🤘😎 : It Needs a standard transmission I would love to see an original Muncie and a stock car look just standard height with some nice steelie rims and some nice 70 series tires maybe even bias ply.
You thought about some "resovoir coozies" as merch? I think It'd be funny to pop the hood and the brake booster says "we gonna lose the shop" on some peoples hod rods
Nord VPN sponsoring this video was perfect timing for me. I'd been planning to get a vpn soon so now I can get this one and help support the channel. Win win!
It may be slow growing channel but tony starting his own show was definitely the best thing ever I really hope it pays off so people can see all the crazy stuff he can build
It's always best when you own the means of production and aren't splitting the procedes with a corporation. There's no question that they are succeeding. At least the community is still small enough that the comments section feels friendly. Eventually it'll be like a Whistlin' Diesel video and total Anarchy in here 😂😂
love that american humour!!!...got a 64 Dodge 440 2 dr sedan in 91 myself...coinverted it to a 426 stroker x-ram Hemi Super Stock clone over the years.....tons o fun over here.....people staring in awe and disbelief when in action......
@16:25 Plumber here. The multiplier for pipe you have to remove on a 45 degree angle is 1.415. So you're at 15.5" and take 12" from that is 3.5". You divide that by 2 because there's two pipes .That's how many inches each side need to go in = 1.75" each. This is where the magic 1.415 comes in. You multiply 1.75" X 1.415 times and the number you have to take off each pipe is 2.47 inches. Or just shy of two and a half inches 😊🤑
I wanted to figure out how to measure to put an S bend in a piece of conduit and figured yeah this shouldn't be too bad. Well apparently you need trigonometry to figure all that out. I tried to teach myself trigonometry again for the next 2 hours to no avail. I gave up and eyeballed it. I guess I should have paid attention in school after all.
Ohh man!! I tried to buy a 64 belvedere when I was 16! It had a rebuilt 440 swapped into it. My dad refused to drive me to go buy it. He must have known it was likely my coffin😂
Oh no! Pops might have been right. When my Dad brought home my '71 Demon, I remember Mom saying "if he gets hurt in that I'm going to kill you" to him.
Same, In 1980 I found a 69 SS Chevelle with a 427 /435 4spd Tri-Power swapped from a vette for $3k, my Dad took 1 look and said “you’ll kill yourself in that thing, let’s go”
@@StayTunedTA Of course I ended up being a vanner when I took over the wheel of his shag, party light, and curtain filled 84 Econoline he built and cut 6 windows in after he made his first payments. I've owned and built 7 Econolines and to my amazement don't have a single illegitimate child!
I was raised with old Mopar cars......all that was what got me into cars......and this episode was great....I hope to see more of it .(the car)...down the road....
Yeay! Luv'n the '64 Dodge,, Son! I had a '63 Polara, Torqueflight, 318. It was a DOG. The year was 1972, my Polara was only 9 years old and I LOV'd it! Always had hopes/dreams of dropping a 440, 4spd in it but being's I was a young feller, married with 2 kids and barely making more than $4.00 an hour, rent, utilities, food, clothes, doctor bills, etc., etc. my dreams for the car just weren't in the cards. After owning it only a couple years I sold it to buy a '76 Dodge wagon and my dreams of a sweet hotrod went on hold til the mid 80's. Watching you work on this beauty kinda takes me back to my dreams of long ago. GO MoPAR!
It's a 383, the car is a "440". It's SUPER confusing and I call it a "Polara" which is another trim model and makes Mopar die hards cringe. Can't win with this one lol. Thanks though! It's really good now.
I like that this show has unique builds. Other channels are pretty much all the same, 4-cylinder = K-series, 6-cylinder = 2JZ, 8-cylinder = LS. Then just swap one of those 3 into every car shell. You guys are doing it right and doing different stuff, much more entertaining. You guys also usually match the car brand with the engine brand which i like. I mean taking the 340 out of the Demon and putting a twin turbo LS would just ruin it, put it in a Camaro or Silverado or something, where it belongs
U have to take the u-bolts loose.jack the rear-end up a little, measure from chassis to the axle making sure both sides are the same. Then tighten the ubolts in a criss-cross pattern. It explains in detail in the 1970's Haines Chevy Camaro Repair manual
Yup, thrust angle should be 0 degrees and when it crab walks the rear end isn’t square with the front! It will “dog track” or “crab walk” and steering wheel will be way off center!
