Staying Out Of Project Car Hell - Avoiding The Traps And Pitfalls Of Reviving A Classic
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2023
- For every one project car that gets successfully completed, there are a hundred that are stuck in perpetual limbo, mostly because their owners got sidetracked and stalled because of an incomplete or uninspiring vision.
It's a complicated subject, but here are our observations and experiences with some suggestions on how you can keep your project on track along with some sound advice from a fortune cookie. @DeadDodgeGarage
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One trap I'm trying to avoid is disassemble my car to the point it's not drivable! I know myself too well! I won't get it back together!!
Lol! Me too. 🤙
The fact you recognize that as a potential outcome puts you ahead of me 30 years ago. I was donated a 1980 AMC Spirit as my first car and I immediately disassembled it to the point of it never going back together. It was going to be a 401 screamer though in my 15 year old mind.
I've been there before brother. I will never buy a project car that does not drive. I don't know if that qualifies as a project car? But I know having a car taken apart and not being able to drive it, you lose motivation. I bought cars and immediately pulled the engine and sent it to the machine shop. The engine comes back and goes right back in the car so I can drive it while I take care of everything else. For myself not being able to drive a car I lose interest in about 4 months.
Better off in bad condition running and driving than disassembled forever
@@mikebrunello243 YEP! I'm taking slow steps. Driver door panel is redone and going on soon. Passenger side is next.
Man, I feel like a cute girl in the front row that McCartney just noticed. I really appreciate the shout out. And got a big kick out of you cruising by my allegedly competing live stream on Sunday! My channel (and my view of these cars) may or may not have been heavily influenced by the way you view things. Stuff like “LEAVE IT ALONE!” spoke to me and really helped put into words how I feel about cars. There are more than a few nods to UTG on my channel. Thanks for doing what you do.
Dang! U r funny!👍
I saw your vid it was awesome both you guys nailed it
Good for you buddy! 👍🏻
Who is this McCartney person?
@@jumpinjehoshaphat9075 u r young 😄
Block sanding has literally drove tony to insanity 😅
Driven
But how long did it take?
😅
He can't drive to ware he is already at. Lol
short trip.
As a restoration shop, I can say we are on the same thought process. Mostly, new classic customers think their car can be rebuilt in months, not a year or two. TV shows have been good for our business, but they don't sell the real time it takes to perform the labor and powertrain machine shop time. And, many times restoring and pounding out trim, or making it from scratch, and that includes early hemi engine parts. I'm enjoying your channel. Thank you.
identifying a car blindfolded...the sound of a chrysler starter will let you know what it is as soon as the key is turned.
Like putting a strangled turkey in a table saw,lol.
@@deliveryguyrx😂😂😂😂 Good one. That absolutely describes what my parents' 77 Gran Fury sounded like when starting.
Yeah, you can't mistake a gear reduction Mopar starter. But, they also had a straight drive starter up until the mid 1960s in some of the trucks. I have a 56 Dodge with a 318 small block and 4 speed out of a mid 60s D100 and it has a straight drive starter.
Restored my car 2 years ago. Block sanded the whole thing by myself. Took me 2 weekends to do it. My body was really straight. It was so miserable.
Sheet metal work is interesting but bondo and primer is such a drag!!!!!
I believe I’m one lucky guy.Back in1987 my friend’s and I rescued a 71 Pontiac Grand Prix from a garage in Queens,NY.We got it from the original owner,fortunately,I took ownership and held onto it all these years.Car has always been kept waxed and clean and in a garage,it had 28,000 miles on it when I bought it,now has 74,000.Some minor body work needs done but the original paint is in great shape,it runs and drives like a dream.Many new front suspension parts,brake lines,shocks,things like that,have been upgraded over the last few years.Now retired and battling pancreatic cancer,this car is my salvation,my place to find my soul.Every nice day we go for an early morning cruise on Long Island,never know where we might end up,yesterday was beach day.I watch the sunrise,I listen to the hum of my 400/4bbl.Life is good,having this classic makes it a little sweeter. Rock On UT.
This is spot on when it comes to any vehicle project. Shut off the social media sales guys and simply figure out what you want to do with the car and go towards that goal.
