1961 Chevy Biscayne - SAVED From The CRUSHER, Sitting in a Junkyard 30+ Years, WILL IT RUN???

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  • Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024

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  • @danswartwood4580
    @danswartwood4580 2 года назад +1

    That Biscayne is in good shape considering, LOL. THEY ARE KOOL.

  • @mr.goodpliers6988
    @mr.goodpliers6988 2 года назад +1

    All the GMs of this era are unique and quirky, but '61 takes the cake. Cool revival guys!

  • @Anders.W.
    @Anders.W. 2 года назад +4

    Am glad to see the 61 driving again .
    I was born in 1961.

  • @jerrydaniel2541
    @jerrydaniel2541 2 года назад +10

    That 235 is a great engine, makes for a great getting around rig🤗

  • @MNWILD43
    @MNWILD43 2 года назад +6

    Hell yes!! These are real men that do this shit. Thank you, IowaClassic Cars.

  • @davidsantos8206
    @davidsantos8206 2 года назад +11

    Ryan, sometimes when a standard transmission car sits for too long. The clutch disc sticks either to the pressure plate or flywheel. Jack it up and take a look. A little brake cleaner should help unstick them, if that is the case. Thanks for the video

  • @raywilson800
    @raywilson800 2 года назад +4

    That car may have been a junk yard for 20 years but it was stashed away and protected. No rust, no dents, perfect interior and not a single part missing. That's too freakin' cool. I watch Junkyard Digs all the time and they are out of Iowa and they are always talking about how brutal winters are and all the salt they put on the roads. 🤔❤🇺🇸🐘 Hey, if you make sure to get bowl full with some chain oil and gas mixed and then when you start cranking, then spray starting fluid holding the spray nozzle about 8 or 10 inches away from the throat of the carb. Nothing wrong with starting fluid. People just need to learn how to use it. PS. I love your videos and I love to see these old cars be saved.

  • @franklinshouse8719
    @franklinshouse8719 2 года назад +6

    Like most things from the 50s. I have 9 of them. Big Cadillacs are my favorite. Your vids are always great!

  • @dave5833
    @dave5833 2 года назад +4

    Thank you Ryan for saving these Old Gals. Job well Done

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 2 года назад +2

    61 Biscayne. Turn up the base!
    Great job. Running like just off the lot.

  • @jamespn
    @jamespn 2 года назад +8

    Like the curved rear window. Might be a good idea to keep a tune up kit including points, rotor, cap, and plugs for Chevrolet inline 6s and small block Chevys.

  • @TheToolmanTim
    @TheToolmanTim 2 года назад +2

    Looks just like the one my great uncle Butler had. He was a bachelor farmer who heated his house near Rake, Iowa with corn cobs. He was a frugal guy, so I'm sure he had a 6 cyl, three on the tree, radio delete too.

  • @swhod2190
    @swhod2190 2 года назад

    Had a couple of these in a Bel Air back when I was a kid in '71 and '72. Good going on this video. Keep 'em, coming.

  • @Tom-cy5em
    @Tom-cy5em 2 года назад +2

    Nice old classic hard believe it was found in a junk yard, good job guys added a like and share.

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +2

      Yep and it was bound for the crusher had i not got it

  • @javierdenardo2607
    @javierdenardo2607 2 года назад +2

    Great job you are doing, you're the Impala whisperer!

  • @ronbunker5778
    @ronbunker5778 2 года назад +3

    Another fun video to watch! I love these "will it start" vids. I always drizzle a little oil on the rockers and pushrods before I start them but don't know if that's better or even necessary, I figure it couldn't hurt.

  • @bozodog428
    @bozodog428 2 года назад +2

    Good find Ryan. Definitely a bare bones Chevy that got the job done.

  • @mlester3001
    @mlester3001 2 года назад

    My mom owned a new 1961 Biscayne just like that one only bright red. I remember riding in it from North little Rock to Houston and back to see family when I was a kid.

  • @butcher390
    @butcher390 2 года назад

    WOW 🤩🙆‍♂️ !!
    What a find 🏆🏅
    Running & driving !!!
    Who would have thought ,
    That car 🚗 would end up in a junkyard
    Thank 😊 you for saving 🙏 that car 🚗

  • @paulsheehan8185
    @paulsheehan8185 2 года назад +1

    In Canada, the biscayne was also called a Pontiac Stratochief, with a 261 c.i.d blue flame six, Canadian Pontiacs weren't Catalinas or Bonnevilles.

