Nothin like a 3100mile road trip in a 426” General lee to bring home some junk
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- hey everyone, in this episode the General gets all new suspension, engine and trans to make the trip to pick up a hunk of junk hoopty challenge car to build for the roadkill zip tie drags in 2021
OMG! On jack stands in the street! Gotta love it! Go Chris go!!!!!!!!!!
Traveling with the Lee and some adventures!!!. Cool 🏁👍
I got to give you credit Chris, when you set out to work on a car, you don’t fu#k around. Excellent mechanic bro! Love your General Lee so much! Keep him between the ditches and Merry Christmas! 🎄
Rippin and Runnin with the General Lee makes me wanna tap my toes and bang my head to your music selection
North Dakota is beautiful before the crops are all harvested, then it turns brown and cold! I was out there in the late eighties and I was amazed at all the old trucks I wanted to bring them all home. I did bring home a 64 Fairlane tho.
Man even with the pit stops.
That looks like a blast!
Safe travels Chris.😊
I swear Chris, you’re living the dream haha
I was thinking the same thing while watching this 😂
Dude, you really have some amazing skills and knowledge on these cars. Very cool!
As you were walking up to leave out I thought. Well those trailer lights are bright
4:46 THAT is why I love 69 and 70 rear lights 🤤❤️
Should have brought the wife with you boss. Big journey, Don’t let Mark Worman know where your finding all of these cars! Booooooom. Happy Holidays, love the coverage.
Great video Chris ,that big block sounds awesome.Merry Christmas 🎄
What a rad tow vehicle! Your Hooptie is gonna be one cool pile of junk when it's done
69 dodge charger rt is my dream car i am 45 years old and retired cant afford anything like that 4 years ago i had 3 congested heart failures and nerve damage in my arms and legs i will never forfill my dream ive been following your u tube page for a while now love what u are doing to save an icon of a car and love the replica of the general lee thatbis what i wanted to do to mine if i had one sorry for the book keep on bulding them i will keep on watching
My dream is a 68 charger with a 440 4 speed but alas I'm a broke ass!!
Hey Chris ! Your General Lee looks abb no d sounds great ! Be careful going to your destination and return home safely ! Love your vids
Tina from Reading pa
There was an actual episode of the Dukes of Hazzard that involved the boys bringing a Richard Petty race car home for parts for the General. They were towing it behind the General, which was a good thing as Rosco was chasing them.
GREAT Exhaust with what sounds to be the perfect cam.
The moment one realizes this General Lee isn’t a trailer queen, nor being shoed by a girly man the moment one notices the Milidon oil pan now has some character!
Definitely enjoying the video
I did something like that once, the last time I went to South Carolina to visit a friend I left about 7 am, dropped in at Williams Grove near Harrisburg about dusk for the night before the National Open, watched the races, then went on the last four, five hours home to New York. No trailer though.
And I couldn't sleep in the back despite it being a conversion van because I took a bunch of stuff with me to do a swap meet while I was down there.
Hey Chris thank you for the video and that was one hell of a ride Merry Christmas man to you and your woman
The last cross-country road trip i went on was around 2003 when my mom and I drove to Patterson, CA to visit some of her family. I was around 14-15, had my permit but she refused to let me drive even once... I just wanted some bragging rights to tell my buddies I actually got to drive on Route 66 lol. I was fascinated with anything and everything automotive history related. I educated myself on things from our automotive past mainly from books I had gotten second-hand and some I had bought with money I made from cutting yards or birthday money.
But I digress lol..
On the trip, we weren't driving anything cool, sadly, and it damn sure wasn't comfortable lol.. we took her '98 Mirage. I remember the temp gauge would start to climb every now and then and we'd have to pull over and let it cool down some. That's kind of a difficult thing for ANYTHING to do in the middle of Death Valley in the summer lol, much less an overheating engine haha.
The story could go on and on but ever since then, I wanted to take another road trip out to Cali. I planned out that the next time I/we go - I would drive something a hell of a lot cooler than a commuter Mitsubishi lol.
I thought it would be badass to take a late 60s-early 70s wagon lol. Plenty of room and I was going to make sure there was plenty of power and plenty of tread on the tires so I could do smoky burnouts across each state line I crossed 😆 I had a '69 AMX at the time and had it for many years after that.. but it just didn't seem fit for road trip duty lol, given the lack of rear seats. But man I wish I had taken it just once.
