I Bought a 1959 Dodge Coronet 326v8 for $4K on Facebook Marketplace - Will it Run? 

This car has the best personality from any other car you've ever had on the channel. I have been waiting for the video ever since you first showed it on Instagram 2 weeks ago. These older cars all have there own SOULS vs cars today that are just generic!

I've waited patiently for this Dodge! So glad to finally see her up close. The Forwardlook is my fav era of Mopar. Love it and love them. Well done and she is a beauty.

A classic like this is so rare. I have see a lot of Chrysler/Dodge 1950's at car meets, never seen one ever. Thanks for jumping into Facebook Marketplace and scoring this gem. This going to be one of your best adventures yet! Way to go!!

Hearing that thing start was like listening to music!

Title: "Will it run?" First 5 seconds of video: Shows car running Me: Ok that's all I needed. But all jokes aside I watch all of your videos and I am a big fan. Keep up the good work.

What a beautiful car! I had a 1979 Cadillac as my first car; there is something wonderful about driving an old car that cannot be replicated with modern vehicles.

Come on Randy keep this one and make it a project for the channel everybody wants to see it be perfect.

Chrysler’s first V8 engine was the “dual rocker,” now known as the original Hemi. Developed from Chrysler’s aviation research, the efficient powerhouse had roughly hemispherical heads, opposing valves, and a complex valvetrain that used dual rocker arm shafts for each cylinder. The 326 was launched in 1959. Its actual piston displacement is 325.2 cu in (5.3 L) but it was marketed as a 326 to avoid confusion with the Dodge Red Ram 325 (hemi). 1959 was the only year for the Dodge 326 polyspherical engine. Dubbed the “poly” (due to its polyspherical heads) or “semi-hemi,” the new design had rounded, circular combustion chambers, like the Hemi; but they only had one rocker arm shaft, instead of the Hemi’s two. To make the change, they put the intake valves on the top of the rocker arm and the exhaust valves on the bottom. The results were lower cost, less weight, and higher production; the cost was a slight loss of efficiency. (allpar.com) Also, the the two speed automatic Chrysler used was a Power-Flite not a Turboglide.

I’m glad to see Weird Beard on the scene. The trans is a 3 speed Torqueflite, not a Powerglide. I see the D button for drive and two other buttons for second and first gear.

By far the coolest vehicle you've had on the channel. Love the brochure you found in the back!

My first car was a 1960 Lincoln Continental. I bought it for $400 from a Rancher that I work for it was his dad's car only had 66,000 miles on it

Who cares whether someone likes it or not its you who matters, you've got a unique and special thing, it's something you can do it as your special project, slowly and easily make it a special thing. Go for it Randy! I like it, you will enjoy it. So folks!! we've got some great build up content ahead

Be careful when you see vaporized fuel when working on cars. Any small spark can cause the ignition of all gas vapor and liquid gas in the area. Keep a fire extinguisher nearby with the pin pulled. I used the flipper hubcaps from the deluxe model of this year on my dad's 1954 Ford pickup. In your climate vaporized fuel when ignited can reach out and get you at a further distance than you might think. My family owned a 1956 4 door three tone paint. White top, charcoal center and coral bottom. Your best choice for paint is the stock color for a restored survivor driver.

Points and advance timing. After watching vid, get a carb kit. Fuel is bypassing the needle and flooding the engine. I'm 66 I know these engines

This reminds me of the film duel where he goes to the gas station and says " fill her with ethol " and the gas attendant says "as long as ethol don't mind " !! ,randy,you must remember that film 👍

man she sounds nice while its running love the sound of the exhaust , that 326 is a great engine we had one in a early 60s tractor on the farm

This car is crying out for a "sympathetic" restoration.

You two working together is a great combination , thanks Mike for traveling all this way to problem solve with randy .another totally enjoyable vid ,great content 👌

Love you and weirdbeard linking up for this!

Wouldn’t be a bad idea to do a budget restoration. Yes I know you said you wouldn’t do a restoration.

Awesome example of a classic Virgil Exner design with factory air!!! I would have totally paid $4k for that one. Restore the interior and keep the patina....the engine will likely need to rebuilt with a modern valve job with hardened seats and valves.

You saved a piece of history. This is a car to hand down to your kids and have them work on. They can keep her running and remember the good times with dad. If I could have kept my dad's 1984 XJ6 4.2, I would still be driving it today.

Beautiful old Mopar, take good care of her!!

I bet that factory air setup is worth $$$$,,, that's pretty rare !!

You just can't beat the way those big old girls sound, I love it. Great buy.

