Will This Forgotten Chevy Start After 20 YEARS? Reviving a Family Relic!
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- Today we bring Wyatt's Mom's Monte Carlo back to life!
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Funny thing there was a brown road runner for sale in Cheyenne Wyoming about a week ago. Not sure what happened to it if it sold or not. Mopars sell fast here so best of luck.
Have you seen the comment section of Thunderhead289’s second last video he said some slightly unflattering things about you guys working together
Dude are you ever gonna do any rebuilds
all your videos are will it start/run
it’s starting to get old 👴🏻👴🏿👵🏻👵🏿
How do you keep a straight face doing that sponsored scrodum scraper ad
THIS is why old cars are timeless and amazing. its not just the car, or how much it's worth; but the stories they hold, how they bring people together and the memories they bring back.
Agree!
That's why I love old mechanical clocks. A 100+ year old clock can be bought, running condition, for extremely cheap. But now you have a piece of history, that's been around for a century, and most times, runs as good or pretty close to as good as it did originally. Unfortunately not many stories can be found with them, as they trade hands so frequently, but, what you can imagine is what makes them worth it :)
Exactly, the mustang you see on my channel was my dads first car in the late 80s and he drove it every day with it full of rust holes and damaged paint but over time while in high school he built a 302 and swapped it with the original 289 and he saved up enough money to take it to the body shop and get new fenders and the rust holes patched and then it got painted. After he got it back he was putting it back together when he bought a brand new car (93 Foxbody) and the 66 mustang got put off to the side and ended up in a shed for 25 years. That car has always been apart of my child hood because after my dad got off from work I would sometimes get him to open the shed so I could sit in it and just look. Well here I am now 15 and we pulled it out of the shed about 10 months ago and she’s come along way and I’m so glad I’m able to be a part of my dads life work
Besides the rust and other damage, still a beautiful piece of American automotive engineering
I have always had a thing for first gen Monte's. Never had one as they seemed to have mostly rusted away by the early 80's but they are kool.
My dad bought a 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider after university and drove it from CT to MTL (Quebec). I was born 1 day after a car club "rally" event in said car. He sold the car when I was about 5 years old and told me it was "at the mechanics" for sometime until I figured out it was not coming back. Years later (I am 27 now) it popped up for sale in the local classified and a friend of my dad sent him the ad just as an interest car, nothing serious. After taking a look at some photos he realized it was his car from 20+ years ago and had stayed in the same area for all that time. We bought it back and I have been working on it / driving it for the last few years, keeping the car alive and taking it to as many car events / drives with my friends as possible.
That's awesome! I recently got a project 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider to restore as my first car.
In the mid Seventies my Dad bought a 67 Duetto Spider with a heavy tail end hit and some rust issues and restored it.
40 years ago I was very happy to take it for cruising with the sexiest chicks I knew. Those cars were always attractive to the ladies as well.
But one day I killed the engine on the way home after visiting my girlfriend! I never destroyed an engine before or ever since! That very same evening this evil girlfriend dumped me and started a relationship with a very close friend! No need to say that this was the shittiest day of my life!!
Happy ending followed: My Dad bought a brand new replacement engine and kept the car to this day. My ex is an ugly old and divorced hag by now. But I am happily married for over thirty years to a beautiful and very sweet wife. The car is in my Dad's garage and prettier than ever. I even kept the damaged engine to this day. Maybe I will have it fixed soon.
So I have a similar story to Wyatt's - I have a 1982 Thunderbird Town Landau sitting in my garage that belonged to my Mother, who bought it new. I've had it since '94 and it was last registered in 2004. It has 46K original miles. It lived outside under a car cover for 10 years before I pushed it into the garage. The engine was seized up and the carb throttle shaft was frozen solid. It now starts, runs, and drives. By the way, so does Mom - she's 94 now, and I hope to get the car back in good enough shape to give her a ride in it.
Going to a murder house without Mook? Someone is in trouble.
Yeah, I think that a return to Villisca is in Kevin's future 🤔
Going to Axe Murder house with Mook.....?
