1974 Chevy Camaro Abandoned for 24 Years! Rust Bucket Facebook Marketplace Find! Will it Run?!?
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- I've never been able to afford a muscle car but by golly this sucker showed up on the Facebook Marketplace and she was in my wheelhouse! I soon found out why this 1974 Camaro was so cheap! Stay tuned for all the disappointments of buying a cheap vehicle online! If you wanna own this rust bucket it could be yours for only $1,500! I figure the drivetrain is worth that for a donor. Email me at mortskerepair@gmail.com if you're interested. Thanks for watching!
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No pheasants were actually harmed in making of this motion pitcure.all animals are stunt doubles of actaull animal stars with exception of duff,who does his own character.ha ha.he he.as always a blast of witty humour.you need with this pile.enjoyed,snooky pa.
Duff Dog was pretty dang excited during that ride!! He nails his lines on every take as well!
You and Duff dog need to go pick up some chick's in that thing .
I love Duff.
I vote the mullet a permanent addition to the channel!!
I'll get it added to the wardrobe!
It didn’t look fake at all.
Test drives for sure 🙌🏻
The right rear tire does all the spinning (non posi), and throws all the road salt into the upper wheel well.
The pheasant tumbling by the window was the greatest 👌
Tell Derek that if he makes an appearance there will be plenty of cold snacks for him that may bring him in
Big VGG fan myself, this dude is definitely on par with his stuff
The Duffantor has so much character! Such a special dog.
That Duff is so cute
Excellent! I had a 79 firebird that my wife’s brothers built from a few donors. Long story short, I took it to Sears (back in the day they did everything) and got new rubber and an alignment. It kept pulling so according to their policy they guaranteed the work and after three return trips I had a new front end suspension! Total= $2700.00... my bill, only $255.00 for the tires and alignment. They ate the rest! I’m pretty sure that’s why they stopped doing all services shortly after that because when I had one tire go bad I went back for them to replace it and the wrench I spoke to told me he thought my car was the final straw on the camels back as to why they no longer do big jobs. I can live with that. Miss the old bird though, she was a runner. (I had left it over a friends and it was tarped over the roof to halfway down the doors. My friend added another tarp thinking he was helping but it touched the ground all around it and it sweated it into a rust bucket. Over one winter it was destroyed.) Right up until I took her to the junkyard. She did 120mph on the straightaway right past the yard. It lost brakes and power as I parked it to pull the battery. Was a sad day to see her get forked and brought to the yard to be parted out. Yea I visited her when I’d go to find other parts and of course I wish I kept her but there’s always another project to move onto right? Well, thanks for taking us along, it was a hoot! Stay healthy, stay safe and stay greasy!
I've been watching for about 4 months?
I've actually revived a 83 Jaguar XJ6
Because of your videos being extremely entertaining and informative so all i can really say is Thank you!
Hey thanks for continually coming back!
Mortske Monday not a bad way to start the week
I just love Duff! He's a great companion!
He sure is!
Wheel flies off during donut screaming a solo of "Here I go again on my own!!"
You picked a great time to leave me loose wheel!
Kenny Rodgers lyric earned you a subscriber Hoss. Lol
Or you pick fine time leave me loose wheel.
@@codyhickman7335 Duff and I should start a band! Duff Leopard!
Great video ! Your boy Duff is a riot. You win the "Best Dressed" award for color matching your wardrobe with the cars interior , and that mullet dew was impeccable. If twist'en wrenches doesn't pan out for ya there's always room in the world for another male car model.
Work that Mullet Mortske, work it !!!!!
Yes! Thank you!
The rot around the roof is because it had a vinyl roof that was removed, the studs were ground off and then it was improperly treated before paint (vinyl roofs and northern cars were a bad combo). The "start box" under the hood was because of the "one year only" seat belt interlock system, in case of failure you could use that to start it. The interlock was removed by GM because everyone hated it.
That "NOS" button is the seat belt interlock GM put in 1974 and 75 cars. It prevented one from starting the car until the seat belts were fastened. Honestly, I am surprised it is still there. Everyone bypassed (removed) that 'feature' faster than you can say "party in the rear".
