FORGOTTEN Pontiac Straight 8! Will it Run & Drive After 51 Years? Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2022
- Let's get this gal' back on the road and preserve it! This is part 2, in our first video we were able to get it to fire off for the first time in 51 Years! I hope you all enjoy! Thank you all as always for the continued Love and Support!
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Please don't lower it. It looks great as is.
I agree, please don't!!
You did great with the door dude. But please don't abominate that into a lowrider.
No low. That would suck.
agreed!
No low!! 😊 Thanks!
I love that this car is getting another chance at life. Old vehicles no matter if it is Ford, GM, Chrysler ect just don't wanna stay dead. Even if they sit for 40+ years they are still ready to go sometimes. I also loved when your children were helping you out. Stuff like that makes me smile. I wouldn't lower the car. I think it looks great the way it is.
We’re glad to give it, it’s new chance at life! 😊 You’re right about that! I’m really glad you enjoyed. I think you’re right, it stays stock height! 😃 Thank you!!
Agreed! They don't make cars like they used to.
As a dad and teacher, I love the fact that you included the girls in the work. There's nothing better than quality time like that!
I'm 74 yrs old and I can't tell you guys how this video made me feel. It was almost like I was being restored myself. Thanks!!!! Blessings Always. Geno
Keep on keeping on Gene! 74 is mature! Not old ! 👊
You're 74 years "Young" man! Don't get old unless you do so disgracefully.
Seeing a father spending time with the kids and teaching them stuff is just awesome..Blessings on you and your family..
This thing is freakin awesome. Please, please don't lower it. I like the boat, but I think you're right, it will look better on a station wagon.
Thank you!! 😃 No low! Time to find a station wagon 😁
wow , a dad that takes time to interact with his daughters , give the guy a medal , this is how it's done guys
I got a tear in my eye watching him show them the way
100 percent best dad award goes too this guy
As a 78 year old Black Vietnam War Veteran, this rebuild brings me back to the days in Fairfield SC when my great uncle would load up 6 of my brothers along with his wife and then drive us 12 miles to the very small town of Winnsboro S.C. The roominess and the comfortbiliry of the Pontiac will forever live in my memory. “ Thanks for the memories.” A Nam Vet!!
Windsor, thank you for your service and your sacrifice, sir!
My favorite when your precious children are helping you and/or enjoying the ride!!! What a great channel you are building.
Bet Momma said some kind words to you about the girls coming in with greasy hands. 😄
I agree. Having the kids involved was cool. I have two boys 4 and 5 and I try to get them involved when I'm working on things. Gets them off the electronics and other junk. And hopefully they will be more into it when they get older.
Such a vehicle deserves a complete restoration !
I love the old Pontiac. If it were me, I would fix up the interior and drive it as is. It is gorgeous! And the boat just sets it off. Great job 👏
Thanks so much!!! That’s our next step and time for some cruising 😊
Grandma had a Pontiac about that year. Rode like a yacht. Loved the chrome. Beautiful job. I think the boat kind of overpowers the look. Love that massive speaker in the middle of the dash! Thanks for saving it.
You are utilizing one of the greatest Tools a Mechanic can have - A Good Attitude! Love the channel.
Looks great at that height, I would not lower it any more. Great work!
I agree. I wouldn't lower it either.
Agreed
I agree too!
@@anibalbabilonia1867 It's unanimous!
She's perfect like so. Please don't lower it.
I love hearing these old cars run. Love the how the transmission sounds with the gears humming along.
My aunt had one like it in the 50's . Love how you are teaching your children to not be afraid of tools or mechanical items.
Don't lower it..I think you should use S.O.S pads on the bumbers and remove that rust..it would pop man..lol
I was really hoping he would polish the chrome after applying the clear coat haha. Definitely would be a huge difference
No, chrome polish applied with 0000 grade steel wool pads, SOS & Brillo pads have soap in them.
Having a 48 Pontiac Streamliner myself, this project has given me motivation to continue! Great show, thanks for sharing.
That's such an awesome car to own. Someday I'd love to broaden my horizons and own something old and cool like that. I don't think I've ever even seen a straight eight in person. I'm 39 and I've owned 68 cars since I was 14 including some older cars, but nothing older than my 1976 Buick Skylark sedan with an Olds 260 and a TH200 that made 110 HP. It would do 80 MPH eventually, but make no mistake, it was an absolute turd. I know that the straight eight wasn't much better, but I've always wanted to own an old Pontiac or Buick with one so I could tinker with it. I love to wrench and fabricate parts.
