Cars and Coffee And Chaos - Our 2023 Season Gets Off To A Rip Roarin' Start!
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- The mission seemed simple enough. Load up one of our cars, and take a leisurely ride 20 minutes down the road to hang out at the season opening Cars and Coffee at the Nashville Super Speedway.
And that's where we met Mr. Murphy who decided to enforce every one of his laws on us all at once.
On the bright side, we did get a snazzy new trailer out of the deal.
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Linseed Oil for the deck planks, never slick, soaks in & never flakes or peels. Just add a coat every few years, darkens nicely over time.
Boiled linseed oil.
Yeah, someone suggested Thompson's Water Seal in chat earlier tonight and as far as my experience goes, that's garbage. Maybe a deck stain with some pigment to reflect UV at least, but not polyurethane either.
Boiled linseed oil everything!
Rusty cars & tools? Boiled linseed oil!
Woodwork? Boiled linseed oil!
Rust proof paint? Boiled linseed oil!
Putting you garage on fire with rags? Boiled linseed oil!
Do not forget to coat the wood from the underside, as it will always rot from the bottom.
Mikel
Linseed oil works good on lot's of things. I just love that stuff
I can explain all this Uncle Tony.....
Full Moon
I worked as an AT&T long distance operator during my high school summers .
Emergency calls tripled every time the moon was full.
Working as a mechanic for 33 years now, some things never change.
That's why thier called lunatics
Welcome to Lewisburg! I have lived here for over ten years, and used to work in downtown Nashville. Travel time for me with traffic would be about 1hr. 45 mins on a good day. I wish I could turn wrenches in a beautiful shop like yours Uncle Tony. God Bless you guys and thanks for sharing your day with us.
Great story! How about a sequel to this where you hold the camera, and let Uncle Kathy tell us about the old trailer, and why she disliked it?
Whenever I've had a bad day, I get home and watch a few videos of the 11 foot 8 bridge to remind me that things could have been worse, lol.
8 months of nothing and just a little smidge off the top! Somebody needs to sabotage a couple of the warning signs!!
@@ripvanrevs 😂no! Leave the signs, they'll still hit it.. I have definitely had to turn right at the light..
Sometimes you are the pigeon . Sometimes you are the statue.
Ive had days like that. Makes you appreciate the "good" days much more!
I could not relate to a "car show story" more than this one. Like you, Tony, I prefer my garage to those gatherings. I'm sure your first thought was "screw it, I'l have coffee in my shop and tinker" but pure stubborness (like me) made you plow through the day to get to an event you didn't even want to go to. Makes for a lousy day but a good story.
suggestion Tony: Pull wheels and go get balanced- last three trailers we have bought, tires weren't balanced. I learned on the first one which wore out all 4 tires in less than 700 miles, yet trailer seemed to pull fine. Took to tire shop and was told- we sell a ton of trailer tires to people who just bought trailers and , just like you, tires went away really fast. So now, we go straight from trailer sales to tire shop and have never had the issue again.
fwiw bud.
So.. aside from trailer tires, o-rings, battery, out of gas, credit card... You had a good time at Cars and Coffee.
Glad to hear it. ☺️
Wanna see how fast time flies?
Buy some trailer tires and let them get so old you have a blowout.
Then you say: I just got these a couple years ago and you look at the date code and it was actually 12 years ago 😂😂
@@MrTheHillfolk That's what a couple years is! It's from 2 to 30 years! Sometimes 2 to 30 beers as in cop asks how much someone had to drink tonight? COUPLE BEERS!!!!!!!!!!!
My dad was a mechanic for 55 years . He has always driven his cars WAY past when everybody else would have sent them to the junkyard. If you have to jump in to drive it somewhere, he tells you the 8 things you have to do to start the car and keep it running.
