I drove a 63 year old car 2,556 miles and THIS is what I had to fix
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- So I made it across the country in this 1960 Impala after it sat for 30+ years. But now I dig in and see what went wrong along the way and fix a ton of stuff that never worked. Enjoy.
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Interested in pre 1980 abandoned cars or trucks/ barn finds. (Not interested in foreign cars) and 1st and 2nd gen Cummins (89-98) diesels only
Thank You for saving this old girl.
Yeah the old girl just needed a ride
I really like how methodical you are about tackling all of the little fixes that make the difference between eventual yard art and a dependable driver.
Thanks ! I like the details.
@@theetravisb man.... first of all...the fixes oughta be easy you could find parts...and you could get some 18 ga and do the bodywork
But most importantly.....the price... you stole it.. cause on marketplace.......yeah .... right....7k....easy
Experience helps!
Congratulations on the 100K award!! I enjoyed watching the series on the 1960 Impala
Hi.from.australia.love.your.projects❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I am 27 years old I've got the bubble top version of your car I really enjoyed watching you fix and drive her my 60 is one of my best running cars
Brings back memories of my 59 Impala I had back in 1969-1970
The final part made me cry, you have an amazing supporting family! I am from România, Europe, and i have not seen such like you , I love your work, and I try o lern new things from every video! Have a nice day sir!
My dad had a 1960 4 Dr and it was a nice car and alot of room. We use to sleep in the back seat when we would go out. My dad was an awesome father.
I'd like to see you and your dad make and weld in a new boot (trunk to you! ) and rear passenger floor. This is a great car and needs saving.
Man that’s amazing ride home lots of miles glad your home safe cool old ride killing it Travis. Thanks from. Sc
Congrats Travis! Love how you tinker with every little part, and try to keep it all original. You and your Dad should be very proud. Keep up the great work
I'm looking forward to each of your videos thanks man ❗️
Congratulations, on the award. What you have here is something special, you and your dad bonding together, giving old cars new life, love it.
Anyone can be a parts changer, but Y'all fix things right, repairing components, taking care at the same time. Keeping it original!
Your channel is relaxing to me, I am 66 years old and those old cars bring back memories, and need to be preserved. Great Job.
Guy that actually fixes small things in the car that makes it convenient. Or factory like it should
I've done this same type of repair on old clunkers my whole life. First because I was too poor to pay for a good car and too poor to pay a mechanic. Back then, in the 60s-70s there wasn't a youtube to watch 'how to' videos. I had to trial and error almost everything. I can still remember the extreme frustration after the errors. And the thrill of victory after the successes. I can't do much anymore so I live vicariously through your videos. Great job.
Thanks for sharing and glad you can enjoy
I know nothing about cars but its really cool watching you work on these old classics
I love how you try & preserve all the original parts possible. You obviously know your stuff. Great job on a classic car & congrat's on your award.
I love what you do, Travis. You’re re-igniting my fire for 59-62’s. Bringing back an unmolested survivor like this is and combing through all the details is exactly what I’m dreaming of.
THE BEST CHEVY YEARS!!!!
Hey, pls don’t discount the 1992 Impala SS, 5.7
It's nice to see that you're being meticulous with every little tiny thing on the dashboard and inside the car that's cool that everything's going to work
Felicidades Travis, from your Argentinian fan , i remember when we where just a bunch ! I told my wife thsi kid and his father are awesome!
Congrats! 200K by the end of the year ;)
I love this channel so much, you have no idea ❤
Good job
“Damn, smells like fajitas!” ❤
Congratulations, all of you! That Chevy is now perfect! If I lived on the mainland and still had a driver's license, I'd spend all my pennies to buy that car. It's the same age as I, for heaven's sake! Aloha!
I hope you take this as a huge compliment. I enjoy your channel as much as I enjoy VGG!
Appreciate that means a lot !
You need to treat the old girl a new complete exhaust system, she'll love you long time for it.
Man ! You can fix everything like brand new. Kudos 👍 😊 I subscribed to your channel today. It's fun and entertaining to watch. You keep things smoothly moving. There is nothing boring in your videos. 👍👍🙂
Thank you!
@@theetravisb you are welcome
I like it when you show how to do the 'little' stuff that can take 4 days to fix!
