Will it Run? Episode 19: 1957 Plymouth Plaza! Part 1 of 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2015
- Hey, we're back!
Welcome back to our show about buying junk cars and getting them to run just for the hell of it. The budget is zero, as usual, and the cars just keep getting worse, haha.
This time we dug up a 1957 Plymouth Plaza 4 door sedan out of a local junkyard and thought we'd see what it would take to get it going for a drive around the yard. This beauty was scrapped in about 1968 after someone presumably couldn't get it to go anymore. It is in terrible condition, but almost everything is just the way it was when it was shut off way back when Nixon took office and the Stones released "Sympathy for the Devil". There were even parking tickets in the glove box and gum wrappers in the ashtray!
Well, let's see if we can get it to putt around again; she's definitely seen way better days, but maybe it'll come back to life to take Stella for a ride!
Thanks again to everyone for watching and subscribing! Cheers from all the Agents here at CWMC!
Well, we kinda blew the budget again... A timing chain and plugs pushed the repair bill close to a hundred bucks! Damn!
PS: Mr. Lee Perreault, your parking ticket is 47 years overdue... - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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i love how you keep them from the crusher... YOUR SAVING HISTORY ..
Congratulations on plating the '37! It's a beautiful vehicle!!👍
Dear CWM Scott N.
👍👌👏 I just finished watching this video for the second time. It's still great! 😁 ;-)
Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Had 57 Savoy model, I was 14 (1965) planed on restoring it, somebody talked to Grandpa he made me sell it. Will be watching you build it. Mine was light green & white, V8 and push button automatic.
love you guy's video's... I'm glued to my monitor everytime you get something running... good job!
Amazing that this one is mostly intact. Most 57s disappeared years ago.
That '57 Plymouth looks so evil in black!!
I think this is a great TH-cam show I like the way you do simple Restorations and work with what you got it's good to see that somebody is holding on to these rusty old cars thanks keep them coming
Hey, thanks for the note and for checking out the old Plymouth! More on the way soon, cheers!
This is one of my favorites at CWM! This and the Buick from the challenge. I love em all but those 2 are my favorites. Lol!
I love old Dodge and Plymouth from the 50s60s and 70s. They are so unique.
You are my hero. I wish I could do this.
Man, it's nice to revisit your older videos once in a while. Cheers!
Good decor for yard
These cars were notorious rusters!
Yay!! A new "Will it Run" series! :-)
You guys crack me up. Love the head mill job with the hand grinder. (might have been on another video)
Hey, thanks for checking it out, cheers!
This one is my favorite! Canadian mafia staff car! Lol!
Hey, thanks for the note and for checking out the vids! Cheers from me and Stel...
She'll start you need these
Even in this condition this beauty is soooo beautiful
I watched Part 3 first and I can't believe you turned this wreck into that beauty.
I HAD 2 watch this again. Well I know it's an oldie now, but I just hope there ARE more cars out there languishing away in some yard that you will find. What a Joy. Love it !
Definitely my fave YT channel. Keep up the great work, you Canadian chaps. = )
+MungoidHen Hey, thanks again; nice to hear from people who like this stuff. I did just buy a couple more treasures, so there will be more soon! Cheers from me and Stel.
coldwarmotors ,allllright !
Excellent !
the first time I ever saw a Plymouth Fury was in the movie Christine it would be cool to RI build one love the sound of that Hemi and dual quads
If my memory serves me right, christine had the "golden commando" 350 with dual quads. Also rare fact known is that christine had a voiceover in the movie, they actually used a ford mustang 1970 429 scj for her exhaust sound.
I love the fins on this thing
Christine'e plain sister , Plymouth Plaza.
Floor pans, or Fred Flintstone floor pans??.( nothing there.)
omg you got a plaza .. im so watching this :) hey guys hi Stella :)
I LOVE YOUR 1957 PLYMOUTH PLAZA! YOU ASKED WHO WOULD BUY THEM, POLICE, GOVERMENT AGENCIES LIKE I.R.S AND CANADA REVENUE, FIRE DEPT. AND TAXI COMPANIES, (THOUGH IN U.S MAGOR CITIES FAVORITE TAXIS WERE CHECKER MARATHONS, THEY HAD THE 1950'S STYLING AND PLENTY OF ROOM) THEY HAD CHEVY DRIVETRAINS WITH THE THM400 TRANS.
Pretty cool, had my fingers crossed.
