Man you are absolutely hilarious, I enjoyed every minute of your sense of humor. Hope to see you fully restore this vehicle. Good luck I'll be watching.
@@ViceGripGarage restore that car!.....please don't hot rod it! upgrade the essentials .. find some modern retro wheels (look up wheel vintques and coker) Kanters has engine rebuild kit and EGGE can get the rest looking forward to the rebuild
This guy is one hell of a mechanic. I have been watching these videos and for him to take vehicles that have sat for so long and get them running without changing everything is amazing.
I took the day off of work to clean the house done right up for the wife's birthday, yet I'm on hour 2 of VGG videos and have started my second pot of coffee. Happy birthday Liz.
I’m considering buying a ‘51 Coronet for $5400. Interior is decent, dent in the door. Seems complete and not really beat up or rusted. It runs but needs a new brake master cylinder. Is it worth it? Not sure if I should pull the trigger and buy it but I’m really close to doing it.
@@johnmorrison5502 Tough call, not being able to see it, hear it run, etc. May need a new master, but then how are the brakes all around, may need a complete job depending on how long that was done last, cylinders rust. If you think it's decent enough, that could be a little steep, might offer 3 grand and see how anxious they are to deal.
My first car was a 1964 valiant w/a slant 6 three on the tree. The gear shifts are , pull towards you and up is reverse, stay pulled toward you and down is 1st. Push away from you and up is 2nd, and away from you and down is 3rd. I enjoy watching the old cars that bring memories of cars I and other family members had and see them run again. I'm retired after 38 years of spinning wrenches and wish I could find these old tins around here where even glass rusts on the east coast of Canada. I imagine you wish for a hoist on times when you have to do the horizontal wiggle.
@@PartsMan937 I think he decided to develop a "good ole boy" aspect to his personality...It was a good move, as many rednecks can relate to that type of guy--even though Derek is just playing to the gallery, so to speak!
@jacobives1764 more real if you ask me. I love slightly annoyed derek that let's a curse word fly from time to time. Eventually a person turns into a parody of themselves, saying all the catchphrases and whatnot.
Reverse is towards you and up. 1st gear is forward and up all the way. If it's a gyro-matic then all you need to do is get up to 10-15 MPH then let off the gas and wait for a few years and the car should shift into 2nd. At 25 MPH depress the clutch and pull the stick all the way to the floor and your in 3rd. Once you get to a stop just depress the clutch and the car should go into 2nd ( if the force is strong with you). If your stopped on a hill then try to find 1st again. Good luck and enjoy that classic Detroit steel.
You can also pull it down and run it in 2nd & 3rd (I think '50 Dodge just said that) . That wait for the gear to change is amazingly long. Good memories!!
I guess you guys don't know how the trans works. I do and actually took mine to Detroit Dragway and raced in X stock automatic. X stock is for cars slower then 22 seconds in the 1/4 , ps i qualified for slower and won being the only car to enter a car that slow. Follow the fun.
Derek, I 'm totally amazed you are featuring a 1952 Dodge Meadowbrook. This is the exact car my Mom had when I was growing up. First car I ever turned a wrench on! Thanks for return down memory lane!
im at work writing my Store Order and i had to stop to eat breakfast, throw on the ole' Vice Grip Garage, I love your show and all my friends do to ..thanks Derek
I’m watching this about a year after you uploaded it. Can see the beginnings of a guy we see today when I recently started following VGG. You are one of the funniest people I’ve ever seen on TH-cam! Keep up the amazing work, and do the right thing and keep bringin’ them right round. You rock
Ah, you got me motivated! I have the same vehicle sitting in my yard. 1950 Dodge with the fluid drive which I haven't touched since I bought it. Now I look forward to checking mine out! Thanks buddy. Love your videos!
Well Howdy Neighbor, the work you get done with snow and bone chilling temperatures just leaves me gobstoped Neighbor. You definitely love what you are doing friend.
I had a 52 Wayfarer. PO had put a 273 Formula S in it and let it sit for 20 yrs. I was too young to know what to do so I never got it to speak. Wish I had it now. Thanks for the videos. You are my new hero.
I dont know much about working on cars, for example where to start looking when a car wont start. I like when i come across videos such as this one, it is informative and very fun to follow. Thank you for your time and you just gained a sub!
