The CAR WIZARD finally gets a car that truly matches him, a 1954 Plymouth Savoy!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- The CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ has found the perfect car to match him. You have to check out his new 1954 Plymouth Savoy.
🔮🔧 AMAZON AFFILIATE STORE: www.amazon.com... 🔧🔮
🇬🇧🇬🇧 UK AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.co.... 🇬🇧🇬🇧
🧰 BENDPAK LIFTS: www.bendpak.com 🧰
👕 CAR WIZARD MERCH: teespring.com/... 👕
📷 INSTAGRAM @realcarwizard 📷
Our instagram was hacked. 🤬 So we are starting over again.
Sorry to trouble you, but could you refollow the ‘@realcarwizard’? instagram.com/realcarwizard/ Thanks 🧙
Watch out for keyloggers! They’re nasty. I have some software that can help you detect it! It’s how most social media/email accounts are “hacked” these days.
Is a 200k 4Runner a bad idea?
@@fubarexress6359 if they don't use vpn everyone can have their passwords outside their shop
I’m a sucker for inline-6s, but even tho this engine sounds just as beautiful as the car looks👍💯
2fa
Yes Mrs Wizzard, Mr Wizzard needs that in his garage. I’d like it!
The patina on that car is *PERFECTION!!!* I'm so glad you're not going to paint it. It's just beautiful as it is. Clean it up, get it running like new, and you'll have something that will definitely turn heads at the local cars and coffee. I love this car!!! It's a beautiful example of an unmodified, unrestored, untouched survivor. Please keep it forever! Or sell it to me if you don't. :-)
It's the simplicity that makes these beautiful automobiles so wonderful
Imagine going back in time with a fuel injection setup for one of those lol. Bring a turbo and a haltec
No stupid sensors or ABS bull
,no computer chips
We need some car makers to return to these principles
This flat head 6 engine was so good and dependable and trouble-free that it was used from 1937 to 1959, even after becoming quite outdated, when the famous slant six replaced it.
Of all the cars that I had seen in your Chanel, the old Plymouth is the one I like the most. You are right on not changing anything and preserving the car the way it is. Great video.
Not a chevy or caddy exactly . That's a keeper. All the mouldings and trims are there . Beautiful .
Junk it
@@bilbobaggins4710 Come on Dildo, don't be silly.
Even the "economy" brands were pretty nice in many ways. A little nicer interior or a revolutionary trans. and slightly bigger engine in the higher spec. cars. Not much else is markedly different.
@@gregorytimmons4777 Doesn't have the "Chrome plated fins" of the Blvedere, you read hat right.
This car is so underrated. May be that's why it was so cheap but it sure is a cool car.
It was intended as a low priced car for someone who just wanted reliable transportation. There were many thousands of these cars on the road in their day.
@@1575murray Evidently built very well back then. You could replace/repair the oil pump without removing the whole engine. Can't even do that on a lawn mower these days.
STOP CALLING THINGS UNDERRATED!!!!!!!!
@@SonnyGTA What dialog should one be using?
@@SonnyGTA What dialog should one be using?
That ship would be the Mayflower that landed at Plymouth Rock.
Haa
That is what I was about to say.
Plymouth rock is a myth created more than a century afterwards. If they'd actually tried to land at Plymouth rock they all would have died in the attempt as it's far too rocky there to make a landing.
@@MaverickBlue42 As a kid I visited "Plymouth Rock" and I renamed it "Plymouth Pebble". I had bigger rocks in my back yard in NJ.
@@MrWoodyBalto The story goes that an old man in his 90's suddenly remembered that when he was a kid, an old man in his 90's showed him the rock and said he saw them landing there when _he_ was a kid.....
Anywho, it's the rocks out in the water that would have killed them, not the beach pebble....
Australian 54 Plymouth savoys were made in 12V and the same style went until 56. We also got a utility version.
This looks to be a really great find Wizard.
Just like the British!
Fifties cars speak to me also, since growing up in the Fifties. I used to daily drive a 1953 Buick Straight Eight, a 1950 Studebaker Champion, and a 1955 Plymouth Savoy. All great cars.
I had a 1950 champion too. Three on the tree with over drive. I discovered that the overdrive worked on all 3 speeds, a six speed, ole, warmed up my 16 year old hart.
The only problem with these old vehicles--they were just not safe...no seat belts, single master cylinder brakes...and a frontal collision could leave you impaled by the steering column...so, not practical to use nowadays.
