I Bought A LAMBORGHINI Made Of WOOD! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 300 Miles Home After Many Years?
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2023
- Introducing the LUMBERghini! This is a Chevrolet Berretta and Pontiac Fiero grafted together and covered in wood. Yes. WOOD. It's been sitting for a number of years.. so a guys going to try fire it back up, and attempt to drive 300 miles home!
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It's a Lumberghini!!!!
Someone had to say it
That's just AWESOME! 😂😂😂
You wood say that...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@1960ken144😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's amazing that the builder was able to replicate not only the looks, but also the reliability of Italian cars so perfectly! 😅
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Ahhahahaaahaa... Too funny 😂
😂👍
And at a much more budget friendly manner to boot
I laughed pretty good when you first got in it, but the “I hope someone steals this” had me cracking up. 😂🤣
With any luck some vandals will set it ablaze and you can claim 10x its value in insurance.... if it was actually road legal but it's not so no insurance.
"Let me shut this off..man I hope someone steals this."
Thats was pretty funny.
You would see the thieves broke down 5 miles down the road. 😂
He got me with the "stop laughing" calling me out lololol
I'm a Knoxville resident and I'm not surprised at all that this thing was dreamed up and made in Knox County.
The things Derek does to entertain the fans is beyond words. Thanks VGG for your death defying acts 🤘🏻🇺🇸
Appreciate y'all!
And we appreciate you, your work, and the content!
@@ViceGripGarageI was laughing sooo hard for a while there...I couldn't enjoy my cold snack...
Merry Christmas to you and Jessica and the Boyz...
Praying for better 24
He's definitely a good entertainer as well as a top-notch mechanical guy.
Know it must have been painful but was entertaining to watch! They just didn’t make them like they used to!!
I think you need to cover it in roofing shingles to prevent it from rotting any further
Hurricane proof?
Don’t skip on the ice & water shield either
That’s for undercoating, you guys.
Yep. Roll lathe paper and put some shingles on it!
Standing seem
Would love to see a 2nd part to see what happens with this. It is a quite the unique car :)
Where is it now? I think we need a second episode with closure.
The 3100 engine was a great engine. The Chevrolet Lumina had a 3100 160hp which was good for the 1990's.
3.1 L/3100
L82
The L82 ("M-code") was an updated, SFI replacement for the MPFI LH0, produced from 1993 through 1999. It featured a structural oil pan, a stiffer redesigned engine block, sequential fuel injection, and revised aluminum heads. Output for the L82 was up 20 hp (15 kW), over the previous Gen II LH0, to 160 hp (119 kW) at 5200 rpm and 185 lb⋅ft (251 N⋅m) at 4000 rpm. Compression ratio for the L82 was 9.5:1 and the bore measured 89 mm (3.5 in), while the stroke was 84 mm (3.31 in) giving it a displacement of 3.1 L; 191.3 cu in (3,135 cc).
Applications:
1994-1999 Buick Century
1994-1996 Buick Regal
1994-1998 Buick Skylark
1994-1996 Chevrolet Beretta
1994-1996 Chevrolet Corsica
1995-1999 Chevrolet Lumina
1997-1999 Chevrolet Malibu
1995-1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1994-1998 Oldsmobile Achieva
1997-1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass GLS
1994-1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
1993-1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (1993 received both LH0 and L82 3.1 L (3,135 cc) motors)
1994-1998 Pontiac Grand Am
1994-1999 Pontiac Grand Prix
I bet when it was parked it already had a blown head gasket-gaskets.
yeah if you replace the intake gaskets and the head gasket to begin with
After seeing the weld on the exhaust, I see why he went with wood 😂😂😂
Wood is good(enough)... 😂
You'd think the guy could design a better exhuast,he took it off a suzuki motorcycle or something.
I don't think you'd be welcome in the official Lamborghini owners club with that but you could definitely start a splinter group 👍 thanks for the amazing films, Derek you are a bona fide legend! Happy Christmas to you and yours ❄️🌲🌲🌲🎄🎄🎄
Splinter group... nice!
I feel so so sorry for you, Díd the guy you got that thing from give it to you? He should have paid you to remove it from his place ,and be ashamed of his self, You are a great man love your channel and your great whit😂
Or the Fiero club. Or the Z24 club. Piss them all off!
Splinter group LOL
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Love this type of on-the-road-survival content, much respect for hanging in there until the bitter end. It may have been suffering, but it wasn't for naught!
I appreciate that you put your self thru situations like this just to brighten my and others day.
Derek, I’m sorry that your Lambo is destined for a wood chipper but this was one of the funniest videos you have ever produced, thank you!
