These "no commentary" car repair videos are fantastic; this is a niche that is not currently available (at this quality) on YT. Looking forward to more!
@@SimonFordman I agree - there are a ton of videos out there of old junkyards but your videos make us feel more like we're getting the excitement of the experience more. Seeing random details and whatnot. It's great.
Your vids do, indeed, tell the story with panache (at the expense of the occasional filter lol). Thinking outside the box is a gift with photography and vid work. Loved the napping junkyard pickup, for example. If ever I get my old Cabby out of its barn home back in Tennessee and drag it up here to North Dakota so I can drive it on our one day of summer, I'll be giving serious thought to documenting it all in similar fashion. Enjoyed this one from your archives!
I'm 65 now, but I remember going to the same boneyards to keep all my rigs in good working order way back when I was 16. It makes me feel good to know 49 years later that a young guy can still do that. All the old boneyards I went to are all gone now. Your Vlog brought back good memories. Thanks
One of my favorite channels for sure. I love the style of filming and the old Fords of course. And that LS Galaxie is killer . It seems like more content lately which is great
My favorite TH-cam channel. I’m 19 out of West Virginia and have a 1980 Ford F-100 300, so I can always find great entertainment in what you post! I love that no nonsense, quality air to your content. It has so much character. I don’t often comment at all, but I had to since discovering this channel has really made my week. I find myself relating to you quite a bit with your adventures haha. Keep up the great work! Was even junk yarding myself for window cranks and an old Ford AM radio just the other day
Winter sucks but going to the old scrap yard during this time of year is good in one way, NO DAMN DUMP BEES!! which I always seem to find in warm weather.
Кто читает коммент мой, доброго утра всем из Санкт Петербурга. Хозяину канала респект за позитивные видео. У нас RWR 1995 1,8 L 4G93 мотор. Тоже собираю детали по России, чтобы его восстановить.
I am really digging your style and the work you put into these old rigs. I own an older Mercedes diesel wagon, and the dash lights are notoriously dim, and the rheostat spring fails like yours did. I just jumped a wire on the rheostat for full brightness. I have also used Deoxit to revive electronics, especially volume knobs on older radios. Great stuff to have on the shelf.
I love it, Brings me back to the 70s. You can’t Beat old steel. My first car was a 1964 four-door Impala. The floor was so rotten the I could see the yellow line in the road when I looked down. Keep the videos coming Thank you
I'm getting such pleasure from your style starting with the GE Spacemaker coffee maker and lasting through problem solving, often through several iterations before finding the solution that worked. The lack of commentary and the attitude you project creates an ambience I find refreshing.... makes me feel good inside 😌 thank you for all the work creating these videos.
Nice. So want to be there. Love this video. I loved to scour my local junkyards. Must have been around 1985-1990. Sadly all of them (in Germany) had to close due to groundwater regulations. Enjoy!
Forgot to turn on captions and still was great. Guess cause I been there and done that. Only been to one junkyard I could drive into. Sure as the devil wasn't lately. Did rent a golfcart at one. That was a hoot. Thank you Simon. You make great videos.
I know others have said this. But your production sense is highly evolved. Your editing skills are excellent. Not to mention your mechanical skills. I throughly enjoy your content.
Hey listen this guy is a worker! I just found this channel very entertaining and informative. …. But here’s the problem … One of you guys that watch this dude that’s got a lot of money get his address and send him a Milwaukee half-inch drive cordless impact gun with a couple of good batteries the big ones the five amp batteries… and this dude needs a set of blow torches !!!! help this guy out! If I had the money I’d do it myself ….. Kyle Mountain Grove, Missouri
Rohner's in Willmar. Long drive but always worth it. I found some great stuff for my 70' Duster. There's a 68' Road Runner buried in a ravine just to the left when you were on that first path. You missed the 71' F250 Super Duty a few years ago...put in a drive shaft and front glass, you could have driven it out of there. It was running...someone dumped it there. 🤟
Love that I6 F-250 ! I cannot wait to have my 86 super cab 6.9 back on the road. After almost 400k it finally died and it’s getting a much lower mileage 7.3 idi. Just stumbled across your channel and your content is really good.
