Will it run after 40 years? 1954 Chrysler HEMI first start!
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Abandoned 1954 Chrysler hemi all lonesome found in a field will it run ? No one knows we will try to get this ol girl to kick once again American made iron right from the bowels of Detroit baby . Will it start first start abandoned 1954 Chrysler classic car revival restoration real barn find out in the sticks of Arizona cactus galore in this thing was picking stickers out of me for days .
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Anytime that an engine comes to a stop you're either going to have two exhaust or two intakes and one exhaust for one intake in other words usually three valves are left in the open position so it's coming down the carburetor coming up the exhaust pipe with all the rat s*** and that thing.., you're lucky nothing crawled up the exhaust pipe or the intake... So it just spent 70 years with three of its valves in the open position..... You can bet they're Rusty but if you can get it fired it might beat themselves in to get a few more pounds of compression... She should be Smokey but what the hell run around oil it's what I do
One thing that most people don’t realize about old cars from that era is that if the ignition switch is removed from the dash, there is a pin that will allow the tumbler to be removed even though there is no key for it and once the tumbler is removed it can either be used to make a key that will fit it or it can be re-keyed or even de-keyed and then put back together instead of drilling out the tumbler. It was several more years before they were made in a way that the key was required to take it apart. I would rather spend the extra 10 or 15 minutes and do it that way than have to find and then buy a replacement assembly for it.
Or they can simply be replaced, I just bought a 54 Coronet and the ignition cylinder is out of a late 60's dodge, I know this because the keys are a different shape.
Yes sir if the lock cylinder can be removed intact there is generally a code stamped on it which enables a locksmith to cut a key. And on most cars the door lock cylinders will be the same as the ignition cylinder, and the trunk lock generally has another code stamped on it. I am not positive about Chryslers of the era but General Motors was that way.
@@billywird even without the code, a competent locksmith can make a key to fit it as long as they have a blank and actually a good locksmith can make a blank to use as well. A locksmith about an hour from where I live used to be able to make keys from scratch including cutting the side grooves to make a blank. It was amazing to see him make a blank from a piece of 1/16" x 1" brass strap on a tiny home built milling machine he had
I love the way some of you younger guys appreciate these amazing old cars. Great to see your dad involved too. I have an old Granada here in the UK. My son also shares my interest . Those cars have grace and style even in neglected condition . Enjoy your hobby and passion . Best wishes to you both from an old guy who shares your interest .
Whenever I would be going through the interior of an old car I picked up I was always watching for any coins as the newest coin was usually from around the time it was parked and the wear on the coin was also an indicator of how long the coin was in circulation. Besides that I collected old coins back then and did find some good ones that were older than the cars were that were in nice condition. It always amazed me at what different things I would find in old cars.
Yeah I always look for old coins never seem to find much though
@@theetravisb I delivered newspapers for years. Therefore, when I saw a bunch of rubber bands inside a Maverick in a junkyard, I went to town and collected them all.
A great engine the 331. Know it well. Back in the 60's I swapped one into a 1957 Dodge Coronet. Modified it with a 4 bbl and a cam from a 354 engine. Car was fast and won me many a street race. But good god was it ever heavy.
Yeah those suckers were no joke ! I bet it was fun
What a blast it must have been to drive!
I think I would have bunged some lube in the cylinders before cranking, just for the hell of it. And a small amount of heavy gear oil put in before attempting to start sticks to the walls and bumps up compression. Good luck... Lovely car. A prime candidate for renovation.
That looks like a nice old Chrysler there. Mighty straight especially considering just how old that car is. And the engine doesn't sound too bad either. Surprisingly smooth considering you've got what amounts to a dead cylinder. I'd be willing to bet though that if you run that old car long enough then that cylinder just might come back to life.
That’s exactly what me and my dad thought
@@theetravisb It makes me want to go and get another classic car. I used to have a 41 Chevy but I was pretty much forced to sell it. It needed a full restoration but stopped, started, and ran pretty good. A lot of crusty sheet metal though. Not like that Chrysler.
Perhaps you might enjoy following along as I get my late father's 1958 Plymouth Suburban back on the road. Playlist on my channel.
@@dans_Learning_Curve Sounds good. I really enjoy watching all that old iron being resurrected. I just hate seeing all those old beauties rotting away and am happy to see people that know what they are doing bringing them back to life.
