I remember this car and Luke McLean racing at the Tri-State Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin. My brother and I sold programs, soda and hotdogs in the grandstand. Thanks for the memories.
What year and model Datsun? I had three of the not so glamorous B-210s. 74, then 76 and finally, a 75. Definitely no air cushion ride! But 42 miles per gallon, made up for the lack of comfort, in my way of logic, back then. The bodies kept rusting out. So, when one rusted out too bad, I'd find another B-210, with mechanical problems and swap an entire engine, trans and rear end, from the rusted out one, to one with a better body. Datsun didn't make it easy. I couldn't fit the driveshaft, from a 76 manual transmission, to a 74 manual transmission, because the splines were different. So, I had to use the 74 driveshaft, on the 74 transmission. BUT!!! The rear end yoke, wasn't the same size, on the 76, as the 74. SO! I ended up taking the rear end out too and moving EVERYTHING 1974, to the 1976 body! When the 76 rotted away, I found a 1975 and just repeated the whole thing, all over again. Datsun driveshafts, back then, didn't have replaceable U-joints. The U-joint caps were pressed in, counter-sunk in the yokes and then the outer ridge, of the yoke, was machine manipulated, to keep the needle bearing caps, forced in place. There was no locking snap rings, that could be removed, to replace a U-joint. The WHOLE driveshaft had to be replaced! Unless you had a machine shop, willing to remove the bad U-joints re-press new ones in and do a few tac welds, on the caps and yokes. In spite of all that work (FUN), I was able to drive those cars, using the one A14 engine, over 240,000 miles. I sure miss those little cars. I've had a lot of vehicles, in my life. My top three (or would it be five?) favorites are my first car, a 1957 Chevy, my second car, a 1959 Mercury Commuter station wagon, with 430 interceptor engine and my Datsun(s). I hope you have as much fun, with your Datsun, as I did with mine.
Luke was my wifes grandfather I rember when we would go watch him race it. Glad to see someone took care of it and can't believe we found this on UA-cam
Was this car "Raced" in a race in Fremont, Oh about 10 or 15 years ago. It would have just been the two cars for fun that used to race, and been restored. If this wasn't the car, it sure looks similar. I will see if I have any pics, if it is.
Luke McLean lived here in Iron River, WI where I have lived for the past 66 years. He was my hero when I was a kid. I do know that Luke rebuilt this car and raced it in a vintage race car club down in Zepher Hills Florida about 10 years ago. There is a video of some of those races, and I believe one of the guys that was a part of his pit crew back in the mid 60's might have a copy and he might have pictures and a little history on this old Sportsman car in your video. I'll see what I can find for you in the next few days.
You can tell that Derek is so stoked by this, cause he's not cracking the jokes. Proud of you Derek for buying something you really love! What an awesome ride! That is a true race machine! Proud of you! RACE THAT DAMN THING! IT'S YOUR DREAM!
@@ViceGripGarage you should bring the paint back to original with as many vintage photos as you can find get rid of as much of the updated stuff as you can to bring it back to its hey day appearance
Brings back my old days Enjoy your race car keep the love of being a mechanic because we get the grease under our fingernails at a early age and it never goes away. Were a Breed of our own. That will always keep going on generation after generation.
This is probably the eleventy four billionth VGG video a guy has watched, and seeing a feller so happy driving something like that brought a tear to a guys eye.
It's nice to see someone on UA-cam in the comments conversing with their viewers. It also helps that this channel is entertaining, often funny, and sometimes a guy even learns something watching it. Keep up the good work.
Mark Kromeke Seriously? I've seen him do a lot of sketchier stuff... Driving unknown rust buckets 500 plus miles after a first start comes to mind. This little jewel fired up on the first turn and was only required to make it 10 miles.... I'm going to ignore the death wobble And the non functioning temp gauge.... And the short circuit noise.... Ok, MAYBE thos was a little bit sketchier than I thought
Dirt track cars are typicality toed out in front. Toe out about 3/8" or more and camber out about 15% on the Captains side. And then camber out up to 30% on the drinker's side. Running like that on the asphalt would make her shake!
Explain the death wobble then on my boss's f450 dump not even 60000 on the old ticker was actually in front of him one day and watched both front wheels going from side to side new damper alignment and still shaking side to side
@@alanbrooks3670 the death wobble can come from a number of things that make it up. Ball joints tie rod ends bald tires loos springs or hardware loss or broken steering gear box or drop arms. If the truck was raised it could be the angle of attack from the frame to the axle. It is not just a single thing to pick out. Heck it could even be the load on the back makes the front to light and the wheels to hope left and right.
@@elew93610 brand new from dealer no load and at 60000 miles your telling me that the front end parts are worn out and most of the time it never was loaded down hauling any thing we were stone Masons and had most of the material delivered only when done with the job it was actually used as a dump truck so Ford f450is just a piece of shit for the front end parts to wear out that quickly
See now I have watched all this man's video and he has by far the best car channel on youtube you are so funny and teaches lots about cars you have a really good channel and amazing content would be sweet to chat with yea about your plans for the future of your channel and some info about getting a shirt or a hat get back to me buddy if you have a few free mins to talk
Lovin' how often you have content coming out this summer! Edit: Just finished watching. You have to race it. Make it street legal but then take it out to some track days instead of racing competitively so it doesn't get banged up and preserves the history of it. Awesome car.
Your king pins need replacing ! That was the shimmy problem ! Also check your tie rod ends ! Thanx for the Joy ride, Been there, done that ! Be safe and well.
I just commented to another guy about that fact of King Pin spindles and as a matter of facts here I was born into a speed shop in Allentown Pa. 59 years ago... However I just gave this another thought that most of these machines were built on the outskirts of the cities out of wrecked farm tractor parts like most of the steering shafts had them steering systems from those antique shit Massey Ford & other Tractors that nobody wanted and by the 70's nobody made U-joints for the steering shafts anymore because they were such shit machines but it was why they got chopped apart and sold off for scrap iron. But the steering shafts and shit like that off em were perfect 4 stock cars that included those frontal leaf springs as well king pin spindles. Shoot me if I'm wrong but i doubt it... That violent shake is more than likely worn steer shaft U-joints.
Wow! I didn't know that car still existed! I live in Duluth and raced up here for thirty years. Luke McLean is one of those names any of us "oldsters" know as part of our history. It would really be neat to see that car in person. I see you have the book "Glory Days", that is a great resource for racing history in the Duluth/Superior area. Do you know if Luke Mclean is still alive? If not, I'm sure there are a number of guys up here that would have some personal knowledge of the class that car ran in and maybe the car itself. It's listed in the book as the Stock class, but I think they called it the Jalopy class at the Proctor and Superior Speedway, which would make me question the 283 in it as what was run in '62, although it may have. Let me know if you want me to do some digging for information.
Our local hero in Grand Rapids, MI at the Speedrome was Wild Bill Wiltsie during those days. All of us neighborhood kids thought he was the ultimate "guy".
