I bought a 1981 DeLorean with only 19,000 miles in 1996 that had been sitting in a museum for over ten years. Everything that was a paper or rubber gasket on the engine gave out within the first two weeks of driving it, from having sat unrunning for a decade.
Hoovie, love your videos. You should be thankful that you have a trustworthy mechanic like the Wizard. When you can’t do the work yourself it’s every man’s dream to have a professional mechanic that you know will do the job correctly. It may cost more, but you’ll have peace of mind!
I'd like to second that comment. Hoovie has wasted lots of time and money on modern stuff but looking at that Eldo-rod, the Town & Country and the 49 Caddy are the classics - but I'm old with tinted lenses which prefer Cataracts!
the muffler damage is because it rusted internally and got clogged, so it half exploded from a pressure build-up. I had a caddy muffler pop in me once. it didn't look that much different.
that car is awesome! i can see harry truman driving in the back with his long cigarette waiving to the people! so awesome to see you guys still having interest in these cars. bravo guys!
There's a member of the national woody club that attends our local(new england chapter) meet and he has a blue one. It's, hands down, my favorite car at the meet every year.
@@JMaxMena Old cars are certainly unsafe but I have an old car on propane and its emissions are the same as a modern car on propane, because it is a very clean burning fuel.
As for your electrical system, you can utilize a 8 voltage battery. In the 70s when I started my mechanical career there were a lot of the 40s and 50s vehicles still being daily driven. We used to install 8 volt batteries to help in winter starting. The 2 volt difference didn't harm any of the electrical components.
This is an old trick to boost a weak electrical system, is not necessary if things are working right. You really need to figure out why things are not working and fix them properly, then the 6 volt system is fine. They worked for 50 years and they will work now. But, if you do go with the 8 volt battery you have to adjust the voltage regulator to 9.5 volts. A 6 volt Optima battery is better.
The grounds...don't forget the grounds...lower voltage means the SLIGHTEST resistance causes issues...make sure they are all well cleaned and sealed with grease...also....biggest(guage size) positive cable you can get/build.
@@LeftyLucyRightyTyty yeah they are so important. I had a problem with the oil pressure gauge in my 1999 Ford Falcon. I replaced the switch and still no good. It took a while but I finally attacked all the grounds and it turned out to be the earth from the battery (which is where i should have started but i thought if it was that i would have had other problems too)
My brother had an old 6v Imperial that had been modded with some old school double 6v batteries system. Run in series or something. He found an old mechanic who knew what it was. It was mystery for me as a kid.
I need a moment to appreciate how many cool and unique cars are in Wiz's shop right now. Delorian, 46 Town and Country, 49 Cadillac resto-mod, El DoRODo, ferraris and a 300k mile Raptor.
Man, not one - not two - BUT THREE !! awesome rides any car enthusiast would love to own. These are the cars that keep my interest in your channel going. Keep finding and fixing them and I will keep watching your channel!
That extended crank on the Cadillac is indicative of a leaking fuel pressure regulator, which were famously common in the era, there was even a recall on them on some models. Have it checked, because it’ll pump raw fuel into the manifold and cause the manifold to explode.
The red door jams and doors look absolutely perfect. I would have thought that was factory and wasn't because the previous owner didn't disassemble it to do a complete color change.
@@jacobyo99 ..There were highways back then,mainly 2 lane but they did have some 4 lane highways and people did 70-85 mph depending on the car you had and on 2 lane highways.. My Dad is in his late 80's and my Grandfather ran 85 mph in his 1940's Chrysler with a straight 8 cyl he had...Wasn't the top speed either but that's why older cars tend to sit higher,rougher roads but they rode smooth..My Dads first ride was a used '49 Ford in 1955 he also cruised at 80 plus mph was a V8.. My Grandfather loved Chrysler's and my Dad back then was a Ford guy,until my grandfather bought a 56 Chrysler New Yorker Newport (yes they had both names) 354 Hemi and they did over 120 mph..Dad was in love but a teen he couldn't afford one..He bought a new 1964 Sport Fury with a 413 4bbl and ever since a high performance guy,he traded his 62 Galaxie 500 with a 390 in for it,he tried to get a 1960 Chrysler 300 with the 413 duel 4bbl but was turned down but they said here is a 6 month old Ford you can have ,nice car too...He kept that until he got married in 1964 and bought the Sport Fury,then bought a 68 Plymouth GTX 440 Mom had a black/black 1971 383 Cuda,I was one of the coolest kids in elementary school lol..
Wizard, Chrysler did use that big straight 8 in marine applications. It was called the Chrysler Crown, and was available in various cid's and horsepower configurations.
