Not good: a "they don't make like they used to" video.

hull 433 · Post by **hull 433** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:40 pm

This is not good, we thought these things were past us.

Dan Haynes · Post by **Dan Haynes** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:18 pm

Well.
THAT was something.
Wasn't it?

Post by **Dollisdad** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:33 pm

He’s a good representation of the morons running this country.

randahl · Post by **randahl** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:35 pm

What a waste of time.. useless Bulls**t made for Youtube hits.

Post by **vwmarc** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:38 pm

My 13 year old son began showing it to me and I said " No, I do not want to watch that." He told me it is some guy that destroys vehicles for his u tube content. I am not supporting any of that!

Post by **Steve Jelf** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:36 am

It's the How big a jerk can you be? video.

Post by **1925 Touring** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:00 am

As a young person (younger than he) this really makes me mad!!!!!!!
Why???!!!!
And by the way, every time we watch that terrible video he gets monney to buy more...
This is why i am so protective of our model ts that arent really "mine". My grandpa restored 3 model ts with his brother and we still have 2 of them and they mean the world to me! They are my connection to him!
Just be cautious to who you sell your car to! You may see your own lovingly restored car get destroyed for the name of the dollar!!
Sorry for the rant but this made me mad!

Post by **Bryant** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:37 am

What a waste! I could have used some of those parts. Makes me wonder just what his deep seeded issue is? Mental illness played out on YouTube? And to top it off it seems most of the comments to the video where singing praises to this guy.

Bryant

CatGuy · Post by **CatGuy** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:07 am

I don't know why I even turned it on, but as soon as I saw that opening scene I nearly lost my breakfast!

It makes me want to go out and rescue another one....soon!

Post by **Tadpole** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:11 am

One of the most beautiful things about this free country is that you are going to encounter people who think and feel very differently than you do. If that's what the man likes to do he ain't hurting anyone, more power to him. It's his hard fought for, God given right. If you don't like it, you've got that same freedom to not watch. Don't let what others do bother you, "ev'ry thing'll be jus' fine".

Post by **TWrenn** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:15 am

What a blooming idiot.

Had to be on drugs. Didn't finish it. Couldn't.

Post by **speedytinc** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:29 am

This is sick. Would be more entertaining if HE drove it off a cliff to test the plate windshield.

Post by **Dan Hatch** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:17 am

Yous guys are looking at this wrong. One less T means.
The price of all mine just went up!

Post by **tiredfarmer** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:22 am

That worries me when I'm gone to my reward that some idiot will buy my Model T and A and destroy them. A person like that should be horse whipped.

Scott_Conger · Post by **Scott_Conger** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:39 am

I don't need to even see it to know that it is a perfect allegory for the state of our society.

Now, how exactly did this thread advance the state of our hobby?

It didn't.

Why would someone call attention to this video in the first place?

for the pure sake of stirring controversy

well done - mission accomplished

Rich P. Bingham · Post by **Rich P. Bingham** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:59 am

What Scott wrote !

"Mas claro que eso, no canta un gallo !"

Post by **NY John T** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:01 am

Hard to watch. BUT... you can see how well the T seems to handle major damage. Until the end. The plate was from Tennessee. The 26-27 looked in good condition. Did they actually destroy more than one? The guy is kind of a sicko though.
John

Post by **BobD** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:38 am

YouTube does have a report button and a number of categories to report under.

Post by **tdump** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:07 pm

As soon as I fast forwarded toward the end of the vid I knew who it was, he is the lowest of the low. a couple years ago he distroyed a nice 1979 ford 4x4. I knew then he should have to walk everywhere he goes in shoes filled with broken glass.

Darren J Wallace · Post by **Darren J Wallace** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:24 pm

Unfortunately, the Model T Ford hobby is not alone in this situation.
Over on the Talking Machine Forum, as another example, there’s links to people smashing antique phonographs on YouTube. Folks comment in disgust and the people who post the videos love it. In fact, the more people that protest these videos, the more encouraging it is for them to keep making more destructive videos.
I’m sure MANY other hobbies are seeing this same sad trend.
It is a sad thing to watch and to see how society is devolving.
People will continue to do crap like this as long as it generates notoriety and wealth for them.

The best thing anyone can do is to report these videos to the authorities that operate these sites, and don’t bring attention to or comment to the original poster about it in any way.