Great info on that switch!
My uncle bought a new Camaro in 1971 as a 1972 model. I was really young but I remember how amazed I was at looking up at people driving Beetles. He sold the car a couple years later and it was pretty much rusted into lace.
Hey Mortske! Yeah, she's a doner.
A customer of mine had his old High School, low(ish) mileage 73 Firebird and wanted to restore it some 30 years later. By then it was too far gone to be financially feasable.
He looked all over for a decent Firebird body but came up empty.
He found an abandoned project 74 Camaro in fresh paint, still on the homemade rotisserie, for a hell of a deal. No driveline to speak of and the interior parts were mostly trash.
They put the Firebird subframe in the shell along with the Poncho 400 4bbl and TH400, rear end and most of the 'Bird interior pieces. I tidied up the electrical and got the AC together for him.
It's a pretty friggin sweet car and it sure makes the Camaro guys uncomfortable when they lift the hood, lol.
I had a 76 Camaro in high school back in the late 80s. 350 with a 4-speed. so i have a soft spot for the big bumper cars. the 74 Camaro is unique that a lot of parts on it are 1 year only. so they are very hard to restore. For example the quarter panels, Chevy changed to the large rear window in the 75 Camaro. no one makes replacement quarters for them. so you have to use both 70-73 and 75-77 quarters to splice together a quarter for them. the rear plastic sail panels that were painted black are also a one year only item. which is probably why the quarters were all butchered. the rust along the belt line is because at some point it had a vinyl top. the rust follow the line where the chrome trim would have been for the vinyl top. in 74 there was a requirement for seat belt interlock to start the car. they were notoriously flakey so GM put the start box under the hood is to bypass the interlock. GM switched to HEI mid way through 74 so early cars have points ignition and late 74 cars have HEI. so there are 2 unique wiring harnesses for them. those rimes may be originals, the base model Camaros got turbine style hub caps that year. that car is repairable but it will cost you more than its worth. personally I would recommend parting her out. there are a lot of guy looking for parts for this year, because no one makes the 1 year only parts. there is a for sale page on the forum for the second gen Camaro owners group page. www.nastyz28.com. I am currently restoring a 71 Camaro SS 396. if you decide to part it out let me know. I would love to have that tilt steering column. mine was pretty busted up when I got it.
Shad, send me an email. It's listed in the description. This car will likely be a donor. Thanks for the wealth of 74 knowledge!
I don't think Richard over at Precision Transmissions would approve of your transmission job LoL But I'm loving the vids Great stuff
It'll be fine!! Thanks for watching!
Start button is for seatbelt safety system where the seatbelt has to be fastened for your car to start. Some sort of a reset in case it doesn't work.
When you were driving this car, it reminded me of my old 1989 Camaro that I got brand new right out of USAF Basic Training. It was such a super fun muscle car. I would have picked up that pheasant, it's great delicious smoked. You do really look like you love these old cars,even though you say things like quadra puke carb , mullet mobile, and fiberglass was just caked in there . Those holes are like swiss cheese. I would keep the steel wheels, sandblast them, prime with rattle can rust paint, and paint them cherry bomb red, then use chrome mag lug nuts.for that old school hot rod ,rat rod look with white wall tires.
I don't think there's any room in the budget for primer in this gem!
My belief is that the button under the hood is to over ride the seat belt/starter interlock. It gets pushed once to overide the systen so you can start the car without having to have the seat belt fastened. It resets once the car is shut off. Feds mandated this, but it was rescinded after one year. Had this silliness on a Lincoln from that era many years ago.
You are correct. 74 only thing.
Man when that fired off first time the look on your face was worth the subscribing.
Thanks for the sub Russell!
That’s the year I graduated high school. I would pull the 400 and trans and rear end and take the rest to the scrap yard
Subframe too, with motor and trans still attached. Could graft em into an old Chebby truck.
Me too!
Me too !
The 400 small block really isn’t that great of an engine, they have a tendency to over heat and crack the heads.
