1951 Buick Rat Rod - will it RUN and DRIVE?
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Sketch Level 10 on this episode! We take a 51 Buick Rat Rod and blow the rear tires off! But first, we've go to get this old car running again.
A 73 Camaro front clip, B Body rear frame and axle, and a 350/350 swap make this 51 Buick a riot to beat on. The 3k torque converter make for easy burnouts and donuts.
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Love your vids and the projects!
I wish we were neighbors.
I had a great neighbor like you once, he did what made him happy, the rest be damned. He flipped 80 cars in 15 years. Even won a major car show or two. Like you, he was a river of knowledge and a spoonful of talk. Factree!
sounded like a cool guy!
Hey Derek I'm watching a show and I was talked into your woman and I hope you come up and help me out I appreciate it
Ok👍👍
"we got about 5 minutes of battree left and we're 10 minutes from home." a minute later, "let's take it on the interstate!"
Derek, make these kind of videos again. Raw camera, totally jacked car, experimenting as you go. This is what we love. Best to you, your brother and your family.
Love going back to watch these older videos. You’ve come a long way Derek. Keep it up fella.
I can really relate to this car guy. Not sure how I got here, but I am an INSTANT subscriber five minutes into this!!! ☻👍🏾
Yea Meee Too!
Same
Did you see the caddy episode?
I've been watching random car vids and this showed up in the mix. This guy's sense of humor and deadpan delivery caught me.
First vid I saw was of the Torino Elite ... Epic!!!!!
Have now watched ‘em all, and am rewatching again!
Dereks the man!!!
Never underestimate the value of living in a non-inspection state!
LOL
Vars that are a certain age dnt need inspection or emissions
@Moe I Virginia too...
Black & yellows : daily driver w/ mileage restrictions
Black & white : antique w/ ALL THE RESTRICTIONS
Moe I In pa yah need a antique plate for no inspection.They tag on a bunch of rules no driving after sunset and not using it more than twice a week and other crap.they never enforce it unless you get yanked by a pissy cop
This is true, what you say, it really doesn't make sense, around here, there's some bad drivers behind the wheel, and it lets me think, the people that teach driving are just not looking around when there out with the drivers, we are not caring enough, about doing our jobs the best we can, we just want the money.
Hands down the most creative use of a junkyard frame pile.
That would have been a great name!
Welcome To ScaryAin'tIt Ohio....
Driving up to an intersection in a classic old dog, light changes, and leave'em in a cloud of smoke.
Lotta hosses for an old classic dog!
Scary gorgeous grille. Love the body & even the big stick!. An Old Sleeper!
Stock engine?😳
I remember a Sappy Days episode where the guys buy a great car for $175 dollars, can't fix it, something I would have done at age ten, with help from my older mechanic friends, and the shop I worked in after school, they end up letting it slide into a river, then Fonzi sells it for $ 50 to the same folks that sold it to them, real Lou Sirs.
Typical Hollywood, as far as cars.
Weld up the holes, fix the broken bits, pound it out 30, maybe fifty foot straight, paint it olive drab, stencil a white star on the side and claim it was General Eisenhower's last staff car. Yeah, that'll sell it!
agreed!!!
It is similar to an old Navy staff car.
😂
Yes!
@@urabampot or a bendy unmentionable 1940’s sign that sounds a bit like like wasp sticker, say it was Reinhardt Hydrich’s incognito rig and sell it in Croatia (no returns) - that’s further from Minisauté, which might be a fine idea
I finally found the rat rod video from your intro . Love it !
Sometimes I come back to these old episodes just to visit the classics. VGG Forever 🙅♂️!
I found one of your videos... which led to another... and another. Now I'm here and hooked! Love it!
Awesome! Thank you!
the car on ramps being held by another car is full send, safety third, keep up the good work.
1. fun 2. beer then 3. safety lol
I thought that showed a very practical and safe approach to car maintenance! It's on ramps, on a slight slope, but is restrained from rolling by being tethered to another car!
I love your torquing pan bolts approach. I never thought of the jawbone exploding analogy. I always tighten until I see stars afterwards. This approach has always worked for me. My Dad always said, "Nothing too strong ever broke."
Stars approach is tactical, I like it. Your Dad sounds like our best friend
@@ViceGripGarage Well he retired as an auto mechanic after 38 years at the same shop. He is now a CNC machinist and welder at a Caterpillar factory. He is 66 years old, and plans to work until he is 70. He said he wanted to change careers at 62.
