I love the way Dennis always includes Zach, even though he is on the camera and can't answer back. A lot of productions would just ignore the camera guy, but not Dennis; Dennis appreciates anyone who works their ass off and helps make the team a success. Zach certainly fits the bill on that account.
Shaun P is about as enthusiastic as a wallflower on this episode. Dennis if you're interested I know of a antiquated junkyard in Arizona that you might want to take a look at
Watched the show Today and afterword headed straight to Pucket's which is 5 minutes from my home and for the first time in my life ordered the meatloaf as until now thought nobody could outdue my wifes it's her birthday by the way told her we'd go wherever she wanted as long as it was Puckets LOL anyway it was Outstanding!
Finding the old cars, meeting the owners and finding the local places to eat is awesome. Thanks for bringing it to us each week every time I take the old cars out or go part hunting I always make the most of it. Look forward to seeing more
Shawn P not awake today early. Looks like he been driven all night, at least after a good meal, he,s back to the old SP. great find Dennis. Another one rescued.
Like always I will put on your show each week or so, and the world around me melts away for that half an hour. Its almost like coming along with you guys and then having to go back home at the end. Other shows are good but I usually do not ride shotgun with them. Thanks for bringing me along.
This shout out is for Zach , his work truly outshines all the big you tubers big boys. Gas Monkey has a bunch of people, so does Diesel Dave, Fantomworks, etc. Zach’s quality outshines them all.👍
I love this episode. I use to live in Nashville, tn. I remember back in 1976 my brother just started driving for the first time and was looking for a car to buy and we found a 1969 cougar eliminator that had a big block 428 cu. Inch engine from the factory. The car was at Jim Reed Chevrolet dealership in Nashville. It was red with black strips on the side and a flat black hood with a cast iron hood scoop. It came that way from the factory. I remember when he started It up. The whole car shook and was pretty loud. Needless to say he didn't buy it. He ended up buying a 1972 Cuda 340 cu. with the pistol grip four speed instead. Imagine what these cars would be worth now. Good memories.
That three on the tree takes me back to the F100 Sport Custom, three on the tree 302 learned to drive on…kids today have no idea “the fun” that was to experience…thank you for what you all do! All the cars of our (my) youth get to see again!
Back in 1972, I was working for my Dad at his body shop....his mechanic brought in a 68 Cougar that had a 427 4 speed....I got to drive it.....man that rig would $HIT AND GET!
So funny! I am 51. I've never seen this body style growing up. There are 2 on different farms within a mile from me. My Dad and i have been talking about them for a month.
I really wish I would have known about Dennis when I sold my collection of 55, 56, 57 T-Birds a few years ago. I had several show winners. All original and unrestored. I had a California born 56 with factory air 14k original miles. Anyhow, I love watching these rescues.
Thanks for thoughts, commenting… Interestingly, always enjoy other/ different/foreign/ perspectives on some of this UA-camRS , ETC**! I am from NORTHERN INDIANA ( Indy500,races, Studebaker, Duesenbergs,etc), & ending life in HELENA VALLEY, MONTANA ( BIG GRANDEURS, & GRANDKIDS,etc),,
shawn is right , you don't want to load a car with no brakes going downhill .... you can control its movement with the winch going uphill , if it's going down it could roll towards the front of the trailer with no control
Shawn annoys me for some reason. He just has a bad attitude sometimes. If he could walk a mile in someone else's shoes for about a year he'd realize what an amazing opportunity it is to work for a guy like Dennis.
Like your C10, I just found a purchased a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 2 door one owner, parked inside since 1978. 4 barrel, dual exhaust and overdrive. 100% stock. The tubes in the tires held air long enough for us to put it on the trailer and unload it. It's was a dream find in the middle of nowhere Kansas. McDonald Kansas to be exact. Now it's with me in Denver
Oh this brought back so many memories. As a late teen I had a 68 Cougar XR7 Gt. 390 with an auto. Had the overhead console. Red on Red. Crazy fast car. Had it 3 or 4 years and sold it. That guy lost control and destroyed it into a tree. Wow to have it to do over lol
I had several Mustangs and I enjoyed them all until I bought a 1970 XR7 Cougar with 351 Windsor gold exterior black interior and fell in Love ! It fit me like a glove. She was fast up to around 75, I moved up north and found another 70 gold XR7 in a junkyard when dating my future wife for $150, needed points. Same everything as first but had a cleveland 351. This really hauled the mail. At 61 I can only dream of all the cool cars I had because in '79 the second gas crunch came and cars like them were a dime a dozen...