this is my preferite channel on youtube, love the 70's, old engines and mechanics in general, and like you I do a lot of the work in my garage. the video footage is amazing, love it, Greetings from Sicily (Italy)
One thing I like about you, Simon, is that you are not afraid to exercise your "little grey cells." Good on you for using a master cylinder rebuild kit rather than buying a "remanufactured" one. I trust myself to make sure everything is done right. Someone else, not so much.
Uwielbiam klimat twoich filmów ! Widać w nich pasję i to że kochasz starą motoryzację ! Mam tak samo jak Ty chociaż mieszkam w Europie 😊 Na co dzień jeżdżę Grand Marquisem z 93 roku , a na weekendowe wypady w góry mam F 250 supercab z 1983 roku z silnikiem 460 . Mam też dwa motocykle więc jest co robić 😊 Pozdrawiam z Polski 🖐️🙂
I’ve been learning a lot, watching you. Great content. You must have the patience in of Job. Those broken exhaust manifold bolts would have sent me over the edge.
Just started to watch your videos (& subscribed) here in the UK 🇬🇧, enjoying them very much, especially the ford trucks. Just wish we could just drive to a local scrap yard & get spares like you chaps can over there.
I just found your channel. I don’t know how I didn’t find you sooner. Your videos are oddly calming. Good job on that leaf spring. I had to install 4 new leaf spring hangers and bushings in an ‘88 F-150 once. Anything to do with leaf springs is not an easy job, by any stretch of the immigration.
Subbed after about 15 minutes on your last video of this truck! One thing I would recommend you save your joints by getting a cheap corded impact wrench from harbor freight (BAUER 8.5 Amp 1/2 in). I call mine, The Judge. I've used this thing many times to remove 35mm rusted nuts and they come off in a hurry, like they forgot they owed money and left the stove on. Great job man, keep doing what you're doing! :)
I like your style of videos, good job! I do recommend starting to use # in your description so you can show up in more searches and be easier to be seen! longer descriptions with as many key words as possible. Keep up the good work!
Near the beginning of the video, when you drove away from the curb, the snow was squeaky. Everyone from a northern place knows what that means. Cold! I'm new to your channel and I like your videos very much. Great photography.
I didn't think junkyards like that still existed. The one I used to go to sold out over 20 years ago. It's an apartment complex now. I used to spend the whole day just wandering around having a blast. I wonder what happened to all the cars. All you see now are corporate yards that won't let you out back... not that you'd care to go anyway, it's all full of new cars lol. But then again, I still consider that truck you're driving to be a late model so I guess I'm out of touch.
Another great video. I'm sure if that old Ford could say thank you it would. That junkyard has some great stuff! A video of it in the nice weather would be cool.
One of your vids popped up in my feed about a week ago. I really enjoy your thoughtful approach to your videography, steps you take to show your process, good skills...and of course, the silence. I'm now watching your vids from the beginning. I'm having to "armchair" mechanic at the moment but hope to be active on my car and truck again soon. In the meantime, I will enjoy viewing your vids. I call you "Zen Mechanic"!
Just came across your videos and now I'm hooked. Seen a ton of other related videos over the years and yours are some of the best in my book. Keep making them!
I really dig what your doing! I don't take video like you, but I do take pictures of the same things; unique tail lights, headlights, dashboards, door handles, hood ornaments, bumpers etc.
Rheostat wrangling is something else. Mine's a bit persnickety, may have to see about taking it apart. Was just going to order a new one. Not if I don't have to.