@@curbozerboomer1773 not the way the lunatics out on the road drive today anyway.
@@wythewinchester3236 Wow, I never discovered that little trick. I do remember a handle you could pull and if memory serves, it seems as if all the gears were lower.
Loved the 1953-1955 stude 2 dr coupes, They are still stylish today , especially with the V-8.@@wythewinchester3236
When I was a child we had a 51 Plymouth Cranbrook, very similar to your Savoy. Seeing your video brings back many fond memories. We had the car until 1967 and at the time it had 140,000 miles on it.
The car was very easy for the owner to self-service. As I recall, my father never had to take it into a repair shop to do maintenance. He traded it in on a 1967 Valiant Signet and although a good car, it was never as comfortable to ride in as the Cranbrook. I remember the back seat in the Cranbrook was like sitting on sofa, while in the Valiant, it was much lower and you always rode with your knees up in the air as it was so much closer to the floor.
As a toddler, I remember my Dad getting annoyed in that I liked to stand up in the passenger side and hold on to the defroster vent so that I could see over the dash. The dash had grey imitation wood grain paint and I did a great job of wearing that off as I held on.😉
I hope you keep and enjoy the car, and thanks for the continually great content!
My sister and I grew up riding in a '53 Cranbrook, same color as Wizard's Savoy survivor. We loved to sleep in the rear window ledge as the car rolled down the road (don't think the troopers would care for that now.) Grandpa (an auto mechanic) put a lot of lead into the rocker panels when they rusted out.
Two of my favorite cars sitting side by side-Plymouth and Studebaker, built when manufacturers took pride in what they
built,unlike the soulless appliances of today.
Absolutely agree! And I've recently-ish gotten a '52 Commander Land Cruiser and that thing is an absolute pleasure to drive.
I love it. I was born in ‘56, and as a gearheaded kid, these were the cars I saw every day. I was fascinated by the swooping lines and the chrome, and I really envied the adults for their ability to drive these amazing machines. I’m still an enthusiast today, and cars like your Plymouth still evoke the same feelings for me. This one’s a very lucky survivor!
That's a cherry Savoy! Glad to hear you're not planning to LS-swap it or something.
Or a Mopar 440 crate engine (I know it doesn't fit, but performance addicts are nuts, y'know)
As Jay Leno says, "original and un-restored." Original is always best! Each car has it's own story.
Certainly agree that the originality of this car is so much of its charm.
But... that twin white stripe spare tire is without doubt a cast off from a '70 or '71 something... the only years that had that feature.
Jay would call your car a '' Good ol Girl ''
I was going to say if you want to sell it call Jay Leon.
You did very, very good by this beautiful car to leave it intact, and to not force a repaint. Too many people wouldn't do that. There is some beauty to the fact it has aged naturally, without rust. For a car this age, it's simply unheard of, and let me say you got a great deal on the car. If it were me, I would preserve the paint just like you're doing. Well done, Wizard.
👍 so true, i'd never repaint a car like that. If it doesn't need panels replaced due to rot, then there is no need to ruin that factory surviving paint. Even the dents don't need to be filled, it just shows how loved the car was that it survived with such little damage. Some people can't even get their new car home and drive it a week without giving it more damage than this has!
"Back when America was real" What he actually means is when America was full of Americans. Now it's an empire filled with the third world. There is nothing magic about America. Bringing non-Americans into America changes America into the third world. The reason why Mexico looks like Mexico, is because it is full of mestizos. America looked like Europe because it was filled with people from Europe. This is why so many of our cities look like Lagos.
What a lovely little princess. So amazing that there are old cars like this still out there, in such fantastic original condition. I'd enjoy seeing a future POV video when she's back on the road. Great job Wizard!
Rammstein I see
What a great, honest vehicle.
I'd drive it daily in the summertime, a guy over here in Austria has a 56' DeSoto, drives it very often. Love how it friendly pops out in traffic nowadays.
I'm really loving these survivor "barn finds" and I hope you keep getting more!
Wizard that Plymouth Savoy is an excellent buy in that condition for that price. When you started describing the mechanicals I was able to keep up, unlike today's technology. Good job.
If people would just drive sensibly and follow reasonable speed limits, cars like this could still serve us just as well, with maybe a few safety upgrades because why not (actually they'd be fine as is if people weren't idiots). Todays cars are far too complex, over-designed over-powerful, expensive, and almost impossible to work on. Examples of great design are the heater core and external oil pump...why not?!
