I'm thrilled to see an old Chevelle come back to life.. Independence at that. I don't know why but I feel it's my patriotic duty to watch every episode. After finding all the frame rot I can't help but wonder what other surprises there might be in it. Thanks a million for doing this Mr Vice!
Here’s a good one. I just did for 40.66 billionth time. “A guy’s gotta try to loosen the nut by hand, knowing the wrench isn’t finished “. Love this stuff. Nice work. Off camera you gir ‘er done.
A guy is working on a 69 Chevelle front end rebuild Right Now! Gathering parts and confidence. Thanks for remembering everything I forgot lol. Great video.
Here's a trick I use to compress the spring enough to put on the spindle nuts, especially when there is no weight on the frontend: Use a floor jack just like you did but wrap a chain or 2" ratchet strap around the axle of the jack and the frame through the upper control arm. Take up any slack but don't lift the jack off the floor. The strap will keep the frame from rising while you lift the lower control arm as much as you need to regardless of spring height or compression.
A guy can tell when a guy is really an expert when he has time to get his ears lowered in the middle of a front end rebuild! Love seeing the Independence coming together. Nice work!
Excellent video. This allowed me to visualize the key suspension elements without mentally deleting all of the other engine parts. When restoring our 1966 Mustang convertibles in the 1980s, we never had the engine out, and just replaced various suspension and steering parts one by one in place. So I never knew what the front end looks like on its own. Thanks!
These vids are still amazing. I think when you threw the spring the loud bang actually scared you haha. Watching you makes me want to go out find some vehicle, get it home somehow, and start building on it.
"This side down" on the ball joint service case. GREAT idea. Can't count how many times I've done the EXACT opposite and chased all of my sockets down the driveway
I went back to watch VGG's oldest videos, and it's fun to see you start shaky but get more confident over time. Around about EP14 you started to find your TH-cam character...
Transformation of what this car was to what it's becoming is amazing. Also being a weird UK person it's really interesting to see just how different your cars are put together compared to ours.
She's looking great Derek. Keep up the awesome work, it's very appreciated. Your videos are a break in my not so great reality right now, and you'll never know how much I appreciate it.
Another great video. You really break it down easy for a feller who has only wrenched about 24.7 minutes since he was 17. Can’t wait to see the next video
I worked in a alignment shop for a number of years and got to the point of doing it by eye (on my own cars of course). but then again I had the luxury of then doing an actual alignment to check the old peepers. It is amazing how well it comes out. Of course, it is impossible to set the caster this way which is the "red headed step-child" of alignment angles. While a poorly set caster will not wear tires, it can make drivability horrible. The trick is that to change the caster angle, it affects camber at the same time. If those spacers are added or removed equally front to back, it adjusts only camber. If you make a difference between the front and back bolts, it moves the upper ball joint forward and back, changing the caster. Usually a tech will set the camber first (cause that will wear tires, and then get as much caster as possible until it bottoms or maxes out the camber. Just realized I am rambling a little bit.........sorry about that.
@@rwandersonut perfectly explained. Great input thx I did mine many years ago with my buddy he was the expert and it did not make sense the way he explained it to me then, but he did it exactly that way. Now, I understand the dynamics of it.
You Can’t ignore the awesome Mullet At the being of this video. Derek just killing it. I hope he’s making extra coin with his videos. I would pay to watch this every week. Hope MT picks him up. 👍🏻
Made my first trip to Minnesota last week to catch some smallmouth and pike. Beautiful forest and friendly people. Our friend here is the rule not the exception.
That Chevelle, done up the way you have with that original faded USA flag paintjob is genuinely one of the best looking muscle cars I've ever seen. No money can buy the amount of love and character that thing has.
First vise grip garage video I watched was the when a guy saved the independence. Would 100% buy an independence poster or mug or hat or ..i don't know. Any way, I'm invested
A guy over here in the UK would love an independence T.. couldnt belive the 1st episode and the state the Chev was in and now look at it 😁 My fave tool has to be the Tania Harding...
Typical Millennial, has access to every toy we could ever dream of as a kid. Watching you tube instead. Love your content as well! Maybe a collab is in order.
