Abandoned for 15 Years! 1977 Country Squire Motorhome! Will it Run?!?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We picked this 1977 Chevrolet Country Squire motorhome on an online auction this winter based on 3 or 4 crappy pictures. Lets see if we can get the small block V8 fired up and running for the first time since 2008. If you're interested in the motorhome as is you can own it for the low, low price of only $995 in the condition as shown in this video. (I do not have the title) As always, thanks for watching!
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You worked on this motor home for 10 mins of the video and ran your lips for rest and put in the same old old old old pops ins from movies. Your getting SUPER old with your content.
Oh no Chucky! You sound like you are in desperate need of a hug today. Here, let my friends help you out with that. Also, I hope you step on a pile of Legos!
@@MortskeRepair 🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like someone is having bad memories about that time in a camper with their uncle.
@@MortskeRepair hahahahaha. Refund is in the mail
Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one and they're all full of shit.
“What is dragging”, “what is thumping”, “what’s that burning smell”? I love that nothing stops a test drive!
Most people- “something doesn’t seem right, let’s pull over” Mortske- “something is definitely wrong, let’s jump it”!
No point in stopping!
@Mortske Repair can't stop it stings 👍 I know I'm weird an stupid but it seems no-one wants to just be random and stupid anymore friggin board as fk Mortske life's to short to be like the normal people's
I never thought a motorhome burn out could look so cool, but that was epic, and we did have back up cameras back in 77 they were called rearview mirrors lol
You had mirrors?!? DANG!
I still have mirrors.
@@MaxNafeHorsemanship Back up cams are only good for hookin up the trailer.
@@chrischille3930 I've been hooking up to trailers without a camera since 1976. Still don't need one. My car doesn't have ABS or air bags either. I learned to drive before they even invented that stuff. If you need a camera to hook up a trailer, you shouldn't be pulling one.
@@MaxNafeHorsemanship My rig don't have a B/U cam either. I use the mirrors also. My friends and Brother have new rigs with cams and love them. Easy hook up.
Great to see you boys having some fun!! Old Duff was having way too much of his own. You keep making 'em, we'll keep watching them!! Thanks as always guys. Till next week.
The wheelies and drifting had me cracking up on this one 😂😂
Nothing but the classiest stuff around here!
Yup Mortske The Sequoia 260 is a BADASS MOTORHOME I first saw one on a episode of the Six Million Dollar Man and I never forgot them.
Great program Mort, to much fun, lol. The engine and drive train would make a great donor for another project. Take care and be safe. 👍👍👍
For a grand, a running (kinda driving) absolutely 100% service truck project? I wish I wasn't about as EAST as you can get because I'd be there in a minute to get that beauty, that CREAMPUFF of a wet dream!! I absolutely LOVE that thing.. man I'm sad, but happy at the same time. Great video as always thanks again Morske!
edit: Oh jeez how AWESOME! I just saw the CB radio mic clip on the dash.. how cool is that?!
This video is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 5 star rating🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆
Much appreciated!
Hey Mortske: Good that you got the '77 Chevy Van Camper running and driving... Considering that the rig only had 59K on the clock, it couldn't have been too difficult to get running... Good to see Duff enjoying the ride and the extra space.... From the home of PB Blaster.... Cleveland, Ohio... (Good for some sammitiches to store on the rig...)
I was watching a video from Puddin' and he said you were expecting your first child. Congratulations!!! Abandoned for 15 years? I bet that smells so bad....lol Thank goodness it is so cold. Keep up the great work and the great videos my friend. I want to find a very old mack or Diamond REO around summer time and make it into a flatbed so I can mount my Bobcat 225, Drill press, crane and welding table to it. I wanted to rattle your cage first before I watched this awesome video.
That was a joke that went too far 😅😂
@@PuddinsFabShop Some days the joke hits them, some days the joke sails over their heads like a spy balloon.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 as if any gal would put up with Mortske..... Though Duff might have found a mate to make puppies with so that could be considered his baby 🍼
@@PuddinsFabShop I remember that. He must have watched an old video. Haha.
Lmao that's funny..
Reminds me of my old rig, class A 1972 Dodge Champion, 20ft, really loved how the RV is in really good condition concidering it's age, a lot of the tech probably would work still, keep up the awesome videos Mortske
Grandad had a triple axle Avion in the 70's and 80's. Was a cheaper Airstream alternative. Was a nice unit, he was big outdoorsman and a damn good fisherman.
Sweet!
I like the way you hook the battery up first and then start cutting wires under the dash.
