NEW PROJECT: Unique old 1960's Dodge wagon parked for 25 years | Redline Rebuild Update
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- This 1962 Dodge Lancer grandma wagon has been sitting in the barn for over 20 years and we think it's time for it to see the light of day again. Thanks to LEVRACK for supporting this project! Check them out at levrack.com
After we got it out and trucked up to Traverse City, Davin set to work seeing if it will run and then pulling the motor out so we can give it some much needed TLC. Who knows, we might even do something crazy with this one.
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Awesome American-made products that we're stoked to have in our shop!
Redline rebuild and Barn find hunters are my two favorite Hagerty productions. Both of these are pure pleasure to watch.
Thanks for watching!
Amen to that! Best of the best.
Agreed!!
Redline Rebuild and Davin are the reasons I am subscribed to Hagerty. More Davin!
@@lbh002 same here
I've been with Hagerty for over 20 yrs with Hot Rods
Me too
Hey Davin, quick slant six tip: there are two threaded bosses on the cylinder head, between the valve cover and the intake manifold. They are tapped 3/8-16, and they are for lifting the engine evenly and balanced. Use the front one for just the motor, use the front and rear for motor and trans. Those engineers were looking out for ya. Can't wait to see this one!
And leave the manifolds in place when lifting, and the motor will hang square to the mounts :)
This era of cars have so much style. Amazing
Being a native of northern Michigan my entire life, its fun going through a lot of your videos and seeing places that i have been and shops that i also patronize.
Not a dodge guy, but those slant 6's were like gm's little iron duke un-killable
As a young man, I had no love for the early 60's Darts and Lancers, I thought they were exceedingly ugly. As I've gotten older, I'm still on the fence about the sedans or coupes, but the wagons are appealing to me. Can't wait to follow the build of this Lancer, and as always, Redline Rebuilds is one of the very best UA-cam offerings available.
Love it! If I'm not mistaken, those are Ford Fairmont wheel covers on that thing. When I was a kid, people were still driving cars like this. Even when I was little, I was amazed at how weird-looking that the early 1960s Mopar vehicles were.
I'm sitting here watching the beginning of this and trying to remember who had one of these when I was a kid! All of a sudden, it hit me and I remembered.
The local "Cat Lady" had one of these cars when I was just a young'un, In my high school years , I worked for a grocery store where our Cat Lady shopped . She would drive up to the closest spot to the front door and wait. Someone would spot her in the parking lot and send out someone to pick up her shopping list. Guess what was always on the list?🤣🤣
A fairly large percentage of the time, she usually had a few cats with her. After finding a place to place her groceries, she would always ask you for a can of cat food and then proceed to feed the cats before she paid the bill. She would then throw the empty can somewhere in the car.
It seems that she had been this eccentric since she bought the car. So by the time my dealings with our cat lady, the car had become filled with assorted things, with empty cat food cans being the prevalent item.
Sell no matter how cool you guys may make this vehicle, it will always be the Cat Lady Station Wagon to me!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Maybe we’ll have to name in something in honor of your Cat Lady experience! 😂
So, can you share with us a description of the odor? Did you ever get close enough to her or the car?
@@joshuagibson2520ok weirdo.
The Cat Mobile! Without the smell! Lol
Really enjoy watching videos of restoring all types of cars from all eras, looking forward to this one.
In a UA-cam landscape where a lot of automotive channels are going through tough times, I'm glad to see Hagerty sticking to the mission statement. Car content for car people. 😎
this is really what it is like working on cars. thanks and keep it as OEM as possible please!
Proof men work on cars w/o gloves too. (I feel for the dealership mechanics in Florida. What's worse, grease dirt on the mits or prune hands everyday?)
Watching you work on the slant 6 brings back good memories of my youth. I love the slant 6.
You know, watching the Olympics is great but watching Davin and The Hagerty Team is just better. Another awesome project to take part in. This is going to be great!!
Hello Gentlemen: I'm Australian, living in Australia. In the early 1960's cars very similar to this were sold by Chrysler with the Valiant name. They had real class and were built to last. I will follow this project with great interest. Thank you.
R and S series are rare now.
My dad bought a 1963 Dart with the same motor, former Oregon State motor pool car. I couldn't kill that motor, unlike the flathead six that was in his previous car, a 1959 Plymouth Savoy.
Absolutely LOVE that Lancer wagon...must not be a Michigan car, there's still a body on it!