@@ripvanrevs haha I've had buddies start to climb out ,like fk doing all that 🤣🤣
@@TheOverisel oh I only had one ,Ossifer ,hik,hik...yeaaa it was in a 55 gallon drum 🤣🤣
Well, my son’s friend was looking for a bike for the air cooled class in our club. He’d saved up the past year and half, we found a nice 79 Yz250 for him. He and his dad pick it up. Nice build- raced twice after rebuild. Well it revved to the moon when starting. So I knew crank seals - I send links for parts they come in Friday. Everything went bad-had to buy sockets, lost woodruff key in crank, hardware store one won’t work- my friend has correct one but an hour drive there abd back. Bike runs nice - but I didn’t assemble clutch right. Ok I tell them leave it I’ll figure it out Sat am- I see that pressure plate has to be clocked in an exact position- back together clutch slips. Do again and figure out manual not specific enough about clocking plate - wrap it up it seems to be gripping. Drop it off. They call from track say it’s slipping. Ugh. Well , racer parked by them is old Yz guy- he makes adjustment on pressure plate ( oh not as the manual says just by habit)- the kid wins first time out. 🤷🏻♂️🤣
Seriously, sounds like a normal day for me when I try to do anything.. I've come to the conclusion that either people are lying when they tell about going and doing stuff, and nothing goes wrong, or they lead extremely blessed and charmed lives.
Yeah +1 from me. Its always something it seems like
Not as Grand as Tony's story but i got one for ya.
Some background: I drive a 64 Dodge custom 880 (Chrysler C body) As my daily, go to college, go to the local shopping center, go to car shows/events. all the things the that you would use a car for.
So it was recently valentines day, i just needed to drop off some "Stuff" at a friends place. I go to crank the car, nothing happens, I check the battery 12.5V, ok good, has enough voltage to at least crank. my hand has just brushed up against the battery post slightly and it was HOT to the touch, turns out the battery terminal/clamp was making an intermittent connection causing huge resistance due to the battery cable/clamp not gripping tightly on the terminal.
Replaced the terminal clamp with a new one, car cranks now, ok good. (Still in the driveway) So as i was about to leave for my friends place, the motor started running rough like as if it was running low on gas, few fuely smells later the fuel filter has developed a crack and started profusely leaking fuel, borrowed my relative's car to get me to the parts store to acquire a fuel filter.
Few minutes later, replaced the fuel filter and started the engine, ran smooth enough but lo and behold the rear passenger side tire blew in the driveway,
(I've been driving with a gash on the sidewall for a few months but i still drove it as there was some good tread left, but drove slow in case the tire did blow)
Thankfully it blew when i was parked in the driveway. Got my full size spare out, it will work for now just to get me to finish today's errands.
And nearly at the same time the tire blew, the engine started running rough again, later figured out the carburetor needles & seats were being held open with some junk lodged in between the seats.
Now clearly, time is flying by and i need to have left for my friends place like 30 minutes ago, after giving the carb a quick clean through the nooks and crannies, i was off to my friends place.
Sometimes, feels like the devil himself has chose me for the worst luck possible in the day i need to be somewhere in a timely fashion.
But in some sense, i have stupid crazy luck for the tire to blow when i had the car parked.
As Tony has said, it's one thing after another.
I now have a "startup" sequence i follow in case some parts on the car has not received the preventative maintenance that is needed, like the tires in this case.
Welcome to the club Tony. We have all been through it. Uhaul flat with a '62 Valliant in tow from Ohio. The 5 barrel you seen in Carlisle two summers ago...
Top gear top tip for road trips- get a couple radios so you can communicate quickly, between cars.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. What a day!!!! Damn.
Aw man, yesterday was a great start to my year of hot rods. Last year was terrible waiting on parts all year, I put the first 40ish miles on my c10 since I put the motor and a new trans in it. Hopefully yours gets better
I have days like that and I have to just walk away and regroup , steam will come out of my ears.The next day I forget it and never talk about it again.
No stitches, always a good day!
With a day like that, you should be golden the rest of the year.
For being a recluse you are still a great story teller in your own way. You certainly are not a "prepper" having no extra fuel stored.
I would watch a video on coating the deck.
Murphy's law at work. My two favorites, "no good deed goes unpunished " and second, " if you're feeling good...... don't worry, you'll get over it!
Nice to see that I'm not the only one who is effected by this!
Tony, your gift--one of your gifts is that you are a FANTASTIC story teller. I know I have given you shit in the comments for things I've disagreed with you on before, but you had my attention and had me CRACKING UP😂 the entire video! Great trailer too!
