1961 Plymouth Belvedere... Out of the Barn... Let's Fire it Up!

[@coldwarmotors]

Hi guys! Short one today; I had to move the old Plymouth Belvedere out of the barn to make a spot for the Renault 5... I think it'll still start and we can go around the yard... Maybe I should put it back on the road? See you on Saturday for the SOS... Cheers! Please feel free to check out our Patreon page at : www.Patreon.com/coldwarmotors where we have extra videos and pictures and a bunch of people hanging out and bs-ing about cars! We have set up a Paypal Donations Page if you'd like to help out the cause here... Very much appreciated! Here is the link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Mailing address: 253, 22169 TWP 530 Ardrossan, Ab Canada T8E 2J1 #restoration #mopar #forwardlook #project #1960s #plymouth #chrysler #slantsix

[@stepheard1590]

love the show works well in my brain

[@city.motors]

That should be your daily driver perfect for the pup to jump in the back of

[@Mercmad]

Never buy cars after being in the liquor store or pub .... $75 is ok though .

[@PecanRanch]

I see a splicey splice in your future..

[@conniebelanger2141]

The old girl deserves a Level 2 tidy for all the years she hung in there. And a 👍

[@shedbythetracks]

One of mankind's biggest faults is that he doesn't appreciate what he sees around him in his youth. Not realizing the worth of a car like your Belvedere, and others that we never gave the time of day, is something to regret as we age. Cheers, see you Sat.

[@8BitAtari]

Bang on comment. I find the older I get I really appreciate that style. As a teenager in the 1980s I remember everyone hated these style of mopars including myself. Hindsight is always 20/20.

[@shedbythetracks]

@@8BitAtari 😁

[@glennnickerson8438]

Perhaps Randahl should be sitting high on a mountain with a long flowing robe as he dispenses his wisdom--only problem, there are no mountains in Iowa!😆

[@Joe.Doucette]

@@glennnickerson8438 He could perch on top of his shed by the tracks, Glenn. There is a comic strip called "Pearls Before Swine". Every now and then they show the "Wise Ass on the Hill" (who is a jackass). No negative reflection on Randahl meant. ;)

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

You are so right!

[@dylanrhodes1674]

That Belvedere would be the perfect daily driver

[@cclarke6]

As a young child, I traveled back and forth across the USA with my family in a six cylinder, three speed, four door, 1961 Belevedere of the same original color. Your car brings back a lot of good memories.

[@harrymeyer5895]

Those slant sixes are nearly indestructible!

[@TheopolisQSmith]

Nearly is correct. My Father managed to kill two of them.

[@robinbryde3038]

Love me some memories of my grandfather bringing home a 61 Belvedere and my grandmother saying "Bill that thing is ugly...you take it back to the dealer!!" I was with my grandpa on this one...I loved it 😎👍

[@BillGaliette]

Great story about going cross country to PEI. My friends and I were bored one night and realized we’d never been to Canada. We hopped in my dad’s 1973 Caprice, drove up I-91 to I-93 then crossed the border. Three of the guys said “ok, we made it, let’s go home” ugh! 43 years later and they still haven’t paid me for gas! Cheers from Connecticut!

[@AcmeRacing]

Road trips are some of my fondest memories too. One of my grandmothers left PEI and moved to Maine at 16. 85 years later my father and I drove there to see where she'd come from. That road trip was a birthday gift to my 80 year old Dad.

[@danielthoman7324]

"Anne of Green Gables" takes place In PEI. 😮

[@AcmeRacing]

@@danielthoman7324 When you visit you're constantly reminded of "Anne." Anne of Green Gables tourist traps abound.

[@slurpee27]

As a 55 yo man, Bread and butter cars like that blue Plymouth make me smile a-lot lately

[@glennnickerson8438]

Tom's pacing the compound like an expectation father!😆

[@superhet7281]

The Leaning Tower of Power! Hooray!

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

L O V E the Plymouth, and ESPECIALLY love that awesome dashboard!!

