Back in the late 80's I found a 56 Imperial . The car was too far gone but it still ran quite well actually. I offered to buy the engine but the customer wanted the whole thing gone. I ended up dragging the big beast home , lol. I still have the 354 .
Steve my Aunt , my father's older sister, had a 56 Chrysler Windsor pink with white trim and top. My aunt drove that till she bought a 66 Chrysler New Yorker which my uncle drove for years then sold it to a guy who he worked with that drove it for years going on 200k miles. My parents bought a dark blue metallic with white trim and white top 57 Chrysler New Yorker which although was all new for 57 it was nicer looking but not as good a car as my aunt's 56. My mother liked the looks of the 57 and the push button drive but years later my father admits he should have bought a 57 Chevy instead in that we had all kinds of problems with that Chrysler. Drove from Dayton OH to Houston TX in Aug 58 when we moved to Houston. Hot as hell in an unairconditioned Chrysler which my father promptly traded for a 59 Plymouth Sport Suburban 9 passenger wagon with factory air. Eventually we became a Chevy family. Chrysler for 57 caught GM and Ford by surprise with Exners newly styled Chryslers for 57 which were beautiful but hastily rushing these cars to market with quality issues along with the Recession of 1958 caught up with Chrysler. Always look for the 57 and 58 Chryslers, Plymouths, Dodges, and Desotas at old car shows they are rare but are just beautiful cars. Lots of old Chevies and Mustangs but not a lot of the old 50s and early 60s Mopars and not a lot of the old Nashes and Ramblers.
Steve, always looking forward to new videos! I live about an hour North of Bernardston, I'm wondering if you've seen any early 60's Ford Fairlane's in the yard... I know it is a big place but, seeing if you have spotted any to give me a good reason to come down. Thanks!
Exner was recovering from his first heart attack in the hospital when the Andrea Doria went down. The story is Chrysler executives waited a few days to tell him so as not to induce a second and possibly fatal heart attack. One of the divers who went down the most on the Andrea Doria, who died a few years ago, actually found the remnants of the Norseman on one of his last dive, and said it was mostly gone.
As a kid I remember my great-grand mother's '56 Winsor. Proverbial "driven by a little old lady" car. Only driven to church and shopping by her. My father would take it on the highway to blow the carbon out during the summer. Fond memories!
Boy does this bring back memories. I had one of these as a kid. A hand me down from my dad. That thing rode like a cloud. But those brakes were only an inch or so wide and would get hot at the least provocation. The engine was powerful, but it had to push around a barge, so no racer for sure.
Thanks Steve! You never cease to amaze us with your vast knowledge of anything automotive and beyond. Of all my "auto" TH-cam subscriptions, you are the best!
Junkyard wars... In 2002 I was a laid off airline pilot with a Porsche 928. I lived in Orlando, and my 928 had a cracked dashboard pod. I had nothing to do but send out resumes that day, so I took my '66 Ford F100 airport truck to a junkyard in Bithlo, Florida, east of Orlando to see if anything was there that I could use. It was a U-Pull it yard, so I brought my tool kit. I didn't think I'd find anything, but I was bored but LO and BEHOLD what do I see? Not one but TWO 928's, axles up in the mud, and one had a ::cathedral music:: PERFECT INSTRUMENT POD! Uhmm...These are NOT available from Porsche anymore, and aftermarket they were $400 back then and over $1000 now! I ran back to the office and asked the owner of the yard what he wanted for it; He replied "Hmm. Shit. I dunno, like forty fucking bucks. But bring it in here first". I RAN back to the car and opened the door. Problem: A three foot long rattlesnake was occupying the passenger floorboards, and he was intent on staying there.... A battered Volvo was next to the 928; The door rub strip was falling off, so I completed its journey to the ground and used it in a violent fashion to "convince" said reptile that departure via the partially open passenger door was a good idea~ I got my pod and that evening I installed it; I kept the old cracked pod despite selling the 928 three years ago. It's kind of a fun memento; I have no idea what became of the snake. Interesting aside: The OTHER white 928 literally had it's paint peeling off. I was curious of this, and pulled a little more off. The 928 has a steel body but the hood, front fenders, and both doors are all aluminum. Yet, this 928 had paint peeling near the fuel door, and there was no rust. I tapped it and the body appeared to be made of aluminum. I ran this across people on Rennlist, the Porsche enthusiast website a few years ago and there were TWO 928's made for competition only with full aluminum bodies at ridiculous cost and nobody knows where they went....
