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0:03[Music]
0:18Heat.
0:23Hey. Hey. Hey.
0:27[Music]
0:46[Applause]
0:47[Music]
0:56What What a cool car. 1952
0:58Packard 288 cubic inch straight flathead
1:03with a manual transmission. Saw just a
1:06couple pictures of this thing on the
1:07interwebs there and had to have it. It
1:09was even covered in snow. Couldn't
1:11really see everything. But nonetheless,
1:14we went and loaded her up on the
1:15trailer. Hid it in my tree row for quite
1:17a while. But listen, the snow is gone,
1:19fellas. Let's go hook a chain on this
1:22thing. drag her up here to the shed and
1:24see if we can get this thing running and
1:26driving.
1:28[Music]
1:32[Applause]
1:38[Music]
1:47Heat up
1:50[Music]
1:58[Music]
2:11here.
2:15[Music]
2:36[Music]
2:39Heat. Heat.
2:47[Music]
3:01Heat. Heat.
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4:58this old Packard. I'm excited to see if
5:00this thing will run or do something at
5:03least. Well, so far the old girl seems
5:06to roll really easy. And Jessica said it
5:09felt like there was even brakes or at
5:10least the pedal didn't go to the floor.
5:12So, that is really neat. Now, the
5:16old-timer I bought this from, really
5:18nice guy. He thought it had a 327 in it,
5:22but I'm pretty positive this is a
5:24Packard 200 model, so it would have the
5:26288, but we could take a closer look.
5:29There should be a casting on the head
5:31there, and then there should be a body
5:32number. Hopefully, that plate still on
5:34the car. And there's some other things
5:36like the grill doesn't have the teeth in
5:38it. It's got the single strip of chrome
5:41down the fenders there. Those are all
5:44reminiscent of the 200 model instead of
5:46the 300. It's definitely not the 250 or
5:50there was a few other ones, but it's a
5:52really neat car overall. And if you
5:55owned a Packard back in the 50s or even
5:57before, it was a prestigious thing. They
6:00were considered a very nice luxury car,
6:03but still affordable. So, they were
6:05right up there with Cadillac. I mean,
6:08all the luxuries and things. You could
6:10get a ton of options with this car, too.
6:13In fact, I could probably read you off
6:15some that were pretty neat. Found some
6:17of this in the Auto History Preservation
6:20Society. You should Google Webbit if you
6:22got an old rig. Genuine leather
6:24upholstery. You can upgrade that for 153
6:27bucks. Heater and defroster. Signal
6:29seeking radio with a rear speaker.
6:32Fellers way in the back. Windshield
6:35washer. Eommatic power brakes here
6:38fellas and fells. 39 bucks. Spotlights.
6:42Fog lamps, wood grain tissue dispenser.
6:44I mean, come on. They don't even have
6:45that today. Vanity mirrors, road lamps,
6:48vent shades, chrome exhaust deflector,
6:51curb feelers right from the factory,
6:53filler. Gas door guard, locking gas
6:56door, door edges, spare tire valve
6:58extension, fuse kit, trouble lights,
7:00under hood lamps, wheel blocks, white
7:02wall tires. There's so much stuff here.
7:05Packard was, like I say, a pretty darn
7:08luxurious rig. Now, they only made
7:126,987
7:16if this is a Packer 200, which we'll
7:18find out here in a minute. Original
7:20sticker price, $2,494.
7:24Isn't that something? As far as
7:26production goes, it's looking like it
7:30was probably one of the most produced
7:32vehicles because it was kind of the
7:34entry level from the Packard because
7:36then you had the deluxe, the 250, the
7:38300, and then the 400, the big dog. You
7:41know what I mean? But anyh who, and how
7:44way, let's hook our peepers into this
7:46thing. Walk around a little bit. See
7:48what we got going on. I think I got this
7:50missing piece of chrome here. You know,
7:53at first glance, and I'll get you guys
7:55in closer here, we've got some pretty
7:58severe foamage. That's approved. Peeking
8:01in, I can see some license plates.
8:03Didn't see that before. Interior is
8:08well,
8:09it's there. I mean, the bottom of the
8:11seat looks nice,
8:14but it is pretty rusted out. Let's go
8:17straight for the model. Get that out of
8:19the way here. Ooh, need some WD on that
8:22door. So, we got a plate here. Look at
8:25this. Packard Motorcar Company, Detroit,
8:28Michigan. So, 255. I'm positive that's a
8:33200 body. So, for sure, we've got a 200.
8:35Trim code 44. Paint scheme M.
8:40There's a little glance at the Boy, that
8:42is a thick smell. We'll shut that for
8:44now. Get around the exterior. Isn't this
8:47neat how the handle follows the trim
8:50here instead of the traditional handle
8:52here? And it works really well. But this
8:55is a foam inch I was talking about. I
8:58mean, I approve. They even angled it,
9:01cut it, everything.
9:04Fender skirts are missing. Could have
9:06been an option, but it looks like
9:10Well, maybe not. I don't Maybe this one
9:12didn't have it. More foamage.
9:16I wonder if the gas tank's still in it.
9:17Oh, yeah. Look at that. Not the locking
9:20option. See, we're learning stuff here,
9:22fellas. Stainless looks to be in really
9:26good condition. Normally, this is just
9:28gets the hail damages and stuff like
9:30that. You can see they got some pitting
9:32here, but that's no big deal. But the
9:34rest of this is just beautiful. Look at
9:36that. All the way around.
9:40Front windshield.