Put light truck highway tread tires on it when the maypops blow.
ST trailer tires are expensive for the "special" rubber that's supposed to last longer when sitting for extended periods, but they are made as cheaply as possible and utter crap, unless you have 16" wheels and can run 14 ply tires.
ALWAYS get dormant equipment running, a few days before you need it.
I correctly guessed that you'd left your card at the trailer place!!! But I incorrectly guessed that you'd suffered a flat on the Jeep, on the way home with your card...🤣
Tony... yeah, even though I have piles of snow and a tractor that won't run right blocking my driveway, you are making me feel great about what my life is like right now. I have to get two more pallets of wood pellets because thats the only heat I have and I need two more months worth before it will be warm enough to not run the heat. I rebuilt my trailer last year, it actually looks pretty good now with new 5200lb torsion axles tires and fenders. Getting it around my yard with the snow is so much fun, and the tractor is in the way. I think the points are giving up, so it might be getting a bearkerless conversion.
Hah I love my pellet stove ,but I've suddenly got limited room so I get 10 bags at a time and it sits in the car till I need it 🤣
I use about a bag a day at 32ish 😂😂
Hang in there Tony!
1:20
From one do-er for another
Just let us do our own thing, any you guys and gals go have fun, we got thing we want/got to do
If you guys are getting out and about. Think about going to the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, KY mid June. Look forward to seeing you there.
This was the universe's way of forcing you to get a trailer, otherwise you would still have a crappy trailer that would give you many more years of trouble. When I'm having a day like that, I stop the days plan and go back to bed. Which usually pisses my wife off cause she wants me to push through and finish the plan.
Took the words out of my mouth!
I've experienced many similar situations, one quite recently with our old OXY acetylene torch and regulators. After days of failing to fix leaks and aquire rebuild parts I finally accepted the universes guidance and bought a new set - and it was on sale! - at a local Napa.
I'm methodical and stubborn, but I've also learned that everything I experience is necessary for what I need.
New trailer. That in itself makes it all better.
You need to put two spare tire mounts on that thing. They always seem to go out in twos..
That's a nice trailer for 3 grand! Damn things half that nice are bringing twice that used around here!
After sealing the trailer deck, the next thing I'd do is mount a winch on it.
idk if you'd do it but we've always painted them in burn motor oil ...make the wood last forever lol
Gotta love those bad days that have been years in the making and no one to blame but yourself. Been there.........
I hate to laugh at your bad day but honestly that's too funny!
Man oh man, what an adventure! Yep, I had a better day haha!
Vaseline is the key to the feed tube O-Ring on the Holley.....
Nice trailer....i broke 3 windshields in one day a long time ago....
From The Color of Money, 'It's like a nightmare, isn't it? It just gets worse and worse'.
Literally popped popcorn 🍿 for the story. Lol Tony your beging to know what it feels like to be a part of the Found On the Roadside Dead crowd.
All around 9:15
My life motto
Beautiful trailer, congratulations.
Wow, what a day!!
When it rains it pours
Looks like my New M.E.B trailer I got an 18 footer. I plan on rhino lining the deck on mine with the grit sprinkled on it. The at home kits are cheap with he spray bottle
Murpheesboro? More like Murphy's law!
Sweet wagon!! Instead of the sealer, try some used engine oil, it soaks in and isn't slippery. And its free!!
I second this motion. I put used motor oil on my trailer, and now I won't use anything else . After a few days, no smell and it's not slick.
😂😂😂😂 I ve been there...some days are just like that...but no Switches no deads so perfect day lol
In my family we used to call those days a Sicilian Holiday.
Eric Clapton sang...if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all. I hope tomorrow is much better 😎!
Thanks for the laugh! We all have those excellent days.
I have learned that even with a new trailer I would inspect the wheel bearings, and buy a spare tire. I'd also add a winch and some lights...