  • @JorgeDiaz-ly5qp
    @JorgeDiaz-ly5qp 2 года назад +1

    235's - all they want to do is run! BTW, I am sure the rockers would've appreciated some lubey-dubey love - PB Blaster, Marvel MO, anything! Seriously though, that sweet ride was in a junkyard waiting to get crushed??? Freakin' heart-breaking!!! Helluva catch! Thank you for saving her!

  • @Johnny-qe9zv
    @Johnny-qe9zv Год назад

    Nice old '61 Chevy. Not bad really considering it sat that long. Amazing they came without a radio. Great job on these videos and saving these old cars.

  • @epmalervrksted1726
    @epmalervrksted1726 2 года назад

    40-45 years ago I owned a 61 Impala with 283 and a Powerglide, fourdoor sedan, just loved the style on it. Later I got a 59 Impala flattop with 235 and a treespeed, unfortunately the weather i Denmark is no good for cars, so it rusted away under me, but it was a beautiful car. The one I love most is a 63 two door hardtop. Someday maybe I will find one of these. Yours Mads Behrendt Petersen, Grenhusene 11, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark. Keep up the good work, Ryan.

  • @raythomasson8660
    @raythomasson8660 2 года назад +3

    I love the 61s my favorite car! I would even like the four door if I got it at the right price!

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +3

      3k with title

    • @raythomasson8660
      @raythomasson8660 2 года назад +2

      A little strong for my blood, also the ride from N.C would be tough. I'm just a 60 year old poor hillbilly mechanic. Nice find ,tho!!

  • @racecar2933
    @racecar2933 2 года назад

    The points changing king;
    "Let me grab a piece of sand paper" lol

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      Hey it worked didnt it lol

    • @racecar2933
      @racecar2933 2 года назад

      That it did. No sense in fixing something that isn't broken. Love the color on that '61. If it wasn't too rusty, I'd be interested in making it a daily driver. Them 6 cylinders are bullet proof.

  • @oldskool1979
    @oldskool1979 2 года назад

    I like it.. Minty green is cool. Marshy seems to know his stuff.

  • @mexicanspec
    @mexicanspec 2 года назад

    It is amazing somebody would junk a car that runs that well.

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      it was junked long ago when they werent worth anything

    • @mexicanspec
      @mexicanspec 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars A good running car was always worth something though. People are too wasteful.

  • @alejandrolong5609
    @alejandrolong5609 Год назад

    Que lindo recuerdo me trae,mi padre compro uno igual hasta de ese color nuevo en ese año,👏👏👏

  • @darrylcampbell4411
    @darrylcampbell4411 2 года назад

    Great save. Great to see her running and driving. She will live on for years to come hopefully thanks to you Bro.

  • @guarddog318
    @guarddog318 2 года назад +1

    My mom used to have one of these when I was a kid. It was her 2nd favorite car, behind her Hudson that she got when she was 16.
    The thing got stolen once, because she never used the key, just left the ignition in the unlocked position and started the car with the lips on the switch. lol
    And no, we didn't bother locking our cars back then either.
    This would have been about 1968 or so, so the old Chevy already had some miles on it.
    Enough so the shifting arms on the firewall were worn, and required getting out and resetting them now and then. ( This is what happened when the car was stolen. The thief only got to the other side of the parking lot when it locked up, and he/she gave up and abandoned it. )
    Yeah, the thing was a bit of a mess, but she loved it.

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      that sucks it got stolen!

    • @guarddog318
      @guarddog318 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars - It was a short-term theft.
      The shifting forks locked up before the thief got out of the parking lot, so they only managed to take it about 50 or 60 feet.
      The police spotted it almost the second they came to take the report, so we were able to drive it home.
      Mom had it for another couple of years after that, until her husband made her sell it, due to him never being able to learn how to reset those shifting forks when they jammed up.
      The thing always jammed between gears, in neutral, so once it did that, you weren't going anywhere until you got out, raised the hood and unstuck things.

  • @joeboxer3365
    @joeboxer3365 Год назад

    My favorite GMs were the late 50s through early 60s, I would say you're right about needing a clutch probably why it was scrapped, my one friend and I would go out driving most nights and he had a 71 Datsun station wagon and when I got to his place he told me the clutch slave cylinder went out in the $80 beast recently purchased, so I asked how we were going anywhere, he put it in first and turned the key, after 1st he'd wind it out some and as rpms went down, pulled it into 2nd and slipped right in, same for the rest, it worked because it synchronized gears in the trans, it was a trick I learned that got me through a couple of clutch failure and loved to see peoples faces watching that datsun chug chug chug forward when I was the next $80 car owner of it

  • @normanhopfensperger4343
    @normanhopfensperger4343 2 года назад

    WOW, A BEAUTIFUL BISCAYNE 😍

  • @paulsheehan8185
    @paulsheehan8185 2 года назад +1

    looks good! i'd always choose a man. over powerglide.

