BUSH JUMPING the Crown Victoria with Paul & Matt!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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BUSH JUMPING in the Grand Marquis with Paul & Matt!
Matt, from Matt's Off Road Recovery, brings Paul a Crown Victoria to add to his stash of demolition derby cars. They realize early on that the flat bed tow truck is too big to cross the creek, so they decided to drag the car with the TACO. There was NO STEERING in the car, so Matt just had to sit back and enjoy the ride!
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Matt: "Can Paul come out and play?" Michelle: "As long you don't play too rough..." Matt: "Never mind."
You can tell these two became friends by meeting at demolition derby races. I'm glad Paul was able to quit his job and devote all his time to doing what he loves. I'm an old guy...nothing beats a good marriage and having control of your own life. Keep it up. I can't stop watching.
what a great video, i just started watching and the Friendship you and Matt have is awesome, You can't go wrong with a friendship like yours.Great Channel!!
Thanks for watching!
Sometime in the early 2000's auto manufacturers were required to make wiring harness coverings more eco friendly, so they are now soy based making them more attractive meals for rodents and possibly dogs. The harness was just the salad before the squirrel main course.
oldretireddude Honda makes pepper infused electrical tape
@@Texantroll Yeah, but only AFTER they were shown to be worse than most for their wiring to be attractive to rodents. It caused them a lot of trouble and no small hit to their reputation.
@@watchthis9792 It wasn’t gov driven, it was simply cheaper so corporations always want to save a buck.
Note to self: If you are going to get a dog, then don't get one from the Glendale/Alton area, they will eat your car wires.
😂 small town livin’!
What about Orderville are they safe?
Shortage on dog chow up in Alton
I feel like Matt and Paul have given each other $10,000 of free labor equipment use and materials in just the videos I've watched in the last two months. I'd hope they are as good of friends as they come across. Great to have people with similar mindsets and interests in your life you can depend on.
For sure!! Thanks for watching!
The argument between Matts brain and his muscle reflex when it comes to steering that car must have been epic.
Try being towed in a car with no brakes! You don't know what to do with your feet! Lol
Matt and Paul shenanigans are always a good watch. Thanks
I just watched 12 year old Paul and Matt having fun! And I have fun watching.
Thank you for your service grandpa!! One military brother to another!! You guys ROCK!!
Audio of Matt in Crown Vic must have been lost. Need Carter to help fill us in what Matt was going through.
I wouldn't be surprise if ANOTHER/unrelated wire had a small break in it. I was at my wits end with a mustang that wouldn't start, everything metered ok, took it to the dealer to have the engine harness replaced and when the tech grabbed the harness to start unplugging everything, it suddenly started working. One wire had a brittle break in it.
Your videos are very peaceful. It's edifying to see friends smiling together enjoying life. Cheers!
Thanks for your kind words!!
This is the most fun channel I watch. Paul is extremely talented at all things mechanical, It’s such a fun gift from God!
You guys having all the fun.👍👍 Thanks to grandpa for his service.🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’ll tell him! Thanks for watching!
Enjoyable video again folks, thanks much. Used to work at a GM dealer and can attest that rodents shut down at least two pickups that I recall for weeks if not months.
The towing without steering reminded me of a couple brothers I knew when I was a kid in the '70's. They'd picked up another '57 Bel Aire that had no motor, transmission or interior. It did still have a drive shaft however....
They wired up the drive shaft with fence wire, put in a 5 gallon bucket to sit on and were steering with a wrench. Since it was only a few miles to town they towed it behind another car...
Somewhere close to town the wire let go, the drive shaft dropped down and dug into the hard top and of course the wrench was never found again!!!
Everyone was fine, just a little smarter after the fact.
Thanks again for sharing the bits of everyday life with us, it's somehow reassuring to see "normal" still going on. Stay well.
That reminds me of the stories about a certain nameless car model with weak ujoints, if by chance the front one broke the car would pole vault and end up with the drive shaft thru the floor and possibly the roof. You didn't want to be a passenger when that happened.
There's a Canadian UA-camr who likes Ford's just about as much as Paul does.
Been watching Matt’s channel for a couple of months, just discovered this one. You guys have two much fun together. Good friendships like this produce salt of the earth kind of people. Keep going.
Thanks for watching!
The two amigos! You guys are great. And absolutely nuts! :)
I can see why everyone likes to hang at the shop with you guys!👍
Man, that bone yard looks like paradise to me! As always, keep it up and I enjoy the videos 🤘🏻
Thank "Grandpa" for his service. Sorry he brought home a war wound. Hand Salute
Tell your dad “thank you for his service”
I sure will! Thanks for watching!