Its nice to see these get some attention! Im the proud owner of a 1956 Chrysler NewYorker Town and Country....I see some parts on that one I could use...
Hello Jay Dlancy, you can always call Dale Hastings, owner of Bernardston Auto Wrecking at 413/648-9300. He can get the parts you need, if you wish. THANKS for watching, Steve Magnante
These Cars are so huge can you imagine letting your 16 year old daughter take her Drivers License test Drive in one off these.Thanks for the videos Steve. Greetings from San Diego.
My morning fix. Couple cups coffee and a couple of your videos and I'm ready to get to work out in shop (71 Camaro and 72 Commando projects). Since my favorite JY burned to the ground/closed up these videos are about all I got to keep me motivated. Thanks for the hard work. BTW I'd love a Jeep/AMC Commando video...especially bullnose
Hello Dug Gid, sorry to hear about your local junkyard's fire. I've seen burned cars and the metal even suffers. Not much can be done after metal is heated so high that it warps or stiffens. A sad thing. I know baseball legend Reggie Jackson had a couple of tragic (for the cars) fires in his collection decades ago. Hemis, Camaros, etc all went to smoke. As for a Jeepster / Commando video, I'll do one as soon as I can find one in the bone yard...they're RARE. Thanks for watching and writing, Steve Magnante
As a New Yorker owner, I throughly enjoyed this. Granted mine is 20 yrs newer with 2 less doors. I wish the hemi was an option when mine was new but I'm equally happy with the 440 it has. Thanks for making great content and I look forward to the next one!!
👍 always makes me laff when I see early 60’s & beyond makes me think of the movie it’s a mad mad world , .. a line in there the guys wife says put it to the floor they’re gaining on us , if I Remember right she yells it’s a Chrysler and smashes his gas foot down with her foot 😂 .. don’t recall what he was driving 🤷♂️ … ✌️🤙
@@mexicanspec 😎 it has some good gems in it if you pick em out from the obvious slapstick .. lol I got a say Jimmy deranty sets the tone when he kicks the bucket 😂😂😂😂 ✌️….. wasn’t bullet that was the original car chase scene 😝
2:10 Yup. Just finished reading that book on Exner. Naturally, as I own a 1958 Plymouth Fury. A real one. Those twin cylinder Center Plane Brakes were just awful. I have the Total Contact ones in 11" drums. Ditched those for discs.
My all time favorite American luxury car is the Chrysler New Yorker. I still want a 1967 and/or 1977 model. My grandparents had a 1977, Tan with tan leather interior. The seats were more comfortable than the sofas in a living room. They just exude class.
Center Plain brakes had two wheel cylinders "an upper and a lower" per brake drum, it was a "Chrysler Corporation only" is was for more stopping with out power brakes. Problem was, the wheel cylinder were more prone for seizing, leaking and corroding due to the small amount of movement "1/2 movement" that of standard brake wheel cylinders, they were also difficult to adjust. Dave...
Something about the Chrysler Ghia connection. Chrysler executives found out they could have a car custom built in Italy for one tenth the cost of having the same thing built by union labor in Detroit. This was in 1951. For more than ten years they had their show cars built in Italy but the designs all originated in Detroit. Another advantage of the Italian coachbuilders was that they could work from a few dimensions and perspective drawings, it was not necessary to create a full set of blueprints. This could save a lot of time. It would be more accurate to say Ghia copied Chrysler designs, rather than Chrysler depended on Ghia designs. For an example see the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia which debuted in 1956 and compare to the Chrysler show cars of 1952-54.
Brake pedal through the FLOOR, meant that the brake master cylinder was located UNDER the floor and you had to remove the door sill and pull the rubber floor mat "or carpet" back and unscrew a steel cover to fill and/or check the brake fluid level. Dave...
I had two Windsor 4 door sedans and a New Yorker St. Regis 2 door hardtop in the late 1970’s. They weren’t running and I didn’t have the money to get them running. The New Yorker had a blown rear axle, the previous owner thought it was a hot rod. One of the Windsors was our family car when I was little.
Nice riding car awaiting a ring and valve job at minimum. Rain gutter on right rear window was an add on for some reason. It did have vent windows on the rear doors, probably for smokers.
