Idk what u guys have againsed dodge. I own a 1991 dodge ram 250 cummins diesel. 375,000 miles and still runnin great. There's only one thing wrong with it, the tailgate fell off. But that's because a forklift smashed into it. I use it as a farm truck. It always has been a farm truck. I bought it right off the showroom floor. It always starts, it never misses, and it pulls anything I put on the trailer hitch
@douro20 There was a company named Funke that produced kits to put 6 cylinders or flathead v8's in 8Ns. My uncle has one v8-8N and two 6 cylinder ones
yeah, i live down the street from an old farm, there is an early 40's fire truck rotting along with 40 other cars. i think saturday we are going to try to start it up, that will be the first time since 1960. but i think it will at least take a few days... but still... we live in vegas, so like you, rust is something we don't deal with.
We have a 67 cougar just sitting there outside rustin' n' rottin'. I keep urging my dad to fix it but he says "We'll sell it and get another one." I tell him DO IT ALREADY but he won't. I have been telling him to do that for 4 years.
@stillatrucken they only "ran and ran and ran" in parts of the country that did not have snow. Up here in massachusetts with the snow and salted roads they rusted to bits in a very short time. In those days a 5 year old car up here would be a rust bucket
My truck has 1,000,000 + miles on it, Been abused, Roughed, Brought too her limits and hasn't had a tune up in 10 years. and that fucker still starts and runs without a problem. I've dragged cars in park, Raced it, Done burnouts, Revved it to redline and kept it there. Nothin. That truck just smiles and says give me more. Hell the transmission is running on anti-freeze. Old cars aren't judged by miles, They're judged by time. and there time is rated at ever. Its a 74' Ford one ton btw
I'm not getting into the Ford/Mopar argument--I've had both, with mixed results. 60 Dodge Dart Phoenix w/225 slantie, 3 on the tree, 180k when I bought it. Spent a couple days dealing with some issues, then just drove it. 18k in 9 months in temps from 105 down to -72. Great car. I drove it like I stole it, too. Denver, CO to Salem, SD (near Sioux Falls) 750 miles in 9 1/2 hours overnight. 18 mpg, no oil usage. Next day back up to Minot AFB ND in 7 hours (no interstate).
@zeitlerusmc Agreed. Here in New Mexico I have 2 Model A's that my grandpa parked in a barn in the 50's that turn over by hand. Now the heat has done a number on the cloth that looks good til you touch it but otherwise the cars look good. I guess he lives in a moist, salt infested state. Glad we don't do that to our cars here and what little rust we get is surface rust. Our cars don't vanish from road salt. I would rather replace the interior.
I dunno man, here at Bobs machine & fab, we have seen some pretty impressive stuff when it comes to years and cars. Hadda 47 sedan we pulled outta the junk yard after 22 years, spit shit and fire right up... of course it didnt idle for to long, but still pretty impressive.
@kennethrobinson11231 Did a restoration/conversion of a 1950 GM 4104 that had been sitting in a New Mexico bus yard since 1962 and it cranked right over when we put a fresh battery on it. It didn't fire, but it cranked just fine. This was in 2008, so that was 46 years just sitting.
The Southwest is crazy like that. You'll find cars out in the Mojave that were abandoned in the '30s that don't have a speck of rust on them.
I have a 2007 Mustang GT that I never have problems with. Our 69 Malibu 307 was 200 HP, the V6 Mustang has 305 HP, and far higher mileage. Beauty is the realm of the old cars, but HP, reliability, and mileage are the realm of new vehicles.
yeah i got a 66 ford truck that sat in the desert sun its entire life and wasnt washed very much and som erubbing compud two coats of wax and about 3 days of work it shines almost like new, exept there are some thin spots but hey
@BadPennyDonnie yeah well that paint will probly utlast most clear coat paint jobs but if that thing was cleaned up an polished out it would be worth some money
@curtmaster3001 I won't even try to disagree with you Curt because you're right.I helped rebuild a '61 Galaxy a couple of years ago.We cleaned up the led-based Cream paint on it and even with 20 years of barn dust and bird droppings,the paint was beautiful.
How frightfully marvelous! I'd kill to have one of these in England. Very cool and well done for getting her started. From a bygone era when cars were made properly I say! Please keep us updated as to the engine rebuild.