@@zw5509 Well yeah, you don't think that Mook would be stoked about checking out a house that 8 people died in? C'mon man...lol
@@sykwookiee Indeed, stoked! Seen her with a stick? Just 8...?
That's a paddlin'
I have a 66 AMC Rambler Rebel with a built amc 327 in it. I found the car about 7 years ago now after my grandpa passed away, it had been sitting for 17 years and I had no idea he even had it. When he passed I bought it off his estate and began the restoration, which is slowly progressing as time goes on. My grandpa worked for AMC back in the 60s, so I like to think he had a hand in putting this car together. I have documented the whole process on my channel.
That's fckn awesome af
Hope you are able to find some family photos of him with the car!
@@JunkyardDigs we tried and no luck unfortunately.. I did find a receipt in the car from during his ownership.. flaming hot cheetos and a sprite 🤷♂️ hope you and mook and puppers are doing well brother!
How awesome! They say spirit lives on.
Oh yeah, my sister used to have a "BEER". The letters are separate, so you just rearrange them and get rid of the "L".
My mom's 1970 Monte Carlo, which she's owned since the early 70s, lives in the garage most of the time. It does get to come out every now and then, although it needs some carb work. I showed her this video and she really had a blast watching the whole thing! Unfortunately, the huge fan shroud has earned a reputation of being a place where cats like to explore, which caused a few unfortunate incidents back in the day. So she always honks the horn before she starts it just in case.
My great grandpa had a 1975 Chevy Nova, and my grandparents took the car from him when he got to old to drive. The car is rumored to have only around 30000 original miles on it. They parked it in their yard and forgot about it. Fast forward about 30 years, my grandmother sadly passed away back in April. After a long battle with the family, I can finally say the car is mine. I will be pulling it out of its grave in the woods this winter and try to get it running. I can't wait to get it back on the road and maybe even restore it!
Made a lady very happy today. That’s worth a “like” IMO.
sure is sizzle chest
Your videos have become a solid weekend staple of mine now. I was sitting and waiting for your upload lol. To me this is better than TV by a long way. I like your way of doing things and your video style. Very enjoyable.
Totally agree with you what these younger generation kids are doing for the entertainment world is incredibly Way better than TV Hollywood I would rather bring them ratings and likes etc Way to go Kevin junkyard diggs your work is appreciative here 👍
@@kennyrichard2971 There's a reason automotive channels do well on youtube. There are many to choose from each doing their own thing but I like this channel over most. I like the rawness of it and showing when things don't go right. I just like it. It's like spending a day out with your mate getting dirty and having a laugh without actually doing it.
@Crouching Hedgehog - agreed! Waaay better than TV (which I haven't watched for decades!). One of the first things I do on a Saturday morning here in NZ is look for a JYD upload! This one is *awesome* - that car sounds soooo badass!
I can see this car being owned by a guy named "Chad" - square-jawed high-school jock taking the cheerleaders out for some thrills!
Crouching Hedgehog is far and away the best handle that I have seen on TH-cam.
That was awesome to see Wyatts mom cry after hearing her old car run again. A lot of emotions get tied to these old rigs.
“Do it have spark” -Kevin in 99° Iowa heat.
"High school girl in the 90s" *points to his mom*
It's so weird how young you guys are.
Now I got a better idea what my crush from High School may look like by now. 😄
@@chasiu75 Messaging you on Facebook randomly trying to get you to join her MLM and be a Boss Babe. 😂😂😂😂
That’s me. I was a high school GUY in the 90,s. It’s strange hearing that sometimes lol
Class of 92 here...lol Bunch of pups!!!
God I'm old...
How is it possible that Wyatts mom looks younger than Wyatt... 😅
It's even more awkward when I go to supper with my mom and they ask if we're siblings.
@@SlinginWrenches 😂
Thought maybe is was his sister...
True wtf 😄🤯
Greetings from the UK great upload guys. We had a family car resting in a barn since 1965. My Father and his brother bought their first car in 1962 for £14!!! It was a 1947 Austin 10 that they drove for a year then parked up. About 30 years ago my brother and I attempted to start it as teenagers and we learned the hard way about mice and wires! We got it started and it decided to smoke and burst into flames thankfully we got it out of the barn and in a matter of minutes it was burnt out!