You all are a riot ,
Funny as all get out !!!
I mean that in a good way, , , Michelle your laugh is so infectious I end up smiling and laughing like a little kid,,,,,
keep up the videos you all Rock
God bless you all
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
The "bone yard" of chevy square body.🤤🤤
We had a beagle that used to rip valve stems outta the tires and bark at the tire for hissin at him and he’d jump around then bite at the air coming out the tire... annoying ass dog
There used to be a pet white corella (parrot) near Jarrahdale south of Perth WA, which used to chew off calve caps then let tyres down for a bit of airconditioning.
Thanks guys, I needed a hard laugh. Matt, yes that was FUN! 😂
Wait a minute Paul. I remember when I was 5 years old. My grandfather drove Fords he would say he would leave all those other cars Chevrolet Dodgers Plymouth. Were their tongues hanging out on the highway. And I've driven Fords I've driven GM cars and they left me on the side of the road. And I still drive Fords I never let me down. I just upgraded. Oh these weren't new ones. I have a 99 Expedition Eddie Bauers Edition still running had a 68 Ford Bronco 45 years ten-run 15 years. For the battery and gas in it drain the oil started right up. Course like a dumbass I sold it. I wasn't working anymore disability couldn't afford to fix it well I just figured makes you adjustments left the yard three out of the four tires they were over 30 years old were still aired up 15x 7. 33 Armstrong Tru Trac. Now I'm driving to 43 Lincoln Aviator. And this thing holds. And I think Lincoln is made by Ford Econoline. 😊🤙🏽👌🏽👍🏽✌🏽👏🏾🙏🏽🙋🏽♂️. I was born in the early fifties real early. Take care enjoy your videos.🙋🏽♂️🤳🛣🚛⛟🛣
I ain't nothing wrong with the Ford problem is a driver every vehicle I had was for and two GM's didn't even last me 6 months I've got a 68 Bronco while I had a 68 Bronco sold it 2 years ago go to Burien put a battery in it and it start right up back in the early 70s had a 63 Ford Econoline get a 99 Ford Expedition still run right now I'm driving 203 Lincoln Aviator and this thing is fast and quick yeah Chevy's made last year but you got to work on every time you parking.😉😉😉😉😊👍🏽🙋🏽♂️. By the way the Broncos still running.
Paul and Matt never cease to entertain.
I brought home a farm dog named moose once when I was a teenager working on my uncle's farm. He was the size of a small moose and as gentle as can be if you were me. But God help anyone else 😂 anyway he chewed up the wires in my dad's truck too. But that wasn't the last straw, that was when he chewed the leg off of my dad's coffee table. My dad came down and set his coffee on the table and it was just enough to cause it to tip over slowly. It was like slow motion and the look on his face was priceless and I just knew that poor guy was going back to the farm 🤣
😂 Great story!
😂😂😂
@@FabRats thanks, he got my sister's phone chord and some other stuff too. But dad's Saturday morning coffee was the final straw. I never understood why morning coffee was so important though until I had kids 😂
you guys are hilarious! Are there videos that show the demolishing of that Crown Vic? I always knew you were a good human Paul! I see we share the lack of love for Fords!! ;-)
Well I hate to bust your bubble but the dogs climbed underneath my 1988 Ford Bronco and chewed the wires off right underneath of the driver's seat and I haven't driven it in 10 years but I did shoot the dog the reason why he chewed It Off squirrels underneath the truck
i wanna be like Paul and Matt when I grow up
Friends,
I once saw a Subaru fender destroyed (sheet metal and all) by a dog- just doin its job- trying to get a squirrel out. Mans best friend but worst auto repair
Thank you
My dog chewed the trailer wiring harness off of my 07 F150 years ago. Maybe Ford should stop using Alpo wiring harnesses...
You get Matt and Paul together, always a good time or look out. Lol.
im sure the ford dealer said "What happened to the wiring harness?...bull!...oh my god you weren't kidding."
OK I’m at three minutes and 20 seconds in, I think right now everybody’s thinking we need to adjust the situation a little bit! Nobody is really figuring out how we can do this but it’s still entertaining for some reason, I think it’s because we like the actors
Dealership can't make a car run after a month in the shop...common story. Sometimes it's even worse when the car drives to the dealer and then can't drive back haha
It’s been rough, we’re about to just go pick it back up!
I’ve heard of mice or rats eating wiring on tractors on the farm , but never a dog earring wire lol 😂 good video , check out my channel guys , I need subs lol 😝
That lathe is straight up medieval. Thanks for another fun vid guys.