Tony, it would be so awesome if someone like 440 Source or TFS would hook you guys up on a like 499 or 512 Stroker kit for a 400 block and some aluminum heads for that bad bish. I love the way those Polaras look, they are one of the outlandish early 60s Mopars that comes off looking really mean. I especially love that back end, I almost see a tiny bit of late 70s Dodge Diplomat in it, then it has the rocket ship front end that has a bit if the Turbine car and a bit of Ford T-Bird/Galaxie thing happening. Please get some rust reformer on it, maybe tape off a straight line across the bottom of the rockers, feather off the cracked paint, hit it with rust reformer (like inside on the roof, underhood, trunk type areas)and some white rustoleum, then buff it out a touch and it'll really look great. Maybe try some flex seal or something after the rust reformer to fill the tiny holes and stuff and put a thick layer on for sound and weather proofing...that car was a reallly great choice. Now Barb's truck needs a V8 instead of that slant 6 and maybe a floor shift A833 or something and that could be really cool...that or maybe an Aussie fan could find you guys a Hemi 6 and ship it over, I am pretty sure that would be a first on any of the major USA hot rodder channels, it makes sense since that design was meant to be a used in Dodge Trucks originally. Love the channel, I am always ready for the next video.
I have a full pypes exhaust on my dart, it's really good quality, fitment and sound! Also it is amazing how some simple fixes can make you basically fall in love with the vehicle all over again.
I drove a ‘63 Polara 500 383 w / 2 barrel in the late 60’s . Same black and white colors as your ‘64 . Like so many of old us dudes say , I wish I still had that car today ! 38:4138:42
VGG transplant here... so glad Derek funneled a few of us your way, you all are real cool and fun to watch, although getting gourmet pizza rubbed in my face was a little painful... you guys rock, glad I'm here!
Old Mopars from the mid 60's to mid 70's are just cool Tony. We would like to see you do a little more to your non-Polara to make it a little better handling, and maybe do a little to the interior and consider hopping it up a little more and then drive it and drag race it once in awhile in your videos. ;)
Gawd, how I love those ol' 60's Mopars! It fills my heart with joy seeing one put back on the road, lookin' and soundin' positively badass! This really IS the best channel on YT!
Growing up, we had a 1965 Chrysler New Yorker 6-window Town sedan (with the clear tail light lenses) that had the right hand twist studs (with "R" stamped in the end) and lug nuts on the passenger side and the driver's side had the left-hand tread studs (with "L" stamped on it). And since we put snow tires on each winter, I quickly (as a pre-teen) learned to do the driver\s side "backwards" without braking anything - or loosing anything. Great videos!
Another great show! But I kinda forgot Zimmy is gone. Hope we get to see him again down the road. And yikes! 800+ miles with that wobbly, off kilter rear end? 😧
My mom had a '64 440 very similar to that one except it was dark metallic blue with a 318. I think the '64s were one of the best looking Mopars of all time!
Love seeing this car on the show Tony! I may be biased though, because my 64 Polara is my baby. It had a similar issue with the brakes after putting discs all around and swapping from manual to power brakes a year or so ago. We chalked it up to lack of vacuum and installed an electric vacuum pump, as per the recommendation of the master cylinder manufacturer. It stops a lot better now. Not as good as I feel a power disc brake car should, but good enough that I'm not scared to be in highway traffic lol. I'd like to see how you solve the issue on your 64 at some point though!
My very first car was a 64 dodge coronet 440 with the poly 318. Exactly the same car just had two more doors. Miss that car some much. Wife on the other hand not so much😅.
I grew up cruising Pottstown and Allentown, street racing in Quakertown and later more sanctioned stuff at Maple Grove and E-town about a decade ahead of you. You've been doing this for a while now, but it's still jarring when I recognize a road or spot where you're filming. A lot more rust to deal with here, but it's good to have a top tier car show here in the East!
Hi guys...it's so refreshing to hear different oldish school music on your channel. Makes an ol petrol head glad. Love your content and look forward to the next instalment.
I know you did a lot of work there, but really those problems were really a bunch of small things. It's amazing how small things can make a car seem like junk you just want to get rid of. With some smarts and effort you got it where it needs to be, good job!