[@danjohnston3422]

The Belvedere just sitting there minding her own business, when suddenly the DS21 rises up to peek over her shoulder... Mouse prevention? Irish Spring soap in substantial quantities seems to offend the little shits sufficiently to keep them out of our van all winter. Throw a few bars in the usual trouble zones and when you come back later she smells "fresh as an Oirish spring, she does..." rather than a poorly-kept hamster cage. The Belveder is a handsome old thing. All nutso curvature and crazy swoops and mid-century madness. The font on the rear quarters. Those rocket-pod tail lights. The dash is great - ivory-coloured buttons, lil' accent circles around the base of the dash-mounted mirror, the gauges in their own little floating pod, and a horn switch you can operate from the trunk. So damned much character. Hard to believe that great big beast of a car and the R5 both served the same function (cheap transportation) in their respective times.

[@edwardmckenzie3402]

At least the wind shield washer still works! Cheers!

[@8avexp]

Nice to see that Belvedere running!

[@CharlesAtwell-or7bm]

Gonna have to put up another shed Scott! Can’t have too many sheds really!

[@jlletaw1954]

Car looks good to me - very presentable & proven...that car don't owe you nothing

[@danielthoman7324]

😂😢😮😅

[@frankmccracken743]

Hey Scott. Another great episode - thanks so much. Your musings are always a great pleasure to listen to. Altho very sad to see that faithful Plymouth ignominiously put out of its well deserved home and into the elements for a renault. That ain't right - but it's your stuff ..... 😞

[@coldwarmotors]

Hi Frank! Well, I didn't mention that the whole time I drove the car daily, from 1991 until I moved to this acreage, it sat outside every day, because I didn't have a garage... It doesn't leak, and the interior is nothing special, unlike the Renault, which is mint inside and out, and was always garaged from new by the original owner... Hope this makes sense... Cheers!

[@frankmccracken743]

@@coldwarmotors 😐

[@bossdog1480]

There's an old tale I heard as a kid, that not a SINGLE slant six has ever been found in the wild with an air cleaner on it.

[@charlesharnois3684]

The Belvedere Is Beautiful! This Coming From A Mopar 6 cylinder Nut! Thanks I Enjoyed The Video! Of Course It Started!

[@coldwarmotors]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danielthoman7324]

I had a 72 Duster with a small 6 banger.

[@yannschonfeld5847]

You could bring out that Beautiful Blue Belvedere at each show and I would be delighted to ogle that gal and never grow tired. That you for having had to show her some light of day. I feel she deserves it. Cheers mates!

[@MrGaryRoberton]

I think you would be pleasantly surprised at the value of one of those now. There's a young fella in N. Carolina Who bought a 1962 Plymouth and drove it from Washington State Home....via California... In January....That's a six thousand dollar car any day.....Cheers Scott....

[@stephenholland5930]

That would be Austin. He's a cool dude with his Texan drawl and loves his Mopars.

[@phooesnax]

What a nice old girl!

[@murraymeekel7842]

Great looking 61 Plymouth could still be a daily driver for the summer months!

[@liljoeii6091]

Awesome looking 1961 Plymouth Fury THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO

[@rkt88403]

When I was 14-15 in 1968, we had Coral '61 2 door wagon with a 318 stick. Always liked the styling in and out.

[@Trueno1600]

Can't wait for that Mopar Wagon in the background to get restored! Never seen one or even heard about one of those, but it's so cool! Looks like a muscle car wagon!

[@GuitarMan22]

Wow can just hear that leaning tower - 225 slant singer sewing machine😃👍

[@Jonathan-dq8hb]

The Mopar 3.5 V6 had the same "tick tick" sound. I love it.

[@armorer94]

The Virgil Exner designs certainly stand out from the crowd.

[@loumontcalm3500]

Yeah.... the brass at Chrysler said "Call Ford and get Elwood on the phone!"