Cool video Derek, love me some Independence Day Chevelle. Not just the car, the red, white and blue paint scheme. But probably most of all, because of the cool back story. Thank you for keeping us all entertained.
This spring I started on the front end of my super service truck and found out the bushings were as wore out as a 32 year bullrider so had to snip in some new ones.. along with shockelaters and tie rod ends
I like how a guy just posted a video on the ol'freedom mobile and nobody even knows.....I gotta check my notification alerts... anyhow, love the videos and keep'em commin.
Just realized....the the notifications are all wacked out for the little ones and all. Better just subscribe to get the vids on time. LOVE THE CONTENT.. I just better join- and support the cause. Keep it commmmmminnnn!!!
A feller just gets 198.52% excited when he sees your videos come out so i did the right thing and dropped everything i was doing to watch you.. hopefully im still married... i dont know...
A few weeks back my wife said what are you doing that you keep running away and that she saw me watching my video of Derrick drive the car and she said he's just driving the car. I responded with shhhh hes about to listen to the gear change
Love watching your Friday night vids and all the others. You have given me the courage to start the tear down of my 68 C20. New gas tank, pick up, stainless lines and carburetor are in hand. LOTS more parts on order. I thank a guy and Jessica. When I'm done with the truck, I will send pics and a donation.
As a kid I played in train yards. They would replace train coil springs. They were a lot bigger than car springs. We would throw them up as far as we could and try to avoid getting hit with them.
When there’s no alignment adjustment shims in the upper control arm of your GM car, the cross member has collapsed and there’s no more alignment adjustment left on your upper arm. So what has to be done is take the car to the frame shop where they block up the bottom of the cross member and put about 40 tons of pull on the upper arms, and in effect pull the upper arms apart from each other. And then you’ve got some adjustment again.
@@jas1az18 , I have watched most of his vids, pretty great! This is the first time hearing it, may or may not have been knee deep in a few adult beverages...
Morning Derek, your video of the Independence Chevelle brought back memories of a 71 SS 454 Chevelle I put together in the early 1980's, back then you could still get factory GM parts, it was a fun car, had a couple different big blocks.....great video, looking forward to the next!!
@Rylee Klein If you mean vinegar, yeah, over a very long time, that's possible. But I've used it many, many times. Works like a charm for small surface rust. Then there is using a 12 volt charger and a graphite rod and doing reverse electroplating. The rust flies off pretty quickly.
An old dirt track racer trick for installing a stiff coil spring. Wrap a chain under the jack and over the frame. Works better than a coil spring compressor or having you're big bubba friend lean on a 10' pry bar.
I was happy once cuz I thought I was gonna get my peepers on a VGG capilator. I went on over to a guys interweb site and now I am pretty sad. Sold Out. It's now been 90 million days and a bunch of cessions with my head doctor and I can finally eat my cereal at the table instead of curled up in bed. My doctor told me I should be back to normal by my 95th birthday. I'll still watch your vlogs, but I still get sad. No Capilators, not even a knitalator capistrono. Signed "STILL SAD"
I was working in a front end shop in the 90s when those new hard bushings come out. The parts stores got me good. Probably had 200 cars come back with those squeakers. Had to redo about three years worth of work. lol
I’ve was just sitting listening to this old front end tech at a muffler shop I worked at in high school. He said never tighten control arm bushings until they are loaded, that way the bushing isn’t twisted from being at full drop. Made since to me.
today is my eighty first birthday I don't know what to say , other than thank you for the good show and the goodness! I love old cars!
Your awesome!
So how old ‘dyou get?
Happy belated birthday!!
Happy Birthday 🎈🎉
@@bishlap happy B DAY MANY MORE
I'm thrilled to see an old Chevelle come back to life.. Independence at that. I don't know why but I feel it's my patriotic duty to watch every episode.
After finding all the frame rot I can't help but wonder what other surprises there might be in it.
Thanks a million for doing this Mr Vice!
Here’s a good one. I just did for 40.66 billionth time. “A guy’s gotta try to loosen the nut by hand, knowing the wrench isn’t finished “. Love this stuff. Nice work. Off camera you gir ‘er done.
A guy is working on a 69 Chevelle front end rebuild Right Now! Gathering parts and confidence. Thanks for remembering everything I forgot lol. Great video.