Congratulations on 100K
Congratulations on the100k subscription to your channel. As someone with very little mechanical ability I'm amazed how you and your Dad can fix these old vehicles. I think that 60 Impala along with the 59 are two of most beautiful automobile designs ever. Thank you for doing the 60 Impala videos. You must have gotten so much satisfaction bringing that car back to life and making the road trip. Good luck in the future to you and your family.
Thanks for watching! It feels good for sure to make them usable again
I’ve worked on a few old radios and when they sit a long time the dirty parts stick. Get a can of tuner cleaner it will have a straw like carb cleaner. Pull the knobs off the radio and squirt the tuner cleaner in the stems that move in the part where the knobs are at while moving the knobs back and fourth very fast and that will clean the sound .
Hi from Ukraine!
Good Stuff! Your wife seems cool too.
Excellent long wrap up video! Great work and effort, a beautiful big pretty rusty old US car, a beautiful and pleasant looking wife, a calm dad with great craftsman and repair knowledge and finally a silver YT button and 120.000 subs!
You look pretty happy to me my friend and you deserve it!
Kisses from the Mediterranean and Greece! Keep up, Jim.
This channel really has its own charm and we appreciate you!
I love what you and your dad do to bring life to these otherwise junked cars. We need more of them on the streets. They have so much more class and personality.
Congrats on the 100K subscribers milestone. I’m happy to be one!
Congrats on the play button man, I’m real happy about it. I’m so happy you’re sharing these experiences for everyone to enjoy
Thanks man 🍻
Really digging your content, i got you on my notifications 😊.
It's great to see Emily and Rick again. Your dad was genuinely proud of you for getting the 100K button. Keep up the good work and we will keep watching.
Great Progress I think everyone will agree we would like to see more work on this car. Your Dad is good with metal order the Trunk Metal and floor metal and do a series on that repair.
Congratulations on the 100,000 subscribers. Try to adjust the antenna trimmer on the radio. Tune to a weak station, then turn the adjustment until the radio plays at its loudest. I enjoy your 60 Impala. and videos on it. I have owned many 59 and 60 Chevy's.... owning my 59 Bel Air for 45 years now.
Wow 45 years that’s cool
@@theetravisb It's my first car.... Paid $75 for it in 1978, with 58,000 miles in running driving condition. it has over 200,000 mile now.
Awesome to see people saving vehicles.
Absolutely love your channel Travis. You make me long for my 64 Dynamic 88. Just like this car, it was an enjoyable driver. Oh how I miss it!
64 olds dynamic 88 was my first car ... got $250 for it when I sold it in 74- I thought I made a fantastic deal. I really miss that car.
@@rkritchie580 I will own one again some day.
Emily summed up the car's styling perfectly. I love those early 60s cars! What a difference the hubcaps and shined up tires make!
You and your wife and dad deserve it. You always put out great video's. Thanks for share them.
Congratulations, Travis, for BLOWING PAST the 100,000-subscriber milestone in your 1960 Impala and leaving it in a cloud of dust!
The more I watch your videos the more I like them. I love these fly and drives. I also love that you work on these with your dad and wife
Congratulations Travis on a successful trip. So basically another fine tune and getting accessories working. Learned a lot watching you in this video. Those old radios alway had to warm up. Great video. Love you and your dad’s videos ❤️💯👍
The old tube type radios had to warm up....I believe it was 1963 when they started switching to
" solid state " radios.
I cannot believe you got that trunk lock looking so good. Fantastic! Also your wife is really awesome
We really enjoyed this, please do more on self restoration and keeping everything original (purest). My wife says your excitement seems real and watches every episode with me. We both enjoy that you make it a family affair.
Glad you guys enjoy. Yes more to come
Congratulations on getting your button! Recently subscribed and it’s really awesome to watch you and your dad work on old cars.. my dad resorted Harley flatheads as far back as I can remember. He passed a few years back but watching you and your dad work together and support each other takes me back to helping my dad when I was a young man.. keep up the great work and awesome videos…
I bet the last part about getting the award will get him a lot more subscribers. Like me.
Your channel is really amazing! I'm thankful for finding it!
Congratulations, Travis. I appreciate the way you show how to fix things without spending a fortune.
Tack!