9:42It's all there. Again, no dents,
9:45nothing. All this stuff here, I had a
9:49devil of a time getting this up in the
9:51tree row. That's actually from mud spray
9:55from my pickup. It was on a trailer and
9:57we were getting stuck and we just had to
10:00four high it and put the hammer down to
10:02get back there. And then the 200C,
10:06they have this grill and I think the
10:08other ones have like they call them
10:09teeth or tooth grills. Toothacuses. They
10:12got more teeth. It doesn't have the
10:14denture look. That's what I'm saying.
10:16There's some other stuff in here. And
10:18then they had some different hood
10:19ornaments. They had the single and the
10:21pelican stuff like that. No dents on the
10:25hood.
10:27Bumper needs recchromeed. This is what
10:30that piece looks like on the other side.
10:32We need poverty caps are missing. Go
10:34figure. Maybe they're in the trunk. We
10:36got to go look there yet. And we got
10:38some truck tires. Conquerors
10:42A forward slasht
10:45Nankang.
10:48So those seem good. More advanced
10:50foamage over here. You can see
10:55a little bit back there as well.
10:58But I mean otherwise,
11:01you know, it's pretty good. Do have a
11:03little dent over here. Darn it. We got
11:05an exhaust tip later in there. Oh, she
11:08got crunched up. rear speaker option
11:10maybe. Not sure. We'll have to wait and
11:13see. Nice little tail lights. Look at
11:15that.
11:1740s and 50s cars. I tell you what,
11:20fellas, my favorite eras. They just ooze
11:24style and character. And look at all the
11:26curves and the shapes. And you could
11:28just tell that every car went through
11:30just strenuous design. And it just they
11:34look so much better. Plus, you know,
11:38we're talking real steel bumper to
11:40bumper. This is a 3700lb
11:43car, and it's a twodoor coupe. So, think
11:46about that for a minute.
11:50Roof's not caved in. I'm just really
11:53jazzed up about the glass here, fellas.
11:55No bullet holes. Nothing's kicked out.
11:58Of course, this is from age, but this
12:00really ain't that bad. Quarter glasses
12:02are perfect.
12:04Back one looks to be perfect condition
12:07as well. That's a huge score right
12:10there. Well, let's get in the trunk
12:11here. See what we got going on.
12:13Hopefully there's not head gaskets or
12:16body parts.
12:18Talking cars here, fellers. Settle down.
12:21What do we got here? Toothpaste? No.
12:23Paper towel edge. That's a good digital
12:27connection right there. Front pocket
12:28find. Listen, the reason I started the
12:30trunk, fellas, and I've been doing this,
12:35I've been doing this a long time. No,
12:37that's hurting the back. Okay. It'll
12:40tell you everything you need to know
12:42about this rig. Usually, there's
12:45recepts. Some call them receipts. I
12:47think it's French. Something about money
12:49spent. Anyway, history. Okay. Also, any
12:53parts changed, missing, conglomerations,
12:57whatever, they're all back here. People
12:59sell rigs, eh, throw it in the trunk. Or
13:02if it's a pickup, of course, the box.
13:04So, let's get in here. Let's get Let's
13:06get inside of this thing. Okay, open.
13:11Clap on.
13:13Oh, need a key. One second. Tell you
13:17what, I definitely could have drank a
13:19beer with this guy. Plus, I think his
13:21name was Bubba. We're basically best
13:23friends.
13:26Oh, we got a lot of stuff. Does this
13:28stay? Nope. Got to get a proper later.
13:32Oh, man. Woo.
13:35All right.
13:37Okay. Well, let me get a properator and
13:40then I'll get you I'll get you guys in
13:43there. What we got here, fellas, is
13:46classic junk trunk, but this is only
13:48stage two of 14. It's not that bad,
13:51actually. We got some blanket ditch. Oh,
13:54goodness gracious. What do we got here?
13:58Oh, I know exactly what that is. This is
14:02the knife used to expertly cut the
14:05foamage. And I can use that as a steak
14:08knife. Actually, we'll just run that
14:09through the cheap poker, clean it up a
14:12little bit, and we'll run that right
14:13back into the house. Got some blankets.
14:16Looks like maybe.
14:18Okay. Sure. Guy could always use
14:21blankets.
14:23What else we got? We got a body panel.
14:261999. I wonder if this is when it was
14:29off the road.
14:31Tennessee. I bet that's that's got to be
14:34it. All right. Well, there's our answer
14:36there. 22 years. Sparklators. Brand new.
14:41Okay. Get them out. What else is this?
14:45What do we got? Is that a distributor
14:47gasket? I think it is.
14:49Okay, this is going good so far. Bunch
14:52of newspaper. I'm not going to read the
14:55news cuz it's probably a little old, you
14:58know. Got some aluminum foil.
15:02Got to keep that. That's good stuff.
15:05Okay, what else we got? Putty knife.
15:08This is This was a good investment. I
15:10ain't kidding you. No way. Jigsaw
15:14blades. Brand new. I can't believe it.
15:19Well, I got two. I'm looking at them. I
15:22think that's trash.
15:25What do we got in here? I'm kind of
15:27excited now. Dakota Digital. No, can't
15:30be.
15:32No. Okay, they're gone. I was going to
15:34say I would have got all my money back.
15:37All of it. Oo, got a socket. 3/ quarter.
15:42Boy, this is some good finds back here.
15:44I ain't kidding you. I think the fella
15:46was making a trash run. See here, he
15:49just never made her to the trash. Oh,
15:51this has been expertly patched.
