Driving a 1966 Chrysler New Yorker across the country 4,500 miles! Part 2
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Join Jared and his friend Henry as they embark on an epic 4500-mile road trip in a 1966 Chrysler New Yorker. After working on the car for just one day, the duo hit the open road and take on a sports car rally that they've failed to finish every time they've entered as a team.
As they travel across the country, Jared admits to making a huge mistake buying the car just for its engine. What could that mistake be? Tune in to find out!
With breathtaking scenery, unexpected challenges, and a few surprises along the way, this is a road trip you won't want to miss. Will Jared and Henry finally conquer the rally and cross the finish line, or will their hopes be dashed once again? Watch to find out!
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I saw that coming lol. Just my opinion but I think it’s worth saving. Doesn’t matter what engine is in it but PLEASE lose the beemer wheels lol
I think Jared is the only one surprised that he wouldn’t be able to ‘part’ with it after his trip 😂
Absolutely. Thats the first think I thought when he said, 'it's just for the engine'
I called it too 😂
LMFAO 🤣🤣 Yep. It's too cool to get rid of.
Is a very nice and healthy car, trashing It would be a crime, Is not some ugly rustbucket Just don put any Electric garbage in it, It has to be a car not a washing machine
I just now picked up my phone to make basically the same comment 😂 I had a feeling he was going to get attached to it. I didn’t like the look of it at first, but it is a cool car. And handy as a pocket on a shirt to have all that extra space in the backseat and trunk.
I really enjoyed this series of videos. It is too bad that the wheel bearing failed. I hope to see more of the New Yorker in the future. I think it is a cool looking car even if it is 4-doors. My suggestion for its future is to possibly swap in a 6.1L Gen 3 Hemi into it.
Bolts right up to a small block 904 or 727. Just need the right flexplate and Summit sells it.
I vote Cummins Diesel.
@@erikmeltzer-rt7rh 4BT or Gen1 Cummins?
I have to admit to not knowing the difference. I just feel that a huge block of dirty iron would suit that huge block of dirty sheet metal rather well.
@@erikmeltzer-rt7rh You're not wrong LOL
I've been watching Robert for years, and he seems like a real Bro's Bro. Absolutely love his content, and I'm glad he was able to come to the rescue for you.
I'm glad you're going to do something with the car, it looked too good to just get crushed or parted out after you take the engine and trans out.
She definitely needs to live on after so many decades of service. Looking forward to seeing this lady in future episodes.
What a blessing that Bob was reasonably close to where you broke down; he's such a nice guy. EDIT: I haven't finished the video yet, but I'm hopeful that was the only time you broke down. Seems unlikely when I think about it!
2nd EDIT: This video is a great example of how you know Jared is such a great guy. So many good friends who are willing to go over and above to lend him a helping hand. I know Jared is that same way and it's awesome to see. Also, OF COURSE it broke down again!!
As a 15 year veteran of the Auto Parts business, It is fairly easy to get the right bearings and possible races if they need replaced. They all have their part numbers stamped on them. And if worse comes to worse, A parts guy with the right skills can root through the parts catalog and find them by dimensions. Use to do those and Air and Oil filters quite often. Nothing like looking up parts for farm tractors and Semis. But was actually one of my favorites of my job. And don't destroy the great piece of history
Early in the Gtr dual clutch transmission days I’ve played the bearing games. You’d end up on your 7th cross reference to finally find an available part. Ultimately the spindle was trashed, actually bent! It’s back up and running down the road with a knee spindle assembly
Don't do it Jared..... DON'T DO IT!!!
That Ole girl is too good a car to tear her apart!! 😢
Kill IT! Pull the engine and just Crush the rest.
The sooner we all get into Soulless, Jellybean-shaped Robo-cars the better off we'll be.
@@Sonny_V 😁🤣..... well that sounds like a good time!!! Lol 😳
Leave it together and sell it to someone who is capable of having a beautiful car
Honestly once i saw the New Yorker I instantly fell in love with the design, even if it is a four door C body, it is a beautiful looking C Body.
Love to see the New Yorker fully restored .
I really like the look of the car.
I hope it gets a new crate power train even an EV conversion. It deserves to be brought back to better than new. Kindig-It style.
New Yorker Hellcat!
