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@@CoastalAutoReactionCAR Now you can do anything you’d like when you’re in the comfort of your own nice big shop with anything at your disposal or have a parts house next door to get anything you want. Now try being 3000 miles from home in the 110+ degree heat with only what’s in your toolbag and no parts houses close by or open and getting a car to inspection so you can get a title for it as you have to be present in person for inspection and submitting paperwork to the DMV.. All before you leave for home 3000 miles away the next day in a 1966 model car. How many 50+ year old cars have you driven 3000+ miles across the country? Now I’ve resurrected hundreds of cars and driven these cars thousands of miles. Across the country and everywhere else. They don’t sit in the garage and go to the ice cream shop one time a year on a trailer. Now everything isn’t readily apparent in the video but many things were done and not recorded just due to time constraints and trying to get it done quickly. Other people complained that I drove the car without power steering fluid or trans fluid or any other things their expert eye noticed because they didn’t watch the entire video or assumed things. Which I get it… if you didn’t see it… did it happen? But this isn’t my first rodeo. Also, this car was extensively “worked on” by “certified mechanics” at a “professional” auto repair shop prior to my ownership so that doesn’t mean anything to me. (No offense.) All their work seems to have just caused more problems. The timing was way off but still seemed to not be consistent…Distributor issues perhaps… in fact they didn’t even tighten it down. The carburetor was supposedly rebuilt by a “professional shop” but obviously not well. Accelerator pump wasn’t doing much at all so having full bowls doesn’t really matter…. Hence the use of starting fluid to help. The front pump seal on the trans is not sealing anything even though the receipts from the “certified mechanic” shows they replaced it. Guess they didn’t know what they were doing eh? The alternator did not charge. The fan clutch probably isn’t doing well. Among many other things. You don’t know how many cars I’ve bought and fixed or fixed for other people that “professional”/“certified” mechanics or shops worked on and screwed up or made worse. So titles again… don’t mean anything to me. But guess what? Using a few tools and items in my toolbag that I had with me. I drove the car to inspection and back… the next town over in a 53 year old car that needs quite a bit of work. Mission accomplished! Then I hopped in my recently purchased 58 year old car and drove it the 3000 miles home the next day. Long story short. Sometimes you have to work with what you have. (Now the starting fluid was more tongue in cheek because people complained that I didn’t use it in other videos so I made sure to really use it this time.) But when you’re on the side of the road with a broken down car in the middle of nowhere… you have to figure it out with very little resources. The difference is… I can make it home with ingenuity and the bare minimums. I don’t have an unlimited budget, sponsors and a crew. I challenge anyone to go out and try it on their own. With a bag of whatever they brought with them. When I’m at home I got auxiliary fuel tanks, extra carbs, new distributors, hoses, fluids, tools and whatever else one needs. It’s not the same situation as this. Next time I’m using carb cleaner as starting fluid and anger the other “mechanics” and then I’ll use gas and anger the rest. Because no matter what you do… you have someone who knows better or knows more and they are gonna let you know about it. Thanks for your comment!

@@ObsoleteAutomotive not sure if you realize who you’re talking to I’m the guy that drove a 71 Dodge from the furthest point you can get in Canada on the West Coast to Quebec, then to Pennsylvania and back I know all about side of the road repairs I have been in your exact situation lol don’t get so offended. Take it as advice from somebody with 30 years of experience that’s all and yes, I’ve actually done that exact situation in 118° heat in Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania just outside the Chrysler nationals if I had time to go get ether, then I had time to get some gas and fill the float bowl up with a little homemade bottle or something also my friend it took a long time to get a big shop and half the time I’m not in it. I quite enjoy everything you’re doing and am grateful that you save the classic iron! Seriously not everything is an insult sometimes it’s constructive criticism, my friend that’s all. All the best to you.

