This it the best thing to ever come to TH-cam. Literally nobody saw this coming that he would buy a whole racetrack!! Please keep up the amazing job! You guys rock!
Haha that thing has a heart of Kevlar like mine... trust me on that. Mines cooler imo😜 Daily drive it all year long for the past 1.5 years... my only vehicle right now saving$$ 👉mainly cuz $30 a YEAR for insurance👌 you guys should totally get that thing street legal, it’s stupid cheap...motorcycle plate😎 th-cam.com/video/eANRLnwaHRM/w-d-xo.html
I love those vintage five-spokes on your dune buggy pace car. Whatever else you do to that thing to clean and repair it, you gotta keep those rims on it.
Dutch Cobb a lot of them refuse to get with the times, there’s a track local that was going under, they sold out and the new owners started doing all kinds of new events. Private autocross. Monster demo derby enduros, all kinda of special stuff and have been doing well since, they make enough on one of the two eves of destruction to run the entire season
@@Parker-time A good supply of tires would cost considerably less than a "sponsorship" deal for this channel and it's owner. Tires at $200/ea. are only a drop in the bucket and Nitto's production costs per tire is likely 1/3rd of that or less. I'm certain that Nitto would be thrilled to just throw some tires Cleetus' way to get the exposure.
@@guyod1 it sold for over a million several years ago. I'm sure they got it for considerably less than that but they didn't release the actual price they paid.
It helps when you have really big feet to get heel toes and do fun stuff with the pedals since there so close together. Stock pedals don’t like to cooperate with that.
The f150 has a fuel pump shut off switch in the passenger side kick panel, if the fuel pump s weak it will trip that switch... push the red button back in and see if the fuel pump will run again, then pull the bed off and do a new pump... will be good as new
@@Looptydude Agreed. I've done the pump on my Ranger a few times and with a Torx on an impact gun and a buddy to help move the bed it's a really quick job. Would be way more work chopping a hole in the bed.
That's the broom buggy. It's for cleaning up oil from blown motors. Go slow to put down the oil dry and run it in with the broom at a high speed. I drove it years ago.
They were sort of taking the piss out of it a bit, but honestly I think it's fucking awesome! That speedway has so much charm to it, I'm sure you're beyond stoked that it's being used once again :) I'm from Australia.
@@bigyay3372 DeSoto speedway isn't that old...the track is old, but the name DeSoto was only there since 2014, according to the county. Imo, Cleetus overpaid MASSIVELY for that property
@@getchasome6230 No doubt. If only showtime would make a show about me and my business partners. lol When the already set car dealers rented me the shop, and then when rick came down to MY SHOP to try to drop the hammer, and try to take control of me and my repair shop - and then as I told him to go get fucked, and that this is my business - I will run it how I want... that was priceless. Later I got involved in dealing cars too... but those opening days and the laughable shenanigans were priceless. lol Now we are the best of friends... we have mutual respect after over 10 years of having each others back, and after dragging each other out of the worst when that happens in each person's life... this is our life. these are our partrners in business and in life, we do the damned thing we do it together That is just what we do for friends and family. Good business partners quickly become family. We stand by them. Business partners are like a marriage... sometimes you find a good one that will stand by your side through thick and thin. They are either a curse or a blessing. May God bless you brother. Live Long and Prosper.
This is going to be an amazing series to see this old, historic track being brought back to life even if its not in the way it was originally designed to. Gonna be fun to see what happens and how things progress.
I'll admit, I just found all these videos of this project. It has been fun to watch each piece of equipment come back to life. As a vehicle rescue tech, seeing the discovery of the tools and this little piece has been exciting. I love the barn door/backyard engineering here. I hope you can get those cutters and spreaders going.
These are my favorite videos on YT right now! Seeing you come in and save this track and then bring back all this vehicles is the stuff I love! Can’t wait to see where 2020 Cleetus is going
@@OzJohnson they no doubt have cool elements to them but I can't watch drag racing much because it just bores the fuck out of me, going in circles isn't much different. Granted I grew up with v8 supercars being the norm so simplistic racing has jo nostalgic value to me
@@drumboarder1 mentioning supercars like most people don't just roll race with them. You can not like something but why you gotta be so vocal about it.... I don't like pineapple but you wont see me going to everyone who likes pineapple to tell them how watermelons are so much less boring. I don't find any racing particularly interesting other than rally sports and drifting. F1 style races also get me interested. But id be lying if I said I dont watch nascar every now and again(the world known casual nobody races to watch). But to act as if them going 200mph in corners isnt interesting in the least.. I find spectator circle races to be the funnest style of circle racing. Morning just woke up rant is done lol
Man o man, I cannot even put it into words how awesome it is that they were able to get this place. I freakin love seeing when people work hard and it ends up paying off for them. Big congrats to Cleetus, Coop, and James. Been watching you guys for a good while now, my daughter loves to too, and am stoked for you boys. when you get this place up and running i'm going to do my best to make it to the first event, MD to FL is a long trip but it'll be worth it for sure. I never saw them check for oil in the pace car before they started it, that's just my style lol....yolo
Why do have the feeling many many years from now they'll be talking about these guys as giants in the auto sports. And to think it all started with whistles in the tail pipe of a corvette.
Man, I'm so happy for you guys! Everything looks to be in pretty good shape, and the electric is definitely a bonus being in not too bad of shape, cuz that would have been expensive! Good luck with everything else, can't wait to see what's next. Thanks
You tube???? What. Channel, personality, videos, ect. Ect. Your comment started out so well, but you didn't finish strong, like missing a dunk. A little disappointing!!!
Cleetus, most of the paved tracks in florida used this configuration for a track car. I think they used them all the way back in the late 70s, I remember Herb at New Smyrna building them. They were quite rugged for the day.
Lol just take it to Profab and have 'em cut the cage and extend it out taller, even with a helmet there's no way cleeter can ride in that thing safely.
