This guy is what you call an old timer. They drip knowledge and history. A pleasure to just listen to hm reminds me of my dad. Who is long gone they are cut from the same cloth. Used to sit on the rear porch and listen to him tell all kind of stories. He was a cop in Chicago during the 1920s 1930s 1940s and 1950s. Wow what stories. My dad loved to work on his cars so I was frequently under the hood of similar cars as this Plymouth.
We have a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe and trying to get it running. Going to change fuel pump, carburetor, and fuel lines and try to start it, leaving the six volt system intact. Enjoyed your video - it helped a lot!
Charlie did a good job on that dash...this one will be showing up at the cruise in before long (almost wants to go now)...l like that blue under the hood
It's awesome to see you help a friend and spread some knowledge. I've been watching off and on for about a year and you seem like a great guy. It seems like you have a good heart and a level head. keep being you.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL !! No $100,000 dollar shop .. no polished cement floor . No . Bitchin stereo system. Just a couple guys messing with vintage rigs in there drive ways . This is turning wrench’s as I know it . Keep it up .. !!!!
Jon-a-tin, I was hoping that you would've kept this one. This was a beautiful car and the main source of one of the videos that I watch over and over again. I love watching the start video over and over while I'm working on my car. Oh well, hopefully your buddy loves it as much as you did. To my eyes, it looks like he does...
Damn that car is looking good he spiffed up that dash there it's all shiny and new and the engine sounds good won't be long till it's cruising down the road
Something my dad did was when it got running good enough to not worry you much, he would rev up the engine to about a thousand rpms and keep it at that while misting lightly, not enough to hydrolock it but a light mist of water through the top (open part of carb)and just keep it running and add that water. Not a bunch but just a film of it and then when we took the head off to fix the head gasket, it was as clean as a steam cleaned part. You could look down and see if the pistons were standard or oversized and it was easy to read with no scraping the sludge off. It worked for him but I never did it. On his, the valves were really clean of carbon deposits an all. Just what I seen is all. Nice save on the helping wand for tips on coil and tracing any issues. That dash sparkles like a pretty girls smile. Nice cars down that way
Oddly enough that is what DB did with the Ww2 aircraft engine in the BF109. After Ww2 Henry J Kaiser went into car production with Jo Fraser from Graham Paige and one of their prototype cars was fitted with water injection. A similar experiment was tried by Lagonda here in the UK 🇬🇧 around 1939. Regards Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧
Hey Jonathan W ! When you get older. I think you should become an instructor at a tech school. I was a student at NDSSS in Wahpeton, North Dakota for 6 years. You remind me so much of the fantastic instructors we had there.
I really love your first start videos. To me, there is just something special about hearing an old engine start up after years of sitting. I don't know what you would call it, perhaps a zen moment? I don't know but I feel something deep inside that makes me cheer the engine on to run and be ready for a new life.
thats awesome!!!!! mobile first starts!!!!!!!!! ha ha your killing it!!!!!! hes gonna make a great driver out of that, you can tell by the progress already!!!!!!!!!!
You inspire me to get our 48 Buick running. It was supposed to have drove itself up on the hill where it sat for many years. It may have a rod knocking from stories I've heard. You sure make it look easy through youtube!
Thanks for the info- on the alternator big wire & little wire. I had my truck wired wrong and now after putting the little wire onto the acc. post of ignition switch I don't have run-on of the engine when I turn the key off.
@@jonathanw4942 Thanks! I had put a diode there before & it didn't help but the connection to the accessory post of the ignition worked. Thanks again for all the information on this site...
This reminds me of when I was a kid helping my dad on his cars. Desotos dodges chryslers all from late 1940s and mid 1950s. You could work on those cars they were more simple The most advanced stuff was on a 1954 Chrysler New Yorker he owned . Had power steering power brakes a v8 and an automatic trans. The other cars were real simple like this Plymouth was
That appliance paint does look good. Years ago I painted a 1970 Chevy Nova black with International Harvester implement paint and it looked really good too :)
What blows my mind is realizing how long it's been since I seen those old exhaust dampers. And to think that counterweight still moves haha! That usually meant the butterfly was gone on most I fooled with.
friend of mine with a 47 plymouth, won't crank, brakes, maybe some steering work. Can't wait to get my hands on it. She got it when her dad passed. Best place for these old parts?
