BARN FIND 1947 Chrysler Mopar Straight 8. WIll it run/drive?
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- Time to clean up the 1947 Chrysler Mopar new Yorker spitfire flathead straight 8 with its first wash since at least 2001. My dad trys a new method using his buffer and bucket of Comet or ajax as some call it... Then we hit the rd, then we pull the head / fix the brakes.. (kind of) and hit the rd again!
First video where we extract it from the barn: • Barn find 1947 Chrysle...
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I love it! You did an exceptional job getting this old classic back on the road!
That’s a beautiful old car!👍👍👍 you got the dirt roads a big car and all you need is a moonshine still! Lol
You got that right!
You just know the soul of that Chrysler is smiling right now feeling the wind in its face once again. I've always really like the art deco styling on the dashboards of the Chrysler's of this era.
Great job I really enjoyed this one.
My Soul is smiling too!
Just amazing! If these old cars could talk! And it sparkles now!
Some background on "Fluid Drive". The one in the 46-52 Chryslers (maybe going back to 38) have four forward gears. Pretty good, eh? There were two gears in the low range and two higher gears in the high range. The semi automatic feature was separate from the Fluid coupling feature. The shifting was automatic up or down with the range between the two gears. This is sometimes called "Tip toe shift" because the upshift was controlled by letting up on the accelerator above a certain speed. And the downshift was provoke by pushing down on the gas provided you were below a certain speed. Not really your toe, in my opinion.
The Fluid Coupling allowed the car to stop without touching the clutch or the shifter.
Lower line cars (like Dodge) had a Fluid Coupling and three forward gears. There was no automatic upshift or downshift between the gears. You can stay in third all day, but if you do , you will have some sluggish acceleration.
So, some guys argue about how many speeds Fluid drive had. It is understandable because Chrysler Corp mixed and matched the terms around.
If you watch a movie like Miracle on 34th Street, 1947 the cabs are DeSotos
www.imcdb.org/m39628.html
It is said DeSoto cornered the market of urban taxis by offering a transmission that didn't require constant clutch work in stop and go city driving.
www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/DeSoto/1946_DeSoto/1946_DeSoto_Brochure/1946%20DeSoto%20%207A%20.html
Thanx for.all that!
I had a 1948 Chrysler New Yorker that a girl and her grandfather had started working on it was in very nice shape but they never got it running because there was a hole in the gas tank and they lost the key. I paid $200 for it, repaired the gas tank and in the meantime they found the key. I had it driving with just basic tune up procedures. I drove it for about a year a very comfortable car. I traded it for a 1938 Pontiac business mans coupe. 👍😁🎩
Awesome! I can't wait to get this one home and take the family for a cruise
not a bad job bringing that old girl around
I'm very impressed! Your on your way to restoring that ol gal. If I don't hear from you again, hope she turns out for you. Hope your able to get those brakes in proper working order. I would never have thought a large old car with locked brakes would even get out of the barn. If you keep working on her I don't see why.you couldn't show her at the concourse de elegance at Vacaville CA. U.S.A. it's ultra fancy but if you've put this much work into her you might cosider keeping her and showing her. Thanks for wonderful entertainment! Your perseverance is paying off. You've saved her from the scrapper! I look forward to more vidios about this ol gal.bye for now.😅
What a beautiful old car. Great job. Man I love these old cars
She's a big old barge but I'll be she's a lovely drive good work guys 😊
Comet, who wood ever none. That's awesome. 😊
Will be ready for the Prom comming up looking good with all that interior room, yep.
A friend had a historical junkyard. Most of the vehicles were from the late Fourties to the Midsixties. He had two of those straight 8 monsters! One had a destroyed rear axle. When I saw them in the late Seventies I was nearly shivering with excitement. Those Chryslers together with a 48 Cadillac were the highlights in my opinion. The Goverment forced the owner to auction off all the 700 vehicles on the lot. One car I had been trying to get my hands on for Fourty years: A 57 Studebaker Silver Hawk. At the end the cars sold to someone else.
