Barn Garage Find! RARE 1936 Chrysler Airstream C8 Convertible Sitting For 65 years!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- In this episode Matt, Jason, and "Grandpa Joe" go on an adventure to dig out a rare 1936 Chrysler C8 Airstream Convertible Sedan. This car has the more rare Straight 8 engine, a two piece folding convertible top, removable b-pillars, factory overdrive, independent front suspension and many more features that made it ahead of its time. This car was found in an old garage sitting behind a modern gas station and just off a main road in Harrisburg, PA. The transmission went bad in the car and it was tucked in a corner and never touched again. We dug the car out of the garage and brought it out to see the light for the first time since 1951-1952. This car is extremely solid and is a great candidate for a full restoration!
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I have literally driven down that part of 230 thousands of times, and never once thought to myself that something that interesting could be back there. I always end up traveling for my automotive treasures.. Nicely done.
In 1951 my dad bought a 1934 Desoto Airflow. It was Dark Blue, 4 door with split window fore and aft! It had Free Wheeling (overdrive) It would go 85 mph with the 6 cylinder motor. He bought it for $85 from a junk yard, it had no rust or serious damage. The gas gauge did not work. I was 11 at the time. I never drove it but I was allowed to drive the 34 Plymouth, I hauled firewood in the rumble seat. No cops speed limits of 45 mph. The roads were not fit for more. I hope this car goes to a home for complete restoration. She deserves it!
I love vintage cars especially the 30's cars! This one here deserves to be restored it should never ever be wasted or gotten rid of
What a Great Find. I would clean it up and pass it on to someone wanting to put the money into it and do it up Stock.
Thats the plan! Thanks for watching!!! -Mike/ITG
Keep it stock, NO hot rod crap!
Yeah I was thinking the same, somebody call Jay Leno! LOL!
There are so few of these cars left. Each one rodded or customized looses a little more of history.
I am really fond of these old cars. My dad would have loved to see these. He was a great mechanic and a car enthusiast. I still am.
Thanks for following along. Cars of this era were so classy and beautiful. Everything was thought out and overdesigned! -Matt/ITG
I'm drooling over that sleeping beauty! I love streamlined cars from the '30's-'40's - Desoto Airflows, Lincoln Zephyrs, Chevrolet Fleetliner's (and all other period GM 2-door fastbacks), Studebakers bullet nosed models, and Nash Airflight ('49-'51). I'd love to have a collection of them all.
Tjats a amazing find! Old man seemed to want to get backed over..they always do.
Only thing that sucks about that Chrysler is you got to be wearing your tuxedo when driving it
It would be a crying shame not to restore this car to its original glory. Please don't let anybody chop this car up. It deserves to be restored.
That car deserves to be restored and not hot roded. Super find.
My father had a '36 DeSoto like this for about 2 years. Most likely a 6 cyl. He made his own valves for it from Ranger engine Thompson valves and ran it on the "unusable fuel" 100 octane avgas from the test cells tanks. In the lead-up to Pearl Harbor they were working long hours so he'd sleep hard and then have to speed hard down Hempstead Turnpike. He'd always leave the Nassau PD Fords in his dust at more than their top 88 mph, but this was tough on the cloth top and he kept his mother's needle working.
13:25. What a great moment ! A 1936 car meets a 2018 car after sleeping for so long.
That car has absolutely beautiful lines and style. For Gods sake don't hot rod it. Make it look like it did when it was on the road. I'm not even sure I'd paint it, just clean and try rubbing some linseed oil into the paint. The top and interior fabric of course will have to be new made, but keep in its its original style. I saw a guy buy up some old leather couches just for the old looking leather and use it on his seats and it looked great.
Choo 1982 The thing is that hot roding a car is much easier then restore it to its original.
You would want to look for the hood panels nearby in the garage. Things usually do not migrate far. Probably 5 feet away from the car. But would be easy to miss.
The hood side trim was inside the car in the end and was present! Lucky! Thanks for watching. -Matt/ITG
This is what I call a diamond in the rough. Beautiful
A diamond in the rough would be a piece of coal. ;)
Funny I know more about anthracite. In old car language it is a diamond in the rough. Still a diamond but not cut and polished. Coal Is not yet a diamond.