The small things always drive you the most nuts! I put one of those A pillar gauge pods in my truck and the sun visor would hit it so I could barely use it. For 6 years I just dealt with it. I guess it was a minor issue so I didn't give it much thought. One day in the taco bell drive through I noticed their was a screw and a lightbulb clicked in my head. I loosened the screw while waiting in the drive through slid the visor over 1/2 inch on the shaft and tightened the screw up and it works and doesn't hit anymore. I felt triumphant and stupid all at the same time. I think about it every time I flip the sun visor down.
mopar spring hangers are shimmable (which is awesome) for toe so that you can align the rear track. drop a string centerline anywhere in the middle of the vehicle, measure from that center to each axle tube (double check the axle is centered over the leafs..) to square the rear axle. then adjust the front to align with the rear. 👍
Had a '64 440 bought at Reedmans in '69 to take to college in Ohio. Replaced the 318poly (told my dad the block cracked) with a 383 from a '68 Sports Fury (same as a Road Runner). Had a 390 gear set for around town and the 273 for the highway. Got pretty good at yanking the pumpkin in the parking lot except for the 240 ft# to set the rear axle nut (1/2 breaker bar an a lenght of pipe). It would squeak like a loose chair leg if the nut wasn't tight. Mine was black with a red interior...loved that car could write a book.
A friend of mine bought one of those from his bro-N-law that was already restored, probably more likely freshened up because this was early seventies. It had a thick dark green paint job with thick clear coat. It was beautiful. I was never a fan of the way these looked but his badass ride helped me to see these could be made to actually be show cars. Interior definitely had been redone & of course it had the push button selector for I reckon a 727. Now for the kicker & I mean when he dropped the hammer it would hook those gigantic wrinkle walls & I kid you not that dude would do like Derek said on the O'REILLY'S commercial, want aw jump a coke can in the parking lot. Yes siree I'm tellen ya it had a built 426 Wedge in it & it hit a lick big time. Just had one big 4 barrel but that was plenty. We were at a day long event at a little country town that everybody drove their cool cars around & around all day between short breaks. The law was pretty lax that day of the year but they ran us out of town that day.
Great find on the leaf spring hangers! Never understood turndowns before the rear axle. If you're not routing the exhaust over the rear axle at least turn it out the side in front of the rear wheels.
Tony, there's a company here in Seattle called Red Head Steering. They rebuild steering boxes, both power and manual, to work like new, even when the worm gear is worn down. They hand select the right oversize ball bearings to fit the worm gear, making it work like new. Cuz many old boxes aren't replaceable.
I love content like this. A real, sort of low buck driver car. It has a big block. It's fun to drive. Steel wheels with dog dish hubcaps. It looks cool as hell! Love that car! Now, it's fun to drive again, thanks to the fixes you did yourself. Great job guys!
I'm glad it's back!!!!!!!!! I was just about to start asking where she was. This car is Awesome!!! My great grandpa had one, so I ended up with it. It's the one I had to sell in college to get by and regret. I would not let go of that.
The thread fix comes from helicoil , they were developed during Apollo missions to keep bolts tightly attached to thin aluminum skin. My dad worked on the Apollo missions and we used them when we stripped things out.......
I’ve been working on cars since I was 5. I seriously started doing oil changes on everything my dad would let me touch since then and I have been a MOPAR guy since all of that and I’m 40 now. I friggin’ LOVE everything Chrysler. This video really does get me going. But I have to be honest and say that I can’t wait to see more of that V12 in the Foxy Martin. Black exterior with a plush tan/brown leather interior and a 6-speed manny tranny leaving two thick black strips on the asphalt.
In the early 90s I bought a '64 Chrysler New Yorker from the original owner and drove it ~200 miles home. The steering was so loose that it would nearly change lanes if you hit a seam in the road. Turned out it had a totally worn out center link. I did a bunch of stuff to make it better and it was fun for awhile.
Hi Tony....i first followed this particular car on your channel some time last summer....i quickly found myself feeling motivated when you mentioned your practical, humble plan of getting the car running and drivable...i have a few old Dodges and Plymouths i'm currently working on and found this to be my feeling on wanting to get them to the same point....so if you keep making new episodes moving forward with this car, it'll continue to help as i get closer to my mark as well.
I look forward to the videos every week and congratulations on a job well done on the polara. It's always a good time to watch like minded people who love hot rodding, amazing pizza and good humor.
Hell yeah, absolutely badass now, well it was already BA but now it’s even more BA!!! I had a old Chevy that would drive like that, the rearend would go down the road cockeyed, I didn’t even know it until somebody was behind me following me one day and they told it was crooked! Ended up being almost the same thing as yours was there, well almost, mine had one of the trailing arms was a little different than the other, me and my old man changed the different trailing arm and found one like what was suppose to be on it, that wrong one must’ve came from some other GM car, I don’t know, but some shade tree mechanic put that one on it instead of getting the right one, anyways yeah that straightened it right up!