The trap I seem unable to shake is the "potential" trap. Looking at a car or truck and seeing it for what it COULD be as opposed to what it IS.
Finally, a common sense approach to all of the madness, opposed to where people think they have to "upgrade" an old car. Once you do that, you have lost the old car experience. Too many of the car build programs just throw a bunch of modern parts at a car.
agreed, i see some restored classics but they throw so much modern garbage into them it just ruins the entire feel
i saw a 69 camaro with modern features like a touchpad radio and stuff like that, ruined the entire thing.
putting modern tech in cars from 1981 back feels so dirty.
My best wishes to bodyman Ron and his family.
Much of what was talked about can be due to peer pressure as well. Be it the local car show, or a friends circle, or a forum, or youtube, people feel pressure to do things a certain way. Your car, Your money, Your way!
Spot on!! A person should do a project for their own enjoyment and not to impress others...Most of who they don't know or may never even meet!
So many people now think less than 1,000hp is pitiful and not worth even driving. They believe you can just pull a junkyard LS and throw a Chinese turbo at it and it’ll make 1,000hp and be super reliable while driving perfect.
How far do you go before you are worried that you can't drive it to the store to go shopping. I don't want worry about going down a dirt road.
Looks like your channel name is based around the 318! Poly or LA? My late father's car has the older Poly
@@dans_Learning_Curve while I have had my share of 318's, my channel's name is mostly about low dollar projects. 318's personally, I've only owned 1 poly, but many many LA's and a few magnums.
One thing I like about this channel is,that Tony is a jackstand and cardboard on the floor type of guy. the feel of new cardboard is a luxury, cool and a cushy, I envy the pile if new cardboard in the background! been pinched by creeper wheels too many times..
Carpet, old low pile commercial thrown away scraps carpet.
Go get yourself a piece of foam insulation board. You’ll feel like royalty under your car.
cardboard from tvs my favorite
Running over your ponytail with a creeper really sucks too, but the worst is snagging your beard in one,, I’ve been sporting a large ZZTop beard for over 40 years, getting it out of the caster on a creeper is tedious and painful but it will only happen once!!
One tip the “aftermarket industry” doesn’t want you to know is that sometimes you can make those upgrades just with standard (stock) parts. Pretty much all Detroit automakers had options list for cars and some end up in junkyards ready to “donate” those parts cheaper (if you are prepared to put in the effort). Alternatively you can opt for stock equipment but for a different model from the same manufacturer. Bigger cars or trucks could have heavy duty brakes that you can graft into your car for less hassle and expense than “shiny new” parts that incidentally may be riddled with quality control issues!
I'm a body & paint guy, I've lost the love for prep work now. I look forward to building an engine now 😅
Well said.. A car that's mostly stock with a slightly hotter than stock engine is perfect for me
Block sanding is like washing the dishes . It does suck , but if you remember what the car use to look like before , and you realize how close you are to shooting finished paint , then it doesn't seem such a bad job when you think how close you are to seeing it in colour . Looks good Tony
Uncle Tony,
This was in no way a waste of my time, you hit on various topics that I've struggled with since a teen.
Thank you!
☝Yup, that
sadly channels like vice grip garage is going in the way of expensive builds, thank you for staying grounded Uncle Tony!
i noticed that too.
He's said a million times that revivals aren't going anywhere and he knows that's his core content.
I smell jelly
Pole barn garage is my new favorite channel because of that. Just an average guy making old junk run again, and budget minded upgrades.
Throw a couple Holley Snipers on some engines and people think you've sold out. Get real. Derek wrenches on 10x the rusty shit you and I will ever touch.
like junkyard tractors? Give me a break he hasn't done much in the way of high dollar builds. Go see what most popular TV shows are doing; most of that stuff is 6 figures all day long. VGG is very much in the realm of what the Average Hobbyist can do.
The King has spoken.
Thanks Tony for reminding us just to have fun with our muscle car as it is.
Being a mechanic is 99% misery and 1% joy. The joy is when you accomplish the task and it's beautiful....It takes the 99% to do it.
Uncle Tony even has a video from years ago entitled, "LEAVE IT ALONE!" I loved that video
I'm pretty new to the car thing for my age. Only really been heavy into it for about 6 or 7 years. My biggest challenge, my nemesis, my archenemy, is anticipating and properly preparing for the curve balls I'll be thrown. A lot of it comes down to experience, sure, but the luck element is what kills me.