Its not about the cars(as objects) but about the emotions and memories and opportunities/adventures they enable . Jared is a legit car guy - stopped watching over dramatic T... guy when Jared started making YT - keep at it! Cool adventures, legit honest "cars" - awesome! Keep making questionable choices (not stupid ones) Cheers! :D :D :D
I was thinking the whole time that the car is pretty cool. I would have issues junking it for the motor. #Ihaveacarproblem
Full resto on the New Yorker, make it a great road tripper/cruiser! 4 Door Sedans are fantastic for that & also for putting friends into! Keep up the great work Jared!!
I’m glad to hear that you wanna keep it! I say hemi swap it and drive it! I love the car! I mean you could just throw a carbureted LA in it if you don’t like the hemi swap idea. But it needs to stay on the road!
"I44" followed by "waiting for a friend", immediately thought "Here comes Robert"
How much do you want for it ??
Please do not destroy this piece of vintage art.
It stood the test of time and deserves to continue on.
...wouldn't be more appropriate to email Jared at his email instead of oogly boogly on the comments section? Either way it's gotten one last good un drive into it and the memories are now saved...
@@JonManProductions he doesnt really have his email advertised?
@@molyoxide164 Someone's never gone to a channel's about page and clicked the for business inquiries button...
It’s in the description, I’m working on things. Heavily financially committed to this New Yorker one way or another
Hellcat swap is the only acceptable thing to do after pulling the 440. Or a 426 Hemi is ok too.
Thank you for showing these amazing roads. And cheers for all your great friends!
Drop a 360 in it and use it. I'm sure you can find someone (you) who can get similar horsepower and torque to that 440 out of a small block dodge with modern induction.
Nice adventure Jared, I also enjoyed the trip and I got the same feelings with the car as you, unfortunately keeping it means a lot of maintenance, go ahead with the original project and keep this as a memory, it was a nice one, keep up the good work!
hmmm… go hang out with a bunch of metal stuck in the ground in a lightning storm.. what could go wrong?
Oh yes part two baby!!! Third episode in a week! Jared you spoil us! Keep up the amazing work brother!!!
You should definitely do an engine swap. 2JZ, LS, Quad rotary, Ferrari V8, Mclaren V8, whatever.
I love those old big cars. They always seem to grow on you... super comfortable, and they just become part of you. Drop in a straight 6, add a small Turbo and bam, a going to town rig
Or, hell, drop a 3.0 I6 out of an XJ Cherokee, no turbo - still a goin' ta'town rig, but more reliable.
Ewww ..no God no👎 😂
@@Carvania Why not? It's a landyacht, they're not meant for go-fast (though, that _is_ fun). This car is still solid enough that it doesn't deserve that treatment, either.
@@NaruSanavai Ours was a '65 with the 413, and would run 120+ without breaking a sweat.Putting any less power in it would be sacreligious.
@@richardpare3538 To each their own, pal. Personally, if I _had_ to choose another V8 to put in it, it wouldn't come from Chrysler. I like my starter to be made of more than _glass._
My first car in 1974 at 17 years old, and a senior in HS, was a 1966 Chrysler 300 2 door hardtop. A beautiful dark green car that was in excellent condition. Had the 325 hp 383XP engine. Paid $600 for it and drove it for 9 years doing ALL the maintenance myself. I loved the part where you said your Chrysler got 17 mpg on the highway. That's exactly what mine got on the highway, all the time. Single digits in the city however. Couldn't help but drive with a heavy right foot. Loved the sound the secondaries made when you stomped on it.
Jared, you and your team did an amazing job keeping an old bugger going for its drive. Goes to show, a vehicle is only as strong and willing as the driver behind the wheel, and some good beer buddies. Salute to you, and you have to get up to The Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, SD.
I got my parents’ 66 Chrysler New Yorker in high school in ‘72 with 101,000 miles on it and drove it through college, got it up to 166,000 miles on the original engine by 1978. Loved that car. It had 100% power steering which took getting used to. Went into the Army stationed overseas so sold it for only $150. Wish I still had it!
an EV swap would be absolutely perfect for an old land yacht like thgis. they're supposed to be somewhat, but more importantly quiet and comfortable, and all those things apply to EVs more than any ICE
And it would be an interesting process, retrofitting an old car like this. And hey, two massive trunks, instead of just one!
