‘53 Chevy truck FORGOTTEN 38 years, will it run?
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- Rick and son Travis find a 1953 Chevy truck that hasn’t ran since 1985. We are going to see if this old girl will run again. If you are interested in buying this truck contact Steve at canantsc@msn.com
Send dad and me junk to our P.O. Box
P.O. Box 1772
Cortaro, Az
85652-1772
Business inquiries and if you have a car in the southwest you want dad and me to check out email us here
Travisblades1956@gmail.com
Interested in pre 1980 abandoned cars or trucks/ barn finds. (Not interested in foreign cars) and 1st and 2nd gen Cummins (89-98) diesels only - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I would put mystery oil in cylinders before I ever tried to turn it over.
These guys are NOTORIOUS for not putting ANY type of oil ( not even VEGETABLE oil ) in the cylinders of the poor engines they attempt to start!!! These guys make folks like Vice Grip Garage, This N That Garage, etc. “cringe!!!”
Anybody that tries to start these old vehicles with ZERO oil is STUPID!!!
They put NO oil ( not even CANOLA oil ) in ANY part of that engine!!!
That is one very grand way to DESTROY any engine!!!! That engine is as dry as the Death Valley desert in September!!!
I just can’t believe these FOOLS actually try to start these old vehicles this way!!! They are horrifying mechanics all across the NATION!!!
This is definitely an ADVENTUROUS way to try to start an old rusty vehicle!!! And if it wasn’t non-restorable before, it will be COMPLETELY non-restorable by the time THESE fools get finished with it!!!
It is too PAINFUL to listen to that poor dried out engine shriek and howl as these fools try to run it dry as the Death Valley Desert!!!
NO OIL AT ALL!!! Not even VEGETABLE oil!!!
My Dad called the Chevy straight six “The Cast Iron Wonder.” He had one in his ‘62 pickup, I had one in my ‘63 Biscayne. Never let us down, ever over many years and miles.
Thanks for getting the truck running for my dad, Steve. It made him really happy to see the truck running. Can’t wait to see what you guys get running next!
No problem man 👍🏻👍🏻
Those old Chevy sixes were great runners! Nice job guys!
Travis you and your dad are great getting this old Iron running. Love your videos. It does sound great.
Thank you terry
Really enjoying your videos. Love seeing the resurrections. I’ve done few myself over the years. I’m also a big fan of Marvel Mystery Oil. Good stuff.
For oiling cylinders and bottle feeding the carb, I use plastic mustard bottles from the dollar store with a short length of Tygon tubing jammed in the bottle nozzle. Makes it easy to control where the fluid goes and how much. Makes filling the bowl through the breather orifice a cinch too.
Keep up the good work!
Nice find y’all need that one at your place.
Dude I love this shit so much!!! giving good old engines what they've wanted for years and years.. Makes me feel good
Such a cool truck…glad you revived it. Runs great. Wild to think about how in the 80s this thing was only around 30 years old. Nothing I can think of from 30 years ago can even come close to being as cool as this truck
I love you guys and love what you do, but maybe you just left it out of this video? Did you really not check the dipstick? And why would you not put oil down the spark plug hole before you crank? Please tell us you didn't do that.........
He checks the dipstick at 5:15 and notes that it has oil and it was only slightly low
THere's another TH-camr who is doing this kind of content that I follow. When he works on old iron as in this post, he drops two tablespoons or so of foam oil filter oil into the cylinder with the pug inspection. His theory is the high viscosity of that particular oil sticks around in the cylinders longer to lube the cylinder walls and piston rings. Also increases compression at the start. And it doesn't get slung all over the electrodes. Thought I'd pass that along because you find such great old iron in the South West. 😊
Hey guys. I am not trying to be critical at all. I want to clear something up. Vehicles that have a ballast resistor are equipped with breaker points. A vehicle with electronic ignition will not have a need for a ballast resistor. The reason is that during normal operation (running) the amperage to the ignition coil is reduced to extend the life of the points (contacts) since the points provide the path to ground in that particular circuit. However, during cranking (engine is not yet started), the ballast resistor is bypassed. This is accomplished by sending the 6/12v to the coil via another circuit by way of the ignition switch. This is why you may have seen two wires going to the (+) eyelet at the coil. The reason I'm bringing this up is that in the video around the 13 minute mark, Travis explains that he's running the voltage to the coil to basically create his own circuit. My point is that when you want a hotter spark (initial start), BYPASS the ballast resistor, and don't run your 6 or 12 volts through it. If you follow what I'm saying, you WILL have a much hotter and snappier spark.