"Okay, so I'm gonna rebuild the Eagle's transmission, and since I'm gonna have the trans out, I'm gonna take care of that rear main and oil pan gasket." I go through the service manual a couple times to remind myself of specific removal procedure, grab the tools I know I'm gonna need, plus the ones I always use when stuff doesn't cooperate. Pull the trans without messing myself or anything else up. Go to do the rear main and oil pan seal, look up, see the distributor gear on the cam is about a paper thin slice away from being completely wiped out.
Further inspection and an engine pull later, and now I'm no longer doing a transmission rebuild, but rebuilding the engine as well. That's the kinda mess that hits me pretty often, to the point where I don't even believe I can estimate how long something is gonna take, because I'm always not just wrong, but embarrassingly far off even if I estimate, multiply it by 2-1/2, and round up.
Ain't gonna stop, though!
And the reason why you'll never stop is, because you understand the journey itself is the prize. The finish result means you'll just have to find something else to do anyway to keep the journey going. This is what most non- car guys don't understand. It's all about the journey, not the finish line.
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism
Absolutely correct! Very well stated
The not-so-much joke is to take your estimate and multiply it by pi for the real amount (pretty close)
@@benburris4735
My New Year resolution is to get it together enough to meet projections based on that formula.
@@screwsinabell Godspeed dude, I haven’t even really started on anything, so many potential paths for a build, and not a lot of funds lol.
One of my favorite hot rod articles as a kid was taking a 440 and 727 out of a junk big car and putting it in a dart in a quest for 12s with only junkyard parts. I street raced chevys but I won alot of races in the 80s having junk yards as my parts store. I would also pay attention to anyone upgrading their race cars at the drag strip on weekends and I would buy their hand me downs for penny's on the dollar. As a 14 to 17 year old kid it allowed me into the sport that otherwise I'd never be able to afford.
Great video Tony! I'm not a mopar guy is the slightest, but I love your channel for these kinds of videos. Philosophy and discussion of cars. Keep up the good work!
I'm not even a car guy. I work on motorcycles, but his wisdom is the same.
The moral of the story is, to be happy with what you have, not always wanting the next thing. This is a secret to a happy life I am told.
I am 46 years old and have built several cars.I have learned exactly what tony is saying here.I have learned that the tubular control arms and the poly bushings and the big wheels and the lowering springs just absolutely kill the ride quality on a old car.if I want to feel every bump in the road I will drive my 2002 trans am.I like old cars the way they were built with all the og parts.
one bite at a time, section off your goals, make a goal for the day and tackle that one goal.. one and many small goals = the bigger end goal of your set timeline to have the car done. That method has really helped me with my firebird project right now.. the one thing thats most important is time and money, free time to work on the car, and the money for parts and tools..
You are absolutely right. I decided to have a project truck. Got a Mazda b2200. It now has a 350 with th350 trans with transgo reprogramming. I narrowed an 8.8 with 3.55 gears and a lunchbox locker. There are just a couple things left that I want to do when I get around to it. Because it's not a race truck, I want to go with friendlier highway gears and 5 lug conversion for the front end so I only have to carry one spare tire. This truck will never see a race track but is still fun to drive (never driven too hard) and is my only daily driver. I realize there are plenty of V8 swapped mini trucks out there but they aren't the majority. I get plenty of thumbs up and smiles when people see it so my goal has already been met even though there is still work to do. Projects like this are cheap and fun. $600 for the truck, I had saved the engine from a Chevy van I had before and a $75 core truck th350 (long tail shaft) from a wrecking yard. A good rebuild kit and the kit from transgo didn't put me back much and over my week vacation, I had it done including driveline. You certainly didn't waste my time with this video, it's something that needs to be told, especially for those just getting started! Thanks Tony!