I was going the same thing. As that sounds like the perfect project to do with @agingwheels
Somebody just wrecked into my friends 2012 Dodge ram 5.7 hemi. He said the engine was fresh. The truck is totalled because they hit the door pillar. He's trying to buy it back. If he does he will part it out. Can you say 5.7 hemi?
I'm not huge on EV stuff but taking a land yacht like the New Yorker and making it an EV is intriguing.
It's stupid.
with what it weighs it would be lucky to get to the liquor store and back home one one charge lol
Cummins swap it. Whatever you do, for the love of all things internal combustion PLEASE don't ev swap it.... or anything else.
Putting an electric motor in the New Yorker would be a great way to keep the dream alive for the car. I still think you can put 'gears' on an electric motor... Maybe that would be a worthy challenge.
Yes, you can mate an electric motor to a gearbox, but they generally don't need it. I believe here are a few bolt on EV- conversion kits that just use the original transmission. Pretty sure I've at least seen beetles with that setup. Good thing about those kind of kits is that it's totally reversible, just unbolt the ev stuff and bolt back the original drivetrain.
It's a cool car. I would rethink pulling it apart. If you must, then think unusual... A 4BT Cummins would fit in there and you would crank mileage in the 20s. It would be very unusual and definitely a head turner. As far as the environmental stuff...keeping older cars on the road is extremely environmentally conscience. The longer it is on the road the smaller its carbon foot print gets. The 4BT is used in everything from skid steers to forklifts to diggers to delivery trucks to boats. Any heavy equipment auctions can yield a descent 4BT. If you can find one in a delivery truck then you get the trans and adapter plates.
I'd LOVE to see this old Mopar car after an EV conversion. Do it!
383 with dual quad carburetors....that fit under a closed hood....cross ram intake maybe.
An electric conversion would be super cool to see. You know once all the other projects are done. Keep up the great work!
I respect you, and think you’re a great guy but it seems like you haven’t finished a rally in a while and something always seems to break that shouldn’t break. Don’t cut corners, and don’t take chances on questionable parts. Sure make questionable choices, but also make the smart choices when it comes to keeping your cars running so we can enjoy a finished project. Johnny Rebel will run and then you break it doing some things I just don’t understand. Keep churning out the content, I just want to see you succeeding bro, that’s all. Take care
i think an EV conversion would be very interesting, if that's what you where hinting at! I would love to see this kind of wrenching on your channel
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PS - Epic adventure!
Jared made it cool, put a LS in it. all kinds of awesomeness from everyone.
great episode, I really enjoyed it.
Like the vibe in you're videos. Sitting on my computer far away in north Europe, Oslo Capitol of Norway having a good time.
MOTOR HOME MOTOR HOME MOTOR HOME get a dodge motor home they have 440s there's a zillion of them rip the motor outa that x( no one misses those
More gooder
...your you tube videos are good and getting gooder now and your pointers/ examples from Derek I'm sure will help you excel forward to find a niche for your own unique sense of humor to shine even gooder?!! hehee 👍
Too cool to part out! How about dropping in a contemporary hemi? If you’re feeling ambitious, with a 6 speed manual? Love the 60’s Mopars!
Honestly it’s in really really good shape so to get rid of it just doesn’t seem like it makes sense. If you wanna road-trip I know where a 440 big block in a motor home is. It was for sale here in Wisconsin.
The entire time since you introduced this car I was really hoping you would come to this conclusion to keep it. It's in great shape (other than that wheel bearing ofc) and deserves to live on. It has a lot of character and uniqueness to it as well. Would have been terrible to see you scrap it.
Do change the wheels though... I like the style of them, but having the actual bmw logos on them is weird and terrible.
Hi Jared and Guest nice video and car 🚗 love the stickers and the help you had !!! Nice Mine that was a huge tire !!! The rims look good with the stickers
Call the car stickers
Nothing wrong with a 4 door. Some of us just want old cars. An electric New Yorker would be dope.
So you finally get a vintage car that you fit in, that has room for two large dogs in the back seat, that's age eligible for any car show you may want to go to, has room for any power plant you desire.
Put in a new gen Dodge motor, drive it enjoy it, in a few years sell it and make a profit
Cummins swap it with all the torque
Please dont ruin that car or just use it for a donor, thing looks too damn good to just yank the engine, its a goal of mine to own something like that in the next 3-5 years im a huge mopar fan but gonna be looking for anything oddball v8 that i can afford 😂
Tu-cum-carry is the nm pronouncation. Awesome car. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Santa Fe. I love it here in sf
I think I picked up on your hint and I absolutely approve of an EV swap in that New Yorker. That would be super cool.
