New subscriber. You're killing it out there guy. Very raw and honest of how it's really done. Diagramicals? Eh, gapped. She'll get her. You have the catch phrases and the neat video to keep the attention of goldfish. I say hotrod needs to make you one of their main think tankers. Keep it up guy, one of the best channels out here.
Can we get this guy a prize for doing what everyone wants to see, while being entertaining, working on cool cars, and having good video quality. Keep up the awesome work.
@@ViceGripGarage To answer your question in the video. Only firing order one I can remember off the top off my head is the ol straight six and Kenworth Trucks cause I build them everyday in Chillicothe Ohio. Straight six is, 1, 5,3,6,2,4. And the ol Kenworth diesels fire at the same actually if it is the Cummins motor. If it is paccar motor they are a bit different but almost the same. Just starts at valve 2 instead of one. And btw subbed and Joined the Clubhouse! Love your content man. Could drink beer with you all day. Your a real one 🕜
"Welcome to Illinois - Part Stores are a million miles away, it's cold, someone's burning grass and bush at 11:00 at night and I keep hearing a circular saw so you guys know how to party!" This quote should be on the 'Welcome to Illinois Sign" when you enter the state... Keep on rockin man...
I love coming back to these older videos and giving them a watch. It brings and tear to a guys eye with how far the channel has come and how true you have stayed to yourself. Never change man. You rock!
Wow im surprised at how good that motor sounded on the drive home and even more amazed that you drove it 500 miles after sitting 40 yrs. You are the man!!!
Dude I said the same thing when I first started watching him.. I'll never hate on it though lol.. I'm just trying to see us all win. Some of us just have better luck.
@@mikeparker2865 it is I had a 98 cobra and those are considered classic already I think from NY to NJ it’s 20 years to be registered and called a classic vehicle
Anyone who sees this, good for you. I always do a compression test dry first. Then add oil if a cylinder is low. If it picks up compression then the issue is rings/cyl wall. If it is still low after adding oil, it's a head issue.
This episode started it all for me, can't believe it's been over two years already. I just thought I would take a ride down memory lane . Turns out I been watching for 3 years. I'm senile now too.
I've watched a lot of your videos but I'm starting to get concerned that I'm actually learning something. I don't know what that says about me or you. I'll let you know.
I found your videos a few weeks ago and love them. I’ve done this a few times. Probably the riskiest was an 81 Fiat X1/9 my son bought for me for $500 that had been sitting for about 5 or 10 years in Colorado. I loaded a suitcase with tools and parts and bought a 1 way ticket. I spent almost week getting it roadworthy. I drove it around the Denver area to visit family, then drove it 1200 miles home to California! It ran like a champ. Not a single problem! I even took highway 50, America’s loneliest highway! Anyway, love the videos. Keep it up.
There is a C10 sitting down the road from my house for sale. I've been contemplating picking it up now you made me confident. I'm going to go grab a hammer and get it next weekend. 😁😁
It’s crazy how he just gets these cars running like that or even turning over most of them have been sitting for awhile. It comes to show a little hard work and you can get most anything running
Firing order?, I can't even remember my phone number. I laugh out loud when you grabbed your carburetor adjusting tool. How you made it with that, one eyed death trap without getting stopped and impounded was the 8th wonder of the world. Rock on !!.
That's absolutely amazing..40 friggen years and with a little tweaking you get her rolling down the road. I'm loving watching these videos, and learning all kinds of new phrases too!
Ever since this video came out, I've come back to watch it occasionally because it's inspiring to see someone not give up in the face of impossible odds. I've faced a few this past year.
ok. Got to give it to this guy, i was entertained for the full half hour. I'll tune in to the rest of what this guy puts out. Thanks for the vids. Keep 'em coming!
Oh my God! Where did you get that Hamm's hat! Love it! Few people know the true beauty of an ice cold Hamm's! You sir are most certainly a man of taste and refinement!
You brought tears to my eyes watching you bring back my favorite car of all times thanks for making the Chevy Chevelle great again!!! Good old American Muscle!!!💪💪💪
You sir are an automotive soldier.....I salute your commitment to sticking to it and getting it going ....and I salute you again for having the balls to drive it 500miles home.
Loved your video Derrick. I am 80 hrs old and owned and rebuilt several 283’s. Took them to most of the Dragstrips on the west coast. Keep up the amazing and comical work . DJ
Love the channel, I need a road trip like this, been forever, had me a couple Chevys,68 Caprice 2 door 327 ,73 El Camino two different 350s, 73 Monte Carlo 350 Rusty but trusty used to drive the highway to work doing 120...308 gear. 68 GTO 400. 70 Torino 302. 74 Plymouth Satellite DNR car green four door 318.85 Chevy 3/4 ton 350 with the fancy FI. quadrajet contraption. 94 Lincoln Town car. And various jeeps and pick ups. Work on everything my damn self... 54 y.o. Welder Fab guy.