For future reference when u go to cold start the pace car pump the gas slowly one time with the ignition on to turn the choke on, that should make it much easier to start
Yes we built many sand rails back in the day and used those for gas pedals. And that vw will outlast probably anything on the property lol! They are literally one of the best engines ever made.
I suspect that beetle engine is "built' because as James said, "when you get up in the gears it really flies". Putting a water pumper in there will achieve nothing.
I ran at that track for years in a traveling show of Outlaw Modified open wheel racecars. That track was one of my favorites and got a feature win on Mother's day weekend. You got a diamond in the ruff and look forward to helping out anyway I can.
I remember going to sunshine speedway as a kid, they had a sand rail very similar to this one for dumping oil dry and brushing it. Who knows it may even be this same rig. That one had a cutting brake in it, and whoever drove it put on a hell of a show in the process of cleaning the track!!
Individual hand brakes for each rear wheel. So say you want to whip a hard left, you turn the wheel hard left and brake the left rear only and (at lower speeds obviously) those little buggies will pretty much whip around in their own length.
Hey Cleetus, i used to spend every saturday at Desoto back in the day. Was a friend of the owner as well. I reached out to you on Facebook but you must have missed it. Just a little insight about the buggy (haven't watched the video fully as of now): That thing always ran like crap, it had a broom with it that was below your feet that you could drop and sweep the track, though it added so much drag it'd stall the buggy out if you tried to use it. Thats probably why its gone, come to think of it... Even without the broom it'd stall on track all the time though. Anyways, you have the full support of manatee county in bringing back a local past time! I hope you do great things with it, and if you're looking for work when hosting public events I would love to help you out. Big fan of what you do, been watching for a long time, and seeing you buy up Desoto raised my respect for you a whole hell of a lot. EDIT: The broom used to be way bigger, just saw it.
He should ask wranglerstar to help him make a fire suppression/first aid vehicle it would need a fast response time with those wooden bleachers a fire like that killed a few people in england from debre catching fire under the stands wrangler star made a fire truck and is a firefighter youtube is a great community for sharing
@Ho Lee Fok Admittedly I'm more of a Chevy guy but no hate here, I work at a Ford dealership and I think they make some great vehicles, especially trucks
@@danw1955 nah my buddies did I just put my name on it for fun but to be honest I never thought that it would still be there. Until someone sent me this in the message and told me too fast forward too @5:40. I couldn't believe it
@@rebel937 they arent standard Standard pedals had a hinge on the floor and it pivoted forward. They sucked. They did have a very small roller, and a very flimsy arm. The one they have is an empi style roller pedal. You remove the stock pedal when you use them Roller pedals could swap in place of the stock pedal and were SOOO much smoother.
@@kasuraga I know the gas pedal mounted to the floor, and "rode" on a wheeled arm connected to the throttle cable...lol I have owned many. I never really payed attention to the size of it I guess. I probably have a couple sets laying out in the barn...lol
@@JerryDLTN If we could figure out a way to put another syllable in the word 'function' that would work perfect!!!!! Good old Saturday morning children's programming was the best...... (Too bad kids these days are getting 'reprogrammed' to be the worst sometimes.) Edit: You know, after saying that a couple times, even with the extra syllable in 'concussion', it has a ring to it. it's fine!
vintage sand rail ...bug pack fugitive frame .. That thing is a certified ripper right there ... personally built that exact same buggy for on road and sand
If you've ever seen the movie *Gator* with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, that really tall guy that drives that red Caddy with his head sticking out of the sun roof? That's the first thing I thought of when Cleetus hopped into that buggy...... (Yeah, I'm old)
@@deanrobert8674 yeah, I remember when he was learning to drive, they had to rip the driver seat out of that little Honda CVCC, and he had to sit in the back seat!
Hell yea brother! This clip is great. One of my favorite so far because the track and everything there has so much flavor! Getting found old equipment fired up is the best. I would love to see you guys stumble across a marine vehicle some time.. jet ski or boat of somesort. Whatever it is ill bet you guys will be RIPPIN!
I'm pretty sure their going to need that thing seeing as how they own a freaking race track now. I just wonder how gnarly they get when they "freshen" it up.
I had a friend that owned a nasty bug and a cherry Porsche. He used to tell me he had his wife drive the Porsche because she couldn't handle the bug, "yeah, yeah" I told him; until he took me for a ride in it. Holy Bajebus to this day still one of the most sketchy rides I've been on, that thing would hang the front 2 in the air upon request. I gained a whole new respect for Vdubbs that day.
@@Paulman50 my buddy has an original Manx body he takes to Glamis every weekend. That thing is super fun, VW's where the OG offroad cars and they didnt need all wheel drive. Just Go Fast!!!! Get stuck??? Get out with your buddy and pick the dang thing up and move it over a foot. Freaking blast man 👍
The main reason they drop valves 95 times out of 100 is because they arent kept adjusted. Adjust them and yes, they will take a beating and last a long long time....done it...
The reason the valves stop seating is because the heads were built for leaded gas not unleaded so naturally they get beat and need to upgraded or replaced
I definitely like the 'pace' car! That old dual-port VW sounds pretty solid. I'd put a tach in it first thing though, for you guys that like to rev stuff to the moon. About 4200 rpm max for a stock 1600 DP, and I doubt there is a rev limiter on that old buggy. If it was me, I'd clean it all up, change the fluids, etc., and keep it like it is. It's a piece of equipment for the track, not a race car. You've already got plenty of those!😉👍
@@rockymountainhigh7593 I had the driving chassis as a teenager :) Dad put a single hoop bar on it and a bulkhead frame for my own safety. My version of a bulkhead frame was 3” timber posts nailed together :D
@@williamroy1095 works freely in sand and mud. Easy to clean. - The other one was a pedal that hinged in line with your ankle so bumps didn’t make you change speed.
