Decades in a Barn, 60s Chevy Step Side Truck
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- helping a friend get some old cars form a barn rescued and asses what condition they are in, this one is a 1965 chevy step side pickup that was last on the road in 1988, lets see if this one can come back to life,
My cousin Rob pulled my uncle's old Chevy out of the field on their farm and got it running, gave it a fresh coat of paint and threw on some nice wheels and tires. He did this because he couldn't afford to buy a car. He ended up being the envy of our high school and had the coolest vehicle ever! Thanks for the memories and my ritual of watching Mustie while drinking coffee out of my VW Bus mug, another happy Sunday morning 🤙
I'm. Old. Sat in these trucks at new model intro at local. Chevy dealer....sigh
@@gertraba9806 ,I will 71 in August31 Best year
@@gertraba9806 I think that’s an Awesome Story. I’m certain you have Acquired Wisdom Beyond your Years during your stay on this Earth. I’m Old as Well, be Turning 50 next Year & I hope The Good Lord sees Fit to allow me time to capture Memories as Yours. Have a good One, Keep It Safe Out There Fella
@@gertraba9806 Those were simpler times. Good memories.
I have met Darren at local car show saw crusty and his bikes he is as nice a guy in person as he is on here
Brings back the memories. My Grandpap had one that looked EXACTLY like that. I remember sitting in the bed while he drove us to the playground. Oh what the kids of today missed! I'm about the same age as you, Mustie1! An absolute joy to watch you on a regular basis and take 'us' back to a better time. Gracias, Ken from Costa Rica!
I know it has been said many times but I love the way that Mustie1 makes you feel right there in the garage with him.
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love those 6 in line really simples and last for ever!!..
I live in Upstate NY. Your dealings with critter nests reminds me of my youth. In 1981 I found a 1971 Dodge Challenger convertible that I pulled out of the junkyard for a project car. The body was actually very good for the Northeast. The drivetrain was completely shot. I did get the 318 engine to run and decided to take the car down the country road for a little test drive. I was doing about 50 mph and since it was a hot day I pulled open the vent under the dash. Suddenly a huge mouse nest blew out of the vent and all over me as I was driving. I drove home as quick as I could completely covered in mouse nest.
I love your videos for there mechanical content, not so much for life stories.
PLEASE, in future, I know you have done repair and rebuilds in the past and often say, "I have done this before, so I won't show you that process." PLEASE! Show the process! I love to see those old nasty carburetors cleaned and running on the engine.
I especially loved the video you did with that old VW engine rebuilt with old worn and almost, broken spare parts. It is so nice to watch you work and explain how futile an attempt at rebuild my be and then, actually get the part to work! Very satisfying and fun. THANKS for POSTING!
That truck’s really straight and shows surprisingly little rust. Great patina truck for a semi-restoration job. Love the old iron for its simplicity.
thanks brother, great brake tutorial.
My Dad had this truck on our farm and I learned to drive with this truck and did my driver's test with it. Passed the first time. Three on the tree, AM radio and good heater. I loved that truck.
The key might be in ashtray,that old truck been in family forever! Love watching!
gee it still has our delco spiral shocks in the rear wow.. they were made in plt 3 ..in downtown dayton.. they were still making some when i worked there in 1976... i still have two in the rear of my 62 corvair ...cool truck to fix .
I have a 66 fleetside. Had for 28 years . Now putting on 5 lug cragers and Disc breaks. Been watching your UA-cam for 6 years .
We don’t really have a pick-up tradition here in the U.K. but I can safely say that if you were to pootle around my local town in that you’d definitely get a lot of love.
Super cool thing.
Trucks are life here for most of the US. Can hardly live properly without them.
What vehicle serves that cart-crap-around purpose in the UK?
@@markstevens1729 well, it’s amazing how much crap fits in the back of a Mini…
In reality, some tradesmen do use pickups but it’s mostly business-related and I would say the majority still have vans of some sort or another. For private use, we used to have a lot of people using estates (station wagons) for hauling crap around, to the dump etc. And in recent years the whole SUV thing has taken over.