When i was 14 my best friends dad was a Jalopy, Descruction Derby aficionado. He had a 56 Windsor in his backyard that he decided to turn into a 'Race Car'. Car was beautiful, black with a red top. We prepped it (cut out fenders, took out lenses and glass) and took it to the race track a week later. It kicked butt and almost won. A cheap shot by its last competitor took out the battery ( that we should have moved to the trunk) and killed it. Straight to the junk yard the next day. What a waste of a beautiful car.....different times.
I'm born in 1956 too. But at that time my chariot was a older business coupe. I used to hang out in the back window and get scared by the Buicks coming at me..
Can you imagine that miss belvedere still had air in the tires little less in the back but still filled with air when they brought it up out of the vault
Just bumped into your channel. I do like the background that give about the vehicle. It would be nice to see more of these oldies on the road. Too bad, this one is gone for sure.
Hi Jim Martin, you probably remember Car Craft magazine and how they were super cool and allowed me to have a monthly junkyard discoveries column in the back pages of each monthly issue. I called the series "JUNKYARD CRAWL"! Well Car Craft may be gone but Junkyard Crawl lives on as this video series. THANKS for reading, watching and writing (in that order), Steve Magnante
I immediately recognized the shape of the 56 Chrysler. My Grandmother had a 56 Windsor in a two tone green color. I remember walking around the huge ride as a kid, and admiring all the chrome and fins. I was sad to see her get replaced by a 67 Pontiac Executive, but was equally impressed with the size of that car too 😳 Thanks for the video Steve
Hi Gary McKee, wow, you must know that the rocker covers on those factory solid lifter Hemis had "bumps" formed into them for exhaust rocker arm adjuster-nut clearance. If you'd like to see an example of them in one of my videos, go to the Channel Playlist section of this channel and click on "Great Texas Mopar Hoard Auction Event Videos". Scroll along until you see "Chrysler Industrial Generator Lot 300". You'll get a kick out of the video. While you're in the Great Texas Mopar Hoard video section, you might also enjoy the 150-plus videos on many Exner-era Mopars. But then you've probably already seen them. THANKS again for writing, Steve Magnante
The exterior paint is possibly code "8" Turquoise exterior paint. There was a 1958 Windsor running around my neighborhood. I'm pretty sure the guy that used to own it is the guy that used to drop by and linger around my house and pester my dad as he worked on his 1941 Plymouth Deluxe. The guy used to wear shirts that said, "Nader Was Wrong" in reference to the Corvair debacle with Ralph Nader and GM chairman James Roche.
In around 1997 or 98 found one in a back yard of an old man down the street. It was under a tree so the seats were in good shape, and all or the dash chrome was not pitted. I made an offer but he said no not at this time. I waited about about 6 months and bought it for $ 500 bucks. It took about a week to get it running drove it for a year or so then the 354 let go. sold the horn ring for $500 and the rest of the car for $1500. Wish I had pulled the Hemi and trans oh well
'56Chryslers and Desotos are m7 favorites...my ex had a 60 Imperial and yes I had to replace the wheel cyl's on her "Center Plane Brakes" just a monkey on a football to bleed these!!!
Hello Jupitermustangmike, yes indeed, old coins found in old cars! I've never scored BIG on this count but did discover a 1950-s silver Roosevelt dime in a 1951-ish Nash Airflyte at Rambler Ranch in Elizabeth, Colorado during a Roadkill's Junkyard Gold video shoot. Like the good boy I am, I made sure I handed it to the owner of the collection. Another old coin / old car event on Roadkill's Junkyard Gold was when I "discovered" a 1909-S VDB penny in a Studebaker Wagonaire. Truth be told, I brought it along with me and planted it into the car. When I "discovered" it, I played dumb and made sure to show the camera the "S" and "VDB" real close. My plan was to see if any TV viewers would notice the rare coin......NOTHING. No response to the "comments" on the Motor Trend On Demand site. Oh well, we know about old car and old coins and how they often go together! Thanks for writing, Steve Magnante
Back in the late 80's I found a 56 Imperial . The car was too far gone but it still ran quite well actually. I offered to buy the engine but the customer wanted the whole thing gone. I ended up dragging the big beast home , lol. I still have the 354 .
does the motor run lol
Love the look of the Chryslers from that era. Next up…the fox body in the background. 👍🏿
Steve, you are the junkyard King! I look forward to these everyday! Thanks for all you do!
Never was a fan of Chrysler corporations "forward-look", but Chrysler corporation engineering was awesome during that era.