I’m pretty sure this ol girl used to belong to me about 15 years ago. Probably more, my memory isn’t that great anymore. To many resemblances to not be. The exhaust ran all the way to the back but it looks like it was replaced recently. Pulled hard and ran great then. Generator was taken out and fridge was replaced with straight electric. Same carpet, same curtains, same newspaper holder that has tinfoil in it. Heater core was out when I had it. Sold it to someone in South Dakota. We used it one year for deer hunting. Even if it wasn’t mine it’s still fun to see one of these. You put out some good content. Love it!
Small world
Gawd I remember how much I hate snow (WI bred) when I watch you. Thanks for reminding me that my life is actually good now.
Our pleasure
I have a buddy who bought a used 1-ton Ford Transit dually with a diesel and he converted it to a camper and now he lives the van life.
The dream
My fiancée is working on his tow truck right now. It’s a 1969 Chevy C30. We are having a heck of a time finding some parts. I hope he gets it going soon! Love your videos.
Good luck!
We raced BMX all around the country in the 1980’s and had a Class C Winnebago cab-over for a good stretch of that. So many miles covered with us kids laying down looking forward in the bed above the cab. Seems dangerous now but we all made it through unscathed. Lots of great memories from those years.
Good times
You've almost got the wrecker hooked up correctly, you still need to hook the chains (upper ends) to each other so they don't fly around and damage anything.
Enjoying a Hamm n Cheese Sammich while watching Mortske rip on an old Chevy motorhome, that makes for a good Monday night!
Awesome!
That’s so sweet, after the dog house tries to take out Duff he goes to Mortske for protection. 🥹
Hey Mort! Love that you stay true to the channel! I have seen other UA-camrs go all deadliest catch and scripted. I was all vice grip garage back when he was raw and pure. Duff has my vote! I love that you stayed true to the everyday Twinkie on working in cars. Always enjoy you videos! Hey and when your at it, throw in something real nice for the duff! Wish we was buds, I would bring the sandwiches and the treats for the Hoover sniff!
Glad you enjoy them!
10:38
Last summer we were towing our r-pod back from two weeks of camping and we seen 17 air stream campers leaving St. John’s Newfoundland together as we were coming back into town.
A wagon train!
Love the motor home history. My favorite would have to be the Buick motor home you had on the channel a while back. 😅
Good choice!
Those Merrimack plates with the flowers on it are worth a good chunk of
No way
I really like the Mortske Minute's. Nice addition !
Thanks!
1 Minute in 😆 always a good one when it goes live at 8 AM
Howdy from the Northwoods of Minnesota, Love and Respect All
Congratulations on your baby hope all goes well for you
motor home drifting man i love it.thanks to all..good times!!!!
Happy president's day to you and the whole team there at Mortske auto shop.
Same to you!
You looked almost as good as Puddin in that snow drift.
I've commented on your utube, a hundred and fifty times,but weirdly this is the thing I know alot about. I grew up in Mt lived in Malta, mabee that's what keeps me watching. It's so fn cold there.. now I'm the pizza guy in Oregon,I vote 4 duff, own 5 trucks and 2 shity car's. Sportsmobile super conversion van Co. From Cali. Got ripped off by westfalia in the mid 60s. And that's why early micro bus pop tops go straight up.
That was some sweet driving skills Mr. Mortske!! LOL. Have a good week sir. 😎🍻
Same to you!
That was way more fun than it should have been. Nice work!
i like the mortske minute because i would not look all that up on my own. good video.
...that was way too easy for you, Mortske......good thing Chin saved the day with all my favorite edits.......
I'm glad
I like the driver seat pattern it started right up you could replace the appliances and cushions and bedding and carpeting pretty cheap and easy and have a decent cheap motorhome
Decent job on the 'hookin''...a little deeper and a gnarly, splintered 4 x 4 to slide in above the chains to carry the weight and you'd be a pro.
Excellent video as always.
Hope you've got plenty of sammich's and treats for Duff stored in...gonna be a BIG dig
Thanks for the tip!
I lived in Elkhart for 20 years. 80 percent of all RVs are manufactured in Elkhart County, Indiana. I think the reason is that someone would work in the industry for a while, and then decide to start their own company. In good times, when gas prices are low, the industry flourishes. When gas prices raise sales go down. The industry was really strong at the beginning of the pandemic when gas prices were low. They are struggling now with the high gas prices. That class C motor home you have will probably get 6 to 8 miles per gallon. The 8 mpg is with a strong tail wind.
Heard it might have something to do with the Amish as well?
We get a sh!+-ton of snowbirds down here in AZ during winter months. They are outta here by early April because our summertime temps regularly exceed 110 degrees and they would all melt!