Hoovie - Speaking from experience her: With respect to your brakes pulling to one side; once all the hydraulics are functioning properly make sure the diameter of the 2 front drums are the same, and also ensure the 2 rear drums are also sized such that the drums on the front axle are equal to each other, and the he drums on the rear axle are equal to each other. Once properly sized and adjusted, this will ensure smooth, straight stopping. (FYI - I had an old Pontiac, and a grey beard helped me make it stop without any drama!) Good luck! : )
I Love both of them. Was thinking you could install driving lights on the radiator to shine thru the grille of the Eldorod. It may give you more light to drive at night and you won't see them much from the outside.
So happy to see the Sunburst Cadillac on the road finally. That is a rad ride for sure. And the brass filter in front of the carb on the 49 Cadillac was a common issue for cars in the 60's-80's. My father ran a gas station/garage in the small town he grew up in and one of the most common issues when a car was towed in was that brass filter. People would come in thinking they needed a new fuel pump or something else crazy expensive and it tuned out 99% of the time it was a $0.25 brass filter that needed to be cleaned out or replaced in rare cases.
For sure. Most home fix people would leave it out and put an inline filter you could check with a glance, and they lasted allot longer. I did it a couple times.
The best you can do with a 6 volt system is to get rid of anything in the starting system that was not there originally (the cutoff, etc.) and use thick cables as short as they can be. Is that dashboard starter button original? With a good battery, good cables and original system, it will work just fine. Resist the urge to convert to 12 volt.
I've never had good luck with 6 or 8 volt batteries on tractors. The batteries themselves don't last. On a 300 utility international at work we had to put new batteries on it every 6 months with properly working charging system. Put 12v battery on it with no charging system and it lasted for 4 years getting charged couple times a year
Good advice especially on an old Chrysler which has a lot more electrical equipment than cheaper cars, and is almost impossible to convert to 12v and do it right.
@@Matt-ou1bg Granted it's a smaller engine, but I've had the same 6 volt battery in my Allis Chalmers for about 5 years. It sits from December to late March and always cranks right over and starts.
@James_Hough We tried buying them from different places. But they never would last. We didn't use tractor very often. It sits for months at a time. Finally got my boss to let me convert it on a job site. We where using to box blade a job site and I got tired of messing with it. Did end up rebuilding starter to 12v couple years later. We did try 8v but after first one went bad, nobody carried one around us. Asking people at parts stores for 8v batteries is fun though
Yah, that ground is very anemic given the volts. The lower the volts, the fatter the cables have to be to carry the current. Id go for the lowest gauge I could find even if you'd need to make the cables yourself (which is dead simple in that application).
Love the Chrysler Town and Country! My Great Grandfather owned a Green T&C and a 1956 DeSoto Fireflyte four-door Hardtop with full power, A/C, and real wire wheels. I wish my Dad would have kept both cars.
Just to let you know, I have made it a point of contention that whenever I see a video disrespecting April's knowledge on the turbo firebird , I call out the fact she is right and this was such a limited ( failed) production that us poors never heard of having a boost Guage on the hood!!!!! Or a turbocharged firebird......
Hoovie love your car collection. Think about using Evans waterless coolant it prevents all corrosion and doesn't need to be change once it's in the cars cooling system, Jay Leno uses it in all his cars for this reason.
Also, in case you are not familiar with 6 volt electrics, you MUST use 1 gauge or thicker battery cables. You CAN NOT use chain-store 4 gauge battery cables, as they can not pass enough amps to the starter. You do not need to convert to 12 volts. We managed just fine with 6 volts, so it should be obvious that it can be made to work. Besides, 12 volts will burn out the relays on your Fluid Drive transmission, then it won't shift. Also, if you really do want more power, just use an 8 volt battery. It won't hurt anything, you just have to have your voltage regulator re-adjusted. Even Amazon sells 8 volt batteries. Also, do NOT try to use a little Group 1 battery, unless you have a car with an engine under 200 cubic inches - Jeep, VW, etc. Use the correct Group size or larger. Most cars use a Group 2 battery, some use a Group 3, which is that long narrow battery. A Group 4 is great if it will fit.
back in the 80s i worked as an engine builder. i liked rebuilding the HT4100s chrome molly sleeves never had any wear no matter how many miles on them. just grind the crant and re ring it. think we got like 1075.00 to rebuild them. but keep in mind a machine LB SB chevy was 675.00
@@maineiacman yeah and the funny thing is the LS engines are built the same way as the 4100! so it was a clue to where things were going. But the LS engine today im told is expected to go 500K miles as long as you change the oil. I was told this by a utility worker in maintenance. GM trucks are basically military grade.