@@ronaldwarren5220 You know you're talking about the good ole days when an old boy starts with, "all of us neighborhood kids..." hahaha. I don't know what happened to those days... Are cities too big now? I was born in '91 so I don't claim to know what it was like back then or anything, other than stories from my dad and whatnot. Everywhere I lived as a kid though, I never had any kids around me, or if I did they were nowhere NEAR my age.. I'm not talking about just right next to me either. I'm talking like nowhere in the vicinity! Seems like every story of my dad's starts with... The kid next door, or the kid down the street and his older brother and his friends... Or his girlfriend at the time that lived 5 blocks away. I mean he did live in a real small town... But I still sincerely feel like we're really limiting ourselves by how many things there are to do inside these days. Technology is cool and all but... We're already getting soft, imagine how it'll be when every model, brand, make of every car in the current year.. None of them are able to come with a manual transmission. Or when not a one vehicle uses good ole internal combustion to propel itself forward... At least these days some of that technology with racing games and cheesy car movies where they jump from one tower in Dubai to the other in a car.. At least we still have those breeding new generations of car guys to get down and dirty working on cars together and wrenching on things like a man should, in my opinion anyway. What happens when all of that's gone? I ain't gonna wrench on a tesla I'll tell you that much.. I don't blame any kid that grows up with electric cars if he doesn't become a gear head. I don't know, I'm rambling tough.. I wasn't planning to say any of this at the start haha. I just got suddenly concerned I guess at where the future is taking us.
@@danielnelson4881 I'm about your age and I totally get that feeling. It's a funny thing how technology getting so incredibly advanced actually takes us further from being able to marvel at it. Like the fact that I'm typing this on a device with over a BILLION transistors in its CPU is just mind-boggling, but it's so "untouchable". You can't wrench on it. A Tesla is a marvel of engineering, but it shares more DNA with an iPhone than it does this old race car. I think we need to be sure and educate enduring generations on early-mid 20th century tech, because I think it has the ability to inspire in a way that information-age technology doesn't. So go buy a classic and keep it alive!! If I ever have money and space I sure will try...
@@nathan2seehere I could not have said that better myself. For some reason a Tesla that's faster and better in every way just doesn't seem to inspire the bond that a guy can have for his first ever 115 horse Honda... Or something of that nature. Every one of my cars has driven different... Sounded different.. Had different little quirks or problems I grew to know how to fix. Even down to knowing by sound that you forgot to add oil to your car that burns it like crazy, even that's somehow endearing looking back on it... I just don't think I could ever grow an attachment to a Tesla. And that's not good for society considering all of the people who will likely feel the same, and can also afford to replace them like it's a phone or something... We'll be throwing away a lot more cars I bet. If we'd just buckle down on the REAL problem. These greedy corporations who don't care about the planet, they'd rather save a quick buck... They push the problem onto us like it's our fault with our cars. So our vehicles keep getting worse and worse, more and more soulless and more of just a tool for transportation. Cars aren't ever going to be like "dads 66 Chev" that's been his baby since he was younger, will someday be passed down to me. And there wouldn't be a single thing that could ever happen that would end with me not having it to be passed on to my son or even daughter when I'm gone.. They are part of our families, big parts of our lives. It'll be a shame when that's no longer the case.
@@ross302ci I'm sorry but I've already got a car that I'm totally in love with and will keep forever.. It happened by surprise and before I had the chance to buy me an older car to keep alive. My 2002 Acura RSX Type S, sure it's not the type of car most people might get attached to. It's still got a 6 speed manual, the throttle is still manipulated via a cable connected from the pedal to the throttle body. There's no unnecessary fancy electronics or whatnot... If I've gotta rebuild the engine I can still yank er out and do that myself. It's got all of the charm, especially with its intense VTEC crossover (one of the most abrupt, violent feeling and sounding of any VTEC I've experienced on any Honda) adding even more character. I mentioned in my previous comment my dad's 66 Chev pickup. That'll be going to me when he passes, and unfortunately he's got cancer. So I will have my classic car occupancy in my garage at max, here before too long. Even though I absolutely adore that truck and will love it and take excellent care of it, there's nothing in this world I have less desire to own right now than that truck.
Mine is when he says, “normally you would do....... blah blah blah, but we’re going to do the right thing & just totally ignore that & drive it as is. “ or when he says , “ It’ll be just fine.”
A feller is going to break it driving such a strange way. Last time it went straight was rolling out the fact tree or on/off a trailer. Otherwise, it goes left. 🤩🤣
My mom just bought an old retired racetrack “cool springs speedway” along with 72 acres and a house in cool springs Kentucky. Your gonna have to come take a rip on it!!! Your car I can almost guarantee raced on this track.
Almost all dirt track cars have an issue with steering on asphault . We ran our winged cars on the street and it did the same thing its because of the way the Caster and Camber is set
What a beautiful sound she makes! The low idle setting could be a hang over from the days where they ran the old flathead and just set up as personal preference of the old fella. I know a lot of guys who loved to get their flatheads idling so low you wonder how they didn't stall - barely reading on the rev counter and all. I was a bit worried when you took off down the road, thinking to myself "I hope its not like a lot of other videos where the car has no brakes!" Awesome vid, Derek - made my night :) For my money, I'm of two minds for this old girl. If she was to go back to the road, you might have to put windows in it, a speedometer, seatbelts and all that = let alone lights and indicators and such. Lights and indicators could be mounted on a bar and bolted on / plugged in when needed for the road and taken off when you got to a show, but having to run safety glass just doesn't fit with the spirit of the old girl.....plus I dont know what your roadworthy regulatory authority would think about the suspension brackets and the lack of fenders.....and changing all that is just not right to me. Too much..... But I'd hate to see her be a trailer queen and all. She was built to race and she should, but as you say, nothing would be gained if the car ended up wrecked. Maybe get as much info together as you can about her history and trailer the car to local (or wherever) grass-track and dirt track / gravel speedway meets. Maybe talk to the organisers before the meet, give them her history and how she's a survivor from a bygone age and you'd be happy to take her for a few laps around the track to show the crowd what a REAL old race car can do, while they read out some of the history - especially at any tracks the car was raced on by Luke McLean if any are still going! Maybe start with them as I reckon they'd be right into it - a bonus celebrity returning to her old stomping ground is a great draw card for the organisers Gives you some fun, gets the car known / remembered / exercised as she should be and raises the profile of VGG as well. After the laps, have her parked where people can see her and touch her and get up close with history. People love seeing historic vehicles that were raced "back in the day: still belting along at speed and driven in anger nowadays. It brings them alive and the past lives again.....and you'll find that there will still be some old timers out there who remember her racing and they may have snippets of info to add to your collection on her. The more I think about it, the more I like that idea. Seeing her out churning the turf and making beautiful noise with that classic 38 Coupe shape......man it would be a sight. I'd turn up to watch an historic dirt track beast go out and get dirty like she did in the old days, for sure.....especially if she's raced at the same track we're at long before I was born!
Death Wobble - common in hot rods. Usually kingpins, tie rod ends or steering box wear. Replace worn parts, add a steering damper from SoCal Speed Shop. Alignment is important, too.
No, its Dana 60 or Dana 70. Most likely a 60, as 60s were strong and very common. I don't believe it would be a 44, because a 44 back then was too weak. The 44 used in the current model Jeep is much heavier than the old ones that would have been available when that car was built.
I’d bet any money that’s a d44. That cover looks too small to be a 60. Plus those d44’s were very plentiful back then for a budget build like that. Plenty of gear and axle choices too.
My Grandfather raced against Luke in Superior and Ashland. I asked him if he remembered this car when I had seen the for sale post, and the way his old eyes instantly lit up was pretty amazing as he said "In the number triple seven, from Iron River, Wisconsin, Luke McLean!" My grandpa also claims this car originally had a straight six before luke switched to a small block.
