I'm a 71 year old former commercial helicopter pilot. Most of my life has been spent doing what you guys did, but from 500 feet above ground. I married late in life, due to my career, and my oldest child is 25. It is so hard to explain to the younger generation what this magnificent country holds for us. Take out the politics and this place is hard to beat. I have watched your channel from the beginning and this series has, without doubt, been the best you have ever done. Can't wait for the next journey. Thank you, both.
I'm 64 this year and my oldest kid is 26 & one is 25 'cause I too married late in life! We have been married 26 years in Sept. and would be for a lot longer except that my wife has early onset alzheimer's and I have a bad heart now too. It's gonna be a mad dash to the finish line! LoL! This country is amazing I have to agree, and politics just Sux! Peace my friend.
Me and my wife are 76 yrs old and we normally do not watch talking episodes, but this episode was an exception. It was spoken from your hearts and touched ours. God bless you and your wife Robert & Sher
This whole series has summed up Merlin's catch phrase: 'You can worry a thing to death'. Driving a 92 year old vehicle across the majority of the country, is not for the faint hearted. If it breaks: Ya fix it. No problem, no complaints, no cussing. Really, really enjoyed this trek!
Congratulations on your epic road trip! 99.9% of the people in this country wouldn't attemt it in their air conditioned, all wheel drive SUV's and you 2 did it in a Model A and had a blast doing it.❤❤
This is one of the best video series I have watched. As a 20 plus year employee of Coker Tire Co I fell in Love the Model A sedan. Thank you and your wife for documenting the travels and the sights. Just proves that America has just as many things to see as anywhere in the world. Keep saving them….
Desiree, you light up the video when you show your smile. You were the absolute trooper making this trip with hubby. Yes, daughter gave us the final product but you mam, did a lot of the navigation. It really helps to have a mechanic husband to make the adventure a less stressful one. Thank you both for sharing your time with us. Good times and the wardrobe set it off.
In 1956, I was 8 years old. My Dad worked for the VA hospital & we got transferred from Birmingham, AL to Vancouver, WA. My Dad had a 1953 Desoto sedan, which had a PS window mounted swamp cooler (like the one in your model A. My Dad, Mom & I made the trip in a weeks time (AL to CA, then up the coast to WA). The swamp cooler worked great, but we did have to add water every morning. My Dad would start driving ~5am & we'd stop for the day ~2pm (during the heat) & we'd all go for a swim at the motel 6. My Dad also had a canvas water bag hooked on the hood ornament. As we drove, the wind blowing on the damp canvas bag, cooled the water for us to drink, whenever we stopped. I rode in the back seat & my Mom filled in the footwell area, so that it was level with the back seat bottom cushion (no seat belts in those days). PS .... I enjoyed following your cross country adventure in the model A sedan, as well as all your other videos.
This trip has been a vicarious treasure! Fell in love with Desiree what a great trooper. Merlin this was a echo of a trip my grandfather told me about when I was 16. I am sixty now. I asked my grandfather how old he was when he got his driver's license and he started telling me about a trip he took from Wisconsin to Washington state in a model T. He stopped in North Dakota (what he referred to as the ''Dakotas'') to work on a sheep ranch to earn more gas money, moving on to Idaho building a stone door to a root cellar with an over center hinge (so you could open it with your finger) for a couple with no children and the guy was an author who who owned the land they wanted him to stay and become their heir (he was sixteen at the time) he stayed long enough to to make the hinge and teach the guys wife how to properly milk their one cow. (He said the ''poor bitch (cow) almost smiled when I just jerked the milk out of her '') the authors wife had just been squeezing the teat and took forever to milk. He drove backwards up a bunch of mountain passes (he never told me why) until he got to Washington state and worked in a lumber camp and saved more money and then got word that his father was dying and he headed back home to be with family. I was amazed that he did this when he was 16. When I was sixteen I couldn't manage a worm wrestle.
Very nice that you took the time to personally thank everyone that helped along the journey. Says a lot and means a lot to those involved I'm sure. Glad you all made the trip safely.
Watching Merlin nurse that model A across the country was nothing short of amazing. There aren’t many people who have the “Merlin knowledge”😊 Thanks for sharing that amazing journey, I loved every minute of it.
Thank you for the ride along. Back roads off America was on my bucket list when I retired. But,a severe stroke changed everything in a heartbeat. Never take anything in life for granted. Get out and enjoy it while you can! Thanks again for taking us along. May God bless you and yours. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like you want to do a back road cross country trip when we both retire next year. I’ve survived one health scare, if I don’t do it now, I won’t do it.
Great series Merlin, Fantastic trip with your wife. She seems like a real trooper! She knew she had spare parts & where they were. A Trip you 2 wont soon forget :) Thanks for sharing it with us.
Merlin...I'm 71 years young...when I was a kid, so fifties, I remember we had one on the car, lived in the desert of west Texas, little town Crane. When Mom would pull the string we kids in the back seat would get sprayed with excess water in the form of rain drops. We kids loved it....some relief from the heat. Thanks for the memories.
