The Car Guy's Eternal Quest For Space And Resources - This Is How you Play The Game To Win
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2023
- The automotive hobby can be a brutal one Creating time, gathering money, knowledge, skills and tools are all essential, but completely worthless if you don't have a place to make any of it happen.
This is a battle we know too well!
Over the decades we've had to overcome nearly every obstacle you can imagine, and now we're fortunate enough to be able to share the knowledge we've gained with others to are struggling to participate in the world of building, hot rodding or restoring cars.
Follow along the journey we took, and maybe you'll find something in there you can use.
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Like Uncle Tony, I too was born at a very early age.
I was old lol
What a coincidence, me too.
I was born old, and I've been going backwards ever since.
There's a T-shirt!
Weren't we all lol! On the other hand, I've often been told that I have an old soul.
That was the best godamnedest story I’ve heard in a long time. After running a Harley speed and repair shop for 15 years a new building owner kicked me out of my space. I have my entire business in storage including inventory, tools, machine equipment, flow bench, and a dyno as i desperately look to reopen. I need but can not find reasonably priced space in my area. Your story has given me a renewed boost of enthusiasm to dig deep and make it work however I can. Thanks Tony!
Don't know where you are but there are a few nice places here in central TX Ft Cavosos (Ft Hood) area. Nice weather plenty of MC business.
I wish I could move. For reasons I won’t go into here I am, for the time being, trapped in the corrupt liberal democrat sanctuary state hell of Illinois. Plus, this is where my customers are at. I spent 20 years between my own business and the last shop I worked at building up good standing and a name for myself in the community. It would be difficult to start from scratch all over again. But who knows, things change and you might find a new shop in your area putting out quick Harley’s with little wolf stickers on them. I could see myself living in Texas. Thanks for the comment.
Sometimes a setback turns out to be a blessing. Keep your chin up and never give in!!! It might be a bit of a curvy road until you get where you want to be, but it will be worth it in the end! Take care and God bless!!!
Tony this video hit really close to home. I’ve ran auto shops in the past and 15 years ago I was fired at a Midas by the franchise owner. This month I completed building my 1800 sq ft shop in my back yard. It took a lot of saving and some good luck to make my dream a reality!
Cool
Congratulations man
Love the success in this.
3 years old , got chair snuck out of house 3 houses down to watch mechanic work on cars! Broke tail light with hammer trying to help. He never told my mom! Told me that story on his 90th birthday! Tore toys apart to see how they worked also old clocks. 45 years as mechanic/welder/ fabricator… God Bless
Tony is a massive Mopar guy AND once ran punk rock shows? That is so killer. Mopar cars and hardcore punk are two of my favorite things in life.
All the jocks had Chevelles and Camaros. :)
I've been doing automotive work of some sort for 20+ years. But more recently I started working at a collision repair/body shop. I noticed that there are a lot of usable and repairable parts that were being thrown away. I grew up poor, so I don't like to throw anything away that has a use. I asked the boss if I could take the parts that were gonna be thrown away. He said I could. Next thing I know I have a room full of slightly damaged parts. Then Covid hits. I work through the worst of it so I think I'm okay. Out of nowhere I get laid off. So I start my eBay store. Made enough money to survive until I found a new job. My current boss lets me take damaged parts home too. So I have a 40+ hour a week job, I have an eBay store, and I do work on the side for cash. Still struggling, but it definitely could be worse. I'm starting to get my eBay store figured out and I'm putting more time into it. So it's getting better. Hopefully soon I'll be able to afford a garage behind my house. Then I'll have even more ways to make money. And more space to build a project car. That's all I want. I just want to build at least one custom car. If I can do that, I'll be happy.
That's my story. What about the rest of you?
Speaking of neighbours, when we were kids here in New Zealand we had a neighbour across the road that built a boat in his front yard. For a few years he worked nearly everyday on his steel hulled boat in between his job commitments. Anyway the noise was constant as was the TV interference, it was the late seventies.
Nobody complained, everyone appreciated he was building his dream and you had to admire his determination. He eventually ended up living on the boat when he retired.
People were definitely different then and more tolerant.
