I loved how simple old engines were, as long as you had spark fuel and compression they'd fire right up, so simple and easy to diagnose faults and fix. I wish they still made them this simple, but with even better more refined parts,
ABC 123 I like to know how to start making my own pick up line. Gonna build my engine, tranny, and axles using the old Ford, Dodge, and Chevy design with my own little touch. Got an idea and design for a 24 valve DOHC 305 cubic inch I6. It'll be a Ford 300 on steroids lol. Also got a design of "square" 4 banger with some 454 pistons. That'll be a hell of a 4 banger lol!
You just can't beat an old vehicle seems like as long as they don't rot to death a little work and I'll start right back up again compared to this new junk that they make now
You're not wrong there. Plenty of modern stuff doesn't like being sat for a week, and if the battery has gone flat you're in a world of hurt as it's all too easy to kill fragile and expensive electronic components trying to jump them...
I posted a video of a 79 Oldsmobile cutlass 260 V8 getting started for the first time in over 15 years. I poured some gas in the carb and it started immediately and ran like a brand new car. I had just shop vac'd a bunch of nuts and other rodent nest debris out the carb right before trying to start it too.
I agree. I can't imagine leaving my 1997 Silverado to sit untouched for 20 years or more and one day put in a battery and some gas in the tank and just expect it to start right up. I'd be very surprised if it would.
BlakeOps17 because they want us to buy new stuff every year. I used to go around my grandpa's yard and try to start his old yard mules. He ran a oil company so there was some cool shit, lol 13 and fixing up a dt555 just to see if it could do itm
Your videos are the main reason I go on TH-cam, I love seeing this kind of stuff. Even though I've watched all of the original videos when you first made them indivudually, I watched them again just because I enjoy them 😉 thank you for the hours of entertainment Jonathan W, keep up the good work 👍
*@**11:12** DT-466 pressure washed, tune up, painted, build a box frame, decent control panel, fuel tank. Hook it to a 2-cylinder with another tank, make an awesome air compressor for your Shop.*
I guess, like the rest of you folks, I can’t explain why it’s so fun to see this old iron firing up after sleeping so long but it dang sure is. Thanks for the montage Jonathan, enjoyed it!
Old cars have personalities all their own. And special ways to start them! All of my old cars needed lots of pumping when cold, but rarely left me stranded.
Jonathan! You are the master! Nice work and troubleshooting! That ‘73 Dodge 318 4 barrel sounded the best to me..... so smooth! Thanks for putting this together for us! It was great. Loved every minute!
A great compilation, and we know you left a few, more recent ones, out of this video. Love to watch the Master at work. Thank you Jonathan for all you do. Bless you and your family during these holiday months. Stay safe out there. Chuck in Kansas
Mr. Jonathan, watched this last night; commenting today. always remember the start of the D-100. hickory nut shells all over the intake; don't stop you! i think your first starts are the best! thanks for all your hard work. rgrds, walt
I found your channel by searching for first starts on classics as I have always had an interest in getting cars I have found sitting running again. Love this compilation! Thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks you've learned in getting them going.
I like seeing the pine needles in the engine bay, reminds me of the first start on my 76 F100. It sat for 10 years under the pines, dragged it home from the neighbors and had it running in a couple hours. Has a sweet 390 in it, updated the old points with electronic distributor, new carb, and some other upgrades and now it's a beast!!
only older ones, you can't really do that with these newer cars today. you can get any carb engine running with no problem for the where built like tanks
That DT-466 was a serious trooper! I'm scared to leave a motor uncovered for one rainy night but after eight years exposed to the open elements it just fires right up relatively trouble free.
I have a 1945 farmal A tractor hand crank. Runs great till this day. 90% original. I had to convert it to 12 volt. All the wiring was gone and 6 volt gen wasn't working ither.
Iv been watching a few months now and enjoy it, incidentally I'm amazed you have eyebrows with all the gas bottles ,I have had some 180 out ,and bad power valves leave a few less hairs on my face
What a testament to American ingenuity! You can just feel those old, stuck valves, lifters and rings loosen up. Sorta like my joints on a cold winter morning.
