I love that , I had a 71 new port that I loved but I was hit head on and it was totaled when I got out of the hospital I went to the tow yard to see it and wanted to cry. It never gave me any trouble.
I was thinking "that car is kinda squatted down", then I saw the torqueflite in the trunk! Always chuckle at these, they have brocade upholstery that would look right at home in your great aunt's parlour, but are motivated by a rumbliing evil sounding big block. Keep doing the right thing by giving these great cars a second shot at life.
@@ObsoleteAutomotivenot having a vynal roof saved the car in rust. Any car that era the glue ate the paint top rotted and water seeped in causing rust
My dad bought a 71 NY with 34,000 one owner miles on it in 1991. It was a hardtop like this one in perfect condition. It was light blue with a black vinyl top and interior. It still had all the factory inspection markings in the engine compartment. He only drove it a few times in the 15 years he owned it. I sold it for him to a guy out in Sand Diego. The vinyl top and interior were immaculate. It was a Brougham model like this one.
This was so much fun to watch. I have a 67 New Yorker which is in really great shape. It's neat to see the strong similarities between the 67 and 71. Got to love that 440! Great video thanks guys
My time with C bodies goes way back and I used them a dailies a bit when they were just used cars. So, I made a lot of comments. I don't mean to be back seating you. I have a Newport cvt project car I need to get started on after letting it sit many years. I got some inspiration from your video and watched the whole thing. Don't get angry at guys that criticized some things you did. I think they did it out of love for the car, not malice. And you don't get a lot of love for C body 4 doors, so take it as a positive.
@@auteurfiddler8706 There’s always “experts” that want to share their “knowledge” of things. The whole point of this video was I had one evening and part of the next morning to get this car driving and to an inspection station before I left the state. All I had to use was essentially a pocket knife and a partial can of starting fluid. I’m also 2800 miles from my home, tools, parts, etc. SURE things are easier in the luxury of your nice shop. But I’d like to see those guys do this in the 112 degree hot weather with nothing but what they have on them. End of the day I accomplished what I needed to do and this car can now live on.
Very cool!! Looks like she's in great shape. Good luck with her. I used to own a 1973 Chrysler Newport Custom with the 400-2bbl. Love it! Now you got me wanting another one.
Very cool! That is a solid car!! I love the freewheeling fan clutch when you first started it. Just did this with a 72 Newport couple years ago, mine was only an hour away though, lol.Thanks for posting!!
Thanks for the video on your Chrysler buy I used to have one with a 400 V8. A Fury and really a nice driver,destroyed by rust. I would get another one if I had your mechanical know how. The cars you buy are all nicer than my old Fury. We should your road trip in the 62 Fury to my father in law. World War II vet and former Plymouth owner b 1921
Happy to subscribe❤ I pulled a 440 out of a71 new Yorker that was in a junkyard totally Rusted out. Put it in a 83 short bed Dodge truck. I took a lot of so-called muscle cars up to about a 100 miles an hour with this truck.❤
These were so ahead of their time compared to other cars. Elwood Engel at his best. Just take some microfiber towels with you and some Adams detailing spray. Works every time! I always take a bucket with cleaning things. It's a must with finding old cars.
That's a keeper, 440 v8 adds value. No vinyl roof means no roof rot, great find !!!! My parents had a 69 T&C 9 pas wagon, 383. Needs some love and attention.
I always enjoy you working on these old Chrysler products. I'm glad this one started and seems quite salvageable. Interior looks great, other than the trim under the steering column. FYI, those are the original license plates issued for that car. In California. the plates stay with the car. That's cool.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Sorry to hear that. FYI, in CA, we have a Year of Manufacture license plate program for those blue/gold plates (and those that came before them). A lot of the DMV clerks don't know about it or think it's a pain to process so they don't ever mention the program. Not too big of a deal for you since you are from out of state, though, and just needed current registration. Hopefully they let you keep the old plates, at least.
Please do not use 87 octane fuel. To avoid pinging it's better to use 91 octane or higher in all classic cars. The noise you hear in the carburator is probably the fuel boiling. (Caused by heat and the ethanol in today's fuel) The fanshroud (which is in the trunk) should be put back on the radiator, this will help with the cooling. On cars with A/C you need a 16 psi radiator cap I believe. Personally I would never drive a car without an air cleaner, especcially not with all that dust around. With the overheating and the missing air cleaner there may been already some damage done to the engine, let's hope not. The transmission may have a leaking 'shift-shaft' seal. It's located on the driver side in front, just above the pan rail underneath a shift lever.
