The Top Kick is back on the road!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- In this video Brandon Wise and myself drag my 1992 GMC Top Kick out of hibernation after 3 years. We swap the fuel pump, take the bed off and hit the road for Mississippi where my friend Wesley lives. Its a bumpy ride but we're not complaining.
Just some good ole boys talkin cars & trucks. Love it ! 👍
Always glad to tag along.
That's what I want more than any other vehicle except my Harley; A great big damn pickup like the Top Kick.
Old mate had plenty of cool in his yard and even more in the shed. Thanks again for sharing this. I'm loving your content. You the boy!
Thanks 👍
If he's the boy then who's that man.... Fryburger. Jk
That gentleman has some really nice stuff!👍 That wrecker is incredible!!
The sound of full blown horse power in any truck is music to my ears
That bed was MEANT for that truck. Can't wait to see yall finish it.
Dam that guy has some nice fords. Top kick is cool too. I would love to see it with a 70 chev cab and grill.
Love that wrecker! Got a thing for old work trucks!
I really enjoy the people you meet and the background commentary in the videos. Great content. Keep it up Dave and the team. Your not losing the shop and the people are super chilled.👍👍
Hope your channel blows up,,love it. You deserve it!!
I like the idea of an old top kick and doing a rebody. One day I'll have a dream shop like yours.
That sound brings back memories…..20+ years ago i worked for a moving company that had 3 of these 2 26’ diesel ones and 1 20’ gas 366” ….we always fought over who would get the gas one because it was soooo much more quicker than the diesel ones that had governers that stopped at 65mph
Just a great episode full of good old car guys! Really enjoyed it!
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Love the new bed.
Also love this Man's taste in fine ford Fords...
Thanks for throwing a bone to we Ford guys Dave. Enjoy the content, thanks! #fordpower
24:17 dang! That's a good looking dashboard! 💪🏻💯🦅
Those are some cool stuff Wesley has!!!
I did not know zz top Billy Gibbons ,he a mechanic too awesome .j/k great beard .love all your videos kerp up the good wotk
Fin sent me over here. So far I like what I see. 👍🏼
Them dang peeper frogs!! Lol .. Great content and your doing awesome. But I miss you and Finnegan. Y'all together reminded me of my highschool car friend's many of which I am still in contact with. Anywho I'll stop rambling on. Keep up the awesome content! You Rock!!
Miss my 86 GT Fox soooo much! I’m a Mopar nut but if you went to high school when I did then a 5.0 meant you had a fast car lol plus they are fun!
When you eventually go to replace the door pins and bushings, I recommend going to cunningham machine and buying them. I went through 3 cheap dorman bushing kits before I spent the $30 there for a pair high quality bushings and door pins and they are definitely worth it
I love the look of the old Top Kicks. Must be one of the rarest vehicles here in Germany, though I've seen two - both parked in questionable conditions.
Morning from Australia I love the video loved the content, I would just say the audio has pops in it ams while I was listening when everyone else was asleep it almost blew me out of the head phones. Once adjusted I did managed to listen to it. More contrastive comment and definitely not a complaint or whinge.
Love the truck and friendships
Man, if Wesley has a bumpside short bed and hood, I might need to try to find him! 😂
I did a 4 door cab swap on one of them with cab air ride. You use the firewall and some of the floor from the single cab and put it on the 4 door cab. It looked factory when done.
Great video, guys. It looks like you are going to make a sweet rig out of this machine 😀. Have a great weekend, you animals.
That red fox is stunning!!!! Crazy how not even 15 yrs ago you coulda bought them on craigslist all day long from anywhere for $500 to $2500 for a un molested manual car
We used to use 4x4 topkicks as line trucks in till people started rolling them because they were too top heavy of course I’m sure it didn’t help they had a boom on top.
That’s a sweet Ford collection, I love it!
Holmes 440 was the best back in the day. Killer wrecker.
had one of these but crew cab and custom 10 ft dually bed for about a year and a half. fun to whip it around.
I love that Top Kick. Been wanting to build one on my channel for a while, maybe 2023 is finally the time! Nice video Dave!