15:55This guy knows what's going on. So, you
15:57lay screen first. Did you guys watch the
15:59Al Camino video? Screen first, then
16:03foamage, cuz this will hold your foam
16:05and shape it up for you. So, he must
16:08have just ran out of foam. See, these
16:10are the what he cut off. So, we got some
16:14good finds.
16:17But I think for now, we'll just, you
16:20know, let's bring that down
16:24like that. Pretend it's not in there. I
16:27just can't believe we got new spark
16:30lighters. This is $25 right here. Oh,
16:33yeah. Brand ant. Oh, wait. Don't. These
16:38been pulled out, fellas. Well, maybe
16:40there's some new ones.
16:42There's some new ones in it maybe. But
16:45these didn't look I mean she's running
16:47richer than Bill Gates, but little bit
16:50of sandpaper and on the cheek poker.
16:53Just jam them back in. I guess let's
16:55open the hood. See what we got going on
16:58under there. And we can also see if it's
17:00a 288 or a 327. Should be a 288 unless
17:04it was swapped on, which, you know, that
17:07does and could happen. So, we just don't
17:10know. Been
17:19a while since I popped a packard open. I
17:21think there's a lever. It's like a stick
17:23hanging out. Here it is. You pull
17:27push. There we go. You know, I always
17:29used to see these in the junkyard
17:32when I was roaming around with my
17:34grandpa and my dad. They just the
17:37straight eights. They went with them for
17:39so long. And it was actually one of the
17:41reasons they kind of petered out and
17:43eventually died. Everybody else like
17:45Chevy was producing the V8s and they
17:47just got behind and parts and people to
17:50work on them and stuff like that just
17:52became expensive and you started seeing
17:53them in the junkyards a lot. I remember
17:56seeing these all the time in old yards
17:58and farm houses and homesteads and
18:00junkyards when I was a kid. Oh yeah,
18:03boy. That thing is massive.
18:06It is definitely a 288, but that's still
18:09really cool. We got a battery in here.
18:11Oh, be dipped. Guys, been sitting here
18:14staring this thing down, and I got to
18:16tell you, not only does it look 103%
18:20complete, but there's some new partage
18:23in here. Fuel make it happener,
18:26generator,
18:28lightning, wher cap. There's some work
18:31that's been had. This thing might just
18:33fire right off. I don't know what what
18:36the issue is. Probably a bad clutch or
18:39rear end's out of it or something. No,
18:42it coasted. So, yeah, we're back to
18:44clutch. Definitely. Oh, that's great.
18:48There's so much going on in here. I just
18:52I don't know. I'm getting dizzy. I don't
18:54know where to start, I guess. Let's
18:56start here. We got a battery. That's I
18:59mean, that's really good. 6vt system.
19:03You could tell because of the way that
19:04it is and also because of the way that
19:08it is there. So that's pretty neat. Has
19:11not been converted to 12 volts, which is
19:14in my opinion great because what usually
19:17happens, see this old cloth wiring, this
19:19original wiring in here, it's throughout
19:22the entire car. And the resistance and
19:25impedance and amperage and voltages is
19:28made for 6 volts. But a lot of times
19:30what happens is fellers convert these to
19:3312 volts. They don't upgrade the wiring.
19:36Well, you're driving a smoking missile
19:39there, feller. I mean, all that wiring
19:41is just turning into licorice and
19:44glowing red. You're going to burn the
19:46rig down is what I'm is what I'm saying
19:49to you right now. Now, you could jump
19:51start these with 12 volts really quick.
19:53I wouldn't crank on it forever. You burn
19:54the starter out. But if you're going to
19:56go to 12 volts, make sure you put a
19:59whole wiring kit in it, like Painless
20:00Wiring or American Wire or whoever has
20:03the cheapest, you know, kit available at
20:06the time. Just something to consider.
20:08Plus, you blow it out all your bulbs and
20:11stuff like that. You got to change all
20:12your lights. Let's get right into this.
20:14This is really cool. See Packard and
20:17then Thunderbolt. Look at this big
20:20thing. It's so cool. It's literally like
20:23it looks like a Lego block sitting in
20:26here. Now, I do see some auto light
20:30sparks. So, those AC Delos were taken
20:33out. Someone put some auto lights in. We
20:35got a different lightning hose. We got a
20:38blue streak. That's an O'Reilly Auto
20:40Parts lightning can in here. We got a
20:44new generator sitting down here. Maybe
20:47even a new belt. Someone's been into the
20:50thermostat. We got some room temperature
20:52vulcanization cream in there. Oh,
20:55another new lightning hose. Look at
20:58this. There's a fuel make it happener in
21:00here. And that looks I mean
21:05looks pretty newish. This is Well,
21:09that's going to make a fire. So, maybe
21:11we'll leave that. Whoa. Okay, that
21:14fitting down there is loose. I'll have
21:17the fuel pump make it happen here. But
21:19boy, they jammed this thing in there.
21:21But anyway, getting back to this. I got
21:24sidetracked. 288. So, this is in fact a
21:27288 straight eight. Look at that. Way
21:32back there. We got a piston just doing
21:34the thing. Got the windshield washer jar
21:37still in here. Got the wiper motor.
21:41I mean, everything is basically in this
21:43rig. I think this is the original rad.
21:46It's just got a new capillator. These
21:49look like they've been hammered on.
21:51That's approved.
21:54Hopefully the starter is still hanging
21:56in there. That's been
22:00Craigslist rebuilt. Old oil bath
22:03breather. Maybe we can Oh, yeah. She's
22:05loose, too, even. Yeah, look at that.