They were looking at the back wheel thinking the axle was seized when actually the car was in gear. Just before they were focusing on the back wheel, one rear wheel was on the ground and the other wheel was actually turning. Hopefully they didn't damage the transmission.
There is no transmission in the car. The rear drums are seized, not uncommon thing to happen. -Mike/ITG
Wowed what a neat car. Thank you
Nice find! 36 Chrysler Airstream is a very rare car. Although I have two of these. Lots of stuff are one model year only. Your car had many options. You are so correct about those tail light. Ratrod people love them so, much, that you can now buy an LED look alike!
If you need any more info. about this car feel free to Email me.
You have some? Need to have videos would be cool to see them
Hey thanks for not yanking it out of that barn👍 it is a beautiful car!!! Congrats on the find.
Even buildings in the old days had curves I like old stuff. I have a 35 coupe
Everything had a unique design that made it pop. Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
Amazing contrast/ picture when the modern mercades pulled down the driveway and they were nose to nose 13:25
Dude so cool! Looking forward to watching what you do for it. I gotta tell you that guy driving the skidstear had more patience than I would have used...great job....this car has so many Mark's, dents , scratches, I think any marks caused while moving it only adds to its story and history..
Man that’s one hell of a barn find
It is up there on the list! -Mike/ITG
It’s so good to see you interested in saving a restoring this car. Keep us updated.
It's best to let the air out the tires to be safe.. If you chain it down with air in the tires there's a good chance the air will go down and car will be unstable..LUCKY GUY
It'll buff out ! LOL ! Cool find , love the tail lights and wheels.
I sure hope you get it running and driving. What a treasure
So wish they really had a time machine I'd so go back to check out all these cars
Please post the restoration project! I'll be excited to see the final results!
Back in the 70s, I had a 32 Sedan 2dr, an 3 window, 39, 40 Ford, we we're in the Dallas area Street Rod's, member an friend had a 32, 3 window coupe, Chrysler, Banker friend of his found a 32 or 33 Chrysler Convertible, Split window, 2 windshields, not sure if they ever finished it or not but it was a beautiful Car.
Love the bow (front end).
Congratulations on the find and salesmanship required to free it from its previous owner. You get full virtual support from me in whatever direction you decide to take her. Love all you are doing on the channel. Hope you are having as much fun producing these videos as we are enjoying them. Joel....
Thanks for watching and wee appreciate the support!! -Mike/ITG
What a nice car. Are you going to restore it?. Want to see final result. It's an ocasion to reborn as it was as original. Wat a beauty. Lucky you to find this staff.
Made me laugh at the start when you are talking and suddenly your dogs tail pops up and goes slowly across the bottom of the screen.
What a beautiful car great find
thats wild man. that car is killer. should have the old man pull up the original drawings he sketched out in the 30s to build that beast. cool to see the old timer runnin the show.
wonder if Leno would be interested
I'd be hard at cleaning up the engine and working to re-start that engine...would love to hear it run again.
That car's been in a flood by the looks of the mud on it. Old cars are great to find, I'd bet that showing more than extracting them would get even more viewers though. This was put up 4 months ago, still wrenching on it? There isn't a follow-up that I can see, I hope to see one if you're making it.
Every time the chains made a noise when they were pulling it out, I cringed.
Had one to many close calls? A little bit of PTSD? We have all been there and had those Oh s*** moments. Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
I know,have no idea why he was lifting it like that.
@@05cr125rider yeah when the owner told them to lift it more I was like WTF!?!?
I was screaming, put the bucket down.
it needs a good power cleaning to see what you have I hope that you didn't hot rod it or just clean it up to sell to some that is going to restore it back oem
I saw one of these in a old episode of Unsolved Mysteries during a flash back segment. Took a couple hours the figure out what it was. Just thought it was so unique.
Cat tail photo bombed him LOL!!
That was Moon, Matts dog! -Mike/ITG
Tyres are truly amazing hey
It’s sat there for fifty years and you can still blow up the tyres
Please restore it. As you said rare!