@@MrZdvy Oh it definitely was fuel boiling. Went with the cheapest gas which wasn’t too cheap with prices out here at $5/gallon or more. Transmission fluid It’s definitely spewing out of the bellhousing so most likely that front seal. And yes having an air cleaner is important but none available locally and no time to wait on one as I was leaving the next day. And this needed to be done. I’m not investing a ton of money into a car until I have the title in hand.
@@ObsoleteAutomotiveput Lucas transmission fix.. That would slow down the leak.. Use high test high octane gas.. Make sure you're not putting too much advance with the distributor.. And finally.. Over the carburetor.. At least put a t-shirt over it
Hey Austin, I recently came across your picture in a copy of the Hornets Nets Classic Car Club Magazine given to me by one of my customers who is the retiring director of that chapter. I let out a yelp when I saw the picture of you and your wife and child. “Hey, I know that guy”….well, not really. Anyway, Enjoyed the video as always. Keep up the good work.
The old man had a 1971 Chrysler Newport, Metallic gold green on the bottom and dark green roof (not vinyl) 2 door, 383 2bbl, roll up windows, no A/C. Wrecked it in 1973 so then we got a 1973 Satellite, Sebring, 318 white with a red half vinyl top at the front, (not that halo POS). I later bought that car from him with 32000 miles on it and kept it until I bought my 1979 Lil Red Express Truck.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I think your car is EW1 spinnaker white with a MDY5 Gold interior. These light colors were very intelligently chosen for the baking hot sun of California's interior. I can't imagine better choices.
11:38 Big "RV2" AC compressor is shown at the front of the engine. By 1971, AC was very common, almost universal in high end cars sold in CA. 14:32 You do have a smog control vacuum advance. When used with the factory AVS , it either retards timing at idle or advances it when not at idle, or some such thing. There should be a solenoid on the passenger side of the carb, but I don't see it here. That helps shut down the car when you turn off the key. The lean timing would otherwise make it diesel. You will be fine with this distributor if you just set the timing. You are going to need a threaded rod on the carb to install the air cleaner. 25:50 When you said the transmission isn't doing much, I remembered earlier when you first put it in gear it moved forward in a way that suggested you are short of trans fluid. You want to check that with the car on and the trans in neutral.
Thats hard to watch man,first off the fan clutch is bad that's one reason it's overheating,needs about 7 to 10 degrees of initial advance,power steering needs fluid ,trans like you probably needs fluid.and you really need to pour some fuel in carburator before cranking when a vehicle been sitting so long. Top off engine oil,sometimes they tick when they are low.Nice find keep it coming. We need to save this peace of American history .
Lots of people giving advice, I know, but I drive early 60s Lincolns and you absolutely need to use ethanol free 91 octane. Also, looks like the fan clutch may be just freewheeling which would help explain it running hot unless you are at road speed.
It’s got spark, it’s got compression, and every time you spray ether into the carb, it’s momentarily starting/running briefly on the spray. There’s a fuel supply problem mate. She’s not getting enough fuel for some reason.
I'll never understand why you wouldn't check for fuel before you do anything? Just winding that battery out for no reason whatsoever and using that starting fluid that disappears by the time you get to the key
@@johnkendrick7304 It doesn’t disappear by the time you get to the key when you have someone at the key. I grabbed what was in the trunk of my car and used it. No parts stores were open for any fuel line or auxiliary tanks or whatever other ideas one might have and this car needed to be drivable for the next morning. The tank had good fuel in it and needed to pump back to the engine. And then it ran but had a host of issues with the carb and timing and such had to be addressed during it all and then I drove the car where it needed to go. Perfect? No… but the car started with a pocket knife and an almost empty can of starting fluid. Also… when I don’t use starting fluid the rest of the flammables crowd complains that I didn’t. To each their own!
I don't know why I even said anything it's really none of my business how you get your cars. I just look forward to watching your videos because I like old cars. My bad I'll keep my mouth shut
35:30 Well, you can get a pretty good guess what year engine , or the block at least, by looking at the pad near the driver side cylinder head. If it has "G440" on it, that indicates 1971 engine. "H440", "J440" would be 72, 73 etc.
28:50 I think I would have gone with the 91 octane. 1971 440's still had close to 10:1 compression ratio. 35:59 That ammeter should be moving to the right as you rev it up. it is either disconnected or (more likely) you are not charging. Back when Mopars had true ammeters, reading the movements, no matter how subtle., was very important. Speaking of gauges, most Chrysler of that era (not the other car lines) had a blue lamp for engine cold next to the red lamp for engine hot. Typically the blue light just came on for about 30 seconds after you start the car and the red light never came on in normal driving.