Thatd be awesome, but in all honesty unless you can afford to fix a vehicle quite often and/or know what your doing on a car thats probably a bad idea for your first car, go with something reliable and when you have the funds and knowledge go get something to rip around. I speak from experience... Think about it. Daily first, then get and build a track or fun car. Youll thank me later!
@@jasonscott598 are you high crown vics are one of the most reliable cars ever there's a reason they were the longest car used as government car and taxis for many years. I understand if you are meaning cletus's cars for reliability then I wouldn't depend on them to lunch but he's got the right idea personally I would find a crown Vic that the only owners were a sheriff's office. When looking for a crown Vic definitely stay away from state troopers and definitely look for either a undercover or a deputy's car that wasn't a patrol car. But definitely get a p71 interceptor the goodies they have make them a lot better than a standard crown Vic. I don't know where you're located but in Minnesota we have a dealer called xgovernmentcars.com and you're able to get the best crown vics you can find especially with low miles in one owner usually in every state there is generally a dealer that does the same.
I always liked the pace/safety car when the track was open. Cool how it put the speedy dry down and then broomed it. Seeing it now up close, it looks like a death trap.
The rail buggy is likely a chenowth factory frame. Most owners bought the frame and added the drivetrain at home. The frames were factory, but each buggy is custom built, and most are highly modified. They take several sized vw engines, and convert to other brand engines. The engine runs best when its warm. The handling on the buggy is sketchy because the buggy is rear end heavy for off road use. When you nail the throttle the front wheels do not touch, much. It is best to use bald skinny front tires to keep debris out of the passenger area, especially at high speed. That buggy should top 100mph with the right gear/wheel ratio. It is best, also, that your front tires are slightly taller than the rear wheels. It will run, with a snorkel, through water. The buggy sounds pretty good. It does run on points, so they need adjustments, at times. Convert to electronic ignition, and the motor will run top notch. A dune buggy is terrible for burnouts, on concrete, because they are built for rear traction. Most have posi traction. The buggy will do burnouts, offroad, all day long. The buggy isnt as bad as most people think, but You have some custom work to make it yours. It is a vehicle for off road, at its core.
These guys are a little to young to know anything about this vehicle. Had to live in the 80's and 90's. Owned one myself and was street legal. Someone stole it from when it was parked on the lawn in my front yard.
@@neilrucker4149 Too bad, about your buggy. I suspect you could predict the first repair they will be making when the buggy gets "burned out." I say clutch plate.
This is so much fun actually. I can't wait until they do a live driver cam on the 100 mph test run. '...That buggy should top 100mph..' I also suggest a face shield or race goggles so the driver can see.
@@pensive69 My buggy does about 100mph, in the top end of 3rd gear, I am hesitant to top 100, so I rarely use 4th. I hope they do. Race goggles may help, but I would suggest full helmet at that speed. There is alot of metal to bounce off of, in the buggy. Elbow pads, knee pads, or just wear your football gear.
Loki the sly one there suppose to roll under your foot when you push the gas harder I guess. Not sure I have had one on every dune buggy I have owned lol
they pretty much come from the factory with a roller style (just slightly different as they roll on the back of the pedal), the aftermarket roller style is basically a larger roller without the pedal.
@Loki the sly one every gas pedal you've ever pushed has a roller, just with a plate on it. same concept, just no big plate like you're used to on regular pedals
One thing I love about your content is that I can go back and watch all of these rebuild videos out of order and it makes sense just fine. I love that you focus on specific projects at a time, because it really helps with us ADD people in paying attention 😂
@@timothyb8281 basically what he's saying is that a stock VW use a roller for the back side of the pedal, not that this is the stock one. the aftermarket ones use a larger roller without the pedal.
Had to like and subscribe! Amazing videos! You guys are so lucky! I am so jealous lol. That track is going to be a gold mine. Monster trucks demos swap meets circle track and track rentals go carts so much you can do.
That late night post! Sorry this vid was so short! Got some long vids coming this week!!
Where are the shifter carts?
Any hints on what's to come
I wanna see the shifter carts vs the golf carts
I am not upset I just got home from afternoon shift so it works out perfectly. Thanks Garrett. Sincerely, Jeff from western Pennsylvania
I bought a f150 with a "bad fuel pump". Also had no gas. I filled it with gas and hit the fuel tank mallet and it started working
This it the best thing to ever come to TH-cam. Literally nobody saw this coming that he would buy a whole racetrack!! Please keep up the amazing job! You guys rock!
Zander Smith thanks brother! Bog deep
@@CleetusM BEST SERIES EVER.
Bro I swear this is so entertaining
I was scared they were gonna move to Motor Trend...
For sure mate nothing will beat this
Jame’s review: absolutely priceless...
“Take that nail outta that tire, and it’s ready to race”
The funny thing is it's not a nail. It's a screw.
Give Liam the pace car it's for kids
The best part of this vid was the two short "burnouts" at the end...EPIC!!!!
Andrew Larson it needs an ls engine or a coyote swap
Haha that thing has a heart of Kevlar like mine... trust me on that. Mines cooler imo😜
Daily drive it all year long for the past 1.5 years... my only vehicle right now saving$$
👉mainly cuz $30 a YEAR for insurance👌
you guys should totally get that thing street legal, it’s stupid cheap...motorcycle plate😎
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I love those vintage five-spokes on your dune buggy pace car. Whatever else you do to that thing to clean and repair it, you gotta keep those rims on it.
theyre the only ones they have that fit so theyll probably keep them out of necessity lol
Needs some empi's. Or centerlines
@@hteli1 They are so HotWheels. Need redline tires to go with 'em.
Everybody: Rebuilding a Car/ boat/ motorcycle...
Cleetus: Rebuilding a race track
Richard Joseph that wouldn’t be a bad thing to copy. A lot of race local tracks are going under. Why not try to bring back what was once great.