I would do a book style christine on this car since she was a four door in the book. Beautiful looking cars. They aged very well for their looks. Looking forward to if there would be a build on this car. Always been a fan of 50s to early 70s cars. Way better style then these cookie cutter now a days.
just found your channel great stuff !! Bonus that your in Canada ! Ah lol
It rolls, that's half the battle.
The backfiring through the carb was because it's way out of time. Hear how hard it was to crank? Yep, another symptom of it being out of time. Loosen the distributor and turn it until you can fire it up. Also a bad idea to try to fire it up with a dirty carb and stale gas. Stale gas will stick the valves. Anyway, I really want one of these 230 flathead 6 engines. I've heard one run in person and they are very quiet and smooth. A hell of a lot quieter than the Chevy 235 of the same time. They don't have any rocker arm noise because they're a flathead. Also love how much room there is between the finder wells because most 57 and 58 Plymouths came with the 318 v8 which was wide so when you got a 6, there's a bunch of room because the engine compartment is made for a wide v8. Pretty cool. A 58 Plymouth Plaza Silver Special is my dream car. I'll get one some day. A 318 or a 230, either way I'm happy. I can only dream......
This was a great video. Even though it’s very base, I would love to have a 57 Dodge or Plymouth. I really like the styling
Glad you liked it!
I had a neighbor that had a 1958 PLAZA when I was growing up (40 odd years ago), I really liked that car, although I have never had much to do with Chrysler Products for some reason it was a special car.
In 1964 I had a buddy , classmate at St. MARY'S high Calgary, ... he had a 49 Plymouth 4 dr and the darn thing started when she was 40 Below! 6 volts and the darn thing started
So, when you break out the Haynes repair manual for a 50's-era plymouth, does it just say "Push in reverse; watch out for shitters?"
"Install brand new windshield wipers for the busted windshield."
Me and the boys car ole Matt mingle wood 🪵
Hey! It's about time for some new videos. My smartphone is about wore out from watching COM reruns!
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This is the same model '57 Plymouth that I took my drivers ed class at Pershing High School back in Detroit Mi.. Bob O
1:14 of course the oil looks clean. It sat there so long the solids have settled
Well...under the hood it doesn't look bad at all! I never imagined the engine would still turn aber all those years...and you even got a spark!
+AudioMobil Yes... a pretty decent starting point, really. More-or-less untouched since it was shut off in the 1960's. Will be a great donor car to restore one of the coupes, I think. Cheers from me and Stella!
Pretty rough, but once she's crushed there's no bringing her back. I didn't realize there were still flat heads in Plymouths and Dodges in '57. Bet she'll run! Sounds like no compression.
I realy like the 57-58 Plymouth great cars
Awwww, the o'l Plaza. Today it would be called the Strip Mall. The only model the Savoy could look down on....
Thanks
"Pre loved"..lol
I like your style. None of this proper starting end engine that has been sitting sissy procedure crap. Just try it and go from there:)
I love watching your will it run videos my question is when you get these cars running do you put them back on the road with the title and do you get a title when you buy these cars or if you do by the cars without a title can you get a title for them to be able to put back on the road
Me and the boys
incredible car, about in mint condition and they were going to crush it? amazing :)
+granskare Well, I wouldn't say "mint" exactly, haha, but way too good to get flattened for sure. Cheers from me and Stella!
@@coldwarmotors you guys must be mopar fans like me.
It's the Fred Flintstone model. It typically isn't optioned with a floor per say
Check the one out on Forgotten Fins! Hemi with a manual! Its awesome!
Are there no demolition derbies in Canada, that's where that would have ended up in the states.
Plaza and the rest of the forward look line up was an Art Deco meets NASA rocket experiment in car design -- brought to you by Chrysler -- "Suddenly its 1960"
i was working on a 300F chrysler a few years ago , and thought it surprising that the corp that could sell a car wit5h a sonoramic 413 would also sell a car with a 1930's sidebasher in it.
You seem to end up with a lot of 6 cylinder cars. Quite a few flatheads as well. Will you be doing more V8s or even try to find a Ford flathead [historically interesting.]?
You know a 2 door one of those would be cool to turn into a nice cruising car
Id go to the moon in it! As long as it had 2 solid rocket boosters on each side! It would be one helluva ride! Lol!
"Going to the moon" also in dutch a way of saying.. It's done for.
Would you guys ever sell a 57/58 Belvedere or Fury? Happens to be my dream car and it looks like you guys have a yard full of Plymouths.