@@nickjervis8123 yes mine came out in two pieces. Its a bummer to get out on some of those older Chrysler cars. I have a 39 Plymouth and you have to take the nose off to get to that tube. Might be easier with the 49 Plymouth though?
@@jonathanw4942 Gotcha. Not exactly a car you can go to AutoZone and just get parts for over the counter! Thanks for the update. Really want to see that one back on the road!
I am a new subscriber and I like your videos you're a good mechanic it's nice to see someone bring back the cars and not crush them do you sell them when you're done with them? I have a 73 Dodge Charger I've been working on for 20 years got a 440 and I Super Bee Hood Dana 60 rear end in a 4-speed Hemi. I worked on a lot of old cars in my time.
Remove the distributor cap and put the king lead from the coil to earth and flick the points. Should get "some fire" This tests the coil as well as the condenser. The latter is there to stop the points from burning from arcing and is often overlooked. Also some coils are fitted with an external ballast resistor. Ballast resistors work by allowing a full 12 volt feed to the coil when cold but offer a greater resistance when hot. Also some have suppressors fitted by law in some states to prevent radio and TV interference. I've had trouble with Chinese made after market rotor arms grounding on the distributor shaft. What might be interesting to some would be a practical demonstration of Ohms Law using a 1940's or 1950's ignition circuit. When I left one garage I took with me an Octopus electrical test bench. It has a clamp to hold a distributor and a drive. With power hooked up it is possible to see the sparks for each cylinder advance and retard and it is great for setting the dwell angle. All the best from Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧 Ask the man who owns one
It runs , that’s a plus. I would be curious to see the oil pan . I wonder how much sludge is sitting in it ? In any event , I like your vids , been following you for quite awhile now 👍
Back in the early 50's my dad had an old plymouth. Ugliest color maroon I ever saw, LOL, but the ole car did the job very well. I don't think he kept it very long, because he liked cadallacs, and packards. The main reason for that is he also liked speed. Not very smart when you think about those ole cotton ply cord tires. LOL
If my memory serves me correctly, a 12v resistor type coil operates at 9.6v..the starter bypass lug gives it 12v during starting only. I don't believe a 6v coil will survive in a 12v system. Neg side must be on points side, coil will not "collapse " to make the high voltage otherwise.
Wow... Canadian car eh? Lol Those plates are most likely from the early 70's or late 60's I imagine. Its hard to be sure but 3 numbers then the crown then 3 letters means its an old one. Pretty low digits too. Cool find, at least to an ol'canuck like myself anyways.
I apologize for the comment below, I didn't intend for that to be disrespectful. I realize that's a different car (unless he painted it). I just hoped that you would've kept the 49 Plymouth from the old start video that you made. The important thing is that your friend is going to love it and take care of it. That's all that matters.
Hey Jonathan, do you ever run across cars with brake light cutoff switches? So you can brake without the lights coming on? I bought a 1970 duster from WV that looked like it'd been offroaded half of it's life that was like that.
watching this you friend smoking over the battery one day he wont be so luck seen batteries explode doing that not a pretty sight afterwards the pulley off the old generator can be use on the alternator i've swapped them over to retain the wide belts
This guy is what you call an old timer. They drip knowledge and history. A pleasure to just listen to hm reminds me of my dad. Who is long gone they are cut from the same cloth. Used to sit on the rear porch and listen to him tell all kind of stories. He was a cop in Chicago during the 1920s 1930s 1940s and 1950s. Wow what stories. My dad loved to work on his cars so I was frequently under the hood of similar cars as this Plymouth.
Really enjoyed this video, 2 guys working together, no bullshit. Young men everywhere should watch this.
We have a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe and trying to get it running. Going to change fuel pump, carburetor, and fuel lines and try to start it, leaving the six volt system intact. Enjoyed your video - it helped a lot!