It certainly has enough room for batteries...
...dammit, now I'm imagining it with a dual motor setup. How about an AWD '66 New Yorker that can do four-wheel burnouts?
I don't understand the 4 door hate. It's just more room for your friends to enjoy it with you. I guess I just like big body cars.
I love that car (apart from those wheels), I think it needs to stay as it is and just keep searching for another big block for the other project.
EV conversion, low rider, tubbed with very wide rear tyres. Smoke it everywhere!!
Drop in a late model hemi engine....Don't you have an extra one or two lying around after having two or three Chargers?
The New Yorker deserves to live on.
LS Swap the yorker ... I know its been done to death but would be a good cheap option or ship it to me I love 4 doors 😂
My garage is my therapy, at least until I loose my 10mm and my 3/8.
I was hoping u were gona fall in love with the NewYorker, put an LS in it ! 👍👍
Well we all knew you were gonna fall in love with it, hahaha.
You tear that car apart and I'm done with this channel! You can't be a real car guy and still want to trash a straight, clean classic.
That New Yorker is cool, my view, if you make it your daily driver/parts car it will be cool to the rest of us. That trunk is huge mate. Cheers 🇨🇦
It needs baby Moons and a trim ring, those Bimmer wheels are awful 😂
Leave the engine in it. Uncle Tonys Garage is bound to have an engine and trans you can use for your project.....
What ever you do to it do not put any kind of electric motor in it we’ve all have seen it done on several builds maybe put a modern hemi in it or ls it that would be cool too do anything but make it a ev
Great road trip. 👍🏻
Had a 74 Challenger that I bought with air shocks in the back. On the way home from a cruise night one evening an air line popped and the car squatted on the tires. It was a long, very slow ride home. Ended up ditching the air shocks, replacing the tires and putting on custom high lift leaf springs.
Dude's it's easy.. pull the motor and use it for whatever then at a later date do a modern drive train and suspension swap.
restomod it & 6.4 hemi swap with the 7 speed transmission. it would be so cool if not cooler
I like these videos more than Car Trek! Thanks for making them!
Can really relate to this video! Am currently driving back from Green Valley, AZ to Green Bay WI in a vehicle that was suppose to be a parts truck. Bought it for the low mileage 6.0 LS but was in too good a shape to part out. Was needed to haul my floor tools down and back and makes a good camper with the 8ft bed. And, i stoppd at that exact gas station in Tucumcari, NM yesterday morning! Id have stopped to help, ive been stranded myself and hate that helpless feeling. Hope the NY'er lives in, i know a guy whos does the newer Hemissesness swap into older iron, maybe a collab video with VGG might be an order?! Great video!
Any video With Robert Dunn is a good video. Dude is fucking awesome! Never change!
I don't think i would sacrifice that thing it works to well great road trip car
I have to agree, those wheels look absolutely Vile on that car...
Jared! Turn it into a burnout car for cleetus and cars events!!!
Don't know if you'll see this comment. But I would do what Cleetus does and drop in a junk yard LS V8. That'd upgrade it to fuel injection and give it some good horsepower. And I'd also change that front axle out for something a little more modern that the bearings will last on. As for the rear axle. I hear Jaguar rear axles are really popular for retrofitting to give a nice ride.
From the 1st episode when you said you were going to roadtrip it, I felt that your were going to get attached. Get an LS truck motor and throw it in. cheap-ish, relativity straightforward with the amount of swap kits out there, and you get a nice cruiser with a good story that you can hop into and drive whenever you want
Glad you made it! When you pull the 440 and part out the New Yorker, I would love to get my hands on those Holley LED headlights. They would fit and work great in my 1967 Plymouth GTX, and yes, it has a 440 and I do drive it!
I would have stopped and checked on you.
Drop a hellcat in it for roadkill nights!
Turn it electric with a tesla look much better
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… And the car should be called Bob Barker
STICK AN LS N IT WITH A 6L80E *** BUT*** KEEP IT STANDARD #FingersCrossed
I wonder did the rock impact have anything to do with the bearing failure?
