Kansas Might Make Me Lose My Mind

all righty guys it's a new day woke up here in Kansas it's a little humid it's not too warm it was it's uh it's a little nicer than most of our departures are bad you got to see this radiator I've got a mug collection going from like every state like I got ladybugs I got June bugs I got dragonflies I got butterflies I got moths I got a little bit of everything but anyway we're uh our windows I'm checking everything out loading up and today is uh the day we cross Kansas so let's get this window scrubbed up [Music] and then very much all we have left to do is check the oil and uh we'll get headed on down the road so Hill car is doing good so far no flat tires so far no problems those are the original tires still they were put on back in the 80s they do have some cracking in them but they're nylon fire Supply basically so I'm not too worried about them going flat I mean we can see the spare here it's uh it's got some pretty good cracks in it but uh you know you could wear your thing to death well let's see if this old girl will fire up this morning it's been kind of giving fits it didn't like that Heat yesterday I know that that was definitely messed up the odometer quit I think when they turn the odometer they messed up on that number and it stuck so I'll figure out what the miles was total and I'll clean it up and reset it those odometers are pretty easy to get apart but uh let's see if she'll start this morning I'm not wanting to something's wrong let's see if we got these Arc what's going on here kind of gives you fits in the morning to get her going I don't know what the deal is plenty of spark fuel issue plenty of fuel must be flooded Mustafa flooded her foreign yeah she was a little flooded that's kind of weird [Music] I have to adjust on them their points just a little sounding a little better a little more timing that helped it okay well I think we're ready to get us some breakfast and find us a fuel station top off the old Go Juice we're headed for Colorado Springs today got something pretty cool I'll show you pretty excited about this if I can land the deal but uh we'll get over there and get a look at that and then uh I don't know today's adventure will probably uh bring some excitement I'm sure stay tuned [Music] well one thing I'll say you get pretty good at taking this distributor cap off and on [Music] ah I just missed the van that smelled good I have another my suitcase so I'm gonna pack this uh fan fully attached yeah that's true I'll go on it how nice it is today [Music] so yeah the points are a little too wide I opened them up a little back there the last town to make it run a little better but I got them too wide so it's a bucking [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay Mr Wilson well let's see if it runs a little smoother now [Music] so we're rolling in here to Caulker City in Kansas pretty cool Old Town we rolled through a lot of these little old towns and uh but this one has something kind of special we're going to take you and show you that I always wanted to do this trip in an old model A and we're all gussied up like we're from 1930 today and uh I wanted to stop and show the sights uh look at this old machine shop here oh got all these jigs out here fixtures all right so most people just drive right on by this stuff and uh they don't get to see it and I wanted to do my uh my little make it run drive across the country a little different I wanted to stop and see the stuff and share it all with you so I'll pull up on this and I'll show you what it is [Music] alrighty so here it is [Music] this is the world's largest ball of twine Frank stober's twine tail [Music] look at that he's been spinning this thing up for years [Music] 1982. first annual twineathon [Music] I used to have it in a gazebo now it's in a building it's literally a building I don't know every year they must spend a little more twine on this thing make it bigger and bigger it smells like a it smells like a farm Stead so we got a guest registration box here this big old mailbox we're gonna sign in and then we're gonna go over to that gas station over there and take [Music] definitely a big old ball of twine if I stand next to it here this thing is like 14 feet tall I don't know it's probably 10. it's pretty cool though pretty cool it sounds like the tornado warnings are going off in town you can hear them screaming why this thing's throwing such a bit but it is quit shutting it off I mean it just Flats so yeah we're here at this uh really cool gas station got the old air pump Coca-Cola machine this is like classic America right here right across from the world's largest ball of corn they do these really cool murals on their uh buildings some of the older uh brick buildings but that water tower that thing is just cool I would love that in my yard so yeah we're gonna take a few pictures here and then uh we're gonna get to trucking [Music] I've just stopped here at the Standard Oil Station Sands [Music] of course you said a 35 pounds yeah we'll be on our way we'll pet the pigs yeah so that was pretty cool biggest ball of twine and uh got this old Motel here it's kind of cool [Music] [Music] middle of nowhere is always somewhere as far as gonna get it over 50 miles an hour today Rod is still staying on rods we're making good time because it's cooler temperatures staying now we're not pushing the water out work so we'll be in Colorado Springs tonight we saw the biggest ball of the all the biggest ball has stopped and some of the biggest balls all of the wheel to production here Corinthian oil field the outer with gold into Colorado here before we know it [Music] [Music] well we're somewhere out here in Kansas there's a time and devices it's lunch time is please leave your message for hey Robert it's Merlin thanks for checking in on me we got the