My parents bought a brand new Dodge Wayfarer. The first and only new vehicle they ever bought. It had the fluid drive and was easy for a beginner to learn on. It didn't have a radio or heater tho. Those were options they couldn't afford back then. They finally traded it in in 1964 for a 62 Impala.
That sweet old girl doesn't need new plugs, just tidy em up and chuck em back in, just like a #coldwarmotors project with a zero dollars budget. Cheers!
First real job I had was at a garage & I had the job of answering road calls for folks who couldn't get their car started on a cold morning. We had a jumper battery pack that had an oversize 12 V battery & a built in charger. This was back in the days when there were still some late 40s & early 50s cars still in use. Absolutely the hardest to get running were L head engines, Chrysler products, Pontiac L head 6 & 8, & the Olds 6. Never had any calls on the Packard or Hudson L head cars.
Wow really cool. I owned a 48 Dodge with Fluid Drive it was a great car. On my 48 you just turned the key on and then pressed on the throttle and a lever on the floor that engaged the starter. Flat head six gotta love em. I call it a win two2. Good video.
You are so good to listen to ! From an Englishman's point of view , I think that I have met an American who has a sense of humour that is as weird as our own strange sense of humour . It's good to take humour for a walk into the unknown . Great delivery . I'm very pleased to meet you here . Those battery-adjustable-grip-terminal-connectors should be available on both sides of the Atlantic ! Love it !
Oh my cars twin !! About 56 years ago my uncle dropped off a 1952 Dodge Meadowbrook flat head 6, three in the tree. My uncle left it. My dad showed me how to drive that heap. There was a big hole in the floor where the gas pedle is. Maybe a beer can would fit. The post behind the driver was all rusted out under the frame. Had to have it screwed shut. Us highschool kids took all the chrome off, painted everything black and black n white wheels. Oh an a wolf whistle on the manifold intake. Knuckle breaker on the steering wheel. Man could it fly through them mud holes. And what's best is reverse ,peels rubber like wow! Leaf springs were sprung to one side. So I replaced it. Then it leaned to the other side. What do you want from a kid? I believe I still have the radio ,vacuum tubes, with Positive ground. When you cranked it over, boydid that sound bring back memories or cold days. Them plug wells flooded with water so bad it shut the engine down. Carry spare dry rag. It was so easy replacing the thermostat and water pump. Not like today's cars. I'm surprised that year was a good find. Better condition than my heap. Great video!!
Hey I'm trying to get a old rambler running been sitting 37 years and what you taught me is what the doctor ordered thanks! Keep in doing what you like cuz people love it. Chris
This is a great video, it has given me hope to get my 52 dodge up and running after sitting for over 40 years. Its the exact same car as mine hope i have as much as he did with his
Coming back to these old ones is crazy seeing him at the start again filming these on his phone in the driveway to where he's at now with that nice shop and constant builds. Awesome.
That's wonderfully stupid -- I love it! That car is almost identical to the first car I remember riding in as a small child -- my Dad's '51 Dodge 2-door sedan. He traded up to a new Dodge 4-door V8 in 1954. I love the sound this old beauty (?) makes, and that it started so easily. Totally irresponsible, driving it around the block without brakes, and without checking basic engine functions like cooling, but I get how irresistible it is! And you're having fun, so viewers are also.
That transmission doesn't have a torque convertor, it has a fluid coupling. They are different. A fluid coupling does not multiply torque while a torque convertor does.
Yep, my 1950 Dodge Wayfarer had "Fluid Drive", too. I loved it, especially on dates... I didn't have to shift to low, or even second, to get going... I could leave from a dead stop in third gear and never have to remove my arm from around my squeeze!
