Can I Drive this DISASSEMBLED Dodge Home? Ramcharger Revival
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who else was expecting him to just drive the frame
Me
I totally did, thought maybe he was trying to 1 up Derrick for the sketchy rigs he drives home!
@@rednexicanhendrix3903 That would be a cool challenge. "Sketchiest rig ever driven home". Mind you.... Not cool if anyone dies I guess.
Him a wuss lmao
I did!! no joke
Put it back together??? I wanted to see you weld a seat to the frame, put on a motorcycle helmet and drive the frame home! 😎
Same
Same
That's what I was expecting 😂
You usually have a much more sketchy stance.
That's what I was thinking too lol
In this episode of Junkyard digs, Kevin puts a whole car together and makes it look like it's easy
Not hard to do....
@steverodgers okie dokie buddy. Not all of us are Superman. I'm a qualified mechanic, but what do I know? 👍
@@dopeman420 yeah sure mate righto
@@dopeman420 Do it then and upload a video of it
@@6942O-n6n it do it every damn day for a living, différence is i dont feel the need to upload à video on something im used to doing every day plus im focused on my work and not a damn camera...now stfu n go crawl away...
Aw man, I was hoping you'd just strap a seat to the chassis and run that down the road
Same too
Same
That’s what i would have done…. Would have saved a ton of time and about a dozen rolls of electrical tape
Probably safer than that body he "mounted"
Same
The fact you got it as far in just over 2 days is still incredibly impressive. Not to mention most of it was on your own with basic tools. Im jealous that in America you get all these wicked trucks to work on and we get like a mouldy volvo haha
Simple hand tools, ChrisFix would be proud
Come on out im sure my uncle could find something for you to do amongst his 200 orso started projects.
@@strhaivenswr Honestly, Its a long way and a lot of money but itd be awesome
I'll come out there and clean out your moldy Volvos
Thanks! America is still the best country on this planet. Hopefully the few radical anti-American Biden supporters and our corrupt flat out lying main stream media will stop trashing and sh*tting on it. TRUMP 2024!
man those ticket stubs are legendary, that truck has rocked through the ages.
Yeah a metalhead was driving it. Pretty cool
Was expecting him to just stand on the frame and drive it
Shirtless In a pair of jorts, army boots, and aviation goggles with a white scarf. A string for the throttle and a 2x4 on a door hinge for brakes. FULL SEND❗️💪
or strap a couch to it
lol me too
Me too, man. Me too. When I saw the video was an hour long, I assumed he needed time to go find a car seat.
@@jwanda10 or screw a dining chair to it. Never seemed to break no matter how hard i kicked them.
As much as I dig the Ram Charger, that's some beautiful land.
Ikr? It would be sick to live there
It is is beautiful, why would the guy leave? I know there may be many reasons, time to move on.
@@viktorwojtasiuk3182 ⁷6
Was just out that way in northern iowa for Contracting, cedar rapids area is where we stayed at, but some of the job sites we're out in the middle of nowhere and it was just pristine
It’s got the Dukes of Hazzard rims on it. Love it.
Ok I know we're friends and all but $1500 sounds CHEAP
It really does, in Maine it would sell for 3k EASY. Ramchargers are super dooper rare. Thats crazy good shape for a Northern ram charger, they rot hard.
Sounds like a great deal. You put at least that much in labor to put it together plus a video to go with it!
It does sound cheap but I think that's because lately people are super delusional in the prices they are asking for classics. And rusted out crap at that! This is what stuff used to cost, especially if it needed work done
I know its rare and all but in a state like that it should at least be 1000. Chassy not bolted on properly and cant even start right but its ur car at the end of the day so what can i say.
That's Iowa for you. Bought a 68 torino coupe for $300 and drove it home
"I need to start saving money...oh look, a project car" that is a fitting shirt slogan for you.
Oh yes please
I’d buy five of them
That’s a long slogan on a shirt lol
Hahahahahahaa!!
Na you know how mutch that old girl will sell for
Theres a few things that really deserve the name Widowmaker, usually involving trees, but the lift setup at the back of the frame earned it. Sketchhhhhhh.
The F-104 was one of em.
i like how the writing on the window went from "2 day challenge" to "don't die challenge"
"Actually y'know what I've got a better view for you guys to fade to black on." Nailed it, that is some seriously beautiful scenery.
yeah mooks ass
Well done, very impressed you got that body on without a lift.
That seems like the type of rig Derek would have driven 60 miles home.
Easily.
And without the body or brakes.
Bring the thunder!
I'll be dipped"
this one seems already too much dapper, more like a going to town rig
Having watched the first 14 minutes of this video I've come to realise just how safety-conscious Derek really is!
