In 1989 I had a new Limo built by Vinney at Ultra Limousine! I sat with his designers and planned the car. I signed all the papers, and then watched as the cut my brand new Lincoln in two. I went back home to Phoenix and waited for the finished car! (After watching you under the car I should have stayed and watched the structural work!) Mine was only 30' ( a 113" stretch) and had just one rear axle. The interior was about like your without the bedroom addition. I am trying to find a picture of it. Mine did have 2 TVs and bar. I also had real crystal classware in the car. There are too many stories to tell but suffice to say I had a lot of fun with it. My favorite thing to do with it was to load it up with 8 or 10 friends and have the Chauffer Drive us for a night on the town. That car took me all over Arizona -= including the Grand Canyon and even a gravel road about 10 mile to a well-know ghost town in the Bradshaw mountains. By the way, That 302 engine took the car, full of people, anywhere we wanted to go. It was one of the best toys I ever owned.
I think that you should make it an RV and go on RV trips think about it it's already got a TV it's already got three couches and it has a bar all you need is a way to cook and a restroom and there you go I think that would be a good one
Kevin’s like me automotive son lol Sometime in the future we may get back together for something. Iv been hella busy with moving, getting married, switching jobs .... many things 😂
Pls no matter in how bad of a condition this is, don't wreck it. Please. This thing is so cool and just screams 80s materialism. If it's too expensive pls sell it to someone that's capable to do so.
It really wasn't materialistic people just had a lot of money after paying bills it was a much better standard of living in people enjoyed themselves. Politicians like to put the 80s down because they know it was a winning time frame
As a retired welder, I'm horrified at the conglomerate of scrap metal that escaped the smelter and was welded in place by Ray Charles. Watching you clean this up will be a lot of fun. Do with it what you will. It will be great no matter what.
I haven't welded anything in 30 years and wasn't great then and I could do better than that with 30 minutes to get my set up right and run a couple practice runs....I mean dang that's beyond unacceptable.... that's why these old units are low mile and cheap...a lot of builders in the 80s and 90s were shady.
You've aptly described the stretch limousine industry of the 80s. I've been in the industry for decades, and I have to say, no builder in the 80s and most of the 90s did a single thing differently. It wasn't until Ford and GM started suing people out of existence who weren't in the QVM (Ford) and CMC (Cadillac) programs that quality started to improve. Places like Ultra were still s**tshows though. Fun fact: 80s Town Cars weren't built much better than what the stretch builders were doing to them. That's why, with VERY few exceptions, 80s Town Car stretches are all "sway back" bent.
This find is gold... plated! Seriously though, I want to see you do a total refresh. Maybe this could be your luxury camper? Imagine how hilarious it would be pulling into a campground with this beast!
@@Dave5843-d9m That would be interesting. But probably difficult and expensive. I would just fix the obvious undercarriage issues. Maybe replace the forward couch with another sleeping area. I’d keep the middle couch. Turn the bar into a kitchen cooktop/sink and counter/table. Then I would probably update the cheese factor with a bunch of modern LED coloured strips and maybe some EL Wire so you could really blast the colourful 80’s vibe with pink, blue and purple. I’ve seen EL Wire used as a low power consumption “neon” sign. It works. Just need to make an armature to hold the wire, paint it black and affix the EL wire with black zip ties.
All I can say about this beauty is I built these for a living and I avoided riding in them even when new. It’s still killer to see an old rig like this getting so much love.
I wonder what company did this cars body? Looks like some mess choo choo customs would do.. same company that does camero/elcamino front ends and chevy g20 vans..
Those TVs are not going to get anything but static. They are old analog tuners, and pretty much all broadcast signals are digital. You’d have to get converter boxes for D to A (digital to analog) and put it in the antenna chain feeding all of the TVs. Good luck!
Usually its not hard do find the 2 wires connecting the receiver module and the Tube module which expects to recieve an ordinary analog hot/ground signal. OR you find a nerd who creates an multichannel Hf Minitransmitter which coud be feeded with varous signals and let the TVset´s in original state.
love the wheels and the gold trim ..... crazy limo, even if it's not the world's longest (I saw one with a helicopter landing pad in the back at some point in time) .... even with the scary scrap metal underneath, it deserves another chance on the road
Here is an idea Kevin: use the limo for your wedding and make it a honeymoon camper as well. And as an added bonus, it'll fit most of your wedding guests as well.
@@rawr51919 A professional limo *anyone* would hear the words "Ultra Limo" and hang up on you before giving their address, and if their address was public, threaten you with a restraining order.
@@pit_stop77 Well, obviously whoever did that "welding" and "rear axle building" ought to be brought up on criminal charges and the axle rebuilt properly. It doesn't seem very structurally sound.
Hi Junkyard Pigs! Limo is my favourite! Take it to Ford dealership for ball joint replacement. Take it to the local oil change. Take it to the wheel alignment. Take it to the carwash (by hand). Install the promised and long awaited LS6 twin turbo!! Maybe you'll find one motor like that already built and for sell... :) Oh, and all the rear wheels should drive, not just 2. Source the rear wheel steering from Mitsubishi, Mercedes or BMW or wherever you could find it.