You're pretty cool guy we could chill out some time bro you got my subscription definitely i live in NJ tho oh well that's all I ever owned was Mopar right now I have a PT Cruiser 2003 yeah I know but gas is expensive and parts are hard to find
hey Austin I’m a cornering light nut ..do the cornering lights work? they look to be in good shape no moisture inside or cracks .. my ‘71 Town & Country had an inside hood release - it was built in October of 1970 Auto Temp II also
Hey Austin, another great video and another prize find. Fuel? Does it have a fuel pump issue, and, or, fuel piston in the Carb failing? Also, she is overheating from a free-wheeling clutch fan...man, that thing is drawing ZERO air through, AND your fan shroud is not installed. Huge difference when you get these two puppies fitted...then a 16 Cap. Hope that helps Austin !! Love the New Yorker. I am about to look at an original 1973 New Yorker Brougham, see how I go. Back in the USA this week. Cheers, Fletch - Classic Restos TV Australia.
@@classicrestostv1fletch764 It has all sorts of issues… some of which were rectified though not all shown in the video. The previous work done to the car was incomplete and not done well or at all. Clutch fan was suspected hence my test driving at highway speed. Usually means lack of airflow at idle if the radiator cools going down the road. I had one day to get the car to inspection with minimal tools and no parts houses before leaving for home 3000 miles away.
Oh, I would not drive around with that trans in the trunk. I did that once and it damaged the rear leaf springs in just a couple of days of driving. And C body leaf springs are long and very delicate and impossible to replace with ones as good as the original ones.
@@auteurfiddler8706 I wouldn’t keep all that junk in the back if I was actually driving it. This was merely to get it to the inspection and back. So it can be titled and tagged before I put any money into it.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Can I ask you: You did not have a pink. I thought the DMV would torture you even more than they did. Bonded title or something. What did you have for paperwork?
@@auteurfiddler8706 It was a lien sale purchase. Which I guess normally would be smooth sailing but this car had no history in their system and that made it a lot more BS to get sorted.
The distributor might be clocked wrong, There wasn't any initial timing setting that it was happy to start, even with the carb full. In addition the charging/starting system has some weaknesses and limits the engine cranking speed a bit.
DMV was just being asinine. The VIN contains the model year, the smog sticker states the model year and, as you said, the production date sticker is on the door jamb.
I've only ever had one ballast resistor go bad out of the hundreds of cars I've owned, and thousands of miles driven all over the country. It was a 1980 Dodge Aspen wagon.
Hang on to those original blue plates. It is considered quite desirable to be able to use these original plates on the the car they were originally issued to. But the DMV tries to refuse to let you use them so they can sell you expensive custom plates. You need paperwork with the original plate numbers on it. Preferably a title.
71+ year old FUD here. Spraying starting fluid into carb and trying to start without air filter and no fire extinguisher handy = recipe for disaster. Should have poured gasoline into carb first.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive We’ll have to disagree on this one. I think the danger of a large backfire which can start oil collected around manifold or other surfaces or seriously burn any face that happens to be in the area. Keeping the cover on the air cleaner will restrict the amount of oxygen that gets to the air cleaner. I’ve seen charred air filters from a backfire but never on that really caught fire and burned. You still need to have a fire extinguisher when performing those type of operations.
@@davewinter2688 I’ve seen plenty of air filters on fire. Never seen an engine just catch fire from a backfire. And I have a fire extinguisher with me at all times.
Yikes, sorry but that was hard to watch. Give it a couple of pumps while you’re cranking after you fill the float bowl of the carburetor before you even start cranking! Also ether should not be your go to! Lord that spark knock hurt me to my core. Speaking from a certified mechanics point of view and saying it as advice, fill the float bowl up first don’t do what you did in this video to your cars. I get it you’re young and still learning so I don’t mean any offense. I’m grateful you’re saving these pieces of history
@@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 UA-cam 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.
@@johnsautkulis2356 well it didn’t knock and ping itself to pieces driving half an hour. You do realize you can adjust timing to compensate for lower octane fuel right? Also it was not flooded. It didn’t want to get fuel (hence looking in the carb throat to check for fuel.) plus issues with the distributor. But got it going good enough to accomplish what I needed to do.
Just because it's a 440 doesn't mean a thing, 1971 was the first year they started lowering compression ratios to run on regular gas. I could be a later low compression 440 with 8.5:1.
I always liked Chrysler products but not these fuselage cars A Co worker had a 69 Newport sedan and the interior was so Cheep looking and the doors closed with a hollow rattle My dad had a ,67 Plymouth valiant signet and it was so much nicer The headrest looks like they are burned
@@keithsims86 timing, idle mixtures/speed and about everything else needed help. This car was never on the highway after the shop did the various work.