I've been making room for my projects by selling off boats and trucks and buying motorcycles... You can fit a dozen or more in a 2 car garage and still have room to work on at least some of them :)
Exactly why I did the same ..2cars or 12 - 15 bikes all Harley's ..well one Z1 and '74 750 4..both stock
I subbed back when you were at the storage spaces. Good subjects and relatable ever since. Thanks UT!
I started watching back then, and remember he posted how many parts he had to throw in the garbage because he ran out of time, and had to pick the first rental property that was more than he needed. its why i don't rent. 30 days isn't enough time to catagorize years of collecting. it's cheaper in the long run to own.
Same here, still watching 😁
@@alertgasper Have u ever thought that some people don't have the means to own outright, or buy property on a whim? If u do then great 4 u dude! Some of us out here don't have a bank that'll loan us that kinda money bc we are self employed entrepreneurs who put it all on the line sometimes to get ahead in life. Banks don't like that!!! Not everyone is afforded the luxury of owning. Not everyone works a 9-5 to show steady income (w-2) to get that mortgage. Why would u want to buy an overinflated house, or property right now anyways??? But in reality if u don't pay your taxes do u ever really own your property??? I assume u have a 9-5 , or retired and probably bought property 20 or more years ago. Have a nice day
The military taught me "adapt, improvise, and overcome". What a great example this video was of that. In America there is still room for hard workers like Tony to achieve their dream.
The lesson you teach is far reaching and about much more than space. You show that if you go after what you want and do not place limits on yourself you can achieve great things !
I just bought a 68 BSA Spitfire 650 twin project bike off Marketplace and have NO IDEA where it's going. I have been riding around NYC with a 305 short block, GN bumpers, and GT80 Yamaha parts in my S10 pickup for two months for the same reason. 😂😂😂😂😂
It's the oldest question in the world,, If someone was to write a book about your life, would anyone read it?, please never stop writing your life story Uncle Tony!🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
As an old farm kid from Ohio...
#1, I honestly couldn't live in a major city like New York. But, to each their own.
#2, I was EXPECTED to work on machinery...tractors, combines, implements, farm trucks etc. However, that stuff is all that we had space for inside. I rolled around in dirt, mud, snow or whatever else to work on my own stuff.
I actually still have my first toolbox too. It's a little red steel box that's all beat up but, it sits in a place of honor in the shop that I have now.
These days, my wife and I own 30+/- acres. She has her horse stables and I have a 60x84 pole barn. The difference is that our buildings are mostly just hobby shops. She does board a few horses for others and I sometimes take on auto repairs but, we don't make a lot of money doing so.
We consider ourselves very blessed to have what we have.
Unfortunately, this whole country is going urban..and it's happening at a faster pace than it ever has...my "rural" area is over 100 miles from the nearest major city, yet urban flight, exodus, city growing outward, whatever it is, is eating up our area so it's crammed with traffic, and doesn't seem "rural" anymore...
In an alternate universe, everyone is watching Uncle Tony's Accounting videos.
If I didn't get anything out of this ..... at least I enjoyed listening to Tony, and his stories....and that is why I subscribed years ago.
I have owned 5 businesses and been involved with 2 partnerships.
I find, like Tony said, that many times the difference between the person who owns the business and the person who is employed there... is that the owner had the drive (guts, balls,whatever) to start the business. My second business was started when I quit working for my fathers company and started my own. I had no choice but to succeed, because I had 8 children and a wife to support and I needed a payday in 2 weeks after my last paycheck from my dad.
Oh, incase you wondered, I was a mechanic and worked on heavy equipment.
Excellent offering, Uncle Tony- as you always say, “you can’t make this up!” 😂
Indeed. Great to hear a condensed timeline of your colorful, adventurous lifetime.
You’ve done well for yourself for sure- the king of rubbing two pennies together to make a nickel. 🤘🏾😉🤘🏾
1:34 "I was born at a very early age"
Classic Tony right there.
I think you said it at the beginning of the video. You're a workaholic. My gig was technology, but not a very different story. I have a HS diploma, self taught, but willing to work and never said no. 70, 80 hour weeks, etc. What is beautiful about this country, is that if you are willing to work, you can succeed. You are a testiment to that.