Wayatt really said "hey wanna see my mom cry for youtube" and delivered.
10:30 god, how sweet. every car guy, nay... every human can relate to that emotion. the fact that this car was bought back and was stored for so long, was already an indicator for the emotional meaning to his mom. god bless.
I grew up in NY State and my Father and I would fix his Mustang Mach 1 when I was young. He use to do the 1/4 mile with all of his friends in town. He went away and his mother sold it to some other guy. He died and I never saw him since he left. I've never been able to get a look at it. But I'm pretty sure who has it. Not for sale. :( I would LOVE to see a Mach 1 revival. The Fastback that you did with Cars and Cameras was awesome. I need my Mustang fix lol.
i feel horrible for you. you lost a good friend:(
Watch the first episode of Roadkill with the Disgustang. Mach 1 69/70 straight from the junkyard.
@@stuartcote4915 Wow I just watched it and that thing tore up that track!! I didn't realize they were offroad drifters lol.
My mom had a 72 Buick Skylark GS 455. She drove it like a little old lady. But.....I NEVER passed up a Sunday morning "let's go get some doughnuts" drive with my dad. He would drive down our little neighborhood road easy as could be, but at the main road he would get a little sparkle in his eye. Then, it was HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE!!!! It took hours for that smile to leave my face! I was 14 at the time. Mom would comment on the "darn teenagers" leaving burnout marks at the end of the road. Dad and I would just smile. Two years later I was just about to get my learners permit, when I pulled up to the house on my dirt bike, only to see the massive Oak tree out front had come down in the wind and crushed it front to back. I actually shed a tear of two. I'll always treasure the memory of those Sunday morning "let's go get some doughnuts" drives with my dad.
So my grandma had an old 1977 Chevy k10 that she drove when I was a little kid, like 5 or 6 years old. The issue was that she always had to drive long distances for work, so for the gas mileage it became a weekend truck, and then when she moved it just sat under a carport for about 9 years. Then she gave it to me. I've rebuilt the motor, replaced the radiator and heater core, wiring etc. and its been an emotional thing to see my grandma being so happy about it driving, but the transmission finally gave out, and at the moment I'm waiting for the new one to arrive, but its running almost two weeks late, so here's to hoping that it will show up soon!
Always good to see an old car running, keep the good job rescuing these classics :)
I remember that car!!!! Went to school with her. And I remember Wyatt went he was knee high to a grass hopper. Glad to see her still around!!!!!
I got one of my wife's uncle's old cars when he passed, it's '78 Cutlass Supreme T-top that was parked back around '98. The car had a decent sized tree growing through the rear bumper and a couple others growing out from under/around it, it had a seized engine from sitting, but once I got that broke loose it surprisingly if didn't need much else, it's now my daily driver for the time being.
So awesome to see it idling the look on wyatts moms face is priceless @10:17 @Junkyard Digs
That was my first car! 1972. My uncle sold it to me for $1 when I was 14. Me and my dad got it running after sitting for years outside under rotten tarps. Rusty but man what a beautiful car.
@Kirk Wolfe it's definitely the Chevelle you wanted before retirement.
My dad used to have a splitwindow corvette when he was about my age. He loved that car but needed money and had to sell it. I found it. The car wasn't for sale but I got to see it and take a ride in it and it was beautiful. The owner wouldn't sell me the car, but he had just finished an LS swap and had the motor laying around for sale. I had a project Jeep in need of a motor. There will now always be a piece of that car and a piece of my dad with me in my jeep.
That motor swap just destroyed the value of the vette
The guy who put an LS into a split window Corvette is a moron and should have the car confiscated from him for being stupid.
@@rickgaine3476 --- yes ,and if that isnt bad enough, then the idiot SELLS that motor, Day One Fantasy has got one VERY VALUABLE MOTOR ,but no disrespect, I would not have used it,especially in a Jeep
Every car tells a story. And that’s only something car people understand. To most other people it’s just a bunch of wires, and metal.
Great revival!
I am glad to see I am not the only freak that likes to carefully wind his meter leads around the electrical meter.