What a wonderful trip back to my early teen. I saw this car and drives race several times at the tri-state speedway ins Superior, Wisconsin. He was always announced and Little Luke McClean. I don't ever remember him put another driver in a "tight" spot. He would always back off. Luke was always a person to watch during a race. Thanks soon much for the great memories. Devon Eccles.
I think it's really cool that you like this vintage stuff. No big corporate sponsors. Just basic tools and a guy with some angle iron and his stick welder.
Just make sure that when grabbing that shaft between the legs ta shift that it's the one that belongs to the car. Ha. Running that thing down the highway would sure give me a stiff shaft ta grab.
In the early sixties we raced what was called the ‘ Sportsman Six’ class. Big 292...good times ! Wrenched farm equipment all week.. hot rods on the weekend! Kept me off the street corners.
Son: "dad how come you hit the like button before you watch the video" Me: " cuz I know with out a doubt it's going to be a good one this guy is awesome"
Driving one home with no tags and insurance always made me feel like I stuck it to the-Man! Nothing more fun than that! You must have a really understanding wife by the way!
One of my friends got a free 1976 Chevy C20 from his dad if he could get it to run and move, at his farm they don’t have a good shop to work in so he drove it with one working front brake, in the middle of a storm, about 30ish miles to my house with tabs from 2012 and no insurance, that was fun!
Most good cops would probably laugh, ask you about the car, tell you to get home in one piece and pretend it never happened. There's always that one jackboot asshole though.
I'm speaking from experience! I've driven more home than I can count! Bought a 71 Roadrunner smoking and skipping stuck in 3rd gear! Drove 25 miles but I did have good brakes LOL
@Dave Micolichek never heard of hobbyist plates! What state is that if you don't mind me asking? I have used dealer tags later on in life when I had a friend that was a dealer!
Love it. The old 'death wobble'. Usually happens at a certain speed. She probably doesn't like being on asphalt. Check alignment, tie rod/drag link ends.
My first thought on seeing this car was, "This is too nice for VGG." Then on the walk around @8:55, I did see some "weight reduction" in the trunk so it is all good.
As he stepped out of the truck and I didn't spot a trailer, I thought: "Well, a guy won't go ahead and drive this thing home, right?" °Derek heading out on the road with it° "He just didn't reallly..." :D
Derek, The Outlaw Stock Car Driver!, My father in law raced stock cars for yrs, i grew up next to his salvage yard and we all went to the races every weekend. Our family still racing today in eastern Iowa.
It needs to be raced on the dirt every now and again. Thats what it was made for. We have classic / historic dirt track stockcars down here in New Zealand that race every now and again. People love seeing the old cars again!
MY two cents: do the minimum needed to make it road legal/safe where you are and just let the ol' girl enjoy a well deserved retirement. That outro was hilarious!
GM kingpin Dana 60s are horrible about it too. Best of luck getting that out of there. Give the front a good shake and look for anything loose or worn out. It can and will do that at speed regardless of what surface its on
The reason I love this channel is because it reminds me of the things my brother and I used to do growing up on a small dairy farm. Not all of them were legally registered but man it was fun.
So glad for you - you don't get too many 'once in a lifetime' happiness moments. Couldn't happen to a better guy. Fix what is wrong, keep 'er as is. Really wanna see you take it out and show what she can do.
I'm 67 and that was the coolest thing you brought home. Most people don't realize but the northern roundy round boys have more racing than the south and we have a much shorter season.
"Well they were a little rough around the edges, but they had a lot of fun." That right there is the storty of me and my buddiies motorcycle racing careers. When we were on the road and hit town and then hit the track, we did both with equal enthusiasm not always appreciated by local law enforcement. Would not trade that time and those memories for all the money in the world.
with all that history and all those mods, restoring it to street would lose the history and a be heck of a lot of work... there's better bones out there for street restos, dig around in CA, AZ, UT, NV, TX... dry desert air preserves a lot of old heaps
@ I regret selling my last truck every day!! The new one just doesn't replace the 15 years of zip ties and busted knuckles I invested in the old one. Anyways, re: streetable rod: it depends on where you live, I guess - getting that thing street legal (and in a state where you'd want to drive it on the street) in many states would be no small feat, even it is is grandfathered on a lot of stuff as a 30s car.
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@@iroll True! You're not wrong at all. I'd sure give a try though. I had a 66 Ford pickup straight 6, 3 on the tree, that was a particular favorite of mine. More often than not, you could find me laying under it on the side of the road trying to jimmy the shifting linkage free, so I could continue on my way lolol, However, it lasted the better part of 27 years in my life before I finally gave it up. Mistake. Wish'd I'd taken a personal loan out and went through it. I have a 2018 F150 now, and yes, it is a truly amazing truck, but there was just something about that old beast that resonated with me. As far as I know, the farm it went to, STILL uses it to this day! Hmm, memories.
@ Ha, my first truck was a 78 ford (a different old fave) also a 300/3 on the tree with dodgy linkage. Shifting into first, sometimes the shifter would just go limp and fall down to your knee. It took a little finesse that I always forgot to mention when I lent it out... totalled it out after I killed the biggest mule deer in the county with it, but a couple years later it was impounded crossing the border with a fresh paint job and a load of pot. Probably could have bought it back at auction, but I had moved away by then.
When I was in Iraq my oldest son was not old enough to drive before I left. My son got the go ahead to move Modified asphalt car from my dad so he could clean and sweep and the garages out. Move my modified among half a dozen other vehicles I owned. My kid gets the bright idea to go on tear down the diary farm road over 70mph and had to call my dad when he was 200 yards in a corn field. Lucky he didn't forget his cell phone huh. He didn't know the cars are set up to only turn left in hurry.
Love watching. reminds me of me when i was younger. drove my demolition derby car through town. luckily the cop that pulled me over was cool. made me park it at my grandmas house but once he left i was gone again. thanks for bringing back a memory i hadnt thought about in 20 or so years. keep up the videos makes me feel younger some how
Yep, driving a dirt car 10 miles home with no idea what he is going to do with it was definitely a good idea. What could possibly go wrong??? I love it! I'd rat rod it. Gasser style!
I am at a loss for words! I thought driving the dirt track car 10 miles on the road was it... and then you ride back on a mini bike... you're killing me😂😂😂
you are still a young man to me, i am 75 years old. but do enjoy watching you play with your toys, i played with mine in the early to late 1960's, and it was fun.
That’s what I’m thinking! That’s what death wobble looks and feels like 😳 had an old cargo van that would do it randomly, it would damn near throw you off the road
Yup, had a 40 Ford Pickup, had a worn out flattie, I goulc get another one from the junk yard for 10 bucks, no exchange, the air cleaners were so bad, and the area I lived in was so dirty that a set of rings would be cut out in about 25K miles, I think my folks like the idea that car would death wobble at anything over 55, kept me from going too fast...Of couse, it also requireed me to come to a stop , then start again in order to get the pu straight ...Good times, or at least that is how I remember them. When my patients ask me about hobbies, I begin by telling them that I hate golf, but like old cars...what, a doc who hates golf? yup. Juts the way I am...
yupp. death wobble for sure. Was looking for this comment we had a old 60ft bucket truck with massive cage that would get it holy shit scary on the highway.
you guys are talking about "death wobble" like it's some mysterious thing, lol.. something's causing it whether it's a bad tire, alignment/suspension components, etc. it's not just some unknown boogeyman that just means the car now has to be driven slower, lol
Interesting how unmanufactured the whole thing is. You can tell every bit of the car was a bunch of guys standing around drinking beer going "Yeah, that'll do."
