Will an ABANDONED Chevy RUN & DRIVE 450 Miles after 30 YEARS!?

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  • @JunkyardDigs
    @JunkyardDigs  Рік тому +154

    Get your limited time only C1Ohhh shirts here!! www.junkyarddigs.com/shop/p/c1ohhh

    • @American_Express_my_love_
      @American_Express_my_love_ Рік тому +2

      Israel looks like a girl tell him to get a haircut I thought he was moo for a second

    • @MintyFreshTurds
      @MintyFreshTurds Рік тому +6

      77 Lemans sedan!!! ahhhhhhh!!!!

    • @covexas1691
      @covexas1691 Рік тому +4

      Ok

    • @noonehere6837
      @noonehere6837 Рік тому +1

      a Honda 185s that i pulled from the woods gave more trouble then this truck and the 88

    • @city.motors
      @city.motors Рік тому +1

      How do I contact to buy a car from this farm

  • @CheapAngler
    @CheapAngler Рік тому +385

    It's amazing how all that was done in just one step.

  • @darren8517
    @darren8517 Рік тому +466

    I hope we see more of Bob.
    He has a great sense of humor and quick wit.
    Not unlike Kevin.

  • @70selvisfan
    @70selvisfan Рік тому +128

    Sitting for 30 years and only missing one piece of trim. My favorite body style truck and year. This video might've been my favorite of yours so far!!

    • @Bennicilline
      @Bennicilline Рік тому +8

      and the rear bumper being ... eum ... special ...

  • @zackadamec9332
    @zackadamec9332 Рік тому +376

    The Minnesota phone call demo followed by an actual Minnesota phone call was pure gold ☠️

    • @joshuabrooks4907
      @joshuabrooks4907 8 місяців тому +11

      The Minnesota/canada banter was pretty funny too.

    • @thatfatpirate
      @thatfatpirate 3 місяці тому +1

      The most important question tho is Did Bob's dad ever get him a couple pounds of ground venison...?

    • @loganj8629
      @loganj8629 3 місяці тому +2

      "That was Bob's dad: Bob, son of Bob"

    • @kevinscheifele6833
      @kevinscheifele6833 Місяць тому

      Canada too eh... well you take care then eh bye

    • @celinarodriguez8334
      @celinarodriguez8334 13 днів тому

      😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rtillisch
    @rtillisch Рік тому +205

    This quartet of Kevin, Angus, Ezra, and Bob is fantastic. Funny, easy going, and informative. Definitely keep this team together for future videos (with Jessie and Mook as well, of course)

  • @jpagrelius
    @jpagrelius Рік тому +96

    Kevin...I've been watching this channel since 2018 I think..and I have seen every video on the channel....many more than once...this has to be the coolest thing I have seen yet...taking an old clapped out diesel motor from a square body that absolutely deserved a second life and putting in a big block with a couple buds and whatever u could find on the farm...this is why I keep watching after 6 years...amazing content!!!

  • @leobardo2306
    @leobardo2306 Рік тому +105

    The ongoing “ step one” banter it absolutely priceless. Love the videos keep up the great work

    • @kdognz6
      @kdognz6 Рік тому +2

      took me about a minute from my comment a bit like this to find your comment

    • @lucas.2.3.9.4
      @lucas.2.3.9.4 Рік тому +8

      "is step 3 safety?" killed me 😂

  • @skipperjenkins7651
    @skipperjenkins7651 Рік тому +834

    Quick tip: If ya drap something over the strap you're tugging with, it falls to the ground instead of going flying when it breaks. Same with chains

    • @lukenelson3183
      @lukenelson3183 Рік тому +63

      Yep, even just a blanket works

    • @skipperjenkins7651
      @skipperjenkins7651 Рік тому +43

      @@lukenelson3183 Yea, I've used either blankets or my work jacket hahaha

    • @JunkyardDigs
      @JunkyardDigs  Рік тому +265

      We usually do, but didn't figure we'd actually break the chain😂

    • @skipperjenkins7651
      @skipperjenkins7651 Рік тому +20

      @JunkyardDigs Haha fair enough! Love the content man keep it coming! Just ordered myself a C10hhh shirt!

    • @1vmxracer
      @1vmxracer Рік тому

      Anything will work, even a large limb off a green tree. @@lukenelson3183

  • @ARockyRock
    @ARockyRock Рік тому +139

    step 1 was very well executed, great to see how well you guys work as a team.

