1937 Chrysler Airflow Classic Car today

[@USNAVDC]

I'm in love......Chryslers were there greatest cars on the road through 1956.

[@samspace81]

Great memories, I appreciate your comment & would be honored if you would subscribe to the Samspace81 Classic Car channel.

[@USNAVDC]

@@samspace81 done.

[@limpunsing224]

beautiful & it was the most aerodynamically advanced car during its time

[@naui_diver9290]

Arguably

[@FumariVI]

I love the exterior styling of that car. Nice paint and finish too. Looks like you just drove it home from the new car dealership. The interior looks roomy and comfortable and CLEAN. I like the dashboard with the large easy-to-read gauges with the gold bands of color. Very well designed and executed.

[@samspace81]

Thanks so much for the great comments. I always loved the front end of these

[@stephenandloriyoung5716]

@@samspace81 It's a vast improvement over the waterfall grille of the 34.

[@alanspagnolia9474]

GORGEOUS!! What a blessing this car must be to you !!

[@samspace81]

It certainly was cool to work with

[@shwt121]

Personally, Ive always thought this design to be very beautiful and very advanced.

[@samspace81]

Me too Sonny l, thank you

[@CHixon]

looks like the Airflow body was modified for a second-life as the one-year-only 1939 Mopar body (with some low-production models carrying over into 1939 with the conventional 1937-8 body). Sounds like a valve adjustment is in order.

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you and the knowledge shared

[@thenov1944]

Thought so Too , Valve Adj. ?

[@donjenkins8925]

Beautiful car!

[@samspace81]

I appreciate that! It sure is. Thanks for checking it out - Sam

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Beautiful. The look and sound of her and quality of materials are a far cry from the plastic snap together tombs of today.

[@samspace81]

+Benny Gilardi Many you said it Benny. This is the only old Chrysler like this I've gotten to work with. - Sam

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

+Breda Jake given the choice between the silent, boring sameness of today's snapped and glued together cars and a car that has personality and will be mistaken for no other, take a guess. I don't need to be saved from myself and nobody lives forever.

[@ddkoda]

Thanks pal for the great reply. It seems as though few young people understand the aesthetic value these classics have and will continue to have as time goes by. Excellent conclusion also.

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Bredah Jake If I was going to be in a high speed collision I'd rather the modern car cause who cares if one of those cookie cutters gets demolished. given the choice to drive I'd take this graceful old girl

[@danconlan64]

negative turd u are

[@jacksutherland846]

Man, that is a neat machine!

[@samspace81]

Right? Thanks Jack. I just videoed a street rod version of one, stay tuned.

[@joer3481]

Extreme cool car factor.

[@samspace81]

So true

[@MarkJohnson-jc9tn]

Lovely automobile, and a great video too; no irritating music or suchlike. That's the way to do it. I can see where my PT Cruiser gets it's looks from.

[@samspace81]

Glad you enjoyed it! My style has evolved over the years for sure. Appreciate you

[@Gohot229]

The motor sounds abysmal, it shouldn't. Very beautiful car, and one I would love to own. And it would become my Limo.

[@samspace81]

I hear you, thanks for the comment. That old speaker sucked too, sounded better in person.

[@errolfan]

Beautiful, if somewhat indecipherable gauges. A truly Art Deco car. Too bad that the sound of the old flathead inline 6 reminds me that this is a museum piece.

[@samspace81]

Absoutely, beautiful. Thank you for watching!

[@errolfan]

@@samspace81 Thanks for the heart.

[@tombrown1898]

That was a flathead 8. DeSoto Airflows had a 6.

[@errolfan]

@@tombrown1898 Thanks for the correction. Let me know if you can find a flathead pollution emoji😉

[@paulchurch5929]

Just like the Airflow I helped to restore in the 60's for Charles Gleisner except we put a rear air condition unit in it. It was the first car I rewired'

[@samspace81]

Thanks so much for sharing, Paul. Would love to know more. I appreciate your viewership.

[@RamblinAround]

That's something you don't see every day. I think the Airflow was the first car ever tested and designed with a wind tunnel. Awesome piece of history.

[@samspace81]

Jeff, learned a lot about them. They are really well built. Catching up on comments. Thanks for checking it out!

[@denissutherland3653]

@@samspace81 Why wasn't it continued. It was designed by engineers without consulting the marketplace, sure it was ahead of its time but the dterminant of sucess is whether people in sufficient numbers purchase.