P.S. fit some sturdier brakes and bearings up front !!!!!! STAT
Jared, as an obviously biased Mopar enthusiast this is the car to go PRO LUXURY! Matt Graves @ American Powertrain set the bar high with his LS-powered Coupe DeVille. We're building a 505cui '70 Fury III convertible! Source a 6.4L HEMI, team up with Holley and have this machine at MoParty in September to participate in the Grand Master Challenge that Mopar Connect sponsors?
Sorry to disagree Jared, but this New Yorker is REALLY cool!!!! 😎 Shove in a small V8, a big V8, an electric drivetrain... heck, make it hydrogen powered! I don't care! But this IS coooool!
So pull the 440 for your project, that's content. Then swap a modern power plant into the new Yorker, more content....... I'm sure everyone thinks I'm leaning towards a hemi swap, which would be cool, but what about a viper drivetrain swap? REALLY COOL!!!!
He knows darn well we will all protest about the idea of breaking that car down to "Motor Home" strip that car! You DON'T Wreck a 1966 RUST FREE Chrysler New Yorker!! BTW Electric SUCKS!
No, Robert was exactly correct: those wheels DO look hideous on that car… and ANY car. And I would opine that the cursed cross-hatch symbol on the center caps would be the cause of your St.Louis Sideline. BMW’s suck the unholy shaft of Satan. Anything that has a BadMotorVehicle logo on it will cause you problems. And those problems are nearly-always ridiculously- and unnecessarily expensive. When it comes to vehicles, nothing is more questionable than owning a BMW.
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Hellcat swap. This is the way.
I’d like to see this car saved.. maybe:
1. Old school gas powered - Dodge Viper running gear
2. Jag XJ220 style turbine (steam powered?)
3. BMW hydrogen powered V12, if you can get your hands on one like Stretan in M539 Restoration
4. Diesel powered electric motors like a locomotive (the car is nearly as large as a Union Pacific loco after all)
5. Use the old Austin Mini engine and gearbox that the BOM guys removed from Binky
Regardless of what path you take, your videos are always great and your enjoyment in what you do is infectious
The New Yorker is absolutely beautiful and as you can tell, an amazing highway cruiser. Get your 440 from something else. If you really, really must pull the 440 from the New Yorker, consider something like a 5.9L EFI and overdrive setup from a Dodge Ram or Durango or similar - it should mostly bolt in, give similar performance and vastly better fuel economy. I'd even consider a Slant-6 in the thing - don't laugh, a Slant-6 will easily move a fully-loaded Dodge truck and hold 75MPH and 25MPG all day across Michigan, I have done it many times. Slant-6 Ram towing a Plymouth Valiant Brougham on a trailer? Easily 5,000lbs of trailer. No problem. It was as slow as a diesel truck but held speed on the freeway - 65-75MPH, matching the speed of prevailing traffic. Chrysler never built a C-body with a Slant-6, so you're gonna have to mod the K-member to make it work.
The crazy guy at Uncle Tony's Garage (UA-cam) actually managed to stuff a Slant-6 into a Mazda Miata and it looks like it would be so much fun to drive.
Unfortunately, I have my parents '71 New Yorker, with a 440 hp, which I had always hoped to restore... BUT it lived in Michigan & its a unibody ... A car full of Scouts being shown that at 120mph it finally shifted into 3rd & squawked the tires...
So leave it be & make it better... You can still get crate 440's, lol! Thanx !
I drove my beloved 1969 Dodge Dart slant-6 cross-country starting in Brooklyn, NY ending in Monterey, CA ... two times! The second time I ended up in San Diego, CA. Wonderful cars. Cruising along at 55mph the car got close to 30mpg. Bad master cylinders in those Chrysler cars but everything else was smooth sailing.
only put dodge parts on a dodge . dont play around , and all so leave , the 15 inch rim on the car and stop changing shit . it dose not pay off. dodge is dodge LOL,, THANK YOU SO MUCH . LESS DRAMA ,,GOGD BLESS .
I've owned old 4drs, and the only ones I regretted were Mercurys.
Now, you want to snatch the 440/727 out of the Yorker for another project, but you have feelings for the car?
Simple - find a 360/727 combo that is in decent shape and drop that in until you can get back to it.
Of course, I realise that's easier said than done, but hey - you did ask. Plus, I don't want the New Yorker to go the way of the dinosaur.
P.S. Robert (Aging Wheels) is right - those wheels are horrible. You know Cragar SS wheels/Goodyear Eagle GTs are the way to go.