"Fill the oil, and check the gas." Sounds like an old '53 flathead Ford I once had. It lived its life consuming Nugold oil from Canadian Tire. (recycled, and filtered - I think?)
Lol I grew up in Minneapolis. When the mechanic mentioned Roosevelt high school that’s the high school I would’ve gone to head I stayed in Minneapolis. I went to several elementary schools and Nokomis junior high. Then, we moved to California. It’s fun to watch the mechanic bring back memories of my childhood in Minneapolis.
“Bat-tree”, has a good friend in Wyoming whose parents emigrated from Illinois that always pronounced battery that way. Brought back pleasant memories, thanks!
Thanks Derek for bringing back memories of my long deceased Dad helping me put life into a forgotten 71 Challenger I found behind a car dealership left for dead in 85. We stuck a battery in, poured oil and gas in it, put on some used tires, got her running and I paid 200.for a clean title to a rust free straight solid ride. After tweaking on it, cleaning it and tuning herbup I drove her for 2 years but the memories will last forever. Wish I still had her but she went to a good home.
My man your gonna be a TH-cam star keep up these videos Have been a subscriber for a few months now and you nailed what I want to watch all the time !, like the other guy said red green attitude .. but actually nail it Cheers
Big love from the UK❤ Really am speechless on how cool you are and your videos are absolutely amazing and inspiring I've watched all your abandoned car collections. I feel so lost now I've ran out of them I'm going to watch independence Chevelle again👍🏼🏴🇺🇸
Know what I love about this dude? He fixes this stuff up and takes it on the interstate and just doesnt let the break downs get to him. You are my new favorite channel. Keep up the good work.
19:53 there was an episode of Jay Leno's Garage, where Jay was talking about GMs and made the comment "you can fix em with a hammer". I didn't think he meant you could LITERALLY fix em with a hammer!
yeah buddy I watch roadkill still I got the subscription but still I'll stop watching them to watch a real down to earth fella live the roadkill life anyday...great channel.
About those thermostats. I cut the part off where the spring is. I take a 3/8 drill bit and drill a little hole in the thermostat. It holds a little antifreeze back but also allows antifreeze through.
Not only did I subscribe to your channel but I also watched almost all your videos while I was in the hospital after being ripped open like a raw tuna. Your content and humor made my 13 day stay just a little more bearable thank you!
Story of my career as a mechanic. After 23 years of turning wrenches on jet engines(Air Force), motorcycles and my trucks I also said, Why do I keep doing this. I don't even like it. Funny video man. Sub'd.
I did not know Vice Grip Garage goes back four years. Just saw this episode was new to me. Seen a lot of other ones Derek and his goofiness are on par with that Mopar guy Ice Trey. By the way I wasn't gonna read 4700 comments. I highly doubt that car was sitting for forty years there's just no way.
The simplicity and narration are everything in these videos keep up the great work and commentary people love the Norwegian accent in the north much love to you guys at vice!!
Watching for the second time. Had to say, I love the Hamms hat. It reminds me when I was 12 having one with my grandfather working on cars. He was a 50 year mechanic, and had the same humor you have. Thanks for the video.
Every time you talk about one of these drives I kind of smile because I have made all of them in some form, I moved to Alexandra Minnesota in 2007 from Ohio and left there just shy of 10 years in 2017, I spent 10 years in that state doing multiple types of road construction for minndot and I got to tell you guys, I chuckle at Ohio winters now! The flat corridor running east to west from Fargo ND to Alexandra is one of the coldest places I have ever been in the lower 48 states! I try to describe the cold but there is no describing -60 wind chills and - 50 temps and cold that hurts your skin and you can't breath well. I have one photo from when I lived in this small city called Ashby, between Fergus falls and Alexandra, where I had shelved my walk all winter and on each side of the walk is a wall of snow 3 1/2 feet high. That area is really flat and snow just blows all over the road and drifts are every ware! A guy could do well to buy himself a 4 wheel drive in that state, not to mention some good Air conditioning in summer because it's humid as hell there, at least you got great fishing holes. I was telling my buddie if you walked out your front door pointed in a direction and kept walking in a strait line in that direction, you would eventfully hit a lake you could fish in! In all honesty Minn is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in summer and a great vacation spot if your into fishing and camping, but from ND to WIS all three of them states are some of the most brutal places I ever been in winter, only being outdone by Alaska! hahahahaha
Really well done. Thank you for doing all this. I am amazed not only at your skills with fixing cars but how nicely you create these videos. Good cutaways, good B roll shots. Nicely edited. A treat! Good luck to you.
@@knuckleberry4720 Exactly! I got a clapped out dually to tow a 20 foot trailer for hauling cars that can't be driven. Usually due to body damage. Or them newer cars that can't be fixed so easily due to all them sensors and computers that go bad regularly.
