My grandfather had a tool to re-groove treads on a bald tire. It was essential when rubber tires were rationed during WWII. Unfortunately, he was still using it through the early 1970s, and it made us not want to ride along with him.
"That goddamn Oldsmobile would freeze up in the middle of July on the Equator!" That certainly summed up his opinion about the 1937 Oldsmobile he owned.
Great video, love the fact that both Oldsmobiles are still around and can be admired your years to come plus Happy Holidays and stay safe out there for sure.
Thanks for this lesson on the 37 Olds. Even though the movie takes place before I was born, it reflects much of my childhood. I can still smell the wet woolen snowsuits hung up in the back of the schoolroom to dry after recess. We still watch that movie every year.
You're very welcome and indeed as they kept using those old all brick/concrete schoolhouses like that in the Midwest for ages, some places still do. They don't like change in the Midwest, lol!
If CarStarz takes requests, I'd like to see you profile the car Marcus drove up to Indiana Jones house early in Raiders, when Marcus informs Indi that the Army wants him to find the Ark. I sw a similar coupe in a Robb Report magazine years ago. I believe it was a 36 or 37 Cadillac.
My Father In Law owned a 37 Olds Coupe. He told me a story about his trip from Great Lakes to Flint after graduating Navy Boot Camp in the winter of 1959. He said it was the most miserable drive ever, because it was freezing snow and the vacuum windshield wipers froze up, and "you could get more BTU's from a Zippo cigarette lighter than the heater put out".
Woot!! He put a video up on here! I quit looking for his videos on here when he went to Rumble. Found this video out more than 15 minutes ago, and had to watch it! Found out he has a bunch more that I haven't seen here either....will watch them soon!!
Welcome back, yeah I had a brief spat with YT this last Spring and temporarily went to Rumble, but I have been back on YT making videos again since June after we got things sorted out 😉
"That son of a bitch would freeze up in the middle of summer on the equator!" -Mr. Parker. Given what I just learned about antifreeze from the late '30s or early '40s, I wouldn't be surprised if the car would've been problematic in warmer weather too. It probably wouldn't, but who can say for sure until they're behind the wheel?
Lol, yeah I would assume the methanol would dissipate out fairly quickly, especially since they didn't seal things well back then either, double trouble 😉
I always look forward to your uploads. The number of facts and details about each vehicle you present in your videos are truly remarkable and interesting!
Retreads- I remember those from the late 60s- between those, bondo and muffler bandage my dad kept the old family truckstet (‘68 Buick Sportwagon ) starting and running,..... occasionally.,....
That is why newer anti-freeze was called permanent when it became ethylene glycol and the alcohol based non permanent yearly added anti-freeze went away almost instantly
Fun video. As anything about 'A Christmas Story' unknown facts-wise would be. Wonderful that it's been a cult classic movie for some time now. For years, I have always tried to watch it once during the 24-hour marathon. Thank you very much!
Merry Christmas sir, so relieved you managed to sort out the YT issue this year, this channel is excellent. I've not seen this film but it looks like one I'll have to go on the hunt for, what a beautiful old car.
We had a 1937 Oldsmobile 2 door business coupe when was a kid in the late 1960's. My twin brother & I would sit in the back on the fold down "jump seats". They folded away when not in use, so the back could hold more cargo, such as salesman samples.
@@sparky6086 One of my 37's has those seats...."Opera Seats" I think they eere called... The other 37 is a true Business Coupe complete with the shelving & upright spare behind the seat... I hope to have them on the road....someday...😁
@1957GoldenRocket Good to know, that they were called opera seats. As a 4 or 5 year old, I wasn't sure what they were called? I may have heard Dad call them jump seats, but he likely wouldn't have known either. He appreciated cars, but wasn't really a hobbyist. He had an old school drug store with a lot of elderly customers who occasionally would sell their car to Dad, when they could no longer drive or bought a new car. One of them was a woman who was widowed at a fairly young age & had her late husband's 2 door 1937 Oldsmobile in her garage since probably World War II or earlier. It seemed like new when she sold it to Dad in 1967, although it had sort of an "old car smell". She must have cranked it up every so often or had it taken it in for state inspection once a year, because it ran fine. It wasn't her daily driver, in fact, I'm not sure, that she could drive? Of course, it was only 30 years old in 1967 which isn't very old these days, but back then, 30 years old was pretty old for a car. I know Dad had a lot of mechanic friends, so they may have brought it up to speed for him, but I don't remember Dad ever buying a car that didn't already run. When Mom had her 6th child, my youngest brother in 1968, she drove herself to the hospital in it, oblivious to what people would think of a 9 months pregnant woman driving herself to the hospital in a 1937 2 door Oldsmobile! Dad sold it not long after. He sold it to someone who wanted it, as even though it wasn't a Duesenberg, the older car hobby was rolling pretty good by then, so even though he wasn't actively trying to sell it, Dad felt like someone who was really into it should have it.
