My service truck at work had 665,000 miles on it when I retired. It ran almost 24 hours a day except for holidays. Cummins six BT, Allison transmission. It still there. 1998 Freightliner chassis utilimaster body.
Congratulations Howard! My first car, a 1986 VW Golf, I bought it new and got it up over 275K miles. I wish I still had it. And you still have never rebuilt that engine in the Impala. That is amazing.
The old Bel-Air is gorgeous... Chevrolet most likely would love to have it back just to say ( Look our vehicles run for years and have over 200,000 miles and still running great). You are a man with many talents.
It is hard to imagine that 200K milestone. That car is not the only one but certainly a critical legacy in all your automobile restoration.Clearly you were burning the midnight oil getting this video ready. Way to go.
Yea, I love my Ford's for every day cars. I ran one over 300,000 miles, an 81 Country Squire and two others over 200,000 miles, a 75 Country Squire and a 86 F-150.
You really should do a biography on this car! What all have you done to this car through the years motor clutch transmission so on and so on! It's no doubt that this car looks great and it runs the way it does because you're the owner of it it is truly a work of art!
Other than painting it in 1982 and having the seats and door panels done in the mid 80's, its still mostly original. I did have to put a new synchronizer clutch in the gear box about ten years ago..... it was hard going into second gear. I added the factory correct power steering and power brakes a good 35 years ago.
Congratulations on rolling over 200, 000. If I recall the 348 hasn't been overhauled? Your meticulous care both mechanically and cosmetically has kept the Bel Air looking and driving like a 6 month old car.
Congratulations on your good old Bel Air turning 200 000 miles , Howard - your good maintenance made this possible ! Thought of you and your search for a new project yesterday . The Iron Trap Garage guys had a preview of an estate sale coming up - a barn filled with what appeared to be very solid cars from the 50s to the 80s , all pretty dusty but looked impressive in the poor light ... a selection of Buicks ( 59 Electra etc ) , Cadillacs , Lincolns , a 56 Packard Coupe - 400 I think - and many others . Might be worth looking into ?
I'll check his video out. If it's the one I thinking of, most of the cars only need cleaning up and get them running again. Often cars like those sell high. I'm looking to spend under $5000 on a project.
Howard, i had a 62 Falcon i saw the clock turn over twice, and my 2003 Ranger has 230,000 miles on it Thats kool I had a 64 Chevy truck the odometer would get stuck and it would click at 10,00 miles increment's
Wow, I remember when my 2004 Dodge Ram hit 200,000. Sadly it met its demise at 278,000 when the lower radiator hose blew and my niece didn't stop driving it. I'll trade you. 🤣
200,000! Wow. I wonder if GM at the time would have ever imagined that one of their vehicles would reach such a milestone! I noticed my odometer was a little hesitant when flipping to 1000.
In the south where cars didn't rot away, most would easily run 200,000 miles. The drivetrains last, the bodies don't here, due to road salt. It took a good mile for the odometer to roll to all zeros.
The ones by the circuit panel are all the plates from the Bel Air since I have owned it. Somewhere I still have the plates that we're on it when I bought it. I put a link in the description on a video showing all the original plates, the title and the receipt from when I purchased the Bel Air.
Very nice. With the appearance of that 59 I think it could pass for an actual 31 mile survivor car. I've turned the odometer over to zero at least a couple of times in the old 81 GMC pickup but it is in kilometres.
Great milestone for you, the Chevrolet and for your followers. Thanks for sharing the ride with us Howard. It is pretty hard to roll the odometers these days. Ours are in kilometers and zero back at a million. Thanks again. Oh also, nearly forgot to ask. Have you ever pulled the engine for any major work or it’s it still running original rings and bearings?
The engine is 100% original, other than I replaced the front crank oil seal about 40 years ago. I also replaced the synchronizer clutch about ten years ago in the gear box. It got to be impossible to get it into second gear, even double clutching. I checked the oil the other day, it's still full on the dipstick. I docent go down, even though the oil pan gaskets leak a little.
Hi Howard, congratulations on a great milestone for you and the Belair. Nice job on the booster too. Mine looks a little different though. I think it might belong to a later model. Can I ask what type shocks are on your Belair? Thanks.
