This 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GT Sat for Over a DECADE...Let's See How Well It Cleans Up!
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2023
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In today's video, I'll be detailing a friend's 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GT. He just acquired it from a family member where it had sat for years. I wanted to see just how well it would clean up so I offered to help! These are near little cars, hopefully my friend will have it back on the road in no time!
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Great video bud, fantastic transformation on the car, it’s so satisfying to see a car get cleaned up like this.
Thank you so much!!
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Wow! I got into detailing years ago from watching you clean up your dad’s dealership cars. You completely revived this car! Hats off to you!!
These multi-port engines were super solid. Had an 88 Pontiac 6000 with this powertrain and it was a rocket. 80s GM cars were something
Absolutely agree.
I agree too! My mother had an '87 Celebrity Eurosport and it was a great car!
They were solid, but they were not fast.... These were 17 second quartermile cars on a good day at sealevel. But peak torque was nice an early so they could always break tires loose for fun~
Those GM cars back then were better made than then new ones
@@Djevan41598 yup. My dad’s 88 Pontiac last until 2006 and would’ve survived longer if the head gasket didn’t leak. I’ve seen a few survivors in my area
Looks better than a lot of 5-10 year old cars on the road now.
That Beretta actually looks pretty damn good after that thorough detailing. Your buddy can definitely take pride in driving it now. Well done!
This car is in an exceptional condition for being almost 35 years old !! The little 2.8MPi still sounded healthy... great job !!!
What a car! 😍
That 2.8 LB6 V6 sounds amazing on startup.
I remember back in the 80's my friends pop got the 2nd Beretta off the GM assembly line where he worked for decades, that car was dope & many workers knew it was his & signed the backside of parts they installed... he kept the car for decades before my friend got it & it now resides in NC
This generation of GM products is what made me love your videos/reviews as a kid
My first non-pos car was a 1989 chevy beretta GT. Similar to that one there. Same engine, same transmission, same wheels. The main differences were the color, mine was cherry red. My interior was grey. They were great cars. Very durable and fast. The poor man`s race car. Great in all weather conditions. Even snow. I had the basic instruments, not the digital ones. No power windows. Lots of great memories with that car. Even hooked up a 4 by 8 trailer I built and hauled my motorcycle to the race track with it, that I raced. Once hauled two motorcycles with it for a 4 hour trip to the mountains. Surprisingly the rear bumper stayed attached the whole time. I installed the hitch to the bumper with two bolts, that`s it.
What an amazing detail! Nicely done man. Always liked the back end of those Berretas.
Nice work!
I bought one of those new in 1990. Mine was black with snowflake aluminum wheels. It would fit in with modern cars today.
That is one beautiful looking vehicle, you did an absolutely amazing job with the cleaning and detail! I would love to one day pick up a Beretta or Corsica to restore, no idea the Beretta could have a digital dash!
WOW!!! I had 1990 base model, maroon & had the window shades, too. The stories it had to tell...& always wished for the Quad 4
The chevy berretta. Brings back memories of Italian princesses with big hair.
You did a phenomenal job getting this car cleaned up looks good and better
Never clicked so fast miss seeing rigs like this
Man talk about a time capsule.
Cars from the 80's and 90's are vastly superior to todays junk!
What an awesome car, a true survivor.
I would daily that thing🇺🇸💪😎
It's nice to see a beretta after along time for me and seeing one getting ready to go back on the road and nice job on the detail
Love that 2.8L V6 engine! My Dad owned two vehicles with that engine!
I love those old Berettas!!
When this car came out. My cousin got a black one. Exact same interior. He put a kit. And rims on it. I was amazing looking.
Cool to see one of these surviving. One of my aunts had a new one in 88. A light blue GT. Then a 90 GTZ in black. They were cool back then.
Nice!!!!! Love when anyone shows love to old 90s fwd gm cars lol.
I have to admit, that is one massive transformation on that Chevy Beretta!^^
Good job in detailing that car, pal.
Beautiful video! I have wanted a Chevy Beretta GT from 1988 or 1989 for YEARS! Seeing this gave me such a tease of the beauty of the car! I just haven't been able to find any from those two years for sale. I'm such a sucker for that LONG vent on the dash. It's beautiful!
I like that body style, you did a terrific job, looks awesome! Thanks for sharing with us!😊
Great work Kyle, thank you for bringing a classic back to life. 😊
I had a 95 Baretta, 4 cyl. auto,air. All around a good car!
Great video Kyle! Now, how about an old school Saabkyle04 walk-around review of an older car. No set shots, just walk-around pov like in the old days. I miss those!