@@captainamericaamerica8090 I mean if it was just like a proper cleaning, it seemed most of the stuff inside functioned pretty well, you could replace the lighting for under 200$ and a proper cleaning would remove the majority of the stains, paint would probably be able to buff out, the gold parts wouldn’t be too hard to shine up I don’t think it would take too much to make it look good and function inside. The structural stuff would take a ton of money but most of it wouldn’t be too bad
Vini “Big Daddy” Bergeman was actually an interesting character and has a few videos on UA-cam of some of his work. He was actually on some episodes of Monster Garage and did work with Jesse James with West Coast Choppers. He passed away in 2017 of an Illness, dude was extremely well known in the custom car and limo industry. Which I’m sure is one of the reasons why he has the nickname Big Daddy, and he was a bigger fella. That car is definitely something interesting to hang on to. Just for the conversation piece of anything.
turn it into a revival limo. you can do all of your long distance revivals in it and save a ton on hotel/motel bills. I mean you've got a bed, a bar, and enough space to store half an auto parts store inventory
I remember about 35 years ago some guy in the neighborhood bought a similar used limo. He would drive it around was so proud of his limo. I saw him one day and remember telling him, you should be riding in back if you really want to show off.
Find a set of twins. Get one to drive the car to a fast-food drive-thru. Have the driver twin pay and say "Give the food to the guy/girl in the back", then let the other twin be the customer in back.
Better idea: Find a place with two drive-thru windows that are both being used. Pull up, order, then drive the driver's window to the window where you pick up the food, and pay from the back seat at the same time.
Nothing is un-fixable. That includes that shitty scrapmetal welded axlemajig.... But I echo the main comment. Restore it to its proud former glory. Money can be made with it....
In my younger days I had a friend who had a Lincoln limo we would take it out on Thursday nights for dinner and beers it was so much fun it's always good to have fond memories ❤
@2:37 That glass tumbler was either made at the manufacturing plant that I work at in South Jersey or at their headquarters in Arques, France. If I'm not mistaken, they're called "Old Fashioned Antique Clear OTR glass tumblers". I'm a crew leader for the maintenance mechanics that work on these forming machines that manufacture these glasses and many other different types of containers. I work on vehicles and tinker around like you guys do in my spare time. Keep up the good work!
Small world lol reminds me of my dad who’s a plastics injection molding machine programmer, when we go to vacation and see a tub of lotion at a store he’ll pick it up look at the bottom and say “ha we made this” lol
@@BlueXonar Yes, I was wondering about that, as well --- who in his right mind would build a "prestige limousine" THAT way??? Surely there must be commercially-fabricated limo-conversion kits for a Lincoln Town Car, since that's often the model used for this type of vehcile?? And wouldn't you hafta have a safety-examination of your vehicle before being granted a limo-license to carry passengers for hire?? Yearly-inspection requirements, of course, are just a big conspiracy between the states and auto-manufacturers to force people to buy more new cars, not any true "government caring" about human safety --- as far as I know, states that do not require yearly inspections (like Iowa and those other mid-western states; that's likely why whoever converted this limo got away with such a horridly crappy job) do not have any more auto-accidents than states that do require them, like the New England states where I live. But still, this is a ridiculous oversight as far as safety is concerned --- you would think that ALL states should at least require a safety-check for a wholesale conversion of a vehicle that involves the frame or some other major portion that could affect its basic structural integrity.
I drove Limo for 10 years... The "I want Mcdonalds" comment was too true. Typically through the drive-through. I've also taken people to Wal-Mart and the Dollar store.
@@greenhouse3505 Varies greatly by location. Our company had a minimum 4 hour booking, except one limo we had set up for Airport runs. I recommend you make some calls locally. Make sure you ask how many limos they have in their fleet, and whether or not they're insured as a Limo . Their are a lot of owner operators that have one limo, and if it dies... you're SOL... we had 8 so if one had a mechanical issue we could cover it. There was a local single owner operator who's limo burned to the ground during a prom. He had to call our company to cover their ride home.
After you wash her down.Fill the entire car with mutilcolor balloons, get a giant sized fake check and prank some people into believing they won a sweepstakes from years ago and you've finally arrived to deliver them on a dream vacation
Isn't it fucking strange getting old? 😂 I'm 31 myself now and I personally feel like time seems to just keep passing by more quickly as you continue getting older once you're out of like high school 😂😂
I think that to myself all the time. Looking at car lots and find 2001 car and think the car isn't that old it's a good deal then think NVM the cars 20yo. It feels like 9/11 was just yesterday. I'm just 43! Lol.
I know right..... when the one guy was talking about tube tv’s I was thinking about the 13” B&W I had my Atari hooked too, and how exciting it was when my family was able to afford a VCR and we didn’t need the rental one for Friday night movie
Just because the plug wire ohms out fine, doesn't mean it's not cross firing (arcing). My 92' Caddy had fantastic looking wires and they ohmed out fine but still had misfires like crazy. Sprayed misty water on them at night and it was a light show of little blue sparks bouncing between eachother. With that, ya'll did a good job getting it running! I'm surprised it started and ran all in all that easy for sitting that long. Can't wait to see it cleaned up and the next video on it!! As for ideas, I say keep it original and detail it/restore it. Kind of keeping it as a throwback to the 90's haha.
