I have to admit that the new batteries ARE the ONLY UNreliable things in my Chrysler product cars of that era!! I’m still driving the 1958 Plymouth that I learned to drive in when it was Dad’s in 1959!
Well, if you live where you don’t have to drive almost at the speed of sound-which is what it is getting like in cities these days-and you can still get gas for $0.20-$0.35 per gallon then those big ole clunkers are probably great to have and drive.
I still do! Two four barrel carburetors on its 413 engine. At full throttle, the Torqueflite comes out of second gear at 95 mph! Goes by 100 like it never saw it there!! Carries six adults AND an eight foot Christmas tree at 140 mph without damaging the tree! Let’s see you do THAT with any new car anybody makes nowadays!! :-)
The ‘58 Plymouth is no slouch either. Down at sea level it will spin its wheels on dry asphalt. And carry a 4 by 8 foot sheet of plywood in its trunk with only about two and a half feet sticking out behind. The only thing I’ve replaced on that car in the last twenty years were the ORIGINAL rubber bushings for the front strut rods. About ten dollars worth of rubber parts that took me about two hours to replace both of them.
All of these cars have the original shock absorbers in them. And they work just fine.
Yukoner over 13 years ago
The horn works. Keep it, replace the rest.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
The two clunkers go together so well.
BigChiefDesoto over 13 years ago
I have to admit that the new batteries ARE the ONLY UNreliable things in my Chrysler product cars of that era!! I’m still driving the 1958 Plymouth that I learned to drive in when it was Dad’s in 1959!
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
You’d lose a lot of business if he did, Irv.
waynl over 13 years ago
Just replace the nut behind the wheel.
Dkram over 13 years ago
Be merciful Irv.
NO! NOT THAT KIND OF MERCY!!
\\//_
Sandfan over 13 years ago
We used to say just jack up the radiator cap and run a new car under it.
woowie over 13 years ago
Well, if you live where you don’t have to drive almost at the speed of sound-which is what it is getting like in cities these days-and you can still get gas for $0.20-$0.35 per gallon then those big ole clunkers are probably great to have and drive.
EarlWash over 13 years ago
Lots of protection around those old battle plates.
COWBOY7 over 13 years ago
Loose nut behind the wheel???
ilsapadu over 13 years ago
The battery’s too tall and it’s making tiny sparks through the hood and it will cause a multitude of problems!
Dewsolo over 13 years ago
My dad (another Irv) would say there’s a screw loose in the driver.
BigChiefDesoto over 13 years ago
Clark Kent:
I still do! Two four barrel carburetors on its 413 engine. At full throttle, the Torqueflite comes out of second gear at 95 mph! Goes by 100 like it never saw it there!! Carries six adults AND an eight foot Christmas tree at 140 mph without damaging the tree! Let’s see you do THAT with any new car anybody makes nowadays!! :-)
The ‘58 Plymouth is no slouch either. Down at sea level it will spin its wheels on dry asphalt. And carry a 4 by 8 foot sheet of plywood in its trunk with only about two and a half feet sticking out behind. The only thing I’ve replaced on that car in the last twenty years were the ORIGINAL rubber bushings for the front strut rods. About ten dollars worth of rubber parts that took me about two hours to replace both of them.
All of these cars have the original shock absorbers in them. And they work just fine.