“What was that?” That my friend is the dreaded death wobble. I’ve had it with a box truck before and you’d swear you were on square tires. Awesome car!
@@WhistleTeets85 yeah idk how MN/WI works, but Indiana pretty much the same. headlights tail lights and blinkers and a valid reg and plate and insurance and it is just fine. Seriously actually seen a guy in a 2018 Lada couple weeks ago. he imported it got reg/plates and it all legal amusing thing is Lada technically isn't allowed to be reg/plated for street use unless it meets the 25 year rule.
@@creamwobbly it was the 4 door sedan Lada. still had the original Russian plates on it. but I really doubt they can actually seize it since it has been legally registered and plated. State let it pass so technically its legal car.
When he’s driving down the road I feel he needs to put booze in the trunk and just go fast. I’m Just getting that vibe from this. 😂. While playing Stroker Ace
That was nice, to hear about the origin of "Vice Grip Garage"! A deeply rooted beginning. I have a feeling this guy likes to do his dad proud every day...it's the way it should be...realizing the best way to teach is by doing.
the problem is the rear end is locked. It was built for the dirt. Replace the rear end with a posi tracked one and all will be well for the street my friend.
It's unreal that they still can run them old coupes at Bear Ridge. They run them hard and are not afraid of bringing them home in a basket. Subbed to your channel by the way I'm a fellow Vermonter.
What a fun car. We used to race a hobby stock Mopar at Raceway Park on Sunday night down in Shakopee, and occasionally down in Elko on Saturday. That was in the late 70's both were asphalt. I believe there was a dirt track in Wisconsin at the time. This brings back a lot of memories, thanks for sharing.
I remember this car and Luke McLean racing at the Tri-State Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin. My brother and I sold programs, soda and hotdogs in the grandstand. Thanks for the memories.
are you joking?
That’s sick dude
Derek wow thanks for the response. That an awesome memory bud. I love old dirt track racing. Love the old stuff
Got my grandfathers 71 datsun running again after 35 years. All thanks to you for the inspiration.
Thats what its all about man, right on!
Longbed pickup or??
What year and model Datsun? I had three of the not so glamorous B-210s. 74, then 76 and finally, a 75. Definitely no air cushion ride! But 42 miles per gallon, made up for the lack of comfort, in my way of logic, back then.
The bodies kept rusting out. So, when one rusted out too bad, I'd find another B-210, with mechanical problems and swap an entire engine, trans and rear end, from the rusted out one, to one with a better body.
Datsun didn't make it easy. I couldn't fit the driveshaft, from a 76 manual transmission, to a 74 manual transmission, because the splines were different. So, I had to use the 74 driveshaft, on the 74 transmission. BUT!!! The rear end yoke, wasn't the same size, on the 76, as the 74. SO! I ended up taking the rear end out too and moving EVERYTHING 1974, to the 1976 body! When the 76 rotted away, I found a 1975 and just repeated the whole thing, all over again.
Datsun driveshafts, back then, didn't have replaceable U-joints. The U-joint caps were pressed in, counter-sunk in the yokes and then the outer ridge, of the yoke, was machine manipulated, to keep the needle bearing caps, forced in place. There was no locking snap rings, that could be removed, to replace a U-joint. The WHOLE driveshaft had to be replaced! Unless you had a machine shop, willing to remove the bad U-joints re-press new ones in and do a few tac welds, on the caps and yokes.
In spite of all that work (FUN), I was able to drive those cars, using the one A14 engine, over 240,000 miles.
I sure miss those little cars.
I've had a lot of vehicles, in my life. My top three (or would it be five?) favorites are my first car, a 1957 Chevy, my second car, a 1959 Mercury Commuter station wagon, with 430 interceptor engine and my Datsun(s).
I hope you have as much fun, with your Datsun, as I did with mine.
I love the part about your dad finishing the race with only high gear and vice grip shifter. Moments like that make a guy a legend.
Luke was my wifes grandfather I rember when we would go watch him race it. Glad to see someone took care of it and can't believe we found this on UA-cam
Very cool!!!
Awesome that you know where the car is. 👍🏻
That's super cool
Was this car "Raced" in a race in Fremont, Oh about 10 or 15 years ago. It would have just been the two cars for fun that used to race, and been restored. If this wasn't the car, it sure looks similar. I will see if I have any pics, if it is.
hes got race pics with the car and Luke
Luke McLean lived here in Iron River, WI where I have lived for the past 66 years. He was my hero when I was a kid.
I do know that Luke rebuilt this car and raced it in a vintage race car club down in Zepher Hills Florida about 10 years ago. There is a video of some of those races, and I believe one of the guys that was a part of his pit crew back in the mid 60's might have a copy and he might have pictures and a little history on this old Sportsman car in your video. I'll see what I can find for you in the next few days.
No kidding?! Greetings from Ashland neighbor! Never knew about this guy until today when I looked him up, some cool local history
That wire mesh windshield is to catch chickens when you're shootin' through the barnyard.
HaHahhahah
Picks the feathers at the same time.
You can tell that Derek is so stoked by this, cause he's not cracking the jokes. Proud of you Derek for buying something you really love! What an awesome ride! That is a true race machine! Proud of you! RACE THAT DAMN THING! IT'S YOUR DREAM!
We are friends with Luke's daughter it was good to see it run. She told us about your video.
Awesome! Just got an email!
@@ViceGripGarage you should bring the paint back to original with as many vintage photos as you can find get rid of as much of the updated stuff as you can to bring it back to its hey day appearance
It's just got the toe-out death wobble, give it an 1/8" of toe-in & it'll be fine. Some bolt-on lights & a tag would make it a great summer cruiser!
Make it, like, 50.01% street legal.
My Crosley had bad death wobble till the toe in was fixed.
Brings back my old days Enjoy your race car keep the love of being a mechanic because we get the grease under our fingernails at a early age and it never goes away. Were a Breed of our own. That will always keep going on generation after generation.
I hope so
Love it when a feller does that right thing and drives his race car home.
This is probably the eleventy four billionth VGG video a guy has watched, and seeing a feller so happy driving something like that brought a tear to a guys eye.
I like the story about the vice grips. It's the little things that we remember, and mold us into who we become.
yup "just give me high gear..."
@@TeemarkConvair "Git in ther!!!"
All right, who else just clicks the ole thumbs up before he even gets started👍👍
You know I do
Who doesnt
👍👍
Yup
Most of the time
Just feed it the onions, the shake will come out of it
... no. Probably not
It's nice to see someone on UA-cam in the comments conversing with their viewers. It also helps that this channel is entertaining, often funny, and sometimes a guy even learns something watching it. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that!
"I was trying to think of a time that I had a worse idea... Not really coming to mind."
Mark Kromeke
Seriously? I've seen him do a lot of sketchier stuff...
Driving unknown rust buckets 500 plus miles after a first start comes to mind.
This little jewel fired up on the first turn and was only required to make it 10 miles....