My '62 Valiant that I bought in '65 had already been bondoed, and after the first winter all the bondo fell out, and I replaced the holes with a fiberglass boat repair kit from Montgomery Wards, followed by spray cans of Dupli-Color. By '67 there was nothing from the windows down, and I sold it and got a new V.W. The drivetrain was still great...I loved that car!
Been looking for one in driveable shape for 10 years, and even with Hemmings have not found one. (That I can afford)
Gorgeous. Haha. A trusting soul holding an ancient plug wire while cranking the engine. A bit of porous insulation, and you're doing a dance around the garage. Been there :-).
Sparky dance !
We’ve all been there! ⚡️😵⚡️
No gloves, No glasses, jack stands, pumping fuel into exhaust manifold while running.
My mother had this exact car color and everything in our new 1960 pink brick house with car port when I as 4 years old. This car brings alot of loving memories. If I had was in the right position, I would purchase!! Thank you for warming my heart.
Man miss this series so much, please make more video's😍😍😍
Love your work Guy's👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Beautiful wagon!!!!
A wagon project!!! Sweet!!!😎♥️
It's amazing these barn find beauties are still out there. I'm glad Hagerty got this one and not Bad Chad. This will be fun.
My uncle had a 62 Lancer with a slant six and a three sped stick. My dad worked at NASA as the contract administrator of the garage. In 1974, they had some Dodges and Plymouths with slant sixes, I believe they were the 225 cui version with over 300,000 miles on them. The bodies finally rusted away. That engine is almost indestructible.
That Lancer is in remarkable condition ❤
Great to see Dodges version of the Valiant getting some love, and a rare station wagon as well.
I have always since I was around 10 years old had a love for these Lancers. This wagon was a perfect find . Wow !
I like it. Looks pretty straight. The paint definitely needs helps. The best thing is, it was kept in a barn out of the weather. Huge bonus.. Typing this at the start of the clip ;)
this rebuild can go a hundred different ways, from stock to shock. I can't wait.
Glad you're excited! We have some fun plans!
I've been waiting for another redline rebuild. This one should be interesting, because the car really looks to be in great condition.
225 slant 6 is a great motor!
Take very good care with that fan. I had the Slant 6 replaced with a clean Jasper Remanufacture. Used old fan. I still have the place on the hood where it flew through when it broke! Cranked up my old D100 today and took her over a big mountain pass. No drama. Great truck.
Always thought these were ugly and I LOVE the look! Looking forward to this series!
Triple 45mm DCOE Weber carbs work well with the slant 6. Along with other normal tuning bits. Fab looking car, very swoopy and sleek. 😊👍
I bought a ‘63 Valiant Signet 100 4-door in 1973 for $85. It had a 170ci slant six and push button Torque Flite transmission. Not fast, but as close to indestructible as any car I ever drove. The engine in mine was painted red, I think the blue paint on your Lancer engine indicates an engine swap has been done. Looking forward to seeing this project work it’s way to completion!😁
Plymouth and Chrysler engines were usually painted blue. Dodge engines were red.
I owned several Plymouth (70 383 Cuda, 74 Satellite RoadRunner 400, 77 Chrysler Cordoba 400, and a 80 Cordoba LS 360) over the years and the engines were always blue.
So this engine must have come from a Plymouth or Chrysler.
That's crazy. It's just like the Lancer project that we started on our channel back in March.
I am at the 12:12 time stamp. I am thinking what a nice old car this is. Hoping you keep the original colors as that copper gold just flat out looks good on that car.
I love that car! Love the body lines on it! Can't wait to see what y'all do with it.
What a beautiful design, I quikely fell love with it.
Ive owned several slant 6 vehicles, lot of torque for a small motor, 225cu in, 145 hp and with maintenance, last damn near forever. Power nation did a build on one that showed everyone how much power they can make. Very cool find
Redline rebuilds are the best part of this channel. Definitely my favorite.
That is a time capsule of a Dodge wagon!
Definitely looking forward to the development of this project.^^
Man, they made some beautiful cars during the "space race" era.
Our family car was a 1962 Dart Wagon, great car!
Why can't I ever find old steel in that good of shape, dang.
Don't look too closely about how good of shape it's in! 😂
Loved how back window rolled down
My 1961 Lancer Suburban restoration started in February. It will be a great series for me to follow along. 👍
As another commenter noted the distributor has a reluctor and magnetic sensor as can be seen in the last shot - meaning electronic ignition. The way the engine ran when it was started this is one build I would have NOT wanted to see the engine rebuilt. My suspicion is that it is a much later 225 that might very well be in decent condition. I wish there was a compression/leak down test and a run of the engine to see if there was anything cracked. So..., in this case I actually hope you do find a reason to have pulled the engine because otherwise it might not have been necessary.
