Thanks to people like Art and Tony we have the privilege of being able to see these cars as they should be - ‘original! Long may they stay that way. Thanks to you both. 👍
75 years... By this point this car is a family member itself. Fascinating to see it being in such great condition and taken care of. Imagine a modern car lasting as long as this veteran.
One of my earliest memories is from what had to be 1948 or '49 'cause we moved to Omaha in '50. My mom's friend pulled up in front of the house with this exact model. I was stunned. Up to then I'd never been aware of cars as something to behold and think about. What a pleasure to see it again in all its glory.
Tony and Art, Thanks for the treat. The sad fact that Chrysler has been reduced to being a branch of Fiat and Peugeot should make us appreciate these classic American models all the more.
Actually, Peugeot has full controlling Interest and control over the Fiat and Chrysler Boards....make bad long-term business decisions,your competition swallows yah up.
My mom had a 76 Chrysler New Yorker Brogham black with red velor interior with black vinyl roof. She was only 4'11 and drove it like a champ lol. She had my dad wash & wax it every weekend it was her baby. I loved that car
Super nice 49 Chrysler Windsor. 189.8 Cu In Flathead 6 Cylinder = 3 1/4 Bore X 4 5/8 Stroke. 132 HP @ 3600 RPM / Torq 205 @ 1600 RPM . Thank you, Art, for sharing your wonderful cars with all of you car Guys. I see that good-looking 58 Impala in the background!
Both these Chryslers are show stoppers. Art is very lucky to have his grandfather's car and his dad's car. In my eyes Art is the key master to all these beautiful cars he owns. Thanks to Art and Tony for another fantastic day of these excellent collection.
The engine was 250.6 cubic inch displacement with114hp rating. My dad owned a 1947 Chrysler Windsor Coupe (2 dr. model) the same color as this car. I always admired the interior trim with the cloisonee crowns on the door trim and the window crank handles with the spring loaded knobs. My dad's car also came with the sun visor on the front windshield. Congratulations on keeping this one in such good condition!
Thank you very much! I'd say it's definitely the 250.6 as that's what most people have said. Thank you for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
My first car was a 1949 Plymouth that my Dad paid $75. dollars for in 1964. It was that same color called "Heather Green". I'm 74 y/o now and my 73 y/o girlfriend remembers those "horsehair" seats. We are both short in stature and the back seat had PLENTY of room back then, for after school activities. 😍😍😍
My dad's first car was also a 1949 Plymouth that he bought down in Alabama off a college student for $100.00 in 1958. It's color was "Bolivia Green". It was a good car and he used to talk highly of it but it started leaking oil quite badly and thus he was forced to sell it in 1962 where I would imagine that it went straight to the junk heap. 🤩
Love those Chryslers, art deco styling, President Truman drove Chryslers, saw some of them at his presidential library in independence, Missouri - those cars had class! Thank you, Art and Tony
Yes, Just a few weeks ago I watched William Holden drive his Plymouth with the overdue loan payment in "Sunset Boulevard". I am big, it's the pictures that got small.
Didn't see any comments yet on this--maybe i missed it--the gadget with the prism is a traffic light viewer. It was often used on cars with the visor. The visor makes it hard to see traffic lights--the prism goes on the dash in front of the driver and allows you to see traffic lights without cranking your neck. When I was a wee one my grandpa had a a 48 Plymouth (like your Chrysler but a low budget version). Then then when I was in high school he bought a 78 New Yorker Brougham just like yours and he let me take it to the prom. Just last year I found a 48 Plymouth like Grandpa's and been driving it around remembering grandpa.
Yes, several have let us know what that it. I do, however, appreciate you speaking up to help out and telling us your story. I'm glad you got one and are reliving the memories. Thank you for watching!
Gosh, this is just like the '48 Chrysler I had, except mine was black with Highlander plaid interior. I bought my first car, a 1948 Chrysler Windsor Highlander 4 door sedan, in 1965 in Madison Wisconsin for $50. It served me well until I traded it in for a 1949 Chevvy. Especially nice was the wool plaid interior, in perfect condition. When sitting especially in the back seat, it felt like one was comfortably relaxing in one's living room, isolated from the cares of the world! I installed a pushbutton on the gear-change lever to control its semi-automatic transmission. In NYC, someone had stood on the ceiling and dented it in. I pushed it out with my back muscles and it was fine. After a bash in the front, I held the hood down with a rope.
I think the way Fluid Drive works is, it has a conventional clutch AND a fluid coupling. You need to use the clutch to put it into either low range or high range, or to switch between ranges. An overdrive unit on the back of the transmission (the sort that was common back in the day) provides the 'automatic' feature, automatically upshifting to -o/d- direct drive when you lift off the throttle & the speed is high enough, and automatically downshifting to -direct drive- underdrive when the speed is low enough. The fluid coupling means you don't have to declutch or take it out of gear when stopped. Drivers would commonly leave it in high range, which made for leisurely step-aways from stops.
Good description of the Fluid Drive. It was Chrysler's first effort at an automatic, starting in 1939. In a way, it was a cross between a standard and automatic. They were quite rugged and reliable, simple in operation and easy to keep in repair once you understood them. Which was more than you could say of some early automatic drives.