I think he needs to get a brush apparatus or something, because he catches a lot of stuff on fire.
Can you rebuild Rockingham next. Do it for dale !!
Dutch Cobb a lot of them refuse to get with the times, there’s a track local that was going under, they sold out and the new owners started doing all kinds of new events. Private autocross. Monster demo derby enduros, all kinda of special stuff and have been doing well since, they make enough on one of the two eves of destruction to run the entire season
Man, I hope Nitto sees the marketing potential in giving you tires for all these vehicles.
They've already got a tire sponsor I thought.. or maybe that was only for one event? Idk.
@@getchasome6230 Its one thing to sponsor, its another to provide tires.
@@Parker-time A good supply of tires would cost considerably less than a "sponsorship" deal for this channel and it's owner. Tires at $200/ea. are only a drop in the bucket and Nitto's production costs per tire is likely 1/3rd of that or less. I'm certain that Nitto would be thrilled to just throw some tires Cleetus' way to get the exposure.
When the safety car is the most dangerous car there 😂😂
I was gunna say.... No one is gunna be able to get in and out of that car quickly lol
chris underdown They did things different in the 70/80/90s
It looks the funnest too, even tho that's not a word.
chris underdown is it me or doesn’t it remind you of the pubg buggy
@@ProjectWrx it does to me
Finally! An air cooled VW on the channel.
@Gabe Hoing nah
Hell yes
I feel like the amount of content this track has to offer will easily pay for itself
Does anyone know how much it was?
@@guyod1 it sold for over a million several years ago. I'm sure they got it for considerably less than that but they didn't release the actual price they paid.
It was posted for 2.3M
@@xMuFF i think they just want a place to do whatever the hell they want. I don't think they are trying to open the track for public use
@Topshelf 710 you think TH-cam paid cletus as million dollars to buy a track?
That throttle "Pedal" is actually an OG Pedal that alot of VW owners installed. Both customized street VW's and sandrails :) I had one on my 70 Bug
What is rge purpose of that?
@@mihailpetrovici5044 for me the original was sticking and needed replaced. now I'll never have that issue.
Chaun Ralls those throttle pedals actually work great. It looks scary in this video but it really is not
It helps when you have really big feet to get heel toes and do fun stuff with the pedals since there so close together. Stock pedals don’t like to cooperate with that.
Right when I saw the pedal my first thought was, I wonder if this is VW powered?
The f150 has a fuel pump shut off switch in the passenger side kick panel, if the fuel pump s weak it will trip that switch... push the red button back in and see if the fuel pump will run again, then pull the bed off and do a new pump... will be good as new
I feel that if the fuel pump is bad they will cut a hole in the bet, Cleetus style.
My fathers 04 f150 v6 has had its pump replaced twice, lifting the bed is easy. Can easily be done in less than an hour.
@@Looptydude Agreed. I've done the pump on my Ranger a few times and with a Torx on an impact gun and a buddy to help move the bed it's a really quick job. Would be way more work chopping a hole in the bed.
Friggin' Ford cutoff switches - every time they trip, they get a little bit more sensitive.
@@nferraro222 wish they would bring it back!!! as a tech it was great to get an hr diag to push a button.
That's the broom buggy.
It's for cleaning up oil from blown motors.
Go slow to put down the oil dry and run it in with the broom at a high speed.
I drove it years ago.
They were sort of taking the piss out of it a bit, but honestly I think it's fucking awesome!
That speedway has so much charm to it, I'm sure you're beyond stoked that it's being used once again :)
I'm from Australia.
You’re like 6
@@tobeethompson1530 solid point...but it does look like it's a broom buggy and not a pace car
Tobee Thompson exactly aint no way he “drove it years ago”
@@bigyay3372 DeSoto speedway isn't that old...the track is old, but the name DeSoto was only there since 2014, according to the county.
Imo, Cleetus overpaid MASSIVELY for that property
Coop is an Italian grandma:
“Go clean something”
Sounds like my business partner at work when he gets his period and forgets were equals.... lmfao
@@getchasome6230 That my friend is absolutely hilarious, and is something that anyone in a business partnership can relate 100%...
@@barking.dog.productions1777 I'm sure he has his stories about me too tho.. lmfao
@@getchasome6230 No doubt. If only showtime would make a show about me and my business partners. lol
When the already set car dealers rented me the shop, and then when rick came down to MY SHOP to try to drop the hammer, and try to take control of me and my repair shop - and then as I told him to go get fucked, and that this is my business - I will run it how I want... that was priceless.
Later I got involved in dealing cars too... but those opening days and the laughable shenanigans were priceless. lol
Now we are the best of friends... we have mutual respect after over 10 years of having each others back, and after dragging each other out of the worst when that happens in each person's life... this is our life. these are our partrners in business and in life, we do the damned thing
we do it together
That is just what we do for friends and family. Good business partners quickly become family. We stand by them.
Business partners are like a marriage... sometimes you find a good one that will stand by your side through thick and thin. They are either a curse or a blessing.
May God bless you brother. Live Long and Prosper.
Not to many successful NASCAR drivers even own a oval track. This is special !
I'm actually more excited to see all the random vehicles and whatnot they left behind. That safety car is sweet
This is going to be an amazing series to see this old, historic track being brought back to life even if its not in the way it was originally designed to. Gonna be fun to see what happens and how things progress.
I'll admit, I just found all these videos of this project. It has been fun to watch each piece of equipment come back to life. As a vehicle rescue tech, seeing the discovery of the tools and this little piece has been exciting. I love the barn door/backyard engineering here. I hope you can get those cutters and spreaders going.
James wrenching that f150’s everstart with the perfect amount of rat tail hanging out. The man is an artist
These are my favorite videos on YT right now! Seeing you come in and save this track and then bring back all this vehicles is the stuff I love! Can’t wait to see where 2020 Cleetus is going
The way James keeps making laps, he's getting the bug. He'll build a circle track car in no time lol
A nitrous breathing axle shattering race demon
Hopefully a figure 8 racer or literally anything less boring than going in circles
@@drumboarder1 Circle track racing is more than circles, just like drag racing is more than going straight. Both of em are badass.