Yeah, until you R&R a part that was 'feel torqued' by Magilla Gorilla 15 years ago....
Such fun twisting bolt heads off; even after using liquid wrench, tapping on it, using heat, impact gun set on low, blah blah blah....
people take note, all the sketchy stuff on the car and the sketchy repairs he performed are what most of us need to look for when considering purchasing someone else's project. trust me i learned the hard way.
Between the haunted house door hinges, the possessed engine and transmission, and the Frankenstein frame, this is the scariest ride I've ever seen.
This is one of my favourite videos that has Shaun and Derek. Re watching in 2024 and VGG has nearly 2 million subscribers.
This is the first time I've seen a video this old, it's amazing to see how far VGG came in just four years.
Keep up the good work! I appreciate that your videos do not include foul language.
Four door, cobbled frame, significant body work to be done, I’d pass it on. Or keep it for the same reasons.
In a world gone health and safety mad your the only guy that looks normal .
The deadpan delivery puts the the bow on the videos. The Interweb never ever was this entertaining before. When I'm watching these videos my wife asks me what I'm laughing at...I tell her not her and she don't believe me.:)
I like to catch up on the videos from the beginning, shows just how far a guy has come and where he’s been. Good to see you haven’t changed, still a stand up guy we’ve all grown to love !
I think the Buick is my most favorite one yet I have always wanted to fix up a 50's Buick Rod
it looked pretty cool!
Looking back t this video from what they are now, the production quality grew %100 .
That body style is bad ass !! I love the rally wheels on it . I'd like to have that car .
15:06...I love that jam...specially the harmonics on the guitar.
/w\METAL/w\
I love these older videos, a guy has bit more of an edge to him!
That alternator was all types of fancy.
Oh you betcha
You, my dear friend, are having entirely too damn much fun. Keep up the good fight. :-D
I don't get bored often 😂
It’s awesome watching the earlier episodes.
Never has the term "connect the frames" been more significant...
As the engineer protagonist said in Robert Heinlein's Door Into Summer: "Bash to fit, file to hide, paint to cover."
you are my new super-hero!!!! love love love the Buick!!!!!
Hell yeah man! Appreciate you!
I'll have to agree with harleyguyinmilw for sure, your the cats a$$ moterhead
Oh your car was wired by Lighthouse for the Blind to! My Camaro has a relatively expensive aftermarket electric fan in it from “Be Cool” and when I bought it, it was wired with a ground switch duct taped to the radiator overflow tank. I’ll be honest and say that I hate wiring, but some of the shit people do is just incredible. If you have to rig something to get out of a jam so you can get home that’s understandable, but these are not permanent fixes. I never understood how people could spend a ton of money on engines / swaps, transmissions, wheels, paint etc... yet ignore or purposely wire something to where it looks like Stevie Wonder did the job
When you're driving on the highway "Yeah, let's get off right away" that made me laugh out loud.
I love the Buicks (and other vehicles) of this era, but the sketchy frame on this rig is pretty scary!
You know the best part of your videos.
After I watch them, any motivation I had to work on my own car ends at the end of your videos.
I felt like i completely something with out doing anything.
Keepum coming.
I have a truck for you.
haha
When I can't get the right torque converter bolts I just weld the converter to the flex plate. Works every time!
Not sure if I keep coming back for the cars or your subtle sense of humor! LOL
Watching this and knowing how far you've come since is awesome! Love these old videos.
Love how you include your boy and let him tag along. That is the kinda stuff you will both remember; what matters. If I knew nothing more about you, that would be enough. Good stuff.
Great how you include your boy in the fun. Was there a seat belt in the back seat? I don’t really want to know. Besides, who wants to be seat-belted in when the welds holding the 3 frames together come apart!
Ole "Frankie" don't look bad at all from 10-12 feet away. Those Chevy Rally wheels look damn good on her. Who ever did all the butchery on that pile should have their tool license revoked for life. LOL! BTW LOVE your channel!!!
haha... yeah it did look cool at least
A guy needs to go way back and watch the older videos to! This is awesome!
The reason I sub'ed for this channel is, when you do a project with repeated steps, You do all but one or two off camera,
so we can see what it all looks like, then you show how to get it that way! Great job
Better entertainment than the lousy cable box crap keep up the good work reviving heaps of junk. I haven't laughed so much since the mother in law fell over on the ice lol. Tom. UK
Thanks Thomas!