In 1966 I drove my stock "31 A from San Diego to New York. I was 18 years old and took my mother with me! No issues until the babbit fell out of a rod about 10 miles from my destination. Got towed the rest of the way and a few days later the local yellow pages led me to a dusty old storefront where I bought a new rod, installed it and carried on trucking!
I've lived in the Midwest my entire life, I've traveled through for work for many years. Those small towns are the backbone of this great country. Those small town cafes have bankers hours, some close early, some open late& some don't open a couple days a week. Great series of videos with the model A. You could almost rebuild an engine for one on the side of the road🤣 kudos to your daughter, she does a phenomenal job editing & posting.
You think that all they didn't pass even one that wasn't open?! No they can't afford to stay open and the shut down of this country literally killed the small businesses in this country! Here you are saying bankers hours! Smh
The best part about this channel is the amount of different content. From picking junk, diesels, jeeps, pre war, etc. It’s really entertaining. Thank you
Merlin, we THANK YOU GUYS for taking us along. This series was a true pleasure to watch and enjoy our beautiful country🇺🇸 from the Model “A”. All the best from Miami, 105* (feels like) this Sunday afternoon.
I was out of town for 2.5 weeks; when I returned I watched the whole 'series' (WOW!). You both made it home safely, the vehicle made it also & you had meticulous aid from many (early on) who knew the ins & outs of the vehicle & assisted you. You had many others also that aided & to me this is a 'community that cares' about you & in part, about history & keeping 'it alive". Merlin is the main mechanic 'actor' in the story, I won't discount that, but to share the heart of America (backroads) with your wife - lucky you. Eons ago I drove from the West to D.C. and back (twice) and both times chose (often) to get off the freeways & go along backroads. (But never in a vehicle like the one you had). Again, you connected with so many along the route & most often had a smile - until you got to the big heat, 'ouch'. It really was an eventful series & you featured a number of interesting folk, with added to the diversity of the travel.
Merlin, I'm 77, and as a 12 yr old, my parents bought a small farm, and it came with a chopped up 1929 Model A homemade tractor. First vehicle I worked on,and been wrenching ever since. Boy that thing was simple, but taught me alot. was still running years later when I was called to the service. ❤
That was quite an adventure. Thank you to all the people and businesses that made it possible. A shout out to Kyrin for taking countless drives of footage and sculpting it into quite a video odyssey. Touring the country as you did shows our country for what it really is... a grand republic with many splendors to see, and many good people doing what they do to make it so. Thanks for taking us along.
I have no idea why RUclips kick your channel out. If it was not for ChadFab I would have still been looking for your channel again. Thank you for those skills you have young man. May God continue to bless you and your family. Oh much love for the wife who went on this journey with you. She is a keeper. She knew it was important to you and she came alone for the ride. And thank you to your daughter for the great work of editor and chief. Wonderful wonderful job she have done.
What was really impressing for me was seeing the camaraderie and United effort you and Desiree work through with this Trip!! That's a lot of hours to be in Close quarters for a Couple to stay the course and stay gracious with each other!!!! It's a great example of a Marriage that works together!!!! All the best from Surrey BC Canada
Thank you,. This is what makes up America, people helping out each other and having a great time doing it. You two I'm sure had an adventure you will never forget. Thanks again take care.
I am 76 years old in 1957 my folks my sister and myself made a trip from Galveston Tx to LA in a 1953 Nash Rambler Station-wagon. We used one of those window air conditioners.
Oh the memories. My grandfather was an engineer on that exact steam locomotive back in the 1930s and 1940s. My dad was familiar with the controls of those when he was a kid. He later became an engineer for the Milwaukee Road up until the Milwaukee Road went bankrupt. I have traveled with my dad as a toddler on runs and actually driven "Little Joe". Little Joe is currently on display in Deer Lodge, Montana and I have an exact copy of the controls for my model railroad. I have ridden the "Silverton" several times as a child and am planning a return trip to see all that I have missed over the years.
You folks are very humble and appreciative for all that made this trip possible, thank you so much for taking us along and showing us the real United States. And a big thumbs up to the editor that makes it all look extra special. Thanks for taking us all with you. Can’t wait for our next trip.😀🇺🇸 P.S. Casey’s makes great pizza 🍕
My wife and I took that ride 25 yrs ago. We rode in the open car and had the steam engine for power that day. It was a wonderful ride to Silverton and back but that night we stayed in a motel in Durango so we could use the shower. We were covered with tiny cinders. The next day we drove the Pergatory road, the most memorable point of our trip to Colorado.
I want to thank you two for taking us along on that adventure. The fact that you are willing to sell the Model A back to the family is one of the kindest most unselfish things I've seen anyone do. I hope the son is willing and able to buy it back.