Nah, it's lawn art.
sorry to see you didn’t make it I hate to see you waste too much money on a junk like this
Spoiler alert. 🤨
Well said
No kidding “ go back 8 years and watch them , it’s one of the reasons i have been watching his videos for a long time now !
Went from “vise grip” to “wood clamp” garage in one episode. 😂
As always, a genuine video of auto repair with the ups and downs. Always entertaining safe travels!
Excellent humor on this episode I'm very proud of you Derek, good job
I want to sincerely thank you for the great, kid friendly content Derek. My 5 year old son and I love watching, and I know it's safe for the both of us!
.....until someone like him rear ends you and you find he's been running with half the braking system blocked off. Let's hope no one ever gets hurt huh....
@@mark8544okay, Mr. "I feel the need to be negative for no reason at all" you watch Derek, you support Derek.
Stay safe out there buddy
@@mark8544keeping negative yep Derek is totally Reckless it's not like he has a young son and family to get home to that he cares about I see him speeding all the time on cars he says have no brakes he drives tires with too low of tread what a terrible person it's not like he's always doing 10K under the speed limit or anything
@@mark8544 The only one getting hurt in a collision with that pirate ship is himself. If you're speaking about his content in general, it's not like a 5 year old would understand the mechanics or lack there of. It's just videos about a dude cranking on cars that a dad and his young son enjoy watching together. What's to hate about that?
This one made me laugh out loud multiple times. You sacrifice for our entertainment and it's greatly appreciated. I wish you were able to get it home and into the wood chipper but I guess it can just decompose where it sits.
Thanks for watching!
I thought for sure you'd a made it.@@ViceGripGarage
It was still a success because we were so entertained! Woodchipper would have been a grand ending, maybe another video? We can dream!
Merry Christmas@@ViceGripGarage
Plymogini 😂😂 and look how much wood you have to burn over winter
Merry Christmas Derek and family 😍😍
This is the best possible final adventure for this particular vehicular construction.
Fantastic video! As a 6' 3'", 240 guy, I felt every move when you got into the car. Congrats. You did it!
As a 6' 3" 300 guy, I'll just walk 😂
Man I really like the never say die attitude. Even when things seem really bad. Hope a guy found a way home.
Coming next Friday!
@@ViceGripGarage You is All-Right in my book there feller!
How fitting it dies in a KUDZU patch.
@@ViceGripGarage Great work derek we would love to see a classic car build from scratch..Few episodes back you stopped off at a yard where there was hundreds of them.We would love to see a plymouth rebuild from scratch and a big block v8 thrown in and show us how to build us the v8 step by step..This here that there then auction off to recover costs..Huge job but people would love to see that sort thing..
id love to see him work on a 1966-67 Toronado Oldsmobile @@justanopinion7029
One highlight of this ride, no rust. Also the exhaust welding is top notch.
And it had brakes.
But are termites an issue
yeah but its not like wood does not suffer under moister
@@aliasfred it had steering wheel vibration pads if you will, lol
Also love the steering wheel airbag
I had the head gasket thought ealier on when you pressed down on the radiator cap and the hissing got quieter. Was thinking that's not right, thats a lot of air pressure built up in a fluid zone.
Throw a match on it and start from scratch.
Step 1, Don't use something sooo prone to moisture absorption as MDF. That stuff wicks up every drop of moisure and swells sooo bad.
Love this, reliability is spot on, takes luck and skill to ride that 30 miles let alone 300. Hey thanks for the Berryman B-12 suggestion, I run that in the old ford truck that's been/was sitting alot and it smoothed out the lumpyness on idle, ill get around to pulling the injectors someday... great vid, cheers
I laughed so hard at the abandoned tire shop! I think I enjoy the failures more than the successes. Keep up the great work Derek!
I know it look empty by the look of that garage door😂😂😂
Failures are great because that's the world most of us live in
This was the definitely the comedy episode. Right from the line "easy on the Sherman Williams" I never stopped laughing
First time viewer in the U.K. Feeling every second of your "progress!" On camera, you're so calm and self-controlled, not the usual screened melt-downs on other channels. Do you have a massive psychological breakdown off camera???🤣🤣🤣 Hats off to you sir.
Guy goes out and buys a wooden super car. Nothing rattles him!
32:12 - The reference to Bob Vila was on point and hilarious. I was already subscribed but if I wasn't I would have just on that alone! Keep up the amazing content!