Really enjoyed this one. I've watched it twice now. Always proper Minnesota vibes in these videos. I always enjoy my time there. I'm a Dodge Truck guy but I can't help but love these videos. Hope to see more. Cheers
How are you, recently your videos appeared to me and this one in particular seemed very interesting to me, and of everything you did I like that you do it in a very simple and dynamic way, good music and without so many explanations, it is expected as a good fan of the line vw have you ever handled a bug or transporter of that type,... aaahh and I happened to mention that you have not changed the oil in the rear and front differential of this magnificent truck, greetings from the Southeast of Mexico. Pd here's a new follower.
U Pull It in Sacramento. Barger-Matson in Boise. Up in Kamiah Idaho was a good place. Plus many others. If you needed a part you could go get one. Good old days really were gooder.
These "no commentary" car repair videos are fantastic; this is a niche that is not currently available (at this quality) on YT.
Looking forward to more!
NO TRUER WORDS HAVE EVVVVVVER BEEN SPOKEN!!!
You have a very unique way of setting up camera angles and I like how you focus your artistic views. Good job!
Thanks!
He'd make a great cinematographer!
@@SimonFordman I agree - there are a ton of videos out there of old junkyards but your videos make us feel more like we're getting the excitement of the experience more. Seeing random details and whatnot. It's great.
Your vids do, indeed, tell the story with panache (at the expense of the occasional filter lol). Thinking outside the box is a gift with photography and vid work. Loved the napping junkyard pickup, for example. If ever I get my old Cabby out of its barn home back in Tennessee and drag it up here to North Dakota so I can drive it on our one day of summer, I'll be giving serious thought to documenting it all in similar fashion. Enjoyed this one from your archives!
I'm 65 now, but I remember going to the same boneyards to keep all my rigs in good working order way back when I was 16. It makes me feel good to know 49 years later that a young guy can still do that. All the old boneyards I went to are all gone now. Your Vlog brought back good memories. Thanks
If you keep this up, you will do very well on TH-cam. 👍🏼
I remember being young and full of energy like this kid. Now I fight myself to drive to the store😂
Best shadetree mechanic on TH-cam!
This cinematography is amazing!
One of my favorite channels for sure. I love the style of filming and the old Fords of course. And that LS Galaxie is killer . It seems like more content lately which is great
Thank you very much!
👍🏻
My favorite TH-cam channel. I’m 19 out of West Virginia and have a 1980 Ford F-100 300, so I can always find great entertainment in what you post! I love that no nonsense, quality air to your content. It has so much character. I don’t often comment at all, but I had to since discovering this channel has really made my week. I find myself relating to you quite a bit with your adventures haha. Keep up the great work! Was even junk yarding myself for window cranks and an old Ford AM radio just the other day
That's awesome to hear, thanks for sharing the comment. Have fun with your f-100.
@@SimonFordmancan I please know where're from
@andreashaas7997 I believe that Simon is from St.Paul Minnesota.
Broke my heart watching him trying to get those leaf springs off of that old four-wheel-drive Ford!
You're a man after my own heart
You actually fix things!
Love it
Subscribed
No chatter, very good camera work, great format, subscribed immediately!!!
You remind me of when i was younger in some ways. i love your cinematography, and i love your old fashioness. keep up what your doing!
Thank you very much.
Winter sucks but going to the old scrap yard during this time of year is good in one way, NO DAMN DUMP BEES!! which I always seem to find in warm weather.
Editors premium cut, beautiful view & execution!
Need's a lot of sharing 😊
Ah brilliant! Scrapyards were my favourite places to be, i was alongside you during this video, good days. Inspiring too.
Your classic videography is amazing. I love the aesthetic of your videos.
Thank you
Love the vintage GE coffee maker, so cool. Good ol Made in the USA.
That shot where you drive by the Ranger on its side is killer. Im digging your stuff, man. Keep it up!
After seeing your coffee maker it makes a little more sense. You’re an affectionado of vintage.
You’re quite the cinematographer.