Merlin and Desiree that was a fabulous series. That could run on television in prime time and draw a huge audience. I was living through you on the trip but I want to take your advice and "just do it", which I will at some point. I like watching Derrick's "crank and drive home" videos because he does some crazy things. You are an animal... Derrick would never change a rod on the road, you are a man's man. Desiree, I thought you were a professional in cinema but after this series, I see you are a professional fashion model with apropos outfits to match the car's original era. Also, I wanted to mention since you pointed it out that Kerin (sp) does do an excellent job with all your editing and as I mentioned, this one could play on primetime tv with a huge following. The team that you assembled for this effort was all great and made for such a great series. Keep up the excellent video productions.
Air conditioned Model A, what an idea! My dad was a car dealer right after WW2. We had a early 30's Model for a while that someone traded in. As a teen age helper at the motor company I had to start all the used cars when I got there after school. That old Model A started up a lot better than some of the 40's and 50's cars. It wasn't fast though. Seeing that air conditioner made me write this note to you. We took a trip to SoCal in the early 50's in a new 52 Mercury station wagon and my dad hung one of those 'air conditioners' from the passenger side rear window, all it did was spit water droplets on us in the back seat. It was chromed bullet shaped affair, it had a water tank and the wind blew thru it as we drove. Wasn't too many years we could install after market real a/c's in new cars. That was before there were cars with factory air available. Thanks for stirring up old memories.
My Grandmother and grandfather were married in 1921, for the honeymoon they drove all the way to Canada from Bronxville NY camping in a Ford model A My grand father was an avid outdoorsman hunter and explorer. They photographed the entire trip, it took six months to complete the trip.
Hey Merlin when I was a kid my grandfather used a jug of water with a tube ran through the engine compartment and over the radiator and he would hold the jug up high in the car and turn it over and the water would exit from the tube and spread down the radiator making a swamp cooler for the motor. We drove his from Texas back to GA. In the summer along highway 10 , then up 27 to our home , and that home made swamp cooler was such a help. And it only cost a dollar lol. It worked out to 1 gallon per state so there are ways to cool the motor, even if it's a red neck way lol. But I really loved this series of videos, great job.
Your a lucky man your wife Desiree has become quite a movie star 🌟 your a wizard at mechanics she’s great company and has a great personality best of luck with your model A and the adventures
What an amazing adventure. I would never have the courage to do something like that. Support from friends definitely helped out when things got ugly. Glad it all worked out and you made it home safely.
Great trip. Everyone should put this trip on their bucket list. I've done it twice, once in the caboose. I was on the train immediately after the twin towers were destroyed on 9/11. As we waited in the terminal in Durango, the crashes were on the TV news. We spent 2 hours on the train with no idea what was happening in the world. In Silverton the TVs again showed the news about what was happening. It was all very surreal. We were in Silverton a few hours and then two hours on the train back to Durango.
I took the other end of that railroad from Antonio CO to Chama NM. It was the first run of the season and the snow plows had plowed the day before. In some places the snow was as high as the windows and before you know it, we were breaking the rules having snow ball fights inside the car. I have a great photo of the steam loco testing it's brakes before heading off the pass to Chama. All that can be seen of the train is from the windows up. Magnificent ride and snow covered sites.
Loved this series! Thanks to everyone involved. What a beautiful country you have. I have been enjoying the scenery as well as all the rest of the content.
About the window swamp cooler I think my dad said they came out in the late 40s, I’ve repaired one back in the early 90s for someone. they absolutely do do the job !
Thank you Desiree and Merlin for one of the most interesting and fun video series ever. You had a lot of friends helping along the way and that is nice to see. Your daughter does a wonderful job editing and making each episode smooth.
I grew up with C. W. McCall truck’n songs. So, when I became a BillyBigRigger, Wolf Creek Pass made # 1 on my truck’n bucket list. ✅ Up And Down 18 Wheel’n ! Circa 2001.
Thank you both for doing this. It was fantastic to follow along. I am a "road trip" guy and love driving the back roads like that. NOT brave enough to do it in a Model A, but.... I thoroughly enjoyed all of this.
Back in the 50’s we saw cars with the window evaporative coolers when we we on our trips back east from California. We begged our dad to get one. No, you kids just roll down your windows. We carried a 2 gal thermos jug with ice water on the back floorboard. Dad would ask for water and would drink about half of it before flinging the rest into the back seat splashing us kids. That was our a/c.
What a great adventure, thanks for taking us along! Love looking at maps and planning a trip. All of the hardships that you conquer along the way are what make it memorable, Desiree is a great sport for going along. My dad said that his dad would put new babbitt bearings in their car every year around the 4th of July just for preventative maintenance.
Thanks for this series. It was awesome to see that the good old US of A is really still there. Good people out there helping people. I am more than a little jealous of your experience.