Lol.. wrong channel.
American version of My Summer Car:
"Surprisingly mint" "Low mileage!"
Kevin... Do you need to see an optician? I'm scared.
"Will probably be sold by the time this video goes out!"
I admire the optimism. 😂
You gotta think of of the other cars he has found like that, a chassis and a body separate, so it probably is “surprisingly mint” but idk just a guess
“Good morning! and welcome back to bad decisions!” Best line I’ve heard today!
Haha self talk every morning
My first land surveying boss had one of those in very good original, two-owner condition... It looked all stock, but it had its 360cid built into a monster...! With the built 727 and the additional Dana 70s, we watched it do many 4-wheel burnouts on asphalt at the office...! It was a beast of a Ram Charger that actually lived up to the Ram Charger name...!!! I'm a Chevy guy, so I laid Chevy rubber in that parking lot...!
To quote a great man, "If it works, is it really a dumb idea?" - Derek Bieri You get the nod and a firm handshake from me for those electrical tape bushings.
I knew a mountain man who moved a house with a series of car jacks. Jerry rigging ftw
I was getting Red Green vibes with the tape
@@LegendStormcrow how far though? Just curious, not being a smart ass 🤣 (seriously though) 🤣
@@GoobiesFunZone same 🤣🤣🤣
This is by far one of the coolest episodes I’ve ever seen super bad ass to take on the challenge we appreciate it
I can’t believe what you did putting that together and getting it to run. Amazing.
I can't believe all the parts were still there after 20 years.
Before it was tor apart it sat 20 it was disassembled in the last few years
Yep
I can't find parts of things I've disassembled the day after I disassemble it.
@@AdderoYuu same 🤣😭
Me to
I love how the phone number got erased near the end off the side window.
😂😂this whole time I was jus thinkin so who’s gonna spam that number
I'll give u 800 For that Piece of junk Dodge charger truck
It is just so beautiful, seeing that thing pull out of the shop. Just amazing, I’m so excited
Just to clarify, weather forecasters have changed the meaning of 40% "chance" at least 3 times in my lifetime. I'm now convinced that it means that their rain forecast will be 60% wrong!
@@BULLYDNB I know. Do you have a sense of humor?
Ar this point im pretty sure it just means 100% or 0%
I love to see some 80s dodges saved. I’m a big fan of the 81-93 dodges. I have 3 of them myself. All of them are similar where there is no rust under the front half and the back is a tad crusty. But they’re good trucks and have never let me down.
@8:46 when I saw the floor jack free stack lumber crane assembly I KNEW you is one of us !🤣
Kev, when COVID is over, come to Australia and do the “Shitbox Rally” , yes it’s a real thing, thousands of Kms through the outback, in a car that can only cost you A$1000. How about doing an Aussie revival!
Here in the states we have the Gambler 500. Same idea 500 miles in a $500 car. I was hoping that’s what he bought the Bronco for.
Kevin and Mook doing a revival on a cheap Aussie car for the shitbox rally would make for a great video. I could definitely see them reviving an junk commodore, falcon something similar
The US also have an enduro shitbox race called the 24 hours of Lemons
@@jamesbarnhart3642 Or do both. Both is good
Ram charger, cool!
"We also got a Bronco 2!"
OMFG YES!!!!
I want the B2 so bad
I have to say that I am really quiet impressed. From a frame to a complete vehicle in a tad over 2 day. Well done sir.
In this episode, we learn why the good ol' boys down South say: "Hey, y'all! Watch this!" Then, when you were actually driving it on the road I was thinking, "Oh, yes... he's crazy." And then I realized: I used to do sketchy crap like this all the time! Party on, Garth!
Clean up the Bronco, get her running and roll her over the auction block.
Get it cleaned up and keep it up as an off-road beast
Wo0o0o0ot
@@joshpittman2939 Naw, she's too good looking.
Or he could raffle ot off. He'd make a killing off from $10 raffle tickets.
Back in the day rotary swapping vehicles. We used my ol skateboard wheels for mounts. Worked mint
when he lifted the back of the chasis all i could hear was "time to do some scetchy sh#t doo dah doo dah"
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I heard that too!
Lol the rolls of electrical tape are sketchy AF its' a terrible idea. Yeah their super hard now, but what about after they've been in place for a while and all the adhesive starts to wear out from the heat and weight of the truck.
@@dylanrampage9360 Pretty sure that was a temporary solution to get it home and then do it right.
I've had an 82 and 88 RamCharger and an 89 donor.. love them. You seem to have no body...
Edit: shit I spoke too soon. Just the beveled glass is valuable on those. Love it. You have my views and likes for any RamCharger content. PS once you can.. please do a hell cat RamCharger build.