CatGuy · Post by **CatGuy** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:45 pm

NY John T wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:01 am
Hard to watch. BUT... you can see how well the T seems to handle major damage. Until the end. The plate was from Tennessee. The 26-27 looked in good condition. Did they actually destroy more than one? The guy is kind of a sicko though.
John

They went through 7 poor T's.....seven. My coworker had me watch the part where he was driving through the ditches and that was pretty impressive! I knew these cars could 'flex', but that looked almost glamorous! Henry knew what he was doing!

Post by **Will_Vanderburg** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:17 pm

Every time you share or view the video, you give this schmuck money. All of his videos are monetized. Stop feeding the bottom feeders

Post by **Mark Gregush** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:33 pm

Saw a post about this on Facebook, but that post did do a better job of letting people know what it was about so they could pass clicking on it. (Didn't know till I started watching here, that it was the same video!)

Post by **Susanne** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:33 am

I refuse to watch this crap as it only feeds the nutcases ego... it's the same nihilist attitude that causes these daily mass shootings - "Look at what a POS I am, and all the attention you give me"... Seems to be a recurring theme...

Post by **tdump** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:28 am

I don't understand the mindset of these people,it is like they got dropped as babies or something.
I struggled off and on for 16 years to build a T and this subpar humanoid takes pleasure in destroying them.and there are people that support it and like it?? why?
makes no sense.

Erik Johnson · Post by **Erik Johnson** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:26 am

Driving a Model T parallel into a ditch is extremely dangerous and was by far the stupidest thing in the video.

Junk poor · Post by **Junk poor** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:00 pm

Really? Hollywood has been doing this for years. How many chargers were wrecked for the Dukes of Hazzard? What about all the other tv shows and movies? What about stock car and drag racing?
I’m sure your generations did stuff that pissed off your elders. Maybe you destroyed their abacus to play checkers. Or perhaps you had a kegger and bonfire with the covered wagon that your folks crossed the prairie in.
There is no need to insinuate someone was dropped on their head or is on drugs. This is how this generation enjoys themselves. Oh my god. What if they start ruining all the Coca Cola by putting peanuts in it? Or listen to rock-n-roll music and do the mashed potato?

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Scott_Conger · Post by **Scott_Conger** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:58 pm

How many Dodge Chargers were crashed? I don't know, but I do know that none of them were more than a decade old or so, and were routinely still on the road as private vehicles.

This is how this generation enjoys themselves.

What a slap in the face to all parents who have brought up respectful, intelligent children that have the drive and a vision of making themselves and their world a better place! If destroying or ruining things brings pure joy, then perhaps this is why so many of our sons are enamored with the idea of turning themselves into Eunuchs. So, when will this guy start smashing18th century stained glass windows or breaking the arms off of Greek statues?

Would that be cute, too?

If ever there was a doubt that Good Times create weak men, all traces of doubt should be gone by now, and you don't want to be around for what weak men will bring...though we're being given a pretty good glimpse of it.

Anthony Bennett · Post by **Anthony Bennett** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 1:44 am

Hear me out...

There's thousands(?) of people here who :
a) love and cherish old cars
b) think WhistlinDiesel is a f#@kwit

The thing is that after 2 days he's got 2.5 million views and that's a lot of people who consume car content and when you get into the comments... they're wincing just like we are.

Lots of them are already impressed about how well the old girl handled the off road driving though, its right there in the clickbait headline image... which presents us with a golden opportunity.

If you have some time and want to see some good come from the demise of that poor old car, go make some comments in the YouTube video. Link to your local T Ford Club, recruit some young people, take them out for ice cream.

The old car community won't get engagement like this posting pictures of old people in old clothes doing old car shows.

Like him or loathe him, this guy is -very good- at garnering an audience, usually by doing outrageous things with expensive cars.

Let's be honest, 14 000 000 T Fords have already suffered a far less glorious end.

This time we're presented with a golden opportunity to launch the T Ford into a crowd of people who never realised they too can own the toughest, most numerous, most fun... and most importantly the friendliest car culture there has ever been.

It's the car the century, let's explain it to them, without being the "look but don't touch" curmudgeons that old car people are known for.

Professor Fate · Post by **Professor Fate** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:58 am

I woke up at 322am to this "shine ol ahh."
This is a model T snuff film. This guy must abuse kittens and puppy's as an encore.
Fate does not approve!