When you were in Clay Center, you were just an hour from us… and yes, that set of storms on the 4th was serious. Even by MidWest standards… there’s a reason Dorothy had her adventure from that same neighborhood! Fun trip to follow you guys
I've been watching you guys for over a year, 2 things .. 1. I enjoy all your videos but hands down this was the best. 2. I was really surprised and happy to see Desiree travel with you Merlin, her support for you is obvious or you wouldn't be doing what you do (as comfortably as you do it), however at the beginning of the trip I remember thinking (how long will Desiree travel with you) .. so a shout out to you Desiree for the great support for Merlin and your appearance during the trip. 1a. Thank you Merlin for the channel content, your dedication and expertise. 2a. Thank you Desiree for your dedication to Merlin and the channel. NB. As you both mentioned thank you Daughter for the excellent editing, I realize it's hours and hours of work filming and probably twice that editing .. THANKYOU !! Take care, God Bless and keep smiling MOSG team and viewers.
Merlin & Desiree - Thank you taking us on the epic cross country journey. The wrap up at end of this video was fantastic. What a great series, and thank you again.
I saw the train ride and I had to stop and watch I did took my wife and kids on that train back around 1975 we had a great adventure that day. Also when I was six My family moved from Cleveland to Phoenix, we were driving a newer 1954 buick went across the northern states and then down to phoenix and we were using one of those cool old air conditioners many great memories were awakened. 🙂 Thanks
Leah and I can’t agree with you more. You have to slow down and see this beautiful country we live in on the back roads. We have driven our “A” 70,000 miles across USA and Canada. We just finished the western portion of the Lincoln Highway from Minnesota. it likes we were on the road about the same time you were. It was hot. My wife agrees with Desiree about the heat on the passenger side floor. We discovered if you put about 3 inches of towels on the floor that helps a lot. My wife is a trooper. On our travels, we have met very generous and helpful people. The back roads are the way travel. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. We look forward to more! God bless you two. Hope to see you Down a country road Steve
Great roadtrip ! Too many of us are in too much of a rush to appreciate what we've got where ever we are . If you want grey skies and rain come to England we've got enough for everyone 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
I'm 67, grew up in Phoenix and we hung one of those swampys on the family car, something like a 1960ish Ford station wagon, and yeah it leaked and spit water and work well on low humidity days. Cheers
I'm a 71 year old former commercial helicopter pilot. Most of my life has been spent doing what you guys did, but from 500 feet above ground. I married late in life, due to my career, and my oldest child is 25. It is so hard to explain to the younger generation what this magnificent country holds for us. Take out the politics and this place is hard to beat. I have watched your channel from the beginning and this series has, without doubt, been the best you have ever done. Can't wait for the next journey. Thank you, both.
I'm 64 this year and my oldest kid is 26 & one is 25 'cause I too married late in life! We have been married 26 years in Sept. and would be for a lot longer except that my wife has early onset alzheimer's and I have a bad heart now too. It's gonna be a mad dash to the finish line! LoL! This country is amazing I have to agree, and politics just Sux! Peace my friend.
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Me and my wife are 76 yrs old and we normally do not watch talking episodes, but this episode was an exception. It was spoken from your hearts and touched ours. God bless you and your wife
Robert & Sher
This whole series has summed up Merlin's catch phrase: 'You can worry a thing to death'. Driving a 92 year old vehicle across the majority of the country, is not for the faint hearted. If it breaks: Ya fix it. No problem, no complaints, no cussing. Really, really enjoyed this trek!
You made AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!!!! EPIC DRIVE FOR YOU BOTH👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes it’s true!!! Make America great again!!!
Merlin, this was the coolest road trip I never took. lol. What an adventure. Thank you for bringing all of us with you.
Sure was .... Im in Australia and that was just like I flew across there and sat in the middle of the back seat !!
@@doogssmee9742 no wonder it felt so crowded. lol. I wanted to open one of those jars and see if it was really shine or just water. hahaha
True words, joy and happiness. Merlin and Desiree thank you.❤😂👌🇿🇦🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Congratulations on your epic road trip! 99.9% of the people in this country wouldn't attemt it in their air conditioned, all wheel drive SUV's and you 2 did it in a Model A and had a blast doing it.❤❤
This is one of the best video series I have watched. As a 20 plus year employee of Coker Tire Co I fell in Love the Model A sedan. Thank you and your wife for documenting the travels and the sights. Just proves that America has just as many things to see as anywhere in the world. Keep saving them….
Hey, see if you can get Merlin some tires from your boss.
I was thinking king the same thing as Chuck merlin needs a new set of skins and I can't think of a better person for Coker to sponsor.
Been gone from there 12 years.
Great stuff, Desiree & Merlin! Thanks muchly to everyone who made it happen. 😃👍
Desiree, you light up the video when you show your smile. You were the absolute trooper making this trip with hubby. Yes, daughter gave us the final product but you mam, did a lot of the navigation. It really helps to have a mechanic husband to make the adventure a less stressful one. Thank you both for sharing your time with us. Good times and the wardrobe set it off.
