I appreciate how you talk to your audience like we are there and helping out. Sometimes I’d rather watch one of your videos than work on my own projects lol
That Plymouth is 30 years older than I, and in much nicer shape as well. Obviously It was stored in better conditions than I've been. Outstanding vid! Thank you good sir!
I love that car, my grandpa first learned to drive in one of those, same year. We were gonna buy one and restore it, but he passed in his sleep back in 1999. We had been looking for one in decent shape, but they are hard to find. My grandpa was a medic in wwll, was on the front lines, and at the invasion of normandy. At the end of the war, he helped liberate the dachou concentration camp, and captured an ss soldier trying to flee. My grandpa didn't kill anyone, but did bring home the guy's luger, swastika armband, and his ss bars. The description he gave me was horrifying. One time before he died, he said i saved his life, because he was having a hard time comining back from a heart attack, and bypass surgery. I helped him a lot, because he would never hire anyone to fix anything, and we became best friend's. He told me thing's he hadn't talked about to anyone about the war, and i believe it's part of why he had the heart attack. I couldn't imagine holding all that he saw and went through for without talking about it for almost sixty year's. He made me promise not to let anyone put anything on his memorial after he died, which i kept. My mom wanted to have a bronze plaque put on the back of the memorial after my grandma died, but i said no, so it's not marked. Sorry to go on about all this, it's just the story behind that particular car hit home for me. G-d bless.
Reminds me of when Jonathan W was trying to start his Franklin car . Filmed over the course of a few days, but the way he edited it , it seemed like he was cranking on it non stop for hours . Lit the comments section right up .
How awesome. The Plymouth runs. Mustie, you are a legend on UA-cam and I could not even guess att he amount of knowledge I have learned from you over the years. Your patience and tenacity knows no bounds.
Spark Advance. You noted the control early on, yet you never paid attention to it again. Weak spark or not, the spark advance was there for a reason, especially for starting.
I'm 27 and me and my uncle were working on his 48 jeepster before he passed worked on it for years and learned a lot seeing you work on this makes me miss him and I enjoyed every minute. side note a lot of parts for stuff like this can still be had from tractors. we bought new vales for the jeep sine the motor was used in tractors from auto zone.
Let's take a somewhat refurbished old car, and store it in a northern climate dirt floor barn for thirty or forty years. Seems like a great idea to me to keep a vehicle in top condition! This gives our UA-cam buddies something to entertain us with anyhow. Thanks Mustie !
1930,third year of production of Plymouth,Walter P. Chrysler started it and DeSoto that year while he was in the process of buying Dodge Brothers, that's a sweet little coupe😎
Fantastic video! From the transfer (trailer to lift - very nice!) to the slo-mo outtro (thought you were going to fall into the engine bay or something! 🤣) was excellent! She's in great shape! And, she's a runner! 😉 Thanks for the informative entertainment, sincerely!
Well that brought back memories of the 70’s for for me draggin 20’s and 30,s cars and trucks out of barns and garages, what fun it was, this Plymouth is in excellent condition and was patiently waiting for some love… and look who it found, Mustie!
One tip I was told when working on old engines. If you run a lead pencil along the rotor arm and the distributer points, the graphite improves the spark, and also only short bursts on the starter. continuous running does not help much. You have a lovely project there and if it were mine, I would have had the head off before trying to start as the valves might benefit from reseating them before starting. Another thing you might find useful when you start to clean the bright work up, strangely, Tomatoe Ketchup and a little washing up liquid polishes a lot faster than propriety abrasive cleaners.
What a beautiful old survivor. The fact that it’s been in that barn so long has surely saved it. Surprised the interior is so good considering rodents tendency to destroy things. Mustn’t have tasted nice lol
Getting that vehicle out at Barn is that what you would call Canadian ingenuity. If it won't work the first time try three or four more different ways. I just love your videos keep up the good work.
Not too many old timers (as in none) giving any hints on what things are or how things work in this car. Brilliant video, from the very beginning of getting the car out. I’m not done with the video yet, but enjoying every second of this.
I know how hard it is to get these old Flivvers to fire and you did everything I would have had to do. That old technology is primitive but it is time enduring and these old engines last forever. Most of the time there isn't a whole lot that needs to be fixed to get them to at least run, everything else becomes the problem though. I respect that you took on this little project out in full view without much editing, that is valuable for other people who want to tinker, thanks.