@@mrdanforth3744 GM had just introduced the game-changing Hydramatic, and this was Chrysler's answer until they developed the two-speed Powerflite (1954) and three-speed Torqueflite (1956). They were the last of the Big 3 & some of the independents to offer a fully automatic transmission.
Thanks for showing this old beauty. This is a wonderful example of the big three automakers staying with the prewar style bodies through 1948. The Windsor models all had the straight six cylinder engine. The New Yorker and Imperial models had a straight eight which was longer , requiring a longer front end and wheelbase.
My grandfather had Chryslers similar to this...after he dialed down from Cadillacs. I remember this interior from my early childhood. This copy has been so well-maintained.
I learned how to drive in a 1948 Desoto, same body style, same big back seat area. Same 6 cylinder engine, same Fluid Drive transmission. You could just push the shift lever handle straight down, let out the clutch and you would start in 2nd gear, accelerate, let off the throttle and it would shift into high or 3rd gear. You could actually stop the car without depressing the clutch and start off again just like an automatic transmission. The fluid coupling was the forerunner of the modern torque converter. It had electrical controls to shift the transmission between 1st and 2nd gears if the shift handle was pushed up and if the shift handle was pushed down the car would start off in 2nd gear and shift into 3rd gear. This car is truly a beautiful specimen. Thank you Tony and Art to let us see this beauty.
@@tonyscarcare5657 I noticed that he starts in low range and shifts to the high range. I seem to remember that low had two speeds and high had two. I usually started mine in the high range.
@@DavidSmith-sb2ix You are right on, brother. One could get two speeds out of either gear handle position. But whichever one you got the two gears out of, the other one was always a single gear.
What a great old Chrysler -- it is in such wonderful original condition. I really like the interior -- you can still see the Chrysler quality after 75 years. Amazing! And thanks to Art for sharing it with us.
Tony and Art thanks for a great video i am a ford guy a have a 1946 and 1947 ford cars, great cars the forties just love this cars and thanks again you are great.
Thank you very much, sir! I myself am a Ford guy, too. If you go to my channel and go down the list of videos, you will see my small collection of Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln. I appreciate your comment!
Absolutely majestic! I cannot express my love for these automobiles and am perhaps merely nostalgic for the industry as a whole. There used to be a B&W TV show in the 1950's and 60's called "Industry on Parade." I was absolutely fascinated with what I saw but by the time I was able bodied all of this changed, so I got into playing music for a "living." Lol!
Gentlemen. At 23:46, this is called a prism. The purpose of this is so you can see the color of the traffic lights. With the windshield visor you cannot see the traffic signals. It affixes to either the A pillar or the top left of the dashboard.
@@tonyscarcare5657 Your welcomed Brother. I have one on my 1949 Hudson Commodore with the same style of windsheld visor. It works great, no technology , just simply an engineering marvel.
@@tonyscarcare5657 Man. so True. Sometimes I think to myself, I 'm so happy my parents are with us anymore to see what's happened to us. Can you imagine? Parents who were born in the 19 teens or 1920s were scared to death of the teenage kids watching Elvis gyrate his hips. That was to Risque. They can't in their wildest dreams would have ever imagine what happened to us today. Jesus Christ man. Beyond words, really.
@styldsteel1 Well, actually, I sat on my parents' back porch and visited with them all evening. I am so thankful to still have both of them in my life, along with my brother and sister.
Gorgeous car! Not only did that '49 Chrysler Windsor have the (metal) grips on the back of the front seat, and the straps hanging down in the back (to assist in getting out) It also has the rope-type device to hold a blanket. Those cars were rather chilly in the back seat during the winter.
Classic cars are great, but so are the people and stories that are these cars were a part of. The 48 would've been a pretty snazzy ride back in the late 40s, and it's still super nice today!
Those older Chrysler's were good vehicles in there time. Almost all My relatives had Mopar products & even Myself, I had 2 Chrysler's, #1 1968 Newport & #2 was a 1977 Newport. Sadly They no longer are the same since Chrysler sold out.
I remember well the early '50s when Chryslers and De Sotos were largely preferred by cab companies. They had both space and comfort. By the mid- '50s Checker cabs were becoming more prominent.
Beautiful car. I always loved the dashes on those. So art deco. '40's sedans were always my favorite old cars. I miss the days when you'd see rows of them at car shows.
It's great that Art still has this beautiful car that his grandfather bought in 1948. I'll bet very few cars are in the same family for 75 years. If Art's grandfather had not traded in his 1936 Dodge on this car, the total cost including tax was $2,461.97. I went to Inflation Calculator and put this amount from 1948 and factoring inflation, this would be worth $31,228.30 in 2023 dollars. I love how much leg room this car has for the passengers in the backseat. Many of the newer cars have very little leg room for the rear passengers.
