrs must be in 'record' range. That's a long time :~)
Hello: Thanks Chuck. Nice gentleman, he did a great job showing the points of the car. I was wondering if his shirt and tie was period correct to the car. He talked about the Carbide Lamps. Reminds me of my great uncle, he worked in the Austinville Va. Lead Mines for 44 years. The men working there wore hard hats with a Carbide Lamp on it. This is where the lead came from for ammo in the Civil War and the birth place of Stephen F. Austin. Have a Nice Day
I got sweaty palms, watching that gentleman start the car with the crank! Years ago, at a camp meeting in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, I started what we called "the Sanctified Tractor" (We figured it MUST have been sanctified, to have lasted so long! LOL ), in the same way, and nearly ended up with a broken wrist, when the crank snapped back!!! Anyway, thanks to you and Mr. Mann for the superlative exhibition!
Great fun but I would very strongly urge you to change your cranking technique to reduce the probability of serious or deadly injury. The way you did it is extremely dangerous.
Thanks for the great video. My son found on a search engine. I actually interviewed pretty well with no warning or script. The car cost about $950 new and the central headlight and generator were extra. The top was another option, but GGGrandfather did not go that option. Who needs it? No windshield either.
I was lucky to get it started. The carb was too lean and was not getting enough gas to start. Once the manifold was "wet" it started very easily all day. The warm weather helped.
i really feel very very happy when cars in family live for generations & the posterity taking care of it- i wish this owner & his family endless miles of happy touring on this car !!!
Awesome. Sure wish my family had saved and passed down my great grandfather's 1904 Pope-Toledo, but it went to a WWII scrap metal drive some 10 years after he died. All I inherited were my granny's stories about it.
What a wonderful legacy to have, a historic vehicle to pass down for your descendents to enjoy, the story behind it, and your memory kept alive through it's use and enjoyment.
I was very lucky to come across this car and family.
What a fascinating history, interesting car, and personable owner. Very enjoyable!
Thank you chuck fo yet another great video. Where the coils are concerned, it's back to the future for modern cars with a coil for each cylinder as used by this and most of the cars of that era.
Thanks, I've found over the years that no script and not too much warning works best. My viewers seem to appreciate straight talk from vehicle owners. And you have a really great story to tell.
This is, without a doubt, THE best video I've seen about cars from the early 1900's!!!
Thanks!
It is always amazing to see a 100+ year old car. In our throw away society, i am doubtful if anyone in the year 2100 will be looking at a 2000 model.
Its nice to see an old car like this staying with the same family after all those years
Every details are wonderfull, Fantastic, this car got a soul...
An automobile made when they were still 'horseless carriages'. Having this 'Economy G' in the same family for 104 yrs must be in 'record' range. That's a long time :~)
+Jimmy Kraktov It is an amazing fact.
Just fascinating. What an amazing pedigree, and an amazing car. You do good work, Chuck.
just beautiful family owned 1909 115 yrs young Amen
Hello: Thanks Chuck. Nice gentleman, he did a great job showing the points of the car. I was wondering if his shirt and tie was period correct to the car. He talked about the Carbide Lamps. Reminds me of my great uncle, he worked in the Austinville Va. Lead Mines for 44 years. The men working there wore hard hats with a Carbide Lamp on it. This is where the lead came from for ammo in the Civil War and the birth place of Stephen F. Austin. Have a Nice Day
Chuck, wow that is cool! Thanks Ron
I got sweaty palms, watching that gentleman start the car with the crank! Years ago, at a camp meeting in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, I started what we called "the Sanctified Tractor" (We figured it MUST have been sanctified, to have lasted so long! LOL ), in the same way, and nearly ended up with a broken wrist, when the crank snapped back!!! Anyway, thanks to you and Mr. Mann for the superlative exhibition!
I don't come across stories like this very often, I got Lucky!
RideswithChuck Thanks, and, I MUST say, it is I who have gotten lucky, having discovered your channel!
That grabbed my attention too.
This -is- the original “G” wagon
That car is amazing, and so was the deadpan joke about it running on a Fisher-Price Power Wheels motor.
Awesome !!!
very cool.....wish I had something from my great grandfather......* not even a picture of him.... ;-(
Thanks, That got passedme!
Calcium carbide is not a restricted substance. You can easily order it online.
Definitely a "horseless carriage". Very nice!
Thanks a lot. :D
BELLO AUTO DE LA HISTORIA GRACIAS
What did that cost new ? nice car.
Cool!
Here's what I don't get: how does anyone not like this?.
(right now 4 people don't like it. Why???)
must ask yt why?
Hold it, hold it, hold it!! :)
Great fun but I would very strongly urge you to change your cranking technique to reduce the probability of serious or deadly injury. The way you did it is extremely dangerous.
A John Deere look alike 2 cyl.popper amazing resto.
Priceless car now parts have custom machine made even by a blacksmith
No phonograph stereo to play 78,s maybe a crystal radio in the dash board
pwetty
a collarless shirt with a clip on bow-tie....yikes
What in the hell is this world coming to?