1937 Plymouth First Start! Will it run and drive? 201 Flathead 6 MoPar. Old Cars Dodge Chrysler
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- I hauled this 1937 Plymouth business coupe back east from California. It has not been on the road in years. Not entirely sure how long. In this video we see about getting it running again. And can it drive? The engine spins freely and there's oil in the crankcase. Let's see what happens!
This Plymouth is equipped with a 201 cubic inch flat head 6 coupled to a 3 speed manual transmission.
A future video will give a car show overview of the car.
My Dad used to race one of those in the mid 50's at Freeport Raceway on LI. Jimmy Stewart drove one for years. Neat car.
That's really a sharp looking coupe.
I agree William
Love it!. Was willing for it to start and it did. All things considered (dodgey plug lead etc) it idled beautifully quietly and smoothly. Then it moved under its own power!. Nice one. Say it a lot, but love seeing old bits of kit being given another go!.
The more I ran it… the better it ran!
That's a nice old coupe. Great project car! Those flathead 6's are reliable and forgiving. I'm not surprised it started with relative ease.
Awesome Car! Always loved the depression Era dodge vehicles! Especially the "Business Coupes" they were called such being the back seats went down and opened into a makeshift bed for the traveling businessman who had to take his work on the road. Hotel's and motels were things of the rich in these days and they were also very rare outside city limits. So it was a necessity sometimes to sleep in the vehicles of the day and Chrysler paid attention to this fact by making it built into your vehicle to have a large trunk space for your items to sell and still having enough space to layout for the night in the middle of nowhere if you had to.
Just go down to your local Desoto Plymouth dealer and pick up a new condenser, points, cap and rotor!
I wish! Haha
Tell em Groucho sent you lol
@@ObsoleteAutomotive be surprised if points condenser cap. From 1960s fit. Go-to autozone
I'm impressed!!! As old as it looks, the car appears to be pretty solid mechanically!!!!
Best engines ever made
My Dad had a 35 Plymouth when he married my mother in 1938. Those were cool cars.
I remember my dad owning a 37 Plymouth. I was about 6 or 7. I recall we went on a Sunday drive and had to stop under some trees. We sat there for a long time. I remember how the windows had a mustard color at the edge. Found out later the plastic between the layers turned with age. I have a photo of the car with me peeking out the front passenger and my younger brother at the rear window.
Props. Haven't seen anyone work on a car with a Swiss army knife in years.
I use a Swiss Army knife for more things than it was ever designed to do!
beautiful car, your videos bring that nice asmr feeling i think the kids call it
Cool old car! Don’t see many of these in 2 door running around. I ran nice! Enjoy!
Love that Plymouth hope you put more of that car on your channel and love the old flat head 6 too your best to flush the engine and rad right out and put new hoses on it.
Good use of a snapper gas tank
You can’t kill these cars I have a 1936 dodge and they’re easy to work on and just run great with factory settings . 90% of the cost of the car is their you have a grill in great shape.
Just found your video on the 37 Plymouth. Good job getting it started. It was running pretty good until the radiator hose went. Enjoy your videos.
@@hutmgr Drove pretty decent… just no brakes!
@@ObsoleteAutomotive they would help! Are you planning a roadtrip up to the northeast yet.
Around New England area?
Thanks!
@@hutmgr I just completed one! Working on the full video right now. Preview video is linked below:
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Now that is a very nice car indeed. 🇬🇧👍
To Daniel Ulz. There are no Desoto Plymouth dealers. DESOTO was discontinued in 1960, while Plymouth died in 2000.
Cool looking old car 👍
Very cool!!!!
Good luck.
Beautiful car!!
love your channel! please make more cold and first starts with the interior view so we can see what you do with the pedals and stuff it's so cool. And please don't ever edit out any of the cranking, that's the best part
Sure thing. Glad you enjoy the videos!
@@ObsoleteAutomotive can’t wait
Should be a great car lots of possibilities
37 Plymouth, awesome.
☆Nice job! I got mine going also. You're video was better than mine. 😆
Standard Blue Streak points. Wish I could find some for my Willys.
Simply DeLuxe.