Steve my Aunt , my father's older sister, had a 56 Chrysler Windsor pink with white trim and top. My aunt drove that till she bought a 66 Chrysler New Yorker which my uncle drove for years then sold it to a guy who he worked with that drove it for years going on 200k miles. My parents bought a dark blue metallic with white trim and white top 57 Chrysler New Yorker which although was all new for 57 it was nicer looking but not as good a car as my aunt's 56. My mother liked the looks of the 57 and the push button drive but years later my father admits he should have bought a 57 Chevy instead in that we had all kinds of problems with that Chrysler. Drove from Dayton OH to Houston TX in Aug 58 when we moved to Houston. Hot as hell in an unairconditioned Chrysler which my father promptly traded for a 59 Plymouth Sport Suburban 9 passenger wagon with factory air. Eventually we became a Chevy family. Chrysler for 57 caught GM and Ford by surprise with Exners newly styled Chryslers for 57 which were beautiful but hastily rushing these cars to market with quality issues along with the Recession of 1958 caught up with Chrysler. Always look for the 57 and 58 Chryslers, Plymouths, Dodges, and Desotas at old car shows they are rare but are just beautiful cars. Lots of old Chevies and Mustangs but not a lot of the old 50s and early 60s Mopars and not a lot of the old Nashes and Ramblers.
Thanks
Steve, always looking forward to new videos! I live about an hour North of Bernardston, I'm wondering if you've seen any early 60's Ford Fairlane's in the yard... I know it is a big place but, seeing if you have spotted any to give me a good reason to come down.
Thanks!
My generation only knows about the Andrea Doria from Seinfeld. George vs the Andrea Doria survivor for the apartment.
Any update on your police car??
41 thousands of an inch is nowhere near half an inch. 41 thousands is 0.041, and half an inch is 0.50, over 12 times 0.041.
A nod to your camera man. He/she is very smooth with their movements and do a great job capturing the video as you lead us around each subject.
Exner was recovering from his first heart attack in the hospital when the Andrea Doria went down. The story is Chrysler executives waited a few days to tell him so as not to induce a second and possibly fatal heart attack. One of the divers who went down the most on the Andrea Doria, who died a few years ago, actually found the remnants of the Norseman on one of his last dive, and said it was mostly gone.
As a kid I remember my great-grand mother's '56 Winsor. Proverbial "driven by a little old lady" car. Only driven to church and shopping by her. My father would take it on the highway to blow the carbon out during the summer. Fond memories!
Boy does this bring back memories. I had one of these as a kid. A hand me down from my dad. That thing rode like a cloud. But those brakes were only an inch or so wide and would get hot at the least provocation. The engine was powerful, but it had to push around a barge, so no racer for sure.
I agree Ed!
Thanks Steve! You never cease to amaze us with your vast knowledge of anything automotive and beyond. Of all my "auto" TH-cam subscriptions, you are the best!
Thanks again!
Junkyard wars...
In 2002 I was a laid off airline pilot with a Porsche 928. I lived in Orlando, and my 928 had a cracked dashboard pod. I had nothing to do but send out resumes that day, so I took my '66 Ford F100 airport truck to a junkyard in Bithlo, Florida, east of Orlando to see if anything was there that I could use. It was a U-Pull it yard, so I brought my tool kit.
I didn't think I'd find anything, but I was bored but LO and BEHOLD what do I see? Not one but TWO 928's, axles up in the mud, and one had a ::cathedral music:: PERFECT INSTRUMENT POD!
Uhmm...These are NOT available from Porsche anymore, and aftermarket they were $400 back then and over $1000 now!
I ran back to the office and asked the owner of the yard what he wanted for it; He replied "Hmm. Shit. I dunno, like forty fucking bucks. But bring it in here first". I RAN back to the car and opened the door. Problem:
A three foot long rattlesnake was occupying the passenger floorboards, and he was intent on staying there....
A battered Volvo was next to the 928; The door rub strip was falling off, so I completed its journey to the ground and used it in a violent fashion to "convince" said reptile that departure via the partially open passenger door was a good idea~
I got my pod and that evening I installed it; I kept the old cracked pod despite selling the 928 three years ago. It's kind of a fun memento; I have no idea what became of the snake.
