1965 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova: Regular Car Reviews
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- General Motors made the Chevy II as an answer to the Ford Falcon. The Nova was its highest trim package.
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Mr. Regular isn't a GM guy.
Mr. Regular isn't a Ford guy.
Mr. Regular is a car guy.
FokkerBoombass He's a Regular guy
he’s guy
He's a bathroom guy
He's a henns garage groupie guy
Pretty sure that most of us who follow the channel are car guys.
"They break but they're never broken", that is one of my favorite lines from Mr. Regular. Apart from HOT BROWN, of course.
You could apply that to so much.
COLD YELLOW
this cheesecake mountain dew?
What episode is hot brown in
@@dildobaggins069 It's easier to list the episodes without HOT BRRROOOOWWWNNN.
"they may break, but they're never broken..."
"well mantained, these machines will outlive us..."
wow... those are heavy lines... nice review!
cheers!
"They may break, but they're never broken"
*glares at the Toyota Prius for bricking itself after 100K*
“If it’s anything like my Chevy Nova it’ll light up the night sky!” - Phillip J. Fry
I absolutely love u quoted Futurama
GM: Hey I didn’t do my homework can I copy yours
Ford: sure just don’t make it obvious
And Gm got 100/100 from the test and Ford gets a 98/100.
Plymouth: the kid who does the homework early
Nash: The teacher who wrote the book.
haha
Tucker: Kid who got their homework stolen
"60's American cars are the closest things we have to time machines"
Honestly RCR know how to spew out word of wisdom and knowledge
I am one of those “we bought a 65 Chevy II new, in 1965.”
For the 7 of us.
It was a wagon, with a six cylinder.
My first time, (wink wink), was in the back of it.
Was sold to me by my dad in 1970-ish.
My first car!
Got stories about my time with it and everything!
Thanks for your channel. I like your narration and original music too.
Them: if Chevy's so good, why isn't there a Chevy 2?
Me:
Classic rock, in a '60s car?
WINGA DINGA MUSIC
twotailedavenger WHAT I THINK EVERY DAY
I now saw WINGA DINGA DINGA when I see an nice old car, but I don't know what it means 😆😆
XDTinman m.th-cam.com/video/RFSbPKuOjy8/w-d-xo.html winga dinga winga dinga winga dinga
Mika Waarnink Really? I always thought it was Doo Wap.
Syd Barret Pink Floyd, Psychadelic rock, *Metric tons of LSD*
My father, who was an insurance claims adjuster, was issued a Chevy II base model as a company car. It was the same color as the one here. It was a good little car. I always thought it was very practical for having rubber floor covering instead of carpet. Dad like GMs better than Fords, but the company bought mainly Fords after that. Thanks for the memories!
GR46404 Ford is cheaper... gave him a better deal
I feel like the Roman doesn't get enough love in TH-cam comments but he killed it in this one. Love the outro song.
Umair Dawood He also writes a good bit of the reviews. Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
Umair Dawood I was legit thinking "Damn, Roman... That was beautiful."
Was looking for this comment, Roman's songs have grown on me.
It reminded me of my ex, but just like her, I loved the shit out of that song.
What was the outro song?
"How do you pass a test when you studied the wrong chapter?"
"YA CHEAT!"
Jesus, Roman. That end song was fantastic!
FUCK I love it when you make videos like this, the shit you come up with to say near the ending gives me chills.
"Wow, we're alive! And the car didn't explode!" - me every day
Wow, the ending of this when describing everything that these cars had seen really struck an emotional chord with me. I have a 1969 Camaro Z/28 and it was bought by my mom in 1970. She passed away a couple years ago, but I still have the car and the way you said those final words about how these cars would outlive us hit me because that Camaro out there outlived her. It had seen SO MUCH with her behind the wheel. Her eyes looked out that very windshield as she went through some tough times. My older sister's first car ride was in that car. It lives on and suddenly all these thoughts come on and the memories stop when I think about how my mom and I swapped the engine out when I was in high school. (I still have most of the original 302. Parts had been stolen but I have the engine block.)
And, God willing, that car will still be on the road when I'm gone.
19 minute old RCR?
Still has that fresh New Car smell to it.
Tom E
MOIST
New Regular smell
I've been repairing a 64 Corvair since about May or so (it's almost done). "They may break but they're never broken" is a perfect way to describe it, lol.
