30 minutes and $50 to rebuild the cleanest Grand Am in Illinois... blindfolded!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- Not only was this car cheap, but it was the cleanest Pontiac Grand Am I have seen in decades. If that didn't make the deal attractive enough, the fact that the parts cost was under $100 and repair time was less than 30 minutes made this a no-brainer for a rebuild.
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I can honestly say (write) that I have never witnessed a car repairman hang a new door on a car completely blindfolded . . . . . . Until now ! ! ! Scott man, you are incredible ! ! !
Except there is a cut between where he comes with the door and hangs it. Oh, the magic of video editing 😅
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What a great little car. I reckon late 90s / early 2000s vehicles were peak motoring. Reliable, plenty of toys, but still simple enough to be fixable, fun and well built.
Reliable, up until it overheats on the highway and starts spewing coolant everywhere…Or the heater goes bad and the whole dash has to come out to repair…Or thousands other small ways that this “fine” example of American engineering can reliably fail. I guess, you can call it a great car if you are a mechanic because parts are cheap - GM built these by the thousands and 99% of them are in junkyards by now 😅
I think all civilization peaked during the 90s and early 00s. Now everything is in decline
@@andreyd8116 Could say the same about the Jetta's/Golf's of the same era, mostly plagued with VW's infinite wisdom on electrical wiring. Or let's pick on the BMW E30's and E36 with their garbage differentials. Nothing built in the late '90's and early 2000's was free of problems. I suppose if you like the cost of ownership on German flawed ingenuity, then they were good cars.
Agreed. I have a ‘96 Mitsubishi Galant. Everything works, no rust and no computers. Perfect.
@@andreyd8116 i mean every single car can overheat on the highway what you've described is fairly normal as for the heater i live in florida, so i've never even turned a heater on to begin with but the heater core usually only needs replacing once every like 5+ years
Unbelievable how nice that car is underneath . You got a winner there. You always give it that little extra .
These cars were great. Simple compared to today's rolling computer boxes!
This car looks like brand new, good for another 200,000 miles with proper maintenance.
Good one Scott!
Very popular high school and young college student car back when these were made. I rarely see any on the road today talking this style.
That is in such gorgeous condition. Nice find.
A car that has never seen daylight? Sounds like some of your critics too. LOL. Great job. Beautiful car! Fantastic condition.
That shrieking noise is the sound of the safety mavens furious that you didn't wear eye protection over your blindfold.
Thanks again Scotty!
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That's insane for an insurance company to total a car over a crushed door. Glad you fixed it!
With older (10 years or more typically) cars its not all that u common. I got a 2006 VW beetle convertible 5 years ago for $800 with a salvage title at auction that needed a fender, door, and headlight. Nothing else bent. Quick bolt on job. Even found a door and fender the same color.
You don't exactly need a college degree to be a claims adjuster or a vehicle appraiser for an insurance company.
@@ditherdather I'm thinking the insurance companies aren't even using adjusters. They are just totaling cars and raising rates because it's more profitable. They can auction the wreck off and its cheaper than fixing the vehicle in most cases.
I had a Grand Am totaled for a tail light when it was less than 5 years old.
Vehcor, I helped fix a wrecked retitled car and ended up buying it. Drove it for over 8 years and turned around, and sold it. You're exactly right about retitled vehicles. Awesome Pontiac !
I was impressed that you could tie your own blindfold, never mind fitting the door!
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This BMW driver is a good turn signal-er! lol. That's a beautiful car, also. I'm 44 and those were very popular when I was younger. These Grand Am's, the Grand Prix's, and the Buicks with the supercharged V6's would scoot, yet were affordable. Very nice work and thanks for the consistently great content. One of my top favorite channels.
I must say this is in the top 10 best videos I’ve seen on your channel
Thanks. Maybe I’ll have to try some more shenanigans. 😂
Every time you do a GA I get nostalgic. I really liked the 92-95 GA GT - still think it was a really great looking car. I didn't care for the refreshed model but when the '99s came out I thought they were great looking as well. My parents only leased cars from the local Pontiac, Olds, Buick, GMC dealer in town and I managed to talk my mom into a new red '99 GA SE2 V6. I thought it was a rocket ship and I liked everything about it except for how often it blew tail light bulbs. Then in 3 years I talked her into upgrading to an '02 green GA GT1. Seeing this brought me back to that one. One day I'd love to have a nice one just for the memories.