Thank you sir for spreading the knowledge. We are paying attention
I was out driving my 49 dodge sedan and come home to this , the universe aligns :)
Twilight Zone
Charlie did a good job on that dash...this one will be showing up at the cruise in before long (almost wants to go now)...l like that blue under the hood
It's awesome to see you help a friend and spread some knowledge. I've been watching off and on for about a year and you seem like a great guy. It seems like you have a good heart and a level head. keep being you.
Real talk, Real Talk!
of all the things that go on with a car, I think the one who can wire and re-wire a car has my thumb up
Takes a brave man to lay wrenches across the top of a battery. ;-) That’s another good-looking old car! Best of luck with it.
Not really...
While you got a smoke in your mouth, inches from the discharging battery!!
@@DrewToner what? Battery "discharg" isen't flammable as it is electeicity......
Theodore Dow Batteries release hydrogen gas when they discharge and it’s extremely flammable
I have seen battery blow up from a spark, isn't a pretty sight.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL !! No $100,000 dollar shop .. no polished cement floor . No . Bitchin stereo system. Just a couple guys messing with vintage rigs in there drive ways . This is turning wrench’s as I know it . Keep it up .. !!!!
Guessing you do watch american hot rod ( boyd coddington ) or orange county choppers, ha ha, of course you do not.
Jon-a-tin, I was hoping that you would've kept this one. This was a beautiful car and the main source of one of the videos that I watch over and over again. I love watching the start video over and over while I'm working on my car. Oh well, hopefully your buddy loves it as much as you did. To my eyes, it looks like he does...
My neighbor had one of those back in 1977. He did awesome body work with lead.
Hi Jonathan. Very awesome video my friend and that's a nice looking old Plymouth. Keep up the good work.
Damn that car is looking good he spiffed up that dash there it's all shiny and new and the engine sounds good won't be long till it's cruising down the road
I want one of those old Plymouths.Love that flathead six.That car was 11 years old when i was born.
Nice work on that dash. Always nice to hear that old iron bark to life.
I love to hear those old rides come to life. Thanks for sharing.
Something my dad did was when it got running good enough to not worry you much, he would rev up the engine to about a thousand rpms and keep it at that while misting lightly, not enough to hydrolock it but a light mist of water through the top (open part of carb)and just keep it running and add that water. Not a bunch but just a film of it and then when we took the head off to fix the head gasket, it was as clean as a steam cleaned part. You could look down and see if the pistons were standard or oversized and it was easy to read with no scraping the sludge off. It worked for him but I never did it. On his, the valves were really clean of carbon deposits an all. Just what I seen is all. Nice save on the helping wand for tips on coil and tracing any issues. That dash sparkles like a pretty girls smile. Nice cars down that way
Oddly enough that is what DB did with the Ww2 aircraft engine in the BF109. After Ww2 Henry J Kaiser went into car production with Jo Fraser from Graham Paige and one of their prototype cars was fitted with water injection. A similar experiment was tried by Lagonda here in the UK 🇬🇧 around 1939.
Regards
Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧
Hey Jonathan W ! When you get older. I think you should become an instructor at a tech school. I was a student at NDSSS in Wahpeton, North Dakota for 6 years. You remind me so much of the fantastic instructors we had there.
I really love your first start videos. To me, there is just something special about hearing an old engine start up after years of sitting. I don't know what you would call it, perhaps a zen moment? I don't know but I feel something deep inside that makes me cheer the engine on to run and be ready for a new life.
Great car. It reminds us older folks of our youths. 👍
Just something about old cars, no damm computers to get in the way. Connect a few wires and it (usually!) runs! Keep the videos coming!
thats awesome!!!!! mobile first starts!!!!!!!!! ha ha your killing it!!!!!! hes gonna make a great driver out of that, you can tell by the progress already!!!!!!!!!!
From Ontario with pride!
Good for him Charly sounds like he's happy with the car looks like a fun times ahead 😆 👍 FINS UP 👍
Between this channel and Cold War Motors, one thing is for sure those old mopar flatheads are tough.
You inspire me to get our 48 Buick running. It was supposed to have drove itself up on the hill where it sat for many years. It may have a rod knocking from stories I've heard. You sure make it look easy through youtube!
We had these Plymouth's as a young man away back when...........😵😎
Boy if I could get my hands on that carb. 41 years wrenching.