Reminds me of my brother, in 1979 he bought a 1969 cougar with the same motor, convertible. I always like the 1970 hood change, and then they went to crap from 1971 on.
Might sound weird but I hope to be as balanced in life as Dennis seems. Always happy, appreciative, abundant and enjoying the moment. Lessons to all of us 🙌📈
Shawn P was in rare form that day lol , it all works out with the best boss in the world. Always loved the Cougar and that's a very rare one , a great find . I sure hope it gets a complete restoration, it truly deserves it with the rarity of it.
Great video . Car and truck are great . Truck is a lot nicer than an old beat up but dependable truck my dad had . He always said every man needs a nice truck and a dependable " go to hell truck " . That is defined as dependable but beat so you could take trash or any other of a thousand possibilities and not worry about denting , scratching , or getting dirty your good old go to hell truck . I miss my dad .
Cool truck , Your learning to drive in an old Ford truck brought me to a story of a letter I found of my fathers , this written to his mother back as a young boy visiting his Uncles Texas Farm . The visit included his learning to drive a 32 Ford , afterwards he was awarded trips into town for supply’s through the summertime . It was pure gold to find my fathers first driving experience , best gift .
I'm diggin that 80s Dodge Ram & that Duster in the garage! I also love that '71 Chevy with the 3 on the tree, I learned how to drive in a '70 Ford Ranger 302 3 on the tree! ✌💖☮
I remember back in the day, seeing "full color ads" for a Cougar Eliminator! I grew up in SW Ontario & I never ever seen a real one on the road here. Of course I wanted the 428CJ version, as I was 16 at the time.🤩
I started watching Dennis about 2 weeks ago. I was only aware of him from his dealings with Rawlings. Dennis is 180 degrees from Rawlings. I have been binge watching now to catch up. Dennis is THE best guy to come visit you and Buy things. Obviously respects his employees and the owners he is dealing with. Can't wait to be able to say...I've seen All his Videos. Billy
Dennis…………………you and your crew nail it every time! Great cars, great sellers, great restaurants, what more could you ask for? 60 is the new 40, don’t I wish.
One of my top 5 American Muscle Cars, This car, and a 1967 Camaro Z/28 RS/SS, 1963 Buick Riviera, 1970 Z/28 RS/SS 4-Speed, 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertible 4-speed... I hope we get to see the Cougar when the restoration is complete!!
A friends dad had a 70 rs/ss split bumper camaro. Factory 402ci 4 speed car. black exterior/interior with gold strips. Chin splitter with the spoiler on the trunk.The car was imaculant. There wasn't a tear anywhere in the inside or a scratch outside. So he got drug by a 2v cleveland powered maverick. He didn't want any from the 72 torino sport 429 bbf. He made the mistake of trying the cleveland. Anyway my friends mom passed away from cancer, so his dad went off on a drug binge. He would constantly pawn the car and get it back. That went on for a while. Eventually he sold it pretty cheap for drug money. The guy that bought it borrowed the money from his dad. He Had his son say grandpa molested him, which was a lie. While the grandpa was in jail his son told him he was keeping the car and not paying back a dime that was loaned to him to buy it. So when they locked up the son, his father took a torch and cut the drivetrain out of the car 402/ m22 4 speed/ 12 bolt. My uncle paid $500 for all the drivetrain just to replace a rod knocking 454 in his dually. The guy took the car to the salvage yard and watched them crush it.
A very rare cat indeed! My best friend in high school got a 1968 XR7 GT when he got his license, 390 automatic. He had a bad heart and died just before our graduation, and his family sold the car. How I wish I could find that one again, or one similar.
@@SST11B What a question. I started to not even reply, but you have proven yourself not to be bright enough to comprehend by yourself, so to feed your poisonous trolling, I would take one more day of any of my friendships and family, over anything materialistic, for a century. This episode is about a car, and I related a memory of a similar model in my life's experience. Too bad you can't see that.
No trailer broken window less THAN 27min DENNIS that pretty fast coffee walk you shared entrees what did Zach eat? Hum no pucketts sticker hum for them?
Great show! Love the rare Cougar Big block with a stick, my kind of car. We had a 69 Cougar, actual grandma car from Florida. Our Grandma bought it new. She gave it to my brother and he built the car with a 428 SCJ, LeMans Rods, Holly Dominator, C-6 trans 9" rear 411 Detroit locker. Was a beast. Would love to build something a bit tamer, this car would be a great start...
