Incredible progress Jack! Total bummer about the cam. Roller cam kit it is! Thank you for pulling the dash all apart and cleaning out the HVAC as well. That was pretty nasty in there.
I really like that you are very thankful to Chris and Jen (and Gus) from NNKH, I was brought to your channel through your initial work on this project. I imagine you will pick up a number of new subscribers from this...such as me. Your content is great, you have so much knowledge and I too enjoy the longer videos. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing NNKH's Chevelle finished.
Hi I found you Chanel because nnkh Chris I’m a retired auto mechanic I definitely enjoy seeing you work on chevelle last year I sold my 71 green nomad wagon I put a rebuilt 454 in it’s a 4 speed manual I didn’t get to finish it and I truly missed the car. I’ve owned it for over 25 years and regret Selling it I changed it from a three on the tree with the four-speed Muncy in it. I did so much on the car. Hopefully, I can get another one someday now that I’m retired Absolutely enjoy your show
Man you are such a wealth of knowledge. I appreciate watching all the great work you are doing and I am certain Chris is going to fall in love with this car all over again. Such a shame that the cam was wiped. Especially after Chris found out about the diff gear issues. I think everyone thought the drive line was good. I feel for the sticker shock Chris is dealing with. I think we all get it, cause we're car guys and have all been there. When dealing with a 54 year old car, your going to find some things that are gonna bite you in the arse.
@@RandyH-qf3dc he’s good with it. He definitely plans on keeping it and wants to invest money into it to make it right as you can see. I have plenty of Chevelles and they have a place in my heart. I want to update this engine a little bit and make it better than it was. There was a lot of hackery in that engine. Any old car is like a box of chocolates so you don’t know what you’re gonna get lol
Jack I’m new to your channel. Your old school and I love it. I have a 1967 Chevelle 1:16:36 SS396 all original with matching numbers so I love your Chevelle videos. Looking forward to watching more of your channel.👍👍👍👍
The passion you have for your work is outstanding, looks like I wasn't the only one who mentioned the lighting situation 😊, but I do feel it will benefit your channel in a big way. Keep up your great work young man and all will work out . Gary 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Great vid..Nice to see a good knowledgeable man who cares about the quality of his work. Good on you for working with Chris. Keep up the great content.
You impressed the heck out of me. You're a true rock star, for sure. Furthermore, you are so professional, and I wish other techs were as meticulous as you seem to be. That OCD is your best trait. Looking forward to more videos.
Very informative video, awesome work on Chris's Chevelle! I like that you have an excellent work ethic and will only do repairs the right way! Keep up the great work!
You do meticulous work, the Alt. Bracket and intake polished up like new from what I could tell. I have to agree I like the longer videos just to see the progress you're making. Keep up the great work, love the old Chevy's.👍🏻
What a great man you are, very knowledgeable, it's almost soothing watching you take on such a big project and challenges in such a relaxed and calm approach, you obviously know what you are doing and that's why it's worth watching you. I really enjoyed the bit with your brother, he seems just like you and the explainations about the keys and the key machine were super cool and interesting. I really dig your channel man, of course I came here because of NNKH but now I'm 100% supporting you too! And by the way, don't apologize for a long video, I think the audience of this kind of channel like me quite enjoy spending an hour or even two, because it's the kind of content that needs time to be explained. If it was all rushed and cut and put in a 10 mins video, it would really not be the same... Beautiful dogs, take care!
Love your work on the Chevelle. I bought a new 70 SS454 in May of 1970 and kept it 14 years before I had to sell it unfortunately due to being transferred at work. I miss it more than any other vehicle I’ve owned. You definitely have a passion for what you do. Thank you for your content!
I got riveted to your channel. I am 64 and everything your touching brings me back from where I belonged. These cars for us in the 70, s and early 80, s were wrecks and abandoned. We lived like there was no end to them. Yup let’s make them grate again. Chris is the kind of young man that kneads this kind of love.
NNkH came to see how the good Chevy coming along if Cris say your good and how good 👍 he is I can wait to see what's up on the out look of it thk I would like to see you race too hey September my birthday month
That is a lot of work. Heading into the nice fall weather, that will be a lot more comfortable while doing the wrenching. I wonder how the motor situation works out.
Wow like your channel. Came over from Chri and Jen channel.Have to say you make it look so easy. When your all done with his car it will be brand new .