The dash and the door panel caps have been painted the same as the body color .It would've originally been painted a faux wood grain . Still looks 💚awesome though .@@tonyscarcare5657
Tony - Really glad TH-cam recommended your channel to me as nice old guy Art, and his very rare collection, are both "something to behold", as my late dad used to say. What really adds to it is your laid back, and knowledgeable, demeanor enhanced by the fact that you've known Art for so long. It brings out a very nice honest personal interaction between two old friends. Keep 'em coming buddy! 😁
I bought one of these in the mid-50s for $300. Loved it - it was very immaculate and clean except for a dent on one right door. I was most impressed by the electric windshield wipers!
I'm actually glad you decided to mention how Art affords all these classic cars. I thought he must be fairly wealthy until you explained how. Just incredibly well maintained.
Yep. I have several vehicles myself that I've bought over the years and just never got rid of them. I'll be doing a video on my 78 Grand Marquis coming up that I bought on September 2nd, 1994. 29 years ago. I've owned it more than half of my life.
@@tonyscarcare5657 Tony that's fantastic . I'm looking forward to it. There's a few vehicles I wished I had kept over the years. My parents also. The classics just can't be recreated ever again.
I had a 47 Chrysler 4 door in 64, it was my second car. Had my first time with a girl in the front seat. lol. That Fluid drive was a torque converter in front of the clutch on a three speed manual transmission.
Chrysler's with Fluid Drive were extremely popular with taxicab fleets and police cars because you didn't have to do any shifting when you came to a stop. It was a semi-automatic transmission. If you watch movies from the 1940s into the early 50s you will see a lot of Chrysler vehicles being used as police cars and Cabs.
I love Chrysler products of the era. I have always wondered why manufacturers have not revisited the fluid drive. The biggest advantage was being able to let the clutch out and creep thru stop and go traffic. The magic today would be the lock-up torque converter. Unlock the converter to creep thru traffic and then lock it for normal manual shifting. Better than a CVT.
Fluid Drive as you say, allowed driving in traffic without using the clutch and gear shift. A torque converter is the same as a fluid drive with the addition of a 3d turbine blade which multiplies torque like another gear. So it works basically the same only better. One drawback is there is always a little slippage or loss of power and economy. The lock up torque converter was supposed to eliminate this inefficiency. But in practice it provided very little benefit.
Torque converters multiplied torque, so they could be put in front of the regular gearbox--that's why fluid couplings, which did not multiply torque, were used. A gearbox behind a torque converter had to be much sturdier than one behind a clutch or fluid coupling, so it had to be brand-new, made for the application.
Hmm .. Bought a 47 Windsor NEW in 1/30/ 49 ( 7:07) ? This is a pretty crazy video for me . The first car I bought in 1967 was a 1949 Desoto with " Fluid Drive " . You could shift it , or not shift it . I got my $$ back because , after 3 days smoke started rolling from under the dash . Turns out the Used Car place I bought it from had put rear end grease in the engine to cover up shot pistons/ rings . My mom & aunt went back with me to the dealer and they went in to talk to the guy , I got my $$ back . Later I bought a 62 Chevy Impala that I drove until I went into the army in 68 , I tried a 62 Chevy when I got home from RVN , I then bought a 1950 Plymouth Deluxe . Had an engine that looked like this 47 ,. Had vacuum wipers and came with NO heater . The guy I bought it from had taken it for $$ money owed to him by his brother ,who lived in Ga. He had bought it New without a heater . After I'd bought it I found someone to install a heater in it who lived not far from me in Indy . I drove it the whole time I went to school at Parkland and the University of Il. Champaign / Urbana . I WAS going to school there in 1975 when this guy won his trophy , Cool video , and VERY cool car !!
Greetings from your neighbor in Indiana. Watched a few of your vids and like what I see, so subscribed, Looking forward to seeing the 78 New Yorker in depth soon. My parents told me that they dated in my grandfather's 46 Windsor. They were high school sweethearts. Dad graduated in 47, Mom in 49 . Would love to see a more in-depth demonstration of the Fluid-Drive in operation. I recall Dad explaining to me as a kid how it worked. Apparently, you had to let off on the gas, wait to hear the "clunk", that indicated that the car had shifted into high, then re-apply the gas. Mom and Dad both talked about what a great radio the Windsor had! Beautiful Keller Chrysler!
Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subscribing! I'll see if Art is willing to explain the fluid drive more in depth. The 78 should be up in a few days. Thanks for your story!
You said what I was talking about with the "Clunk" . I drove one of those in a 1948 DeSoto. Sometimes it would miss shift and you would have to push in the clutch to let it complete the shift.
We had a 48 Chrysler Windsor and ours had leather seats. The low gear range started with first gear then would shift to second once you lifted your foot from the accelerator, and the high gear range started from second gear, then would change to third gear. There is no fourth gear or overdrive as some people were mentioning.
That prism is for being able to see stop lights because the visor blocks the view. The light change will show up in that prism on the dash. Beautiful car!!
@@tonyscarcare5657 Gorgeous car and a credit to your family for keeping these beauties up and running. My family on my mom's side are from the midwest, (rural Indiana) and we keep things for a long time and in good condition as well; it is a trait that I love about that part of my country, and am certainly glad it's in my roots! 🇺🇸
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Thanks to people like Art and Tony we have the privilege of being able to see these cars as they should be - ‘original!