I'm going to ignore the death wobble
And the non functioning temp gauge....
And the short circuit noise....
Ok, MAYBE thos was a little bit sketchier than I thought
Just need more ideas! Don’t stop there, remember “I’m an idiot”. That’s a motto I think we a live by!
Unreal love this guy
Awesome thing to say . And I thought the the last video was good. Are you going to take it out on the trails you thrashed on with the 69?
Best quote ever!!!!
Dirt track cars are typicality toed out in front. Toe out about 3/8" or more and camber out about 15% on the Captains side. And then camber out up to 30% on the drinker's side. Running like that on the asphalt would make her shake!
bias ply tires and a death wobble will always show up
You'll have to define "drinker's" side, as drivers were well known to have a few ounces of liquid courage before events.
Explain the death wobble then on my boss's f450 dump not even 60000 on the old ticker was actually in front of him one day and watched both front wheels going from side to side new damper alignment and still shaking side to side
@@alanbrooks3670 the death wobble can come from a number of things that make it up. Ball joints tie rod ends bald tires loos springs or hardware loss or broken steering gear box or drop arms. If the truck was raised it could be the angle of attack from the frame to the axle. It is not just a single thing to pick out. Heck it could even be the load on the back makes the front to light and the wheels to hope left and right.
@@elew93610 brand new from dealer no load and at 60000 miles your telling me that the front end parts are worn out and most of the time it never was loaded down hauling any thing we were stone Masons and had most of the material delivered only when done with the job it was actually used as a dump truck so Ford f450is just a piece of shit for the front end parts to wear out that quickly
Lol!!!! By far just driving that to your shop is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on your channel yet!
See now I have watched all this man's video and he has by far the best car channel on youtube you are so funny and teaches lots about cars you have a really good channel and amazing content would be sweet to chat with yea about your plans for the future of your channel and some info about getting a shirt or a hat get back to me buddy if you have a few free mins to talk
The alignment was part of Luke McLeans secret for winning those races with the lucky 777.
Absolute Legend! Get this thing on the road and cruise it to shows.
As soon as you said 10 miles. I was like RUN IT! That sh*t eating grin from ear to ear said it all!
Lovin' how often you have content coming out this summer!
Edit: Just finished watching. You have to race it. Make it street legal but then take it out to some track days instead of racing competitively so it doesn't get banged up and preserves the history of it. Awesome car.
Your king pins need replacing ! That was the shimmy problem !
Also check your tie rod ends !
Thanx for the Joy ride, Been there, done that !
Be safe and well.
I just commented to another guy about that fact of King Pin spindles and as a matter of facts here I was born into a speed shop in Allentown Pa. 59 years ago... However I just gave this another thought that most of these machines were built on the outskirts of the cities out of wrecked farm tractor parts like most of the steering shafts had them steering systems from those antique shit Massey Ford & other Tractors that nobody wanted and by the 70's nobody made U-joints for the steering shafts anymore because they were such shit machines but it was why they got chopped apart and sold off for scrap iron. But the steering shafts and shit like that off em were perfect 4 stock cars that included those frontal leaf springs as well king pin spindles. Shoot me if I'm wrong but i doubt it... That violent shake is more than likely worn steer shaft U-joints.
Finally the true story behind the vicegrip 👍👏👏 awesome brother
wishing I was at the Beach. Stop by anytime!
Wow! I didn't know that car still existed! I live in Duluth and raced up here for thirty years. Luke McLean is one of those names any of us "oldsters" know as part of our history. It would really be neat to see that car in person. I see you have the book "Glory Days", that is a great resource for racing history in the Duluth/Superior area. Do you know if Luke Mclean is still alive? If not, I'm sure there are a number of guys up here that would have some personal knowledge of the class that car ran in and maybe the car itself. It's listed in the book as the Stock class, but I think they called it the Jalopy class at the Proctor and Superior Speedway, which would make me question the 283 in it as what was run in '62, although it may have. Let me know if you want me to do some digging for information.
Our local hero in Grand Rapids, MI at the Speedrome was Wild Bill Wiltsie during those days. All of us neighborhood kids thought he was the ultimate "guy".
@@ronaldwarren5220 You know you're talking about the good ole days when an old boy starts with, "all of us neighborhood kids..." hahaha.
I don't know what happened to those days... Are cities too big now? I was born in '91 so I don't claim to know what it was like back then or anything, other than stories from my dad and whatnot. Everywhere I lived as a kid though, I never had any kids around me, or if I did they were nowhere NEAR my age.. I'm not talking about just right next to me either. I'm talking like nowhere in the vicinity!
Seems like every story of my dad's starts with... The kid next door, or the kid down the street and his older brother and his friends... Or his girlfriend at the time that lived 5 blocks away. I mean he did live in a real small town... But I still sincerely feel like we're really limiting ourselves by how many things there are to do inside these days.
Technology is cool and all but... We're already getting soft, imagine how it'll be when every model, brand, make of every car in the current year.. None of them are able to come with a manual transmission. Or when not a one vehicle uses good ole internal combustion to propel itself forward... At least these days some of that technology with racing games and cheesy car movies where they jump from one tower in Dubai to the other in a car.. At least we still have those breeding new generations of car guys to get down and dirty working on cars together and wrenching on things like a man should, in my opinion anyway. What happens when all of that's gone? I ain't gonna wrench on a tesla I'll tell you that much.. I don't blame any kid that grows up with electric cars if he doesn't become a gear head.
I don't know, I'm rambling tough.. I wasn't planning to say any of this at the start haha. I just got suddenly concerned I guess at where the future is taking us.
@@danielnelson4881 I'm about your age and I totally get that feeling. It's a funny thing how technology getting so incredibly advanced actually takes us further from being able to marvel at it. Like the fact that I'm typing this on a device with over a BILLION transistors in its CPU is just mind-boggling, but it's so "untouchable". You can't wrench on it. A Tesla is a marvel of engineering, but it shares more DNA with an iPhone than it does this old race car. I think we need to be sure and educate enduring generations on early-mid 20th century tech, because I think it has the ability to inspire in a way that information-age technology doesn't. So go buy a classic and keep it alive!! If I ever have money and space I sure will try...
@@nathan2seehere I could not have said that better myself. For some reason a Tesla that's faster and better in every way just doesn't seem to inspire the bond that a guy can have for his first ever 115 horse Honda... Or something of that nature.
Every one of my cars has driven different... Sounded different.. Had different little quirks or problems I grew to know how to fix. Even down to knowing by sound that you forgot to add oil to your car that burns it like crazy, even that's somehow endearing looking back on it...
I just don't think I could ever grow an attachment to a Tesla. And that's not good for society considering all of the people who will likely feel the same, and can also afford to replace them like it's a phone or something... We'll be throwing away a lot more cars I bet.
If we'd just buckle down on the REAL problem. These greedy corporations who don't care about the planet, they'd rather save a quick buck... They push the problem onto us like it's our fault with our cars. So our vehicles keep getting worse and worse, more and more soulless and more of just a tool for transportation. Cars aren't ever going to be like "dads 66 Chev" that's been his baby since he was younger, will someday be passed down to me. And there wouldn't be a single thing that could ever happen that would end with me not having it to be passed on to my son or even daughter when I'm gone.. They are part of our families, big parts of our lives. It'll be a shame when that's no longer the case.