I have a 79, you guys are missing out with the non removable tops.
@@goonridingupnorth1382 same could be said to you about automatic locking hubs if I'm not mistaken.. my dad had a 77 when I was little loved how mean they looked.
as a retired tech my advice is dont kneel on concrete without a foam pad. I used one most of the time but knees still gave out at 50 and they dont do new knees until your 65 and under 200 lbs. Cool project tho like the assemble and drive revive build
That was very ambitious in the first place, but you get more done in 3 days than I can do in a month or two! Thanks for keeping safety first and not driving on bad tires, as well as everything else that was clapped out. Keep up the great work! You guys rock!
That was an insane find, I’d keep that thing forever and drive the hell out of it. That’s one of very few dodges I like just needs a little help 🤟🏻
This looks like what was left of Buford t justices car at the end of every Smokey and the bandit movie
The correct expression is, "It's raining Datsun cogs".
And if your under a Datsun it's raining rust
@@wildman510 and if its a 240Z it's also very expensive rust
I’ve always wanted a Ramcharger. Can’t wait to see it.
I had a 89. Thing was a beast
My brother had one back in the 70's he was in the air force so it didn't have many miles on it even after 30 yrs.he finally traded it but I bet he would love to have It back right now. He just turned 70.
It had been shipped to Germany and the Azores island and Hawaii but always lived on base and had a scooter to ride back and forth to where he worked or walked .
He was crazy to let it go.it was like new when he traded it in.He washed and waxed that thing often and I was on that ramcharger that he taught me at like 12 yrs old how to wash wax and shine a vehicle up and I hace done the same to every vehicle I've ever owned. I even keep the engine and the underside of the hood and inside of the fenders .everything under the hood shined and does today on my land rover.
He taught me that if your paying that much money for a vehicle to make sure you keep it looking new and running great and always keep it serviced.
I'm 60 and I still do all that inside and out.
Something to be proud of for sure
I had an 83 Royal se that my grandfather gave me about 20 years ago. I wish I still had it today definitely cool trucks.
I would rather have the Plymouth trailduster
Guy down the street has one that hasn't run in years. If I had.noney I'd ask about it. First car I ever drove was a 70's Ram pickup
I have a '85 Ram Charger Royal SE with a LA 318 in it.. 727 Torque Flight trans mated to a 209 transfer case.. Same color scheme as well, love the thing... But it has been sitting for a few years, due to fact that I have to rebuild the motor, just don't have the space or time to do so
Kevin sure cusses up a storm when Mook isn't around.
The moment he said "I learned something the other day" I knew he was going to talk about rain percentages. Me and so many of my coworkers have a been talking about that its been a hot topic lately
- Also, Chicken Bacon Ranch is the best subway sandwich. Load it up with jalapenos and you've got a winner
Sorta like a North Easterly wind is not the direction the wind is blowing but where it is coming from. So it more likely blowing to the South and West. That too is a topic of conversation. Then there is that pesky dew point.
weirdly I also learned that very recently and I live the other side of the Atlantic. Must be a common thing here too right now!
Ive been telling people this for the last 3 years since i moved to Oklahoma when i first got here i got a job doing flooring. And i was always told we dont work on rainy days mostly because the guy i worked for just like myself hated creating messes to clean especially when we are installing $50,000 worth of Egyptian hand made carpet White,Cream, and light grey outside is is RED Clay dirt. The night before this job we were told hey lets just finish this restaurant job tonight and we will push the carpet job a day or 2 its supposed to "RAIN" we started it at about 11 am mind you we had already done about 90% of the work at a prior date we finally finished at 1:37 am 14.5 hrs later. 7:30 am there's a knock at my door there's the boss just chilling at the door with some smoke and 🍩. Says come with me help me get that carpet to the house ill pay you today. No problem get there and all of a sudden he wants to start the job because the homeowners talked him into it oh it aint gonna rain i lived here over 60 years. They showed him how it said
💧2% i told him that just means that 2% of the area will get rain there is still 100% chance the rain will fall. He said nah we'll be alright i said yea you say that now until your outside cuttin carpet and starts meanwhile me and my cousin will be rushing carrying the the rest of it inside you just better hope the ankle biters arent outside when it starts because there's gonna be red dirt foot prints everywhere. Well guess what i called it to the T and the rats ran all over EVERY bit of carpet that was installed 4 different flights of stairs in 3 different areas of the house the living room 3 of the 5 bed rooms that we did 2 weren't done yet and 1 office the dining room and a common room. And guess who calles the flooring store complaining about their installer. And then the boss asked from that day forward what i thought about the weather before starting a job if he wasn't sure lmao i just said check the weather
When I do eat Subway, i get a foot long on Italian herbs n cheese, ham, salami and bacon with lettuce, pepper jack cheese, onions, spinach, sweet onion sauce and mayo.