No need to apologize….if it was too long , only sucks if it were bad!!!……nice work, im intrested in seeing where this car is goin!!!! Considering where it came from!! ….got my sub,
Good stuff, I've been through tearing dash apart because of mice, yuck. Got lots of projects going on too. Having fun down here in Maryland bringing old cars back to life
You do such nice work, Chris is gonna just go crazy when he sees all the work you did and how professional and detailed to exact GM specs. Can't wait to see the final project, I am a long time Chevelle lover and Mopar too, I own a beautiful 97 GMC C1500 Ext Cab Shortbox Black that is my baby, its in really nice shape and all stock except for the Lund Visor lol, just rolled over to 218k and all original.
I'm glad you have the skills to help Chris out. He deserves it. He puts out great content and so do you. I'm now a follower just because of Chris. I've been disabled for the last 5 years and I'm 57 years old and I used to work on cars in my spare time too. I learned everything from my brother. We both still work on our own cars if something goes wrong. I am bored to death. I would love to come out and help you work on his car. I used to do maintenance all my life so I'm not afraid to tear things apart or put things back together. The only problem is is I would need a place to crash. Back of a van? Lol anyhow, keep up the great content. It's a slow process to grow your channel but once it hits look out. But I am serious about the offer. I don't need no money. Would just like to keep my hands busy for a while.
Engine painting. This is the best video I have seen on a long lasting engine paint job . 'Uncle Tony's Garage 'How To Get A Beautiful, Long Lasting Paint Job On Your Engine For One Dollar''
Glad I found you. Your approach is refreshing. Don't try to cure the OCD ... I really like it ! 🙂 Super happy to see this vehicle getting the care it deserves. Your are definitely a busy guy, and I appreciate your efforts to bring us along. Battery powered tools would certainly be an audio upgrade, but I get it. Speaking of audio ... Just curious, why didn't you speak during the pedal segment ... Your Mic. was obviously working ?
Might just be me, but not sure if thats a collapsible column or not. Might be a good thing to swap in just in case. Also I watch a fair few car channels. I've never seen anyone use deoxit unfortunately. You messing with the wires, connectors and such would benefit a lot from some deoxit in them. I do a lot of electronics repair and deoxit is some magic stuff. Its expensive but well worth it imo. Great work, the cars looking awesome
It's always amazing to me how many pieces and parts it takes to put a car together. And it always seems to come out in a mangled up mess. How in the hell do the car companies get it all together so nicely?
The dash looks like a Monte Carlo dash. It's what a lot of people do when they change over from a Malibu sweep dash. The wood grain is just an insert that has little tabs on the back side to take it off. Underneath is the correct SS grain. You can fill the tab holes and paint it to make it look more authentic. I even took an exacto knife and carved lines in the filler before painting.
@@patrickswagger rod bearings looked good but main showed copper. Crank is 030/030 already. Bores were nice with crosshatching. I have a MATCHING set of hi perf heads
After losing 2 solid lifter cams using the best oils with ZDDP in my 1970 Z/28 I’m done with flat tappet cams and went with a roller cam back in 2012 and haven’t look back. Poor Chinese steel and useless hardening process is the cause of cam lobes going south. I never had a problem in my 1968 Z/28 that I bought in ‘1974 or my 1971 Z/28 that I bought in 1975.😮 BTW I enjoy long videos.
@@RayScrafield yeah i never keep record of time. Sometimes i ask myself what would i pay? Most time i barter and sometimes not. Everyone says I don’t charge enough. I enjoy what i do so
@@PontiacDad yeah. Im deleting the under hood AC box, but keeping everything under the dash for the vents. All the under hood stuff was pretty bad shape or missing Chris did not want to put ac back in the car.
I’m not a fan of long videos, my attention span is too short. Having said that you kept me interested the entire time. I especially liked the segment with your key making friend-I’ll have to keep a lookout for that kind of stuff-it’s just a hobby officer. 😅
Wrong heater core. Lemme guess... RockAuto? Out of all of the car enthusiast channels I watch, 100% of them order from RockAuto some. And literally EVERY, ALL, and 100% of the parts that they order are WRONG every time. I'm not exaggerating. I can't figure out why they keep ordering crap from them. One of the guys call them WrongAuto.
@@jaystax-x no. A restoration company. I have the correct one now. All is going together now. Friday will be another video. Making good progress on it now.
What is your deal? He brought it to you for a transmission, and you have completely disassembled his car. It is just a driver. He didn't ask for a restoration.
I would get rid of those polished valve covers, chrome is not in anymore if anything just paint them heat-proof matte black but keep the block etc in red, but make sure to prep the surface well before painting. 1:16: take of those crappy rotors and install proper grooved rotors!
Incredible progress Jack! Total bummer about the cam. Roller cam kit it is! Thank you for pulling the dash all apart and cleaning out the HVAC as well. That was pretty nasty in there.