@@bullitt79 they are cheap and they are out there. get yourself one. to me a sensible speed limit on interstates would be 100 miles per hour, then again, i am german :)
I learned to drive on my father's 1954 Plymouth Savoy four door sedan with Hy Drive transmission. Wonderful find. Thanks for keeping it so original and for the trip down memory lane. The ship emblem represents the Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Mass. Harold in Iowa
@Car Wizard
The ship in the badge is the Mayflower landing at "Plymouth" Rock.
My dad's buddy had one that sat behind his shop for years. Same color too. I've loved cars since I was young and that particular car always had a soft spot in my heart
8:02 I, too, continue to forget 2001 was 20 years ago. This ride is pushing 70!
Oh wow, what a time capsule! She's a great find, and infinitely repairable.
The ship is "the Mayflower", Wizard. My Dad had a '53, which he traded in for a '58 Studebaker wagon ( a Commander or President? I can't remember). I hated the Studie, because I thought he was going to get a '57 Chevy we had looked at...much Cooler...I was nine years old. the Studebaker had a rear facing third row seat ( which made me car sick), and a speedometer that looked like a bathroom scale. Love your videos...keep 'em coming.
I really enjoyed this one. That flathead engine design in various displacements was used from 1926 to as late as 1964 in some Australian Chryslers. I have some fond memories of helping my dad work on our 1947 Plymouth flathead. That's where I first started learning a little about engines and mechanical things. Cool video. It was great to relive those old memories.
They were popular fleet taxicabs in some areas, usually a tip off to a sturdy, economical
car. The high roof was another Chrysler "iron rule": A "civvy" driver must remain at ease
while his hat remained where a hat rightfully belonged.
Another way of saying that was the head of Chrysler, K.T. Keller at the time remarked "We build cars to sit in, not piss over." That held until Virgil Exener took over styling.
The Gentleman's Gazette crew would definitely agree with you!
My 1960 Belvedere roofline was meant for the Fedora of the time.
True on the hat.
That's not a "yacht" on the front emblem! That's the Mayflower, from which the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620.
Be careful with that hand brake on the drive shaft. If you ever have to jack up the car to replace a rear tire, be sure to chock the front wheels. Once you get one rear wheel off the ground, the other one can turn, and the car can roll off the jack.
For a car from 1954 it looks close to brand new, amazing, clearly has been cared for and not left out in the sun.
What a wonderful old car. So glad it was you that bought it.
I've been watching your channel for quite a while and this is the first car you've shown that I'm envious of. Lovely motor, lovely colour.
You have a real gem there. My first car was a 1948 Plymouth coup. The 54 sedan that you have is the best original condition Plymouth that I've seen. I'm 77 years old and my hobby was buying and fixing those old cars. When I retired I built a oversize two stall garage so I could continue with my hobby. I don't rework those old cars now but I do work on the newer ones that we own. The older models were so easy to work on and problems were easily diagnosed. Thanks for sharing this vid, it brought back some pleasant memories.
Ray
A real car for a change! Nice! I'd re-do the rusty rear section of the exhaust with some 2" and a resonator at the back, so it would only make a quiet hissy sound, and no radio. Only that sweet engine peacefully singing, the perfect way to relax after a busy work day.
I totally understand that you wanted it, older cars doesn't ask that much from you, they are usually simple and honest. I've been hooked on early 70s gm/lincoln sedans since I saw ' The Irishman' and my dad bought a 73 Cadillac DeVille 472 a few months back. The radio doesn't work but everything else does. It's like sitting in a spa that's moving, such a lovely car to cruise around in. And EVERYONE gives a thumbs up.
I learned to drive in one of these except it was a wagon. Same color called "seafoam green". An added "cherry bomb" muffler made for a great driver for a teenager.
I have a 1913 Steinway piano, that was restored in the 80’s! Imagine what this piano has been through...
Being a legit geezer, this car/vid brought back some great memories of past cars...thanks, M&M Wiz.!
I'm a semi geezer, remember pop's '50 Dodge very well.
By '55 or so I knew which cars were cool & which were not. My uncle bought a new '55 Chevy with 265 & two years later he moved across street to work at Ford dealership. The Chevy had to go. Pop bought the '55 & uncle bought a new '57 Fairlane 500 with 312...
Absolutely LOVELY survivor car. This car has SOUL, I adore it.
