I miss the way things used to be, finding old cars buying them at reasonable prices and towing them home and getting them going, buddies hanging out and working on something until after midnight. Not only do I miss the cars when they were still obtainable but the friends made along the way. Watching Roadkill reminded me of those times too!👍
I'm of the same vintage (more or less) than you and have much of the same feelings. I am old school. If something is broke or breaking I fix it, I don't pick up the phone and pass over my pay check whether it is vehicles, plumbing, electrical, building, fixing, repairing, etc. I like the fact you are a good, genuine person that likes to pass on your expertise to others. We need more people like you in this messed up world we live in. Keep on keeping on.
Tim brother I hear ya end of the day we are having fun mucking around with our stuff I'm older now breaking down on the road ain't so much fun nowadays
There wasn't a camera around in the late 60's when it was zero degrees and the starter went out in the car. Busted frozen knuckles swapping it out while it's snowing. Or trying to get that car home from the drag strip 30 miles from home after as a teenager, breaking the car I drove there. Clutches, universal joints. A handful of stock trannies that didn't like putting slicks on. No camera phones. But new friends at those drag strips in Northern Ohio that helped with broken parts.
We're closing in on 30 years of OBD2 and the feds stole car culture from my kids with Cash 4 Clunkers along with their prospects of owning a garage to park them in. Road Kill had it's time, now we're lucky not to be cooking with it!
I knew who they were because of hot rod magazine. I worked at a tire store in the late 80’s. People would tell me where cars and junkyards were. So weekends were for plundering, buying and selling. It was fun before there was an internet. A lot cheaper too
I was the same way I started watching roadkill only a year ago. But when I was 17 (14years ago) I bought a 71 dart with a slant six in it for 1000 bucks and "roadkilled" it many places that it shouldn't have gone. Had no clue about roadkill even had guys say I was stupid for driving old junk around. But it was fun! The gas tank was so full of rust that I could run it for about 10 minutes and then it would starve for fuel. Wait for it to settle the debris then run it another 10 minutes! Took forever to figure it out. It's just fun to do roadkill did the things we were all doing they just were smart enough to make content with it! Good thing they did though because it inspired the rest of us to make videos on our junk.
Ha! You just reminded me of a mini bike i used to ride with a rusted tank. Ride for 60 seconds and it would die. Shake the mini bike and it would restart and go another 60 seconds !! LOL Thanks
@318willrun when I was 10 my dad had a brand new flat head tecumseh motor delivered to our house off ebay. He said "wait till I get off work to put it on the gocart". As soon as the UPS guy dropped it on the front porch I put the motor in a wheel barell and pushed it a couple miles to my uncles house and installed it on the go-cart. I didn't know they didn't come with oil right out the box. I drove it for a while, when he got off work he asked if i put oil in it. 🤣 🤣 After putting oil in it it had blowby so bad that it blew the oil Cap off the dipstick after we added oil to it. My uncle had to drill a hole in the oil cap and ran a hose to a water bottle with a vent on it just so we could ride it. It would fill the water bottle up with oil!! I still have the motor and it still runs!
I loved the early days of Roadkill cause it was more relatable to the average guy...Once it got big, it just seemed to lose that special something. Same thing happened with Vice Grip Garage and others. I wish all those guys success and suppose I would probably do the same thing if I had their opportunities.
Tim, you will have to carry the torch. Older cars need money and knowledge to fix. EPA and government regulations killed the classic car. Time stands still for no one or rust never sleeps take your pick. How does UTG have so many stories? Who knows. I love your channel and what you have done. You should be proud.
Tim just stay you . I stop watching road kill cause they would fix it and just kill it and put it the grave. I remember got a hellcat and went 4 wheeling with it on a bike track. Then they wanted me to pay money for something I don’t even know how I got it anyway and didn’t know how to do that crap. But really loved engine Masters ! I don’t know if they still have it or not but loved that show. The only thing I didn’t like was the stuff was all ways big money. Just do you Tim. Thank you for your videos. Good stuff.