    • @SVdreamin
      @SVdreamin 11 місяців тому +6

      The fact they restored this Squarebody in just one step is mighty impressive

  • @TriMarkC
    @TriMarkC 11 місяців тому +50

    Our 30yo son loves your videos! He fell asleep watching this one, and my wife & I ended up watching the whole thing. Brought back some great memories of our respective grandfathers rebuilding & maintaining their older vehicles, and then memories of our teen & young adult lives working in cars.
    A pleasant surprise.
    Thanks for sharing guys!!
    Now replace that truck’s windshield! 😂

    • @Anthony-hr6nt
      @Anthony-hr6nt 10 місяців тому +6

      Sounds like you have a loving family. Blessings to you and yours

    • @recessional5560
      @recessional5560 4 місяці тому +2

      Cool story

  • @smashupdriver
    @smashupdriver Рік тому +102

    As a backyard mechanic, I've NEVER gotten past step 1! But I've always put safety 3rd.

  • @toby1kenobi493
    @toby1kenobi493 Рік тому +80

    EPIC!!! I’m sure that was a LOT of work, but what a great episode! C10, big block Olds, fall color, beer and 3 wheelers. What more could you ask for? Loved it all.

    • @gerry-p9x
      @gerry-p9x Рік тому +3

      Loni Anderson in he prime

    • @jeffryblackmon4846
      @jeffryblackmon4846 Рік тому

      @@gerry-p9x Right arm, as Nixon said in his TV cameos on Rowan and Martin.

  • @Trenton-om9qs
    @Trenton-om9qs Рік тому +246

    It's always a great day when JYD uploads a new video. That truck is in pretty good shape for living up north and for sitting that long

    • @Pinion512
      @Pinion512 Рік тому +8

      Truck is a Chevy, so it's probably spent most of its life broke down. LOL.
      No really though, I think the rust problems are from being on the salty roads and that one having sat for a lot of years hasnt been on those salty roads for a lot of years.

    • @temper6162
      @temper6162 Рік тому +2

      Sat for so many years because it's a Chevy and as suck done Chevy things, better known as broke down

    • @Trenton-om9qs
      @Trenton-om9qs Рік тому +3

      @@Pinion512 chevy doing chevy things lol. Yeah you are probably right. In this case being off the road probably saved it.

    • @tristanabell2117
      @tristanabell2117 Рік тому +6

      Chevrolets are very reliable in my opinion maybe not the diesel ones but non the less they say on a quiet night you can hear a chevy rust. Lol. Being broke down in the woods definitely saved it from the road salt.

    • @jacecollins2873
      @jacecollins2873 Рік тому +2

      Oh yes

  • @David-ik8wj
    @David-ik8wj Рік тому +10

    loved hearing that olds engine crank and run. my grandmother had a 73 or 4 delta when i was a kid. brings back memories. I was trusted to be in charge if starting and warming up that big plant when we took road trips.

  • @Hawk7886
    @Hawk7886 10 місяців тому +16

    Kenny is the most chaotic skid steer operator I've ever seen, I was enthralled the entire time. Great reflexes when the pipe bent!

    • @Naltddesha
      @Naltddesha 9 місяців тому +2

      lol he was getting nasty with that skid steer

  • @nickolascunningham8039
    @nickolascunningham8039 Рік тому +362

    Ezra is amazing, would love to see even more of him!

  • @dalegroot2638
    @dalegroot2638 Рік тому +24

    Angus was the perfect guy to put in that Olds . His facial expressions are priceless !

  • @Maxxarcade
    @Maxxarcade Рік тому +107

    I'm still amazed whenever I see places like this. The ability for one person or family to fill a farm up with cars over the decades. Nowadays it takes everything to afford one or two vehicles per household. It's part of the reason I love videos like this though. The old cars were just cool and easy to work on.

    • @michaelmason4206
      @michaelmason4206 Рік тому +2

      Great episode thank you

    • @911delorean
      @911delorean Рік тому +3

      Wow its cool to see your username pop up in these comments. I hope you are doing well, I really enjoyed your content.

    • @swamp-yankee
      @swamp-yankee Рік тому +4

      Plenty of folks are still piling up junk. I see my neighbors bring stuff to the farm regularly cause I’m closer to the blacktop. Rarely do they sell anything.

    • @paulsontag9233
      @paulsontag9233 Рік тому +3

      Farmland states are still full of places like this!

    • @rickreese5794
      @rickreese5794 Рік тому +1

      DITCH DC,
      🤡🌎😮

  • @BrianWALKER-s4s
    @BrianWALKER-s4s 14 днів тому

    Love this! Im 55 years old and you fellas are doing the same things i did around 1988. Awesome 85 big red. I still have my 1985 350x and fires up with 2 kicks! I also had several square body trucks, so many I cant remember the years. They always drove straight like this one. Thanks for bringing up memories!!