I bought a 89 4 door Fairmont with the 302 and 4 speed manual when stationed at Mt. Home AFB for $600. It was the ultimate sleeper, and I drove to KY while pulling a U-Haul. I miss "The Taxi" as I named it due to all the other airmen that I hauled around in it.
Do a take out diner thing. You take passengers to the place they want to eat. Order the food and instead of eating at the eatery, you provide fine dining in the limo as you cruise down the road listening to nothing but 80's music!
I fixed and redesigned a few limousine as company I worked for a few years, would buy used and new ones. Yes, it is essentially a car cut on half and mid section added. Some builders were pretty bad. I lost count of how many frames we had to fix over the years to make them halfway safe. Then wiring absolutely a whole another can of worms. They used under gauge wiring to controller and the controller typically right behind the driver seat. I remember the owner buying it cheap for that reason. Thankfully, fire only was behind driver seat and driver used fire extinguisher to put it out. I rebuilt it and rip out all wiring and used proper gauge wiring, new controller and converted over halogen light box to LED which is what passes light to fiber optic in ceiling and of course frame completely overhualed. Still on the road, I believe to this day. Yhea took some work and 10 thousand to make it right and updated the entertainment system and interior. Thankfully, the owner was actually OCD and didn't mind spending money to make them safe. You be shocked on some of the stuff seen even on new limousine from builders had to redesign and repair. Now you can actually buy ones direct from Lincoln, or Cadillac that was a factory limo and not cut up in half from a builder. You do have a couple good builders that actually do a proper frame, but unfortunately most are terrifying and cheap, or scrap materials. They use some designer interior but unsafe framewise. Made for looks but poor quality where it matters. The one shown in this video is up there for being one of the worst I have seen. They used rebar and scrap metal almost everywhere, pretty much? The booger welds are unbelievably bad, no wonder they cracked. Someone had the right ideas designing it, but very poor craftsmanship and cut corners. So definitely the builder that cut corners. If it were mines, I would have to completely strip it down to frame and pretty much have to redo that rear end, frame and run all new wiring and update interior first, before considered dropping a better motor in it. That motor fine that in it beside probably rebuilding it and would be enough to move people around no problem. Yes a 351 is nice. It won't be worth it cost, or time wise. As I would have to completely strip it down to make it right. As not road worthy and that electrical is likely spliced together, instead of making and running new proper wiring harnesses as most cut corners on this area especially.
Drives into McDonald's parking area. Two men in black exit scan and secure the parameter then guard the door, driver opens the door for Mook to exit dressed up like the Star she is.
I was in the limo business back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Lincolns from that era ROCK! At least they did back then, as evidenced by that nasty bed in the back.
Coming back 2 years later to remind you that you promised us a Twin Turbo LS... And if you get it done you need to challenge Cleetus McFarland during one of his Limo races. ;)
I moved to Southern MN in 1997. There were limos everywhere in rural MN and IA. Casinos paid limo services to haul groups of people in. Then, in about 98, the casinos bought busses and many many limo services went out of business.
Those 80-90‘s Hotwheels style wheels fits so perfect to this hilarious thing 🤣👌🏼 Looks like somebody played really hard with and buried it for 20 years in their favorite sandbox 😆
You should literally dress up in 80 or 90 style prom clothes and drive around asking people where the prom location is at and make sure it's a venue that has been closed for 20 or more Years. Clean the Limo up as best you can and film it all
I can believe how much that poor engine is struggling, my first car was an 83 LTD Crown Victoria with the 302 V8 and it felt pretty slow, add 5x more weight and it’s impressive that limo even moves haha!
One thing you should really get is one of those siphon deals we use at the shop where I work. You can get them at harbor but im not sure where else. You put the hose in the filler neck and the other half in the gas jug then shake it and walk away and get everything else you might need to get done done while its filling.
"if this video gets a million views. We'll stick a twin turbo in it"
Well.... when's this happening?
Jts got a million
Their is a million views now I wanna see the new twin terbos
@@rayoneal1029 ikr it got a million views
One million views.
uh oh broes now they have to
In 1989 I had a new Limo built by Vinney at Ultra Limousine! I sat with his designers and planned the car. I signed all the papers, and then watched as the cut my brand new Lincoln in two. I went back home to Phoenix and waited for the finished car! (After watching you under the car I should have stayed and watched the structural work!) Mine was only 30' ( a 113" stretch) and had just one rear axle. The interior was about like your without the bedroom addition. I am trying to find a picture of it. Mine did have 2 TVs and bar. I also had real crystal classware in the car. There are too many stories to tell but suffice to say I had a lot of fun with it. My favorite thing to do with it was to load it up with 8 or 10 friends and have the Chauffer Drive us for a night on the town. That car took me all over Arizona -= including the Grand Canyon and even a gravel road about 10 mile to a well-know ghost town in the Bradshaw mountains. By the way, That 302 engine took the car, full of people, anywhere we wanted to go. It was one of the best toys I ever owned.
