I drove a 63 year old car 2,556 miles and THIS is what I had to fix
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2023
- 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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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!
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
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.
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
Hi from Ukraine!
Congratulations on the 100K award!! I enjoyed watching the series on the 1960 Impala
Hi.from.australia.love.your.projects❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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
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
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.
I know nothing about cars but its really cool watching you work on these old classics
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.
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!
I like it when you show how to do the 'little' stuff that can take 4 days to fix!
I love this channel so much, you have no idea ❤
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!
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.
Brings back memories of my 59 Impala I had back in 1969-1970
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
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.
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
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
This channel really has its own charm and we appreciate you!
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
Tik Tok brought me here and I'm glad. Love the engineering of those older cars.
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.
Congratulations, Travis, for BLOWING PAST the 100,000-subscriber milestone in your 1960 Impala and leaving it in a cloud of dust!
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.
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!
Awesome to see people saving vehicles.
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.
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 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.
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 🍻
Guy that actually fixes small things in the car that makes it convenient. Or factory like it should
Congrats on your 100,000 subscriber milestone Travis and the great content every time.
Good Stuff! Your wife seems cool too.
Your channel is really amazing! I'm thankful for finding it!
You need to treat the old girl a new complete exhaust system, she'll love you long time for it.
I hope you take this as a huge compliment. I enjoy your channel as much as I enjoy VGG!
Appreciate that means a lot !
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.
My old tach / dwell meter is on the shelf with a few years of dust on it
Great to see one in use again
You have a lovely missus who is happy with your cars. You are very lucky man !
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!
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.
You and your father deserve this award
“Damn, smells like fajitas!” ❤
It sounded like Christine returning to the garage all banged up. Love these flat tops.
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.
The curved glass is absolutely beautiful. There’s nothing quite like American cars of that era.
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..
Congratulations, Travis. I appreciate the way you show how to fix things without spending a fortune.
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..
Congrats on 100k it's 120k now, it'll be a million before you know it. Rock on
Saw part clips of the impala on TikTok but glad I’ve found the UA-cam channel.
These vids remind me of when my late father would work on my cars with me. Love the content!
Great job and congratulations on the 100,000 award 🎉
The clock is the coolest thing. I love the little things like that. They are endlessly fascinating.
I agree
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
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.
I love the car. And the idea of keeping it original, that is the bomb.
I cannot believe you got that trunk lock looking so good. Fantastic! Also your wife is really awesome
Please continue doing improvements to this car it’s a one of a kind masterpiece. Cars will never be this beautiful style wise again.
As always, very interesting. I love your videos. I’ve learned a lot about that Chevrolet. I remember when that car was brand new.
so cool to see that 2 months later, you've already grown thirty more percent
congrats on 100k man so well deserved!
At least that old car made it home thanks for the ride be safe
Thank you young man. A well enjoying video.
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.
You fixed a lot of those little things that will make it much more enjoyable to drive. Good work!
Good job. I like original things. So good to save old stuff instead of replacing it and hotrod ding the old car. A piece of history.
A nice cleaning of what can be cleaned would give this the icing on the cake
Ive got a 1960 Biscayne 2-door sedan Ive been working on. You're inspiring me to finish it up. Its not a restoration, but a resurrection just like this.
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 .
I think Chevy stylists designed a good looking car in 1960. You did a good job in getting it home. That car brings back some good memories, owing to the fact that Dad had one in black, with a 283 powerglide back in the 1960's.Congrats on 100 K.
Too bad about the window trim…was really excited when you said you found it but damn what a rollercoaster. At least you have the original piece still, and a story to share.
I love the videos where you drive the old cars on long trips I see the El Camino take a trip
Make your own floor pans! It's actually pretty easy and wayy cheaper than buying precut floor pans. Just get some sheet metal thats similar in thickness to the floor pans and cut it to shape. You can either weld them in or just use panel bond and body filler to make it just as sturdy as the factory floor. I recently rebuilt the whole drivers floorpan of a toyota matrix i got for free.
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!
¡Felicitaciones! Me encanta tu canal y los videos restaurando los vehículos como eran en su momento. ¡Sigue así!
Congratulations to you and your dad on your 100,000 subscriber award ,you guys have a very entertaining channel!!👍👋👋
I'm looking forward to each of your videos thanks man ❗️
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 !
Congratulations on your UA-cam play button! 🎊 🎉
Thank you!
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. !
At the end, you can tell your wife is really proud of you by the way she is looking at you!
I’m very blessed that she supports my car stuff
Smells like fajitas! Words of a starving mechanic with only early morning coffee in the stomach lol. Been there before brother! Love what you've been doing, keep it up!
Congratulations for the UA-cam plack u deserve it 🎉
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.
Congratulations on your UA-cam milestone! Well deserved. Keep.up the good work!
Congratulations on your utube award. Keep up the good work brother
Travis! I want to thank you for content in this video. Going through all the electrical fixes including the clock and interior dome light. Your tutorial and encouragement got me motivated to get my 1978 corvette power antenna working and my interior lights! Very excited! Thanks again!
Congratulations on 100k❤ Love your unique style!..and your Dad’s voice!..and congratulations to you and your lovely wife on your marriage!❤
Thanks for sharing😀
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.
She's purring like a kitten now! Just needs a new exhaust.
when my 2 kids were little in 1972 I bought a old 60 chevy like this but a station wagon for 20 bucks 4 years of cheap and faithful service I sold it for 100 bucks. worked good.