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +7

    Man that 455 Olds Motor is a Strong Old Champ Kevin 27:30 @Junkyard Digs

  • @wolfinpdx
    @wolfinpdx Рік тому +159

    After that ride with the skip loader, Angus' trip to see the proctologist wasn't nearly as surprising.

    • @ShawnR718
      @ShawnR718 Рік тому +11

      Who needs a chiropractor when you’ve got a skid loader

  • @mikemullay5622
    @mikemullay5622 Рік тому +14

    Many years ago my late Uncle bought a bustle back Cadillac Seville with a 350 Olds diesel in it, and swapped in an Olds 455. It ran great and had a fair amount of giddyup.

  • @kerrypierre9494
    @kerrypierre9494 Рік тому +46

    Absolutely awesome episode Kevin, having Angus,Bob, and Ezra in the mix was a real treat. Love the channel brother, keep the fun coming.👌🇺🇸👍🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +10

    The exhaust sounds amazing for that c10 with that amazing olds 455 Big Block 54:10 @Junkyard Digs

  • @odahithedubious2017
    @odahithedubious2017 Рік тому +1

    My second car was a '72 Delta 88 Royale like the donor. 455, with Turbo 400. What a great car she was. Even got 25 mpg on the highway, and never a problem.

  • @davidbruin4381
    @davidbruin4381 Рік тому +8

    OMG!! Seeing you use that wire wheel on the angle grinder brought back a memory of pain and eye surgery. I was doing the exact same thing you used it on and some of wires on mine came off and hit me in the face, and somehow went around my goggles and into my right eye ball and I got taken to the Hospital where, thank God, a Doctor knew how to do what I needed done and got the wire out of my eye ball. I spent the next 4 weeks with a patch over my eye and med cream put in it. Changed every 4 hours. And of course it was during the hottest days of Summer in Michigan and I couldn't go swimming or get my wet.

    • @JunkyardDigs
      @JunkyardDigs  Рік тому +8

      God damn... screw that. Wearing two pairs of glasses now

    • @jrevillug
      @jrevillug Рік тому +2

      ​@@JunkyardDigs full face 3M respirator for any grinding. Overkill maybe, but you only get one pair of eyes.

  • @Jasonbourne69
    @Jasonbourne69 Рік тому +19

    Please keep bob around this channel for ever

  • @caputoboyful
    @caputoboyful Рік тому +21

    Kevin you guys are seriously the best UA-cam channel even better than old roadkill, you guys aren’t scared of nothing

  • @floridagunrat1625
    @floridagunrat1625 Рік тому +8

    I'm a little older than you guys, but back in the day, I wore out about five of these old square body Chevys. All the ones I had ran 350 V8s except for one with a 292 Big 6. Just great solid trucks watching this makes me want to go drag my 84 C10 out of the weeds and get it back on the road. Good job, guys!!!

    • @keananlane-pp7lb
      @keananlane-pp7lb 9 місяців тому +2

      nice

    • @cavalierliberty6838
      @cavalierliberty6838 9 місяців тому +1

      Do it. I don't know what it's gonna take, but do it.

    • @floridagunrat1625
      @floridagunrat1625 9 місяців тому +1

      @cavalierliberty6838 I'm working on it! Just yesterday, I pulled my 3500 out of the weeds and pressure washed it. Got to pull the heads off the 5.7 and see what it's gonna take to get the old girl running. I think she may have swallowed a valve, and that's why she's been parked for four years.

  • @johnnyB1968
    @johnnyB1968 Рік тому +11

    Just have to say this is by far my most favourite revival that you have done. Enjoyed this so much, thank you

  • @masoniain
    @masoniain Рік тому +134

    Angus gets a little bit funnier every episode he's in. Great banter between the boys.😂

    • @TheOtherBill
      @TheOtherBill Рік тому +5

      Angus definitely needs his own channel.

  • @mikemullay5622
    @mikemullay5622 Рік тому +8

    I had a 1979 Scottsdale square body truck with a 305 and headers. I bought it used in 1982 with 66,000 miles on it, and sold it in 1989 with 167,000 miles on it. It still ran great and had no rust, but the driver's door hinges were separating from the door!

    • @chrischieff5784
      @chrischieff5784 Рік тому +2

      Do you remember how much you paid for it?

    • @mikemullay5622
      @mikemullay5622 Рік тому

      @@chrischieff5784 I think it was around 6k minus the 1,500 down payment I had from selling my previous truck. I sold it seven years later for 3,500 dollars.

  • @wsbill14224
    @wsbill14224 Рік тому +54

    Another tip: if you turn the rear brake adjuster wheel with a screwdriver to loosen the rear brake shoes you can disassemble the rear brakes easier and without wrecking the hardware.