Nice, I had a 69 XR7 390 black leather high back buckets with headrest. Black vinyl roof Silver with eliminator decals and hood scoop. Craigars,,air shocks, TA 50's and the ol traction bars. 'The 390 was factory replacement when engine caught fire. My parents car 1980 in High School. We had the cars back then. The average bad ass car was around 2 grand Max. Now they are worth 20-50 grand. I'm glad my buddies were into cars. Those were the days.
I love how Shawn is like kk let’s load this thing and hit the road. Let me do my thing lol love it. Dennis has a ton of knowledge but I know exactly how Shawn is feeling. I’m sure he’d be just as excited if he owned it.
I learned to drive on my dads '69 Chevy pick up, 3-on-the-tree. 1st new vehicle he ever bought. That truck never did quit. When he sold it in the '80s, the bed had rotted out, but that engine was still going.
Wow beautiful truck. Dad bought a 72 same colour, transmission was toast. Someone put loud cheap exhaust on it and slicksters on the rear end. 350 V8 automatic. Had the truck painted inside and out jet black, clear coat. Recovered the seat in black. Tinted the windows. New wood in the box. New transmission, Rally Wheels and a proper exhaust. And the Heartbeat of America decal (even if was GMC). No positrack no four barrel. "Baby". Sold it to a friend from work cash money.
My friend had a 1968 GTE with a 427. This car was crazy fast. I was with him when he blew the doors off a Dodge that had 440 with a six pack racing light to light in North Grants Pass Oregon . Oh to be young again.😎
I had two 1968 Cougar XR7 GTs both 4sps one had head rests both 100% original right down to the shift knobs and both 3:25 rears, if I had only known the way things were going to go AND just a few miles away a 68 XR7 GTE (427) was pulled out of a guys garage after many years of sitting.
That was a 1 year only in 67 on the GTE. And unfortunately it was more or less just a 390pi with .160 over bore. Meaning it used the cast iron intake the same cam cast crank, and the 390 4 bbl rods. The heads were the late model truck heads as well But a set of early C3's off a low riser a 428 pi intake and a good cam and a set of heads and 500hp is very easy. That is one of my personal favorites FE set ups. That combo with spin to 6800 and if you get some Scatt H beam rods and bump the duration on the cam a bit more it will spin 7800 and make 580hp+. And it will live. The FE is such a bad ass under rated piece it's a shame. I'll take a 427 Ford and eat every 454 bbc that is dumb enough to be embarrassed by less cubes. Go to utube and type in Holman Moody 427 mustang. 1 Ford go to the Corvette anniversary vintage race. And put it on the poll and never looked back. And every 427 vett just ran for first loser!! Take that bow tie boys!
Yeah Shawn was laboring in this one, looked a little stiff and sore. That wonderful food you had picked him up :D Great stuff as always Dennis, keep 'em coming!
Yea well Richard likes to have people to call and kick tires..... let's say he paid $7,500 for the truck and everybody knows and now he wants $15,500 each and every person is going to bad mouth him and get into the I know you only paid xxx for it and then it turns into a shit show....... doesn't matter what he paid for it or anything.....you don't realize he has employees,trucks,trailers, fuel,air fair,car rental gets it back they go through it brakes,shocks,tires, exhaust system,fuel tank sending unit and lines, battery time and materials aren't free. He's in business to make money not break even...you can do what he does go out look around look in back yards,barns,farms ect. Do the research... back in the early 80s I was buying stuff like that truck and cougar out of back yards for anywhere from $200-$500 bucks....but now with the big wallet guys you can't get a father son project for under $15k and that's needing total resto rough but not scrap but really close to beyond repair..... and whoever started the patina thing spraying clear over the Rusty dented panels should be slapped...... you ran out of money or patience or both and got lazy.old cars and trucks are big business now they buy them restore them and put them in a garage where no one can appreciate them......the next time you see it it's on the auction at Barrett Jackson being bid up by someone with more money than brains..... sorry for the rant but I have watched the hobby go down hill for a long time now....see them at local car shows not knowing what end of a screw driver to use owning some beautiful machines....great show as always Dennis keep doing your thing 👍👌✌️🇺🇸🇺🇲
@@ronaldmoparornocar9590 100%% agree with everything you said...that being said, i respect richard that much more because he just doesnt give a fuck. he found the deal and we didnt, he sets his price and im sure he isnt dealing with ANY tire kicking. come buy it or get lost lol he isnt some marketplace ad
@@jdoy70 you are correct Sir.... unfortunately that's what has to be done sometimes..... becoming more frequent with the people who have never done it before but know you are doing it wrong crowd......it can get interesting when they think they know but have not a clue......I am too old a cat to be fucked by kittens....if you know what I mean 😉
My dad had a 1967 Chevy custom 10. 8 ft Fleetside bed , Straight 6, three on the tree. He bought it brand new in 1967. I was 12 years old in 1978 when he taught me how to drive standard transmission in that truck. I miss them both very much!