There was a 48 Mercury that was auctionned off for nearly 7000$. The winner paid for it, but he never came to pick it up. Some guys have to much money!
American cars from 1939 to 1950 are underrated in my opinion. They are incredibly solid, have great heavy steel bodies that are amazingly resistent to rust and they are beautiful!
Great that you are trying to rescue this incredible vehicle. And PLEASE: Do not sell it to someone who will mutilate it and turn it into a Resto Mod or a Hot rod!!!!
Simply love that car.
Rare car. Very restorable. Never was a beauty even when new.
Love the Rockola Jukebox and the Chrysler is cool as well I had a jukebox just like that loved it and miss it
Good outcome you got it up and running , now the fun begins called work
One thing i'll never do is get close to that jack , we call them farmer jacks
i had a few slip and got hit on the side of the head with the handle that was to close
I remember this car very well our neighbour in 1955 bought a brand new Chrysler same model I remember the beautiful charcoal colour I was 7 years old
What a great job you did getting this car to run nice. With full power back you would hardly need to use the low range except for heavy towing or steep hill starts. In high range it will change down by itself at 12 mph unless you you use the kickdown before 12 mph. In the low range the set change speed is 6 mph. The kickdown will also work in the Low range. What a difference from these modern cars with it is with the high torque slow revving side valve motor which in high range could throw this car up to 50 mph in 3rd gear from a standing start unless you let off the gas before that.
I love those old Chrysler cars when I was young I did not care about them at all but I'm in my 40's now and just love them old New Yorkers, Town & Country, Imperials and Desoto's. My uncle has a old Town & Country and that is the car that got me to fall in love with them cars but I have been a Mopar fan since I was a kid.
Nice job there fellas you’re really rocking on all cylinders now ❤🎉😅
Thanks 👍
Thank you for sharing and your APPRECIATION to your subscribers, it helps.
I was born in 1949; our neighbor had one of these Chryslers. I remember it well...great car. Enjoyed your video.
Beautiful car!
It sure is!
Love the wet buff technique❤
Great video Steve! Loved to see your Dad, looks like he is living the dream! Say hi to him for me please. (Debbie Marlow)
You got it
Great Job Gentleman, What A Beautiful Vehicle You Guys Brought Back, I Remember That Grill On The Car Doc. Brown Had In The Movie “Back To The Future” Maybe A Two Door Convertible Version, Very Educational Content Gentleman, Thank You..
RoadWorthy Revivals Friend you and your Dad work great together, and very nice job with the old Music jukebox and the Classic Chrysler car too so keep up the great work 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😃😃💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍
we apricate that thanx!
Awesome record player … the car runs pretty good nice job getting it driving again
Your the first to mention it!
@daviddamico4 Facts the Old jukebox came out great and the car as well 😃😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪👍👍👍👍
This is a nice rig, I was born in this model car in 49, know it very well. People will lie to you about how well you did. I see it a bit different... not really trying to do all it takes to make one right before going for a rip or drive. I follow and do use the rig if possible to get the rust off of drums to make easier pulling but to just keep driving seems very risky. I was a mechanic for my dad first in late fifties handing tools and then working full time in his shop. My dad was a mopar guy before it was a thing to be a mopar or no car thing. I was pulling heads and doing valves when I just turned a double digit of age or ten years of age. Copper head gaskets just need to be placed in a pan of hot water and soaked for a while to get them to swell up for a real good seal. We used diesel heated up in a pan big enough for the gasket to lay flat in. I can only think that your afraid to pull the head was the excuse for not doing sooner. Master cylinders are a easy build, especially when the floor pan will come up. Remember Google can be a friend when research is necessary to even find out how to shift a transmission. It has first and second in the up position on the shift lever and second and third in the high position. The very high dollar transmission had a low range only in the standard first gear position but most did not have that option... I figure if yours doesn't allow you to place it into a "low gear" spot then is not got the high dollar option as very very few did. Those that did also had two ranges in the reverse position as well. I just hope that you make a better effort in the future as its always nice to see this old metal making a comeback
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience! Now that I have the car home inside the shop I am taking more time to do things more right, and read the manual that was in the car! Just this morning I found that it said in there the motor was rebuilt in 78 at 44000 miles, and the car only has 60 something on it now!