@retroolschool I've sure never heard anyone say anything about them being good. Fun fact: the 2010 Ferrari California came with a 3 year warranty. Shows how confident Italians are in their OWN cars...
@iggy151 if Ferrari expected buyers to drive their cars the same way people drive camrys the warranty would be longer. Ferrari builds race cars, 3 year warranty on a race car is pretty damn good.
@importsstillsuck: About half the people that buy those never get the chance to let it loose or know how to properly take care of them. They just piss around in the city showing off a shiny badge. They may be engineered as race cars but they are purchased as a status symbol. Call me crazy but if I was gonna sink 1/4 million on a car I'd be a little hesitant about a 3-year warranty. But you're right, imports suck :D
Built FORD tough. Just like my 1988 Ford Ranger, it sat 10 years when I found it. I threw a new battery in it, a gallon of fresh gas to mix with the stale, and she cranked on the first try without any squeaks, stalls, knocks or bogging
@jellyboy123 don't know why you would say that. I learned to drive in a 57 Rambler that was a piece of crap. Cars back then would last a lifetime only if you kept repairing them. I work with a guy who has a Civic with 400k miles on it. Our family had a 55 Olds: the windows rattled, it would go dead at stoplights, hit a bump and the rearview mirror would flop down, it was full of dashboard squeeks and handled like a tank.
Jelly i will say that the cars of the past were much easier to work on, they are by far the easiest to keep running for a lifetime, but.. Here in the north east those cars rotted to no end because they were not galvanized like they are today. they did not use a zinc ion dip on the uni-body and they would rot to no end. So maybe the 32+ people on here who agree with you live in a place like az where rust isnt an issue.
@TheManInDboX yeah, I have lived in massachusetts since 1956,,,,,,,,all you had to do is look at cars and watch them rust before your very eyes.......especially over the headlights
yeah but some car companys started fuel injection a long time ago! i thought it came in during the late 70's but no it was the late fifties with cheverolet!
but still youve got computers for door locks power windows power steering ignition lights even tire pressure guages
i think you think the same way i do we both wish we had a time machine! go back to the good times the late 40's for me back when you wispered toyota or datsun to anyone theyd say what in the hell is that?
@gunny556fly I don't mind an electronic distributor. Points are annoying little bastards. I have an '85 F150 with a 300. Best of both worlds if I'm honest. Just enough electronics to run better, yet it's still so stone-age simple I can replace any part on that engine in about a day. Not that I'd need to replace any of them...lol. 275K and still going strong.
@gunny556fly Good god how can you stand those heaps of shit? Every Dodge I've ever had has had problems my Ford wouldn't even think of having.
'87 Dakota 3.9L 5-speed 4x4: Bellhousing EXPLODED, engine backfires, has munched two more transmissions since the bellhousing exploded. '94 minivan 3.8L automatic 200K: Shifted funny, constant misfire, half the electrical stuff didn't work and the driver's door had to be welded back on. Then there's the 96 with 125K on it. Same problems minus the door.
@gunny556fly Honestly with my own first-hand experience with Mopar the only thing you could pay me to do to one is tow it to a bomb range. I'll take a Ford, GM, Honda, older Toyota with a cable throttle, hell even a Hyundai, before I'll take a modern Mopar.
I wouldn't mind an older D150 with a 225 or 318, though. Those were made back before Dodge went stupid. But I've only seen one in my entire life and it was priced at 2500 bucks...for a 4-speed 225 2wd shortbed with over 200...yeah right.
yeah well the only good ford thing ive seen is the tractors myself ive got 3 9-n fords with no complaints there good work horses (and good show tractors) but my dad traded one for a bob cat and it was the stupidest thing weve done! everything else is shit to me.
plus the only thing i can do for any jap or commie car is to test how good my sights are on my rifle
and true but america went stupid not the car companys too many imports not enough exports you know what i mean?
@gunny556fly Ahahah, see that's the thing. I'm not a blind "My Country Tis Of Thee" bigot when it comes to who makes my car. I'll buy a Honda just as likely as I will a Ford. I base brand loyalties on first-hand experience. Dodge failed epically.
Also worth mentioning is just where that Honda/Toyota/Nissan was made. Chances are you can trace it back to a factory in America, staffed by Americans, run by Americans, using American resources. As in that Civic is just as American as my F150 is.