Hmm. I bought a 50 Plymouth Deluxe after I came homw from RVN . It was just 3 on the tree , vaccum wipers , 6 V . I loved it !! I loaned it to buddy who was down on his luck . He threw a rod in it . My sons were 5-6 , and I didn't have the $$ to fix it . Wish I still had it . B4 I went into the army I had 1951 Desota for a while . It was fluid drove . It was either a auto or manual , you pcik 'em :D
Very cool the dodge Meadowbrook was the brother to my first car the 52 Plymouth Cranbrook exactly the same! There is something to that throaty sound of those Flathead 6 cylinder engines love it, I milled the head at machine shop at high school, bought a new Offenhouser twin carb manifold , from Honest Charlie’s which used to be a huge catalog store back in the 50s ,60s and found a set of Fenton headers at the local junk yard, bought some green and white tuck-n-roll seat covers from Honest Charlie’s my Uncle Tom was a chef at a local restaurant, but a Jack of all trades! He did a right nice job of upholstering the front and rear seats! Could not find door panels so we bought several yards of White Naugahyde and cotton batting and made some right nice door panels! Then I bought some spray lacquer candy green from the local Schwinn bicycle shop, prepped the dash sprayed it candy green! Looked great with all the Art Deco chrome trim on that dash! Had dual exhaust, since the Fenton headers were two piece with separate collector’s using corrugated exhaust pipe from Pep-Boys , two Cherry Bomb glass packs & ran the pipes out the sides right in front of the rear tires! Very cool , and great sounding!!! My Dad paid $50.00 Bucks for that car, wish I had it today! Keep up the great work Derek! You crack me up!! Regards Mad Mike S. From the land of freezing ass cold………
If the vehicle has sat for a very long time, that water build up in the crankcase is most likely condensation from the weather that has condensed. Which you would want to drain out as the water turns the oil acidic, which deteriorates internal engine components as they run or sit in it. Just needs an oil change before running for too long 👍
You can buy most anything you need through rock auto, Napa or advance. Thermostat for that is only a few bucks through rock auto. That is where and how I get most of what I need for my 42 & 48 Dodge trucks.
Also depends on what the vehicle is. 80s-early 90s Ford pickups have a unique smell, my 91 F250 included. My older trucks, which are Chevys and IHs, have a sort of barn aroma, that smells like a combination of hay and old grease. That’s why I love old vehicles, every one is unique, unlike the cookie cutter appliances that roll off the assembly lines every day nowadays.
Hello, is it OK to feature your clip in a my chanel for educational purposes (so-called temporary copyright.)? You can stop me from using your content at any time and it will be deleted immediately. It will be credited in the description & comments section with your name. Thanks, MM
"I see 58 hose clamps on the fuel line~That's perfect!!" Your awesome to watch I have seen one of your other videos and thats the '69 Chevelle driving home 500 miles from Ill~Loved it you made me laugh at what you call each tool the carborator adjustment tool (Hammer) etc. so funny~I had to subscribe to you~My kind of humor ~I will look through your other vids to see if there is anything I will find funny and fun to watch~Thanks for postng
Dude, you are awesome! Love your channel. I have my Great Grandpa’s Dodge Wayfayer he bought new back in 1950. All original. Your channel makes me want to tinker!
You know.......I just bought a 1950 ... It was a barn find (rat home) no bad rust and hasn’t ran in about 15 years.... PERFECT..... ima start playing with it this weekend.... I’ll have my fire maker and fire put’em outter... good vid I like all your project 👍🏽
U opened the door and u st in it and had to look twice and said out loud the dome luminary has luminescents I’ll be dipped!!! Super cool I’m just at awe with that
I just found your channel. I like it when a person can make me laugh and hell you did that. So, the least I can do is subscribe. No seriously I enjoyed what I just saw. Now is the going and watching other adventures you shared to youtube. Look forward to seeing more and having a good laugh too.
Hahah! I just wanted to know you paid attention to that. Since in most "first start" videos they don't talk about oil and stuff. Anyway, This is the first video from you that I watched, and I liked it! You earned a sub. @@ViceGripGarage
I gotta tell ya, both our jaws dropped at the same time. I couldn't believe that bad boy started, and ran like it was a daily driver. You know, I love these videos because, these cars are cars I grew up with. You lift the hood and all you see is motor. I used to use a tomato paste lid cover to adjust my points after putting them in. That's just the way it was back in the day. The reason these cars start and run so good is because they were built with pride in the good ole USA. OK I wanted to let you know, thanks for the great videos and man, I love the cars and trucks you find and bring back to life, it's a shame all the cars that get crushed, like the crusher Camaro that was going to be crushed B-4 it was saved Keep them videos coming big guy, love them!!!!
Yep, it was a Kool old car. She had the GyroMatic. I have had So many old rings. The oldest boy asked me how many Cars I had, I told him that I lost track in 1985 when I was driving a 1945 Dodge long bed pickup with a 318 in it. Right now I'm finishing up another 1946 Chevy pickup. She is setting on top of a 1995 Caprice Classic that used to be the Madison County Sheriff's interceptor. PS, I Dig your work bench.