My dad had a 1947 Chrysler Windsor 2-dr. coupe with a flat-head 6 engine. It was a light olive green in color. We even had one of the cylindrical speed forced air cooler for the front passenger window that used water dripping across straw inside to produce cooling on summer trips. That car had the same transmission/clutch/fluid coupling (not a torque converter) as the New Yorker you worked on here. By the time I was old enough to begin driving, dad bought a 1955 Chrysler Windsor with 331cu-in. polyspherical head engine and powerflite automatic 2-speed transmission, power steering and brakes. These old 1940s models were very roomy inside and tough as nails! Good luck with the New Yorker!
Ahh the good Ole days! There's not many who can say they have driven one!
You have to love those old flat heads. They hung in there for a lot of years. I believe it was 51 or 52 that Chrysler introduced the Hell Fire Hemi. They still have great engine names. And that paint... That had to be a baked Acrylic. the Comet and Ajax (two different products and different coarseness) would have ate right thru liqueur. Bother she's a pretty beast. Keep the body patina and freshen up the dog house, running gear and chassis. What a BEAUTY.
Hell fire ? Thought it was the FirePower Hemi .....
Love those flatheads
SOS pads worked great for bringing back the old paint and cleaning up chrome try that next time 28:39
Would love to on one of those one of these days
I discovered this channel today and thought it was so good that I subscribed and liked it after watching the episode. I love how you worked with your dad! I remember my dad showing me how to work on cars 🚗 back in the 60s. I was able to work on all of the cars of my youth and maintain them.
Welcome aboard!
@@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS thank you.
The transmission was called a "Semi Automatic". It had a torque converter which included a set of pressure plates and a clutch on the front side to interface with the flywheel.
The reason it does not up shift in low and in high is because the electric solenoids are not being activated when the accelerator is backed off after the engine has reached about 1,500 to 2,000 RPMs
The 12 volts may have over loaded them causing a shorted set if internal windings or they were seized up from sitting too long.
Keep up the good work.
Thanx for the info!
"Fluid coupler", not a torque converter. Both look like donuts.
The difference is technical with the latter offering torque multiplication.
The Fluid coupling in this case has fluid which is just inside it and is not shared with the gear box or the engine. It should never get "low" unlike, say a Torque Flite or even the "Fluid Torque Drive " standard in 1951 Crown Imperials.
That car was only 4 years old when I was born, I saw many of them as a kid.
Love. This. Body style. Thanks
Great job guys keep going Bless
Those placards were for victory war bonds ,from WW2, its is in remarkably good condition
Look's fantastic.... Come's alive! This car is so cool looking....Be nice all restored original 👌
. Spray a lot of oil under that open valve, you get a small, pry tool, tap it down, pry it up, tap it down, pry it up until it loosens up.
That thing is amazing!
Fun fact. The Fluid drive uses super special fluid only available from your Mopar parts man. So they said. Hint: It was mainly whale oil! I'm sure you don't need any fluid in the fluid coupling.
I believe the gearbox also used the same fluid (the are separate and don't mix) but the consensus now is that you can use either any modern transmission fluid, any 10 wt gear oil, or any 5-20 wt synthetic motor oil. There are no friction surfaces, unlike a Torqueflite, so as long as it is lubbed up, it is fine.
You add fluid to the gearbox from the bottom. There is a fill plug and drain plug.
Nice job guys!😊
Thank you!! 😁
It looks pretty good so far
Nice job in the jukebox
yeah what a score that was too!