It is wonderful how you have your kids involved! That is fantastic!
Even though it won't be restored it just doesn't need to, it's perfect as is, the surface rust gives it character and tells a story! She looks perfect as is! It's funny how you thought about swapping the Sedan Delivery ambulance body on this before!
My dad bought the same car in 53 when I started first grade. The familiar whine of the tranny as you accelerated through the gears brought back memories. That was the last car dad bought new until the 70’s when he bought another Pontiac. The car never gave us a problem. Dad kept it perfect.
I'd take the boat off and find a visor for the old girl. I personally love it, I have a thing for early 50's cars with the big rear fenders. Maybe one day I will have one.
The boat adds nothing and neither would a visor or skirts. Lowering it would destroy it!
I wished that Dad and I could have been able to have done something like this together as you seem to have so much fun and deliver such great results. Enjoy your uploads every time.
I am really liking this project (1953 Pontiac). I was an engineer at Pontiac from 1970 to 1980 at the same buildings where this was built. I also love you taking the time to interact with your children. I have grand daughters the same age and they work all day, every day with their father on our farm. They will have serious skills while still in grade school. Yours may too.
That clear coat did great. Didnt know there was such a thing. The boat on top of it looks awesome. Thank you
There is just something about anything vintage and all the stories they tell us. What great history, great luck with your project, love it.
What a killer car! Looks great but I’d suggest restoring the interior to original style. Those motors are so reliable; keep maintaining and running it and it’ll only get better. The boat looks cool on it as well.
The segment with your babies was so sweet; you’ve got some mechanics in the making 😉.
I'm a car enthusiast.... This are thrilling moments... Bringing back to life something that was nearly unsalvageable. Well done guys I'm hoping that one day I will have enough funds to do similar projects ☺️
It's the most coolest thing in this world or universe that you're doing this with your children. Magic times like this don't really happen often. Sometimes only once.
I love how you're having your girls help you out. That reminds me of how my hubby is with our daughter.
I love that your daughters are spending time with you helping with the cars and learning. I used to help my dad the same way. I cannot tell you how valuable it has been knowing how to at least change a tire over my life to this point and now I’ve finally taken on my own project car.
What a great dad. Lovely seeing your girls getting involved.
Your kids are seriously precious man! Bet you're a proud father.
that 3-in-the-tree brought back memories of my🕊dad's '49 chevy♡. thank you and your dad☺️
You serve those old cars with love and respect! Really enjoying your abilities and cohorts; them kids are awesome!
Amazing family! Cherish that father/son relationship.
Glad to see you working with your babies, no one takes the time anymore! God bless you..😊
That was so cute, the little ladies helping out. I have 3 daughters under 11 and we do diy like this, they always wanna help
The car looks pretty good with all the new chrome and the patina. You need to finish the "chromification" with the bumpers. It sure looks good on that country road!
Man ....... that gave an old motorheads heart a jump
Good to see the next generation into old cars
Couple more pebble beach seasons
And she'll be ready for her own!!!
Get her a little shoebox nova
A little straight 6 with a mild cam and some 13 steelies and let her paint them black finger paint the beauty rings!!!
I love your videos and that you are involving your little girls! I am the youngest of four and only girl. My fondest memories from my childhood are from being out in the garage "helping" my Dad when he was wrenching on cars. You are planting seeds of antique/classic car fanatics for the next generation and THAT is awesome! Thank you for sharing your world with us here on TH-cam!!!
Thank you for doing what you do. My wife and I really enjoy seeing the old iron brought back to life!
When you first sprayed the car with water it looked so nice on the hood and I visualised how good it would look with a new paint job in a dark maroon.
Awesome Progress On The Pontiac Chiefton, Good Seeing You & Your Father Back At It, She’s Coming Around, Looking Great!!
It’s adorable that your girls want to help their daddy, just like like Derek’s boys from Vice Grip Garage plus more. I can see your girls following in your footsteps the way you took inspiration from your dad. My son learned his car interest from me, I’m not a mechanic but enjoyed helping a mechanic do certain easy tasks for a taxi company that I once drove for. I always checked tyres, fluids etc etc as I drove over 1000 miles a week and when I was doing these checks my 3 year old son used to come and watch me do these checks and was always asking “what does that do daddy?”, or “daddy, you didn’t check your lights ”! My daughter was less interested which is a pity because we were and still are best friends lol! Taught my son to drive and passed his driving test 6 weeks later. I did the same with my daughter but she wasn’t interested! Well done on your hard work bringing everyone with such interesting content, 3 generations working on cars is nice to see 👏👏
Love this ol'Pontiac! I think it looks great the way it is, and I wouldn't change the ride height! The only thing I would do is eliminate that roof headliner! It kind of detracts from the over all look! Love all your videos!