Sounds like maybe blow-by coming from it or it needs rings, i don't know, it's hard telling just by a video, know what I mean? Anyhow, sounds like nothing real real serious.
@@hensleyshobbies-doug7761 There was alot of oil and such being burnt off from the manifolds and exhaust from leaks as well as some blow by and such. Should all be able to be remedied.
All that work, and filming, and you could h take 10 seconds to pop the hub cap on? It’s clear y’all are amateurs, but that seems like a no-brainer bud.
@@LinusCloudbuster Oh you caught me “bud” I was hoping nobody would notice. Cause putting a hubcap on a car is the most important thing to do when you got to make a car drive to get inspected before you leave the state. Thanks for watching!
Awww she’s mad because she can’t install a hubcap. Keep choking that car with starting fluid and overheating it bud. Let’s see what gives out first, the head gaskets or the transmission you run low on fluid.
I love that , I had a 71 new port that I loved but I was hit head on and it was totaled when I got out of the hospital I went to the tow yard to see it and wanted to cry. It never gave me any trouble.
Sad story. Sorry about your car. Glad you’re still with us.
@@CordobaGuy That’s a shame! But atleast you’re here to tell the tale!
@@ObsoleteAutomotivethose cars were tanks unc bought new one in July. 1971. And it was a monster
I loved my '66 Newport. And it came with a 383.
You have to love the sound of that Chrysler cranking!
I know! Like my Moms 64 Fury 3
Greatest sound ever!
@@lovetocrankyes it is!
@johnfitcheard7112 I am glad that you agree. I have always really loved that sound!!
The Highland Park Hummingbird!
Nice 440 new yorker, love the interior and it is in very good condition.
The fuselage-bodied Mopars are fantastic--glad you are saving this one!!
I was thinking "that car is kinda squatted down", then I saw the torqueflite in the trunk! Always chuckle at these, they have brocade upholstery that would look right at home in your great aunt's parlour, but are motivated by a rumbliing evil sounding big block. Keep doing the right thing by giving these great cars a second shot at life.
@@Kenny-re8ko That is a little weight back there. 😂
@@ObsoleteAutomotivenot having a vynal roof saved the car in rust. Any car that era the glue ate the paint top rotted and water seeped in causing rust
My dad bought a 71 NY with 34,000 one owner miles on it in 1991. It was a hardtop like this one in perfect condition. It was light blue with a black vinyl top and interior. It still had all the factory inspection markings in the engine compartment. He only drove it a few times in the 15 years he owned it. I sold it for him to a guy out in Sand Diego. The vinyl top and interior were immaculate. It was a Brougham model like this one.
@@randyhoepker5528 Wonder if it’s still around?
This was so much fun to watch. I have a 67 New Yorker which is in really great shape. It's neat to see the strong similarities between the 67 and 71. Got to love that 440! Great video thanks guys
@@cdarrigo Glad you enjoyed it! An example of what a person can do with a pocket knife and an almost empty can of starting fluid. 😂
Austin,the dust bowl =cop shocks,cop tires,440 plant.You guys are the new Blues Brothers.Mike the Greek
That was really nice of the loves employee to give her a bath!
@@joshualother I wasn’t sure if he’d do it… but figured I’d ask! Haha
Love your videos mostly for the travel information and your vehicle (Chrysler products) repair information. best wishes for a safe journey.
@@kenrude5727 glad you enjoy em! Thanks for commenting!
My time with C bodies goes way back and I used them a dailies a bit when they were just used cars. So, I made a lot of comments. I don't mean to be back seating you. I have a Newport cvt project car I need to get started on after letting it sit many years. I got some inspiration from your video and watched the whole thing. Don't get angry at guys that criticized some things you did. I think they did it out of love for the car, not malice. And you don't get a lot of love for C body 4 doors, so take it as a positive.
@@auteurfiddler8706 There’s always “experts” that want to share their “knowledge” of things. The whole point of this video was I had one evening and part of the next morning to get this car driving and to an inspection station before I left the state. All I had to use was essentially a pocket knife and a partial can of starting fluid. I’m also 2800 miles from my home, tools, parts, etc. SURE things are easier in the luxury of your nice shop. But I’d like to see those guys do this in the 112 degree hot weather with nothing but what they have on them. End of the day I accomplished what I needed to do and this car can now live on.
I owned a 70 New Yorker back in the 70''s, and drove it several trouble free years. Fabulous car. Wonderful ride and driving experience.
Very cool!! Looks like she's in great shape. Good luck with her. I used to own a 1973 Chrysler Newport Custom with the 400-2bbl. Love it! Now you got me wanting another one.