@@consaka1 cool i have a 1975 ford f250 4x4 360 4 speed. it should be fixed up by fall /winter glad the stopped pure salt and use sand salt here in upstate new york.
@@knuckleberry4720 You need to get them to quit using salt altogether. I see the cars from new york on the "south main auto channel" and fairly new cars are rusted to pieces. he tries to get stuff apart and the rust just rains down all over his floor. Its rediculous.
I’ve discovered your channel recently and I must say you are awesome. Very entertaining, funny and knowledgeable. I really like how nothing ever gets you rattled. When I worked on cars I was always cursing up a storm.
Derek, I HOPE, that any young guys out there wanting to get old cars up and running, know about your channel. I've always been too short tempered / hot- headed (not good personality traits) to pass along what little I knew about cars...You stay cool headed AND, you tell (show) us, what to do, what NOT to do. I try to use your,,,expressions, and your calmness when stuff goes wrong. Lately, it's been working on this old guy. Keep on doing what you're doing!!!!
Wow Derek I thought I had seen most VGG videos but I never saw the first Rocky video!!!!! 40 yrs sitting.......I couldn't believe how fast that started up for the first time!!!!! Awesome Job!
Ya really freakin cool man! Imagine how many oldies could be saved from oblivion, if there were more guys like you with relentless determination and of course the skills!
Yeah but you get the guy that thay thinks his rusted out chevelle is worth 14000 it makes it hard for us young guys but I'm a believer in Chevy they never let me down
Hamm’s guy! My favorite beer! Having a great time catching up on all the past videos. By far my new favorite channel! Let a guy know if you make it over to Wisconsin, I’ve always got about 645 or so cold snacks laying around in various refrigerators. 👍
Thanks for the ride Derek. The 307 build was one of the first we watched, but this one is quite the tribute. You share just the right amount of detail to teach the same things over time, so we understand both the importance of the order you follow, and why some things like three gauges matter at highway speeds, or why the engine is still running...alternator works. These videos are priceless, and we're all so much better off for feeling in a way like we spent three chilly days in Illinois with you.
Power braked it AFTER you got to the home town lol good decision! But really for as long as it sat not that bad moneywise to get it going and ran well to use that much oil. Score!
I am binge watching and am going down memory lane with my past vehicles. One in particular, 66 El Camino, 396 with 375 hp. Starter built too close to the exhaust manifold. Difficult start cold and would not restart if warmed or hot. Would compression start or jump start. After several starters, I was one unhappy puppy with Checker and somebody else auto parts in El Paso Tx. It was my learning platform and I was a soldier at the time and 19. Alot of defective points or plug wire kits, coils and I learnt what a ballast resistor was. But three starters and batrees. I really wanted this beast to work. I ended up selling to a person who eventually got it started and daily driver, just not mine, oh well Thanks for the reminder. Defective parts out of the box and this was 76-77, 19 that is. again, oh well
Love these old rigs and the Chevy V8 is definitely a trooper - you have shown us time and time again! Imagine this with any modern engine? Nah, not a chance. Great work and video fella!
I love watching your channel and your show. When I was a teenager my dad and I restored old cars and we would have adventures like this. In fact we once rescued a 62 Corvair that had been sitting in a front yard for a decade. When we got it home it also fired right up once we rebuilt the carbs and after putting some "Marvel Mystery Oil" in it the smoking disappeared. He bought it for $50 (owner wanted it out) and he resold it for $800 after I spent days cleaning it up.
Hell Ya Brother....Thanks for some great Friday Nite Humor. Your heads above Road Kill..... Hell they could take lessons from you. Looks like you saved another old Chevy. Keep up the good work. Got to love your sense of style.
That was a fun watch 👍🏽 Keep up the good work! PS those Pontiac “snowflake” rims looked better than I thought they would. But nothing’s wrong with Cragars 👍🏽
On my wife's TH-cam but a cigarette will go out if dropped in a bucket of gasoline, used to clean parts over a bucket of gas. Now try that with diesel, probably not a good idea. But gasahol needs an open flame to ignite, IE spark. And the higher the octane, the less bawoof affect, lol. Cheap gas runs across the ground in fumes, good fuel sits pretty, lol.
this is the makings of the new roadkill! Just do us a favor and dont sell out for product placement and keep doin what your doin! Love the videos, keep up the good work!
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New subscriber. You're killing it out there guy. Very raw and honest of how it's really done. Diagramicals? Eh, gapped. She'll get her. You have the catch phrases and the neat video to keep the attention of goldfish. I say hotrod needs to make you one of their main think tankers. Keep it up guy, one of the best channels out here.
thank you sir! appreciate you watching &commenting
Vice Grip Garage
Thanks. I really enjoy your style. Especially teaching you kids this craft. Cool calm collected. Fine job. “Weight reduction”. Lol
thanks Greg!