I know I am almost 60 and I worked a lot of different jobs. I liked changing jobs, I did mechanic work, I went into the Army twice. Now I did lose everything a couple of times, I never went thru bankruptcy, but close. I don't do much mechanic work these days, I live in an apartment with a parking spot in Wyoming. You can't do much outside of Summer. You can but it is brutal. I stand corrected you are a couple of years older than me. I knew you were a New Yorker from your accent. Ha Ha. Hey when you have lived as long as we have, you can't tell our life stories in a short story. Red Green : If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
I felt your pain especially when i remember having to get rid of a 66 barracuda,71 duster and 65 sport fury 383 4sp because I had stored them on my parents backyard lawn.
“Conceive. Believe. Achieve.” Thank you!
WOW... I'm from Queens NY. Grew up on Franny Lew blvd. I had to fight from age 16 for space for my tools and cars. Actually had a family war with an aunt who thought it was her business on how we used the garage and driveway. Every day was a fight for parking either on the street or in the driveway. There would be days I would be blocked in by multiple cars and nobody would bother moving their cars, they would throw me the keys and make me move 4 cars by myself. I even had family report my parked cars every week to NYPD for being parked for more than 7 days. We just got out of that situation, I can't wait for better weather now to get back to my project cars.
We were practically neighbors. Grew up between Utopia and Franny Lew.
@@LongIslandMopars 40 years between Franny Lew and Bell
@@Andreas_D-Greek same here except between Utopia and Franny Lew
Psychotic democrat relatives?
"No! I don't need a Duster!" 🤥 Seriously, Tony?🤔
I was very fortunate to be born into a family of gear heads and speed junkies. I grew up playing in grease and oil dry. It gave me a pretty good head start on my automotive career
What is oil dry
@@sniperpronerfmods9811 it's that cat litter looking stuff that you sprinkle on spilled or leaking fluids in a garage, like oil, trans fluid, hydraulic fluid yada yada. Usually comes in a big bag like fertilizer.
When my father was in his 60's, 70's, 80's he was a man full of knowledge, too. He was amazing to me as a young person then.
Wow, that’s a hell of a back story Tony. I’ve always been trying to juggle 3 balls, like you said, the eternal quest for space, the other two are time and money. There always seems to be one missing, except for an all too brief period where everything was working for me. Now, I discover there is a fourth ball I hadn’t anticipated, and that’s ability. All those physical jobs you can do now, there was a time in your life where they would have been impossible, and there is a time in your future, where they once again will be impossible, but you still want to at least try.
Well said!
Good point/thought. That applies to other stuff in life 👍
Tone, we never knew that you were such a wheeler dealer. Rock on
I have slowly over the last 10 years switched from building old cars to restoring old toy lionel and american flyer trains....cheaper, smaller, loads of history to learn, tinkering with mechanical and electrical issues, searching for used parts, searching for deals at swap meets, sandblasting, painting, plenty of reproduction replacement parts....as a bonus the people in the antique toy train hobby are just as weird as car guys......😉👍
So,,,,,what's your best 1/4 time?😂
@@MrJohnnyDistortion I got a 75 Trans Am it would go mid 13s with a set of 72 7F6 heads and a ram air 4 cam.....it will still go in the high 14s with a milder 455 4 speed about 3800lbs its now geared with 3:23s to cruise the back roads and have fun....got sick of breaking stuff trying to build a race car out of it im old and broke now lol.
@jasonrackawack9369
I had a stock '79 T/A that ran 15.9 @ 89.9 mph and I almost spilled my coffee ☕️.🤣
No. Wait! Best E.T. with your train set.😆
@@jasonrackawack9369sometime soon i'll be back in HO scale trains, and you're right about the enthusiasts and it's still fun to hunt for parts. and you're right about the race cars. as the saying goes, the best way to make a million dollars in racing is to start off with two million.
I grew up in Brooklyn in the 60s and always loved cars
Older guys would drag race by bush terminal at night and wreck
Everything Tony said was true because that's what happens when you live on top of one another
I appreciate you Tony this was very inspiring, thank you
I really enjoyed this episode of your life. You had some very interesting life experiences and have settled in nicely to your UTG career and digs nicely. You seem to be happy with where you are and we are glad to have watched you since you started on YT. You busted your ass and have earned your place, thanks for the history and look forward to your ongoing success.