Great tutorial on the different types of RV's/motorhomes out there just the same, also, great video as always with the Duff dog assisting. Good friend of mine has one of those GMC 3 axle motorhomes w/455 Olds Toronado front wheel drive setup and he has restored it, quite a comfy rig! Thanks again Mr. Mortske!
Our pleasure
☕Another GREAT Mortske vid!!!❄❄👍
I've had the fuel pump pushrod debacle in the past. I rectified the issue by applying a coat of grease to the pushrod then pushing it fully into the block. It prevented it from sliding back out. It worked like a charm.
Good to know!
@@MortskeRepair We don't need to be a magician in order to learn new tricks. I'm all for whatever works. Just thought that I'd pass it along. Give Duff a pat on the head for me.
Being the owner of a badass 1980 Beechcraft Imperial motorhome really dig the camper episode
Sweet!
Seeing that thing wide open broke side was freakin BAD ASS 😎😅👌 .. in my french canadian head there was 2 words rising ""ohh TABERNAK"" 🫨🫣🫢😆😅😍🥰.. love it 🤟 ...
Sleeperdude fixed one of these and came out your way and it died! Selling it for 900 would be good. What does Duff say? At least you haven't lost the shop...yet. Always great to see your post on Monday. Thanks.
I started watching this video and noticed that you still hadn't figured out that you are supposed to pull the two pin-latches that release the extensions on the sling of your tow truck so you can get the sling will under the vehicle before hooking it up. The pins should be spring loaded and will usually lock back in by themselves as you winch the vehicle into position. Also, we used to hook the J-hook chains over the top of the sling hook and then wrap them all the way back around to prevent them from coming off. Maybe that's over kill but we never lost a vehicle in fifty years of towing. Whenever possible we would tow from the back and tie the steering wheel with a rope to keep the front wheels straight, even if there was a steering lock. Front wheel drive cars being the exception. There are loads of other tricks, but you'll figure it out ...
😂😊was you doing a Puddin thing when you fell in the snow? 😂
Thinks for the Mortske minute. 😊
You bet!
Mr Mortske, now dat ya got's it a runnin', and it's smootd as silk, ya al' can take it to Iola, Wi to save Motel $ and plenty of room for yer parts acquisition and cases of Point Special sandwich's!. Keep the vids comin', I need the laughs.
Chicos bail bonds, wasn’t that the Bad news bears movie? Lol. When you slipped in the snow you were so graceful! Glad you didn’t pull anything! That is the fridge, the air conditioner is usually on top. I used to work on Rv’s. I can tell you the older coaches were always built better than the new stuff. I’m talking build quality not accessories.👍
You got it!
You know Puddin is going to use what happened at 6:18 in one of his videos now. That crazy Okie.. 🤣🤣PIMP DOWN PIMP DOWN!
All the innards are fixable. The outside vent below the refrigerator(not ac) is for the furnace. That camper my have had a generator back in the day. Those don’t normally end up with the camper. I’ve redone worse
Sitting here delayed at the airport laughing my ass off! Thanks mort I needed that laugh! What’s that clunking sound…doesn’t sound structural..it’s ok🤣🤣🤣
Safe travels!
23:19 I remember those woven plate holders. Now we have chinet. 😆
hahaha
Only on Mortske, loved it…
Great video! The only car I had stolen was an 84 T-bird that was smashed up about 400' from where it was taken from. Made good on the insurance, too. In retrospect, I should have bought it back ..
Short trip!
I've got a 1976 Dodge sportsman holiday rambler has the 360 in it iv been driving daily for the past 2 weeks just put a new carb on and tires on the front runs so much better now
Fantastic
Those 70's motorhome 350's were pretty good with TH400, beats getting one oozing rust in the cylinders, not that we don't enjoy seeing flames shooting out the valve train. Not easy whipping up content during arctic cold temps, you must live close to DD Speed shop, southern Cunuckastan. Ha!!!
I had a 72 Ford LTD stolen in Camden NJ. Three days after I put a new motor in it...this happened back in 1980.
I use a heavy grease to hold the rod up and out of the way when putting in the fuel pump.
You ought to get a k-30 and get a wrecker body for it. I saw one for sale down by Kansas City. 400 small block 4x4 1 ton single cab. Had a flat bed and was set up for a snow plow.
Great flick. Perfect sponsor for a little league baseball team !!!
Definitely!