Interesting aside: The OTHER white 928 literally had it's paint peeling off. I was curious of this, and pulled a little more off. The 928 has a steel body but the hood, front fenders, and both doors are all aluminum. Yet, this 928 had paint peeling near the fuel door, and there was no rust. I tapped it and the body appeared to be made of aluminum. I ran this across people on Rennlist, the Porsche enthusiast website a few years ago and there were TWO 928's made for competition only with full aluminum bodies at ridiculous cost and nobody knows where they went....
You need a girlfriend
@@marioncobaretti2280 I have one and she's more than I can handle~
1/2 inch = .500 or five hundred thousandths not .042
That bone yard is huge and has everything
Its nice to see these get some attention! Im the proud owner of a 1956 Chrysler NewYorker Town and Country....I see some parts on that one I could use...
Hello Jay Dlancy, you can always call Dale Hastings, owner of Bernardston Auto Wrecking at 413/648-9300. He can get the parts you need, if you wish. THANKS for watching, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Great! Thanks so much! Parts for these are getting hard to find! Look forward to many more of your Videos...
These Cars are so huge can you imagine letting your 16 year old daughter take her Drivers License test Drive in one off these.Thanks for the videos Steve. Greetings from San Diego.
My morning fix. Couple cups coffee and a couple of your videos and I'm ready to get to work out in shop (71 Camaro and 72 Commando projects). Since my favorite JY burned to the ground/closed up these videos are about all I got to keep me motivated. Thanks for the hard work.
BTW I'd love a Jeep/AMC Commando video...especially bullnose
Hello Dug Gid, sorry to hear about your local junkyard's fire. I've seen burned cars and the metal even suffers. Not much can be done after metal is heated so high that it warps or stiffens. A sad thing. I know baseball legend Reggie Jackson had a couple of tragic (for the cars) fires in his collection decades ago. Hemis, Camaros, etc all went to smoke. As for a Jeepster / Commando video, I'll do one as soon as I can find one in the bone yard...they're RARE. Thanks for watching and writing, Steve Magnante
As a New Yorker owner, I throughly enjoyed this. Granted mine is 20 yrs newer with 2 less doors. I wish the hemi was an option when mine was new but I'm equally happy with the 440 it has. Thanks for making great content and I look forward to the next one!!
Check out miss Belvedere June 15 2007 restored
Watch the videos she was totally submerged up over the roof
Love these junkyard videos Steve. Look forward to a new video on the police car project. When will the next video on that project be on LouTube?
Working on it
How many cases of poison ivy do you get in the junkyard?
1956 first year too for the pushbutton trans
Sad that one isnt still on the road
I see that Chrysler has the aftermarket stainless steel vent visors on the doors. Those are kind of a rarity to find. Another great video Steve!
👍 always makes me laff when I see early 60’s & beyond makes me think of the movie it’s a mad mad world , .. a line in there the guys wife says put it to the floor they’re gaining on us , if I Remember right she yells it’s a Chrysler and smashes his gas foot down with her foot 😂 .. don’t recall what he was driving 🤷♂️ … ✌️🤙
Imperial, she said.
@@mexicanspec 👍 🤷♂️ got the gist of it , lol wtg !! Good memory. you seen it recently?
@@rawbsworld6604 I watch it a couple times a year. It is interesting because it is world where my 1963 Plymouth Fury hadn't been made yet.
@@mexicanspec 😎 it has some good gems in it if you pick em out from the obvious slapstick .. lol I got a say Jimmy deranty sets the tone when he kicks the bucket 😂😂😂😂 ✌️….. wasn’t bullet that was the original car chase scene 😝
2:10 Yup. Just finished reading that book on Exner. Naturally, as I own a 1958 Plymouth Fury. A real one.
Those twin cylinder Center Plane Brakes were just awful. I have the Total Contact ones in 11" drums. Ditched those for discs.
Our dad inherited a 55 (?) Desoto with a hemi. Would be a very cool car to have now
Awesome junkyard. My local yard has nothing older than 1990.
It's a shame that most older cars have been crushed by now. So much wasted potential
I feel like sending a donation to be like a museum member
Hahahahaha if it was a Ford it might be gone but I bet it's in the same condition as the 57 fury they pulled put of a time capsule in Tulsa city
P.s I heard they might try to restore it lol!
I love the idea that in say 20 years someone will be doing a crawl and find Steve's production numbers written on this car and give him a shout out.
My brother’s first new car was a ‘55 Windsor coupe, white over black with a red interior. Gorgeous car.
Grandmother had a 56 like this one but in Red and White.
Thank you for doing these videos Steve. Very enjoyable and informative sir..
Glad you like them!