No matter what you always make me chuckle that's why I'm addicted to your channel and I forget everything that is going on in my life. thank you
The Lumberghini was as reliable as it was easy to drive 👌🏼 Thank you Derek for squeezing into that matchbox and giving it your all on our behalf. Legendary effort 👍🏼 🇬🇧
Can't even imagine the hours that went into it, great, hail to the builder
That thing is so awesome. True redneck victory.
The builder was a dumbass that had too much money and too much spare time
Hail? No problem
It needs to be in a quirky museum with a Don Johnson/Magnum Pi type mannequin…
Too bad the builder used "particle board" when building it, OSB wood have been better.
5:23 "this thing is awesome" god bless your soul
Was my neighbor-made that,,knew it was him how many could they be out there made from wood. Hope you paid him well for it,I seen it driving out that day,,I couldn’t believe he was driving it. Is a work of art.
Can we all between the laughing just appreciate all the work that went into building this?!
there is no way I would ever drive that 300 miles. One accident and you have lost your life. Yet Rain? or any other problems. engine fire and you burn to death......Just no way I would do it.
@@Mikefngarage i swear, pepole these days are such a snwoflakes...
@@MikefngarageWhat about the experience dude, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
@@dvy6660 there are much better things I would rather experience than driving a super death trap wooden jerry rigged car across the US.....I do some crazy stuff. but it is all much more fun than driving in a death trap you cant see out of that would kill you if you did just to get youtube views.
crazy stuff like putting pepper on your mashed potatoes 😁@@Mikefngarage
Loved the Bob Villa line. The lingering question in my mind is what would have done with it if you made it home?????
Firewood of course.
I like how it’s still chillin at volunteer
I remember when I had a 85 Fiero in 94, wishing I could afford a kit car for the lamborghini countach, since it was my dream car. Buying spare parts out of the local car paper I found a guy who was actually building one and I was jealous! I never thought of making it out of wood though lol. That fiero would overheat like crazy, couldn't imagine this setup. I think back then I priced out all the parts for a kit conversion and it was about 50 grand, crazy.
I was so mad when the engine locked up & it wooden start. He went out on a limb buying this & really branched out. Hopefully Derek gets to the root of the problem and it never leaves him stranded or uprooted out of town again. Im still stumped as to why it wont start.
Very goodImplaboy, If Derek leaves will he pine for it or cut his losses after the multi ply problems made him fell over/ lol.
I was really hoping this one would make it home. But when the head gaskets go you can't really stick it out much longer.
Stumped !
That cars a birch, wood've loved to se it grow to be strong as a oak
It's a shame he did knot make it home!
Those welding skills are a good sign of why its made of wood 😮
For future reference spray adhesive works great for Is rebeating your rim entire
Your temperament is admirable, to say the least. Great stuff.
You are a damn soldier! I wouldve called it quits at the shed. I'm impressed how many tricks you threw at this thing just to make it move forward. And here i am with a three year old project in the garage and I'm still procrastinating about a brake line. Lol I salute you, sir.
Go get it done, brother!
I don't blame a feller for not wanting to tackle a brake line cause there is always another rotten one somewhere worse to replace that pops after you fix that one.
The subtle "man, I hope someone steals this" was hilarious.
I been watching your content your my favorite mechanic you truly are a master mechanic nothing you can't get running Tennessee has some of the best mechanics in the country salute vice grip .
I cannot wait for the Dyno Test vroompow
Man! This might be the funniest episode ever. That being said Derek put up with this thing WAY longer that I would have.
I’m only 15 minutes in but I think this is going to be the best episode I’ve seen. And I’ve seen them all. This thing is amazing. And by amazing, I mean completely ridiculous.
This one and the one before had a lot more funny moments, I mean they all have some good laugh factors but the last couple
I still LOL at Derek yelling NO! at that caddy’s engine
I have seen them all and for me this is far from my favorite. Still entertaining though.
Your patience and dedication to the video are unreal.
It’s very nice to see your exploring your interests in carpentry now! 😆🤘🏻🤘🏻
what a great guy,when your having a crappy week and friday night comes and you see a new video you just smile and forget the bad week .Thanks for the video and hard work you put in
Thanks for stopping by
Hey there brother! I love these videos, the ingenuity and skill that you use to bring these cars back to life is honestly astounding! your videos have inspired me to finally work on my late grandfathers 1953 studebaker champion. im not sure if this is typically a thing you do but as a person with little automotive expedience outside routine maintenance would you ever consider a video or a series documenting some of the best ways to diagnose issues and determine their fixability on these old cars? id love to see something like that
Wow, everytime something could go wrong it did, and yet you still continued on until the very end. Gotta respect it.
Derek going out on a limb again, branching out you might say. Getting to the root of the problem and as usual he leaves us all fully entertained. I've left many more bad puns for others if they feel the need. Merry Christmas all.
