The Franklin Motor Car

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Dirk visited the Franklin Trek in Upstate New York to check out these unique automobiles that . Franklin was way ahead of their time, and held the patents on many items that would become standard on other cars.
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@Zizumia 4 жыл бұрын

My dad used to own 2 Franklins. Unfortunately he had to sell them years ago. I took him to a Franklin Museum recently and he was like a kid in a candy store!

@maryrafuse2297 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds wonderfully like a sowing machine. Beautiful!

@manicmechanic448 4 жыл бұрын

I recently found an old photograph from the early 20s of my great grandfathers 1919 Franklin four door touring car.

@richardfranklin9313 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent cars. I want to buy one, have for years.

@jeanmeslier9491 4 жыл бұрын

The Franklin Air Cooled Engine Company was sold to the Government of Poland in 1991 and reportedly still exists. It is the lineage of the Franklin car company.

@dennisthehirev580 4 жыл бұрын

What's with the music being louder than the dialogue?

@Wooley689 4 жыл бұрын

What a beauty.

@barbaraburrowes2730 2 жыл бұрын

Very neat Franklin. Cars collect with the owners mainly one is my Dad !

@redradio69englebert99 4 жыл бұрын

When he explained how that motor worked, he lost me!

@allen2905 4 жыл бұрын

Music is too loud! It's really hard to hear the commentator let alone the sound of the engine Does KZfaq demand you use music?

@jamesb.9155 3 жыл бұрын

It really does sound like a sewing machine!

@bruceshook1781 4 жыл бұрын

The music is WAYYY too loud!!

@kentward6516 4 жыл бұрын

If I want to listen to music, I'll turn on the radio!

@dabomb101777 4 күн бұрын

FR FR FR

@alphaetomega 4 жыл бұрын

I think Doc Brown there would love the new fangled Beetle.

@dcrehearsalstudios 4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't take it. The music drove me away after 1:28.

@wholeNwon 4 жыл бұрын

I "knew" about air-cooled Franklins, of course, but did not know about concentric valves or dual exhaust porting or why aluminum pistons were such an improvement for them. The cranking technique was a little scary.

@greenmountainsuriving 4 жыл бұрын

Johnathan w Just did a Franklin 1st start in 70 years video and he is putting the Franklin he got in Newyork back on the Carolina roads

@paulstandeven8572 4 жыл бұрын

He owns the car, and has probably started it many times. So he knows what he is doing......

@wholeNwon 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulstandeven8572 Owning the car and knowing the safest way to crank are not necessarily related. Most of those people generations ago whose wrists or arms or worse were broken (some killed) also owned their cars.

@paulstandeven8572 4 жыл бұрын

@@wholeNwon Yes, that is true. I was thinking that, and also that the owner may know things too - such as that it's very low compression, and just doen't kick back. Yet........ !! Correct technique is what saves you when the unexpected happens

@elistickband 4 жыл бұрын

I managed 2:44 before the music pissed me off

@bemorecarefullrespect6864 4 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔can't hear with that music playing 🎼🎹🔊🔊🔊🔊too loud. I love seeing the Franklin though🤗

@cmeyers3231 4 жыл бұрын

I can't hear you over that music.

@kennethwallace4338 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@georgeappel4048 4 жыл бұрын

I liked the music.

@leskeen4104 2 жыл бұрын

Would have liked to watch all the post but the background music was far to loud blocking out the commentary. Sad.

@molnarriki4876 2 жыл бұрын

1925 in europe you had rock paved roads.and also old rome roads

@erickellis6912 3 жыл бұрын

La historia escrita en cuatro ruedas

@kennshotts7258 4 жыл бұрын

Wood frames loud nusic cant do it sorry.

@peteacher52 4 жыл бұрын

To the naysayers, from one who despises gratuitous noise added to videos, I suggest that if you want information and concentrate on the dialogue, you will find, as I did, that the music passes pretty well unnoticed. In looking at light aircraft on Yt a few years back, I recall a very popular model from Piper of the Cub, with a Franklin engine. The name was unknown to me then but it all falls into place now. Thank you!

@brianevans656 4 жыл бұрын

Franklin air-cooled aircraft engines powered a number of successful light aircraft, including a helicopter. Most Piper J-3 Cubs were powered by Continental or Lycoming air-cooled engines, but the Cub model J-3F was indeed powered by a 65-hp 4-cylinder flat four engine displacing 171 cu. in.

@jayphillips4058 4 жыл бұрын

@@brianevans656 In 1978, the tiny FBO I flew out of in high school had a PA-22-108 Piper Colt with a Franklin engine, can't exactly remember the hp rating but I want to say either 65 or 80. Flapless, clipped wing version of a Tri-Pacer, IIRC. Side-by-side seating, the one we had was equipped with spats and pants, was subject to needing a fair bit of runway for a plane it's size, especially with high density altitude days. It would spin abruptly, and had the glide ratio of a streamlined brick - was good to land it with a little power on.

@realtruth172 4 жыл бұрын

skip the music

@scottnyc6572 2 жыл бұрын

I’m convinced that most of the engineering was much better back then but was unfortunately lost or stolen.

@charleschidester6767 4 жыл бұрын

Chitty bang bang..

@peterduxbury927 4 жыл бұрын

I gave up on this after 2 minutes. Background music f...ed everything up.

@legendvito5702 4 жыл бұрын

🤝👍👍👍

@nunyabizness199 4 жыл бұрын

I'll bet the frames are even made of wood !

@79tazman 4 жыл бұрын

Yes the frames were made out of ash until 1930 I believe a guy on KZfaq that I follow just bought a 1928 Franklin that sat in a barn since the late 40's and it has a wooden frame

@nunyabizness199 4 жыл бұрын

@@79tazman I knew that...😉