Long may they stay that way.
Thanks to you both. 👍
You're very welcome! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
75 years... By this point this car is a family member itself. Fascinating to see it being in such great condition and taken care of. Imagine a modern car lasting as long as this veteran.
Yeah, the new cars' computers are outdated in 10 years.
One of my earliest memories is from what had to be 1948 or '49 'cause we moved to Omaha in '50. My mom's friend pulled up in front of the house with this exact model. I was stunned. Up to then I'd never been aware of cars as something to behold and think about. What a pleasure to see it again in all its glory.
Awesome! I love memory stories. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
Tony and Art, Thanks for the treat. The sad fact that Chrysler has been reduced to being a branch of Fiat and Peugeot should make us appreciate these classic American models all the more.
That's is such a true statement! You're welcome, and thank you so much for watching! 👏
One day we’re going to get them back!!!!
@robertheberlein3424 Wow! What an awful decision! I'm afraid I'd had to say "girl...bye!"
Actually, Peugeot has full controlling Interest and control over the Fiat and Chrysler Boards....make bad long-term business decisions,your competition swallows yah up.
@@robertheberlein3424 ha! Should a kept the Imperial but I understand 😁
Cars with metal visors had those optical gadgets to view traffic lights.
Thank you! Yeah, several have spoken up about that. I appreciate it!
My mom had a 76 Chrysler New Yorker Brogham black with red velor interior with black vinyl roof. She was only 4'11 and drove it like a champ lol. She had my dad wash & wax it every weekend it was her baby. I loved that car
That's awesome! We'll be talking about Art's 78 soon.
She is as old as I am and in much better shape. What a beauty.
She sure does still run well.
@Hello Rich how are you doing?
Super nice 49 Chrysler Windsor. 189.8 Cu In Flathead 6 Cylinder = 3 1/4 Bore X 4 5/8 Stroke. 132 HP @ 3600 RPM / Torq 205 @ 1600 RPM . Thank you, Art, for sharing your wonderful cars with all of you car Guys. I see that good-looking 58 Impala in the background!
Thank you for all the details. It's much appreciated!
@@tonyscarcare5657 Your welcome, my pleaser.
@paulh1745 thank you!
@paulh1745 good to know!
it's a 1948; 1949 is very different to the 1946-48.
Both these Chryslers are show stoppers. Art is very lucky to have his grandfather's car and his dad's car. In my eyes Art is the key master to all these beautiful cars he owns. Thanks to Art and Tony for another fantastic day of these excellent collection.
Thank you so much! We did get the 78, and the Jaguar filmed, so I just have to edit and upload them. Please stay tuned!
Bravo!! I really admire people who take care of things.. very nice story
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching and commenting.
The engine was 250.6 cubic inch displacement with114hp rating. My dad owned a 1947 Chrysler Windsor Coupe (2 dr. model) the same color as this car. I always admired the interior trim with the cloisonee crowns on the door trim and the window crank handles with the spring loaded knobs. My dad's car also came with the sun visor on the front windshield. Congratulations on keeping this one in such good condition!
Thank you very much! I'd say it's definitely the 250.6 as that's what most people have said. Thank you for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
My first car was a 1949 Plymouth that my Dad paid $75. dollars for in 1964. It was that same color called "Heather Green". I'm 74 y/o now and my 73 y/o girlfriend remembers those "horsehair" seats. We are both short in stature and the back seat had PLENTY of room back then, for after school activities. 😍😍😍
Yes sir! The size of that back seat shocked me!
My dad's first car was also a 1949 Plymouth that he bought down in Alabama off a college student for $100.00 in 1958. It's color was "Bolivia Green". It was a good car and he used to talk highly of it but it started leaking oil quite badly and thus he was forced to sell it in 1962 where I would imagine that it went straight to the junk heap. 🤩
Probably 😋😋 the only thing that could top it was a Nash Ambassador with the fold down seats!!!!
@@WilliamBHickock-kj4yy Wasn't the Nash for business men? What kind of business is getting done that needs a fold down seat?
Lol
Love those Chryslers, art deco styling, President Truman drove Chryslers, saw some of them at his presidential library in independence, Missouri - those cars had class! Thank you, Art and Tony
You're welcome, David, and again, thank you!
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Nicest Post-War Chrysler I've ever seen! Hollywood loved these cars. Watch movies of the period, and you'll see a bunch of them. Thanks, Art and Tony!
You're welcome, and thank you! I'm sure Hollywood would have a heyday with Art's collection.
Yes, Just a few weeks ago I watched William Holden drive his Plymouth with the overdue loan payment in "Sunset Boulevard". I am big, it's the pictures that got small.
@@rightlanehog3151 awesome!
@paulh1745 thank you!
Follow that car!!!
I like how the originality of these cars have been preserved over the years. Some of us like things in their natural state.
Art's the one to do it.
