Your logic is impeccable. I absolutely agree with you. Pick a decent Volare and get busy making it fun. Or complain bitterly that rusted out hulks of Chargers cost more than a house and build nothing. Easy choice for me.
It's still kinda cool but I understand trying to get the paperwork on it would probably be a little much lol hope to see you more I love it how you drag them in and just bare minimum to get them fired up lol keep up the good content God bless you and yours 🙏
I absolutely love the old Darts with the slant six engine. We no longer have it, but ours was the best starting engine I have ever owned in my 72 years. Subbed.
As a Baby Boomer you like me no doubt remember feeling the despair in 1978 with the gutless engines of our time, thanks to politics... Fortunately I wasn't buying a new model at that time in my life. I owned a slant six Plymouth 1967 Valiant. Before that a straight six 1964 Ford Falcon. Both were less than $1,000 the '64 was my 1st car and cost me $400 in 1975 the '67 Plymouth I really don't remember what I paid for it in the very elate '1980's but even if it was $1,200 it was a good motor... Also both were three on the tree manual trannies. It was suspension, brakes and such that was threatening to put me in the poor house as I was in school at the time. So I sold it the '67 to a friend and rode my bike to school.
@@claztube Politics have been a thorn in the side of inventors for sooooo long. We might have been discussing our steam powered cars if things had been different back then. But, yes, those cars you owned were great ones. My first car was a 1953 Chevy. I don't remember the model now, but I paid $10 to a farmer to buy it. Had to tow it home with a log chain, and after I replaced the timing chain it ran like a sewing machine. I've owned many since, but the slant six motor has always been a favorite.
i bought a 78 in 78 and drove it for 2 years then me knowing what i was doing. put a 650 lift cam in it with the stock valve springs. and it lasted for a long time. just a guess 3 miles before i valve wanted to breed with a piston. but after that i put a 392 hemi in it with 180 headers. that is the only way it would work. then i found out what they called them boat anchors. because a stock 318 would out run it. but it sure was pretty.
Unfunkingbelievable . I freaking love either the volare or Aspen six cyl manual. My station wagon had a six two bbl. Wish I had the two door great find grand memories had those 6 cyls. In lots of work vans 3-4 oo thousand beasts with gobs of torque thansk you for sharing . Two thumbs up .
Absolutely love the interior starting and driving view. Please post the unedited starting scenes. I’d love to see all the cranking - that’s the best part especially with that Chrysler starter
I have filmed hours upon hours of Chrysler starter sounds… can you believe that some people have called it gratuitous? I know, I was shocked too. Some day, I will make a super cut of *just* Chrysler starter noises. It’s gonna be amazing.
I had a '77 that I literally gave $1 for. The guy was a friend who was helping "deal" with the car after its older lady owner got a new car. It ran and drove great and was really clean other than behind the driver side door. It was hit and poorly repaired in the '80s. The only rust in the whole car in that spot... Would have been a great driver but ended up selling it when I needed some cash. One of the ones that had value that I could bare to part with. 😄 I don't think of that car too often...This video brought me back to some fun memories.
I remember coming up the road runner and aspen rt cars on this platform with their spoilers and flares and quarter window and rear window vents were good looking cars and the v8 models were boss
I owned several (cheap) Volares and Aspens of this vintage. The "Super 6" was CLOSE to the "318" in performance! I had a BEATEN '78 Volare "Super Coupe" with the GROUND BURNING "360" for a few days, before the BEATEN rear suspension and axle gave up! This was a GREAT RIDE for folks with an i.q. over 20! It was NOT for punks! I bought this car CHEAP from punks, what does this say about me?
Fun episode. I actually like Volares. Remember the Road Runner trim package with these? I have one in Silver Cloud Poly. Of course it' made by Johnny Lightning lol, but hey, still cool.
Right! When I referenced “all the derivatives thereof” the Road Runner was exactly what I had in mind. Pretty cool really. I liked it more than I always figured I would - and I totally get it. With A bodies being absolutely ridiculous to buy at this point, the F body makes a good case for itself.
I actually did a test drive in 1978 of this very model. This was the most basic Volare' you could buy. It had a 225 cubic inch slant 6 hooked to a small 3 speed trans. I ended up buying the Volare' brougham which had bucket seats, 'opera' window in the back, half vinyl roof and a 318 'Lean burn' V8. The dash on mine was different too as the Brougham had a wood grain dash and glove box cover. Mine was red with a white vinyl roof and white interior.
I briefly had a '78 Volare wagon with a Super-Six and a 4-speed. THE GOOD: Mopar, wagon, 8-1/4, Slant, 4-speed. THE BAD: Malaise-era garbage. I hated it, but I'm a pre-'70 snob. I barely like my '79 Street Van for the same reason, but...van...and 318 4-speed! F-bodies are still under the radar, so you can still get them cheap it seems. Wagons are definitely my fave F-body, but any cheap one could be my friend. Thanks for another great video.
I had a 77 Coupe and a 79 sedan. The 77 got totalled courtesy of a moron in a Camaro. The 79 rotted out from underneath and got driven to the junkyard. Sold a bunch of parts from both over the years. Last things I got are the Plymouth emblems, plastic panel that went between the taillights on the 79, and a working digital chronometer. Good luck with yours.
