Oh the sound of those starters :-) brings back some memories. It's always funny when you're watching a 60s or 70s era TV show and you can tell they dubbed the sound in with a GM or Ford starter on a Chrysler product.
Never happened. Sound effect people only used Chrysler-built reduction-gear starters. A friend of mine had to replace the starter in his slant-six Valiant a few years ago. The aftermarket starter he got didn't sound anything like the original. Studebakers sounded different, but their starters were fairly distinctive-sounding.
Still remember my Coronet. Those procedures never worked. The only way to start it was to flood the carb and then follow the starting a flooded engine procedure.
I was born in 1984, and most carb engines were gone by the time I got into auto repair. As a result, I would always crank the engine without touching the accelerator. About .5% of the time, I would get a carb engine, and I wouldn't be able to start it, then realize I was working with a carb engine. Messing around with the accelerator pedal got the engine to start. Some carb engines were more sensitive than others in how much you had to do to the accelerator pedal to get a start. I only worked in Florida, so I don't know what was involved in very cold startups. I heard you had to do things just right, or the engine would give you a cranking no start, or quickly stall out.
I'd argue that one of the only things the salesman could do to bring any value at all to the table would be to pass along helpful tidbits like how to start the G D car. (Didn't get a chance? Phooey!)
Oh the sound of those starters :-) brings back some memories. It's always funny when you're watching a 60s or 70s era TV show and you can tell they dubbed the sound in with a GM or Ford starter on a Chrysler product.
Never happened. Sound effect people only used Chrysler-built reduction-gear starters.
A friend of mine had to replace the starter in his slant-six Valiant a few years ago. The aftermarket starter he got didn't sound anything like the original.
Studebakers sounded different, but their starters were fairly distinctive-sounding.
Imagine trying to explain such a starting procedure to new buyers today.
1973 was the beginning of the end for decent running engines and reasonably priced cars. Todays cars are insanely priced and fantastically complex.
Use these tips for the first two months of your new 1973 car. After that, stomp on the accelerator as usual, and cuss until the car starts.
Where was this 1973 film in 1977 when my parents bought their used 1973 Dodge Dart. This would have helped my mother a grat deal!
Still remember my Coronet. Those procedures never worked. The only way to start it was to flood the carb and then follow the starting a flooded engine procedure.
i always read the owners maneuls....i go nuts when i buy a car and the previous owners removed the maneul
Not mentioned in the Video, that every Chrysler Owner had in the Glovebox, a Screwdriver...
And the ballast resistor
I was born in 1984, and most carb engines were gone by the time I got into auto repair. As a result, I would always crank the engine without touching the accelerator. About .5% of the time, I would get a carb engine, and I wouldn't be able to start it, then realize I was working with a carb engine. Messing around with the accelerator pedal got the engine to start. Some carb engines were more sensitive than others in how much you had to do to the accelerator pedal to get a start.
I only worked in Florida, so I don't know what was involved in very cold startups. I heard you had to do things just right, or the engine would give you a cranking no start, or quickly stall out.
No wonder why people thought emissions controls were a pain in the a&#
I'd argue that one of the only things the salesman could do to bring any value at all to the table would be to pass along helpful tidbits like how to start the G D car. (Didn't get a chance? Phooey!)