Thank you
Кто читает коммент мой, доброго утра всем из Санкт Петербурга. Хозяину канала респект за позитивные видео. У нас RWR 1995 1,8 L 4G93 мотор. Тоже собираю детали по России, чтобы его восстановить.
I am really digging your style and the work you put into these old rigs.
I own an older Mercedes diesel wagon, and the dash lights are notoriously dim, and the rheostat spring fails like yours did. I just jumped a wire on the rheostat for full brightness. I have also used Deoxit to revive electronics, especially volume knobs on older radios. Great stuff to have on the shelf.
I had to do exactly the same thing on the 1975 240D that's on my channel, didn't show it in the video though.
I love it,
Brings me back to the 70s.
You can’t
Beat old steel.
My first car was a 1964 four-door Impala.
The floor was so rotten the I could see the yellow line in the road when I looked down.
Keep the videos coming
Thank you
Love the old coffee maker, simple dude 💯
it's good that you encourage the importance of manual skills and the inheritance of them to people with your example
Awesome videos ! Love the old Fords ! I could see a definite sponsorship with PB Blaster
Or Fluid Film !
Wow, a salvage yard you're actually allowed to drive through. Nice. Great work on the truck.
I´m a fan of your work man, I´m fixing my 1985 Peugeot 504 that´s been sitting for years. You channel will blow up soon, i know it. Keep it up!
Thank you. That sounds like a really cool project. Down the line I'd like to get into more unique stuff like that.
@@SimonFordmanget an older hydropneumatic Citroen then, very quirky but yet decently built french stuff
Even the cat gets a tuneup each day....keep her/him purring like a fine machine! Another great vid.
I'm getting such pleasure from your style starting with the GE Spacemaker coffee maker and lasting through problem solving, often through several iterations before finding the solution that worked. The lack of commentary and the attitude you project creates an ambience I find refreshing.... makes me feel good inside 😌 thank you for all the work creating these videos.
Nice to see the things you are doing! I wish to do the same on a old truck as well, may be an El Camino or F100.
Minnesoota! Oh ya, you betcha! Thanks for the video. 😊😊👌👌👍👍
Oh fer sure.
Привет, из Сибири...очень нравится смотреть классика авто это душа как у человека. 👍👍👍
Nice. So want to be there. Love this video. I loved to scour my local junkyards. Must have been around 1985-1990. Sadly all of them (in Germany) had to close due to groundwater regulations. Enjoy!
Forgot to turn on captions and still was great. Guess cause I been there and done that. Only been to one junkyard I could drive into. Sure as the devil wasn't lately. Did rent a golfcart at one. That was a hoot. Thank you Simon. You make great videos.
I'm 64 and I still love to go to the junkyard ! Good job my friend. Good luck with your future projects.
That's a great junkyard.
And now for some WARM coffee. Thanks again Simon.
I know others have said this. But your production sense is highly evolved. Your editing skills are excellent. Not to mention your mechanical skills. I throughly enjoy your content.
Hey listen this guy is a worker! I just found this channel very entertaining and informative. ….
But here’s the problem … One of you guys that watch this dude that’s got a lot of money get his address and send him a Milwaukee half-inch drive cordless impact gun with a couple of good batteries the big ones the five amp batteries…
and this dude needs a set of blow torches !!!!
help this guy out!
If I had the money I’d do it myself ….. Kyle Mountain Grove, Missouri
Really fucking cool dude. Love the cat content too. Respect from New Zealand.
Rohner's in Willmar. Long drive but always worth it. I found some great stuff for my 70' Duster. There's a 68' Road Runner buried in a ravine just to the left when you were on that first path. You missed the 71' F250 Super Duty a few years ago...put in a drive shaft and front glass, you could have driven it out of there. It was running...someone dumped it there. 🤟
Wow, wish I could’ve seen that.
Love that I6 F-250 ! I cannot wait to have my 86 super cab 6.9 back on the road. After almost 400k it finally died and it’s getting a much lower mileage 7.3 idi. Just stumbled across your channel and your content is really good.
