Leno & Osborne: Simplex-Crane and The Art Of Chauffeuring

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3 жыл бұрын

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@E.T.GARAGE 3 жыл бұрын

Always good to see Donald and Jay doing a video together.

@robertweldon7909 3 жыл бұрын

What has always impressed me about Jay Leno is his vast knowledge about each and every individual vehicle he owns, and his joy in actually driving them and tinkering with them. He has the wealth to just pay to have them maintained, but likes to get a little oil and grease on his hands maintaining them himself. A true car guy, and well beyond the average who is only interested in horse power and speed. Videos like this are the car videos I like, not the speed freaks. ;-)

@johndavey72 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Donald . And Thankyou Jay . "Tempus fugit " ! Jay. That Simplex must have been a very expensive purchase but those fortunate few who had the means ....why not ? My grandfather who sadly died before l could talk to him was a full time chauffeur for the "Singer " family of sewing machine fame . He drove and maintained 2 Rolls Royces .Thankyou Gentlemen .

@dirkditmer453 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you Donald and Jay. A perfect combination, not just the knowledge of the times and lifestyle, but the engineering and mechanics that went with it. Love Jay's observation of how engineering from years ago compared to today's is simpler and easier to repair. Have seen 100 year old engines oiled up and started and 10 year old motors hauled to the scrap heap.

@cclarke6 3 жыл бұрын

My stepfather worked as a young machinist in the Simplex factory in New Brunswick, NJ for several years. Thirty years after his death, I have so many questions that I wished I had asked him.

@The_R-n-I_Guy 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to visit the museum. Especially if I could meet Donald. And if Jay happened to be there I think I would pass out

@robertphillips6296 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent episode Gentleman. Thank you for posting.

@johnkeathley1612 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr. Donald... Many blessings to you and your family from Perryville Kentucky USA

@elosogonzalez8739 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for keeping the history alive! I really enjoy these videos with Donald and Jay. Any chance of showing more of these rare automobiles in each of these videos?

@miguelguimaraes4211 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us

@robertmcduck6712 3 жыл бұрын

I fell in love with the front windshield styling.

@Jayhawkga 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video.

@kana4114 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy these short but informative episodes. Keep up the great work gentleman. Your chemistry is fun to watch.

@jjones2509 3 жыл бұрын

In school I hated history. I really enjoy your history lessons. Thanks for sharing.

@petauristini4854 3 жыл бұрын

Well done sirs!

@lynandhenrymeyerding3392 2 жыл бұрын

On the other hand, in a 1930 Packard, a great number of suspension parts had adjustments, where today we just replace the whole part - no adjustment needed is one thing, none possible is another. Or the oil system - you adjust the oil pressure to be 55 lbs and as things wear, you adjust the system to bring the pressure back up. If you set it for maximum pressure with new parts, you'd have 150 lbs of oil pressure (for a minute and a half).

@steveshoemaker6347 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very very....Much..... Awesome car of the days gone by....!

@hesstwentyone 3 жыл бұрын

Well done. 🙂

@dianeswift 3 жыл бұрын

Best Audrain video yet. Bringing history alive!

@troynov1965 3 жыл бұрын

I was just telling someone the other day that in 50 years all these cars today will likely be impossible to restore with out dated software and hardware. But a model T will still fire up.