I just did a Disc Brake Conversion on my Chevelle and I had to bevel the inside of the rotor to get it to fit on the axle hub. Mine was doing the exact same thing
Re; the exhaust looks and sounds KILLAH!! Luv'n the tips straight out the back,, however I DO LUV the turn downs after going over the axles with a slight angle toward the sides just behind the rear tires too. From the rear those tips looks AWESUM and the sound is cool.
I had the same exact problem with my 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T. The rear axle was slapped in under the car and the leaf spring front mounts were missing. I learned the Plymouth had a 1" shorter wheelbase than Dodge for whatever reason. So it looks like you had a Plymouth leaf spring mount on one side and a Dodge on the other.
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🤘😎 : It Needs a standard transmission I would love to see an original Muncie and a stock car look just standard height with some nice steelie rims and some nice 70 series tires maybe even bias ply.
Helicoils are boy's best friend when the treads disappear.
You thought about some "resovoir coozies" as merch? I think It'd be funny to pop the hood and the brake booster says "we gonna lose the shop" on some peoples hod rods
Can't watch porn in Turkey without VPN! 😜
Nord VPN sponsoring this video was perfect timing for me. I'd been planning to get a vpn soon so now I can get this one and help support the channel. Win win!
And I’m going to say it again. Best Damn Car Show on the internet.
It really is
Hey, I really appreciate it. Thanks.
Absolutely, best pizza, too.
So is there a better automotive show somewhere other than the internet......No !!!! Best damn automotive show on the planet !!!!!!!!
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When Barb dropped the mufflers, I almost died. Thanks for leaving that in. Awesome Channel. I have your sticker on my Big Rig!
It had me cracking up too. you have to keep those moments we can all relate to them.
Cackle
Hilarious 😅
Just the "It's ready" only for it to only fall apart was like loony tunes skit.
Came here to say the same exact thing- I laughed out loud so hard my neighbor was looking at me strange
It may be slow growing channel but tony starting his own show was definitely the best thing ever I really hope it pays off so people can see all the crazy stuff he can build
It's always best when you own the means of production and aren't splitting the procedes with a corporation. There's no question that they are succeeding. At least the community is still small enough that the comments section feels friendly. Eventually it'll be like a Whistlin' Diesel video and total Anarchy in here 😂😂
Its growing I bet 10 000 a week or more.. cool to see his channel grow like it has.. it's content a lot us Relate to.
Sketchy death traps are the most fun. The tricky part is not dying.
If you are reading this "still winning."
Avoid the trap...
love that american humour!!!...got a 64 Dodge 440 2 dr sedan in 91 myself...coinverted it to a 426 stroker x-ram Hemi Super Stock clone over the years.....tons o fun over here.....people staring in awe and disbelief when in action......
@16:25 Plumber here. The multiplier for pipe you have to remove on a 45 degree angle is 1.415. So you're at 15.5" and take 12" from that is 3.5". You divide that by 2 because there's two pipes .That's how many inches each side need to go in = 1.75" each. This is where the magic 1.415 comes in. You multiply 1.75" X 1.415 times and the number you have to take off each pipe is 2.47 inches. Or just shy of two and a half inches 😊🤑
1.414..actually but I use 1.5 and subtract a smidge..ain't buildin watches and this is merica !
The more you know!
I wanted to figure out how to measure to put an S bend in a piece of conduit and figured yeah this shouldn't be too bad. Well apparently you need trigonometry to figure all that out. I tried to teach myself trigonometry again for the next 2 hours to no avail. I gave up and eyeballed it. I guess I should have paid attention in school after all.
That plumber and pipe fitter math love it makes perfect sense here lol
What kind of plumbing do you do?
I know this but I’ve been doing plumbing probably longer than you have been alive and never had to use it!!!
"Blinded me with science," I wonder how many people got that one, and "painted like a Jackson Pollack picture." This is why I come here.
You forgot the steering response being "like dial up internet speeds"
I laugh so much watching this show it’s awesome 😂 gonna miss Zimmy
Youngsters and forgetful people don't have a clue about Thomas Dolby and his hit song "She Blinded Me With Science" from 1982! Lol
80s were fantastic
Speak and Spell Commentary, another language yet still in plain English. Poetry, man!
Ohh man!! I tried to buy a 64 belvedere when I was 16! It had a rebuilt 440 swapped into it. My dad refused to drive me to go buy it. He must have known it was likely my coffin😂
Oh no! Pops might have been right. When my Dad brought home my '71 Demon, I remember Mom saying "if he gets hurt in that I'm going to kill you" to him.