Great video. I can't believe how beautiful that come out! My first car was a burgundy 89 Beretta GT with the same steel wheels and the same color interior. Mine was a five speed with an analog dash. watching you clean that car brought back a lot of great memories cleaning my car. I loved working on my baby any your video put a smile on my face. Many thanks!
I had a 88 and a 96 Beretta. I loved both of those cars.
Drove an 89 GT and thought it was a fun car. Used to see these cars all over the place
Among your many talents Kyle you do an amazing job detailing a vehicle please do more of these. Love the result on this one!
Great Video Kyle!
My dad had one, a 1990, in red. He had it from 1990 to 2000, through his early 20s to his early 30s.
For as old as it is its in really good shape, and looks amazing after the detail, as long as the running gear is fixable or in good shape its well worth restoring, great job guys, looks amazing
Great job cleaning that car up! Looks like it was kept in a time capsule.
Wow it looks amazing! You did an unbelievable job
Remember these well. Beretta's were hot sellers in the day, nearly 180,000 sold in 1989 alone. Nearly 1 million by the time production ended in 1996. Virtually gone from the road today.
Good job as always and those car looking so good the design âge so Wells
Very therapeutic and relaxing video
So glad you got to this. I had a base level 2.8 Barretta back in the nineties. I thought they were stylish for economy level and that the thin backed seats were cool. Should have kept it longer, mechanically sound but cosmetically mine needed alot. A GT trim is much better since the autos were 4 speeds vs the base 3. Still a sharp car. Looking forward to see what you do with the dash.
I had a 88 with a five speed. That car was great sounded good, reliable, and good on gas.
That was a big transformation. I love detailing cars. I don’t do it professionally anymore, but I wouldn’t mind getting back into it. Nice video.
Very cool to watch. I have four Berettas, getting ready to possibly sell two of them this summer.
The Beretta has always been a car I liked, this has survived well. I believe it’s a J-body like the UK Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2? I always loved this era of Grand Am too. You did a great job Kyle
Should see my mother-in-law's Beretta. Most of the plastic pieces inside and out are broken or missing, and some trim pieces are covered in electrical tape. The engine is in bad shape. I believe she finally got rid of it.
Satisfying to watch!
Love seeing this one! Great job! I love the digital clusters in these cars and man is this thing rare now. You just don't see these cars anymore with the digital cluster.
Great job on the refresh! You’re showing people how these cosmetic repairs can be done at home, no need to spend thousands of dollars
Amazing work❤
I had a 91 corsica, if you would have used a pressure washer like that all of the paint would have blown off. We did eventually paint it. That was my first car, I really liked that car when I had it.
I would love to have a car like this. The Beretta styling is great!
Amazing job
Very cool car and and a amazing detail..I was 9 when this was new it looked so futuristic compared to other cars of the day especially that digital dash
Love these detailing vids!!
Awesome Detail Job on this Car.A+ Work..😊
Bro loved this video, I was 12 when this car came out and I e loved them ever since! Need more content on this car plz maybe do a 3.1L or 3800 engine swap! That would be awesome! Hahaha
I like videos like this. Especially, at your family's dealership as well.
Nice work, I remember taking driving lessons in a beretta
gotta love that bone white, i like how it cleaned up
Looks great! I’d love to have an older car like this in this condition. I didn’t even know they could come with gauges like that!
What a great job. The car looks perfekt. Outstanding.
Great job Kyle
Excellent job on this car Kyle! I bet no Beretta has ever had so much attention paid to it as this one! Btw, I’ve used several of those same songs on my channel too! NCS is a great resource for creators. Interesting to see the evolution of this channel over the nearly decade that I’ve been subbed. 👍
These late-1980's and early-1990's Chevrolet Beretta GT's were excellent vehicles back then. Now, they are still road worthy.
Ready for cars and coffee👍🏾
My mother had a manual version when I was growing up it was a great car
wow she looks great!
Nice work.
Dang i love those cars since my childhood. My brother had one when i wa 9
Wow, what a transformation! I remember the beretta growing up in the 90’s. My brother had a beretta GTU and was totaled by a deer jumping into the freeway. I was asleep in the back seat and woke up veering into the middle of the highway. I was covered in deer hair because the deer impacted the front windshield. I can remember the highway being closed down and the local fire department washing the roadway off with hoses.
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Dang! I had an ‘89 Beretta GTU in 96 when i was a senior in high school. You never see these anymore, thanks to that stupid “cash for clunkers”.
Too funny…exact same scenario. My father bought it for me in ‘94 for $5000 used. I think it had 45,000 miles on it. I had it until ‘99. Started to become too unreliable in college.