@jakeblanton6853 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt that it will take that long before the news cars are junked just because the engine's computer is either not available or costs more than the car could potentially be worth... I was at a BMW service facility a couple of years ago and a woman had a late model BMW that had just gone out of warranty and the engine controller had died and needed to be replaced... They were quoting her $5K... For that particular BMW, it was still worth enough that it might be worth replacing, but at some point, the cost of that single part exceeds the total cost of the vehicle... Most people won't wait that long though -- when it the cost of the repair exceeds a certain percentage of the value of the vehicle, they will sell it because they figure there are other expensive repairs that will be happening soon enough... $5K for an engine controller here, $3500 for an air-conditioner compressor there, you end up spending a lot of money for an old vehicle and it better be really special to you before you should consider keeping it... I've owned ONE BMW and I will never own another... If you choose to own one, sell it right before the warranty runs out, regardless of how few miles you have put on it... My experience with the BMW was that BMW must design things to fail after a given period of time has elapsed since you registered the vehicle... BMW has a 4 year warranty that starts as soon as you buy / register the vehicle... After 4 years have elapsed, expensive things go wrong... Doesn't matter if the vehicle sat on the showroom floor for 10 years or you bought it as soon as it arrived at the dealership... Doesn't matter if you drove it 50K miles during those 4 years or if you only drove it 3K miles over those 4 years... After 4 years has passed since you bought the vehicle, expensive things start to happen... But, as long as it is still in warranty, it's a great car and won't have any problems... Just my personal (bad) experience, and as they say, "your mileage may vary"... :)

@ryanroberts1104 3 жыл бұрын

I still feel the same way about my main vehicle. It's definitely modern by Jay's standards, but it's just an old truck to everybody else. An old truck I can fix with an adjustable wrench and a hammer, and a few appropriately timed curse words. I should have no issue keeping it going for the rest of my life, and have no interest in buying a new one.

@femaledeer 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel

@MrIslandman59 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks gentlemen for sharing that....always a pleasure!

@jameshutchins3396 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always

@FrederickRH1 3 жыл бұрын

Always a education with Jay.🙂

@carlcushmanhybels8159 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Donald and Jay and Audrain team! A Q: The Crane-Simplex has what look like modern shock absorbers on the front! They can't be. But did Crane-Simplex pioneer some handling suspension innovations, like shock absorbers improved compared to the friction absorbers you see say on 1920's Bentleys? Looks like I'll be investigating Crane-Simplex.

@gustavochinchilla4324 3 жыл бұрын

Gentlemen, thank you for sharing this amazing car. His charisma and historical and vehicle knowledge is wonderful and very valuable. Crane-Simplex was the same company as Smith & Mabley? I have a 1907 S&M Simplex limousine (1/60 made by High Speed). And I have not been able to find an actual photograph of my scale model. Thanks again for your great videos Take care Greetings from Costa Rica

@Farmington_River_Rods 3 жыл бұрын

Great as always👍

@graycav56 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful short. And you have to love those old engines where they were as beautifully designed and presented as the rest of the car. No more with just about everything buried under plastic. Seriously, does anyone tell you to “pop the hood” on your new crossover? Gorgeous vehicle.

@albertmyers7176 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid thanks

@SimpleCarGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love automotive content. Trying to make my own, it’s harder than it looks!

@scottnyc6572 3 жыл бұрын

I wish someone would still make these works of art today.

@craigcolavito5606 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, Comfy Viewing!!

@radioguy1620 2 жыл бұрын

Wish my knees had grease fittings!

@bobbates6642 3 жыл бұрын

Provided all the parts were on the car and worked getting the car to run again would be easier but try buying parts for that car at the auto. parts store

@rickarra1833 Жыл бұрын

I remember doing that with oil

@stkamman 2 жыл бұрын

Yo Jay, they still pour oil into the ground.

@dowen1511 3 жыл бұрын

What did they say ? 😳

@josephsalandra1195 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a Crane-Simplex, not Simplex Crane. Titled that when on here.

@johndavey72 3 жыл бұрын

I did leave a comment regarding "best in class " in your mansions and motor cars as all comment's were turned off for " best in class " .

@AudrainMuseumNetwork 3 жыл бұрын

John, thank you for your nice comments and support. We had an issue uploading Best in Class with the comments which has since been resolved.

@johndavey72 3 жыл бұрын

@@AudrainMuseumNetwork Thankyou .

@michaeljohnson4204 2 жыл бұрын

Since oil comes from the ground even though it took millions to make, what is wrong with putting it back, unlike plastic it will return to nature over time unlike the water bottles that will still be here in 1,000,000 years.