We are hoping anyone that buys it does just that! Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
Never throw anything away till you take a real good inventory. I am restoring a 1913 Maxwell found in completely original but totally un assembled condition -it was an estate sale-loaded with various crap loading the truck and trailer their was a coffee can of rusty nuts bolts and washers tucked in a box of broken wood and scraps of leather and left them their, later finding out that they were the left hand thread nuts and bolts in a hard to find pitch for the drive line. give everything to the person restoring the car let them decide what is junk
would love it, cant wait to see it washed and clean
that car is in awesome shape !
Awesome can't wait to see that get restored.
Amazing find but I would just cringing waiting for the frame to crack in half when you were pulling it out. And then wondering why you wouldn't flatbed it. It's so amazing I will keep it stock whenever possible best of luck
That car is SWEET!!!! I love that car
I'm more impressed with that cast english wheel in your shop!!
Thanks Aaron, it's one of my prize possessions for sure! -Matt/ITG
Quite a Find ! It should have a 273.8 cu in 8 , around 105 hp and the transmission had the Overdrive built in for 1936 . Worth restoring though finding an original transmission might be a problem .
All of the above! -Mike/ITG
Very cool car,love the smile on your face as you were pulling it out.
He was like a little school kid a week prior to picking it up. Its always an awesome feeling to save such an amazing car from rotting away forgotten or turned into scrap. Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
You are good and smart man, not to part out, or molest this survior..Seems complete! Just waiting for you, to save it... This, to see to the sunshine again!!
We hope the new owner restores it to its former glory! -Mike/ITG
Looks like the car Mike wolf found a few years back on east coast but weren't able to get a deal done. Love the wheels
Hey Matt, cool find. If you choose to keep it, I would really be interested in seeing you do the repairs on those front fenders. I have some similar damage on a '36 Chevy project along with a crease right in the center
Matt isnt planning on keeping the car just yet but if that changes you know a full video series will be made! Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
The stock artillery wheels are fantastic.
Bad ass white socks 💪
Better speak to your bank manager- and you could get this gem on the road!
Hi like your approach to recover nice to see the owner i think he still cares for that old timer in the past up in Utah i had a auto restoration shop built hotrods in the 50s i have a few oldtimers straight 8 Packard.. V8 36 Ford 56 Chevy Belair 57 T Bird 1919model T Ford and many more all in mint condition love my cars all garaged in AC facilities OK great vid thanks brought back fond memory's ..................Ed
Keep it stock !!!!!!!!!!
This retrieval really needed the bumper winch setup you're using now.
This car is extremely solid and is a great candidate for a full restoration! and?
Great video. And super interesting car. A little air in the tires and they become a different machine. Thanks for sharing!
This is such a classy and elegant car. We are really hoping this goes to the right owner that will take the time and restore it. Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
I understand it’s your car,but if you hotrod this rare beauty it would be a disservice to the world and real shame,obviously that’s just an opinion.It truly is a stunning machine.At the end of the day we’re just guardians of objects.
AWESOME!!!
So cool! I subscribed hoping to see you get it back on the road. Hopefully we will see it again when the new owner is done.
Keep it as original as possible,nothing cooler then an old classic survivor.
Very cool car
I love my new used PT Crusier
Wow what a great find !!!
Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
that is quite a find, i really hope it turns out well
Absolutely fantastic!
Nice jalopy. Please keep us posted....
Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
any video of the restoration ? I would be happy to see it, this car is marvelous....
You might try some goop hand cleaner on the paint and be surprised how it turns out. Restores the paint. Been using goop for many years on older cars. Also I use it on my ram truck. Looks like I had it was and I can wash it about five times before cleaning it again with goop. I have over ten miles of dirt/ clay road to drive just to get to the hw. Also there is a junk yard here in St Johns that is filled with a lot of the older cars. I am talking model A's and up in years.
met a guy in 90S socal had a 36 Chrysler super8 LeBaron convert ! rare as well
that car is well worth a total off the frame restoration.
Riders on the storm sounding intro...noice
"I'm going to do my best to keep the car intact." When you start talking about coveted taillights to hot rodders, my palm goes to my face. Sigh.