In 1971 I bought a 1948 Chrysler New Yorker Highlander coupe for $50 from 2 elderly ladies that couldn’t turn the steering wheel anymore. The middle bumper overrider was all dented so they must pave done some bumping while parking. I would drive it 200 miles from home to college between semesters and holidays. Same engine, same fluid drive and the interior looked the same. It had electric windshield wipers I didn’t see if yours does or not.
You may have to full field the generator to get it to fully charge. Vehicles with generators tend to lose magnetism in the field windings if they sit for a long time. Basically when you full field the generator, it will "motor" if the belt is off. If it won't "motor", the generator is faulty. Best part is that doing that costs you nothing other than time.
13:08 HEY I think you can use you can use something like Redline superlight shockproof gear oil?!?! says it has a Film thickness greater than an SAE 75W90, yet low fluid friction like ATF it should be thin enough and provide substantially more fluid film and high pressure additives for wear reduction
My grandpa and I restored a 1940s mercury sportsman woody, thankfully he finished and sold it in ca at auction when these were still valued much more highly. I'll always love and appreciate the old woodys. Theres a bunch of car meet ups in socal that celebrate these beautys
Ah man when you pop the hood seeing that radiator brings back memories. The mercury sportsman and most cars at the time had very similar. Ours was dinged and tented to crap. I went thru with a flat head screw driver and mallet and tapped out all the imperfections before clean up and paint. What a chore. But man did it look nice when done! 100% original we went to great great lengths to make sure of that
I’m betting that battery cutout is largely responsible for the starting issues due to the massive runs of wires and 6v is very low voltage. May need time to get rid of it or add a 2nd battery
The damage to the muffler is from an explosion. Unburnt gasses built up and ignited. In high school our friends would set the ignition timing just right and we would turn off the engine as we coasted to an intersection, turned it back on just before the engine died, then BAM! the loud noise would scare people spitless. It was a lot of fun but I blew 2 sets of turbo mufflers off my C 10.
Make sure to use a hydraulic fluid equivalent 25 weight for the fluid drive You only need Clutch for starting in second gear once rolling at 35 mph let off accelerator you will hear her shift click clunk then slowly accelerate to 45 --47 mph let off click clunk your in third to downshifting use Clutch .. any transmission services Let front seat back all the way pull carpet back there is a floor access panel to service Just fyi she will freewheel so keep brakes working .. i own 2 of these fluid drive cars and one truck and work on these .. awesome video thanks for posting 😊 👍
Very impressed with the Chrysler. Beautiful. I had two Eldorados of that vintage purchased new. Very nice riding and performing vehicles. Unfortunately after three years stuff starts to go wrong.
I had a.99 Seville sts was probably one of my favorite cars I ever owned fast for its time and extremely comfortable.and loved to cruise at 90 plus down the highway. There was always the slight fear of the hea gaskets popping but luckily I never had any serious issues with the car fo the 5 or 6 years I owned it
Sad to hear your "woody" is broken, never had that problem with mine! That '49 Caddy looks great with that fastback roofline & smoked windows, should put copper tint on that gorgeous concept Caddy ✌💖☮
Hey there hoovie one thing about your caddy is that the passenger side door and fender is that the color is slightly off from the back quarter panel of the car
I'm 79: my grandfather owned lots of Chryslers and Cadillacs--a new one every year. He would never buy a 'woodie' to keep because of the price of upkeep on the wood.
I had a wild hoopty sighting of the Caddy in front of the shop when I was driving home through Kansas. Sadly it was when the shop was closed early in the morning so I didn’t get a Weezard sighting
Yeah the parts garbage debacle screws us all over. I do maintenence on the cheap cars for a local lot and I had to put 6 calipers on it before I found one that worked and didn't leak.
Hoovie, I know it’s the business model of your channel to buy these things, fix them up, and in a reasonable amount of time sell them off so you can buy more. If I were you I would have a really hard time ever selling that 46 Town & Country woody or the EldoRod. They are so cool! That woody is the perfect 4th of July parade car, and you’ll never see anything built like that again. And the EldoRod…what guy hasn’t dreamed of owning a concept car? I know you can’t keep everything forever, But I hope you keep these both for a long time.
That gearbox looks like a British Laycock over-drive box. The MGB and Triumph Spit's TR's some Jag's et al used them. Their g/boxes ran on 20W50 engine oil. It is an electro/hydraulic Epicyclic, or Planetoidal gearbox. It is engaged using an electrical switch that operates a solenoid which operates a hydraulic valve and then pulls a steel band. Inside the band is a Sun pinion connected onto the final drive shaft of the main g/box. Around this are three planet pinions. The band pulls the planet pinions onto the Sun pinion, giving you an extra gear without using the clutch. The overdrive could be engaged in third or fourth gear.