Cat's Love air start ,I drove 18 wheeler back in the 1990's and I had an old Roadstar air start ,The wild cat's that live out on the terminal yard looked like they were going to jump out of their skin when I hit that starter button, After they jump back into their skin it was like " Pew they were gone "
My Late Granddad Lawrence Tuffy Beekman had an International Harvester Truck like that only a bit smaller for his wrecker at his Sunoco filling station/garage in the 1960s in Angola,Indiana Where Tom's Doughnuts has been Ever since then! The kitchen is still the service bays and the hoists are still there yet to this day! Merry Christmas Grandpa 2018. All though he has been gone since August of 1976...
Awesome vid! The only thing I would do is vacuum the intakes a little before hand, but, really cool to see these old mills running. when the world ends, us tinkerers are gonna be the only ones who survive lol.
Wish U could of included the "Whipple" first start as it hit so quick and the hoods dropped down as if I'm ready coach, put me in! I rebuilt my first engine and it was a 205.9 or206 in a 36 chevy truck... the next year they come out with the 215.9 or 216 as not many people know. before that they were flathead four cylinder engines. I didn't know about the shimes in the rod bearings and mixed them up as I took it apart... and tried to leave them out as I put it back together.... wasn't long before I figured out what the shimes were for and the best to come... Plastigage! It took quite some time for me and time consuming it was but a lesson never forgotten. Good times were had tho rewatching the old cars start... many good memories
I hauled hay all summer once lol every summer but this one I got a 59 ford for my hard work which caused more hard work I rode my bicycle to the place and aired 2 tires up with bike pump it took a few minutes lol
I had a 76 chev k20 that wasnt started for 10 years (needed a new ignition wire)i put a splash of gas down the carb and it fired up first crank on 10 year old gas!
Just seems to me like if you have the three elements working you can get any engine to work.Fuel, air, and Spark. You do a great job getting them to work great video
L.L., unfortunately few take this down to earth approach. Jonathan cranks, evaluates, and starts most of them; with out investing a nickel. then he decides "what to do with'em from there." my opinion...master at work! rgrds. walt
Really don't need oil, or compression my old 81 ford f150 351M had no oil and low compression in 5 cylinders from worn out valves, and it started right up after 10 years of sitting.
Alexander Copeland yes my 89 Ford F 150 has never stopped starting the first time everytime and im the third owner. I hauled a ton of flooring in it 2 months ago and it never even compressed the overload springs and it only has a 5.0 liter V8. They were built tough back then
I drove a 1960 Chevy Stepside to high school. one tail light and four headlights. my friends and I argued over who's turn it was to start it after school because it had to be done the same way, raise hood, use screwdriver. Those were NOT the days.
Jonathan love the builds and show us how to get the ones that have sat a while started again. Now I have a question, how feasible is it to take an old grain truck with a twin cylinder dump bed and convert that bed to a rollback style. I want a car hauler for my projects and thought if I could make an old international loadstar into a car hauler would be interesting
Seeing those throttle linkages connected to the firewall gives me the creeps. I have seen what happens when a motor mount breaks and the linkage gets jammed. The engine lifts up under a load. The linkage then jams the carb wide open causing all kinds of havoc. Broken motor mounts were a big problem, especially for GM, in the late sixties and early seventies. They were forced to do a big recall.
Man, those old vehicles really like Mountain Dew :)
ik my 1983 did before reran line to the tank
I got my dads 1955 Ford F100 started with mountain dew. true story
More mountain dew dodge says lol
I just realized I'm sitting here at about midnight watching this and smiling like a goof ball. I really enjoy these start ups.
mike demny me too these old cars are much better than one today and they always sound mad when there first started
That 65 Chevy sure takes me back, I got my license in one just like her , same color an all . 283
I love watching these old trucks start up just goes to show that Chevy Dodge n Ford could never be killed in thoughs years
I loved how simple old engines were, as long as you had spark fuel and compression they'd fire right up, so simple and easy to diagnose faults and fix. I wish they still made them this simple, but with even better more refined parts,
ABC 123 I like to know how to start making my own pick up line. Gonna build my engine, tranny, and axles using the old Ford, Dodge, and Chevy design with my own little touch. Got an idea and design for a 24 valve DOHC 305 cubic inch I6. It'll be a Ford 300 on steroids lol. Also got a design of "square" 4 banger with some 454 pistons. That'll be a hell of a 4 banger lol!
ABC 123 oh and a 700 plus cubic inch V8 with every single mod possible to gain powers lol!
