1947 Dodge Town Sedan. A look inside and out! Flathead 6 MoPar. Vintage car show.

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Picked up in Maryland this 1947 Dodge Town Sedan is a nice original car. Mechanically gone through but for the most part all original. Last on the road Halloween of 1975. I hope to get some miles on this car!
Take a look inside and out and see the various features of this 1947 Dodge.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Maryland
02:46 - Taking a look! What is a Town Sedan?
03:00 - Back Seat
04:57 - Front Seat/Dash
09:35 - Fluid Drive Transmission
13:26 - Engine Compartment
16:44 - Exterior
18:40 - Trunk
22:40 - Original Paperwork
28:05 - Closing Statement
28:23 - End Screen/Links

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27 июл 2024

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@billdyke9745 11 месяцев назад

So this car has been off the road for 48 years and stored in a climate controlled museum... Love it... 🇬🇧👍

@ericbausman8195 11 месяцев назад

My childhood included my mom’s 1940 Chrysler Traveler sedan (daily driver) Construction and materials used were similar to your Dodge. The cord on the back of the front seat was intended to hang a blanket from for the rear passenger’s comfort.

@chrisjeffries2322 11 месяцев назад

Wow, what a find. She is in incredible shape for being 76 years old. Thank you for sharing with us.

@allenwayne2033 9 месяцев назад

My Dad had a 46 Dodge when he and Mom married in 50. I remember him explaining to me how to operate a Fluid Drive. Would love to see a full demonstration of it sometime. I remember him saying something about letting off on the gas and waiting to hear a clunk which indicated the next gear was ready for use, then depressing the gas again...... This old gal looks good for her age, inside and out. Gonna be a fun project!

@ObsoleteAutomotive 9 месяцев назад

This version is essentially a 3 speed manual transmission with the fluid coupler that allows slippage so you don’t have to use the clutch pedal when at a stop or taking off. There was another version of Fluid Drive that was “semi-automatic” which you would start off and then let off the accelerator and the trans would clunk into the next gear and you’d press the pedal again to keep driving. It would also downshift for passing if the accelerator was depressed to the floor and also when you slowed down/came to a stop. It had a low range and high range with 2 “gears” in each. It wasn’t offered by Dodge until 1949 but was available in Chrysler and DeSoto starting in 1941.

@lessbs 6 месяцев назад

That is exactly right. You only had to use the clutch when starting off in first gear or reverse. To go from second to third, you only needed to lift your foot off of the accelerator and then depress it after the clunk.

@brianandglendaharkin9457 10 месяцев назад

My dad had a black 48 Plymouth in 1963 in Newcastle 🇦🇺I loved that car he later sold it an bought a black 55 Plymouth with red trim . Thanks for showing us your Dodge she a beauty .

@bigwrenchtech 11 месяцев назад

That is my Absolutely my favorite big fender mopar!!! 1947 and 1934 best!!!!

@kidguzzi_chrisgalardi 11 месяцев назад

That Fluid Drive is really cool. Quite a nice car!

@jefferysmith3930 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic condition. What a time capsule. That paint looks like it will buff out to a decent shine. Door panels are very luxurious…far better than any modern car.

@ericbausman8195 11 месяцев назад

Nice survivor!😎

@ReaperRestorations 9 месяцев назад

sweet! i'm building a 48 for a friend and i found myself a '46 with the suicide doors abandoned in a field with no engine or transmission. a horse was standing in the front fender which was upside down in the snow. i put it back together and put a 318 and 727 auto in it, it now runs and will soon drive.

@HippocratesGarden 11 месяцев назад

That springy rope on the back of the front seat, between the grab handles.. is a "blanket rope" the heaters are very weak, so the back passengers would get cold. You would put a blanket over and through that rope, to keep it handy for the rear passengers.

@peterruddick1952 11 месяцев назад

Ya, my uncle had a blanket available in his '49 Chevy Fleetline fastback... it had NO heater

@chrisstoddard1144 3 месяца назад

I've seen the blanket referred to as a "lap robe".

@gasser66 10 месяцев назад

I was a little surprised and how nice the interior was, fancier than I would have thought. Lots going on with the door panel but it all seems to work. Highlight for me is the "fluid drive" formed into the bumper. Neat stuff.

@johnelliott7375 10 месяцев назад

Nice idea.😊 About to install reverse lights

@steves9905 5 месяцев назад

What a great old gal...just right for uncle Fred and aunt Tilly to drive into town. Don't you love the solidity of pre-ForwardLook mopars? Real engineered cars, before the stylists got a hold of things. Listen to those doors close! So different than what was to come just a few years later. Luv both pre-55 and post, but may as well have been from different planets

@johnmccann3964 6 месяцев назад

Super cool car. I have a 51 Dodge Meadowbrook with Fluid Drive and the flat head engine. Very reliable! Thanks for sharing

@ObsoleteAutomotive 6 месяцев назад

The fluid drive transmission will last forever as long as it’s not abused! And if it works… don’t touch it and you’ll never have to worry.