Dennis saying "I haven't done a Cougar in awhile" is priceless .
Yeah, I caught that too....😎
@12:05 "you're gonna have another beautiful load sean".........that one hit the cringe meter a little too lol
Haha...right?
And Sean stating that, it's not about the size🤣
🤣🤣
Shawn was NOT feeling this...he wanted a snatch and grab and a NAP 🤣
I noticed that as well.
he needs coke
He says, "my back is messed up" @ 5:42
@@TheOriginalBobbyd Shawn is Generally Really Good Help.everone has a bad day now and then
@@michaelfraser5723 seems like Dennis was extra hopped up today
I love the way Dennis always includes Zach, even though he is on the camera and can't answer back. A lot of productions would just ignore the camera guy, but not Dennis; Dennis appreciates anyone who works their ass off and helps make the team a success. Zach certainly fits the bill on that account.
Dennis treats him like a son
He just continues to show us that he's the real deal and a class act.
Outstanding
@@tonyrhoton6613 lol how could you possibly know that
I look forward to this every week. Dennis is an amazing guy.
I'd love to see that Cougar restored, those cars are way underrated, then and now.😉👍
Shaun P is about as enthusiastic as a wallflower on this episode.
Dennis if you're interested I know of a antiquated junkyard in Arizona that you might want to take a look at
Watched the show Today and afterword headed straight to Pucket's which is 5 minutes from my home and for the first time in my life ordered the meatloaf as until now thought nobody could outdue my wifes it's her birthday by the way told her we'd go wherever she wanted as long as it was Puckets LOL anyway it was Outstanding!
“Haven’t done a Cougar in a while”🤣🤘🏼☀️☀️
Such a great relationship between the boss and his staff
🤣 you can Cut the tension what a knife
if i could retire now, I'd do so and go work for Dennis. the knowledge he shares is crazy.
and he buys ya lunch!
Finding the old cars, meeting the owners and finding the local places to eat is awesome. Thanks for bringing it to us each week every time I take the old cars out or go part hunting I always make the most of it. Look forward to seeing more
The young gentleman that was selling the Cougar was a cool dude.
Shawn P not awake today early. Looks like he been driven all night, at least after a good meal, he,s back to the old SP. great find Dennis. Another one rescued.
It looks like Shawn’s back was killing him. I know the feeling and it’s not fun. What a trooper. Way to hang in there brother.
D4 music
Music
He's just a complainer
Like always I will put on your show each week or so, and the world around me melts away for that half an hour. Its almost like coming along with you guys and then having to go back home at the end. Other shows are good but I usually do not ride shotgun with them. Thanks for bringing me along.
This shout out is for Zach , his work truly outshines all the big you tubers big boys. Gas Monkey has a bunch of people, so does Diesel Dave, Fantomworks, etc. Zach’s quality outshines them all.👍
Thank you Mark!
Good Words Its a good day to be alive
I love this episode. I use to live in Nashville, tn. I remember back in 1976 my brother just started driving for the first time and was looking for a car to buy and we found a 1969 cougar eliminator that had a big block 428 cu. Inch engine from the factory. The car was at Jim Reed Chevrolet dealership in Nashville. It was red with black strips on the side and a flat black hood with a cast iron hood scoop. It came that way from the factory. I remember when he started It up. The whole car shook and was pretty loud. Needless to say he didn't buy it. He ended up buying a 1972 Cuda 340 cu. with the pistol grip four speed instead. Imagine what these cars would be worth now. Good memories.
That three on the tree takes me back to the F100 Sport Custom, three on the tree 302 learned to drive on…kids today have no idea “the fun” that was to experience…thank you for what you all do! All the cars of our (my) youth get to see again!
For us it was our Aunt's chevy nova! Good times
Nice u got to drive f100
I have one 71 sport custom short bed 302 original and yes those r nice trucks
The animosity was real in this one.