connecting rod in the night that I talked to you and we've actually made it to Kansas the car's still running great we're headed for Colorado Springs so I appreciate everything and uh keep an eye out for the YouTube video um thanks again Robert see ya so I had to call him back that was Robert he got us uh a bunch of connections on Parts the night that we needed uh the parts for the engine which is really cool uh Paul Shin reached out to some people that he knows with the model a club there in Decatur Illinois and there was so many people willing to help like right now like the people that own model A's they're good people so you know you want to you want to belong to a a group of car enthusiasts that really really take care of each other buy yourself a Model A join the model A Club of America you uh you won't ever go wrong it's uh it's pretty cool so we're gonna get to trucking here we put in 10 gallons of gas 10.1 so I think these tanks hold 11 so yeah we had about eight tenths of a a gallon in the tank when we rolled in here I have a two gallon reserve on the back but uh it's a long ways from you know stop to stop here in Kansas when you're on the rural road so you got to pay attention to your fuel out here did you notice how patriotic these farmers are belt or hay with Fourth of July wrap and round bales [Music] I think we get home status and beats the property right out there in Kansas [Music] over there [Music] well we've made it we've made it all the way from Ohio to Colorado when I pulled in here I got a little bit of a misfire I think we might have found a spark plug so we're going to take a look at that real quick but yeah what an adventure all the way to Colorado what are you doing I don't know I don't know a bunch of flies swarming the car Okay so you know how far somewhere the spark is canceled okay let it idle foreign yeah she's lumping pretty good so I think either the distributor cap has failed or uh we lost that spark plug so we're gonna have a look here Cap's got a crack in it sometimes they get cracks in them and they [Music] short out basically that terminal right there I have another cap but it doesn't really fit here it's kind of closed up again on me I wonder if it's the points I wonder if it's just the points closed up and uh when it gets around to that lobe it misfires [Music] tighten that screw foreign [Music] [Applause] okay let's give it a try [Music] what are you trying foreign room for that in here well we're a little ways into Colorado we're on this little road out here we are literally the only ones on this road [Music] stopped here for a little break a sign back there said 70 miles next services so I think what are we a hundred and hundred miles from Colorado Springs so yeah we're gonna keep on it and uh head up the mountain oh [Music] so far so good it feels good power temperatures cooled back off so yeah we're uh I think we may be on to something here we're in Colorado I don't know how we smaller but we have no Colorado Springs here we come [Music] [Music] hey there where are you going you know you're not supposed to play in the street so we're going to put him over here [Music] there you go buddy I don't know where you're headed but at least you'll make it because uh playing in the road you're about to get run over middle of nowhere turtle out here trying to cross the road going to that pond foreign [Music] we just drove in from Ohio Havasu oh you're just going back home yeah but I'm going to do Pikes Peak yeah they just took the race yeah uh um yeah we uh one of the heart-wrenching ones was uh yeah I know Lynn's Truck Yeah look at that car and then that's awesome no wait oh yeah thanks for watching do you mind if I grab a picture of you and your wife in the car my wife is never gonna believe me foreign yeah that was extreme [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you all righty we've made it to Colorado Springs there it is there's what we came to look at [Music] I'm here with Terry how long you owned this thing Terry [Music] 20 years wow I just dug the uh seat feet Springs up today and they'll go through the backs okay yep what's left of the frame yeah but that's good stuff we got some bugs growing on here but yeah see the glass is still in there yeah you protected that record yeah crank carrier bar things of Steel yeah yeah I do have another horn in the garage okay uh and all the plaques are still there yeah they're all good shape yep I've been waiting for somebody to steal it if they haven't yet I uh yeah I guess the this piece here was whatever yeah you have it if you can open that door but be real careful yeah the uh the wood is yep so there's a well it's there's a number look right in here okay right by there yeah that's the one that's the one that's the um straight up yeah I had a stroke a couple years ago and it's really screwed with me there we go this strap used to go over the radiator into the cab that would control the shutter stats there okay but if you look if we open up the other side you can see the hole in the block yeah we don't need to do that I've uh I've got a motor lined up I think and uh yeah there's some extra wood in there too for the top boat okay and then here's here's the piece you was asking about yeah that that piece of yeah okay yeah that's the one I even got some of these uh road flare things you know nice yeah that's cool and over there is on the Johnson bar trailer brake or whatever you want to call it oh still got the the get that gauges but the the glass is broken yeah but I still got the key in the in the ignition you asked me if it was original I couldn't tell you [Music] yeah be careful over there yeah I got you I usually just hang on to the truck [Music] [Music]

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Length: 30min 11sec (1811 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 06 2023