I've seen the black 37 Olds that is privately owned in Ontario before, about 6 years ago it was at a show in Lockport, NY and there was a display board next to it explaining it's movie history!
Indeed, that dude is a total Christmas Story nut and the car is only one of the many Christmas Story collectibles he owns; I'm glad it's in good hands 😉👍
When the movie came out my dad wanted a Cutlass Ciera. So the line about being an Oldsmobile man hit home. He later got a Buick and owned several. Nice that the Parkers car wasn't another Chevy.
A heartwarming video! Thanks for the Christmas wishes. A small inline six with a 3-speed manual is all the car anyone needs. Too bad they joined the dinosaurs.
We had a 1937 Oldsmobile 2 door business coupe when was a kid in the late 1960's. My twin brother & I would sit in the back on the fold down "jump seats". They folded away when not in use, so the back could hold more cargo, such as salesman samples.
Fisher made some great bodies. "You'll shoot your eye out!"😅 Merry Christmas, Car Starz guy, and to all. Ps. Thank you for saying Merry Christmas and NOT happy holidays.
In hindsight, I feel so lucky to have seen A Christmas Story in theaters as a kid. It was a modest success in 1983, but nowhere near the cultural icon it became over time. Clearly it’s beloved by many generations, but I’m glad it made such a deep impression on my 7 year old self. It’s wild, got a story set in 1940, I could still relate to Ralphie in every way.
'Ohhhh honey, my oldsmoblie is giving me lots of troubles this christmas 😂😂😂' you don't say after buying cheap re tread, worst winter in years and your son saying naughty words at school 😅 anyway thanks once again my friend with tonight's video showing that 37 olds some light this time and that holliday classic isn't going to be forgotten for generations to come carstarz so merry christmas for you and happy but healthy new year dude so see you next time bye now.
For scale modeling (advanced); someone, I think Jimmy Flintstone, makes a resin-cast '37 Chevy 4 door sedan body, meant to convert the AMT '37 Chevy coupe or convertible to a sedan. The Chevy had an ohv engine and solid front axle, though, so an AMT '41 Plymouth might make a better chassis/engine donor (flathead straight-6, coil spring ifs and longitudinal leaf springs in back) certainly more so than a Ford whose chassis layout was unique.
cool video, but a better model car choice for a conversion would be monogram or revell 39 chevy as all that would be needed is grill, front fenders and some trim as the bodies are identical
My Dad bought one around 1951 in London England. It was our first car, and it was right hand drive. It also had a factory fitted radio. All the neighbors thought we were rich because petrol [gas] was expansive and the other couple of cars in the street were 4 cyl. prewar English models. Always liked American cars after that and owned a few when we moved to Australia. Fuel was cheaper and there was more brands to choose from. Aussies love big 6's and V8's.
I always thought it was a 1936 Oldsmobile 6 that the old man drove. "Some men were Baptists, others were Catholics. My father? Was an Oldsmobile man." -Ralphie
Just an fyi, retreads aren't really over the old treads, It's a new tread over the case or 'carcass' of the tire. But anyway, Ralphie's school looked exactly like the middle school I went to in Massachusetts in the 80s, which is really no surprise. But even how it is situated on the property is the same.
Yeah, back then though; retreading was less of a refined process though and yeah my old grade school in the Midwest looked just like that also, but has since been demolished many decades ago.
About that time when Glycol antifreeze came out, Buick had to change its head bolts to blind holes, as the Green Stuff leaked down the threads into the oil. It also found other leaks in other cars that did not exist with plain water or alcohol based antifreeze.
This reminds me of the Cunningham's family truckster that Fonzy hot rodded for Richie to drag race. Maybe some Happy Days cars would be interesting. Like Ralph Mouth's? Or maybe you already have and I missed them.