Shawn looks absolutely thrilled
Back in 1972, I was working for my Dad at his body shop....his mechanic brought in a 68 Cougar that had a 427 4 speed....I got to drive it.....man that rig would $HIT AND GET!
All the 68 Cougars with a 427 GT E were automatic cars.
427 Side Oiler would have been a rare Cougar for sure... Special order.
@@leddygee1896 Didn’t have to special order to get a GT E, but not many were made. 357 GT E were produced with the 427.
244 68 Cougars with the 428CJ.
So funny! I am 51. I've never seen this body style growing up. There are 2 on different farms within a mile from me. My Dad and i have been talking about them for a month.
I really wish I would have known about Dennis when I sold my collection of 55, 56, 57 T-Birds a few years ago. I had several show winners. All original and unrestored. I had a California born 56 with factory air 14k original miles. Anyhow, I love watching these rescues.
Wow! Nice
Yeah I think you had some desirable cars. Dennis could have made you famous
my dad had a '59 Galaxie 500 "retractable" with a 312 t-bird engine w/ a four barrel and a four speed.
I love to see new episodes every Friday it brings back my childhood memories . Great looking 71 Chevy truck .
Shout out to you Mr Collins, your content never disappoints, much love from South africa 🇿🇦
Thanks for thoughts, commenting… Interestingly, always enjoy other/ different/foreign/ perspectives on some of this UA-camRS , ETC**! I am from NORTHERN INDIANA ( Indy500,races, Studebaker, Duesenbergs,etc), & ending life in HELENA VALLEY, MONTANA ( BIG GRANDEURS, & GRANDKIDS,etc),,
Dennis and Shawn were sounding like an old married couple deciding how to load that car on the trailer.🤣
I thought the same thing when they were going on about if they should jump it or not.
shawn is right , you don't want to load a car with no brakes going downhill .... you can control its movement with the winch going uphill , if it's going down it could roll towards the front of the trailer with no control
Shawn annoys me for some reason. He just has a bad attitude sometimes. If he could walk a mile in someone else's shoes for about a year he'd realize what an amazing opportunity it is to work for a guy like Dennis.
Fighting for position?
@@TheAgentAssassin Ive been feeling the same. He's got a jealous type attitude..
I remember the ELIMINATOR. Even more rare. I always loved the cougar. I called them elegant hot rods. Lol
Like your C10, I just found a purchased a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 2 door one owner, parked inside since 1978. 4 barrel, dual exhaust and overdrive. 100% stock. The tubes in the tires held air long enough for us to put it on the trailer and unload it. It's was a dream find in the middle of nowhere Kansas. McDonald Kansas to be exact. Now it's with me in Denver
Old man was like yeah keep talking it up..youll pay in the end
🤣😂🤣😂 Hey Shawn, that’s what SheSaid! 😉👍 That is an Amazing c-10! 😮😃👌
Another good find 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
He was right Dennis down hill no stopping give him a bonus
Dennis was SO HAPPY when talking about the brownie! Epic
Oh this brought back so many memories. As a late teen I had a 68 Cougar XR7 Gt. 390 with an auto. Had the overhead console. Red on Red. Crazy fast car. Had it 3 or 4 years and sold it. That guy lost control and destroyed it into a tree. Wow to have it to do over lol
I had a 67 289. My mom bought it new and gave it to me in 77. I drove it 2 years, it got stolen and totaled. I'm still pissed. 😄
what an awesome chevy truck, i was born in 1979, and to see a truck from that time still looking as good as ever is just brilliant
Cool video. Food Looked Amazing. Meatloaf Looks Amazing!! G
I had several Mustangs and I enjoyed them all until I bought a 1970 XR7 Cougar with 351 Windsor gold exterior black interior and fell in Love ! It fit me like a glove. She was fast up to around 75, I moved up north and found another 70 gold XR7 in a junkyard when dating my future wife for $150, needed points. Same everything as first but had a cleveland 351. This really hauled the mail. At 61 I can only dream of all the cool cars I had because in '79 the second gas crunch came and cars like them were a dime a dozen...
Reminds me of my brother, in 1979 he bought a 1969 cougar with the same motor, convertible. I always like the 1970 hood change, and then they went to crap from 1971 on.
Might sound weird but I hope to be as balanced in life as Dennis seems. Always happy, appreciative, abundant and enjoying the moment. Lessons to all of us 🙌📈
Agreed.
His perspective is outstanding.
It'd be good to be in Dennis Collins's Tribe!