[@samspace81]

Makes sense

[@denissutherland3653]

@@samspace81 Pretty obvious they never checked whether the customers liked the look of the car always dangerous when you seek to make up your customers minds up for them, ie previous Chrysler customers.

[@MarcusCapeCanaveral]

@@denissutherland3653 They also couldn't fill the orders they had and people got tired of waiting, canceled orders and bought something else. Early quality issues, etc., didn't help.

[@shwt121]

Back in that time period this was a very advanced, well enginered vehicle - and being so advanced for its time, I believe that scared the public off.

[@dlwatib]

The Great Depression and major execution faults had more to do with it than lack of public acceptance of the styling, though retrospectively that gets all the blame. The public is always very slow to warm up to any vehicle where the engine may depart from its mounts at 80 mph and go crashing who knows where. Wikipedia says the cars sold in respectable numbers in their first year (1934) at 10,839 units. Reliability issues meant that sales in subsequent years were dismal by comparison even though the styling was toned down, as we see in this example.

[@ChannelNotFound]

It was the looks. People thought it looked unconventional. Some even called it a toad.

[@samspace81]

So true 👍

[@samspace81]

Makes sense ha

[@ddkoda]

This is the best looking Airflow I've ever seen. Stunningly gorgeous with the grill work extending to include the front of the hood as well as that two tone burgundy/ maroon paint scheme plus the purple fenders. Super ventilation including cowl induction, windshield ventilation and vent windows. Who needs air conditioning? I'm not sure if the engine was a straight 8 or a straight 6 but in any event I think it was rated at about 110 hp, around 45 hp more than the Ford V8 of the day. It certainly needed all that power since this car was very well constructed and correspondingly weighty. Beautiful fit and finish throughout. All in all quite a dream car! I never understood why it didn't catch on with the public.

[@brustar5152]

The 37 last year design attempted to assuage the public's disdain for the ramped over front grill of the earlier models by returning to the more conventional pie shaped front nose ....it failed. The car was way ahead of it's time in both design and structural build methods.

[@34Packardphaeton]

.. In a relatively low-humidity climate, like Texas, you don't need A/C.. near as much as in a often-high humidity one.. like the Southern Gulf Coast.

[@northerniltree]

The Ford flathead V-8 put out 100 ponies.

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

I've got to say, you do feature some EXCELLENT cars on your channel Sam.

[@bonnieblueflag5104]

Sounds like he should adjust the valves. Has at least one tappet clicking.

[@samspace81]

Little noisy huh

[@ProjectRescues]

I just acquired one of these '37 Airflows. Haven't had much luck finding parts for restoration. Where would you ever find parts for one of these?

[@samspace81]

AACA Hershey PA fall meet. Ebay. Tough

[@adrianolombardo9622]

Brand New !!!

[@samspace81]

Nice memorable Chrysler

[@dlwatib]

Roll down vent windows! I've never seen that before.

[@samspace81]

That is nifty for sure! Appreciate you following Samspace81 very much sir

[@rivarivera6502]

Reminds me of the Chrysler PT Cruiser

[@samspace81]

Hmm, thanks for watching

[@jamiejansen9518]

Very nice video on the Chrysler. One comment I can make is, stop riding the clutch. My father would smack me on the head if I did that. It wears out the throw-out bearing and the clutch prematurely. That was one of the first things we learned in school and on the road......

[@williamdonnamazure4334]

Jamie Jansen m

[@markdotts6798]

Was the engine unique to the Chrysler Airflow. I notice some features on the engine that stand out.

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you watching, Mark

[@markdotts6798]

@@samspace81 Thank you very much.

[@mo-ld6nf]

So nice, wow, what happened to Chrysler?

[@samspace81]

Love this design too. Appreciate you following Samspace81 very much

[@theshah4383]

Such an awesome car. That one panel which shows the speed on its outermost square has two inner squares with numbers too, does anyone know what they represent?

[@durant29]

The second ring shows the RPM when driving in third gear, the innermost ring shows RPM when in overdrive.

[@theshah4383]

durant29 Alright, thanks.

[@samspace81]

Thanks Durant29

[@chrishultgren777]

1937 you could just walk into a dealership and buy a mechanical piece of art for half a year's wage. ✨️

[@samspace81]

Love that.

[@kevinmcguire3715]

Adjust those valves already.It will get rid of that clickety clack and make more power!

[@samspace81]

Good idea Kevin. Appreciate you

[@thomasgeorgecastleberry6918]

I'd get some gas for that puppy.