Did she bounce and get up for more 🤔
Watching now in Northumberland.... keep up the good work.
@@sittingatthedockofthebay4808 NY?
100% Straight that comment !!
Seeing how far you have came from this video and you trailer as a lift to the awesome shops and facilities now shows what hard work can do
im gonna over torque the bolts, rtv everything and weld that, this is the best youtube car channel, its the stuff i say lol
Brothers from another mother!
So embodys DIY engineering. As Robert Heinlein said: Bash to fit, file to hide, paint to cover.
I had a 82 Camaro that came with a 2.5 automatic. With the factory rear end it was low gear with a strong 350 in front,but didnt last long. Once my alt wire fraid and came out of the plug it only had like 2 strands still hooked to the alt.When you went over 1500 rpm it sounded like a turbo, so my buddy and me done the right thing left it alone til it finally burnt up.
A whole lot of us gear heads dig your style brother! Keep up the half ass work because that’s the entertainment that others seem to forget about and is plain old fun to watch!
Thank you I really appreciate you watching glad you enjoy the content
Well said..
Absolute Gold,the most natural car content creator on Y/T,bar non,and has me 🤣 all the way Brilliant.
Great entertainment. Keep it or sell it, I don`t really care. As long are you keep doing this, I`ll watch! BTW, I know this is an older video but whoever you are wearing that CranioCareBears bracelet, I hope all is well/better with them. Will keep in my thoughts and prayers. It's never easy when little ones are sick/suffering.
yup , that little bit of smoke got me chuckling .... poor Brad , kid took it good tho , ....''''
"mind bottling"
Dave Micolichek Apparently, you aren’t familiar with the reference.
@@joelalexander5338 watch a few more episodes
Derek....I have not laughed that hard in a long time. You were tightening that alternator bolt and the wrench took a shit. Priceless....just toss it to the side and move on. Love it!
Lol, I saw that too..Stupid wrench.
Best video yet. Live the kid in the back seat while doing a burn out. Rock on DAD😷 lmao
Man oh man..... ‘57 Chevy, ‘51 Buick, ‘69 Chevelle............. this is what I imagine Heaven to be like
Heaven must be pink letters from your neighborhood, hate letters from neighbors, and heavy storage fees than 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ViceGripGarage You just keep send'n us the heaven 'n deal'n with the hell. If that works for you it works for us. Chip Foose isn't HALF this much fun!
This fella lives in heaven, he just doesn't know it yet!!! Epic stuff!!!
You're a champion! The stuff that legends are made of. I love your channel.
You're the man Bryan, thanks for watching!
Classic RAT-ROD! :D
Love this beast!
Everything a Rat-Rod should be: unsafe, rusty, falling apart, and burnouts for dayyyyyyyys! LMAO
So a guy went and became a member just because this is the best channel ever!
This guy is awesome, I could watch him all day!
This is the funniest show 😂😂 I’m glad he’s on UA-cam ! Thanks
This goes against every thing I've learned. Playing with cars over the last 40 years!! Lol you are having way to much fun! Enjoyed it! 🤘
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching Michael.
This is my favorite car you did a video on so far I love 50s cars
You guys are awesome.love that the rear is ready to go and the kid is back there...lol..I live in the suburbs outside philly and the life style was like this when I was growing up .im 46 miss the kind of stuff you guys can do.everybody in this area has become so uptight and snobby..
Love the Roadmasters, so jealous. I'd never let that car go.
Yes Sir I can relate. I bought a rusty '69 Chevelle while stationed in Va. I drove that home to Ca. The only hiccup was the horn relay lost ground in Knoxville, Tn. A $2 recharge and she finished using a quart of oil every 200 miles. She had a 400 csb with 3.31 one leg diff. In 2012 I bought a '61 Apache pickup in San Diego, I didn't brave the chance to drive it home. The tires were dated 16.5 bias ply. She had exhaust blown at the y-pipe and #1 cylinder had cracked rings. The headlight was smashed on driverside which meant I would have no lights at all. It would have been a 3 hour drive home so I trailored it.
I been looking for this video for awhile.. I saw a part of it on your intro. Glade I found it
I stopped watching tv a few years ago. Watching your stuff is pure awesome :)
“We’re all here, cause he’s not all there...” That’s Right!