Laughing, sounds about right!@@StayTunedTA
Same, In 1980 I found a 69 SS Chevelle with a 427 /435 4spd Tri-Power swapped from a vette for $3k, my Dad took 1 look and said “you’ll kill yourself in that thing, let’s go”
@@StayTunedTA Of course I ended up being a vanner when I took over the wheel of his shag, party light, and curtain filled 84 Econoline he built and cut 6 windows in after he made his first payments. I've owned and built 7 Econolines and to my amazement don't have a single illegitimate child!
I just want to say, everyone does a Friday drop of videos, but Stay Tuned is always my first watch. Thanks for all the hard work Tony!
Last time I was this early, she made me sleep on the couch. This rig is dope!
Thanks!! HAHA
How many car parts did you buy without asking or did you breath wrong lol
This is the business right here man. Classic car project are badass and we missed the old Mopar!
Right on, thanks for watching!
Pizza on order, cracked open a beer and just sat my ass in the recliner!!! Ready to press play! 😊 Thank you again for the great content !
"Pizza on order ... "
Excellent idea.
I was raised with old Mopar cars......all that was what got me into cars......and this episode was great....I hope to see more of it .(the car)...down the road....
Love it, and the exhaust note under power is nuts, sounds like the General Lee with a hint of Bluesmobile sprinkled in. Win all around!
Wait there is a fun death trap? LOL, more Tony!
Like a more controllable one? I don't know.
The fun is the bait part of the trap.
the bigger the pile of crap, the more fun that can be had!
Love that car! My neighbor had a blue one back in the day that we’d have to push to get it started if it was cold outside. Good times! 😃
If ya squint....it's mint.....
I tried it your right and I thought squinting was for safety only learning everyday
Loving the old car revivals !
Yeay! Luv'n the '64 Dodge,, Son! I had a '63 Polara, Torqueflight, 318. It was a DOG. The year was 1972, my Polara was only 9 years old and I LOV'd it! Always had hopes/dreams of dropping a 440, 4spd in it but being's I was a young feller, married with 2 kids and barely making more than $4.00 an hour, rent, utilities, food, clothes, doctor bills, etc., etc. my dreams for the car just weren't in the cards. After owning it only a couple years I sold it to buy a '76 Dodge wagon and my dreams of a sweet hotrod went on hold til the mid 80's. Watching you work on this beauty kinda takes me back to my dreams of long ago. GO MoPAR!
I lost it when the exhaust fell apart 😂
That's tight!
...plonk...
Looks at camera.
😸😸😸😸😸
Barb is an absolute menace on the tools lol!!
No drama, no bs, just good wrenching and content. Excellent.
This is so much better than weekly episodes of "I blew up the car I got 80k in free parts for again"
Thanks! That might be nice too but this is fun!
I know who/what you mean and I’m tired of that too.
Those 383's sound good. I have a 69 roadrunner with a 383 rams horn manifold and a cam.
YES. They rule! It's a giant small block.
Oh man these cars are dope! And with a 440? Score! Love the show man. My favorite car show on TH-cam, hands down.
It's a 383, the car is a "440". It's SUPER confusing and I call it a "Polara" which is another trim model and makes Mopar die hards cringe. Can't win with this one lol. Thanks though! It's really good now.
@@StayTunedTA Lol I had no idea.
I like that this show has unique builds. Other channels are pretty much all the same, 4-cylinder = K-series, 6-cylinder = 2JZ, 8-cylinder = LS. Then just swap one of those 3 into every car shell. You guys are doing it right and doing different stuff, much more entertaining. You guys also usually match the car brand with the engine brand which i like. I mean taking the 340 out of the Demon and putting a twin turbo LS would just ruin it, put it in a Camaro or Silverado or something, where it belongs
Tony reminds me of a buddy who you NEVER let drive your stuff. Because he breaks everything! Really like the show.
U have to take the u-bolts loose.jack the rear-end up a little, measure from chassis to the axle making sure both sides are the same. Then tighten the ubolts in a criss-cross pattern. It explains in detail in the 1970's Haines Chevy Camaro Repair manual
Yup, thrust angle should be 0 degrees and when it crab walks the rear end isn’t square with the front! It will “dog track” or “crab walk” and steering wheel will be way off center!
My favorite way to wrap up a week right here folks. Thanks for kicking butt man!
The best channel on TH-cam! Great variation in vehicles, not trown together with nothing spend but also not 100K builds, so perfect!