I really like these late 90s early 2000s grand ams. Very underrated car IMO. I have had two. Solid, fun and I drove one in 2016 from AZ to MT hit a blizzard and had zero issues.
I like the effort you put in your builds. You tend to the little things.
You sure got a rare one there, it must be near impossible to get one of these in such good condition.
Yep, most probably never leave their garage to end up in the auction anymore.
Fantastic Job ! I had the 1992 LE Coup with the Quad 4 Auto. That car looked new after You & Your Gnomes got finished with it. 👍🇨🇦
Damn good job, I had a friend that had a 98 grand am back in HS in 05. This is one of the cleanest GTs ever and this one is almost 20yrs later. Great job and keep up the good work!!
I often drove GrandAm GTs as rental cars back late 90s and early 2000s. Avis probably owned a few thousand of them so it seemed like I had one pretty much every time I rented a car back then. They always got me whereever I needed to go which included lots of winter driving in the upper Midwest and the Northeast.
Just wanted to say thank you Scott! You taught me alot about removing interior panels and patience with removing them. Also tips and tricks to fix them. Has made a world of difference! Thank you!
A nice ride and an excellent job of repair. Just how you find cars like this is amazing.. Keep showing and rebuilding the gems.
Absolutely great work Scott. I’m sure the inspector gave you some bonus points. Be kind to her, she’s just doing her job. I’m missing my own supervisor, she passed a few weeks back. As with most “Supervisors” I’ve had, I miss the great ones. Thanks for the great channel. Informative, truthful, knowledgeable and well supervised!
Robert
Another great video, and actually helped me solve my no horn problem! I own a 2003 grand am, and I never tire of watching you work on these old cars - keep em coming Scott!
My wife loves those Grand Ams. Love the channel and the lack of sarcasm.
We had a gran am back in the day. Awesome little car. Awesome work. Thanks for the videos!
Need to call these the "Ray Charles Challenge"
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Scott,great channel! I have fixed,sold and owned my fair share of Grand Ams, and Grand Prixs. They were great reliable transportation but sadly here in WNY (The land of salt and taxes) they are getting scarce. Keep up the great videos and love that you don't use "batch mittens " on the video trolls!
I absolutely love these Grand Am videos. My Mom had an black 4 door GT, bought it new back in 2001, it was a slick and fun car. Good times. Wouldn't mind finding a black 2 door gt
I absolutely love your attention to the details. Hence the Vin decal on the door 🤣👍🇨🇦
Always impressed, REGARDLESS whether you are blindfolded or not. Great find!
I love the sarcasm more than I dislike the dirty parts, so it evens out. Keep doin what yur doin!
Scott , you’re so good at what you do . My sister had one of these in white right out of high school. Thanks for the memories. Keep em coming man !
These Grand Am's still have a loyal following even though most people pass them over. Just last week I sold a 75,000 mile '91 coupe on Ebay less than 24 hours after listing it.
It’s almost weird how much this dude loves grand ams lol. But to each his own. Great video
I just want to say, Merry Christmas and thanks for being an idiot in your videos so we don't have to. Seriously, I'm a fan because of your artistic blend of technical skill and sarcasm. I look forward to learning more about Grand Am cars than I ever wanted to.
Needs more "Stevie Wonder" soundtrack lol...
Nice score, nice job. That really is in very good shape. My DDs are 15 and 20 years old and I take great pride in keeping 'em like new, and they seem to like it.
Thanks again.
I love that dry humor and your way of fighting back those who are so jealous of you. I too have worked on some grand am's and find them not a really bad car, I am seventy four and stuck in the seventies rigs plus if it wastes the fuel, ask if I care... and no if you ask, I don't as I am just as jaded on people who shove their opinion on me.
Dear vehcor.
👍👌👏 I absolutely love every time seeing you doing those relatively easy to work on Grand Am cars. This one is quite special. And not only because I simply love nearly anything that is green.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
I just can't get over how pristine the underside of the car was , it does just go to show how depending in what state you live as to what the underside of a vehicle will look like after 100'000 miles
What a find. What a great vid. Same humor. Thx for doing this and sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
i love that GM Green. When I repaint my Roadmaster Wagon, its coming back in that color.
Of all the Grand Ams I’ve had, this is only my third green one.
I would not let anyone who cannot spell “relies”properly bother you. Keep installing the dirty parts. I love your videos!!!