Didn't see any comments yet on this--maybe i missed it--the gadget with the prism is a traffic light viewer. It was often used on cars with the visor. The visor makes it hard to see traffic lights--the prism goes on the dash in front of the driver and allows you to see traffic lights without cranking your neck. When I was a wee one my grandpa had a a 48 Plymouth (like your Chrysler but a low budget version). Then then when I was in high school he bought a 78 New Yorker Brougham just like yours and he let me take it to the prom. Just last year I found a 48 Plymouth like Grandpa's and been driving it around remembering grandpa.
Yes, several have let us know what that it. I do, however, appreciate you speaking up to help out and telling us your story. I'm glad you got one and are reliving the memories. Thank you for watching!
Swapping those big rigs around in limited space is a skill on its own.
It sure is!
Gosh, this is just like the '48 Chrysler I had, except mine was black with Highlander plaid interior. I bought my first car, a 1948 Chrysler Windsor Highlander 4 door sedan, in 1965 in Madison Wisconsin for $50. It served me well until I traded it in for a 1949 Chevvy. Especially nice was the wool plaid interior, in perfect condition. When sitting especially in the back seat, it felt like one was comfortably relaxing in one's living room, isolated from the cares of the world! I installed a pushbutton on the gear-change lever to control its semi-automatic transmission. In NYC, someone had stood on the ceiling and dented it in. I pushed it out with my back muscles and it was fine. After a bash in the front, I held the hood down with a rope.
Wow! I'm really surprised to hear so many great stories about the 48 Chrysler. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
What a classic and something tobe proud of. Thanks Tony
You're welcome, and thank you!
Simply love the presence this Chrysler has. The Chrysler New Yorker coupe is really something to behold.
I bet it is! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
I think the way Fluid Drive works is, it has a conventional clutch AND a fluid coupling. You need to use the clutch to put it into either low range or high range, or to switch between ranges. An overdrive unit on the back of the transmission (the sort that was common back in the day) provides the 'automatic' feature, automatically upshifting to -o/d- direct drive when you lift off the throttle & the speed is high enough, and automatically downshifting to -direct drive- underdrive when the speed is low enough. The fluid coupling means you don't have to declutch or take it out of gear when stopped. Drivers would commonly leave it in high range, which made for leisurely step-aways from stops.
Yes, that's how Art explained it to me. Very interesting.
Good description of the Fluid Drive. It was Chrysler's first effort at an automatic, starting in 1939. In a way, it was a cross between a standard and automatic. They were quite rugged and reliable, simple in operation and easy to keep in repair once you understood them. Which was more than you could say of some early automatic drives.
It is pretty cool. That's the first time I'd ever seen one.
@@mrdanforth3744 GM had just introduced the game-changing Hydramatic, and this was Chrysler's answer until they developed the two-speed Powerflite (1954) and three-speed Torqueflite (1956). They were the last of the Big 3 & some of the independents to offer a fully automatic transmission.
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Wonderful video I really enjoyed this rare chance to see a 48 Chrysler Windsor. A big thank you to Art and of course yourself.
You're welcome! Thank you very much for watching.
Thanks for showing this old beauty. This is a wonderful example of the big three automakers staying with the prewar style bodies through 1948. The Windsor models all had the straight six cylinder engine. The New Yorker and Imperial models had a straight eight which was longer , requiring a longer front end and wheelbase.
You're welcome. Thank you very much for watching!
My grandfather had Chryslers similar to this...after he dialed down from Cadillacs. I remember this interior from my early childhood. This copy has been so well-maintained.
Thanks for commenting. This car is in unbelievable condition.
The 48 Chrysler is in such a beautiful original condition it is better off without any kind of restoration.
Oh yes, it certainly doesn't need any restoration.
Watching this video now and I am in love!! What a gorgeous car! Rarely seen so nice as this one.
Thank you! Yes, this one is really a time capsule.
That is a beautiful car and an absolute gem!!! Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
I learned how to drive in a 1948 Desoto, same body style, same big back seat area. Same 6 cylinder engine, same Fluid Drive transmission. You could just push the shift lever handle straight down, let out the clutch and you would start in 2nd gear, accelerate, let off the throttle and it would shift into high or 3rd gear. You could actually stop the car without depressing the clutch and start off again just like an automatic transmission. The fluid coupling was the forerunner of the modern torque converter. It had electrical controls to shift the transmission between 1st and 2nd gears if the shift handle was pushed up and if the shift handle was pushed down the car would start off in 2nd gear and shift into 3rd gear.
This car is truly a beautiful specimen. Thank you Tony and Art to let us see this beauty.
You're welcome, and thank you! This transmission is still hard for me to wrap my head around.
I had a 49 Dodge Coronet. Probably the same engine and transmission. The body style in 49 was changed from 48.
@@tonyscarcare5657 I noticed that he starts in low range and shifts to the high range. I seem to remember that low had two speeds and high had two. I usually started mine in the high range.
@@DavidSmith-sb2ix honestly, I don't know anything about them. That was the first time I'd ever seen one.
@@DavidSmith-sb2ix You are right on, brother. One could get two speeds out of either gear handle position. But whichever one you got the two gears out of, the other one was always a single gear.
What a beautiful old car, I love it.