Great story Tony - always nice to learn more about the people we watch on here. You’ve got that killer entrepreneurial spirit and the guts to set off on a course into the unknown. Not everyone has that drive - pun intended!
I remember using my step father’s rented house to sandblast a 66 Mustang I was restoring as a teen. I can’t believe the neighbours didn’t complain about the noise and dust and there’s probably still a pile of paint and bondo impregnated sand out behind the garage where I shovelled it those 30 years ago…
Hopefully You Can Get To These Young People,You Can Make It Happen,Nice Job Tony !!!
Its crazy how life works out. I went through a strange 8 year spell of nothing working out. It seemed like the universe was determined to make me fail. Went through some serious trials during that time. I just kept grinding through and figuring out a detour around the obstacles. I ended up in a completely different avenue of success from what I originally fought so hard to do.
It's hard to stay focused and not give up when everything gets in your way and you arent getting any breaks. All you can do is have a family and keep moving forward. Having a family and structure was a huge key for me because outside of them, no one wants to hear your problems or help with solutions.
There was a booming business of renting car repair booths years ago. I think fires and injuries and liability shut it down.
yeah. insurance is a nightmare for these.
I had no idea you were invited in your local music scene. I'm a few years younger than you and I'm an aging punk rocker. I know first hand how important those venues are to young people. So thank you. I watch your channel for the car stuff and the knowledge you share. I learned something new about you today and it's another thing I admire you for. Keep it up and Thank you Brother
Amazing story. I as well was a born gearhead. My family was very un mechanical as well. This video really resonated with me. Cheers to you Tony!
You won the war, I retreated from the battle 🤣
Anthony, GoOD Role Model. Nice Name. Strength! GODspeed!
It's Uncle Tony's Great Space Odyssey! lol love it Tony!
This is the main conundrum in my life right now with 3 cars and no space :) so yes I did get something out of it! Always do with your vids
I had to fight space most of my life. I still do.
My mom dosen't care for cars and my step dad has already done it and dosen't want any part of it anymore.
I first had a trailer that didn't have any parking.
It was consumed by two vehicles and the third was either the street or on the grass in front of parking spot, which you couldn't use in the winter because of snow.
The second was a house apartment and we did get more space, but we also had a upstairs apartment and they took up some of that space.
I then had an apartment and I only got one parking spot and it had crime around there.
A duplex that had little to no parking. I had to put one vehicle in storage because there wasn't enough parking.
Then I stayed in my grandfather's house, but I couldn't really make a mess there because it was on the market to sell and I was just looking over it at that time.
I went into the army and I got alot of parking. The problem was the MP's would give you a hard time and like to say the vehicle was abandoned.
The next issue the environment and -40 wasn't fun to work in(Alaska).
The next issue is we would get so much snow and ice that the vehicle would get buried in it.
Then another house with little to no parking.
Finally now we have a car port and it has been a battle to get things to work right.
My mom wanted her car in the car port and I wanted to use it as a garage.
First I could get half, then a year later I got the rest, but the fwd area is more of a patio.
Got some land behind the house as well, but not allowed to go crazy because it's only a rental.
It's been a mess. Where I sit now is I will never live in a city again. It's just way too stupid.
I want to have my projects and peace of mind. I can't get that with the world working again me.
Not to mention I could make money off cars or things, but I fet nagged whenever I try currently.
I don't care if I have to live in a van or trailer. As long as I have land to build my future, then I will do alright.
So the country life is for me.
I live in a town that will give you a lot, as long as you build something worth a certain dollar amount.
There are several in southwest Nebraska. Two towns are in a county of 4500, another in a county of 5500. And we're borderline desert- rust comes from tires sandblasting fenders, not much from salt.
@@scotcoon1186 I live in Florida now.
We actually have decent land and prices as well. Don't expect to get a house for a good price, they're not worth buy anyways.
Depends if I stay here though. Kinda missing the south tbh(Florida is not the south).
Right now I'm trying to sell of my motorcycle and maybe even the boat to get a RV.
Just need to find the spot and I can grow again.
I wouldn't get an RV..you'll have to build a shed over it to keep it from leaking and rotting(if it hasn't already), and if you build that, you already have a start on a really small house..how about buying one of those Home Depot type buildings, then reinforcing it and insulating it to live in?..would be sturdier than any RV...@@Soundsofthewood
Best damn video I have seen in a while man. Thanks!😎👍
8:45 "have Anthony do it" is the most real, hit me in the heart, down to earth ive ever hear you say.