Thanks for the info- on the alternator big wire & little wire. I had my truck wired wrong and now after putting the little wire onto the acc. post of ignition switch I don't have run-on of the engine when I turn the key off.
You can also use a diode to supply power to the small wire if you don't have an acc. on the switch.
@@jonathanw4942 Thanks! I had put a diode there before & it didn't help but the connection to the accessory post of the ignition worked. Thanks again for all the information on this site...
Really cool....thx for keeping us in the mix👍👍🇧🇲
This reminds me of when I was a kid helping my dad on his cars. Desotos dodges chryslers all from late 1940s and mid 1950s. You could work on those cars they were more simple The most advanced stuff was on a 1954 Chrysler New Yorker he owned . Had power steering power brakes a v8 and an automatic trans. The other cars were real simple like this Plymouth was
Those are classy looking cars.
It's killing me to watch that oil line leak. Gonna be a nice ride. Had a 57 Plymouth, easy to work on. Motor was better then the car.
Love it, I have the same motor in a 52 powerwagon. try putting the timing at 4 degrees btdc, gave me about the best power.
Nice pretty new points, they are pretty when new, have that nice anadiased finish
That appliance paint does look good. Years ago I painted a 1970 Chevy Nova black with International Harvester implement paint and it looked really good too :)
GOD bless you and your family JONATHAN 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That dash turned out nice and the engine sounds good.
What blows my mind is realizing how long it's been since I seen those old exhaust dampers. And to think that counterweight still moves haha! That usually meant the butterfly was gone on most I fooled with.
WOW Jonathan you are amazing.
Yay!
It lives.
Thanks.
Those flathead Plymouths are good engines
Loving old cars and trucks, grwt video
Hi Johnboy and Charlie cant wait to hear it run.
Great video
Nice. Gotta love those old flat head sixes.
Nice dash really good job looks slick and shiny
she sounds good man .. ! ENJOYED
oh heck yea gimme more first starts!!! i'll watch a million of them
yeahhh! eu adorei adoro ver esses lindos clássicos americanos
Love them old Mopars!
Great engine sound
Nice job Charlie!
Great teamwork.
friend of mine with a 47 plymouth, won't crank, brakes, maybe some steering work. Can't wait to get my hands on it. She got it when her dad passed. Best place for these old parts?
Watched in the 🇺🇸 , thanks boss
Its fixed by now,this video is 5 months old,nice old car,lot's of potential,i like the body style.
Little oil pressure line leak @8:22. I've been sprayed by one of those things before, absolute mess haha
Yikes I was born in 1949. A heart surgeon saved my life. Maybe this model can be saved too!
Might want to change the Water Distribution Tube while the water pump is out, those things rust out over time. Love your videos
That is an excellent idea. I've had them rust out too.
Regards
Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧
@@nickjervis8123 yes mine came out in two pieces. Its a bummer to get out on some of those older Chrysler cars. I have a 39 Plymouth and you have to take the nose off to get to that tube. Might be easier with the 49 Plymouth though?
Cool car Jonathan
What's going on with the 1929 Whippet? There was a flurry of videos, then nothing! Would be interested in an update, if you don't mind.
Still locating part
@@jonathanw4942 Gotcha. Not exactly a car you can go to AutoZone and just get parts for over the counter! Thanks for the update. Really want to see that one back on the road!
I've asked the same question.
Wow, I want you for a neighbor. Enjoying the video. Even though 8 months late.
I sold my first car '51 Chev thinking it was dead. Needed a coil. Bought it for $35. Sold it for $15. Live n learn.
Jonathan I promise I would love to see you get your hands on so 70s road runners dusters Plymouth gtxs
That is really a cool car, like your video
That looked like a lot of fun to me.
I cut my teeth on those old Mopar flat heads. Great engine.
Howdy Matt
Hey there Scott!
Me too!
WOW, what big signal horns!
I am a new subscriber and I like your videos you're a good mechanic it's nice to see someone bring back the cars and not crush them do you sell them when you're done with them? I have a 73 Dodge Charger I've been working on for 20 years got a 440 and I Super Bee Hood Dana 60 rear end in a 4-speed Hemi. I worked on a lot of old cars in my time.