The main noticeable difference though, at least when I last visited the US in 2012, is that over there I heard V8s of some form *all the time*. Here they’re something of a luxury purchase, especially as our gas is $7.20ish per US gallon currently (diesel is ~$8.30/gal)…
P.S. LOVE YOUR RELAXED ATTITUDE EVEN WHEN THINGS GO "HORRIBLY WRONG". ALWAYS A GIGGLE FROM YOU WHEN THE WORST GOES WORST STILL. WE BOTH LOVING IT. YOU BRING MANY SMILES EVEN ON A GLOOMY HORRIBLE DAY AT THE OFFICE.
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I’m restoring/restomoding a 64’ C10. That truck has the typical rust but does appear very straight. Definitely worth saving!
Great instructional video. I would have purchase those items from eBay. But, it is so great to watch you reviving the old equipment. Like your little stories !😅
Pick up is really cool! My dad had a 67 straight six three on the tree. He bought it brand new in 1967. I learned how to drive standard transmission on it when I was 13 years old.
Love them old Chevys ,were I first learn to drive was on the farm when I was 10 years old, and that's all we had was good ol Chevys ! And of course several old Tractors. My first Pickup I owned and still wished i had was a 62 short step side.
Was the first vehicle I owned. Had the slanted bed edges I put stacks on that old 323 straight 6 and rebuilt it. Cost me a 100 dollar bill for the truck and the guy i bought it from told me if you made a right hand turn the front end would just bang around and jerk you all over the place ,,,turned out to be the shims for the top end alignment had fallen out and the bolts were backed off I found the shims setting in the bottom A frame. Put them back in and tightened the bolts back up with a 4 way and never had another problem. Was a great Pickup.
Best trucks were made during the 50's and 60's All steel and all Business. Had a Granny geared 3 speed stick tranny. In low gear you could pull a house down with it lol. These trucks were all about torque not speed. Like I said wished I still had it. Brings back so many great memories. :-)
Your videos keep getting better and better Mustie. I love story time while we are working on the bench. Thank you for your hard work and all the love you have for old vehicles and anything mechanical.
Thank you, I will
@@mustie1 Could the ballast resistor have been a bit rusty?
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I love the old stepside trucks. What you lose in bed capacity you more than make up for in convenience. Not having to always drop the tailgate or strain your pecs and shoulders hoisting things up over chest high walls. Just step up and lift the things out with ease. So good. If I ever get an old truck of my own one day, it is definitely gonna be a stepside.
My 97 Suburban had some of that home wiring in it too. About 14 feet of house wire running from the headlight ground back to the fuel pump 😂 It’s proper now 👍🏻
I saw more old cars in that barn. I hope we get to see those come back to life too.
lets say l bought the best one
@@mustie1 Nice!
@@mustie1 best as in coolest, best condition, or has potentially the most problems with it 🤔
Had a 63 chevy stepside was my first vehicle. brings back some good memorys.
Enjoyed this Darren, but then, always enjoy your videos, just really nice hearing you reminisce about family cars from the past 👍🙂
I bought a '68 El Camino after I got back from Germany, in '87, for $300. 6cyl, 3 on the tree. Swapped the distributor for HEI, and swapped the alternator for internal regulated, fixed alot of minor issues. Loved that ride.
This barn is a mother lode of future adventures. I cannot imagine an easier heater core to swap out. Thank you for the oil pressure trick.
i have been schooled......thanks for the ride..........
I've saved several brake lines with rusted nuts. Take the master cylinder off of the fire wall and unscrew the stuck nut. Once the nut is unscrewed, heat up the nut and it'll break the rust bond.
The Best Channel on UA-cam. No one can touch Mustie. 👍🔧🇬🇧
My dad had one of those used when I was a teenager. Same color, same motor. Learned to drive a stick on it. No problem at all if the key is missing, you can reach underneath the ignition switch on the instrument panel to access the screw terminals on the rear. Use two jumper wires.
The single sun visor on the driver's side is a good tell that this is an economical work truck. The slide controls for the heater will be all bound tight. The truck had the gas tank behind the seat and you could hear it sloshing when you drove. Drum brakes all around. They don't make 'em like that any more!
I love how spartan they are inside and anything with a bench seat is super comfy. It's dumb how most modern cars waste vital interior space by putting a dividing console in the front with two bucket seats. Probably for safety reasons but an airbag can go there too
had a 65 for years, more then one motor from the boneyard was put in when dollars were thin in the pockets, excellent vehicle
I had a '69 nova with that motor and a powerglide. Bought it for $300, drove it for 2 years and sold it for the same amount.