@@Bill-xc8le New heads are fairly cheap now, only the poorest dudes (like me) would use the original ones. I think with an adequate cooling system, they'd be ok. Just can't overheat 'em.
Greetings from Scotland, Mortske. Well ya knocked that out in 57 mins,...what did ya do for the rest of the day 😃.
Good on you for perseverance. I was thinkin you might have thrown the towel in when you saw the state of the chassis.
At least you & Duff got for a ride in it.
Good job.....
Thanks 👍 for watching in Scotland!
I was born in July of 1974.. "holey" cow..! When you showed us the passenger side! Who knew that a fiberglass body would eat away like that?? I guess I am one of those people that like the 70's bumpers..I epecially love the 3 feet wide chrome bumpers on the old mercury marqui's and Ltd's ect..! The ones that scream: get outta the way!! My uncle worked on restoring 1970's trans ams..we love those too! I subcribed 3 years ago..I had a 3g phone from 5 years ago.so it buffered thru all the videos ,tho I watched them..while really likeing the 1959 suburban..that one is a gem! Still looking for a follow up video on that particular sweet ride. My friend cynthia had a 1964 country squire station wagon.. It had the original safety orange paint job.
Good morning Mortske! Thanks for the great videos as always.
Glad you like them!
Can’t wait to watch this one after work, I used have a red 81
You brought another mullet machine back to life... I have ridden in so many of those... good memories
Im up in Minot and i was calling and asking about this camaro, guy stopped responding to me one day! I wanted it so bad! Used to have a 75 LT when i was a teenager. Glad to see it again and look forward to watching you videos on it!
You shoulda saved me the hassle!
@@MortskeRepair Haha I really wanted too! I'm only halfway through the video right now but what's your plans going forward with it?
@@Laisper24 Knocking it in the head!
The mulletmaro screams jean jackets, rockin' to Whitesnake, and bald eagles!
I do need a jean jacket!
@@MortskeRepairthe Jean jacket needs a guns and roses patch, Metallica scribbled across the shoulders in sharpie and all your friends signatures all over it if you want it to be authentic lol
@@jodypierson3137 You got one I can borrow??
@@MortskeRepair I wore mine out long time ago lol
I bet the dude he bought this from was laughing his ass off as you pull the thing away LOL
It's all about the power whirler and free..... Plenty of good parts..
I love this Camaro with this bumpers.i once had one of those (from '88 to '91 ).But without speed holes
That would be a great demo derby car, who needs brakes for that. Another awesome video by an awesome mulleted dude!
Seeing this took me back to the glory days of having an orange '84 Firebird and living in the trailer park.
Thank you 😁
Oh my god, the mullet wig, I lost it. Definitely needed the denim jacket, lmao.
Next time!
Thank you for making my flight delay from Morocco to the uk more enjoyable love all the vids and still catching up on old content like this.
My pleasure!
My Dad's 74 Trans Am has that same starter switch under the hood. He said he tried it once back in the 70s, and it worked, but it did not work in 2004 or so when I tried it. Another neat 70s GM feature some cars had was an under hood work light. It was basically a light bulb with a couple feet of attached wire, all stuffed into a small canister mounted to the inner fender. Wired directly into the car's electrical system and had a little toggle switch on it.
They had those well into the 80s as well.
Dang! Nice Red Dragon! I would of picked up that pheasant for dinner! 👍
Duff was on it!
A bit of expanding foam in the right places and sculpted to perfection she'll be good as new!
Would Flex Seal be acceptable?
@@MortskeRepair wow, steady on now, let's not get too fancy!
The sarcasm drips from this episode. I LOVE it!
I saw this camaro on marketplace as well. Really though there was no way anyone would buy it but here she is 😂 keep up the awsome content!
You're just smarter than me!
I’m still watching the walk around. That poor thing is way far gone.
I live in the desert, we just dont see this level of rust. The body on this jewel is just sad.
@@m6780 i know, I live in so cal. My 68 Mustang and 58 cadillac are in great shape. Its sad how certain parts of the country just destroys cars.
You gotta get on that 49 Ford!! It’s so close. When it’s done it can go the driveway instead of sitting in the yard.
Just love watching your vids, helps me get through my work day.