It's been almost 20 years since I've made those starry-eyed plans, and i haven't yet made them come to fruition. I'd love to make it happen this coming year but I don't have a cool muscle car or cruiser anymore, dammit lol. I got into trucks and that's all i have now, even though I'm always looking for a killer deal on a 4 door ride of any type lol. Running or not.
We let life get in the way and let other things control our decision making and push our dreams aside, and sometimes they fall off the ledge never to return again. It's a shame.
But Chris, I envy the hell outta you for doing what you love and having fun doing it! And I always look forward to seeing all your adventures out there on the road driving your junk. That's what they're made for! We appreciate your hard work to make these happen. Keep on diggin, buddy!
Whenever you see a Basin Street Blue "Petty Blue" E body it's almost always a '73. BY far the most common year for that color.
Very true. I have noticed that too. I had a 73 Basin Street blue BS.
@@shaunclifton5281 Cool!! Mine is a BH column shift car with a 340 and swaybars. Bench seat with 'CUDA hood too. Currently just a shell.
There is some pretty scenes and your office is a great view as well
Very cool video, its awesome that you take your stuff on roadtrips..most classics now never leave the garage. I live just north of the border from ND and yes, beware of those damn ticks, they suck in every way possible. Looking forward to pt2 for sure, and just had to sub.
1st ha...
Dick. That's cheating. But thanks for the post.
Love the shirt, I'm also from Northeast Ohio.
Best chanel on UA-cam ! Man you spent the night in your Charger how cool is that !
You can go to a junkyard to find an old 81Mazda rotary RX7 take out the altitude compensator and adapt it to your carburetor you can do it.
Or adapt/adopt a fuel injection system??
Liked sir
And I will like your every video
I really like the sound when general Lee is ideling. What kind of exaust and muffler are you running?
THEY SOUND LIKE 40 SERIES FLOWMASTERS
Another nice score. 68 the best
i was planning on buying wilwood breaks . the 4 piston caliper ones
@1:42 dude that horn setup LOL
"External Rev Limiter" lol Us Mopar Guys knew what you were saying! Yep external Voltage Regulators suck when they stick open... lol.. DOH!
I'm an electrician for everything homes cars buildings you had what's called a brownout in higher voltage, you had a 12 volt Brown out
that slippery chrome pulley made your alternator output drop below the load of your cards ignition and that fan , and since ohm's law is E =IxR as your amperage dropped your voltage Rose and that burned your regulator open, Edison type brownout is when in the summer people use too many air conditioners and the load goes beyond the output of the generators in amperage and the same result happens voltage spikes. I had someone give me a jump while I sitting in my car and I saw they had cables backwards I said no but it was too late and that made my alternator put out 20 volts instantly popped all my light bulbs since I saw smoke pouring out from under my dash I took off the speedometer bezel and I was able to find a loose ground bolt the main one that had been loose from the factory nobody tightened it down, and that's why my car would always run funny and that kind of stuff annoys me I got to find out what it is. Or I'm just never comfortable driving that car
Can you post videos of just the chargers idling? No music, love the sound of big blocks.
Just a thought. Your gauges may be ok, I would look at replacing the Dash voltage limiter. VRC601.
that is just what I thought.....I could not believe how bright the dash lights were on that charger when he got in it before he started.
Thanks for the charger updates
Love old mopars. But this video makes me want a new one.
The zip tie for the wing window was a good idea
Chris -I honestly don't understand the popularity of the WILWOOD Draglite brakes for the mopar B-Bodies - I had a set and also hated them - THEY SUCK - I can only assume that it is because they are actually NOT INTENDED FOR STREET USE. I think the factory discs were WAY better - eventually went with the late model mustang brackets from our buddy Vlad and haven't looked back since. Really enjoy watching you driving your cars - You have convinced me to do some type of trailer hitch setup on my '70 Roadrunner.
Sick road trip......but next time bring a friend it helps..... love the charger
Nice to just pick up and go, even with issues on the road.
I like your shirt. I live 2 miles away from the north east ohio dukes shop
Hit the comment section hadnt seen one telling you youve been called out for a christmas burnout video by mulletbreakmotorsports i know you got the power to give a good one keep up the awesome videos
i love the old engines but everything your going through is why i swapped to an LS in my classic lol
The Outlaw TransAm Project you just have to build your engine right thats all
Another great video Chris!
Wish you could stop in Sidney Nebraska would love to see that beautiful car
Chris, I don't know how you roll the dice and still come out rolling on the road......skill, I'm sure.