Here's a trick I use to compress the spring enough to put on the spindle nuts, especially when there is no weight on the frontend:
Use a floor jack just like you did but wrap a chain or 2" ratchet strap around the axle of the jack and the frame through the upper control arm. Take up any slack but don't lift the jack off the floor. The strap will keep the frame from rising while you lift the lower control arm as much as you need to regardless of spring height or compression.
A guy can tell when a guy is really an expert when he has time to get his ears lowered in the middle of a front end rebuild! Love seeing the Independence coming together. Nice work!
Thanks Steve
For real....he's like 20 years old again
@@ViceGripGarage either that or the paint fumes got to him.
Every time I say I got my ears lowered nobody knows what I mean.
He did say 97.4 weeks later. lol
Nice haircut👍🏼
Not that I will ever do one, it was nice to learn how to do the front end.
Thanks for taking the time to educate.
Ram
Excellent video. This allowed me to visualize the key suspension elements without mentally deleting all of the other engine parts. When restoring our 1966 Mustang convertibles in the 1980s, we never had the engine out, and just replaced various suspension and steering parts one by one in place. So I never knew what the front end looks like on its own. Thanks!
Nothing more satisfying than a brand new front end.
These vids are still amazing. I think when you threw the spring the loud bang actually scared you haha. Watching you makes me want to go out find some vehicle, get it home somehow, and start building on it.
I am in the process of rebuilding the front end of my 68 chevelle. Never done it before so I really appreciate this video
awesome, hope it helps
Red Green would be proud of his protégé!
A guy from brazil wants to let you know that your content is much appreciated. thanks!
"This side down" on the ball joint service case. GREAT idea. Can't count how many times I've done the EXACT opposite and chased all of my sockets down the driveway
lol glad I am not the only one.
I think we've all done it! But it is stupid how case has the label on the bottom so it's asking to be opened upside down
Nice to see you saving the old independence instead of scraping her. Good job
I went back to watch VGG's oldest videos, and it's fun to see you start shaky but get more confident over time. Around about EP14 you started to find your TH-cam character...
I love your show. The humor and personality is great. The plus side is you know what you are talking about. Keep up the great work!
You’re a legend mate. Love from England.
I cracked up when he tossed the coil springs
Thanks for the entertainment and education Derek. Love this channel!
I really enjoy the entertainment of your videos, but when you drop little timbits of information I really enjoy that as well. Thanks man.
Thanks for giving the beginners some insight on front end stuff. I have done many GM and you nailed it great job!
That guy Bill Fold really took a kicking on this project.
To be expected on a car that stood for 27 years 😂😂😂
@@simonevans343 Ha Ha, Simon, I semi restored an 83 Mustang convertible in 2005, my friend Bill Fold still hasn't recovered! Cheers!
I think Bill’s cousin, M.T. Wallet got in on the action too.
@@stuartkc I am going to use that quote somewhere. Thanks!
@@simonevans343 kzkak
As someone who knows his way around a Chevelle front stub from working on dirt modifieds, it's nice to see one in its natural habitat.
Transformation of what this car was to what it's becoming is amazing. Also being a weird UK person it's really interesting to see just how different your cars are put together compared to ours.
She's looking great Derek. Keep up the awesome work, it's very appreciated. Your videos are a break in my not so great reality right now, and you'll never know how much I appreciate it.
That step by step instruction is great. Makes it look easy. Guess I'll find out on my '67 Dodge. Thank you.
Another great video. You really break it down easy for a feller who has only wrenched about 24.7 minutes since he was 17. Can’t wait to see the next video
I'm doing this same project on an Impala right now, so this was useful.
Would love to see the string alignment. Heard about it from an old farm boy but never saw it done. Love the channel, keep up the good work!
I worked in a alignment shop for a number of years and got to the point of doing it by eye (on my own cars of course). but then again I had the luxury of then doing an actual alignment to check the old peepers. It is amazing how well it comes out. Of course, it is impossible to set the caster this way which is the "red headed step-child" of alignment angles. While a poorly set caster will not wear tires, it can make drivability horrible. The trick is that to change the caster angle, it affects camber at the same time. If those spacers are added or removed equally front to back, it adjusts only camber. If you make a difference between the front and back bolts, it moves the upper ball joint forward and back, changing the caster. Usually a tech will set the camber first (cause that will wear tires, and then get as much caster as possible until it bottoms or maxes out the camber. Just realized I am rambling a little bit.........sorry about that.