Hi Derek, just got done watching the 1776 Monte Carlo videos. I’m a new subscriber. Loved it!! You were asking about events. I’m a regular at the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona in November. Great show and swap meet. Hope to see you there!! Joe S.
Great start up. Perfect. Double the clutch with non synchro box going from 2nd to 1st and it will drop it. A fella will be happy. Keep up the good work.
That’s the same straight six in our old 1950’s US of A, NAVY trailer welder. It’ll crank up every time with just a little squirt of starting fluid even after sitting all winter. We sometime idle it down to about 300 RPM, just for kicks. It sounds like a mean Harley twin V. Anyway, Sweet old power plant, and a sweet old vehicular.
Man you are absolutely hilarious, I enjoyed every minute of your sense of humor. Hope to see you fully restore this vehicle. Good luck I'll be watching.
I really appreciate that! She'll be back once the snow goes
@@ViceGripGarage restore that car!.....please don't hot rod it!
upgrade the essentials ..
find some modern retro wheels (look up wheel vintques and coker)
Kanters has engine rebuild kit and EGGE can get the rest
looking forward to the rebuild
Very lucky there was only 48 hoes clamps at 49 ur fuxkkerd
I thought since it was cold.out you would have a hard time starting..
Love to see the out come of this 1952
Derek: "Well, that was way too much"
Half a million guys at home: "Perfect"
Yes
Absolutely lol
This guy is one hell of a mechanic. I have been watching these videos and for him to take vehicles that have sat for so long and get them running without changing everything is amazing.
I took the day off of work to clean the house done right up for the wife's birthday, yet I'm on hour 2 of VGG videos and have started my second pot of coffee. Happy birthday Liz.
Had to stop and watch this, I've got a '51 Dodge, same color! Grew up with these, learned how to drive on one, and I'm still driving one!
That's awesome! Send me some pictures some time. Would be great to see one in good condition still out there functioning.
Nothing beats a Dodge they rock!
I’m considering buying a ‘51 Coronet for $5400. Interior is decent, dent in the door. Seems complete and not really beat up or rusted. It runs but needs a new brake master cylinder. Is it worth it? Not sure if I should pull the trigger and buy it but I’m really close to doing it.
@@johnmorrison5502 Tough call, not being able to see it, hear it run, etc. May need a new master, but then how are the brakes all around, may need a complete job depending on how long that was done last, cylinders rust. If you think it's decent enough, that could be a little steep, might offer 3 grand and see how anxious they are to deal.
This has been the best hidden surprise on TH-cam.. You are hilarious... Love it..
LOL the look on your face when it started.
My first car was a 1964 valiant w/a slant 6 three on the tree. The gear shifts are , pull towards you and up is reverse, stay pulled toward you and down is 1st. Push away from you and up is 2nd, and away from you and down is 3rd. I enjoy watching the old cars that bring memories of cars I and other family members had and see them run again. I'm retired after 38 years of spinning wrenches and wish I could find these old tins around here where even glass rusts on the east coast of Canada. I imagine you wish for a hoist on times when you have to do the horizontal wiggle.
It’s crazy to see the humor evolve on the channel to where it is now. Great vids man
The man just gets funnier and funnier as time goes on. A guy has to love this man's channel.
He’s so much more serious and specific in these older videos lol
@@PartsMan937 I think he decided to develop a "good ole boy" aspect to his personality...It was a good move, as many rednecks can relate to that type of guy--even though Derek is just playing to the gallery, so to speak!
@jacobives1764 more real if you ask me. I love slightly annoyed derek that let's a curse word fly from time to time. Eventually a person turns into a parody of themselves, saying all the catchphrases and whatnot.
Reverse is towards you and up. 1st gear is forward and up all the way. If it's a gyro-matic then all you need to do is get up to 10-15 MPH then let off the gas and wait for a few years and the car should shift into 2nd. At 25 MPH depress the clutch and pull the stick all the way to the floor and your in 3rd. Once you get to a stop just depress the clutch and the car should go into 2nd ( if the force is strong with you). If your stopped on a hill then try to find 1st again. Good luck and enjoy that classic Detroit steel.
Wait a few years 😂.. thanks bud! I'll duct tape a diagrams on the window
You can also pull it down and run it in 2nd & 3rd (I think '50 Dodge just said that) . That wait for the gear to change is amazingly long. Good memories!!