When I was 14 in the early 80s I had a class mate who was a car nut and took me on his adventures with old cars that he would buy but never pay for. I'm not sure what he was really up to but we sure did have fun in those old cars. The way Canada law works we would of ended up juvenile jail if we had UA-cam because we were very dumb. 🤠🥳😆
It don't matter to me roadkill no roadkill...youtube no UA-cam... I'll still be doing what I've always done building my cars and my projects...my way... With in a budget with my own two hands...and well I get nothing from YT zip nada.. Your 100% right what you do when No one's watching say's a hell of a lot more than when others are watching... To thine own self be true.... Never needed any external source to build or to come up with ideas... The car culture was way better in the 60s and 70s and we hand a lot less pretenders... And hacks...and we all know who they are.
I'm in my 60s now. I remembered gathering up at a friends house. Whoever needed a hand with car repair. Either someone would know how to fix the issue, or the group would figure it out. Good times. I am still learning today with modern tools like UA-cam and folks like you! Thanks for helping Tim!
I’m 57, so the subjects you hit on really hit home. I agree, the early version of RoadKill and a few other channels showed how we lived and I watched because of that. Unfortunately so many channels change drastically once the become popular and that’s when I lose interest. I wish you and your channel all the success you deserve, but selfishly hope it never changes. I enjoy watching people do their thing on a low budget scale, and you do exactly that. Thanks!
I enjoyed road kill because it reminded me of my high school days in the early 80s me and my buddies all had used muscle cars, you know the ones nobody can afford now. We often had to work on them on the side of the road on the weekend just to get to town so we could cruise and pick up girls. Man those were good times!
In regards to you rolling the hood on you're van, I had the same mindset about everything I do in my daily life, (it's just stuff I've had to do my entire life.) Pople of all ages kept asking if I was a.. Mechanic Carpenter Woodsman, etc. (I'm just a truckdriver). But, I grew up without alot of money, so many times if you needed/wanted something, you either fixed it or made it youself. I thought this was normal, so took it for granted. Then quite a few younger individuals suggested starting my own channel. I did, and I do it as a hobby. Like you mentioned, some vids I think will be helpful and interesting get very few views. Others that I think are boring and common knowledge take off. I fried 2 pieces of bologna in a cast iron skillet, got 200 views in 24hrs, (a good amount for me). There are a few others just as mundane that did the same. My round about point being, keep on being you! Keep recording the little mundane things that you think everyone knows. It IS interesting! Alot of viewers may also be inspired to try something similar, if they see it can be done. Just like you were drawn to watching "Road kill" I am drawn to your channel because you are a"regular down to earth guy". Doing what you can with what you have, and it is authentic! (Sorry for the novella) keep doing what you do, and keep being you sir! 👍😁
I was born in 1980 and in the last 5 years I’ve gotten into classic cars, mopars specifically and I feel like I missed out on junkyard finds. To find something from the 60’s or 70’s isn’t easy. Nowadays you almost have to turn to marketplace or some sort of Internet forum. Don’t get me wrong there are some good forums out there like FABO. I got my 4 door dart 318 for about $5000, it’s a 74. Luckily it’s a pretty common model.
Welcome to the hobby, and to 318WR! When one door closes, another opens. While our era had it's advantages, we didn't have marketplace, ebay, craigslist, and forums that opened up opportunity across the states. Glad you found something, because it is getting harder as these cars are getting older and harder to come by.
Just look what I’m doing bringing back a 1971 fury cop car that had the engine stolen for a muscle car back in 1981 I’m gathering the parts right now I’m doing it as low budget as I can
I lived the pinnacle in the car life late 50s 60s 70s I reckon after the mid 70s it fell on its face . We had plenty of great Mopars in the family and friends and some Fords in the Family some quite rare . Yes 6 /V8 and big block Mopars . Mostly all modified in some way . 👌🇦🇺✌️.
Very true for me also. $200-$300 cars and some creativity was the way to go. Pre-“Road kill” days. Cheap Aspens,Volares,gran fury, Newport, etc………. And some cheap 60’s GM’s too . All fun and helped you learn at the same time even when it wasn’t convenient lol. Thanks for sharing
Say what you will about Freiburger , but he was "Roadkilling" cars at Car Craft back in the early/mid 90's. (See The Cheap Thrills Dart for example) Long before video, forums etc. I was a big fan of RK for years, but lost interest a few years ago. That being said, if not for the old car mags and RK etc, I likely wouldn't be wrenching my junk and watching great/fun channels like yours now. RK has run its race, but there's no denying the HUGE influence it's had on the car world. End of an era.