  • @donaldhalls2189
    @donaldhalls2189 2 года назад

    Wild little car shouldn't take much to repair that, all the best to yous and your loved ones

  • @mexicanspec
    @mexicanspec 2 года назад

    It is amazing what the right fire order will do for an engine. Congrats.

  • @dalestewart5670
    @dalestewart5670 2 года назад

    Good sounding engine,getting one running and then driving it is a lot of fun. Enjoyed video a lot, wish they lasted longer. Thanks

  • @danielheartsill4269
    @danielheartsill4269 2 года назад

    That's my kind of car. Back in those days I was a Ford person, but all of the inline six standard shift cars you could get to everything and work on it. Also there wasn't ten miles of wire running to everything. Great cars.

  • @mikehauri5939
    @mikehauri5939 2 года назад

    The hub caps in the 61 seat been looking for a set. They came on the full size Chevy Impalas 70s a 80s dog dish. It’s great to see all the cars you save from the crusher’s keep up the great work.

  • @gazza6348
    @gazza6348 2 года назад

    G'day mate awesome once again boys love it saving these old girls well done buddy 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @randybock82
    @randybock82 2 года назад

    Sweet rig! Glad you rescued it.

  • @889368
    @889368 2 года назад

    Great save Ryan! Loved the video!

  • @melmcclure3710
    @melmcclure3710 2 года назад

    It’s crazy how they start and run after so many years of sitting. I’m like you I’m all about the 59s.

  • @frk4musl
    @frk4musl 2 года назад +1

    Ryan, yet another beautiful Biscayne! Love the simplicity of these cars - 3 on the tree, radio delete, etc. Thanks for saving another wonderful car from the crusher!

  • @markchandler90
    @markchandler90 2 года назад

    Friends of my dad had one exactly like this in the later 1960s

  • @johnhunter287
    @johnhunter287 2 года назад +1

    First off use a emery board on the points and gap with a matchbook cover. It's faster. Is there a fuel filter in the carb at the line inlet? There usually a small brass one. I love watching you learn old school motors. Glad it runs.

  • @MortskeRepair
    @MortskeRepair 2 года назад +1

    #myboymarshall #legund

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      Lol legend

    • @MortskeRepair
      @MortskeRepair 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars He's so smart! You don't pay him nearly enough.

    • @MortskeRepair
      @MortskeRepair 2 года назад

      Tech tip of the day, coils are never bad.

  • @willdavies6085
    @willdavies6085 2 года назад

    Good stuff mate, that's just cool to watch.

  • @petecunnien5368
    @petecunnien5368 2 года назад

    Very classic and cool car

  • @papagiorgio85
    @papagiorgio85 2 года назад

    Another success Ryan, thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @josejimenez-yc6ou
    @josejimenez-yc6ou 2 года назад

    Good job starting that car

  • @sammolloy1
    @sammolloy1 2 года назад +2

    I removed the radio from an abandoned 1961. It was labelled “Transistorized” not “All Transistor” so it still had to warm up. It worked great though.

  • @edwinbonnelljr1587
    @edwinbonnelljr1587 2 года назад

    About time you got it running sometimes it takes a little bit but you never know but a Chevy will take a look in and keep on ticking that's why I never not for Chevy I've always had Chevys have a great day bro

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Ed

    • @edwinbonnelljr1587
      @edwinbonnelljr1587 2 года назад

      Hey where's my 63 Chevy convertible man I've been waiting a long time you haven't found me one yet haha have a great day

  • @williamdeegan7840
    @williamdeegan7840 2 года назад

    Sounds great. Congratulations. A straight 6 four door sedan. My cup of tea. I could have that.

  • @williamhelms9942
    @williamhelms9942 2 года назад +1

    Way To Go!

  • @MortskeRepair
    @MortskeRepair 2 года назад

    No points were harmed in this video

  • @AndrewHCann
    @AndrewHCann 2 года назад

    Excellent video Ryan :) & Marshall :) also lube up on the Steering wheel shaft on below brake resivor and may help on shift linkeage to 3 on tree if not clutch needs replaced or fix totally!