@gunny556fly My Ford truck, at 275,000 miles, runs better and has WAY less issues than any of the dodges, all of which at least 100,000 miles newer, have had. The transmission is original and works flawlessly, the engine's never been rebuilt and starts with just a tap of the key(And you can watch it do so on my channel if you don't believe), and I've put about a thousand bucks into it over the past four years.
@blacknikes93 popping johnnys give me a break there is no way a two cyl. engine sounds good. A 6cyl. with a spit maniflow not bad but it's the v8's that have the sound. That is if the firing order is 18436572 but a 2 cyl, even a HD. The JD and HD don't even fire 180 de. of each other. please
Well sir I enjoy them, cuz I have fond memories of one pulling a 2 bottom down in the river bottoms. I also love flathead v8s cuz there so unique sounding to me. but no offense a chevy small just doenst do it for me on the coolness factor. sorry
I was talking more in the line of a big block. Have you heard a 3208 cat in a tractor pull hard. And yes I too have plowed with JD-530-720 and so on and at the end of the day I could not hear a damn thing. good luck to you.
MAN! that god damned flatmotor is sooooooo wicked! its a song, man, music to any ear! i dont care how corny it sounds, any ole flatmotor that sounds like that........mmmmmmmmm
i have a 1947 ford truck that has been sitting for 30 years and it has flathead v8 in it and it was running when it was parked there the engine appears fine and it has oil in it still with no signs of any possible moisture do u think it would still run like after i have put new spark plugs and leads and all that on it???
Dont touch it run it just like it is, kewl!
dowrap1 1 month ago
fords sound so badass with the doughnut missing or a cracked original manifold. awesome car.
ddddcheaper 1 month ago
thats the power of a ford still starts after 40 years that jap scrap wouldn't start after a year
1998Craftsman 2 months ago
sounds cammed with that rough idle. i love it. maybe thats just how a flathead sounds?
chevguy350 3 months ago
@chevguy350 theres a miss suddle missfire witch is why it sounds like that and has a rough idle might need a valve adjustment jod too
tubofweed 2 months ago
lets see a toyota or honda do that
390merc65 4 months ago 4
Too bad you didn't record it starting.
blindmotorhead 4 months ago 2
wish you had a video of you driving it!!!
vwbusssesareforever 4 months ago
good ole AZ cars cannot be touched by time
kreigsmann 5 months ago
So, did you pull the motor?
Redmanfms 5 months ago
that sounds great i love it post another video plzz
CRRracing 6 months ago
@2012Dec21TheEndNOT Nice name
sonicthehedge1900 6 months ago
Idk what u guys have againsed dodge. I own a 1991 dodge ram 250 cummins diesel. 375,000 miles and still runnin great. There's only one thing wrong with it, the tailgate fell off. But that's because a forklift smashed into it. I use it as a farm truck. It always has been a farm truck. I bought it right off the showroom floor. It always starts, it never misses, and it pulls anything I put on the trailer hitch
fireburst102 6 months ago
I love the sound of old cars.
Linkage1992 7 months ago
Someone put one of these engines in an 8N...the thing will go sixty miles an hour...
douro20 7 months ago
@douro20 There was a company named Funke that produced kits to put 6 cylinders or flathead v8's in 8Ns. My uncle has one v8-8N and two 6 cylinder ones
briggs5sboy 6 months ago
definate thumbs UP !
bbo40 7 months ago
Is that a Former police car?? Cuz it looks like a police intercepter
Dreadheadboyz76 7 months ago
bring them to the netherlands the muscle cars it`s money making here(Y)
bruuttesz 7 months ago
@bruuttesz but theyre AMERICAN muscle. theyre geting more rare even here in america.
fireburst102 6 months ago
yeah, i live down the street from an old farm, there is an early 40's fire truck rotting along with 40 other cars. i think saturday we are going to try to start it up, that will be the first time since 1960. but i think it will at least take a few days... but still... we live in vegas, so like you, rust is something we don't deal with.
smithkid1996 8 months ago
Drive that car. If you get into a wreck with that, you'll just have to peel away the other cars all would be good.
iamthesargent 8 months ago 2
We have a 67 cougar just sitting there outside rustin' n' rottin'. I keep urging my dad to fix it but he says "We'll sell it and get another one." I tell him DO IT ALREADY but he won't. I have been telling him to do that for 4 years.
legosrule111 9 months ago
Sound of engine
anassgame 9 months ago
And in 1962 you could buy the Ford flt head eight short block at Sears for under $80.