Cool story
Go to a restaurant for a dinner , give the keys to a valet and tell him "don't scratch it" , and just be amazed at the struggle.
I think that you should make it an RV and go on RV trips think about it it's already got a TV it's already got three couches and it has a bar all you need is a way to cook and a restroom and there you go I think that would be a good one
@@skfoxx31 man you'd have to almost lay die to poo though :D
Alternately..."hey, park it next to a Lamborghini. Thanks."
A valet can refuse to park your vehicle I believe, I expect this would be one of those times.. Haha
It’s Iowa, I’ve never seen a restaurant with a valet.
3 million views later, still nothing
I thought they gave it to sean from SRK
Figures, all talk
Ikr
@@tom115probably gave it away before it reached a million, but idk for sure
Not used to it yet?😭😂
Interesting fact: Luke doesn't do endorsements but he still promotes JunkYardDigs! Hope to see you guys do something together again soon.
Kevin’s like me automotive son lol
Sometime in the future we may get back together for something. Iv been hella busy with moving, getting married, switching jobs .... many things 😂
Make it a lowrider!!!
I think you all dress for an 80’s prom and go in stores asking what year it is? 😂
I vote for that idea!!! Would be awesome....
Yes
That's the best thing I heard today
Yes
Got my vote.
Vote for Pedro
I vote for taking it on Power tour. It would be unique as hell!
Cleetus and them have limo drifting competitions. that thing is so big though I doubt you could do much with it.
He'll need to hire Cooper, Cole the Cornstar's mulleted brother to be the driver to have the proper 1980's stretch limo vibe.
Imagine running a quarter mile with a tandem axle limo. The car would take up half the track
@@bhzaddybhzolby1705 lol the rear tires would still be at the tree when he finishes the race!
This Is what I was going to suggest.
Where is the twin turbo swap
Pls no matter in how bad of a condition this is, don't wreck it. Please. This thing is so cool and just screams 80s materialism. If it's too expensive pls sell it to someone that's capable to do so.
They dont wreak there revivals
I’ll take it! I need to work on my parallel parking skills anyway...
@@tamiwu0346 what the fighter jet from your background called?
@@secko5108 I think it’s a Lockheed XF-104.
It really wasn't materialistic people just had a lot of money after paying bills it was a much better standard of living in people enjoyed themselves. Politicians like to put the 80s down because they know it was a winning time frame
As a retired welder, I'm horrified at the conglomerate of scrap metal that escaped the smelter and was welded in place by Ray Charles. Watching you clean this up will be a lot of fun. Do with it what you will. It will be great no matter what.
Would be interesting to take the thing to a real limo builder for an assessment. I never would have imagined using road rebar in a vehicle.
I haven't welded anything in 30 years and wasn't great then and I could do better than that with 30 minutes to get my set up right and run a couple practice runs....I mean dang that's beyond unacceptable.... that's why these old units are low mile and cheap...a lot of builders in the 80s and 90s were shady.
I was struggling to find a way to describe it...Well put.
You've aptly described the stretch limousine industry of the 80s. I've been in the industry for decades, and I have to say, no builder in the 80s and most of the 90s did a single thing differently. It wasn't until Ford and GM started suing people out of existence who weren't in the QVM (Ford) and CMC (Cadillac) programs that quality started to improve. Places like Ultra were still s**tshows though.
Fun fact: 80s Town Cars weren't built much better than what the stretch builders were doing to them. That's why, with VERY few exceptions, 80s Town Car stretches are all "sway back" bent.
@@TransformedByFire Practice runs? you need practice runs to do better than that?
Make her clean it’s high class Camping all new interior and new rear end parts and your the king of camp sites
exactly what i was thinking... camping car limo...
Give it a log cabin interior for the proper camping feel
Yes do all of that it is slept in twin turbo LS in it
“Bring her up to 7 knots for the interstate captain. Put this boat to sail.” 😂😂 3:07
The best part about that is, 7 knots is only a little over 8 MpH
You realize when you go to wash that thing you’re going to cause a water shortage in your area....😂
This find is gold... plated! Seriously though, I want to see you do a total refresh. Maybe this could be your luxury camper? Imagine how hilarious it would be pulling into a campground with this beast!
i am all for it
Love this idea
20ft long pop up roof would be fab.
@@Dave5843-d9m That would be interesting. But probably difficult and expensive. I would just fix the obvious undercarriage issues. Maybe replace the forward couch with another sleeping area. I’d keep the middle couch. Turn the bar into a kitchen cooktop/sink and counter/table. Then I would probably update the cheese factor with a bunch of modern LED coloured strips and maybe some EL Wire so you could really blast the colourful 80’s vibe with pink, blue and purple. I’ve seen EL Wire used as a low power consumption “neon” sign. It works. Just need to make an armature to hold the wire, paint it black and affix the EL wire with black zip ties.
Right, million views.....now get some turbo's sticking out of the hood!
Check the latest video, at the end.
YEEHAW
Can’t wait
All I can say about this beauty is I built these for a living and I avoided riding in them even when new. It’s still killer to see an old rig like this getting so much love.