Thanks for watching!
When I lived in Colorado we had an infestation of rabbits that ate everything that didn’t move. They ate the wiring off the transmission of my SUV over night. I declared war on rabbits and killed over 80 with a pellet rifle in my yard over the next 2 years.
I love it how Matt has his hands on the wheel and trying to steer it while it's being pulled along. hahahhaa..... I'd be getting rid of them dogs if they did that to my Ford Ute!!!
You can't blame it was Ford, their a pretty good truck
Someone needs to come up with a cartoon series depicting the injunity that Matt and Paul come up with to overcome any problem they come across.
It could be educational to show young children that any problem can be solved with the right attitude.
The series could be called "The Adventures of Matt and Paul".
I just heard today that some wiring harnesses are made out of soy bean products. So that MIGHT be why the dog was chewing on the wiring harness and if so on that model it wouldnt come out of ur pocket . It would be a RECALL
Yup, in our neck of the woods for some reason the rats enjoyed Dodge soy based wire coverings. Then if they nested for awhile the rat urine made made a horrible stench when the engine warmed up. Not cheap to have a tow to the dealership and the bill.
Fully agree about Fords. I have a 2016 Ford Ranger, UK model. Terrible
So true chevy rocks!!!
There were a few prompted memories from this video.
The field full of cars like that once used to be called a paddock full of breeders in that they have multiplied over time. As for the dog pulling the wiring out, there was an old prospector in Marble Bar way back when the doctors first started doing hip replacements. I think it was around about 1978. He was old enough for the pension and he looked about done in with stiff jointedness. He had an old small 4WD with the pipe doors.
The next time I saw him after about a year, he was getting about all agile, loaded a drum of fuel on the back of his vehicle then jumped to down off the ramp. His hip joints had been replaced. I cringed at the imagining of bones splitting and shattering out the sides of his thigh muscles but no worries. He had returned to going over his old shows winning more gold. The new generations of metal detectors had also evolved and quite a few of the folk were finding new gold on old grounds with them.
On a journey out from town, a kangaroo jumped off of the windrow on the side of a dirt road and ended up in the cab with him. It was turned over, thrashing and kicking trying to get out. He stopped and bailed. A kangaroo toe will gutz you out fair onto the ground if it gets a good kick into you. By the time he could hunt the roo overboard it had booted all the wiring out from under the dash. It stranded him for three days before he finally got the car going well enough to take him to town to get it fixed. - So the story goes.
Holy cow!! Awesome stories!! We need to take a trip to Australia!
@@FabRats You would love touring around our Pilbara and Kimberley Regions of Western Australia.
The inland Canning Stock route from north to south from Halls Creek to Wiluna is a major undertaking for 4WD enthusiasts, not for the fainthearted but doable with preparation and several vehicles travelling together.
The Pilbara is superficially similar-looking country to Utah, with rainfalls between 8"and 12" per year average. Irregualar cyclones ( hurricanes ) can dump a year's rainfall in one day and flood the roads.
If you can find it as a rental movie, look for "Red Dog True Blue" which was filmed in the West Pilbara where the country is lower.
Much of the Pilbara Region landform is comprised of what the geologists call the Pilbara Craton.
Along with a small patch in Canada and the Yilgarn Craton further south in Western Australia, it is one of the oldest places on earth that has not been churned underground and spat up again by earth movements.
By craton, think of croutons or bread cubes in pea with ham soup. The skin on the soup is the earth's crust which crinkles and crumples against the cratons.
They are apparently huge rock luimps which floated deeper in the earth's melted layer and didn't get turned over or shoved under. they have been worn down by time.
Rich alluvial precious mineral deposits have been found as well as reef deposits where country on the edges of the craton has been crunched and turned on edge.
Compared to your mountains and snowfields, the Pilbara is lower and hotter. Much longer journeys between populated centres than you experience over there may be boring.
Some of us wrinklies used to measure our distances travelled by how many music tape cassettes we listened to on a long trip.
There is more iron-red and less light limestone colour in the ground. There is a bit of similar lighter coloured but less mountainous country than yours near the turnoff to Shark Bay furthur south.
Sadly the taller mesaform hills in the Pilbara are being stripped of their flat capstone because that is where the iron ore is .That's where your steel Toyotas and Nissans come from.