I guessed that this was next when I saw it in the background.
This is one I’ll enjoy seeing this on the channel! 👏
That brake cylinder de-construction was outstanding - any good teacher of old would have sat us down and used that over & over again so we knew how to make a tool to free a jammed piston. Absolutel;y riveting watching that one - jeez you have a way of explaining your processes. Great stuff.
Man, I remember my folks telling me stories of the gas crisis in the 70s. They were living in Hawai'i at the time while my father was getting the Honolulu police department set up with their new GE 2-way radio system. While everyone was buying Pintos at nearly double list price, he bought a new Pontiac GTO at half off. Most gas stations at the time would limit people to $2 worth of fuel, but there was one that would let you get a full tank if you also got a full service carwash. Needless to say, he had the cleanest car on the island! LOL
Thank you for spending your Sunday with us! It's always a pleasure. :)
The stories about the other cars that were in the family growing up was an extra nice touch. Enjoyed "story time with Mustie1" very much.
This truck takes me back to the old days
You just brought back so many memories, thank you for all the videos, as a former mechanic (disabled now), there are not many people I would trust to work on my car, you Darren,(not sure of the spelling) would definitely be in the top 3. I know you do things the right way instead of the easy quick way. Keep up the good work. Thanks for all you do.
Really like the way you bring me in the garage and make me apart of the work.
30:40 I love Mustie's story time. Please do that more often!
My first car was a hand-me-down '67 Chevy II with the 250. Seeing that engine takes me back to working on my car.
Definitely great to see you get into a few more different cars and trucks
I am happy when i see a new video from masters master. You are great sir. I would like to live nearby.
When i watch your videos i learn so much but also feel like I'm sitting in the garage watching my grandfather work on the old cars back in the day. I have very early memories of sitting on folding chairs watching my dad grandfather and uncle all working on their old used cars on the weekends lol. Yes we couldn't afford anything new so they would work on them together during their days off.
This takes me back! I've rebuilt those carbs, & rebuilt brake hydraulics. "Back in the day," I wouldn't think of buying a master or wheel cylinders, you would just rebuild them yourself!
Times have changed...
I went with my dad years ago and got this exact model 65' C10 out of a barn in Ohio that sat there for 35 years for 600 bucks. We got it running and drove it home with no floors and barely any brakes on the freeway. I had a lot of fun working on that truck with him. Great video:-)
thanks for screwing around with that master for so long. I enjoyed it! sad that it's another short project tho
Wow! You guys had a lot of cars! We were always a two car family when I was growing up. My parents would drive their vehicles into the ground before they would replace them. I remember in 1979 we bought a 1973 Buick Century and it had air conditioning. That was a big deal cuz it was the first vehicle we had with AC, it was ice cold too! That car had a lot of balls! 350 engine with the two barrel.
My dad was a GM guy, 1959 Chevy Biscayne 2-door, 1963 Olds Dynamic 88 4-door
( we were involved in a wet weather accident with that one), 1970 Chevy 307 Nova, 1975 Chevy Monte Carlo, 1977 Chevy Caprice Classic wagon and a bunch of Olds afterwards. Good times
The beauty of these old American cars and trucks if you only needed one set of wrenches you knew what the sizes were and everything is common between all three American makers IE the reverse flare nut for the brakes is still common today what a beautiful old truck❤️🇺🇸 imagine what America was❤️❤️🇺🇸 I lived it .....YOU lived it!
🇺🇸AMERICAN PRIDE🇺🇸....when WE were the powerhouse of the world ..... and it was NOT
American pride because we were the powerhouse of the world?
rather WE WERE THE POWERHOUSE of the world..........B E C A U S E of 🇺🇸AMERICAN PRIDE🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
what happened😳 and how can we ever get back there?
Remember every street you went down, perfectly mowed lawns😍 houses were painted TRIM WORK was a thing!
nobody had long grass and find junk cars in the yard THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE PROUD of everything they owned not so today we just use it and toss it😢😢
Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!
I admire your patience. You never give up. It is real fun watching you. Keep it up!
In 1975 I bought the 1966 version of the same truck for $600.00 from the grandfather of one of the Duck Dynasty guys. He farmed in West Monroe, Louisiana and the truck spent most of it's life on that farm and around the local town. It had less than 20,000 miles on it. It still had the original wooden bed flooring because he had soaked it with creosote at some point. I used it for several years as a to and from work truck. I had a Sears and Roebuck universal under the dashboard air conditioner installed in it. It worked great unless you were sitting at a stop light and the A/C compressor would come on nearly stalling the engine. I think the engine was either a 250 or 292 C.U. straight 6. I'm old now and can't rightly remember.