Are they safe after 30 years?
Nu ai scris bine
Video idea: clean it up acceptable, wear a tux and uber that thing! Love to see people's reactions when you arrive :D
This is actually brilliant. Suppose they dont got time for that though :-)
Haha, I was going to suggest the same.
Yes Uber 👍😂
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I actually like the “really long pieces of wood” idea because the employees are gonna be confused af when you don’t want it cut down 😂
They will spend more on the lumber than the car if they do that.
@@awolfalone2006 2x4 16’ is $20, so a 32 foot 2x4 would be about $40.
@@averagecarguy420 Exactly, more than the car is worth. lol
@@averagecarguy420 2 x 4,6,8's maximum length is 16 feet
I wonder what company did this cars body? Looks like some mess choo choo customs would do.. same company that does camero/elcamino front ends and chevy g20 vans..
Those TVs are not going to get anything but static. They are old analog tuners, and pretty much all broadcast signals are digital. You’d have to get converter boxes for D to A (digital to analog) and put it in the antenna chain feeding all of the TVs. Good luck!
I was saying the same thing! Those old tuners aren't gonna pick up anything, except maybe a leaky cable TV amplifier on a pole somewhere!
of course, all you really need is an RF modulator on channel three and feed it a computer or DVD player!
Usually its not hard do find the 2 wires connecting the receiver module and the Tube module which expects to recieve an ordinary analog hot/ground signal.
OR you find a nerd who creates an multichannel Hf Minitransmitter which coud be feeded with varous signals and let the TVset´s in original state.
You Just Need a decoder
@@gillespriod5509 a,converter scrambler' box
love the wheels and the gold trim ..... crazy limo, even if it's not the world's longest (I saw one with a helicopter landing pad in the back at some point in time) .... even with the scary scrap metal underneath, it deserves another chance on the road
Here is an idea Kevin: use the limo for your wedding and make it a honeymoon camper as well. And as an added bonus, it'll fit most of your wedding guests as well.
Might be a short honeymoon with all that scary welding underneath 😳😳
@@pit_stop77 I'd perhaps take a second look at that rear axle first, it might need structural work done by a pro limo builder
@@rawr51919 A professional limo *anyone* would hear the words "Ultra Limo" and hang up on you before giving their address, and if their address was public, threaten you with a restraining order.
@@pit_stop77 Well, obviously whoever did that "welding" and "rear axle building" ought to be brought up on criminal charges and the axle rebuilt properly. It doesn't seem very structurally sound.
I would live to see this thing professionally cleaned and just hitting the town picking up random people.
I think it is the best idea
@@aman4peace thanks
nice pfp
@@tecc9999 thnx
The Limo Taxi
Recreate the scene in the wedding singer where he makes his friend try out for the limo driver position.
Lmao!!!!!!!!
They were cones
This is the best possible option
Those could have been guests at our wedding!
YES!
Hi Junkyard Pigs!
Limo is my favourite!
Take it to Ford dealership for ball joint replacement.
Take it to the local oil change.
Take it to the wheel alignment.
Take it to the carwash (by hand).
Install the promised and long awaited LS6 twin turbo!! Maybe you'll find one motor like that already built and for sell... :)
Oh, and all the rear wheels should drive, not just 2.
Source the rear wheel steering from Mitsubishi, Mercedes or BMW or wherever you could find it.
Please do a full restoration on this thing it’ll be so cool
YOU WILL NEED TO BE RICH
It doesn't even have to be super good, just a pretty good restoration
@@captainamericaamerica8090 I mean if it was just like a proper cleaning, it seemed most of the stuff inside functioned pretty well, you could replace the lighting for under 200$ and a proper cleaning would remove the majority of the stains, paint would probably be able to buff out, the gold parts wouldn’t be too hard to shine up I don’t think it would take too much to make it look good and function inside. The structural stuff would take a ton of money but most of it wouldn’t be too bad
Road trip with all the other channel creators together in the car. With Angus driving. In his coveralls. And a chauffer's hat.
I don't think the other channel creators like this guy anymore 😂😂😂
@@YTsurferr why
@@YTsurferr ??
Let’s begin the madness with a serious detox and a full interior and exterior detail.
Agree, would love to see this properly brought back to how it was
Yeah let's just drive it up to Canada and let detail geek get a hold of it it won't fit in his garage though
@@PACKERMAN2077 , would an airplane hangar work instead?
Or we can just tear everything apart and give it a modern makeover.
to be honest, it is not in a bad condition at all. very well repairable as much as i have seen and the frame doesn't seem to be too rusty
DEEP CLEAN. I want to see it new.
28:54 **burrrp** "alright let's do it"
That's the kind of energy I vibe with :D
28:56 burp uhhhhhhh……..
@@zhigaowang9570 dodge guys
I can't believe you didn't use the phones to talk to each other from the front to the back!
Vini “Big Daddy” Bergeman was actually an interesting character and has a few videos on UA-cam of some of his work. He was actually on some episodes of Monster Garage and did work with Jesse James with West Coast Choppers. He passed away in 2017 of an Illness, dude was extremely well known in the custom car and limo industry. Which I’m sure is one of the reasons why he has the nickname Big Daddy, and he was a bigger fella. That car is definitely something interesting to hang on to. Just for the conversation piece of anything.