Knock on wood that you can keep coming up with more puns!
Merry Christmas!
From what I saw he did his best. It's always a treat when you log into Derek's channel, just a pity he didn't nail this one (were those the ones you were thinking of)
Woodin
chew know it..
I’d say he bought one of those real woodies?!😂
Amazing that its made of wood and has better proportions than some fiberglass kits ~ A testament to dedication in craftsmanship.
I love your grind , its much like my entire life , patching shit up good enough to get home just reacting to whatever life throws your way , a challenge and a half . Every damn day of it , never ending grind hard wrenching every day
Wow ! Spectacular , thank you .
I foresee a Lambo shaped bonfire in the near future, you're such a trooper Derek! Love the content
Are you blind? This beauty deserves to be parked in a fucking museum!
Doubt it
@@T.R.U.M.P.MAGA 🇺🇸
@@jerrywilcox9890 Broski! It's a fucking Lamborghini made from wood that runs and drives!!! How are you not impressed?? 🤦♂️
@@mattcasoni Trump/Carlson-2024
The moral of the story is if you are going to make a wooden countach out of a fiero be sure to use one with an Iron Duke
... or at least Cedar wood.
haha, I have a 3.4 in my 2000 venture van (Winter vehicle/leave at the airport and not worry about vehicle), it is a punched out 3.1, as well as a 3.1 in my 96 Grand Prix I traded for a new 2018 Kawi Z125Pro mini bike straight across, if they are not mile-d out and taken care of, 3.1 and 3.4 are good, I had an Iron Duke in my 86 Astro Cargo 5 speed, TBI too, GUUUT-less
@@randylee25493.1,,, 3.3,, and 3.5s are all really decent motors.... the 3.8 tho... boy oh boy,, and they can be tricked out and really come alive AND still be durable
@@randylee2549 280K miles on the 3.4l in my 2004 Aztek. Still going strong, overall.
very interesting find, not sure i would want it but i can appreciate the labor put into it.
wow great fun watching this episode from start to finish!
The best part of a VGG video is that, even in failure, Derek does his best to get these cars home. He's succeeded so many times that you don't feel too bad if the car doesn't make the entire trip. Merry Christmas to Derek, Jessica, and the entire VGG family, and I hope to see this car again, because I dreamed of owning a Countach too - maybe not a wooden one, though.
He makes the failure just as entertaining. I was pulling for him but once he verbally accepted it was about done I couldn’t help but think he was right
this one was pretty sketchy
@@bb5242 bit of an understatement 😂 it caught fire what twice? 😂
I gotta hand it to you, of all the insane drives, this takes the cake!
Thats cool! Whoever built that has some impressive skills
Bed liner paint job. May also be a good choice to protect the wood and look cool with the different color choices. Maybe a blue bed liner.
The good ol 3100.. they started that series of engine in 95. Thats all i run in my derby cars. This one had a huge vacuum leak which is usually just past the throttle body in the upper plenum. Its a vacuum for the valve covers and something else that i forget because i weld that hole shut along with the egr port. They are amazing engines as long at the fueling is correct and it has good intake gaskets. Ive overheated mine a couple times and its still doing well. I just keep swapping it from one derby car to the next. Lol
Just fixed the same leak in my grandma's car yesterday. I noticed the sound
I kept thinking I was hearing a vacuum leak when he was first messing with it!
I'm 72 and I grew up in Race Car Shops with some funny guys. Derek takes the cake. I LOVE his channel !! I LOVE to Laugh !!!
Thank you for another amazing video. 👏
I loved the music in this one! Great episode!
Those 3100 V6's are notorious for the water cooled Intake Manifold gaskets going bad. I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually that plus a bad head gasket since it got so hot. Love your Videos man and will always be a subscriber to your channel, best Channel on CZcams VGG 4 EVER !!!
you got that right! I will also always be a VGG subscriber! I usually fall asleep to a VGG video! I find his videos to be great! but I'm usually always watching one of his videos late at night so I fall asleep by the second or third hour long video I have playing. but I love VGG!
Derek… thank you. I was on the verge of a panic attack. I was thinking of a way to stop it from happening an tought of watching vice grip garage because it’s always great content and I’ll just say it, you have a comforting voice and it helped. I’m okay now and this video helped me. Thank you.
I know the feeling. This one about GAVE me a panic attack though! Kidding lol
@@LifeisGood762 hahaha it was a stressful journey with that “car” that’s for sure
Congratulations on your new yard art.
im genuinely impressed with this
It’s cool that someone dreamt up this idea and stuck with it and did a hell of a job making this rig outa wood. Thanks Derek , this was a trip.