Thanks to you & Mook's trip to California, I have a "bit" of a Sneak Peak into the content of this Video!
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Likewise, not sure what we're talking about here
you ever try DMT?
@@bigcountryjd nah man try shrooms they're cheaper
@@matthewshaw9078 love them morels
Damn that guy had amazing taste in music. Pantera and white zombie. I would've killed to be there man
Tween that and such an epic road trip vehicle, the guy is golden.
love those trucks, I had two 87 4x4 and 1 87 2wd. Extremely dependable.
One of your best videos yet. Glad Mookster was able to help out at the end.
By far one of my favorite videos. To see you put that truck back together by yourself is amazing. Love the use of electrical tape. I've used it for a lot of stuff, never thought about using it for a mount though.
My 99 dakota rt had a bad tailshaft seal on the transmission and has put a nice oiled coating on the front half of the frame. Rust free up front. Little surface rust in the back
When he said “I would scream like that too if I was loose” my invisible dad laughed
I only got the joke until I read it, I couldn’t figure out what he meant when he said it 😂😂
One hell of an effort to resemble somebody else's project. Job well done.
i was a local roadie in kansas city in the 90s, ironically, my backstage passes are the same ones he has ticket stubs for except all mine were tours in kansas city
"And... you're sitting on a throne of lies!" - That girl is worth her weight in gold.
P.s. foot long pizza sub, toasted with all the salad and ranch dressing.
I'm pretty damn impressed with how you got that frame under the body.
I've come to like Mr. Sub more recently but I love having a steak and cheese sub with lettuce, tomato, green peppers, sometimes jalapenos, and mayonnaise.
God bless you and Mook, man! This is your best video I'll ever see.
I literally work at Subway and my favorite one is the steak and cheese melt with the onions fried before put on the sandwich with pepper jack and provolone cheese and some sweet Chipotle
🤤
Can you send the recipe to the subway at Parkmore Shopping Centre Keysborough Victoria Straya?? I'll grab one Friday lunchtime 🤣🍻👍
@@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck I will try
@@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck the one in Australia?
I'm impressed by how much you accomplished in such a short time!
When I saw the Thumbnail and saw JUST the chassis, I thought you were gonna drive that home lmaoo 😂
God I love this channel, this was awesome. Props to throwing that back together as quick as you did!
mad props
I honestly expected you to try to drive the bare chassis. Definitely would watch that, too
I wonder if that's the reason my ex screamed a lot because she was loose 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should have drove just the frame 😂
Absofknlutely
Lone Wolf McQuade Be Proud!
It’s a win in my book!
Nice Job Sir! ( & Mook )!!
Happy 4th to you, yours and all in here!
God Bless
😎
That's one of the reasons why I'd want a Ram Charger.
I didn’t know any else liked this movie. I thought I was weird. 🤣
@@matthewwicker9310 Hell ya! It's Chuck Norris man! I remember going to see it at the movies as a kid!
@@wtbeecher 😂 Great Movie! He had a supercharher on it!
@@matthewwicker9310 We're Normal ... The Rest Are Weird! 😂😎
"Welcome back to bad decisions!" Classic.😀
I have a friend whose dad took apart really nice pieces of machinery to “fix them” and impress him when he was younger, and if he couldn’t fix it, he’d let it sit outside in the elements, now, ne’s repairing his dad’s “fixer upper” which, now is a real fixer upper, that is a Yamaha 4 wheeler, I forgot it’s full name, but it is rusty as heck! I hope it’s able to be fixed.
Kev, I can't believe you did all that work. I mean, come on, you are one stubborn man. I want to say, you do things I would have done back in the day. What a great job just putting this together to drive. You must be a proud man to have accomplished all that in less than 3 days. Great job!!!
Next time you find something like that if the transmission is low on fluid try a bottle of lucus transmission fix .oh yeah call Derek from vise grip garage he'll drive it home for you 🤣🤣🤣
Definitely
But Derek'll drive it to his own home. That's the condition.
That Lucas transmission fix is the truth got a 98 f-150 with 250k on the clock the transmission started slipping around 180k I put a bottle of it in an its still going.
Brilliant job getting it all back together , the look of relief on your face when the body was sat on the chassis after being balanced on that bit of wood was priceless . And to think it could have been scrapped. Top job Kevin👍
Love them or hate them, this is one of my bucket list cars to own. I've always loved the Ramcharger.