Sorry the shift pattern was three on the tree standard. The semi-automatic shift was from first to third bypassing second.
I guess you guys don't know how the trans works. I do and actually took mine to Detroit Dragway and raced in X stock automatic. X stock is for cars slower then 22 seconds in the 1/4 , ps i qualified for slower and won being the only car to enter a car that slow. Follow the fun.
@@ViceGripGarage awesome videos have you ever done a charger video
those old motors sound so freakin good
14:08 looks like you just returned from the future. I'm addicted to your "first starts". Keep up the good work.
They put those flat 6 s in tractors.Tractor store might know of where to find plugs.
How could his neighbors hate him ? How could anyone hate him ? Best guy in the world.
You ever hear how loud a old Doidge with its mufflers cut off sound? When you do, get back to me.
These older cars hold up so much better than the newer ones
Derek, I 'm totally amazed you are featuring a 1952 Dodge Meadowbrook. This is the exact car my Mom had when I was growing up. First car I ever turned a wrench on! Thanks for return down memory lane!
You had me at "Eleventy seven billion years"...
Kenny C you can tell hes way less serious now lol
Could just be a dinasour 1952 yes I am one of those
Same
Eleventy is my favorite number
I would call that a win in my books. You just can't kill those old motors. Thanks for sharing.
for 67 years old.. It is running better than I do YAHOO Derek you are blessed
im at work writing my Store Order and i had to stop to eat breakfast, throw on the ole' Vice Grip Garage, I love your show and all my friends do to ..thanks Derek
I’m watching this about a year after you uploaded it. Can see the beginnings of a guy we see today when I recently started following VGG. You are one of the funniest people I’ve ever seen on TH-cam! Keep up the amazing work, and do the right thing and keep bringin’ them right round. You rock
Ah, you got me motivated! I have the same vehicle sitting in my yard. 1950 Dodge with the fluid drive which I haven't touched since I bought it. Now I look forward to checking mine out! Thanks buddy. Love your videos!
I love the section where you talk about the two ways to check a thermostat! I have done some car things when my wife was at Walmart!
Can't believe I found this, I had a 1951 Meadowbrook. Complete with Gyromatic transmission!
Be still my heart😮she's beautiful!!
I swear it seems like all the cars you find have working dome lights
quit amazing actually
And no breaks :-)
Well Howdy Neighbor, the work you get done with snow and bone chilling temperatures just leaves me gobstoped Neighbor. You definitely love what you are doing friend.
This is my first video introduction to vgg and haven't stop watching since
Really enjoy your posts mate! Always entertaining informative and hilarious to boot 🤣
Those flathead 6 even the 8's
easy to wrk on and run forever
I had a 52 Wayfarer. PO had put a 273 Formula S in it and let it sit for 20 yrs. I was too young to know what to do so I never got it to speak. Wish I had it now. Thanks for the videos. You are my new hero.
I dont know much about working on cars, for example where to start looking when a car wont start. I like when i come across videos such as this one, it is informative and very fun to follow. Thank you for your time and you just gained a sub!
Thank you for the support! If you follow the big 3: fuel, spark, then compression you'll typically win 👌
Thank you boss, I got so overwhelmed with life I forgot how great it was to give a beast another run at the road. Thanks again
"No way. It's running!?"
A guy's never seen a car so easy to start.
Absolutely love this video and your dry, ironic sense of humour. Keep up the good work fixing this girl up!
My parents bought a brand new Dodge Wayfarer. The first and only new vehicle they ever bought. It had the fluid drive and was easy for a beginner to learn on. It didn't have a radio or heater tho. Those were options they couldn't afford back then. They finally traded it in in 1964 for a 62 Impala.
That sweet old girl doesn't need new plugs, just tidy em up and chuck em back in, just like a #coldwarmotors project with a zero dollars budget. Cheers!
one of my first cars it was smooth running. I went in the army and my mother gave it away. lol
This is really nice looking inside and out. The best you can say about many barn finds is they look like you would expect them to.
First real job I had was at a garage & I had the job of answering road calls for folks who couldn't get their car started on a cold morning. We had a jumper battery pack that had an oversize 12 V battery & a built in charger. This was back in the days when there were still some late 40s & early 50s cars still in use. Absolutely the hardest to get running were L head engines, Chrysler products, Pontiac L head 6 & 8, & the Olds 6. Never had any calls on the Packard or Hudson L head cars.