I'm a fellow "Fluid Drive " owner myself. First, let me say ignore every comment about it except those by michaelbenardo5695 . There are only 5 people I know of that are working on them. Including me. One I know personally and he has a couple of videos on his car. The other three are TH-cam guys. All but one are doing the transmission wrong.
You absolutely can NOT convert the car to 12 volt negative ground if you want the transmission to upshift and downshift. It seems you may have discovered this already. No matter what any Ford, VW, GM person, or even Mopar guys with other transmissions say.
I'm your fathers age. In, say, 1980, Joseph Dirt Sr. bought a 55 Chevy 210 Coupe. He wanted to put his Muntz 8 track player in the car. So he rewired it 12 volt negative and the tapes played. But he burned out the headlights and the tail lights. So he replaced the burned out 6 volt bulbs and lamps with 12 volt bulbs and lamps. "I converted to 12 volts!" he said. The gauges burned out after working backwards for a few hours, but what street rat needs gauges? There was no "Google" in 1980 so he could not have found out that there were voltage doublers to easily run the tape player at a fraction of the cost of new lamps for his so called conversion.
So now, 43 years later, people say you should convert 6 volt cars, (positive or negative ground) to 12 volt. "My pappy tole me!"
So, lets take a trip back to the present. There are TODAY 6 volt batteries, generators, alternators, alternator conversion kits, lamps, starters, headlights far better than the 12 volt equipment was in Joseph Sr's day back in 1980.
Using my 1951-52 Service manual as a guide (47 similar) there are three devices under the hood and another three on the transmission that control the transmission. "Gizmos" as my electrical engineer would call them (tongue in cheek).
The transmission is not hydraulically shifted. (like a Torqueflite or Ford C4 or GM THM350) It is "electro mechanically shifted." I'd say it is more complicated in that way than any transmission before ,say 1990.
Unless you can reverse polarity and rewind all the windings in each of the six gizmos, based on OHM's law and sophisticated ammeter measurements of the current draws, you can not get the shifting to work with 12 volt negative ground. I would have to consult all my automotive engineer and electrical engineer friends and relatives to even have a start at doing that.
Of the other four people working on the cars, none have gotten the transmission to shift up and down (in a given range) electro mechanically. I think, except for you, they don't even realize it isn't shifting, because they shift it like a mechanical shifting two speed between the ranges.
Great info! I have been running it 12 volt positive ground. Hopefully I haven't fried anything!
You are right about the electric solenoids that take care of the gear shifting feature. That would indeed make conversion to 12VDC a real challenge. I forgot about the solenoid operation of the transmission.
I love the old girl showin what shes still got. Love seeing you tear the engine apart in the middle of the yard. Awesome stuff.
My only piece of critique is the video quality was a little down. I dont know if it is your gear or how it uploaded to TH-cam.
Please dont take this the wrong way. It was a tad bit difficult to watch.
Still, after seeing the car struggle to get over the small rise and up on the road...hearing her purr later charging down the road was a triumph. Shes still got it and I hope you might feature her in another vid!
Just subscribed 🤙
hello and thankyou for your subscription! I am slowly getting better gear adn things are getting better, this was my first video with the new falcon pro gimble which helped a lot. something definatly go ont he lens after the go prop fell into the engine bay which didnt help either....
This car likely has Fluid Drive, and to go forward, just start in first with the clutch, then at about 15 mph, lift your foot from the gas and it automatically goes into second. And when you come to a stop, all you have to do is brake. You can resume from stop without clutching.😊
Yes that's the same as the video I watched. I tried letting of the gas to make it shift but I don't think it works... maybe because I am running on 12 volts instead of 6?
You never ned to clutch while starting with Fluid Drive. You drive the car as a 2 speed automatic.
You never ever do that to a Fluid Drive car. You probably burned out a relay.
@@michaelbenardo5695 Michael, You are the only person posting that really knows these cars. Do you have one now, or is this from owning them in the past?
No, my Chrysler is a 54, but I used to work as a mechanic when I was a young guy.
good looking rig.