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Enjoyed the old school commentary on past vehicles owned through out your life. I learned how to drive stick shift on a 62 stepside chevy like this one back in the 70s. Due to being broke I always had junkers that I patched up to get me around town. Good memories!
Excellent save on the master cylinder.
What an awesome barn that guy has with all those old vehicles
I like those old trucks, alot of space to work on under the hood and not all over engineered with electronic gadgets and scensors that will fail someday. The top of the fenders under the hood can be used to store tools and parts as you work on them. Good work nailing down the prob with the master cylinder.
I love the old cars/tucks, because of the simplicity. Nice projects to bring the old cars to life, love it, I hope you will get more of those projects.
Excellent video Mustie 1 :) was late farmer friend my he 1940 to 1995 in Chevrolet, GMC 1/2 , 5/8 , 3/4 , 1 ton s in 2 also 4×4 , 6 to V8 motor in 1 to 4 barrels carbs plus hand choke or Manual choke or electric choke , plus fuel injection types, plus Manual brakes also Steering plus Manual transmission floor shifter or in Steering wheel column from 3 to 5 speed even Creeper speed ones plus Automatic of 2 to 3 speed and 4 speed to and all different axle ratio too plus colors in single doors pickups plus some West Coast mirrors on doors! When guy show up farm he different ones and in years plus weight too ! But when farm he went up auction and remember auction says this going lots money spend hear to for next 3 weeks sell these trucks and well maintained! Did too surprises too! Yes Mustie my late Dad and Uncle bought for farm trucks were 1968 International 1 ton red one was bought in Hamilton Ontario Canada at assembly plant till 1984 then 1984 a used vechiles GM dealership of 1978 GMC High Series Serria 25 (3/4 ton with 1 ton suspension ) and was first truck learning on to drive on home farm plus rent ones bought used for $5.000 ! 1994 bought used 1990 Chevrolet Cheyenne light Heavy Duty 2500 3/4 ton learn on to but bought for $10.500 at GM dealership and nice shape to plus learning drive on also matinne up for till 2013 then sold for scrap yard metal per ton was disappointed! Also my neighbor farmer had 1968 CHEVROLET heavy duty 1/2 model 5/8 ton blue in color had worst drive seat of metal pail on driver side, truck had West Coast mirrors on doors, Basic Am radio with one speaker Lol , motor was 292 6 cylinder 1 barrel carb Carter with Hand choke cable knob in dash, MANUAL TRANSMISSION column shifter 3 in tree with Racing Clutch, no power steering or brakes and 4 wheels drum brakes, 6 studs rims wheels of 16 inches and funny part gas was shape T back with farm brakes pedal for grip and emergency brake handle was under steering wheel of dash ! Plus had updated axle of 1978 truck posi 12 bolt GM ratio 377 ! Remember when sold at Farm Auction for $750.00 need Clutch repair plus floor also seat and my first boss at School Board restoration it and drove truck in Winter Season and started slow down what do put choke knob 1/8 on to melt off air filter too and speed up again too! But 292 was pig on fuel till got tune up too! Only vechiles had for Winter Season months drove was 1985 Plymouth Reilant 4 door 2.2 4 cylinder, Automatic transmission was basic model, 1988 Dodge Aires 4 doors , 2.5 litre 4 cylinder , Automatic transmission both same but when -15'C or lower temperature was horrible to start them both up and screaming motor till warm up ! Glad had 1985 from 1992 to 1995 and then 1988 from 1995 to to 1997 then sold to my oldest brother James he got rid in 2002 ! Also funny part Mustie my late uncle & dad in pickup use Farm gas from storage tank had for one tractor , combine but if went on long drives to other farms or bank or farm auction use Shell or Petro or Gulf or Texaco gas stations fuels 87 or 91 octane but when Ontario Canada start sell 89 octane used it too! Also oil was Quaker Stake, Texaco, Havoline in 10w30 and 15w40 plus all Fram parts or Canadian Tire ! Then NAPA years later too!
love the way you go through these old cars/trucks. reminds me of my early driving years, when you could diagnose and repair your truck in the back yard. filed and set the gap on plenty of points, replaced condensors, cleaned up rotors and caps, cleaned out carbs. did it all myself as well.
three on the tree is a long past memory, i learned to drive with a 4 on the tree, peugeot 404 wagon
all i can do with our modern truck is check the fluids!