My best friend’s parents got a year or two old fully loaded wood paneled 318 Aspen wagon to replace the blown up Olds Cutlass Cruiser Diesel wagon they purchased new. They kept the Aspen for several years. I spent many an hour in the back seat of that fine car tagging alone on summer excursions. A friend in high school had a 2 dr. Automatic slant 6 Volare. Back then I was a foreign car snob and hated that car. Today, I think they’re pretty cool
I like it, the plainest, cheapest, basest, striptest, most entry level Volaré that you could buy. If it was more buildable, I could get really excited about it.
Right! Some commenters have gotten very excited about it… and have at times been upset by my *excellent* treatment of it on video. They will hate what I have in mind for it in the future.
I had a '77 Volare with a 318 and a 4 speed on the floor with overdrive. It looked pretty sharp with the Magnum 500 wheels. It got 26 MPG on trips, and was absolutely reliable. It even had a sunroof with a crank. It didn't have any rust... it was a good car.
@@DeadDodgeGarage truck tired no rear window cars just need that piece of expanded metal from the front layed over the transmission to catch ujoint debris 🤣🤣🤣
My buddy had a '79 four door. It made it to school, but then would no longer go into gear and spent an entire semester in the parking lot. Right before break he had it towed to a shop. $35 clogged filter. D'oh! (318 car, no leaning tower of power in that one).
I had an Aspen I believe it was a 1980. It had air conditioning and Chrysler sport rims. Ran like a top, then one day it threw a rod. Sold it for parts. Actually it was worth more as scrap.
Hard… but not impossible. I sent a rod through the side of one once. That is absolutely a true story. But it involved a crap ton of starting fluid so that definitely counts as a handicap.
I think the front end of the FMJ family cars weigh a little more than the older longitudinal tortion bar cars. They also have rubber isolation on the front K-member mounts and where the leaf springs bolt to the rear axle..
These cars were designed to be slightly larger and heavier than the A body cars. Many people were ordering the 318 V8 and/or air conditioning which in my opinion put too much weight on the A body chassis. I owned one of each so I know from my own personal experience. The Aspen/Volare were decent but not great cars which were only made from 1976-1980.
Mom had a 78 Voare Dad had a 76 Aspen. Both with 318 2 barrel V8s. Mom drove her Volare until 85 when it got rear ended and totaled. Was still in good shape with just over 80k miles. Dad drove his Aspen until 89. It had almost 170k miles and the engine was starting to go bad. Body and interior wise it was still in good shape. So what to do with it. I say save it if you can. Friend of mine did that to a 77 and it was in as bad a shape as yours. He got it all fixed up and it looks and runs good now. His son even drove it to school
I have three keeper A bodies, two of which I’m in the process of fixing up and saving. Two keeper B bodies. A classic Power Wagon I’m in the process of “restoring.” A C body on my to-do list. Another truck I really want to start building. Plus several customer/friend vehicles that need a lot of my time and aren’t getting it. I have a full plate. I’m just not going to do that with a car that isn’t desirable, is missing some important pieces (like quarter panels and a trunk,) and has no title. But I can have some fun…
Ahh yes. Leaning tower of Power!! Hard to kill!! lol Figure 8 races?? HAY was that a 66 Dodge Wagon??? Haven't seen one in, welllll a really long time!! Cool!
@@DeadDodgeGarage Thanks. Yup, I will check them out. My Dad had a 66 Coronet 440. 318 Poly, and I swear if that old Car hadn't rusted to dust here in Michigan it would still be running! Lol.
I love these cars.. had 3 and one Aspin. Good cars. In fact, I'm not to sure this one wasn't mine. Looks jus like the one I had. Could be it. Could be. If it is ot only had 75thousand on motor cause I did an engine swap
Yes and no. I bought it with a plan, which turned out to not be a great plan. I want to use it as the cab on my eventual ramp truck build, but I’m not allowing myself to think about that until I finish up my Power Wagon and a couple other projects.
Video idea! Some guy from Alberta comes for a visit, helps getting it running better, buys it from you and finds out how far it'll make it on the trip back home. It's only a 13 hour drive, what could go wrong?!
👏🏾😁 F body's don't die they rust back into the earth! Steel 15x10 truck wheels with 295 50s all around, duck bill rear spoiler, spray paint 78 on the doors, and 225 on the sides of the hood and send it!!!
First thing first: send some mail off to vermont. Then... idk, I think I see a wasteland/mad max build in it. Rebar window bars, dakota rear axle and springs(get the ass way up), mud tires, trash the trunk lid and put in a gunner seat. Lol
The trunk lid’s definitely the first thing to go. Gunner seat! Brilliant. I had been thinking maybe rear facing seats a la Subaru Brat, but urban assaults would be so much easier with the gunner seat.
@@scottbatey3130 ooooohhhhh, that explains that 🤣 I basically swore off of ether when I learned how much it takes to start a V16 Cat in 30 degree weather… it’s like the tiniest of sprays. That stuff is a little too party for me.