Im wondering if the spark advance is too far forward. Im sure its one of the knobs on the steering wheel that you were wondering about. I guess you figure all that out though 😉
I love the body style of this car. This car deserves a complete restoration!! I would keep it all original, even though it would look great as a custom hot rod!!! Either way, I would like to see what the owner does!! This is when things were simple, and cars were really cars!!! Thank you doctor mustie for sharing!!!
Nah complete restorations are a rich man's game. It is in GREAT condition for what it is--I imagine it has one or more repaints on the body and the upholstery is not original. Just a thorough going through, a wash and vacuum and it'll make a great weekend car.
@@Hjerte_Verke I agree... Clean it, make it run, fix anything that makes it dangerous or annoying to drive, and be happy using it for what they built it for all those years ago.
Great job waking up this solid Plymouth. I didnt realize Plymouth had hydraulic brakes as early as 1930. Notice how beautiful that honeycomb radiator looks. Only a few bent find. If it is solid, it's well worth boiling out for reuse. Carb is an updraft unit.
I love it!,You popped the cap and the name Blue Streak shows up. Looks like copper plate on those points breaker plate,No expense spared 30 years ago.I used to buy nothing but Blue Streak' s.
The trials and tribulations of a near 100 year old car ... We have a 1928 Durant Truck, and its essentially the same as far as the points, up draft carb, etc.. and she can be tempermental at times. Ours also has a vacuum chamber on the firewall to suck fuel from the tank, which then gravity feeds down to the carburetor. Looking forward to next week!!! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
That is a really nice car I'm really enjoying the show and you talking to us all man that's amazing thank you so much appreciate appreciate appreciate you are awesome.
The ending come on man you can't leave me like this please come on come on that's not cool, come on I want to see a starter I want to see AS better OK I'm laughing I'm laughing OKOK it's OK it is what it is
I would add to your tool box four flexible cutting boards to be placed under the tires. I've seen many a tow-truck operator use these during the recovery of vehicles. Think of them as furniture movers. Thanks for your content.
Yes good call. Cutting boards are typical high density polyethylene (HDPE), you can buy it from TAP plastics or McMaster-Carr. Even better is Ultra High Molecular Weight polyethylene (UHMW), I used that for skid plates on my off road camper. Indestructible stuff and slides over most other surfaces. 👍
Nice looking old car, i worked on a friends 1930 Chrysler, he refinished the spokes and painted the rims before installing new tires, i had the shoes relined and i updated the wheel cylinders and converted it to a dual master cylinder.
This is one of the cuter cars I've seen on UA-cam. Seems like a nice little doctor's car. Must have been good for wandering back roads seeing patients. A nice everyman's car.
I'm glad you are doing this, I have acquired a 1929 dodge brothers sedan and I have to do the same thing to it you are doing as soon as I get out of this hospital bed, your video will help me with getting mine going for sure. Maybe the other guys have 2 cents worth they can throw in,
I knew you'd figure out a way to get her running (next installment) but was gonna say using an impact wrench on your homemade crank handle would have worked ... until you solved the positive ground and starter actually works. Great job !!!
Only the OLD BOYS know how to do this work. brings me back to the Good Ol Days 50's - the early 60's. I subscribed and rang the bell, I need to see more of this beauty come to life again.
Please don't leave power to the points ON.. when motor isn't running!!! You risk WELDING the CONTACTS (it's pads) together when Points are CLOSED in REST POSITION!!!.. The arm may MOVE.. BUT you may NOT A GOOD CONSISTENT SPARK! LIMIT TIME with IGNITION On when MOTOR NOT TURNING!!!
YES! Back in the 60s my dad had a 1929 Model A that was converted into a tractor. That's what I learned to drive on around the yard and woods when I was around 12yo. If memory serves me correctly this engine was almost identical to the one in your car. Ours did have a spark advance although it was a lever on the left side of the steering column. Damn, that was a long time ago! I can't wait for you to get it running. I can just see you behind the wheel driving it down the road. 😃
In Massachusetts as a kid we called them Doodle Bugs. I remember some in our area with 2 transmissions, and one with 2 5 speed truck transmissions ,and about 2 tons of solid granite used to remove snow in mobile home park.
@@billsartelle353 Yes, ours had the two transmissions also. The lowest forward speed was reverse in both transmissions. I remember watching my dad using a logging chain to pull tree stumps up with it.
I used to use that stake trick to drop trees where I wanted them to go. You can drive stakes into the ground behind the "lead stake" and lash them together and get a really good pull on them like that.
That looks fantastic for something 90+ yrs. old. Someone did a restore at some point as those plugs didn’t look to old and underneath is in great shape rust wise. Great video as always and thanks for sharing your talents and knowledge.