@@rwandersonut perfectly explained. Great input thx I did mine many years ago with my buddy he was the expert and it did not make sense the way he explained it to me then, but he did it exactly that way. Now, I understand the dynamics of it.
I’ll be dipped, thought a guy was growing a mullet, but he got a hair cut while the paint dried. I don’t know what’s going on!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Long hair and a Victor wrench don't always work out too well.
Every hammer I own is now officially a Tonya Harding..Thanks a million thousand for all you do! Mont-tree-all Canada..Subbage done..
You Can’t ignore the awesome Mullet At the being of this video. Derek just killing it. I hope he’s making extra coin with his videos. I would pay to watch this every week. Hope MT picks him up. 👍🏻
"If a guy does want some extra safety, you can wrap your purse around here" Almost spilled my cold snack that was so funny!
Great now I have to buy a purse aside from the lowering springs... things are getting expensive
Ha! Me too! Mine are gonna take 2 months to get here.
Hahah that line was great
What does "wrap your purse" even mean? Help a UK guy out please.
@@PurpleTT99 I think he was calling you a sissy if you need more safety than that, purse are what some Americans call a ladies hand bag
Finished watching the entire back catalog of Derek's videos yesterday.
New one today!!! Perfect!!!
Awesome thank you!
@@ViceGripGarage no no no..... Thank you!!!!
Made my first trip to Minnesota last week to catch some smallmouth and pike. Beautiful forest and friendly people. Our friend here is the rule not the exception.
Sunday morning, a cup of coffee, no one around, and a new episode of VGG..... today will be a good day
I've said it before...I'll say it again...I drop everything to watch VGG! keep it coming!!!
Coming along nicely; sway bar should come back especially since big blocks are so heavy and it will help when you turn at speed
It's coming along nicely. You really know your onions around Chevelle types.
thanks, a guy trys
That Chevelle, done up the way you have with that original faded USA flag paintjob is genuinely one of the best looking muscle cars I've ever seen. No money can buy the amount of love and character that thing has.
First vise grip garage video I watched was the when a guy saved the independence. Would 100% buy an independence poster or mug or hat or ..i don't know. Any way, I'm invested
Hey. Me too! For the first couple minutes I thought he was nuts.
I bought the T
Maybe he will make a before and after poster for the ole mancave wall.
A guy over here in the UK would love an independence T.. couldnt belive the 1st episode and the state the Chev was in and now look at it 😁
My fave tool has to be the Tania Harding...
A guy gets sad when an episode is over!
Yup!
very true.
Must be time for another Wobble-Pop!
after watching this channel for awhile i catch myself constantly say "AYYYEEE DOOON'TT KNOOOOOWW!" thanks derrick!!
A guy shore does like seeing Independence come along..fresh cut & fresh front end .Good times 👍🏼👍🏼
Love the Builds Derek you've given me the confidence to do a motor and transmission swap on my 99 c3500 keep up the great content
I have the 2000 C3500 LS Crew Cab, 7.4ltr. been good so far.
We have 2, 2000 GMC c3500 with the 7.4l on the farm.
I love both of them.
A guy wants to let you know that old Chev is just mint. She'll be a heck of an onion eater in no time.
Got very confused and thought I was watching a guy cut a hole in a grain bin still
I’ll be dipped, my two favorite TH-cam channels. Something must be in that Minnesooota chill water up there.
Typical Millennial, has access to every toy we could ever dream of as a kid. Watching you tube instead. Love your content as well! Maybe a collab is in order.
Shes gonna look like shrek?
Did you paint undercarriage or undercoat under carriage
Love how Independence is coming along Derek. Watching you put her back together is as satisfying as watching a huge ingrown hair getting yanked.
Cool video Derek, love me some Independence Day Chevelle. Not just the car, the red, white and blue paint scheme. But probably most of all, because of the cool back story. Thank you for keeping us all entertained.