That's funny
Gotta love Buicks. My father traded his '66 Chevelle for a '69 LeSabre in 1970. Myself and my younger brother and sister would be laughing, swaying about in that big rear Buick seat while the the old man howled the tires on the way back from Cortina Pizza. Had to get home before the pizza got cold.
Keep it, It really is the poor mans hot rod.I think it has a lot of potential .
Love the way this channel has grown and the way you address the challenges............
I've only come accross your vids recently. Subbed on the first one I saw. Now I'm going through them all trying to get them in chronological order. Very entertaining to say the least. Love that Buick. We didn't get most of the cars you have there in the states here in Oz. We got Fairlanes and Falcons which we built here. Our local GM was Holden which were mostly unique smaller versions of Chevys. We also built Chrysler Valiants, similar to yours but with different grills and tailights. Keep up the good works.
Going through a car wash without a back window, love it.
You reminded me of stuff I've done like sitting on a car trailer with a cable jack after dark cause the car broke down and the wench didn't work. Good times.
Lol a really easy “cold air intake “ you can do on those older carbureted cars is u can take the air filter cover and flip it upside down and put the screw back on😂
haha yup
Banging around underneath with that spanner and calling it maintenance after overtighening all the bolts! Hilarious. I needed that.
Hah, Glad you enjoyed bud!
love the posi vs non-posi inspection tip, love your channel the more episodes i get into it. keep it up
Love the power brake tip. Sorry it is two years late. Love the channel. Please, do not stop the content. The channel is an inspiration to the next generation of vise grip mechanics.
Lol... love your “ we’re going to fix it right and carblesnorfle it together” attitude! Lol
Ignore your haters. I enjoy your channel. If you ever need help in Texas hit me up.
You got it bud!
I found your channel some how man do me and my wife like watching you she never gets into my car shows and even she like watching you your awesome man keep it up you got two new subscribers
Great stuff! - pretty much all the same techniques that keeps my ‘60 Chevy on the road for 25 yrs! You don’t need lots of money, just an attitude! Love it
How do you keep the local law off your back, your neighbors must not really hate you your to much fun to have around. This is the stuff of legends that will be talked about long after you move on. I'd would give you more likes if I could.
Appreciate it! It's mostly just luck. My driving record might say otherwise though.. haha
Mow their grass. That's why we have boys.
I love how you cheech the tires in every episode! Mint!!!
When I was a teenager our neighbor down the street a mechanic decided he was going to take his brother's 50 Buick straight 8 and build a dune buggy I remember with all the neighborhood kids we rolled the body off to the side leaving the chassis engine and drivetrain. We ended up shortening it probably two and a half feet, put seats on it, cobbled a 3 inch water pipe roll bar not very safe of course. We built their own dual wheels to bolt onto the stock hub. we even went as far as to fill the rear tires with calcium carbonate to make extra weight. We had a lot of fun with this thing. This is 1968. In 1969 we discovered VW Beetles and started our dune buggies
💙 the Buick you do a whole series of video's on it keeping it a Rat Rod and fixing some of the really sketchy stuff while putting your touches on it ...like welding the diff and making it a posi. , body work where there is some serious rust..etc
Some great ideas Richard! Thanks for watching appreciate you!
Looks like a guy went to the Colin Furze Safety School of Engineering. Love it!
i love how you just have fun with whatever you work on. reminds me of myself.
In between your new videos I rewatch your old videos absolutely love this car
Keep it and Frankenstein the hell out of it. rat rod show hear we come
I like your style!
Holy crap that u joint is beyond Toast its Swiss cheese 🤣 @ViceGripGarage
I finally found the best damn you tube car channel, thanks for your videos and humor...laughed my ass entirely off!
I absolutely dig the NO SEATBELTS,TOTAL INSANITY AND THE KID IN THE BACK SEAT ,,,DYNIMITE!!!!!!
Instantaneous HERO STATUS!! My hats off to you sir. Zero f@#$s given my kind of guy. Would copilot anytime 😊.
Tight is tight. To tight is 2 pieces. Derek progressed a lot the last few years. May success find those earning it and life be full of rusty, dirty, smelly old cars and fun!
Keep it and take it on a road trip 👍👍👍👍
Nothin' better than an old episode from your beginnings - love it!
I think you should keep it bro and slowly redo the whole car starting with the frame so that it’s safe and not so sketchy and and scary to drive love to see more of this car on here Love these old Buicks to
Nice burnout drift at the end Derek and some good more burnouts @ViceGripGarage