Great story! It sounds like the way my life tends to go. LOL. Have a great week. 😎
Well I guess you need to get out more often so this stuff is in working order Tony. How else can you look at this? Lol
You're exactly right
I’m proud of you Tony really am !! Sometimes ya gotta embrace the suck lol . I have 8/9 days a week like that im amazed I’m still going lol . Thanks Cathy for looking out for are uncle Tony. What are you doing with the old one?? Maybe give it to a viewer???
And good luck with casper wen or lose I think Andy appreciated the extended offer . Keep jamming brother love you guys!!
Spare trailer tire too
Hey, it's not just me! Other people are having problems in their garages. Real life talk. "I LOVE THIS GUY" 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 And that is a really nice trailer!!!
Uncle T, don't forget to protect the bottom of deck too, I kno yer not in CNY like I am, (ya kno, winter, remember that? Salted roads etc.), but ya still get rain and dirt and shit, protect it top and bottom and it'll out last you
We all have had days like that 👍🏾👊🏽
We all have days like this, hope you got a good night sleep.
Sounds like how my year is going happy happy joy joy 😂
My whole year since mid-January has been a series of days like you had yesterday.
Never thought about gas shortage. That's an obstacle I never had to deal with. HaHa. Feel so fortunate to have a little shop with my friend at an airport with 100ll and a gas station right across the street. One car in our shop is a 69 Satellite . Love the content and I continue to spread the word Tony
That’s a rough day but still better than a lot of peoples days. I heard about that cars and Coffee and it is only a couple of hours from me. See ya there sometime.
Reminds me, long ago... I flew R/C model airplanes. Drive two hours to a contest. Everything good, except I left the transmitter on my workbench hooked up to the charger back home.
Just another fun filled day
I've had a bad week but finally outrank the bad luck 3 days before the first cruise night of the year. Started when I needed to get tires for my 74 charger spring special, ive had no luck adjusting the camber so I go through tires like hotpockets. On the way I started hearing a terrible noise that I've never heard before, long story short it was the dustshield rubbing on the flexplate. When I got that straightened out and went to start the car, nothing. Starter is kicking out but now rotating, even when out on the ground, I did arc it to a trans line so I figured I fried the brushes, so almost 200 dollars later, I keep my cores haha, and same problem, I clean up the connections to the battery and it fires right up, starter was fine, so okay cool I have an extra starter now. So I haul ass to my house 40 miles up the highway everything was great I even narrowly escaped a pretty hefty speeding ticket. I get into the car and start driving the 40 miles back to get the work truck, half way the motor kills out and I coasted to the shoulder, I try starting it, the motor turns over but never starts, must not be getting fuel. So my girlfriend saves me, we get the truck and we drag it to my dad's where I work on everything. I tell him it's probably the fuel pump it's not getting gas, without diagnosing a damn thing, and nearly 300 dollars later I have a brand new fuel pump for a 99 interprid and so I have to yank the fuel level and screw on a fuel level from an 80s ramcharger so it will talk to the 74 fuel gauge, looks like I'm building a bomb haha, but I install it into the tank and we get it back under the car, still nothing, that's when I shove a screwdriver in a spark plug wire and get nothing. Now is a good time to add when I was looking for that noise I noticed what little exhaust pipe I have left was dangling, the weld to the Y pipe finally gave up, so for the time being I wired it up the best I could, the only reason I didn't take it out is that piece of pipe has the o2 sensor on it. Well what happened was it fell a little going down the road and melted the wires which short circuited on the pipe frying the fuse... and if all that sounded off, it's because it is haha 74 charger with 91 318 and od727 with a 68 dodge pickup driveshaft with a 99 interpret gas tank that has an 87 ramcharger fuel level. I got it one piece at a time, and it didn't cost me a dime, you'll know it's me when I come through your town
That waqs an Oddessy. Congrats on the fresh trailer.
Tony, I love your channel and all the projects and all the info you try to share. I wish you and yours all the good luck you can find. Can you see your way clear to trying to fit some offset wheels on the back of Slaghammer? I remember when you and Mopar Al finished it you'd said that was in the works. I really like that car and I just can't help but think it'd look MUCH better that way...my 2cents (BTW; I LOVE the new trailer)
I've had days like this. Unfortunately, I haven't had your attitude about it. Nice trailer, Tony.