Right on!
This spring I started on the front end of my super service truck and found out the bushings were as wore out as a 32 year bullrider so had to snip in some new ones.. along with shockelaters and tie rod ends
Man ol' Independence is looking sweet!
You've got 197(!!!) of those Duane Allman slide guitar rings? SPEECHLESS.
I sure miss the longer videos. Thanks for the video Derek. She's gonna fly.
I met LeeAnn Rimes one time - exactly what you'd expect from someone with a lot of money. Absolutely flawless- looking.
I never thought she was pretty- She's got that "Evil bitch" look to her face-Even when smiling.
A guy’s mullet just comes and goes like time don’t matter
I was gonna make a similar comment 🤣🤣
@Rylee Klein sorry passed out with phone in my hand.
I got a thumbs-up on mine because I don't want to go to a hair salon or a barber shop because of this so-called thing
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! I noticed that too.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!
Independence next to your race car is sure going to be something else. I look forward to seeing Independence cutting loose. Good stuff!!
I can't believe I'm watching a genuine educational program. I'll be dipped...
I like how a guy just posted a video on the ol'freedom mobile and nobody even knows.....I gotta check my notification alerts... anyhow, love the videos and keep'em commin.
Just realized....the the notifications are all wacked out for the little ones and all. Better just subscribe to get the vids on time. LOVE THE CONTENT.. I just better join- and support the cause. Keep it commmmmminnnn!!!
What’s LeeAnn Rimes doing! So random 😂🤣 hilarious 😆
just about once an episode a guy wonders what some random celebrity is doing haha
Just saw something popup on TH-cam about her. Didn't watch it.
Hahah
I don't know, but whatever it is, she's being way too skinny while doing it.
That was some funny --
Thanxs Bro!
Now I can tackle my front end "rebuild" on the 64 Lemans with confidence.
Wow, that Chevelle has taken a vast turn for the better. You have done that car right. I look forward to seeing the final product. Good job Derek.
A feller just gets 198.52% excited when he sees your videos come out so i did the right thing and dropped everything i was doing to watch you.. hopefully im still married... i dont know...
yep same here !
Yep same here
You dropped your wife?! LOL
Just tell her to pretend you're Derek. Hiyahhh! TSS! Get some
A few weeks back my wife said what are you doing that you keep running away and that she saw me watching my video of Derrick drive the car and she said he's just driving the car. I responded with shhhh hes about to listen to the gear change
Finally. This is my favorite build by far. Can't wait to see her light em up! Looks good man
*20:38 I think I may have seen a big block 😏
Love watching your Friday night vids and all the others. You have given me the courage to start the tear down of my 68 C20. New gas tank, pick up, stainless lines and carburetor are in hand. LOTS more parts on order. I thank a guy and Jessica. When I'm done with the truck, I will send pics and a donation.
saw your comment, how is that truck running?
That front frame looks 1000X better after paint.....It's amazing what a lil lightning and high speed erosion will do!
Man he’s gaining subscribers like crazy
I can tell cuz the ads are popping up more often too
And for good reason!! Just hope he never sells out like Motor Trend.
as he should, dam good show.
Video is 21:12 long......”2112” a great album by Canada’s greatest export: RUSH
Wikkitt Klown Gotta go with 21’12” here too - you’ve been cheated.
Why am I watching this guy ? Why can I not stop watching this guy ??
Glad to see I'm not the only one that has broken a vice pressing ball joints...
I just lost it when he threw the spring
Honest to god, I thought it was gonna comeback on him
As a kid I played in train yards. They would replace train coil springs. They were a lot bigger than car springs. We would throw them up as far as we could and try to avoid getting hit with them.
Thiers a feller that know what hes doing👍
She's comin' along real nice like. Stay after it and thanks for bringing a guy along.
When there’s no alignment adjustment shims in the upper control arm of your GM car, the cross member has collapsed and there’s no more alignment adjustment left on your upper arm. So what has to be done is take the car to the frame shop where they block up the bottom of the cross member and put about 40 tons of pull on the upper arms, and in effect pull the upper arms apart from each other. And then you’ve got some adjustment again.
A guy sure does like drinking wobble pops and watching ya on a Friday evening.