Wow! I learned on a Peugeot 404 as well. A sedan, but the same 4 on the tree set up.
I have always wanted one of these old trucks Idk why I just love the body lines the dash. So on. Love them
It's 7pm here in Western Australia and this has just popped up. Another good reason to turn off the telly.
In my part of the world this beats the telly any day of the week
Your poking around with this '65 Chevy truck brings back memories for me of working on my '74 Chevy truck (straight 6, 3-on-the-tree, power nothing). Not much difference.
those chevy straight 6's were pretty bulletproof and one of the most durable engines ever built.
Pretty much every i6 or slant6 that was on the market before '98 was impossible to kill unless you were really trying to blow it up
Your easy-out looks like a perfect fit for a Crescent wrench! Love the mud.
I like how mustie trys hard to include us, not just make a video for us.
I always want to reach into the screen when he needs a third hand. I always wonder if it's just me
Working radius jobs by yourself you entertain yourself. Mustie 's imagination is what makes him entertaining.
@@daveh7945 Nope!
That’s the reason I watch him. I don’t care about VWs. I don’t care about home made mopeds. I do like small engines. But the thing about Musti is his ability to involve us.
He still has not resorted to an obnoxious intro channel ID (the Mustie1 Channel!), a video title on the screen, nor any music; he goes straight into it with just a greeting and also no selfie talking-head-mode where his face is in the camera. I hate those kind.
I resurrected a long-bed step side 1960 model pickup. Built a bed with rails out of 1 1/4" x 2" rectangle tubing. Positrack rear end, 11" extra heavy clutch and pressure plate and heavy throw-out bearing. Hurst 4 speed floor shift and 283 power pac with Vet heads and L-78/15's all the way around. I could go a jeep road, cut and split wood and stack and transfer one full Cord of wood onboard. I was proud of that build. Leopard fake fur on the door panels and Cadillac captains seats and a cooler center console. She was sweet.
Every time I see one of these, it reminds me of her.
THANKS DAREN, for your work and videos..
The greatest vehicle I’ve ever seen Mustie work on! I would absolutely love to fix this up with a patina restoration.
Your noy serious are you?
@@nawgydawgy723 I am. To each his own but anything pre 2000 truck with a few exceptions especially that era is just my thing. My favorite is well loved as original as can be daily drivers. Extreme resto mods and show rides just don’t do it for me.
That is the exact same truck I bought in 1977 when I got out of the Navy. It was a great truck. Thanks for bringing back those memories. Love your channel.
Love the old vehicles. Love how simple they were.
I learned to drive on a 1970 Maverick with the three speed on the steering column. I miss that car, miss my Dad more.
Often Mustie will say ‘let me just play with this for a little while’, and then, on the video, he comes back the the part working like he wants it. Well, the adventure with the master cylinder today gives us a peek at what ‘let me just play with this for a little while’ actually means….a lot of effort and often redoing something again and again. So another lesson here….patience and perseverance…..
This man’s patience always amazes me. As a mechanic myself I know how frustrating things can be, however with him I never see frustration , just determination. He gives a little laugh and keeps going until it works or he finds another solution. Love watching him work.
Are you forgetting the springs on the brake shoes, but they won't help until the lines are full of fluid and able to push back against the pedal. always a great watch,
My father had a Country Squire when the gas crisis happened, I think 1974? and he bought a used VW Bug from a neighbor because he worked in Manhattan and drove in every day. My friend and I would walk the gas lines selling coffee and iced tea to people waiting in line to buy gas. Good times
My Grandfather had a 63 Chevy long bed. 6 cylinder 3 speed. He was a carpenter and hauled a lot of sawdust. Loved riding in the bed hated sawdust in the eyes😂
@@chrismcclelland2145 Memories!
No key, no problem. Pull the electrical connection off the key cylinder. GM was kind enough to label the wire on it. Take a paper clip and connect B (battery) to I (ignition). Then take a second paper clip and jump S (starter) to the first paper clip until it starts. You can then pull the first paper clip when you get ready to kill the engine. My parents grounded me and took the keys to the C10 and left town for the night. Problem was I had a date with my dream girl. So I hot wired the truck and took her out. Problem was one of my parents friends saw me out that night. So more time was added to my grounding, but it was worth it for the date.