Good job guy's 😊😊
Damn good shine for Ajax and a buffer wow ausem
It has a fluid coupling. You only use the clutch to select a range from Neutral, or to change to Lo or Reverse.
I said love old Ford pickups because of those flatheads V8.
Wonderful old Chrysler! To make the car road-worthy I, myself, would keep it the old 6-volt system. Lots of work to convert to a 12-volt system.
That's the way I am leaning too.
I agree - lots of work to convert to 12VDC. The blower motor and the wiper motors are 6VDC too and I'm not sure you could find a way to have them changed to 12VDC. The radio is also 6VDC operated with a vibrator power supply built in that converts 6VDC to around 250VDC to operate the vacuum tubes. The original tubes are 6VDC filament operated right off of the battery. It is possible to change the radio to 12VDC by changing to 12V filament tubes, but less expensive and easier to just repair the original radio as designed. Tubes, capacitors and resistors are still available to repair the radios. I have repaired some myself. Good luck!
Love that body style
Very cool!
I love these old cars, tractors, trucks, antique aircraft and steam locomotives.
That car is Exactly like the one that was on Happy Days (Richie's Dad's ) New yorker, even the Same Color!
That's cool!
engine/under the hood, all reminds me of a kinetic sculpture...
That's too funny! Thanx for tuning in!
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
Good luck with your chr😊😊sler
I love how stable flatties are combustion-wise, you can bog them down to like 100rpm and they'll recover
That is the result of a mild cam, not because it is a flathead.
@@michaelbenardo5695 This is partially true, but there's other dynamics going on that make them so stable.
@@sdmoparmaninsd6713 A small carburetor also helps low RPM stability. This engine was originally intended to use a 2 barrel carb, but for some reason, during 1946, Chrysler started putting a 1 barrel on them. Never could understand why, unless they wanted to make sure that the HEMI that they were developing would give a big boost in performance even if it didn't meet expectations.
@@sdmoparmaninsd6713 Also, heavy flywheels and small intake valves and ports, and small runners in the intake manifold give good low RPM stability.
This car has a stuck parking brake. That brake is a hub style located at the back of the transmission and the driveshaft goes through it. With this being stuck the Fluid-Drive won't work correctly. I suggest that you unstick the parking brake and reference the Factory Service Manual or Owner's Manual for proper operation of Fluid-Drive. There's a lot of misinformation on TH-cam for proper operation of Fluid-Drive.
Side note: I have a '48 Windsor that looks like this car. On the firewall tag (driver's side) is the paint code number. If it's #2 the color is called Saint Clair Blue. Good work guys.
Thanx! Yes I did free it up after that last drive!
I also remember one man in our neighborhood had the same car but in Dogge different grill.but same at the back the car was huge I remember we didn't know what was a powerglide he was using that car as a taxi he drove it for many years
I would have sworn it was a shade of grey until you washed it.
Fluid drive 3 speed shifter - neutral pull back & down 1 -pull back & up R to N down D/3
Fluid Drive is not a 3 speed manual. There is no "First", just Reverse, Neutral, Lo, and High/Drive. 40s models called it High, 50s models called it Drive.
Dodge offered a transmission with these gears, but the Chrysler and DeSoto had a selector for two ranges and reverse. Each range had two forward gears. The gear selector was designed to be similar to the positions of a three on the tree car to help drivers get used to it.
My uncle had a similar looking 48 when I was a kid. Had about 400 lbs of iron plates and barbells, straight bars , in the trunk . It sat for a few years , then he had it towed away. Sad . Body was dent free and still looking decent .
What a shame!
Quick job is a good.Way to make money .Repair were others have failed pretty easy address the issue and talk $$$ fair deal
I know a farmer that when I was a teenager he put a car straight eight in a Ford 8 N tractor.
That's awesome.
Great old car BTW shift is standard h pattern with first being in toward you and down
Not so on this one. It's called a fluid drive.