🤣
“Eh, gapped...” was my favorite... “I don’t hear 1 or 16 lifters stickin in there.” And that brake line “patch”... 😂😂😂
Can we get this guy a prize for doing what everyone wants to see, while being entertaining, working on cool cars, and having good video quality. Keep up the awesome work.
Thanks Tom! Appreciate you watching
And having the GUTS to do it!!!
I agree
@@ViceGripGarage where at in Illinois did ya find it??
watchin sum good ole reruns...Aesome still..Hang in there... D-rock with tha digicalls
That relentless “can-do” attitude is inspiring. Much respect. Almost like therapy, in a way. This sub was a no-brainer and WELL deserved.
Thank you for subscribing
A guy sure does enjoy the vidgeos.
@@ViceGripGarage To answer your question in the video. Only firing order
one I can remember off the top off my head is the ol straight six and Kenworth Trucks cause I build them everyday in Chillicothe Ohio. Straight six is, 1, 5,3,6,2,4. And the ol Kenworth diesels fire at the same actually if it is the Cummins motor. If it is paccar motor they are a bit different but almost the same. Just starts at valve 2 instead of one. And btw subbed and Joined the Clubhouse! Love your content man. Could drink beer with you all day. Your a real one 🕜
"Welcome to Illinois - Part Stores are a million miles away, it's cold, someone's burning grass and bush at 11:00 at night and I keep hearing a circular saw so you guys know how to party!" This quote should be on the 'Welcome to Illinois Sign" when you enter the state... Keep on rockin man...
Hahah!! 💯😎😎
i left Illinois in 1969. nothing in vegas like it
That's the midwest for ya ! Nebraska is the same way.
18:16 is when this quote starts
@Edie Beacon If it weren't ran by democrats it'd be okay! Lol I can't wait to get out
I love coming back to these older videos and giving them a watch. It brings and tear to a guys eye with how far the channel has come and how true you have stayed to yourself. Never change man. You rock!
Wow im surprised at how good that motor sounded on the drive home and even more amazed that you drove it 500 miles after sitting 40 yrs. You are the man!!!
Here's how I remember my Datsun 240Z's firing order 153624.
15- Too young
36- Too Old
24- Just right
Great will never forget that
@@bernhardkinsky3611 I never have either
Great, now I'm going to have to write mine down because I'm never going to forget this!!!! lmfao, thnxs
15- Jail
36- Fat
24- Child Support
Jay Gilling Great, I can’t forget that and I don’t have Z...
firing order of my Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine---- 1...1...1...
Pull the manual out? 😂. Thanks for watching John appreciate ya!
@@ViceGripGarage thank you!
Harley Davidson 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2.............
Nailed it. Unless its mine... 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1.2.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.0
I think that's the same firing order as a Wankel. Lol.
And I love how u drive 500 miles with 79’ plates I get pulled over with temp tags😂
Dude I said the same thing when I first started watching him.. I'll never hate on it though lol.. I'm just trying to see us all win. Some of us just have better luck.
Here in Australia you cant even drive with no license plate like with out getting busted by the cops.
@@mikeparker2865 maybe it is considered a collectors car, I think it has to be 40 years or older so it is one
True, but dont they even require special registration? Im from NJ unfortunately so i don't really know if the laws on that very from state to state?
@@mikeparker2865 it is I had a 98 cobra and those are considered classic already I think from NY to NJ it’s 20 years to be registered and called a classic vehicle
This guy reminds me of a young Red Green, I love it!!
Thanks
That is what I thought too
Cuando Omni flunkus moritati
skeez9782 yep
ikr, and maybe more cerebral, if anything.
But the precision, tho ...
“I’m about 87.6% confident that it’ll start now”
"It's already 2 o'clock and I've got nothing done"
What I say to myself every day
Haha
Hey Tom
Is that 2 AM ? Or PM ?
You must be retired like so who gives a rats ass. Why time or day it is Chill out and do it tomorrow
MH. Form Vegas
That's what my boss tells me almost every day
😂😂
You guys do things DAILY?!
Me "It's already Thursday and I've got nothing done" :P
Anyone who sees this, good for you. I always do a compression test dry first. Then add oil if a cylinder is low. If it picks up compression then the issue is rings/cyl wall. If it is still low after adding oil, it's a head issue.
This episode started it all for me, can't believe it's been over two years already. I just thought I would take a ride down memory lane . Turns out I been watching for 3 years. I'm senile now too.
I've watched a lot of your videos but I'm starting to get concerned that I'm actually learning something. I don't know what that says about me or you. I'll let you know.
Haha!!!
I love how even if he's being negative about something it sounds positive 😂 these are so cool to watch. I love old cars😍
Thanks for watching
He is so positive it will run, but can he get home. You betcha
I found your videos a few weeks ago and love them. I’ve done this a few times. Probably the riskiest was an 81 Fiat X1/9 my son bought for me for $500 that had been sitting for about 5 or 10 years in Colorado.