So cool chris
I wonder if later model door lock mechanisms that have the always able to open inner door handles regardless of the lock status function would fit in place if you current door lock mechanism. I have enjoyer that an many Chrysler, Plymouth and Dodge vehicles over the years. I even think my 72 and 74 Dusters has that feature.
You've been called out Bro, in the ZIP TIES N BIAS PLIES 2020 burnout challenge. Mullet Break called you out. Melt some tires Dude. No f*cking snow and ice needed!!!!
Merry christmas, i hope the mopar gremlins dudnt grab you up!!! Stay safe and take care
dude there is a bolt under the door card to tighten up the wing window.
Yep! I MISS THOSE WING WINDOWS!
Happy Christmas matey cheers for all the videos
May want to check out that power valve gasket, it don't look too good. Fuel can get pulled through the gasket material because some are made so poorly. 8:23
be sure to put hi temp bearing grease on the ends of those torsion bars and the socket they rest in . makes them a lot easier to install and remove . Chris have an extra set of those General rims for my buddy's General?? if your ever in springfield mo. or branson let me know . I live in the branson area. my buddy saw you a while back in springfield mo. on Hwy I-44 .he said you come driving up past them 🤘
I like the content when it's there. How many videos is he saying, I lost the footage.... Over and over this happens, it's like pretty important to record stuff for people to watch on your youtube channel. I would have liked to watch the 426 getting rebuilt! Especially when we got to see some of the extraction of it from that rusty junker. Let us watch organized stories, please.
The General Lee rocks! Yeehaw!
You need a two deck trailers the one trucks use
Dont shout at the devil to loud might hear ya thanks again for sharing
Think that's the first time I've heard you jamming to the Crue honestly! lol
🤘Shout
Fun to watch!
swaping a fuel injected system would fix alot of problems period and nice vid by the way
Slap a fuel injection system on in parking lot lol
Merry Christmas Chris!
Awesome
Nice trip 😊👍🏻
cool Montley Croe music shout at r=the devil and also a knight rider song as well
Amazin Trip !!! Hell Yeahhhh !
Hey Chris I remember you putting a fast efi on patina. How did that turn out?? Something you would consider for your other daily drivers?
I've been watching while nice videos looking for some headlight buckets for a 73 Cuda
Alright.. I got a shout-out on my 70 Torino..
When part 2 is gonna be posted?
Hey. fan from Canada. What's the PN on that sweet soundin cam ??
Thank you. I was just about to ask the same. I want the exhaust info too.
Helpful tip Chris. A&W Rootbeer is far superior to Barqs! Lol
Owww yeah bean waiting for this video for a while now
Bring some duct tape next time cover part of your carb with strips its a trick to get it lots leaner or advance the timing a bump 😉
You probably already know this. But those external voltage regulators are shit. I have a powermaster one wire alternator, it fixed my issues.
I thought I was the only one with the Crue and Kid Rock on the same playlist....
Merry Christmas
the best crew album followed by pantera? the cult .we must be a the same age
🤘Shout
Really upping the quality of the videos
You need a flip down rear seat for your charger so you can put a inflatable mattress in to sleep on. Or just ge5 a C Body wagon with a Cummins
Ha ! I was thinking the same, as I have a C body wagon.
Chris when was this trip ? I thought there would be snow in North Dakota /
*revs engine*
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You posted this over a year ago now. What's the status on this one of 230-something Charger? This is the #1 charger of yours I want to see restored to factory specs & colors...
with hard to find jets i solder them up and drill them out
I WONDERED why you were putting on those thin Wilwood disks when they are only good for drag racing. Good in terms of light weight, not stopping power. Factory disks or even the stock drums would have been better. Why do you need more caster? Is the nose lifting up when the trailer is loaded?
I notice the absence of weight distributing bars or sway controls on the hitch.
I was hoping I made some video of my wing car racing Jamestown. Guess I gotta wait
Electric door locks lol
My all time dream car
20:09 STANKS. 😂😂
If it was any other car I would say it’s a pos but since it is a 69 Dodge Charger and anything mopar is Cool because I am a mopar fan and my I favorite car when I was a kid because my father had a 68 charger I fell in love with it and since that time mopar all the way had other cars but nothing is like a mopar.
That beautiful car it my favorite car 01 glenlee
Chris, did you ever try a fuel injection setup on any of your Big Block Mopars?
Mullet brake motor sports called you out in a burnout contest. Letssss seee itttt
? Are ever going to put a push bar on the front of the GENERAL
After the gauges shorted out, I assume you road tripped it without a gas gauge?
Yup