Adult Ralphie drives a '65 Plymouth Belvedere in 1970. In an alternate universe where they'd used a contemporary setting the Old Man would drive an Aries or Reliant K - he seems like the type who'd have looked up to Lee Iacocca in the early '80s - and Ralphie's Christmas Story Christmas ride would be a mid-2010s CR-V or RAV4.
I probably won't cover cars from that movie series due to all the excessive CGI junk as I can't stand looking at that kind of thing, but maybe one day as I've had dozens of people ask about vehicles in that series, we'll see.
FYI they still use those retreads on semi tractor trailers to save a buck, its why you see those giant belts on the side of the road, also I would bet solid money that cold war motors probably has about 10 of those cars sitting in his yard really lol not sure I would ever go for one, as it is what it is, basic transportation, also a funny sign of the times back then, cloth was considered more luxurious than leather, given the leather was used for hard wear type stuff, while the cloth would breath easier and typically wasnt perforated and used basically as a hard leather cover for the seat if it was exposed to the elements like in a Chauffeur type car just about 10 years before that was made also did they use black boot polish on the bodywork or spraybomb the car, as it looks like a dull black, not that steel blue grey metallic and in the closeup there you can see rust coming through the bumpers, as the bumpers back then were tricoated with copper, nickel and then chrome its why typically you have some people saying you can just restore a chrome bumper with some steel wool and oil, your literally rubbing down the coating to show the nickel below to hide the rust that's come through the bumper, or stuck to it from the oxidation via some impurities in the surface, as chrome jobs back then can really look like hell, I saw one that belonged to a captain of a ship from the pacific theater as he went down to the machine shop on his carrier and the result looked like hell as they flat out just dumped it in lol
Wow! I was actually surprised when I saw that the six-cylinder was actually a Flathead.. This being a GM product... I figured they would have been similar to other GM cars like Chevrolets and Buicks that had the overhead valve engines...
You forgot the major part of tire situation. Cars from 20-60’s even some in the 80’s but rare was they all had tubes in them and that’s what made them vulnerable and the radial system had infused steel making them more reliable
Those late 30s and 40s cars were solid. The downfall was Points, Solid Lifters, Generators, Torque Tubes, & Solid Rear Axel. If technology would have been 20 years more advance they would be hard to beat. Convert to Electronic Ignition, Hydraulic Lifters, Alternator, Drive Shaft and Limited Slip Differential. Then you’d have some modern reliability with the solid construction.
Okay in one of the frames you show the Parker's and their Oldsmobile and the tag says 1949 Indiania. During the value segment you talk about originality while showing a '37 Olds street rod.
Yep, on of the original cars got turned hot rod a bit, but I mention that it maintains most of it's original aesthetics/looks, so it hasn't been extremely modified like so many other cars that era have by now anyway is the point 😉
More like dropping in a 350 V8, which is one of the several mods made to one of the surviving cars, that takes a bit more work than putting orange juice in coffee 😉
Interestingly enough I don't really feel that they portrayed the car to be unreliable in the movie which I am a huge fan of... I do know that their father purposefully bought poor tires so that he could change tires often because he thought it was fun... I have been lucky enough to have visited the Christmas Story House a few times, and seen the Oldsmobile in the garage... Its not the same color as the movie car which is a dark slate blue, almost black... the car on display is much lighter a medium blue color... I believe it was the latter a similar car used in backgrounds but not one of the original hero cars My own mother loved Oldsmobiles and that was primarily what she drove when she had a car... I have had a couple my latest was an Oldsmobile Bravada which I nicknamed The Old Man after the father in this movie... I actually had a little leg lamp ornament hanging from the rear view mirror
Looks like the owner in Canada maybe hot rodded the Olds a little bit?? And that's a shame with it's history, seems it would be more valuable to keep it original like it was in the movie.
@@ffjsb Well, the car went unrecognized as the film car for a number of years and it was hid out in a private owner's storage for many years prior too .
@@CarStarz42 I would've thought that any collector or seller would want to pass that provenance on, as it would certainly increase the value. I wonder if it could be restored back to original.
Some men are Baptists, others Catholics, my father was an OLDSMOBILE man.
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Still liked how he changes one bald tire with another bald tire,great video thumbs up
Lol, indeed and thanks much 😉👍
OH FUDGE!
I grew up poor.
Left home in a ‘60s beetle full of old free bias ply tires.
Drive til the tires popped,
I didn’t pay for tires for 5 years!!!