    • @JunkyardDigs
      @JunkyardDigs  Рік тому +29

      Those haven't turned in 30 years😂

  • @paulschedler
    @paulschedler 7 місяців тому +3

    That MUST be original mileage based on how straight the body is, and the clean interior doesn't have much wear (I did lots of detailing) . . . but whatever! I dig the show, it is fun!!

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +3

    Truck drives very well kevin sounds so good with the olds 455 Big Block 43:28 @Junkyard Digs

  • @trainman05matthewb.65
    @trainman05matthewb.65 Рік тому +4

    I absolutely adore the reference to Da Yoopers!!! Glad to see another fan of em lol

  • @robertbayer874
    @robertbayer874 Рік тому +7

    What a battle!! What a colossal, epic, friggen battle!! And yet, a stunning victory once the C1ohhh made it to that beautiful farm scenery. Loved the hilarious comedy, the informational tech, the scenes of endless fixes/repairs that come with taking a vehicle that sat not running for the exact same time I've been alive, Bob and Ezra's comedy and assistance, and just the hilarious B double E double R U N's. This was familiar with being along the lines of the Plymouth Satellite but with a way different vehicle and far greater set of circumstances (like 9 long days and removing one blowed up engine and installing another). Bravo for your efforts, gentlemen. Absolutely frigging outstanding!!!!

  • @alexinnewwest1860
    @alexinnewwest1860 Рік тому +52

    I know those olds diesels are a bit junk but the diesel option on a 79 chev is pretty rare. Would be nice to see one restored as it came off the line

    • @copperhead6132
      @copperhead6132 Рік тому +8

      And honestly, they're probably rare because so many people swapped out the diesel for gas engines. It's kinda sad.

    • @alexinnewwest1860
      @alexinnewwest1860 Рік тому +1

      Very true, I’ve only come across one in life and it had a 350 gas in it

    • @BigIronTexas
      @BigIronTexas Рік тому +17

      even restored to better than brand new it would be very bad and unreliable. GM took a gas 350 and basically did a quick cheapo diesel conversion on it. the difference in compression ratios alone almost guaranteed failure.

    • @copperhead6132
      @copperhead6132 Рік тому +8

      @@BigIronTexasTowards the end of their life the 350 diesels had their wrinkles ironed out. Sadly by then nobody wanted them anymore and their fate was sealed.

    • @SchnelleKat
      @SchnelleKat Рік тому +3

      very rare, only 1770 built with it. A guy on the forums who used to work at gm Keith, got me break down production numbers, as for 1980 under 600!

  • @bigkillataylor4254
    @bigkillataylor4254 Рік тому +3

    Love this episode. This series is very reminiscent of when you and thunderhead took your vans slept in them and revived that black car. We appreciate all the hard work.

  • @InFaMoUs-Destinction
    @InFaMoUs-Destinction 7 місяців тому +2

    Fully enjoyed this episode, wish we had cars and roads like this in England Uk

  • @pv2xeek
    @pv2xeek Рік тому +5

    Ezra's old Minnesotan impressian sounded more like a Yooper. It had me rolling.

  • @aydenmoss2472
    @aydenmoss2472 Рік тому +69

    Thanks for all of the amazing videos, I’m in technician training at NASCAR tech now and you have made it so much easier, keep it up!

    • @BariLopesh
      @BariLopesh Рік тому +4

      Pray tell how anything he's done has made your NASCAR tech training easier 🤣 Some people are so full of shit they'll do anything to get a heart off a UA-camr

    • @fordfairlane662dr
      @fordfairlane662dr Рік тому +1

      @@BariLopesh I thought the man bun guy was a girl at first..so I guess my NASCAR training was a bust!😂

    • @imsmart_yetdumb9278
      @imsmart_yetdumb9278 Рік тому +2

      Wow, what?

    • @kurdisshop243
      @kurdisshop243 Рік тому +1

      Hell yeah man that's bad ass good luck with the training buddy

    • @kanjionshasteen9159
      @kanjionshasteen9159 Рік тому +2

      @@BariLopeshsomeone’s jealous asf

  • @TheFastgeek
    @TheFastgeek Рік тому +6

    Pity that Bob and Ezra don't live closer to the shop; they'd make fine regular guests on this channel. Damn fine workers and have a solid sense of humor to boot. That said, I'm sure it's not the last we'll see of them. Hat tip to Kenny for helping out with the crazy skid loader antics! Oh, and seeing Angus all cleaned up was a terrible shock to the system! 🤣
    Two things that I'm sure others have said:
    Radar detectors work best when they're mounted up near the top of the windshield.
    No title can be fixed via the Vermont registration process.
    Keep it up, JYD Team!