Thanks buddy
Grant Fitz bwahahaha wobble pops, using this!!!
Grant Fitz you win the internet this evening. I just called my cold snack a wobble pop! 😂 love it
@@island7458 Just watch the videos, he uses it all the time
@@jas1az18 , I have watched most of his vids, pretty great! This is the first time hearing it, may or may not have been knee deep in a few adult beverages...
Independence is looking good man.I dont know.. I wonder what Leann Rimes is doing??😆
Massively improved. I gotta tell ya I was in the scrap’er for parts team back before you found the original owner and you proved me wrong. Well done.
thanks dustin
Morning Derek, your video of the Independence Chevelle brought back memories of a 71 SS 454 Chevelle I put together in the early 1980's, back then you could still get factory GM parts, it was a fun car, had a couple different big blocks.....great video, looking forward to the next!!
Looking great!, never thought it could look like that.
Hey Derek, ever considered soaking those parts in vinegar for 2 days?? It eats the rust right off, leaving it nice.
Try Vinegar baking soda and water in works better that way strips the rust right off!
@@ruwithlee1970 vinegar is an acid... baking soda is a base neutralizing the acid..... water dilutes it... 🤔 straight acid should probably do the most
you don't need that.
@Rylee Klein If you mean vinegar, yeah, over a very long time, that's possible. But I've used it many, many times. Works like a charm for small surface rust. Then there is using a 12 volt charger and a graphite rod and doing reverse electroplating. The rust flies off pretty quickly.
I use citric acid myself.
Very talented mechanic that makes it amusing.. Keep it up Derek!!
An old dirt track racer trick for installing a stiff coil spring. Wrap a chain under the jack and over the frame. Works better than a coil spring compressor or having you're big bubba friend lean on a 10' pry bar.
A fella should tub the back end so he can get some decent sized meats on the back!
After watching you I can't spray any aerosol can without making the noise my wife thinks I'm nuts
🤣🤣🤣
A guy is really enjoying this project. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much!
Independence is starting to come together. Looking good
Lol wrap your purse around it lol
I was happy once cuz I thought I was gonna get my peepers on a VGG capilator. I went on over to a guys interweb site and now I am pretty sad. Sold Out. It's now been 90 million days and a bunch of cessions with my head doctor and I can finally eat my cereal at the table instead of curled up in bed. My doctor told me I should be back to normal by my 95th birthday. I'll still watch your vlogs, but I still get sad. No Capilators, not even a knitalator capistrono. Signed "STILL SAD"
From being on deaths door parked in that back ally to looking pretty sharp bar a few cosmetics. You have done a great job with this old gal Derek 🤟
Awesome job Mr. VG! I could watch you work your magic all day long!
thank you sir
I might need to borrow a guy's torque wrench the next time I put a wheel back together.
AvE does the same thing. I never use a torque wrench so I have adopted the technique.
I lost it at this point in the video because I have been doing this for 15+ year's hahahaha
I’m gonna do the right thing and ignore the fact that a mullet went GOODBYE.
On his live stream he explained he had a funeral to go to and it didn't feel appropriate. Thought you'd wanna know!
Omg "wrap your purse around here", that was the funniest thing I've heard you say so far! Lol That's saying something...
I was working in a front end shop in the 90s when those new hard bushings come out. The parts stores got me good. Probably had 200 cars come back with those squeakers. Had to redo about three years worth of work. lol
What happened to the video that was up yesterday!!?? A guy never even got to finish it!!
Does a guy always hit a bolt in with his hand, then 99% of the time think, "why didn't I grab the hammer?"? I know I do.
I sure love that old chevy. God bless the red white and blue.
I’m installing a Lares unit tonight at work. Those folks make a quality unit.
they sure do
I’ve was just sitting listening to this old front end tech at a muffler shop I worked at in high school. He said never tighten control arm bushings until they are loaded, that way the bushing isn’t twisted from being at full drop. Made since to me.
That's lookin good. Glad you decided to revive her.
I don't even own a Chev anymore but a guy sure enjoys the content and know how! Ready to do some pffffft pfffft this weekend myself! 😂
This channel just keeps getting better. Thanks again!