Glad to help!!
Yeah, you said it better then I could have, too far gone. Love the mullet bit and Duffy too!
I just found out that after watching this, the back of my hair had grown like 4 inches!
Another revival channel to add to my favorites! Love what you're doing, man!
Glad you enjoy it!
Great content as usual, think on first inspection I would have walked away in tears, all the best for the channel
Glad you enjoyed it
Hockey pucks work really good for body mounts
We can't afford those!
You should put a go-pro on Duff and then we can see all his help. Wink
Everyone talking about what you’ll do with the turbo 350 and the sbc; what we really want to know is what vehicle will be graced with the Panasonic 6x9s? An audio mullet for the package tray of any vehicle.
I don't have anything nice enough for a stereo!
Awesome as always Mortske......... had me rolling on the floor a couple of times.👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Michael!
Shag carpet + Red Dragon (from the movie Old School) = the Shag'in Dragon!
Bahaha brilliant!
To come up with a name just Mullet over.
It’s so much fun watching you find all the crazy things why they stopped driving the car
It was never ending with this one!
This takes me back. I picked up a 1977 Type LT in Arizona in 1995 for $200, that had been buried under 3' of trash for a few years. A new battery, timing set, a carburetor and drain the EXTRA GALLON of oil out of the pan made for a running daily driver while I was in college. I ended up selling it in 1998 for $1500 when I moved to OK. I shoulda' kept it. A straight, rust-free body would be worth some money around here.
Hold on by hopes and dreams! 🤣
Or as we say here in Canada......held together with spit and string!
That thing should have stayed in whatever tree row you drug it from.
I can see that Duff is your conscience! He doesn't let you get away with anything! 😂 I love your videos!
Sometimes my conscience makes terrible decisions tho!
@@MortskeRepair The struggle is real and you and Duff keep each other in line!
New mower battery too! Loving this sweet movin chair!
man thats a rusty one -
RUSTMARO
got some other good parts on it though
That thing is barely good for parts.
It's rough but the structural rust can be fixed stronger than stock for cheap in a non factory way (homemade patch pieces). I used to frown on stuff like that but if it keeps a car in existence I'm all for it. I'd rather see rough examples running around vs being scrapped.
Enjoy watching you fight rusty junk. Have done that my whole life as I drive junk and live in MN. Duff sure is energetic.
It's a way of life!
Yep I like the car.
With a little
Duct tape and
Blow foam and some
zip ties fancy hub caps.
Get you a mullet hair cut I think you'd be ready for a car show.
I still like his and Duff's videos.
Keep them coming..
Reminds me of the time I dropped a 400 in my 93 chevrolet. Thing ate a set of heads and 2 sets intake gaskets. Beat the crap out of it and was loud thanks to a broken exhaust set up. Nice car crusty but hey some chevys are that way. Great content boss.
I bought a 1975 Rally Sport brand new only new car I have ever bought. Yellow with flat black hood and top with rally stripes also came in blue / black or red/ black loved that car this brings back memories thanks for sharing
I like it! To bad it’s so far gone, would be nice to hear the freedom fly with a full glass pack. Thanks for the content!
You bet Devin!
Because I had so many of these Camaros that I bet you when he realized there was nothing to mount the leaf springs to that's when he give up lol!
Came to the comments for this! Typical lol.
or the rusted in bolts were above his paygrade!
I can't believe somebody was driving that car. I have driven some raged out junk in my life that I had jury rigged, but that tops anything I ever drove. I think you had a lot of guts even taking it down the road after you got it running.
lol, I wonder where you went. Now I know... The Red Dragon is 'iffy'. Great job getting it going. I love the idea of using the from clip and drivetrain as donor parts. Nice Mullet! Duff needed one as well.
I'll keep an eye out for a dog version!
Helluva parts car. 2 bolt main 400. Good motor. Check the heads. Alot of them that year range share heads with the 350, only the 400 needs steam holes. Some didn’t have holes. Some 350s did. Factory mismatched. That is the whole reason they got a bad wrap. You probably knew that already I suspect. Enjoy. Good video.
nice work at least you got it running
That 74 is pretty nice! A good friend of mine has a 74 Z28 that his brother bought new the motor was bad so it also has a pretty nasty 400 small block in it! I also see it's got Lincoln County South Dakota plates on it! Love you're show!