"God Bless You" what a step back to the heart beat of this great country, Thank you guys!
In 1956, I was 8 years old. My Dad worked for the VA hospital & we got transferred from Birmingham, AL to Vancouver, WA. My Dad had a 1953 Desoto sedan, which had a PS window mounted swamp cooler (like the one in your model A. My Dad, Mom & I made the trip in a weeks time (AL to CA, then up the coast to WA). The swamp cooler worked great, but we did have to add water every morning. My Dad would start driving ~5am & we'd stop for the day ~2pm (during the heat) & we'd all go for a swim at the motel 6. My Dad also had a canvas water bag hooked on the hood ornament. As we drove, the wind blowing on the damp canvas bag, cooled the water for us to drink, whenever we stopped. I rode in the back seat & my Mom filled in the footwell area, so that it was level with the back seat bottom cushion (no seat belts in those days). PS .... I enjoyed following your cross country adventure in the model A sedan, as well as all your other videos.
so awsome thanks for sharing 😊🏁🔧🇺🇸
This trip has been a vicarious treasure! Fell in love with Desiree what a great trooper. Merlin this was a echo of a trip my grandfather told me about when I was 16. I am sixty now. I asked my grandfather how old he was when he got his driver's license and he started telling me about a trip he took from Wisconsin to Washington state in a model T. He stopped in North Dakota (what he referred to as the ''Dakotas'') to work on a sheep ranch to earn more gas money, moving on to Idaho building a stone door to a root cellar with an over center hinge (so you could open it with your finger) for a couple with no children and the guy was an author who who owned the land they wanted him to stay and become their heir (he was sixteen at the time) he stayed long enough to to make the hinge and teach the guys wife how to properly milk their one cow. (He said the ''poor bitch (cow) almost smiled when I just jerked the milk out of her '') the authors wife had just been squeezing the teat and took forever to milk. He drove backwards up a bunch of mountain passes (he never told me why) until he got to Washington state and worked in a lumber camp and saved more money and then got word that his father was dying and he headed back home to be with family. I was amazed that he did this when he was 16. When I was sixteen I couldn't manage a worm wrestle.
We made it. I'm so proud of all of us for following this adventure from start to finish. Thanks guys.
Very nice that you took the time to personally thank everyone that helped along the journey. Says a lot and means a lot to those involved I'm sure. Glad you all made the trip safely.
Congratulations and thank you for letting me ride along friends!!
Watching Merlin nurse that model A across the country was nothing short of amazing. There aren’t many people who have the “Merlin knowledge”😊 Thanks for sharing that amazing journey, I loved every minute of it.
Thank you for the ride along. Back roads off America was on my bucket list when I retired. But,a severe stroke changed everything in a heartbeat. Never take anything in life for granted. Get out and enjoy it while you can! Thanks again for taking us along. May God bless you and yours.
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Keep your head up buddy!
I like you want to do a back road cross country trip when we both retire next year. I’ve survived one health scare, if I don’t do it now, I won’t do it.
thank you for watching and god bless you😊🏁🔧🇺🇸
Great series Merlin, Fantastic trip with your wife. She seems like a real trooper! She knew she had spare parts & where they were. A Trip you 2 wont soon forget :) Thanks for sharing it with us.
The DEF System on that Train must need Regeneration 😂😂. HOW DARE YOU?!? The Ole’ Girl was Cheeching For Sire
Merlin...I'm 71 years young...when I was a kid, so fifties, I remember we had one on the car, lived in the desert of west Texas, little town Crane. When Mom would pull the string we kids in the back seat would get sprayed with excess water in the form of rain drops. We kids loved it....some relief from the heat. Thanks for the memories.
Adventures like this what build this great country 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
In 1966 I drove my stock "31 A from San Diego to New York. I was 18 years old and took my mother with me! No issues until the babbit fell out of a rod about 10 miles from my destination. Got towed the rest of the way and a few days later the local yellow pages led me to a dusty old storefront where I bought a new rod, installed it and carried on trucking!
I've lived in the Midwest my entire life, I've traveled through for work for many years. Those small towns are the backbone of this great country. Those small town cafes have bankers hours, some close early, some open late& some don't open a couple days a week. Great series of videos with the model A. You could almost rebuild an engine for one on the side of the road🤣 kudos to your daughter, she does a phenomenal job editing & posting.
You think that all they didn't pass even one that wasn't open?! No they can't afford to stay open and the shut down of this country literally killed the small businesses in this country! Here you are saying bankers hours! Smh
The best part about this channel is the amount of different content. From picking junk, diesels, jeeps, pre war, etc. It’s really entertaining. Thank you
Merlin, we THANK YOU GUYS for taking us along. This series was a true pleasure to watch and enjoy our beautiful country🇺🇸 from the Model “A”.
All the best from Miami, 105* (feels like) this Sunday afternoon.