  • @rclamb04
    @rclamb04 2 года назад

    Man I'd love to have something like that

  • @Oyvind88
    @Oyvind88 2 года назад

    Great find and saved guys👌🇳🇴😎

  • @johnkranz4004
    @johnkranz4004 2 года назад

    Nice job great Car

  • @kc0lif
    @kc0lif 2 года назад

    i like 1960s biscayne.

  • @ronlynch7744
    @ronlynch7744 2 года назад

    Great work guys! 😎👍😎

  • @raulmontalvo1022
    @raulmontalvo1022 2 года назад

    Could you find a 1959 Apache those are nice trucks I used to own one a long time ago when I was in the '70s it's an awesome kind of truck Best Built by Chevy 6-cylinder straight awesome truck it lasted for years we parked it running

  • @finfan83
    @finfan83 2 года назад

    19:13 - it's a fullsize, long car, it needs to be filmed horizontally 20:01 - to convince a '61 to open driver's door, tickle it slightly behind the front fender 22:03 - what if plot twist : they purposely changed diameter, shape, gasket and tread pitch to make it not fit earlier model years mwahaha ! They knew Ryan will need one in 2022 24:26 - the vent window ! Open the vent window ! it's the most important part of a car right after fins ! (and panoramic windows maybe, but dunno if that's not a tie, both are pieces of glass ) 25:12 - I never can praise you enough for doing so from the moment I discovered this channel. Taking care of the undesirable, non-red, low and mid-level models that were the salt of the Earth back then and probably outnumbered the top of the line models in daily streetscape / parkingscape

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +1

      thanks for all the time stamps and comments :)

    • @finfan83
      @finfan83 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars Well, at least I can do this and cause some commotion for your effort in recording these vids.

  • @prestonpatton2846
    @prestonpatton2846 2 года назад

    Hoping to see a video on the 1961 Fury some day.

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +1

      He actually kept it, i thought we had a deal but its okay, maybe ill get it in the future

  • @dh190852
    @dh190852 2 года назад

    I never add gas when it's cranking. You never know if it going to spit a fireball.
    I always start with timing marks. Then pull the cap.

  • @fyou5986
    @fyou5986 2 года назад +3

    I never seen no oil hitting the rocker arms in the video.

  • @normanhopfensperger4343
    @normanhopfensperger4343 2 года назад

    easy to correct, I have pulled a Mazda RX 7, popped the clutch, it could be driven, then, only sitting for a couple of years though, 🤗

  • @dans_Learning_Curve
    @dans_Learning_Curve 2 года назад

    Clutch was stuck engaged. It wasn't disengaging.

  • @dogbitefred6631
    @dogbitefred6631 2 года назад

    I was hoping the oil pressure would come up, those rocker arms were bone dry. Maybe next time you should put some oil on them before you start the engine dry.

  • @williamdeegan7840
    @williamdeegan7840 2 года назад

    What part of Europe is this going to ? Ha. I had to ask. Cool video.

  • @dombutler7685
    @dombutler7685 2 года назад

    Thanks Ryan, you got there eventually!! Did I spot a Ford??

  • @dennisbrown2571
    @dennisbrown2571 2 года назад

    My favorite chevy is a 1958 impala.

  • @jimburgess9205
    @jimburgess9205 2 года назад +1

    I didn’t see oil. Did it pump up?

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +1

      eventually it did yes it really quieted down

  • @williamdeegan7840
    @williamdeegan7840 2 года назад

    That's ashame that the right front fender is bad. It's got such nice patina.

  • @speakfreeley4473
    @speakfreeley4473 2 года назад

    Cars like this need saving. How else can TV & movie companies get cars for making period stuff. i.e. dramas set in the 1960s.

  • @alanwoodcock3218
    @alanwoodcock3218 2 года назад

    I like your videos. One negative thing I noticed is this. Seems all you guys who post videos do the same thing, will it start with a near dead battery... Just saying...

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      That mskes it more fun! Lol all seriousness i just dont have a battery charger yet thats decent

    • @alanwoodcock3218
      @alanwoodcock3218 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars That def makes sense as well...

  • @upandabove567
    @upandabove567 2 года назад

    only problem with these 235 216 etc motors is GM put that oil bath screen air cleaner right over the drivers control arm rural roads were mostly dirt well where did all the dust go took many of these motors apart and the cylinders were wipe out.