Yo that outro song was radio worthy
I bought my first car in 1999. It was a 1973 Ford F100. Everything you say about owning, and daily driving a vintage car is 100% true. They are difficult to own but rewarding in the oddest ways. The passion you put into these old cars with just words, really drives that home. Keeping these running and on the road is a passion, its an earned relationship.
Roman, this song is the best I've heard you do yet. Well done!
9:37 Great one liners as usual from RCR! :D
Ali Mahfooz yeah man, this video is making me upset I can’t go drive my 63 Grand Prix right now.
You have a 63 Grand Prix? My Grandpa had a head-on in a 62 back then and he lived, I thought you might have liked to know that. I don't know how fast each car was going or if his model had seat belts or if he wore one. He said he didn't wear one for years though and I didn't ask.
Austin Lucas that’s crazy, the dash in that thing is metal. Wouldn’t have guessed anybody could survive a head on
Hey, as it turns out what I said earlier may or may have not happened. My Uncle told me that story but Dad tells me Uncle tells tall tales and Mom doesn't remember Grandpap ever having a head-on in the 62. Maybe Uncle's recalling a different car from the same time period; Grandpap had a side-swipe in the 60s from an oncoming car, Pap pulled over as far as he could but the other guy still swiped him.
Damn, I need to go look forlornly at a sunset now.
I do honestly think the II Looks better than the falcon. Thats just me though.. Falcon is still rad
The stuff Mr R says in this about how the car makes you pay attention and you have to hang on and all that, that's what my friends don't get about why I prefer driving my slow, weak, lumbering, 2bbl intake 69 skylark over my slick, fast, and responsive 09 challenger r/t, and why I'm not afraid to do so despite the inherent danger of a car with 4 wheel drums and lap only seat belts. I'm used to the motorcycle mentality of internally driving every other vehicle on the road and predicting their mistakes, and I'm confident in my ability to do so since that ability has saved me from no less than four cager-didn't-see-me crashes that would have certainly been fatal and that a lot of people would have failed to avoid.
Ditto. My '73 Falcon wagon requires foresight when driving because of how slowly it reacts to inputs, so i drive it like i ride my bike, compared to my '92 Soarer which you just drive like a normal car. Despite the need to keep four fan belts and a gallon of coolant in the back, i prefer driving the Falcon over the Soarer because of the experience. Forgoing aircon, FM radio, disc brakes, power steering and airbags (Because we die like real men in old cars), i'd take my battered old wagon on a cross-country road trip over my other car in a heartbeat.
Have you replaced the steering column if it's not an energy-absorbing one? You know, so it won't impale you in a head-on? Sometimes it's better to NOT have seat belts, despite how good they are in many crashes.
I believe they started putting the collapsing columns in skylarks in 67 so it should have one. I wouldn't know what to look for to verify, but I assume that's why the housing seems to have a couple sections. If not, I'll ride eternal on the highways of valhalla. I intend to upgrade to modern seat belts anyway, so cracking my skull on the wheel is a kind of temporary concern. 3 point belts were an option in 69, my car just doesnt have them. It has all the mounting points though, so once I reach that point on my priorities list I'll order some and throw them in.
Just put a four barrel on it and BOOM. Suddenly a zippy car. Worked for me. Now my car has enough get up and go to produce a nice growl and drink gasoline like a college kid at a keg party.
It'll get a 4 barrel eventually, but my plan is to build up everything that ISN'T the drivetrain before I start adding power to it. I want to have a platform that can control the power before I put the power in it, and that means the engine comes last, after disc brakes, shocks and sway bars, limited slip differential, and overdrive transmission. I only just got the car to the point where I can start shopping for stuff to make it drive better instead of stuff to keep it driving at all, so it'll be a while before I'm ready to start hot rodding it up.
I get up at 5am to go skiing, but at 4am for a new review of an old car.
Where are you skiing it's still fall where I live
Where you skiing?
Samlap25 some resorts in BC are starting to open
Backcountry skiing accessed by hiking or helicopter is on. Near Valemount BC is my favourite, but somany good places in southern BC.
Affalterbach 1967 Nice going out to Breck/Vail CO in Jan
The list of stuff you might need for an old car resonates with me. I drove junky ‘70’s cars in college and kept a toolbox and spare parts in the trunk. Water hoses, spark plugs, coils, battery cables, fuses, light bulbs, fan belts…and these old cars do have a way of focusing the mind of the driver. Nice video. “They will break but they are never broken”. So true!!