[@tombob671]

My grandpa born in 1902 in Oklahoma always had Chevy 6 bangers on his farm. Later when he got grandma a sedan in 1965 it was a Biscayne 2 door with a six. He did relent and include a powerglide as granny had difficulty using a clutch with her bad knees. He paid cash when buying new. No debts and they gave him great service. Later when I moved to Calgary I saw a lot of common sense folks doing the same thing as my grandpa. Damn things a4 bulletproof

[@juhapihkanen8759]

Nice ride. I had once a similar Plymouth 4 door, it was an ex-police patrol car. In Finland it was/is very rare to have US made police cars. Car is now under restoration somewhere here in Finland.

[@johna1160]

Seeing the jerry can hard up against the carburettor for a minute made me realize that in all the years I've enjoyed watching CWM, I have NEVER seen a fire extinguisher. Admittedly, I haven't been looking for one. Hope they're readily available throughout Scott's domain.

[@coldwarmotors]

Oh! Literally dozens of them... Cheers!

[@edpoell2876]

@@coldwarmotors And that's exactly how you never need one, luck seems to hang out with the "over prepared". Keep a few Band Aids in your wallet, nicks and pokes disappear.

[@geebopbaluba1591]

I traded a pioneer car stereo for my 62 back in 1975 or so and drove it for a long time until it was sideswiped and just tore it up past fixing. It was a push button auto and a 225 slant and a very good car.

[@deanbrunner261]

Lot of people didn't care for the"new" body design when they came out.kinda dating myself as an old guy.

[@justralphajerseyguystuckin3671]

I LOVE That car and that era of Plymouths...It would be SPECIAL to me if I owned it 🙂

[@danielthoman7324]

When I was a teenager the man next door had a '59 Plymouth Savoy. Light turquoise 4 door, 3 on the tree. He used it as his go to work car. To this day that is still one of my favorite cars.🎉

[@davidacks8014]

Looks like you have to th😅n the ranks as you are running out of covered storage space for your nice cars. Deans needs to do one of his cleanings on the 61 Plymouth. Looking forward to Saturday.

[@toddrouch7526]

Scott, Dude....That's a cool old beater. See you on Saturday...

[@davidcoudriet8439]

One of my seldom seen favourites. I'm happy to see er again. The Renault turned out a pretty slick lookin' car.

[@johnperrin4526]

I love the Belvedere. It’s a perfect driver that has incredibly unique styling, seating for 4+ and you could drive it everyday without fear of a ding in the supermarket parking lot. You can buy a new car with that much styling ( love it or hate it). You should drive it more….

[@tr_rodder932]

I might be in the minority, but I really do like that 1961 Plymouth. I really like any pushbutton era MoPars! Also a tractor gnome sighting!

[@Smitoons]

I’m thinking you might NOT be in the minority though.

[@richardlincoln8438]

​@@Smitoons Yes, may be more of us than people might think.

[@Gerk8]

I like it too. When it gets together with the other ‘61 Plymouth on the lot, magic will be made.

[@nathanbarden9709]

Maybe it’s attractive today, but it was an ugly duckling back in the day. When Exner started to lose his marbles I guess. 😅

[@mikemullay5622]

The famous leaning tower of power!

[@danmoran3318]

This was the family car of my youth. I remember playing with the push button transmission buttons!

[@bobadams179]

That old slant 6 fired right up. Can't kill those things.

[@patricklynch1962]

Your Belvedere brings back memories of my dad's. Four door Slant Six like yours, but his had three on the tree. Unstoppable in the snow. I particularly remember a trip we did from Covington, KY (across the river from Cincinnati, OH) to near Irvine, KY which is about 90 miles to visit grandparents and had to go back in a really bad snowstorm during the winter of 1967. I-75 was practically brand new at the time and it was filled with cars that were not faring well. I don't remember if he had chains on the car, but I do remember it having studded snow tires. As we were in the final stretch for home, the Slant Six started running rough but we made it. My dad popped the hood and found the engine compartment packed with snow. Later in the spring, it got rear ended while parked on the street. My dad was doing a tune up on it and was sitting on the passenger side looking through his "Fix Your Plymouth" manual, and just stuck his foot back inside the car about a minute before someone plowed into the car mangling the left rear quarter panel. The impact pushed his Belvedere into the back of a same year Falcon sedan and damaged the front. My dad replaced the '61 with a '63 Belvedere with a 318 poly. The '63 was pretty much the perfect car. Wish I had it now.

