I like Corbin’s enthusiasm and that he is willing to learn, he wants so much to be like his dad and big brothers, what a wonderful young man he is growing into.
I love this family content! The Chad Fab clan are “hands-on” workers that know how to have fun while “Gettin-her DONE”. Great seeing the Gonzo getting some much improvements and a face lift! Keep up the good teamwork!
Brother, I was a paint and body man for almost 40 yrs and had some health problems and quit. Can't stand up for long so I fell in love with lawnmowers and started 2 projects at once. I learned that if I'm building YOUR automobile then I do it YOUR way. If it's mine then it's MY call. Yo Truck Yo Way.
Chad's Fab family is at it again and Korbin on the pressure washer was the best! Gonzo is really looking good moving forward on the cleaning and rocker arm repairs that Chad's doing. The new seat is going to be a good match for the inside of the truck and comfortable at that! Love it when Stacy drove Gonzo around and into the garage. I was looking for a burnout, but she's saving that for Chad! All the family and friends coming together to get things done. Awesome video!
There is nothing wrong with bringing Gonzo back to its formal glory! Seeing the beauty that it once was will be so satisfying for all to see! Makes for great content, too! Paul will be pleased to see what you've done with it! Til next time, take care, and we'll see you on the next...
Have fun working on the truck, with your crew you can't go wrong. That's what I like about your channel you haven't gotten away from family working together! You are truly blessed to have that closeness.
I love the way you do your work. You know how to do it right, and you always do it right, and you pass that on to your boys. Love your channel and your buddies.
Gonzo has never been so clean. My friend showed me his secret for removing old paint. I helped him one day, and I was amazed. He starts with a 4 inch paint brush and a gallon can of DOT 3 brake fluid. He would coat everything with the brake fluid and let it sit for a couple of days. Then he would fire up his steam cleaner (not a pressure washer), and literally wash sheets of paint off of the surface. I was amazed the first time I saw him do that.
Painting Gonzo the original color is super! So fitting! The interior is looking good... and that cleaning will add more years to this trucks life!! Rust is just bad from every angle!
Watch the video while you were helping to fix the truck. I am watching your video to see what you doing. I am a 68 old woman. do not know very little about working on vehicles. Enjoying your site you explain everything. Have a Blessed Day! 😀🤗
Thanks for a another great low key automotive lesson. I sure appreciate not having to listen to the thump, thump, thump of a of a sub woofer and instead hear a nice calm voice explaining the finer details of your work. Thanks, Chad!
Have you ever tried Soda Blasting? It will remove any paint or rust and clean glass and chrome without hurting anything. The truck is looking good , great to see the kids learning and having fun.
Chad...I love the family that not only works together,but has fun and accomplishes much at the same time. I wouldn't even respond to those silly commenters about why change something u love. That needs no explanation at all.🙂👍
People leave chad alone he's making it ,clean restoring it back to glory then its pretty much his daily driver. So leave him alone. Not any different than any one restoring a vehicle and so proud to constantly drive it,with a grin on his face esr to ear.❤😊😊😊😊😊
Boy that pressure washer brought back memories... i used to pressure wash restaurants and homes in my younger days...it's physical and hard work...oh, and very wet...!!!!!
When I was shop boss at hodges trucking , the satellite yard in wilburton Oklahoma, unit drilling mechanic sometimes wanted to use a bay to stay dry , so I'd get a barrel of. Rig soap , open the soap up low water pressure, let set , come back and take it plum to bare metal if it didn't have a good primer . Sure made my jobs faster and easier. The main bosses in Oklahoma city, couldn't understand how quickly, I'd have a truck prepped and ready for painting. .
This channel reminds me of days past working in the garage with my 3 boys. We NEVER did anything on the scale that you guys do and didn’t have a fraction of the equipment you have. However, we had a good time and learned a lot. AND, to this day all 3 of them enjoy their cars and working on them. Please continue producing your content. Thank you for the memories.