I have a very nice diecast model of this car in the same color. It is 1/18 scale so even the model is large! These were wonderful cars back in the day. Not exactly speed demons but very comfortable. And they certainly could compete with the traffic of the day. The 1948 was the last year of this body. Starting in 1949 all post war cars looked drastically different.
Good car
Be careful mix in the water with the electricity. The car looks a lot better though.
I might be reviving a 1940 Chrysler windsor soon hopefully
That's awesome! Where are you located? We should go for a cruise!
@@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS oakdale ca also I'm fixing a 1966 Chrysler 300
@@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS Count me in if I get my project fixed. Two thrown rods and a bent frame.
Nice car!
I think so too!
Your dad's idea was brilliant and brings out some shine without damaging the paint further
Your jumper cables are two skinney. That's why it cranks so slow. 6 volt starters draw a huge amount of amps.
Yes, 6VDC systems do need thicker cables. You may have to make your own cables. Be sure to use new cable lugs and clean all the connections including the grounds of the engine block to the battery and engine block to body. If the original cables are still with the car, choose cable material that is at least the same AWG rating as the originals. One fellow in Canada makes his own cables for his 1938 Chrysler and has at least one video showing him constructing new cables.
God I wish I had that car 👍☺
It will be for sale eventually....
I’m glad the car didn’t fall on one of the or the dog . Poor jacking and no safety stands is a dumb move and can be a deadly one . I was taught to ever run driving wheels on a elevated bumper jack
Yup. Safety first around here! Definitely would have got some stands if I as gonna crawl under there!
Se saca el chapon de el piso y tiene que ir girando el volante hasta que aparezca un tapon,saquelo con cuidado que no se le caiga dentro y hechele el fluido ( segun manual)
Flathead 6 like WW II Power Wagons? I like them from watching Jonathan W and ColdWarMotors videos.
New Yorkers were straight 8, not 6 cyl.
😮look at the jack bowing out on the front right tire ! Dude is that a trick of your cam lense or is it really bowed out ? 😮 Wow ! If it is I be careful .
gotta be a camera trick lol. I would never crawl under a car while its sitting on any kind of jack.. especially a farm jack!
Broderick Crawford? American television series of old,
for a while it sounded like you were reviving a John Deere Model A
Well it did have a couple stuck valves lol
For low gear put shifter in natural position and pull back and down its a H pattern on the column
The fluid drive trans is a bit different.
Not for Fluid Drive you don't. There is no equivalent to 1st gear position. Lo is found where second on a manual trans is. Drive is found where 3rd would be.
Even the dog said to. Car might fall on you
Sounds like stuck or burnt intake valves
Yup if u watch the whole video you will see we end up pulling the head and unsticking 2 valves.
So what in the heck is a Rocker arm doing in the trunk of your FLATHEAD Chrysler? My grandfather had a '52 Firedome Desoto with that same transmission. I remember dad and my uncles discussing how fast the old Desoto was.
A little odd right? There a rusted out small block chevy sitting in the weeds outside the barn so....
A little odd right? There a rusted out small block chevy sitting in the weeds outside the barn so....
The swastika is a reversed and tilted version of the Hindu symbol of good luck, the manji.
I could not believe my eyes when I saw you trying to put the 14 inch 79 Camaro wheels on. I have a couple of those wheels , by the way.
The only wheels that will fit are 15 inch (I assume you have 12 inch drums ("Nascar stuff" as a certain TH-cam old car guy breathlessly calls them). The bolt circle and the hub diameter are the same as 60's and 70's Mopars and AMC's. Ford wheels will not work (hub diameter) nor will GM (bolt circle).
On my car (52), I only had one of the correct wheels. I could not use my spare 5 1/2 inch wheels from the 70's because the curves of the hub caps pushed against the curves of the 70's wheel, which were in different places than the 52 wheels.
I can't tell if you have original wheels. If you do have all four, count yourself very lucky.
I think they are 15x 4 1/2 or 15x 5. Narrower even than 51 Chryslers. But wheels were taller for their width in those days. Take a look at the fake whitewalls in the 46 brochure if you get a chance.