Decade dust-off adventure
Awesome car. I had same car in 1999. Miss it
You did awesome, the car looks great. But that is very hard work.
Great result, I don’t think your friend has to get this resprayed now! Dry paint like that will look dull after a while but waxing can keep it looking presentable. It’s a cheap car so it’s great as is. We used to have these Berettas (and Corsicas) in Finland also in the 80’s and 90’s and I didn’t think much of them but now I think it’s pretty cool. Especially those steel wheels, never seen better looking steelies!
Berlinetta looks brand new again
badass car!
Very nice job! Looks great considering while those cars IMO had awesome styling, did not age well. Sister had a '90 back in the day and some of the interior bits were starting to disintegrate over 20 years ago, much less at 34
I had a maroon 1990 Baretta with the 3.1 was a good car.
Looks better then my 96 Beretta. Mine the clear coat coming off. Leaks water inside car when it rains. Mines red with grey interior.
She’s a beaute. Good job.
GM white, Blue and Grey all had a delamination issue back in those days so it’s a wonder when you put high pressure water on this car the paint didn’t just fly off? 😮lol
Excellent work Kyle! Refreshing take on diy - with all the steam cleaners, uber fancy wash setups, etc. this is a great reminder that you’re just fine with the basics 😊
Back when the seats were absolutely extremely comfortable
Nice Detail! I so love that these late 80s and 90s Cars are gaining popularity like this, I know of an almost complete late-80s Dodge Daytona in a salvage yard i thought about saving even tho parts are quite difficult to find and no aftermarket support. As for these cars, not bad but i would like a Cutlass Cierra FWD V6 Diesel or a cavalier Z28?
I had a 88 Beretta GT when I got off of Active Duty in the Army the first time in 95 that I bought from my High School Girlfriends Aunt. Loved that car, I'd like to find another one to fix up and customize. One note though, When you repainted the Wheels you said he wanted to keep it as close to factory as he could, but those aren't the correct wheels for a GT, The Beretta GT from 87-89 had the cast Aluminium wheels that also came on the base 82-88 Pontiac Firebird, those are wheels off a 87-89 Base Beretta and you should have painted the wheels white as that's what they were painted, Good job refinishing them though they look really good Silver. The Beretta had 6 different models during it's 10 year run, The Base Beretta, the Beretta GT (87-93) the Beretta GTU (88 and 89 only) The Beretta Indy edition (1990 only and only came in 2 colors, Yellow Gold and Turquoise Mist) , The GTZ (90-93) and the Beretta Z26 (94-96). Mine was Bright Blue Metallic which I didn't really care for, It seemed like an afterthought and not thought over and they just kinda mail that one in.
Thank you for your service.
My cousin is getting sent this video. He still has his Chevy Beretta Z26 he bought brand new in 1996 and details it 2x a year.
In all my 45 years of detailing, I have never seen anyone start a clean by spraying the foam first. You'll also find that working the foam in will clean the car better than spraying it on and rinsing it off.
Did you watch the whole video? Yes, I thought the same thing at first but he did go back and re-foam and hand wash after the initial foam and rinse. My big complaint was painting the rims with the wheel weights still on. They’ll look good until the next wheel balance 🤦🏻♂️
My ex brother in law used to drive one just like this withe with red interior
I used to have this car, it was my first car when I was a teenager. It had a quad 4 h.o. engine. I drove it until engine failure. I wish I would of kept it. After cash for clunkers program, I wanted to buy another but could not locate one. I seen a few online but on the opposite side of the country and in poor condition.
Hey I remember when cars had glass headlights 😆
great clean up on this old beaut! GM made some nice cars back then. That steering wheel must be pretty ground in not to come red again
Ah the dreaded 2.8 liter retrofitted in later years with the 3.1. I’ve never ever seen one without a cracked block.
I’d also recommend on one of those is replace the half plastic heater core. That was the ultimate demise of the 3.1 V6 In my sister’s ‘90 and one of the first things I replaced on its sister car a ‘95 Achieva I bought with a very neglected cooling system back in ‘07. It was a Quad4 manual car which while quick for its day could be killed real easy by overheating. Pull the shotgun seat and the console out and it’s not too bad a job
I am foaming at the mouth over this car. What a great trim and color combo, I love it. Was that bumper trim Beretta specific or just generic trim? I have a 1989 Grand Prix with that bright red trim thats fading pretty bad.
Always liked the one year they did the GTU . Believe it was modeled from the pace car at Indy that year . Too bad the manual didn’t make it in the 6 cylinder
@rrobert7276 thanks for the info . Makes me want to look for a GTZ . 😃 probably pretty peppy for the weight ratio
Nice job that engine sounds really healthy does the ac still work