Thank you
Man this thing is huge, peace from Australia
Just found you again Dave we’ve been missing you since you and mike are no longer working everyday togeather cheers will from australia hopefully one day us Aussies will let be able to watch roadkill again once motortrend let’s us
Glad we arent holding our breath buddy....I've thrown a few choice comments at them since we got screwed a few years back!!🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
If you can't figure out a VPN to make your computer appear to be in the US then you don't deserve Roadkill.
@@leftyeh6495 why should I have too?? More wasted $, rather buy another vehicle!!👍👍
Great episode. 😎👍
That thing would be great with a 12 valve Cummins. Better fuel mileage too!
Stay tuned for part 2!
Just avoid the 7.8 duramax like the plague
@@12VoltDavewhen do we get part 2???
Man I really miss my 1985 Ford Mustang GT that I bought brand new on Dec.24,1984. It was the very first brand new car that I ever bought. Someday maybe I'll have another one.
Those Top Kicks are very cool. I drove one for years with a Cat diesel and an Allison and it had so much more torque for hauling than the gas engine.
You have to get a Bostrom seat for yours to smooth out the bumps on your roadtrips.
Great video!👍
I agree with this persons comment.
Another brilliant video keep them coming Dave 👍🏻
dude i just found your channel,i"m fan of yours from roadkill etc,from the uk,i subscribed straight away,awesome,
Great content thanks for sharing
The Man, The Myth, The Legend himself: Finally has a UA-cam channel..😂🍻🍻.. Good stuff Dude..
I saw the thumbnail recommending this and I was like wtf is this truck? Never heard of a topkick but it looks amazing. Then I saw you driving and I was like oh wait, that's Mike's friend! Didn't know you had a channel and did videos too. Instant sub.
Thank you
My dads 70 ford had the same dealer tag from Denver that the red Ford Has. Memories…
I need that dually bed off it lol pretty sure I asked about that rig on of Finnengans videos when we saw it in the background. I love the OBS Kodiaks.
I hope to one day have as many running projects as that guy has lol
This! When you can fire up every car in the shop to move it out you’re doing something right.
Thanks for the fun road trip, Dave! Lookin' like the flatbed is gonna work out fine! (The FlatBad?)✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦
Bumpsides are the best f-series in my opinion. Easily my favorite body style.
So David at the Radiator shop we knock a hole in bottom corner of tank. Easily clean and coat if rusty and drain threw hole..than simply weld new bong in when done...
I noticed when you showed the door pins, they are factory installed. I had to replace my doors on my 92 K1500, I put the door pins in from the top down. Instead of bottom up. Makes installing them so much faster. That interior on the Top Kick is from 88-92. Those gauges are from 88- 89. Nice Truck
Im not a Ford guy but Im lovin' Wesley's Ford trucks!!
My neighbour was pulling out a Lilac bush with his van and a ratchet strap and it come loose and punched a big hole i the back door ,now he's called ratchet strap! Nice to see you have a channel too! I'm subscribed ,please take a look at my wing tip fuel tank AWD subaru powered speedster if youd like to see something different! Love the 57.
Me and this guy could be great friends. This really makes me miss my foxbody and wanting my dream 67 get 500 fastback.
You really didn't film getting it fired up for the first time? What the heck, Newbern!😂
😂 the weather that day was horrible. I just had to get it done
@David Newbern unacceptable jk. Hello to you and all the roadkill guys. Being buddies with Finn I bet is pretty cool 😎
@@12VoltDave it's ok, I hadn't got to the part in the video that you explained that. Great video, look forward to any of your stuff! Topkick is bad ass!
@@12VoltDave
CDL/12v Dave 🇺🇲💯✌🏻
Now that's a classy rig!!👊🏼🤘🏼🍻
Good stuff man!
Thank you
Big Monster GMC SUBURBAN
Don’t know if you will see this but hot water and NAVAL JELLY (phosphoric acid) will convert the rust. They made a kit for doing old ATV ‘s that plastic lined the tank. The first step in the plastic line process was to acid clean it with the Naval Jelly.
Can’t wait for part 2!
We had a top kick at work. It was a 90 with a car motor. Man it was slow. It could barley go 65. It would haul anything though. Even over loaded.