Never tire of Grand-Am contemt. 👀 from 🏴
I always wondered what it would be like to watch a blind mechanic work.
Scott is the first I have seen to do a door swap, blind! lol
Hi Scott! Another great build/videoI I love your dry humor... Just a little information that has saved me multiple hrs in buffing and polishing. I used to work at an agricultural mfg company as the maint. mgr and therefore had a parking spot on the side of the building. I drove a 2019 1500 Cajun Red Silverado that always seemed to have water spots baked into the clear coat. They were especially bad on the hood & roof. I own a carwash and used everything at my disposal to try and get the spots off. Spots were even on the glass. Nothing worked other than polishing or buffing them off until I got the idea to use Wink Rust Remover. I use about a half sheet of a paper towel folded to about a 1-2" square and saturate it with the rust remover and gently wipe over any area with spots in a circular motion. You might need to wipe over the same spot a few times, but it will remove all embedded spots with no streaking or anything with virtually no effort. It takes no time at all to cover the entire vehicle if needed. I have used this method ever since on both of our vehicles. I always assumed that something from the workplace was causing the spots when it rained? I am since retired and don't get non-removable spots anything like that anymore. Wink Rust Remover is found at WalMart, Amazon etc. I think it was developed to remove rust stains from clothing? I've never tried it for that purpose. lol Just thought your detailing gnome might be interested?
Good job with changing the door blindfolded! I was thinking that you could not do this alone , I thought that you would need AC to "lift down" 😁. I hope that AC is doing well , I miss her guest appearances!
We were just talking about that door race the other day. 😂
"The Grand Am wizards got such a supple wrist" 😂
Growing up on the west coast we did not know what rust was! But not worry it would only get stolen away! Ya even 30 years ago. California is such a wonderful place!
Hey Scott! I love the fact you did it blind folded.. but you didn't have to.. it was fun to watch. I too have a liking for Grand Am's as I've said before. I hope you put some spray wax / Fluid Film on the underside... she's a butte hope she stays around for a little while!
‘Loving that exterior color. It really makes the car pop for me. Green Metallic I think it is.
Scott, you are frigging incredible!! I have never learned to build/restore like you do, but I have learned an easy way to make a wreck. Put at 427 big block in a VW bug and go bracket racing. The damn thing is guaranteed to go straight for 30 to 60 feet and then go looking for walls and guard rails. (Or the unfortunate competitor). Maybe I could get you to repair it???? Anyway, great vids. Keep it up.
This used to be one of the cars I really liked, still like the look of them. That color is so great for these cars.
Don't care much for Suzy Secretary cars but your videos are a hoot. Thanks for the laughs.
47:35- Maybe the driver's side rear wheel is the only drive wheel and the owner spent a lot of time during burnouts in his/her gravel driveway, and loaded up that rocker panel area with... errrr... Rocks?? 🙂 Great video Scott!!!
You found that key under the seat while looking for change. Admit it. 😂
I'm happy that you spend the time making improvements, such as oil-chamges. cavity-wax, etc. rsther than wasting time ckeaning unseen glass and other things that don't matter.
29:10 Vehcor said "amazon is a very good flea market". That absolute truth just killed me, and just came back alive to see what else is coming. xD
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14:45 sheesh, look at the labels on the replacement door, they look brand new. That's a score finding a replacement door that appears to be as in good of shape as the original. Too bad it wasn't an early 90's grand prix. Those things are THE best highway cruising GT cars I have ever driven. (next to a olds delta 88 regency diesel).
You and your Pontiacs!
I can’t believe you filmed a cleaning segment! Hopefully you didn’t hurt yourself 😂
20:41 I remember taking that apart by myself yearsssss ago on an Alero I had because the horn didn't work and it made the clicking noise like the turn signals were on constantly even when they weren't on - I felt so accomplished when I put it all back together and I even did it with a fresh manicure 😂 Idk how this channel popped up but that just brought back memories lol - Subscribed.
Beautiful Pontiac. My daughter had Grand Prix that color and same color interior. She loved that car.
When the train went by, I yelled “TIMES UP!”
A real time machine special. I can only hope who ever bought looks after it and brings it back to you for it's routine servicing. It should last for many more years.
I'm near Portland. OR and YES it is currently raining. Glad we don't salt the roads in the Winter her.
It’s always raining there! 😂
I only criticize someone if I am prepared to do it better than them, right there on the spot. This was neat repair. You REALLY know your way around these Grand Ams!!
