Funky Ford LTD Brougham | Charleston Boulevard Rod Run & Doo Wop | West Virginia Car Show

hi I'm Dennis gage thanks for tuning into my classic car home with a certified car nut well this week we're in Charleston West Virginia for the boulevard rod run and do off those shows only in its third year it's hearty drawn some 800 cars and why not Charleston is a really nice town and the setting for the show right here on the banks of the Kanawha River is to die for and did I mention there are some really cool cars sir let's get around and check a few of them out [Music] [Music] [Applause] Danny nice town you got here it's real - thank you thank you we're glad you're here yeah Charleston West Virginia is a beautiful city in image new especially fond of it being the mayor of the town I could have been born in a lot of places but I was born in the right place and it's the I believe the only place in the country where we'll shut down a four-lane highway to have a car show you know and I respect that I do respect that yeah and you're a car guy - I mean that's right shows got an inside track with this right I was a hot rodder in the 60s and and I still collect antique cars on for a moan and have to up in the car show right now there's about 700 different cars here which to me means 700 different passions and we think it's great for our city and great for anybody wants to come here and see it so Charleston's kind of stuck with us as long as I'm well you know I got a show to shoot you got a city to run but let's look at a few of these cool rides before let's go okay well Jason this is a wild car and you definitely don't see these this is what a 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark 5 r5 man this is um this was a strange era for for Continental women yeah they were going through some experimental body shapes I believe yeah yeah but this is this is a really interesting car though because it looks almost completely original all except for the rubber on the on the tires is pretty much the original car the car actually has 9200 actual miles on it Wow what's amazing a good a condition it is like its original paint original paint Wow and it's kind of a mint green Killarney green is what they called it and original interior obviously original interior has I had light for the automatic aiming for the headlights the magic eye that did work sometimes it worked too well did tell me in the few times that he did drive it even driving by people's porch lights foot operate and you had the the breezeway window yeah that was uh that was a standard option in like so that I'm assuming that's power the power that yeah the vehicle actually does have seven power windows are really well even though even the wing we keep sewing windows are powerful you know this is this rear end this dish in looks so cool yeah but you know if you look at it between the window and that candid back roof and the weight and the taillights particular it's got a lot of murk in it doesn't it does that I think they both took some styling traits from each other definitely wow what a huge what is this way fifty two hundred plus and what pulls is this is fifty two hundred the four 3800 look at it we have the reverse was a safety hood yeah had the reverse safety hood on it so that you know could happen to unlatch going down the road it wouldn't wouldn't fly back over the original to but did you tell you insulation I have a replace two insulation on that but how about the paint the paint's original I like said just uh it's a lot of clean easy touch up a little bit in the engine compartment just to brighten it up but everything else is as as it was that is incredible for thirty-two I mean this thing will pass anything but a gas - yeah it's not not for light of the gas Wow and actually the car which surprising which has helped survive it I don't know if they did let the factory but the car was tremendously undercoated really you can see the the tabs in it and underneath it and actually in the will ranch there's me in the engine compartment here and probably for sound deadening yeah yeah but these were quiet right oh yeah actually the far that this car is banned us from the Check Into here I'm sure you know I just I absolutely love this car I'm sure glad you brought it out well we're glad to have it here like said that was that was our goal to to get it down and let the lets people see it and let us see some sunlight well now even more folks are gonna see it is bringing it up man thank you sixty Continental you eleven welcome back to my classic car Brian here's another one you don't see anymore this is a this is a 76 Ford LTD broom yes yes Lu now this is kinda it doesn't get any love at all I mean it's it was the family you know the family ride it just they people bought these they used them and they used them up and threw them away I haven't seen one of these since 78 or 9 probably no you don't see these cars out anymore they're they're a rarity and this thing is all original yes yes it is how'd you find it I located it one day in Fayetteville West Virginia this lady and put it out on the parking lot and just she just put it out and see you were like stop no kitty so I mean like you were right there and did you basically buy it on the spot yes absolutely there's like a strip mall and the bank was on the other end and I just went through the drive-thru and came right back through timing is everything timing is everything so all original how many miles forty-nine thousand you know it actually doesn't even look like it's got 49 on it the paint is fabulous it's in good shape kind of interesting color to kind of a metallic gold yep something stock well obviously it's the original paint right yeah absolutely it's the original paint I love the hubcaps thank you you know free trick stock stopped course okay and the interior I mean this thing looks like if it was driven it was driven by ghosts yeah it's in great shape but I doubt if anybody's even sat in the backseat he was a winner of a coal miner and oh really yeah and the carpets are fabulous yeah I found those covered with old shag carpet that she had cut and placed in there and when I pulled those off there it was so it doesn't even had feet on it prior to that no factory 8-track yeah unbeli what condition you know so what power is this baby it's got a 400 big block in it let's look at it well she looks pretty clean under here to do any work here no I just wiped it down just cleaned it that up a little bit that was in a man very much unbelievable care of this thing soft yes she did a great job well now have you have you been to the Charleston show before yes I have dance yes I haven't brought this car took this corner last that's yours - yes it is oh you got a couple nice cars here man thank you hey having a good time Oh wonderful times beautiful weather here in wild wonderful West Virginia it's a great day Wow wonderful West Virginia and you got a wild wonderful 76 Ltd Brougham you know not a lot of people will put a 76 Ltd broom on TV