Man I like the town and country. Let me know if you ever sell it Tyler Hoover. Appreciate it brother. As a marine I'm an old school kinda guy. This was my grandfather's favorite vehicle. I would love to own it and baby it for the next 40 years.
presidential is right- Harry Truman had one of these. and a ton of these" KT Keller" era Chryslers were used by the government. Mamie Eisenhower has a 1950 Chrysler imperial Limo that was her state car, that was up graded to the 331 semi I think in 1952/53. My grandfather has 2 of these era cars super reliable. His 1950 Chrysler Windsor Highlander(one of the 25th anniversary package cars) had a place for a telephone in the back as it was owned by the state of Texas back in the 1950s. Fun fact these spit fire 6 and 8s have hardened valve seats so they can run safely on unleaded.and theses engine were common on pumps, generators, fork lifts and tractors.
If you replace the brake shoes, they must be arc'ed on a radius machine to ensure proper contact in the drum (since each shoe has its own cylinder). Don't toss the old tires - I'll use them for display. I can circle by and pick them up sometime
Passed him driving the EldoRODo back to his house on the highway. The thing pops in real life just as much as it does on camera. Even on an overcast day, it catches the attention.
My grandfather was a Chrysler guy. Those old Chrysler products were notoriously slow starting. Leo Carrillo, the guy that played Pancho in the Cisco Kid TV show, had a yellow Chrysler woody. Only his had a steers head mounted on the hood. The eyes were wired into the turn signals and would blink when activated.
To store a vehicle long term. Ensure the tank is full of good quality alcohol free gas, put it up on jack stands, hose all the wiring etc with a mix of chilli oil and tea tree oil and plug any nesting places with balled up foil soaked in chilli tea tree oil. Paint the tyres with surfboard wax and wrap them in plastic food wrap. Put a heavy coat of car wax over all the paint and other exterior surfaces, coat door and window seals with trim restoration treatment and wrap food wrap around them as much as possible. Put the whole vehicle inside a thick plastic covering and then a good tarp. Put rodent traps around it. And now you’re guaranteed to come back to a drivable vehicle after at least three weeks of sitting.
Every man's worst nightmare, the broken woody
damn a ED joke already lol
Give some viagra
@@jacobt1027could have been a fracture!
Give some viagra
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Classic Hoovie content. Really enjoyed this one.
This is a classic. I hope Hoovie and all viewers of this channel have a great 2024...
@@alanblanes3021I wish you the same!!!
I bought a 1981 DeLorean with only 19,000 miles in 1996 that had been sitting in a museum for over ten years. Everything that was a paper or rubber gasket on the engine gave out within the first two weeks of driving it, from having sat unrunning for a decade.
To be fair, the Renault 25 with the same engine suffered the same problem, usually much sooner than that!
Hoovie, love your videos. You should be thankful that you have a trustworthy mechanic like the Wizard. When you can’t do the work yourself it’s every man’s dream to have a professional mechanic that you know will do the job correctly. It may cost more, but you’ll have peace of mind!
I love both the Cadillac and the Chrysler, well done Hoovie!
I'd like to second that comment. Hoovie has wasted lots of time and money on modern stuff but looking at that Eldo-rod, the Town & Country and the 49 Caddy are the classics - but I'm old with tinted lenses which prefer Cataracts!
The Eldorod is rightly beautiful and a great purchase.
the muffler damage is because it rusted internally and got clogged, so it half exploded from a pressure build-up. I had a caddy muffler pop in me once. it didn't look that much different.
that car is awesome! i can see harry truman driving in the back with his long cigarette waiving to the people! so awesome to see you guys still having interest in these cars. bravo guys!
There's a member of the national woody club that attends our local(new england chapter) meet and he has a blue one. It's, hands down, my favorite car at the meet every year.
I love the service lights on the Caddy being lit after he picked it up.
This car is just incredible. The simplicity is jaw dropping. Why can't things still be built this way?
Emissions, fuel economy, and safety.
@@JMaxMena boring!!
Agreed.
More simplicity, fewer electronic gizmos that fail after 30k miles.
@@JMaxMena Old cars are certainly unsafe but I have an old car on propane and its emissions are the same as a modern car on propane, because it is a very clean burning fuel.
Mainly because the yuppies won't buy simple and easy to fix.
As for your electrical system, you can utilize a 8 voltage battery. In the 70s when I started my mechanical career there were a lot of the 40s and 50s vehicles still being daily driven. We used to install 8 volt batteries to help in winter starting. The 2 volt difference didn't harm any of the electrical components.
