Christine Resurrected. 1958 Plymouth brought back from the dead! Can it be done before Halloween?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- Christine?
This 1958 Plymouth Belvedere has been left for dead. The engine knocks, the brakes barely work, and much more is in need of serious attention. Most of the "work" done to the car over the years has only made the car worse! Some say the car isn't worth putting back on the road, but this car maybe deserves another lease on life.
I have a short time to try and make this Plymouth drivable for Halloween.
Can it be done?
(I decided to skip over a lot of the monotonous boring bolt turnin' and such to bring the video from over 2 hours to 1 hour.)
Chapters:
00:00 - October 31, Halloween
00:40 - October 18, The Beginning
02:59 - What Needs to Be Done?
11:01 - October 20, Underneath
14:40 - October 21
18:25 - Engine Out
19:07 - Transmission Pump Drive Issue
19:22 - October 23, Cleaning the Donor Engine
20:14 - October 24, Removing the Bellhousing and Torque Converter
24:40 - The Hidden Bellhousing Bolt
25:46 - New Jack for the Engine Hoist
30:14 - Removing Manual Transmission, Flywheel and Bellhousing
31:53 - October 25, Installing Torque Convertor and Bellhousing
37:23 - Oil Drain
44:01 - October 26, Removing the Pushbutton Cable (Transmission End)
50:10 - October 28, Engine Start
52:09 - October 29, Parking Brake Repair
54:06 - Headlight Repair
54:52 - Oil Pressure Sending Unit
55:30 - BRAKES
56:44 - First Drive!
57:24 - Christine's Debut. Trunk or Treat.
59:14 - October 31, Halloween
Nice 4 door sedan. It's interesting how the Belvedere came in a variety of options, 2dr hard top, 2dr sedan, 4dr hard top, 4dr sedan. Thanks for the video. 🙂👍👍
Very nice. The original Fury in the book Christine was a four door, most people don't know. Not that it matters anyway because it's a cool car. Great job!
Great video Austin, thanks for sharing!
Got nervous when i saw a fram filter on the replacement motor, glad you got rid of it
That was on the engine when I got the donor car back in 2015. I'm going to do frequent oil changes on this motor since it sat for so long!
Are Fram oil filters that bad?
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Nice, and I appreciate the yellow tips on the fan blades. Ole girl has fins like a bomber why not a prop like one!
@@williamgreer4087 Depends on who you ask. My dad used Fram filters on his cars his whole life and never had an issue. From what I’ve seen cheaper Fram filters can have not so great construction inside and the filter element can start coming apart. But honestly that’s probably more of a concern if never change your filter. I use Wix filters myself.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive thanks for the helpful reply! I only ask because my car had one when I bought it. I use Blueprint brand filters now (I think they're just a UK thing) as that's the standard brand my local parts store stocks, not had any issues with them.
oh my GOD ,this is the car the Stephen King car,i feel like a fool i just commented on the other Chrysler video a white one and asked if it was THE CAR ,what a great channel im tellin everyone at work to subscribe
This is a “Christine” car. 1958 Plymouth. Thanks for following along!
Super cool! Nice work! ✌🏻🎃
Love the yellow blade tips on the fan!😃
Something different to do. Ha
Thanks for making this video
Lovely video love the car😀
Thanks
LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT. Great Video!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed watching!
Love this. Give her a good run!
Awesome job man. Looks like you’re a great mechanic. (I’d build you a shop if I had the money! 😀)
Someday I’ll have a shop. 😂
That intro was perfect 🍻
It took some effort filming by myself. But I was pleased with the result! Thanks
When you first got that car I thought it was pretty cool. The more videos you make about it the more I think it's not that good at all. Good on you for getting it running right.
It looks great on photos… but it’s not so great in person. But I’m fixing a lot of it.
great video, reminds me of taken my wife out on a date in the late 60's
it's really an adventure when three or four different peopleJerryJerryrigwith zip ties duct tapecoat hangersyou do a fine jobyoung man I would work on a car with youany day in any weatherlooks like you have a nice country setting
😮😎🎃
Are you really suprised there’s sludge on the oil bung . I mean it was knocking harder than a kid locked out the house
Actually you may have been dropping the oil out the replacement engine. Never mind lol
I'm almost certain that's the exact car I used to own over a decade ago.
It’s definitely seen better days… I’m planning on making it mechanically sound and safe. But the exterior is probably just going to stay as it is.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I believe a guy in New York bought the car from me. The radio, as I had it, controlled and amplifier that you could play music through. I made that headliner in my kitchen floor. If you were to ever pull it out, there is a note tucked in the passenger side front where the headliner bows clip in. That engine and transmission were sound when I sold it. It looks like it's been used and abused.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive The body was extremely rough when I received the car. It was actually a little worse than it was described. I did get some floor pans welded in, but I used fiberglass resin and Bondo on lots of areas. It was really a hack job, but I was young.
@@20thCenturyMan I think everyone’s been there at some point. I’m certain if I try to start removing bad body work then I won’t have anything left!
@@ObsoleteAutomotive did you find the note??
Why don't you rebuild the original engine
Because that’s expensive and I had a perfectly good engine to use.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I understand but if you rebuild then you'll know there is new parts in the engine
@@sb61fury the engine that he has laying around is probably also a known element and was just waiting to find a use for it