22:08That's a Mopar
22:11fuel making happener. In fact, we just
22:13put one of those on a Dodge fellas. So,
22:16that is the same I could tell you right
22:18now because of this cheesy little thing.
22:20That is the same exact fuel make it
22:23happener I got off of Evil Bay. Those
22:26are about 50 bucks shipped. It actually
22:28worked. So, we might have a shot of that
22:31working.
22:33That's all plugged in.
22:36Pretty darn neat. The guy back there,
22:39no, not you. said, "This guy back in the
22:42recliner said, "Derek, tell us a little
22:44bit more about this engine looks pretty
22:46neat, so I will." They only had a 2 and
22:491/2 in bore fellers, which is that's a
22:52really small piston if you think about
22:53it. And that's how they jammed so many
22:55in that straight line there, but they
22:57did have a 3 and 3/4 in stroke. So, they
23:00ended up making about 135 horsepower,
23:02which was quite a bit for this era. And
23:05get this, 230 foot-p pounds of torque at
23:09only 2,000 RPM. So, this thing was a
23:13torque monster back in the day. Now, the
23:15Ajamagic, this is the Manuel, of course,
23:19they had slightly higher compression at
23:207.5 to1. This is going to be a 7 flat to
23:24one compression ratio. So, it'll burn
23:27anything you throw on that pretty much.
23:30And again, they used these straight
23:32eights for years and years and years and
23:34years, and they were proven to be
23:36extremely reliable. And when you think
23:39about it, they were fast. In fact, they
23:41did a lot of racing with these straight
23:43eights. I listen, believe you me. No.
23:47Yeah.
23:49Kind of just been,
23:52you know, trying to pump myself up to
23:53get in here. When I cracked this thing
23:55open to get to that plate in there, it
23:58hit me. I couldn't even I can't even
24:02explain the smell that I had then. And I
24:04think what happened was there was a lot
24:06of moisture in here from when it got
24:08full of snow and then it's just been
24:10baking back there in the trees. Not the
24:13good bacon. Settle down there, Fred.
24:16Okay. Anyway, let's open this up and
24:20we'll get a tour in here.
24:23I got to be honest, I haven't been this
24:25nervous in a while.
24:29Oh yeah, I know exactly what that is.
24:34Yep. It's like a wet shop vac filter and
24:38old furniture. They do not mix well is
24:42what I'm saying. This seat is a going to
24:45town. Look at this door panel. What is
24:47happening right now? The back seat. No.
24:51Come on. Ooh, screwdriver. Flatb blade.
24:54Nice. No. Allen key. This thing is a
24:57gold mine. I got to get to the toolbox.
25:00Shop Lion's in here already checking it
25:02out.
25:04One of the reasons I call him motor, you
25:06always got to sit in the driver's seat
25:07or the hood and he's always got his
25:09little motor running. Anyway, look at
25:12this interior, guys. This might be I was
25:15told. Now, listen. I was told this is a
25:1775,000 mi car. This is water damage,
25:22not age. So clearly the weather
25:25stripping has an issue, but what a
25:28beautiful interior. And the seats really
25:31aren't that bad. I mean, little bit. I
25:33mean, it needs work there, but
25:37look at this.
25:40You would think this would just be
25:41completely shot if it was super high
25:43miles. This is from sun clearly,
25:47but that's too bad. The other side
25:49didn't get it, so it must have been
25:51parked this way. You find any mice? Huh?
25:55He's working on it. We got license
25:57plate. That is completely approved. Look
26:01at this. Oh, and some duct tape in
26:04there. We got to seal it off,
26:07man.
26:09Got some ankle ventage for the rear
26:12passengers. Also over there, we can fix
26:15that with a few more plates. But look
26:17how nice this interior is.
26:21Nice looking gauges.
26:24Got that radio.
26:27Just simple but elegant. Got a heater in
26:29here.
26:31And there we got the 75,451.5
26:35miles.
26:37Nice looking clock
26:39thingy. Must not work. Someone got her
26:41up at high noon there. Rearview mirror
26:45looks to be in really good shape.
26:47headliner. Unfortunately, she's got some
26:49sag in her. You know what I mean?
26:52There's a few things that don't lie,
26:54fellas. Kids, yoga pants, and
26:58headliners. This one's a little bit
27:01saggy. You know what I mean? Got some
27:04openings back there in the trunk. I'm
27:05not sure if that was the rear speaker
27:07option or not. There's nothing there
27:08currently. I'm going to say probably
27:10not. Armrest missing there. We got
27:14armrestage.
27:16Both sides back here. No. Do you think
27:19this actually rolls down? Nope. Well, we
27:23got some rollage upage. Maybe the other
27:26side works.
27:28Oh, look at that. Just like butter.
27:32It's always risky. You just don't know
27:34if they're going to go back up. That
27:36does. We got keyage.
27:40Nope. Not even close to the right keys.
27:46Great.
27:47Whoops. Wrong set. That looks like
27:51almost looks like a Mopar key. Not quite
27:54sure what's going on there.
27:56Blinker sticks seem like they want to
27:58blink. What would this be? Not sure.
28:02Headlights.