@@CoastalAutoReactionCAR I’m not familiar with you, your travels, work or anything honestly…. I don’t watch RUclips myself. If I was at home I’d have plenty at my disposal. I don’t even run a car on its gas tank until I’ve dropped it and checked it here at my house. But when not at home… You are forced to make sacrifices in order to just get stuff done and complete the journey. I literally just had to solder the top tank of my radiator in a parking lot in New Hampshire after it blew. Using a MAPP torch and solder off the shelf doing it as best as one can… not in a controlled environment and not to any book. Will people criticize it? I’m sure of it. This is after 4000 miles of traveling in this 1966 Chrysler. But after the repair… I finished my last 1000 miles and got back home the other day without being stuck or having to tow the car or whatever. Not to mention having my family with me. Again.. I didn’t go get the starting fluid. It was in my toolbag as I said. Just used what I had right there and got it done. There were no parts stores to get anything from and no time to wait. I used the can of spare gas as well as the starting fluid because that’s all I had on me and the only option. I got 20 some years of experience working on, maintaining and driving cars. I’m not new to this. Been daily driving nothing but classic cars since I got my license. Been all over the country in them and to this day I’ve always made it home. Though someday I’ll probably truly get stuck due to something unfixable. Not everything can be perfect or by the book. Sometimes there just isn’t enough time or the right equipment. So you can either give up or make it work. I try to make it work. Trust me… I know how to fill the bowl on a carburetor. This isn’t rocket science. When I first tried to start the car it fired. The car had been running not too long before. I thought it was going to be a simple get the fuel pumped to the carb and everything would be cherry. But…. the accelerator pump not wanting to work combined with the timing issues associated with the distributor and the host of other issues due to the “mechanics” who worked on the car prior to me… It made this a little more complicated. I had to undo/fix things previous people had done. And not everything gets recorded as I don’t have a film crew with me either! I had one evening to work on the car and a temporary registration that would be expired by the time I’d be able to come back meaning I couldn’t drive the car. The next morning it had to be at the inspection station. Which then turned into a fiasco you’d see if you did watch it all. The car had to make it to the inspection and if it blew up afterwards it didn’t matter. I needed the title situation to get sorted or the car would be absolutely worthless. Now the car is titled and registered. Anyhow, thanks for commenting and thanks for the advice but really not needed in this case. Enjoy the open road! Maybe I’ll see you out there at some point.

@@ObsoleteAutomotive Sounds Good

@@grego934 It’s available for sale actually. Feel free to email me (obsoleteautoco@gmail.com) or message me on Instagram (@obsoleteautomotive).

@@alanthorne3921 I doubt it. 😂

@@Joes7179 Yes. It creates a vacuum.

@@grego934 it was worth it!

@@kenrude5727 glad you enjoy em! Thanks for commenting!

@@HerkkaW123 Maybe in the future. The car is in California and I’m back on the east coast.

@@fernandomendes9406 Plymouth advertised the quietness and smoothness of their powertrains. Essentially the motor and transmission are mounted to the frame using rubber isolators so there’s no direct metal to metal connection. Reduces vibrations and noise felt in the cabin of the car.

@@jahns1586 Go on eBay and search for MoPar small block HEI. And several options should come up.

@@ObsoleteAutomotive I found one, the newest it said it works for is 1978. I have an 83 that I want to do away with the mopar ign causing me issues like you. Did they change the distributor drive or anything after 79 making this not work?

@@727100bear It is not equipped with dual A/C.

@@thebestisyettocome4114 over 20.

@@henriquem491 Thanks for subscribing and commenting. I hope you’ll enjoy future and past videos!

@@Backwardlooking There aren’t really many true station wagons here anymore. Be nice if they were to come back.

@@romeoalphafoxtrot9517 I got the third row but the rear air would have been nice!

@@Porsche996driver They are actual bucket seats with a buddy seat/folding armrest in the center and the passenger seat reclines. All the stickers are from the previous owner. I will be replacing them with my own as I travel the country. Hope to get the video done as soon as possible! Thanks for commenting.

@@tkewrestler2662 nice! What color ?

@@ObsoleteAutomotive it was sort of light buttercream yellow with a black top. It had black interior with the high back seats. If I ever found a 1973 coupe in fairly good shape, it would be hard not to make that purchase.

@@tkewrestler2662 I can picture the car exactly. The ‘73s are the least favored of the ‘69-‘73 Fuselage Chryslers so the price point is usually much lower. You can probably find one reasonable!

@@user-cx2hi5fb3t Texas. A fella took me to his place to look at some cars he wanted to sell and that was one of them.

@@joemorsman6531 Nice and big and comfy! Nice cars to cruise in!

@@architypeone8646 what ever happened to it? Traded in for another car?

@@ObsoleteAutomotive He sold it to my Mom's brother, a Chevy guy, because he had always said, "If you sell that Chrysler, I want it." Uncle Joe drove it for a few more years and traded it to a co-worker for a Honda 750 and a Buick Riviera. It's probably still running somewhere out there.

@@architypeone8646 ah I see!

@@NBZW Just drove through Connecticut in this wagon today. I was getting 10mpg on this CA to NC trip but the car had too small of tires and needs some carb and engine tuning. I can probably get it to more like 15mpg I’m sure.

@@ObsoleteAutomotive When we were making those trips, there was no alcohol in the fuel. You would be making the same as I did. For every percent of alcohol added to the gasoline,the efficiency is lowered that amount, water is also being added which further reduces the efficiency..I also had the tire inflation at 35#.

@@user-et5qs2en4c Love the ‘62s!

@@devandriggers8779 They appear to be circuit breakers that someone added. They aren’t connected to anything but I guess were installed to add some 12v accessories under the hood when the trailer hitch and such was added.