My all time favorite American luxury car is the Chrysler New Yorker. I still want a 1967 and/or 1977 model. My grandparents had a 1977, Tan with tan leather interior. The seats were more comfortable than the sofas in a living room. They just exude class.
Center Plain brakes had two wheel cylinders "an upper and a lower" per brake drum, it was a "Chrysler Corporation only" is was for more stopping with out power brakes. Problem was, the wheel cylinder were more prone for seizing, leaking and corroding due to the small amount of movement "1/2 movement" that of standard brake wheel cylinders, they were also difficult to adjust. Dave...
Something about the Chrysler Ghia connection. Chrysler executives found out they could have a car custom built in Italy for one tenth the cost of having the same thing built by union labor in Detroit. This was in 1951. For more than ten years they had their show cars built in Italy but the designs all originated in Detroit. Another advantage of the Italian coachbuilders was that they could work from a few dimensions and perspective drawings, it was not necessary to create a full set of blueprints. This could save a lot of time.
It would be more accurate to say Ghia copied Chrysler designs, rather than Chrysler depended on Ghia designs. For an example see the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia which debuted in 1956 and compare to the Chrysler show cars of 1952-54.
Brake pedal through the FLOOR, meant that the brake master cylinder was located UNDER the floor and you had to remove the door sill and pull the rubber floor mat "or carpet" back and unscrew a steel cover to fill and/or check the brake fluid level. Dave...
I had two Windsor 4 door sedans and a New Yorker St. Regis 2 door hardtop in the late 1970’s. They weren’t running and I didn’t have the money to get them running. The New Yorker had a blown rear axle, the previous owner thought it was a hot rod. One of the Windsors was our family car when I was little.
Nice riding car awaiting a ring and valve job at minimum. Rain gutter on right rear window was an add on for some reason. It did have vent windows on the rear doors, probably for smokers.
When i was 14 my best friends dad was a Jalopy, Descruction Derby aficionado. He had a 56 Windsor in his backyard that he decided to turn into a 'Race Car'. Car was beautiful, black with a red top. We prepped it (cut out fenders, took out lenses and glass) and took it to the race track a week later. It kicked butt and almost won. A cheap shot by its last competitor took out the battery ( that we should have moved to the trunk) and killed it. Straight to the junk yard the next day. What a waste of a beautiful car.....different times.
Steve 41 thousandths is not almost half an inch, 41 hundredths is. .041 compared to .41
I'm born in 1956 too. But at that time my chariot was a older business coupe. I used to hang out in the back window and get scared by the Buicks coming at me..
"Center plane brakes". Thanks for putting a name to it, you're a genius!
Too bad that car is missing the most essential ingredient.....the 354 hemi engine. Too bad that I don't have that engine.
Can you imagine that miss belvedere still had air in the tires little less in the back but still filled with air when they brought it up out of the vault
Man Chrysler mad some awesome looking cars back then.
How’s the 62 coming along?
41 thousandths is NOT nearly 1/2 ", come on man..
Just bumped into your channel. I do like the background that give about the vehicle. It would be nice to see more of these oldies on the road. Too bad, this one is gone for sure.
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Mags knows everything about everything, ever.
whoa a foxbody mustang convertible. and it still had the whole top also
huge car, dinky single pot manual brakes 😆
Used to enjoy reading your articles,but I love the crawl
Hi Jim Martin, you probably remember Car Craft magazine and how they were super cool and allowed me to have a monthly junkyard discoveries column in the back pages of each monthly issue. I called the series "JUNKYARD CRAWL"! Well Car Craft may be gone but Junkyard Crawl lives on as this video series. THANKS for reading, watching and writing (in that order), Steve Magnante
I immediately recognized the shape of the 56 Chrysler.
My Grandmother had a 56 Windsor in a two tone green color. I remember walking around the huge ride as a kid, and admiring all the chrome and fins.
I was sad to see her get replaced by a 67 Pontiac Executive, but was equally impressed with the size of that car too 😳
Thanks for the video Steve
Just went to bernardston auto nice owner got a part for my old Chevy van spotted in one of the videos thanks love the channel
.041" is not "almost a half an inch". It's almost one half of one tenth of an inch.
Man. I just want a tour of Steve’s library
Perty car. So is that drop-top Fox behind ya.
Had a 354 Hemi with the factory two four barrel and solid lifters.