@@NoNonsenseKnowHow no problem. Just want to make it right again and clean! We’ll get it back together!
NNKH brought me here. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. I will be subscribing.
You totally rock, I would never think of digging that far into someone else’s old classic car. You know your stuff
I really like that you are very thankful to Chris and Jen (and Gus) from NNKH, I was brought to your channel through your initial work on this project. I imagine you will pick up a number of new subscribers from this...such as me. Your content is great, you have so much knowledge and I too enjoy the longer videos. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing NNKH's Chevelle finished.
thank you!!!
Hi rob I have a set of headers still in the box 454 fo a 71 moms wagon if you interested donate to you
The key punch was awesome. Never seen that before.
Agreed!
@@metoon3092 just think what you need to go through to get a key from the dealership now. Let alone the cost.
Lost art, soon to be gone....
Awesome work.👍 much respect.as I’m a fellow auto mechanic myself.
Hey don't apologize! I love the long videos ! Chris's car is coming along nicely! Keep up the great work ! Godspeed
@@ghouliesgarage3922 thanks! I was worried that long videos would not do well .
Buddy you are restoring that one. Very interesting and detailed
Really enjoyed the video a master mechanic
You earned another subscriber
Thoroughly enjoyed your video.
looking forward to next video....🤠
Great channel! Thanks to NNKH for the recommendation! Got some cool stuff happening!
@@ericcowan7759 thanks! More lined up to go!
Nice NNKH love Chris’s content and love the chevelle and your work on it !! Awesome !!
I like the longer videos, I like your work .
Hi I found you Chanel because nnkh Chris I’m a retired auto mechanic I definitely enjoy seeing you work on chevelle last year I sold my 71 green nomad wagon I put a rebuilt 454 in it’s a 4 speed manual I didn’t get to finish it and I truly missed the car. I’ve owned it for over 25 years and regret Selling it I changed it from a three on the tree with the four-speed Muncy in it. I did so much on the car. Hopefully, I can get another one someday now that I’m retired Absolutely enjoy your show
I hope you find that car again and have lots of fun with it! i had a 55 150 2 door handyman wagon for 7 years that I miss.( Its on my channel header)
That is a 1970-1972 Monte Carlo dash interchangeable with the SS but is full wood grained . good show
Man you are such a wealth of knowledge. I appreciate watching all the great work you are doing and I am certain Chris is going to fall in love with this car all over again. Such a shame that the cam was wiped. Especially after Chris found out about the diff gear issues. I think everyone thought the drive line was good. I feel for the sticker shock Chris is dealing with. I think we all get it, cause we're car guys and have all been there. When dealing with a 54 year old car, your going to find some things that are gonna bite you in the arse.
@@RandyH-qf3dc he’s good with it. He definitely plans on keeping it and wants to invest money into it to make it right as you can see. I have plenty of Chevelles and they have a place in my heart. I want to update this engine a little bit and make it better than it was. There was a lot of hackery in that engine. Any old car is like a box of chocolates so you don’t know what you’re gonna get lol
Jack I’m new to your channel. Your old school and I love it. I have a 1967 Chevelle 1:16:36 SS396 all original with matching numbers so I love your Chevelle videos. Looking forward to watching more of your channel.👍👍👍👍
@@michael_3985 thank you! More chevelle stuff coming.
The passion you have for your work is outstanding, looks like I wasn't the only one who mentioned the lighting situation 😊, but I do feel it will benefit your channel in a big way. Keep up your great work young man and all will work out . Gary 🇬🇧🇬🇧
This was a good video, I like the longer videos as long as they show progress
Great vid..Nice to see a good knowledgeable man who cares about the quality of his work. Good on you for working with Chris. Keep up the great content.
Great work on Chris’s chevelle. Go with a roller cam…. I did with my big block be decision ever. Headache free smiles per mile 😂😂
Excellent !!!
Hello, found your page through NNKH and I really enjoy it. You're very knowledgeable about your craft!
Fantastic love all this work on the chevelle keep it coming 👍👍👍👍👍
You impressed the heck out of me. You're a true rock star, for sure. Furthermore, you are so professional, and I wish other techs were as meticulous as you seem to be. That OCD is your best trait. Looking forward to more videos.
Very informative video, awesome work on Chris's Chevelle! I like that you have an excellent work ethic and will only do repairs the right way! Keep up the great work!
All the key talk was fascinating!
