Classics has been kicking butt here lately. I look forward to these videos more than any since the volume of videos has increased. Tommy, Brendan, and Kase are the best suited for it too because they have the love for the old cars. Thanks guys for making this channel so enjoyable to watch.
Love it when Tommy goes into full salesman mode. “I mean it could be a great budget offroader…if you put a transmission in it. Do you need a 2nd gear?”
You can tell David has been around square body Chevys for a long time, he popped the hood like a pro knowing exactly where to hit it, I remember as a kid growing up with them trucks having to bump the hood everytime! For as price it's hard to put a number on it, best option is to put it on TFL bids with a reserve of what he has in it from the original purchase price of the truck and engine swap that way David would be guaranteed to at least get his money back, someone out there wants that truck and probably will pay a pretty penny for it!
1973 Volvo 164E owner here. Thanks for saving a 240! Although that 240 is not my favorite Volvo. Preferer the round or small rectangular sealed beam headlight look.
I'm really digging what you've been doing with the Classics channel. As someone who'se been following TFL since 2019, this has become my favorite! Brendan is a great addition, as well!
Love your bumper stickers on the bug! The Nixon Now sticker would have never, ever have been found on any Beetle, but I saw a lot of Impeach Nixon stickers on Beetles all over the place.
David, your truck today is worth at least $15k, probably more like $20k. I can't even say it would missed here as it isn't on camera enough to notice and you've done a couple videos of it.
There was a certain model of the 2nd gen Ford Explorer sport that was an absolute beast also. I think it was the one where the four-wheel drive selector said awd/4wd high/4wd low. It had Torsen differentials apparently. My buddy had a CJ7 quadratrac with Mickey Thompson's that couldn't do as well on our trails as that Explorer could on Goodyear Wrangler AT....
I don't think I have ever seen a 4-door Explorer with a 5-speed manual, I have seen a handful of Explorer Sports with them but never a 4-door. The fact that that thing exists makes me sooooo happy! I'd love to own that. What a needle in a haystack it is!
I owned a cooper S convertible first gen with the super charger. Wish I'd kept it. I know they are a bargain now but I have no room left in the stable! Great vid as always guys.
You can get decent power out of that volvo all you need is a 940 turbo parts car grab the drive train and wiring with the computer and your set. Then just a $300 ipd turbo cam which is very easy to swap and a manual boost controller you could probably get 185hp out of it easily and that's just enough to wake that thing up its pretty light.
I'm amazed that TFL with all your knowledge bought a VW for $14k with a ton of bondo! 1 that steering wheel besides being the wrong color is not correct for that year ! Should have put a 3 spoke wheel with holes and fome wrap around like in Dune Buggy's the engine only takes 15 mins tops to remove ! The Citroën is cool! They used one in James Bond "For Your Eyes Only" and had one roll down a hill and kept running! Had a 59 Fiat Bianchina that had a 2 cylinder in it Stil love your show!
Hey Brenden... Nice R52. I've got an '05 Mini Cooper S 'vert with the JCW package ($5k option at the time) and the Sport Chrono package. 92k miles. Got it for $5k because it had an oil leak. It was just the crank sensor O-ring. Since I had to put it in "front service" mode, I did the water pump, belt, and a supercharger service at the same time.
My Cherry 1996 Ford Aerostar XLT with the 3.0 v6 (previewed at the end of a TFL video on the white SAAB) just turned over 100k miles and is just unstoppable. Put a limited slip differential and Bilstein shocks on it. She's a keeper, for sure. Pulled the back seats and made a bed for camping.
I can vouch for the Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires. We have these on our G37 and Stinger GT and they have excellent grip, good road noise/comfort and they are very reasonably priced. Great review gentlemen!
Yep, it's impressive how quickly the money drains away when you get into multiple fixer-upper projects at once. My neighbor did it, my friend did it, and a few of my coworkers do it. I feel like it'd be better to pick just one vehicle that you really like, and focus on fixing up that one, rather than trying to split all your time that you don't have between myriad broken vehicles that you can't afford to fix.