28:05Pedals don't look super worn. Got
28:08somewhere. But you know what? all be
28:12dipped if I couldn't agree that this is
28:15probably a 75,000 mi car. Got some more
28:19platedage over there on the floor. I
28:22mean, basically someone already fixed it
28:24for me. That or I already worked on this
28:27car and I just forgot. The wheel color
28:30is horrendous though. That's got to go
28:32or we got to get some poverty caps on
28:34this thing. Stat. Guy almost just jumped
28:37into twisting on the ignition stick in
28:39there, but well, I ain't got that to
28:41turn yet. So, meanwhilst, let's get this
28:45thing way up in our teeth. Might as well
28:48take a look underneath of it. Normally,
28:50when I do these, they're laying up in
28:51the grass and a guy can't quite see
28:53what's going on, but we got an
28:55opportunity right now to get this thing
28:57up on the lift. And I'm just curious. Is
29:00the frame rotten? I don't know, I guess.
29:04Does it have a drive shaft? Never
29:06looked. Never looked. Foamage. I think
29:09what we're going to do, fellas, we'll
29:11just start in the rear and work our way
29:13all the way forward. I wish there was
29:15smell vision. You know what I mean?
29:17Really get you in here with the guy. But
29:20I can tell you this right now. This is
29:22the heaviest
29:24like industrial gear oil
29:29like just grease smell I've had in a
29:33while. I mean, it's up in the sniffer.
29:35I'm going to tell you that. And I think
29:37a big part of that reason is we've got
29:39some leakage
29:41basically bumper to bumper, but we'll
29:43cover that. Let's start back here and
29:45work our way forward. Pretty neat design
29:47right here. I wanted to point out, you
29:49know, ignore this. That's fine. But this
29:51here, this shackle design, you got to
29:54think that Chevy and Ford pretty much
29:57had everything sewn up. So, you got to
29:59get pretty creative with how you build
30:01stuff.
30:02That's really neat how they did that
30:04there. The fuel tank. Look at this
30:06fellas. We got some new rubber line in
30:10here. Hose clampers. So, I'm wondering
30:13if Well, that's empty. But I'm wondering
30:17if this was drained and flushed. If in
30:20not we got a little drainage there. So,
30:24that's pretty cool. Shocks. This
30:26spiralbound stuff here, that's kind of
30:2970s, which would make sense. If this is
30:31a 52, you drive it 20 years, you throw
30:34shocks on it, and there it sits. So,
30:36these definitely aren't original, but I
30:39mean, they're shot, I'm sure, completely
30:42at this point. Rear end is leaking
30:46significantly. That's going to be a
30:48pinion seal up here. Are we going to
30:50find one? Nope. Probably not. We'll just
30:54completely ignore this and just let it
30:57drip on the floor or wherever we park
31:00the unit. Now, one big thing that I want
31:03to show you guys really quick. It's
31:05pretty neat. Look at this frame.
31:08Okay, are you looking at it?
31:11Look at the shape of this frame. Packard
31:14borrowed this design from what
31:17manufacturer?
31:19Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep. I
31:22don't know if that's the way that that
31:24song goes, but look at this X-frame
31:26here. Drive shaft going through the
31:29frame. Exhaust going through the frame.
31:33Make your guess cuz I'm going to show
31:35you. If you said Buick fellers or fells,
31:39you were right. And I'll show you. Kind
31:41of hard to see cuz we got these planks
31:43in here, but you could see the X back
31:45there. That's a Buick frame design and
31:48the drive shaft. And this is a tube.
31:52There's actually not a drive shaft.
31:54There's a shaft inside of a tube that
31:55goes from the output all the way to the
31:58housing. But anyway, the frame has that
32:01same X pattern where the exhaust and the
32:03drive shaft goes through the actual
32:05frame. They're almost identical. She's
32:07been up on a jack one two three four
32:12five times minimum. Just that side. Six
32:167 eight over there. It's going to sound
32:18really horrible with an exhaust leak
32:21there. 79 ft long muffler. Maybe she'll
32:25kind of be quiet. This is really neat.
32:27Look at this fellas. We've got a cable
32:30operated overdrive unit on here. Now,
32:33this little beep boop box with a severed
32:36off wiring. I don't know. What am I
32:41looking at here? You Packard fellas put
32:44her down there in the bleep bloop box.
32:47What that is? So, we've got a Manuel
32:50with a overdrive. There's that big old
32:54straight eight. Thing is massive. Must
32:57have oil in it cuz she's leaking
32:59everywhere. So, that's good. Radiator's
33:02got a little leak. This is neat up front
33:06here instead of on the backard side on a
33:10corner or something like that. Oh,
33:14the suspension is just dialed right in.
33:19We'll ignore that. This one's about
33:22ready to do the same thing. Oh, that's
33:25okay.
33:27These tires, man. I don't know if
33:29they're going to hang in there or not,
33:32but we're going to find out.
33:34expert brake line running. See that?
33:39Yeah, that's that's a factory option.
33:42Holds more fluid that way. So, that's
33:45pretty much it underneath. It's just as
33:47worerer as on topper. So, that's good.
33:53What do we got for U-Jintage? Although
33:55seem pretty solid. Plenty of slap
33:57elsewhere though, so that's fine.
34:00Well, let's get this thing back on the
34:02ground. See if we can get it fired up.
34:06Throw on the digital meter here quick.
34:10What do we got? What's it saying?
34:1320. That can't be right.
34:18173.
34:20What in the devil is going on?
34:27Well, for Pete sake.
34:328.3
34:34volts.
34:36Wonder if that's an 8 volt battery. It
34:38must be.
34:40Well, I don't know. Says it's got juice,
34:43I guess. So, let's jump in this and
34:46twist on it and see what happens.
34:50Oh, yeah.