Don't forget to add coolant
Y’all need to do a part 2!
I would wear a 😷 next time cleaning out a car like that. Love the car can't wait for next video.
Yeah good isea
@@theetravisb Rick is right all kinds of nastiness there.
I had a 54 Windsor Deluxe. Love to see this go.
Good job getting the Chrysler running! You and your dad aren't afraid to get your hands dirty!
Are you going to do a restoration on this? I'd love to see it at least partially restored
I purchased a 1953 Chrysler new yorker with the 331 hemi also, about 3 months ago. I will be watching this Series closely Because you don't see these cars often and it's hard to find anything for them. I'm super excited that you have one can't wait to see it come to completion!
I'm not a mask person at all but I would have probably looked for one before I started working in that car and especially before dumping the vacuum tank.
For that night time is really cool thing....... Good vibes baby......seeing those lights come on on the dash and the clock and the headlights wow it feels good
Good job getting her running!
Can't wait for more.....
Thank you there will be more
Would love to see more on this!!
Zip purple degreaser works great too
I love the 50s cars and trucks. They actually had style.
Can’t wait to see an update video of this car
Another one alive again, awesome :)
Such a cool car!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍
I just love the part wher a new battery is put in, and see what still lights up! ❤ ..&nd to think they were only 6V (very nostalgic
Very cool
Really enjoy those old cars
Anything more on this? I’d like to see an engine rebuild. Need to keep your heritage alive.
Waw! Beautiful car. Give it the Travis touch!
My go-to when pulling old cars like this out of a long hibernation is; WD-40, Blaster PB, and CRC QD Electronics Cleaner.
The car is great, but I'm loving the willingness to work at something and apply ingenuity to reach your goal. Love this content!
I don't know about you guys, but we measure the pressure in the engine cylinders with the carburetor throttle open. Well, in general, you are great fellows!
Thank you
Great job. I really love that old school car. Good luck with it you guys.
Thank you. And you are welcome.
Your the first one ☝️ I seen on RUclips to use oven cleaner on the engine. My brother in law showed me that trick years ago. And yes 👍 it does work.
Love the stuff
My gramma had a 1954 coupe.
The 'V' on the hood and trunk signified the V-8 engine.
The Windsor had the overhead 6 and the emblem was
horizontal with the Chrysler button in the center.
The 'V' was also the wings of the Eagle which would've been affixed just above.
The 3 holes in the hood held the Eagle and the wings are still used on today's Chryslers.
Had a 331 in a 47 Plymouth couple, she was a fun old hot rod in the early 70s. Good video .
That sounds like it was a lot of fun. Thank you
It breaks my heart to start an engine that hasn't run for 40 years without changing the oil first. It just needs the best possible lubrication at this time.
Or was the oil change done off camera?
That poor motor hung in there all those years, just for someone to not only try to crank it, but to do a compression test on bone-dry cylinders and then shove starter fluid and petrol down it! As a mechanic and car lover, I almost cried!
@@glennstatham960, if it wasn't damaged before it certainly would be now!
Awesome job getting it running
Thank you!
Wow your literally what this car out of the grave your data have done a great job so far a lot looking forward to see the next episode
I just bought a 54 Dodge Coronet 2 door that had the 245 Hemi in it and that wonky pre-variable variable transmission. Right after I bought it I went to my local antique car builder to get more info on the engine, tranny because although I'm a car guy I just don't know ALOT about those early Hemis and I ended up trading the shop the engine, trans and rear end for a 318, 3 speed Torqueflight auto trans and rear end out a 71 Dodge Dart. I know I probally lost money on the deal but I wasn't looking to do a full 500 point restoraton on my car, I'm building a Daily Driver Hot Rod that I can have fun with and still take to cruise-ins, Cars and Coffee's and local car shows, I got my upgrade and newer engine that I actually know about and they got a engine, trans and rear end to go into another car so another car that was previously junked lives, that's a win-win in my book, The money is a moot point, I ended up swapping the original bench seat for the front buckets of a 80 or 81 Dodge Omni, once again.... I wasn't going to use it and they can so another car can live, The rest of the interior I'm just going to redo myself and I'm going to repaint the car white but I'm going to 2-tone the roof, I just haven't decided what color but I'm thinking Dark red like the interior is going to be, the bucket seats are in great shape and don't need to be redone so that's what I'm basing my interior and roof color off of.