I was brought home from the hospital in a 1963 version: white 2-door coupe, red interior, three-on-the-tree, AM radio. My dad drove it for another 8-9 years. It ended its days with our family in white-and-rust. The engine idle sound at the beginning of the video was shockingly the same as I remember from my dad's.
I'm sick as a dog at three in the morning, but RCR uploads.
Life is kind of cool sometimes.
get well soon mate
Thanks friendo.
American Movie quote?
Kick-fucking-ass!
This episode hit me right in the feels, and makes me want to get another classic... Great job Mr. Regular, well written and well said. This is the stuff that inspires people to do great things. The stuff that invigorates the youth of today to experience what the youth of yesteryear had. Thank you sir for your words, your time, and your passion.
This is one of your more touching reviews, Mr. Regular. I fantasize these cars of the 60s when I was little, and still do. While every kid dreamed of the latest Ferrari or Lamborghini, with the latest technologies and highest price tags. I wanted these.. They’re timeless. And the rust, scuffs, and miles they’ve endeavored tell so many stories.
Like having your cool grandfather sitting beside you telling you stories of his past. Some you’ve heard seven or eight times before. But hearing him express these times so vastly different than today, as if they happened yesterday, never ceases to amaze you.
I don’t wish I was born in the time of these cars. I wouldn’t appreciate them as much as I do now. The best part of the 60s are still here. Like an immortal grandparent, still reminding you what the world was and what it always will be.
RIP Grandad. Assembly worker building these cars for GM. He carried his passion for them to his grave. Love ya you old coot
took a roadtrip from Michigan to Moab Utah via route 66 through Arizona and then up to Colorado and back through Kansas, a total of 4500 miles in a 1966 Chrysler 300 with no A/c in the middle of july, the fuel in the lines cavitated three times in new mexico, each time we had to stop on the side of the road and suck all the gas out of the lines by mouth and then wait for the engine to cool down, if we weren't going 70 we were overheating. it was the most fun two weeks of my life, went to Grand Canyon on the 4th and slept on the seats on a perfectly clear night in the desert with all the doors open, completely dead silent and not a single insect in the air
Weirdly (at least where I am), Chevy II's/Nova's are much more expensive than equivalent-condition Falcons or Valiants or Corvairs... but they're certainly nothing more special than the other 60's compacts. It's literally the Nova name, like the Chevelle name. People think muscle car and think valuable and rare... I call it '57 Chevy Syndrome.
The II is easier to work on, cheaper to build up, that's all that drives that market.
I can believe that for the Corvair, but the Valiant or the Falcon?
Yep, ford and dodge parts cost more in general, the knowledge base is smaller. More hp/$, and this is coming from a Ford/ Dodge man
I agree with Gazdatronic, Chevy stuff is just easier to come by. And it feels less wrong when you put a chevy 350 or LS in a chevy lol.
Chevy IIs and Chevelles are expensive because you can shoehorn a Mark IV or 327 V8 in the engine compartment, and you have an instant muscle car. Also, there was a Super Sport option for the Chevy II and Chevelle, and it's easy to fake an SS with the standard versions. With the Corvair, you're sort of "stuck" with that aluminum block flat 6, unless you want to remove the back seat and make major modifications to the car. But while the most powerful Corvair can't beat a 396 Nova in a drag race, nothing will out-handle a Corvair on a winding twisty road...
How crazed is the Nova fanclub? Well, a friend of mine from high school loves these cars so much that he legally had his first name changed to Nova. So there's that.
Don't forget Nova Scotia in Canada, also named after the Chevy II Nova.
Do you mean Casanova
TheCommenter71 I think you're thinking of "Nora"
GreenLeaf5656 nope, Nova Scotia means new Scotland. Xd
And people thought my amc tat was excessive
Hey Mr. Regular, this is probably the best review you've ever done. It's perfect. Thank you.
I've never heard someone sum up daily driving a classic car so well. My favorite episode so far.
I gotta say the Roman really improved his singing. Great Episode in general, also I want a classical car now.
Man, you're making me want to look for a Studebaker Hawk all over again, and I'm happily driving an MR2 Spyder...