[@rumrunner1756]

I love looking at the dashboards on all these classics. A lot of thought was put into their design and I truly believe that they are works of art. 💯 Edit: I truly did write this comment before I watched Scott commenting about the dash. Honest! 🤓

[@JohnEvans-zo7kk]

What a great looking car, I love the fact that you have had it in your collection since 1991.

[@oldyellow8120]

I love it!! So ugly and unusual! The slant six makes it even better, and who cares if it's a four door? Boy I hope you fix it up and get it under cover again before too long.

[@Steve_in_VA]

I love how more of the pedestrian cars are being appreciated now. Thirty years ago they were robbed of their parts to build muscle cars. Now that those cars are mostly unaffordable we're finally giving the base cars the love they deserve. My '79 Volare slant six ran great. Just like my dad's '74 Dart. He never changed the oil. A neighbor who worked at NASA Langley would bring home the used compressor oil from the wind tunnels for the Dart. Worked fine as it was synthetic!

[@jack002tuber]

Cool, I didn't know you had this. It should be a runner. I'd like to see it all fixed up. The car has more style than all the french cars made. LOL

[@sonnymoorehouse1941]

Shes a beauty !!!! I Love the Styling of the 1961.

[@countswing284]

Leaning Tower of Power springs to life. Cheers! 😎👍🏎🏁🏁

[@ka9szx]

I like it. It looks good for its age and your repairs have held up. I hope you feature it again, giving it a tidy up and the brakes unstuck. Feature getting it back on the tank and put some miles on it.

[@brianleclerc1593]

I think that Plymouth is very special. The styling is unique. And just the fact you still have it and the story is great.

[@kerryg4119]

Not bad for sitting up for a while. I know you can make a new looking car out of this one with very little worktime.

[@Onteo1]

I use dryer sheets to keep the critters out of the engine bay, interior and trunk. Works great.

[@harleyironhead7090]

the 61 Plymouth is a beautiful car

[@juliancrooks3031]

What a cool old car, it has style. I would love to have a car like that to drive around.

[@deltabloo]

The side view mirrors and the taillights are works of art!

[@richardlincoln8438]

It was very good to see some of my favorites on todays edition of Same Old Shit Studios. Tom, Tractor Gnome and the '61 Belvedere. Thanks Scott. Best Wishes to everyone.

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

It's such a weird vessel and so great that you saved it and daily drove it for years!

[@RA-wl1vt]

Every time I see a newer model Lexus with the spindle grill it reminds me of a 1961 Plymouth. The original spindle grill!

[@slbl88]

for some reason that 61 is one of my favorites, i believe it is just thee oddity of it. always look forward to your videos

[@stevieseymore75]

Beautiful Plymouth

[@grantkoeller8911]

scott has some odd ball cars!!!!!!!11!

[@gordonborsboom7460]

The Belle of the Barn no more.

[@kevinallen8162]

The 1961 full-size Plymouths were my favorites from the 1960s. Their unique tail light and headlight treatments have always been so memorable for me. My neighbors owned a 1961 Belvedere and my babysitter owned a 1961 Savoy. One of my dream cars was a 1961 Plymouth Fury Convertible, but I am happy with my 1984 Cadillac Biarritz Convertible.

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

The Belvedere paint is a very nice blue tone IMHO.

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Love the back window style on the Plymouth . 👍🏻👍🏻

[@DavidJones-hl5om]

Loved hearing the history on the 61 Fury.Sounds like you guys had a great time with this car in the nineties. Good to see Tom Supervising parking 😅😅😅😅

[@craigbowley6783]

You can't kill the leaning tower of power! What a beautiful car👌

[@markmclellon8516]

Mr. Belvedere outside, Monsieur Renault 5 inside.