That would definitely improve things. I could advertise it as being rust free! 🤣 I didn’t notice it being too bad on leg room. I’ve been driving these little Japanese commuters lately though so my judgement might be a little off.
@@Ross046 Bold of you to assume I would be fixing any of the rust! 😅 It's not a desirable body style for me. It's not the kind of thing I could make a spot in my garage for, you know? It's the kind of thing I think I could have a lot of cheap thrills type fun with.
Well… the ‘61 Polara. But I hope to get back to it eventually. Haha. The problem is that I have so many of them at all times. Like this car - I’ve started it a couple times to move it recently, but I have done zero work beyond what you see in the video. I have some “brilliant” ideas for it, but no time to execute them. It’s a problem…
I thought I saw Fonzie there for a moment when the hood popped open after hitting it. How about taking it out to the woods and jump it before running it i to a tree?
Not to bad of Volare tho. Not to bad. Fix it cheap. Cut weld and make it a fake roadrunner. It aint that bad. It can be fixed . There is a junkyard full of these cars in modoc Indiana called Shores. On 36 i believe. Your biggest worry is the underneath. Trunk lid and hood fenders interior is all day in Modoc Indiana
I'm needing a windshield for a 1976 Volare 2 door... would you happen to have one for sale? I have a 225 that's complete if you're interested...it barely ran a couple of years ago...but it did run.
@@DeadDodgeGarage if you were closer to my place I'd give you my 225 and transmission. I have a very strong 360 going in it's place. Safelite says they have a windshield for 350.00 so I'll probably go with them. I love your channel...keep'em alive and appreciate your life because God is smiling at you!
@@steveenczi8967 I don’t know. I doubt it - but with enough science (adapter plate, welding and grinding, custom pushrod, etc) any booster can be compatible!
F body and A body humps are ever so slightly different. Trade you an A body one for that F body one. Pedals are also different, might still have an abody set laying around.
I was 18 when this scrap pile sat in a show room. Did you know they made a Valarie roadrunner. It was a joke and butt ugly. As I am watching this I remember the commercials. Ya that Ricardo Montilbon. Voooollllarrreee oh oh OH. Honestly cars like this got 30mpg and were common for about 4yrs before they fell apart. Lots of dads sent their daughters off to college in them. My buddy mopar Jeff has a aspen drag car lol cuz it was a cheap build. 451 stroker wakes up a f body. Oh side note I sold that 70 challenger and it left today. I think you should turn it into a field racer and take it to Tom's farm for some Mudd bogging. Then Scrap it for its parts that are good then put that 7.5hp 6cyl on the shelf. Those Trans are pretty rare to fine and you can get your 300 back on that alone. The dukes doors just screams beat me. Maybe a flag lol ask prudence what to do lol
My wife’s station wagon. I have done two videos on it, and will be doing another some time in the future. It needs the front passenger floor replaced, leaks fixed and carpet installed - among other things.
Ya know if not for the terrible deck lid the body wouldn’t be all that bad🤷🏻♂️. I’ve never had an F-body, definitely similar to the nova in looks and I can’t say I hate it. Also, the cheap factor changes so many things 😂! I miss the days of all cars being cheap, I once bought a 73’ dart with a super 6 for $100, also a 73’ duster for $100, a 65’ barracuda formula S (273 dual point commando) intact..even got it running great-gave $200!! I even bought a 65’ impala (283) with still functional AC once I got it running for $50!! Bought all of those cars around 1999-2002~ ish.. I turned around and sold all those cars for around $500 and I thought I made out like a bandit🤦🏻♂️… At that time I looked at a 1969 charger (383) that was really nice red, with red/white tuck and roll interior. I really wanted it, they had a $5000 for sale sign in the window with a phone number, dad said it was too expensive…🤦🏻♂️🙄😣
No this thing really isn’t all that big of a pile. The trunk is only as bad as it is because of someone’s brilliant spray foam job. The one quarter is bad, but overall it could be saved. The paperwork problems dissuade me from pursuing that.
@@DeadDodgeGarage I understand, so many cars end up that way, even my 68’ charger was from another state and it was a nightmare getting a title 42 done+$200. For 20+yrs I tried to avoid cars without titles because of that but once I finally became official (an LLC’d shop) the rules (for Oklahoma) allow for me to fill out lein paperwork, take it to the courthouse and a judge will assign it back to me for the tag agency to issue a brand new title…they just have to have a vin inspection, and the tag agency has literally sent people to my shop to look at a car on the rotisserie 😂! I then took them inside to see the removed dash with vin plate. 🤷🏻♂️They seemed pretty impressed and said they were fine with it. I don’t know what the laws of Washington state are but if they’re similar then I would think that rocket would have the same ability. Saving cars is hard work brother, thanks for all your contribution!
If you spend any time at all watching this channel, you may realize that saving classic Mopars is like my entire thing. But this awful, rusty piece of late, undesirable, and not at all rare garbage with no paperwork and 5/6ths of a working engine is not a restoration candidate. I have plans for it, and none of them end with it being parked in a museum. I saved it from being scrap the day I bought it. You’re welcome.
What? No love for the 1978 Volare' Kit car nor the Dodge Aspen Super Coupe? 360 V8 (which made no more power than the non Kit car 360s) AND the number 43 on the doors. Oh that's right, #43 left the Mopar camp the year those kit cars came out. I wonder why he left?