Me too!
@@allinaday3526 Me three!
I'm worse ... I unplug the leads and wrap them around my hand and secure the loops with a rubber band or twist tie
@@josephdougherty2399 you are a monster
@@16vSciroccoboi 🤪
The amount of TH-camrs concerned with the maintenance of my pubic hair is comical at this point. 😂😂
So true, one positive of COVID will be the lasting legacy of "Better Ball Care" that has come from all the You Tube watching and manscape advertising.
I have actually been trying to get a childhood truck back from my local Junkyard since 2011. It's a 1989 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Macrocab (Extended) 4x4 with a 2.6L 4-Cylinder and a 5-Speed Manual. To give an idea of the time, I was 10 when it went in and I'm now 20. The 10 year mark was actually on August 11th. I need a frame for the rear, but the personal value is worth it. Attempting the last amount needed to pay for a haul. Me and my dad had actually went camping that during the week and the day we were coming home, August 11th, 2011, we ended up stopped by the police and it went to the impound. Surprisingly, it's all intact and still there. I was told someone wanted the engine the first month it was there (after the wheels were sold and it became junkyard property), but the individual never showed back up. I've always considered it destiny.
i wish you luck and hope you get it home soon!
@@StickShiftSquirrel I've got all but the last bit for a rollback. Might look into a car trailer by next year. Got told I could potentially trade a car I was gonna haul off for the truck back.
@@cook7039 why did it go to impound in the first place?
@@M.TTT. Legalization reasons. Won't go into full details as not everything needs to be public. Mainly legal reasons.
Going home on vacation I wanted my 90yr old grandpa to see my late uncles 1953ish ihc r120 run again, but the pistons hit the spark plugs in cylinders 1 and 2. Managed to get my late uncles spare parts 65 ihc d1100 running and driving. Thanks for the revival videos wouldn’t have done it without your videos.
I'm glad Wyatt is able to work on some of these revivals with you. I subbed to his channel a while back and he recently said that life was really busy and he wasn't able to upload any videos as of late. I can totally relate to that. What I like about Wyatt and you as well as he does such an excellent job of explaining how things work on a car or truck and he conveys the solution to the issue in a very simplistic, yet informative way. Great video, I hope he can get the car roadworthy now that it runs and let his mom enjoy it again, warts and all.
It's the Monte Carlo heavy door curse lol! Every monte I've ever had has done that. Love the slots on it. 👍
I have the 69 Dodge Coronet my great grandfather (mom's side) bought new. When he stopped driving in the very early 80's my grandma (dad's side) bought it and daily drove it through the 90's. I got it and daily drove it for several months around 03-04. That initial revival and road trip is a whole story unto itself... Then it sat in a field for 10 years or so. I'm finally to a point where I can work on it and it's road worthy again! It a 4 door, 318 automatic grocery getter, but it's my grocery getter. My hope is to restore it and pass it on to the fifth generation of family.
Seeing Mama smile as you pulled out of the garage was awesome! Nice work!
Man Wyatt and his Mom crying was not something I was ready for.
That nut coming off the steering wheel... I about died man 😆 that was awesome!
"You drive and I'll screw" almost had me in the floor I was laughing so hard. 😂🤣😂
Great content!!! Nothing like the feelings brought forth... THIS!! THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!! MAD RESPECT!
Love the ol Monte! the slotted mags look great
I'm in the process of restoring my grandfathers 86 Toyota pickup. We worked on it back when I started college but I managed to get busy with school and we were in different towns. My grandfather passed away 2 years ago. I've felt terrible that I didn't really get the chance to bond with him due to life happening, but I hope that in some way fixing up this truck would have made him proud. I was able to get it idling not too long ago, and I can credit this channel and what I've learned here for helping me to to that.
Thank you
His mom was a highschool girl ... in the 90s. Damn, you guys are making me feel old as hell.
You and me both. 😂
Me too lol
Me too. Had a 78 Nova when I was in HS, in the 90's. No rust, should've kept that $800 car....