34:53First time I've sat in this thing. She's
34:55definitely a going to town rig. All
34:57right. Let's see if I can figure out
35:00this key. I don't know. Jiggle, jiggle,
35:02shake, twist, shake, shake, jiggle,
35:04twist, in, out, jiggle, shake, punch,
35:07twist, shake. That wasn't it. Well, help
35:09me understand this situation. Got a free
35:13rag up here. Well, I just don't know.
35:16Okay,
35:18it turned. I had battery lights and oil
35:22lights.
35:26Nothing.
35:27You know, it's pretty common. Oh, here
35:29we go.
35:33Okay, we got a push button. We got push
35:35buttonage right under here on the dash.
35:38I'm thinking that's
35:41Didn't we just have voltages? Oh, the
35:44key is out and the ignition is on. So,
35:46that's
35:47that's good. I'm thinking Oh, that's
35:51snigorrettes. Well, where is the Oh,
35:53this must be the overdrive. No, that's E
35:57breakage. I don't know. There's too many
35:59levers in here. But I don't think we got
36:01enough battery. So, here's the plan. If
36:03we had one, let's throw the battery
36:06charger up on the unit here. While
36:08that's boiling this thing out, let's go
36:10ahead and disco the fuel line and hook
36:14up a temporary rig so we can get some
36:16fresh fuel. I don't know what's in this
36:18tank. I don't know the last time it ran.
36:20I know nothing about it. So, let's make
36:22sure we shoot some fresh juice into the
36:25fuel make it happener if in or when a
36:27guy gets her cranking. Well, this rig is
36:30supposed to automagically detect what
36:33kind of battery we got in here. Oh, I
36:37think she's plum dead here. Oh, there we
36:40go. Engine start engaged. Okay, let's
36:45get this fuel stuff off the thing and
36:47the stuff. I wonder if Alabama's ever
36:50going to, you know, do anything again.
36:53That'd be that'd be something to see. I
36:57ain't kidding.
37:00Well, get off of here. I just never seen
37:05the likes. Well, that broke off now.
37:07That's great. Why is that?
37:14Oh, Lucy. I'll teach you how to do
37:17something. Like get off of there.
37:20Goodness gracious.
37:23This thing's loose now, I suppose. Why
37:25is it got an up swoop on it?
37:29No one knows. Wonder if we can side
37:32swoop it. Side swoop. Yeah, maybe
37:35that'll a better swoopage this way. I
37:37don't know. I don't design them. I just
37:40work on them, you know. Well, this rig's
37:42a whole lot better than the other one.
37:45Plus, this kind of snapped and I don't
37:47know, wasn't doing much. I got the wicks
37:503303
37:52on here. Of course, that's 38 line now,
37:55fellas. So, that's going to get about 17
37:56more horsepowers in here. Now, that does
38:01absolutely nothing. Disconnected the
38:05fuel line from the tank down at the pump
38:07and gas started just spurting out. So,
38:11it's got fuel in it and it didn't look
38:14that bad. There wasn't any chunks or
38:15anything like that, so I just hooked it
38:17back up. We're just going to have to try
38:19to bring her back around. Might have to
38:21dump just a little bit of sauce down the
38:23yap here. Get this thing spinning fast
38:26enough to pumpate some fuel in.
38:29But I'm kind of hoping based on
38:32everything else she might just take
38:33right off. So, this is what I was
38:35talking about earlier. There's the unit
38:37off that 318 rig.
38:40There's the chicken lain unit that I put
38:43on it. And it's absolutely identical
38:47other than this. You know, we got a bend
38:50here, not there. But same rig. Pretty
38:54interesting. You can throw a Mopar stuff
38:55on your Packard. I guess this thing's
38:57just been ripping away. I don't know
38:59that it realizes it's a 8 volt. It's
39:02probably confused, but it seems to be
39:04holding around 10. And I can hear a
39:06little bit of boiling. And I got that
39:08acid up in the nostrils. So, let's jump
39:11inside and see if that button works, I
39:14guess.
39:17Oh, yeah. Look at this. We got bat and
39:19oil lights.
39:22Okay.
39:24Right here. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. That was
39:29it.
39:33Okay, we got a bad battery. I think I
39:36dialed up O'Reilly's and they actually
39:38have a 6volt battery in stock, believe
39:40it or not. And I got like a whole pile
39:41of cords back here. So, I'm going to go
39:44trade one of these in. Grab one of those
39:46and we'll throw that in. No go handle on
39:48this unit, but
39:50then I got to thinking about her. I
39:52don't remember seeing a 6V with a go
39:55handle on her. I could be wrong though.
39:57Could be wrong. What in the world?
40:02Okay, this ought to give us a fighting
40:05chance. Get this thing spinning over
40:14hat.
40:18About the worst thing you can do is bang
40:21on the battery post. So, just bang on
40:24them to install them, basically. There
40:27we go.
40:28And then let's just see what this
40:30machine says to us. What do we got? What
40:34is it? How's it doing?
40:376.3 Vssep.
40:41I'm a computer boost mode. Why?
40:45It's doesn't need the boost. Think I'm
40:48just going to turn that off.
40:51All right, let's rec see if this button
40:54is the thing for the starter.
40:59Yep.
41:03All right.
41:05Now, we got to we got to relax a little
41:07bit here.
41:09We better check on the Earl. Make sure
41:12the bearings are floating in some sort
41:15of juice. I think I just saw a fuel
41:17spurt up. So, the fuel pump make it
41:19happener is happening. And maybe we
41:21should put a couple gallons of fresh
41:23fuel in this. Again, I don't know how
41:25long this has been sitting. For some
41:27reason, the rear window has rolled
41:29itself down.