@@ross302ci I'm sorry but I've already got a car that I'm totally in love with and will keep forever.. It happened by surprise and before I had the chance to buy me an older car to keep alive. My 2002 Acura RSX Type S, sure it's not the type of car most people might get attached to. It's still got a 6 speed manual, the throttle is still manipulated via a cable connected from the pedal to the throttle body. There's no unnecessary fancy electronics or whatnot... If I've gotta rebuild the engine I can still yank er out and do that myself. It's got all of the charm, especially with its intense VTEC crossover (one of the most abrupt, violent feeling and sounding of any VTEC I've experienced on any Honda) adding even more character.
I mentioned in my previous comment my dad's 66 Chev pickup. That'll be going to me when he passes, and unfortunately he's got cancer. So I will have my classic car occupancy in my garage at max, here before too long. Even though I absolutely adore that truck and will love it and take excellent care of it, there's nothing in this world I have less desire to own right now than that truck.
“I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that” is my go to when working on cars. 😂
I need that quote on a Vice Grip Garage t-shirt lol 👍🏻
Amen to that!!!! Hear that Derek. New tshirt logo
mines ill be dipped! or help me understand....
Mine is when he says, “normally you would do....... blah blah blah, but we’re going to do the right thing & just totally ignore that & drive it as is. “ or when he says , “ It’ll be just fine.”
Yeah I’ve never purchased merch from anyone, but I’d buy that! That car is making this your best video to date. For sure dude.
The wobble problem is from driving to far in a straight line, she’s trying to turn for ya...😂😂😂😂
A feller is going to break it driving such a strange way. Last time it went straight was rolling out the fact tree or on/off a trailer. Otherwise, it goes left. 🤩🤣
My mom just bought an old retired racetrack “cool springs speedway” along with 72 acres and a house in cool springs Kentucky. Your gonna have to come take a rip on it!!! Your car I can almost guarantee raced on this track.
Yall gonna run the track?
that would be a rad episode
Cody cash can you email me vicegripgarage@gmail.com please
Do it!
I want to ask why, but the answer is wouldn't you? I would.. I would.
Almost all dirt track cars have an issue with steering on asphault . We ran our winged cars on the street and it did the same thing its because of the way the Caster and Camber is set
What a beautiful sound she makes! The low idle setting could be a hang over from the days where they ran the old flathead and just set up as personal preference of the old fella. I know a lot of guys who loved to get their flatheads idling so low you wonder how they didn't stall - barely reading on the rev counter and all. I was a bit worried when you took off down the road, thinking to myself "I hope its not like a lot of other videos where the car has no brakes!" Awesome vid, Derek - made my night :)
For my money, I'm of two minds for this old girl. If she was to go back to the road, you might have to put windows in it, a speedometer, seatbelts and all that = let alone lights and indicators and such. Lights and indicators could be mounted on a bar and bolted on / plugged in when needed for the road and taken off when you got to a show, but having to run safety glass just doesn't fit with the spirit of the old girl.....plus I dont know what your roadworthy regulatory authority would think about the suspension brackets and the lack of fenders.....and changing all that is just not right to me. Too much.....
But I'd hate to see her be a trailer queen and all. She was built to race and she should, but as you say, nothing would be gained if the car ended up wrecked. Maybe get as much info together as you can about her history and trailer the car to local (or wherever) grass-track and dirt track / gravel speedway meets. Maybe talk to the organisers before the meet, give them her history and how she's a survivor from a bygone age and you'd be happy to take her for a few laps around the track to show the crowd what a REAL old race car can do, while they read out some of the history - especially at any tracks the car was raced on by Luke McLean if any are still going! Maybe start with them as I reckon they'd be right into it - a bonus celebrity returning to her old stomping ground is a great draw card for the organisers Gives you some fun, gets the car known / remembered / exercised as she should be and raises the profile of VGG as well. After the laps, have her parked where people can see her and touch her and get up close with history. People love seeing historic vehicles that were raced "back in the day: still belting along at speed and driven in anger nowadays. It brings them alive and the past lives again.....and you'll find that there will still be some old timers out there who remember her racing and they may have snippets of info to add to your collection on her.
The more I think about it, the more I like that idea. Seeing her out churning the turf and making beautiful noise with that classic 38 Coupe shape......man it would be a sight. I'd turn up to watch an historic dirt track beast go out and get dirty like she did in the old days, for sure.....especially if she's raced at the same track we're at long before I was born!
Death Wobble - common in hot rods. Usually kingpins, tie rod ends or steering box wear. Replace worn parts, add a steering damper from SoCal Speed Shop. Alignment is important, too.
Shakes like Shakira with horses running around her. Love it.
haha
Those hips don't lie!
@@ViceGripGarage so YA saying.......ILL BE DIPPED!
@@ViceGripGarage make it street legal get that death wobble fixed and leave it alone......that is a great ol racer
I think it don't like paved road
She’s got a Dana 44 rear in it. There plenty strong enough for a guy to feed er the onions around a dirt track.
"Feed er the onions" I LOVE IT; can't wait to steal your expression....
@@vectorm4 You must be new here.
I was thinking the same thing. Thought it looked like a Dana and my guess would be 44 cause of the size and how common they are
No, its Dana 60 or Dana 70. Most likely a 60, as 60s were strong and very common. I don't believe it would be a 44, because a 44 back then was too weak. The 44 used in the current model Jeep is much heavier than the old ones that would have been available when that car was built.
I’d bet any money that’s a d44. That cover looks too small to be a 60. Plus those d44’s were very plentiful back then for a budget build like that. Plenty of gear and axle choices too.
My Grandfather raced against Luke in Superior and Ashland. I asked him if he remembered this car when I had seen the for sale post, and the way his old eyes instantly lit up was pretty amazing as he said "In the number triple seven, from Iron River, Wisconsin, Luke McLean!" My grandpa also claims this car originally had a straight six before luke switched to a small block.
What a wonderful trip back to my early teen. I saw this car and drives race several times at the tri-state speedway ins Superior, Wisconsin. He was always announced and Little Luke McClean. I don't ever remember him put another driver in a "tight" spot. He would always back off. Luke was always a person to watch during a race. Thanks soon much for the great memories. Devon Eccles.
Two episodes in as many days?! This may be the best weekend ever!
I'm 22 and have been watching UA-cam since it was created and this is still my favorite channel of all time. Thank you VGG!!!!
Thanks Garrett
@@ViceGripGarage Totally our pleasure VGG....
I was honored to know Jack McCoy personally he gave me a book he wrote called Racings Real McCoy it's well worth a read
I think it's really cool that you like this vintage stuff. No big corporate sponsors. Just basic tools and a guy with some angle iron and his stick welder.
"Hard tops"... I'm 57 now and when I was 6-8 years old my uncle took me to those races every Friday Night!... I love it..
Excellent addition to the fleet! Amazing you were able to row through the gears with your gigantic balls! Well done sir!
I laughed so hard at this comment i nearly chocked on my cold snack,thanks buddy that theres hilarious!!!!!
Just make sure that when grabbing that shaft between the legs ta shift that it's the one that belongs to the car. Ha. Running that thing down the highway would sure give me a stiff shaft ta grab.
"this is freakin' awesome, best day ever" cuts to the car going into a death wobble, never change dude
In the early sixties we raced what was called the ‘ Sportsman Six’ class. Big 292...good times ! Wrenched farm equipment all week.. hot rods on the weekend! Kept me off the street corners.