Depends on who you are. Points ignition is a tough thing to figure out
I used to really enjoy doing that. You bring back lots good memories... Thanks Jonathan.
You just can't beat an old vehicle seems like as long as they don't rot to death a little work and I'll start right back up again compared to this new junk that they make now
You're not wrong there. Plenty of modern stuff doesn't like being sat for a week, and if the battery has gone flat you're in a world of hurt as it's all too easy to kill fragile and expensive electronic components trying to jump them...
I posted a video of a 79 Oldsmobile cutlass 260 V8 getting started for the first time in over 15 years. I poured some gas in the carb and it started immediately and ran like a brand new car. I had just shop vac'd a bunch of nuts and other rodent nest debris out the carb right before trying to start it too.
I agree. I can't imagine leaving my 1997 Silverado to sit untouched for 20 years or more and one day put in a battery and some gas in the tank and just expect it to start right up. I'd be very surprised if it would.
BlakeOps17 because they want us to buy new stuff every year. I used to go around my grandpa's yard and try to start his old yard mules. He ran a oil company so there was some cool shit, lol 13 and fixing up a dt555 just to see if it could do itm
It’s crazy when we are older we have to say ohh we grew up with shitty cars and my parents grew up with awesome vechiles
Great videos me and my grandpa watch your videos all the time
Your videos are the main reason I go on TH-cam, I love seeing this kind of stuff. Even though I've watched all of the original videos when you first made them indivudually, I watched them again just because I enjoy them 😉 thank you for the hours of entertainment Jonathan W, keep up the good work 👍
*@**11:12** DT-466 pressure washed, tune up, painted, build a box frame, decent control panel, fuel tank. Hook it to a 2-cylinder with another tank, make an awesome air compressor for your Shop.*
AH the sweet memories,..I hope the new year will bring us lot more old cold starts!
I guess, like the rest of you folks, I can’t explain why it’s so fun to see this old iron firing up after sleeping so long but it dang sure is. Thanks for the montage Jonathan, enjoyed it!
This old American iron is hard to kill 👌👌👍👍👍👍👍
Tom Burgess my NIGGA!
Gamer Gamers yes, because in fact the us consists only of california and texas and europe only of great britain and germany.
Gamer Gamers, we get 4+ feet of snow in the winter in 20 of the 50 states and rain year round you are an idiot
How much of Europe reaches -40 Celsius? oh finland, Norway and sweden, that's cute
Tom Burgess im brit but you know why rolls royce and rover use usa v engines for a long time.now its bloody bmw😈
Old cars have personalities all their own. And special ways to start them!
All of my old cars needed lots of pumping when cold, but rarely left me stranded.
Love these old start trucks. Bringing them back from the dead.
shartne Not dead just resting cause these old trucks go through more work than any truck sat up on 6inch lifts today will ever go through
Really enjoy these first start videos. Your not afraid of no then. Learned a few tricks watching. Find myself saying ( For shore) alot.
Nothing feels better than firing up an engine that you either built yourself, or has been sitting for ages and hearing it roar to life!
Jonathan! You are the master! Nice work and troubleshooting! That ‘73 Dodge 318 4 barrel sounded the best to me..... so smooth!
Thanks for putting this together for us! It was great. Loved every minute!
That DT466 start was how I found your channel. Ah, memories.
A great compilation, and we know you left a few, more recent ones, out of this video. Love to watch the Master at work. Thank you Jonathan for all you do. Bless you and your family during these holiday months. Stay safe out there. Chuck in Kansas
Mr. Jonathan, watched this last night; commenting today.
always remember the start of the D-100.
hickory nut shells all over the intake; don't stop you!
i think your first starts are the best!
thanks for all your hard work. rgrds, walt
Never ceases to amaze me that some folks dislike videos like this. Good stuff, Jonathan W. Keep doing what you're doing, and thank you!
John Baugh prius owners definitely
I think many times old vehicles got parked or junked for relatively minor problems. That's one reason I enjoy junkyard rescues. Keep it up.
I found your channel by searching for first starts on classics as I have always had an interest in getting cars I have found sitting running again. Love this compilation! Thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks you've learned in getting them going.
Just another reason to appreciate you Jonathan! You truly are a master of your craft, keep em alive and on the road God bless!✊🏽
luckiest man alive with all those old motors just waiting on you to bring them back to life great job jonathan
Thanks for putting this together & sharing once again Johnathan, think I'll have this as a 'Christmas favorite' ..