Hell yeah finally something I like working on a Monte Carlo hope you get it running and it runs good good luck
I have my dad's 1995 Dodge Intrepid ES in my garage. I start it up every month or so and let it warm up. It's still in good shape and the interior is like new. Always stored in a garage. 170,000 miles on the odometer. Dad bought it new and drove it until his passing in 2016.
I like this one. I have a 70 Monte Carlo that I've had since 1987 when I was 20 years old. I bought it from a college friend for $600. It was my second car and I've held on to it for all of these years. Mine was originally a 400 small block car and now has a 396 big block with a TH400 transmission in it. It's one car I will never sell.
my grandfather had a Ford Anglia, the car isn't around anymore, but one of the tires are. we also have his moped in a shed
I am currently watching this had a 70 Monte Carlo in the eighties. Mine was Red and friendlier would wave at you with all the bondo. Always enjoy your channel.
my dad has a 67 mustang currently sitting in the garage. all throughout my childhood it sat there and i only briefly remember taking a ride in it around the neighborhood when i was about 4. ever since that time it’s sat and never ran. we moved house about 4 years ago and took it with us. back then, i wasn’t really into old cars and fixing them, but after watching your videos about 3 years ago of reviving old cars and seeing just how little it took to get them back running, i wanted to do the same real badly. then i realized we had an old car in our garage that hadn’t ran in about 12 years. went through the steps you did when reviving old cars, had to rebuild the starter, put fuel down the carb, and got it running! it ran real good and it felt really good to hear that 289 with a cam and glass packs fire up again. it’s gotten a lot more work done to it, like rewiring the whole thing, putting disc brakes in the front, adding other little things, etc and it’s to the point where it can drive around the neighborhood. there’s still a good amount left to do to it, but it shouldn’t be too long now till it can get roadworthy. just have to find the time to get it done
Hey!! I don't live too far away from the murder house either, just a block or two away myself. Its cool to see these stories that are this close to home
Man you are working your hiney off to deliver all this content doing a great job
Kevin must be working hard from what I can tell it takes a lot of work time putting a video together Well done Kevin love them all
wow that paint is in amazing condition
Hey Wyatt Mom! You got a great kid there, and he has a great friend!
Glad they got your ole car up and running! Nicely done Kevin!
I just followed you guys on Instagram and the second I go to the TH-cam homepage this beauty of a video pops up. Perfect timing!
I had a 1975 selling was worst mistake ever. Monte carlo’s are awesome
jeep
@@chedrcheis2392 I have always wanted a clean Monte, or even a Cutlass from that era. When I lived in Florida, they were $500 all day, but that was back in 1998 or 2000, and those cars were EXTREMELY clean. I was that dipshit that moved to Pittsburgh and here in 2021 even rusted out piles that don't run are $3500.
Beautiful, just beautiful.
@@chedrcheis2392 Another car you used to be able to buy for $1500.
I have spent the end of my Summer reviving my fathers 1970 Dodge Challenger Convertible 318. My father bought the car over 26 years ago and it was previously parked in a field since 87 and he only drove it up a hill once 23 years ago. I had never seen it move under its own power in my 19 years but i was determined to change that this summer. I used your videos on how to do a revival and in 1 night we were able to get it fired up. After fixing an oil leak and the brakes coming back to life, it was able to be driven around the backyard.(I have since put 2 miles on it turning my backyard into a dirt track) While it is super rough still and needs a full restoration, seeing my dad's reaction when he was finally able to properly drive his dream car that he bought so long ago was priceless! Without your videos i wouldn't have been able to get it running again so i am so thankful for the videos that you put out. Not only are they a great source of entertainment but they are super educational.
My mom is a proud 1 owner of a 1973 Dodge Charger SE. It's dark brown with a white vinyl top and in pretty good shape for the year. It is garage kept and doesn't see the snow. It has the 400 engine, not sure if it's two barrel or four barrel. My mom or dad does take it to car shows back in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area.
If the 5th digit of the vin is "P" then it is a four barrel. It might say on the air cleaner lid "400 4BC" And have an orange dual snorkel air cleaner. Also, dual exhausts and half circle clearances in the rear valance above the exhaust exits, and chrome exhaust tips are other things that came with the 4 barrel. Check if you have an 8 3/4 rear axle. No need to measure. From the back it will be a smooth hemiphere with no bolt heads visible. While you are down there, check for a rear anti sway bar running below the axle.