but by golly I will that's a great car Brian thank you very much thank you man welcome back to my classic car well Jeff this is a mighty nice 72 Plymouth Duster here 340 duster this is a you were telling me this is a local car yes sir it's bought here in South Charleston Kappa Chrysler and but but it didn't look like this when it was bought no that's why 318 car uh-huh made a 340 clone out of that's really nice now you were also saying this has got crazy low miles 14,000 or 800 miles how's that happen some old lady owned it and didn't drive it much old ladies in this they just glom onto these cars and then don't do anything with them yeah so did you do all this transformation yes and you have a shop or something no done it in our garage at the house did you paint it - painted it in my garage Wow I mean that's a nice paint job thank you you got some talent well the interior though he didn't touch that right no that the vinyl everything's originally inside the car all the glass that's amazing I mean the lady must not have driven this much I know she did and nowadays you can get all the you know the strike packages and the decal and stuff all aftermarket yes probably makes this transformation three easy yes sir your chrome is great - Jeff thank you that no that's all the original chrome one the whole car man you know it it came out really nice now under the hood do you really have the 340 it's a 340 well let's have a look at that that's kind of a dressed-up 342 yeah I suppose you get all that - yes sir did all that hand rub the paint inside well you're a sensitive - I mean you actually hand rubbed the yesterday Wow sure looks nice thank you with all this work and with such low mileage as this is this one that you you know it's just a show show Queen no sir I Drive it no kidding yeah I've put a thousand miles on it any year so you're you are a true Mopar guy yes sir Mopar crazy since I was young [Laughter] local car local boy what do you think it's a local show here love it alright yeah well you got prime real estate to ride your medical beautiful River oh man what's this great man thanks for bringing it up thank you buddy appreciate nice 72 duster well Chuck we got day 49 Jeepster here right yes sir wow these are these are such wild looking vehicles it was is this an on the road that looks like this now and actually there really wasn't anything on me at the time no liked it back then either so we designed these car this is a Brooke Stevens design you know he was hired by will he's Overland hopefully after the war - bring him bring him out of their slump yeah and this was gonna be it right this was gonna be it how'd that work out well they only made him till through 51 so and then this luxurious heavily right 300 tree right very utilitarian yes three on the tree with overdrive top speed without overdrive is only about 45 and with OverDrive's about 50 50 she's great and you know I love the the spare tire back here and willys-overland in the bumper oh yeah that's a great-looking hubcap is that is that those are new reproductions okay that are available from a Willy's Jeepster supplier in New Jersey they should dress it up don't they yeah they sure don't like the steps on the side to get in cuz it's I mean that's kind of how you got into the backseat absolutely and with the top down it was convenient kids liked it yeah use the stairs right now this came with a 4-cylinder back and forth or cylinder in 49 let's have a look at it yes sir Wow that's a cute little engine yes it is willys-overland manufacture same engine went all the way through World War two can you still get parts for that oh absolutely parts are very common very common several suppliers in the eastern part of the United States or have all parts how many horsepower 63 well she's a great-looking car have you been to this show before yes sir last year what do you think of it oh it's a wonderful show and what a day great Chuck yeah beautiful weather you can't beat and you've got the only Jeepster hero only one I've seen Chuck thanks a lot man sir now 49 willys-overland Jeepster I love these things welcome back to my classic car so Chuck I saw this this morning and it took me all day to find you actually yeah but 37 GMC truck what a magnificent piece this is well we had this baby about three or four years yeah now you don't see many of these yeah it probably took Oh once I made up my mind that I wanted one yeah probably about six months on the internet well yeah the global swap meet exactly so what made you decide you wanted one well I'm a GMC truck dealer oh and the company I have was started in 1937 so I had to have a 1937 well of course so this is sort of the flagship for the flag truck exactly it's a classy looking truck oh thank you no but but I mean is it a beast to drive I mean oh yeah it's a truck right yeah I mean it drives like a truck yeah it's it's like a farm tractor with a cab on and is it a three-speed for Speed Force B so it's got that that double low yeah exactly man but she's in great shape you go because these were farm trucks and most of them were just you know I mean just beat to death yeah exactly you know classy looking vendors and everything this is a this was a really nice truck all it is it's beautiful love the GMC back here so this would have had some sort of flathead six or something in it right that's exactly what's all right let's go ahead and cap owes my bill to 35 X yeah mm-hmm so now just it's a side going open and how does it open you still have a 6-volt system - oh yeah yeah it's all rich so it's a room [Music] does it ever leave you stranded ah no it hasn't yet other than when we were bringing a dam we ran out of gas the gas tanks under the front seat did these have did these still have a crank started oh yeah oh yeah it did get the old you slide it in right up here in the front so even if you did yeah good why that battery you could you get her going up well cools her back up bunny no lines on this truck are beautiful I I don't know if it was ever painted this fancy new but she sure looks good now yeah what it what a great looking truck man 37 GMC yes thanks for bringing it out well thank you cool truck check oh man we had a great time here in West Virginia at the Charleston rod run and do op this is a really great town and a nice show you gotta consider checking this one out

Channel: MyClassicCarTV

Views: 35,374

Rating: 4.8873239 out of 5

Keywords: My Classic Car, Dennis Gage, Charleston West Virginia, Car Show, West Virginia, West Virginia Car Show, Charleston Rod Run, Kanawha River, Charleston Boulevard Rod Run & Doo Wop, 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V, Lincoln Continental, 1976 Ford LTD Brougham, Ford Brougham, Big Block Ford, 1972 Plymouth Duster, Plymouth 340 Duster, Mopar, 1949 Willys-Overland Jeepster, Willys Jeepster, Jeepster, Crossover vehicle, 1937 GMC Truck, General Motors Truck, GMC Pickup, jeep car

Id: 8X95jh_iR8g

Length: 14min 45sec (885 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 08 2012