@tomgreer9998 4 месяца назад

What a trip down memory lane!! My first car was a '47 Dodge 4 dr with the suicide doors. Fluid drive was cool as all hell!!

@ObsoleteAutomotive 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed the video. The suicide doors is definitely more quintessential of the era.

@jakespeed63 7 месяцев назад

The boys up north over the border at Coldwar Motors would go crazy over this. I’m not sure what it is about these cars but I absolutely love them. And by the way that rope on the back of the seat is not a grab handle it’s to put your blanket on for winter driving. Thanks for sharing this beautiful time capsule with us. JT: Orlando FLA

@HippocratesGarden 11 месяцев назад

Another thing about all those grab handles. Look closely at the doors and where the seat is. To get out of the rear seat, you have to pull yourself quite a bit forward, as compared to modern cars, where the door opens at or behind the hip. Modern cars you just turn to the outside and step out, these you have to go forward, and then out, much easier with good places to hold onto.

@johnelliott7375 10 месяцев назад

Sounds like a good running and quiet car.

@TigerDominic-uh1dv 10 месяцев назад

That Grill is Massive Great 😊

@user-ts1fp4nm9y Месяц назад

Dude, you have a jewel of a car!! Great find!!! Perfect restoration project!!!!

@kipbrown1549 8 месяцев назад

What a great car /////////////////////////

@talfacprez 11 месяцев назад

There are a couple of RU-vid channels where the old car fans claim peppermint oil left inside a stored car keeps rodents out of the stored cars. You have to change the peppermint oil twice a year.

@johnelliott7375 10 месяцев назад

I remember those stickers like it was yesterday and I hope you have a great day . Good morning to you all and I think you got a pretty good survivor there and I hope you are able to get the clock and the radio working without breaking them in the process.

@JackF99 4 месяца назад

I love listening to this channel. Guy is not trying to entertain us ,just sharing the experience. As a bonus we get to hear him say "You got your brot lot and your dim lot and over here your headlots" 😊

@ObsoleteAutomotive 4 месяца назад

Is that how it sounds? 😂

@davidpayton8336 11 месяцев назад

MAN, it is really beautiful, everything about it. 😍

@floodedcaddy 10 месяцев назад

Very cool car….How about doing a cold start video?

@ObsoleteAutomotive 10 месяцев назад

Check out my shorts video section. I have a video of a cold start.

@johnelliott7375 10 месяцев назад

Beautifully done car.

@blotto3204 7 месяцев назад

We had this exact car when I was a kid. I love it.

@nightstalkerck 8 месяцев назад

She's beautiful, you did good.

@OnkelPHMagee 10 месяцев назад

This is awesome find. There is a Glen Rock, PA, just west of I-83 and a few minutes north of the line with MD.

@denislandry7577 10 месяцев назад

Nice car , good score !

@lanctermann7261 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful car!

@MichaelJustice-ng7by 6 месяцев назад

U have some nice cars I love to try to buy the 79 Dodge van

@jimtomassetti8928 3 месяца назад

I like your vidio. I wish you Good Luck with your new Dodge! The is beautiful and in excellent shape. Push and pull steering. Thank You for your awesome vidio! I'll be watching for more!👍

@ObsoleteAutomotive 3 месяца назад

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

@benjaminn2674 10 месяцев назад

Great video and great find! You seem like you were genuinely interested in all the details on the history within this car, I hope you keep it just as it is. The car is a true time-warp, a car stuck in both the late 1940s and mid-70s. Still trying to work out what the circular thing is under the dash on the right hand side, clearly visible at the 15:30 mark. Look forward to any replies.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 10 месяцев назад

The copper color piece? That’s the heater box and blower.

@benjaminn2674 10 месяцев назад

@@ObsoleteAutomotive Awesome, thanks for the reply. Would be interesting if you could connect a modern day universal air-con system to the existing outlets without removing (and wrecking the originality of the existing fitted unit). Again, great video, keep it up.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 10 месяцев назад

@@benjaminn2674 Anything is possible but finding the space and appropriate bracketry and whatnot for the under hood components may be a bit hard.

@edwardallan197 3 месяца назад

I see. A fluid clutch. I can see the value in the pre-automatic era.

@jackbretall2943 2 месяца назад

Lotsa “lots” back here You got yer brake lots Runnin’ lots Turn signal lots An’ in the trunk do you have Tar arn Spare tar, Love the accent !!!