ArticleTen 10 months ago
what a beast of a car :)
aswam444 10 months ago
Now you have a beautiful daily driver!
faffaflunkie 10 months ago
awesome
fattossa 10 months ago
True american engineering
valcan321 10 months ago
its soo beautiful!
sludged08 10 months ago
I wonder how much moonshine you can fit in the back of that car.
gtrefghuk 10 months ago
@gtrefghuk all of it
ViralMessiah 10 months ago
Whatever you do, please do not paint it, leave it exactly as it is! Its perfect!
rustymotor 10 months ago
it's a snapping turtle you retards
hempartist420 10 months ago
@hempartist420 the only true retard here is you.
99minerkc 10 months ago
@99minerkc who said anything about retards? stfu retard...
hempartist420 10 months ago
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@hempartist420 you're so profoundly retard you don't realize what you originally said, "it's a snapping turtle you retards" SAD, so very SAD.
99minerkc 10 months ago
polish that thing upn modernise the engine a bit and you will be the spotlight of the road
Ghostkiller5555 10 months ago
yall ready for shine runnin now?
EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 10 months ago
The USA way... take care of it and it will last forever!
Hallaran 10 months ago
I LOVE IT!!! Long live the ol' flatty's!
WizardOfChicamunga 10 months ago
In those days if an engine lasted 60,000 miles it was considered a miracle. Today my BMW will last at least 100,000 miles but I also race it.
fattony252 11 months ago
@fattony252 WTF are you talking about? They ran and ran and ran! Its a Miracle that your BMW is whats still running!
stillatrucken 11 months ago
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@stillatrucken they only "ran and ran and ran" in parts of the country that did not have snow. Up here in massachusetts with the snow and salted roads they rusted to bits in a very short time. In those days a 5 year old car up here would be a rust bucket
inkey2 10 months ago
@fattony252 At 100k a Bimmer is hardly even broken in.
faffaflunkie 10 months ago
My truck has 1,000,000 + miles on it, Been abused, Roughed, Brought too her limits and hasn't had a tune up in 10 years. and that fucker still starts and runs without a problem. I've dragged cars in park, Raced it, Done burnouts, Revved it to redline and kept it there. Nothin. That truck just smiles and says give me more. Hell the transmission is running on anti-freeze. Old cars aren't judged by miles, They're judged by time. and there time is rated at ever. Its a 74' Ford one ton btw
sonicthehedge1900 9 months ago
Nice restoration project!
TheAZJacob 11 months ago
So how do I get that car, it looks awesome! I love flat-heads!
Raiden7800 1 year ago
that aint no lie
ahtrustme 1 year ago
I'm not getting into the Ford/Mopar argument--I've had both, with mixed results. 60 Dodge Dart Phoenix w/225 slantie, 3 on the tree, 180k when I bought it. Spent a couple days dealing with some issues, then just drove it. 18k in 9 months in temps from 105 down to -72. Great car. I drove it like I stole it, too. Denver, CO to Salem, SD (near Sioux Falls) 750 miles in 9 1/2 hours overnight. 18 mpg, no oil usage. Next day back up to Minot AFB ND in 7 hours (no interstate).
mrfarmerjimbob 1 year ago
@mrfarmerjimbob
No. Not -72. Absolutely untrue.
heirunapparent 1 year ago
@heirunapparent
google: Each state's low temperature record
heirunapparent 1 year ago
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heirunapparent 1 year ago
hey kenny its in Arizona man ... what is this "RUST' thing you speak of?? we dont deal with that out here!
zeitlerusmc 1 year ago 28
@zeitlerusmc Agreed. Here in New Mexico I have 2 Model A's that my grandpa parked in a barn in the 50's that turn over by hand. Now the heat has done a number on the cloth that looks good til you touch it but otherwise the cars look good. I guess he lives in a moist, salt infested state. Glad we don't do that to our cars here and what little rust we get is surface rust. Our cars don't vanish from road salt. I would rather replace the interior.
biga87718 1 year ago
@zeitlerusmc
Hmm, no rust but massive destruction of plastic and rubber, no?
heirunapparent 1 year ago
@zeitlerusmc Heck yah!