Remarkably solid and original 92 year old Plymouth. One of my most favorite Mustie videos. Excellent condition Plymouth, especially tough Northeast winters. Thanks for bringing this piece of American history back alive.
Liquid soap on the trailer, in front of the wheels, will let the locked wheels slide instead being dragged on to the trailer. It can be cleaned of later with a water hose. Makes life much easier. Great show.
Richthofen's Fokker Dr1 was shot down (by whom we don't know exactly), and severely damaged in the crash and then the pieces were scavenged by souvenir hunters so it does not exist as a whole anymore. The engine is in a museum somewhere
The Dodge Boys were actually one of the first builders to offer hydraulic brakes,..... it really put them on the map for ingenuity. Ford had to play catch up. Neat car Darren!
When asked why they wanted to start their own car co., the Dodge bros. (Who made their fortune supplying parts to Henry Ford) said " one day all those those Ford owners are going to want a Real car"
You know what I just realized?!? I like that you get your hands dirty. Oil. Gas. Not afraid of asbestos. No gloves for you. I wish I had your knowledge. But, I’m slowing getting some - watching your vids! And, I love your humour (Canadian speeling. Get it?). Yes, I get your jokes too. Lol Can’t wait to see this old guy get running! My dream car has always been a ‘32 deuce coupe. So, this Plymouth is close enough! Watching from Ontario Canada!
When you asked if one of use Could help with the hood I literary said sure let me reach out and help LOL. The way you interact with the viewers like we are there with you is what I really like about your videos Darren.
Sweet Plymouth! On a Model A there are spark advance/retard and throttle control on the column. Also horn and lights in the centerof the steering wheel. The condenser is located inside the distributor. Juice brakes and roll down back window make this a really cool coupe.
A starter that is field wound will spin the same direction no matter how you hook up the battery. This is because on a field wound motor, switching the battery leads changed the polarity of the field and armature at the same time. Field wound motors will actually run on AC current. An example I have messed with was American flyer toy trains.
Yes, was going to mention this as well. Both my pre-war British cars have field wound starters and they will work either polarity as you say. It's interesting seeing how similar the tech in most 30s cars is.
That's why I didn't notice many years ago that the battery in our 1961 Beetle had the wrong polarity. The car ran normally, but when I installed a radio, it didn't work.
@@peterofenback9263 The older the car the less there is to be affected by reversed polarity. Even a car with a coil will still work but with the coil backwards the spark isn't as good as it should be. Did the car run better once you reversed it? A car with a magneto for ignition there is even less to worry about polarity wise. The other thing someone else mentioned in the comments is you might need to change the polarity of a dynamo which you can usually do by re-flashing (re-polarising) them momentarily. They dynamo needs a small residual magnetic field in it so when it starts rotating the voltage it produces is the right polarity. That fades over time if the car hasn't been used and you can also reverse it by re-flashing so it can be used positive or negative ground.
Tip. That stake you drove in the ground needs a secondary securing point. Drive a stake in behind it at and angle and then tie a line from the the top of the first stake to the base of the second stake. It also helps if you push a spade into the ground in front of the first stake to spread the load. I have used that method using a Tirfor winch to move crashed and immobile vehicles. You would be surprised how good an anchor point it make.
I have a 1929 Model A that is very similar to this Plymouth. I inherited it from my dad and grandfather. They traded a Model T for it when my dad was a kid. My dad passed away 5 years ago, but towards the end he gave me a few pointers on how to keep it running. I have some really cool old shop manuals that he gave to me as well. The last time I had it out I was having problems with it stalling out and backfiring. I put it up at a loss for what was causing that to happen. Your video has inspired me to figure it out!
You might check some of the Model A forums out there. VGG picked one up, and there were a lot of comments in that video about where to find parts and information.
Oh no, a cliffhanger! Not that I doubted it would run. I kept yelling Positive Ground! We both said “does it have a condenser” at the same time! Reminds me of my old ‘28 model A. I love 1930’s cars. Wish I still had one.
Great old beast. When I first saw that the rear window cranked down I thought cool - but why would you need one of those on a coupe? Then I saw that there was a mother-in-law seat and I thought… Why would you want a window at all, never mind one that opened…😂
6 volt systems were never the best after they aged a bit, so you really needed to keep them up, especially in winter. One thing to check would be the + connection to the frame. It really should go to the engine block to secure a good ground. Next, the starter cable from the battery looks really small. I remember most 6 volt systems used 4 or even 2 gage wire, kept as short as practical. Finally, no problem with the starter polarity vs rotation. Polarity to the starter only matters if the starter motor is a PM (permanent magnet) type. Finally, the condenser is important, and I've never come across one mounted remotely to the distributor.