Thank you, and Art, thanks you!
What a great old Chrysler -- it is in such wonderful original condition. I really like the interior -- you can still see the Chrysler quality after 75 years. Amazing! And thanks to Art for sharing it with us.
Yeah this this was really put together extremely well for sure!
Just amazing and nearly all original and unmolested. Wow! Thank you, Tony and Art, for sharing this incredible time capsule '48 Chrysler with us.
You're very welcome, and thank you very much for watching!
unmolested !
Absolutely amazing to have an iconic, historic treasure in one family, remaining in great condition, for so many decades. Inspiring to all.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
Wow!! What a credit to it's owners... Beautiful original car
For sure! Thank you, and Art, thanks you!
Gorgeous looking car. Love all the chrome accents.
Thank you! It sure is something.
What a great guy and collection so well kept
Yes, sir, he's a great caretaker of this American history.
That old car looks terrific!
Thanks. It definitely is.
Tony and Art thanks for a great video i am a ford guy a have a 1946 and 1947 ford cars, great cars the forties just love this cars and thanks again you are great.
Thank you very much, sir! I myself am a Ford guy, too. If you go to my channel and go down the list of videos, you will see my small collection of Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln. I appreciate your comment!
i LOVE THE ROLLING STOP SIGN DRIVING !!!!!!
You can do a lot of that in small towns. Police do it, too!
Absolutely majestic! I cannot express my love for these automobiles and am perhaps merely nostalgic for the industry as a whole. There used to be a B&W TV show in the 1950's and 60's called "Industry on Parade." I was absolutely fascinated with what I saw but by the time I was able bodied all of this changed, so I got into playing music for a "living." Lol!
Thank you very much!
I was born the same year as that Chrysler - 1948 - but it looks to be in better shape than me!
It's been pampered.
Gentlemen. At 23:46, this is called a prism. The purpose of this is so you can see the color of the traffic lights. With the windshield visor you cannot see the traffic signals. It affixes to either the A pillar or the top left of the dashboard.
Thank you so much. That one had me shaking my head!
@@tonyscarcare5657 Your welcomed Brother. I have one on my 1949 Hudson Commodore with the same style of windsheld visor. It works great, no technology , just simply an engineering marvel.
@styldsteel1 that's the way everything thing was back then. Simple common sense. 👏
@@tonyscarcare5657 Man. so True. Sometimes I think to myself, I 'm so happy my parents are with us anymore to see what's happened to us. Can you imagine? Parents who were born in the 19 teens or 1920s were scared to death of the teenage kids watching Elvis gyrate his hips. That was to Risque. They can't in their wildest dreams would have ever imagine what happened to us today. Jesus Christ man. Beyond words, really.
@styldsteel1 Well, actually, I sat on my parents' back porch and visited with them all evening. I am so thankful to still have both of them in my life, along with my brother and sister.
Gorgeous car!
Not only did that '49 Chrysler Windsor have the (metal)
grips on the back of the front seat, and the straps
hanging down in the back (to assist in getting out)
It also has the rope-type device to hold a blanket.
Those cars were rather chilly in the back seat during
the winter.
Thank you for watching and commenting! Much appreciated!
Interesting to learn about that license plate, nice to see that it still has the original honeycomb radiator core.
Thank you! That car has been preserved unbelievably.
Very interesting!! Really enjoyed it.
Thank, MA!
It's great, so many good old cars 😊
For sure. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Classic cars are great, but so are the people and stories that are these cars were a part of. The 48 would've been a pretty snazzy ride back in the late 40s, and it's still super nice today!
I agree. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
It runs in the family. Buy a car you like and take care of it and keep it. What a nice old guy.
Yep, he sure is! I'd like to think I'm somewhat like him.
Those older Chrysler's were good vehicles in there time. Almost all My relatives had Mopar products & even Myself, I had 2 Chrysler's, #1 1968 Newport & #2 was a 1977 Newport. Sadly They no longer are the same since Chrysler sold out.
Yep, a lot has changed!
I remember well the early '50s when Chryslers and De Sotos were largely preferred by cab companies. They had both space and comfort. By the mid- '50s Checker cabs were becoming more prominent.
Awesome cars! Both of em.
Thank you! Stay tuned for the 78. We did get it filmed.
You forget the huge difference between only 30 years. My favorite era was the late 60’s. Fifty four years plus is hard to believe.
We did discuss that with each other. He had a 2008 Chrysler, but someone hit it and totaled it.
Beautiful car. I always loved the dashes on those. So art deco. '40's sedans were always my favorite old cars. I miss the days when you'd see rows of them at car shows.
Yep, they are getting few and far between.
The dashboard is simply stunning in real life.
@godfreyberry1599 Yeah, I was shocked!
What a nice car.
It sure it! Thank you!
That dash on the '48 has class!
It sure does!
It's great that Art still has this beautiful car that his grandfather bought in 1948. I'll bet very few cars are in the same family for 75 years. If Art's grandfather had not traded in his 1936 Dodge on this car, the total cost including tax was $2,461.97. I went to Inflation Calculator and put this amount from 1948 and factoring inflation, this would be worth $31,228.30 in 2023 dollars.