Look how far you got… man I remember the beginning. You deserve everything!
31:23 true, the patina is awesome. The trunk especially... 🤩
So happy you made a pt 2 for this car. I have a 1954 star chief project that I got as a graduation gift with the same motor and basically the same everything else as yours except for the body and I found both parts super informative and entertaining and also most importantly inspiring me to keep working on it to finally get it running Keep saving the classics ❤️ from California
I love that you are teaching the kids to fix cars !! Nice work on the car and videos!! Always enjoy them all !! Thanks
My first car was a 39 Chevy with the 3 speed shift on the floor. Paid $40 for it in Eden, N C in 1957. So you know I'm sitting here watching every repair being done to the Pontiac. My aunt and uncle lived in Winston-Salem and they never owned anything but a Pontiac. Lots of good memories for this 81 year old.
Good job fella's, i have enjoyed seeing the old Pontiac being fixed up and i love your enthusiasm with Dad helping out. I look forward to seeing more of this car progress in the future. Cheers from Australia.
I think the patina look suits the car just fine and it still has enough character to be very presentable! Considering how much actual paint goes for, $150 is dirt cheap for the Poppy's Patina treatment. You save all that time and money skipping the body work and respraying, too. The alternative would be a slippery slope that leads to fully restoring the car, which isn't budget minded at all.
The interior on the other hand? You could probably get away with repairing the existing seat covers, but definitely look into doing something with that headliner! Frankly, even having no headliner at all would be a better option than leaving it as-is. It honestly hurts the looks of the car more than anything.
I think for the amount of time and effort wasted to preserve the "patina" you could have masked it off and shot it with a single stage black paint and you'd be done. Add a flattening agent if you want an aged look. He's already talking about re-applying the "patina" treatment.
It is spectacular how this car didn't crumble apart from being eaten by the rust and stayed sound structurally, I bet it was covered from the rain most of its time.
Turned out awesome, I was waiting for Ward, June, Wally and the Beaver to jump out, love the Patina, seems to drive unbelievably nice for that old of a car, that was somebody’s baby, thanks for saving her.
Very cool retro look and the patina gives it the extra wow factor.
I think it was so sweet that you have your two daughters helping you. Girl Power!
The little girls are too precious. I love that they're so curious and willing to learn new things. So cute!
Great job!! My mom had a two tone green '53 pontiac when I was a kid and we drove it from Texas to California several times. That thing would roll down the highway as smooth as glass. Had one of those swamp coolers hanging off the passenger window. Your restoration brought back some great memories.
My great uncle was a Pontiac guy his whole life. His first car was a 53 Chieftain. He has pictures and the one thing he pointed out to me was, the trunk accent was shaped like shaped like the F4-U Corsair warplane that appealed to war vets from both WW2 and Korea alike. What an amazing find! The motor is worth the price of the car alone. Thanks for sharing this!
This brings back so many memories! I was born in 1951 and my dad acquired a '53 Chieftain 2-door from his late brother, my uncle. Just looking under the hood at that big old Straight Eight, the memories are just flooding back! Thanks for a terrific series on this great old beast! 👍😎
The children helping you out was so great! What an insanely cool car. Perfect just as it is!
Great seeing you including the wee ones! Looks great and a shout out to your dad!
I am so glad to see that beautiful Pontiac rescued and brought back to life. I was going to run up to Fletcher and get it myself, and trust me.....i thought long and hard over another project. But I have my hands full with the packard and squarebody.
I thoroughly enjoy watching you and your dad rescue classics from death.
I would love to see videos of working on your projects
Looks great with the boat! I've been looking at one of these that I'd really like to buy... I just love this era Pontiac. Nice job!
Good job Dad! Way to teach the kids to work on cars. I do this regularly with my kids because my grandfather did it with me. Thanks again for the videos!
Those were the best looking ancient drum brakes I’ve ever seen! I’ve replaced a lot of drum brakes on a lot newer vehicles than that and they are almost always completely cashed out with the cylinder bleeding to death. Cool old car 👍
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen. Your girls will remember this all their lives. What a great dad you are.