That's cool you use a copper spoon I made mine out off copper pipes had a piece of 3/4 L hard pipe i cut it in half it was 27 inches one piece I cut a seam down one side and flattened it out and cut a heavy 1/8 over half the pipe I used the smaller half and started flattening the pipe out and when I had it close to flat I stuck the smaller piece I cut from the other half inside the pipe and finished flattening it out I have used mine for over 35 years. Saved me a many blown hole in thin sheet metal.
Showing how to have family fun on a restoration project. That steam cleaner packs quite a punch, removing some of Gonzo's paint layers (white, blue, red, black, green/teal). What is the interior color (gold with hues of brown/red/black)? Looks good. Waiting to see some of the accessories as you install them. Liked returing Gonzo to his previous lustre as much as is reasonably possible. An easy driving date/church vehicle.
I love all the work going into Gonzo your only making it your own and who don't like a great looking truck you stick with it Chad I love how your extending a bit of life to that sweet truck.
I love it! You are making it Yours! Enjoying the cheap because I’m in need of a lot on my 98 Dodge and I’m 70 yrs old with limited funds so I really appreciate you showing and teaching the best way on the nickels. Thank You and am waiting with anticipation to show what’s next!
Sometimes I wish I would have left my truck 2 wheel drive. But since my brother and I made it a 4X4, I've had it all over the mountains up at this end of the state, like up around Monte Crisco.
wow, never realized how much work a SEEMINGLY SMALL repair can turn out to be !!!! now i'm seriously afraid to go to the body shop to have the rusty strip below the window crank on my 73 K5 tailgate !!!!!!!!!😮 great job Chad !!!! i don't see any issue from my point of view on the work u r doing on the ole girl !!! it's STILL A LABOR OF LOVE and in the theme of apprecation !!!!!!! ATB boss 😂!!!!!!!!
We're excited to see Gonzo cleaned up, fixed up, spruced up and being driven in parades, going to car shows, drag racing once in awhile and doing proper posi burnouts...because waaay rare, cool old American truck with a modern powertrain!
Chad, thank you so much for sharing you knowledge while repairing the rust areas on Gonzo. I have a 1955 GMC PU and know I have inner and outer cab corners to tackle. Please keep these type of videos coming.
Your philosophy advice. Here's mine. Clean white brightens attitudes and makes EVERYTHING more visible (you notice when you get older eyes). A contractor friend suggested Zinsser123 primer and I have bought gallons and gallons of it for shops (2). It is the toughest best paint. It even waterproofs. Very white. Good to teach your kids how to make it all better and keep it nice. Your garage doors are stinkers. Empty spaces in rocker panels: I've always wanted to fill them with foam to stop water and air from making rust. ? "Obstacles to overcome," sonny.
I turned on the TV and there was a show called Junkyard Empire. They found a decent Chevy Blazer and wanted to do a quick restoration. The guy in charge wanted to do it in Orange and the other guys were against him. Made me think of Chad. Orange Blazer all day long.
Another bit of info for you, the bottom rear corners of the hood on these old trucks like to rust, at least that's where mine rusted at this last time around.
I haven't seen any of the copper spoons at any of my local shops here in wv so I made a couple from copper tubing scraps I had laying around I made one from 1/2",3/4" and 1" with a dowel handle. "If women don't find ya handsome they might as well find ya handy keep your stick on the ice." -red green.
I love what you are doing with the truck. I think it shows how important the truck is to you that you want to drive it to church. When I see you and your family I see the fruit that Jesus talked about in John 15,5
we use 400 500 800BAR hot water (real hot ) to take off paint and rust you can take rust off down to bear iron .. the small cleaner can handel worm water from the tap and just 40 60´c will peal paint off too as soon iron get hot the paint get thermo plastic,, and peel off but.. let it dry like in dri over night with a ventilator maybe a heater or somthing ..greetings from denmark
I seem to recall you were looking for a fleet side bed for Gonzo... personally I think the step side bed looks great on it and would keep it! (Repainted to match, of course.)