I love roadkill, but they ruined it for the deals out there lol I remember when you can find chargers and darts for a halfway decent price but not anymore lol
I've long said that social media will be the demise of civilization. I'll be honest, I had a lot more fun just working on junk without a camera staring at me than i do now.
By the way, the car in the thumbnail is one I bought for 150 bucks.
I miss the way things used to be, finding old cars buying them at reasonable prices and towing them home and getting them going, buddies hanging out and working on something until after midnight. Not only do I miss the cars when they were still obtainable but the friends made along the way. Watching Roadkill reminded me of those times too!👍
Yeah, hanging out in front of the Western Auto, shootin' the loop, and other such ways kids collaborated with cars
I'm of the same vintage (more or less) than you and have much of the same feelings. I am old school. If something is broke or breaking I fix it, I don't pick up the phone and pass over my pay check whether it is vehicles, plumbing, electrical, building, fixing, repairing, etc. I like the fact you are a good, genuine person that likes to pass on your expertise to others. We need more people like you in this messed up world we live in. Keep on keeping on.
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Thanks for sharing this Tim! Your opening reminds me of one of my Dad's sayings. Integrity is what you do when Noone is watching. 👍
Thanks Mike! Yeah, back then we didn't do this for clicks on a video, there was no videos ... LOL. It's how it was done!
The good old days were the best, I miss the days when you could get a great deal for $200 and have fun. Great subject and great video 👍
So true! Thanks for watching!
@@318willrun no problemo bud, you have great videos 👍
Tim brother I hear ya end of the day we are having fun mucking around with our stuff I'm older now breaking down on the road ain't so much fun nowadays
Absolutely! Thanks!
There wasn't a camera around in the late 60's when it was zero degrees and the starter went out in the car. Busted frozen knuckles swapping it out while it's snowing. Or trying to get that car home from the drag strip 30 miles from home after as a teenager, breaking the car I drove there. Clutches, universal joints. A handful of stock trannies that didn't like putting slicks on. No camera phones. But new friends at those drag strips in Northern Ohio that helped with broken parts.
Spot on! Thanks !
We're closing in on 30 years of OBD2 and the feds stole car culture from my kids with Cash 4 Clunkers along with their prospects of owning a garage to park them in. Road Kill had it's time, now we're lucky not to be cooking with it!
some truth for sure..... Thanks!
I tune in because you are a regular guy just like me. Doing the best we can with what we got.
Absolutely! Glad you are here with us!
I knew who they were because of hot rod magazine. I worked at a tire store in the late 80’s. People would tell me where cars and junkyards were. So weekends were for plundering, buying and selling. It was fun before there was an internet. A lot cheaper too
Life was great for you! Tire shop equals car guys equals great finds! Thanks!
I was the same way I started watching roadkill only a year ago. But when I was 17 (14years ago) I bought a 71 dart with a slant six in it for 1000 bucks and "roadkilled" it many places that it shouldn't have gone. Had no clue about roadkill even had guys say I was stupid for driving old junk around. But it was fun! The gas tank was so full of rust that I could run it for about 10 minutes and then it would starve for fuel. Wait for it to settle the debris then run it another 10 minutes! Took forever to figure it out. It's just fun to do roadkill did the things we were all doing they just were smart enough to make content with it! Good thing they did though because it inspired the rest of us to make videos on our junk.