I loaded a suitcase with tools and parts and bought a 1 way ticket. I spent almost week getting it roadworthy. I drove it around the Denver area to visit family, then drove it 1200 miles home to California! It ran like a champ. Not a single problem! I even took highway 50, America’s loneliest highway! Anyway, love the videos. Keep it up.
There is a C10 sitting down the road from my house for sale. I've been contemplating picking it up now you made me confident. I'm going to go grab a hammer and get it next weekend. 😁😁
YES!! AWESOME! good luck with it
Laugh out loud funny. Hope you did it!
"...they never quit."
1.5 seconds later: : "I'll be dipped if the old starter didnt just quit on me."
It's those damn digicals, I tell ya.
Usta bang it with hammer . , ground wire bad
I swear, starters on old cars are fucking shit LOL.They always quit right before you are about to hit the money.
Vintage VGG now in 2024.
Yeah seeing him in this video and then a new one, you can tell Jessica is feeding him well 🤣🤣🤣
Yep
The Lone Wolf was only a 600 model back then...
Was that a vape?
Skinny man
It’s crazy how he just gets these cars running like that or even turning over most of them have been sitting for awhile. It comes to show a little hard work and you can get most anything running
I love this guy so much. So simple, if it works it works. Filled with knowledge.
Firing order?, I can't even remember my phone number. I laugh out loud when you grabbed your carburetor adjusting tool. How you made it with that, one eyed death trap without getting stopped and impounded was the 8th wonder of the world. Rock on !!.
Thanks for watching buddy
That's absolutely amazing..40 friggen years and with a little tweaking you get her rolling down the road. I'm loving watching these videos, and learning all kinds of new phrases too!
Heck this one wasn't even buried in the dirt
Ever since this video came out, I've come back to watch it occasionally because it's inspiring to see someone not give up in the face of impossible odds. I've faced a few this past year.
ok. Got to give it to this guy, i was entertained for the full half hour. I'll tune in to the rest of what this guy puts out. Thanks for the vids. Keep 'em coming!
Oh my God! Where did you get that Hamm's hat! Love it! Few people know the true beauty of an ice cold Hamm's! You sir are most certainly a man of taste and refinement!
You brought tears to my eyes watching you bring back my favorite car of all times thanks for making the Chevy Chevelle great again!!! Good old American Muscle!!!💪💪💪
Thanks for watching!
You sir are an automotive soldier.....I salute your commitment to sticking to it and getting it going ....and I salute you again for having the balls to drive it 500miles home.
Loved your video Derrick. I am 80 hrs old and owned and rebuilt several 283’s. Took them to most of the Dragstrips on the west coast. Keep up the amazing and comical work . DJ
Love the channel, I need a road trip like this, been forever, had me a couple Chevys,68 Caprice 2 door 327 ,73 El Camino two different 350s, 73 Monte Carlo 350 Rusty but trusty used to drive the highway to work doing 120...308 gear. 68 GTO 400. 70 Torino 302. 74 Plymouth Satellite DNR car green four door 318.85 Chevy 3/4 ton 350 with the fancy FI. quadrajet contraption. 94 Lincoln Town car. And various jeeps and pick ups. Work on everything my damn self... 54 y.o. Welder Fab guy.
nice herd of vehicles!!
"Fill the oil, and check the gas." Sounds like an old '53 flathead Ford I once had.
It lived its life consuming Nugold oil from Canadian Tire. (recycled, and filtered - I think?)
haha.. the "good" stuff!
Lol I grew up in Minneapolis. When the mechanic mentioned Roosevelt high school that’s the high school I would’ve gone to head I stayed in Minneapolis. I went to several elementary schools and Nokomis junior high. Then, we moved to California. It’s fun to watch the mechanic bring back memories of my childhood in Minneapolis.
That has to be greatest video I've ever watched on TH-cam. I can't believe you made it out of the driveway. Great stuff man keep it up👍
Thank you Mathew
Totally agree with that bro..
Thank you!
“Bat-tree”, has a good friend in Wyoming whose parents emigrated from Illinois that always pronounced battery that way. Brought back pleasant memories, thanks!
Thanks for watching Glenn
My Momma did too! Also said coopun for coupon. Good memories.
I lost it when he said carb adjusting tool and pulls out a hammer
I'd pull out a hammer to and smash that piece of shit carburetor junk and swap in some fuel injection!
Tyler Tyler your parents would trade you for a carburetor
Tyler Tyler do you even muscle car bro😂
That's the answer if it doesn't work hit it. Violence and technology, great bedfellows.
Last time I dealt with a quadrajet carb . I got up on the front and Happy Gillmored the carb off the intake and stuck and edlebrock on .
Thanks Derek for bringing back memories of my long deceased Dad helping me put life into a forgotten 71 Challenger I found behind a car dealership left for dead in 85.