TheAZJacob 11 months ago
@zeitlerusmc
no rust but you get dry rot
6thdrift 6 months ago
@zeitlerusmc i found my baby in AZ too
EmX3Ed 1 month ago
I don't believe that. The engine would be rusted up inside and that means locked up. 40 years my ass.
kennethrobinson11231 1 year ago
@kennethrobinson11231
I dunno man, here at Bobs machine & fab, we have seen some pretty impressive stuff when it comes to years and cars. Hadda 47 sedan we pulled outta the junk yard after 22 years, spit shit and fire right up... of course it didnt idle for to long, but still pretty impressive.
ahtrustme 1 year ago
@kennethrobinson11231 Did a restoration/conversion of a 1950 GM 4104 that had been sitting in a New Mexico bus yard since 1962 and it cranked right over when we put a fresh battery on it. It didn't fire, but it cranked just fine. This was in 2008, so that was 46 years just sitting.
The Southwest is crazy like that. You'll find cars out in the Mojave that were abandoned in the '30s that don't have a speck of rust on them.
Redmanfms 5 months ago
Sounds like its got a radical cam
1980Zoso 1 year ago
Love that sound. Nothing coughs and spits like a flatty.
65mustangryan 1 year ago
I have had Fords for a long time and they are very dependable,never going back to Jap junk again.
Crockerish 1 year ago
I have a 2007 Mustang GT that I never have problems with. Our 69 Malibu 307 was 200 HP, the V6 Mustang has 305 HP, and far higher mileage. Beauty is the realm of the old cars, but HP, reliability, and mileage are the realm of new vehicles.
majajh 1 year ago
what all did you have to do to it in order to get it to run?
vwbusssesareforever 1 year ago
now that's what I call a real car
cmwilson1973 1 year ago
my god thats a sexy car! the way its looks and sounds scares me for some reason :P
19jacobob93 1 year ago
@19jacobob93 I know what you mean!! It's like an old creature/monster coming back to life!
tharockus 1 year ago
yeah i got a 66 ford truck that sat in the desert sun its entire life and wasnt washed very much and som erubbing compud two coats of wax and about 3 days of work it shines almost like new, exept there are some thin spots but hey
curtmaster3001 1 year ago
I know the flat head isn’t long on power, but man they sound good even after sitting 40 years.
Warblade118 1 year ago 2
@Warblade118 I agree and none other sound the same. You can recognize that from a long ways away.
65mustangryan 1 year ago
I'd like to see somebody pull this off with some dumpy little modern-day toyota!
They don't make anything like they used to.
TuxedoRonny 1 year ago
is that paint or primer?
curtmaster3001 1 year ago
@curtmaster3001 It looks original so I'd say it's the old led-based black paint.
BadPennyDonnie 1 year ago
@BadPennyDonnie yeah well that paint will probly utlast most clear coat paint jobs but if that thing was cleaned up an polished out it would be worth some money
curtmaster3001 1 year ago
@curtmaster3001 I won't even try to disagree with you Curt because you're right.I helped rebuild a '61 Galaxy a couple of years ago.We cleaned up the led-based Cream paint on it and even with 20 years of barn dust and bird droppings,the paint was beautiful.
BadPennyDonnie 1 year ago
Should of filmed the cranking. Would of made a great video. Love to see a cold start video of that car.
newflyer500 1 year ago
i love how imperfect cars were back then, cars would skip all the time, but it was normal, and made the car that much more awesome
XxXMOOMOOCOWXxX 1 year ago
wow....sick dude.....whats your plan with it ? total restore ???
xcoroner 1 year ago
Friend of mine just got an exact similar car! Those things are kickass!
ToreDL87 1 year ago
How frightfully marvelous! I'd kill to have one of these in England. Very cool and well done for getting her started. From a bygone era when cars were made properly I say! Please keep us updated as to the engine rebuild.
davemckiernan 1 year ago
Check the trunk for bodies
caganb 1 year ago
1st cylinder fires, 5th cylinder fires, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss. ha ha just kidding. Great car!
briggs5sboy 1 year ago
doesn't sound like it will idle forever.
Gibson299 1 year ago
That car should be kept just like it is, not "restored"......probably more valuable and much cooler.
1960markN 1 year ago
Wow, that's an entire lifetime! Awesome!