My grandfather had a tool to re-groove treads on a bald tire. It was essential when rubber tires were rationed during WWII. Unfortunately, he was still using it through the early 1970s, and it made us not want to ride along with him.
@mr.f1387 I remember seeing those tire regrooving tools in the JC Whitney catalogs
A Oldsmobile with a Oldsmobile motor the only way that it should be!!!! Purely Oldsome!!!!❤
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Oooh fudge
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"That goddamn Oldsmobile would freeze up in the middle of July on the Equator!" That certainly summed up his opinion about the 1937 Oldsmobile he owned.
Lol 😉
Thank you for the show. Awesome Olds.😎❤️
You're quite welcome and indeed it is 😉👍
Great video, love the fact that both Oldsmobiles are still around and can be admired your years to come plus Happy Holidays and stay safe out there for sure.
Thanks, indeed and you as well 😉👍
Merry Christmas !!
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Thanks for this lesson on the 37 Olds. Even though the movie takes place before I was born, it reflects much of my childhood. I can still smell the wet woolen snowsuits hung up in the back of the schoolroom to dry after recess. We still watch that movie every year.
You're very welcome and indeed as they kept using those old all brick/concrete schoolhouses like that in the Midwest for ages, some places still do. They don't like change in the Midwest, lol!
Peter Billingsley is the man!
Hey, Merry Christmas, guys.
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If CarStarz takes requests, I'd like to see you profile the car Marcus drove up to Indiana Jones house early in Raiders, when Marcus informs Indi that the Army wants him to find the Ark. I sw a similar coupe in a Robb Report magazine years ago. I believe it was a 36 or 37 Cadillac.
@@DavidSmith-xs3orI'll add it to my massive list to look into. Thanks
Easy to work on, just don't lose the lug nuts. Merry Christmas !
Lol, indeed and you too 😉👍
Ohhh fuuddgge
Lol, I did not see this one coming. Awesome video as always. Merry Christmas🎄
Thanks much and you too 😉👍
Thank you as always sir, great coverage of a car that doesn't get much attention. Merry Christmas to you and yours! ~ Chuck
Thanks and have a great one too Chuck 😉👍
The odd thing about that movie, is that the winter that it was filmed, was mild here in Cleveland. Most, if not all the snow, was made for the movie
Indeed, apparently they laid down a bunch of laundry detergent power to mimic the look of snow in some scenes, lol 😉
actually the only true snow scene was the last scene in movie where they are looking out the window of the house.
Ooooohhhh Fuuuuuudge!! 😁 Love this movie!!
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Hi again
Cars from the 1930s were so beautiful
Howdy and indeed! 😉👍
Thanks for this Christmas treat!
You're very welcome 😉👍
Thanks for your videos!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
You're very welcome and thanks 😉👍
My Father In Law owned a 37 Olds Coupe. He told me a story about his trip from Great Lakes to Flint after graduating Navy Boot Camp in the winter of 1959. He said it was the most miserable drive ever, because it was freezing snow and the vacuum windshield wipers froze up, and "you could get more BTU's from a Zippo cigarette lighter than the heater put out".
Bummer
Great video! It doesn't feel like Christmas without a Christmas Story. Merry Christmas, my friend.
Thanks and indeed 😉👍
Ain’t no feelin like Oldsmobiling!!
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Woot!!
He put a video up on here!
I quit looking for his videos on here when he went to Rumble. Found this video out more than 15 minutes ago, and had to watch it! Found out he has a bunch more that I haven't seen here either....will watch them soon!!
Welcome back, yeah I had a brief spat with YT this last Spring and temporarily went to Rumble, but I have been back on YT making videos again since June after we got things sorted out 😉
"That son of a bitch would freeze up in the middle of summer on the equator!" -Mr. Parker.
Given what I just learned about antifreeze from the late '30s or early '40s, I wouldn't be surprised if the car would've been problematic in warmer weather too. It probably wouldn't, but who can say for sure until they're behind the wheel?
Lol, yeah I would assume the methanol would dissipate out fairly quickly, especially since they didn't seal things well back then either, double trouble 😉
@CarStarz42 Triple, if there's a broken thermostat.
I looked for this comment.
Best me to it
that's a darn handsome car. really like the coupe as well.
thanks for this nice christmas surprise!
Indeed and you're very welcome 😉👍
Cool vid, this has been my favorite Christmas movie since it came out.👍🔥🔥
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
I always look forward to your uploads. The number of facts and details about each vehicle you present in your videos are truly remarkable and interesting!