Tony, it would be so awesome if someone like 440 Source or TFS would hook you guys up on a like 499 or 512 Stroker kit for a 400 block and some aluminum heads for that bad bish. I love the way those Polaras look, they are one of the outlandish early 60s Mopars that comes off looking really mean. I especially love that back end, I almost see a tiny bit of late 70s Dodge Diplomat in it, then it has the rocket ship front end that has a bit if the Turbine car and a bit of Ford T-Bird/Galaxie thing happening. Please get some rust reformer on it, maybe tape off a straight line across the bottom of the rockers, feather off the cracked paint, hit it with rust reformer (like inside on the roof, underhood, trunk type areas)and some white rustoleum, then buff it out a touch and it'll really look great. Maybe try some flex seal or something after the rust reformer to fill the tiny holes and stuff and put a thick layer on for sound and weather proofing...that car was a reallly great choice. Now Barb's truck needs a V8 instead of that slant 6 and maybe a floor shift A833 or something and that could be really cool...that or maybe an Aussie fan could find you guys a Hemi 6 and ship it over, I am pretty sure that would be a first on any of the major USA hot rodder channels, it makes sense since that design was meant to be a used in Dodge Trucks originally. Love the channel, I am always ready for the next video.
I have a full pypes exhaust on my dart, it's really good quality, fitment and sound! Also it is amazing how some simple fixes can make you basically fall in love with the vehicle all over again.
It's so true, the little stuff always seems to make the biggest difference!
I drove a ‘63 Polara 500 383 w / 2 barrel in the late 60’s . Same black and white colors as your ‘64 . Like so many of old us dudes say , I wish I still had that car today ! 38:41 38:42
them old mopars are great ,even though they are a pain in the butt.how can anybody hate on 60s muscle cars. love this content keep it up.
Stay tuned is the best part of friday night, keep rockin guys
"Honestly it wasn't all that bad but it's definitely terrifying and dangerous."
Never change, Tony.
VGG transplant here... so glad Derek funneled a few of us your way, you all are real cool and fun to watch, although getting gourmet pizza rubbed in my face was a little painful... you guys rock, glad I'm here!
Welcome aboard!
Old Mopars from the mid 60's to mid 70's are just cool Tony. We would like to see you do a little more to your non-Polara to make it a little better handling, and maybe do a little to the interior and consider hopping it up a little more and then drive it and drag race it once in awhile in your videos. ;)
That Bridgeport Mill is invaluable to project car work. Good job finding the mis-matched rear spring bracket.
Gawd, how I love those ol' 60's Mopars! It fills my heart with joy seeing one put back on the road, lookin' and soundin' positively badass! This really IS the best channel on YT!
Right on! Appreciate it!
One of the best TH-cam channels!
Glad you liked it!~ Appreciate it!
An absolute banger. Love the 440. The only car that scared the sh!t outta me when I drove one. Love the steering floatation option. Lol. What a vibe.
Why is this channel SO FRICKIN AWESOME.
Love that old car was wondering what went with it and tony you're a freaking Rockstar brother keep it up..
Growing up, we had a 1965 Chrysler New Yorker 6-window Town sedan (with the clear tail light lenses) that had the right hand twist studs (with "R" stamped in the end) and lug nuts on the passenger side and the driver's side had the left-hand tread studs (with "L" stamped on it). And since we put snow tires on each winter, I quickly (as a pre-teen) learned to do the driver\s side "backwards" without braking anything - or loosing anything. Great videos!
Another great show! But I kinda forgot Zimmy is gone. Hope we get to see him again down the road. And yikes! 800+ miles with that wobbly, off kilter rear end? 😧
Right on, thanks for watching!
My mom had a '64 440 very similar to that one except it was dark metallic blue with a 318. I think the '64s were one of the best looking Mopars of all time!
Great video and glad you hooked up with Derek that help lead me to your channel.
You guys got that thing back to being proper old school rowdy. She sounds healthy brother.
Love seeing this car on the show Tony! I may be biased though, because my 64 Polara is my baby. It had a similar issue with the brakes after putting discs all around and swapping from manual to power brakes a year or so ago. We chalked it up to lack of vacuum and installed an electric vacuum pump, as per the recommendation of the master cylinder manufacturer. It stops a lot better now. Not as good as I feel a power disc brake car should, but good enough that I'm not scared to be in highway traffic lol. I'd like to see how you solve the issue on your 64 at some point though!
My very first car was a 64 dodge coronet 440 with the poly 318. Exactly the same car just had two more doors. Miss that car some much. Wife on the other hand not so much😅.