Every thing he is doing he is guessing at. He actually knows nothing about the car or how it works. He checked the emergency brake after they got it on the trailer and removed the hub nut before he put a jack under it. I really like the car I can't watch it I can't watch what he's doing. For crying out loud read a book or Google it. Better yet get on UA-cam.
@@patrick5180 Watching him thumbing through and following a workshop manual would make for a pretty boring and abbreviated show, would it not? Personally, I'd rather watch him get after it using his skills of deduction and piles of scrap parts.
Just found ur channel. Got a new sub from me. I just got a 32 Chevy . Runs and drives thankfully. Watching this just helps me understand the car a bit more.
I appreciate how you talk to your audience like we are there and helping out. Sometimes I’d rather watch one of your videos than work on my own projects lol
I have a early 2000s beemer in the garage the need sword and here I am watching Musty.
Mustie is the best!
We are there in spirit! 💯
I sometimes more than often with this particular video talk back to my tv answering his questions.I don’t want to start yelling at my tv lol
How many episodes has it been since we last saw the fender hammer?
I am amazed at the excellent condition of this car.
It almost certainly has been restored at least once. I still agree with you, it looks really good.
think it was restored in the early 70s
That Plymouth is 30 years older than I, and in much nicer shape as well. Obviously It was stored in better conditions than I've been. Outstanding vid! Thank you good sir!
How old are you?
Thanks for explaining what you are doing. I like how straight forward the old cars are engineered.
I love that car, my grandpa first learned to drive in one of those, same year. We were gonna buy one and restore it, but he passed in his sleep back in 1999. We had been looking for one in decent shape, but they are hard to find. My grandpa was a medic in wwll, was on the front lines, and at the invasion of normandy. At the end of the war, he helped liberate the dachou concentration camp, and captured an ss soldier trying to flee. My grandpa didn't kill anyone, but did bring home the guy's luger, swastika armband, and his ss bars. The description he gave me was horrifying. One time before he died, he said i saved his life, because he was having a hard time comining back from a heart attack, and bypass surgery. I helped him a lot, because he would never hire anyone to fix anything, and we became best friend's. He told me thing's he hadn't talked about to anyone about the war, and i believe it's part of why he had the heart attack. I couldn't imagine holding all that he saw and went through for without talking about it for almost sixty year's. He made me promise not to let anyone put anything on his memorial after he died, which i kept. My mom wanted to have a bronze plaque put on the back of the memorial after my grandma died, but i said no, so it's not marked. Sorry to go on about all this, it's just the story behind that particular car hit home for me. G-d bless.
God bless. If our grandfathers knew what we know now they would have never gone over there.
I hope he's resting in the peace that was unobtainable during out lifetime
@@WinterInTheForest Of course they would, they were real men not Liberals.
@@WinterInTheForest wait... what?
Great story, those guys sure were brave. Too bad you couldn't find the car for him, but the help must have been appreciated.
That old Plymouth is in amazing condition for a New Hampshire Vehicle!!
My name is Richard Thomas also 🤔
Long lost brothers!
What a lovely old lady. She really wants to run and get back to the open road! And she's definitely come to the right place with Mustie 😀
7😅😮😢
Round of applause for the starter!!👍
Reminds me of when Jonathan W was trying to start his Franklin car . Filmed over the course of a few days, but the way he edited it , it seemed like he was cranking on it non stop for hours . Lit the comments section right up .
How awesome. The Plymouth runs. Mustie, you are a legend on UA-cam and I could not even guess att he amount of knowledge I have learned from you over the years. Your patience and tenacity knows no bounds.
Best barn find ever for Mustie
That body and frame are near perfect---what a find!!!!!
saved the startup till the last second love it, thanks for keeping us entertained and give us something to look forward to.
Best on You tube. I feel at home when I watch your videos.
They are really organic and absolutely flow so well
Almost 90mins of total awesomeness..that's how i wants you spend a Sunday
Cheers Mustie
I speed the play to 1.5….😊
That is a beauty take care of it
God bless ❤
Spark Advance. You noted the control early on, yet you never paid attention to it again. Weak spark or not, the spark advance was there for a reason, especially for starting.
I'm 27 and me and my uncle were working on his 48 jeepster before he passed worked on it for years and learned a lot seeing you work on this makes me miss him and I enjoyed every minute. side note a lot of parts for stuff like this can still be had from tractors. we bought new vales for the jeep sine the motor was used in tractors from auto zone.
