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1950 Chrysler Windsor Project PART 1 - TheCarGuy - 04-26-2024
Part 1: The Pick Up
About a year ago, I found a 1950 Chrysler Windsor for sale on Facebook market place. I think the original price was $900. The ad said it had a clean title and, motor turned over. It had not been run in years. I messaged the seller and it was still available. That was about it with the first conversation. Over the next few months, the price kept getting lower, it went to $800 to $750 and then stayed at $600. Every now and then I would check Facebook and see that it was still for sale. I told my self that if it was still for sale in 6 months, I would go ahead and buy the car. Well last Sunday I picked it up. I messaged the seller a week prior to pickup and it was for sure available.
Last Sunday, My friend Chris (This guy helps me with all my car projects and I help him with his) and my 3 sons, got in the truck and drove to Mt. Jackson VA. It was about an hour and half drive for us. We got there and there she was sitting, just waiting to be brought home and restored. Chris and I looked at it for a few minutes and said "Yes, this is the perfect project". We back up the tuck closer to the car and started to get the trailer ready to winch the car onto. Come to find out, the control box for the winch was missing. I borrowed the trailer from a friend since his trailer has a winch on it. I also called him and he told me the winch was broken. Good thing I came prepared. In the bed of the truck, I brought a 30 gallon compressor, air tools, 15000 watt generator, other tools, straps, come along, fix a flat, and other stuff I thought I may need. Good thing I brought the come along. We strapped one end of the come along to the trailer and the other around the front subframe of the car. It did not budge once we started to pull it. Of course 3 of the tires were flat. One tire has a gaping hole in it. We started to the generator and compressor. Filled 3 of the tires with air and started to pull with the come along again. It was much easier. I might also say that our come along was only rated for 1 ton and the car weighs almost 4 thousand pounds.
Pulling the car onto the trailer was slow but it was happening. Every 5 minutes or so we would stop, chalk it and put more air in the tires. We did this for about an hour and a half. It was a real pain getting the car on the trailer and making sure not to hit either side of the trailer. It was also hard to steer the wheels.
After finally getting the car on the trailer, we strapped it down and started our way back home. The drive back was a lot slower. My F150 was at capacity for towing.
When we got home, we started the process of getting the car off the trailer. We un hitched the truck from the trailer and hitched my John Deere track to the trailer. Then we made our way back to the other side of the yard where my shop is located. I think getting the car off was a lot harder than putting it on the trailer. We did not just want to roll it off and cause something to break. Lord knows we don't need to fix another thing on the car. So what we did was hook chains up to rear of the car and used the tractor to slowly pull the car off the trailer. Once it started getting close to the ramps, we shorted the chain and also use the bucket on the tractor as a wedge to slowly bring it all the way off.
Below are some Pics of our Day and a couple of days later. This weekend, Chris and I will go through the car to see what we are missing. We have yet to do that. So we are both very excited to see what is in store for us. That will be part two of this series project. I also give a little more information on the car.