@douglasnieblas74 4 месяца назад

The Town Sedan is a rare body style. Plymouth only offered it in 1942 but Dodge and Chrysler offered it after the war.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 4 месяца назад

It is seldom seen!

@badstep7637 13 дней назад

+ DeSoto

@66skate 7 месяцев назад

That transmission is a semi automatic. It has 2 speeds in high and 2 in low. They called the Dodge version Gyro-Matic. They also offered a normal 3 speed. Both were fluid drive. I had a 48 Chrysler with the semi automatic. They called that version Presto-Matic. I have to say this 47 is one of the nicest I've seen in a while. The look is very original and well preserved.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 7 месяцев назад

This car is not equipped with the “semi-auto” transmission. It’s a standard 3 speed manual behind a fluid coupling. “Fluid drive”

@66skate 7 месяцев назад

@@ObsoleteAutomotive I thought the 3 speed required use of the clutch in the normal way? My Dad had a 49 Coronet with 3 speed Fluid Drive and it required use of the clutch. The semi-automatics were also Fluid Drive.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 7 месяцев назад

@@66skate To shift between gears you have to use the clutch and it’s driven like a regular 3 speed. But you can stop in gear without depressing the clutch pedal and the fluid drive will slip and not stall the engine. You can also leave it in any of the gears and just drive with brake and gas pedals though starting off in 3rd is quite slow.

@TigerDominic-uh1dv 10 месяцев назад

Nice and Solid Get a nice Paint Job It will be great Car

@blotto3204 7 месяцев назад

The speedometer changed color with one’s speed, green, yellow, red above 60 mph

@ObsoleteAutomotive 7 месяцев назад

Exactly right!

@jeffreyrigged 10 месяцев назад

Bad day to load a car. Better than my 72 centurion on my channel. It started snowing heavy and I got a flat on the way home.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 10 месяцев назад

I picked up my 65 Belvedere in the Michigan snow. It was cold and slippery but luckily I didn’t have a flat! My trailer tire was covered in half a foot of ice. They would have not been much fun.

@jeffreyrigged 10 месяцев назад

@ObsoleteAutomotive We went up to canton ohio. Flat added few hours to trip. It was not fun at all.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 10 месяцев назад

@@jeffreyrigged Picking up my 67 Fury I had a trailer tire blow out, rip the fender off the trailer and break a leaf spring shackle all in one go. That wasn’t much fun!

@jeffreyrigged 10 месяцев назад

@ObsoleteAutomotive The joys of towing cars lol.

@johnelliott7375 10 месяцев назад

You can start out in high gear but I don't think it's something you want to do very much. I have a friend who collects those, he has a 48 Town and Country sedan. I will ask him and see what he and his transmission guy says. Great day.

@HippocratesGarden 11 месяцев назад

I've got a 48 Chrysler Royal

@brianandglendaharkin9457 10 месяцев назад

Change all oils diff gearbox and motor . I’d run Lucas fuel ⛽️ additive 24/7 in that Dodge . Due to this modern fuel ⛽️ the top end will love it . 👍🏻💯🇦🇺.

@williamhelms9942 2 месяца назад

I almost bought a '50 Plymouth in high school!

@ObsoleteAutomotive 2 месяца назад

I’ve owned two!

@johnelliott7375 10 месяцев назад

Not right away it won't but I believe it was designed to be using neutral. One of those things if it was not designed that way they wouldn't have designed it that way 🤔

@T-41 5 месяцев назад

Heavy dew!

@rogerjohnson2396 3 месяца назад

I do believe that is a Bypass oil filter.

@BonnieKay13 4 месяца назад

Remove those horrible rear turn signals, install dual bulb sockets in the tail lights, let those be the turn signals. Nice old car otherwise, have fun. Keep it 6v, then everything works.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 4 месяца назад

The car has factory turn signals… the extras are auxiliary brake lights that someone installed a long time ago. These cars only have a single brake light on the trunk so they probably wanted more.

@bobfidguello7239 10 месяцев назад

Be sure to get the tree salesman to throw in some rope and tie it to the car in you're negotiating.

@danielthoman7324 4 месяца назад

The car looks just great the way it is. Please don't put a spotlight on it. It just ruins the look of the car.😢

@danielthoman7324 4 месяца назад

I must tell you something else. You have the most interesting old car Channel. You are. Everyday, Ordinary man Talking about these cars the way an ordinary guy would talk about them. Extremely interesting.😮😮

@ObsoleteAutomotive 4 месяца назад

@@danielthoman7324 Thanks! I’m just trying to share my love of old cars. No need for BS or acting. Thanks for the comments!