I had a 67 shortbed, 390 w/cam, manual valve body automatic, that always made me feel goodd to drive. So, I can relate to fun driving it. Chad, is the only youtuber I would trust to buy a vehicle from 100%. There are million subscriber channels, I would not even consider that with, because of their hackery. Black paint is not a rebuild !
This is why I love your channel Chad, You and I are kindred spirits mate, if a jobs worth doing its worth doing properly 😎. I hate watching channels like vice grip when he uses license plates to fix rusty floors, Though I do enjoy most of Derricks content to, He just cuts corners I wouldn't 😢, I like my cars looking classic but no chassis rust or holey floors for me, lovely clean interior nice modern motors modern brakes that work and fuel injection and electronic ignition, I'm old I just want to jump in a drive the bugger not be stuck on the verge kicking tires. Anyway like a said a few weeks ago when Paul gave you this project I knew you'd do a fantastic job buddy. 👍😁
I agree 100% with how you are cleaning up the body and interior. That is how i like to do mine . You will get a lot of satisfying enjoyment driving it .
Rusty old work trucks are fine...that said, I prefer shiny and clean. I will get something like this once I retire and fix it up. Good, fairly modern drivetrain. Don't need perfect, but no holes big dents and all one color...I like what you are doing so far. Enjoy!
This is more of what's good in the world! I always get an education when I watch one of these, but please wear eye protection when power washing! it's a lot easier than getting a chunk of rust dug out of your eye!
Rory is over 200k These great people deserve it just as much for what they do for everyone. Like subscribe and share. Let’s go get them to 500k.
Paul could not have given it to a finer person. Thanks for bringing us along on another episode .
I like Corbin’s enthusiasm and that he is willing to learn, he wants so much to be like his dad and big brothers, what a wonderful young man he is growing into.
I love this family content! The Chad Fab clan are “hands-on” workers that know how to have fun while “Gettin-her DONE”. Great seeing the Gonzo getting some much improvements and a face lift! Keep up the good teamwork!
I'm so glad you don't embrace rust as much as Paul seems too. I personally love clean , shiny and cleaner still.
I'm with you. I grew up driving dented and rusty. I like old stuff with new paint.
Makes my heart happy that you are returning Gonzo to her original Turquoise 🩵
Korbin is great under pressure, love seeing a family working together
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Brother, I was a paint and body man for almost 40 yrs and had some health problems and quit.
Can't stand up for long so I fell in love with lawnmowers and started 2 projects at once.
I learned that if I'm building YOUR automobile then I do it YOUR way.
If it's mine then it's MY call.
Yo Truck Yo Way.
Chad's Fab family is at it again and Korbin on the pressure washer was the best! Gonzo is really looking good moving forward on the cleaning and rocker arm repairs that Chad's doing. The new seat is going to be a good match for the inside of the truck and comfortable at that! Love it when Stacy drove Gonzo around and into the garage. I was looking for a burnout, but she's saving that for Chad! All the family and friends coming together to get things done. Awesome video!
Love the truck, and the level of detail. I surely will be following the build to it's conclusion. 👍
There is nothing wrong with bringing Gonzo back to its formal glory! Seeing the beauty that it once was will be so satisfying for all to see! Makes for great content, too! Paul will be pleased to see what you've done with it! Til next time, take care, and we'll see you on the next...
Thanks for the shoutout Chad! 👍👍
Thank you for your help!!! Made all the difference having you bring that over!!
Have fun working on the truck, with your crew you can't go wrong. That's what I like about your channel you haven't gotten away from family working together! You are truly blessed to have that closeness.
Thanks for everything Chad's Fab Crew!
I love the way you do your work. You know how to do it right, and you always do it right, and you pass that on to your boys. Love your channel and your buddies.
