Incredibly rare 1948 Chrysler Town and Country ... Revival? Reawakening? Will it run? Probably!
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2023
- Well here we are again with another absolutely incredible car in the shop from a new customer, something super rare and unique a 1948 Chrysler Town and Country! No, not the minivan. Tons of nose, a whole bunch of seating, wrapped in some gorgeous wood work, and a "Barrel Back" at the rear!
This new customer reached out to us in order to have us handle a few small issues with the car in order to prep it for sale, like to either Barret-Jackson or Mecum and with a vehicle as cool and unique as this, how could we pass it up? Step 1, get it running and driving. Step 2, fix all the little things on this car that is one of less than 50 still remaining in the world. Let's get under this long sculpted hood to that Spitfire Inline 6 to reawaken her! So here we go with Step 1, hope you enjoy! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
That's A Real Car! Beautiful Craftsmanship!
That's. Beautiful car!!! You're so lucky to work on those timeless classics!!! Nice job Rich
We are incredibly fortunate to have people bring us their beautiful rides to work on and we dang well know it! Sure makes coming to work more interesting each and every day :)
The engineering of these classic cars didn't come from a computer program such as autocad but from the minds of some truly brilliant engineers. Then the craftsmanship of the manufacturers and attention to detail. Thats what impresses us about you Rich, your attention to detail is equal to theirs. My late Grandfather was a master mechanic himself and worked on everything from everyday cars, to diesel big rigs, to oar transport ships on the great lakes huge engines, bulldozers, tractors and every earth moving equipment. Being named after him and a bit of a gear head myself i have boxes of his shop manuals and his part catalogs dating back to the nineteen thirties. If he didn't or could not work on it, it didn't exist.
You had to be the talk of the town back in the day driving that !!!
A friend has a '46 Plymouth with the same L6 engine. The frame looks very much like the one in your video but that's to be expected. Except for some rusty spots and faded paint it's a solid car. So much so that it they race it in the "24 Hours of Lemons".
A beautiful, beautiful piece of automotive history from a bygone era. Personally I would have taken the plugs out for the first turn over to let the oil get around and reduce the load on all the parts, granted the compression isn’t great. Not a criticism in any way just an observation. Love all the stuff you work on.👍👍
Wow, what an awesome old car. Car is 9 years older than me, but in WAY better shape😁
I would love to own a car like that. It's like a good piece of jewelry. Car is mint. It's a shame of the thing's that were made back in the day's that are still around. And the junk that we pay high prices for that last 8yrs😢
My father hated wooden doors. In the summer, they would swell up and be hard to close, and in the winter they would shrink and never close.
Cool that youve got folks looking at your shop
What a great car! Enjoyed the video.
...wow ! That's a nice survivor car !...
A very lovely car.
Left rear tire had a screw in it when you started showing us the underside......@29:22
LOL crazy visual with the old-school, woody-paneled 6-volt '48 Chrysler on the rack and you using a smartphone to look up vehicle information on the internet. *mind boggled*
HOWdy LUCORE, ...
I owned & daily DROVE a 1949 PLYMOUTH 3-Passenger Business-Man's COUPE with a Flathead 6 cylinder
unfortunately my brother backed into it under power & it was beyond my capability to repair
Very RELIABLE but hard to HEAT
COOP ...
the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA
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Hell of a find
Rich, somehow I almost missed your video... My dad had a 48, although it wasn't a Woodie...
Beautiful car, I see an old school Hemi in that..
I saw a 48 DeSoto recently that was all original except a more modern drivetrain.. 354 Hemi and a Torque flight trans.. professional job, looked like it came that way from the factory...
Rich are there any code 504 projects in the future?
Well you take care...
That is one immaculate automobile, especially considering it's age. It's obviously been garage keep and not driven much for a car that old. One of my high school friends dad had a Cadillac LaSalle even older than this one. Late 20's-early 30's and it was a convertible. It was in about the same if not better shape as this one. Garage kept and short drives 3 or 4 times a year and only when it was not raining. Cars like these are very rare to find, let alone in this condition.
Very nice. Congratulations.
She's a Beauty...
That is a beautiful car!
That thing is mint jeez
Don't let Austin see that car. He will wanna take it on a road trip !!!!
Cool car
I hope one day to find me an old school car
This is real REAL old school 😮
Jax Wax time !!!!
You can put your jet ski in the trunk gear on the roof an the whole crew in the back seat ...
Good to see they trust you guys with an Antique car. Of course Gravity isn't your friend since you complain about it SO much. I'm not use to seeing the radiator sitting so far back. How adjustable is the alignment?
I thought the only postwar Town and Countrys were two-doors?
I'm surprised that it runs so well on negative ground! I didn't even know a postitive ground car would even run with reverse polarity! Do the gauges read backwards?
It ran quite well. It is better now.
The battery cables were wired with the big eyelet to the starter and the small eyelet to the engine ground. I changed the cables around because even though it runs and drives fine the ammeter read backwards and the fuel gauge read empty. After switching it to Positive ground, the ammeter reads correctly, and the fuel gauge works as it should.
I actually had a 64 Buick riviera that came in with the battery hooked up backwards. it ran and drove but it was not very happy. Once I figured out the battery was backwards it livened up. I was surprised at the time that it ran too.
put some prolong in the oil ...