Thank you
Nice job my dude. One of my Car club buddies and I did the samething basically over Memorial day weekend. We drove from Northwest Arizona to Miami Oklahoma (one the Oklahoma Missouri Border) to get the 74 Thunderbird that his wife drove in High School in the late 80's without her knowing. We didn't drive it back or anything, we throw it on my trailer and just hauled it back. The sheer smile and excitment on her face was worth the 2 and a half day trip. She had been hounding her for several years to find her a car to take to cars and coffee's and local shows so he was like why not get HER car and rebuild it for her so he called up her cousin who she gave the car to to drive in high school when he joined the Air Force and told him his plan and he just said "Come and get it" so we did. took us another 2 days to get it running and go through the brakes and all that.
Amazing work, man! And the fact that it's a Chevy makes it even better for me! I'm sorry but your story about the missing molding made me laugh, although I felt your pain. 😆
Cheers from Argentina, Travis!
Good Job. Dont remember mine got that thermostat. Bet that clock is stalled already. Btdt..
I really enjoy this content. I like most of the will it run and drive videos on UA-cam but most people just park them in a field. It's good to see you going into the details of how to make it just a better car overall.
Congrats on your 100,000 subscriber milestone Travis and the great content every time.
Put a Holley Terminator kit on it. Chevy Thunder! Thanks!
Congrats! I was doing the old car things, like you, fifty years ago but the difference was there were plenty of donor cars in junkyards to source parts from. Rarely had to take anything apart or rebuild. That's what makes you special, the ability to make things work and to improvise. Good job!
Appreciate that thanks
It is a big joy to see how you, talented guy, tackle the countless problems on this old Impala. This lady is going to be much better than every new (plastic) car ever. Congratulation man !!!
Thanks for saving her! The 59 and 60 Chevys are beautiful cars and are DEFINITELY worth saving. They have a look all their own. And they were good cars too!
You and your father deserve this award
Congratulations, no need to thank us because you put in all the work and made it interesting enough for us to want to tag along for the ride. In this video alone, you really did a lot content in such a short time. I find it really special for you to show us your 100k play button, and my favorite car ever.
Glad you enjoy the content
What a beautiful old girl. Love the old Chevy's. My first car was a 63 two door hardtop Impala, wish I still had her. Thanks for saving her.
Great job and congratulations on the 100,000 award 🎉
“Smells like fajitas!” Lmao you need to quote that with some art on t-shirt
Congratulations on your 100,000th subscribers. That's quite a milestone. Job well done. And also, congrats on your new marriage. She seems like a keeper.
I need to do the dwell on my 1970 Roadrunner. It doesn't want to idle. When I take my hand off the throttle it dies.
What I like about your channel is the repairs which include some cosmetic aspects and the travelogue style of the long drives which get interrupted by the kindness of strangers who help out at your emergency kerb side repairs. But most of all I like your articulate, quietly persistent personality. Thank you and congratulations on over 100k subscribers!
Congratulations on your well deserved milestone, Travis and Family! Today's video certainly was packed with many interesting repairs. Great diagnosis on the heater core! Looking forward to seeing more on this vehicle. It sure would look nice at a car show, alongside the El Camino...Perhaps in the same color? Wishing you continued UA-cam success!! 👍
Thank you more to come !
Great job Travis! One of my favorite creators that I watch and I love your channel. Great content and you're success is because of YOU Travis, your Dad and your beautiful wife. Can't wait till you hit a million subscribers.
The clock is the coolest thing. I love the little things like that. They are endlessly fascinating.
I agree
Congrats Travis to you, and your family on the award, making everything work is what is needed and I'm a sticker when it comes to that. Guess I'm a preserver not a restorer. I stumbled on to your video one day and have been watching more and more of your videos.
Congratulations on your UA-cam milestone! Well deserved. Keep.up the good work!
55:21 you've said something very interesting that I don't see in Brazil. People get used to restoring instead of preserving and this means a lot when you're comfortable to enjoy riding and parking everywhere. 😊
Yes. Restoring just takes so much work and time that driving it as is is just as cool now
@@theetravisb I have a '87 Chevrolet with no painting anymore. But the upholster reached a mint condition, no smells, the heater, the AC, the powered windows, locks and mirrors works fine (of course, all restored to their factory state), but everybody always asks why the paint job is still in that ugly/rusty condition. They don't know how cool is driving aroung tousands of miles in a cozy, safe and sensitive cabin, right?! Loved your vids! Congrats!!!
Congrats on 100k your channel is becoming one of my favorites and I have been learning a lot from you and your dad about old style cars!
