‘49 dodge ABANDONED in the desert part 2. Will it run after decades ? 

We had one of these old Dodge trucks on the farm. It was a flatbed and had a four on the floor with dual low. We could put it in the lowest gear and send it across the hayfield with no driver while we tossed the bales on the truck bed. That old truck would run when our other vehicles crapped out. Drove it to high school in town several times, but had to park on a slope because of our perpetual low battery. Roll down the slope and pop the clutch and you were running. Vehicles today are too complicated.

Cool revived old truck, after a few more replacements, she just might be able to go for a drive! Congats to you and your father, great team! 👏

Mr. B. Here ! You guys have true grit ! Best of luck ! 😊😮😊😮

Next time you can try squirting some engine oil in the cylinders, that will help a lot with compression. I've done that a few times

So glad you guys got that old truck started.

That starter is legend. I cannot believe it survived all of that! Especially at 12V!

Man, I love seeing these old beauties come back to life!

Probably the hardest resurrection I've seen you guys do yet. Great work, keep the amazing vids coming!

That old Dodge is a runner. It does sound good men. Can’t wait to see where you take this. A great Video. Thank you for sharing! ❤️💯

Would love to see you get it to where you can drive it.

Was on the edge of my seat saying out loud "go baby, GO!!" 😅 Love the channel guys! ✌️

remember back in the day in the 60s my Grandfather used to reuse those copper head gaskets and he would always use heavy grease a lite coat on both side of them before he would re install them . And they never leaked ......he was a farmer and did all his fixes and builds himself I just got a Austin A40 1953 Somerset barn find running after it sat in the back of a barn since 1965 when the owners Dad parked it after the mother died of breast cancer in 1966....the son said nobody ever did see if it would run and it sat under a canvas cover . It runs real good and will soon be back on the road . Still had the 1965 plates on it

This starter is a trooper. Love your videos. Greetings from Germany.

Oh, boy! Your video series more than deserves at least a 3rd part. Unlike Hollywood with their endless sequels and pointless remakes, the story YOU are telling demands a happy ending! Hopefully, a water pump and some used tires can be found to get this little truck driving on the road again! I know it's VERY hard for you two to stand out in the Arizona sun and work on this; I did plenty of work out in Glendale and can relate to Arizona sun, that's for sure. I appreciate the EXCELLENT lighting once again; your lighting and camera angles make me WANT to really take a good, close look at what you're doing. Mahalo for another superb video about perseverance. Aloha and take care.

Time to get it back on the road!

I've never understood why people are reluctant to subscribe. People are harder to figure out than old trucks, and no mistake. Well done, gentlemen. Most enjoyable. 🇬🇧👍

You blessed old man Joe's heart. I love it! Good work and great vid guys.

Never give up love it really like that old truck 👍👍👍

Good job getting it going

Really love these videos

Great work, guys! I want to see more of this truck.

Good job getting it going. I'm amazed that the Heat riser valve is free. These usually stick and cause the carb to be heated all the time.

The happiness from Dave is what makes it worth the blood and sweat making it run. 🤘🏻 great work guys!

Great to see you two back on the truck. It’s a good one Thanks from. Sc.

You guys did an amazing job getting that old beast running. Keep up the good work!

You did It!! Sounds great. My first car was a 1947 Plymouth club coupe and the motor looked just like that one. It had a rod knock so we dropped the pan and took a couple of shims out of each rod cap. It ran and drove great. Love them Mopars.

Awesome content as always Travis & Rick🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Awesome work guys. Back on the beautiful truck. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.

Lovely old truck. Surprised you didn't take the carb home the first time and rebuild it.

add a sqirt of oil into each cyl and boost compresion plus avoids dry start,every time you pour gas you wash the oil from your cyl

Hopefully the owner doesn't sell the old thing after you got it running again.

Ya'll sure did make Joe happy !!!! Good job !

We had a 49 dodge truck identical ! Ours had fluid drive, you couldn’t kill that old truck for anything!

Love the video another great job bringing the old truck back to life!.....👏 👍 👌 🙌 😀 💪 😍! !

Great job gentlemen. I surprised the started held up.

What a beautiful piece of machinery. And history. I wish somebody else I would build a time machine

Good job guys that was awesome

From the desert to the road, awesome!

gets me inspired to get my started-thanks

Awesome video! Good job, guys!

Happy to see y’all got that Ole Girl running. Cheers to y’all from Jerome down in Florida🍻

Lordy she put up a fight. Good job fellas.