MREURONCAP 1 year ago
I would just get it drivable and use it like this sooo awsome.
yumyumsashimi 1 year ago
flatheads for ever ! beautiful sound !!
chivasgreaser 1 year ago
the engine sounds like its gonna blow!!! take cover!!! XD
apocalypse4312 1 year ago
TY, great video!
joetylerdale 1 year ago
Madness.
oldhatrs25 1 year ago
Mix a little two stroke oil in the gas tank, and SLOWLY drizzle some Type F transmission fluid down the carb to loosen up those sticky valves.
The two stroke oil will keep the valve seats happy too!
saludahead 1 year ago
well, get in and drive it.
bulletman100 1 year ago
Man that is a sweet sound!!!
nsswitcher 1 year ago
What did you do to get it to spin??
middsteve 1 year ago
FORD BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jesusadavila 1 year ago
Nice car. I am looking at a 41 tudor sedan right now. Would love to see it going down the road.
power74wagon 1 year ago
Leave it to American Flathead Engines!
hep2jive 1 year ago
Them good ol' Fords .... nice car.
MercsDude 2 years ago 2
Lovely... Id take that car over a Lamborghini any day, and im dead serious.
Kilen81 2 years ago 6
so would i, its awesomeee
TDem73 1 year ago
@Kilen81 Agreed. That Lamborghini will probably be a shitbox in 40 years.
iggy151 10 months ago
@iggy151 Italians love to brag, but they cant brag about the quality of their cars...
retroolschool 10 months ago
@retroolschool I've sure never heard anyone say anything about them being good. Fun fact: the 2010 Ferrari California came with a 3 year warranty. Shows how confident Italians are in their OWN cars...
iggy151 10 months ago
@iggy151 if Ferrari expected buyers to drive their cars the same way people drive camrys the warranty would be longer. Ferrari builds race cars, 3 year warranty on a race car is pretty damn good.
importsstillsuck 10 months ago
@importsstillsuck: About half the people that buy those never get the chance to let it loose or know how to properly take care of them. They just piss around in the city showing off a shiny badge. They may be engineered as race cars but they are purchased as a status symbol. Call me crazy but if I was gonna sink 1/4 million on a car I'd be a little hesitant about a 3-year warranty. But you're right, imports suck :D
iggy151 10 months ago
@iggy151 imports from the usa maybe......
@zeitlerusmc nice, but should it run like that ? sounds a little off
Ammageddon89 10 months ago
what car is it!? it's great!! :)
makekazzoasd 2 years ago
I wonder what all he had to do to get it to start.
buhubba00 2 years ago
sounds good leave the muffler off sounds bitching sweet
1damnnut 2 years ago
idles better than my car
billyfever 2 years ago
Flatheads Forever!
carsmasher 2 years ago 2
its running fine , just needs the exhaust repaired
cwferguson221 2 years ago
and I to think, I was pumped over my '49 starting after sitting for 20 years.... that rideis sweet manm
Gsnickets 2 years ago
ahhhh, they dont make them like they used too, take any new car make it sit 40 years and it wont turn over, the classic cars will :D
taz275 2 years ago 3
@taz275 we dont know till 2050 at least,or 2059
asfanmod88 1 year ago
@asfanmod88 true, true, time will only tell
taz275 1 year ago
No, not even close. Ford flatheads were famous for their "smooth" sound and running.
amfan12 2 years ago
give him a break, its been sitting for 40 years
taz275 2 years ago
well ive heard em ru n smoother then that
citydriver 2 years ago
Built FORD tough. Just like my 1988 Ford Ranger, it sat 10 years when I found it. I threw a new battery in it, a gallon of fresh gas to mix with the stale, and she cranked on the first try without any squeaks, stalls, knocks or bogging
acegamer2 2 years ago
I hope you mean a F-100/150 ranger. cause if its the little ranger, well then it's mazada tough! LOL!
mancub61081 2 years ago
Its a Ranger XLT 2.9 L 6. cyl and there ain't nothing Mazda about it
acegamer2 2 years ago
it s definetly not fireing on all sylinders sounds like
citydriver 2 years ago
cars was made to last years ago you buy a car back in the day and it last you a life time.
jellyboy123 2 years ago 32
@jellyboy123 don't know why you would say that. I learned to drive in a 57 Rambler that was a piece of crap. Cars back then would last a lifetime only if you kept repairing them. I work with a guy who has a Civic with 400k miles on it. Our family had a 55 Olds: the windows rattled, it would go dead at stoplights, hit a bump and the rearview mirror would flop down, it was full of dashboard squeeks and handled like a tank.