I mention the vin since you can see it in the windshield on the drivers side where the glass meets the dashboard. In case your mom doesn't give you greater access. This is a VERY desirable car, by the way.
@@auteurfiddler8706 I'm about 2hrs away from the car. They live in Cedar Rapids and I live in Des Moines. She has had Many offers, but refuses to sell it. I recall it being a two barrell but it's been a long time since I've seen the car in person. I prefer newer cars myself, not a huge classic fan.
@@ThumperCR You can ask her to look on the registration, insurance, or title. Wait till you drive the car. If you drive it even a week, no other car will compare in terms of driving position, view out the front, dash board. There are fancier cars... most newer cars and even minivans are fancier... but this is a car that just feels "right." And the looks are just incredible. I prefer the 72 Charger and Road Runner but they are all pretty close.
That was a dang good looking car in its time, breaks my heart every time you walk up on one of these cars and the rust comes in view. I live in a rust free-state... some genius oughta find something to deal with winter road problems that doesn't eat steel.
That Monty could be brought back but it wouldn't be cheap....although with the family history maybe this one deserves the commitment. Sorry, I just love the dang cars.
Washing and waxing it when you can helps. Especially when you got the salt caked on the vehicle. I use Fluid Film for the undercarriage.
@@VintageCars999 wym fluid film?
I think there’s so much hood and fan shroud because Chevy just took a Chevelle and stretched the nose til voila! Monte Carlo! Genius. Great video. If I ever came across the Beetle I owned in high school (long gone, I’m sure) I would cry tears of joy.
1964 Ford Falcon Futura. My grandfather bought it brand new in 1964. He drove it, my uncle drove it, it was my mom's first car and she drove it for a long time. It sat parked for nearly 20 years, going through a couple moves with us, but we never got rid of it. Now, it's mine. Running right, slowly getting back to it's original glory.
Would love to see Wyatt's Mom behind the wheel driving that car.
I was literally just thinking when you were going to release a new video
Good to see Iowa boys having a good time wrenching. I grew up in Red Oak, so it is like old home week! Hit me up if you are ever in Southeast Michigan.
My great aunt bought a 1986 Monte Carlo SS (not the aero model) off of the showroom floor for $6,000. At the time those cars were selling for about $14,000 a piece. The deal that she got was so good that salesman almost got fired for it. (For anyone wondering my aunt was a teacher and was basically the reason the salesman's daughter graduated, that's why she got a deal like that.) We tried to get it running back in 2015, it ran for a bit but since then it's been sitting. Before that it had been probably 15-20 years since it ran. Dad said the freeze plugs blew out of it so we're working on building a 350 to go in it. At the moment money and time are the issue lol but we're trying
The coyote auction was literally 20 miles from my house and we picked up a cutlass from it, also villisca is pretty close I probably drove past your car within the last week
Over here in the UK my Dad bought a '75 MG BGT V8 around 1984. It holds the 3.5 rover V8 in which is an adaption of the old Buick blocks. He did a total rebuild on it in the late 80s and then it spent 20 years off the road between 93 to 2013. Moving into a new house with a young family back then, meant the car had to take a back seat. Its something that will get passed to me down the line, and it will always remind me of him when he's not around. Cars that spend years in the family really do become part of the fabric.
Got a 75 El Camino that my Great Uncle and Aunt picked me and my cousin up in from daycare daily about 25 years ago. My cousin has since passed but I swore to get it running. 2 years ago. You guys have inspired me to start working on it again! Glad you guys saved another Chevy from the Scrapyard!
Being a guy that has owned a 1970 Monte for 38 years, I am your target audience.
Would be nice if you put a link to Wyatt's channel 👍
70-72 was my favorite body style of the Monte Carlo, Miss my 70 dearly RIP. Had a 73 also and wish I still had it today. Awesome Detroit styling and power 👊
That man never heard the car run in his life yet he drives it for the first time got love it.