Awesome video Scott. Can't say I'm a fan of the Grand Am's, but they are more reliable than most cars.
Had to laugh when you said where you bought the replacement door, I was born and raised in that town. Left there back in 1996 and didn't look back.
As far as the haters, they'll hate you even if you done everything the way they want things dobe, chances are their way wouldn't be correct. You got several that'll support you on what ya do.
Curious as to what you'll have next week. Hmmmmm, probably that old mustang or whatever you call it. Enjoy the weekend.
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All the jimmies rustled! 🤣 A "trigger warning" at the beginning of each episode would be hilarious! Love the content and the commentary.
It takes years of being in maintenance to have a calibrated elbow that "clicks" at the proper torque every time!
Mr. Spotty is back! Must have finalized his union contract just in time for the holidays.
Scott you are still an American Legend ,in my opinion 🇨🇦👍👍🖖👇
LOL you really do need a waiting list Awesome build !!!
Beautiful car Scott! The door swap, well I’d still be in your shop with the supervisor keeping a close eye on things. See you when the next episode drops.
My first car was an 02 se in that exact color. I LOVED that car. Now i miss it after seeing this lol
Damn it....the secret is out. Portland has cars without rusted frames and suspension. Still not a reason to move here. Thanks Scott for another enjoyable Friday video. Peace!!
Wouldn't make sense for me to buy the car and ship it back to Portland. Hoping the new driver gets years of enjoyment from this one.😉
"Sam Spade changes Grand AM door" love it. want it.
Scott, you are AWESOME!!!!!!
Man, thanks so much for what you do here...very interesting & entertaining. I call dibs on the next Grand Am you finish lol.
My wife and I got our 2004 GA GT with 31K miles on it. We drove that thing every day. It had 240K when we traded it in. Ran and drove pretty good but the automatic trans was starting to shift hard. Was a fantastic vehicle.
I had a '98 Grand Am GT 2 door 5 speed Manual with a 2.4 4 cylinder. That car was fun to drive even though it only was a 4 banger ,it had great pickup and takeoff speed. Tbh ,I would rather have that engine over the 3100 V6. The V6 had a lot of issues with intake gasket failure ,as well the notorious soft aluminum heads that where the rocker arms would pop off because the bolts would strip out. I had that issue with a 2003 Grand Prix.
Happy Friday, Scott!🍻
Same to you!
Great job on the Grandam blind rebuild. Nice job!!!😊
Great job your lucky the replacement door matched so well. You know your used car market. Way to make $$$$.
For a quick life hack regarding your seat cushions, if you want to get them to fluff back up quickly and not wait for the sun to warm them up, use a steamer on them. They’ll return to their original shape immediately.
Absolutely, but meh I get just letting nature do it itself. So much easier heh
Great video. Also love the Grand Am.
That's the nicest one I've seen in a long time great video enjoy watching keep up the great work
Pure genius, the haters tears will be filling up the cup this week scott,
this is why i love his videos
Dang I thought you'd have someone pull that dent out. PDR is amazing I've seen dudes make magic with that shit now days.
You cannot repair an intrusion beam according to repair procedures.
That car looks brand new. The insurance company totaled my grand am because of a fender bender. I took the 2000 dollars and replaced the fender myself. Kept the car.
Im from the U.K. i think the Grand am is a nice looking car.
That is one nice automobile. I cannot get over underneath of it it looks brand spanking new! Those guys are pretty nice too for what they are
And fantastic episode!!!! Look forward to your videos every week.
I did rebuild a couple of them with success, the problem in Québec Canada is getting insurance on them, very few company want to cover them. Another problem is that we need to install new seat belts and airbags if needed. Love your chanel.
Those Grand Ams are (were) neat vehicles. Looks great in that color, too.
Good stuff Scott!
Thanks for sharing! You could start a new channel where all you do is wash your cars and Id be there; Its a cathartic process for a lot of us and part of the reason I love working on cars.
Have been watching you for around a year……you should be doing stand up as a side gig. Love the dryness.
Another great build and video!
LOL Thanks for the shoutout!!!
i always look foward to your builds.great job
Great cars, mine has 222,000 miles snd still going. I hacked together the rocker to repair them but its bwtter than no rockers lol, seat up and down doesn't work vut doesnt matter to me i need it all the way down, head gaskets leak from the heads but doesn't overheat or mix with oil. Best car ive owned.