I love how much leg room this car has for the passengers in the backseat. Many of the newer cars have very little leg room for the rear passengers.
Yeah, this is really a great story. Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
I love everything about this car . Awesome color !
Yep, it sure is something to see!
The dash and the door panel caps have been painted the same as the body color .It would've originally been painted a faux wood grain . Still looks 💚awesome though .@@tonyscarcare5657
Hey Andrea! 😁
What a great story. Super cool car from a bygone era. American pride ruled.
Yes sir! When America 🇺🇸 built things to be proud of.
It's a shame what we've been reduced to. Just a pathetic ghost of what we used to be.
@@styldsteel1 right on!
@@tonyscarcare5657 Definatly!
Wonderful car! Time capsule. Enjoyed the video very much!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate you all watching and commenting!
The engine is 250 cubic inch and puts out 114 hp
Thank you very much for letting us know. I never did take the time to look it up. Art has memory overload with all the cars he's had over the years.
Is 250 ci a v8?
@@craigmeyer1468 6 cylinder.
😯 wow thank shown this car I was born in 42 i saw this car back then 😊
You're welcome. I like bringing back memories for everyone.
Wow! It looks and sounds like a well cared for, five-year-old car, not seventy five!
I know, isn't it unbelievable!
A terrific car. Thanks Tony and Art.
You're welcome. Thank you, Big M!
Amazing difference between the '48 and the '58 Chevy in the background.
And the 78 Chrysler in the garage. They're all covered in my videos.
Owned a 48 Windsor in 1966 just before I went in the Navy. Sure wish I had it today.
I bet you do!
You have to remember Chrysler was very innovative back then too
They sure were!
I had a 1948 Chrysler New Yorker Highlander coupe. Fluid Drive and straight 8 flathead
That's awesome. I'm really impressed by this car. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Beautiful cushy interior fabric,
It really is.
awesome car . amazing tour . thx
You're welcome, and thank you! Please stay tuned for more.
Tony - Really glad TH-cam recommended your channel to me as nice old guy Art, and his very rare collection, are both "something to behold", as my late dad used to say. What really adds to it is your laid back, and knowledgeable, demeanor enhanced by the fact that you've known Art for so long. It brings out a very nice honest personal interaction between two old friends. Keep 'em coming buddy! 😁
Thank you so much! It's these comments that make it all worthwhile. Stay tuned!
Thank you ever so much. this was a special treat for me. All your cars I want to thank you sir. Great to see.
You're welcome! I thank you, and Art, thanks you!
Love those Jag Wires!
Hi Tony, It was nice to se Arts grand dads Chrysler. I remember My grand dad had a Opel Olympia from the 1940s and he kept it a long time. 👍
Cool man! Thanks for sticking with me!
I bought one of these in the mid-50s for $300. Loved it - it was very immaculate and clean except for a dent on one right door. I was most impressed by the electric windshield wipers!
I was surprised by the electric wipers myself.
@Hello how are you doing?
The item from the glove box is used to reflect the traffic lights, not visible with the visor!
Oh wow....thank you! I was really wondering what that thing was. It's so cool that he still has everything that came with the car.
God car manufacturers used to think of every little detail to insure the driver and passengers comfort.
Yep, and now it's all about junk electronics.
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Came to you from Rare and Classic Cars. This is a great channel!
Thank you very much. I really appreciate you!
Love it straight to the interior, what I always look at first
It sure is something else!
Mine was a 48 NY club cp.(5win). 126"wb.. took up entire garage. I did rewire it though, good fun.
Crazy how large they were!
Great video! Thanks!
You're welcome. Thank you for watching.
I'm actually glad you decided to mention how Art affords all these classic cars. I thought he must be fairly wealthy until you explained how. Just incredibly well maintained.
Yep. I have several vehicles myself that I've bought over the years and just never got rid of them. I'll be doing a video on my 78 Grand Marquis coming up that I bought on September 2nd, 1994. 29 years ago. I've owned it more than half of my life.
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Tony that's fantastic . I'm looking forward to it. There's a few vehicles I wished I had kept over the years. My parents also. The classics just can't be recreated ever again.
@josephhughes9490 No, they're drying up fast.
This is absolutely stunning, I wish I could have kept the original seats in my 47' New Yorker... I also wish mine came with a radio 😅
Yeah, this car blows my mind.
I had a 47 Chrysler 4 door in 64, it was my second car. Had my first time with a girl in the front seat. lol. That Fluid drive was a torque converter in front of the clutch on a three speed manual transmission.
You should have had her in the back with those handles to hold onto! 😂🤣
Beautiful car❤
It sure is.
Que belleza y que exelente estado Un Auto señorial Felicitaciones
Hermoso, felicitaciones desde Argentina.
Thank you!
Chrysler's with Fluid Drive were extremely popular with taxicab fleets and police cars because you didn't have to do any shifting when you came to a stop. It was a semi-automatic transmission. If you watch movies from the 1940s into the early 50s you will see a lot of Chrysler vehicles being used as police cars and Cabs.