Love what you do been watching for years and honestly learned a lot of what I do about cars and lawn equipment from you. Keep it up!
That's exactly how iveimcrrase myknowledgeon various dubjects
What a find. And in that good of shape. It needs a whole restoration series. Id watch that for days.
Let's take a somewhat refurbished old car, and store it in a northern climate dirt floor barn for thirty or forty years. Seems like a great idea to me to keep a vehicle in top condition! This gives our UA-cam buddies something to entertain us with anyhow. Thanks Mustie !
'But it's only going to be there for six months'
100 percent better than most. Look at the cars stored outside for that period of time.
seems to be in great condition for its age considering. not a completely rusted out pile of crap
@@MsStevo2000 ... we'll never know, but it could have been garaged in its early years, which is why it looks halfway decent.
Missed this one on your channel ...
Like usual very interesting vid. I like your "step by step" approach of each problem.
Thanks for uploading.
This is going to be a great project! Thanks for sharing Mustie!
That hearty Mustie laugh is priceless.
1930,third year of production of Plymouth,Walter P. Chrysler started it and DeSoto that year while he was in the process of buying Dodge Brothers, that's a sweet little coupe😎
Fantastic video! From the transfer (trailer to lift - very nice!) to the slo-mo outtro (thought you were going to fall into the engine bay or something! 🤣) was excellent! She's in great shape! And, she's a runner! 😉 Thanks for the informative entertainment, sincerely!
I am so beyond jealous. I absolutely love old cars from this time frame.
A hot cup of coffee a slice of apple dainish,and a Mustie video.Great way to start my Sunday,can't wait for part 2.Thanks Mustie...
What a cool vehicle. Glad there is still stuff like this out there in good condition.
Well that brought back memories of the 70’s for for me draggin 20’s and 30,s cars and trucks out of barns and garages, what fun it was, this Plymouth is in excellent condition and was patiently waiting for some love… and look who it found, Mustie!
One tip I was told when working on old engines. If you run a lead pencil along the rotor arm and the distributer points, the graphite improves the spark, and also only short bursts on the starter. continuous running does not help much. You have a lovely project there and if it were mine, I would have had the head off before trying to start as the valves might benefit from reseating them before starting. Another thing you might find useful when you start to clean the bright work up, strangely, Tomatoe Ketchup and a little washing up liquid polishes a lot faster than propriety abrasive cleaners.
Really nice automobile Mustie. Great find. Thanks for sharing. 👍
What a beautiful old survivor. The fact that it’s been in that barn so long has surely saved it. Surprised the interior is so good considering rodents tendency to destroy things. Mustn’t have tasted nice lol
Probably had been cats I'm guessing
some of the other cars there were trashed, and were not in the building as long
That was outstanding you are getting it and a start next week great never miss a video thank you for sharing and your time was really great.
Getting that vehicle out at Barn is that what you would call Canadian ingenuity. If it won't work the first time try three or four more different ways. I just love your videos keep up the good work.
Nice old car! That crank if they had one is probably still hanging in the barn where the car was stored. 🤔
I thought that too. He might wanta go back there and maybe find the air cleaner to it too,
Not too many old timers (as in none) giving any hints on what things are or how things work in this car. Brilliant video, from the very beginning of getting the car out. I’m not done with the video yet, but enjoying every second of this.
40:20 is that a tiny scorpion on the pulley?
I haven't said much because I just got to the video. I have worked on several vehicles on this vintage. Got a 1928 GMC to get running this week.
I know how hard it is to get these old Flivvers to fire and you did everything I would have had to do. That old technology is primitive but it is time enduring and these old engines last forever. Most of the time there isn't a whole lot that needs to be fixed to get them to at least run, everything else becomes the problem though. I respect that you took on this little project out in full view without much editing, that is valuable for other people who want to tinker, thanks.
This thing is gorgeous.. Nice find and I can't wait to see it finished!
Im wondering if the spark advance is too far forward. Im sure its one of the knobs on the steering wheel that you were wondering about.
I guess you figure all that out though 😉
I love the body style of this car. This car deserves a complete restoration!! I would keep it all original, even though it would look great as a custom hot rod!!! Either way, I would like to see what the owner does!! This is when things were simple, and cars were really cars!!! Thank you doctor mustie for sharing!!!
Nah complete restorations are a rich man's game. It is in GREAT condition for what it is--I imagine it has one or more repaints on the body and the upholstery is not original. Just a thorough going through, a wash and vacuum and it'll make a great weekend car.
@@Hjerte_Verke
I agree... Clean it, make it run, fix anything that makes it dangerous or annoying to drive, and be happy using it for what they built it for all those years ago.