Hi Gary McKee, wow, you must know that the rocker covers on those factory solid lifter Hemis had "bumps" formed into them for exhaust rocker arm adjuster-nut clearance. If you'd like to see an example of them in one of my videos, go to the Channel Playlist section of this channel and click on "Great Texas Mopar Hoard Auction Event Videos". Scroll along until you see "Chrysler Industrial Generator Lot 300". You'll get a kick out of the video. While you're in the Great Texas Mopar Hoard video section, you might also enjoy the 150-plus videos on many Exner-era Mopars. But then you've probably already seen them. THANKS again for writing, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Oh yes I found that out when I wanted to use painted ones from an hydraulic equipped one because I don't like chrome valve covers.
thanks steve. it looks like one could string out a hammok in the engine bay..
Awesome Steve. Keep sending
Us these gems.
Those wheels would look great on My Jeep CJ !
Thnx steve
I watched this twice, this is the good stuff. Keep on crawling!
Love love. This. Body style. ❤❤❤❤
You should fix this it's only one that don't suck
The exterior paint is possibly code "8" Turquoise exterior paint. There was a 1958 Windsor running around my neighborhood. I'm pretty sure the guy that used to own it is the guy that used to drop by and linger around my house and pester my dad as he worked on his 1941 Plymouth Deluxe. The guy used to wear shirts that said, "Nader Was Wrong" in reference to the Corvair debacle with Ralph Nader and GM chairman James Roche.
In around 1997 or 98 found one in a back yard of an old man down the street. It was under a tree so the seats were in good shape, and all or the dash chrome was not pitted. I made an offer but he said no not at this time. I waited about about 6 months and bought it for $ 500 bucks. It took about a week to get it running drove it for a year or so then the 354 let go. sold the horn ring for $500 and the rest of the car for $1500. Wish I had pulled the Hemi and trans oh well
That thing got a hemi in it? Nope, just some poison ivy.
Those Chryslers are some of the most beautiful cars ever built! Great video Steve!👌😎👍
I've had a couple of 331's bored to 354. The block castings were beuatiful which passed sonic testing with very even block/bore thickness.
It's on youtube it spent 50 years submerged in water as the vault had a leak you can find videos on youtube where they try to restore it
'56Chryslers and Desotos are m7 favorites...my ex had a 60 Imperial and yes I had to replace the wheel cyl's on her "Center Plane Brakes" just a monkey on a football to bleed these!!!
also my friend's Mom had a DeSoto '56 in the ever popular colors of "Shocking Pink & Muck Grey"
First!! LOL! I had to do it sorry!
beat me by 17 seconds,,,,I "Vanwinkled"
So, you are who?
This is an old joke.
Enjoyed!! 👍👍
Virgil pushed futureism too hard and the public got sick of it fast when you see how fast fins went outta style after 59.
That Mr Magnante, he make a de good video eh !.
Steve you broke a sweat mowing the grass for this video. Stay cool my friend
Thank you, Steve,as usual, interesting!!!!
These were serious luxury liners.
57 first year for shure grip
Thec354 and 392 are the first gen hemis to go with
I dated a great niece of Exner.
Look for coins in the dash were the ashtrays slid in!
Hello Jupitermustangmike, yes indeed, old coins found in old cars! I've never scored BIG on this count but did discover a 1950-s silver Roosevelt dime in a 1951-ish Nash Airflyte at Rambler Ranch in Elizabeth, Colorado during a Roadkill's Junkyard Gold video shoot. Like the good boy I am, I made sure I handed it to the owner of the collection. Another old coin / old car event on Roadkill's Junkyard Gold was when I "discovered" a 1909-S VDB penny in a Studebaker Wagonaire. Truth be told, I brought it along with me and planted it into the car. When I "discovered" it, I played dumb and made sure to show the camera the "S" and "VDB" real close. My plan was to see if any TV viewers would notice the rare coin......NOTHING. No response to the "comments" on the Motor Trend On Demand site. Oh well, we know about old car and old coins and how they often go together! Thanks for writing, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante I swear I have all my stuff since stuff was stuff !!!! Victor d penny ! Key dates are a super duper bonus /✌
How is the build going? Will we see update videos on that?
Another class is in session.
Hemi is king 👑👍🏻🇦🇺
I dont think I could proudly announce that I had "sure grip",,,makes it sound as tho you had the runs hahaha.
Wish you ware my dad
Awesome work Sir thank you ☺️
Love this story
No ball joints
nice car
I had one