Indiana YouTuber gets hands on 'rarest car on Earth' then destroys it in a durability test
Published on Sep 04, 2025 at 2:26 PM (UTC+4)
by Molly Davidson
Last updated on Sep 05, 2025 at 7:47 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
The ‘rarest car on Earth’ survived more than 100 years, until an Indiana YouTuber got hold of it.
Cody Detwiler, better known online as WhistlinDiesel, didn’t treat it like a priceless antique; instead, he lined it up for one of his trademark durability tests.
What followed wasn’t preservation, it was punishment.
And just like that, a century of history went up in smoke.
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When ‘the rarest car on Earth’ got put to the ultimate test
The car in question was no ordinary beater.
Cody had tracked down a 1916 Ford Model T – more than 100 years old and once sold at auction for $341,000.
He introduced it in the video as one of the earliest cars ever made, calling it the ‘rarest car on Earth’.
Most people would have locked it away in a museum or tucked it into a collection.
Cody decided to do the opposite: put it through one of his signature durability tests.
He started with the doors, slamming, yanking, and twisting them.
It wasn’t long before they broke off their hinges altogether – a century-old weakness exposed in seconds.
Then came the engine.
Cody managed to get the Model T running, but less than a minute into the test, the motor overheated and blew, cutting its comeback short almost immediately.
Instead of calling it quits, he escalated.
The Model T was shoved down a hill not once, but three times.
Stripped of more and more pieces each time it bounced its way to the bottom.
By the end, the destruction was complete.
What had started as a pristine piece of automotive history now looked like a junkyard wreck.
Its 100-year legacy reduced to scrap metal in a field.
“Guess they just don’t make them like they used to,” Cody concluded.
It’s hard to watch this Ford Model T meet its end
Viewers were equal parts entertained and mortified.
“Anyone else surprised how well it handled going into that ditch?” one person asked.
Another went straight to dark comedy, comparing the stunt to dragging a grandpa off life support, then tossing him off a roof to get hit by an ambulance.
But not everyone was laughing.
One viewer said watching Cody destroy the car ‘totally broke [their] heart,’ calling it the dream machine they’d never afford.
That’s the WhistlinDiesel effect in real time – part painful, part hilarious, and impossible to look away from.
The Ford Model T’s century-long run ended in a field in Indiana. Not with reverence, not with ceremony – just with smoke, fire, and a smirk.
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Molly Davidson is a Junior Content Writer at Supercar Blondie. Based in Melbourne, she holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from Swinburne University and a Master’s of Writing and Publishing from RMIT. Molly has contributed to a range of magazines and journals, developing a strong interest in lifestyle and car news content. When she’s not writing, she’s spending quality time with her rescue English staffy, Boof.