Looks like no rust. What a find ! Once again great video !
Love how he sprays the plugs off over the hood of the ol chev😂 good nuff!
Doubles as a driver and a work bench.
Wow really cool. I owned a 48 Dodge with Fluid Drive it was a great car. On my 48 you just turned the key on and then pressed on the throttle and a lever on the floor that engaged the starter. Flat head six gotta love em. I call it a win two2. Good video.
You are so good to listen to ! From an Englishman's point of view , I think that I have met an American who has a sense of humour that is as weird as our own strange sense of humour . It's good to take humour for a walk into the unknown . Great delivery . I'm very pleased to meet you here . Those battery-adjustable-grip-terminal-connectors should be available on both sides of the Atlantic ! Love it !
Love these videos man, learn a little,laugh a little. Keep em coming!
Thank you
Absolutely love the car. I was looking at a similar 50 DeSoto and thought about buying it. It’s like this generation Mopar is indestructible
Amazing!! Got to be freezing 🥶 cold. Thank You 😊 for sharing this with Us & Me. Remarkable!!
Oh my cars twin !! About 56 years ago my uncle dropped off a 1952 Dodge Meadowbrook flat head 6, three in the tree. My uncle left it.
My dad showed me how to drive that heap. There was a big hole in the floor where the gas pedle is. Maybe a beer can would fit. The post behind the driver was all rusted out under the frame. Had to have it screwed shut. Us highschool kids took all the chrome off, painted everything black and black n white wheels. Oh an a wolf whistle on the manifold intake. Knuckle breaker on the steering wheel. Man could it fly through them mud holes. And what's best is reverse ,peels rubber like wow! Leaf springs were sprung to one side. So I replaced it. Then it leaned to the other side. What do you want from a kid? I believe I still have the radio ,vacuum tubes, with Positive ground. When you cranked it over, boydid that sound bring back memories or cold days. Them plug wells flooded with water so bad it shut the engine down. Carry spare dry rag. It was so easy replacing the thermostat and water pump. Not like today's cars. I'm surprised that year was a good find. Better condition than my heap. Great video!!
Just found your channel in my feed, I subscribed! I really liked this video.
Thank you!
A true classic. You looked as surprised as I did when it started. Keep up the good fight, I can't wait for the next barn, er shed find. Regards.
I was floored! Thought I was hearing things
As soon as I saw her I knew she’d start. Even the old bench seat had a classic plaid replacement cover. I helped my dad install one on our 1950 Nash.
your videos are awesome !!, so glad to find your channel...shout out from Nova Scotia, Canada
Hey I'm trying to get a old rambler running been sitting 37 years and what you taught me is what the doctor ordered thanks! Keep in doing what you like cuz people love it.
Chris
" so uh something happened" Now that is some funny stuff!
Another great one buddy now I just check the like before I even watch the video you know it's gonna be good lol
You Rock Aaron!!
This is a great video, it has given me hope to get my 52 dodge up and running after sitting for over 40 years. Its the exact same car as mine hope i have as much as he did with his
Coming back to these old ones is crazy seeing him at the start again filming these on his phone in the driveway to where he's at now with that nice shop and constant builds. Awesome.
I would absolutely love to have a neighbor like you!
Just minty. I love it!!
Alot has changes since this video, I like the way you are in your new videos, adds fun to learning.
I think have a lot of knowledge and a great style in presentation always makes me smile warmest regards from scotland 🏴
You know you live in a good/safe neighborhood when your neighbor stores his extension ladder on the outside wall of his/her garage.
Yep, I store mine on the roof of the topper on my Dodge pickup in the driveway!
well the engine just got steam cleaned-
Looks Factry now
A superb illustration of automotive engineering excellence. I shall subscribe.
Love seeing this classic VGG - love those old cars - they just look great!
That's wonderfully stupid -- I love it! That car is almost identical to the first car I remember riding in as a small child -- my Dad's '51 Dodge 2-door sedan. He traded up to a new Dodge 4-door V8 in 1954. I love the sound this old beauty (?) makes, and that it started so easily. Totally irresponsible, driving it around the block without brakes, and without checking basic engine functions like cooling, but I get how irresistible it is! And you're having fun, so viewers are also.
how much for the old dodge
The guy did the right thing he driv it
I need this car in my life or any other car you got.