This is an old trick to boost a weak electrical system, is not necessary if things are working right. You really need to figure out why things are not working and fix them properly, then the 6 volt system is fine. They worked for 50 years and they will work now.
But, if you do go with the 8 volt battery you have to adjust the voltage regulator to 9.5 volts.
A 6 volt Optima battery is better.
The grounds...don't forget the grounds...lower voltage means the SLIGHTEST resistance causes issues...make sure they are all well cleaned and sealed with grease...also....biggest(guage size) positive cable you can get/build.
@@LeftyLucyRightyTyty yeah they are so important. I had a problem with the oil pressure gauge in my 1999 Ford Falcon. I replaced the switch and still no good. It took a while but I finally attacked all the grounds and it turned out to be the earth from the battery (which is where i should have started but i thought if it was that i would have had other problems too)
My brother had an old 6v Imperial that had been modded with some old school double 6v batteries system. Run in series or something. He found an old mechanic who knew what it was. It was mystery for me as a kid.
Nice woody, the Eldorod is way cool, but the 49 caddy is my dream car personified, right down to the 500 inch motor. Happy New Year.
I need a moment to appreciate how many cool and unique cars are in Wiz's shop right now. Delorian, 46 Town and Country, 49 Cadillac resto-mod, El DoRODo, ferraris and a 300k mile Raptor.
Man, not one - not two - BUT THREE !! awesome rides any car enthusiast would love to own. These are the cars that keep my interest in your channel going. Keep finding and fixing them and I will keep watching your channel!
I have been a subscriber since you had less than 5,000 and have watched every video but this car is probably the most beautiful you have ever owned!
I was in @ 9000
That extended crank on the Cadillac is indicative of a leaking fuel pressure regulator, which were famously common in the era, there was even a recall on them on some models.
Have it checked, because it’ll pump raw fuel into the manifold and cause the manifold to explode.
The red door jams and doors look absolutely perfect. I would have thought that was factory and wasn't because the previous owner didn't disassemble it to do a complete color change.
That 'Rodo looks even better every time I see it. Glad you were able to save it!😊
Imagine driving this thing on a country road ,top down ,lit a cigar, that's a different vibe🥂
Just hold on to the Champagne after you get home, haha!
Puttering through every little town because there were no highways
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@@jacobyo99 ..There were highways back then,mainly 2 lane but they did have some 4 lane highways and people did 70-85 mph depending on the car you had and on 2 lane highways..
My Dad is in his late 80's and my Grandfather ran 85 mph in his 1940's Chrysler with a straight 8 cyl he had...Wasn't the top speed either but that's why older cars tend to sit higher,rougher roads but they rode smooth..My Dads first ride was a used '49 Ford in 1955 he also cruised at 80 plus mph was a V8..
My Grandfather loved Chrysler's and my Dad back then was a Ford guy,until my grandfather bought a 56 Chrysler New Yorker Newport (yes they had both names) 354 Hemi and they did over 120 mph..Dad was in love but a teen he couldn't afford one..He bought a new 1964 Sport Fury with a 413 4bbl and ever since a high performance guy,he traded his 62 Galaxie 500 with a 390 in for it,he tried to get a 1960 Chrysler 300 with the 413 duel 4bbl but was turned down but they said here is a 6 month old Ford you can have ,nice car too...He kept that until he got married in 1964 and bought the Sport Fury,then bought a 68 Plymouth GTX 440 Mom had a black/black 1971 383 Cuda,I was one of the coolest kids in elementary school lol..
Wizard, Chrysler did use that big straight 8 in marine applications. It was called the Chrysler Crown, and was available in various cid's and horsepower configurations.
Hoovie - Speaking from experience her: With respect to your brakes pulling to one side; once all the hydraulics are functioning properly make sure the diameter of the 2 front drums are the same, and also ensure the 2 rear drums are also sized such that the drums on the front axle are equal to each other, and the he drums on the rear axle are equal to each other. Once properly sized and adjusted, this will ensure smooth, straight stopping. (FYI - I had an old Pontiac, and a grey beard helped me make it stop without any drama!) Good luck! : )
What's cool about the eldorado is that it looks the same when it's on the highway as it does standing still because of those rims
I Love both of them. Was thinking you could install driving lights on the radiator to shine thru the grille of the Eldorod. It may give you more light to drive at night and you won't see them much from the outside.
That 49 Cadillac is a beauty!!
So happy to see the Sunburst Cadillac on the road finally. That is a rad ride for sure. And the brass filter in front of the carb on the 49 Cadillac was a common issue for cars in the 60's-80's. My father ran a gas station/garage in the small town he grew up in and one of the most common issues when a car was towed in was that brass filter. People would come in thinking they needed a new fuel pump or something else crazy expensive and it tuned out 99% of the time it was a $0.25 brass filter that needed to be cleaned out or replaced in rare cases.