Hi Tony. I bought a brand new car hauling trailer about 4 years ago. 21 foot with winch. real nice. Brand new. BUT it had Chinese tires on it which only lasted about 15, 000 miles before they started disintegrating. Still had great tread and everything. I replaced them all with American GoodYear top of the line trailer tires. Check speed/rating on the tires of your trailer. Congratulations on your new trailer. Definitely helps relieve mental stress.
Cheers, Chuck in Florida
Mopar Al is the biggest fan of this video. Lol.
That's a pretty amazing story, that ended with a very nice trailer. Seal that wood well, take care of that trailer- it improves the image. Respect.
It's always something, glad I'm not alone. Some people find problems and address and nothing more happens, other people's children make the evening news
I love the flip forward front clip of Slaghammer. I had a similar scale model in black with red interior.
We went to an old truck an tractor show yesterday and bought a trailer as well. .. lol
Im glad we skipped all that other stuff tho 😵💫😵💫😵💫
I'm doing this wrong... Identical trailers on my local craigslist are $1000 more.
Also... Pretty much _all_ modern trailer tires are junk, even if new, and I would absolutely not trust the wheel bearings in any of them either. At minimum, bring a spare setup of each with you whenever you can. At the first moment possible, switch it over to heavy truck tires and USA manufactured bearings/races.
After that and still smiling! A better man than me!!
God Tony! And I thought I was never ready to go.
That's my day everyday
At least you ended up with a sweet trailer!
Used motor oil on the wood keeps it from dry rotting and protects it
Tony, are you sure you're not Irish?
You certainly had the luck of them that day.
Funny I have been thinking I'm not going anywhere 2023 and staying in the shop myself and get long awaited projects done. Sort of a Introvert anyway.
Very nice trailer, congrats 👍
(As for the gas woes, I dunno about TN, but here in Georgia you can get ethanol-free gas with a bit of looking, we use it for yard equipment but it may also be gentler on vintage seals. If you're scavenging gas out of your own tanks anyway, maybe drain the usual pump gas out, insert some E0 and run it through engines about to be put up for the season or however long. )
Hmm, sounds like life.
A wise fellow once said when it relates to automotive vehicles, expect problems to arise, anticipate deviation from the original plan and you won’t be disappointed. That Uncle Tony guy, he knows stuff.
Those o-rings have got me before after vehicle sat for a few months. Now we throw a can of Berrymans with some gas before parking and it seems to keep rubber parts from drying out or going hard.
Berrymans is strong stuff, I've always heard it's bad for anything rubber. I left some in a one of those thick plastic measuring cups mixed 50/50 with berrymans and marvel mystery, it just about melted the cup over night. I'd be scared to leave it in the tank, I usually use seafoam in the tank in my car that I dont drive much. I'm not saying your wrong for doing it just saying I'd be scared to do it.
Stay in the shop, avoid events 😀
Good on you!
I would have bailed on the event when I had no fuel 😂
You know what they say about trailers: wherever they go trouble follows.
Now Ya need to go to China Freight and get Cha a winch for it !
Keep deck sealer on it, maybe it will last. The first wood deck on my trailer lasted 8 years even soaking it in diesel and oil a few times. This last deck is 8 years old and I have put nothing and only have one rotted board. The treatment has developed a little so nice the last one. That first deck was some of the first treatments since they banned CCA for consumer wood. I looked at sealer but as expensive as it is and figuring I'd have to do it a few times over its life I just figured it would be cheaper to replace the boards individually when they rot.
wow Tony . ok , I would have done all this loading , if possible the day before . but I have no room to talk . I just hurt my back lifting the wrong way , so i screwed up too . nice looking trailer .
What a day.
Very rare that I have a day as bad as that, but I do embrace the sanctity of my own home dearly. As many runs, meet & greets and full on car shows as we get here, I rarely front up to any. When I do, I usually have one or two issues of some kind, but yet to have a string of them like that.
Have a day off at the shop Tony 🤣
LOL! Thanks Uncle Tony, now I don't feel so bad , cuz I know it's not just me.
you must have read my mind !! your day sounds like how my last couple months have been
Those days happen. Too often, but they happen.