Incredible mechanical ability. My Dad built Rat Rods growing up, but I never paid enough attention. Looking forward to the next video, thank you, man.
Great job waking up this solid Plymouth. I didnt realize Plymouth had hydraulic brakes as early as 1930. Notice how beautiful that honeycomb radiator looks. Only a few bent find. If it is solid, it's well worth boiling out for reuse. Carb is an updraft unit.
Just when you Think this channel couldn’t get any better he pulls this rabbit out of the hat ! Fantastic !
That trailer is one of the Best Buy’s you’ve done , Remember the old days when the old trailer had issues with being narrow .
true, l love this thing
I love it!,You popped the cap and the name Blue Streak shows up. Looks like copper plate on those points breaker plate,No expense spared 30 years ago.I used to buy nothing but Blue Streak' s.
Definitely looking forward to the next one bud thanks for letting me hang out with you in the garage all these years.
That is the very definition of barn find!
Your Plymouth should be positive ground. You will also need to polarize the generator.
You did it 1937 that is a good year also when I was born good luck with
Your new find🚗
The trials and tribulations of a near 100 year old car ... We have a 1928 Durant Truck, and its essentially the same as far as the points, up draft carb, etc.. and she can be tempermental at times. Ours also has a vacuum chamber on the firewall to suck fuel from the tank, which then gravity feeds down to the carburetor.
Looking forward to next week!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
That is a really nice car I'm really enjoying the show and you talking to us all man that's amazing thank you so much appreciate appreciate appreciate you are awesome.
The ending come on man you can't leave me like this please come on come on that's not cool, come on I want to see a starter I want to see AS better OK I'm laughing I'm laughing OKOK it's OK it is what it is
I would add to your tool box four flexible cutting boards to be placed under the tires. I've seen many a tow-truck operator use these during the recovery of vehicles. Think of them as furniture movers. Thanks for your content.
Nylon trays, like cafeteria trays
Skid plates ( Great idea ) I have seen a similar thing in the airplane world. I completely forgot about it until the Mustie Video ( Kudos)
Yes good call. Cutting boards are typical high density polyethylene (HDPE), you can buy it from TAP plastics or McMaster-Carr. Even better is Ultra High Molecular Weight polyethylene (UHMW), I used that for skid plates on my off road camper. Indestructible stuff and slides over most other surfaces. 👍
Nice looking old car, i worked on a friends 1930 Chrysler, he refinished the spokes and painted the rims before installing new tires, i had the shoes relined and i updated the wheel cylinders and converted it to a dual master cylinder.
This is one of the cuter cars I've seen on UA-cam. Seems like a nice little doctor's car. Must have been good for wandering back roads seeing patients. A nice everyman's car.
I'm glad you are doing this, I have acquired a 1929 dodge brothers sedan and I have to do the same thing to it you are doing as soon as I get out of this hospital bed, your video will help me with getting mine going for sure. Maybe the other guys have 2 cents worth they can throw in,
I knew you'd figure out a way to get her running (next installment) but was gonna say using an impact wrench on your homemade crank handle would have worked ... until you solved the positive ground and starter actually works. Great job !!!
That trailer has been a great buy. I know it’s saved you a ton of work and sore joints from muscling things around.
it makes life so much easier
Every guy should have a trailer.
Thanks for the shop time Mustie1! Wow, that's in great shape!
Only the OLD BOYS know how to do this work. brings me back to the Good Ol Days 50's - the early 60's. I subscribed and rang the bell, I need to see more of this beauty come to life again.
Always such a treat to watch your videos on a Sunday morning, Darren. Your content has a certain 'je ne sais qoui' which no other creator can imitate.
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Please don't leave power to the points ON.. when motor isn't running!!!
You risk WELDING the CONTACTS (it's pads) together when Points are CLOSED in REST POSITION!!!..
The arm may MOVE.. BUT you may NOT A GOOD CONSISTENT SPARK!
LIMIT TIME with IGNITION On when MOTOR NOT TURNING!!!
YES! Back in the 60s my dad had a 1929 Model A that was converted into a tractor. That's what I learned to drive on around the yard and woods when I was around 12yo.
If memory serves me correctly this engine was almost identical to the one in your car. Ours did have a spark advance although it was a lever on the left side of the steering column. Damn, that was a long time ago!
I can't wait for you to get it running. I can just see you behind the wheel driving it down the road. 😃
The old timers called those Bugs was fairly common as tractors were scarce and expensive
In Massachusetts as a kid we called them Doodle Bugs. I remember some in our area with 2 transmissions, and one with 2 5 speed truck transmissions ,and about 2 tons of solid granite used to remove snow in mobile home park.