41:31That's neat. And then we'll dump just a
41:34little bit of something down. Fuel make
41:35it happener. See if this thing will bark
41:37off and make some smoke or something.
41:41You know, I sure I'm glad this old giant
41:43ain't locked up like Alcatraz. That
41:45could have been a nightmare on Maple
41:47Street. See? Oh my goodness.
41:51That's some thin oil.
41:55Lots of gas in it. Lots and lots of gas
41:58in that. We probably should change on
42:01that. I definitely don't have a fill
42:02tray for this unit. Doubt anybody local
42:05is going to. But we could at least drain
42:08what's in there. Put some fresh juice in
42:11if we can get this thing to fire off
42:12first. I'm going to go mix up a
42:14concoction or find something. Put down
42:17the carburetor. Found a splash of this
42:1940 to1. Run my chainsaw on it, but also
42:23good for starting rigs.
42:25Whoa. Way too much. Perfect. Well,
42:30there's a little bit of fuel in the fuel
42:31field tray. So, if this fires off, it
42:34could stand a chance. Sit there and idle
42:36for us.
42:51I don't think it's getting any sparkles,
42:53gentlemen.
43:03Wonder if it's this
43:06ignition. It's not quite taunt. You know
43:08what I mean?
43:15[Music]
43:17Well, we're going to have to test on the
43:19sparkles. All right. I got my little
43:22light bulb thing hooked up in here. If
43:26it flashes, we got sparkle. What is that
43:28heat coming from?
43:31Ouch. Hot. That coil is on fire. We must
43:37not have a
43:40resistor in line here. That thing is
43:42legitimately
43:44oven hot. Burn is what I'm saying.
43:47Anyway, we'll ignore that. Got this wire
43:51hooked up to the starter. Should be able
43:53to just tap this on the battery and spin
43:56this thing over. Let me make sure the
43:57key is on still.
44:01Yep.
44:02Let's see if she's got spark out here.
44:06Yep. Oh,
44:08okay. Well, I guess it's got spark all
44:13of a sudden.
44:17Is it not even smoking?
44:21It's sitting here idling.
44:26I can't believe this. I guess I got to
44:29though. I'm looking right at it. This
44:32thing sounds good.
44:37I can't believe how quiet this thing is.
44:40Are you listening to it?
44:43Listen. Shh.
44:48Old flathead.
44:50Oh, we got a fuel leak. We got some fuel
44:52leakage.
44:54Okay, snug that up.
44:59Oh, it's going right on the exhaust.
45:01That's where you want fuel to land.
45:06How about now? What's it say?
45:11That gas doesn't look that bad from the
45:13tank.
45:18I think that might have right sized
45:20that.
45:23I can't believe this thing's sitting
45:25here just idling. I got to get some ice
45:27cube juice for this.
45:31Oh, check oil pressure.
45:47Well, you know, the light ain't on and I
45:50ain't hearing banging. So,
45:53oil pressure go down a cylinder.
45:57Ouch. That's a strong coil.
46:02I was going to switch it, but
46:08there we go. Ouch. That's a strong coil.
46:17Okay. Well,
46:19I guess I guess it's a runner.
46:24This thing's sitting here running like a
46:25solar machine.
46:40Can barely hear it running.
46:43What a neat old car.
46:46Fired right up.
46:50Yeah. Look at this fuel.
46:52It looks great.
46:57That might be a little close. Maybe we
46:59banned air over here a little bit.
47:06Huh.
47:09Scary part. Let's see if we've got a
47:11clutch.
47:17Well, it went into gear.
47:22I think we do.
47:25Wow. By golly.
47:28No.
47:31And all the gears.
47:38Horn don't work. Uh-oh. Going to have to
47:40sell it. Nope. Ain't for sale.
47:44Okay. I was just was just joking. Wow.
47:50This thing runs really good.
47:56That's incredible.
47:59Let's see if it restarts.
48:03Oh,
48:05this is a going to town rig if I've ever
48:07seen one.
48:18It runs. Little man, what do you think
48:20about this one?
48:22It looks cool. You know what? I agree
48:25with you. 106%.
48:27Wow. Clearly, we got to go just jam this
48:30thing on the road. Haven't pressed the
48:32brake pedal yet. We'll wait till, you
48:34know, we get on the highway down there.
48:37Here's what I'm thinking. I drove by
48:40this 76. Maybe it's a 77. I don't know.
48:44It's a late '7s Chrysler
48:47couple dozen times way down in Palaski.
48:50I don't know. I think it's 50 or 60 mi
48:52from me or something. But anyway, worth
48:55a shot. They're never home, it seems
48:57like. But it's getting to be after 5.
48:59Maybe we can catch them around supper or
49:01something. Let's toodel on by and maybe
49:04we can make a deal on this old thing. If
49:06I remember right, she's yeller,
49:08butterscotch flavored. Not sure. Going
49:10to load up some Hobo freight tools,
49:12couple odds and ends just in case, maybe
49:15even a fuel can. Slam the hood. Let's
49:19go. Well, I've already put down quite a
49:21few miles.
49:23Forgot my SGS. Can't see nothing. The
49:27dying animal sound is the speedometer.
49:30It's doing this on 110. Boy, she puts on
49:34some miles. Clock is stuck. Fuel gauge
49:37doesn't work. Temperature gauge doesn't
49:39work. Nothing works. Radio doesn't work.
49:44We don't need any of that. Also top
49:47speed is 42 by my chip system here.
49:52That's because the fuel making happener
49:54ain't happening. I got something
49:57something is a ride. You give her
49:59throttle
50:00falls on its face. So you have like one
50:0450 throttle
50:06and that's it. I got to try to stay
50:08above 40. I never thought I'd get a
50:11ticket for going too slow.