You’d be happy to with his $$$
@@RDMash you might be right? however, I have met and known several absolutely miserable wealthy people
Shawn P was in rare form that day lol , it all works out with the best boss in the world. Always loved the Cougar and that's a very rare one , a great find . I sure hope it gets a complete restoration, it truly deserves it with the rarity of it.
I’m from Northern Ireland and my wife and I ate at Puckett’s whilst there on holiday. A great spot
Thanks I watch every Friday it makes my day thanks
Great video . Car and truck are great . Truck is a lot nicer than an old beat up but dependable truck my dad had . He always said every man needs a nice truck and a dependable " go to hell truck " . That is defined as dependable but beat so you could take trash or any other of a thousand possibilities and not worry about denting , scratching , or getting dirty your good old go to hell truck . I miss my dad .
Cool truck , Your learning to drive in an old Ford truck brought me to a story of a letter I found of my fathers , this written to his mother back as a young boy visiting his Uncles Texas Farm . The visit included his learning to drive a 32 Ford , afterwards he was awarded trips into town for supply’s through the summertime . It was pure gold to find my fathers first driving experience , best gift .
I had a 67 with a 390-4speed. Red with a white vinyl top. A bad ass ride.
This is my FAVORITE UA-cam CHANNEL AND CONTENT. I TOO LIKE RESCUING COUGARS! The 2 LEGGED ONES ESPECIALLY!
I'm diggin that 80s Dodge Ram & that Duster in the garage! I also love that '71 Chevy with the 3 on the tree, I learned how to drive in a '70 Ford Ranger 302 3 on the tree! ✌💖☮
I remember back in the day, seeing "full color ads" for a Cougar Eliminator! I grew up in SW Ontario & I never ever seen a real one on the road here. Of course I wanted the 428CJ version, as I was 16 at the time.🤩
I started watching Dennis about 2 weeks ago. I was only aware of him from his dealings with Rawlings. Dennis is 180 degrees from Rawlings. I have been binge watching now to catch up. Dennis is THE best guy to come visit you and Buy things. Obviously respects his employees and the owners he is dealing with. Can't wait to be able to say...I've seen All his Videos. Billy
I had a '72 Bronco back in my high school days. When the other kids got in the looks on their faces was priceless when I shifted through the gears.
I had a mint 67 Cougar GT 390 4spd that I took drag racing in the early 70s, was great! Wish I still had her...
Dennis…………………you and your crew nail it every time! Great cars, great sellers, great restaurants, what more could you ask for? 60 is the new 40, don’t I wish.
I just turned 60 like Dennis and feel like a young man pretending to be an old man but…it may be the other way around?😂
The smiles on both your faces after you ate said it all Great Stuff you guys
I'm 67 and the owner of a 67 cougar for the last 47 years, you can get any part for these cougars at west coast classic cougars
One of my top 5 American Muscle Cars, This car, and a 1967 Camaro Z/28 RS/SS, 1963 Buick Riviera, 1970 Z/28 RS/SS 4-Speed, 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertible 4-speed... I hope we get to see the Cougar when the restoration is complete!!
A friends dad had a 70 rs/ss split bumper camaro. Factory 402ci 4 speed car. black exterior/interior with gold strips. Chin splitter with the spoiler on the trunk.The car was imaculant. There wasn't a tear anywhere in the inside or a scratch outside.
So he got drug by a 2v cleveland powered maverick. He didn't want any from the 72 torino sport 429 bbf. He made the mistake of trying the cleveland.
Anyway my friends mom passed away from cancer, so his dad went off on a drug binge. He would constantly pawn the car and get it back. That went on for a while. Eventually he sold it pretty cheap for drug money. The guy that bought it borrowed the money from his dad. He Had his son say grandpa molested him, which was a lie. While the grandpa was in jail his son told him he was keeping the car and not paying back a dime that was loaned to him to buy it. So when they locked up the son, his father took a torch and cut the drivetrain out of the car 402/ m22 4 speed/ 12 bolt. My uncle paid $500 for all the drivetrain just to replace a rod knocking 454 in his dually.
The guy took the car to the salvage yard and watched them crush it.
Want that truck, just have to work harder for one like that.
Keep it up Dennis, Zach, and Crew
Sean wasn't firing on all cylinders then along came Pucketts.
Nice Cougar and great Honda, life is now complete!
Love all of your rescue videos
Always love the content. You guys do an amazing job. Never took a meatloaf road trip before but maybe it's about time.
Nice car. I have a 67 Highland Green 289 factory 4 speed XR7 with swing away wheel , four piston front disc brakes and styled steel wheels. It is NFS.