If you can muster the cash to make the trip, it would be an enjoyable adventure. The way things are with COVID and collapse of airtravel, the TransPacific journey may well become unaffordable but who knows what the future holds
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What is the deal with Ford hate? Is Ford an issue.. vs chevey.. heard chevey going down hill fast by scotty kilmer channel
Do you have a favorite sports team? I have a favorite truck team. 😉
First On Race Day
Fords are tasty.
That guy in the crown vic has terrible rope Control allowing the hooks to fall off.
He has no steering whiney cry baby
I bet you dont even know how to have fun
You dont watch Matt's channel apparently.
@@OdysseyWafflez Jesus man you wouldn't know humor if it backhanded across the face! Have you ever seen Matt's channel?
How to make a jeep reliable put a Ford engine in it!!
Sit back relax and let Paul steer you Matt... Well more like drag you. 👍👍
Good morning!!, again thanks for the video Fantastic!, Fabulous 🐀's I hope Matt's Towing recovery!!,😩😩 pays you extra for the junker!!! Remember his name is Junky!!!😮😮😮
...GOOD ONE...LOL..KEEP SAFE...
LOL!! Paul, You know what Ford stands for that You forgot to do. Flip Over Read Directions!
Glad to find this I love Matt's recovery videos
Thanks for watching!
My dad is gonna be excited we’re adding another car to the garden......”he won’t even know”
It has spider webs inside. Thay's pretty special.
The dog ate my homework 😂🐶
Thank Grandpa for serving are country. Thank God for men like him.
I used to do body work and believe it or not I'll seen dogs chew the fenders off cars. The reason is when someone will be driving down the road they might hit a rabbit or another kind of animal and it will get the blood and or the smell of the animal up on the car. And then the dog or wild coyote or whatever will try to get that animal. They don't realize it's not there they just have the smell and taste to go by.
A friend of my mothers put a couple bags of garbage in the trunk of her Hyundai so she could take it to the road in the morning and a bear ripped the bumper off the car pierced one of the tires and ripped a hole in the metal under the tail light trying to get to it. I think when it popped the tire it scared the hell out of it and it took off
@@windsorswinamer2877 great story.
😳 holy cow!!
@@FabRats we have quite the black bear problem in nova scotia this year
Between you and Matt, I can get rid of all other forms of entertainment.
Thanks for watching!!
Hahaha! 3:11 Matt steering in vain, that was funny. Makes me remember the time me as a kid steering in vain in order to miss a curb I was hurling at, sideways, at probably 30ish mph, in my moms mini van...trying to drift a turn in the snow... man that was an expensive day for me lol.
Fun video!
I hate expensive days like that!😜
I had the lower linkage fall off the bottom of the steering column ( dodgy work by previous owner ) of a car I had only just purchased a few days before. Was only going less than 30, possibly as little as 20plus mph , but not long before that had been sitting at well over 100. I was lucky , something did not feel right, steering was a little mushy for a couple of seconds before it went completely. All I had was a 4inch crescent and no light in complete dark to sort it out. 25 years on, now I have a cell phone and could get help, back then, I found and fixed the problem by touch
Not a good memory
David P glad you got out alright! I busted the rims on the passenger side (big crack on both) and for some reason the tires kept their air. I drove home with it though. Very slow and wobbly albeit. A funny and a bummer of a memory for me. Learned a lot there.
We all hate expensive days lol
Hey Paul !! Even if the ""FORD"" dealer was to run the ""VIN # "" ,, Don't think they would find the correct wiring harness !! Just like Matt & Travor will find when try to put the wiring back in the ""BANANA "" !!! Lots of Luck on those issues !!! Have a ""COOLL"" week & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!!
LOL The road we live on turns into Alton Road a couple km from our house. Alton is about 6km from our house.
Alton, Nova Scotia, Canada (East Coast) LOL. Just outside Stewiacke, NS, which is halfway between the North Pole and the equator 😊 on the 45th parallel.
I'm joking when I say this..... Shut Up Paul!!! LOL I have owned nothing but Fords and never, and I mean never, had a problem. Chevy's on the other hand... We wont go there. 😁
I have a 9mm that could train that dog not to chew the wiring:)
Paul should keep his comments about Ford and other auto makers on the editing floor. Nobody wants to hear that crap. I grew up a GM fan boy because of my dad. I have a 2015 F150 5.0L w/ 120K miles and the only thing I've had to do besides normal maintenance is front brake pads and a water pump. The water pump wasn't even leaking. It was making a horrendous noise because the rear bearing/bushing was shot. I'm 65 and have had my share of auto's from BMW, Honda, GM, Jeep, Dodge and Ford..... This F150 is the absolute best vehicle I've owned. I will NEVER again own anything from Fiat/Chrysler, Dodge, whoever they call themselves these days. The last 2 GM trucks I had were absolute garbage. I'll continue to watch but you lost my subscription by going low......