Fixin it and drivin it. That’s what I like. 55,000 miles in three years. Two sets of brakes. Lots of cheep tires. Coated the inside of the gas tank. Rebuilt three of the window motors. Drive the hell out of it. Change the plugs. Keep the “whining” starter it’s known for. Use the original a/c. Rebuild the heater core, and have it fail twice, but go 45,000 miles before it does. Leave the 2.76 gears and learn to love them. Yes, fix it and drive it. Love the road. Love the highway. Listen to the rumble and leave the radio busted. That turns my crank. Pedal down and hear the secondaries open up and open wide!
U got it, Bro!!!
I am here to tell you, when we painted our 65 Galaxie. It is a BIG car. It doesn’t look that big,, but when working the guide coat you really have to concentrate and keep the picture in mind of what you want it to be. One bite at a time.
As an Italian, I noticed the several primer spots on UTs' black T-Shirt, because we augment our speech with our hands and body.
#Words
Kiwi is next door laughing his ass off while he's block sanding
It’s funny because I’m an XJ guy and I was just thinking the other day that the formula to sell every aftermarket XJ part goes “Your Jeep XJ is wimpy and weak in this area from the factory. Our product makes your Jeep strong. Buy our product and never worry about it again!”. Sometimes I wonder how many of these areas would ever even end up giving me trouble!
Your a race car driver at heart and I will say that is why you do what you do, instead of the one behind you, I would be happy with the one behind you now just the way it is. God bless your family and I hope you have a great evening.🙂
I like Dead Dodge Garage a lot, and I'm not a Mopar guy. But like Tony, he sticks to common sense, and is not skewing towards high dollar builds using sponsor's parts....
This especially goes for the younger crowd who wants a complete restored vehicle before driving the thing. id say drive it while your restoring and everyone can appreciate the work you do and getting it on the road completing the challenges along the way. good video uncle tony!!!
I’ve never done any type of real body work on a car. But I’ve refinished enough furniture to know the process is time consuming and requires some patience and persistence. A friend of mine told me to start with something small, like a lawn mower or a motorcycle and learn how to pace myself and then move on to something bigger like a car or truck.
I learned this way of thinking some time back. I have a 67 fairlane that I built to give me that muscle car feel..cam with a lope , 4 speed, nice paint..runs great love it. I'm currently doing a 79 Z28 for my wife the goal is to make it run and drive like it did in 1979..nice paint and interior..AC that works..kept the turbo 350 trans..swapped the 373 gears for 308s..added mid length headers and nice exhaust...other than that thats the only mods to the car...even keeping the Q-jet carb...it runs like a swiss watch and I intend to keep it that way. I have a fox body racecar that as you stated isn't running the ETs that I want so I'll keep grinding on it. I found what you said here insightful..I've seen many a project die from lack of vision.
I am about the same age as you Tony...and brother you speak the truth 100%....
I agree completely. My 1965 Ford Galaxie is a survivor, and I keep it running with the 240 six, single master cylinder 4 wheel drum brakes. It has so much personality
No matter what the topic I always learn something from a UTG video.
I would have been ok with this being longer.
It made alot of sense and Uncle Tony you kick ass
Tony,
You are so right. Thank you for your experienced advice.
Everything you talked about are things I’m going through.
Thank you!
The ultimate goal is having a car you can jump in and drive no matter if it is done or not. My car may never be done but it runs and drives anywhere.
personally i find the rambling vids the most fun
and yeah sanding is the least fun you can have with a car
Hit the nail on the head tony! I've wanted a scamp with a 440 since I was a kid and I had all these big dreams for it. I realized I really wanted a fun street car that does great burnouts but can take the kids for ice cream and I couldn't be happier. Still kinda want it to run a 12.99 tho lol but it'll do burnouts for two blocks and rowing that 4 speed just makes me feel like im back in high school. Keep your goals in reality and you will be so much happier! Great vid tony!
The whole thing where numbers are a trap, (especially drag strip ET’s) really hit home. I find myself chasing those numbers and making my car less and less enjoyable on the street in that search, that I will sometimes look back and ask myself why I’m even doing all of this. It’s gotten to the point a stock version of my car or lightly modded becomes more fun 90% of the time than my very own car for that reason
I learned my lessons 50 years ago after doing two very good paint jobs and the cars were in accidents within a couple of months. One was mine which was hit by a drunk while my car was parked. The other was my sister's car when she went out in icy conditions. I just do a fair job on my vehicles now.