@@goose9320 I’ve owned four 1973 Chrysler Newports over the years. Just sold a super nice one. You can see a couple videos on it on my channel.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I'm gonna check em out, thanks!👍
Love all the cranking! Sounds amazing
Maybe one day I’ll own a circa 1978 like Jim Lahey 🥃
You can go for a drive with Randy and buy him a burger and then have yourself a drinkiepoo!!!
Hi, greetings from Puerto Rico. I have a Dodge Coronet 1973 318 in pretty Good shape, and a Dodge Swinger 1971. Love the classics!
Very nice
Very cool! That is a solid car!! I love the freewheeling fan clutch when you first started it. Just did this with a 72 Newport couple years ago, mine was only an hour away though, lol.Thanks for posting!!
Thanks for the video on your Chrysler buy I used to have one with a 400 V8. A Fury and really a nice driver,destroyed by rust. I would get another one if I had your mechanical know how. The cars you buy are all nicer than my old Fury. We should your road trip in the 62 Fury to my father in law. World War II vet and former Plymouth owner b 1921
71 NYer was a real beauty.
Happy to subscribe❤ I pulled a 440 out of a71 new Yorker that was in a junkyard totally Rusted out. Put it in a 83 short bed Dodge truck. I took a lot of so-called muscle cars up to about a 100 miles an hour with this truck.❤
@@alanspring8462 Awesome!
These were so ahead of their time compared to other cars. Elwood Engel at his best. Just take some microfiber towels with you and some Adams detailing spray. Works every time! I always take a bucket with cleaning things. It's a must with finding old cars.
The best part of yhese videos is a deep clean and wax with the owner bonding with the car. I hope you fo one.
That's a keeper, 440 v8 adds value. No vinyl roof means no roof rot, great find !!!! My parents had a 69 T&C 9 pas wagon, 383. Needs some love and attention.
@@avioncamper You hardly see these without a vinyl top! I kinda wonder what the percentage of cars without one was.
I always enjoy you working on these old Chrysler products. I'm glad this one started and seems quite salvageable. Interior looks great, other than the trim under the steering column. FYI, those are the original license plates issued for that car. In California. the plates stay with the car. That's cool.
@@DSP1968 The car wasn’t in the system so I was not able to use the plates and had to get new ones unfortunately.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Sorry to hear that. FYI, in CA, we have a Year of Manufacture license plate program for those blue/gold plates (and those that came before them). A lot of the DMV clerks don't know about it or think it's a pain to process so they don't ever mention the program. Not too big of a deal for you since you are from out of state, though, and just needed current registration. Hopefully they let you keep the old plates, at least.
Please do not use 87 octane fuel. To avoid pinging it's better to use 91 octane or higher in all classic cars. The noise you hear in the carburator is probably the fuel boiling. (Caused by heat and the ethanol in today's fuel) The fanshroud (which is in the trunk) should be put back on the radiator, this will help with the cooling. On cars with A/C you need a 16 psi radiator cap I believe. Personally I would never drive a car without an air cleaner, especcially not with all that dust around. With the overheating and the missing air cleaner there may been already some damage done to the engine, let's hope not. The transmission may have a leaking 'shift-shaft' seal. It's located on the driver side in front, just above the pan rail underneath a shift lever.
@@MrZdvy Oh it definitely was fuel boiling. Went with the cheapest gas which wasn’t too cheap with prices out here at $5/gallon or more. Transmission fluid It’s definitely spewing out of the bellhousing so most likely that front seal. And yes having an air cleaner is important but none available locally and no time to wait on one as I was leaving the next day. And this needed to be done. I’m not investing a ton of money into a car until I have the title in hand.
@@ObsoleteAutomotiveput Lucas transmission fix..
That would slow down the leak..
Use high test high octane gas..
Make sure you're not putting too much advance with the distributor..
And finally..
Over the carburetor..
At least put a t-shirt over it
For an extra 40 or 50 bucks with the higher octane fuel and the transmission anti slip from Lucas you could save the entire vehicle
A couch on four wheels love it 😁♥️👍
And they made a bigger wagon than that
I love these fuselage cars. 👍
The drawing on the rear window... hahaha
Used to watch Moto Migs from day 1 and he quit posting. . stumbled on your channel and found to be interesting. ..
PS Dont use those chrome valve covers they will leak those worped real bad from manifold heat..
Enjoy your channel. You and Coldwarmotors have cornered the market in lumbering Chryslers!
Hey Austin, I recently came across your picture in a copy of the Hornets Nets Classic Car Club Magazine given to me by one of my customers who is the retiring director of that chapter. I let out a yelp when I saw the picture of you and your wife and child. “Hey, I know that guy”….well, not really. Anyway, Enjoyed the video as always. Keep up the good work.