Ye ol flathead floogie
Such deserves an offy dual carb intake, mopar montana edgy head , split exhaust manifolds 2" into a y 2.25" on back with cherry bomb perforated hot rod mufflers... that'd be the ticket
Que hermoso auto!!!! Saludos desde Argentina
Right on!
Beautiful Car, needs full restoration. Fancy paint, good interior, maybe upgrade the engine. Worth the effort, for sure.
Beautiful car.Its ignition timing is not good yet.You shall to
change the breaker arm and condenser.Good Luck.🎉
High Sierra and The Big Sleep!
Dad had a 1940 Plymouth!
Do yourself a favor and remove the points for dressing. Clean all electrical contacts. Doesn’t take that long and makes a big difference.
Sera la de 🎥 hight sierra , con humpire bogart 👋
Lol... had that same battery charger. We bought it new in 81... yes 1981. I just threw it away in 2021
Shame. Did it die?
It's a shame they don't build them like that anymore
The visible windows are obviously just flat glass. Surprise to me. When did curved glass come into use? Good job getting it running.
I do not believe that curved glass came into use until the fifties, I think in the early fifties if memory serves me correct.
For the most part curved glass didn’t become common until the early 1950s for windshields. Side glass remained flat for longer. However late 1950s Imperials used curved side glass. By the 1970s curved side glass was pretty much used across the board.
Sir, I love these 1930s cars, how much does one of these cost in the US? tks
They can vary in price a lot. Just depends on condition and such.
Is there any oil in it?
Well of course…
Just sayin'. I did not see anyone in the podcast check any fluids before attempting to start this vehicle.
Thought battery on concrete was a no no ? Urban legend maybe ?
Man that’s old news. Way Back when a battery had rubber cases and such it mighta been a problem. But with new plastic cases it won’t do anything. I’ve stored batteries for years on concrete and it did nothing.
I didnt know luke bryan made car videos
My dad had a 37 Plymouth coupe before i was born when my parents first got married in the late 40's. It got T boned by a drunk driver and it was totalled.
That’s a shame!
Nice job had the pleasure of taking a trip in one of these. What part of the country are you located?
North Carolina
PLEASE tell us you're keeping this great classic as original as you can and NOT rat rodding or hot rodding it! There's enough JUNK like that on the road already. This car is too complete to butcher.
I’m leaving it the way it is. It may come up for sale before long.
DID YOU CHECK FOR DISTILLED WATER IN THE 3 HOLES ??
Got. Brakes
Great car won't get the new stuff to run after sitting that long.
How much did it sell for
Enjoyed your video right up until you put fuel in her and started it up......Then I cringed!!
Reving the crap out of an engine which hasn't run in decades (or even a week) is just not on.
You need to give that motor time for oil circulation or you can do irreparable harm to it.
Smart old buggy nevertheless👍👍👍
I have revived countless cars and put them back on the road and then driven them thousands of trouble free miles. The initial cranking of the car showed excellent oil pressure. Which would have easily lubricated the rotating assembly. If not then there would be bigger problems! Keeping the engine running good let’s them rings seal up and all the cylinders picked back up and now the engine runs like new! I bet this engine will last a good while.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I appreciate what you're saying, doesn't alter the fact you should never rev a cold engine that way.
Good luck👍👍
P.S. TNE 3 HOLES IN THW BATTERY
you might want to invest in a real battery charger if your going to play with old cars
You'd be surprised what solid pieces those old Shauer brand Chargers were.
He already has a "real battery charger" Those are great. The " high tech ones are garbage, they wont even try to charge an older dead battery.
My old chargers have served me well for years and served those before me well for years too. It does the job just fine.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I have one almost like yours, only difference being the style of gauge it has,Dad bought it new in 1974 for the purpose of charging the batteries for his trolling motor,I unearthed it recently when my Mountaineer had a dead battery and it still does the job, only regret I have is not keeping the old time service station charger he had, that thing was a brute!!
@@rogercamp6071 They work excellent. And they always work! Never gave me any issues!
Don't you own a screwdriver.
Yes. It’s in my Swiss Army Knife.
Give it a paint job do the upholstry and call it good lol
Your not very smart
Thanks for the compliment! I am quite smart but I don’t like to brag about it!
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