In 1987 I was a Senior in Highschool. I had a neighbor that let me drive a 55 Bel-air. It had a straight 6. They really are very smooth and quiet, I thought it cut off a couple of times but it didn't.
I have been watching a bunch of these old engine startup vids, and I hardly ever see anyone watching the oil pressure, which is always the first thing I check when starting a new or dormant motor. Thanks for not revving the piss out of it immediately upon startup, like so many do, it makes me cringe. Cool old truck-
+Sean D I'm glad i'm not the only one that thinks the same, Guys are so proud it runs after 50 years or what ever. it fires up it runs half decent for about 4 seconds so they rev the crap out of it and do more harm than the last 50 years standing did or 100.000 miles of driving it did in the day. It equally drives me mad watching guys with no clue rev the nuts off a backhoe/loader make it jump round like crazy, Demonstrating it to sell it!. There has been a few i wouldn't buy after seeing that to!.
We too own a '37 that has been in our family since new in '37. My great grandfather owned a '32 ford coupe and wanted to trade for a new Ford, but the dealer wouldn't agree to a deal so he went across the street and bought the Chevy. The title has never had another name other than my last name, the truck runs and drives and is completely original to this day. Nice truck you have there!
Nice job Bud. It is a sad time today that the quality isn't as good as it used to be. We need to take pride in our quality and craftsmanship once again to become what we once were. The GREATEST GENERATION. Thanks for the video
They truly were amazing engines. An old friend of mine had about a '36 sedan he restored that was identical to one his family had on the farm in Warrick County. He took me for a ride and I was amazed at how quiet it was and sounded very similar to the 235 in my '55. He used to rebuild carburetors for me. If you know what you are doing, they will start and run well. Believe it or not, so will flatheads!
+James7796ify LOL, ya no joke! If he'd of been 20 years old, he'd be 99 now. He'd be farting out more dust in his buck skin udnies then that truck! Hahahahaha :-)
Wow, I think I'll try parking my 2015 Nissan Rogue for 47 years in a barn and then try starting it LOL. Good luck with that! Great American GM quality.
Well, the computer would be dead and all the radio/navigation would be obsolete and dead. But yeah, maybe with a laptop to reprogram the computer ect it would probably go LOL.
Sounds like sweet sewing machine! It must have been in a nice garage to be in such nice condition. Check out my 1950 Power Wagon, in a barn for 40 years and lived a hard life before that.
Sorry about not answering post, but here are some updates to answer some of the questions:1) I bought the truck from the son of the original owner. It still had the original handwritten title, original key and even the original wood in the bed2). I did put all new brakes(original) new tires from Coker, new king pins, and that's about all. I didn't license the truck, but did drive it around my shop neighborhood quite a bit. Maybe the heat cycles or whatever but it blew a head gasket. I replaced that, and haven't driven it much since then3). While my original intent was to modernize it ( I even went so far as to build a mildly rod died 261 to go in it) I have decided against that and leave it as is. I have a 1938 ford truck which I have street rodded so I plan on taking the 1937 Chevy to car shows as is and encourage people to sit in it, take pictures and etc Not many people get to see one all original and can set in it to see just how small they really were4). Coincidentally I recently bought a 1956 Chevy truck that had been sitting up since the early 80's. It has a 235 ci 6 cylinder. It took 2 days to get that thing started, and I was about ready to give up when it finally started. I now plan to put the 261 I built for the 1937 in the 1956 with a McGurk 3 one barrel intake and Fenton split manifold in the 1956 5). When the old 216 did start, the original gauges did work and it showed almost 30 psi oil pressure whic is pretty amazing for a 216, and was getting plenty of oil to the top of the motor6). Thanks to everyone for their kind remarks, and for the not so kind ones, well I respect those too
That is a mechanical miracle. Future Chevy OHV engines call the BLUE FLAME SIX developed 135 advertised HP were used in med. sized trucks and in thousands of cars. Easy twenty miles to the gallon , torque matched to the gears. Drove several as delivery cars. The clutch would go before the engine. Well engineered for the public on street
Parts are getting harder and harder to find, I wonder how long its going to be before they can use 3d printers to make replacements of these engines, apparently they can use 3d printers to make very strong metal objects, ideal for an engine.
+( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) there has recently been invented special 3d printers that can use metal, and make metal parts, some sort of molecule bonding system, so it doesn't have to be molten metal. From what I've observed they even made a 45 caliber handgun using one of these 3d printers. it works just as good as the real thing if not better from what I heard from the review.
3D-printed metal parts are ok for some things, but probably not anything internal to the engine or suspension. The parts are printed, then have to be fused in a furnace to bond the printed materials.
Do you think soaking them in liquid nitrogen like Honda does to their engines would do the trick? I heard it something like 300 degrees - Fahrenheit, maybe even colder.
Gotta love the people doubting its the first start and saying you started it before the video. How would they know? Were they there watching? People these days.
+Zach Hi I know all about that. I buy old tractors I got 2 diesels here from the same yard, both sat out 40 years the owners remember and never moved. Both had stuck motors, ones frost cracked to. I got the motors free and had good compression, changed the oil after flushing the oil pans with de greaser /washed the old filters out put them back in with new oil , checked the fuel pumps/ racks moved,and put fuel in one, the other had 1/2 tank of clean 40 year old fuel in bled the fuel system. put new wires and batterys on for the starters. they both fired up and ran with good oil pressure, . Nobody will believe they started like that without being towed 30 miles or not doing motor dis assembly work first,or how good 40 year old fuel was, I know another guy did that with old diesel fuel to in a tractor he got to.