Junkyard Digs: 35ft of Limo!!
Jeremy Clarkson with his Fiat Panda: Finally! A worthy opponent!
"Don't make me come back there, it'll take an hour!" Best quote of a superb video.
turn it into a revival limo. you can do all of your long distance revivals in it and save a ton on hotel/motel bills. I mean you've got a bed, a bar, and enough space to store half an auto parts store inventory
True
I remember about 35 years ago some guy in the neighborhood bought a similar used limo. He would drive it around was so proud of his limo. I saw him one day and remember telling him, you should be riding in back if you really want to show off.
Find a set of twins. Get one to drive the car to a fast-food drive-thru. Have the driver twin pay and say "Give the food to the guy/girl in the back", then let the other twin be the customer in back.
That would be hilarious
Im pretty much convinced u couldnt drive thru a fast food drive trhu with a limo that long
This but Unbread Twins.
Better idea: Find a place with two drive-thru windows that are both being used. Pull up, order, then drive the driver's window to the window where you pick up the food, and pay from the back seat at the same time.
Who's fantasy is this
Fully restore this thing, my dad owned a lincoln town car and it would be amazing to see this one back to full glory
I’d say fully restore this sucker and keep it for the ultimate road trip with family and friends
Dukes of Hazard 👍
@@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 that's one way to die 😂
@@collinklitz7434 it's already a death trap. Geez I don't see how it ever passed a dot inspection
@@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 not all states/providences do inspections
Nothing is un-fixable. That includes that shitty scrapmetal welded axlemajig.... But I echo the main comment. Restore it to its proud former glory. Money can be made with it....
In my younger days I had a friend who had a Lincoln limo we would take it out on Thursday nights for dinner and beers it was so much fun it's always good to have fond memories ❤
New drinking game: every time Kevin says “35 and a half foot limo” you have to take a shot.
Bonus shots for every time he says "Literally" too!
A shot of milk
Ok I did it n my bottle of rum is gone.......🥴
Nope I can't hear him from the back seat
Mook:"we need to remove the car from the gas tank."
That was a clever statement. She is cooky AND smart :)
I have a Chilton for Escorts. I does say, "remove body from engine" in the change timing belt instructions.
It's so beautiful! holy hell you need to fully restore that.
Get the tires balanced for starters. Then a good cleaning inside and out. Restore it to its original condition.
We need a video of yall detailing it and or restoring it.
@2:37 That glass tumbler was either made at the manufacturing plant that I work at in South Jersey or at their headquarters in Arques, France. If I'm not mistaken, they're called "Old Fashioned
Antique Clear OTR glass tumblers". I'm a crew leader for the maintenance mechanics that work on these forming machines that manufacture these glasses and many other different types of containers. I work on vehicles and tinker around like you guys do in my spare time. Keep up the good work!
Small world lol reminds me of my dad who’s a plastics injection molding machine programmer, when we go to vacation and see a tub of lotion at a store he’ll pick it up look at the bottom and say “ha we made this” lol
Cristal d’arques effectivement c'est en France.
@@laurentoutan4856 Oui Oui monsieur
I think you should take it to a car wash and see them try to deal with it. You'll definitely get your money's worth.
Yes
I have got to see that
The car wash machine be like "SystemError22: VeicleTooLong
"Quality with a K" that's the first time I've heard that one. Cracked me up 😂
Ultimate crazy idea: Take this thing in for a safety inspection and watch the inspector age 20 years when they see the scrap-built undercarriage! XD
Yeah. I was really surprised to see that. Do you think that was done at the time of the stretch or are those just crappy repairs?
@@giggiddy Definitely done at the time of the stretch, I bet all of these were total deathtraps!
@@BlueXonar Yes, I was wondering about that, as well --- who in his right mind would build a "prestige limousine" THAT way??? Surely there must be commercially-fabricated limo-conversion kits for a Lincoln Town Car, since that's often the model used for this type of vehcile?? And wouldn't you hafta have a safety-examination of your vehicle before being granted a limo-license to carry passengers for hire?? Yearly-inspection requirements, of course, are just a big conspiracy between the states and auto-manufacturers to force people to buy more new cars, not any true "government caring" about human safety --- as far as I know, states that do not require yearly inspections (like Iowa and those other mid-western states; that's likely why whoever converted this limo got away with such a horridly crappy job) do not have any more auto-accidents than states that do require them, like the New England states where I live. But still, this is a ridiculous oversight as far as safety is concerned --- you would think that ALL states should at least require a safety-check for a wholesale conversion of a vehicle that involves the frame or some other major portion that could affect its basic structural integrity.
Looks like something that was fixed in Africa or India 😅 Holy crap 😅
How is this heap of scrap even road legal...???
I drove Limo for 10 years... The "I want Mcdonalds" comment was too true. Typically through the drive-through. I've also taken people to Wal-Mart and the Dollar store.
I can well imagine!!!
Just wondering if the hourly rate for a limo is, or would be, cheaper than an hour in a taxi?