[@mynameis9057]

My first car was a crew cab a 73 Pontiac Catalina, I loved that old land yacht! Four doors to me then meant more friends can fit in in comfort. That little car you moved in looks sharp with that paint job and stripes. I know the two doors are sweet and I love them too, but there's always a place in my heart for the crew cabs! Thanks again! Um, I know everyone is a critic, so I'm tossing my hat into the ring now! 1 point off for no Frankers in the ride along! L😮L

[@zaphodbeetlepox6627]

When you backed her out of the garage, if I closed my eyes, for just a moment, I could smell that sweet exhaust.... you should can that stuff and sell it online...

[@robertlee9395]

It's a beautiful Thursday on the Test porch with Puma Cat. Shuffling French cars! Fun. Have fun Franker's! Thanks Scott. See everyone Saturday.

[@charleshill9236]

That Belvedere is really cool. Wish I had one . Love the dashboard.

[@talltom1129]

Woohoo!

[@daniellaris3772]

Thanks for the weeknight show. Enjoy the Plymouth's.

[@TomHolz-e9x]

Tractor Gnome!😅

[@thomasmarti5856]

That would be a head turner as a daily. See ya on Saturday!

[@Joe.Doucette]

Ahh the old solid lifter 6... Sorry but all that came to mind was, "Oh Belvedere, come here boy!" If ya know.. ya know.

[@drgdawson1]

There’s always plenty to do.

[@Smitoons]

That is very true.

[@ctg6734]

My appreciation for the '61 has definitely grown over the years. I used to think they were hideous, but now it's charming to behold. And I sure do love those slant six's. How I wish they debuted four or five years earlier.

[@johndonlon1611]

The "Father Knows Best" cast heartily approves this car and this video. Thanks for bringing this car out and on the road.

[@ChargerMagnum440]

That renault engine note brings back memories for me.... Man they used to be everywhere when i was young

[@markbehr88]

Love the Plymouth. Virgil would be proud! 😀

[@rickrice3221]

Forward look foreshadowing? See you Saturday!

[@dantiel4179]

That Belvedere is a sweetheart of simplicity compared to today’s techno monsters that will sercome to their computers failing great save Scott 😃👍

[@thestreets5206]

It's a thing of beauty as it is

[@michaellucassen9726]

Slant 6. It'll fire right up and drive across the country 😅

[@bigbearlittlebear7276]

Awesome

[@RexCars1]

Put it back on the road FOR SURE.. Great Summer Driver...

[@oldredchevy-hh6de]

I recall not buying a '61 ragtop with original cross ram twin 4 barrels. Cheap. They were absolutely not in demand even as late as 20 years ago. It was on the road, all original for about $2,000. But no - I decided I wanted a 1960, I didn't like the no-fin 1960 with funny grille. I'm sorry now. I still like the '60 better, but what a rare find I let slip by 20 years ago.

[@moparedtn]

I'm brand loyal to the point of sometimes having a bit of styling blindness, I'll admit. That said, I'm glad to hear some of the Belvey's history and that it isn't endangered... Might be time to throw up a row of economical carport spaces forcars like him? - Ed on the Ridge

[@coldwarmotors]

Cheers Ed! I'll definitely always have a spot in the fleet for the Belvedere... I may move a couple others this summer so it can go back inside, but for now I just need the bodyshop back, haha!

[@deancloninger2801]

Bonus point

[@scottgracie9053]

Scott, During the many electronic visits to your compound, I never saw (noticed ) your '61 Belvedere. It provides shades of a B movie "Hot Rods To Hell (1967).

[@normanduke8855]

Virgil Exner the Great (all hail!) marches into the future!

[@robertkrieg1141]

Hi Scott! I always admired that car from your other videos. My grandfather had a 1961 Fury, white with the blue interior. Beautiful car and yours brings back fond memories. Thank you! Cheers.

[@coldwarmotors]

Very cool... Thanks for checking it out!

[@PanAmRacer]

I love that it has the leaning tower of power!

[@specialroy6087]

Super cool car.. All these mystery mobiles hidden away...

[@skinnerhound2660]

There's a hold up in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights, there's a traffic jam in Harlem that backs up to Jackson Heights...."CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU?"