Hope see more of her
“It runs better then i thought it would” dude…. Its a small block chevy…. They dont die and for some reason they can run on 4 cylinders.
How about a ford torino in the future from early 70s late 60s
Epic Gaming - I'd love to see that too, especially a Starsky and Hutch Grand coupe version, loved watching all those TV police car programmes when I was just a boy growing up in the UK (plus Dukes of Hazard, Rockford Files and Knightrider to name a few more), many fond memories. Regards from Hartlepool - England
Late 60s early 70s is my favorite body style of that model
My dad bought me a 1985 Monte Carlo SS for my first car. After it sat with the engine out for 10 years, my buddy Zach helped me out of a funk I was in, and we got it back on the road a couple of weeks ago! I have owned this car for 25 years now, and it will stick around for another 25 years!
my dad had a 1960 cadillac hearse. red plush carpeting in the back, silver curtains in the windows and "meat rollers" on the floor. we 3 boys would ride in the back and dad would ask, through the sliding driver compartment window, "who wants to go a hundred miles an hour?" a pre-pubescent 3-part chorus of "me me me!" confirmed it. 100 miles an hour on greenville-mercer road in a big-block caddy with "asp" mufflers that didn't do much muffling. what a glorious hunk of junk that car was. to this day, i love big station wagons and 4-doors. thanks dad! the only problem was when mom had to borrow dad's hearse occasionally to go to work - at the hospital, where she was a nurse.
Lets goooooo
Thank you Manscape for finally inventing skin safe ceramic blades.. nothing worse than nicking the ridge on your taint..... Although usually I am the adventurous type and I just use whatever beard trimmers are in the medicine cabinet at my various bud's houses while I'm in the bathroom... Nothing like using the neighbors hedge clippers to trim your topiary....so to speak...
I'm going to highly recommend to my friends they buy your trimmers and accessories
God I love those Monte Carlo's... They look SO bad ass! I really hope she gets the attention she deserves down the line.
In 1976 my grandfather bought his first car - Polski Fiat 125p 1500. Bought the car brand new, his parents and his grandfather helped him with money. My grandfather daily drove this car for 30 years until 2006. From 2006 to 2009 it was driven rarely and since 2009 it hasn't been on the road. It is a family relic. Currenly me and my grandfather are fixing it up (there's a lot of rust) and I plan to drive it as long as possible. This car is actually the reason I'm interested in cars and wanting to learn how to revive this car is what brought me to this channel.
The car sounds like Christine after it burnt and killing a whole bunch of people and backing into it's spot
Mom cries at startup… a true car loving family! Good on you, mom!
It's actually in the driveway. A 1967 Ford Ranchero that my dad bought new in 1966. It still runs well, too. The one that's in the garage is a 1953 Studebaker Commander starlight. Blue and white.
at 18:15 I love the fly that lands on your head. idk why but it felt like a mook moment. when she does weird/funny things in the middle of talking.
Great video and fun seeing an old family heirloom get driven around. Sitting out behind my shed is an 87 Toyota xtra cab 4x4 pickup that's more rust than steel at this point. My uncle bought it new in 87, I still have all of the paperwork from the deal. My dad got it around 90 or so. It made it's way from him to my sister and then to me as we both learned to drive in it. It's had wiring issues, spun rod bearings, a trashed A340H transmission and finally a rotted out frame and cab that have parked it, but I haven't been able to bring myself to scrap the old thing yet. Yeah it sits there sinking deeper into the ground and getting more and more rust every year, but it's still there. I get to remember all of the old memories every time I mow around it. I still remember when it was new and the first time I saw it, I was so short/little that I couldn't even climb up in the cab on my own.
I literally bought a Monte Carlo of this gen 2 weeks ago and prayed that some day soon you'd make a video on one to help me revive mine which has sat for 15 years, my prayers have been answered
It's all about family memories! I inherited my late grandfather's Camry, that I spent a lot of my childhood in. He did not do a lot of driving, so it has only clocked up 80,000KM in 24 years. It is a living, driving testament to him and the time we spent together. Nothing can replace it. I drive it only on special occasions and nice days, rarely anything more than 3,000KM/year maximum. It's still like brand new!