We stuck a battery in, poured oil and gas in it, put on some used tires, got her running and I paid 200.for a clean title to a rust free straight solid ride.
After tweaking on it, cleaning it and tuning herbup I drove her for 2 years but the memories will last forever.
Wish I still had her but she went to a good home.
My man your gonna be a TH-cam star keep up these videos Have been a subscriber for a few months now and you nailed what I want to watch all the time !, like the other guy said red green attitude .. but actually nail it
Cheers
You rock - thanks for the support!
Babylon falling that’s a very cool car!
He's like the Red Green of You Tube!!!!!
Vice Grip Garage just subbed. Excellent content. Glad I found you!
@Babylon falling yes sir you should make a video. Bro it would be great.
Big love from the UK❤
Really am speechless on how cool you are and your videos are absolutely amazing and inspiring
I've watched all your abandoned car collections.
I feel so lost now I've ran out of them I'm going to watch independence Chevelle again👍🏼🏴🇺🇸
A guy found this channel completely by accident and it was way too much for me. So that’s perfect. Keep it up Derek 👍
Know what I love about this dude? He fixes this stuff up and takes it on the interstate and just doesnt let the break downs get to him. You are my new favorite channel. Keep up the good work.
If you have enough money you can do that enough money fixes most anything.
19:53 there was an episode of Jay Leno's Garage, where Jay was talking about GMs and made the comment "you can fix em with a hammer".
I didn't think he meant you could LITERALLY fix em with a hammer!
Hahah!
Clarkson would be happy
No really, I’ve fixed chevys with a hammer.
He meant it. Fords are better.
Always heard it was ford ya could fix with a hammer, bit then again I'm Aussie
Motor Trend on Demand subscription, who needs it? This is my new roadkill fix.
You rock! Thanks my friend
yeah buddy I watch roadkill still I got the subscription but still I'll stop watching them to watch a real down to earth fella live the roadkill life anyday...great channel.
WACHTING THIS A YEAR LATER AND IT'S STILL ENTERTAINING
About those thermostats. I cut the part off where the spring is. I take a 3/8 drill bit and drill a little hole in the thermostat. It holds a little antifreeze back but also allows antifreeze through.
Not only did I subscribe to your channel but I also watched almost all your videos while I was in the hospital after being ripped open like a raw tuna. Your content and humor made my 13 day stay just a little more bearable thank you!
Im glad it did, get well soon!
I love coming back to this video. This was my firs VGG episode. Great fun
Watching this in 2024 and it’s still great
Came back to revisit Rocky. This is still, in my opinion, the very best video you ever produced Derek.
The celebratory burnout was awesome.
Great vid and glad you made it.
Thank you for watching
Story of my career as a mechanic. After 23 years of turning wrenches on jet engines(Air Force), motorcycles and my trucks I also said, Why do I keep doing this. I don't even like it. Funny video man. Sub'd.
Thank you, sincerely appreciate it! Jet engines.. gotta get a guys hands on one of those 🤔
You can remove the upper rad hose to housing and knock the center out of thermostat which will allow water to flow.
I did not know Vice Grip Garage goes back four years. Just saw this episode was new to me. Seen a lot of other ones Derek and his goofiness are on par with that Mopar guy Ice Trey. By the way I wasn't gonna read 4700 comments. I highly doubt that car was sitting for forty years there's just no way.
The simplicity and narration are everything in these videos keep up the great work and commentary people love the Norwegian accent in the north much love to you guys at vice!!
Was going to work on my own ancient vehicle project today but now I'll just watch your videos instead. Viva Vice Grip.
Watching for the second time. Had to say, I love the Hamms hat. It reminds me when I was 12 having one with my grandfather working on cars. He was a 50 year mechanic, and had the same humor you have. Thanks for the video.
Every time you talk about one of these drives I kind of smile because I have made all of them in some form, I moved to Alexandra Minnesota in 2007 from Ohio and left there just shy of 10 years in 2017, I spent 10 years in that state doing multiple types of road construction for minndot and I got to tell you guys, I chuckle at Ohio winters now! The flat corridor running east to west from Fargo ND to Alexandra is one of the coldest places I have ever been in the lower 48 states! I try to describe the cold but there is no describing -60 wind chills and - 50 temps and cold that hurts your skin and you can't breath well. I have one photo from when I lived in this small city called Ashby, between Fergus falls and Alexandra, where I had shelved my walk all winter and on each side of the walk is a wall of snow 3 1/2 feet high. That area is really flat and snow just blows all over the road and drifts are every ware! A guy could do well to buy himself a 4 wheel drive in that state, not to mention some good Air conditioning in summer because it's humid as hell there, at least you got great fishing holes. I was telling my buddie if you walked out your front door pointed in a direction and kept walking in a strait line in that direction, you would eventfully hit a lake you could fish in! In all honesty Minn is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in summer and a great vacation spot if your into fishing and camping, but from ND to WIS all three of them states are some of the most brutal places I ever been in winter, only being outdone by Alaska! hahahahaha
You got a big set of vice grips my friend! Glad you made it and shared your adventures with us.