So, in closing, remember:
Cranking = BYPASS (ballast)
Running = RUN THROUGH (the ballast resistor)
Very nice old truck. Well done, fellers. 🇬🇧👍
Thanks bill 👍🏻
Yes sir, my understanding is that the 235 "dipper engine" was introduced in 1941 for the bigger trucks 1 1/2 ton and 2 ton trucks. The standard engine of course was the 216 engine and both of these engines are the "dipper engines". Of course it was around 1953 for the trucks I believe and the cars with the Powerglide transmission that got the full pressure lubrication. This truck you show has all of the bells and whistles for a Chevrolet truck (two speed axle, hydrovac brake booster and it looks as though it may have frame reinforcement plates, as well as, the 235 six. The next step up in trucks would have been the GMC which would have the full pressure GMC engines. It seems as though you guys flood out the carburetor when you pour the gasoline into it and that's ok to get gas to the engine but to get it to start up you should hold the throttle wide open in order to get enough air into the engine to clear out the rich condition by putting in so much gas. You crank it until it starts up on it's own and of course it will run kind of rough until the rich condition is cleared up and the plugs start cleaning off. You can get it so rich that you gas foul the plugs and then it will never start up. Ask me how I know? My first car a 1956 Chevrolet that I could not get started due to it being flooded. After trying and trying, and trying I held the gas pedal to the floor while cranking and as the engine started to catch, just held it open until it started running. Of course it is putting out black smoke and running rough but when it leaned out and got that rich condition cleared up it ran OK. Sometimes we get a little trash in the needle and of course we know what happens then. Friend of mine would clamp off the fuel supply to a vehicle running with a stuck float or trash in the needle just until the engine starts to quit and then he would release the clamp ( course he had to keep pumping the throttle to keep the engine running) What that did he told me would let the float drop some and when you restored the fuel pressure to it, it would flush out any trash keeping the needle from seating. That's a good truck though. It's a usable truck in the condition it is, that is after you get it to stop.
Always looking forward to your videos. Nice to see y’all. Cheers from Florida.
Thanks for watching from Florida going there this July
Your dad sounds like actor Sam Elliott.
I’m almost 60 and when I was very young my grandpa had some old pot metal toy cars and trucks. They had solid rubber tires and I think one of them was a truck like that.☺️
We had a 1954 Chevy 3100 and it was 6 volt. We had a 1955 second-series after that and it was 12 volt.
'55 is the first year for 12 volts across all GM platforms. My '55 chevy 210 was 12 volts.
Olds went to 12 Volt in '53
I'm glad you got it running. My neighbor is building one for his small TH-cam channel. I keep finding myself helping him work on it. The AD is far from my favorite 50s truck, but at least it is easy to work on.
My cousin had a truck like that in the seventies,it had been an old farm truck that he built a ramp bed onto it for hauling his stock cars with,it had several different engines in it during the time that he owned it, including the stock engine,a '64 283,a '62 235 and the last one a '65 230.
Cool old Truck!, My Brother had two 57 Chevy Cars with the 235, This was back in 1974-75 when they were'nt worth anything, He wished years later he would have kept them!
Very cool old truck! Agree the color is a neat patina…can’t wait to see what you & your dad can do. 2:51
I had a 1952 Cadillac and that was 6 V. I also had a 1953 Cadillac and that was 12 V. so I believe that 1953 is the year that they change from 6 to 12.
I want one of those old trucks.
Have to put a lot of money in it.
I would drop a 350 in it wash the cab and clear coat it to keep the patina, i would be at 3,000 if i was interested but a cool truck.👍👍
Yeah deserves to be on the road again !
Thanks for another , Brothers !!
Thank you for watching
Very cool, great vid!!!!!!! 👍👍
Grew up on a dairy in the 1970s riding in A 53 like that it was a cattle truck
Bet those are good memories
The good old days lol
Great cranking!!!
At least it's a Coors logo on the dash and not Bud Light.
See I new you guys wear going to get it running it's a win guys you guys are the bomb
Thank you for your APPRECIATION to your subscribers Travis!!! It helps
Your views make it possible to keep going!
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Hey guys it's me you guys probably don't remember me but I watch all of your videos and I really injoy watching you guys fixing thies old rigs just wanted to say hi keep on keeping on
Thanks for being a loyal supporter !
Very beautiful truck. Great videos as always. Very informative and nicely explaining video. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.
God bless 💪🏼
Sand every rusted peice .. make its colore shining specially in front part.
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I remember seeing this on Craigslist, I guess you were the one who scooped it up lol. At least it’s in good hands!
1953 olds was 1st year for 12v
55 second series was the first Chevy trucks with twelve volts. GMC was 1956. If there's a ballast resistor, it means that it's already been converted to twelve volts. The ballast resistor drops the voltage from twelve to six volts so as not to burn up the coil. They continued to use six volt coils for quite a while with the ballast resistor. They had a wire that would bypass the resistor to give you hotter spark for starting. This would make it twelve volts only while the starter button was pushed down or the key was in the start position, depending on how the vehicle was equipped. You do not want to hook up a ballast resistor in combination with a twelve volt coil. It will cause you to have weak spark. The gauges are not affected by higher voltage. Only the lights and radio, if there is one, would be. Also, as long as you don't run it a long time, it won't hurt to run a six volt system on twelve volts. Just don't run it very long or you'll burn the points and damage the coil. One thing that you might do in the future when you know you are going to be working on a vehicle with a six volt system and want to use a twelve volt battery, is to carry a ballast resistor with you and hook it between the coil and your power wire. That way you won't need to change the coil out.
