An LS-swapped vintage ambulance is unexpected perfection!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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#The2904 #LSswap #CannonballRun
when you absolutely need to get to the hospital in a cloud of tire smoke
😂😂😂
Love your content Tavarish.
accept no LS
CarTrek's new support vehicle?
@@johnficarra9500 The way Ed races, better put some Band-aids and Bactine in it.
This was by far the coolest car on that run. You never know what John will show up in!
I am still partial to the Cadillac limo from the last 2904.
That's a Truck not a car.
Ed. You have had stories from cross country races, car lot sales, sight unseen buys, you tube adventures. How about extream sports road trips. In the 90s I used to drive cross country to BMX freestyle contest with no ideal how till days before. Pawn shop cars for $150, cars out of a field, fixing drive shaft yokes with duct tape, repairing car suspension with bike parts and coat hangers. Matt Hoffman used to do shows driving a simi truck at 15years old with no license. Talk to any BMX, Skateboard, snowboard, surfer pro and they will have crazy automotive stories for you.
John's on a completely other level of storytelling. Love them all but he has the best stories of everyone.
His delivery helps as well. The story can be meh 😐 but the delivery make it eh?😏
Casey is right up there also imo.
Randy Is also awesome
I like how he’s got a beer in his hand the whole time
Doesnt it seem so proper for him and the story lol
Not just any beer: Hite, a Korean brand. Impeccable taste.
Me: Changes oil in my car.
Vin Wiki: LS swaps a ambulance
Took me 2 hours to do brake pads just front lol
@@completefemboyr.n.g1308 Don't worry it usually takes me a whole day and a bunch of head scratching to do my brakes.
@@friedbaconsizzles Being an old-car guy in an area where four to fife months a year salt is used to melt snow'n ice on the roads I can reassure You: a day ain't that bad. Worst brake job I did in my driveway was three days including a new hub we had to source after the one on the car broke when we tried to open a bolt with a lever of about 1.2 meter in length .... three people working on the car, so making it basicly a nine-day job.
@@manfredschmalbach9023 I got to ask, how is it that bad? I deal with the same rust level as Eric O from south main auto, and its not that bad to work on it, if that is all you know. Heat is a friend, the more heat, the better. The few times I worked on something not rusted (I'm not a pro, just someone who does some work here and there), it was just so nice. The people who don't deal with rust are spoiled.
@@snoopdogie187 "The people who don't deal with rust are spoiled" - yes they are, and so am I, importing all my vintage classics from Spain, France and Italy, and from their driest, warmest areas there; for decades now. That does spoil. And heat .... yes, it helps by times, but it does destroy by the same times, too, rubber brake caliper seals/O-rings and brake piston seals for example. Or rubber hoses. Or Simmer seals. Or thermostates You get out only with enough heat on their housing bolts to melt the bimetal part in the thermostate assy. together with the rubber O-ring. Wich not only melts but bakes into the already slightly pitted recess machined for it hard enough to give You half a day of work with awkwardly misused tools to get it out properly ..... It sucks. I hate it, wholeheartedly, and I'm just my own mechanic/restorer. In my book, somebody deciding to throw salt on roads in winter deserves a long prison sentence in a labour camp with forced work in an unheated, sparsely lit mechanic workshop, extracting bolts and nuts and snug fitting parts of differing alloys.
John Freaking Ficarra, that’s how you start June!
John needs to start a channel.
John is one of my favorite story tellers. We need him and Travis to do some event so we can have them both tell the tales!
Imagine this documentation narrated by the brilliant John Ficarra himself. It would be a blast for sure !
Saw John filling the tank on this thing in my little town in the CA foothills last year and knew I would see this video one day. Stoked
Best
Storyteller
On
This
Chanell
Which I could listen to a John ficarra story every day
John sounds like he has an amazing wife.
*have to ask the wife* "An ambulance? Hell yeah!"
Yes his wife is a fantastic woman and a legend also.