Really well done. Thank you for doing all this. I am amazed not only at your skills with fixing cars but how nicely you create these videos. Good cutaways, good B roll shots. Nicely edited. A treat! Good luck to you.
Any average european driver: calls for a tow truck
American driver: "We dont do that here"
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whats a tow truck???
@@knuckleberry4720 Exactly! I got a clapped out dually to tow a 20 foot trailer for hauling cars that can't be driven. Usually due to body damage. Or them newer cars that can't be fixed so easily due to all them sensors and computers that go bad regularly.
@@consaka1 cool i have a 1975 ford f250 4x4 360 4 speed. it should be fixed up by fall /winter glad the stopped pure salt and use sand salt here in upstate new york.
@@knuckleberry4720 You need to get them to quit using salt altogether. I see the cars from new york on the "south main auto channel" and fairly new cars are rusted to pieces. he tries to get stuff apart and the rust just rains down all over his floor. Its rediculous.
Working on inline 6 cylinder diesels I was always taught the common firing order. 15 is too young...36 is too old...and 24 is just right. 1-5-3-6-2-4
I’ve discovered your channel recently and I must say you are awesome. Very entertaining, funny and knowledgeable. I really like how nothing ever gets you rattled. When I worked on cars I was always cursing up a storm.
This is my first video that I'm seeing of yours and sir I love your sense of humor. Got yourself another subscriber.
Thank you very much!
This guy is da shit, man!! Lol
I strongly feel like a Krylon engine rebuild kit would have her back to stock settings!
Engine rebuilt in a can coming soon
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Known as the Jewish repair can.😳 but this is the 21st Century. So it's Affro engineering. 😁
Derek, I HOPE, that any young guys out there wanting to get old cars up and running, know about your channel.
I've always been too short tempered / hot- headed (not good personality traits) to pass along what little I knew about cars...You stay cool headed AND, you tell (show) us, what to do, what NOT to do.
I try to use your,,,expressions, and your calmness when stuff goes wrong.
Lately, it's been working on this old guy.
Keep on doing what you're doing!!!!
40 years The Rocky has been sitting. Wow. Your like a God to dead cars. Love it.
Thanks buddy
More like Jesus to Lazarus.
This channel has made me neglect some of my house duties LOL. Thanks again man for the awesome cars/videos you share!
Glad you enjoy! Thanks for watching!!
I like a man who understands just how funny a guy banging his head on a car hood can be. 😊👍👍
Wow Derek I thought I had seen most VGG videos but I never saw the first Rocky video!!!!!
40 yrs sitting.......I couldn't believe how fast that started up for the first time!!!!!
Awesome Job!
Ya really freakin cool man! Imagine how many oldies could be saved from oblivion, if there were more guys like you with relentless determination and of course the skills!
That's my goal buddy - keep on keepin on and save these cars. Teach the younger generations how to wrench!
Yeah but you get the guy that thay thinks his rusted out chevelle is worth 14000 it makes it hard for us young guys but I'm a believer in Chevy they never let me down
Hamm’s guy! My favorite beer! Having a great time catching up on all the past videos. By far my new favorite channel! Let a guy know if you make it over to Wisconsin, I’ve always got about 645 or so cold snacks laying around in various refrigerators. 👍
Love how you always manage to find a lighting rod tray/holder. Appreciate the time and effort!
Thanks for the ride Derek. The 307 build was one of the first we watched, but this one is quite the tribute. You share just the right amount of detail to teach the same things over time, so we understand both the importance of the order you follow, and why some things like three gauges matter at highway speeds, or why the engine is still running...alternator works. These videos are priceless, and we're all so much better off for feeling in a way like we spent three chilly days in Illinois with you.
"Unless it's Wednesday and you just want to give it 3" lol
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I read this comment as he said it and it was awesome
Power braked it AFTER you got to the home town lol good decision! But really for as long as it sat not that bad moneywise to get it going and ran well to use that much oil. Score!
Started it yesterday and she didnt smoke. Hoping it was just some sticky oil rings
This is my new favorite channel. Love watching you bring old vehicles back from the dead
I'm a Sammy "The Bull Gravano channel" watcher too...it's a tie .
Better than gas monkey
Just started watching your beginning episodes, onwards, and it's amazing to see just how much your screen presence and humor has evolved since then..
Anyone else find it hilarious when he says "Battrey" lol
Love this guy, he's honest and blunt... He speaks that way for views, either way he's got my attention.🧐
better then the way Americans say it - baddery
I think it’s a northern thing, the guys on rust valley restorers on Netflix that are from Canada say it the same way lol.
No nobody Just you..