Ardalla555 11 months ago
@Ardalla555 That Olds was probably built on a Monday or Friday...
retroolschool 10 months ago
@jellyboy123
Jelly i will say that the cars of the past were much easier to work on, they are by far the easiest to keep running for a lifetime, but.. Here in the north east those cars rotted to no end because they were not galvanized like they are today. they did not use a zinc ion dip on the uni-body and they would rot to no end. So maybe the 32+ people on here who agree with you live in a place like az where rust isnt an issue.
TheManInDboX 10 months ago 12
@TheManInDboX yeah, I have lived in massachusetts since 1956,,,,,,,,all you had to do is look at cars and watch them rust before your very eyes.......especially over the headlights
inkey2 10 months ago
@TheManInDboX Uni-body? This was built back when cars had frames.
MrMelon49 7 months ago
that's a ford for you ;)
WoodsCreekFarm 2 years ago 2
thats ironic a ford starts after 40 years of sitting and a new ford you just drove yesterday wont! lol
gunny556fly 2 years ago 56
haha so true
master777999 2 years ago
@gunny556fly totally correct...the list starts with any powersmoke and goes on and on
porkpig350 1 year ago
@gunny556fly XD!!!
premiumbikes676 1 year ago
@gunny556fly I wouldn't say Ironic so much as to be expected. Modern cars from any maker are just too goddamn complex for their own good.
TestECull 1 year ago
@TestECull
true true today all you need now is a wrench a screwdriver a 2 year degree and a $2000 dollar computer to work on cars!
gunny556fly 1 year ago
@gunny556fly Or you can rip the FI motor out and throw in an old fashioned carb'd one.
TestECull 1 year ago
@TestECull
yeah but some car companys started fuel injection a long time ago! i thought it came in during the late 70's but no it was the late fifties with cheverolet!
but still youve got computers for door locks power windows power steering ignition lights even tire pressure guages
i think you think the same way i do we both wish we had a time machine! go back to the good times the late 40's for me back when you wispered toyota or datsun to anyone theyd say what in the hell is that?
gunny556fly 1 year ago
@gunny556fly I don't mind an electronic distributor. Points are annoying little bastards. I have an '85 F150 with a 300. Best of both worlds if I'm honest. Just enough electronics to run better, yet it's still so stone-age simple I can replace any part on that engine in about a day. Not that I'd need to replace any of them...lol. 275K and still going strong.
TestECull 1 year ago
@TestECull
hmm good luck on the truck even though im a dodge man hey its got four wheels go's through mud and is made in america? its alright with me!
gunny556fly 1 year ago
@gunny556fly Good god how can you stand those heaps of shit? Every Dodge I've ever had has had problems my Ford wouldn't even think of having.
'87 Dakota 3.9L 5-speed 4x4: Bellhousing EXPLODED, engine backfires, has munched two more transmissions since the bellhousing exploded. '94 minivan 3.8L automatic 200K: Shifted funny, constant misfire, half the electrical stuff didn't work and the driver's door had to be welded back on. Then there's the 96 with 125K on it. Same problems minus the door.
TestECull 1 year ago
@gunny556fly Honestly with my own first-hand experience with Mopar the only thing you could pay me to do to one is tow it to a bomb range. I'll take a Ford, GM, Honda, older Toyota with a cable throttle, hell even a Hyundai, before I'll take a modern Mopar.
I wouldn't mind an older D150 with a 225 or 318, though. Those were made back before Dodge went stupid. But I've only seen one in my entire life and it was priced at 2500 bucks...for a 4-speed 225 2wd shortbed with over 200...yeah right.
TestECull 1 year ago
@TestECull
yeah well the only good ford thing ive seen is the tractors myself ive got 3 9-n fords with no complaints there good work horses (and good show tractors) but my dad traded one for a bob cat and it was the stupidest thing weve done! everything else is shit to me.
plus the only thing i can do for any jap or commie car is to test how good my sights are on my rifle
and true but america went stupid not the car companys too many imports not enough exports you know what i mean?
gunny556fly 1 year ago
@gunny556fly Ahahah, see that's the thing. I'm not a blind "My Country Tis Of Thee" bigot when it comes to who makes my car. I'll buy a Honda just as likely as I will a Ford. I base brand loyalties on first-hand experience. Dodge failed epically.