I love that we both have crappy harborfreight tools for picks -they work well! Was thinking that since the MC was originally dry there is alot of air down in the brake circuit -if you attempted to bleed wheel cylinders, you might just have some decent pressure. Just rebuilt a 2150 motorcraft carb and I have to say, although I have a parts washer with traditional solvent, my ultrasonc unit (same as yours) with original Pinesol is amazing! That stuff is amazing on carbs. I started experimenting with other cad plated pieces and left them soaking overnight in cool temp Pinesol - the the morning, the finish looked new and more effective than the solvent!
Yes, correct reasoning.
Old vehicles have so much style and character. Easy to fix, and no electronics to be affected by a chip shortage. I wish we could combine the best of both worlds, with the safety of newer vehicles and simplicity of older ones.
Old vehicles were safe. As long as you didn't hit anything.
I miss the days you could drive to the edge of town and buy a used carb in just a little better shape than the one you had 😜
It is nice to hear the family car history!
Nice old truck! I love the straight six motors, so easy to work around. Thanks for the Vids Mustie1 as always. 😁
This is my childhood truck! Grew up in the 80s/90s, it was old, but reliable as heck, and super easy to work on.
Great job Mustie .. love kicking back and watching your videos
Thanks for the video brings back a lot of memories my first truck Junior in high school in 1977 1964 fleet side short bed C10 283 3 on the tree.
I recently picked up 1966 C10 step side short bed project.
Time to get started on it. 👍
Morning folks
Good morning
Man, if I could just find myself one of these at a decent price. My favorite truck, great color and most importantly a long bed and step side.
I like them too, out all brand of trucks and model years. The Fleetside short or long beds are nice too, as are the stepside, but they have to have the small rear window in my opinion.
You need to do a video on that old john deere
Nice restoration work on the face plate and those jaws 👌
It still has the original shocks on it and they are probably still good. Those spiral shocks were made really well and all those ones I have removed were still good.
This is bringing back memories. We had 64 with that 235. It was so simple to work on. I did a lot of Learning on that truck .
A Chevy on mustie1 I never thought I'd see the day
I had a new '76 Ford pickup with the 300 six. It was an awesome truck-I put a Sears cruise control on it, an aluminum cap, and traveled to music festivals in it-as you know, the engine had gobs of torque, and had no trouble pulling the mountains-wish I still had it-great work as always, buddy!
My 77 E-150 had the same engine. I also added the Sears cruise control. My only issue was driving it in the winter on sloppy roads, and the next day the throttle cable would be frozen.
Looks great. A guy a small drive away uses one as a daily and very rusty looking. Great truck.
My grandpaw had that same exact truck. Drove it many miles back in the 70s to and from the farm.
Coffee time ☕️ with Mustie
the mention of your parent's 74 Comet brought back a memory-a chuckle now, but not at the time. My buddy hosted a party back in '74, on a warm summer's day. We were having a good time, unfortunately there was alcohol involved. He decided to make a beer run, jumped in his mom's new '74 Comet, and backed it squarely into the front of my '67 Galaxie, at a fairly good speed. The poor Comet lost, pushing the whole rear end down about 6 inches, buckling at the wheel wells. Well, that was the end of the party, and resulted in my friend's loss of driving for the rest of the summer. The Comet was repaired, but poorly. You could clearly see the repairs. The only damage to the Galaxie was a slightly pushed up bumper. Thanks for letting me share my story-thanks for your great videos, Mustie!
What is Mustie going to say when he stabs his finger?
Split second later, “I’m going to stab my finger….” 😂
You don't often see things actually repaired, I guess that's the difference between an old school mechanic and a fitter! 👍
Those original rear shocks : )
My dad had one of these in the custom cab. It was a 283 2bbl. 3 speed. We towed a trailer to Montana with it and it did great! Good truck.
Hmmm….I wonder if that convertible that’s in the video at about 2:25 will be our next project. That looks NICE!!!
I saw that also, did not know it was a convertible.
These straight sixes have a main bearing between each cylinder. Makes em dawn near indestructible. I loved my dads old 65 Chevy c10