Exactly. Sorry not buying it. Engines that sit for 43 years are going to smoke like hell when you start them, they have to burn off mouse nests in the exhaust, cob webs and caterpillars and who knows what else. But you have it in a garage and no smoke! I don't buy it, you should be choking in that garage!
Is it? Lol. Now had it been a modern car sitting for 4 or 3 years let alone FORTY three years it would have been hell to get going. True AMERICAN beauty. Now all that's left of the assembly lines in Detroit are deteriorated buildings where these testament of American quality once roared off. Sad. Awesome score for you😀 she's a beaut.
Well no he didn't the old cars and trucks were sooooooooooooooooo much better then all the new crap this is why the old school stuff is still around the new shit wont even ladt ten years
Derek Graham Most ten year old cars already have pretty much rust on them, the bottoms are usually covered in rust and this causes the frames to break in about 5-10 years... this is a f'n 37' and it's still standing and will even start after 43 years!!! Most newer cars won't even start in the cold.
Derek Graham what the fuck are you talking about? Nothing has changed in the last 100 years. Everything is being made exactly the same. It's just that today, people are a lot dumber so when something minor happens to the engine, they just throw away the car and get a new one. It's good for the economy. Just go to North Korea. They still drive around in old 1920s cars and trucks. Original everything. If you keep fixing it, it can go forever.
Um lol wow alot has changed the metal is different they use to use a cast iron block which can handle the heat better they are useing aloy now which can be cheaply made if they add more of one metal it will be weaker the cars not dont have a fram they have a unibody which is crap u get in a small fender bender the car is a fucking write off ok care have changed alot those are just a few examples if you really think nothing has changed then you are the one who is the idiot not me and obviously your not a car guy because if you were you would know better duhh
The old stovebolt, hightourque and jobmaster and not to forget the blueflame motors of the stovebolt engine family.great engines and ran forever and millions were produced from 1929 to 1963 and further on well up to year 2000 cast by the atlas foundry in mexico and toyota even bought the rights to this engine and copied it and used it in the earlier landcrusers and some trucks as well and the old stovebolt, blueflame motors even found their way in to speedboats in tne 50s and 60s and private companies made custom marinization kits for those engines and id love to know who the mob was that used to do this in brisbane australia in the 50s 60s.
I"m just curious. What are you going to do with it now? Those old trucks and cas are getting harder and harder to find and a lot of the owners won't give them up. Will be interesting to see what progress you make with it. I love old cars and trucks.
Idk if this feed is still alive. But from my experience with older engines. I can't really tell if this particular engine is set up the same way. But when the oil comes through the rocker shaft through the years of neglect and no maintenance the oil ports get clogged with dry sludge and restricts oil to the top end. My solution take the rocker shaft apart clean out the flute and every little oil hole. Put it back together and it was getting plenty of oil to the top. But this was a Ford FE 360. Im not sure how chevrolets are set up.
Awesome old truck. But i call bullshit on the easy start after 37 years. And i call bullshit on buying it from the original owner. Maybe a family member of the original owner. Anybody that works on antique gas and diesel engines know that this thing would have stuck valves. Especially if it was originally parked due to lack of lubrication to the top end. Plus compression would be weak at first. A little oil in the cylinders is a good start.
Today's vehicles are not nearly as reliable as the old american made and engineered engines before the switch to unleaded gasoline. These old things can start so easily. Great old american engines.
Ok let me be the first to say if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. In other words if you expect us to believe you never had that motor running before you made this video I am sorry but I am going to have to call BS. But you can argue that point all you want.
Now try this in 40+years with the modern junk we are driving around now......all electronics would have disintegrate by then and you could use the vehicle as a chicken coup.......
have a question i have a 1940 Packard 110 and the old flatthead 6 cylinder in it is seized up on top of that the block is cracked and i want to know how to restore it
8v-of-fury anyone that actually knows anything about engines would know that after 37 years of sitting, this thing would have stuck valves. Especially if it was originally parked due to lack of lubrication to the top end. Plus it would take a little cranking and oil in the cylinders to get the compression up. I have been reviving old gas and diesel engines for many years. So yes....the guy that posted this video is straight up full of shit! Once you get a little experience under your belt, you will understand that.
heavy_ z71 you can always spot the young guys who are full of female emotions. They're always the first to start arguing about Chevy and Ford. It has nothing to do with chevy, ford or dodge. They all get fucked up after sitting for nearly 40 years. Get your knowledge up son. It takes a little more than changing a hand full of spark plugs to understand this stuff.
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You can't just bolt a turbocharger onto just any engine. If it makes much boost at all, it will blow out the engine, unless it was designed for a turbocharger. You have to drop compression and do all sorts of stuff to strengthen it.
…. yeah I changed that dar radiator hose and put on a new carburetor, yup, but didn't bother to do that there easy job of replacing that leaky radiator drain valve so I could just complain about it darn, nor did I change the oil or drop the pan to clean out that gummy bear goo in the engine oil, gee whiz golly. I figured the engine would eat itself up anyways so why bother, yep ….