Son: "dad how come you hit the like button before you watch the video"
Me: " cuz I know with out a doubt it's going to be a good one this guy is awesome"
I hit like too before I watch his videos!
And I ain't kiddin' ya.
I did the same thing haha
Lol
Same here
All his vids are entertaining. This was a given right off the title
Driving one home with no tags and insurance always made me feel like I stuck it to the-Man! Nothing more fun than that! You must have a really understanding wife by the way!
One of my friends got a free 1976 Chevy C20 from his dad if he could get it to run and move, at his farm they don’t have a good shop to work in so he drove it with one working front brake, in the middle of a storm, about 30ish miles to my house with tabs from 2012 and no insurance, that was fun!
Moved my '78 to the house on '05 tags...🤫
Most good cops would probably laugh, ask you about the car, tell you to get home in one piece and pretend it never happened. There's always that one jackboot asshole though.
I'm speaking from experience! I've driven more home than I can count! Bought a 71 Roadrunner smoking and skipping stuck in 3rd gear! Drove 25 miles but I did have good brakes LOL
@Dave Micolichek never heard of hobbyist plates! What state is that if you don't mind me asking? I have used dealer tags later on in life when I had a friend that was a dealer!
Me: “wait, a guy drove there in his truck!?! How’s that getting home?” Thanks for solving the mystery at the end.
Keep it as it is. Great old school dirt track car are gone forever, if you have one make everyone jealous and go and enjoy it.👍👍👍👍
Mind was bottled there for a bit
Love it. The old 'death wobble'. Usually happens at a certain speed. She probably doesn't like being on asphalt. Check alignment, tie rod/drag link ends.
That did my heart some good, I would also do the right thing and drive her home!!
My first thought on seeing this car was, "This is too nice for VGG." Then on the walk around @8:55, I did see some "weight reduction" in the trunk so it is all good.
I was praying you would drive it home its just the "RIGHT THING TO DO" LOL
As he stepped out of the truck and I didn't spot a trailer, I thought:
"Well, a guy won't go ahead and drive this thing home, right?"
°Derek heading out on the road with it°
"He just didn't reallly..." :D
Derek, The Outlaw Stock Car Driver!, My father in law raced stock cars for yrs, i grew up next to his salvage yard and we all went to the races every weekend. Our family still racing today in eastern Iowa.
I can't believe a guy went and bought a car that had a good bat-tree, working brakes, and already ran.
Rite eh ha ha ha
Well, it had a death wobble though, so there's that.
@Dave Micolichek Agree! It's almost like driving my old Jeep!
@Dave Micolichek I'm just saying that most of the stuff he buys requires days worth of work to get it to run. Which is what i like!
can’t forget about the sparkilators
“Basically gonna pretend that it didn’t happen and keep going”
Moments like this is why I watch this channel
where did the term rat rod come from? WE BUILT THE REAL HOT RODS BACK IN THE DAY!
Do the bare minimum to meet the "road legal" requirements in your state
It needs to be raced on the dirt every now and again. Thats what it was made for. We have classic / historic dirt track stockcars down here in New Zealand that race every now and again. People love seeing the old cars again!
I do believe that's excited as I have seen a guy ! Love it !😎
Definitely make it street legal ! I’d love seeing something like that on the road!
Beautiful car Derek. I sincerely hope to see a video of that piece of history on the track once more.
Couldn't stop smiling since you started the engine. I know exactly the feeling, every car guy needs a car like this in his life.
MY two cents: do the minimum needed to make it road legal/safe where you are and just let the ol' girl enjoy a well deserved retirement. That outro was hilarious!
Yelp. On the money. Just enough for the road.
Man...your excitement and joy is palpable and infectious! Laughing out loud at the boyish joy! Congrats!
In the Jeep world a feller calls that "Death wobble"
It's not just Jeep, dodge suffers it in the ram 1500 and the Durango as well.....it's a Chrysler Mopar thing....
Ford does as well.
My Bronco II does it
Death wobble all day, hammer through it
GM kingpin Dana 60s are horrible about it too. Best of luck getting that out of there. Give the front a good shake and look for anything loose or worn out. It can and will do that at speed regardless of what surface its on
The reason I love this channel is because it reminds me of the things my brother and I used to do growing up on a small dairy farm. Not all of them were legally registered but man it was fun.
So glad for you - you don't get too many 'once in a lifetime' happiness moments. Couldn't happen to a better guy.
Fix what is wrong, keep 'er as is. Really wanna see you take it out and show what she can do.
I'm 67 and that was the coolest thing you brought home. Most people don't realize but the northern roundy round boys have more racing than the south and we have a much shorter season.
"Well they were a little rough around the edges, but they had a lot of fun."
That right there is the storty of me and my buddiies motorcycle racing careers.
When we were on the road and hit town and then hit the track, we did both with equal enthusiasm not always appreciated by local law enforcement.
Would not trade that time and those memories for all the money in the world.
That is one awesome unit. Back in the late 50's till 1965, I would go to the dirt track races at the Reading Fairgrounds in PA. JUST LOVED IT!!!
Needs a steering damper. Sweet find, just beautiful. I'd make it a road car, twas me. -- I'm jealous! -- thx for the great content, as always.
with all that history and all those mods, restoring it to street would lose the history and a be heck of a lot of work... there's better bones out there for street restos, dig around in CA, AZ, UT, NV, TX... dry desert air preserves a lot of old heaps
@ I regret selling my last truck every day!! The new one just doesn't replace the 15 years of zip ties and busted knuckles I invested in the old one. Anyways, re: streetable rod: it depends on where you live, I guess - getting that thing street legal (and in a state where you'd want to drive it on the street) in many states would be no small feat, even it is is grandfathered on a lot of stuff as a 30s car.
@@iroll True! You're not wrong at all. I'd sure give a try though. I had a 66 Ford pickup straight 6, 3 on the tree, that was a particular favorite of mine. More often than not, you could find me laying under it on the side of the road trying to jimmy the shifting linkage free, so I could continue on my way lolol, However, it lasted the better part of 27 years in my life before I finally gave it up. Mistake. Wish'd I'd taken a personal loan out and went through it. I have a 2018 F150 now, and yes, it is a truly amazing truck, but there was just something about that old beast that resonated with me. As far as I know, the farm it went to, STILL uses it to this day! Hmm, memories.
@ Ha, my first truck was a 78 ford (a different old fave) also a 300/3 on the tree with dodgy linkage. Shifting into first, sometimes the shifter would just go limp and fall down to your knee. It took a little finesse that I always forgot to mention when I lent it out... totalled it out after I killed the biggest mule deer in the county with it, but a couple years later it was impounded crossing the border with a fresh paint job and a load of pot. Probably could have bought it back at auction, but I had moved away by then.
Death wobble FTW. Gotta love the OG racecar stuff.
don't touch a thing till you've had it on the dirt....... 4 wheel slide steering with the accelerator, one with the car, nothin' feels so good.
Absolutely. Lake Hill Speedway in Valley Park Mo. is where I cut my teeth. That was racing.
When I was in Iraq my oldest son was not old enough to drive before I left. My son got the go ahead to move Modified asphalt car from my dad so he could clean and sweep and the garages out. Move my modified among half a dozen other vehicles I owned. My kid gets the bright idea to go on tear down the diary farm road over 70mph and had to call my dad when he was 200 yards in a corn field. Lucky he didn't forget his cell phone huh. He didn't know the cars are set up to only turn left in hurry.