Im sure i spotted a jaguar XJ6 in that scrapyard at 0:26 id have bought that thing straight away considering how much the value of them has increased massively in recent months
To see these 57-58 Plymouths in action , go to U-tube ZIV 1957 TV show HARBOR COMMAND ". I love it ! It`s TIME TRAVEL!
I really want to find a 57 desoto adventurer hardtop with the 354 hemi and push button powerglide
I had no idea mopar was still making flathead sixes in the late 50s. Them and Willys and the Nash Rambler and . . .
They were around for a significant part of time.
The newest car with a straight six engine would have to be a 1980 Dodge Aspen
Are you referring to mopar or cars in general? I know that Ford made their straight six engines in some of their pickups and cargo vans until 1996 I believe.
i often think with all your old parts cars, after they're stripped, just drop a small block in, paint it and sell it just as a cruiser. Like a resto mod type deal, in that you just throw in any old seats and interior, not a period correct full restoration (not that you guys really do that :) , just using junkyard parts. just an easy way to make a buck and get rid of the old parts car shells.
It's Cristine's long lost brother
men in black first car
57 plymouth patrol cars in action , on u-tube ,Harbor Command 1957 episode .
First big question I'm going to ask you, that car seriously had spark you guys did not touch the distributor at all and it cranks and came to life first try meaning it turned over??
If all what I just said is true that kind of sucks considering all the problems in the number 5 cylinder.
redneckbryon Yeah, it really had spark, but the plug wires were all on backwards and the chain was so sloppy it was never going to start without a bunch of messing around. The carb needed a rebuild too, and even then it just barely starts because of the poor compression in the back couple cylinders...
YOU ASKED WHO DROVE THE PLAZA, POLICE, FIRE AND TAXIS, AS WELL AS CANADA REVENUE AND UNCLE SAM (I.R.S)
In a USSR's truck GAZ-51 stands the same engine
I'd love to have this car. I dont care if its rusty and crusty, I dont care if it doesn't run right, I'd just like to have it.
It's depressing to imagine that in twenty to forty more years, these classics are going to become "locked". Only remains will be those bought by collectors, restored by rich folk or salvaged and stored on lots like Coldwarmotor's. The sad reality is the rest of us, will have to hope junkyards keep their models for another age or so. I always wanted a 1956 Chrysler Widsor. Interesting looking oldie.
Hi Florida79If you love Chryslers from 1956, I have to tell you a story.Last year I was cruising in the USA in a 63 Impala, that I bought just for travelling with my with my family in the USA. I love vintage cars, it is my absolute passion. In Oregon I ran into an incredible car parked beside the road: A 1956 New Yorker with a hemi and a nice interior.The car looks clean, nearly rustfree, original paint, a lot of patina and it seems roadworthy. It was and might still be for sale for the sum of 4000$. Unfortunately I did not meet the seller, a man who ran a Jeep Garage and has retired. A while later I could contact him by phone. He told me the car was still for sale. But sadly he did not answer my email. But if you are really interested in the car, I will give you his phone number.I was so temped in buying this vehicle and having it shipped to my home in Switzerland. But I own 5 vintage cars and I cannot afford an other one.
A donor for the Viscount?
"Because I need more cars, I guess?"
Did you sell it
xr4ti at 00.24!
Plazas are very good police cars.
If huffy made an airplane, would you fly in it?
Is it just me that thinks every ancient Chrysler in Canada has the right rear quarter panel wiped out or so I mean that is just my lopsided perceptions?
Oh no its CHRISTINE ! 😨
+isaac roberts
I'm hoping one day he builds a Christine!
me too
What happened with this gem?
Canada's MIB
Check this 1957 Plaza out this thing is awesome if Plymouth built factory race cars in the 50's this would be it th-cam.com/video/FTXZYD8tygc/w-d-xo.html
Just a little body repair and it's a driver. Too bad about hole #5. The view from behind is weird.
'town clowns' local cop car....
The best way to kill a car company was in spite of great designs, was that bloody awful flathead 6.
what a shame you didn't crush it, you could build five Priuses with that car
2right4words I seriously hope you're joking
uh no
Hola Amigo, té pregunto si vendes estos autos porque quisiera comprar alguno de ellos. Espero respuesta y hoja la pudieras mandar vídeo de todos los q tienes desde luego q éste casi completo y q funcione el motor gracias
Civil service all day long
A donor for the Viscount?
A donor for the Viscount?
+Sandor Horvath Hmmm... more likely a donor for one of the 2 door coupes in the back. I'd like to put together an all-black 57 Savoy coupe with this car's frame and front clip. Cheers from us here at CWMC!