50:17The other thing is I got no lights. I
50:20only got about an hour of daylight. So,
50:23I don't think my return trip is going to
50:25go well is what I'm saying. But we're
50:30too far in it now, I guess. So, we're
50:32just going to keep on going.
50:35Captain's log 52 factor. I do have to
50:39say for three shocks,
50:41it does handle surprisingly well.
50:44does float. Not going to make it up this
50:47hill, am I?
50:49Good thing I kept the for sale sign on
50:51the back window. Who knows? Maybe I'll
50:54make a deal to get back home.
50:57Sme truck just passed me. We're doing uh
51:0126 m an hour. I've also ate about 17 lbs
51:05of miscellaneous debris. That is a nice
51:08looking valley down there, though.
51:11He's got a shed and
51:14jeez. Slow down. It can start over me a
51:19little bit. Oh, here we go. Here we go.
51:22We got a little bit of downhill.
51:26[Music]
51:33[Applause]
51:35[Music]
51:35[Applause]
51:37Yeah.
51:42Yeah.
51:44[Music]
52:12Oh
52:15[Music]
52:20yeah.
52:27Hey,
52:28[Music]
52:30[Applause]
52:35hey,
52:38hey.
52:43[Music]
52:56Where are you?
52:59[Music]
53:14Hey.
53:16[Music]
53:55This thing shifts so smooth. Stops
53:58really nice.
54:01It's a pretty darn solid car. I just got
54:03to figure out this carbon rider issue. I
54:06don't know if I'm ever going to find an
54:08original one. kind of been having this
54:10crazy thought about what if a guy were
54:13to put like a Holly Sniper on it or
54:15something. I know some of you just fell
54:17out of your chair. Listen, I get it.
54:19Okay, I get it. But nice easy starts,
54:22great fuel economy, a little bit more
54:24HPS out of her. I don't know. Kicking it
54:27around. You could bleep bloop it down
54:29below what you think about that. One of
54:31the things I really like about 40s and
54:3350s cars is you just feel so much more
54:36connected to the road. Like
54:39you feel the steering all the way down
54:41to the tires, the brakes, the way it
54:44handles. It kind of sways.
54:47I don't know. It's just
54:50It's just way better to me than new
54:52cars. It's hard to explain. I just like
54:55the feeling of 40s, 50s, even 30s cars.
55:02We're one mile to the road we need to
55:04turn on. The old Packard actually made
55:08it
55:10pretty impressive. I got to be honest.
55:12This old flathead runs really good minus
55:16the fuel making half issue.
55:19Doesn't get hot. The temp gauge actually
55:21did start coming off. It was just
55:23staying so cool.
55:27Neat old car.
55:29Pretty sure I just found this place.
55:33Trail is a little rough. Good thing we
55:36got truck tires on this thing from the
55:3780s. You know what I mean?
55:40Going to quick see if
55:43anyone's home. I messaged them and they
55:45said someone should might be here maybe
55:49is.
55:50So that would be nice. I've been trying
55:52to get together with this fell for quite
55:56some time over this. Oh my goodness.
55:58This thing is
56:00they need a little bit of gravel. You
56:02know what I mean? We're kind of just mud
56:05bogging right now. Hope we don't get
56:07stuck.
56:22See some old Chevys.
56:26Ooh,
56:29we got a ramp truck, fellas.
56:33F tree
56:47Cordoba. Well, there she is.
56:51What a rig.
56:54Look at this door.
57:00Might need some
57:02tires and wheels. Got to put that on the
57:05list, you know.
57:11Pretty solid, actually.
57:14Doesn't look like a ton of rust. This
57:16feels really weird looking at it first,
57:19to be honest.
57:21It's just different. Oof.
57:25Oof. Duh.
57:28That's too bad.
57:31Wonder what's
57:33under here.
57:39Oh, look at that. 400. Come on.
57:48Needs a radiator apparently.
57:52That ain't looking right.
58:01That's not a good sign.
58:05Oft, look at them seats.
58:08Got some boom booms in the back. 38
58:10thermostats. Lots of mold. Gage
58:15boy. I don't know. She's pretty rough.
58:17Guy's asking 1,500 for it. I don't know
58:20what I can get it for. shaggage.
58:23Well, I don't know, fellers. That one
58:25would be pretty tough revival. I mean,
58:28she's in rough shape, but you guys let
58:32me know what you think. Bleep bloop down
58:35there in the comments if I should try to
58:36pick that thing up. We toss some numbers
58:38around. It does have a title and keys,
58:41which is nice, but still a little bit
58:44more than I'd like to pay for it, but
58:45we'll see. You guys let me know. I got
58:47to hight tail it. I ain't got any lights
58:50on this rig, so I got to try to get back
58:53as quick as possible.
58:58Normally I ask you fellas what to do
59:00with these rigs, but I think I got this
59:02one under control. She's way too solid
59:04of a rig to just let sit in the trees. I
59:06wouldn't mind motoring this into town or
59:09bingo or tavern every now and then or
59:11something like that. But we got to
59:13figure out some shockators. Definitely
59:14some better tires. And then obviously
59:17that fuel system, the whole thing needs
59:19to be gone through or changed or
59:21something like that. If you've got some
59:22ideas, I guess you could throw those
59:23down below as well. Guys, don't forget
59:26to check out that incredible opportunity
59:28from Omaze. There's a link down there in
59:30the description for that. Thanks guys
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