For sure. Most home fix people would leave it out and put an inline filter you could check with a glance, and they lasted allot longer. I did it a couple times.
The best you can do with a 6 volt system is to get rid of anything in the starting system that was not there originally (the cutoff, etc.) and use thick cables as short as they can be. Is that dashboard starter button original? With a good battery, good cables and original system, it will work just fine. Resist the urge to convert to 12 volt.
I've never had good luck with 6 or 8 volt batteries on tractors. The batteries themselves don't last. On a 300 utility international at work we had to put new batteries on it every 6 months with properly working charging system. Put 12v battery on it with no charging system and it lasted for 4 years getting charged couple times a year
Good advice especially on an old Chrysler which has a lot more electrical equipment than cheaper cars, and is almost impossible to convert to 12v and do it right.
@@Matt-ou1bg Granted it's a smaller engine, but I've had the same 6 volt battery in my Allis Chalmers for about 5 years. It sits from December to late March and always cranks right over and starts.
@James_Hough We tried buying them from different places. But they never would last. We didn't use tractor very often. It sits for months at a time. Finally got my boss to let me convert it on a job site. We where using to box blade a job site and I got tired of messing with it. Did end up rebuilding starter to 12v couple years later. We did try 8v but after first one went bad, nobody carried one around us. Asking people at parts stores for 8v batteries is fun though
Yah, that ground is very anemic given the volts. The lower the volts, the fatter the cables have to be to carry the current. Id go for the lowest gauge I could find even if you'd need to make the cables yourself (which is dead simple in that application).
Love the Chrysler Town and Country! My Great Grandfather owned a Green T&C and a 1956 DeSoto Fireflyte four-door Hardtop with full power, A/C, and real wire wheels. I wish my Dad would have kept both cars.
Just to let you know, I have made it a point of contention that whenever I see a video disrespecting April's knowledge on the turbo firebird , I call out the fact she is right and this was such a limited ( failed) production that us poors never heard of having a boost Guage on the hood!!!!! Or a turbocharged firebird......
Hoovie love your car collection. Think about using Evans waterless coolant it prevents all corrosion and doesn't need to be change once it's in the cars cooling system, Jay Leno uses it in all his cars for this reason.
Love those classic '40's cars. Both of them! Awesome vid Tyler!
Miss the music bring it back Hoovie!
I love this channel his love of anything with 4 wheels means you never know what you may see in the end? Great choice just a beautiful car. 😊
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Also, in case you are not familiar with 6 volt electrics, you MUST use 1 gauge or thicker battery cables. You CAN NOT use chain-store 4 gauge battery cables, as they can not pass enough amps to the starter. You do not need to convert to 12 volts. We managed just fine with 6 volts, so it should be obvious that it can be made to work. Besides, 12 volts will burn out the relays on your Fluid Drive transmission, then it won't shift. Also, if you really do want more power, just use an 8 volt battery. It won't hurt anything, you just have to have your voltage regulator re-adjusted. Even Amazon sells 8 volt batteries. Also, do NOT try to use a little Group 1 battery, unless you have a car with an engine under 200 cubic inches - Jeep, VW, etc. Use the correct Group size or larger. Most cars use a Group 2 battery, some use a Group 3, which is that long narrow battery. A Group 4 is great if it will fit.
The Eldoroddo sounds great. Nice job getting that back on the road.
Beautiful! Nicest woodie I ever saw! Nice work.
That is a nice looking woody, impressive. Living the dream.
Finally caught up after I watched all your videos. All I can say is that’s a solid woody!
Seems Wizard is really enjoying playing with a Woodie.
back in the 80s i worked as an engine builder. i liked rebuilding the HT4100s chrome molly sleeves never had any wear no matter how many miles on them. just grind the crant and re ring it. think we got like 1075.00 to rebuild them. but keep in mind a machine LB SB chevy was 675.00
HT4100s were the worst engine Cadillac ever had
@@maineiacman yeah and the funny thing is the LS engines are built the same way as the 4100! so it was a clue to where things were going. But the LS engine today im told is expected to go 500K miles as long as you change the oil. I was told this by a utility worker in maintenance. GM trucks are basically military grade.
Thanks for helping Steve Hoovie your the best.😎
When they were reving the engine I noticed that the heat riser was open/closing, amazing!
Noticed on the Eldo that the driver's window looked popped out at the upper corner.
Great content, Hoovie!
What a great collection, Love the ElDorado!!! Well Done!!!