Just took me back 40 years...🤘🇭🇲
Dan from DD Speed Shop is the man.. and Danielle is his Queen.. 👑. Because he is the king of the tri 5s.. in Canada anyways... In fact between Him.. You.. Puddin.. Uncle Tom.. and Derek n Jessica from vice grip garage... You guys lite youtube on fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 y'all Rock 🤟👍
PS... I would have mentioned Kevin from junkyard digs.. but I only watched his show so I can see Mook❤️
Oh my
That was wicked cool!!!!!! Drifting RV’s….that could catch on lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
❤love to Duffers❤
P.S
I can’t believe how big Daisy has gotten!!!!! Beautiful girl
Right on!
Wreckers are pretty sweet. Do you have a feature video of Bernie. Would be great to see it, looks like a clean rig for being in the north.
Not yet
Chico's Bails Bonds is from the original Bad News Bears
Yep I’ve used the bolt hole to hold the fuel pump push rod before. And forgot to take the long bolt out. Makes a really annoying sound! LOL
I bet
the porpoising wheelie and the one wheel not spinning was pretty funny , cut the camper off and make a car hauler
6:20 Remembering what you did to the F-100 last week with the Bobcat (schmuck! 🤣), I have a sinking feeling as you approach this CRACKERBOX with said Bobcat. Ok, let's see what happened...
"Lane, I've been going to this highschool for 7 and a half years, I'm no dummy!"
I'd get that C.S. tattoo, but , that's my boss's initials. Love the motor home though ! I'm from Sioux City, so that shout out was cool!
Might get you that assistant night shift manager promotion!
@@MortskeRepair I wish we had a night shift! Less people!
Good luck. I really love that mitor home. Hi duff.
I have a 1-off 1984 Barth Glassnose Chevrolet conversion. 454 cid Formerly owned by Bose Corp (the speaker folks) as a concert support vehicle, before Bose had offices. Needs a complete rebuild ($250k+)
Hey you did an rv will it run yesssss I’ll be watching this whilst I work
LMAO at throwing the cigarette lighter out the window.
My passenger did that in my car once. 🤠
bastard!
The bad news bears. Loved it.
Yup
Pretty much laughed from start to finish. Enjoyed the music 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lol 😂 the ray charles and ronnie milsap killed me 😂😂😂😂😂
The best motorhome ever built was the Blue Bird Wanderlodge. Made in the same plant as the school buses. All metal roof and body just like a bus. They were all built to order, no two are alike, and they had a plaque inside with the original buyers name. Unfortunately they are not made anymore but they turn up used sometimes.
Dang
Contact man, We are talking about Puddin man. Smart not the first word I used to describe him. Lol
Well...if I would have seen this video 9 months ago,I may have bought it from you. I'm a typical working senior (Veteran) class American looking for my future home 👍🤷
Right on!
I really love you motor home. Duff wants a ride.
Awesome video 👍👍👍
Thank you 👍
Mortske that was worth the price of admission Good video
Glad you enjoyed it John!
Actually, Puddins got the Toyota RV, maybe you should drive this down for another round of March racing!
Got ya a good ole puddin style slip there 😂😂
Little hot sauce she fired right up …. Burn outs in an RV awesome ❤
Mortske and duff awesome morning
Great mortske minute and video.
Thanks steve!
I just put a dab of grease on the end of the fuel pump push rod that goes inside the engine holds that rod in place while you bolt the pump up .
Motor home drifting is a new one for me great video 😂
Glad you enjoyed
Tell puddin there’s a new wheel hop Wilma 🤣
@@josephguidry4919 haha
Nice Brody!
That solenoid is probably to charge the house battery from the alternator while driving. That’s a lot like the Chevy 20 custom van I rolled at the lake. Good strong motor.
could be
Woven paper plate holders are a good and useful thing. The paper plate won't fold under your 1/3 lb burger, chips and pickle! Or you cake, or pie. I won't use a paper plate without one.
I used them for the classiness!
On the bright side, at least you didn't put a backhoe bucket thru the roof of this one... haha
Not yet!
Awesome ---- tons of laughs, thanks oldschool
Glad you enjoyed it
"I bet someone unknown lost there virginity in this thing" best sentence of the show.🤣 At least this motorhome was more decent than the last one. Definitely do more local history or trivia videos, dose not matter on what it is.
Will do!
1995 Ford Thunderbird, Portage, WI. winter time 2002. Came out of the apt. building and the car was not there, went around back to make sure I didn't park it there. No luck, I had to call a cab to get to work close to on time. Reported it about 7:15 am and received a call around noon that they found it about an hour away in Prairie Du Sac, WI. A 14 year old girl stole it, and grandma turned her in. knew she shouldn't have a car. It had damage in the front. She was ordered to pay $2750 in restitution. about 3 years later I received a check for the full amount.
Dang it!