@@greenhouse3505 Varies greatly by location. Our company had a minimum 4 hour booking, except one limo we had set up for Airport runs. I recommend you make some calls locally. Make sure you ask how many limos they have in their fleet, and whether or not they're insured as a Limo . Their are a lot of owner operators that have one limo, and if it dies... you're SOL... we had 8 so if one had a mechanical issue we could cover it. There was a local single owner operator who's limo burned to the ground during a prom. He had to call our company to cover their ride home.
you are not going to mcdonalds drive thru with that thing today
@@ufartface Or any other day with any other drive thru. It's too long. It won't fit.
"Good year for mouse nests" 😂
More Jesse on camera, he's hilarious.
I'm catching up on older videos after a hiatus around the time this was posted and I'm in love with this limo. Would love an update!
A barn for 20 years? Damn that musta been a big barn.
Barn that still wouldn't fit my ex's ego.
Most barns are big, it wouldn’t be called a barn if it was small....that is called a shed.
@@portermcsorley r/wooosh
@@andersyes1345 you clearly don’t understand that subreddit.
@@portermcsorley r/wooooooosh
After you wash her down.Fill the entire car with mutilcolor balloons, get a giant sized fake check and prank some people into believing they won a sweepstakes from years ago and you've finally arrived to deliver them on a dream vacation
Great prank
date the check 1985
I am behind this idea
28:56 Nice rip...Give you a 7.0 would have been a 8 but no duration....
😆😆😆
now that you have a million views.. here's an idea after you put the twin turbo LS in it, you need to drift the Limo
I don’t think that will work because of the Extra axle in the back, if it’s not powered it won’t skid
That would be epic
@@3a.m.284 you’re right, they could remove it though! That would be sick! If not just connect it to the first axle in some way
It’ll snap in half😭
LS, LS LS, boring!!!!!!
theres a few series i watch 1 or 2 times a year, this Limo series is one of them
Jesus he said 20 years and I was thinking 90s or 80s, then I realized it was 2001...
Isn't it fucking strange getting old? 😂 I'm 31 myself now and I personally feel like time seems to just keep passing by more quickly as you continue getting older once you're out of like high school 😂😂
As a 17 year old I still do this too 😂
I think that to myself all the time. Looking at car lots and find 2001 car and think the car isn't that old it's a good deal then think NVM the cars 20yo. It feels like 9/11 was just yesterday. I'm just 43! Lol.
Gonna be a hell of a cabriolet with a jacouzi in the back xD
I know right..... when the one guy was talking about tube tv’s I was thinking about the 13” B&W I had my Atari hooked too, and how exciting it was when my family was able to afford a VCR and we didn’t need the rental one for Friday night movie
Just because the plug wire ohms out fine, doesn't mean it's not cross firing (arcing). My 92' Caddy had fantastic looking wires and they ohmed out fine but still had misfires like crazy. Sprayed misty water on them at night and it was a light show of little blue sparks bouncing between eachother. With that, ya'll did a good job getting it running! I'm surprised it started and ran all in all that easy for sitting that long. Can't wait to see it cleaned up and the next video on it!!
As for ideas, I say keep it original and detail it/restore it. Kind of keeping it as a throwback to the 90's haha.
As a fella would say, "That car's got more shimmy than a Shakira half time show."
Thicker that Shakira's assets..
And were talking finances here fellas, cmon now
derek would be proud
Well ill be dipped
48:15 - Rattling more than the Millennium Falcon at sub-light! lolol!
I'd love to see a full restoration of this, or at least a detail vid!
Have it professionally detailed. I wanna see their reaction
I 100% agree it will benefit us and you and hell even the future buyers
Considering the length of the car I can't believe how little they left for the driver
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I bought a 89 4 door Fairmont with the 302 and 4 speed manual when stationed at Mt. Home AFB for $600. It was the ultimate sleeper, and I drove to KY while pulling a U-Haul. I miss "The Taxi" as I named it due to all the other airmen that I hauled around in it.
Bro this opens up so many possibilities for road trips and revivals
I think you have a prime candidate for 24 Hours of Lemons. You could take your entire team to the race “in style”.
That's the comment I was going to add.
Do a take out diner thing. You take passengers to the place they want to eat. Order the food and instead of eating at the eatery, you provide fine dining in the limo as you cruise down the road listening to nothing but 80's music!
I fixed and redesigned a few limousine as company I worked for a few years, would buy used and new ones. Yes, it is essentially a car cut on half and mid section added. Some builders were pretty bad. I lost count of how many frames we had to fix over the years to make them halfway safe. Then wiring absolutely a whole another can of worms. They used under gauge wiring to controller and the controller typically right behind the driver seat. I remember the owner buying it cheap for that reason. Thankfully, fire only was behind driver seat and driver used fire extinguisher to put it out. I rebuilt it and rip out all wiring and used proper gauge wiring, new controller and converted over halogen light box to LED which is what passes light to fiber optic in ceiling and of course frame completely overhualed. Still on the road, I believe to this day. Yhea took some work and 10 thousand to make it right and updated the entertainment system and interior. Thankfully, the owner was actually OCD and didn't mind spending money to make them safe. You be shocked on some of the stuff seen even on new limousine from builders had to redesign and repair.