[@samspace81]

It would be kind of you

[@blakegriplingph]

The Airflow was ahead of its time, but people were alienated at how it looks, not to mention that it was the height of the Great Depression at the time of its release.

[@artdecotimes2942]

The height of the great depression was 1933, 1935 was the end of the great depression entirely when we were finally back on our feet, you can so easily tell by production through January to December of 1934.

[@artdecotimes2942]

Its sad..really, most folks nowadays just see a model a in this time frame of the 1930's. They see depression, then war, and then 1950...we had lives during these times..best times, the great depression wasn't as "great" as people make it out to be..lasted all but 4-1/2 years before stopping, F.D.R being a major source for our get up. Bless that man and his lovely wife, and our once lovely nation so prickled with power and pride, a nation to he called united not surfaced with ridiculous phones from angry representatives hardly representing anything as they make meme after meme of nonsensical misaligned text..in the horrid modern era.

[@samspace81]

Good stuff

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@samspace81 good stuff? What's good..that our world is deteriorating, I hate to say it and sure I know you have to comment or respond to everyone, but I've heard better replies from an AI system..that is saying something.

[@kimchipig]

Very cool car but it sounds like a tappet needs adjustment!

[@danconlan64]

boy & how CLICK CLICK

[@brustar5152]

You noticed that as well?

[@overmarsdaria3222]

Universally rated one of the worst cars of all time , critics describe it as a cross between a fireman`s helmet and a jelly mould, some people praise it as being the first car design which really understood aerodynamics, personally I think is almost impossible not to love it

[@mikeconverse4853]

OvermarsDaria worst as far as what? I've never ever heard it being described as such. It did fail in terms of sales but that does it make it a bad car.

There was one like it on our street in the Fifties and the man who drove it hated it because he could not sell it for much and his wife would not sell it because it still ran. She had all the money and her word was LAW. He called it "an old goddam delivery truck".

[@jacksutherland846]

Sounds like advertiser public brainwashing of the public similar to the Tucker demise. Anytime something too far ahead arrives, it's an easy target for competitors to label it a freak thus a bad investment for consumers. People believed a lot more bullshit, and even trusted the government much more back then. The JFK hit, and Vietnam turned the country to be way more suspicious and skeptical from then on. And now, thanks to the internet, we have much more means of independent research. Einstein said: (paraphrasing) 'Great ideas are met with violent opposition from mediocre minds.'

[@1voiceofstl]

you are thinking of airstream

[@samspace81]

Very well stated, thanks Jack

[@freeyourmind9000]

it bet it was expensive when it came out back in the day as it is a new tech..then it would be a hard sell to the mass market.

[@samspace81]

Interesting

[@jourwalis-8875]

Please use a windshield on the mike! And naked mens legs is not so nice to look at on film.... Otherwise OK!

[@mototoad1242]

Did you sell it??

[@samspace81]

Yes this one and 2000 more classics over the years. thanks for watching Samspace81

[@mototoad1242]

@@samspace81 awesome. What a beautiful car

[@manhunt1396]

There is ability to open the windshield? What?

[@samspace81]

Cool right? Crank out!

[@johnbishop7365]

Seems strange to see the gas reading nearly on empty.

[@samspace81]

This was a wonderful car. You can drive the gas right out of it! Thanks for checking it out.

[@hcombs0104]

A car that SHOULD have done well, but didn't. Being introduced in the middle of the Great Depression probably didn't help.

[@northerniltree]

As remarkable as the aerodynamics were, it was later discovered that the car went faster in reverse.

[@samspace81]

Ha fascinating

[@vincentbasso4903]

Like earlier grille much better

[@samspace81]

They are all cool, appreciate you ❤️

[@Gabriel-yq3hk]

CANDY - POLEN

[@samspace81]

Appreciate your viewership

Don;t why this car was labeled one of the worst every made. By the end of the 1930's, all cars looked like the Airflow.

[@lincolnpaul1814]

Fabulous for it time. Conservative people like nothing new.

[@samspace81]

Great looking car

[@raypeters4525]

TERRIBLE VALVE NOISE !

[@markaustin4370]

Too much wind noise No commentary boring!!'

[@samspace81]

I use to do these videos to show function of cars, not to entertain Mark Austin LOL

[@ProjectRescues]

@@samspace81 I like it the way you made it. I don't like a bunch of chit chat.

[@thenov1944]

H U S H ! !