Also worth mentioning is just where that Honda/Toyota/Nissan was made. Chances are you can trace it back to a factory in America, staffed by Americans, run by Americans, using American resources. As in that Civic is just as American as my F150 is.
TestECull 1 year ago
@TestECull Truth.
The Japanese also make a great motor, but some people just don't care.
I love cars, so long as they don't suck. I don't care who builds them.
SpeedingStudent 1 year ago
@gunny556fly My Ford truck, at 275,000 miles, runs better and has WAY less issues than any of the dodges, all of which at least 100,000 miles newer, have had. The transmission is original and works flawlessly, the engine's never been rebuilt and starts with just a tap of the key(And you can watch it do so on my channel if you don't believe), and I've put about a thousand bucks into it over the past four years.
That includes original purchase price.
TestECull 1 year ago
@gunny556fly I think youll appreciate that in the last few years, GM has been selling more Buicks to CHINA than in the States. This is a fact.
retroolschool 10 months ago
That things Generator was still working after sitting for 40 years!?!? Amazing.
BeephLypz 2 years ago
LOL Sounds like a BIG cam!! LOL. Nice old car. Keep it running
Jason1Pa 2 years ago
naw its just the flathead sound
halohadel 2 years ago
This is a proper old school car! Not like the plastic shit of nowadays!
kazimann 2 years ago
I 50/50 ON THAT
isadorus 2 years ago
new gas or old gas?
if old gas :O
heyheyhey989 2 years ago
New gas obviously. Gas (petrol) goes flat after 2 years or so.
kazimann 2 years ago
omg, such a beautiful car...sounds great!
buryourdead21 2 years ago
flatheads and popping johnnys are the best sounding things in the world
blacknikes93 2 years ago
@blacknikes93 popping johnnys give me a break there is no way a two cyl. engine sounds good. A 6cyl. with a spit maniflow not bad but it's the v8's that have the sound. That is if the firing order is 18436572 but a 2 cyl, even a HD. The JD and HD don't even fire 180 de. of each other. please
kennethrobinson123 2 years ago
Well sir I enjoy them, cuz I have fond memories of one pulling a 2 bottom down in the river bottoms. I also love flathead v8s cuz there so unique sounding to me. but no offense a chevy small just doenst do it for me on the coolness factor. sorry
blacknikes93 2 years ago
I was talking more in the line of a big block. Have you heard a 3208 cat in a tractor pull hard. And yes I too have plowed with JD-530-720 and so on and at the end of the day I could not hear a damn thing. good luck to you.
kennethrobinson123 2 years ago
i was just wondering if you could tell me what the firing order on a single cylinder engine is...lol
stingraystud 2 years ago
1-1-1-1-1-1-1...restart...1-1-1-1 hahaha
VDZRIDER 2 years ago
thx alot, id better write that down 'fore i forget lol haha
gasjocker19 2 years ago
1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2
citydriver 2 years ago
Love the sound of flatheads :)
Psychopower666 2 years ago 3
my GF just said she prob. would have a orgsm if were sittin in that car hahaha
rockangel1967 2 years ago
It started because its a Ford!
67Eftw 2 years ago
ya got that right ford RULES
farmboy184 2 years ago
MAN! that god damned flatmotor is sooooooo wicked! its a song, man, music to any ear! i dont care how corny it sounds, any ole flatmotor that sounds like that........mmmmmmmmm
greezeyD 2 years ago
sounds like a diesel x)
isadorus 2 years ago
Very cool. What that old honey needs is a nice sympathetic restoration...leave as much of that old patina intact as possible.
trebdude1 2 years ago
IS THAT A FORD OR AN OLDSMOBILE?
estesoyojajaja 2 years ago
It's a ford.
ramcrazy360 2 years ago
Nice engine, was that a police car?
ramcrazy360 2 years ago
WHY DOES THE ENGINE SOUND LIKE THAT?
estesoyojajaja 2 years ago
Probably because there's no exhaust.
ramcrazy360 2 years ago
i have a 1947 ford truck that has been sitting for 30 years and it has flathead v8 in it and it was running when it was parked there the engine appears fine and it has oil in it still with no signs of any possible moisture do u think it would still run like after i have put new spark plugs and leads and all that on it???
steigerfreak280 2 years ago
Where are all the bullet holes that were made when B and C were killed? This car doesn't have any!
1martuska 2 years ago