Great question 😅 I do think the Super Coupe is cool. Ditto the Road Runner package. I hadn’t heard of the Street Kit Car before - that’s neat! Yet another “performance” package goobered on top of an increasingly boring car… These cars can be “cool” but this one isn’t. Haha.
twin turbo and twin carb please...... to retard ignition timing (to avoid ping), you can use the HEI 5-pin module, (EMR, fifth pin R) or (ESC, fifth pin D ), when the 5th pin of the module is connected to ground, it instantly delays the turn-on time by 10 degrees
I’m going to run an EFI kit because I have it and it was free. And twin turbos seem excessive for the slant… but I like where your head’s at. Good to know! I knew the 5 pin had timing control, but I didn’t know the control mechanism for that. Is it all or nothing with the ground signal? Or can it be varied with a resistor or similar to reduce the amount of timing delay?
@@DeadDodgeGarage .......That's right, the fifth pin must be connected to ground and is only turned ON & OFF........ on the other hand, maybe you could build a 318 w/. 3.31" to 3.58" crank swap, to achieve 348ci displacement, is obviously something that does not make sense, but everything indicates that a 360 crankshaft in a 318 can result in a cheap stroker
Your logic is impeccable. I absolutely agree with you. Pick a decent Volare and get busy making it fun. Or complain bitterly that rusted out hulks of Chargers cost more than a house and build nothing. Easy choice for me.
Bingo!
It's still kinda cool but I understand trying to get the paperwork on it would probably be a little much lol hope to see you more I love it how you drag them in and just bare minimum to get them fired up lol keep up the good content God bless you and yours 🙏
Making it fun? Or making fun of it? lol
I absolutely love the old Darts with the slant six engine. We no longer have it, but ours was the best starting engine I have ever owned in my 72 years. Subbed.
As a Baby Boomer you like me no doubt remember feeling the despair in 1978 with the gutless engines of our time, thanks to politics...
Fortunately I wasn't buying a new model at that time in my life. I owned a slant six Plymouth 1967 Valiant. Before that a straight six 1964 Ford Falcon.
Both were less than $1,000 the '64 was my 1st car and cost me $400 in 1975 the '67 Plymouth I really don't remember what I paid for it in the very elate '1980's but even if it was $1,200 it was a good motor...
Also both were three on the tree manual trannies. It was suspension, brakes and such that was threatening to put me in the poor house as I was in school at the time. So I sold it the '67 to a friend and rode my bike to school.
@@claztube Politics have been a thorn in the side of inventors for sooooo long. We might have been discussing our steam powered cars if things had been different back then. But, yes, those cars you owned were great ones. My first car was a 1953 Chevy. I don't remember the model now, but I paid $10 to a farmer to buy it. Had to tow it home with a log chain, and after I replaced the timing chain it ran like a sewing machine. I've owned many since, but the slant six motor has always been a favorite.
i bought a 78 in 78 and drove it for 2 years then me knowing what i was doing. put a 650 lift cam in it with the stock valve springs. and it lasted for a long time. just a guess 3 miles before i valve wanted to breed with a piston. but after that i put a 392 hemi in it with 180 headers. that is the only way it would work. then i found out what they called them boat anchors. because a stock 318 would out run it. but it sure was pretty.
Unfunkingbelievable . I freaking love either the volare or Aspen six cyl manual. My station wagon had a six two bbl. Wish I had the two door great find grand memories had those 6 cyls. In lots of work vans 3-4 oo thousand beasts with gobs of torque thansk you for sharing . Two thumbs up .
The "Super Slant 6" was A GROUND BURNER! These cars could MOVE!
Absolutely love the interior starting and driving view. Please post the unedited starting scenes. I’d love to see all the cranking - that’s the best part especially with that Chrysler starter
I have filmed hours upon hours of Chrysler starter sounds… can you believe that some people have called it gratuitous? I know, I was shocked too. Some day, I will make a super cut of *just* Chrysler starter noises. It’s gonna be amazing.
I like how you got into it like a nascar driver and yes it looked like a two tire fryer! Thanks for another awesome video 😁
I had a '77 that I literally gave $1 for. The guy was a friend who was helping "deal" with the car after its older lady owner got a new car. It ran and drove great and was really clean other than behind the driver side door. It was hit and poorly repaired in the '80s. The only rust in the whole car in that spot...
Would have been a great driver but ended up selling it when I needed some cash. One of the ones that had value that I could bare to part with. 😄
I don't think of that car too often...This video brought me back to some fun memories.
I remember coming up the road runner and aspen rt cars on this platform with their spoilers and flares and quarter window and rear window vents were good looking cars and the v8 models were boss
I owned several (cheap) Volares and Aspens of this vintage. The "Super 6" was CLOSE to the "318" in performance! I had a BEATEN '78 Volare "Super Coupe" with the GROUND BURNING "360" for a few days, before the BEATEN rear suspension and axle gave up! This was a GREAT RIDE for folks with an i.q. over 20! It was NOT for punks! I bought this car CHEAP from punks, what does this say about me?