  • @Shooting-gallery223
    @Shooting-gallery223 8 місяців тому +1

    I like to see old trucks get the love they deserve by rebuilding them and bringing them back to life that a damn well good Chevrolet u got there

  • @terencemcdonald2897
    @terencemcdonald2897 Рік тому +15

    Great job on the C10hhh! Loved how it turned out, and it runs excellent!

  • @maddog3080
    @maddog3080 Рік тому +39

    Ya can't start a 12 step program without step 1 lol. Great episode as always, ya never fail to bring a smile and a laugh when I watch you guys!

  • @sweetkittiez
    @sweetkittiez Рік тому +28

    You guys never cease to amaze me ,good collaboration of all you guys working together to make an awesome video for us ,thank you so much.

  • @gabenieto3113
    @gabenieto3113 Рік тому +60

    I like how every junkyard digs episode has a different running joke this time it's which step their on

    • @Viscalis
      @Viscalis Рік тому +1

      they’re

    • @gabenieto3113
      @gabenieto3113 Рік тому

      @@Viscalis wow some guy really be correcting my grammar must not have a interesting life

    • @Viscalis
      @Viscalis Рік тому +2

      @@gabenieto3113 just helping you 🤣
      where your Capri, Gabe?

    • @gabenieto3113
      @gabenieto3113 Рік тому

      @@Viscalis yeah I know I just like shit talking lol

  • @NicoleSkinner-t4g
    @NicoleSkinner-t4g Місяць тому +1

    So many years ago my aunts parents in the 90s left a 1979 chevy C10 in their drive way. It's been over thirty years. no one thinks that its a fixer upper however I do, Looks exactly like this only grey with red stripes.

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +2

    Ordered a Couple C10hhh Shirts Thanks Kevin 1:08:00 @Junkyard Digs

  • @DocJ58-OCB
    @DocJ58-OCB Рік тому +4

    Damn Kevin, in 2001 I bought a 1979 Chevy 1/2 ton, used-to-be 350 Diesel truck, with a 455 out of a Buick GS Stage 1 (at least that's what the guy I bought it off said. I was just buying a shop/yard/acreage/ to town and back truck , so I didn't really care where the motor came from as long as it ran, shifted gears, and (surprise !) stopped. The reason for this little ditty though, isn't that the truck ran and stopped, it was the fact that it was IDENTICAL to your Minnesota truck in color, except I was in Rocky Mountain House (Rotten Monkey House if you've ever been there), Alberta, a little west and south of Edmonton. Mine however did not have a solid box or nifty, 1 mouse hole interior, and it didn't have headliner at all. The seats were old buckets out of some forgotten Chevy van and covered with "Navaho blanket" seat covers that had seen better decades, and it had a "chollo chain metal " steering wheel, and an old milk crate from the local dairy for a center console. I paid $950 for it and an old 8-wheel Argo that didn't run (I got the Argo working, put 2 new tires on it and sold it for $2500 to my across the field neighbor.) That truck ran for 4 more years that I had it, and then for 9 more years (with a newer tranny) when I sold traded it for a 1993 Honda Goldwing and an old 22./410 over under prairie chicken gun.....so I'm thinking you're gonna have decent luck, 'cause them old GM big blocks and Chevy Square bodies work forever ( as long as you have WD-40, brake clean, jumper cables or a battery box, Gorilla duct tape and a cheap set of sockets, wrenches, screw drivers, and a pair of vice grips ,all from Canadian Tire)...Good luck, stay safe, don't have too much fun, and whatever you do, don't let Angus hold the lightening wire to the distributor, don't let Bob play with the radiator, and don't let Ezra, ever, say goodbye on a phone call ( he'll be goin' on 10 minutes after the end of the next Zombie apocalypse, and BTW, he sounds like he's from Thunder Bay, Ontario, or southern Manitoba)...Peace out, from Doc, in the Great White (now kinda green, brown, and yellow, and heading into fall) North of southern Ontario, Canada.🦫🦫🍁🍁🍁

  • @biggerboostksa6831
    @biggerboostksa6831 Рік тому +19

    I absolutely love these episodes, to turn off your brain and watch guys having fun with big blocks and old truck and just being chill just makes me happy.
    Keep up the great content ❤

  • @michaelcox9855
    @michaelcox9855 7 місяців тому +3

    My uncle had a square body called "Old Blue." Sat for like 20 years and it took only like 2 hours to get it running again when my dad needed a ride cause his fox body was in the shop from a wire fire. Of course, you were always going 40, even when parked. lol

  • @HNDAKLR
    @HNDAKLR Рік тому

    Love this video. My dad had a C10 that looked just like this. It had a 350 with 3 on the tree. I used to tool around with him on that truck. He passed when I was young and my mom had to sell the truck to cover the funeral bills😢. Miss him and that old truck

  • @mixerman1
    @mixerman1 Рік тому +10

    This is comedy gold with a truck revival all in 1 step.