To quote my father, "You'll never find parts for that."
I also have a spyder. Fun car
I also have a Spyder. And Mr. Regular's review was 90% of the reason I ended up buying it.
megakiller999 i love old studebakers
Who needs parts when you have fins?
My 1st car was a 66 chevy II. Six cylinder 2 speed trans. Got it for $50.00. White and rusted. Both front and rear wind shields leaked bad when it rained. Had an Ant nest somewhere under the front seat. Bought biased belted tires that followed every groove in the road. In spite of all that, I loved the car. I used to was and wax (every place that wasn't rusted) it on a regular basis. It was very reliable. Never failed a start in any weather condition. Got great gas milage. Unfortunately someone hit it, totaling it out. Thanks for the memories! 🙂
The song at the end melted my heart.
Beautiful review and delightful outro song
Moist. Moist. Wetness.
Moist. Moist. Sogginess.
I may only have a 32 year old T-Bird with 38,000 miles, but even driving that car is stepping into a time machine like this Chevy II. Listening to rock 'n roll on the stock tape deck with crackling 32 year old speakers and a severely under-powered 3.8L V6 that gives you that little jolt of torque as described in this video just brings a sense of joy and euphoria when driving an old car without exceeding 65 mph. This is probably my favorite RCR that I've watched not only because of another awesome car from the 60s, but just excellent narration. Well done sir!
A true a artist! You are the only car show that will give me goosebumps. You have a way with words Mr. Regular!!
anyone else get a little teary eyed when he starts talking about how amazing old cars are and how they will live on when we are gone
Smoked a bowl, ate very late dinner, drank a few beers, finally time for bed.
(New RCR upload)
Hah, Packs new bowl.
I hope your bowl was *high*-quality!
A friend of mine has a '64 Olds F-85 Custom 4-door, bone stock, 2-speed automatic transmission, 330 ci Oldsmobile V8, which was actually the 2nd biggest available powerplant in that model next to the 390. Not sure how much power it makes, but it's pretty adequate to move the old ship along at a good pace. It feels like a boat to drive, but yet it is not much bigger than a modern midsize in terms of length and width, and is, believe it or not, lighter since it doesn't have all the modern computers and plastics and power accessories and stuff, it's just a big hunk of metal. The rear window defogger is a fan, which I think is really cool, and apparently is a fairly rare option on that model year. I love driving that car. It's like going back to a simpler time every time you get in it, even though 1964 was before I was born, I just appreciate that feeling. And yes, it stops like shit so you do have to pay attention...but it is still so much fun.
The ending made me feel. The outro made me cry. The REAL ending made me laugh. This is a beautiful video.
Man, what a great episode. I daily drive a '68 Dodge Dart, and it is so refreshing to see people still driving these old cars. I definitely agree with the time machine assertions.
Those old darts were good looking cars. Hope yours is in good condition with few dents. Only dents in my car are in the rear bumper, and they could probably be taken out with a ballpeen hammer if I wanted to remove the bumper and work on it, and if I had a ballpeen hammer.
Metal boxes will out live us ..😎👍
Those Metal Boxes WILL eventually return to their natural state...........RUST (iron ore)
This has been one of the most beautiful reviews I’ve ever seen
I learned how to drive in my father's 1965 Nova station wagon, three on the tree manual transmission, radio delete. He bought it new; by 1970, the front floorboards had rusted out, so he slapped down some plywood under the rubber floor mats. The rust never spread beyond the floor pans. He also had a 1963 Nova sedan, it had an automatic transmission, radio delete--no rust. Other than the occasional dead battery, these cars never let us down. He changed the oil every 3K miles, and taught me and my brothers how to tune the engines, and time them with a timing light, he rebuilt the carburetors and we learned how to change the pads on the drum brakes. As a teenager, I thought they were plain and dowdy looking, but looking back now, I realized they were gems. They were tough mechanically, well engineered and easy to care for, and they did what was required of them without complaint. Although they were on the small side, they were solid hunks of metal, felt safe and were easy to drive with forgiving road manners. Nowadays, I don't even know where the oil filter is on the cars I own. How times have changed!
I think the Chevy 2 looks better.
Aaron Bane are you blind?
Aaron Bane
100% agree. Falcon always looked a lil goofy to me. Really like the wagon version of the chevy 2
Well, the difference is, the Chevy has styling. The Ford has none. Thanks Bob McNamara.