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I like seeing the pine needles in the engine bay, reminds me of the first start on my 76 F100. It sat for 10 years under the pines, dragged it home from the neighbors and had it running in a couple hours. Has a sweet 390 in it, updated the old points with electronic distributor, new carb, and some other upgrades and now it's a beast!!
It sure makes it look like it's hard to kill an engine and to never think if it's just been sitting around that it's junk. Thanks JW!!
only older ones, you can't really do that with these newer cars today. you can get any carb engine running with no problem for the where built like tanks
That DT-466 was a serious trooper! I'm scared to leave a motor uncovered for one rainy night but after eight years exposed to the open elements it just fires right up relatively trouble free.
ImpactJunky thats american made an maintained fore she sat. Enyone else would seized it up fore he could get to er.
Impact's Garage and Gaming
It was an excellent start. Very smooth.
That old Impala brought back some memories. Awesome video thanks
👍👍Thanks I really enjoy that old iron cranking up.
I have a 1945 farmal A tractor hand crank. Runs great till this day. 90% original. I had to convert it to 12 volt. All the wiring was gone and 6 volt gen wasn't working ither.
watching those videos makes me happy and reminds me of some cars I had fired up right from the gas can hosed to the pump
Best cold start vids on the tube. Keep up the good vids!
I love the sound of that AMC I-6 with no exhaust.
Awesome video. Love all ur videos!!!
The master of getting old ones left for dead running again 👍
Gotta love a Chrysler 318, just like the energizer bunny.
Awsome. I love starting forgotten cars.
A master at work. Very nice job, man. Thanks for the video.
There Just Ain't Noth'n Like Fire'in an old engine like these. Nice going, Jonathan.
Love the exhaust note on that DT466.
YOUR A 100 % RIGHT. AND ENJOY ALL YOUR VIDEOS, EVEN THE TOWING ONES,. YOUR A GOOD TEACHER KEEP IT UP
I liked the air start 5 tonne the best the back story and the cobbled wiring made for a great video.
A greatest hits Compilation!!! AWESOME!!
great compilation! take care can't wait to see more!
LOVE these old start/cold starts!!
They all run off of Mountain Dew! Great video
Nice job bringing them all back to life. Can't beat the reliability of old American iron. Those would all make great restoration projects.
Got to love diesels. She started right up.
Amazing guys! Great job....hope you can save some of those old beauties...
the air starter was pretty sweet! Also liked the free standing DT466
Amazing video! Would have loved to have seen these startups from inside the cab too!
Bet it's a good feeling getting these old gems singing again😁
This was a fun video to watch, brother. Thanks for this
Iv been watching a few months now and enjoy it, incidentally I'm amazed you have eyebrows with all the gas bottles ,I have had some 180 out ,and bad power valves leave a few less hairs on my face
Love seeing the older motors run good thing soem of us still like older things
What a testament to American ingenuity! You can just feel those old, stuck valves, lifters and rings loosen up. Sorta like my joints on a cold winter morning.
JimPeachley Don't you mean American Enginuity😉
The blue dodge was where I first discovered Jonathan loving the starts
very nice cold starts.
When you started that Diesel it reminded me of the Road Warrior with the Semi start up
That DT-466 was great! Fired right up xD, and that turbo sound, oooof! Id like to buy it for some reason xD
Jonathan should definitely link up with roadkill
Love the vids Jon, good job
air starter was my favorite,
Mustie1 u make good vids
Yessss
Cat's Love air start ,I drove 18 wheeler back in the 1990's and I had an old Roadstar air start ,The wild cat's that live out on the terminal yard looked like they were going to jump out of their skin when I hit that starter button, After they jump back into their skin it was like " Pew they were gone "
Always
Yeah, reminds me of the first Mad Max movie when he takes the truck from the road. Maybe this wasn’t the first one?? Anyone?
Lot of great toys in this video, I liked it
My Late Granddad Lawrence Tuffy Beekman had an International Harvester Truck like that only a bit smaller for his wrecker at his Sunoco filling station/garage in the 1960s in Angola,Indiana Where Tom's Doughnuts has been Ever since then! The kitchen is still the service bays and the hoists are still there yet to this day! Merry Christmas Grandpa 2018. All though he has been gone since August of 1976...
This puts me right in the happy place !!!!!! Thanks for you efforts !