In 1971 I bought a 1948 Chrysler New Yorker Highlander coupe for $50 from 2 elderly ladies that couldn’t turn the steering wheel anymore. The middle bumper overrider was all dented so they must pave done some bumping while parking. I would drive it 200 miles from home to college between semesters and holidays. Same engine, same fluid drive and the interior looked the same. It had electric windshield wipers I didn’t see if yours does or not.
You may have to full field the generator to get it to fully charge. Vehicles with generators tend to lose magnetism in the field windings if they sit for a long time. Basically when you full field the generator, it will "motor" if the belt is off. If it won't "motor", the generator is faulty. Best part is that doing that costs you nothing other than time.
I absolutely love these older cars that Tyler has been collecting recently. They are just gorgeous.
13:08 HEY I think you can use you can use something like Redline superlight shockproof gear oil?!?! says it has a Film thickness greater than an SAE 75W90, yet low fluid friction like ATF it should be thin enough and provide substantially more fluid film and high pressure additives for wear reduction
My grandpa and I restored a 1940s mercury sportsman woody, thankfully he finished and sold it in ca at auction when these were still valued much more highly. I'll always love and appreciate the old woodys. Theres a bunch of car meet ups in socal that celebrate these beautys
Ah man when you pop the hood seeing that radiator brings back memories. The mercury sportsman and most cars at the time had very similar. Ours was dinged and tented to crap. I went thru with a flat head screw driver and mallet and tapped out all the imperfections before clean up and paint. What a chore. But man did it look nice when done! 100% original we went to great great lengths to make sure of that
Ah the drum brakes! Glad I watched this one ❤ so much nostalgia! Back when average Joe could work on cars
16:36 That fuel line got quite a kink in it at the 90 degree bend.
Hello Tyler! I hope you have a good day😊
I love that 49 Cadillac! It is so nice!
Surprised to see the pan-hard bar on the leaf spring rear suspension from a car of that era. That big Chrysler is a solid car!
That Cadillac Is beautiful!
I’m betting that battery cutout is largely responsible for the starting issues due to the massive runs of wires and 6v is very low voltage. May need time to get rid of it or add a 2nd battery
The damage to the muffler is from an explosion. Unburnt gasses built up and ignited. In high school our friends would set the ignition timing just right and we would turn off the engine as we coasted to an intersection, turned it back on just before the engine died, then BAM! the loud noise would scare people spitless. It was a lot of fun but I blew 2 sets of turbo mufflers off my C 10.
Make sure to use a hydraulic fluid equivalent 25 weight for the fluid drive
You only need Clutch for starting in second gear once rolling at 35 mph let off accelerator you will hear her shift click clunk then slowly accelerate to 45 --47 mph let off click clunk your in third to downshifting use Clutch .. any transmission services
Let front seat back all the way pull carpet back there is a floor access panel to service
Just fyi she will freewheel so keep brakes working .. i own 2 of these fluid drive cars and one truck and work on these .. awesome video thanks for posting 😊 👍
10:50 anyone noticed the hand prints on the back of the caddy..looks like wizard REALLY likes the caddy
Very impressed with the Chrysler. Beautiful.
I had two Eldorados of that vintage purchased new. Very nice riding and performing vehicles. Unfortunately after three years stuff starts to go wrong.
sometimes I just fast forward so I get to hear you wizard talk
I had a.99 Seville sts was probably one of my favorite cars I ever owned fast for its time and extremely comfortable.and loved to cruise at 90 plus down the highway. There was always the slight fear of the hea gaskets popping but luckily I never had any serious issues with the car fo the 5 or 6 years I owned it
Sad to hear your "woody" is broken, never had that problem with mine! That '49 Caddy looks great with that fastback roofline & smoked windows, should put copper tint on that gorgeous concept Caddy ✌💖☮
It’s worth every penny to fix. This thing is rolling history. It points back to a better time in our country.
Hey there hoovie one thing about your caddy is that the passenger side door and fender is that the color is slightly off from the back quarter panel of the car
I would love to work in that garage. What an amazing collection to work on.
Pretty nice car and as always great video
I'm 79: my grandfather owned lots of Chryslers and Cadillacs--a new one every year. He would never buy a 'woodie' to keep because of the price of upkeep on the wood.
That 49 Cadillac is so beautiful. What a car design.
I had a wild hoopty sighting of the Caddy in front of the shop when I was driving home through Kansas. Sadly it was when the shop was closed early in the morning so I didn’t get a Weezard sighting
Good on you Hoovie. Hello from Australia!
It’s okay Hoovie, we know you’ll get a firm grip on the woodie
That's April's job 🤣
Wow what a gorgeous car's,love your channel u r so amazing at what u do .