I was out of town for 2.5 weeks; when I returned I watched the whole 'series' (WOW!). You both made it home safely, the vehicle made it also & you had meticulous aid from many (early on) who knew the ins & outs of the vehicle & assisted you. You had many others also that aided & to me this is a 'community that cares' about you & in part, about history & keeping 'it alive". Merlin is the main mechanic 'actor' in the story, I won't discount that, but to share the heart of America (backroads) with your wife - lucky you. Eons ago I drove from the West to D.C. and back (twice) and both times chose (often) to get off the freeways & go along backroads. (But never in a vehicle like the one you had). Again, you connected with so many along the route & most often had a smile - until you got to the big heat, 'ouch'. It really was an eventful series & you featured a number of interesting folk, with added to the diversity of the travel.
After 2500 miles I reckon the old girl's earned a new set of shoes Merlin. Thanks for sharing the journey with us
Way to go Merlin & Desiree enjoy going along with you.
Merlin, I'm 77, and as a 12 yr old, my parents bought a small farm, and it came with a chopped up 1929 Model A homemade tractor. First vehicle I worked on,and been wrenching ever since. Boy that thing was simple, but taught me alot. was still running years later when I was called to the service. ❤
That was quite an adventure. Thank you to all the people and businesses that made it possible. A shout out to Kyrin for taking countless drives of footage and sculpting it into quite a video odyssey. Touring the country as you did shows our country for what it really is... a grand republic with many splendors to see, and many good people doing what they do to make it so. Thanks for taking us along.
Hi Merlin loved watching your road trip fantastic lovely views I live in uk but love your country 👍
Thanks Merlin and your lovely wife for taking us all along for your travels. Hope you enjoyed your time in Colorado. Your wife is a total trooper👍
Thanks for the views and the dedication! The model A and yall did perfect! Its sad what happened to this country and our small towns!
I have no idea why RUclips kick your channel out. If it was not for ChadFab I would have still been looking for your channel again. Thank you for those skills you have young man. May God continue to bless you and your family. Oh much love for the wife who went on this journey with you. She is a keeper. She knew it was important to you and she came alone for the ride. And thank you to your daughter for the great work of editor and chief. Wonderful wonderful job she have done.
Just a pleasure to ride along with both of "you"
What was really impressing for me was seeing the camaraderie and United effort you and Desiree work through with this Trip!! That's a lot of hours to be in Close quarters for a Couple to stay the course and stay gracious with each other!!!! It's a great example of a Marriage that works together!!!!
All the best from Surrey BC Canada
Thank you,. This is what makes up America, people helping out each other and having a great time doing it. You two I'm sure had an adventure you will never forget. Thanks again take care.
I am 76 years old in 1957 my folks my sister and myself made a trip from Galveston Tx to LA in a 1953 Nash Rambler Station-wagon. We used one of those window air conditioners.
Thanks for taking us along and props to your daughter. She does amazing work.
Oh the memories. My grandfather was an engineer on that exact steam locomotive back in the 1930s and 1940s. My dad was familiar with the controls of those when he was a kid. He later became an engineer for the Milwaukee Road up until the Milwaukee Road went bankrupt. I have traveled with my dad as a toddler on runs and actually driven "Little Joe". Little Joe is currently on display in Deer Lodge, Montana and I have an exact copy of the controls for my model railroad. I have ridden the "Silverton" several times as a child and am planning a return trip to see all that I have missed over the years.
Very happy y’all made it home safely, the adventure of Merlin & Desiree !!!! Love your Chanel!!
You folks are very humble and appreciative for all that made this trip possible, thank you so much for taking us along and showing us the real United States. And a big thumbs up to the editor that makes it all look extra special. Thanks for taking us all with you. Can’t wait for our next trip.😀🇺🇸
P.S. Casey’s makes great pizza 🍕
"All children must be attended for."
Yes, Desiree did a great job on the train ride. Merlin did behave very well... 😁😁😜😜🤘🤘
My wife and I took that ride 25 yrs ago. We rode in the open car and had the steam engine for power that day. It was a wonderful ride to Silverton and back but that night we stayed in a motel in Durango so we could use the shower. We were covered with tiny cinders. The next day we drove the Pergatory road, the most memorable point of our trip to Colorado.
Hats off to the editor very nicely done
glad to see the old girl got home to MOSG relatively trouble free & the shots of the Model A driving through Sunrise were really beautiful
Hats off to you Merlin and your Mrs, what a trip. Thanks for taking us along!
Congratulations on your adventure. Merlin you and your wife are one of a kind couple. 🎉
I want to thank you two for taking us along on that adventure. The fact that you are willing to sell the Model A back to the family is one of the kindest most unselfish things I've seen anyone do. I hope the son is willing
and able to buy it back.