I love your channel and all the 50s cars you and your dad try to revive
Thank you for bein here !
I used oven cleaner when I cleaned out my fuel tank on the car in my profile picture. My late father's 1958 Plymouth Suburban. Perhaps some might enjoy following along as I get it back on the road.
Throw trans fluid or marvs mystery oil in cylinders and let it sit. Have a 53 desoto I bought that last ran in 1971 it freed up the rings to get better compression
Yeah we love marvel mystery oil it does help the rings. And running it jostles it loose to
Didn't you change engine oils?@@theetravisb
Its like stepping into a time machine.
You should hav pulled the plugs first and sprayed some oil in.
Love them old Chryslers.
Lol keeping the sneeze in the video keeps me on this channel. Who am I kiddin I ain’t goin anywhere with all these cool cars anyways
I love that early 50's car design. Very contemporary, without the crazy wingtips and grilles. I'll be the first to admit though, that poor car is in rough shape. It’ll be great to see it come back!
It sure is. At least there’s life in it now !
@@theetravisb that’s great to hear. Love what you and others like y’all do. Maybe I’ll buy my own some day.
Great job
Cool car and would love to see more on it , definitely need to wear a mask that stuff will make you real sick
25:10 when I was in high school these were $100 cars all day long. 1966 through 68.
Watching the dash lights come on in the dark while a cricket chirps away
Still solid
Bro I love these videos keep up the content bro some day there will be a emp and we gonna need a man like you around with this kinda knowledge
Awesome video.
Que hermoso auto amigo Y muy lindo proyecto Saludos desde Argentina
The springs in the seats were manufactured by the L.A. Young Spring & Wire Company, they supplied to all of the auto makers. Young had plants in Detroit, Chicago, NJ and California. When young died in 1964 Chrysler bought the facilities.
Wow didn’t know that
Guys...while it's outside, open the doors and take a leaf blower to it.
You'll eliminate a lot of vacuum work.
It’s alive !!!!
I'm curious if a previous owner replaced the bolts with wheel studs and cut off the mounting pegs on the drums.
I like that you cleaned it up I wish you would have taken the excess seat material off and even pressure washed the inside
Nice old Chrysler.
Mr. B . Here ! You are a better man than I ! , I would call a fire truck pumper to blast it with a water hose ! I have cleaned many vehicles ,
But nothing like that .
We had a 56 Desoto that had the same engine in it. The thing was stout!
They are for sure
WOW that's awesome 👍 I do believe that the COE in Jeepers creepers was the Chevrolet COE in the same year range, glad it runs the possibility with that truck are amazing God bless y'all thanks for sharing 🙏❤️💯
Thanks God bless man
Those plugs looked brand new. These AZ cars look way better than anything from out east lol.
Yeah we are lucky to have our weather
@@theetravisb Yes sir, greetings from the Tucson area.
True American 🇺🇸 real steel
Putting oil (or even better "kerosine") in the cylinders can help to recover a bit of compression as probably the segments are "glued" due to or corrosion or old oil.
I'd never run an engine without cooling. But that's up to you, of course.
Nice job!
and after you get it running change the oil but throw 20-25% of Murphy's Mystery oil in it for a 100 miles change the oil again but pull the oil pan and let it drain over night. I do this to every classic I buy.
He dry cranked the crap out of that and more than likely scored the cylinder walls. Never dry crank an old motor. Especially a highly desirable one. Stuff of nightmares to car guys. Also no mask with decades of rat feces and god knows what else. Basically every into to do on a will it run.
Funny how hiding the spark plugs in them holes keeps them looking brand new from who knows when they were put in. So used to seeing ancient plugs as rusty as the body panels
Nothing like oven cleaner to make thing sparkle
Around 1962. Our next door neighbor. Had. One. Dark blue. Paint. Was. Good. But. Swirls. In paint. Thanks
Guys if its a standard, Just drag the car in 3 gear with spark it will start up no matter how low compression.
It’s auto !
Area codes existed from the beginning of direct dialing calls (1962?), it’s just that the system didn’t require you to use the area code for local calls until about 1994, more or less. Now, back to the car…
I realize Crystler has a bad rep. But my Granddad had a Crystler sedan 1968. He more than 250k miles on it, He sold it cause he got sick of looking at it. My aunt bought it and put 100k more miles on it! She made green seat covers for it.