I was 4 years old when that came out. The first car I remember my parents having was a 1950 Plymouth convertible.
I was six.
Now that is a beautiful car! From back when cars had style and you could tell them by make model and year from a distance.
Nice buy!
The Car Wizards has the coolest walk on TH-cam! I'd love to see a continuous loop video of him just walking around with Pantera's WALK as the background music. Maybe if this post gets enough thumbs up The Car Wizards will make such a video!
Dude, I was thinkin' about him doin' a ZZ Top impression...
The ship is the “Mayflower “ or “Speedwell”bringing pilgrims from Plymouth, England to New Plymouth, America. I’d go for the “Speedwell”, good name for a car.
What a beauty. A timeless classic. When I was in high school back around 1970 or so a friend of mine bought one just like that in pale yellow. A fine car it was. Within six months he wrecked it. Even back then I thought it a real shame to destroy such a fine car. Nice to see one in such good condition. Great find Wizard!
😀
I had a friend just like yours but he did it to a mint condition Rambler Rogue. Such a cool car, and he had zero appreciation for it.
If there is a big regional/national MOPAR car show within a few hours of Wichita, Wizard should enter this thing in the original/unrestored class. Blows my mind how nice it is, I'm sure anybody trying to restore a similar vintage Plymouth would take 1000 photos of this car, body, interior, under hood, under carriage, its a real good template on how it came from the factory, what you should be aiming for.
A STOCK old car like that is a time machine. Thats what makes it cool.
My Aunt worked at Chrysler's Engineering Center in Highland Park Michigan back in the 50s and had a dark green '54 like this one.
A neighbor in Detroit owned a red '54 Convertible that was her "Baby" until she traded it in '66.
W P Chrysler wanted a symbol for reliability and durability, he decided on the Mayflower ship when Plymouth was introduced in 1928.
The last of the K T Keller Plymouths. The '55s were all new with a V8. Great memories.
I came home as a newborn in a 1953 Plymouth. Brings back many memories.
Gorgeous car! Just the right patina in and out. I'm with you to keep everything original. I collect antiques and can't stand when collectors want everything stripped down and made to look beyond brand new. I love patina that shows the passing of time. it's expected. I'm also a huge fan of the '49 through '54 cars. The "stodgy" look is so appealing! They had a sense of high quality about them. They still retained a lot of art-deco touches of the 1940's too.
Whether on the land or on the water, one thing is for certain: Wizard loves his yachts.
Looks like a oil bath air cleaner, nice rig! Love the prism on the dash to see traffic lights
Beautiful! Would that I had such a magnificent example of rolling automotive history. All metal, too! No flimsy bits of cheap plastic garbage and weird lines to be found anywhere. Well done, Wizard.
Good purchase....nice to see that some are not turned off by a 4 door......great piece of history. No chip shortage for this car.
Absolutely love that you are keeping it original!!!!! Thanks for the great, well-balanced content Wizard.
I daily drove a '49 with the 218 from 1998 to 2018 year-round, and still drive it frequently. It is an incredibly dependable engine and parts are usually in stock at the local parts store. The stock rear end on the other hand was troublesome and parts were difficult to find. I finally did change it out for one from a '92 Cherokee, which was a nearly perfect fit.
You are making me feel like an antique! I was 2 when that car was new! PS In 1977 I had a 47 Dodge that had a torque converter and a clutch pedal (Fluid Drive)
I have a friend who lives just down the block from me, and he has a very nice 1954 Plymouth Belvedere with its original two-tone paint (black roof over a light green body) and 230 six-cylinder engine. The car is solid as a rock, wonderful interior (apparently some of it was replaced) and runs like a top with somewhere between 12,000 and 13,000 miles. A true survivor!
Those were tough rugged cars. They were often used as taxis back in the day. That flathead was used for many years and also used In stationary power plants. The brakes are tricky to adjust and the rear drums are usually a bear to remove. I love it!
Chrysler actually kept on building those flathead sixes into the early 1970s for industrial/agricultural/stationary use, long after they stopped installing them in cars, which isn't bad for something that was still fundamentally late 1920s technology. Not hugely powerful, but durable, understressed, torquey, and very smooth. Also, these cars were only about 3,000lbs, so 100hp is perfectly fine for normal driving, slow, but not unusably slow
Unlike the loose leaf brakes on other makes, Chrysler products had precision brakes that worked great but needed to be adjusted when relined or repaired, once they were set up correctly they only needed the occasional, very simple, minor adjustment to take up wear.