@@OzJohnson they no doubt have cool elements to them but I can't watch drag racing much because it just bores the fuck out of me, going in circles isn't much different.
Granted I grew up with v8 supercars being the norm so simplistic racing has jo nostalgic value to me
@@drumboarder1 mentioning supercars like most people don't just roll race with them. You can not like something but why you gotta be so vocal about it.... I don't like pineapple but you wont see me going to everyone who likes pineapple to tell them how watermelons are so much less boring. I don't find any racing particularly interesting other than rally sports and drifting. F1 style races also get me interested. But id be lying if I said I dont watch nascar every now and again(the world known casual nobody races to watch). But to act as if them going 200mph in corners isnt interesting in the least.. I find spectator circle races to be the funnest style of circle racing. Morning just woke up rant is done lol
Man o man, I cannot even put it into words how awesome it is that they were able to get this place. I freakin love seeing when people work hard and it ends up paying off for them. Big congrats to Cleetus, Coop, and James. Been watching you guys for a good while now, my daughter loves to too, and am stoked for you boys. when you get this place up and running i'm going to do my best to make it to the first event, MD to FL is a long trip but it'll be worth it for sure.
I never saw them check for oil in the pace car before they started it, that's just my style lol....yolo
Can't wait to see 2 million subs. Been here since Jeremey was afraid to show his face tuning the Vette. Keep it up man!
“What a terrible, yet amazing vehicle”- Cleetus 😂😂😂😂
darrel nutz read that at that part
This is literally the BEST content I’ve ever seen on TH-cam. Congrats boys, you’re going to make a killing with this.
Why do have the feeling many many years from now they'll be talking about these guys as giants in the auto sports.
And to think it all started with whistles in the tail pipe of a corvette.
BandoftheRedHand Not just any corvette, an 841hp Bald eagle machine!,
You must start somewhere grasshopper.
Crazy dude, you predicted this.
Yup
I’ve been loving all the track stuff. You guys are living my dreams
Man, I'm so happy for you guys! Everything looks to be in pretty good shape, and the electric is definitely a bonus being in not too bad of shape, cuz that would have been expensive! Good luck with everything else, can't wait to see what's next. Thanks
I have so much respect for this man he put everything into his TH-cam
You tube???? What.
Channel, personality, videos, ect. Ect.
Your comment started out so well, but you didn't finish strong, like missing a dunk.
A little disappointing!!!
Cleetus, most of the paved tracks in florida used this configuration for a track car. I think they used them all the way back in the late 70s, I remember Herb at New Smyrna building them. They were quite rugged for the day.
best thing on TH-cam this year
I remember when they gave you enough cable to mount a battery ass backwards & upside down...those were the days!
"Omg the person who driven this was super short"
Me: No dude just regular height.. 🤣
Lol just take it to Profab and have 'em cut the cage and extend it out taller, even with a helmet there's no way cleeter can ride in that thing safely.
Foreal im like 5'8? wtf I'm 5'8 and I'm not that damn short 😂
Short*
@@OGbqze short*?
id consider under 5'9 short
Cleetus: This is a very terrible vehicle....
James: what a unit.... 😂
For future reference when u go to cold start the pace car pump the gas slowly one time with the ignition on to turn the choke on, that should make it much easier to start
" we basically have a much crappier version of what the boostedbois just bought" 🤣
mom: "we have razzle dazzle at home"
Razzle dazzle at home:
That "caster wheel" is an actual pedal system. That pace car is basically a street version of a samd rail. Also should subaru swap it.
Yes we built many sand rails back in the day and used those for gas pedals. And that vw will outlast probably anything on the property lol! They are literally one of the best engines ever made.
Boi
@@robp.1995 Yeah my dad and I look at a buch and it was either that or an aftermarkt aluminium one.
I suspect that beetle engine is "built' because as James said, "when you get up in the gears it really flies". Putting a water pumper in there will achieve nothing.
Subaru, 2.3 Ford, Rotary.....The swaps are endless with these things. I do love the aircooled VW motor tho.
Still coming back to the FF roots 👌🏼🙏🏼 absolutely love seeing this video and then see Le mullets 2.4 💪🏼
“Take the nail outta that tire it’s ready to race” 😂😂
@CipherSpace that's a lot of analysis over a theoretical screw sir
Cole LOL
I ran at that track for years in a traveling show of Outlaw Modified open wheel racecars. That track was one of my favorites and got a feature win on Mother's day weekend. You got a diamond in the ruff and look forward to helping out anyway I can.
I remember going to sunshine speedway as a kid, they had a sand rail very similar to this one for dumping oil dry and brushing it. Who knows it may even be this same rig. That one had a cutting brake in it, and whoever drove it put on a hell of a show in the process of cleaning the track!!
I use to drive it around 2000-2003 or so.
As a kid I went to Sunset Speedway. 3/8 tracks are fun if the race is 40 laps or more.
all of our race tracks run sand rails
What is a cutting brake???
Individual hand brakes for each rear wheel. So say you want to whip a hard left, you turn the wheel hard left and brake the left rear only and (at lower speeds obviously) those little buggies will pretty much whip around in their own length.
Hey Cleetus, i used to spend every saturday at Desoto back in the day. Was a friend of the owner as well. I reached out to you on Facebook but you must have missed it.
Just a little insight about the buggy (haven't watched the video fully as of now):
That thing always ran like crap, it had a broom with it that was below your feet that you could drop and sweep the track, though it added so much drag it'd stall the buggy out if you tried to use it. Thats probably why its gone, come to think of it... Even without the broom it'd stall on track all the time though.