Fun episode. I actually like Volares. Remember the Road Runner trim package with these? I have one in Silver Cloud Poly. Of course it' made by Johnny Lightning lol, but hey, still cool.
Right! When I referenced “all the derivatives thereof” the Road Runner was exactly what I had in mind. Pretty cool really. I liked it more than I always figured I would - and I totally get it. With A bodies being absolutely ridiculous to buy at this point, the F body makes a good case for itself.
These used to be everywhere. Good to see one again.
I actually did a test drive in 1978 of this very model. This was the most basic Volare' you could buy. It had a 225 cubic inch slant 6 hooked to a small 3 speed trans. I ended up buying the Volare' brougham which had bucket seats, 'opera' window in the back, half vinyl roof and a 318 'Lean burn' V8. The dash on mine was different too as the Brougham had a wood grain dash and glove box cover. Mine was red with a white vinyl roof and white interior.
I briefly had a '78 Volare wagon with a Super-Six and a 4-speed. THE GOOD: Mopar, wagon, 8-1/4, Slant, 4-speed. THE BAD: Malaise-era garbage. I hated it, but I'm a pre-'70 snob. I barely like my '79 Street Van for the same reason, but...van...and 318 4-speed!
F-bodies are still under the radar, so you can still get them cheap it seems. Wagons are definitely my fave F-body, but any cheap one could be my friend.
Thanks for another great video.
I had a 77 Coupe and a 79 sedan. The 77 got totalled courtesy of a moron in a Camaro. The 79 rotted out from underneath and got driven to the junkyard. Sold a bunch of parts from both over the years. Last things I got are the Plymouth emblems, plastic panel that went between the taillights on the 79, and a working digital chronometer. Good luck with yours.
My best friend’s parents got a year or two old fully loaded wood paneled 318 Aspen wagon to replace the blown up Olds Cutlass Cruiser Diesel wagon they purchased new. They kept the Aspen for several years. I spent many an hour in the back seat of that fine car tagging alone on summer excursions. A friend in high school had a 2 dr. Automatic slant 6 Volare. Back then I was a foreign car snob and hated that car. Today, I think they’re pretty cool
Man!! I just want that car . You can keep your latest Lamborghini . I just want that BEAUTIFUL rusty old lady .
Well she can definitely come live at your house...
I like it, the plainest, cheapest, basest, striptest, most entry level Volaré that you could buy. If it was more buildable, I could get really excited about it.
Right! Some commenters have gotten very excited about it… and have at times been upset by my *excellent* treatment of it on video. They will hate what I have in mind for it in the future.
I had a '77 Volare with a 318 and a 4 speed on the floor with overdrive. It looked pretty sharp with the Magnum 500 wheels. It got 26 MPG on trips, and was absolutely reliable. It even had a sunroof with a crank. It didn't have any rust... it was a good car.
I wish this one wasn’t complete garbage. I like it in theory.
Yeah, I like the hotted up thrash through the woods, vision, Jamie.
You have a lot more energy, then i , i wohld never jump in a ride that messed up. For working on her
I own a 1977 volare roadrunner myself that car is excellent and everyone loves it I'm from Cali and I get alot of attention
12 yrs strong
That’s awesome. I have a Road Runner spoiler for mine now. Looking for a set of window louvers…
I have a 76 volare roadrunner, hasn't been started in 30yrs. Thanks for the information
It doesn't allow me to post pics bit it has been in the garage for 30yrs.
Wow. That’s awesome!
2:15 This was my daily driver in 1983 - 3 speed and all.
I love Volares, I have a 78 sedan.
A way-too- clapped-out Volare with a slant six and a three speed. Love it.
That hump and trim ring/boot are identical to the ones I just bought repop for Cheap Thrills. Definitely keep those!!
Bingo! I have a Barracuda that needs not only the hump and boot stuff but, like, half a floor…
@@DeadDodgeGarage truck tired no rear window cars just need that piece of expanded metal from the front layed over the transmission to catch ujoint debris 🤣🤣🤣
Now that's one cool car.
Hardcase, those old six's man!
My mom had a '76 Aspen with the 225 . My sister's boyfriend totaled it. Anyway I always kinda liked the body style
Would be cool with 340 4 speed
I saw a black one with a 340 in some bushes once! I should’ve bought that.
Turbo slant good call dude!
My buddy had a '79 four door. It made it to school, but then would no longer go into gear and spent an entire semester in the parking lot. Right before break he had it towed to a shop. $35 clogged filter. D'oh! (318 car, no leaning tower of power in that one).
Hahaha. That’s a good one…
Another fine water soluble heap - sounds great on the starter - like someone beating his way out of a steel trashcan
Damn right!
My mom had the sheepskin option in her 77 Aspen!
Used to have 78 four door. Two would open from inside, two would open from the outside, but not the same ones lol
That’s entertaining. Haha.
Love it!
The leaning tower of power with a 3 speed manual. Awesomer
I had an Aspen I believe it was a 1980. It had air conditioning and Chrysler sport rims. Ran like a top, then one day it threw a rod. Sold it for parts. Actually it was worth more as scrap.
Those "Tower of Power "always were hard to kill.