Merlin and Desiree that was a fabulous series. That could run on television in prime time and draw a huge audience. I was living through you on the trip but I want to take your advice and "just do it", which I will at some point. I like watching Derrick's "crank and drive home" videos because he does some crazy things. You are an animal... Derrick would never change a rod on the road, you are a man's man. Desiree, I thought you were a professional in cinema but after this series, I see you are a professional fashion model with apropos outfits to match the car's original era. Also, I wanted to mention since you pointed it out that Kerin (sp) does do an excellent job with all your editing and as I mentioned, this one could play on primetime tv with a huge following. The team that you assembled for this effort was all great and made for such a great series. Keep up the excellent video productions.
What a trip!Thank you for allowing me to ride with you all.
Epic roadie story. Magic journey. Smiles for miles.
Ron is looking forward to driving the “A’s” around HAVASY YOU ARE THE COOLEST 1:58 ❤
Theresa! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Air conditioned Model A, what an idea! My dad was a car dealer right after WW2. We had a early 30's Model for a while that someone traded in. As a teen age helper at the motor company I had to start all the used cars when I got there after school. That old Model A started up a lot better than some of the 40's and 50's cars. It wasn't fast though. Seeing that air conditioner made me write this note to you. We took a trip to SoCal in the early 50's in a new 52 Mercury station wagon and my dad hung one of those 'air conditioners' from the passenger side rear window, all it did was spit water droplets on us in the back seat. It was chromed bullet shaped affair, it had a water tank and the wind blew thru it as we drove. Wasn't too many years we could install after market real a/c's in new cars. That was before there were cars with factory air available. Thanks for stirring up old memories.
Thanks for taking us along on your trip. Glad you made it home safely. Our "A" likes 45 mph. Anything more & you feel like it works too hard.
In 1985 I rode a 1946 Knucklehead on Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago-Then on to Florida. Good times
What a fun trip thank y’all for taking us with you. Don’t forget that’s why they had the canvas water bags hanging in the radiators. 🤓
Thank you for letting me ride along beyond a great trip. As a 50 year truck driver I love 2 lane America
Merlin, Just keeps getting better this series. What a trip back Home. God Bless
My Grandmother and grandfather were married in 1921, for the honeymoon they drove all the way to Canada from Bronxville NY camping in a Ford model A My grand father was an avid outdoorsman hunter and explorer. They photographed the entire trip, it took six months to complete the trip.
That was such a interesting series. Thanks for all the work and for letting us enjoy your trip along with you 🎉
Hey Merlin when I was a kid my grandfather used a jug of water with a tube ran through the engine compartment and over the radiator and he would hold the jug up high in the car and turn it over and the water would exit from the tube and spread down the radiator making a swamp cooler for the motor.
We drove his from Texas back to GA. In the summer along highway 10 , then up 27 to our home , and that home made swamp cooler was such a help. And it only cost a dollar lol.
It worked out to 1 gallon per state so there are ways to cool the motor, even if it's a red neck way lol. But I really loved this series of videos, great job.
Your a lucky man your wife Desiree has become quite a movie star 🌟 your a wizard at mechanics she’s great company and has a great personality best of luck with your model A and the adventures
God Bless America 🇺🇸 !! We really enjoyed your trip and looked forward to each new video! Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks Merlin & All involved in the making of this series, SO Injoyed it .😁
What an amazing adventure. I would never have the courage to do something like that. Support from friends definitely helped out when things got ugly. Glad it all worked out and you made it home safely.
What a great trip and both of you got to see more of the U.S. in one trip then most people will see in a lifetime.
Well done guys what an epic trip of a lifetime..thanks for taking us along.
Great trip. Everyone should put this trip on their bucket list. I've done it twice, once in the caboose. I was on the train immediately after the twin towers were destroyed on 9/11. As we waited in the terminal in Durango, the crashes were on the TV news. We spent 2 hours on the train with no idea what was happening in the world. In Silverton the TVs again showed the news about what was happening. It was all very surreal. We were in Silverton a few hours and then two hours on the train back to Durango.
What an awesome adventure
And thanks to the gentleman who gave you the connecting rod! 💪👍🏼
I took the other end of that railroad from Antonio CO to Chama NM. It was the first run of the season and the snow plows had plowed the day before. In some places the snow was as high as the windows and before you know it, we were breaking the rules having snow ball fights inside the car. I have a great photo of the steam loco testing it's brakes before heading off the pass to Chama. All that can be seen of the train is from the windows up. Magnificent ride and snow covered sites.
These two railroads were connected at one time and served the mining, agriculture and people needs up until the late 1960’s.
I knew you would make it people like you make America great
Amen
Loved this series! Thanks to everyone involved. What a beautiful country you have. I have been enjoying the scenery as well as all the rest of the content.
You got to love how people follow directions of not standing or hanging over the side of the train.
What a ride this has been Merlin. Thanks for sharing the adventure in the almost 100 year old car across the country.
About the window swamp cooler I think my dad said they came out in the late 40s, I’ve repaired one back in the early 90s for someone. they absolutely do do the job !