@@jefferysmith3930 I’m sorta famous! Haha
Wow, that car is solid! And the only cooked part of the interior looks to be a headrest and armrest…nice!
@@rickrice3221 Interior is amazingly nice!
Nice car!
i like fuselage Chryslers.😊
Very cool car
The old man had a 1971 Chrysler Newport, Metallic gold green on the bottom and dark green roof (not vinyl) 2 door, 383 2bbl, roll up windows, no A/C. Wrecked it in 1973 so then we got a 1973 Satellite, Sebring, 318 white with a red half vinyl top at the front, (not that halo POS). I later bought that car from him with 32000 miles on it and kept it until I bought my 1979 Lil Red Express Truck.
@@taskmaster58 I wish this one was that color instead! I’ve just had so many beige cars!
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I think your car is EW1 spinnaker white with a MDY5 Gold interior.
These light colors were very intelligently chosen for the baking hot sun of California's interior. I can't imagine better choices.
Beige is a great color on any Chrysler!
11:38 Big "RV2" AC compressor is shown at the front of the engine. By 1971, AC was very common, almost universal in high end cars sold in CA.
14:32 You do have a smog control vacuum advance. When used with the factory AVS , it either retards timing at idle or advances it when not at idle, or some such thing. There should be a solenoid on the passenger side of the carb, but I don't see it here. That helps shut down the car when you turn off the key. The lean timing would otherwise make it diesel.
You will be fine with this distributor if you just set the timing.
You are going to need a threaded rod on the carb to install the air cleaner.
25:50 When you said the transmission isn't doing much, I remembered earlier when you first put it in gear it moved forward in a way that suggested you are short of trans fluid. You want to check that with the car on and the trans in neutral.
Nice car ! Nice find !
Great car!
Thats hard to watch man,first off the fan clutch is bad that's one reason it's overheating,needs about 7 to 10 degrees of initial advance,power steering needs fluid ,trans like you probably needs fluid.and you really need to pour some fuel in carburator before cranking when a vehicle been sitting so long.
Top off engine oil,sometimes they tick when they are low.Nice find keep it coming. We need to save this peace of American history .
Timing sounds too far advanced.
Yes and besides the weak battery, that was making the car hard to crank.
Lots of people giving advice, I know, but I drive early 60s Lincolns and you absolutely need to use ethanol free 91 octane. Also, looks like the fan clutch may be just freewheeling which would help explain it running hot unless you are at road speed.
Now I want to know about the 66 T & C!
It’s got spark, it’s got compression, and every time you spray ether into the carb, it’s momentarily starting/running briefly on the spray.
There’s a fuel supply problem mate. She’s not getting enough fuel for some reason.
I'll never understand why you wouldn't check for fuel before you do anything? Just winding that battery out for no reason whatsoever and using that starting fluid that disappears by the time you get to the key
@@johnkendrick7304 It doesn’t disappear by the time you get to the key when you have someone at the key. I grabbed what was in the trunk of my car and used it. No parts stores were open for any fuel line or auxiliary tanks or whatever other ideas one might have and this car needed to be drivable for the next morning. The tank had good fuel in it and needed to pump back to the engine. And then it ran but had a host of issues with the carb and timing and such had to be addressed during it all and then I drove the car where it needed to go. Perfect? No… but the car started with a pocket knife and an almost empty can of starting fluid. Also… when I don’t use starting fluid the rest of the flammables crowd complains that I didn’t. To each their own!
I don't know why I even said anything it's really none of my business how you get your cars. I just look forward to watching your videos because I like old cars. My bad I'll keep my mouth shut
Happy 4th 🇺🇸 awesome car 👍
Nice New Yorker with 440
Wow. I want this caaaar !!!! with a tow hitch : O .
Love. Chryslers. Amen ❤❤❤❤
Had a 2 dr 76 Newport 400-4bbl with rear fender skirts. Went like snot.
35:30 Well, you can get a pretty good guess what year engine , or the block at least, by looking at the pad near the driver side cylinder head. If it has "G440" on it, that indicates 1971 engine. "H440", "J440" would be 72, 73 etc.
28:50 I think I would have gone with the 91 octane. 1971 440's still had close to 10:1 compression ratio.
35:59 That ammeter should be moving to the right as you rev it up. it is either disconnected or (more likely) you are not charging.
Back when Mopars had true ammeters, reading the movements, no matter how subtle., was very important.
Speaking of gauges, most Chrysler of that era (not the other car lines) had a blue lamp for engine cold next to the red lamp for engine hot. Typically the blue light just came on for about 30 seconds after you start the car and the red light never came on in normal driving.