Hard… but not impossible. I sent a rod through the side of one once. That is absolutely a true story. But it involved a crap ton of starting fluid so that definitely counts as a handicap.
Never since Bo Duke has someone entered a vehicle through the window with so much grace. 😂😂
I have a few special talents 😅
I think you should attempt a 50 mile Roadtrip 😉
I think the front end of the FMJ family cars weigh a little more than the older longitudinal tortion bar cars. They also have rubber isolation on the front K-member mounts and where the leaf springs bolt to the rear axle..
U think lol
These cars were designed to be slightly larger and heavier than the A body cars. Many people were ordering the 318 V8 and/or air conditioning which in my opinion put too much weight on the A body chassis. I owned one of each so I know from my own personal experience. The Aspen/Volare were decent but not great cars which were only made from 1976-1980.
Mom had a 78 Voare Dad had a 76 Aspen. Both with 318 2 barrel V8s. Mom drove her Volare until 85 when it got rear ended and totaled. Was still in good shape with just over 80k miles. Dad drove his Aspen until 89. It had almost 170k miles and the engine was starting to go bad. Body and interior wise it was still in good shape.
So what to do with it. I say save it if you can. Friend of mine did that to a 77 and it was in as bad a shape as yours. He got it all fixed up and it looks and runs good now. His son even drove it to school
I have three keeper A bodies, two of which I’m in the process of fixing up and saving. Two keeper B bodies. A classic Power Wagon I’m in the process of “restoring.” A C body on my to-do list. Another truck I really want to start building. Plus several customer/friend vehicles that need a lot of my time and aren’t getting it. I have a full plate. I’m just not going to do that with a car that isn’t desirable, is missing some important pieces (like quarter panels and a trunk,) and has no title. But I can have some fun…
Ahh yes. Leaning tower of Power!! Hard to kill!! lol Figure 8 races?? HAY was that a 66 Dodge Wagon??? Haven't seen one in, welllll a really long time!! Cool!
Yeah! That’s Mrs. Jamie’s Coronet station wagon. I have a couple videos up on it if you want to see more.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Thanks. Yup, I will check them out. My Dad had a 66 Coronet 440. 318 Poly, and I swear if that old Car hadn't rusted to dust here in Michigan it would still be running! Lol.
Great to see you gaining subs in droves.
I love these cars.. had 3 and one Aspin. Good cars. In fact, I'm not to sure this one wasn't mine. Looks jus like the one I had. Could be it. Could be. If it is ot only had 75thousand on motor cause I did an engine swap
I like it does it run and drive.
Did you… watch the video? Lol
Harry McGraw would have loved this Volare.
That will buff right out ! lol
Love that D 600 cab by shop. Got plans for it?
Yes and no. I bought it with a plan, which turned out to not be a great plan. I want to use it as the cab on my eventual ramp truck build, but I’m not allowing myself to think about that until I finish up my Power Wagon and a couple other projects.
A turbo slant 6 would be interesting 🤔
Agreed! I have some ideas…
Sure,send the kid flying!!!
Video idea! Some guy from Alberta comes for a visit, helps getting it running better, buys it from you and finds out how far it'll make it on the trip back home. It's only a 13 hour drive, what could go wrong?!
I like where this is going!
I'm in alberta as well, need a co driver? 🤣
👏🏾😁 F body's don't die they rust back into the earth! Steel 15x10 truck wheels with 295 50s all around, duck bill rear spoiler, spray paint 78 on the doors, and 225 on the sides of the hood and send it!!!
I like the way you think!
First thing first: send some mail off to vermont.
Then... idk, I think I see a wasteland/mad max build in it. Rebar window bars, dakota rear axle and springs(get the ass way up), mud tires, trash the trunk lid and put in a gunner seat. Lol
The trunk lid’s definitely the first thing to go. Gunner seat! Brilliant. I had been thinking maybe rear facing seats a la Subaru Brat, but urban assaults would be so much easier with the gunner seat.
I have one for sale same year but it has the opera windows and it’s in good condition
I would love to have a trans like that for my 64 dart
Well… good to know! Haha. I don’t think I need it long term, and it’s in great shape.
Starting fluid, with top cylinder lubricant, works every time!
I blew apart the side of a slant six block with starting fluid once. Since then, I’m not so big on it.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Dude you're not supposed to spray in the whole can.
@@scottbatey3130 ooooohhhhh, that explains that 🤣 I basically swore off of ether when I learned how much it takes to start a V16 Cat in 30 degree weather… it’s like the tiniest of sprays. That stuff is a little too party for me.
Volare
Come see
The new plymouth Volare
What a new car
Should be.
You are probably not old enough to remember that ad jingle.
Missed that one, thankfully 😅
I left a like over here on the Volare video so's you'd know I was here. Are trunk lids for '78 Volares available? At all? Hmmmm
On parts cars, sure. We don’t have any in the junkyards here anymore. Someone in Oregon offered me one a while back.
Never bet against a slant 6!
You should just keep drumming on it until all the rust falls off. 😂 It always seemed liked those cars lacked leg room.
That would definitely improve things. I could advertise it as being rust free! 🤣 I didn’t notice it being too bad on leg room. I’ve been driving these little Japanese commuters lately though so my judgement might be a little off.