Het was een buitengewoon leuke trip om mee te krijgen 👌👍
Prachtig gefilmd 🎥
Groetjes uit Holland 👋🏼🇳🇱
Pragtig gestel neef Yit Suid Afrika.
Dit was so lekker en ek dink ver terug na daardie dae. Groete. Kaapstad.👌🇿🇦🇿🇦
What a beauty, so nice to see the old girl.
Thank you Desiree and Merlin for one of the most interesting and fun video series ever. You had a lot of friends helping along the way and that is nice to see. Your daughter does a wonderful job editing and making each episode smooth.
I grew up with C. W. McCall truck’n songs. So, when I became a BillyBigRigger, Wolf Creek Pass made # 1 on my truck’n bucket list. ✅ Up And Down 18 Wheel’n ! Circa 2001.
Desiree is a cool, and adventurous lady! You're a lucky man Merlin! She's a real asset in your videos!
I kept waiting for her to get on a airplane to go home
Congratulations to Dessie and Merlin what a adventure loved it.
Thank you both for doing this. It was fantastic to follow along. I am a "road trip" guy and love driving the back roads like that. NOT brave enough to do it in a Model A, but.... I thoroughly enjoyed all of this.
Back in the 50’s we saw cars with the window evaporative coolers when we we on our trips back east from California. We begged our dad to get one. No, you kids just roll down your windows. We carried a 2 gal thermos jug with ice water on the back floorboard. Dad would ask for water and would drink about half of it before flinging the rest into the back seat splashing us kids. That was our a/c.
What a great adventure, thanks for taking us along! Love looking at maps and planning a trip. All of the hardships that you conquer along the way are what make it memorable, Desiree is a great sport for going along. My dad said that his dad would put new babbitt bearings in their car every year around the 4th of July just for preventative maintenance.
I come from middle Americas heartland!!!! This made me appreciate it even more !!!
Thanks for the ride! Glad y’all made it home safe 👍👊
Thanks for this series. It was awesome to see that the good old US of A is really still there. Good people out there helping people. I am more than a little jealous of your experience.
glad you made it okay. I have really enjoyed this whole series. THANK YOU !!!
When you were in Clay Center, you were just an hour from us… and yes, that set of storms on the 4th was serious. Even by MidWest standards… there’s a reason Dorothy had her adventure from that same neighborhood! Fun trip to follow you guys
100% it was a great series ❤❤ , and yes your daughter is doing a fantastic job editing 😅😅,
I've been watching you guys for over a year, 2 things .. 1. I enjoy all your videos but hands down this was the best. 2. I was really surprised and happy to see Desiree travel with you Merlin, her support for you is obvious or you wouldn't be doing what you do (as comfortably as you do it), however at the beginning of the trip I remember thinking (how long will Desiree travel with you) .. so a shout out to you Desiree for the great support for Merlin and your appearance during the trip. 1a. Thank you Merlin for the channel content, your dedication and expertise. 2a. Thank you Desiree for your dedication to Merlin and the channel. NB. As you both mentioned thank you Daughter for the excellent editing, I realize it's hours and hours of work filming and probably twice that editing .. THANKYOU !! Take care, God Bless and keep smiling MOSG team and viewers.
Like you I am super impressed the car made it minus the rod issue.We all appreciate you bringing us along for the ride.
I really enjoyed this wrap up video. I felt like I was sitting in your garage listening to your story.
Merlin & Desiree - Thank you taking us on the epic cross country journey. The wrap up at end of this video was fantastic. What a great series, and thank you again.
I saw the train ride and I had to stop and watch I did took my wife and kids on that train back around 1975 we had a great adventure that day. Also when I was six My family moved from Cleveland to Phoenix, we were driving a newer 1954 buick went across the northern states and then down to phoenix and we were using one of those cool old air conditioners many great memories were awakened. 🙂 Thanks
Leah and I can’t agree with you more. You have to slow down and see this beautiful country we live in on the back roads. We have driven our “A” 70,000 miles across USA and Canada. We just finished the western portion of the Lincoln Highway from Minnesota.
it likes we were on the road about the same time you were. It was hot. My wife agrees with Desiree about the heat on the passenger side floor. We discovered if you put about 3 inches of towels on the floor that helps a lot. My wife is a trooper.
On our travels, we have met very generous and helpful people. The back roads are the way travel.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience.
We look forward to more!
God bless you two.
Hope to see you Down a country road
Steve
Great roadtrip ! Too many of us are in too much of a rush to appreciate what we've got where ever we are .
If you want grey skies and rain come to England we've got enough for everyone 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
#MERLIN all the “EPICSODES” are awesome!! Great series 🤘🏻🤜🏻💥🤛🏻
So glad that you made it home safe and the old car did great
Congratulations Merlin and Desiree what a wonderful adventure thanks for taking us along with you.
I'm 67, grew up in Phoenix and we hung one of those swampys on the family car, something like a 1960ish Ford station wagon, and yeah it leaked and spit water and work well on low humidity days. Cheers