Hell no.
+Caleb Carrigan hell yes
Because sleep is
O V E R A T E D
Various Engineering Right?? I get home from working an overnight shift, all ready for bed. However, Mr. Regular is like, "NOPE"!
He is so right about these old 60's classics. This pass summer my cousin pulled a 62 Chevy Impala 4 door hardtop out of field and I helped him rebuild it. Stock shitty brakes, stock torn up interior, original white paint that had aged to disgusting matte yellow cream.... 230 straight six hooked up to a 3-on-the-tree manual with nothing but new fluids and a towing spec cam.... we cruised around back road for days in that thing.... classic Led Zep and The Who drifting out the windows.... It was a god damn dream come true.
Imagine when all the cars were like this. It might not be as comfortable or safe as now, but it would be cool to see.
what i would give to have an old ameican regular car like this in england, the only cars that get imported from america are mustangs and corvettes, i want regular boring metal shitboxes damnit!
in america i expect nobody bats an eye at these sorts of cars but somthing like this would be cooler than a super car in england.
antsolja as an American, I can tell you from first hand experience that any car this old will turn heads, simply for the fact that it isn't a plastic alien egg with angry headlights, nor is it a truck. It is therefore the type of thing that you might see one or two of in the course of a week. Uncommon and different, but not exactly rare.
Get an Australian one since they're RHD and more luxurious because they filled a different place in the market.
*Insert joke on how late I'm staying up because Mr. Regular uploaded at 3 A.M*
I always come back to this review. I'm someone who is silly enough to daily his classic, but I love every minute of it.
I daily my 65 Falcon. Cars are meant to enjoy! I’m trying to hit a million miles!
I have been daily driving a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite the past three weeks, and fully get what Mr. Regular is going on about. The inconvenience is real, it's noisy and not refined, bit the look of the world thru that car is just amazing. I find no trouble keeping up in traffic, just as he said floor it and things will work out. The Sprite has not just been a driving it to work only thing either, it has been my all things life throws at me car. Rain, sun, shopping, highways, back roads, dates, appointments... It's been refreshing realizing that all you really need in a car is very minimal. Heck, it doesn't even have self canceling turn signals.
If this is the second Chevrolet, which was the first one?
The one that got banned from NASCAR, the fuel-injected Chevrolet 150.
Ford.
The full size models: Caprice/Impala/etc.
that would be the Chevrolet Classic Six
no joke
I think the Tri-Fives (55, 56 & 57) are considered the “first” models (Chevy 1) of mass produced Chevys. They were also known as the Bel Air, Chevy 150, and Chevy 210.
outtro song was particularly good today.
I have a '65 Rambler that I restored. I call it my Benjamin Button car. 25 years ago it was a wreck but today it looks and works amazingly. Almost everything in it is metal. The last 2-1/2 minutes of this video, you could've been quoting me! The in-the-moment visceral feeling of driving these old cars around. These metal machines will outlast US for sure.
Regular car reviews is the only media, of any shape or form, that in one instance can make me laugh at very dark, vivid, outlandish deification jokes, and in another instance, bring a real tear to my eye with poetic excellence.
It's 1:17 in the morning and I still clicked on RCR's latest video. What am I doing with my life?
Leo Zhang Been there, done that
It's 5:00 for me... Whats a bed BTW?
Last time I came this early I had to pay child support
XeroSnake coathangers: they aren't just for hanging mufflers anymore.
I really appreciate this review. My dad had a 1966 chevy 2 Nova and he sold it sadly, but now we have a 1967 Chevy Nova SS. I think a car like this deserves a review like this, a sincere one. Thank you.
My Dad's car. He loved this car and talked about it till the day he died as his favorite car. His was black with red seats inside. Unfortunately it came to its demise on a snowy/slushy day on Park Avenue in New York when he was rear ended by a Corvette, which sent him into the car in front so wrecking both ends of the car. Dad had the satisfaction of telling us the Corvette was in little pieces all over the street. Funny thing is the Chevy II looked all right when he brought it home, not much cosmetic damage, but maybe the frame got bent or something because he could never get it running right again and he had to junk it.
The last time I was this early Mr Regular still had silicone sally.
Thanks Regular for another beautiful review!
did he get rid of her?