Look forward to every Friday!!!! Dennis, you and your team are awesome!
A very rare cat indeed! My best friend in high school got a 1968 XR7 GT when he got his license, 390 automatic. He had a bad heart and died just before our graduation, and his family sold the car. How I wish I could find that one again, or one similar.
@@SST11B What a question. I started to not even reply, but you have proven yourself not to be bright enough to comprehend by yourself, so to feed your poisonous trolling, I would take one more day of any of my friendships and family, over anything materialistic, for a century. This episode is about a car, and I related a memory of a similar model in my life's experience. Too bad you can't see that.
I look forward to every Friday at noon for your new videos. Love the truck, i had a 79 Chevy Bonanza Big 10 in high school.
Ok, that meatloaf looked incredible : )
Loved the show !
Saw you were at the Gaylord Dennis. We stay there every trip to Nashville. I dated a girl that had that exact Cougar...thanks for the memories. ;)
Wow, wow , what a feast;
Meatloaf, and those desserts, yummy !!
It’s all about the lunch !
No trailer broken window less THAN 27min DENNIS that pretty fast coffee walk you shared entrees what did Zach eat? Hum no pucketts sticker hum for them?
My favorite the Mercury cougar I had a 67, 68,1969 my favorite year. I hadn’t sold 68 GT 390!4speed cougar. Sold 10 years ago
Great show! Love the rare Cougar Big block with a stick, my kind of car. We had a 69 Cougar, actual grandma car from Florida. Our Grandma bought it new. She gave it to my brother and he built the car with a 428 SCJ, LeMans Rods, Holly Dominator, C-6 trans 9" rear 411 Detroit locker. Was a beast. Would love to build something a bit tamer, this car would be a great start...
Honestly where y’all eat has become my most important reason to watch.
Nice, I had a 69 XR7 390 black leather high back buckets with headrest. Black vinyl roof Silver with eliminator decals and hood scoop. Craigars,,air shocks, TA 50's and the ol traction bars. 'The 390 was factory replacement when engine caught fire. My parents car 1980 in High School. We had the cars back then. The average bad ass car was around 2 grand Max. Now they are worth 20-50 grand. I'm glad my buddies were into cars. Those were the days.
The memories that cougar brings back one of the 1st cars i remember of my dads was a 68 cougar gt 390 red automatic he had in the early 70s love it
I love how Shawn is like kk let’s load this thing and hit the road. Let me do my thing lol love it. Dennis has a ton of knowledge but I know exactly how Shawn is feeling. I’m sure he’d be just as excited if he owned it.
It must be a great place!!!!They have some real good rubs and stuff as well
I learned to drive on my dads '69 Chevy pick up, 3-on-the-tree. 1st new vehicle he ever bought. That truck never did quit. When he sold it in the '80s, the bed had rotted out, but that engine was still going.
Wow beautiful truck. Dad bought a 72 same colour, transmission was toast. Someone put loud cheap exhaust on it and slicksters on the rear end.
350 V8 automatic.
Had the truck painted inside and out jet black, clear coat. Recovered the seat in black. Tinted the windows. New wood in the box. New transmission, Rally Wheels and a proper exhaust. And the Heartbeat of America decal (even if was GMC). No positrack no four barrel. "Baby".
Sold it to a friend from work cash money.
I had a '67 Cougar, 289 car. Love that FE, 4-speed.
Dennis Collins for President!
that's not his cup of Joe i think 😂😂
Damn. My name is Puckett. I gotta try that next time in Nashville.
I bought a 68 Cougar in 71. 302 automatic. When I bought it, top speed was 50 mph. The throttle linkage was adjusted to only give part throttle.
My friend had a 1968 GTE with a 427. This car was crazy fast. I was with him when he blew the doors off a Dodge that had 440 with a six pack racing light to light in North Grants Pass Oregon . Oh to be young again.😎
I had two 1968 Cougar XR7 GTs both 4sps one had head rests both 100% original right down to the shift knobs and both 3:25 rears, if I had only known the way things were going to go AND just a few miles away a 68 XR7 GTE (427) was pulled out of a guys garage after many years of sitting.
I worked with a guy that had a 71 Chevy pickup in that same color with a 3 on the tree but a 2 bbl carb.
Shawn was a little grumpy today, as Dennis was totally enjoying his day! Nice score!
The 390 cougar is nice but I like the 427 eliminator version even better!