  • @darrylyoes414
    @darrylyoes414 Рік тому +4

    Enjoyed this. The squarebody is one of the best looking trucks ever produced.

  • @yannlandry9242
    @yannlandry9242 Рік тому +51

    As a Canadian, I found this video very amoosing! 😏
    Great content guys!

    • @timiamplays9382
      @timiamplays9382 Рік тому +2

      I did aswell cuz were from the grest white north eh

    • @friguy4444
      @friguy4444 Рік тому +1

      LOL. As a Canuk ...Really? LOL. Just funning around Moostly. Well almoost. We should be shot. Like a Moose.

    • @reel2reel.
      @reel2reel. Рік тому +2

      Oh ya!...When I was at the turdy miunit mark I tought I was back home in da UP. Workin on my snowmobile while wearin' my swampers. and tinkin' bout the pasties we're havin' fer dinner.( in my best yooper voice)

  • @beezlebub3955
    @beezlebub3955 Рік тому +13

    I love how realistic Angus is

  • @huskyflylangley6053
    @huskyflylangley6053 10 місяців тому

    1986, square Chev, 3 wheelers... I lived that as a kid. Still plenty of good rust free square Chevs and Fords in small Central valley farm towns. Great video fellas. You're right; save it, build it, drive it! Rescued a 58 Ford from the crusher, rust free, $200, had it running in a week.
    All the best from Nor Cal. Give a shout if you're ever out this way.

  • @jesseleesamples
    @jesseleesamples 11 місяців тому +2

    This was your best video I’ve seen yet and one of the coolest “make it run & drive home” videos I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anybody do something like this before. Great job all around and love the truck, it definitely deserves a second life

  • @onlythejeffness
    @onlythejeffness Рік тому +77

    As a native MinnesOtan, I feel attacked. Quality content, Sir!
    I need to add a slick chainsaw holster to the front rack of my '83 200e like that.

    • @dextheboz
      @dextheboz Рік тому +2

      I felt attacked to…

  • @sevilnatas
    @sevilnatas Рік тому +4

    In high school, a few friends and I bought a '65 Pontiac Ambulance from a junkyard for $200. It was in great shape, except for the Pontiac 421 that was in many pieces. We took the motor into the machine shop and the cost to get it machined was crazy expensive because it was a special service engine (police, taxi, etc.). So we found a '69 Olds 88 455, running, for sale in the PennySaver for $150!! When we showed up, it indeed ran great, until it warmed up on the drive home. The rings were shot and it pumped an ungodly amount of exhaust, straight into the car. Funny how there were 2 cardboard tubes and safety goggles in the back seat. The only four things in the whole car! Curious! But they came in handy.
    After a smokey drive home, and a few major burnouts at the local cruise spot, we crashed it into a wall in the high school senior parking lot, where the battery grounded out on the hood and fried the electrical system. We walked home to get one of the guy's father's pickup that had a cherry picker mounted on the back corner of the dump bed. Drove back to school and pulled the engine at 3am and took it back to the ambulance to drop it in. Unlike your pickup, the Olds 455 did not just drop into the '65 ambulance engine bay, nothing a few 2x4 blocks to sit on and few short lengths of chain to hold it down, couldn't fix. The last little issue was the '64 Pontiac throttle was a push and the Olds 455 was a pull. After a creative throttle cable installation, using what can only be described as a pulley system, we drove it to the muffler shop for a pro exhaust, to funnel the smoke out the back as opposed to into the car, we were ready to roll. After a few local parades and few rides to proms, winter formals, homecomings and Sadie Hawkins dances, someone got mad at me at a backyard party and the mad guy and his buddies tried to hunt me down, but only found the ambulance, at which point they broke all the windows out of it. Those were huge custom windows that we never were going to be able to afford to replace. So, in a panic, we called around to find someone that would take the car as junk, we ended up calling the guy we bought it from, not knowing it was the guy we bought it from, and after him getting over the fact that we actually had gotten it running and driving, he offered paying us the same $200 we paid him. Everyone else want us to pay them, to take it away.
    Miss that old car. Did I mention that the backlit sign, above the front windshield, under the old school roller emergency light said "Chainsaw Surgery"? Good times!!!