Thanks and glad to hear you enjoy the channel 😉👍
Retreads- I remember those from the late 60s- between those, bondo and muffler bandage my dad kept the old family truckstet (‘68 Buick Sportwagon ) starting and running,..... occasionally.,....
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That is why newer anti-freeze was called permanent when it became ethylene glycol and the alcohol based non permanent yearly added anti-freeze went away almost instantly
Indeed.
Yay! Was looking for this video weeks ago on your channel to find out didn't exist, but it does now!
Good timing then 😉👍
I’m glad you did this. I’m a big fan of this movie my favorite round of Christmas and merry Christmas to everybody. Hope they have a great one.😎👍
Glad you enjoyed it and it is a holiday favorite film for many indeed 😉👍
Fun video. As anything about 'A Christmas Story' unknown facts-wise would be. Wonderful that it's been a cult classic movie for some time now. For years, I have always tried to watch it once during the 24-hour marathon. Thank you very much!
Indeed and you're very welcome
Merry Christmas sir, so relieved you managed to sort out the YT issue this year, this channel is excellent. I've not seen this film but it looks like one I'll have to go on the hunt for, what a beautiful old car.
Thanks much and I was very glad to get it settled too. Yeah, it's a great holiday favorite movie for sure, definitely check it out this Christmas 😉👍
Thanks for posting this !!
I own two F-37 Coupes...
We had a 1937 Oldsmobile 2 door business coupe when was a kid in the late 1960's. My twin brother & I would sit in the back on the fold down "jump seats". They folded away when not in use, so the back could hold more cargo, such as salesman samples.
You're very welcome and that's cool. The smooth curvy body lines on these are excellent. 1930s era cars are just sexy
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@@sparky6086 One of my 37's has those seats...."Opera Seats" I think they eere called...
The other 37 is a true Business Coupe complete with the shelving & upright spare behind the seat...
I hope to have them on the road....someday...😁
@1957GoldenRocket Good to know, that they were called opera seats. As a 4 or 5 year old, I wasn't sure what they were called? I may have heard Dad call them jump seats, but he likely wouldn't have known either. He appreciated cars, but wasn't really a hobbyist. He had an old school drug store with a lot of elderly customers who occasionally would sell their car to Dad, when they could no longer drive or bought a new car. One of them was a woman who was widowed at a fairly young age & had her late husband's 2 door 1937 Oldsmobile in her garage since probably World War II or earlier. It seemed like new when she sold it to Dad in 1967, although it had sort of an "old car smell". She must have cranked it up every so often or had it taken it in for state inspection once a year, because it ran fine. It wasn't her daily driver, in fact, I'm not sure, that she could drive? Of course, it was only 30 years old in 1967 which isn't very old these days, but back then, 30 years old was pretty old for a car. I know Dad had a lot of mechanic friends, so they may have brought it up to speed for him, but I don't remember Dad ever buying a car that didn't already run.
When Mom had her 6th child, my youngest brother in 1968, she drove herself to the hospital in it, oblivious to what people would think of a 9 months pregnant woman driving herself to the hospital in a 1937 2 door Oldsmobile! Dad sold it not long after. He sold it to someone who wanted it, as even though it wasn't a Duesenberg, the older car hobby was rolling pretty good by then, so even though he wasn't actively trying to sell it, Dad felt like someone who was really into it should have it.
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Awesome story !!
Thanks !!
Thank you,that was informative and entertaining
You're very welcome and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
I've seen the black 37 Olds that is privately owned in Ontario before, about 6 years ago it was at a show in Lockport, NY and there was a display board next to it explaining it's movie history!
Indeed, that dude is a total Christmas Story nut and the car is only one of the many Christmas Story collectibles he owns; I'm glad it's in good hands 😉👍
great video, one of my very favourite movies of all time. What a treat this was. Cheers and Merry Christmas!!
Thanks much, glad you enjoyed it and I hope your Christmas was great as well 😉👍
Another great video! Happy Holidays 🎄🎄🎄
Thanks much 😉👍
When the movie came out my dad wanted a Cutlass Ciera. So the line about being an Oldsmobile man hit home. He later got a Buick and owned several. Nice that the Parkers car wasn't another Chevy.