Eliminator wasn’t in 68 the rare GT-E came with the 427 they are extremely rare 69 was the first eliminators
That was a 1 year only in 67 on the GTE. And unfortunately it was more or less just a 390pi with .160 over bore. Meaning it used the cast iron intake the same cam cast crank, and the 390 4 bbl rods. The heads were the late model truck heads as well
But a set of early C3's off a low riser a 428 pi intake and a good cam and a set of heads and 500hp is very easy. That is one of my personal favorites FE set ups. That combo with spin to 6800 and if you get some Scatt H beam rods and bump the duration on the cam a bit more it will spin 7800 and make 580hp+. And it will live. The FE is such a bad ass under rated piece it's a shame. I'll take a 427 Ford and eat every 454 bbc that is dumb enough to be embarrassed by less cubes. Go to utube and type in Holman Moody 427 mustang. 1 Ford go to the Corvette anniversary vintage race. And put it on the poll and never looked back. And every 427 vett just ran for first loser!! Take that bow tie boys!
Thanks for making me smile! RWB ❤🎉
I've always wanted to build an old mercury cougar****🤟🇺🇸
IDK, I go to the Redhead Piano Bar in Chicago on Friday nights and I see plenty of cougars, Dennis lol
WOW that cougar is a bucket list car! Absolutely beautiful rig! And a GT to boot! I like the cougars better than the mustang!
Love it when Shawn is in a pissy mood and talks back to the Boss. Legend !!
Yeah Shawn was laboring in this one, looked a little stiff and sore. That wonderful food you had picked him up :D Great stuff as always Dennis, keep 'em coming!
Thanks for not muting the prices! would love to see pricing on cars in the condition they're picked up in.
if only he would do that with the vehicles like richard
Yea well Richard likes to have people to call and kick tires..... let's say he paid $7,500 for the truck and everybody knows and now he wants $15,500 each and every person is going to bad mouth him and get into the I know you only paid xxx for it and then it turns into a shit show....... doesn't matter what he paid for it or anything.....you don't realize he has employees,trucks,trailers, fuel,air fair,car rental gets it back they go through it brakes,shocks,tires, exhaust system,fuel tank sending unit and lines, battery time and materials aren't free. He's in business to make money not break even...you can do what he does go out look around look in back yards,barns,farms ect.
Do the research... back in the early 80s I was buying stuff like that truck and cougar out of back yards for anywhere from $200-$500 bucks....but now with the big wallet guys you can't get a father son project for under $15k and that's needing total resto rough but not scrap but really close to beyond repair..... and whoever started the patina thing spraying clear over the Rusty dented panels should be slapped...... you ran out of money or patience or both and got lazy.old cars and trucks are big business now they buy them restore them and put them in a garage where no one can appreciate them......the next time you see it it's on the auction at Barrett Jackson being bid up by someone with more money than brains..... sorry for the rant but I have watched the hobby go down hill for a long time now....see them at local car shows not knowing what end of a screw driver to use owning some beautiful machines....great show as always Dennis keep doing your thing
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@@ronaldmoparornocar9590 100%% agree with everything you said...that being said, i respect richard that much more because he just doesnt give a fuck. he found the deal and we didnt, he sets his price and im sure he isnt dealing with ANY tire kicking. come buy it or get lost lol he isnt some marketplace ad
@@jdoy70 you are correct Sir.... unfortunately that's what has to be done sometimes..... becoming more frequent with the people who have never done it before but know you are doing it wrong crowd......it can get interesting when they think they know but have not a clue......I am too old a cat to be fucked by kittens....if you know what I mean 😉
Beauty work y'all, love them cougars, coolest taillights, headlights, rare air indeed!...and the food, wow, I love meatloaf!
It's good that the older gentleman,opened the hood for you Shawn!😂😂😂
I have been redoing my wife's 67 cardinal red cougar for the last two years. Just got it painted Nov. 2022, needs interor and bumpers to finsh.
I haven't done a couger in a while either:) !!!!
My dad had a 1967 Chevy custom 10. 8 ft Fleetside bed , Straight 6, three on the tree. He bought it brand new in 1967. I was 12 years old in 1978 when he taught me how to drive standard transmission in that truck. I miss them both very much!
From the 1:55 mark up to 2:06 this reminded me so much of that scene in Christine when Arnie first saw Christine!
You live such a blessed life
LOL! Puckett's. Where did you put the trailer on that street? Good food....fried chicken is good as are the ribs.
That Cougar! One of my favorite things to come out of FoMoCo. So much cooler than the Mustang!