4000 series are 1&1/2 ton trucks. The engine in this truck is the early 235 which was a low pressure babbitt engine. I have a truck just like this one, except mine is a 51. Mine was originally a 1&1/2 ton, but I changed the axles and suspension to make it a 2&1/2 ton truck. I also added a dump flat bed which it didn't originally come with. I have a rebuilt 261 inline six cylinder to go in it, hopefully soon.
That's a beautiful old truck. I wouldn't mind having it, myself, but I already have too many in my collection. The price is also very fair.
Nice explanation!
GM owned bedford around that time and the Bedford TA-TD looks so similar to those GM trucks.
Good old truck
I have the '69 GMC flavor of that truck. It only goes 52 mph even with the 2-speed rear.
Good.job😄👏👏👏👍👍👍cool. Chevi
You're missing are set way too high .
That's why the sound distorts on loud sounds.
Please adjust mic sound levels before recording.
Otherwise good video guys.
All you have to do is look at the valve cover, nuts on top is a216the 235 used the four screws to hold down valve covers
So actually the 235 came out in the early 40s. It looked exactly like the 216. In 1950 the updated the tappet cover from the going up past the spark plugs to the small rectangle. In 1954 they completely updated the engine adding full pressurized lubrication and the 4 bolt valve cover.
Do y'all crank these up for the owner to use, sell, or just for the heck of it?
Ready for auction! Who's the first bidder?
Hey Travis 👋
Hey 💪🏼
Do y’all ever drive them??
GM went total 12 volts in 1955, Ford and Mopar in 1956
What do you do with these cars after you have them running?
Red light for pto?
Where I live if you have to pay back taxes for every year it wasn't registered.. if I had the money I would buy it.
Which is better to have the 216 or the 235? Why does the speedometer say 90 mph if it only goes 45 mph? Can you explain top dead center timing setup? Shouldn't the points open and fire at top dead center at compression of spark plug #1? What did you mean by 3 oclock?
horn & lights?
Leave a note in the cab. "Last ran in 2023"
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Dad and i
1 1/2 ton is tare weight GVM is 5 ton
Bbbbad to the Bone.
I think you need to work on the audio mixing. The mic on your Father is waaayyy too loud. But otherwise it was entertaining.
U Ck the oil an water
35 seconds ago!
That’s a Chevy for you!! You can shoot them and they won’t die!!! 👍
Travis and Rick
You're both doing things that so many of us would love to but for one reason or snother we lack something which prevents us from getting in front of a camera and sharing it on YT. These people that come on here and rip into you two is downright cowardice!!! Its one thing to add a helpful tip or piece of knowledge in the comments but to be such A HOLES is despicable! I give you 🙌🏽 props for not blasting into those morons! And since you are cordial in your response to them, i took the liberty to call them out. They're straight up ass hats!!!! Keep this kind of work rollin guys bc real American men snd women dig what y"all do!!!!
Always argue the point on this they say it has a high ratio flat out at 45mph engine screaming,wrong so totally wrong,it's a low ratio set up like a 4wd in low range it's low ratio
No sir, in fact you are wrong. It's called LOW RANGE. Low range IS High ratio!! What's more of a split (ratio) 3 to 1 or 8 to 1??? Exactly! Ya get on here and start throwing jabs at a creatorr for no reason and then on top of that, YOU'RE WRONG.
Why don't you clowns ever use Starting Fluid?? Works a helluva lot better than dumping liquid gas down the yap. Liquid gas doesn't ignite, VAPOR does. Edit: 3 seconds after I sent that, ya broke out the ether! 😂
The problem with THESE twits is that they don’t believe in “OIL” !!!!!
“Aw, these rusty old trucks and cars don’t need OIL!!!” They’re old, rugged and TOUGH!!!”
Say fools who know NOTHING about ANYTHING at all!!!
“I CAN’T STAND IT!!!”
THAT UN-OILED EGINE IS AS DRY AS THE DEATH VALLEY DESERT IN SEPTEMBER!!!
No OIL ?!!?
Oh, and no serpentine belt, either!!!
Or didn’t you NOTICE?!?!
Derrr.....then why watch??? Dindermiffen...
@@MrSebesta: Braindead punk!!!
Mr. B. ! 🔧🧰🛠️🔧🧰🛠️🔧🧰🛠️ 🛻🛻🛻 👍
I got a 58 engine for sale
Most likely the 235 "Loadmaster" 105hp in the big truck.