You do meticulous work, the Alt. Bracket and intake polished up like new from what I could tell. I have to agree I like the longer videos just to see the progress you're making. Keep up the great work, love the old Chevy's.👍🏻
@@g-man7938 thank you! Theres more to come ! Got projects for days! I try my best to make better content
Excellent.....cam upgrade....big stick....very fresh air biz...nice...the frame looks sweet...dash gold.....nice perimeter projects......and racing too.!?!...😝
@@59vaughn trying to fit racing somewhere in my free time lol
Good stuff man👍💯
Excellent video very detailed! Your knowledge is priceless I really appreciate the way you work! Thank you
Great job Jack. Chris is going to love the Chevelle when you’re done. Don’t make it to pretty then he’ll sell it. Lol
What a great man you are, very knowledgeable, it's almost soothing watching you take on such a big project and challenges in such a relaxed and calm approach, you obviously know what you are doing and that's why it's worth watching you. I really enjoyed the bit with your brother, he seems just like you and the explainations about the keys and the key machine were super cool and interesting.
I really dig your channel man, of course I came here because of NNKH but now I'm 100% supporting you too!
And by the way, don't apologize for a long video, I think the audience of this kind of channel like me quite enjoy spending an hour or even two, because it's the kind of content that needs time to be explained. If it was all rushed and cut and put in a 10 mins video, it would really not be the same...
Beautiful dogs, take care!
Love your work on the Chevelle. I bought a new 70 SS454 in May of 1970 and kept it 14 years before I had to sell it unfortunately due to being transferred at work. I miss it more than any other vehicle I’ve owned. You definitely have a passion for what you do. Thank you for your content!
I got riveted to your channel. I am 64 and everything your touching brings me back from where I belonged. These cars for us in the 70, s and early 80, s were wrecks and abandoned. We lived like there was no end to them. Yup let’s make them grate again. Chris is the kind of young man that kneads this kind of love.
Great progress.!
NNkH came to see how the good Chevy coming along if Cris say your good and how good 👍 he is I can wait to see what's up on the out look of it thk I would like to see you race too hey September my birthday month
This just became my favorite channel
Way cool Gent ! Thank you for the adventure, you are the Master Mechanic❤️❤️
That is a lot of work. Heading into the nice fall weather, that will be a lot more comfortable while doing the wrenching. I wonder how the motor situation works out.
Great channel
Excellent video, love your work on the Chevelle Thank you
doing a good job, well done
Wow like your channel. Came over from Chri and Jen channel.Have to say you make it look so easy. When your all done with his car it will be brand new .
very nice video love it and thank you for all the time and work you put in the cars thank you.
Very Cool !!
Great video left a like as always.. can't wait to see more Chevelle
No need to apologize….if it was too long , only sucks if it were bad!!!……nice work, im intrested in seeing where this car is goin!!!! Considering where it came from!! ….got my sub,
Good stuff, I've been through tearing dash apart because of mice, yuck. Got lots of projects going on too. Having fun down here in Maryland bringing old cars back to life
You do such nice work, Chris is gonna just go crazy when he sees all the work you did and how professional and detailed to exact GM specs. Can't wait to see the final project, I am a long time Chevelle lover and Mopar too, I own a beautiful 97 GMC C1500 Ext Cab Shortbox Black that is my baby, its in really nice shape and all stock except for the Lund Visor lol, just rolled over to 218k and all original.
You're awesome. Can I park my project at your place for a few months? Lol.
@@valleycreek1322 Ill get a list of stuff it needs and you order it! Lol
I'm glad you have the skills to help Chris out. He deserves it. He puts out great content and so do you. I'm now a follower just because of Chris. I've been disabled for the last 5 years and I'm 57 years old and I used to work on cars in my spare time too. I learned everything from my brother. We both still work on our own cars if something goes wrong. I am bored to death. I would love to come out and help you work on his car. I used to do maintenance all my life so I'm not afraid to tear things apart or put things back together. The only problem is is I would need a place to crash. Back of a van? Lol anyhow, keep up the great content. It's a slow process to grow your channel but once it hits look out. But I am serious about the offer. I don't need no money. Would just like to keep my hands busy for a while.
Looks good Jack.
Can’t wait for the next episode .. 👀
@@vicholm1000 im doing a lot more. Going together well. I got other cars to work on too. That will be up next week
Engine painting. This is the best video I have seen on a long lasting engine paint job . 'Uncle Tony's Garage
'How To Get A Beautiful, Long Lasting Paint Job On Your Engine For One Dollar''
Glad I found you. Your approach is refreshing. Don't try to cure the OCD ... I really like it ! 🙂 Super happy to see this vehicle getting the care it deserves. Your are definitely a busy guy, and I appreciate your efforts to bring us along. Battery powered tools would certainly be an audio upgrade, but I get it. Speaking of audio ... Just curious, why didn't you speak during the pedal segment ... Your Mic. was obviously working ?