The F250 deserves a rematch with that incline at the salvage yard with its locked Dana 60F and fresh 235 tires, now that winter's around the corner.
Too bad that was the only time they actually let me drive my truck through there.
Please never stop making the cat outtros, my favorite part of your videos 😂🙌🏼
this is my preferite channel on youtube, love the 70's, old engines and mechanics in general, and like you I do a lot of the work in my garage. the video footage is amazing, love it, Greetings from Sicily (Italy)
Amazing content. I’ve learned so much just watching your videos. Thank you!
One thing I like about you, Simon, is that you are not afraid to exercise your "little grey cells." Good on you for using a master cylinder rebuild kit rather than buying a "remanufactured" one. I trust myself to make sure everything is done right. Someone else, not so much.
A true story teller.
you can't beat a black cat ! I have one. Best regards chuck
Every episode is like a trip back in time
It's great!!!
I've never seen videos edited the way your very original
Hey Simon i really Like your Truck and Your cool classic Car
Awesome video! Love your old school style!
Browsing the aisles in the Land of 10,000 Lakes... keep 'em coming, Mr. Fordman!
Uwielbiam klimat twoich filmów !
Widać w nich pasję i to że kochasz starą motoryzację !
Mam tak samo jak Ty chociaż mieszkam w Europie 😊
Na co dzień jeżdżę Grand Marquisem z 93 roku , a na weekendowe wypady w góry mam F 250 supercab z 1983 roku z silnikiem 460 .
Mam też dwa motocykle więc jest co robić 😊
Pozdrawiam z Polski 🖐️🙂
I agree with a Lot of Watchers Here. He is Not Just a really good Mechanic, there is also a talent for moving pictures
I’ve been learning a lot, watching you. Great content. You must have the patience in of Job. Those broken exhaust manifold bolts would have sent me over the edge.
Just the sounds alone of old metal is pure gold, only thing missing is the smell of half combusted fuel only a carb can produce.
Just started to watch your videos (& subscribed) here in the UK 🇬🇧, enjoying them very much, especially the ford trucks. Just wish we could just drive to a local scrap yard & get spares like you chaps can over there.
Thanks for watching! I certainly am glad to have the parts cars over here, I just couldn't find some stuff otherwise, affordably.
At 20:09 that skylight filter gave its life for the protection of that expensive lense. 😭😭😭
I just found your channel. I don’t know how I didn’t find you sooner. Your videos are oddly calming. Good job on that leaf spring. I had to install 4 new leaf spring hangers and bushings in an ‘88 F-150 once. Anything to do with leaf springs is not an easy job, by any stretch of the immigration.
Subbed after about 15 minutes on your last video of this truck! One thing I would recommend you save your joints by getting a cheap corded impact wrench from harbor freight (BAUER 8.5 Amp 1/2 in). I call mine, The Judge. I've used this thing many times to remove 35mm rusted nuts and they come off in a hurry, like they forgot they owed money and left the stove on. Great job man, keep doing what you're doing! :)
Thank you. Yea, I don't know why I haven't gotten a real impact yet.
Hey man next time your there can you get some more vids on the old buses that be sweet , thanks Simon you rock
I like your style of videos, good job! I do recommend starting to use # in your description so you can show up in more searches and be easier to be seen! longer descriptions with as many key words as possible. Keep up the good work!
Buddy I’m from Brazil and your movies are amazing good angles and precision short cuts LoL!
Near the beginning of the video, when you drove away from the curb, the snow was squeaky. Everyone from a northern place knows what that means. Cold! I'm new to your channel and I like your videos very much. Great photography.
Thanks!
I miss my 66 fastback, yes I know its not a truck but the sound of the metals clanking sure sounds familiar. I'm subbed and like
Everything is unbelievably charming. Crazy
Grit and determination to get the job done. Rare quality in 2024.
