1942 chrysler windsor

[Adrian41D-19]

wow! amazing! the car run so good, but the vacamatic don't shift automaticly, i think it's cause of the very old oil everythings is probably stuck inside but the fluid coupling is good and the car seem to be nervous, don't need to speed up the engin to move the car. the gear shuifting is ok but not the automatic part of the trans.

the carb is realy dirty so sometime she stall this is why i play with the cluch to avoid this. otherwise it's a real nice find !!!

Edited March 10, 2018 by Adrian41D-19

[casper50]

Congrats Adrian.  Engine sounded quite good.

[Adrian41D-19]

thank you  about the engine maybe a minor adjutment of the valves lifters  otherwise, no vibrations at all

[1949 Wraith]

If your idle is too high the transmission will not shift up when you let off the accelerator.  

[keithb7]

Great news. Car is functioning and drive-able. What a great find. 

[Adrian41D-19]

9 hours ago, 1949 Goat said:

If your idle is too high the transmission will not shift up when you let off the accelerator.  

Yes i notice this, the gas pedal don’t come back to idle postion correctly this is why !! Nife! Thanks for your help

[Jschilling201]

Nice ride.  Here is my 42.  Built in Detroit two weeks before the Pearl Harbor attack. Runs and drives.  Not many of these out there.  Not sure of the value.

Edited April 16, 2018 by Jschilling201

[Adrian41D-19]

Nice chrysler!! Look like a newyorker or saratoga??

i do some gret job on my car, i check all the vacamatic system and it appear all the electric system work perfectliy but the vacuum chamber leaking i open it and it was a bolt not tight enough i clean everything put it back and it work very well.

i also rebuilt the generator

[Adrian41D-19]

I also rebuil the clock it work good now i just repaint the needles and change the light bulb

[Adrian41D-19]

[Adrian41D-19]

[Adrian41D-19]

On 4/16/2018 at 4:16 AM, Jschilling201 said:

Nice ride.  Here is my 42.  Built in Detroit two weeks before the Pearl Harbor attack. Runs and drives.  Not many of these out there.  Not sure of the value.

It’s highlander!!! I love thise with the plaid interior!

[Adrian41D-19]

Any possibily to know the exact built date of the car? How to find this information?

[Adrian41D-19]

This is your chrysler insn’t it?

http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/chrysler/344081-1942-chrysler-new-yorker-highlander-rust-free-straight-8-fluid-drive.html

[Peter D. Tillman]

I think my parents had a 1942 Windsor. Link to a photo (FB links can be dodgy): https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217327283272790&set=a.1025809004194&comment_id=10222580963651516&reply_comment_id=10222581142415985&notif_id=1610302109486892&notif_t=comment_mention&ref=notif

Photo was taken around 1951-52. I think they bought the Chrysler used in Calif (where my Dad was stationed in WW2) and drove it back to Louisiana. Photo may have been taken in Baton Rouge. They called it "Dugout Doug" and it was light green. I was 5 or 6 then. My, how time flies!

Good luck with your  project!

[Marcel Backs]

Ce bolide est formidable et rarement observe en amerique du nord. This is a big time car which is rarely seen even in north america! Felecitations/ Congraltulations on having acquired such a rare car. Being a Windsor built car of that model makes it even rarer. Was it possibly a military car for a high rank during the war? mes meilleurs voeux Marcel

[Marcel Backs]

BTW I consider the Windsor and De Soto for 42 to be masters in automotive styling!....and then a 41 coupe to boot! Is the coupe a 3 or 5 window model? My D14 is a 5 window and I find all these old ww2 era bombshells "Marilyn Monroes" in body styling and beautiful  curves!