@@donopp5850 i was kinda messing around when i filmed that! Thank you for the kind words!
Might just be me, but not sure if thats a collapsible column or not. Might be a good thing to swap in just in case. Also I watch a fair few car channels. I've never seen anyone use deoxit unfortunately. You messing with the wires, connectors and such would benefit a lot from some deoxit in them. I do a lot of electronics repair and deoxit is some magic stuff. Its expensive but well worth it imo. Great work, the cars looking awesome
It's always amazing to me how many pieces and parts it takes to put a car together. And it always seems to come out in a mangled up mess. How in the hell do the car companies get it all together so nicely?
@@jaystax-x yeah its amazing how much goes into making a car. Heck even tooling up the manufacturing process. No one shows that
The dash looks like a Monte Carlo dash. It's what a lot of people do when they change over from a Malibu sweep dash. The wood grain is just an insert that has little tabs on the back side to take it off. Underneath is the correct SS grain. You can fill the tab holes and paint it to make it look more authentic. I even took an exacto knife and carved lines in the filler before painting.
I think the long videos are great.
@@carlf8291 thank you!
Could you pull some rod caps and mains to see where he is? Do you think?
@@patrickswagger rod bearings looked good but main showed copper. Crank is 030/030 already. Bores were nice with crosshatching. I have a MATCHING set of hi perf heads
After losing 2 solid lifter cams using the best oils with ZDDP in my 1970 Z/28 I’m done with flat tappet cams and went with a roller cam back in 2012 and haven’t look back. Poor Chinese steel and useless hardening process is the cause of cam lobes going south. I never had a problem in my 1968 Z/28 that I bought in ‘1974 or my 1971 Z/28 that I bought in 1975.😮
BTW I enjoy long videos.
U14 is the option code for factory gauges. Not all ss cars had a tachometer unless it was ordered with the u14 code.
Bauer tools- Harbor Freight. Good!! Working under the dash PIA!!
@@bigrockauto yeah. I got to save up and convert to battery op stuff.
It's very obvious that you love what you do and do a great job. I'd be curious what you charge. And how do you charge?
@@RayScrafield yeah i never keep record of time. Sometimes i ask myself what would i pay? Most time i barter and sometimes not. Everyone says I don’t charge enough. I enjoy what i do so
Good job.
Air tools. Like a gentleman.
Seems like the more you fix the more you find that needs fixing haha. But it will be amazing to see restored properly!
Loved the update Jack. To bring back the a/c all you would need is the underhood components right?
@@PontiacDad yeah. Im deleting the under hood AC box, but keeping everything under the dash for the vents. All the under hood stuff was pretty bad shape or missing Chris did not want to put ac back in the car.
hey do all ss dashes have a factory tach...?
I think so This car isn't a real SS but its got a lot of the options
i have a feeling that the guys who work on my cars are not this meticulous / =
I’m not a fan of long videos, my attention span is too short. Having said that you kept me interested the entire time. I especially liked the segment with your key making friend-I’ll have to keep a lookout for that kind of stuff-it’s just a hobby officer. 😅
@@corydriver7634 thank you!
Why isn’t Chris working on his own Car for his Channel ?
When you work on cars for a living sometimes you don’t want to work on your own shit
Is the key guy Lewis Black? Holy smokes does he sound just like home.
Can the key guy say the word "ok" anymore dam times??
Maybe no zinc.
Grimes Mountains
Wrong heater core. Lemme guess... RockAuto? Out of all of the car enthusiast channels I watch, 100% of them order from RockAuto some. And literally EVERY, ALL, and 100% of the parts that they order are WRONG every time. I'm not exaggerating. I can't figure out why they keep ordering crap from them. One of the guys call them WrongAuto.
@@jaystax-x no. A restoration company. I have the correct one now. All is going together now. Friday will be another video. Making good progress on it now.
What is your deal? He brought it to you for a transmission, and you have completely disassembled his car. It is just a driver. He didn't ask for a restoration.
@@billhaag9453 yeah he wanted me to work on other things and make it nice again and safe. Wait till you see all the new parts its getting
Your kernels are all ways so plump ripe....
I would get rid of those polished valve covers, chrome is not in anymore if anything just paint them heat-proof matte black but keep the block etc in red, but make sure to prep the surface well before painting.
1:16: take of those crappy rotors and install proper grooved rotors!
Never bend the trunk latch flatrod to make it work😂. Really dude, not on my chevelles. It swivels for a reason