@@billsartelle353 Yes, ours had the two transmissions also. The lowest forward speed was reverse in both transmissions. I remember watching my dad using a logging chain to pull tree stumps up with it.
Oh,a wonderful car in a very good shape.I love it and I hope you can bring it back to where it seems want to be- on the streets again.
Even though it's dusty, being stored in a dry barn is such a boost to preservation.
I used to use that stake trick to drop trees where I wanted them to go. You can drive stakes into the ground behind the "lead stake" and lash them together and get a really good pull on them like that.
It's crazy how good this car is!! It's held up great!! Really good buy!!
Made in USA ! ❤😊
That looks fantastic for something 90+ yrs. old. Someone did a restore at some point as those plugs didn’t look to old and underneath is in great shape rust wise. Great video as always and thanks for sharing your talents and knowledge.
Remarkably solid and original 92 year old Plymouth. One of my most favorite Mustie videos. Excellent condition Plymouth, especially tough Northeast winters. Thanks for bringing this piece of American history back alive.
that is awesome to see a car that old, and the interior looks great.
I've only had one low clearance job like that. We put tarps under the wheels and pulled on the tarps.
Liquid soap on the trailer, in front of the wheels, will let the locked wheels slide instead being dragged on to the trailer. It can be cleaned of later with a water hose. Makes life much easier. Great show.
Ya killin’ me Smalls! So close and then the teaser at the very end! Yours is the best entertainment out there. Thanks Mustie!!!
How far back in time can Mustie1 go.
I'm betting the next project,the Red Barons WW1 bi-plane.
Well I don’t think he’s gonna have much luck putting a steam locomotive or a 130 year old horse on the lift.
Eh. Not much luck getting a bi-plane made of canvas and balsa wood to survive a hundred years... Especially after it was shot down.
Yes!!!!!
Fred Flintstones car?
Richthofen's Fokker Dr1 was shot down (by whom we don't know exactly), and severely damaged in the crash and then the pieces were scavenged by souvenir hunters so it does not exist as a whole anymore. The engine is in a museum somewhere
one of the few times i felt like 83 minutes wasnt long enough! cant waitr for the next video, great stuff.
What a lovely find. Looks like it only needs a little tidy. 😊
So excited that you're doing something so old! I know you'll get it running!
This car is in amazing shape for its age.. Great find!!
The Dodge Boys were actually one of the first builders to offer hydraulic brakes,..... it really put them on the map for ingenuity. Ford had to play catch up. Neat car Darren!
I was surprised by that. My uncles 36 Ford 5-window coupe has mechanical brakes, so I was assuming that nobody had made hydraulic brakes before then.
When asked why they wanted to start their own car co., the Dodge bros. (Who made their fortune supplying parts to Henry Ford) said " one day all those those Ford owners are going to want a Real car"
You know what I just realized?!? I like that you get your hands dirty. Oil. Gas. Not afraid of asbestos. No gloves for you. I wish I had your knowledge. But, I’m slowing getting some - watching your vids! And, I love your humour (Canadian speeling. Get it?). Yes, I get your jokes too. Lol
Can’t wait to see this old guy get running! My dream car has always been a ‘32 deuce coupe. So, this Plymouth is close enough!
Watching from Ontario Canada!
When you asked if one of use Could help with the hood I literary said sure let me reach out and help LOL. The way you interact with the viewers like we are there with you is what I really like about your videos Darren.
Sweet Plymouth! On a Model A there are spark advance/retard and throttle control on the column. Also horn and lights in the centerof the steering wheel. The condenser is located inside the distributor. Juice brakes and roll down back window make this a really cool coupe.
A starter that is field wound will spin the same direction no matter how you hook up the battery. This is because on a field wound motor, switching the battery leads changed the polarity of the field and armature at the same time. Field wound motors will actually run on AC current. An example I have messed with was American flyer toy trains.
Yes, was going to mention this as well. Both my pre-war British cars have field wound starters and they will work either polarity as you say. It's interesting seeing how similar the tech in most 30s cars is.
That's why I didn't notice many years ago that the battery in our 1961 Beetle had the wrong polarity. The car ran normally, but when I installed a radio, it didn't work.