Anyways, you have the full support of manatee county in bringing back a local past time! I hope you do great things with it, and if you're looking for work when hosting public events I would love to help you out. Big fan of what you do, been watching for a long time, and seeing you buy up Desoto raised my respect for you a whole hell of a lot.
EDIT: The broom used to be way bigger, just saw it.
This place is like a treasure trove to sift through
Dang they also left a c7 corvette in there🤣 6:46
Take the engine off of the golf cart and put it on the pace car
And recage the pace car
no point if hes too tall to drive it lol
@@mindedchaos So either do the complicated surgery on Cleeter to shorten him up, or recage the effing car!
He should ask wranglerstar to help him make a fire suppression/first aid vehicle it would need a fast response time
with those wooden bleachers a fire like that killed a few people in england from debre catching fire under the stands
wrangler star made a fire truck and is a firefighter youtube is a great community for sharing
It’s genuinely exciting to see this new venture for you, someone I barely know. I wish you all the very best and hope to make it out some day.
When you bought the track I started watching even more this is awesome can't wait to see what y'all do with the place
The pedal assembly is a VW Bug, the roller pedal is a common mod for the VWs, its not a caster.
Yes that is actually gas peddle for a bug that's not home made
What is the reasoning?
The freakin go-kart got up and running before the F-150 did haha. Love these Freedom Factory videos boys keep 'em coming!
thats cause its built ford tough
@Ho Lee Fok Admittedly I'm more of a Chevy guy but no hate here, I work at a Ford dealership and I think they make some great vehicles, especially trucks
@5:40 I see my name that I left on the frame 😁😂😂. Classic times over there before they bought it.. 🙌🤙
Heh heh, no kidding! Did you have a part in building that buggy??
@@danw1955 nah my buddies did I just put my name on it for fun but to be honest I never thought that it would still be there. Until someone sent me this in the message and told me too fast forward too @5:40. I couldn't believe it
Build that "gokart" thing to race against BoostedBois lol
Supercharged 3.8 is perfect
@@Scheans1995 hell yeah brother, murica. Maybe even put the turbo 6 from a syclone
Supercharged 3800 and the six speed from a G6 GT! Or more realistically, Subaru stuff...
That 'gokart thing' is a VW rail buggy, and they're amazing off road. Pretty fast, too, usually.
A few people I know have the supercharged 3800 and it will lift the wheels off the ground easy. They haul ass
A lot of old buggy’s had throttles like that in the 70’s
they are standard VW bug pedals.
@@rebel937 I thought so, a lot of hot rodders use to steal them for projects too..lol
@@rebel937 With what is called a roller pedal for the throttle still sold today.
@@rebel937 they arent standard Standard pedals had a hinge on the floor and it pivoted forward. They sucked. They did have a very small roller, and a very flimsy arm. The one they have is an empi style roller pedal. You remove the stock pedal when you use them
Roller pedals could swap in place of the stock pedal and were SOOO much smoother.
@@kasuraga I know the gas pedal mounted to the floor, and "rode" on a wheeled arm connected to the throttle cable...lol I have owned many. I never really payed attention to the size of it I guess. I probably have a couple sets laying out in the barn...lol
Gonna get there for Cleetus and Cars in November!!
That amazing catch at 7:46!
I say you sell the modern trucks and get all 1970-80's equipment and make the track into like a retro throwback.
13:25 "Take the nail out of that tyre and it's ready to race!!"... LOL
I swear this race track was built just for these guys to find later on I can't wait to go see this place.
the name for the buggy should be "the concussion machine" lol
sing along....combustion concussion...what's your function?
@@JerryDLTN If we could figure out a way to put another syllable in the word 'function' that would work perfect!!!!! Good old Saturday morning children's programming was the best......
(Too bad kids these days are getting 'reprogrammed' to be the worst sometimes.)
Edit: You know, after saying that a couple times, even with the extra syllable in 'concussion', it has a ring to it. it's fine!
Nope , " The Baja Blast "
Lmao yess! 😂
@@blackbear5958 Baja Blast Code Red
Fuel reset button on pasinger side kick panel. I'd try that before changing pump...
Freedom factory really was your best idea yet! 🇺🇲
*rotary mystery machine exists
" this is the sketchiest vehicle we own"
Don't forget the golf cart.
@@JasonJohnson thats also true
At least the Dorito machine won’t give you a concussion if you hit a bump lmao.
Yeah but that doesn't have a cleetus teeth remover
vintage sand rail ...bug pack fugitive frame .. That thing is a certified ripper right there ... personally built that exact same buggy for on road and sand
This is awesome, so happy someone is trying to save these old race tracks.
Mom, can we get a BoostedBoiz go cart!?
We have a BoostedBoiz go cart at home..
Go cart at home..
Cleeter in that Safety Beater is exactly how a Giraffe would fit in a car.
If you've ever seen the movie *Gator* with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, that really tall guy that drives that red Caddy with his head sticking out of the sun roof? That's the first thing I thought of when Cleetus hopped into that buggy......
(Yeah, I'm old)
Or hi tower from police academy
That cage needs reworked for taller drivers like Cleet.
wtf why not wear a helmet? you own a race track you should give the good example.
@@deanrobert8674 yeah, I remember when he was learning to drive, they had to rip the driver seat out of that little Honda CVCC, and he had to sit in the back seat!
0:50 that's so you can "roll in and out" of the throttle.
Haha 🤘
Stock vw pedal
Lmao yesss!
Hell yea brother! This clip is great. One of my favorite so far because the track and everything there has so much flavor! Getting found old equipment fired up is the best. I would love to see you guys stumble across a marine vehicle some time.. jet ski or boat of somesort. Whatever it is ill bet you guys will be RIPPIN!
All the birds are finally flyin away sayin: "what the hell is that sound??" 😂😂😂
🦅🦅🦅
That's the sound of nazi oppression. Just wait til they hear the sound of freedom again!