Yeah awhile back. We still don't know what his current daily driver is.
TheCommenter71 no, that's a terrible idea to daily a AW11 lol. I think he uses a Subaru something right now.
Your videos.... You crack stupid fart jokes throughout, then hit you hard in the feels at the ends.
I took my first road test in a friend's 68 Nova in Chicago. It was the summer of 1979. The thing was a rust bucket with no working seat belts. The examiner had me back around a corner and failed me because I wound up in the wrong lane. To this day I've never heard of such a maneuver during a driving exam. We were on a public street. It's amazing I didn't kill somebody or strike another vehicle.
Best RCR I’ve seen in a while. Well done. I love that Mr. Regular has no biases.
Doug DeMuro is the type of guy
Oh sorry wrong channel.
Harish Kumar How original. My I ask how you fucked this comment up so badly that you had to edit it?
F.U.2.2! I spelt DeMuro wrong😁
F.U.2.2! Exactly😁
Sometimes the youtube comments section is a good place... it's usually under an RCR video.
Harish Kumar if you spell it wrong, delete it and write it again.
Simple.cheep. Good regular car. Look at all that room under the hood,wow! Keep that straight six. Do not cut it up or "put a v8 in it" just saying.
I wanna turbo that terrace 6
LS Swap, tub the rear end, 4 link, thiccc cheater slicks, disc brakes, all stuff thats happenin with my 66
I used to daily a 67 mustang coupe in college. I swear, best experience of my life was riding around in it, listening to old school music with my friends, smokin a blunt as I switched gears. It's something about 60s cars. Their history, their craftmanship, everything....it really is a close to time travel as we'll see in our lifetime. And they head turns with all original sourced body work and hubcaps? I coolest kid on campus.....at 8 miles a gallon.....premium.....during the 5$/gal rise. I had to put her up lololol
When I take my 84 rabbit gti out, I get this feeling that I am one with the road and all of the stress of the everyday life shit just disappears ...that is until I realize I hope she starts again once I've reached my destination and need to make my way back home. But it's such a fun journey on the way. I know I dont have a 60s muscle car but I can relate to what youre saying
thanks
winga dinga dinga dinga, winga dinga dinga dinga
I was surprised to see the amber turn signals on the front. But as I think about it, they came in with the 1963 model year, if I remember correctly. What a time it was: 2 speed auto, metal dash, wind wings, ash trays in the arm rests, riding on the rear package shelf, foot-operated high beam switch, vinyl seats. . .such memories. Thanks.
Ford to GM: You turned our Falcon into Chevy II? Hold my beer.
Turns Falcon into a Mustang.
DAD NO I HAVE SCHOOL TO
TOMORROW
lol
Cooooooooooopy caaaaaaasaat
But both of 'em looks cool and classic
the way you describe this car reminds me of my 77 pinto wagon I bought when I was in high school around 2001. it's a chore to drive and I'm the only one of my friends that can drive it across town without it stalling. and 17 years later, I still love driving it.
My parents and grandparents generation taught me as a kid to always keep spare parts in the glove box, check the fluids almost daily and always check the weather reports before leaving on a trip. Cars from the 80s, 90s and 00s are just so reliable that you don't have to worry about it as much.
Its funny you say that 90s cars are disappearing. If anything, its the opposite. More people are buying them and actually taking care of them, rather than using them for beaters. Its pretty amazing. If anything, the new cars we have now will be fading into the history books in just 10 years. They were planned to be obsolete from the factory. And yes, that includes your plastic new turbo honda that looks like a bad refrigerator drawing.
The modern cars will go away because they're so expensive to repair. My brother's car was in an accident, and just the value of all the air bags that had gone off was enough to total it.
hlavco and thats because modern cars are plastic, and not worth the bolts that hold them together. 90s cars are here to stay for quite a while.
The 90's is where cars peaked, in terms of reliability and simplicity. Everything just came together. And then the decontenting started with cheap plastics, that was and is still rampant to this day, but improving. Technology started to get more complicated such as with infotainment systems and other silly things such as electronic parking brakes and not to mention cars with no dipsticks, etc.
I've got a '92 S10 pickup, 4.3/5 speed. I ...agree that it's a good combination of technology and simplicity.