Favorite Subway sandwich: sea food and crab on whole wheat with mayo and cheddar and salt and pepper.
Favorite subway, out of all the creatures God put on this planet and you choose seafood, what the hell bro, if your gonna eat a $6 subway sandwich at least enjoy yourself 🤣
@@thefiveguy5258 🤣😂🤣😂👍
Theseasonorg explains the whole Bible. God bless
This has been an amazing effort. Keep this kind of content up, it really sets you apart.
Also, Spicy Italian is my favorite. Buffalo Chicken too, but that's a limited-time item.
I was waiting for Derek's brother Krang to show up behind you in his K10 to give you a bump/push.
Derek would have not cried so much and he would have got it home
Me: four hours to replace water pump
This guy: builds whole truck in two days
Whoever drove that truck had awesome taste in music
Well I *thought* it was a livestream lol. Guess it was and I just happened to drop in at the last 10sec. Oops.
Go get that Mad Max farm truck and a tow strap!
"I would scream like that too if I was loose" 🤣😂
Looks very well optioned too - electric windows and locks, cruise, A/C….. all options on these back then.
NO.. I'd get a trailer and take it home :) This is CRAZY... ;)
We love you too, Kevin! And good thing you changed it from the 2 day challenge to the don't die challenge, because while we love the content you bring us with crazy projects like this, putting yourself into serious danger, or really any kind of danger, is not worth it. We want you to stay alive so you can show us more crazy stuff! 😊
Wow that's beautiful country.
Tuna Sub all day.
The fact he said that he wasn't going to have help but he did
I’m pretty new in cars, and this was absolutely insane to me. The amount of car knowledge in this mans head is incredible
Thank you for having such a good channel. My family always looks forward to your new adventures. And enjoy watching your old ones that we haven't seen yet. My wife has even commented how generally polite you are and the fact that you keep the language family friendly.(for the most part) 😁 And that you can poke fun at yourself
Anyone else most blown away by the RAIN PERCENTAGE meaning reveal? I mean awesome job getting this thing together in 2 days that would take me 2 years, but i had ZERO idea rain percentage meant that.
Proves you cant ever guess where knowledge will come from at the most unexpected time.
thanks junkyard digs, new subscriber as of now.
"Yeah, me and the boys were stripping it for parts and found out the cops were on to us. It's yours if you get it out of here NOW!" :)
if it was being stripped for parts, nothing would have been left it would have all been sold off quick. them car stealers and strippers work pretty damn fast. cars stripped to frame in under 5 minutes and parts gone the next day.
He says repeatedly that he has the title...
Yep torches cutting grinders Sawzall course few dollys records under 4min myself cutting stuff constantly cost few bucks but yep worth. More in parts frame motor transmission front clip body monts takes longer fix them then slice diced chop shop I do it for legally parts iaa or Copart auction
I was at that Metallica concert at the mark in 97.Had just turned 24. Time flys.
I’m not gonna lie, when he was putting the body on… that’s some sketchy shit 😂 my man has some balls of steel
Forget the Mopar, that is like 2k worth of lumber
That Pantera ticket tho.... hope either you or the prev. owner keeps it safe.
I saw them in 1999 with coal chamber and anthrax…. Utica war memorial in upstate NY
I saw them on that tour with White Zombie opening at The Ranch Bowl bowling alley in Omaha. Great show…White Zombie was awesome too.
Man yo I was there. I never thought i would see someone talking about that concert today. Eye hate god was there. The thing of that concert Pantera and white zombie. The Deftones were opening act and they brought the house down. I never seen such shit.
I rewind-ed.I went to half those concerts. Um thats so weird. did I used own this truck? Man my memory sucks.
The rims look like the Dukes of Hazzard and also the sound
I want to live in an area like that just out in the middle of nowhere
Also my favorite sandwich is a BLT with a little bit of Turkey
Me too
Come to Iowa I guess? I bought 5 acres for 15 grand and have 15 older cars out here i got over the years for lets say 5 grand. The thing with iowa is you gotta be willing to do it all yourself. or other Iowans screw you. And i can't have bread so its the tuna spinach salad for me.
@@shawnterry7742 I plan on sticking to Utah but thanks for the suggestion.
Sucks you can't have bread.
@@snow-in4zp I don't know if rusted steel is a huge problem in Utah.
@@nathanlewis5682 it kinda is. Why?
Amazed you found enough hardware to put it together
favorite subway sandwich: meatball marinara with extra mozzarella toasted
Those wood blocks that held the body up were mint👌
How about the rolls of electrical tape? What about after they've been in place for a while? And the heat dust water an weight of the body starts to wear on them...