I grew up cruising Pottstown and Allentown, street racing in Quakertown and later more sanctioned stuff at Maple Grove and E-town about a decade ahead of you. You've been doing this for a while now, but it's still jarring when I recognize a road or spot where you're filming. A lot more rust to deal with here, but it's good to have a top tier car show here in the East!
Hi guys...it's so refreshing to hear different oldish school music on your channel.
Makes an ol petrol head glad.
Love your content and look forward to the next instalment.
I know you did a lot of work there, but really those problems were really a bunch of small things. It's amazing how small things can make a car seem like junk you just want to get rid of. With some smarts and effort you got it where it needs to be, good job!
The small things always drive you the most nuts! I put one of those A pillar gauge pods in my truck and the sun visor would hit it so I could barely use it. For 6 years I just dealt with it. I guess it was a minor issue so I didn't give it much thought. One day in the taco bell drive through I noticed their was a screw and a lightbulb clicked in my head. I loosened the screw while waiting in the drive through slid the visor over 1/2 inch on the shaft and tightened the screw up and it works and doesn't hit anymore. I felt triumphant and stupid all at the same time. I think about it every time I flip the sun visor down.
Man, this was fun! Gotta say that when you get animated, you remind me of John Lovitz. 😂
So glad I subscribed, please keep the awesome videos coming!
mopar spring hangers are shimmable (which is awesome) for toe so that you can align the rear track. drop a string centerline anywhere in the middle of the vehicle, measure from that center to each axle tube (double check the axle is centered over the leafs..) to square the rear axle. then adjust the front to align with the rear. 👍
car looks n sounds great Tony! thanks for sharing your passion with us
can't beat an old Mopar
Had a '64 440 bought at Reedmans in '69 to take to college in Ohio. Replaced the 318poly (told my dad the block cracked) with a 383 from a '68 Sports Fury (same as a Road Runner). Had a 390 gear set for around town and the 273 for the highway. Got pretty good at yanking the pumpkin in the parking lot except for the 240 ft# to set the rear axle nut (1/2 breaker bar an a lenght of pipe). It would squeak like a loose chair leg if the nut wasn't tight. Mine was black with a red interior...loved that car could write a book.
HELL YEAH! That thing rips.
I always watch at 1.5x speed, and boy does it makes the ripping scenes super impressive!!
So excited One of my favorite channels!!!
Awesome, thanks!
So good. Angelo's Exhaust Shop strikes again 👊🏼💯
A friend of mine bought one of those from his bro-N-law that was already restored, probably more likely freshened up because this was early seventies. It had a thick dark green paint job with thick clear coat. It was beautiful. I was never a fan of the way these looked but his badass ride helped me to see these could be made to actually be show cars. Interior definitely had been redone & of course it had the push button selector for I reckon a 727. Now for the kicker & I mean when he dropped the hammer it would hook those gigantic wrinkle walls & I kid you not that dude would do like Derek said on the O'REILLY'S commercial, want aw jump a coke can in the parking lot. Yes siree I'm tellen ya it had a built 426 Wedge in it & it hit a lick big time. Just had one big 4 barrel but that was plenty. We were at a day long event at a little country town that everybody drove their cool cars around & around all day between short breaks. The law was pretty lax that day of the year but they ran us out of town that day.
One of my faves on any channel.
@19:33 Sum of dat "Truhdish Dish" capiche? That the good stuff right there!
I love the Tony / Barb banter
I knew a kid in highscool that had that car with same trim and color, it had a 413 Wedge motor in it, cool cars, they arrs.
That was one of the smoothest “That’s what she said” ever….flawless 😂
That was great! finding out the studs were mis matched to the rotor, what a relief! Feeling that Blues-Mobile vibes on the driveby at the end!
Sweet ride. Thanks to Tony and Crew.😎
Great find on the leaf spring hangers! Never understood turndowns before the rear axle. If you're not routing the exhaust over the rear axle at least turn it out the side in front of the rear wheels.
No way! I was JUST watching the video of you guys making the trip to moparty and boom new 440 video 🤘🤘
Right on, thanks for watching!
Thanks Tony! I'm a RE t tired machinist and lifelong spearhead, but I've never seen a helical used. Never knew it was that easy.
When those mufflers fell off the X pipe I LOST IT.
Another great episode guys, keep it up!!
Tony, there's a company here in Seattle called Red Head Steering. They rebuild steering boxes, both power and manual, to work like new, even when the worm gear is worn down. They hand select the right oversize ball bearings to fit the worm gear, making it work like new. Cuz many old boxes aren't replaceable.