Just goes to show if you maintain it it will last.
beautiful car!!!!!!
It's funny how you were playing with the rat turds with your bare hands but once the vacuum comes out you wear gloves to hold the hose of the vacuum LOL!
Digging the beard.
Heck yeah
Lubrication in the cylinders maybe? Might seat the dry rings?
Nice!
Spend 50 dollars for Mike's with wind defusers if you're serious about making videos, you owe to your future. Love those old Chryslers and have a 392 hemi in the garage. I'll be interested to follow your progress on that beauty.
Thumbs Up!
good job ! j'aime
Well to fix the floor boards just get some 1/8 diamond plate and weld it in my father did that with a 68 dodge 100 pick up truck
1962. Our. Neighbor. Had same. Chrysler. He. Bought. Cheap. It. Needed. A. Generator. He drove. It. Mainly. In the. Winter. Thanks
How you gonna get compression with out any oil on the rings !
It woulda helped yeah
@ 18:38 that would make the perfect ratrod hood ornament.
Love old cars have cruvez different
These 53-54 mopars are notorious for floor rot. The metal used for these cars was a cheaper, lower quality metal due to the Korean War metal shortages so they used a TON of undercoating rubber/tar on the inside and outside of the floor pans. Water always ends up getting between the undercoating and the metal and just goes to town on the cheap metal floor pans. I'm currently restoring a 53 Plymouth and I've found multiple areas where all the metal was rusted away but the undercoating was still intact...
Kick ass
When I was 2 my Dad bought a ‘53 DeSoto, so some parts of this somehow still look familiar to me. It was his only ever brand new car. For goodness sakes, please wear a dust mask when working around rodental materials!
There was no "P" because the trans had no position for park. You used a drum parking brake on the back of the trans. The car DOES have power brakes. Also, Chryslers came with a padded dashboard.
I did see the brake on the trans. Didn’t know that was the parking brake. And also we found the power breaks. Not in the spot I’m used to seeing it.
@@theetravisb Yes, master and booster under the floor. Body on Frame car. You could not have that on a unibody car.
Just like my late father's 1958 Plymouth Suburban. No park in the transmission. Perhaps you might enjoy following along as I get it back on the road. Playlist on my channel.
@@auteurfiddler8706 never seen power brakes on a vehicle with the master cylinder under the floor!
@@dans_Learning_Curve Sounds good, Dan. I just subscribed. Dylan McCool is working on a two door sedan Savoy or Plaza on his channel.
Even I know enough to pour some oil, Marvel or ATF into old, dry cylinders before trying to crank the motor over. Even before trying a hand turn over. Let it sit a couple nights.
Was there something about the sound of that belt banging around that you fellers liked
Loved it
This is the real American made
Prior to a ccompression test put a few drops of Marvel M.O. in plug hole to lube rings.
Are you in Arizona? I am too and got a ‘49 Chrysler running a year ago that was in worse shape than this one and it is now my daily driver.
Yes I am. That’s awesome you drive it
Yes, sir that is a good video. I believe, that if I were doing these will it start videos, I would clean all of that mess out of the vehicle like you did and of course clean the engine. It is especially paramount to clean up all of the dust and dried up rat turds as the dust from those turds when stirred up and inhaled can cause fibrosis which is the scarring of the lung tissue. Now I realize that people may not take this seriously but over a period of time it can cause problems. Even though you are not inside, and it is outside it would be good to wear a respirator to keep from breathing in that stuff. That and gloves will help quite a towards reducing a health risk. It seems as though it is a good idea to run your electric fuel pump off of another battery source and of course it always helps to get good fuel delivery to the carburetor.
Video ended abruptly. Is there going to be a part 2 on this car?
Awesome videos! I'm no expert but a Bluetooth microphone would be awesome for exhaust noises and making voices clearer? I never shot a video like this before, and you do way better than I would ever hope to accomplish. Just my humble feedback.. PS. Great editing and camera shots, love how you put these episodes together.
Thank you I’ve since gotten a better microphone
U didnt need to drill the ignition switch out. Reach behind, pull the harness off the back of it then turn the nut off the back of the switch. No security features in a ‘54 switch! Besides a decent locksmith coulda made keys for it
Did you squirt oil down the bores, and did you open the throttle body on the carb before the compression test?
Think I would've started with a shovel before I tried to vaccum. 😅
Please show on Hudson car