You're pretty cool guy we could chill out some time bro you got my subscription definitely i live in NJ tho oh well that's all I ever owned was Mopar right now I have a PT Cruiser 2003 yeah I know but gas is expensive and parts are hard to find
In NJ 1971 isn't required for inspection all vehicles 1995 going back is considered historic we get a set of historic LP's starts with QQ
hey Austin I’m a cornering light nut ..do the cornering lights work? they look to be in good shape no moisture inside or cracks .. my ‘71 Town & Country had an inside hood release - it was built in October of 1970 Auto Temp II also
I didn’t even check them or really any of the lights. I was too busy trying to make it drive for the one day I was in town!
A REAL car!!!
man i wish my 72 buick had brocade interior. If it wasnt mint condition id have them recovered with the factory brocade.
Like riding on a cloud...lol
You need transmission fluid and power steering fluid sounds like! Also that car requires high octane gas! I noticed your clock is working too!
@@kevindoxey It constantly needs transmission fluid. It’s pouring out as quick as it goes in! Power steering was topped off.
I think the fan clutch is bad, it shouldn't spin freely when the engine is off
I noticed that very same thing.
@@06acc More than likely not at its full potential. The highway drive making the engine cool off usually confirms an air flow issue at idle.
That and the fan shroud would help a lot. I have a 72 barracuda and it hates when the fan shroud isn’t on
Hey Austin, another great video and another prize find. Fuel? Does it have a fuel pump issue, and, or, fuel piston in the Carb failing? Also, she is overheating from a free-wheeling clutch fan...man, that thing is drawing ZERO air through, AND your fan shroud is not installed.
Huge difference when you get these two puppies fitted...then a 16 Cap. Hope that helps Austin !! Love the New Yorker. I am about to look at an original 1973 New Yorker Brougham, see how I go. Back in the USA this week. Cheers, Fletch - Classic Restos TV Australia.
@@classicrestostv1fletch764 It has all sorts of issues… some of which were rectified though not all shown in the video. The previous work done to the car was incomplete and not done well or at all. Clutch fan was suspected hence my test driving at highway speed. Usually means lack of airflow at idle if the radiator cools going down the road.
I had one day to get the car to inspection with minimal tools and no parts houses before leaving for home 3000 miles away.
Oh, I would not drive around with that trans in the trunk. I did that once and it damaged the rear leaf springs in just a couple of days of driving. And C body leaf springs are long and very delicate and impossible to replace with ones as good as the original ones.
@@auteurfiddler8706 I wouldn’t keep all that junk in the back if I was actually driving it. This was merely to get it to the inspection and back. So it can be titled and tagged before I put any money into it.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Can I ask you: You did not have a pink. I thought the DMV would torture you even more than they did. Bonded title or something. What did you have for paperwork?
@@auteurfiddler8706 It was a lien sale purchase. Which I guess normally would be smooth sailing but this car had no history in their system and that made it a lot more BS to get sorted.
For the love of god , clean off the dirt and crap and the silicone spray the window channels before you keep running that glass up and down
when are you going to list it for sell, I'm interested in it
@@scottchrylser21 It’s for sale now technically. Message me on my Instagram (obsoleteautomotive) or send me an email. obsoleteautoco@gmail.com
very nice -its a creme puff
I think if you you move the timing back just a bit it will start easier.
@@Dwayne-mb2uj Timing was being adjusted. Hence why the car was able to be driven.
The distributor might be clocked wrong, There wasn't any initial timing setting that it was happy to start, even with the carb full. In addition the charging/starting system has some weaknesses and limits the engine cranking speed a bit.
DMV was just being asinine. The VIN contains the model year, the smog sticker states the model year and, as you said, the production date sticker is on the door jamb.
@@danielulz1640 Tried telling them. They said that won’t be enough and I needed an old registration to prove the model year. A bit nuts…
That is a valuable car I pay good money to have that car Mopar yes.
@@scottpool4777 Well it’s for sale. You could own it.
Make sure you carry a few extra ballast resistors in the glove box. Ask this 1970 Newport owner how I know.
I've only ever had one ballast resistor go bad out of the hundreds of cars I've owned, and thousands of miles driven all over the country. It was a 1980 Dodge Aspen wagon.
These were the first miniVans with 4 doors
Hang on to those original blue plates. It is considered quite desirable to be able to use these original plates on the the car they were originally issued to. But the DMV tries to refuse to let you use them so they can sell you expensive custom plates. You need paperwork with the original plate numbers on it. Preferably a title.
Having the original license plate frame is also good and they are almost as collectable as the blue plates.
Let us know where you list it
Can you do pov drive ?
@@HerkkaW123 Maybe in the future. The car is in California and I’m back on the east coast.
a little vinyl dye on the headrests and armrests, and probably a heater core and you'd just about be done with the inside.