That makes a lot of sense.
Wow 😮 what a beautiful old cars , but my first car was Lincoln 2004 LS V 8 still in my garage I drive it once a month 😂
I like Lincoln's. Here's mine. 👇
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Great vid really enjoyed!!!
Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching.
Art's place doesn't look big enough to store all these cars? I guess it is bigger than it looks? I wouldn't want any of those cars sitting out.
They are packed in a but, they sure do all stay inside at all times.
The remarkable changes over a relatively short period of time, 30 years, is what I find interesting. Apart from having wheels they are barely related.
Yeah, talk about progress!
Oui c'est une superbe voiture en ce temps là il savait faire des belle choses bon documentaire bravo.
Thank WP for the now obligatory third rear brake light.
Thank you, Walter!
I love Chrysler products of the era. I have always wondered why manufacturers have not revisited the fluid drive. The biggest advantage was being able to let the clutch out and creep thru stop and go traffic. The magic today would be the lock-up torque converter. Unlock the converter to creep thru traffic and then lock it for normal manual shifting. Better than a CVT.
This was the first time for me experiencing the fluid drive. Learn something new everyday!
Fluid Drive as you say, allowed driving in traffic without using the clutch and gear shift. A torque converter is the same as a fluid drive with the addition of a 3d turbine blade which multiplies torque like another gear. So it works basically the same only better.
One drawback is there is always a little slippage or loss of power and economy. The lock up torque converter was supposed to eliminate this inefficiency. But in practice it provided very little benefit.
@mrdanforth3744 it was sure something to see for the first time, that's for sure.
Torque converters multiplied torque, so they could be put in front of the regular gearbox--that's why fluid couplings, which did not multiply torque, were used. A gearbox behind a torque converter had to be much sturdier than one behind a clutch or fluid coupling, so it had to be brand-new, made for the application.
I think the color is Heather Green, and the engine size is 250 cu in. The car is in great shape. Thanks for sharing!
Your answers to the questions are consistent with others, so I believe you are correct. Thank you!
Hmm .. Bought a 47 Windsor NEW in 1/30/ 49 ( 7:07) ? This is a pretty crazy video for me . The first car I bought in 1967 was a 1949 Desoto with " Fluid Drive " . You could shift it , or not shift it . I got my $$ back because , after 3 days smoke started rolling from under the dash . Turns out the Used Car place I bought it from had put rear end grease in the engine to cover up shot pistons/ rings . My mom & aunt went back with me to the dealer and they went in to talk to the guy , I got my $$ back . Later I bought a 62 Chevy Impala that I drove until I went into the army in 68 , I tried a 62 Chevy when I got home from RVN , I then bought a 1950 Plymouth Deluxe . Had an engine that looked like this 47 ,. Had vacuum wipers and came with NO heater . The guy I bought it from had taken it for $$ money owed to him by his brother ,who lived in Ga. He had bought it New without a heater . After I'd bought it I found someone to install a heater in it who lived not far from me in Indy . I drove it the whole time I went to school at Parkland and the University of Il. Champaign / Urbana . I WAS going to school there in 1975 when this guy won his trophy , Cool video , and VERY cool car !!
Wow! What a great story. Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
What a treasure!
Thank you.....I agree!
Greetings from your neighbor in Indiana. Watched a few of your vids and like what I see, so subscribed, Looking forward to seeing the 78 New Yorker in depth soon. My parents told me that they dated in my grandfather's 46 Windsor. They were high school sweethearts. Dad graduated in 47, Mom in 49 . Would love to see a more in-depth demonstration of the Fluid-Drive in operation. I recall Dad explaining to me as a kid how it worked. Apparently, you had to let off on the gas, wait to hear the "clunk", that indicated that the car had shifted into high, then re-apply the gas. Mom and Dad both talked about what a great radio the Windsor had! Beautiful Keller Chrysler!
Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subscribing! I'll see if Art is willing to explain the fluid drive more in depth. The 78 should be up in a few days. Thanks for your story!
You said what I was talking about with the "Clunk" . I drove one of those in a 1948 DeSoto. Sometimes it would miss shift and you would have to push in the clutch to let it complete the shift.
@@billhennie wow!
We had a 48 Chrysler Windsor and ours had leather seats. The low gear range started with first gear then would shift to second once you lifted your foot from the accelerator, and the high gear range started from second gear, then would change to third gear. There is no fourth gear or overdrive as some people were mentioning.
Seems almost as strange as a Model T.
That prism is for being able to see stop lights because the visor blocks the view. The light change will show up in that prism on the dash.
Beautiful car!!
Yeah, several have mentioned that. Thank you very much for letting us know.
@@tonyscarcare5657 Gorgeous car and a credit to your family for keeping these beauties up and running. My family on my mom's side are from the midwest, (rural Indiana) and we keep things for a long time and in good condition as well; it is a trait that I love about that part of my country, and am certainly glad it's in my roots! 🇺🇸
@huskyflylangley6053 for sure! Me, too! Thank you for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
Great Car!
Thank you, and Art, thanks you!
Beautiful ❤
Thank you, and Art, thanks you!