I need a truck. After shopping around, I decided to spend $2000 and about 300 hours on my old 85 C-10 this summer. It is much better looking than the new crap. I agree that I will fix it up with oem type parts and not modify it. Although, I have an '83 350 that I'm considering swapping in to replace the 305. Good Luck, Rick
I just realized you are the tony of the imfamous hamster dragster article and the 12.99 e.t. for $1299 roadrunner I read about in early 80s. Have become a fan again!
I know what you're going through Tony.Think of it as washing the car. Use water and 320 sandpaper. Two coats of paint over that you won't see any sand marks. Little divots you won't see because it's semi-gloss you are using. Pretend you're scrubbing the bath.I'm 65 now and I bit off more than I could chew. With my so-called restoration job. That has lasted now for over 15 years. 50 years old was my golden age. Now it hurts to get out of bed. Good luck UTG.
I know the feeling, I had to give up and sell my 67 c10 I'm 70 now and just can't do the work!
Another great piece of wisdom from Uncle Tony. I always enjoy your videos for sure. Listen people, Listen.
20yrs as a bodyman and i still love blocking sorry tony slow and steady, get a longer block sand on sand off or power threw with a da
On the contrary Tony, you’re not wasting anyones time. Sharing your car building philosophy and your hard-won knowledge is worth gold to guys like myself who build on a budget. Keep it up.
One of the big things I always tell people is "know your limits". If you have limited technical knowledge or have never restored an older car, maybe it's not the time to do major modifications or upgrades that require advanced body man or mechanical skills. Crawl, walk, run. Learn how to rebuild and tune a stock carburetor before you go dropping in expensive aftermarket ones. Learn the basic steps in diagnosing driveability issues before you start making major engine modifications. You'll be happier when your project is running and on the road, rather then sitting in the garage for a year or two because it's in a million pieces.
My father said if you dislike a job get really good at it. That way you'll do a good job and it'll take less time.
A lot less time with less talking
I can remember rebuilding a mini in my late teens and the paint process was a nightmare!!!! One of my grandfather's friends was a retired body and paint guy and he said he would not spray the car until the sanding was correct and that was my job. He actually sprayed a spare door , with high build primer, and got me to go through the process before i even touched the car. He took over after being satisfied and did the final paint , alas like a lot of 17 year olds i ended up going through a hedge he was absolutely livid!
block sanding needs to be a labor of love, dig in and enjoy the ride! thank you for the entertainment!
Stacey David and Gears is the perfect example of drive ,fix, plan , and do as you can afford the project. Offers a repair diary, examples of what you want, how you want it, plan the project and your planning on the budget, buying them in a the order you need to get them so you don't buy the last thing you need first and visa versa. Very good show and the level of planning of what you want instead of picking the car into 20,000 pieces and putting the money in it to buy a house when it isn't necessary. I agree with you doing this to a car doesn't put you into the era and get that experience instead of a classic car, your going to get that car that is like a new kit car that's no longer the same thing as the feel like the real thing. Enjoyable video and I love keeping tuned in the channel to see what you come up with next.
It took me close to 50 years to figure out what you're saying about chasing ETs, or handling, or top speed, or whatever. Now that I'm an old man I'm perfectly happy cruising around in my old Fords with stock flathead engines. In fact I'm happier with my car passion now more than ever. But we all have to make it thru our youth to figure some things out. You've still got my favorite channel but I hope you'll see the 318 project thru. I really want to see it make the numbers just because that would be cool.
I truly appreciate what you are saying. Being a guy with a few projects that the wife and I are working on to find that happy medium of being a fun and fairly reliable driver vs. a rolling jalopy is a fine line. Great video,brother.
I agree with not just throwing money at a project and that's why it's nice to see the younger generation taking interest in getting vintage cars back on the road and just enjoying them.
Spot on. All I want from a classic car is the look,feel, overall experience of what it was in my youth
This ^^^* 1000% thanks uncle Tony I needed to hear this.
Great advice, as always. I would add, and urge everyone: Keep it running and keep driving it.
For 2 reasons:
1. The car you don't drive, is the car you don't work on. So many guys buy their dream car and immediately tear it apart with grand visions floating their heads. This is the point at which any expenditure on it stops being necessary and becomes nice-to-have...someday. The project keeps getting pushed back. You lose your place. The kids run their bikes into it. The parts get scattered and lost. The car eventually gets shoveled into a dumpster.