Those early 60's Lancer/Valiants are some of the last rounded over, elevated hood cars before everything went flat & square. I've always wanted one. Even dashed up to Santa Barbara to see one but like most every car there it had excessive rust from the salt air. This one looks in great shape for its age. All the best with the build.
That car looks familiar 😎
Now that is a wagon rarely seen. Would be awesome to put a 318 and 4sp auto in it.
Absolutely love, love, LOVE the styling of these Lancers, especially the wagon! Can't wait to see it progress!
Glad you're back, Davin. RRU is the best show on Hagerty.
Those slant six's are known to be bullet proof. The fact that it started up so easily is testament to that. The best homage you can pay to that is not rebuild it. Replace some of the seals and oil pan, clean the carb, and just clean it and put it back in. It will be fine.
I think you'll be happy and intrigued with our plans!
Good news everyone: Davin is still alive! Good to see you again with an unconventional project!
Great find. This will be a great series. Thanks in advance men.
Had a 1962 Lancer (bought 1967) with the 170ci 6cyl and 3 on the tree, was one of the best cars I've owned great on gas when gas was 23 cents per gallon. With a set of Firestone Town and Country snow tires it could go through snow like a tank. Really miss the Lancer.😎
I had the Plymouth version of this wagon. I used it as a beater to and from my shop. Fixed it up a little and sold it for $200 more than I paid for it, to an Edison lineman as his beater for work. Good car. I wish I had it now to tinker with. I called it my Jetson's car. HAHA
Always enjoy your projects and engine rebuilds !! Whatever happened to the Subaru WRX engine that u guys rebuilt?
That car has been updated. The electronic ignition (box on the driver's side firewall, next to the ballast resistor that also shouldn't be there) wasn't introduced until 1973.
There's a lot of things this car is hiding... and mostly not good things!
I saw that and figured that's why it had spark, because they normally don't!
@@HagertyIf the timing varies back and forth on with a timing light, change the Morse type Cam chain for a Rollmaster, should still be the same catalog number as the 440. The gear on the cam is phenolic teeth over an aluminium core, the teeth fracture off and fall in to the sump, leading the to cam and ignition timing to float around. If you're really game, fit 198 rods in to a 225 to make it more effcient.
Ditto. The fan had six blades and the motor was corporate blue, I suspect it should have been red. My 64 225 has a four blade fan, no fan shroud and is red…..
@@jodaddysdodgegarage3533 The red painted blocks should be the early single barrel carb and offcially 8.2:1 compression (really, 8:1), the later blue ones were sold Down Under with two barrel in the late '60's, but also have 8.4:1 claimed compression, this is before the 2bbl became available in the US.
Nomenclature for the first there digits of the engine numbers in Australia, is VC3/VE3/VF3 for the red ones, VC4/VE4/VF4 for low comp automatic. VE7/VF7 for high comp manual, VE8/VF8 for high comp auto. VC's look like '66 Plymouth Valiants, VE and VF models look like Dodge Darts from 67 and 68.
There was also the V7F spec "Pacer" in Australia, which is higher again compression, with revised cylinder head ports and chamber, and while the VF3 had 145hp claimed, VF7 had 165hp, the unofficial number on the V7F is 195hp.
So the 2bbl V7F had more power then the '60/'61 170 HyperPak, but less then the 225 HyperPak, with the HyperPak being the dealer-fitted Cam, manifolds, carb etc kit that had the long long inlet and 4bbl Cater 3083.
What a sweet little ride 👍👍
Would love to have one of these wagons.
I love these "will it run series"!!
I absolutely love this series!
I am so happy to see another redline rebuild! It seems like it's been too long since the last one. Even though I primarily like European sports cars, I still love to see Davin and his friends rebuild this American engines.
Favorite show. Period. I see Davin. I click.
I'm really looking forward to watching this series. Old Mopar wagons - does it get any cooler?
Love that look that estate has
Davin is the best of Hagerty. This is excellent content.
This station wagon is frigging awesome, I really remember them well as a kid.
Looking forward to this build!! I would love to see a full restomod build with this Lancer wagon. But keep the slant six.
Derek's drooling right now watching this.
My dad had a 1963 Valiant in 1970 when I was a kid and I loved it because of the cat eye lights on the back.
That’s a beautiful survivor worthy of restoration. Good stuff.