Are better than a Toyota or Chevy
Paul, i am with you on FORD PROBLEMS ! My brothers can run Fords for years , no problems ! I can drive one around the block and the tranny will fall out! Give me a chevy or Toyota and they will run great !
Fords run strong. Sorry to break it to you. But Chevys are like a rock. They break. But then that's who you roll. You love fabricating new things to keep a chevy Aka GMC running. Ford would put you out of work. :D .Great video.
Toyota is having a huge problem with this too--- they decided to wrap their wires with "environmentally friendly" coatings that are "organic"--- basically FOOD!-- and now rats are eating up all the wires in these new trucks. I wouldn't be surprised if they get a class action lawsuit.
Is that a continental back out in the bone yard? If so please dont say you guys gna demo derby it
I saw that too, I love old cars and trucks, and the Continental is just so classy and cool.
@@stevenelson8560 the continental is my dream car. Not many of them around where i live. Been looking for a decent one for a project for years now. The ones i find are either toast or way overpriced
Did y'all ever get that wiring harness fixed? A lot of my work is dealing with that from car accidents... and squirrels lol... never seen a dog do it tho...I know what it's like repairing and replacing harnesses when there's nothing to go by coz it's totally gone
I don't buy Fords. Always had bad luck with them. I don't care if someone else does. The last time I bought a new Ford (brand new off the lot). I got rid of it before it had 50k Miles on it.
I know this video is a year old, but it helped me figure out why Paul looks so familiar. My cousin is married to Michelle's Sister. I recognized her dad. My other cousin is the one he bought the taco from
FORD! fix or repair daily. My Dad and family are in the car business. I drive Chevy or Toyota. am disinherited if I drive Ford or Dodge.
I would like to see if fab rats can do a crown Vic and a f100 swap.converions 60s f100 body settings on a crown Vic chassis
Like your videos . But I disagree with you about fords . I used to be a big GM guy but left on the side of the road to many times .lol . Now I drive Fords . F 250 super duty
Get some stuff called Bitter Apple. It is a pump bottle, spray it all over the wires and other components. It deters most (not all) rats, mice etc from chewing the expensive and vital wire harness.
I've seen this before here in canada, multiple times, squirrels get all up inside of vehicles and dogs will rip out anything in-between them and the squirrel.
If you research it you will see it's a common problem with certain model Ford's and Honda's they made the wire coating out of a Soy Based product so the rodents and squirrels are eating them. There should be a recall.
Heads up when you put a battery in that car the airbag might go off. When you spend a staring will the wiring can get damaged. Just wouldn't want to see anybody get hurt. Keep up the great videos
No doubt, DONT buy a Ford.! It’s a 4 letter word. Like snow, crap, an all the rest of em. 😝
I had my lab chew off the harness at the back of the car. (Ford Explorer ) They say it is a smell in the wires. But, who knows.
Skip both and avoid all issues, get Ram, GM was once the top dog, but its what brings out the best vehicles, competition!!
Paul likes Chevys and Toyota's because they always need fixing. That wire harness is going to be expensive.
My Ford trucks have served me well through the years but I have two brothers who have your same affliction ....
Afterthought on that bro Ford you're good till they breaking holy crap fixing one of them things is next to Impossible especially the electrical you got to get a schematic from the dealership and then they don't sell them so
Here’s another first? #wtf I love dogs but bad doggie! Very bad doggie! This reminds me of the insurance commercials with the unusual insurance claims lol
So, Matt and Paul are good friends through the Paul’s wife, Michelle?
A few years back when the amc eagle just came out, a guy came into the shop with a eagle just a week old , he had two english bulldogs, and he left them alone while he was at work. When he went to go home , he found no seats left
The dogs ate and chewed everything , fortunatly his insurance replaced it all
Guy was pretty upset
At the beginning of the video, I thought it was Paul Jr. of American Choppers.
You can sprinkle men's cologne underneath the hood around your wires and that'll keep the rats and squirrels away they find it prudent
I'm from northeast Ohio a tree blew off a truck went thru my front end shredded the wiring harness worked on it for months couldn't figure it out an old timer stopped by to buy it and said the fuse block can get small cracks in it I thought for sure that was bs he paid me more than I had in it so I said buy that old timer drove it over the next day I bought him lunch
You know FORD stand for "Fix Or Repair Daily" and "Found On Rubbish Dump"