2. As you drive, the car will reveal itself to you and the perfect build plan will become obvious. You'll discover things you really like and want to enhance. You'll also learn what you don't like and wish to change. As you drive, the path forward becomes clear and easy. You realize that you hate points ignition, so you upgrade to HEI, or crank-fired, or coil-on-plug. Whatever is right for you. You spend a day beating apart old crappy drum brakes and upgrade to disc, or big brakes, or whatever's right. When the engine finally expires, you buy the engine that's right for the car. While you have it out, you do all the stuff you now know needs to be done in the bay. You let the car and your needs move you toward the best, most economical build.
I've been doing this for decades and am more happy with my old cars now than with anything I could buy new. They are the perfect cars, for me.
Click and Clack's long lost brother-- love the intelligent commentary
Uncle Tony, I did a 68 Lincoln Continental 4 door. The car was painted Black by a friend of mines dad. This man had me block this car out 4 times. I had no finger prints for a year. When I thought I was done and ready for assembly he handed me a polishing wheel for all the stainless and aluminum. That was the deal I made if he was going to paint it there was no half-assing it. The car turned out amazing, black so slick it looks wet.
Well said. Have a vision and enjoy your cars for what they are. Its what keeps me in this game and still having fun with classic cars. Great video
when you mentioned you were gonna paint the car I was like ohhh geeze he's gonna be workin on this thing 24/7
It is not a trap, it is about saving money, or wanting to do it yourself instead of paying money 💰 to have someone who knows how to do it , wanting it done the way you want or don't trust someone else to do the work. Either pay to have someone to do it or suck up the work and do it yourself. A trap is something that happens to you that's bad and you don't have a choice tk do it or not. Great evening to you UTG. Dead Dodge Garage is a great guy
Wow , well said, I was truly thinking exactly the same. I will always try to save money, try my best to do for myself, but sometimes you have to pay for the expertise (and hope they do the right thing)
Great video. Appreciate the honest information and first hand experience you share. It definitely helps.
Excellent video, Tony! You more than any other person in my life has given a totally different outlook on my car hobby. I have been able to do so much more than I ever thought possible, all because of you!
So many great points. And so many fall into the trap for sure. Thanks for the video and I love what you’re doing.
Great analogy with the child birth. This is one of your best videos..... You really nailed the Mopar experience and articulated it very well! For me its the sound of that Chrysler Mopar starter no sound like it. And the feel of that pistol grip 4 speed. I loved throwing it in reverse and seeing that little light below the dash come on warning you were in reverse. The coolest thing ever!
Fantastic advice, and definitely something I have and still struggle with, not so much the modification side of it but thinking it has to be perfect (or near perfect as I can get it) before I can drive it and just enjoy it. Because of advice from people I respect like you I’m getting a little better.
It doesn't have to be perfect.It's yours enjoy it. People have to stop worrying what the local knobs at cars and coffee think about everything. I don't do cars and coffee because it's boring and I take my car out to actually drive it.
Thanks Tony for your honesty and great content. I personally haven't done much body work, maybe a little rattle can painting on thing not always seen and some buffing and minor dent repair. Block sanding kind of reminds of mowing the lawn, meaning that its has to be done, but when its done it looks good. Keep up the great videos ang I'll see ya tomorrow.
I really like DDD as well as Jamie has that voice that makes the video go so smoothly. He also gave me great advice on a few things.😊
I have a late sixties Ford Falcon in New Zealand. The best modification I did was slightly wider rims, good quality Steel belted radials and a good wheel alignment with caster, that they didn't have with their old cross ply tyres.