  • @JustGuitarThings
    @JustGuitarThings Рік тому +3

    One of my favourite series, the farm full of old cars! Loved this, can’t wait to see more

  • @itssturg
    @itssturg 7 місяців тому +1

    My uncle used to have a 90s Cheyenne that I wanted to buy from him, never came to fruition unfortunately but love to see em!

  • @garycrawley341
    @garycrawley341 Рік тому +1

    I'm Canadian,love your accent, sounds authentic . I cannot do yours as good.

  • @friguy4444
    @friguy4444 Рік тому +24

    I'd imagine that broken Thermostat just might have been the reason that Oldsmobile was parked last time it ran and was ditched there.

  • @hermitcrab9250
    @hermitcrab9250 Рік тому +15

    Love this series, keep up the good work kevin

  • @geebopbaluba1591
    @geebopbaluba1591 Рік тому +5

    I use to know an old guy that replaced that diesel in his Chevy with a 500 Cadillac and in that swap he had to notch the frame on both sides to clear the exhaust manifolds because it’s so damn wide.

    • @andrewmcpheron675
      @andrewmcpheron675 Рік тому +3

      My grandad put a 500 in his old f150! He called it the fordillac! It was a beast!

    • @snowfreak207
      @snowfreak207 Рік тому

      Thats what i want

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +1

    Truck is cleaning up pretty good Kevin Even had a Mirror Finish in some spots 50:26 @Junkyard Digs

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +1

    Angus Square body High school truck is Gorgeous 😮11:40 @Junkyard Dig

  • @brandaneakright6082
    @brandaneakright6082 Рік тому +5

    Killer video honestly, that’s a pretty nice square body. I had a 78 gmc with a Oldsmobile 400 in it, and honestly it ran really good like most of the Oldsmobile’s I’ve had. I’d definitely fix that Chevy up, it’d make a nice truck.

  • @1017cutlass
    @1017cutlass Рік тому +15

    Those olds 350 diesel blocks can be converted to gas and can take a lot of power due to the main webbings and blocks being beefier than the normal 350’s

    • @Naltddesha
      @Naltddesha 9 місяців тому

      That’s wild. Are they 4 cylinders? I’ve never heard of this chevys diesel engine before

    • @1017cutlass
      @1017cutlass 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Naltddesha 8 cylinder and not a Chevy it’s an Oldsmobile engine

    • @Truckguy1970
      @Truckguy1970 7 місяців тому +1

      That's how a lot of those Olds diesels got converted over to gas back in the day.They just change the heads, intake, cam and add a distributor.

    • @Nifty102
      @Nifty102 3 місяці тому

      Potato Potatto, OM and Chevy go hand in hand.​@@1017cutlass

  • @greaniebeaniez3070
    @greaniebeaniez3070 Рік тому +5

    Thanks for all the amazeing video! Im in my 1st week of tech school in the Air Force and your videos are a treat to watch after a long day, Keep em comein!!!

    • @brianscott9861
      @brianscott9861 Рік тому

      I'm a Air Force veteran. Long time ago

    • @bbrut3332
      @bbrut3332 Рік тому

      Enjoy your tech training and thank you for your service from a really old USAF vet.

  • @chrisreynolds6520
    @chrisreynolds6520 7 місяців тому +1

    Hope you kept the ac stuff from the big old sedan. AC hoses are easy to fabricate. Truck needs a fan shroud and ac to make it a perfect year round cruiser and work truck.

  • @RayLovesCars
    @RayLovesCars Місяць тому

    man this got me SO hyped for my project truck that I've got plans for
    currently saving up to fix up my great grandfather's '86 F150 that I purchased from his estate sale, it's a farm truck, blue, single cab with a long bed, rwd, 302 with a 3 speed auto. Currently I have it kept at my grandparent's place on Canada's east coast and plan to roadtrip it from there back to my place in southern Ontario. It's got typical bullnose floor rot but it still runs minus needing to bypass the fuel pump relay because it's full of corrosion.

  • @demon12792
    @demon12792 Рік тому +42

    Childhood dream of mine was wishing my family owned a junk yard so I could build all sorts of abominations.

  • @owenpeterson6183
    @owenpeterson6183 Рік тому +6

    love road trip videos, i mean i love all your videos and i know they’re time consuming but they’re a nice little treat every once in a while

  • @georgeenriquez612
    @georgeenriquez612 Рік тому +4

    Kevin this is my new favorite video from you! I could watch this all day everyday. Awesome work! I vote Ezra needs to be in more future videos, he’s hilarious. Beautiful 79 C10 Cheyenne pickup btw!!! I hope you keep it around

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +1

    Awesome to see this c10 Back Kevin and Angus and Bob 1:00 @Junkyard Digs

  • @smuir6104
    @smuir6104 Рік тому +1

    This made me miss my old '78 GMC 2WD. It was a great truck, I got it stuck so many times, ahhh those were the days.