This should be fun !! Like the car, but they don't normally last long here in Michigan (unless its an area that didn't get salt, only sand, or nothing, lol). First car was a '65 4 Dr Coroner (top back of the ft fender wheels were square, held scrap & rotted thru...). Prior owner was the safety director of a local DuPont plant, car came with 4 at/snow tires, in the trunk were 4 more with studs. That slant 6 had enough low end to run the 2 tracks. In '78 had a 74 Duster that I got a 2bbl intake, split header for duals, & match ported them both. Didn't run bad, lol. 78-80 there was a guy from Otsego, who ran at Martin / US-131, in a '62 Valiant, slant 6 & 4sp, (that was, supposedly, built from Direct Connections catalog!) That was turning 11 sec passes !! Great fun to see! Wonder if this one might get tickled up, not just stock...? Thanx !
Have fun trying to find parts for a push button torqueflite.
I wish I had the means to be able to do this. I love old cars. And its important that we save as many as possible.
Please keep this project at the top of your priority list and keep the reports coming. I hope you are able to turn the body into a top level resto mod, at a Kindig-It calibre.
Can't wait to see that slant 6 on the dyno 😅
Funky looking wagon!
Of course it will run....it's a slant 6! Got one meself in 65 dart
The best 6 ever built. I had a 74 Dart with one, TANK. This motor can actually be built and get good numbers. Boost it, custom fuel injection, headers. You can get 325HP and 400FP
Horsepower TV built one
I love to have that wagon! I love all the Exner styled Mopars.
Redline rebuilds . . . yes!
I see a 1970s vintage electronic ignition system on this engine (a common retrofit). The blue paint on the engine looks like a similar vintage engine, but the valve cover is wrong. Still a single master cylinder. I would have liked to see it run and come up to temp (maybe drive around the yard) using the gas tank for fuel before you ripped it apart.
A beautiful classic.... be nice to see it worked up a touch 😊
Wow I had some studded snow tires on the hand me down 62 Valiant. I live in West Michigan. I drove that car for quite awhile. It had 3 on the tree and I later got a 4 speed out of a junk yard from a newer valiant and installed it. Then when I went to Community College, in the auto tech class I built a 225 with lots of speed parts. Bored it out 100 thousandths and all kinds of stuff. Isky, Clifford intake, Holley, Jahns, Mopar speed parts, Melling pump, etc.
Great will it run on the 1961 Lancer. Thanks for sharing! 💯👊👍
It's a Slant Six, of course it's going to start and run.
6:36 We learned this battery cable problem when inheriting my father inlaw's Chevelle. Heart attack and 600 later, it's back lol
Ou jeeeeeee!!!!!!!! I have 1962 dodge lancer! Fabylous project!!!!!😅
My mom and dad had a new red 61 Lancer back in the day. Thanks for the memories. Word of advice: do not con your mother into running thru big puddles! Ask me how I know!
*Ben still owes me a damn tee shirt!*
What a great Exner project - looks to be in exceptional original condition, *congrats DAVIN!*
/6 engines routinely show up in "top 10 all-time" engine design lists for a reason -
they're marvels of engineering really. Virtual perpetual motion machines w/very little
stress points wearing them. Keep the oil changed and they last as long as diesels.
Looking forward to this one,
- Ed on the Ridge
A Buddy had one in 1972 ,We pinstriped it ,Put mags and big tires on the back with a lift kit and took it on a Road Trip! Up the Oregon Coast ..It was a blast !😅edit .it wasn't a lift kit !,It was the first set of Air Schocks I ever installed
I recall my great uncle owning a 63 model Chrysler Valiant here in Australia. It was seen as being posher than the Falcon or the Holden. The Dodge brand here was only used for the naming of small trucks, and anyway, Chrysler did NOT hold the trade mark right for Lancer. Lancer was held by the British Motor Corporation and Austin. There was an Austin Lancer sold in Australia in the early 1960s. The name rights of Lancer was later sold to Mitsubishi when BMC/Leyland got into trouble.
Australia had Dodge Phoenix sedans available after they dropped the AP3 Chrysler royals.
@garybailey8877 I stand corrected, thanks for pointing that mistake out.
Excellent and worthy project! Love this wagon and the 6!
Can't wait to see the teardown and rebuild on this.
Definitely a beautiful 1961 Dodge Lancer wagon.
Yess! a new Redline Rebuild project!!!
Slant six are so simple, a few were aluminum blocks (probably rare) make good torque too. My 68 Charger had the 225 cu in. Great car & engine
8:28 he doesn’t even flinch 😮