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Somehow I missed this thread earlier and stumbled upon it after seeing another newer thread featuring "the video" to which I posted the following:

"Professor Fate
Re: A golden opportunity...
Post Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:36 am

I made it to 5:22 and had to turn it off......
sad, sickening, heart wrenching.
A perfect waste of a great little car.
Any one of us could have saved it. I have a friend who is a young man in his 30's that wishes for a T to make memories with sharing it with his little kids.....
I guess I can only ask,
"Can I have the wheels?""

Professor Fate · Post by **Professor Fate** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 7:45 am

He trashes a really nice Farmall 1206 tractor too....

ThreePedalTapDancer · Post by **ThreePedalTapDancer** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 7:53 am

I remember a guy destroying a restored 1909 Touring for the purpose of visual “art” years ago. I think it was crushed or something like that. Shock value I guess.

Post by **1925 Touring** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:52 am

WHENEVER YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO HE GETS MONEY TO BUY MORE!!!

Post by **Craig Leach** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 12:39 pm

OMG some day that generation will be in charge. Or is this a preview of the what the new green deal has for us.
Craig.

Post by **TXGOAT2** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 12:41 pm

I despise vandals and thieves.

John Codman · Post by **John Codman** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 1:18 pm

Dollisdad wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:33 pm
He’s a good representation of the morons running this country.

I couldn't agree more. I finally shut it off. I simply could not bear the idiocy of that guy.

Post by **JohnM** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:13 pm

John Codman wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 17, 2023 1:18 pm

Dollisdad wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:33 pm
He’s a good representation of the morons running this country.

I couldn't agree more. I finally shut it off. I simply could not bear the idiocy of that guy.

I haven't seen it, and I won't, no more than I would want to watch someone burn the flag. The first poster stated "not good" apparently that makes it all the more enticing. Maybe we have morons as leaders for the same reasons this video and thread has had so many hits. It seems to be a race to the bottom. It is OUR CHOICE. What did you expect? End of rant.

Post by **Duey_C** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 6:32 pm

Yikes. I'm not going looking for that. A T? And a 1206 too? I'm more for the building up or making do.
I wonder if it's the same bonehead that started his tube career by putting a cement block on the throttle of an RX-7 years ago?
The wife wants me to scrap my '53 motor grader due to engine issues. Ummm, nope. Oddball IH UD-16 engine.
The tearing down attitude seems to be quite popular...

Post by **JohnM** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 7:43 pm

Thanks Duey, but the rift between you and your wife is beyond the scope of this forum.

david_dewey · Post by **david_dewey** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:41 pm

this guy needs to be in captive rehabilitation, apparently he is only happy destroying stuff. I know, in this country you are allowed to express yourself, but if I had been around when he was filming, it is a good thing I don't own a gun! Wanton destruction of property, even if it is his own.

Post by **Craig Leach** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:37 pm

David that generation is not going to be the ones sent to the reeducation camps. We are. Damn that soap box is a bad influnce on me.
Craig.

david_dewey · Post by **david_dewey** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:40 pm

You are probably right. sad

ThreePedalTapDancer · Post by **ThreePedalTapDancer** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:55 pm

What is his motivation to destroy everything? Money. Lots of money. He has made over 5 million dollars with his destruction videos.

Erik Johnson · Post by **Erik Johnson** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:23 pm

Destroying a Model T for entertainment.

At least it wasn't a town car.....

https://youtu.be/tc4Oe8Rn56c?t=1446

david_dewey · Post by **david_dewey** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:16 pm

But not just one T, apparently 7 nice, restored Ts were destroyed--and this is how he became a millionaire???
Surely there is restitution in the next life. . . . .
T'ake care,
David D.
PS, He may be a millionaire, but he's still an asshole!!

John Codman · Post by **John Codman** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:46 pm

FWIW: Had I known what was to take place I would not have even begun to watch it. I found it on another website and the only lead-in the poster gave was words to the effect that "This guy's an idiot"

Post by **Bryant** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 3:52 pm

I won’t watch it again and don’t suggest anyone else watch it either but what I noticed was the early cowl lights on a 26-27 Tudor, a running board luggage rack and wire rims. In the video they have a sign that said they used 26 ford model T’s to make the video. I have heard they used 7 also. The video to me looks like the same car with its unique features and used cut and pasted video for its demise. I think only one T was wasted. The guys a liar and probably said that to up peoples blood pressure. But I could be in denial..
Do not watch it again to confirm.
Bryant