The General Flea!
Suggestions. Go over to the dry side and find a rust free one.
OMG. General Flea! It’s genius! Between you and me… I don’t want a rust free one. Lol.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Better get an English wheel because there is no aftermarket for them.
@@Ross046 Bold of you to assume I would be fixing any of the rust! 😅 It's not a desirable body style for me. It's not the kind of thing I could make a spot in my garage for, you know? It's the kind of thing I think I could have a lot of cheap thrills type fun with.
Is there a project that you just totally gave up on. I'm thinking not. Lol. Your very good at the impossible.
Well… the ‘61 Polara. But I hope to get back to it eventually. Haha. The problem is that I have so many of them at all times. Like this car - I’ve started it a couple times to move it recently, but I have done zero work beyond what you see in the video. I have some “brilliant” ideas for it, but no time to execute them. It’s a problem…
I would buy it.
Already sold
Give it a real good tune up and u know what u got. Good cars. Can be rough sometimes
A tune up isn’t going to bring the missing compression back…
Thought it could have been mine till I saw u driving the stick shift. That might be worth something there
i just prchasd one of these today, except mine is the automatic
Super charger on a slant six ;)
I like the way you think… but the turbo was free 😀
Hell I like it lol put some paint on the wheels and find a trunk lid little TLC shit not to bad lol
No title, no keys, rusty, worth very little fixed… I don’t see the value in doing that.
I thought I saw Fonzie there for a moment when the hood popped open after hitting it. How about taking it out to the woods and jump it before running it i to a tree?
I’m not against that…
Looks like a nova! Put a turbo d LS in it lol
Lack of documentation. That would be 76 of problems to worry about.
Let's get that right
It’s definitely a problem keeping me from making the car streetable.
Put the turbo on it and have some bush fun!!!
That’s how I popped my Valare’s hood
Not to bad of Volare tho. Not to bad. Fix it cheap. Cut weld and make it a fake roadrunner. It aint that bad. It can be fixed . There is a junkyard full of these cars in modoc Indiana called Shores. On 36 i believe. Your biggest worry is the underneath. Trunk lid and hood fenders interior is all day in Modoc Indiana
I got a Roadrunner spoiler for it! But I have to tell you, I have much better things to do than fix the rust on this crappy Volare with no paperwork.
The very rare Canadian version.... Plymouth "Volar" eh? 🙃
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I'm needing a windshield for a 1976 Volare 2 door... would you happen to have one for sale? I have a 225 that's complete if you're interested...it barely ran a couple of years ago...but it did run.
I don’t, no. I am about to own two more slant sixes as well. Haha.
@@DeadDodgeGarage if you were closer to my place I'd give you my 225 and transmission. I have a very strong 360 going in it's place.
Safelite says they have a windshield for 350.00 so I'll probably go with them.
I love your channel...keep'em alive and appreciate your life because God is smiling at you!
Aweeome
Any idea what I can do for my brake boosters they stopped making them for my 77 volare
I’d try and find a rebuilder. I can’t recommend one but I know they’re out there.
@@DeadDodgeGarage know anything about Plymouth k car being compatible?
@@steveenczi8967 I don’t know. I doubt it - but with enough science (adapter plate, welding and grinding, custom pushrod, etc) any booster can be compatible!
Maybe put a 3point roll cage knock out the windows and put it in a figure 8 race.
My Balance Resistor
Left my car dead on an expressway with me in it. Now i carry 3. Ya just never know
It happens…
anyone know an online source for cat back dual exhaust sustem for mopar F Bodies?🤔🤔....lmk in the comments!!
There's a 76 Volare in liberty lake that has a v8 in it
F body and A body humps are ever so slightly different. Trade you an A body one for that F body one. Pedals are also different, might still have an abody set laying around.
Also the 2bolt master is ‘79. Does it have the round wire plug or square wire on the firewall for the harness pass through?
The trunk was checked for bodies by the wrecking-yard, right?
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Doncha know thatah looooove you?!
Video was cool too.
You can tell you weren't having fun with this one
I was 18 when this scrap pile sat in a show room. Did you know they made a Valarie roadrunner. It was a joke and butt ugly. As I am watching this I remember the commercials. Ya that Ricardo Montilbon. Voooollllarrreee oh oh OH. Honestly cars like this got 30mpg and were common for about 4yrs before they fell apart. Lots of dads sent their daughters off to college in them. My buddy mopar Jeff has a aspen drag car lol cuz it was a cheap build. 451 stroker wakes up a f body. Oh side note I sold that 70 challenger and it left today. I think you should turn it into a field racer and take it to Tom's farm for some Mudd bogging. Then Scrap it for its parts that are good then put that 7.5hp 6cyl on the shelf. Those Trans are pretty rare to fine and you can get your 300 back on that alone. The dukes doors just screams beat me. Maybe a flag lol ask prudence what to do lol
You pretty much nailed my plans exactly… haha. I’m not in on that flag but there are other options.
What's the story about the white 1966 dodge coronet ?
My wife’s station wagon. I have done two videos on it, and will be doing another some time in the future. It needs the front passenger floor replaced, leaks fixed and carpet installed - among other things.