Love watching. reminds me of me when i was younger. drove my demolition derby car through town. luckily the cop that pulled me over was cool. made me park it at my grandmas house but once he left i was gone again. thanks for bringing back a memory i hadnt thought about in 20 or so years. keep up the videos makes me feel younger some how
I literally love this video more than any other you have put out, just for getting to see you so happy and giddy over that amazing car 😁
My muscles in my face hurt from smiling for the duration of the video (minus the ads). Best video yet Derek!
This just made my day. Home made everything when men were men!!!!
And the sheep were always nervous. Lmao
@@mikemcguire8351 naaah naaah
Yep, driving a dirt car 10 miles home with no idea what he is going to do with it was definitely a good idea. What could possibly go wrong??? I love it!
I'd rat rod it. Gasser style!
He was driving that car home the minute he left the house, he brought the goggles with him
Sometimes a guys just gotta send it.
So true .he desearves it.good dude
Like a kid in a candy shop!
I am at a loss for words! I thought driving the dirt track car 10 miles on the road was it... and then you ride back on a mini bike... you're killing me😂😂😂
🤣🤣
@@ViceGripGarage Free people do free stuff!
@@syfr Amen brotha :-)
Vice Grip Garage, Is that an XR 75 by chance?
It's resto car and truck porn 4 men. Every real man likes old naked or dressed up autos.
suggestion: keep it as is, its a piece of history.
That would make it a terrible statue.
Why not make history on the hidtoryy
If the mods to code don't interfere with the looks, then I'm okay with it.
you are still a young man to me, i am 75 years old. but do enjoy watching you play with your toys, i played with mine in the early to late 1960's, and it was fun.
Good ol death wobble. Fun on surface streets even funner on the highway.
That’s what I’m thinking! That’s what death wobble looks and feels like 😳 had an old cargo van that would do it randomly, it would damn near throw you off the road
Yup, had a 40 Ford Pickup, had a worn out flattie, I goulc get another one from the junk yard for 10 bucks, no exchange, the air cleaners were so bad, and the area I lived in was so dirty that a set of rings would be cut out in about 25K miles, I think my folks like the idea that car would death wobble at anything over 55, kept me from going too fast...Of couse, it also requireed me to come to a stop , then start again in order to get the pu straight ...Good times, or at least that is how I remember them. When my patients ask me about hobbies, I begin by telling them that I hate golf, but like old cars...what, a doc who hates golf? yup. Juts the way I am...
Or a worn out 1970 International Scout.
yupp. death wobble for sure. Was looking for this comment we had a old 60ft bucket truck with massive cage that would get it holy shit scary on the highway.
you guys are talking about "death wobble" like it's some mysterious thing, lol.. something's causing it whether it's a bad tire, alignment/suspension components, etc. it's not just some unknown boogeyman that just means the car now has to be driven slower, lol
Interesting how unmanufactured the whole thing is. You can tell every bit of the car was a bunch of guys standing around drinking beer going "Yeah, that'll do."
How about a steering damper,like the 4X4 trucks?
not beer.. wobble pops
When I was a kid my dad ran one of these, 1936 chevy. He was in the old stock, street stock class. Bad ass Derek!
Those looked like power pack heads. My 283 in my 59 Apache has those heads and that little motor rips!
yeah just like The Bel-Airs too it did look like a power pack and it was a 283..
So happy you get to live out another of your little 'gear-head' fantasies, you go Buddy!!!....Tommy from Minnesota
Mina soda
With that step in the diff cover looks like a d44 from a jeep but I'm not sure 🤔
“What was that?” That my friend is the dreaded death wobble. I’ve had it with a box truck before and you’d swear you were on square tires. Awesome car!
16:01 Derek looks like a WWI pilot trying to land his plane after being shot full of holes!
@ Warren Messer, My first thought was man this guy Warren has a real imagination, but then I realized he's right!
Street legalize it so that everyone can see it's beauty out on the road
would be cool!
@@ViceGripGarage love the channel mate no matter what you do with it she'll be awesome keep up the great work
Just put some lights and blinkers on her and she's ready for the road here in FL. 🤣🤣 for real though.
@@WhistleTeets85 yeah idk how MN/WI works, but Indiana pretty much the same. headlights tail lights and blinkers and a valid reg and plate and insurance and it is just fine. Seriously actually seen a guy in a 2018 Lada couple weeks ago. he imported it got reg/plates and it all legal amusing thing is Lada technically isn't allowed to be reg/plated for street use unless it meets the 25 year rule.
@@creamwobbly it was the 4 door sedan Lada. still had the original Russian plates on it. but I really doubt they can actually seize it since it has been legally registered and plated. State let it pass so technically its legal car.
When he’s driving down the road I feel he needs to put booze in the trunk and just go fast. I’m Just getting that vibe from this. 😂. While playing Stroker Ace
Ah'll tail yew whut! Thet thar is damned funny!
Strokers theme?
I just KNEW he was gonna drive it home when he said he didn't bring a trailer!
Wouldn't be a video if he pussed out would it
That was nice, to hear about the origin of "Vice Grip Garage"! A deeply rooted beginning. I have a feeling this guy likes to do his dad proud every day...it's the way it should be...realizing the best way to teach is by doing.
It could be one of those old tires is separating and they will shake like hell.
i was thinking that but it's not the case, you would feel it even going 5mph
Its the typical death wobble. Almost every car guy has experienced it, at one time or another. It takes a different kind of guy to keep going. 👍
@@EM-fi2qg 45 mph is usually the suspension
Almost definitely shock absorbers causing such a shake, assuming the axles are straight.
Yup death wobble, probably poor caster angle. Feels like a shopping cart with a bad wheel.
It’d be cool to straighten up the front geometry and go run the rally race you ran with the Monza
Amazing! Love the history behind the car and really appreciate you taking that into consideration.
the problem is the rear end is locked. It was built for the dirt. Replace the rear end with a posi tracked one and all will be well for the street my friend.
Will someone help me understand this, just who would give a guy a thumbs down, I just don't know
The people who lost to this thing on the track.
The people who wanted to buy this!
Democrats
Communists and yuppies
Victor O'Neill YES!!!😂😆😂🤣
In Vermont we call them coups and there’s a track that still races them Bear Ridge Speedway
The cops will surely get him on the way there. 🤣
It's unreal that they still can run them old coupes at Bear Ridge. They run them hard and are not afraid of bringing them home in a basket. Subbed to your channel by the way I'm a fellow Vermonter.
Donald Fuller I thank you for the follow much appreciated. I’m still working on getting more content
Been there a whole lotta times. Bein bern and raised in the Green mountain state. -- sup, neighbor.
Rafnagud Odin hello I was born in Rutland not proud of that but oh well lol. I was on a 358 modified race team years ago. #61 modified. Carl Murray
What a fun car. We used to race a hobby stock Mopar at Raceway Park on Sunday night down in Shakopee, and occasionally down in Elko on Saturday. That was in the late 70's both were asphalt. I believe there was a dirt track in Wisconsin at the time. This brings back a lot of memories, thanks for sharing.
That’s a great purchase Derek! You can make publicly tours with that beauty! 🇺🇸