Tommy, on your stained seat, get "Tuff stuff". Sold at wally world in the auto section, like 2 bucks a can. It pulled grease stains out of my headliner when I fixed my sunroof. Wife used it to pull spaghetti sauce out of carpet once. Let it foam and soak and wife off
i would give you a buck for it lol, but i would say with how clean and rare it is id say about 25-30 k maybe more. iv seen square bodies that have a lift and big tires go for that with a short box and a single cab and maybe a built motor.
It has probably been mentioned before, but I am all in on a manual swap for that S10. I am also loving the manual Explorer as well. I had a bright red 1998 Sport with the 4.0 OHV and a 5 speed manual. It was my first SUV and my absolute favorite. New England rust ate that one, along with a bad head gasket. While I love my lifted Envoy, I still really miss that old Explorer! I took it off roading in WV and it was a great time.
Volvo 240 performance upgrades: sway bars, better springs, shocks, and all the bushings. Then find a 5mt (if it doesn't have it) and a turbo (if you have the money)
Tommy's collection is great but I feel way old knowing how much he paid for the vw and 2cv like a lot of the car market it seems about 10k high for the age/rust/depreciation that would have been on there pre covid. That LS should be resurrected or donored somehow. That OBS work truck could go for crazy money at Barrett Jackson if you find the right ranchers. Wish I lived closer so I could keep your Porsches warmed up for you.
JUST LOOKING AT THAT TRUCK AND KNOWING ITS THE LAST OF A DYING BREED , WITH SOLID AXLE FRONT AND REAR ENDS , AND THAT CUMMINS SWAP , ,DAVID IT IS PRICELESS
Does Colorado have a Fleet Permission system? Here in Georgia you can apply for a "Fleet Perm" and you don't have to re-register your car every year. Of course, its only for fleets.
The only way to get transmissions for those blazers on the cheap is taking it out of another cheap crashed blazer, but if you have to pay someone to do it, it doesn't make sense. Out of my two bravadas I put together one that was pretty nice for 1100$ total. But I did all the work.
The demise of the Lexus LS makes me sad. those are such great cars! Love that 1 4x4 with the Cummins. I am guessing that trucks goes for about $20,000....I could be lite on that! swapping a cummins into that makes the truck more of a Frankenstien, but that is a highly revered engine.
A gentle scold about ethics. If you want a specific BMW M5 don't fake one up from a common car. Rare, special cars are valuable because they are rare. The huge expense and strain you have wasted on the Bimmer, only to give up, kinda serves you right.
Wait, $14,000 for a 71 super beetle!? I’ve never heard someone talk about the buying a classic VW bug for $14,000 and say things like, needs motor work, brake work, it’s missing this, it overheats, and of yea you could float the Titanic with the amount of Bondo that’s in this car. 🤦♂️ Hope you at least got dinner from the seller afterwards.
Looking forward to seeing the minis on the track. I didn't catch what year Brendan's was. Would love to see the 2 Porsches more. You're so close on the BMW just finish it man!!!! That is the car I've been looking forward to the most!!!!
The car ninja from hoovies garage says that other than certain BMW models, the cars that he hates to work on the most are the BMW generation Minis. He says he makes the most money working on them, because their parts are basically BMW parts that are very expensive, but working on them is a pain in the ass.
I don't know him but I know of him, and I see him driving his Citrins all the time. But here in Atlanta, there's a guy who collects those cars. So far I've only seen three of his cars.
I always find it interesting that even though this is a classic channel their older vehicle is from the late 70's. I usually imagine classic from the 60s 50s and 40s. But i know those are way too expensive to buy and fix up for a smaller channel like this so i have to slow down my expectations. Also i do wish there was a few American Classic cars on the channel not just suvs or trucks. Also i dont share the same love for older mini or minis. Could do Budget Rally Volvo for cheap project maybe. Tommy why not part out the Cherokee with that nice of a interior prolly might make some money on it.