I didn't think junkyards like that still existed. The one I used to go to sold out over 20 years ago. It's an apartment complex now. I used to spend the whole day just wandering around having a blast. I wonder what happened to all the cars. All you see now are corporate yards that won't let you out back... not that you'd care to go anyway, it's all full of new cars lol. But then again, I still consider that truck you're driving to be a late model so I guess I'm out of touch.
That is an epic boneyard!
Another great video. I'm sure if that old Ford could say thank you it would. That junkyard has some great stuff! A video of it in the nice weather would be cool.
2:57 That's how it is! The old school does not disappoint👍
What an amazing video. Thanks for the wonderful content.
Thank you for the great pleasure to watch your videos... which are short movies. 👍
Love it and I continue to learn from these videos....also I am seeing new cats every time so bonus...lol....we have a....few too!
Excelente canal, felicitaciones el trabajo de filmar y editar esto es oro puro ! Bravo
Gracias!
Dude, I would have subscribed just for the kitties alone, but all the content is top-notch. Keep it up, man!
Great place to spend the day but man that's gotta be cold.
Very intelligent man love your work i hope in the future you tidy up the bodywork thanks for sharing
Thank you. Yea, I would like to get to that someday.
У таких старых машин просто потрясающий запас прочности. И чувак красавчик всё умеет сделать!
your videos are some of my favorite auto videos not a bunch of chatter an u do it the oldschool way like i do
Rohners is a really cool yard to walk through aside from the ticks and overgrowth
Yea, I was finding ticks for a week when I went during the summer. And I wished I brought a machete
2BX headlamps. Don't see them too often now.
I used to make a fortune out of those, because damn near every car had them fitted.
One of your vids popped up in my feed about a week ago. I really enjoy your thoughtful approach to your videography, steps you take to show your process, good skills...and of course, the silence. I'm now watching your vids from the beginning. I'm having to "armchair" mechanic at the moment but hope to be active on my car and truck again soon. In the meantime, I will enjoy viewing your vids. I call you "Zen Mechanic"!
Well done my friend! I look forward to all your videos!😊
Just came across your videos and now I'm hooked. Seen a ton of other related videos over the years and yours are some of the best in my book. Keep making them!
I love junkyard videos, great work
I really dig what your doing! I don't take video like you, but I do take pictures of the same things; unique tail lights, headlights, dashboards, door handles, hood ornaments, bumpers etc.
Very cool. The old dashboards/gauge clusters are my favorite.
Rheostat wrangling is something else. Mine's a bit persnickety, may have to see about taking it apart. Was just going to order a new one. Not if I don't have to.
Simon, i LOVE the scrapyards too and go every chance i get but only in the summer cuz i freeze in the winter lol.
Felt your pain on those shackle bolts having been there myself a few times. Love your video style 👍🏻
Really enjoyed this one. I've watched it twice now. Always proper Minnesota vibes in these videos. I always enjoy my time there. I'm a Dodge Truck guy but I can't help but love these videos. Hope to see more.
Cheers
Another great video but I always think you're going to forget your camera when you drive away😂
Ce format de vidéo est absolument génial, très beau travail c'est tellement relaxant. Tu nous régale, continue comme çà !
Merci!
These are some of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen.
Колёсные шпильки смажь графитовой смазкой. В будущем при снятии колёс не будет проблем.
How are you, recently your videos appeared to me and this one in particular seemed very interesting to me, and of everything you did I like that you do it in a very simple and dynamic way, good music and without so many explanations, it is expected as a good fan of the line vw have you ever handled a bug or transporter of that type,... aaahh and I happened to mention that you have not changed the oil in the rear and front differential of this magnificent truck, greetings from the Southeast of Mexico. Pd here's a new follower.
U Pull It in Sacramento. Barger-Matson in Boise. Up in Kamiah Idaho was a good place. Plus many others. If you needed a part you could go get one. Good old days really were gooder.
50/50 acetone/automatic transmission fluid is the greatest penetrating/bolt breaking oil known to man. Try it