Cool, Olds most cars were great indeed 😉👍
A heartwarming video! Thanks for the Christmas wishes. A small inline six with a 3-speed manual is all the car anyone needs. Too bad they joined the dinosaurs.
You're very welcome and indeed 😉
Merry Christmas to you CarStarz !
Thanks much and you too 😉👍
So cool! I love this car.
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Cool, I like Oldsmobiles a lot and have watched this movie many times.🥰
Indeed, great cars and a great movie 😉👍
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A Holiday Favorite.👍 🧑🎄🎄
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Merry Christmas!
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Yes great movie and love the old cars 🚗
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Nice video , we're blessed in the niagara falls area to regularly see the Chippawa Fire truck that was used in the movie . Merry Christmas
Thanks and cool, yep that was a survivor from the film too indeed 😉👍
Great information 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
We had a 1937 Oldsmobile 2 door business coupe when was a kid in the late 1960's. My twin brother & I would sit in the back on the fold down "jump seats". They folded away when not in use, so the back could hold more cargo, such as salesman samples.
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Neat. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
I've got a 1937 L37 8 cylinder with dual spare tire mounts on the front fenders. Same color as the one in the movie. Well done on the video
Cool and thanks 😉👍
Merry Christmas to you & Happy New Year's May 2025 be the most important and incredible year for you and your family & friends.
Thanks and same to you 😉👍
Fisher made some great bodies.
"You'll shoot your eye out!"😅
Merry Christmas, Car Starz guy, and to all.
Ps. Thank you for saying Merry Christmas and NOT happy holidays.
Lol, indeed and thanks 😉👍
In hindsight, I feel so lucky to have seen A Christmas Story in theaters as a kid. It was a modest success in 1983, but nowhere near the cultural icon it became over time. Clearly it’s beloved by many generations, but I’m glad it made such a deep impression on my 7 year old self. It’s wild, got a story set in 1940, I could still relate to Ralphie in every way.
It's timeless indeed 😉👍
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
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'Ohhhh honey, my oldsmoblie is giving me lots of troubles this christmas 😂😂😂' you don't say after buying cheap re tread, worst winter in years and your son saying naughty words at school 😅 anyway thanks once again my friend with tonight's video showing that 37 olds some light this time and that holliday classic isn't going to be forgotten for generations to come carstarz so merry christmas for you and happy but healthy new year dude so see you next time bye now.
Lolo, indeed and you have a great one as well 😉👍
@CarStarz42 🫡🫡🫡🎄🎄🎄 you too dude.
For scale modeling (advanced); someone, I think Jimmy Flintstone, makes a resin-cast '37 Chevy 4 door sedan body, meant to convert the AMT '37 Chevy coupe or convertible to a sedan. The Chevy had an ohv engine and solid front axle, though, so an AMT '41 Plymouth might make a better chassis/engine donor (flathead straight-6, coil spring ifs and longitudinal leaf springs in back) certainly more so than a Ford whose chassis layout was unique.
Cool and indeed, there's just not many model kits of vehicles of that era on the market for some reason.
I have a 37 GMC truck that comes factory with the 230 Olds
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cool video, but a better model car choice for a conversion would be monogram or revell 39 chevy as all that would be needed is grill, front fenders and some trim as the bodies are identical
Yeah, I was just looking for something easily obtainable on the current retail market though 😉
I remember the old man was running into the house for warm water. Something about the radiator freezing over from the cold
Yep, showed that clip in the video, but they don't show him actually working on the car on that part though.
Aww Fudge... Didn't know that was and Olds
Lol 😉
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Thanks and indeed 😉👍
My Dad bought one around 1951 in London England. It was our first car, and it was right hand drive. It also had a factory fitted radio. All the neighbors thought we were rich because petrol [gas] was expansive and the other couple of cars in the street were 4 cyl. prewar English models. Always liked American cars after that and owned a few when we moved to Australia. Fuel was cheaper and there was more brands to choose from. Aussies love big 6's and V8's.
Cool 😉👍
You should do Biffs 46’ ford from back to the future.
I do indeed already have that one and a few others from BTTF on my to do list, thanks 😉👍
A tip for a next episode is the car in the movie Tuff Turf, it's not used much in the movie but it's rememberable.
There were a few cool cars in that one, but I assume you mean the primary '68 Camaro; I'll add it to my big list to look into, thanks 😉👍
I always thought it was a 1936 Oldsmobile 6 that the old man drove.