Ha! You just reminded me of a mini bike i used to ride with a rusted tank. Ride for 60 seconds and it would die. Shake the mini bike and it would restart and go another 60 seconds !! LOL Thanks
@318willrun when I was 10 my dad had a brand new flat head tecumseh motor delivered to our house off ebay. He said "wait till I get off work to put it on the gocart". As soon as the UPS guy dropped it on the front porch I put the motor in a wheel barell and pushed it a couple miles to my uncles house and installed it on the go-cart. I didn't know they didn't come with oil right out the box. I drove it for a while, when he got off work he asked if i put oil in it. 🤣 🤣 After putting oil in it it had blowby so bad that it blew the oil Cap off the dipstick after we added oil to it. My uncle had to drill a hole in the oil cap and ran a hose to a water bottle with a vent on it just so we could ride it. It would fill the water bottle up with oil!! I still have the motor and it still runs!
I loved the early days of Roadkill cause it was more relatable to the average guy...Once it got big, it just seemed to lose that special something. Same thing happened with Vice Grip Garage and others. I wish all those guys success and suppose I would probably do the same thing if I had their opportunities.
Yep, all true !!
Tim, 318 will run will be the new MotorTrend on You Tube! Your the man.
We appreciate it! Thanks!
Tim, you will have to carry the torch. Older cars need money and knowledge to fix. EPA and government regulations killed the classic car. Time stands still for no one or rust never sleeps take your pick. How does UTG have so many stories? Who knows. I love your channel and what you have done. You should be proud.
I appreciate it. Everything you said I agree with.... these cars are harder to get, more expensive to fix, and rust truly never sleeps!
Tim just stay you . I stop watching road kill cause they would fix it and just kill it and put it the grave. I remember got a hellcat and went 4 wheeling with it on a bike track. Then they wanted me to pay money for something I don’t even know how I got it anyway and didn’t know how to do that crap. But really loved engine Masters ! I don’t know if they still have it or not but loved that show. The only thing I didn’t like was the stuff was all ways big money. Just do you Tim. Thank you for your videos. Good stuff.
Thanks! We appreciate it!
It gave the poor guys that could not afford much respect
yes
It was fun messing with cheap cars and throwing junkyard parts on them. I also enjoyed a couple sketchy road trips driving cars home.
Totally agree!
When I was 14 in the early 80s I had a class mate who was a car nut and took me on his adventures with old cars that he would buy but never pay for. I'm not sure what he was really up to but we sure did have fun in those old cars. The way Canada law works we would of ended up juvenile jail if we had UA-cam because we were very dumb. 🤠🥳😆
Thanks!
It don't matter to me roadkill no roadkill...youtube no UA-cam... I'll still be doing what I've always done building my cars and my projects...my way... With in a budget with my own two hands...and well I get nothing from YT zip nada.. Your 100% right what you do when No one's watching say's a hell of a lot more than when others are watching... To thine own self be true.... Never needed any external source to build or to come up with ideas... The car culture was way better in the 60s and 70s and we hand a lot less pretenders... And hacks...and we all know who they are.
Very true, with or without youtube you and I will still be doing what we did all the years before youtube.
100% Tim.
I'm in my 60s now. I remembered gathering up at a friends house. Whoever needed a hand with car repair. Either someone would know how to fix the issue, or the group would figure it out. Good times. I am still learning today with modern tools like UA-cam and folks like you! Thanks for helping Tim!
for sure youtube is a "tool". Thanks!!!
I’m 57, so the subjects you hit on really hit home. I agree, the early version of RoadKill and a few other channels showed how we lived and I watched because of that. Unfortunately so many channels change drastically once the become popular and that’s when I lose interest.
I wish you and your channel all the success you deserve, but selfishly hope it never changes. I enjoy watching people do their thing on a low budget scale, and you do exactly that. Thanks!
Much appreciated, thanks for your response!!
I enjoyed road kill because it reminded me of my high school days in the early 80s me and my buddies all had used muscle cars, you know the ones nobody can afford now. We often had to work on them on the side of the road on the weekend just to get to town so we could cruise and pick up girls. Man those were good times!
Those were good times!!
Here here! My exact high school days in the early 80's growing up in S.E. Iowa.
In regards to you rolling the hood on you're van,
I had the same mindset about everything I do in my daily life, (it's just stuff I've had to do my entire life.)
Pople of all ages kept asking if I was a..
Mechanic
Carpenter
Woodsman, etc.
(I'm just a truckdriver).
But, I grew up without alot of money, so many times if you needed/wanted something, you either fixed it or made it youself.