My grandfather's brother bought a 71 Nova new... restored by grandfather + father, passed down to me, will be passed down to my children and then hopefully theirs. I used to think it was so cool seeing old cars going down the road as a kid, hopefully kids these days have similar thoughts. Good video.
you nailed so much in this review, but especially the part about being tired after driving a stock classic american car. I have a '68 Chevy Van, manual steering, manual brakes, 250 six with a Powerglide and man oh man, if i have to drive 40 miles in it i am genuinely exhausted afterwards. And thats also one of the many things i love about it.
We're alive! And the car didn't explode!
Had me dying, same with my car
This was the review I've most enjoyed in a long time. Thank you RCR!
My Gramma had a 66 Chevy 2 Nova coupe with the automatic. She would let me ride in the front and go like HELL around every corner, born outs, the works. I loved that car. She sold it in the mid 80s when the were getting rid of regular gas. I cried like a baby cause she told me it was my car when I got my license. I was 14 when she sold it to a collector and came home in a brand new Chevy Celebrity.
I have a '63 Chevy II with a 327 (300hp) that was installed in 1965. I bought it from the original owner in the 1980's, and he showed me the parts list that was included in the owner's manual to make the swap. I put a 4 speed in it and changed the diff to a posi unit. I also beefed up the brakes. It still goes like snot and looks great too. It's the perfect little hot rod.
That's why I love my dad's 1970 Buick GS so much, the whole car moves around on everything, amd the seats are apart of the suspention so when the car move you move a good five seconds after and it feels like a roller coaster. and with the 350 and 3-speed you get a nice long bellow from the V8 as the front end rises up and you hear the rear butterfly's kick open on the Quadrajet carb. it is one hell of an experience. you don't even need a big block and 4/5/6 speed to enjoy a old american car
Probably my favorite video.
Thanks for you time fellas....
You know, I have to make this comment. I have a 1967 El Camino that was passed to me when my dad passed. It's in a state of restoration right now (about 95% done). 350 4-bolt with about 370ish HP, M22 rock crusher transmission, 12-bolt posi with 4.10 gears. 4-wheel drum brakes. Watching this video, I have to agree with everything you've said. Especially the part about the history - you see the car sitting before you as it is now but you can only imagine the memories that were created in that car. Yes, it's not something I want to daily - for pretty much exactly the reasons you state - there is a lot of daily maintenance and inspections that go into driving something like this. Electrical issues, fuel issues, even with new parts, these don't go away so one can only imagine what it was like back in the day when EVERY car went through this.
I have a 2005 Crown Vic P71 that's my daily driver. It needs almost nothing at all, a monthly check up and then regular oil changes etc. It's pretty bland and pedestrian but it's reliable and solid. By comparison, the El Camino can be maddening if you want a plug-and-play car with no worries at all - but in my mind, this is a part of the charm about owning one of these old classic American cars. By comparison with anything today, they are simple machines. Impervious to EMP attack. Purely mechanical wonders of the road. Yes, the El Camino has had some issues mainly regarding the repaired 50-year-old wiring harness under the hood, but the simplicity of the car is such that it's more of an inconvenience than a stranded vehicle. In short, the car has a soul.
This video underwrites the very reason why I find owning the El Camino to be such a joy.
My daily driver is a 63 chevy malibu and this video captures the exact feeling I have every single day about that car: “You get to your destination and go ‘WOW! I didnt die! And the car didnt explode!’” Save for an engine mount that dislodged itself, the malibu is a nice way to experience transportation.
That was the best and an awesome ending I've ever heard! (Before the moist part lol) "Cars are the closest thing you can get to time machines" Thank you RCR.
I was chilling on google street view and saw this car. Wondering what it was, I went back to my browser. The tab I was on was the TH-cam home page, and this was front and center. I was so surprised that my questions were answered!
This is maybe the most philosophic video you’ve done. BRAVO!
My father had one of these. He was a rural mail carrier in central Ohio, and he had to drive for miles on gravel, and cinder roads. His cars would take a real beating. The Chevy ll he had was one of his favorites.
Damn Roman, that got me. My first love was long distance. My first burnout was in the backseat of her dads mustang cobra. I never got to drive it. Our trips to see each other were like a trip in a nova. Well planned. Our phones couldnt guide us and our college shitboxes were a gamble if theyd make the distance. I hope driving my project car (when i finish it) on a road trip gives me that feeling again.
Thanks you both for the great content, and the feels.