"Some men were Baptists, others were Catholics. My father? Was an Oldsmobile man." -Ralphie
It was a '37 for sure and yep, that's a great line indeed 😉👍
The '36 had a different grille.
"Oh, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAHHHHHHHHHHK!" Merry Christmas Chief!
Lol 😉
Merry Christmas all!
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Just an fyi, retreads aren't really over the old treads, It's a new tread over the case or 'carcass' of the tire.
But anyway, Ralphie's school looked exactly like the middle school I went to in Massachusetts in the 80s, which is really no surprise. But even how it is situated on the property is the same.
Yeah, back then though; retreading was less of a refined process though and yeah my old grade school in the Midwest looked just like that also, but has since been demolished many decades ago.
@@CarStarz42 yeah mine's gone too...
Car design was so much better back then.
Very "curvatious" styling indeed 😉👍
About that time when Glycol antifreeze came out, Buick had to change its head bolts to blind holes, as the Green Stuff leaked down the threads into the oil. It also found other leaks in other cars that did not exist with plain water or alcohol based antifreeze.
Indeed, they didn't think much about sealing up things much back then.
nice cars indeed
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Oooooh fuuuuuudge. Did the 37 Oldsmobile come with a box of extra lug nuts?
Lol, sure hope so 😉
Have you ever checked out Maxwell Smarts Sunbeam Tiger from the TV show Get Smart?Would love to see you do a deep dive into it.MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I haven't but I'll add it to my big list to look into. Thanks 😉👍
Idea for a video. The '71 Chrysler from Joyride (2001). PS Merry Christmas!
I do have a few cars from that one on my to do list as well 😉👍
@CarStarz42 nice! Very underrated movie
That thing would freeze up on the equator
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This reminds me of the Cunningham's family truckster that Fonzy hot rodded for Richie to drag race. Maybe some Happy Days cars would be interesting. Like Ralph Mouth's? Or maybe you already have and I missed them.
I do have some of those on my my to do list, but haven't got to any of them yet, thanks 😉
Four minutes. Time me!
Ooooohhhhh ffffffffffffuuuuuudddgggggeee!
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Great show. What happened to the old Fire Truck in Movie?
Thanks and I believe they also have the fire truck at the Christmas Story House and Museum now if I'm not mistaken.
Love to see one on Lumpy's 40 ford or Eddie's car from Leave it to beaver
I'll add those to my mega list to look into, thanks 😉👍
Adult Ralphie drives a '65 Plymouth Belvedere in 1970. In an alternate universe where they'd used a contemporary setting the Old Man would drive an Aries or Reliant K - he seems like the type who'd have looked up to Lee Iacocca in the early '80s - and Ralphie's Christmas Story Christmas ride would be a mid-2010s CR-V or RAV4.
Indeed 😉
The gen 2 Camaro from transformers may be a cool video to make. Happy new year! 🎉
I probably won't cover cars from that movie series due to all the excessive CGI junk as I can't stand looking at that kind of thing, but maybe one day as I've had dozens of people ask about vehicles in that series, we'll see.
Cloud you do the Mustang from Kolchak the Night Stalker for Halloween 2025?
I'll add it to my big list, thanks 😉👍
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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FYI they still use those retreads on semi tractor trailers to save a buck, its why you see those giant belts on the side of the road, also I would bet solid money that cold war motors probably has about 10 of those cars sitting in his yard really lol
not sure I would ever go for one, as it is what it is, basic transportation, also a funny sign of the times back then, cloth was considered more luxurious than leather, given the leather was used for hard wear type stuff, while the cloth would breath easier
and typically wasnt perforated and used basically as a hard leather cover for the seat if it was exposed to the elements like in a Chauffeur type car just about 10 years before that was made
also did they use black boot polish on the bodywork or spraybomb the car, as it looks like a dull black, not that steel blue grey metallic
and in the closeup there you can see rust coming through the bumpers, as the bumpers back then were tricoated with copper, nickel and then chrome
its why typically you have some people saying you can just restore a chrome bumper with some steel wool and oil, your literally rubbing down the coating to show the nickel below to hide the rust that's come through the bumper, or stuck to it from the oxidation
via some impurities in the surface, as chrome jobs back then can really look like hell, I saw one that belonged to a captain of a ship from the pacific theater
as he went down to the machine shop on his carrier and the result looked like hell as they flat out just dumped it in lol
Indeed on all accounts there 😉👍
Wow! I was actually surprised when I saw that the six-cylinder was actually a Flathead..