You and I can't run any aftermarket wheels, however. All of them require special NUTS and there is no equivalent in even right hand bolts. There are no new left hand bolts of any sort to be had at all, by the way.
Even some factory wheels with standard wheel mounting won't work. Even if you saw off the top of the peg/stud, the 5 rivets, protrude enough to prevent a wheel with a flat mounting surface to fit. If you use a spacer, the bolts aren't long enough and you lose the hub centering.
The wheels are of course tube type. From what I've seen, the wheels are very high quality and it looks like you could get away with a tubeless tire and no tube if you used a large base valve stem.
As much room as there was in the backspace area , the wheel mounting surface was so close to the fenders, I was only able to fit a 6 inch wide wheel and it looks like a 215 70r 15 or 205 75 r 15 is the biggest tire that would fit.
Good to know! In do have all 5 original wheels and all the bolts!
We had a new 48 when I was kid in Raleigh,NC. My brother and I loved riding in the back seat, we rolled around curves playing with our chow dog. My dad had curb feelers I’m the right side, front and back. Great memories!! Good job guys!!
Mr Cunningham. On Happy Days. They. Drove. Similar car. Could. Be. A Desota
DeSoto, not Desota.
I see you're still starting off in second gear.😂
Does your head hurt
lol why?
Cause it's Killin me
I thought first gear was pull the lever towards you and down, then up to neutral , push away and up and then pull down for third gear! Seemed like you were taking off in second gear!!??
It has fluid drive. So just 1/2 low and 1/2 high
That is for a manual transmission. Fluid Drive is a semi automatic. Lo is where 2nd would be with a manual trans. Drive is where 3rd would be. On level ground, you just use Drive and drive the car as a 2 speed automatic.
Wuth the clutch depressed pull the gear shift down and towards you and gently let out the clutch then when you build up speed push in the clutch and push the gear shft up and forward away from you then let out the clutch. when you reach speed push in the clutch and pull down the shifter and away from you and that is third gear.
Your thinking of a typical 3 on the tree. But this is a fluid drive trans. 2 low gears and 2 highe gears, with a safety clutch..
@@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS OK I stand corrected. I didn't realize it was a fluid drive which I'm not familiar with. It just looked like he was trying to start in second gear and the engine kept stalling out. By this year GM had a fully automatic 4 speed for over 7 years.
@@mikejohn5573 we also were down 2 cylinders due to stuck valves, she ran mutch batter on the last drive towards the end of the video after we pulled the head and fixed that...even broke the tires loose a couple times!
@@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS I enjoyed your video it was fun to watch. I once helped a friend get a 49 Ford running. It was a flathead 6 cylinder and had some stuck valves and maybe some of the valves were burnt because it had to overdrive and you could easily lug the engine which causes the valves to burn.
Thanks for the video.
Fluid Drive is not a manual trans. It is a semi automatic. He did not put it in 3rd, he put it in Drive. You do not declutch at stops, nor do you shift into Neutral. You drive thr car as a 2 speed automatic.
Mamas & The Papas...
Guess a Canadian 3 on the tree is different from every other on the planet 🌎 Hummmmm
That is not 3 on the tree. It is a semi automatic. You could not get a New Yorker with a manual trans.
It's not a 3 on the tree.. it's a fluid drive...
I have a 🔨
Pull the shifter towards you and down. That's first year go.
Not with Fluid Drive. It is a semi automatic, not a 3 speed manual. There is no "First", just Lo and High. Lo is push the shift toward the dash and push up, just like 2nd gear, High is push toward the dash and pull down, just like 3rd. 50s models called it Drive instead of High and in 52/53, even had a shift dial just like a modern automatic.
@@michaelbenardo5695 As I recall, there is no gear at the spot he describe. There are two ( R close and Lo far) at the top and Hi at the bottom. Some cars had no markings on the column for these, to be fair. By 1950 I think they did.