Thanks Dale!
Love the vid, as always keep it up man, you make really good videos :)
Glad you like them!
Your the revival master mortske i would have just set that on fire🔥 Cool job to get it rolling brother and loving the new hair style
Id like to have seen a bit more donut action with the mullet blowing out the window
Thanks for the entertainment bud you really are a you tube phenomenon 30k wowsa Keep em coming ⭐
Much appreciated OG! Thanks for always coming back and commenting!
@@MortskeRepair your very welcome guvnor 👍
The rear window trim allows water to pass by the gasket, and it sits inside the quarter panel, and rotts from the inside out, it acts like a bowl and holds water.
“Don’t ask me how I know “ Great stuff, thanks.
Always learn from your mistakes!!
Great video. Last year of the flat rear window first year of the crap bumper...I mean crash bumper. At least the same year Firebird has a better front bumper. I had many of the 70-73 Firebirds and T/As.. Great content as always.
Great viewing as always, waiting on a 1-1/2 ton farm truck, mopar hopefully.
holy crappy camaro this was a great and FUNNY video. Just picked up a red 74 z28 today and have been bin watching videos on this car. My 1st car was a 79 and im a 74 so had to get one too! Thanks for showing me a lot of the many problems I need to look out for!
Have fun!
Yes! Hello Monday!
My first was a 73 even color was close to this one. Awesome video
Had a 74 type LT in high school. fun car
74 Type LT! Me too. 😁👌
I had one for near 3 decades! LAST of the baby back window! Still have the vette center caps to it( i ran 15" ralleys all around 15" and 10" wide, with stainless rings) Big a$$ sticky mickey thompson sportsmans... :P
Right on!
Ol Mortske sporting the Oklahoma Mudflap hair style !!
You know at this point I watch your show just cause of you lol you are awesome!
Haha you should find a better role model Caleb!
Love these videos as much as Duff likes goin fer rides!
He loves them more than oxygen itself!
Awesome episode as usual, thank you
Thanks for always watching Brad!
Someone drove that till the wheels came off, then barely put them back on...And Continued to drive it till the subframe fell off.
I like how you call Pheasant before hitting it....Reminds me of one night dad was driving and about a block ahead I see a deer and boredly call out "deer". In half a block that fawn was highlighted in an oncoming SUV's headlamps and bounced into our lane. Okay, dad has half a block to stop...I'll see what he does. Last second he sees it slams on the brakes and rolls clean over it at 10MPH with his low slung 07 Accord...I learned Dad has worse night vision than I do that day. The plastic bumper was messed up and we assumed we killed a fawn...Then the thing gets up and runs back into the woods!
Your test drive had me laughing ! HILARIOUS
not bad at all, me the old man sent many of these to the recycler back in late 80's old PA salt belt ate them like candy, that ones not bad, got some life, maybe dirt track drifter, but maybe just maybe it be brought back, motor sounds strong, nice one, wheels rear spoiler all ready.
Took me a couple days to get through this video, lol. Good stuff, love the revival.
Thanks for suffering through it Dan!
thanks for doing all the editing* and work for this 1 hour video :D
You're very welcome Nuke!
the start button looks like a button from a snow blower XD
Awesome video. Nice job getting it to move.
Haha fun times with these videos! Sweet ride 👍 Too bad it's pretty much gone, otherwise, it's great for a couple of romping courses until it's last leg is officially gone hehe 😃
That starter @ 14:55 is for a 1996 to 1999 vortec 350 & it's the best upgrade I do to all my old 350 engines.
It wasn't an upgrade on this thing!
Duff says its no bueno. I think maybe the Magic 8 ball says so too. Good luck with this one brother 🐾
Duff really Loves his rides in the Hoopties! :)
He sure does!
It's rough, but I'd love to to get it running with that 400 in it. I had a 73 Caprice with a 400 and it was a runner! 👍