The plate on the side if it's 2 bolts on each side and one top and bottom in the centers is the PTO plate or plates, some have one on each side.
Also HF makes an awesome rust eater that would have that tank looking like brand new on the inside. You could pour a couple of gallons in it and roll it around so it soaks for 12 hours on each side and you would have a brand new tank in 3 days and save some cash since the rust remover is reusable.
I'm changing the tank anyway. The new bed won't sit down on the frame because the tank is too long. But thanks for the info. I will definitely keep that in mind.
Miss you on finn but happy I found you here
Nice truck 🚚 👍
I got the same truck but white in color with the 6.0 gas engine. But I am going to be installing a 4-53 DETROIT DIESEL TURBO in it.
"We're doing 75"...as we watch a loaded 53' semi blow by on the left...lol
Sitting that high and hearing the engine scream, I was convinced we were going 120 lol
Newbern the bloke that was working with Finnegan ???. Cool awesome stuff on ward an upward mate.
Love the content brother keep it up!
Sweet truck you can use the gap between the bed and cab for storage
I understand the need for the flatbed, but I think these big trucks make kick ass pick-ups.
That was one sweet ford truck, and expensive if he ever sells it
ATF transmission fluid will evaporate. It's not like engine oil or hydraulic fluid. That's what we run in the hydraulic systems on the car-hauler trucks at work. Makes spills much easier to deal with from blown hydraulic lines.
Wesley and I would get along great with all the Fords he has
I'm not surprised you got 7mpg, you were driving fast. I got 8mpg at 65mph in a 24' uhaul.
Definatley awsome truck, always have been one of my favorite trucks. But i think it deffinatly needs a diesel. Somerhing like mike has in the Road kill ramp truck. Something to put s little pep in its step around 600 or 650 hp and around 1000ft lbs would do nicely to pull wat ever u wana srick be gind it but built right with a nice twin turbo and large intercooler will still be very reliabe and wont have no turbo lag and most importantly still blow the tires off when ever you might want to. Oh and you could get around 20 + miles to the gallon
Since it going to be a toy hauler u should lower it some and add air ride for comfort always thought of chassis like that but put a semi body on with sleeper slammed to give u the rig look but be able to drive without cdl can't wait to see what u doing also don't no y I never came across ur channel since I what u with fin so I sub keep up great work and everyone have wonderful day.
Lovely Cars there
That is a nice rig!
Thanks buddy
Ford dreaming! oh yeah nice top kick too
Cunningham Machine for new door pins!
That is a cool bed. Get rid of the leafsprings for airbags.
Cool trucks 👍
Cool truck i would have kept the pickup bed on it
That thing is huge!
That’s what she said. 😂
I'm hoping you put stacks back on it. I guess it's the growing up on "BJ and the Bear" and "Moving On"
The stacks are definitely going back on
I keep wanting to yell at my screen, “gps on your phone to see if your Speedo is accurate!” Ha!
I just figured it was all stock it should be correct. Boy was I wrong.
I see you have a blazer, I noticed there were no videos on it and wanted to see if you looked into selling it, I am a huge square body fan and was interested in it.
I sold it to a friend of mine.
@@12VoltDave thanks for the tip
Dave your Speedo has to be off. Trucks passing you usually can’t run much over 70
19:52 God Bless us hoarders of parts 😊
I would love to get my hands on one of those bump sides that is complete....I wonder if he wants to sell??
Chewbacca with goggles on... 👻🙈
That fox body sounds healthy
nice work new sub
The rectangle plate on the side of the Allison should be for a PTO.
While you have that bad boy tore apart, you should look into making it rear air ride. Save your back!
what are you gonna do to close the gap between the cab and the bed? Shorten the frame a few inches? Looks good sir
That Camaro! yes please....
If you are doing 75 mph and everyone is passing you including the trucks then what is the speed limit?
Epic video
Hey David are you going to do hotrod power tour this year since it will be I'n our neck of the woods this year.
Absolutely. Long Haul!
@@12VoltDave nice love to meet up and have a cold snack with you guys.. this will be my first HRPT it has been a bucket list of mine..
Must have missed why you an finnagan split but I'm here both channels content