John Ficarra with a beer in hand means I am in for a great story!
Always a great day when John Ficcara's telling a story
I have a gurney named Dan in my hearse I thought I was the only wordsmith that's hilarious
Am i being dumb? Why Dan?
Dan gurney was a race car driver builder and owner from about 57-8 to 70 and was also the winner of the 1971 baker cannonball dude was a pioneer look at his Wikipedia page the guy I bought the hearse from told me about him when I asked why he named the gurney Dan and his schooling made me keep the name
what could possibly go wrong is a great beginning to an awesome story!!!!...
124 mph in this thing?! Craziest part of the video
John is easily one of my favorite VINwiki storytellers.
If I have to go to the hospital in an Ambulance, an LS powered ambulance sounds like fun, at least the ride will be exciting and interesting
“We’re going to destroy him in this flying brick” 😂💀
John, one of my favourite guests on VINwiki, speaking about one of my favourite types of cars (utility vans), holding one of my favourite brands of beer in hand. There is no better way to start summer, don't @ me.
What a great story. I'd love to see that ambulance more in detail. I'm a big fan of the 1967-1972 GM trucks.
A good example of, it's not the how or why of getting to the destination. But the Adventure and experience along the way.
Decades from now, when John is an old man, if no one makes a movie about his impressively interesting life of cars it'll be a damn shame.
Lol it was so funny, as soon as I saw the Ambulance looking a bit sad on Craigslist, I immediately knew I had the perfect person that needed it in their life.
It was an epic phone conversation, I remember pitching it as its an ambulance, and it can tow your race car after the C2C .
You are persuasive man my friend, and yes, soon it will be towing the Corona. Thanks for the run and the memories you lovely legend!
@@johnficarra9500 oh no thank you my friend for the honorable mention and the fantastic story telling, it always brightens my day.
@@johnficarra9500 And special thanks for saving and bringing back to life that fantastic flying brick, I't was amazing to see the old girl flying across the country.
The friggin Aquabats picture! That made my day!
7:54 I love the aquabats getup. Haven't seen them in concert in over a decade haha
John is the best.
"You don't even need a set of tools..." 🤣
John needs to do more stories about strange history. The Whittington Brothers video is still my favorite video on youtube.
on this episode of walking dead, neegan talks about his LS swapped ambulance
I didn't think John could get cooler, only to discover he's an Aquabats Fan! Super rad!
Herb Albert and the Tijuana brass!
Whipped Cream and Other Delights!!!!
Can we just make this the Ficarra and Lehto channel from now on? I mean Ed can be on too I guess. 😁
Yes. More Steve.
I want this for a tailgate vehicle. This is an awesome vehicle to party out the back!
Great story! Can't believe it ran so well. There is a lot to be said for how well the Cali climate preserves vehicles.
I still dream of finding a 1970s or 1980s caddy ambulance from out that way it’s the most ridiculous ambulance they ever built and it’s just from that era when funeral homes owned ambulances as well as hearses
John Ficarra is one of my favorites. Thank you, Sir.
"It's not like building the Corolla.." no, it sure wasn't! Everything that could go wrong....... DIDN'T! Great story John.
this guy is hands down my fav person besides Ed on this channel
What a wizard at storytelling, I had to go to work but now I'm 10 minutes late 🤷♂️ thanks John!
John is definitely one of my favorite story tellers on this channel. Always interesting stories told in an entertaining fashion.
Not who I expected telling an ambulance story
John Ficara VinWiki stories are the best.
Always a great day when this page posts!
John Ficarra is a boss of storytelling! Nothing more to say.
Ah Mr John telling cannonball stories great way to end my night, 1am here, Rj in Oz
BJ and the Bear and The A-Team, both had the premise of being accused of a crime that they didn't commit. There was also a Saturday morning show called Run Joe Run with a German Shepherd dog accused of a crime he didn't commit. We were more easily entertained back then!