And i love it!
That should probably be a merch shirt...
"Have Anthony
Do It"...
Id buy one for the wife and me and even a x-small for the eldest cat!
I used a Budweiser label for an inspection sticker all through high school.
UT has gone where no man has gone before!!!👽
I know the struggle. I usually have to work out of a 10×12 utility building in my driveway.
I currently have my work bench and brake lathe on my back porch
Darwin: Share your secret with me. I have a 10x12 and I can barely move (the hot rod is in there). If I want to work on my project car It's outside and I'm in NH! 😆
One, I live in the south south not near as cold as you have to deal with.
Two my building mostly just holds my equipment.
I work in the yard and drive way
Both my bikes park in the driveway under cover till I can build them a carport
@@darwindodge6260 Just send some heat my way this winter!😆
Man oh man you are singing my song. I grew up in Brooklyn and Queens no house, no driveway no nothing. Many years later I am in Texas and bought a house. Finally a garage and a driveway. Not long after I had 2 cars in the garage, four in the driveway, and four parked on the side street. The HOA started a jihad against me and my cars. What could I do I rented storage space to end what turned into an expensive legal battle. One day I got lucky and found a 6000 sq ft warehouse for $1k/month. Happy days! I went crazy and did my very best to fill that warehouse. Every square inch. The happiness ended seven years later when the landlord needed more space for his expanding business. Moved the rest of the cars and assorted junk to storage units. As of today I have one storage unit, and I park four cars in an open storage lot.
We will be with you for the next move.
Very interesting stuff! I have had struggles with "not enough space" over the years and one thing I learned is you can never build too big of a garage. So my first garage I built onto an older house was 32 X 36. I had to use some of that space for an entry way and bathroom, but the remainder (24 X 36) worked out great for having space to work on cars and also keeping them inside. Now I have a new house, and this time we built a 32 X 40 garage and it's ALL garage space.
Absolutely, I got something out of that. Just don’t give up, keep your options open and watch how the universe delivers….in perfect time. Never give up! Bravo Uncle Tony. Btw, great video.
I'm sure you know the struggles of Long Island .. Regulations, ridiculous property taxes, extreme land prices with limited availability. I need to get out of here!!
How rural you want to go?
Elwood, Curtis, Cambridge, and Arapahoe, Nebraska, all have free lots available to build on.
Kansas has a website listing free lots in various towns.
Loved you story
I had MANY similar events
I did have some support from my dad ( often he would let me work on the car in the garage garage) and he helped me build a strong beam to put a chain hoist to pull engine
Anyway love your testimony
Your a brother from a different mother 🤠
I feel like I'm listening to my own stories here...especially about the work ethic. But also grew up in NY (Long Island) and have the same first name at UT. Really enjoyed this video.
Tony, great to hear the backstory on the UTG channel. The value I get from what you say is to work hard, always be looking for a way to follow your passion and make it happen. That's the American dream!
Good old Staten Island! Lived there for 3 years .. Sandy ended that. Hunter Ave 3 blocks off beach 8 ft of water. Lost so so much.. Bye bye NY..
Commenting for support! #StarTrek
Tony I'm hoarding 84 Hurst Oldsmobile custom everything car is soo happy to have me as it's owner lol see yah tonight
WELL DONE, Tony. Thx for sharing. Always good to know someone story and drive.
Great video, Tony! Some of what you said reminded me of myself as a teenager...you've been able to do what you enjoy; you've had a blessed life! :-)
A 2 bay shop in my area costs around 2k a month. I've gotten tickets for changing my own oil on the street or in a parking lot. It's a war on diy
💯🤙🏻😎🤷🏿♂️
Just say ur checking the oil it’s one of them fancy cars with no dipstick.
And the only way to check the level is to drain.
And also you need to check if the filter is full😂
@@fastinradfordable haha - brilliant man. 😂
This in my opinion is the American dream/success! Being happy doing what you want not sticking at one thing your whole life because you are told thats (the way)
Love this story...you cant deny the human spirit
Great story man, it's awesome to get to know you guys history, thank you for sharing some of your background.