Glad to see this old car again! Video quality has gotten up tremendously. Thank you, keep it up!
Nice work. I enjoyed this episode and Part 1, you're doing a great job and with the best assistants! Looking forward to more restorations. Subscribed!
Seeing these girls working on a car with their Dad reminds me of when I was a kid. Spent many hours out in the garage with him installing water pumps, changing alternators, and even swapping a 455 Oldsmobile engine into a Dodge pickup so he had a work truck/parts runner (and sleeper! 😁😁). Definitely subscribing to this channel!
That’s AWESOME.
Thank you guys for showing this video.
This is a gem I’m loving this series tho I wouldn’t lower it
Man that is just so cool! Seeing the whole family involved in a great project like that one! Definitely one cool looking car. Great that you where able to rescued it from the scrap yard! Looking forward to seeing more updates on this one!👌😎👍great job!
I love seeing your girls learning and playing with you and that old car. Trying to teach my kids the love of old cars with our ‘72 Jeep, this is priceless dad time.
The fact you’re helping your children work on the old ‘53. Brilliant!
My parents pwned a 1953 Chevrolet. They brought me ho,e from the maternity hospital in it in 1955. So much of that Pontiac is familiar to me. Thanks for rescuing it.
my father taught me at a young age how to fix vehicles, its great to see your children learning. they wouldn't learn unless they were shown. i fixed cars, did brakes, brake lines, now i fix atvs and side by sides. awesome job man. keep it up
That has to be the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. The boat is icing on the cake. I love it!
Glad you kept the straight 8. Now, it needs some interior work to make it nice.
Definitely the next step!
I absolutely love this car and what you've done with it!
brought back childhood memories when you pulled her out and then came driving by again. Totally awsome! The boat look fine up there, not everyone owned a wagon,lol.
Great job! I'm amazed and impressed that you can get these old barn/yard find cars running.
Great video. Reminds me of helping my father when I was young. He had a '52 Cadillac. I remember him asking me to give him a 9/16" box end wrench, etc. Thanks for the memories.
Noice car...and the girls did an awesome job. Always puts a smile on my face. Reminds me of when I was a kid, watching my Dad fixing my moped and bicycles. Y'all be safe. Rob, Cairns, Down Under
Excellent video Budget Buildz :) also super car for age , 3 ton weight car and lives on for sure 👍! Also boat up roof looks excellent and keep in excellent shape too!
Awesome! I have a 41 Buick with a straight 8, can’t wait to get her going!
What a beautifully honest and superb quality classic 50's American car , it just keeps getting better , great job , can't wait to see what you manage to achieve with the interior on a budget .
Thank you for teaching the girls! They will treasure that forever! I love it when my dad calls me for car advice.
Ready to serve a new family, when it thought its life had ended. Great job👍
Many happy memories with my grandfather's 1952 similarly regal model of that fine car. I remember when he first bought it, he commented about how all the lights on the dashboard made him feel like he was piloting an airplane. Thanks for sharing your saga with us. I agree the boat would look better on a station wagon. Great work!
So cool to see you working with the kids. It's easy to forget why we preserve old cars and hand them down.
Luv it! Looks good and I agree with it at the present height. A fresh period correct interior would be awesome! Keep it up. Great job!
I love the petina look, glad you kept it. The Ponitiac looks so good, just needs a new interior and she's a daily driver for sure! You guys are amazing!!!!!
When I was a teen looking forward to getting my license, my middle-aged schoool-teacher maiden aunt let me help her pick out her first car. The car we picked was this one, automatic shift, grey color. It was big and ugly and pompous on the road, exactly the car she needed. It is delightful that you've rescued this one.
Outstanding! Big kudos to you for saving the car. I grew up in the 50s, really love those cars.❤
That car runs and drives so smooth. Keep up the great work!
Nice 👍🏽 looking forward to the things y’all gonna do to the car I have the same ride and there isn’t to many videos and info about these old rides out there keep it up!
Those new tires & hub caps looks good. I do like the roof rack & your grandfathers old boat. I wouldn’t lower it. Looks great the way it sits & drives down the road. Never thought the car was going to come out this nice & running good. Glad you have future plans for this car. It’s a keeper. That Porsche is looking good in the garage.
Awesome video, I also have a rescued 53 Pontiac with the same paint issue. This one needs the outside sun visor.
Wonderful dad and fantastic that he brings an old lady back to life. 😊