You guys are a blessing to watch. Enjoy every video.
Gonzo has never been so clean. My friend showed me his secret for removing old paint. I helped him one day, and I was amazed. He starts with a 4 inch paint brush and a gallon can of DOT 3 brake fluid. He would coat everything with the brake fluid and let it sit for a couple of days. Then he would fire up his steam cleaner (not a pressure washer), and literally wash sheets of paint off of the surface. I was amazed the first time I saw him do that.
Painting Gonzo the original color is super! So fitting! The interior is looking good... and that cleaning will add more years to this trucks life!! Rust is just bad from every angle!
Your confident and patient approach to making progress is a model for any of life's challenges! Love this channel, keep it comming.
Watch the video while you were helping to fix the truck. I am watching your video to see what you doing. I am a 68 old woman. do not know very little about working on vehicles. Enjoying your site you explain everything. Have a Blessed Day! 😀🤗
Chad, your talents never cease to amaze me! Definitely God given talent!
"Former Glories"...👏When things survived the test of "time"!
You're doing that old truck justice. No need to apologize!! I'm sure it'll be beautiful as well as fast n loud when you are finished.
Thanks for a another great low key automotive lesson. I sure appreciate not having to listen to the thump, thump, thump of a of a sub woofer and instead hear a nice calm voice explaining the finer details of your work. Thanks, Chad!
I'm sure you know, but Spray Away works very well as a prep cleaner. Cheers Guys! the truck is turning out nice!
Gonzo is getting even more cooler for sure
Have you ever tried Soda Blasting? It will remove any paint or rust and clean glass and chrome without hurting anything. The truck is looking good , great to see the kids learning and having fun.
Chad...I love the family that not only works together,but has fun and accomplishes much at the same time.
I wouldn't even respond to those silly commenters about why change something u love. That needs no explanation at all.🙂👍
People leave chad alone he's making it ,clean restoring it back to glory then its pretty much his daily driver. So leave him alone. Not any different than any one restoring a vehicle and so proud to constantly drive it,with a grin on his face esr to ear.❤😊😊😊😊😊
So funny when Korbin says, "I'm done!" as he hands off the steam cleaner wand.
Boy that pressure washer brought back memories... i used to pressure wash restaurants and homes in my younger days...it's physical and hard work...oh, and very wet...!!!!!
That Gonzo truck reminds me of Clint Eastwood in “Any Which Way You Can”.❤😊
Wow! Relevant advice, "...measure success by the obstacles overcome."
When I was shop boss at hodges trucking , the satellite yard in wilburton Oklahoma, unit drilling mechanic sometimes wanted to use a bay to stay dry , so I'd get a barrel of. Rig soap , open the soap up low water pressure, let set , come back and take it plum to bare metal if it didn't have a good primer . Sure made my jobs faster and easier. The main bosses in Oklahoma city, couldn't understand how quickly, I'd have a truck prepped and ready for painting. .
Rig soap is some wicked stuff .
CHAD!!! Bravo and your family learning your values!!!
This channel reminds me of days past working in the garage with my 3 boys. We NEVER did anything on the scale that you guys do and didn’t have a fraction of the equipment you have. However, we had a good time and learned a lot. AND, to this day all 3 of them enjoy their cars and working on them. Please continue producing your content. Thank you for the memories.
That's cool you use a copper spoon I made mine out off copper pipes had a piece of 3/4 L hard pipe i cut it in half it was 27 inches one piece I cut a seam down one side and flattened it out and cut a heavy 1/8 over half the pipe I used the smaller half and started flattening the pipe out and when I had it close to flat I stuck the smaller piece I cut from the other half inside the pipe and finished flattening it out I have used mine for over 35 years. Saved me a many blown hole in thin sheet metal.
This 1965 GMC/Chevrolet truck is getting the full community pretty up treatment!
I love Stacy‘s laugh . Good times at work guys.