Congrats to you and to that hard-working odometer. I recently had to disconnect the speedo cable on my 88 Dodge Aries, because the needle was jumping around. Some graphite lube solved it, but that stuff is so runny & messy to work with. Some of it spilled on a digit of the odo, but that one rolled past 100K very smoothly around 6 years ago. I have seen the odometer on my 2003 Saturn L series go past 100K and also past 200K, but it's definitely not the same thing with a modern digital display. Now let's see how the Chevy rolls past 99.9, 999.9, and 9999.9 - probably will be very smooth for these. Anyway, congrats.
No, I bolted the master to the booster, ran a line from it into the reservoir and pumped the pedal about half way a dozen times, then disconnected the line from the old master cylinder and quickly connected it to the new one. I didn't bleed the wheels because I got no air in the line why changing it. Although I might bleed them to flush new fluid into the wheel cylinders down the road.... maybe this winter.
That is so cool 😎 I wish i kept my first car it was a two door ht. 1955 Chevy 265ci four barrel three speed but I put a four speed in it. Had to sell it because I went into the military. Take care Howard and see you on Woodward.
My service truck at work had 665,000 miles on it when I retired. It ran almost 24 hours a day except for holidays. Cummins six BT, Allison transmission. It still there. 1998 Freightliner chassis utilimaster body.
Wow! 200,034 miles! That Chevy looks like it has only 34 miles, Howard!
Congratulations Howard! My first car, a 1986 VW Golf, I bought it new and got it up over 275K miles. I wish I still had it.
And you still have never rebuilt that engine in the Impala. That is amazing.
The old Bel-Air is gorgeous... Chevrolet most likely would love to have it back just to say ( Look our vehicles run for years and have over 200,000 miles and still running great). You are a man with many talents.
Car looks pretty sweet for having that many miles
I'm glad you got your brakes in good order. 200 thousand. Awesome milestone. Thanks for the video.
It is hard to imagine that 200K milestone. That car is not the only one but certainly a critical legacy in all your automobile restoration.Clearly you were burning the midnight oil getting this video ready. Way to go.
I had the video done by 9pm.... it took TH-cam many hours to run the copyright checks.
Bought a new Ford Sport Trac in 01 and had it for 20 years. Sold it with 320,000 on the dial. Best vehicle I ever had.
Yea, I love my Ford's for every day cars. I ran one over 300,000 miles, an 81 Country Squire and two others over 200,000 miles, a 75 Country Squire and a 86 F-150.
You really should do a biography on this car! What all have you done to this car through the years motor clutch transmission so on and so on! It's no doubt that this car looks great and it runs the way it does because you're the owner of it it is truly a work of art!
Other than painting it in 1982 and having the seats and door panels done in the mid 80's, its still mostly original. I did have to put a new synchronizer clutch in the gear box about ten years ago..... it was hard going into second gear. I added the factory correct power steering and power brakes a good 35 years ago.
Man, you could advertise that car as being original low mileage now! I can't believe how good the engine bay looks for how many miles are on it.
I just try to take care of it. I painted the engine compartment back in the mid to late 80's.
Congratulations on rolling over 200, 000. If I recall the 348 hasn't been overhauled?
Your meticulous care both mechanically and cosmetically has kept the Bel Air looking and driving like a 6 month old car.
No the engine has not been overhauled.
I love the 59 Chevy, I love all of the 59 General Motors models I have a 1959 Oldsmobile 88
Congratulations on your good old Bel Air turning 200 000 miles , Howard - your good maintenance made this possible !
Thought of you and your search for a new project yesterday . The Iron Trap Garage guys had a preview of an estate sale coming up - a barn filled with what appeared to be very solid cars from the 50s to the 80s , all pretty dusty but looked impressive in the poor light ... a selection of Buicks ( 59 Electra etc ) , Cadillacs , Lincolns , a 56 Packard Coupe - 400 I think - and many others . Might be worth looking into ?
I'll check his video out. If it's the one I thinking of, most of the cars only need cleaning up and get them running again. Often cars like those sell high. I'm looking to spend under $5000 on a project.