Throttle shaft bushings are leaking on that carb you can see it when he poured fuel down it the first time.
Remove the distributor cap and put the king lead from the coil to earth and flick the points. Should get "some fire" This tests the coil as well as the condenser. The latter is there to stop the points from burning from arcing and is often overlooked. Also some coils are fitted with an external ballast resistor. Ballast resistors work by allowing a full 12 volt feed to the coil when cold but offer a greater resistance when hot. Also some have suppressors fitted by law in some states to prevent radio and TV interference. I've had trouble with Chinese made after market rotor arms grounding on the distributor shaft.
What might be interesting to some would be a practical demonstration of Ohms Law using a 1940's or 1950's ignition circuit.
When I left one garage I took with me an Octopus electrical test bench. It has a clamp to hold a distributor and a drive. With power hooked up it is possible to see the sparks for each cylinder advance and retard and it is great for setting the dwell angle.
All the best from
Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧
Ask the man who owns one
I know where there are two cars just like this one. Might go by and ask about buying them.
Ol' Charlie is lucky to have you there. He would've turned that flathead over till he smoked the coil and starter!
I believe that coil was smoked long before Charlie got to it.
It runs , that’s a plus. I would be curious to see the oil pan . I wonder how much sludge is sitting in it ? In any event , I like your vids , been following you for quite awhile now 👍
Run acetone or 90 percent rubbing alcohol through those old carbs sometimes it will clean out the old gas that has turned to shellac
finally the stupid youtube notification bell worked!. lets get this plymouth started!
AWESOMENESS another Quality video
I have a new front fender for that do you want it free
I thought you needed a bulb to excite the GM alternator to make it run, or a resistor, I don’t really understand it, but it worked on all my cars
Back in the early 50's my dad had an old plymouth. Ugliest color maroon I ever saw, LOL, but the ole car did the job very well. I don't think he kept it very long, because he liked cadallacs, and packards. The main reason for that is he also liked speed. Not very smart when you think about those ole cotton ply cord tires. LOL
He's your electrician and your the master mechanic
She lives!
If my memory serves me correctly, a 12v resistor type coil operates at 9.6v..the starter bypass lug gives it 12v during starting only. I don't believe a 6v coil will survive in a 12v system. Neg side must be on points side, coil will not "collapse " to make the high voltage otherwise.
Wow... Canadian car eh? Lol Those plates are most likely from the early 70's or late 60's I imagine. Its hard to be sure but 3 numbers then the crown then 3 letters means its an old one. Pretty low digits too. Cool find, at least to an ol'canuck like myself anyways.
Good save!
Man, those taillight lenses!
They were good motors, with today's motor oil even better
It`s a runner !
Another thing loading a coil with voltage and an ungrounded center terminal will result in a burn out coil.
Dig those horns up front....
Hell yeah, back when you got a real horn when you bought a car!
I apologize for the comment below, I didn't intend for that to be disrespectful. I realize that's a different car (unless he painted it). I just hoped that you would've kept the 49 Plymouth from the old start video that you made. The important thing is that your friend is going to love it and take care of it. That's all that matters.
I think you're talkin about the 1949 Dodge Business Coupe that I still have.
@@jonathanw4942 Yes I am, sorry buddy. I should know better than to assume. They're both beautiful cars though.
Hey Jonathan, do you ever run across cars with brake light cutoff switches? So you can brake without the lights coming on?
I bought a 1970 duster from WV that looked like it'd been offroaded half of it's life that was like that.
So the cops can't see where your going?
There is a good chance that car was used to run moonshine.
Just like starting my 33 Plymouth 6 (PC) for the first time!
Great!
My first car was a 1946 Plymouth. Gave $50 for it. That was in 1956
watching this you friend smoking over the battery one day he wont be so luck seen batteries explode doing that not a pretty sight afterwards
the pulley off the old generator can be use on the alternator i've swapped them over to retain the wide belts
well folks the iron man is doing CPR again, this time plymouth!
Isn’t that how it always is ..... it,s at the house. :)
Jonathan you know you can get a borescope camera that will work with your cell phone well most cell phones