@@11sfrTrue!
Means alot that you featured this body style! I own a 53 business coupe and my dad has a 2d 54 savoy with Hydrive. They are robust, simple, honest cars that offer alot of joy for not alot of money. Sure they're slow, but I'm not shy to boast how my business coupe repeatedly spanked a buddy's automatic 240d Benz...
A bicycle could outrun a 240d
@@jacobt1027 the way I undressed that thing, this isn't an unreasonable statement 🤣
NOTHING is as slow as a Mercedes diesel, except for a smaller displacement Mercedes diesel.
Loved this video so much! I really dig modern performance cars, but I REALLY enjoy learning about vintage cars. Keep doing what you do
Definitely a pre-bloat motoring example before the stretch out, forward look of the late 1950'ies. By 1957 the land yacht was becoming the norm at Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge and DeSoto.
Also, compared to a 1957 Plymouth, the 54 has coil springs and link pins up front versus the later torsion bars with ball joints and this Savoy has a front to rear chassis as opposed to unibody.
The old good times when a car was built to last , such a beauty ! And sounds amazing
What a beauty! Great that you have such appreciation for old, well built, not so known but loved cars
Probably my favourite style and time period for American cars, this. And that dash is style all the way.
You quickly get very used to only having one mirror like that. You just turn your head instead, which has the added benefit that you always check your blind spot.
My grandmother had a 54 Chevy with factory tinted windows . Thanks for the ride in the "Way Back " machine .
This is wild, I never expected you to get one of these. I have a 53 Belvedere with Hy-Drive and hopefully I can learn a lot from you to apply to my car!
I sure hope I never have a wheel bearing issue like that, goodness gracious! If you need any specific/special parts for this, look up Andy Bernbaum auto parts, he specializes in all Chrysler products from yesteryear.
I have the 1960 Belvedere, with the BIG STABLILIZERS.. hahaha 318 Torqflight Poly
Whoa man! KEEP IT!! Now you have mini boat ornaments to take on your way to your real boat for the weekend. You should and most likely will replace some seals but if I were you I'd patch up that exhaust hole as well.
I love some of those old Larks. I remember them wheelyin off the line, in hot, rod magazines.
When you see the basic stuff on this car, it makes me want an old car again. So bloody simple to work on. That heater box in the engine compartment was genius . How many of us have screamed when the heater matrix has started leaking knowing you have a 2 day tear down for just a heater core. Oil pump on the outside, nowadays everything is internal so costs a fortune to repair. Mr Wizard do not sell it just keep it forever. Regards from the UK
I learned to drive in a '46 Plymouth Deluxe which was then traded for a '53 Cranbrook, so your video brings back lots of memories. The family then traded for a '56 Savoy. The manual transmission in all three had unique shifting system. It's hard to describe in words, but you may have noticed it by now.
I enjoyed your wife's participation in the video, too.
50 yrs old? Almost 70! Beautiful piece of Americana.
Hi Wizard family, another great find!!! Old Ford mechs like me can tell you all about rear drum disassembly!!! Those tapered drums on '40s Fords were hell! Interesting comment from Mrs. Wizard about the low roof and the stop light spotter. When this car was new, the signal lights were on a post at the street corner! No overhead signals back in those days. Interesting how the times have slowly changed and this look-back very interesting! THANKS!!
All of those I remember working on back in the 60-70’s had ball bearings in the axle. So, I think that bearing has been replaced at some point. It should have a grease fitting in the axle housing to keep the bearing lubricated. I did upgrade the ball bearing axles to tapered roller bearings because the id and od was a standard size...
That would be the correct bearing for that year Plymouth. Each axle has one tapered roller bearing, and a thrust block between the side axle gears. Shims are used between the differential housing and the brake backing plates to achieve a 0.003 - 0.008 inch bearing clearance. Many other brand cars used the same design. Once ball bearings were introduced the thrust block was no longer needed.
Dave Packard
The condition of this car is a testament to design and workmanship that went into it. In 1960-'61 I rode to and from preschool in a similar Suburban. While they were stodgy, they were durable, as seen on this example.
I congratulate you on your purchase, and hope that you keep it going, with an eye toward maintaining its originality.
The agents at Cold War Motors will be very envious of your Savoy.
Yea. Do Scott even have a 54?