You could maybe squeeze a little more horsepower from the volvo but it's all about power to weight so the other route to make it faster is to weight reduce it as much as you can! Goodbye doors, backseat, spare tire, trunk hood 😆
WOW the 2CV has still a german licence plate on the back the plate is from the Town of "Fuerth" its the town next to my home town - really funny to see that.
$12K is the figure that popped into my head when David first mentioned selling his truck, but then he kept describing what he had done to it and the figure kept rising. I'm not in tune with the US market at the moment though, as I live overseas, so I really don't know. But it's a great truck.
Ok this idea just popped. Run the 2CV against the Humvee or whatever BEV you decide to use in the DToD cross country experience.. Huh!? Isn’t that like the ultimate test? Can 3 drivers non-stop beat 1 driver in a 2CV taking rests at motels?
Tommy convinced Roman to buy the ranch so he had a place to park all his classics.
Classics has been kicking butt here lately. I look forward to these videos more than any since the volume of videos has increased. Tommy, Brendan, and Kase are the best suited for it too because they have the love for the old cars. Thanks guys for making this channel so enjoyable to watch.
Love it when Tommy goes into full salesman mode. “I mean it could be a great budget offroader…if you put a transmission in it. Do you need a 2nd gear?”
You can tell David has been around square body Chevys for a long time, he popped the hood like a pro knowing exactly where to hit it, I remember as a kid growing up with them trucks having to bump the hood everytime! For as price it's hard to put a number on it, best option is to put it on TFL bids with a reserve of what he has in it from the original purchase price of the truck and engine swap that way David would be guaranteed to at least get his money back, someone out there wants that truck and probably will pay a pretty penny for it!
Loving the 2 of you working on more used and "forgotten" cars. More character than most new cars anyway!
As a Jurassic Park Jeep owner I fully think you should turn that Explorer into a JP Explorer.
Can we have a Colorado Jurassic Park car four wheeling trip?
1973 Volvo 164E owner here. Thanks for saving a 240! Although that 240 is not my favorite Volvo. Preferer the round or small rectangular sealed beam headlight look.
I'm really digging what you've been doing with the Classics channel. As someone who'se been following TFL since 2019, this has become my favorite! Brendan is a great addition, as well!
Love your bumper stickers on the bug! The Nixon Now sticker would have never, ever have been found on any Beetle, but I saw a lot of Impeach Nixon stickers on Beetles all over the place.
What I wouldn't give to have Nixon at the top of the GOP now...
DO NOT SELL THE SQUARE BODY!!! You’ll regret it David. Keep it. It’s so beautiful
I love these videos. Once a month we need this kind of fleet update mixed with videos upcoming, etc
$14k for a bondo bug? That’s nuts‼️
David, your truck today is worth at least $15k, probably more like $20k. I can't even say it would missed here as it isn't on camera enough to notice and you've done a couple videos of it.
Haha! I bet he could get 35k
I think it’s worth a little more - 25k - 30k
It’s worth at least 30
@@KalleSWBeck agreed
Sad to see the ZR2 go, I had one of those 20+ years ago and absolutely loved it! One of the most unstoppable machines on the road back then.
There was a certain model of the 2nd gen Ford Explorer sport that was an absolute beast also.
I think it was the one where the four-wheel drive selector said awd/4wd high/4wd low.
It had Torsen differentials apparently.
My buddy had a CJ7 quadratrac with Mickey Thompson's that couldn't do as well on our trails as that Explorer could on Goodyear Wrangler AT....
I don't think I have ever seen a 4-door Explorer with a 5-speed manual, I have seen a handful of Explorer Sports with them but never a 4-door. The fact that that thing exists makes me sooooo happy! I'd love to own that. What a needle in a haystack it is!
This crew plus all the cool vehicles plus the ranch, what more is there to want on a TH-cam channel. Such a win.