Another great episode! Enjoyed your wife's cameo and the clock seg... neat to see the inner working and craftsmanship that went into something so minor.
i think you deserve my congratulations too...
its my first subscription and my first comment ever on youtube.
you have qualities, you are descent and humble...yes...other people know how to fix a car and post a video too...but you do it in a detailled and comprehensive way.
I am not a fan of American cars...i dont like Americans either...i think that young people like you keep your nation still kicking.
you have my respect.
thank you.
Wow what a comment thanks for the compliment. Means a lot. I do what I can to keep the wheels turning
I watched both episodes of you getting this old gem running and driving before you took it home. As a old school mechanic myself for over 30 years i know how hard work it can be to get the results you want,BUT the satisfaction in the end when it all works out is priceless. Nothing can beat that. Great work👍👌
You brought back memories of all the times I had to crawl under the dash of my 62 Impala to fix things back in the 60's. But those cars could always be fixed if the person had some mechanical knowledge. New cars are throw aways. You have a great channel. I look forward to the next one.
BTW back in the day like 1965-66 when I had my 62 Impala 2dr hardtop, my good friend John had a 60 Impala like the one you have now. But if memory is correct his had two radio antenna on the rear fenders. They were swept back style.
Congratulations and your channel is amazing!! I have a 60 Camino and was amazed at your travels and repairs!! Learning a lot
I enjoy watching your videos and appreciate the relationship you have with your dad. The irony of being so upset about the trim piece then opening the rear ds door and seeing straight through to the concrete. 😂 I get it but it's still funny..
Impalas are so reliable! Even after being parked for so many years, it woke up and did 2k miles with ease! Love this!
You are the real deal. Very refreshing to watch your posts, compered to all the other fake stuff on you tube. Keep doing what you are doing. I hope you get what you deserve in return. Very cool.
My old tach / dwell meter is on the shelf with a few years of dust on it
Great to see one in use again
I love the car. And the idea of keeping it original, that is the bomb.
You have a lovely missus who is happy with your cars. You are very lucky man !
First! Hopefully your membership numbers will continue to climb - thanks for the great content.
Thank you for your support 💪🏼💪🏼
Well Done my boy !! a great achievement and very much deserved i reckon. Am a fan for sure.
Back in '75 my Dad and I (15 years old) put in a smaller petrol tank in the trunk of a 60's impala with two way valve to switch out to main tank with power paraffin as we called it in Zimbabwe where i was born. Fire her up on gas , when warm switch over to power paraffin and just before reaching back home change her back onto gas. economical and cheap. A great ride. Good luck to you and Rick keep em coming
Ok Travis... I take back my last comment. THIS is by far my favorite video. I'm proud of you for achieving this amazing milestone my friend! Looking forward to the next one. And thanks for adding the trip to Freddie's in the video. It brought back many memories. Last thing.. if you don't locate the damaged rear trim, I'll see if Nicky has one.
Great video you are so patient that's a lucky car. I'm glad you are saving the great oldes
I get so much out of your videos about using original components. Most people don't take the time. I can't think of anybody else on UA-cam that goes in as deep as you. You got a good looking wife too! Lol. Thanks for the entertainment
Thank you appreciate the compliments. !
Congrats, 1st: on the supportive family you have, 2nd: on that beautiful impala, 3rd on your 100,000 subscriber and growing! I’ve quickly became a fan of the channel.
Appreciate that means alot
Excellent presentation on the 1960 Impala and your hard work. Love seeing these projects exist as a collaboration between you and your dad. Love seeing you and your wife, both around half my age, appreciating the mid-century grandeur of a car like this. I was born in 1970 and I'm realizing I'm just the FIRST generation to regret not seeing these cars as new. Also really appreciated your inclusion of some road stops. Even with all of today's disagreements, it's a great country, isn't it? Keep up the great work. New subscriber.
It is a great country thank you for watching
Your Dad is awesome 👍👍👍👍👍
He is
Congratulations to you and your dad on your 100,000 subscriber award ,you guys have a very entertaining channel!!👍👋👋
¡Felicitaciones! Me encanta tu canal y los videos restaurando los vehículos como eran en su momento. ¡Sigue así!
I can appreciate you all are like regular people, not upscale big money but regular people like most of your subs, that is much more realistic and doesn't reach outside the realm of possibility that any one of us can't reach. More in touch with your audience and hopefully you dont lose that, Cheers and congrats.
Well done. I'm impressed by a guy half my age that still appreciates breaker points and carberaters keep going young man!