Randy, Randy, Randy... That Dodge makes my day! This is the EXACT thing I did as a kid. Kudos to Auto Auction Rebuilds and Weird Beard! Y'all did the damn thing this time.. Only us real gearheads can appreciate

FINALLY! You've been teasing us long enough. 😁

God! I am a GM guy through and through. But the 59 Dodge is one of my absolute favourite cars ever built! I do not even care that people say they are unreliable rust buckets. They are simply absolutely beautiful!

Dude, restore the damn thing! Content alone will more than make up for the cost imho

This is a beauty! I really hope you keep this one and just do stuff to it here and there and give us great content!

Weird Beard can fix anything.

PowerFlite 2-speed TorqueFlite 3-speed It’s a 1959 so it should have a TorqueFlite.

Love how it idles when you started it. I think you got a great deal for 4k

I LOVE cars that are "off the beaten path"! I get tired of seeing the same old popular cars myself. Best of luck with this diamond in the rough! What a car!

AWESOME!!! That fuel pump is probably pushing tooo much pressure. A regulator with a gauge is a great idea. 7 psi is max for a carburetor whether it's a 2 barrel or 4 barrel.

This is the Engine that Mopar should have built instead of the 318, The 326 is a over bore 318!

Man that’s a sweet car. Great job finding that diamond in the rough. Can’t wait to see the rebuild on this

IT IS GOING TO BE a lot of fun fixing and playing with the Dodge. You did get a good deal on a complete 1959 classic vehicle. Good for you Randy!

the late '50s-early '60s Oldsmobiles also had the ribbon speedometers that changed color the faster you drove.

SHE IS A BEAUTY, I HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE 326 , BUT I HAD A 57 WITH THE 325 , BACK IN THE DAY I CALLED IT MY MUSTANG EATER! THANK YOU FOR THE SHOW AND THE GOODNESS!

The 59 Dodge 326 engine was the beginning of the across the board "one for all" corporate engines...its a Plymouth based 318 etc...to distinguish between Dodge engines and Plymouth...just look at the thermostat housing...Dodge were always in the cross over water pump housing...where as Plymouth were always in the intake manifolds....watching the video...you have a 5 button shifter...so it has a 3spd Torqueflite...not a 2 spd Powerflite

Pontiac also produced their own 326 in 63 for the LeMans. It was a high output with 280 HP and just like the Dodge 326 that you stumbled upon, you'd be surprised how many people weren't aware it even existed.

The Royal Lancer version of that Dodge is a friend of mine's dream car :)

Respectfully, Randy, I would certainly ALWAYS have a proper fire extinguisher on hand. When you have even a potential for any gas leaking at all anywhere, even MORE so. They are not that expensive and can obviously make the difference between saving or having to junk any car, much less a classic. Finger wagging aside, this is an absolute CLASSIC and I'm so happy you have included it on the channel!

Beautiful and amazing car I started crying when I saw it had one like that one sold it a few years back I regret selling it it amazing how cars were made back in the day I prefer a old classic car then the ones from now don’t care who makes fun of the old cars but the old cars is wat started everything for driving great video you should make more videos of old cars

My 57 coronet had a 392 hemi pushing 330 HP and if i remember right it had 370 ft. lbs. torque. Man you stole that one! Thanks for the video.

Awesome old car nice to see her still on the road 💪

I just adore when these pieces of art on wheels returning to life. Wonderful cars. All of the 50's models.

Engine sounds like "Christine" sweet. I agree with the others keep it as original as possible....

Awesome car! I know you said that you weren't interested in restoring it, but this would be one beauty. You could take it out to local parades and car shows, hours and hours of meaningful RU-vid content, and a whole new realm of subscribers. Good luck in whatever you do with her Randy!

That’s a Torqueflite push button 3-speed

Years ago my neighbor restored a 57 Dodge Cornet 2 door good thing you have Mike to help you

You would hit 300K subs if you do a restore series on this sweetheart!!!!

Randy, your transmission is a 3 speed, probably the Torqueflight. If you had the 2 speed you would only have a drive button and a low button. In the catalog you saw a picture of the buttons for the 2 speed. By the way, you can push start your car because it has a rear pump. Push it up to 20 or 25 miles per hour in neutral and push the low button. It will turn the motor over.

I would do a compression check, it sounds like when you were cranking it over that one cylinder didn't have any compression.

A guy who watches Cold War Motors can't be all bad!! 😁 What a beautiful car, complete and original - perfect.👌👍

I would have driven that in high school. I was 16 in the 80s and had a '68 Valiant. A friend had a '59 Bel Air. I spent all of high school looking for a '59 Eldorado convertible and almost bought a '58 SDV.

I want a Coronet in my life ..... I need . Great ,watching at 6 Saturday morning here in Brazil. Channel goes from strength to strength.