I thought this was normal, so took it for granted.
Then quite a few younger individuals suggested starting my own channel.
I did, and I do it as a hobby.
Like you mentioned, some vids I think will be helpful and interesting get very few views.
Others that I think are boring and common knowledge take off.
I fried 2 pieces of bologna in a cast iron skillet, got 200 views in 24hrs, (a good amount for me).
There are a few others just as mundane that did the same.
My round about point being, keep on being you! Keep recording the little mundane things that you think everyone knows.
It IS interesting! Alot of viewers may also be inspired to try something similar, if they see it can be done.
Just like you were drawn to watching "Road kill" I am drawn to your channel because you are a"regular down to earth guy".
Doing what you can with what you have, and it is authentic!
(Sorry for the novella) keep doing what you do, and keep being you sir! 👍😁
I appreciate it. Yep, just down to earth everyday guys
I was born in 1980 and in the last 5 years I’ve gotten into classic cars, mopars specifically and I feel like I missed out on junkyard finds. To find something from the 60’s or 70’s isn’t easy. Nowadays you almost have to turn to marketplace or some sort of Internet forum. Don’t get me wrong there are some good forums out there like FABO. I got my 4 door dart 318 for about $5000, it’s a 74. Luckily it’s a pretty common model.
Welcome to the hobby, and to 318WR! When one door closes, another opens. While our era had it's advantages, we didn't have marketplace, ebay, craigslist, and forums that opened up opportunity across the states. Glad you found something, because it is getting harder as these cars are getting older and harder to come by.
I think Mike and David really acted spoiled and bored with the whole thing early on. Dulcich,Fred, and Lucky were all that kept it alive
Yeah I never got to familiar with the people. Thanks!
Well worded sir! People forget where they came from and how things used to be done.
Thank you!
Loved those guys in their magazine days. Never a fan of Hollywood style production when it comes to cars.
thanks!!!
Just look what I’m doing bringing back a 1971 fury cop car that had the engine stolen for a muscle car back in 1981 I’m gathering the parts right now I’m doing it as low budget as I can
That's awesome!
I lived the pinnacle in the car life late 50s 60s 70s I reckon after the mid 70s it fell on its face . We had plenty of great Mopars in the family and friends and some Fords in the Family some quite rare . Yes 6 /V8 and big block Mopars . Mostly all modified in some way . 👌🇦🇺✌️.
Good stuff! Thanks!
Very true for me also. $200-$300 cars and some creativity was the way to go. Pre-“Road kill” days. Cheap Aspens,Volares,gran fury, Newport, etc………. And some cheap 60’s GM’s too . All fun and helped you learn at the same time even when it wasn’t convenient lol. Thanks for sharing
Exactly !!
I always liked seeing something and saying yep I did that to get to the parts store or to get home. 😂
you've certainly outdone me on dragg'n things home!!!! LOL
Say what you will about Freiburger , but he was "Roadkilling" cars at Car Craft back in the early/mid 90's. (See The Cheap Thrills Dart for example) Long before video, forums etc. I was a big fan of RK for years, but lost interest a few years ago. That being said, if not for the old car mags and RK etc, I likely wouldn't be wrenching my junk and watching great/fun channels like yours now. RK has run its race, but there's no denying the HUGE influence it's had on the car world. End of an era.
Well spoken. Thanks!
I love roadkill, but they ruined it for the deals out there lol I remember when you can find chargers and darts for a halfway decent price but not anymore lol
I think the online auctions, and many other internet sites contributed as well. rusted 4 door valiants are now worth 8k. lol
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Hey, we like Oldsmobile's here :)
Yesh, I'm tired of the junk car "revival" bandwagon channels
I'm for just enjoying the hobby the way you would if there wasn't youtube. Then video that!
@318willrun yep, that's why I like your channel, seems real genuine.
I watched Road Kill for the first few years. Lost interest after a few years.
right, after it was pay to see .....
I've long said that social media will be the demise of civilization. I'll be honest, I had a lot more fun just working on junk without a camera staring at me than i do now.
some truth for sure!!
I despise all things related to the discovery channel. So cringe.