Robbie Layton style de-greasing! He has a gift!
Looking good 👍. Once Robby Layton head quits spinning lol. He might offer a complete free paint job for Gonzo. You never know.
Chad was a Auto body man before Robby Layton was born
Showing how to have family fun on a restoration project. That steam cleaner packs quite a punch, removing some of Gonzo's paint layers (white, blue, red, black, green/teal). What is the interior color (gold with hues of brown/red/black)? Looks good. Waiting to see some of the accessories as you install them. Liked returing Gonzo to his previous lustre as much as is reasonably possible. An easy driving date/church vehicle.
I love all the work going into Gonzo your only making it your own and who don't like a great looking truck you stick with it Chad I love how your extending a bit of life to that sweet truck.
Love that your putting the Chad into your pickem up
This truck is so awesome!
Glad to see Kendall helping out 😊
I love it! You are making it Yours! Enjoying the cheap because I’m in need of a lot on my 98 Dodge and I’m 70 yrs old with limited funds so I really appreciate you showing and teaching the best way on the nickels. Thank You and am waiting with anticipation to show what’s next!
Love how the boys jump in to help out
Gonzo is looking awesome!
Sometimes I wish I would have left my truck 2 wheel drive. But since my brother and I made it a 4X4, I've had it all over the mountains up at this end of the state, like up around Monte Crisco.
Kenner is Smart, he knows not to piss off the Cook!
I'm sure Paul is grinning ear-to-ear!
Dustless Blasting would have been a great solution, Chad.
👍
Looking good !!
wow, never realized how much work a SEEMINGLY SMALL repair can turn out to be !!!! now i'm seriously afraid to go to the body shop to have the rusty strip below the window crank on my 73 K5 tailgate !!!!!!!!!😮
great job Chad !!!! i don't see any issue from my point of view on the work u r doing on the ole girl !!! it's STILL A LABOR OF LOVE and in the theme of apprecation !!!!!!! ATB boss 😂!!!!!!!!
Corbin,
Thank you for the smiles, great job.
We're excited to see Gonzo cleaned up, fixed up, spruced up and being driven in parades, going to car shows, drag racing once in awhile and doing proper posi burnouts...because waaay rare, cool old American truck with a modern powertrain!
Chad, thank you so much for sharing you knowledge while repairing the rust areas on Gonzo. I have a 1955 GMC PU and know I have inner and outer cab corners to tackle. Please keep these type of videos coming.
Your philosophy advice. Here's mine. Clean white brightens attitudes and makes EVERYTHING more visible (you notice when you get older eyes). A contractor friend suggested Zinsser123 primer and I have bought gallons and gallons of it for shops (2). It is the toughest best paint. It even waterproofs. Very white. Good to teach your kids how to make it all better and keep it nice. Your garage doors are stinkers. Empty spaces in rocker panels: I've always wanted to fill them with foam to stop water and air from making rust. ? "Obstacles to overcome," sonny.
I think Gonzo needs to come down to the mt Carmel car show!
Good new then 😁 Because we're coming and so is Gonzo
Oh heck to the yeah!!!!!!!
The metal door panels would be perfect candidates for chrome!
Great video with some progress ! Thanks for sharing !
Looking better all the time with every little thing you do .👍
Corbin 1 ... Chad 0, way to go Corbin!!! That was awesome!!!
Awesome… thanks buddy..
Family affair! Very cool how well you all work together. 💪👍🏼
thats the way the kids at our Dealership clean used cars, open the doors trunk and hood and start with a good power wash and then the shop vac
It's looking amazing Paul is going to want it back
Awesome truck👍💯
I turned on the TV and there was a show called Junkyard Empire. They found a decent Chevy Blazer and wanted to do a quick restoration. The guy in charge wanted to do it in Orange and the other guys were against him. Made me think of Chad. Orange Blazer all day long.
Another bit of info for you, the bottom rear corners of the hood on these old trucks like to rust, at least that's where mine rusted at this last time around.