Just about ever body likes those old cars 4 door don't make any different 👍

I’ve been looking for this video for like 3 months ... I saw just a glimpse of it and was like this guy is right, it’s a beautiful car and it’s complete. Liked and subscribed, looking forward to the rest of your vids ! Can’t believe I found the vid again Lolol

My first cars had points - like witchcraft 😂 even filling stations used to sell them. For the miles you’ll do I’d stay with them, simple when you get your head around them. I still have a meter for the dwell angle and a strobe. I’m 7200 miles away or I’d head over 😊

This video pretty much sums up how I spent every weekend of my 20s. Looks like a real survivor, frankly if it has solid rocker panels, a floor inside and a solid trunk floor it’s worth every penny of four grand - that’s about what it would have cost new so hows that for a lack of depreciation! I’d say the interior has been reupholstered. Keep up the great work.

Hi Randy. Old-school, I love it. Cold War Motors at AAR! I wish I lived closer!

I had a "57" and loved it! It was light blue and white. Push button transmission and rolling speedometer. I was able to go from drive to reverse as I had to in one instance when my front wheel came off. I was doing about 30 when t came off and had to switch to reverse to bring it to a stop as it had drum brakes all around. "I did floor it when switching to reverse to break the wheels loose to not damage the transmission." Mine also had the Red Ram 325 "hemi".

Heck ya man it is the one I have been looking forward to. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 and weird beard heck ya

Dude! Thats prolly the COOLEST car on youtube right now! You gotta keep it & fix it up! Film the whole thing! -I love it!!

Sorry but that’s a three speed automatic I do enjoy your channel

Love the old car🔥Very cool🔥keep up the great work Randy. Big shoutout to Weird Beard for helping 👏🏼👏🏼

Finally 😂. Been waiting on this one. I enjoy the content Randy!

Wow, 1959, the year I was born and she runs great! Good buy, awesome video! Can’t wait you take it on a drive!

I am old. Would rather have points. Easy to maintain.

Randy I say you keep this car long term goals and fix it as time goes by this car is one of those classics you can’t let go think about randy

I see some pretty cool content coming 👌🏾

I have a 68 coronet. Its 4 door and trust me, 4 door models still sell and still move. Congratulations on the coronet.

2 speed power glide was chevy pbo gm transmission

That would be awesome to get mechanically sound but with the bodywork left largely untouched. Just fix the lights and windscreen, and leave the rest of the exterior as-is. Love it!

Pretty car. Parts tough worth the journey

The Car is in a Great condition considering it’s age, plus the 59 Dodge is a legendary car in my opinion! Great car and great video 😉

Really Nice old car, im liking the blue though so i would repaint this color😎

These unappreciated survivors are becoming extremely popular. You did very good.

Should make an awesome car for content seems as it takes around 10-15 mins to walk from one end of the vehicle down to the other.🤙🏼

please, please keep this car. it is a very cool and unique car you'll probably never see again.

Try Desert Valley Auto Parts for some of those vintage parts.

That was beautiful!!! Hearing it run for the first time! I love those classic cars!

Please save this old girl, they dont make them like that any more

Have to agree with not many others around. Always love the unique and one of a kind stuff still in existence.

It's a "3" speed torq-flight automatic

All this and factory AC. I love it, four-doors and all. So nice to see an intact old Mopar like this. Where I'm at, such things dissolved away decades ago!

i hear low/no compression on one or more cylinders

Weird beard is a wealth of knowledge

For the love of god please what ever you do don’t send that beautiful car to macco

Definitely NOT a mistake. At 4K, that's a score in that condition.

If I was crazy I would hellcat swap it. 😂😂😂😂

Set the Gap spot on,.Release distributor base plate enough to twist, get someone to hold starter on and rotate the whole unit til its firing perfectly. Old trick Grand Pappy taught me. Most interesting Ride you ever bought imo.

If it's the original trans I do not think it's a powerglide. All my knowledge and research indicate that the Powerglide is a GM only trans.

$4000 was a great deal! As complete as that is even down to the factory A/C. Awesome!

Coldwarmotors in Canada loves all of these old Chrysler products and does beautiful restoration work on some. He has a yard full of these old cars,and he puts out one video on Saturday afternoons I think you would enjoy. He's a wealth of information and talent.Give him a look.

Bring her back Randy! She deserves to be brought back to her classic beauty! And then do not sell her! Please keep her!

Randy I by chance looked up the auto parts company you found in the trunk and yes, Andy Bernbaum is still in business.

This car is equipped with a 3-speed Torque-Flight transmission. The Power-Flight 2-speed only had 4 push buttons on the dash (R-N-D top row, L on bottom). The Torque-Flight 3-speed has 5 buttons on the dash (R-N-D top row, 1-2 on bottom row). In the early 60s, a lever was added to engage the Park notch.