That was awesome! I know next to nothing about cars but if I did I would do it exactly like this! Thank you for being so fun and funny!
Thanks for watching Matt!
I’m all caught up on new episodes (past 2 years so) but TH-cam is now recommending these old ones. Hilarious! Derek’s a young feller!
That transmission doesn't have a torque convertor, it has a fluid coupling. They are different. A fluid coupling does not multiply torque while a torque convertor does.
Thanks Joe, great info!
Yep, my 1950 Dodge Wayfarer had "Fluid Drive", too. I loved it, especially on dates... I didn't have to shift to low, or even second, to get going... I could leave from a dead stop in third gear and never have to remove my arm from around my squeeze!
Hmm. I bought a 50 Plymouth Deluxe after I came homw from RVN . It was just 3 on the tree , vaccum wipers , 6 V . I loved it !! I loaned it to buddy who was down on his luck . He threw a rod in it . My sons were 5-6 , and I didn't have the $$ to fix it . Wish I still had it . B4 I went into the army I had 1951 Desota for a while . It was fluid drove . It was either a auto or manual , you pcik 'em :D
Very cool the dodge Meadowbrook was the brother to my first car the 52 Plymouth Cranbrook exactly the same! There is something to that throaty sound of those Flathead 6 cylinder engines love it, I milled the head at machine shop at high school, bought a new Offenhouser twin carb manifold , from Honest Charlie’s which used to be a huge catalog store back in the 50s ,60s and found a set of Fenton headers at the local junk yard, bought some green and white tuck-n-roll seat covers from Honest Charlie’s my Uncle Tom was a chef at a local restaurant, but a Jack of all trades! He did a right nice job of upholstering the front and rear seats! Could not find door panels so we bought several yards of White Naugahyde and cotton batting and made some right nice door panels! Then I bought some spray lacquer candy green from the local Schwinn bicycle shop, prepped the dash sprayed it candy green! Looked great with all the Art Deco chrome trim on that dash! Had dual exhaust, since the Fenton headers were two piece with separate collector’s using corrugated exhaust pipe from Pep-Boys , two Cherry Bomb glass packs & ran the pipes out the sides right in front of the rear tires! Very cool , and great sounding!!! My Dad paid $50.00 Bucks for that car, wish I had it today! Keep up the great work Derek! You crack me up!!
Regards Mad Mike S. From the land of freezing ass cold………
If the vehicle has sat for a very long time, that water build up in the crankcase is most likely condensation from the weather that has condensed. Which you would want to drain out as the water turns the oil acidic, which deteriorates internal engine components as they run or sit in it. Just needs an oil change before running for too long 👍
Boom. Think I might throw a little seafoam or atf in it then drop it 👌
See if you smell gas in oil ,if so coming from fuel pump
You can buy most anything you need through rock auto, Napa or advance. Thermostat for that is only a few bucks through rock auto. That is where and how I get most of what I need for my 42 & 48 Dodge trucks.
Thanks Robert, appreciate it. Reach out sometime need to pick a fellers brain bout these straight bangers
Vice Grip Garage love those flatheads hope to see more.
Gotta love the huge steering wheel and no breaks.
I loved this video, my favorite yet. When you got in to start the car, I could smell it. There is a very distinctive smell that these old cars have.
Also depends on what the vehicle is. 80s-early 90s Ford pickups have a unique smell, my 91 F250 included. My older trucks, which are Chevys and IHs, have a sort of barn aroma, that smells like a combination of hay and old grease. That’s why I love old vehicles, every one is unique, unlike the cookie cutter appliances that roll off the assembly lines every day nowadays.
I wondered if that would work! Using a torque converter on a manual!
Hello, is it OK to feature your clip in a my chanel for educational purposes (so-called temporary copyright.)? You can stop me from using your content at any time and it will be deleted immediately.
It will be credited in the description & comments section with your name. Thanks, MM
Sure - can you make it featured for a bit?
@@ViceGripGarage Class!
Got to love all those old vehicles . Simple to work on.