Its the sound of freedom hell yeah brotha
That's a cool vee-ickle!!! I'm a Bug guy. I so like that pace car, kitty litter spreader....do not let it go. Do some videos on it, fix it up.!!!!!
I'm pretty sure their going to need that thing seeing as how they own a freaking race track now. I just wonder how gnarly they get when they "freshen" it up.
Barry Perkins I have a big tattooed on to my arm 😂 love me some bugs
I had a friend that owned a nasty bug and a cherry Porsche. He used to tell me he had his wife drive the Porsche because she couldn't handle the bug, "yeah, yeah" I told him; until he took me for a ride in it. Holy Bajebus to this day still one of the most sketchy rides I've been on, that thing would hang the front 2 in the air upon request. I gained a whole new respect for Vdubbs that day.
Me too. I have a 1982 VW Daytona beach buggy. Goes like snot.
@@Paulman50 my buddy has an original Manx body he takes to Glamis every weekend. That thing is super fun, VW's where the OG offroad cars and they didnt need all wheel drive. Just Go Fast!!!! Get stuck??? Get out with your buddy and pick the dang thing up and move it over a foot. Freaking blast man 👍
Looks like they found Leroy's younger brother
cobalt ss swap maybe lol
@@dasarge84 screw that, put the Crustang motor in it
That’s his crackhead uncle
Leroy's Illegitimate child. Lol
@@mahande88 that is a good option too
Cleetus Just remember .. When your mullet reaches your shoulders an Angel gets its jean jacket!!
Jean jacket, skynyrd shirt, and an El Camino!
The “caster wheel” on the gas pedal is a sand rail thing. So that’s normal you can buy them that way
Hell, my '59 Triumph wagon has a gas pedal like that, from the factory.
Yep, both my 63 and 65 beetle had them. They were factory. They had a pedal that hinged on the floor that sat over the roller.
I was about to comment this exact thing..its just vw rail style
all of my VW's have had them, in various colors
Called a roller pedal I believe.
The wheels on that sand rail are sick! Those look like legit classic speed parts, maybe even magnesium.
Yeah probably. That thing is sick all together.
Looks like mustang rims lol
“Just needs a good power washin” - Cleetus to fix everything
It's a good start 😂👍
Anthony Misakian A clean pos just sounds better than a dirty pos it’s just logic
Don’t forget the purple power
I love pieced together Classic custom vintage equipment. Please don't get rid of that thing
The roller pedal is actually pretty common on rail buggy’s.
thats because VWs use a roller on the back of the pedals, the aftermarket ones just use a larger roller without the pedal.
Right, even the stock pedals have a wheel that the accelerator pedal rides on
"these motors are pretty indestructible"
yeah right up until they drop a valve, lol
Ahahaha!!! Yeah, right up until it's time for james turn to drive it.....
Say goodbye and farewells....
@Lassi Kinnunen Unfortunately the head comes off the valve. Number 3 exhaust usually. That takes out the piston, and can bend a rod. It's all over.
The main reason they drop valves 95 times out of 100 is because they arent kept adjusted. Adjust them and yes, they will take a beating and last a long long time....done it...
The reason the valves stop seating is because the heads were built for leaded gas not unleaded so naturally they get beat and need to upgraded or replaced
@Lassi Kinnunen they can
Hell yeah brother, I'm on the FREEDOM FACTORY TH-cam CHANNEL!
I definitely like the 'pace' car! That old dual-port VW sounds pretty solid. I'd put a tach in it first thing though, for you guys that like to rev stuff to the moon. About 4200 rpm max for a stock 1600 DP, and I doubt there is a rev limiter on that old buggy. If it was me, I'd clean it all up, change the fluids, etc., and keep it like it is. It's a piece of equipment for the track, not a race car. You've already got plenty of those!😉👍
Pft, kids today, that would be an ace sand rail in 1980, right down to the wheel throttle, which is right for it :o)
Yup. These boys don't know what they have right there. I've owned one for going on 35 years. Amazing off road vehicles
Yeah I laughed when he said caster wheel for the throttle. Has no idea that's how it was done for many years.....and quite well.
@@rockymountainhigh7593 I had the driving chassis as a teenager :) Dad put a single hoop bar on it and a bulkhead frame for my own safety. My version of a bulkhead frame was 3” timber posts nailed together :D
So what is the point of that particular throttle?
@@williamroy1095 works freely in sand and mud. Easy to clean. - The other one was a pedal that hinged in line with your ankle so bumps didn’t make you change speed.
8:27 - it looks like Cooper is the official pace car driver for the Freedom Factory.
Cooper is like 6' 1 lol
@@wickett7078 Cooper is 6'3
Big_ostrich_egg Coop is 6’8”
@@LIamaLlama554 you have me sitting here giggling to myself now
Cleet can I buy one of the race vics for my first car? I'm 100% serious that would be such a cool talking and ripping piece
Dude that's a good idea
Lmao
Thatd be awesome, but in all honesty unless you can afford to fix a vehicle quite often and/or know what your doing on a car thats probably a bad idea for your first car, go with something reliable and when you have the funds and knowledge go get something to rip around. I speak from experience... Think about it. Daily first, then get and build a track or fun car. Youll thank me later!
@@jasonscott598 are you high crown vics are one of the most reliable cars ever there's a reason they were the longest car used as government car and taxis for many years. I understand if you are meaning cletus's cars for reliability then I wouldn't depend on them to lunch but he's got the right idea personally I would find a crown Vic that the only owners were a sheriff's office. When looking for a crown Vic definitely stay away from state troopers and definitely look for either a undercover or a deputy's car that wasn't a patrol car. But definitely get a p71 interceptor the goodies they have make them a lot better than a standard crown Vic. I don't know where you're located but in Minnesota we have a dealer called xgovernmentcars.com and you're able to get the best crown vics you can find especially with low miles in one owner usually in every state there is generally a dealer that does the same.
a 1999 ford ranger will teach you everything you need to know about replacing everything but the god damn engine ill tell you that
The amount of Content you can produce in a day at this place, is like 2 week's worth of Daily Videos! Am I the only one noticing this?