Now you can actually buy ones direct from Lincoln, or Cadillac that was a factory limo and not cut up in half from a builder. You do have a couple good builders that actually do a proper frame, but unfortunately most are terrifying and cheap, or scrap materials. They use some designer interior but unsafe framewise. Made for looks but poor quality where it matters.
The one shown in this video is up there for being one of the worst I have seen. They used rebar and scrap metal almost everywhere, pretty much? The booger welds are unbelievably bad, no wonder they cracked. Someone had the right ideas designing it, but very poor craftsmanship and cut corners. So definitely the builder that cut corners.
If it were mines, I would have to completely strip it down to frame and pretty much have to redo that rear end, frame and run all new wiring and update interior first, before considered dropping a better motor in it. That motor fine that in it beside probably rebuilding it and would be enough to move people around no problem. Yes a 351 is nice. It won't be worth it cost, or time wise. As I would have to completely strip it down to make it right. As not road worthy and that electrical is likely spliced together, instead of making and running new proper wiring harnesses as most cut corners on this area especially.
Drives into McDonald's parking area. Two men in black exit scan and secure the parameter then guard the door, driver opens the door for Mook to exit dressed up like the Star she is.
Take that ‘ol girl through the car wash! You’d really be getting your moneys worth 😂
I'd love to see a detail video of this thing
One of those paint any car for XX dollars.... Hahahahahahaha
Needs 2 car wash bays
Deliver Domino's pizza in it.
@@SHOdown13 UBER 😂
I was in the limo business back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Lincolns from that era ROCK! At least they did back then, as evidenced by that nasty bed in the back.
It doesn't rock, it shakes.
still waiting for the ls swap
Ah the high pitch tone of an old tube TV, brings me back to entire childhood. 🤣
The "Extended Warranty" call was hilarious.
Imagine if this had a mechanical pump lmao, you'd be cranking for the rest of the week
Coming back 2 years later to remind you that you promised us a Twin Turbo LS...
And if you get it done you need to challenge Cleetus McFarland during one of his Limo races. ;)
I moved to Southern MN in 1997. There were limos everywhere in rural MN and IA. Casinos paid limo services to haul groups of people in. Then, in about 98, the casinos bought busses and many many limo services went out of business.
Would be cool to see this actually made into something nice, maybe upgrade the TV's to modern flatscreens and maybe dye the interior
Take it to the drive-in movies and see how many friends you can sneak in.😁😁😁
I revisited this video and I hope the limo returns. You and Mook make my day.
I wouldn't mind seeing it in the junkyard digs/mook wedding!
I hope you guys NEVER change, especially mook!!! You guys really are great together, what an adorable couple!!!
"Oh my god - it's static! I haven't seen that in years."
My absolute favourite quote today.
Wow I'm glad it started up finally after after a year just barely in time to save the starter from catching fire 🔥
I think you should pull that puppy into an RV campsite and camp for the weekend!
The shaking could be the driveshaft bearings. Good video guys. Keep It up!!!
Those 80-90‘s Hotwheels style wheels fits so perfect to this hilarious thing 🤣👌🏼
Looks like somebody played really hard with and buried it for 20 years in their favorite sandbox 😆
at 32:30, thats the loudest engine I ever heard lmao
You should literally dress up in 80 or 90 style prom clothes and drive around asking people where the prom location is at and make sure it's a venue that has been closed for 20 or more Years. Clean the Limo up as best you can and film it all
They certainly did a good job building that bloody starter motor. Hell's bells...
After seeing how that 2nd axle was welded, I am curious what the frame extension looks like.
I can believe how much that poor engine is struggling, my first car was an 83 LTD Crown Victoria with the 302 V8 and it felt pretty slow, add 5x more weight and it’s impressive that limo even moves haha!
I trust Kevin knows how to be safe when working on cars, but his hoodie strings hanging down in the engine just gave me the worst anxiety. 😬
Recreate Doug Dimmadome (owner of the Dimsdale Dimmadome)‘s limousine with the bullhorns on the front.
THE Doug Dimmadome owner of the dimsdale Dimmadome showing crash nebula on ice!?
That would be dope
I thought that Mook was going to do a full on Peter Griffin vs the Chicken fight. Lol
One thing you should really get is one of those siphon deals we use at the shop where I work. You can get them at harbor but im not sure where else. You put the hose in the filler neck and the other half in the gas jug then shake it and walk away and get everything else you might need to get done done while its filling.
Imagine what types of paraphernalia are lurking beneath the seats and interior
Could probably vacuum a kilo of cocaine out of the thing.
Used and very dry prophylactics.
Imagine what some of the seat stains are....
For one of these revivals, you should prank Mook by slipping a fake skeleton into the trunk then letting her open it
Yes! Put some period clothes on it.
Dressed to look like Elvis maybe?
Comin’ inside we have ourselves a mook
Mook: get out 🤣
Guys, what a thoroughly enjoyable post. I look forward to seeing the limo's progress and checking out some more of your videos 👍👍👍