Great video.you look like a humble guy keep posting great videos.watching from the 🇬🇧
Appreciate it very much! Be sure to check out the play list
"It's always hard to find the keys when you buy junk" - Good laugh on that one
"I see 58 hose clamps on the fuel line~That's perfect!!" Your awesome to watch I have seen one of your other videos and thats the '69 Chevelle driving home 500 miles from Ill~Loved it you made me laugh at what you call each tool the carborator adjustment tool (Hammer) etc. so funny~I had to subscribe to you~My kind of humor ~I will look through your other vids to see if there is anything I will find funny and fun to watch~Thanks for postng
Thank you! Appreciate you watching
Dude, you are awesome! Love your channel. I have my Great Grandpa’s Dodge Wayfayer he bought new back in 1950. All original. Your channel makes me want to tinker!
You know.......I just bought a 1950 ... It was a barn find (rat home) no bad rust and hasn’t ran in about 15 years.... PERFECT..... ima start playing with it this weekend.... I’ll have my fire maker and fire put’em outter... good vid I like all your project 👍🏽
I want your rambler it's cool.your my belly laugh everyday thanks bro
"Yep, no brakes at all," and off he goes!!
Thems some serious driving cajones!
U opened the door and u st in it and had to look twice and said out loud the dome luminary has luminescents I’ll be dipped!!! Super cool I’m just at awe with that
I just found your channel. I like it when a person can make me laugh and hell you did that. So, the least I can do is subscribe. No seriously I enjoyed what I just saw. Now is the going and watching other adventures you shared to youtube. Look forward to seeing more and having a good laugh too.
Thanks for watching! Hope you stick around🤘
For an “eat your heart moment” my dad’s company car was a 1955 Chevy Nomad.
Please check whether the oil pump is working, cause it looks like there is no oil pressure when you looked at the gauge.
After it warmed up it showed some pressure. Some year maybe I'll change the oil 😬
Hahah! I just wanted to know you paid attention to that. Since in most "first start" videos they don't talk about oil and stuff. Anyway, This is the first video from you that I watched, and I liked it! You earned a sub. @@ViceGripGarage
I had a 50 with a hydrostatic transmission in 1965. Lot of good high school memories in that old beast.
I gotta tell ya, both our jaws dropped at the same time. I couldn't believe that bad boy started, and ran like it was a daily driver. You know, I love these videos because, these cars are cars I grew up with. You lift the hood and all you see is motor. I used to use a tomato paste lid cover to adjust my points after putting them in. That's just the way it was back in the day. The reason these cars start and run so good is because they were built with pride in the good ole USA. OK I wanted to let you know, thanks for the great videos and man, I love the cars and trucks you find and bring back to life, it's a shame all the cars that get crushed, like the crusher Camaro that was going to be crushed B-4 it was saved Keep them videos coming big guy, love them!!!!
The drama you show, Heck you should have a TV show.
That's kind! Thanks for the support my friend!
Reminds me of my 49 Dodge coupe I paid $60 for when I was 12 years old. Remember Positive Ground 6 volt.
Now thats cool!
Yep, it was a Kool old car. She had the GyroMatic. I have had So many old rings. The oldest boy asked me how many Cars I had, I told him that I lost track in 1985 when I was driving a 1945 Dodge long bed pickup with a 318 in it. Right now I'm finishing up another 1946 Chevy pickup. She is setting on top of a 1995 Caprice Classic that used to be the Madison County Sheriff's interceptor.
PS, I Dig your work bench.
Hi Derek, just got done watching the 1776 Monte Carlo videos. I’m a new subscriber. Loved it!! You were asking about events. I’m a regular at the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona in November. Great show and swap meet. Hope to see you there!! Joe S.
Great start up. Perfect. Double the clutch with non synchro box going from 2nd to 1st and it will drop it. A fella will be happy. Keep up the good work.
Just outta curiosity what exactly happened there at the end
Wow, am I really the first subscriber? I'm in!
Boom! Thanks buddy - appreciate you 👌
Wow ! I like yourself couldn’t believe how easily she turned over, and u drove it around no less! Very cool , good video 😉
Thank you Steven, appreciate it
That’s the same straight six in our old 1950’s US of A, NAVY trailer welder. It’ll crank up every time with just a little squirt of starting fluid even after sitting all winter. We sometime idle it down to about 300 RPM, just for kicks. It sounds like a mean Harley twin V. Anyway, Sweet old power plant, and a sweet old vehicular.
New to your channel zipties sent me....I subbed has anyone told you kinda look like Luke Bryan lol....
Get it all the time at bars, or if I wear aviators haha
@@ViceGripGarage thanks for taking the time to respond to me.
You bet buddy - folks like you make this happen!