As a fellow LS430 owner, I am saddened to hear of the loss of yours. I need those wheels btw 😅
David, much respect on your build but I suspect it is too mission specific to bring a big price. I believe you would be better served to keep it.
The classics channel is KILLIN it! Keep up the great content gentleman!
I owned a cooper S convertible first gen with the super charger. Wish I'd kept it. I know they are a bargain now but I have no room left in the stable! Great vid as always guys.
You can get decent power out of that volvo all you need is a 940 turbo parts car grab the drive train and wiring with the computer and your set. Then just a $300 ipd turbo cam which is very easy to swap and a manual boost controller you could probably get 185hp out of it easily and that's just enough to wake that thing up its pretty light.
I'm amazed that TFL with all your knowledge bought a VW for $14k with a ton of bondo! 1 that steering wheel besides being the wrong color is not correct for that year ! Should have put a 3 spoke wheel with holes and fome wrap around like in Dune Buggy's the engine only takes 15 mins tops to remove ! The Citroën is cool! They used one in James Bond "For Your Eyes Only" and had one roll down a hill and kept running! Had a 59 Fiat Bianchina that had a 2 cylinder in it Stil love your show!
Hey Brenden... Nice R52. I've got an '05 Mini Cooper S 'vert with the JCW package ($5k option at the time) and the Sport Chrono package. 92k miles. Got it for $5k because it had an oil leak. It was just the crank sensor O-ring. Since I had to put it in "front service" mode, I did the water pump, belt, and a supercharger service at the same time.
My Cherry 1996 Ford Aerostar XLT with the 3.0 v6 (previewed at the end of a TFL video on the white SAAB) just turned over 100k miles and is just unstoppable. Put a limited slip differential and Bilstein shocks on it. She's a keeper, for sure. Pulled the back seats and made a bed for camping.
The Jeep came from a local dealer I worked for as a mechanic near Toledo Ohio, it was called Ed Schmidt very cool
I can vouch for the Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires. We have these on our G37 and Stinger GT and they have excellent grip, good road noise/comfort and they are very reasonably priced. Great review gentlemen!
Yep, it's impressive how quickly the money drains away when you get into multiple fixer-upper projects at once. My neighbor did it, my friend did it, and a few of my coworkers do it. I feel like it'd be better to pick just one vehicle that you really like, and focus on fixing up that one, rather than trying to split all your time that you don't have between myriad broken vehicles that you can't afford to fix.
Tommy, on your stained seat, get "Tuff stuff". Sold at wally world in the auto section, like 2 bucks a can. It pulled grease stains out of my headliner when I fixed my sunroof. Wife used it to pull spaghetti sauce out of carpet once. Let it foam and soak and wife off
i would give you a buck for it lol, but i would say with how clean and rare it is id say about 25-30 k maybe more. iv seen square bodies that have a lift and big tires go for that with a short box and a single cab and maybe a built motor.
It has probably been mentioned before, but I am all in on a manual swap for that S10. I am also loving the manual Explorer as well. I had a bright red 1998 Sport with the 4.0 OHV and a 5 speed manual. It was my first SUV and my absolute favorite. New England rust ate that one, along with a bad head gasket. While I love my lifted Envoy, I still really miss that old Explorer! I took it off roading in WV and it was a great time.
The needed car is a Fiat 500.
Try commissioning a local artist and give them a plug, have them do Jurassic Park bed liner paint job on the explorer and hope for the best
Shame about that 404. I was actually looking at getting one recently.
I like the idea of going the off-road/rally route with the Volvo. Since you paid $500, it would be perfect for competing in the Gambler 500
Sad to hear about selling the GMC! If that were in my garage, it would definitely be a keeper!
David’s Cummins GMC is actually a dream truck of mine.
I usually don't like Tommy's manic yelling at the camera but really enjoyed this fleet update. Keep it up fan of the channel 👌
The Volvo, Peugeot, and Square Body...fantastic!