I love content like this.
A real, sort of low buck driver car.
It has a big block. It's fun to drive.
Steel wheels with dog dish hubcaps.
It looks cool as hell! Love that car!
Now, it's fun to drive again, thanks to the fixes you did yourself.
Great job guys!
I'm glad it's back!!!!!!!!! I was just about to start asking where she was. This car is Awesome!!! My great grandpa had one, so I ended up with it. It's the one I had to sell in college to get by and regret. I would not let go of that.
Thank you VGG for sending me over here.. yall guys are top tier content !❤
Right on, thanks for watching!
The thread fix comes from helicoil , they were developed during Apollo missions to keep bolts tightly attached to thin aluminum skin. My dad worked on the Apollo missions and we used them when we stripped things out.......
Wow that's crazy!
You mean you didn't like the Dodge doing the Philly shuffle 🤔
We called that running dog legged
I’ve been working on cars since I was 5. I seriously started doing oil changes on everything my dad would let me touch since then and I have been a MOPAR guy since all of that and I’m 40 now. I friggin’ LOVE everything Chrysler. This video really does get me going. But I have to be honest and say that I can’t wait to see more of that V12 in the Foxy Martin. Black exterior with a plush tan/brown leather interior and a 6-speed manny tranny leaving two thick black strips on the asphalt.
My buddy had a 70 Nova back in the day that would leave 4 separate tire tracks in the snow.
They had serious spring issues
so they can always find their way back home
Happy to see the Polara get some love, and hope to see it get used in some drag and drive events or moparty!
In the early 90s I bought a '64 Chrysler New Yorker from the original owner and drove it ~200 miles home. The steering was so loose that it would nearly change lanes if you hit a seam in the road. Turned out it had a totally worn out center link. I did a bunch of stuff to make it better and it was fun for awhile.
Drag link/idler arm always seems to be the biggest deal on the box cars. That's a big old cool boat.
Tony isn't fancy, and he just gets shit done.
I appreciate that!
Great forty minute video, Movies are always better than commercials, Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for giving an old Mopar some love.
dont ever change the style of the channel, its 100% spot on, love it !!!!
Hi Tony....i first followed this particular car on your channel some time last summer....i quickly found myself feeling motivated when you mentioned your practical, humble plan of getting the car running and drivable...i have a few old Dodges and Plymouths i'm currently working on and found this to be my feeling on wanting to get them to the same point....so if you keep making new episodes moving forward with this car, it'll continue to help as i get closer to my mark as well.
I look forward to the videos every week and congratulations on a job well done on the polara. It's always a good time to watch like minded people who love hot rodding, amazing pizza and good humor.
@17:25 ... that welding is poetry in motion!!! har har har Gonna start calling you Tony Dolbangelo. :laugh
Nice work you guys. So many very weird things wrong with that old Dodge. Big congratulations for figuring that all out.
Hell yeah, absolutely badass now, well it was already BA but now it’s even more BA!!! I had a old Chevy that would drive like that, the rearend would go down the road cockeyed, I didn’t even know it until somebody was behind me following me one day and they told it was crooked! Ended up being almost the same thing as yours was there, well almost, mine had one of the trailing arms was a little different than the other, me and my old man changed the different trailing arm and found one like what was suppose to be on it, that wrong one must’ve came from some other GM car, I don’t know, but some shade tree mechanic put that one on it instead of getting the right one, anyways yeah that straightened it right up!
Great episode ! Gets my mind off all the crazy shit going on in the world .
I just did a Disc Brake Conversion on my Chevelle and I had to bevel the inside of the rotor to get it to fit on the axle hub. Mine was doing the exact same thing
Love the channel. Thanks for packing so much content in each episode. Ya lay it down each time!! Getting shit done!
Man I love this show! Just finished a TKX install on my 1970 Chevelle, and finishing the MSD ignition with their new 6AL Ultra Plus box.
Re; the exhaust looks and sounds KILLAH!! Luv'n the tips straight out the back,, however I DO LUV the turn downs after going over the axles with a slight angle toward the sides just behind the rear tires too. From the rear those tips looks AWESUM and the sound is cool.
Great episode. Cool old mopar.
I had the same exact problem with my 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T. The rear axle was slapped in under the car and the leaf spring front mounts were missing. I learned the Plymouth had a 1" shorter wheelbase than Dodge for whatever reason. So it looks like you had a Plymouth leaf spring mount on one side and a Dodge on the other.