@@peterofenback9263 The older the car the less there is to be affected by reversed polarity. Even a car with a coil will still work but with the coil backwards the spark isn't as good as it should be. Did the car run better once you reversed it? A car with a magneto for ignition there is even less to worry about polarity wise. The other thing someone else mentioned in the comments is you might need to change the polarity of a dynamo which you can usually do by re-flashing (re-polarising) them momentarily. They dynamo needs a small residual magnetic field in it so when it starts rotating the voltage it produces is the right polarity. That fades over time if the car hasn't been used and you can also reverse it by re-flashing so it can be used positive or negative ground.
Great video Darren. You really do have some patience and knowledge. Can't wait until the follow-up arrives. Not your everyday car to be working on.
Great video as always mustie, cool old Plymouth, be waiting for part 2 next Sunday 😎👍
I thought letting the pressure out of the tyre was the way to go. Still loving your videos after all these years.👍
it would tear the valve stems off the tubes
Less than a minute in and I’m excited. Hope you are too, Mustie ❤ 🇦🇺
To zwal se konia..
Awesome video, love how you always talk to audience!!, can’t wait for next part!!
Great content M1. Nice cliff hanger too. Can't wait for the next show.👍
Tip. That stake you drove in the ground needs a secondary securing point. Drive a stake in behind it at and angle and then tie a line from the the top of the first stake to the base of the second stake. It also helps if you push a spade into the ground in front of the first stake to spread the load. I have used that method using a Tirfor winch to move crashed and immobile vehicles. You would be surprised how good an anchor point it make.
if you want a good stake, go visit a tent company. They have 'em up well over an inch thick... and 2-3 ft long.
I have a 1929 Model A that is very similar to this Plymouth. I inherited it from my dad and grandfather. They traded a Model T for it when my dad was a kid. My dad passed away 5 years ago, but towards the end he gave me a few pointers on how to keep it running. I have some really cool old shop manuals that he gave to me as well. The last time I had it out I was having problems with it stalling out and backfiring. I put it up at a loss for what was causing that to happen. Your video has inspired me to figure it out!
Timing issue?
You might check some of the Model A forums out there. VGG picked one up, and there were a lot of comments in that video about where to find parts and information.
Excellent Mustie, you should have a Gazillion subscribers by now. One of the best channels around!!
Oh no, a cliffhanger! Not that I doubted it would run. I kept yelling Positive Ground! We both said “does it have a condenser” at the same time!
Reminds me of my old ‘28 model A. I love 1930’s cars. Wish I still had one.
That car is in amazingly good condition!
Great old beast. When I first saw that the rear window cranked down I thought cool - but why would you need one of those on a coupe? Then I saw that there was a mother-in-law seat and I thought… Why would you want a window at all, never mind one that opened…😂
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that thing looks awesome!!
thanks Mustie for another great video!
I restored a 31 Plymouth when I was 15 in 1962. Almost identical to yours. Great memories
6 volt systems were never the best after they aged a bit, so you really needed to keep them up, especially in winter. One thing to check would be the + connection to the frame. It really should go to the engine block to secure a good ground. Next, the starter cable from the battery looks really small. I remember most 6 volt systems used 4 or even 2 gage wire, kept as short as practical. Finally, no problem with the starter polarity vs rotation. Polarity to the starter only matters if the starter motor is a PM (permanent magnet) type. Finally, the condenser is important, and I've never come across one mounted remotely to the distributor.
Hatte als Student in den 80 Jahren einen alten VW Käfer, 6 Volt. Im Winter anschieben war normal.
I was watching the clock and said there's no way he's going to end this video without it turning over. Never a letdown.
Note the different plug wires and the water pump is turning.
Can't wait to see the water pump rebuild carb rebuild. Love your videos. Keep up the off the wall content. One of the best.
93 years old!! And in surprisingly good condition!! Enjoy your time with her!!
It's sometimes hard to watch him experimenting on things when so much information is at his fingertips. But I understand the spirit of his channel.
Never seen Darren use a manual, suspect he is a bit dyslexic, but compensates by his diagnostic skills
if my job was to just do the work and not film l would do things differently
Every thing he is doing he is guessing at. He actually knows nothing about the car or how it works. He checked the emergency brake after they got it on the trailer and removed the hub nut before he put a jack under it. I really like the car I can't watch it I can't watch what he's doing. For crying out loud read a book or Google it. Better yet get on UA-cam.
@@patrick5180 Watching him thumbing through and following a workshop manual would make for a pretty boring and abbreviated show, would it not? Personally, I'd rather watch him get after it using his skills of deduction and piles of scrap parts.
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Just found ur channel. Got a new sub from me. I just got a 32 Chevy . Runs and drives thankfully. Watching this just helps me understand the car a bit more.
I loved the last bit of video - would make a great screen saver with the ocean and waves in front of the classic split screen VW.