I'd love to see some MORE OF DAVIDS truck collection and more on this here Cummins swapped gm
I still want that 2CV. I was shocked at the price TFL had to pay for it. I remember when a fully sorted one was a mere $5k.
Go away scammer. I know TFL does not do this. Anyone else who sees this, DO NOT MESSAGE THEM. THIS IS A SCAM AND NOT ANYTHING TFL WILL EVER DO!!!
@@wolfman9999999 Report it.
@@653j521 I did.
Volvo 240 performance upgrades: sway bars, better springs, shocks, and all the bushings. Then find a 5mt (if it doesn't have it) and a turbo (if you have the money)
Always fun to watch old cars. The new stuff just isn't the same
You forgot all of the Eastern European ZAZ, Skoda, Trabant, Moskvitch, Syrenas, and Polski Fiat models, among many other European People's Cars...
Tommy lol the stain on the seat lol grandpa always called them pecker tracks 🤫
David should never sell that square body. That can’t be replaced
Tommy's collection is great but I feel way old knowing how much he paid for the vw and 2cv like a lot of the car market it seems about 10k high for the age/rust/depreciation that would have been on there pre covid. That LS should be resurrected or donored somehow. That OBS work truck could go for crazy money at Barrett Jackson if you find the right ranchers. Wish I lived closer so I could keep your Porsches warmed up for you.
How I wish BMW still made cars like that E32 535i Tommy! 3300lb of fun and quality, quality, quality! I sold mine with 300k and I should have kept it!
JUST LOOKING AT THAT TRUCK AND KNOWING ITS THE LAST OF A DYING BREED , WITH SOLID AXLE FRONT AND REAR ENDS , AND THAT CUMMINS SWAP , ,DAVID IT IS PRICELESS
Does Colorado have a Fleet Permission system? Here in Georgia you can apply for a "Fleet Perm" and you don't have to re-register your car every year. Of course, its only for fleets.
Very interesting, Tommy. So you know, the 2CV will go up as far as 75 mph. Check out Hubnut for his trip to Europe in Ellie, his 2CV.
Dumpster fire fleet is best fleet.
Love these videos! All the crew on site made it extra cool. ❤
Good thing the 994 has a turbo, because it's been my experience that any Porshe without a turbo is slow!!!
The only way to get transmissions for those blazers on the cheap is taking it out of another cheap crashed blazer, but if you have to pay someone to do it, it doesn't make sense. Out of my two bravadas I put together one that was pretty nice for 1100$ total. But I did all the work.
Damn, that a lot of plywood.
Expensive!
I had a 94 Explorer 4 dr blue on blue with a 5 sp loved it
I’d love to see you get a 1st gen 4Runner for the classics channel. 86-89. 22re. Sad you can’t turn that into a m5
I would guess someone will pay close to 30k for that square body in auction
Awesome cars all around. Those first cars, especially the German content, makes me drool.
Love the honesty and enthusiasm 😁
Run the course with your zj!!
You guys are what we call "car poor": imagine Colorado registration time is painful.
LOVE that 944!!
They should call this channel TFL moneypit channel.
The ZR2 blazer was soo much better than that Exploader.
Would love to see more on the series 2, I have a series 3. Always starts, just chugs along.
The demise of the Lexus LS makes me sad. those are such great cars! Love that 1 4x4 with the Cummins. I am guessing that trucks goes for about $20,000....I could be lite on that! swapping a cummins into that makes the truck more of a Frankenstien, but that is a highly revered engine.
$38,000 is absolutely the max but start at $20k
A gentle scold about ethics. If you want a specific BMW M5 don't fake one up from a common car. Rare, special cars are valuable because they are rare. The huge expense and strain you have wasted on the Bimmer, only to give up, kinda serves you right.
The exploder is sweet!! I’d daily that bad boy!!
Wait, $14,000 for a 71 super beetle!? I’ve never heard someone talk about the buying a classic VW bug for $14,000 and say things like, needs motor work, brake work, it’s missing this, it overheats, and of yea you could float the Titanic with the amount of Bondo that’s in this car. 🤦♂️ Hope you at least got dinner from the seller afterwards.