Why you do dees crazy tings? ....Duralast alternator......Volare' whoa oh oh oh !
Ya know if not for the terrible deck lid the body wouldn’t be all that bad🤷🏻♂️. I’ve never had an F-body, definitely similar to the nova in looks and I can’t say I hate it. Also, the cheap factor changes so many things 😂! I miss the days of all cars being cheap, I once bought a 73’ dart with a super 6 for $100, also a 73’ duster for $100, a 65’ barracuda formula S (273 dual point commando) intact..even got it running great-gave $200!! I even bought a 65’ impala (283) with still functional AC once I got it running for $50!! Bought all of those cars around 1999-2002~ ish..
I turned around and sold all those cars for around $500 and I thought I made out like a bandit🤦🏻♂️…
At that time I looked at a 1969 charger (383) that was really nice red, with red/white tuck and roll interior. I really wanted it, they had a $5000 for sale sign in the window with a phone number, dad said it was too expensive…🤦🏻♂️🙄😣
No this thing really isn’t all that big of a pile. The trunk is only as bad as it is because of someone’s brilliant spray foam job. The one quarter is bad, but overall it could be saved. The paperwork problems dissuade me from pursuing that.
@@DeadDodgeGarage I understand, so many cars end up that way, even my 68’ charger was from another state and it was a nightmare getting a title 42 done+$200. For 20+yrs I tried to avoid cars without titles because of that but once I finally became official (an LLC’d shop) the rules (for Oklahoma) allow for me to fill out lein paperwork, take it to the courthouse and a judge will assign it back to me for the tag agency to issue a brand new title…they just have to have a vin inspection, and the tag agency has literally sent people to my shop to look at a car on the rotisserie 😂! I then took them inside to see the removed dash with vin plate. 🤷🏻♂️They seemed pretty impressed and said they were fine with it. I don’t know what the laws of Washington state are but if they’re similar then I would think that rocket would have the same ability. Saving cars is hard work brother, thanks for all your contribution!
It's actually a dead Plymouth. Not that I know anything, but I once owned a 78' Volare. Good luck :-)
I know it. Haha. I used to mix up my intro line and say things like “Dead Plymouth Garage” or “Dead Boat Garage” but I think I got tired of that joke.
spare it , rare history , stop killing whats left mopar guy ,,, people not happy till they're all gone 😞 word for the day : Save
If you spend any time at all watching this channel, you may realize that saving classic Mopars is like my entire thing. But this awful, rusty piece of late, undesirable, and not at all rare garbage with no paperwork and 5/6ths of a working engine is not a restoration candidate. I have plans for it, and none of them end with it being parked in a museum. I saved it from being scrap the day I bought it. You’re welcome.
Well, if you were in the northeast I'd take it and make a drag car out of it. But that's me...
I already have a drag car. And another drag car project in the works… I have other ideas for this unit.
@@DeadDodgeGarage I'm saying I'd buy it for a drag car if you were here in New england
@@Mr.mopar71 I slightly misread your comment 😅 that's my bad.
@@DeadDodgeGarage no problem
i know better than to bet against you Jamie!!!
getter done..
What? No love for the 1978 Volare' Kit car nor the Dodge Aspen Super Coupe? 360 V8 (which made no more power than the non Kit car 360s) AND the number 43 on the doors. Oh that's right, #43 left the Mopar camp the year those kit cars came out. I wonder why he left?
Great question 😅 I do think the Super Coupe is cool. Ditto the Road Runner package. I hadn’t heard of the Street Kit Car before - that’s neat! Yet another “performance” package goobered on top of an increasingly boring car… These cars can be “cool” but this one isn’t. Haha.
It's straight except for the trunk not to bad really lol
It’s not totally, totally horrible. Just mostly horrible.
Air jump it! :D
😮 I hadn’t even thought of that!!
@23:39 It’s an A230 🙄
Indeed. I have four of them.
He thought it was a Nova, lol.
He didn’t actually say, and then when I said Volare he said… wait, this isn’t a Duster? In his defense he was just helping someone else get rid of it.
@@DeadDodgeGarageWow.
Paint "yenko" on the side of it, sell it for 21k
twin turbo and twin carb please...... to retard ignition timing (to avoid ping), you can use the HEI 5-pin module, (EMR, fifth pin R) or (ESC, fifth pin D ), when the 5th pin of the module is connected to ground, it instantly delays the turn-on time by 10 degrees
I’m going to run an EFI kit because I have it and it was free. And twin turbos seem excessive for the slant… but I like where your head’s at. Good to know! I knew the 5 pin had timing control, but I didn’t know the control mechanism for that. Is it all or nothing with the ground signal? Or can it be varied with a resistor or similar to reduce the amount of timing delay?
@@DeadDodgeGarage .......That's right, the fifth pin must be connected to ground and is only turned ON & OFF........ on the other hand, maybe you could build a 318 w/. 3.31" to 3.58" crank swap, to achieve 348ci displacement, is obviously something that does not make sense, but everything indicates that a 360 crankshaft in a 318 can result in a cheap stroker
Take it jumping
This guy has the right idea!