I first drove a car (in a field) aged 11. I had a car (shared with a friend) on his parents private estate aged 14. At 15 I got my first UK road legal-ish motorcycle which I rebuilt in my parents garage (no other vehicles in the household) in time for my 16th birthday, when I could legally ride it. I rode that and another larger bike, a BSA A10R 650, till a few weeks before my 17th birthday when I totalled it and nearly myself in the process. In the meantime i'd started a mechanic's apprenticeship, but in the UK, space is at a premium, there was no way I could keep anything at work. At this point, with the death of the Rocket, my mum made the only truly helpful gesture, she said "better get a car this time, you may not survive the next bike crash"
Like you, my family had no interest in vehicles. My old man left my mum when was 9 years old, so me, my mum and sister lived with my grandparents. My Grandad could drive and had had company cars, but never owned one. His oft repeated motto was "you'll never have money if you own a car!" (Guess what, he was right!)
Now I will concede that New York's a hostile environment for a car guy, but it's no worse than London. Like you, I left the big city environment for more rural surroundings at age 32. This also allowed me to buy a bigger property with more space, for less money than I got for my London suburb house.
I'm now pushing 70 and am theoretically retired. I owned my own local shop and yard from soon after I moved here but gave it up when I stopped working professionally just before Covid struck in 2020. At home I have a double garage, a large shed and off street parking for 10 more cars. But the quest for space is never ending and yes, i'm still more or less broke!
Absolutely right 😊
That was a very enlightening and entertaining video. One of your best.
Inspirational. Real.
Longtime Subscriber here! Loved this video! More of this stuff man! Thanks Tony!
Your a true inspiration man!
I too was born at very early age. I am so thankful too find out I'm not the only person that was. Thanks Tony, all these years I felt alone and left out of society.
Humble and little rowdy beggening morale off it never give up on your dreams. 😊
Highly enterteining, as always. No matter what the subject is, you learn something in Uncle Tonys videos. I think I finally subscribe now.😄
UNCLE TONY, YOU are the BEST and I Love you and your LOGIC!!!!
Its crazy how you made this vid and put it out today Tony. I just spent hours talking to somebody about space as i fight to keep my own as i write this.
p.s. - property tax Sux!
Edit : Tony, in my small smooth brained mind you made it when you got to the point to write an article with your own self on the toilet lapping valves with a smoke hanging between your lips.
Of course im kidding...but am i?
Of course i am...your articles back then were down home finger likkin' good but i knew then you were older than your years even back then
When I was 19 my car hobby had gotten so large that my neurotic un-supportive parents kicked all my automotive stuff out of the house (Said it smelled like a junkyard). Had to rent a 5x10 a storage locker for it. The inconvenience kinda forced me to move out and buy my own place two hours away with a garage by 21. ✌
With anything you do, it all comes down to your true passions & determination to succeed.
Interesting timing, I went from building a car up under a water-proof tarp, to being in the process of building my first real garage (45^2m, so not huge.) I find with space, the more you have, the more creative ways you'll find to fill it! ...And not necessarily with what you need either. You've lead an interesting life, that's for sure.
Well I'll Be..., So that was your coffee that I was drinking long ago back in the 'Boro!
I know this is years ago but a 1969 charger for 20 bucks?!? one can only dream of that now. For a rolling chassis like that is now 20k+. I feel lucky to have the 2dr 1969 dart for 3k in respectable condition (still a rolling chassis though). I'm worried for the future generations if they have any interest in the 1960's American classics.
Late millenial here, Us younger generations still love old school American iron, whether it be Muscle cars ore older classics. Our issue is that we largely been priced out completely from the market. That and many of us dont have homes yet. So we are kind of stuck at the moment.
If prices of classics come down to a much saner level, and we can get into homes. We'd be buying them. As for me, I'd be willing to buy a classic, but I have no garage for it and I'd rather be saving for a house.
I am about as old as Tony. We grew up in the golden age of cars. In 1980 I bought super Bees, R/T's charges usually about $200 each. Go to the bone yard grab a big block or 727 from a C body, some rubbing compound and you could double your money. Easy. I miss those days. the "ten year old car " sweet spot is populated with mostly 2000 to 2010 garbage.