  • @vaderispie1345
    @vaderispie1345 Рік тому +5

    Sick, can’t wait to find time to watch a junkyard digs special

  • @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC
    @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC Рік тому +8

    One of your best ever field rebuilds..enjoyed it...great truck too...a keeper.

    • @brittanywolfe6630
      @brittanywolfe6630 Рік тому

      It would be a great truck if it had a title as it sits it's nothing more then parts

    • @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC
      @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC Рік тому

      @@brittanywolfe6630 it's a classic over 25 year vehicle now... you can purchase someone else's title (same year, model) and run with it. If you're worried the numbers don't match...just remove the trucks ID metal plate vin code and save it in an envelope. Old Trucks can be registered insured and inspected legally with an old title. Even better if he used it for the farm and get's "farm plates". Cops and people won't care...and he can sell it legally again.

    • @brittanywolfe6630
      @brittanywolfe6630 Рік тому

      ​@@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLCthe only thing I knew about was the Vermont thing I actually did that on my truck but that loophole is closed

    • @swamp-yankee
      @swamp-yankee Рік тому

      @@brittanywolfe6630 it’s pretty easy to do a title search on a lost title. Not a big deal at all at least in all of New England. Did one in mass and were infamously regulated.

    • @swamp-yankee
      @swamp-yankee Рік тому

      @@brittanywolfe6630the issue is if you run into a junk title it’s basically irreversibly for parts

  • @thecolaracer1873
    @thecolaracer1873 10 місяців тому +3

    30:30 the bubbles impression has me dying 😂

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +2

    Wow at how damaged the Thermostat is 53:35 @Junkyard Digs

  • @monkeyearcheese420
    @monkeyearcheese420 Рік тому +1

    Holy shit never have I ever been so happy to be flipped off. I've been throwing arm signals for a bit cause when I hit the brakes the blinkers came on also. I had no idea what was wrong. Now I have a tail to chase. Thank you

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +3

    The shinanagins in this video with Kevin, Angus, Bob, Ezra Are just hilarious 😂😂😂 35:00 @Junkyard Digs

  • @plufsen
    @plufsen Рік тому +3

    What a great trip! Must have been so much fun!

  • @frank3432
    @frank3432 Рік тому +4

    Love those square body chevys and the diesels are cool

  • @SextonHardcastle85
    @SextonHardcastle85 Рік тому +1

    The fella driving that skid steer is a madman! Awesome work!

  • @igormac88
    @igormac88 10 місяців тому +1

    that was one of the sweetest engine swaps I've ever seen on youtube ever. definitely it was very hard work, but you guys made it look piece of cake! wonderful!

  • @gharne3436
    @gharne3436 Рік тому +3

    More of Ezra, he's hilarious... feel like I need a kitty😂😂😂

  • @JonTheGeek
    @JonTheGeek Рік тому +15

    This might be the most chaotic revival on UA-cam. Period.

  • @enderplaysmc08
    @enderplaysmc08 Рік тому +5

    Love the vids, I wish I was able to find all your great finds!

  • @casamequite
    @casamequite 7 місяців тому +1

    Back when I was a chevrolet tech the customers that hated their diesel got a new olds 403 long block for replacement. Ran great!

  • @M249saw
    @M249saw Рік тому +1

    That front left fender on the olds would be a good wall decoration

  • @cg9218
    @cg9218 Рік тому +7

    Congrats on finding a honey hole. Why not give it a shot with that diesel or even one of the olds diesels you guys found on the property?

    • @om617yota8
      @om617yota8 Рік тому +3

      Per a previous video, the engine is junk.

    • @theblindredneck747
      @theblindredneck747 Рік тому +2

      If I remember in one of the previous videos wasn’t there a Cadillac that was rusted out but the diesel ran, I would’ve swapped that engine in. But nothing wrong with the 454.

  • @tdp78_RHF
    @tdp78_RHF Рік тому +10

    Ezra is hilarious, he needs his own channel if he doesn't have one already!

  • @James-ip3kn
    @James-ip3kn Рік тому +4

    The don’t start light is probably an indicator light that tells you to wait for the glow plugs to warm up before you start the engine

    • @bigerch85
      @bigerch85 Рік тому +2

      Ya don't say ehhh bud

  • @potatozamanco4550
    @potatozamanco4550 9 місяців тому

    I've always thought this was one of the best videos on this channel, its well eddited and flows nicely. Somehow 1.25 hours and doesnt get boring whilst filming repetitive contect. Also that truck is awesome, I love the convept. Stay awesome!