@@terrykennedy7422 he is an American..😂😂😂😂😂
No brakes garage. Literally spat my beer out. You are hilarious dude
Would love to do stuff like this but life just gets in the way for fun things sometimes
I hear yah there!
I am binge watching and am going down memory lane with my past vehicles. One in particular, 66 El Camino, 396 with 375 hp. Starter built too close to the exhaust manifold. Difficult start cold and would not restart if warmed or hot. Would compression start or jump start. After several starters, I was one unhappy puppy with Checker and somebody else auto parts in El Paso Tx. It was my learning platform and I was a soldier at the time and 19. Alot of defective points or plug wire kits, coils and I learnt what a ballast resistor was. But three starters and batrees. I really wanted this beast to work. I ended up selling to a person who eventually got it started and daily driver, just not mine, oh well Thanks for the reminder. Defective parts out of the box and this was 76-77, 19 that is. again, oh well
19:37 The sound of my people... Chevelle owners.
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Love it when I find a new channel. Or in this case, when TH-cam finds me a new channel.
Subbed and liked.
Cheers from B.C.
Glad to have you, thanks for watching!
Love these old rigs and the Chevy V8 is definitely a trooper - you have shown us time and time again! Imagine this with any modern engine? Nah, not a chance. Great work and video fella!
this is the first episode of VGG that I watched. Seen every episode since
Hell i just dig the sense of humor all by itself. Reason enough to watch.
Thanks Dave!!
Not sure how I found this video but it made my day!! Well worth a sub.. keep up the great entertainment brother cant wait to watch more!
Thanks buddy! Thanks for watching & commenting
Kneeling on rocks is my favorite past time. Lol, I like kneeling on small bolts or the best is small self tap screws, yay.
sure brings a guy down to the ground in a hurry
I love watching your channel and your show. When I was a teenager my dad and I restored old cars and we would have adventures like this. In fact we once rescued a 62 Corvair that had been sitting in a front yard for a decade. When we got it home it also fired right up once we rebuilt the carbs and after putting some "Marvel Mystery Oil" in it the smoking disappeared. He bought it for $50 (owner wanted it out) and he resold it for $800 after I spent days cleaning it up.
Hell Ya Brother....Thanks for some great Friday Nite Humor. Your heads above Road Kill..... Hell they could take lessons from you. Looks like you saved another old Chevy. Keep up the good work. Got to love your sense of style.
That's really kind of ya! Just doing what I love buddy - thanks for watching!
I check every day for a new Video from you. You make it happen, and that's great.@@ViceGripGarage
Next Friday - I'll have another one for ya! April 11th - 1 year anniversary coming up
Rock On Brother.... I Can't Wait....@@ViceGripGarage
That little burnout at the end was a nice touch. It's a freaking '69 Chevelle brought back from the dead. You GOTTA do a burnout!
Exactly!!
That was a fun watch 👍🏽 Keep up the good work!
PS those Pontiac “snowflake” rims looked better than I thought they would. But nothing’s wrong with Cragars 👍🏽
Thanks Dan
Myself and many others are addicted to your rescue videos. Love the channel. Keep up the good work!
The gas can reminded me of the day I brought my 64 Impala home. But my gas can was on the floor , front seat. I did not have 500 miles , about 50
No smoking? Where’s the fun in that!! Gotta have suspense and fear lol
@@kenwillis8487 Yep, but easier to tow home
On my wife's TH-cam but a cigarette will go out if dropped in a bucket of gasoline, used to clean parts over a bucket of gas. Now try that with diesel, probably not a good idea. But gasahol needs an open flame to ignite, IE spark. And the higher the octane, the less bawoof affect, lol. Cheap gas runs across the ground in fumes, good fuel sits pretty, lol.
this is the makings of the new roadkill! Just do us a favor and dont sell out for product placement and keep doin what your doin! Love the videos, keep up the good work!
Thank you Adam!
If that car has a soul it's like 'Wtf is this? 40 years later and I'm on the road again?'
I’ve watched about all of VGG videos and I got to say he deserves a tv show his videos are better then a lot of car shows on tv!
Keep it up dude !
The freaking Chevy small block, 40 years and just needed some minor work. Thats crazy, bow-tie till I die my friends.
Pretty crazy eh Sam? was surprised myself
I was glad you got a 307. I'm so used to seeing the ever popular 350.
it was only used for 10 years
He's done the same thing to Fords and MOPARs, so pull yer panties back up, Dale.
@@vincedibona4687 And the new one's will never be able to last as long as this iron .
By far one of the best (and most entertaining) car resurrection videos. Hilarious and educational. What a guy likes.
This guy has a laid-back cool voice but he knows his shit enjoy the video nothing like those old muscle cars good job
Thank you sir!
For some reason this one made me smile more than most. Might be the rye. Cheers to old Chevys and jalopy pilots with screwdrivers and vice grips.
Thanks for watching