This being a GM product...
I figured they would have been similar to other GM cars like Chevrolets and Buicks that had the overhead valve engines...
Indeed, and it's a smooth running setup for sure 😉👍
Pontiacs of that era also had flathead engines…Cadillac too!
You forgot the major part of tire situation. Cars from 20-60’s even some in the 80’s but rare was they all had tubes in them and that’s what made them vulnerable and the radial system had infused steel making them more reliable
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Those late 30s and 40s cars were solid. The downfall was Points, Solid Lifters, Generators, Torque Tubes, & Solid Rear Axel.
If technology would have been 20 years more advance they would be hard to beat. Convert to Electronic Ignition, Hydraulic Lifters, Alternator, Drive Shaft and Limited Slip Differential. Then you’d have some modern reliability with the solid construction.
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I grew up and became a Oldsmobile man
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Okay in one of the frames you show the Parker's and their Oldsmobile and the tag says 1949 Indiania. During the value segment you talk about originality while showing a '37 Olds street rod.
Yep, on of the original cars got turned hot rod a bit, but I mention that it maintains most of it's original aesthetics/looks, so it hasn't been extremely modified like so many other cars that era have by now anyway is the point 😉
Have you done a video about the SHO that Tim Allen drove in the Santa Clause?
Not yet, but I do already have it on my large list to look into as a couple of other folks asked about it last year 😉👍
Aftermarket modifications, like putting orange juice in your coffee.
More like dropping in a 350 V8, which is one of the several mods made to one of the surviving cars, that takes a bit more work than putting orange juice in coffee 😉
Next up Dean Proffit / Christmas vacation Dodge D300
Lol, yeah I do indeed have that one on my to do list, mainly because I've seen it pop up in a number of films 😉
@CarStarz42 I would love to see the history of what studios used it I'm racking my brain I believe it's in a 3rd movie
How about a feature on KOJAK'S BROWN 1973 BUICK CENTURY/REGAL?
I'll add it to my big list to look into, thanks 👍
Interestingly enough I don't really feel that they portrayed the car to be unreliable in the movie which I am a huge fan of... I do know that their father purposefully bought poor tires so that he could change tires often because he thought it was fun...
I have been lucky enough to have visited the Christmas Story House a few times, and seen the Oldsmobile in the garage... Its not the same color as the movie car which is a dark slate blue, almost black... the car on display is much lighter a medium blue color... I believe it was the latter a similar car used in backgrounds but not one of the original hero cars
My own mother loved Oldsmobiles and that was primarily what she drove when she had a car...
I have had a couple my latest was an Oldsmobile Bravada which I nicknamed The Old Man after the father in this movie... I actually had a little leg lamp ornament hanging from the rear view mirror
Cool, yeah most likely correct on that, then again there were some distant scenes of the car with so much snow on it that it's anyone's guess 😉
and everything, including tires was in short supply because the country was engaged or just coming of the war effort manufacturing
Indeed unfortunately.
Can you do a video of burt Reynolds brown ltd from the movie white lightning
I do have that movie on my list to look into, so will get to it eventually 😉👍
@CarStarz42 thank u for replying back love ur channel
@@brianpatterson5352 No problem and glad you enjoy the channel 😉👍
The movie highway to hell would be a good one to do with the white 1940 ford.
I do indeed have that one on my large to do list as well 😉👍
@@CarStarz42 awesome its one of my favorite childhood movies lol.
I dont know about your areas roads, but mine are garbage.
Lol, yeah there are still plenty of bad roads out there for sure.
Yeah, I live in the northeast. You pretty much need to drive an M1 Abrams battle tank around here if you are looking for somewhat of a smooth ride 😂
"Get out and get under..."
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Looks like the owner in Canada maybe hot rodded the Olds a little bit?? And that's a shame with it's history, seems it would be more valuable to keep it original like it was in the movie.
I think by the time he acquired it, that it had already had a built 350 V8 and some other mods, but at least it is still around and in decent shape 😉👍
@@CarStarz42 What idiot did that??? There were probably a bunch of other Olds they could've used...
@@ffjsb Well, the car went unrecognized as the film car for a number of years and it was hid out in a private owner's storage for many years prior too .
@@CarStarz42 I would've thought that any collector or seller would want to pass that provenance on, as it would certainly increase the value. I wonder if it could be restored back to original.