Great job guys 👍🇺🇸

Yes persistants pays off.

That battery is a champ

I love what you do. I learnt and still do the tricks ..

That starter should did take a beating! Glad that you and your dad got it running. Can't wait to see more on this truck. Check out Restored for a door on the International. They have one that they just got running. They might be willing to part with it.

Your dad sounds like a slightly less gruff Sam Elliot.

Congrats guys! Can't wait to see what's next, a road trip back home?

That's one helluva good battery 😂

Is a sweet sounding truck.

That's amazing with the original parts even..wow..great job

She sounds great! I bet it would move fairly easily too! Nice work.

I enjoyed the full minute and a half of looking at your shoulder while listening to an impact driver.

Good.job👍👍👍👏👏👏👏😁😁😁😄cool truck ❤

Nice to hear the old girl run. Beautiful truck.

What’s really great if you guys didn’t add any new parts to that. So what’s next, maybe throwing the new water pump in? Check on the brakes and see if you can’t get it to drive?. Great job!

What an awesome truck and duo. Love the Dodges

I did a old Chevy not long ago had no compression at all that car fought back for 3 days but once I got it running it had great compression it's a daily driver now

runs great when you arent flooding it

Runs like a sewing machine. Well I was the best compliment those old boys used to give guys like my dad he would get their Flathead 6 is an dates running for them. You got paid really well. A burrito I'm sure tasted really good. The satisfaction of resurrecting this old Dodge from the dead. Also I believe his name is Joe he gave you a hug and he's wiping his eyes. That's a great payday. I hope that you don't mind me taking the liberty of me playing cheerleader on my other comment encouraging people to subscribe. I've done for other channels a couple of times in the past. Each comment was worded differently and they helped. But if you think it's too much and over-the-top and isn't to your liking just take it off no harm no foul

Got to get it back on the road.

Runs pretty good once it ran

What??? No scorpions in this one???LOL Enjoyed the video. Those old Dodge flatties are almost bullet proof!

Why do you give it away in the intro? It is like watching twice and kills interest.

It's like his Dad said,,the spark plugs,,if they would've be n new,,different story or tweak the carburator,,don't expect miracles,,bring the required items

Thumbnail colors make me feel like I'm hight on shrooms

You guys need to own that! Great work by the way!

Thank you for your APPRECIATION to your subscribers who watch Travis!!

Good Job! It was fun to watch. Thanks

Debieran de llevar la camioneta a un lugar apropiado, o un taller. Sirve que lo restauran, y no estar reparandolo en ese lugar arido

his reaction was perfect, would love to know how long you worked on it that day.

That thing is awesome! Nice work guys 👍

I know about the old dodge flat sixes they are awesome

Another great relic from the past

❤ dude, i like your old man. Thanks

I love hearing the quail in the background

dodge flat 6 are hard to beat keep up it

great videos, really enjoying watching them 👍

Awesome job once again fellas!!

That was the redemption the truck deserved. Sure put up a fight though. Lol funny how things straighten out & fly right once the big hammer is pulled out

This is a cool truck

Enjoyed the picture show.

The sound is good and that's important you must have a good mike

Persistence pays off!

Thanks for another “Brother “

Congratulations you got her going

why not throw a rag or two in the cylinders while wire-wheeling the valves and deck?

Thank you for sharing

You Dudes Rule.

if you run diesel in her when she is warmed up, diesel gas 50/50 it will really clean up that valve train, had a stuck valve on an old 50's hemi, she knocked and knackered I poured diesel down the carb as she ran after about 10 minutes she began to loosen up, I ran the tank 80/20 and after the tank she was quiet as can be, no smoke no nothing, ranlikea top after a tune up, this was in benton city wa in teh 70s, some old boy came by in his tractor and took a listen, he said run someo diesel thru her it might loosen up that stuck valve, hale I didn't even know what was making the noise, sure as shyt it worked..I saw him again on his tractor he just smiled, blocked the cops for me on an irrigation ditch road.. lololololo good ol boy, I heard later he told the cops sorry boys the rear end froze up can ya give us a tug? cop had to drive all the way around, I was gone, apparently he had ran some mash in his younger days?

Nice work!

New subscriber. What happens to most of these vehicles after you get them running?

Great job !!!!

Nice approach 😉 regards Barry

Great video.....again

Awesome job

Ready for a resto project now.

Hi guys yeah its alive hopefully it will be back on the road . Cheers mate 🇦🇺

Well done!