I can be having a really crappy day and I watch your videos and it makes my day turn around and turn out much better. Thank you.
I haven't seen any of the copper spoons at any of my local shops here in wv so I made a couple from copper tubing scraps I had laying around I made one from 1/2",3/4" and 1" with a dowel handle. "If women don't find ya handsome they might as well find ya handy keep your stick on the ice."
-red green.
The gift wasn't the truck but the fun of making it the truck You wanted.
I love what you are doing with the truck. I think it shows how important the truck is to you that you want to drive it to church. When I see you and your family I see the fruit that Jesus talked about in John 15,5
Hello Chad from Sydney Australia.
I'm watching your ingenuity and adaptation work process intently.
Amen.🌏🇭🇲
Yup! Ol’ Gonzo is gonna be fly! 😎
God bless you all Fabulous family of Chad!!✌️🇺🇲
Thanks for the laughs Chad's family good times
I might have taken the broken windshield out. It makes the refinishing process a good bit easier. Better finished product as well.
Chad you have some great friends there to lead a hand on projects like gonzo so jealous😊
It’s your truck. Enjoy it how you want. It will be great
we use 400 500 800BAR hot water (real hot ) to take off paint and rust
you can take rust off down to bear iron .. the small cleaner can handel worm water from the tap
and just 40 60´c will peal paint off too as soon iron get hot the paint get thermo plastic,, and peel off
but.. let it dry like in dri over night with a ventilator maybe a heater or somthing ..greetings from denmark
I love watching and learning. You use tools that us average folks have at home in our shops and garages as well.
Love guys coming together
I seem to recall you were looking for a fleet side bed for Gonzo... personally I think the step side bed looks great on it and would keep it! (Repainted to match, of course.)
I had a 67 shortbed, 390 w/cam, manual valve body automatic, that always made me feel goodd to drive. So, I can relate to fun driving it. Chad, is the only youtuber I would trust to buy a vehicle from 100%. There are million subscriber channels, I would not even consider that with, because of their hackery. Black paint is not a rebuild !
I like the interior color, for rattle can it's a nice color. I had a 66 Chevy and I wouldn't mind another. Really nice to have all that good help.
First Class Work by a First Class Crew 👍👍 Thanks for the Schooling on them Rocker's , that job is Allway's alot of time to do !
Love those old trucks with gas tank beside the driver.
This is why I love your channel Chad, You and I are kindred spirits mate, if a jobs worth doing its worth doing properly 😎.
I hate watching channels like vice grip when he uses license plates to fix rusty floors, Though I do enjoy most of Derricks content to, He just cuts corners I wouldn't 😢, I like my cars looking classic but no chassis rust or holey floors for me, lovely clean interior nice modern motors modern brakes that work and fuel injection and electronic ignition, I'm old I just want to jump in a drive the bugger not be stuck on the verge kicking tires.
Anyway like a said a few weeks ago when Paul gave you this project I knew you'd do a fantastic job buddy. 👍😁
Hopefully the outside paint plans takes a couple years...
That is called respect 👍😀
I had a co worker zip tie the handle on and he dropped it and reached for it and it blew a hole through his bicep . they aren`t toys
I agree 100% with how you are cleaning up the body and interior. That is how i like to do mine . You will get a lot of satisfying enjoyment driving it .
Rusty old work trucks are fine...that said, I prefer shiny and clean. I will get something like this once I retire and fix it up. Good, fairly modern drivetrain. Don't need perfect, but no holes big dents and all one color...I like what you are doing so far. Enjoy!
41:15 For copper backing pieces to weld, I just use pipe from the big box store and smack in flat with a hammer.
That throttle body hat looked like something from a still.
This is more of what's good in the world! I always get an education when I watch one of these, but please wear eye protection when power washing! it's a lot easier than getting a chunk of rust dug out of your eye!
You making this truck great.