I was going to say just that. Plus everything you ever need to know about repairing the car is available on TH-cam, ‘Tech’ in the old Chrysler filmstrips knows it all.
Beautiful car Wizard! I just got a 1951 Packard convertible with a 6 volt system. I would love to convert to the double Optima setup you have. I love these old well-made American cars that are comfortable to drive and DIY friendly.
I missed out on one of these in the late 80's and it was sold for 50 bucks...would have been a great car. Gawd, that was over 30 years ago. This car is my age, 67. My mileage is way higher.
That's a keeper.. you really are the car Wizard congratulations
It is so round, shiny, comfortable, has a big back seat, and a round front! A Wizard twin! Luv it.😁 🙃
Did you think about 'heat quenching' the axle hub to separate them? That almost never fails on iron or steel parts. I know you probably did think about it, but there must have been a reason not too. But using a torch until it's cherry red and then immediately spray cold water on it always worked for me. I remember that when I started driving the only tires available were bias ply. I saw the tires on that Plymouth and the memories started flowing. Thanks!
I love the way she says her garage.
Very cool car which is a car my father drove, actually a 53 Plymouth it was. He bought it new and kept it until about 1960. My brother, my mom and dad and I went to the Sierras, Lake Tahoe, in it and we spent a lot of happy times in it. By the way, your other video of the 1960 Studebaker Lark also came into our family from my Grandpa. That was my brother's first car. It was the VI. We tried to do all the maintenance ourselves, and that kept us busy. Thanks for the history lesson. Brings back lots of memories.
That ‘54 was born the same year as me, which makes me feel ancient! The interior yellowing is definitely nicotine stain, perhaps from a pipe smoker which wouldn’t leave long term odors like cigarettes. It wouldn’t take much to detail the interior to showroom condition, although I couldn’t tell from the video on my display if the chrome switches or trim are pitted. What a great find, Wizard. 👍👍👍
Don't worry my man I was born in '38!
@@johnchristmas7522 Thanks, Dad! 😉
@@Primus54 Your welcome son!
Memories from my childhood. My father bought a 1954 Dodge Coronet, new, that looks much like your Savoy. Truly a land yacht. I like that Savoy!
My first car was a 1955 Plymouth. Got it when I was 20 and it was 19 years old. Had fun doing my own work on it and removing parts from old Dodges & Desotos in auto graveyard parts sources.
Back in 1980 when I was twenty I bought a 1951 Dodge Coronet four doorwith that engine idling I could stand a nickel on its in and it would stand on its end on its side without falling over while that engine was running absolute true story
Love this car. The Plymouth company name from the colony, The sail logo is the Mayflower clipper.
And the school kids did not say you drove a Plymouth; you drove a Mayflower!
For a guy that says he hates working on carbureted engines, seems like most of his personal cars have carbureted engines…
carbs are easy to keep going
You can fix a carb. Good luck fixing a modern car when the computer dies and there are exactly ZERO replacements out there because they quit making them due to revisions and outdated technology.
No one makes the ECM for a 1985 Buick Regal. If yours dies you have to find a good one in a junk yard and hope it works.
You will always be able to rebuild/fix/tune a carburetor. Always.
@@joe6096 i have 6 corvairs an a 79 caprice with carbs,, but you can get a aftermarket fuel injection for your regal ,,i have a holly one on my 56 331 ..not a bad job
@@MZRFaith A carb is a hunk of metal with holes placed in it to get the right airflow for the fuel/air mixture. It can't really get much basic and easier than that. About the most intensive it gets with a carb is if you need to change jetting size or change your metering rods, or to clean your idle circuits out with a very thin wire, but all of that can be accomplished with simple tools and basically no money compared to EFI. EFI does have it's advantages to be fair to it, it's far better with cold starting, but that's about it. Carbs are far better from an ease of mind standpoint, to me.
@@MZRFaith Back when people knew How to work on cars, instead of being told via computer. Using sound, smell and elbow grease to know what's going on.