Howard, i had a 62 Falcon i saw the clock turn over twice, and my 2003 Ranger has 230,000 miles on it Thats kool I had a 64 Chevy truck the odometer would get stuck and it would click at 10,00 miles increment's
Sticking odometers was a common thing on GM vehicles back in that era.
Lol enjoy the new car…again.
Wow, I remember when my 2004 Dodge Ram hit 200,000. Sadly it met its demise at 278,000 when the lower radiator hose blew and my niece didn't stop driving it.
I'll trade you. 🤣
200K, awesome. Looks amazing. Hope we are all around to see it turn over again at 300Kl.
I'd be 101..... if I drive it as much as I did the last 100,000 miles.
200,000! Wow. I wonder if GM at the time would have ever imagined that one of their vehicles would reach such a milestone! I noticed my odometer was a little hesitant when flipping to 1000.
In the south where cars didn't rot away, most would easily run 200,000 miles. The drivetrains last, the bodies don't here, due to road salt. It took a good mile for the odometer to roll to all zeros.
share the love man.
Hey, what’s the story on the old Thai license plate you have in your garage?
The ones by the circuit panel are all the plates from the Bel Air since I have owned it. Somewhere I still have the plates that we're on it when I bought it. I put a link in the description on a video showing all the original plates, the title and the receipt from when I purchased the Bel Air.
@@OldCarAlley You mean that you actually imported the car to Thailand for a while? That Bel Air has quite a history, wow.
@@SaintNyx No the Thailand plate was from a vacation
@@OldCarAlley Ohh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up, hahah.
@@SaintNyx Sorry I miss-read your first comment.... I thought you meant the row of plates by the circuit box on the wall.
Very nice. With the appearance of that 59 I think it could pass for an actual 31 mile survivor car. I've turned the odometer over to zero at least a couple of times in the old 81 GMC pickup but it is in kilometres.
Thats still a 150,000 miles or so.
Great milestone for you, the Chevrolet and for your followers. Thanks for sharing the ride with us Howard. It is pretty hard to roll the odometers these days. Ours are in kilometers and zero back at a million.
Thanks again. Oh also, nearly forgot to ask. Have you ever pulled the engine for any major work or it’s it still running original rings and bearings?
The engine is 100% original, other than I replaced the front crank oil seal about 40 years ago. I also replaced the synchronizer clutch about ten years ago in the gear box. It got to be impossible to get it into second gear, even double clutching. I checked the oil the other day, it's still full on the dipstick. I docent go down, even though the oil pan gaskets leak a little.
Hi Howard, congratulations on a great milestone for you and the Belair.
Nice job on the booster too.
Mine looks a little different though. I think it might belong to a later model.
Can I ask what type shocks are on your Belair?
Thanks.
Chevrolet used two different brands of power brake boosters. A Moraine or a Bendix. Mine has the Bendix booster.
Congrats to you and to that hard-working odometer. I recently had to disconnect the speedo cable on my 88 Dodge Aries, because the needle was jumping around. Some graphite lube solved it, but that stuff is so runny & messy to work with. Some of it spilled on a digit of the odo, but that one rolled past 100K very smoothly around 6 years ago. I have seen the odometer on my 2003 Saturn L series go past 100K and also past 200K, but it's definitely not the same thing with a modern digital display. Now let's see how the Chevy rolls past 99.9, 999.9, and 9999.9 - probably will be very smooth for these. Anyway, congrats.
Glad that worked Howard. Did you have someone work the brake pedal while you bled the master cylinder and all 4 wheel cylinders?
No, I bolted the master to the booster, ran a line from it into the reservoir and pumped the pedal about half way a dozen times, then disconnected the line from the old master cylinder and quickly connected it to the new one. I didn't bleed the wheels because I got no air in the line why changing it. Although I might bleed them to flush new fluid into the wheel cylinders down the road.... maybe this winter.
That is so cool 😎 I wish i kept my first car it was a two door ht. 1955 Chevy 265ci four barrel three speed but I put a four speed in it. Had to sell it because I went into the military. Take care Howard and see you on Woodward.