Why doesn't he just have the tail lights reproduced and sell those to the "hot rodders"? Or is it illegal to do that?
My thoughts exactly. If this car were a hopeless, hapless, helpless rusted out wreck, even then, I say sell them to somebody else looking to restore another one of these, not to an ancientmobile abominator. But this specimen is worth restoring, if not as a frame-off full resto, then at least as a frame-on driver!
His money, his car, he can make it a hotrod if he wants
I agree, just knock off all.of the dust and dirt, check the brakes, fire up the 8, and get to cruising!
😎😎👍👏👏
Thats the dream!! Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
Sir I beg of you do not lower the chassis do not make it a Lowrider keep the body stream and tack nothing uglier than a Lowrider model car at that type of lines
Matthew Golom LOWRIDER? YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT CARS HUH? YOU DONT TURN THESE SPECIFIC MODEL CARS INTO LOWRIDERS ..NOT EVEN A HOT ROD.SMH...THESE ARE CARS THAT GET TURNED INTO RESTO MOD ORIF HE WANTS A HALF HOT ROD CUZ OF THE GRILL!
@@nationalcitysycho He also doesn't know about punctuation, I had to read his comment 4 times before it made sense.
@@kikurass322 Try a semi-colon instead of a comma after your statement on the other fellow not knowing about punctuation.
@@Keifsanderson I think you mean 'semicolon', nice try though.
@@kikurass322 Meh. My point stands.
Schwinn database has a serial lookup that gives you an exact date of production on that schwinn stingray and it directs you to the years catalog to see features and original prices
Thanks Nick I'll take a look. -Matt/ITG
What an amazing pull... sure looked solid. You know....that the guy that buy's it could and may just rather have some new repop taillights....And with your natural tendency to build period hot rods... I've checked with the front office and they've decided they should stay with you! Great job fellas.
He hasnt pulled em yet1 He keeps mentioning it. We shall see. Thanks for watching!! -Mike/ITG
one cool car !
sure wish people wouldn't let vehicles just sit and rust away. If YOU are not / CAN not take care of it, GIVE it to someone who WILL
Its a damn shame but there isnt much you can do but buy anything that hasnt been reclaimed by the earth! -Mike/ITG
dont give it away, sell it.
Give it, sell it, as long as you don't WASTE it
that was preserved, so many that didn't fall into the crusher were forgotten in barns. yeah its in bad shape but in 53 most would have scrapped it not saved it
It's thier property.. As my dad owns a 57 nomad it's rotting away. Pretty rare car. But it's his..
Watching old cars get loaded onto trailers is somehow tranquilizing. Like watching fish go round and round in a fish bowl. Only why keep fish in a bowl?
Pulled a 1939 Buick special four door sedan with a straight 8 out from between some trees where it had been sitting for almost 20 years also due to trans issues. Mines in pretty damn good condition all things considered. Was restored in the 80's. Really not much wrong with her asides from the trans. Body wise she's pretty good too. Got some surface rust in the floors and trunk and a dent in the fender. Interiors perfect still.
Beauty... keep it stock
Don't Hot Rod that, it'll make one heck of restore, haven't seen a old hump back like in yrs, 👍😉
The amount of people who lived and died while this car was waiting to tell its story would be insane
What an adventure
Roll up windows = Convertible Sedan. Side curtains = Phaeton
You are correct. Ford, with the Model T, and other manufacturers also referred to their open 4-seaters as touring cars. In addition, roadster and convertible are terms frequently used to describe the same type of car, however a true roadster also has no roll up windows.
Both of your skid steer's front tires are mounted on the wrong side of the Bobcat. Also, the left front tire is under inflated.
Its the owners of the estates. We will pass along the info. -Mike/ITG
I live in an area where those lines in the dirt are a dead giveaway.... high water lines..I hope the Drive train is OK.
that was my feeling as well.
this car needs to be restored plan and simple
Hoping to find someone to do just that. -Mike/ITG
Plain?? **
13:45 nice wagon
Time to get Jay Leno on the phone!
If you have his number we will call!! -Mike/ITG