I just recently bought my great grandpas 1965 international d1200 with a 266 v8. I wanted this truck not only cause it is a solid project truck but also all the family history, my mom and my uncle and everyone else tell stories about ridin around in the truck. He is still curently alive rn he just turned 90 in july. And i made a promise to him that i intend on keeping and thats to give him one last ride in it before he dies. Luckily ive gotten far enough to get it to fire up and i drove it around the yard but i gotta replace a lot on it for it to be road worthy. I enjoyed the video man keep up the good work
I was at the Auction. Didn't know you guy's then. I grew up 20 miles north of Red Oak and lived there for about 10 years. Still go there for work almost every day. I live south of there in Clarinda now. Really like the channel. Good work.
I like seeing Wyatt in your videos. Seems like a really knowledgeable and funny guy. Has a great video presence
Need to get that 1972 Monte Carlo restore so your Mom can enjoy it again and make new memories with the car Wyatt👍
My great grandpa bought a 62 Cadillac Coupe DeVille new back in the day and drove it until the mid 90s. It sat next to my grandpas garage until 2009 when my dad and I got it running so a friend could buy it. 12 years later he’s still driving around Georgia with the original faded black paint and factory tuxedo interior. Dude is a legend down in the south
My dad gave me his 1977 Mustang Cobra 2 recently. He parked it in my in my Grandma's garage in 1989 right before my older brother was born. The car sat there untill 2013 when we transferred it to our garage and it has been there since. Hopfully soon we can get it running and driving again.
My dad has a 1974 Ford F-250 Hi Boy that he bought brand new, still has it sitting in the field at my parent’s place. Got it running and moving after about 17 years of sitting due to points and condenser going bad, but having ignition issues again.. thanks guys for the inspiration to get these old classics going again! I have too many sitting around waiting..
Literally my favorite youtube channel. Always look forward to all the videos keep em coming
67 Ford Falcon from my wife's Great Grandfather's farm. It was last registered in 1977. I got it running and driving for the first time in 44 years. Can't wait to bring it to a family get together so ask the siblings that grew up with it can take it for a spin to reminisce.
The look on Mom's face at 10:27 was the best part of this video... Excellent work guys!!!
Car story of the day, My Dad had a 1973 Dodge Challenger with a 318 small block in it, and when he started to work on that car he put 340 heads and a Holly double pumper 350 along with an Edelbrock low plane intake manifold with a 727 transmission out of an A.A.R Cuda along with the torque converter and the rally dash, and back then my dad use to do stop light to stop light races and every time he would stomp the gas on that car, he would lift the front left wheel of the ground, and he was beating 440 Chargers, 5.0 Mustangs 440 Challengers, 440 six barrel Barracudas and Etc, how ever unfortunately, life happened and and he had to sell it, he did find the car again eventually but when he did it was heartbreaking, all that work that he had put in that car was mostly rotted away so he never got it back. How ever, my Dad watches your videos from time to time and he happened to notice your 73 Gran Torino and he has been looking for one ever since he had that 1972 Ranchero, but he had to sell that to because of title issues. And my Mom and Dad loved that car to because of that badass rumble they would have every time they would crank it up and it shook the house up to. That is my family car story of the day, Thank you for reading. A.H.D-III
Made a mom Cry tears of Joy thats AWESOME!!!
Im a Ford guy but them 350 Chevy engines are pretty damn good. It is nice to see these classics getting another shot at life
I have a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass that my grandparents bought new. I took my drivers test in it the day I turned 16 in 1987. I’ve owned it since 1988. It’s currently not running but has been stored in my garage for years while I buy up NOS parts for its eventual revival. Being a southern car, nothing but surface rust to deal with!
I can tell you guys get along like peanut butter and jelly. Hell yeah!
Awesome video Kevin, you made Wyatts mom happy. Then easy to get running and then a murder house. What a all in one video. Thanks Kevin And Wyatt
Love the video. Keep up the great work. Might be a good idea to put some wheel chocks behind the rear wheels since you had the drive shaft out and it was on stands in the front. I want to keep you guys safe so you can continue to produce more excellent content like this.