@@HelpingHand-ic4wt The interior was amazingly nice considering.
Wonder if AC is working?
@@antiteroristickejedinicepo4830 Probably not.
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Cuanto vas a pedir por el?
71+ year old FUD here. Spraying starting fluid into carb and trying to start without air filter and no fire extinguisher handy = recipe for disaster. Should have poured gasoline into carb first.
@@davewinter2688 Having the air filter in is more of a recipe for disaster using any kind of flammable because they can catch fire.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive We’ll have to disagree on this one. I think the danger of a large backfire which can start oil collected around manifold or other surfaces or seriously burn any face that happens to be in the area. Keeping the cover on the air cleaner will restrict the amount of oxygen that gets to the air cleaner. I’ve seen charred air filters from a backfire but never on that really caught fire and burned. You still need to have a fire extinguisher when performing those type of operations.
@@davewinter2688 I’ve seen plenty of air filters on fire. Never seen an engine just catch fire from a backfire. And I have a fire extinguisher with me at all times.
Say, my friend just add some stop leak solution to cure the transmission fluid problem and you should be okay nice car.
Radiator is missing the shroud and could cause overheating.
Last of the muscle engines.
Did that sign say $4.15 per gallon regular holy shit dude NJ is under $3.00
Yikes, sorry but that was hard to watch.
Give it a couple of pumps while you’re cranking after you fill the float bowl of the carburetor before you even start cranking!
Also ether should not be your go to! Lord that spark knock hurt me to my core.
Speaking from a certified mechanics point of view and saying it as advice, fill the float bowl up first don’t do what you did in this video to your cars.
I get it you’re young and still learning so I don’t mean any offense. I’m grateful you’re saving these pieces of history
@@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 UA-cam 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
It’s a 440! Premium gas dude!! You’ll knock and ping that car to pieces! Btw, you smelled gas and it wouldn’t start, it was flooded!!
@@johnsautkulis2356 well it didn’t knock and ping itself to pieces driving half an hour. You do realize you can adjust timing to compensate for lower octane fuel right? Also it was not flooded. It didn’t want to get fuel (hence looking in the carb throat to check for fuel.) plus issues with the distributor. But got it going good enough to accomplish what I needed to do.
Just because it's a 440 doesn't mean a thing, 1971 was the first year they started lowering compression ratios to run on regular gas. I could be a later low compression 440 with 8.5:1.
The transmission seems lazy check the level in N on leveled ground you're probably 3½ quarts low sitting long time will evaporator
Ol´ Smokey..
Thermostat is probably stuck ½ way
Reset the IT to 10* BTDC
440?
Yes it’s a 440.
I always liked Chrysler products but not these fuselage cars
A Co worker had a 69 Newport sedan and the interior was so Cheep looking and the doors closed with a hollow rattle
My dad had a ,67 Plymouth valiant signet and it was so much nicer
The headrest looks like they are burned
GM s cars are more internationals in style, had more appeal also in we europeans people, MOPARs are too midwesterns oriented
Front seal is leaking transmission has to come out to replace it FUCK !
Theirs a land yacht.
Should be 16lbs cap
Timing too high 😮
@@keithsims86 timing, idle mixtures/speed and about everything else needed help. This car was never on the highway after the shop did the various work.
Sounds like maybe blow-by coming from it or it needs rings, i don't know, it's hard telling just by a video, know what I mean? Anyhow, sounds like nothing real real serious.
@@hensleyshobbies-doug7761 There was alot of oil and such being burnt off from the manifolds and exhaust from leaks as well as some blow by and such. Should all be able to be remedied.
sorry guy you don't deserve this car needs to be in a c body guy driveway like mine
@@richwilson8658 Put your money where your mouth is and come buy it then.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive You never said how much you wanted for it. And you said you are leaving the state.
@@auteurfiddler8706 The whole purpose of all this was so I could get a title. Once I have that. Then it’ll be for sale.
All that work, and filming, and you could h take 10 seconds to pop the hub cap on? It’s clear y’all are amateurs, but that seems like a no-brainer bud.
@@LinusCloudbuster Oh you caught me “bud” I was hoping nobody would notice. Cause putting a hubcap on a car is the most important thing to do when you got to make a car drive to get inspected before you leave the state. Thanks for watching!
Awww she’s mad because she can’t install a hubcap. Keep choking that car with starting fluid and overheating it bud. Let’s see what gives out first, the head gaskets or the transmission you run low on fluid.
@@LinusCloudbuster Typical armchair you know what. Let me know when you actually accomplish anything. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Mmmm…beige
The regulator and motor is fucked