One thing is clear, me, and Many more, miss a Suzuki samurai there
I'd say the squarebody is worth $18,000-$20,000. It is rare and in great condition.
Can’t wait for a tumbleweed update!!
The GMC 3500 is a beauty. I just wish it was an automatic transmission.
What happened to the old 1960s/1970s Land Cruiser? That was a cool truck!
you guys need to do a road trip video of David’s Cummins GMC before he sells it! btw dont take any less than 50k
Needs body work and new paint interior to be worth
Lol $50k . Maybe $22k
Looking forward to seeing the minis on the track. I didn't catch what year Brendan's was. Would love to see the 2 Porsches more. You're so close on the BMW just finish it man!!!! That is the car I've been looking forward to the most!!!!
HAPPY SATURDAY... HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE ✌️
Man, I loved almost everyone one of those! Such a great vid! Love the new pole barn!
David's truck 🚚 is the best. To bad for the Lexus.
The car ninja from hoovies garage says that other than certain BMW models, the cars that he hates to work on the most are the BMW generation Minis. He says he makes the most money working on them, because their parts are basically BMW parts that are very expensive, but working on them is a pain in the ass.
David I’m guessing in the current market your old truck would bring 16-22k depending on if you get 2 guys who have to have it.
I don't know him but I know of him, and I see him driving his Citrins all the time. But here in Atlanta, there's a guy who collects those cars. So far I've only seen three of his cars.
14K for a 79 vert beetle, but not a 71. $18K for a standard 944, that is turbo model pricing. Wow, you really overpayed on both...
Just a thought, look at Hoovie’s Garage. Tyler uses a fellow the car ninja. He maybe able to help.
I always find it interesting that even though this is a classic channel their older vehicle is from the late 70's. I usually imagine classic from the 60s 50s and 40s. But i know those are way too expensive to buy and fix up for a smaller channel like this so i have to slow down my expectations. Also i do wish there was a few American Classic cars on the channel not just suvs or trucks. Also i dont share the same love for older mini or minis. Could do Budget Rally Volvo for cheap project maybe. Tommy why not part out the Cherokee with that nice of a interior prolly might make some money on it.
You could maybe squeeze a little more horsepower from the volvo but it's all about power to weight so the other route to make it faster is to weight reduce it as much as you can! Goodbye doors, backseat, spare tire, trunk hood 😆
WOW the 2CV has still a german licence plate on the back the plate is from the Town of "Fuerth" its the town next to my home town - really funny to see that.
David's crew cab is nice.
Case looking fly with those glasses and those pants. He cool!!!
For the explorer rattle can the wheels maaco the body and use stickers and a local airbrush artist for more Jurassic design.
David NEVER SELL THAT TRUCK!
Another series has born….. David Hidden gems😊
$12K is the figure that popped into my head when David first mentioned selling his truck, but then he kept describing what he had done to it and the figure kept rising. I'm not in tune with the US market at the moment though, as I live overseas, so I really don't know. But it's a great truck.
It’s easily a 25-30k truck
@@Styrkur13 All day long, and will sell very quickly
May have missed a video but, Tommy whats up with your new 2 door jeep? Hows that been and any new adventures with it?
$30k possibly upwards of $45-50k for the GMC to the right buyer. I'm just curious which transmission and rear-end were used.
I agree with the 30k, and more if it wasn’t a work truck
we need another fun classics series like baby Yota
Maybe call Ga-Si automobili from Concorrezzo, Milano in Italy for the M5 engine 😁. Just joking, cheers from Italy, very nice Channel
Ok this idea just popped. Run the 2CV against the Humvee or whatever BEV you decide to use in the DToD cross country experience..
Huh!? Isn’t that like the ultimate test? Can 3 drivers non-stop beat 1 driver in a 2CV taking rests at motels?