  • @nicholasbidwell5055
    @nicholasbidwell5055 2 года назад

    Need to replacement tail light on the back driver side

  • @jackfisher3906
    @jackfisher3906 2 года назад

    With GOOD Spark and Compression a spray of Starting Fluid should FIRE it right up, YOU have a SPARK/TIMING problem.

  • @Schlipperschlopper
    @Schlipperschlopper 2 года назад +1

    Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-(
    In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
    on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!! (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!!!!!!!

  • @mattlevault5140
    @mattlevault5140 2 года назад

    Who's the greatest joke teller in the world? Marshall! Why? Timing!!! Get it? The problem was timing... But Marshall has no problem with timing... Never mind. Good content and pretty decent car for a junkyard resurrection. Why was the timing off so badly? Slipped a tooth or 2 or 5 (insert head scratch here)? I hope you are compensating Marshall. Otherwise, he'll have his own 100K channel by this time next year. Funny guy... Seems like he hasn't slipped any teeth. Must be why his timing is good. 😆

  • @cherokeeoutlawmartiel5340
    @cherokeeoutlawmartiel5340 2 года назад

    you guys said you had to move number one two spots at the beginning when you first realized the timing was off. Why didn't you move it the 2 spots then instead of only 1 and now having to repeat what you did? if you would have moved the plug wires 2 spots from the start like you said it might not have taken you 2 hours to start the car.

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      That woulda been too easy, but in all honesty its because we couldnt find exact TDC, and the roto was kinda in the middle of 2 spark plugs, and we were 1 off, so we moved it 2 forward in order to possibly work backwords 1 spot if we had to, we had a 50/50 shot and this time it was wrong

    • @cherokeeoutlawmartiel5340
      @cherokeeoutlawmartiel5340 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars I completely get that being a retired mechanic of 30 years. Good to see the old girl up and running again though.

  • @bnrgreenwood2356
    @bnrgreenwood2356 2 года назад

    MARSHALL (sp) needs a MIC
    THANKS

  • @timrussellguitar1516
    @timrussellguitar1516 2 года назад +1

    Timing, timing timing

  • @mauricecole1196
    @mauricecole1196 2 месяца назад

    Put in a clutch, fuel pump, fuel system the car is good to go. (Best of all no computers like the junk of today.)

  • @MNWILD43
    @MNWILD43 2 года назад +1

    She's still a pretty old girl.

  • @RRoto
    @RRoto Год назад

    And to think they were going to melt 5hat down and make 3 new Camaros or 10 Hondas .

  • @georgekalafatis7286
    @georgekalafatis7286 2 года назад

    How could they even bear to crush that car there isn't hardly any rust on it

  • @roberttaynor5672
    @roberttaynor5672 2 года назад

    hi i still would like to know thre price on the 1961 chevy i have cash

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад

      3k with title. Please email me, its in the description

  • @makinapersempre
    @makinapersempre 2 года назад

    horn & lights

  • @roberttaynor5672
    @roberttaynor5672 2 года назад

    are you going to sell it when your done playing

  • @CAROLDDISCOVER-1983
    @CAROLDDISCOVER-1983 2 года назад

    Price is????

    • @IowaClassicCars
      @IowaClassicCars  2 года назад +1

      3000 with title

    • @CAROLDDISCOVER-1983
      @CAROLDDISCOVER-1983 2 года назад

      @@IowaClassicCars well thank you. If by chance you get down around $2,000 on it you get back to me. But I figure if you don't get that here in the states you'll get it overseas. New Zealand Australia Sweden all great places to sell them. Matter of fact if you want to charge a modest handling fee without actually handling the cars broken a transaction let me know. I've got a few of them including station wagons. Parkwood I think Brookwood maybe. Anyway if you go back at salvage yard I'm really sure I saw one and it might have even been White and it was a 61 Chevy and I think it was a wagon. I like your fender. Maybe something in the a arm spindle hub Christianity as well. The hood closes fine the door open and shuts fine the grills and fine shape but it's been setting 40 years. Red interior white exterior. But somebody hit the fender and I'm not sure what happened to you the hub assembly and may have just been reappropriated. 283 powerglide and the powerglide in it is cast iron from a 57 Chevy as The story goes. That's 65 I used it for parts when I was a kid and that's about all that's good for. The 327 in it is special ordered by my dad's brother and it's the same topic line 327 they put in the vets and super sport. Okay I talked about them longer than I intended. Of course I have others

  • @mrregal5662
    @mrregal5662 2 года назад

    Why? Just crush it!