Two cool ole cars and one semi modern concept. All to cool! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
The straight 8 sounds so smooth.
Yeah the parts garbage debacle screws us all over. I do maintenence on the cheap cars for a local lot and I had to put 6 calipers on it before I found one that worked and didn't leak.
Hoovie, I know it’s the business model of your channel to buy these things, fix them up, and in a reasonable amount of time sell them off so you can buy more. If I were you I would have a really hard time ever selling that 46 Town & Country woody or the EldoRod. They are so cool! That woody is the perfect 4th of July parade car, and you’ll never see anything built like that again. And the EldoRod…what guy hasn’t dreamed of owning a concept car? I know you can’t keep everything forever, But I hope you keep these both for a long time.
The intro was one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. Might be the best one I’ve seen in general. 😂
That gearbox looks like a British Laycock over-drive box. The MGB and Triumph Spit's TR's some Jag's et al used them. Their g/boxes ran on 20W50 engine oil. It is an electro/hydraulic Epicyclic, or Planetoidal gearbox.
It is engaged using an electrical switch that operates a solenoid which operates a hydraulic valve and then pulls a steel band. Inside the band is a Sun pinion connected onto the final drive shaft of the main g/box. Around this are three planet pinions. The band pulls the planet pinions onto the Sun pinion, giving you an extra gear without using the clutch. The overdrive could be engaged in third or fourth gear.
Full custom exhaust! yes please!
I'd make it my daily driver. It's time to drive these classics and make room for the next generation of them.🙂👍
I love, love, love that '46 Chrysler !
Man I like the town and country. Let me know if you ever sell it Tyler Hoover. Appreciate it brother. As a marine I'm an old school kinda guy. This was my grandfather's favorite vehicle. I would love to own it and baby it for the next 40 years.
Love the videos for years now tyler but they are starting to get long.love ya bro.big fan.
We all love and treasure our woodies.
I punish mine
Some beautiful cars in your collection.
presidential is right- Harry Truman had one of these. and a ton of these" KT Keller" era Chryslers were used by the government. Mamie Eisenhower has a 1950 Chrysler imperial Limo that was her state car, that was up graded to the 331 semi I think in 1952/53. My grandfather has 2 of these era cars super reliable. His 1950 Chrysler Windsor Highlander(one of the 25th anniversary package cars) had a place for a telephone in the back as it was owned by the state of Texas back in the 1950s. Fun fact these spit fire 6 and 8s have hardened valve seats so they can run safely on unleaded.and theses engine were common on pumps, generators, fork lifts and tractors.
If you replace the brake shoes, they must be arc'ed on a radius machine to ensure proper contact in the drum (since each shoe has its own cylinder).
Don't toss the old tires - I'll use them for display. I can circle by and pick them up sometime
Imo one of the nicest cars Hoovie has had.
so good to see these classics on the pavement, too often they just sit.
Passed him driving the EldoRODo back to his house on the highway. The thing pops in real life just as much as it does on camera. Even on an overcast day, it catches the attention.
I’m glad you have Wizard and Ninja available to service your vehicles.
The wizard shop has to be one of the coolest shops to work in. He sees a bit of everything
Would like to see more on The wizard's Citoen DS!
All the inuendo's, like being at work. "May I touch your Wood?".
I am still loving the El Do.
My grandfather was a Chrysler guy. Those old Chrysler products were notoriously slow starting. Leo Carrillo, the guy that played Pancho in the Cisco Kid TV show, had a yellow Chrysler woody. Only his had a steers head mounted on the hood. The eyes were wired into the turn signals and would blink when activated.
My 6 volt Chrysler starts easily.
The Eldorado Caddy is growing on me thanks for sharing.
Some people think that this is a car channel. But its really erotica when the wizard gets involved
Sounds like Hoovie just wasn't using it often enough. You can't neglect your woody for that long and expect it to immediately respond on command!
Weeezard, check the 3rd brake light gasket on the raptor, they are known to fail and water will run down to the cab corners and rust.
To store a vehicle long term.
Ensure the tank is full of good quality alcohol free gas, put it up on jack stands, hose all the wiring etc with a mix of chilli oil and tea tree oil and plug any nesting places with balled up foil soaked in chilli tea tree oil.
Paint the tyres with surfboard wax and wrap them in plastic food wrap.
Put a heavy coat of car wax over all the paint and other exterior surfaces, coat door and window seals with trim restoration treatment and wrap food wrap around them as much as possible.
Put the whole vehicle inside a thick plastic covering and then a good tarp.
Put rodent traps around it.
And now you’re guaranteed to come back to a drivable vehicle after at least three weeks of sitting.