'36 Chevy cold start

My grandpa's 1936 Chevy starting on a cold December day about to go up to the car show. It's got a 6 volt system so that's why it sounds like it's dying when it's starting. This was bought new back in 36 and has been in my family since, it was restored about 7 years ago and is not in excellent condition. Powered by a straight 6.

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• 1936
• Chevy

[Buttontails]

I once woked on a 1951 Chevy and had the starter overhauled. The shop found that the solenoid contacts were burned. When I put the overhauled starter back in the difference in cranking was amazing. We're talking 6 volts, too. Check out your starter switch. That's probably burned from all the current that surges through the circuit when you press the starter pedal. 6 volt systems operate at a higher current than 12 volt ones do and burn starter contacts faster.

[gnarwhaleRanch]

It's none of that, it's been recently restored, it's just always been like that in the winter. If it's warm it fires up fine.

[brucey39]

I'm sitting on the edge of my seat here going come on girl start.

[CoupeDeVille1953]

wake up!!!! big chevy :D 3:47 yeaaaaaa

[GordanMFreeman]

Chevy runs deep.

[pskittle488]

What a great looking old car. I'd love to have aquired a treasure like this one. I have a question though. I had a tow truck driver friend of mine tell me that if you needed to jump start a car with a six volt system, you could do it with a twelve volt vehicle but you had to do it in a very specific way. He said to hook the cables like normal BUT to leave the negative off the booster batery until the starter had been engaged and energized. Does this actually work? What's your opinion?

[ChevyMan984]

@igor79793 hgddfr4356978809uyhgfdsdfghjnb­vcfxstyp[[p'p[upoj[hgy haha

[igor79793]

Что за скрип во время запуска двигателя?

[racindeere65]

sounds like the timing is slightly too far advanced for cold starting...

[jango1968]

you got an armish buggy in there too