Your wife sounds absolutely amazing, the only vehicle that would have been any better would've been a Hearse lmao.
No one does it better than John !
Honestly its those silly moments on any road trip where you just start having fun talking about random stuff or making your own lyrics to a song you've heard a million and one times or something else. Those are to me the highlights of any good road trip and it was fun to hear a fun example of one on during a Cannonball. Awesome story.
Well done John, as usual.
Thank you my friend!
I want to tell you wife she’s the best!! She deserves accolades from all crazy car nuts
I used to live, with my parents, in Oroville, CA. Where they shot some of the pilot for BJ and the Bear and my father was in the bar scene where they're playing pool.
My father played Greg Evigan in a game and won. Anytime I want to see my father, I just have to watch the first episode of the show... 😆
LS swap everything 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
God, I wanna watch those tv pitches. That sounds funny as hell.
Another Ficarra Great!
Amazing that the "Cannonball" type coast to coast thrash went as long as it did but the Ambulance was a stroke of genius as well as a hat tip to the Transcon Ambulance which didnt do so well reliability wise lol
They tried it here in Aus a few times but I dont think we will ever see it again here sadly (Unless I make it to Parliament :-)
A proper Cannonball ambulance should always come with a Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing in the back.
That cannon ball joke was awesome
Start the summer with a beer and a good story, sweet.
His beer can can be red.
Aquabats? Right on
What would be your ultimate road trip build?
Well lemme show you what could go wrong - "hold my beer"
When you’re so early, there’s no thumbnail
My plan is to LS4 swap my 97 Integra.
Every time I hear the VinWiki theme music, it makes me want to do the Tyrone Biggums dance
John is the best story teller on this channel. He was the 2nd best but Rabbit started his own channel, so John moved o to 1st
What a great raconteur! John Ficarra rules Vin-Wiki!
Definitely my favorite cannonball story.
My favorite guy on vinwiki
im kinda surprised he didnt use some of the escalade interior on that old ambulance
Ya gotta love it. What's not to like. The plan, the prep, team. the down to the last second.... I mean, it's all off the shelf right?
LOVE this guy! Always great stories awesomely told!
As soon as i saw the thumbnail i instantly knew who the storyteller would be.
As soon as I read the title I knew it had to be John telling the story
I have a 1971 Chevy K10 Suburban in that same body style with barn doors.
We gotta get that footage of that run!!! Sounds gold
In the top ten coolest Cannonball vehicles ever.
Just like sittin’ around the fire upta camp listening to the coolest stories... gonna need more beeah!
of course this guys drinking a beer. What a bro
*LS SWAP EVERYTHING*
And it was Red!!!
It's on my bucket list to do a Cannonball C 2 C 2 C in a Class C Motorhome.
Tijuana brass is pretty good
How can we lose so many to covid that were so special to us,but we STILL got THIS guy :(
Not The Aquabats outfit!! 😂❤
I have to say, out of all the people. I think John has had the best luck ever with who he married
Awesome story rule of ls swap is if you are going ls swap u must go ls fest and do the ls cruse
As he went further into his 70's movie pitch he sounded more and more like Kyle Kinane Im dying
@7:51 Yooo you’re an Aquabats Fan? That’s super rad!
Not too long ago, I had a chance to buy an ‘80 GMC Sierra Grande brush truck with 9k miles. I didn’t have the space for it, but the department decided to keep it which was good.
Funny this guy sold the Escalade to my cousin which we also used for parts (interior) nice guy cool house and dog see u around john
I'm glad Dan got to go along for the ride...
We missed your stories, John!
Me: "Cannonballing sounds so fun"
Also me after driving more than 2 hours: "Ugh I just wanna nap"
No
Now that's a truly great woman
He's bringing bevvies back...
Almost Red Ambulance
Who’s mello yellow in the thumb? That sponsorship is over, but go on yellow!!
“What the hell… sure” 😂