I must get one of those magic plastic bottles.
Daniel McIntosh Soda eating the rust and other build up as it goes through? Lol
I got one in my plowtruck, if she don't start on its own then the bottle comes out
Jon Blais whats in the bottle
I noscope beers cum
There are mechanics then there are real mechanics....That's all one needs to say..Good work mate
Shocking how well that '59 Ford was running after 35 years. Good oil pressure, too.
I love the sound of them Dodge starters.
Who know all these old engines would run off of straight mountain dew...fuckin mint👌
Awesome vid! The only thing I would do is vacuum the intakes a little before hand, but, really cool to see these old mills running. when the world ends, us tinkerers are gonna be the only ones who survive lol.
Wish U could of included the "Whipple" first start as it hit so quick and the hoods dropped down as if I'm ready coach, put me in! I rebuilt my first engine and it was a 205.9 or206 in a 36 chevy truck... the next year they come out with the 215.9 or 216 as not many people know. before that they were flathead four cylinder engines. I didn't know about the shimes in the rod bearings and mixed them up as I took it apart... and tried to leave them out as I put it back together.... wasn't long before I figured out what the shimes were for and the best to come... Plastigage! It took quite some time for me and time consuming it was but a lesson never forgotten. Good times were had tho rewatching the old cars start... many good memories
My first rebuild was a 36 hp beetle engine in the early 70s. Last year...only 2 a trans am 400 and one of those alloy 5.3 chevy. guess I'm done peace
I hauled hay all summer once lol every summer but this one I got a 59 ford for my hard work which caused more hard work I rode my bicycle to the place and aired 2 tires up with bike pump it took a few minutes lol
U r the man. Made me wanna go start the oldest Thing i could find
I had a 76 chev k20 that wasnt started for 10 years (needed a new ignition wire)i put a splash of gas down the carb and it fired up first crank on 10 year old gas!
Mountain Dew works surprisingly well as a starting fluid.
First one sounded really good.
Just seems to me like if you have the three elements working you can get any engine to work.Fuel, air, and Spark. You do a great job getting them to work great video
L.L., unfortunately few take this down to earth approach.
Jonathan cranks, evaluates, and starts most of them;
with out investing a nickel.
then he decides "what to do with'em from there."
my opinion...master at work! rgrds. walt
U also need compression and oil etc
Really don't need oil, or compression my old 81 ford f150 351M had no oil and low compression in 5 cylinders from worn out valves, and it started right up after 10 years of sitting.
Alexander Copeland yes my 89 Ford F 150 has never stopped starting the first time everytime and im the third owner. I hauled a ton of flooring in it 2 months ago and it never even compressed the overload springs and it only has a 5.0 liter V8. They were built tough back then
You definitely need compression
Nice collection :)
It's a good feeling.
you need to come out to where I live in Kansas, so many old Vehicles lying around that have not been started in most 30 years
You got the majac touch ,when it comes to rust buckets
I don't understand why videos like this are so fascinating... but they are.
👍👍awesome mechanic man
I drove a 1960 Chevy Stepside to high school. one tail light and four headlights. my friends and I argued over who's turn it was to start it after school because it had to be done the same way, raise hood, use screwdriver. Those were NOT the days.
Great edit
Man that sounds like my C10, and I started it last week 😂
Thank you Jonathan
This man could make a brick start and run.
and this is why i love my old car they dont die until someone gives up on them
That bel air beat boxing though 👌😂
I found this old 1974 Capri that was incredibly complete. The only thing that was wrong with it was the serpentine belt which was completely ripped.
I like the"patina"of 1959 pick up Ford! Ideal for rat rod!
Good stuff, Murica
Jonathan love the builds and show us how to get the ones that have sat a while started again. Now I have a question, how feasible is it to take an old grain truck with a twin cylinder dump bed and convert that bed to a rollback style. I want a car hauler for my projects and thought if I could make an old international loadstar into a car hauler would be interesting
Seeing those throttle linkages connected to the firewall gives me the creeps. I have seen what happens when a motor mount breaks and the linkage gets jammed. The engine lifts up under a load. The linkage then jams the carb wide open causing all kinds of havoc. Broken motor mounts were a big problem, especially for GM, in the late sixties and early seventies. They were forced to do a big recall.
I loved your narration work on Dukes of Hazzard
Very cool great video.