My dad used to be the one using the pace car for the races. He’d run the hell outta that thing.
Did you show the vid to your dad? What was his reaction?
So how tall is your dad?
Pops still around? If so you better show him or I'll whoop you for hin
Did he also work for willywonker?
Florian amRechner He said he’d run the late models and sprints going 35 in that thing. He hopes they don’t tear it up
We're witnessing History. Behind the scenes of Freedom Factory. Years from now folks will look back in ah
you mean awe?
President Cleet and VP Coop.
I work at the mine where they make oil dri! I'm gunna bring you a pallet to the first event at the freedom factory! Perks of the job!
I always liked the pace/safety car when the track was open. Cool how it put the speedy dry down and then broomed it. Seeing it now up close, it looks like a death trap.
Seeing the pace-car's headroom difference between Cleetus and James had me dying🤣
And James is like 6'2" lol
Yeah james is as tall as me and I'm 6'2. Cleetus is tall
Im pretty sure that he's like 6'8" lol
He's at lest 6'7” I have a pic of me standing next him and I look like a child
The rail buggy is likely a chenowth factory frame. Most owners bought the frame and added the drivetrain at home. The frames were factory, but each buggy is custom built, and most are highly modified. They take several sized vw engines, and convert to other brand engines.
The engine runs best when its warm. The handling on the buggy is sketchy because the buggy is rear end heavy for off road use. When you nail the throttle the front wheels do not touch, much. It is best to use bald skinny front tires to keep debris out of the passenger area, especially at high speed. That buggy should top 100mph with the right gear/wheel ratio.
It is best, also, that your front tires are slightly taller than the rear wheels.
It will run, with a snorkel, through water. The buggy sounds pretty good. It does run on points, so they need adjustments, at times. Convert to electronic ignition, and the motor will run top notch.
A dune buggy is terrible for burnouts, on concrete, because they are built for rear traction. Most have posi traction. The buggy will do burnouts, offroad, all day long. The buggy isnt as bad as most people think, but You have some custom work to make it yours. It is a vehicle for off road, at its core.
These guys are a little to young to know anything about this vehicle. Had to live in the 80's and 90's. Owned one myself and was street legal. Someone stole it from when it was parked on the lawn in my front yard.
@@neilrucker4149 Too bad, about your buggy. I suspect you could predict the first repair they will be making when the buggy gets "burned out." I say clutch plate.
@@coachbrandon01 After a few clutch cables. I would carry an extra cable in my 66 VW.
This is so much fun actually. I can't wait until they do a live driver cam on the 100 mph test run.
'...That buggy should top 100mph..'
I also suggest a face shield or race goggles so the driver can see.
@@pensive69 My buggy does about 100mph, in the top end of 3rd gear, I am hesitant to top 100, so I rarely use 4th. I hope they do. Race goggles may help, but I would suggest full helmet at that speed. There is alot of metal to bounce off of, in the buggy. Elbow pads, knee pads, or just wear your football gear.
That’s a vw dunebuggy, the castor pedal is used in almost all of them.
I have run roller pedals in every baja bug and rail i have owned. I love them
Loki the sly one there suppose to roll under your foot when you push the gas harder I guess. Not sure I have had one on every dune buggy I have owned lol
they pretty much come from the factory with a roller style (just slightly different as they roll on the back of the pedal), the aftermarket roller style is basically a larger roller without the pedal.
@Loki the sly one every gas pedal you've ever pushed has a roller, just with a plate on it. same concept, just no big plate like you're used to on regular pedals
@the_life_of_Zschmid it's a Sand Rail * not a dune buggy : P
One thing I love about your content is that I can go back and watch all of these rebuild videos out of order and it makes sense just fine. I love that you focus on specific projects at a time, because it really helps with us ADD people in paying attention 😂
When James was putting the battery in the f150, Coop saying “be sure to clean my tools when you’re done” had me laughing.
Lol i missed that.
13:23 That's exactly how the pedals are in a classic VW.
yea its a vw pedal cluster even the roller is a stock thing
@@socaljet Roller pedals are not stock, that is aftermarket.
@@timothyb8281 basically what he's saying is that a stock VW use a roller for the back side of the pedal, not that this is the stock one. the aftermarket ones use a larger roller without the pedal.
Dude you literally found a race track barn fine 😂🤘🏾🔥🤯
This makes me so happy! Can't wait to see this track come back to life. So many memories here!
The fire engine red 150 looks like a "Chief" to me ....and the buggy is simply "Miss Kitty".
Chief is already the gray crown vic. The F150 can just be called FISO since that's what the F150 logo looks like.
Yeah your right I forgot about that...
13:42 When James said that. I'm not entirely convinced Cleetus doesn't know that's a joke.
Not really a joke though
I lost it when Cleetus sat in the pace car and he was looking over the roof 😂
I love that he's keeping the mullet even after Australia
It's called a drop shag. Even worse than a mullet.
I wish I could like it more than once!!
Now that's what I like to see 1.4k likes and 0 dislikes! No one is ever allowed to dislike a Cleetus video!!!!!!!! LOL
Nope
All because of this comment 77 people disliked I hope your proud of yourself sir
When you tell kids not to do something they usually will do it. Almost 70 dislikes since you posted.🤬
@@devindevin420 I'm sorry I lost my mind and forgot how stupid people are in the day and age! 😫
Peruvian Devin
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Keep in mind with that carb on the vw engine you might need to clean it. The jets get sludge in then when those engines sit with fuel in the carb.
Had to like and subscribe! Amazing videos! You guys are so lucky! I am so jealous lol. That track is going to be a gold mine. Monster trucks demos swap meets circle track and track rentals go carts so much you can do.