Great video Tony as always
Just bought my first project ('72 Skylark Custom) and your words really ring true with how I approached purchasing it. It's a legacy car (my Great Grandfather, Grandfather and Dad all owned various Buicks). When I purchased the things I kept in mind were... I didn't want a finished product, I wanted something I could put my own blood sweat and tears into, I wanted to be able to drive it while I rebuilt it and I want to rebuild it as close to stock as I could get with a few tasteful upgrades (2 barrel carb to a 4 barrel, stock tires to skinny's in front fatty's in back, etc.)... this car was the exact match to what I wanted in a classic car and the price was perfect
I've been following your show, to learn how to be a better mechanic, but Jesus there is a lot to learn, and complicated
“Let’s have another kid” 😂I almost fell off my bar stool. 😂😂😂
I'm a leave it alone kinda guy myself. I daily drive a 1972 Dart more door. It has a slant six/904 combo. Original trans but different engine. It starts right up and runs great. The factory engine spun main and rod bearings. So I found a replacement. My grand farther had bought the car for me and my wife because the junk I was driving keep breaking down [chevy] and I had to keep borrowing his truck to have a way to work. So he showed up one day with it and said he wanted his truck back. That was in 1990. I have upgraded the brakes with disk in front and an 8 1/4 rear with 11'' drums. Stops on a dime. I did add power steering. There's nothing like driving an old car. I love it and would never get rid of it. Gets a lot of attention. love your channel and your videos keep up the great work.
I absolutely love this channel! The fact that you refer to yourself as an uncle, makes so much sense to me. You truly are like the uncle. I never had telling me what to do with my classic car. You truly are an educator and a motivational speaker. Honestly. Thank you and Uncle Kathy for all the work you put into this!
Bro you’re honesty is refreshing 😊
Restoring or restomoding a classic car is like remodeling or building a house, there’s a lot to plan and execute in a specific order. The big trap is your friends try to tell you how they’d do it, just smile and go uh-huh.
I have painted a car with rustoleum paint and and a good paint brush and thin the paint with mineral sprits and they turn out pretty good for cheap. Other people have done the same. Hard to tell unless you are up close.
I had a mate in the 80s who washed and brush painted his 63 Impala matt black every year. Looked awesome
Tyler's Forgotten Car Rescue.
That guy is very much into, "just fix and drive what ya got" kinda attitude. 👍
I inherited challenger project car I havn't started yet, and this video reminded me of what my goal was. To have a cool old car to drive and to rebuild my childhood memory of my dads Cuda. Thanks Uncle Tony for keeping me out of project car hell.
As someone who's been working towards building the car I've envisioned for several years, I want to say 'Thank you!'
Know what you want, and eat it one bite at a time.
Uncle Tony nails it again. Always build with a goal in mind. Research and buy once. Again research and buy it one time to match said goal. I love the stock looks of my cars. I just change the stance and a few minor enhancements to my taste. But I really like the sound of a high lift cam at idle. Sounds so sweet. And I like multi carbed intakes and factory hood scooped appearance. I like the factory style wheels and add performance tires. So I am consistent with this theme an my cars. But it does look quite confusing to folks who look at my cars at shows and cruise ins. They ask for 1/4 mile times and I don’t have them. I have only ran my newer cars on the strip. These are just kicking around and cruise in cars. 70 Challenger and 70 GTX. Thanks Uncle Tony. I feel a little more sane. But my wife will still beg to differ.
I’m only mad that I just now discovered this channel..
good words and good advice I kinda needed to hear thank you
Thanks for the video....I think I knew everything you said but I( and I'm sure others) needed to hear it....thanks again uncle Tony
My current job is sanding laminated MDF after it comes off CNC router at kitchen factory in readiness for paint, and my hands are the cleanest they've been since the mid 90s.
This video is really helpful to me to get my head straight.Thank you for showing me that I am overthinking my projects.
well i always enjoy your ramblings tony. because i always learn something or you make me think well done and long may you continue thanks a lot
I get the trap feeling ! When I first started commercial salmon fishing out of high school I was stuck on a boat for a couple of months with no land in sight ! So I had to keep my yap shut and get it done ! But being a 3rd generation fisherman was a blessing, a curse but I wouldn’t change a single thing. Great video Uncle Tony . Cheers 🇨🇦
Soo right Uncle T, I'm building a 1982 d150 i am building a 440 for. It runs and drives great with the slant in it now and i constantly battle with my self on this very issue. I have decided to just make it a strong low end driver that won't beat itself apart amd just enjoy driving it all the time.. it's actually my daily driver right now because my 2012 hemi just crapped out. That's another story tho, thanks Uncle T for all you do.
This is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you!