Thank you for showing us this great old survivor, and for keeping her honest. 6-volt, oil-bath, glass bowl on fuel filter - wonderful details. Are they vacuum wipers? Can we hear the horns? We assume the dimmer switch is on the floor. I grew up in a '53 Plymouth Cranbrook (the more basic trim - no fancy chrome controls for handbrake.) It was this color, or close. The rear window ledge is ideal for a little person to sleep on. Love this car and the Lark. You are correct - this is the height of cool. Dramatic history. 7 grand was a steal. Great that it belongs to someone who can fix it up (while keeping the original spirit), drive it, and appreciate the history. Congratulations.
have a '56 savoy. flat head 6, 3 on the tree. easy to work on k car of the 50's. king pins and pivot joints can be a bugger to do though, mine was converted to 12v with an old delco reme alternator instead if that huge generator and regulator riveted to the firewall, a stereo fits nicely in the glove box to hide it.
I have a local guy here in SLC that will rebuild my old Generator. I want to just mod a few things on mine. I am doing suicide doors on mine and will lower a little to make it more mob like of the day.
When I bought my 84 GMC Vandura a few years ago, It had 60,000 original miles. I know how you feel, I love it. Mike
Nice to see Wizard buy a car that really fits him. It's a 4 door, it's underpowered, it's undesirable and it was Cheap. Sorta boddles the mind when you see the cars that come through his shop.
19:10 Look at that interior, I have to quote from Seinfeld: it is gold Wizard!
Lovely old car. I completely agree that the patina enhances it and that you should leave it as is and just clean and wax it. Are you going to give it a name?
Many Plymouths were named Priscilla, after Priscilla of Plymouth Colony.
i've got a 56 plymouth savoy that's almost identical mechanically to yours. they're certainly unlike anything made today, but it looks like you're off to a good start. i'm looking forward to more updates!
The 1956 models still used the flathead 6 but they were also available with V8 engines. My mother once owned a 56 Savoy with the 270 V8 and PowerFlite. I remember changing the dashboard light bulbs when they burned out because my fingers could get in easily to reach the sockets especially the one for the transmission push buttons. In 1966 the car was starting to fall apart due to rust and wear and tear so she traded it in on a used 1965 Dodge Dart 270. The Savoy went to the junkyard as no one wanted to buy it from the dealer. That generation of Chrysler products introduced Virgil Exner's Forward Look styling and the beginning of the horsepower race of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wizard: The horns are extremely loud!! Loud as can be!
me: Honk them!! Honk the horns!!!
Mrs. Wizard: our veeeery big steering wheel with a nice horn ring on it
me: push it!! Push it!!!!! omg!
50's car has such loud and low pitch horns!! Love to hear them!
Big wheel for leverage with no power steering. Grew up driving cars like that. You developed arm muscles parallel parking. No big deal if you can always have the car creeping a little while turning the wheel.
Very awesome ride for such an amazing price!! I love how the chrome trim from the grill wraps around the car. Pretty unique. Very beautiful piece of history!!
That battery set up is a bit mind boggling. You can still get a "full size" 6 volt top post battery. I get mine for my 1948 from NAPA.
yes, but your full size only has 1000 amps. My smaller batteries have 1000 amps each. Totaling 2000 cranking amps, and they fit in the space of 1 full size.
@@CarWizard Okay, that part makes sense. These cars do crank slow. Also wondering...if those are 6 volt each, isn't that putting 12 volts though the system? I'm not trying to discredit you or come down on your setup...just trying to understand it better! I've looked at a LOT of old Plymouths over the years, and have never seen a set up like that, so it's new to me.
@@Hazus00 as he says in the video, they’re wired in parallel. If he wired in series it would be 12v. Parallel keeps the voltage the same but still gives access to the amperage and capacity from both batteries.
@@derekheld1427 Ohh okay. Gotcha. Thank you! Makes sense now.
@@CarWizard 6V systems work fine when new but once corrosion creeps into those connections you'll soon know the reason for 12V systems. I2R losses. Leave the 6V starter in there and convert the rest to 12V and you'll be much happier. I say this from my experience: a kid growing up in a family where we had nothing but a '65 Volkswagen bug throughout our family time, who was always interested in electricity, who later got a degree in electrical engineering at a highly accredited university and owned a '60FLH (6V panhead converted to 12V) then went on to do industrial service. I still cringe when I think about the 6V we left in the VW. It caused our family a lot of misery.
That is a beautiful car; love it.
I was born in 1953 in Omaha NE. In the 1950s our neighbor had a similar Plymouth that he bought new. I have a photographic memory and I can still see it parked next door. Hope you enjoy your Plymouth!
keep her! that plymouth is a beautiful car, and definitely a daily driver!!
That is nice. I’m old enough to remember occasions of seeing cars like this still going for an elderly person back in the 1970’s. Amazing find!