@@smarternu i think now it's the 20 year old car. and anything in the 15-25 year old range right now mostly sucks. not enough RWD cars sold, the volume was SUV's, trucks and 4-doors. most sporty & 2 door stuff still hold value.
I used to get parts for the Charger I owned in college from a wrecking yard in Arizona. I needed a rear leaf spring once and the owner of the yard said $10, but you gotta get it yourself. The donor car was a ‘68 Charger R/T. The damn body was in perfect shape - no dents or rust. I asked the guy how much he wanted for the body. The guy said $100 - for a ‘68 R/T?!!!! I had no place to put it. I was in college. This was 1983. Makes me SICK I didn’t buy it.
Inspirational Life Stuff.
Conceive Believe Achieve!
If you keep at it, with a positive center of being, you will experience avalanches of Abundance!
Tony I happened into you way way early. I was sick and in the hospital. For a long time. I knew if i kept living to see Sunday, youd be there to see me through. You reminded me of my uncle Tommy (Giovinazzo) and while I love Airplanes, Go Karts and booze. I have always watched you for you. Have learned a buttload since 2019 though... But I still drive a Tundra ;-)
I really started watching you when you were in the Storage units( 4 together) but i was under the impression you UA-camd in NY and NJ( for some reason i thought you lived in NJ for a while.....my mistake) Sooo i have been watching from the begining almost. I always thought we were the same age and now i know i am older than you! Retired from the automotive career!!
30 years in dealers and my own evening shop too!! Like you i couldnt get enough!! Hahaha 👌
I have retired to Virginia but still keep my hand in to stir the pot!! Hahaha 😅
Work on a few neighbors cars.....help where i can. Kinda like working on tractors!!
I was also a huge Mopar fan since high school. Had many cars over the years but now just an old Dodge pickup. Chevy sedan and a few motorcycles.
You brought back a lot of great memories for this guy!! Thanks Uncle Tony!! Cheers Y'all
Rick😂
Well, that kinda did inspire me. Thanks uncle Tony
Dada approved ! We were all idiots at one time, but burnouts, racing and drifting is the best way to learn how to get out of a hazardous road situations you meet everday that you dont even notice or close call they call it. Behind our house we have 50 acres of blueberries field, left is dirt road, front is paved road, beside there's rivers, and the Dukes of hazard running on the only channel available on the T.V. Eeeeeee-Aaaaaah!
Oh yeah, we learned wrenching and welding fast to fix also. Lol
Great story. The older we get the more we have. I can't wait for the next bunch of storys
I grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Space was always a problem when you had project cars as I always did.
Over over again I hear stories of older people and the difficulties they experienced when younger. Each time even though they currently had it good the hard times gave them a smile and a glint in their eye.
You really are a Jem Tony!
Thank you T, the last 20-30 seconds means a lot to me
I understand the struggle. Hard having projects with no place to work.
I've enjoyed parting out cars for years and have used it to supplement my income and my car habits. I figured out real quick that you could buy a car that has the part you need and sell the rest of the parts and then the part that you needed is free. With a little space and lots of time it all works out
I’ve had to let go of so many cars through the years, always due to lack of space.
I should have been more creative and determined.
Thanks for sharing part of your story with us UTG👍
Thanks Uncle Tony for being in my UA-cam feed. You're a familiar face when I'm scrolling through. You always have something cool to talk about and enjoy listening.
I needed this video today. I was grateful to be a part of Uncle Tony's Garage Global Headquarters by photographing the grand opening of the event 3 years ago to the day. Keep it up.
Preach on brother. Love your channel.
One never knows, the person you meet tomorrow may be your ticket to the future. So it's always good to be kind and keep your options open. You never know. My life is almost as diverse as Tony's a lot of unrelated jobs and opportunities.
Agree on doing rewarding work. Thanks Tony!
Tony is a real fighter. I would have just given up and stopped caring
Wow this was great! This was your Best one yet I to am a workaholice Today was a day of rest Now i feel like shit I Have to be doing something Thats when i feel the best😅
You don't get rid of space you fill it up.
Hey Uncle Tony! Loved the video, I sent an email about 5 days ago, it's the one with the photo of the purple challenger, if you get a chance to respond that would be great! GO UTG!!!