My guess was this was going to be a mold to create the fiberglass panels.
Best show on the interwebs as always. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Glad you enjoy it!
Never seen a fail, keep up the great entertainment man! It always excites us!
57:05 This is quite cool! I know that O'Reilly. It's where I was when I found I had no brake juice left in my rusty Subaru. Bought two cans there, went five miles, had even less brakes. Found the leak in the Ingles parking lot. Topped it off and drove back the last eight miles hole, just downshifting and using the parking brake.
This might be my new favorite episode! Action, drama, suspense!
I'd like to see it sanded and varnished
Sanded and varnished 😂😂😂
I'd also like to see it without paint, stained and clearcoated.
Yeah!! Or that salt water/electricity - 'burnt veins'(?) look and a pile of clear epoxy over top.
Watching Derek squeeze into that thing was hilarious! I would love to see him work on an actual Italian classic, I bet he likes the Detomaso Pantera, Italian styling and a big old Ford V8!
He said in a recent podcast that the pantera is one of his bucket list cars
Mine as well
I love the Fiesta omelet as well. Best tuing on the menu!
Best youtuber as far as I'm concerned. Just so darn relatable...no...personably...no...well you know...no you don't. But you do so. Thank you Derek
Sitting here by myself and just busted out laughing when Derek pulled out onto the road blind, hollared, “Comin’ out!” and the braced for impact. OMG! 😂😂😂. Still laughing from that and then he’s turning off the car at the air pump and says, “Man, I hope someone steals this.” 😂😂😂😅
Wow. A) hats off to the guy that built that thing. B) hats of to the big man for trying as hard as he did to get that thing home.
Really enjoyed this episode. Thank you.
This is back to the roots of the channel. This is the quality we expect.
I love this video and this guy's sense of humor and hes calm and collected which makes it even funnier 🤣except when the engine overheated. Then not funny. I enjoyed he hell out of this video. Kudos!
Sorry about this one, Derek!
It was a heck of a nail biting episode.
If you don’t feel too compelled to burn it to the ground, it would be cool to see a different engine put in the Lumberghini.
Or maybe an attempt at rebuilding the engine. No pressure though!
You’re the man! Thanks for the entertainment! 😉
I really enjoyed this more than usual. mostly because im from the knox/jefferson county area so i knew exactly where he was the whole time lol. but it is unfortunate the lumberghini didn't make it with how hard derek tried to make it home with it. he really does go above and beyond to entertain us viewers. i love vgg. keep it up derek! and merry christmas!
Dammit. I know better than to read the comments before I finish watching. lol.
Some of the best content I been watching for a while 😂. You can't beat these old classic will it run an drive videos 😂. I would like to see more tractors an maybe some big rigs. But good work man 👍
I had the,same v6 in my ol lumina. Damn good ol motor
Should definitely put a good 2.8 and transmission from a fiero just so it can move around reliably and find a local school that still has a shop class program of some sort. This is a crossover project that could really inspire someone to see the potential in the art of carpentry
But ditch the PRNDL lol
It's a bit of a lost cause for making it legal...
You beat me to it. I was gonna buy that. When you are ready to sell let me know.
It’s probably right where it died on the side of the road with a For Sale sign on it. 😂
I think he would be happy for you to just take it away
Don't do it.
Rain x is not good for plastic windows fogs up motorcycle windshields so I'm assuming it will do the same
@@spaz-tech if he didnt just take a match to it. like I would have kind of like leaving a extension ladder on the side of the road with a big crack in the rung...Death trap.
The abandoned tire shop was my favorite.
Set it alight 🔥
As a carpenter I have to say that ole boy did some fine wood work.
love the time and craftsmanship it took to put that car together.
you are literally THE BEST
Great video! Not often you risk getting multiple splinters while working on a car these days.
Derek makes me laugh in almost every episode. I’m not even half thru the video and I’m crying with laughter! Love this channel! Best content on CZcams. Thank you Derek!
I love how the odds are stacked against you, but you always seem to be able to push through with a positive vibe and outlook. You are an inspiration to me when I am faced with adversity. Love the content as always!
Couldn't have said it better, things don't always work but mindset is everyhing and luckily moneys not an issue. awesome feller!
that mid engine amc was one hell of a video.
Fun video 📹 love the lamborghini 🔥🖤🔥
The craftsmanship on this car is amazing, it really looks like a Lamborghini. Its by no means a true replica, but it is very cool looking for sure. Id love to see photos of it from when it was first finished. And photos of its construction. Its super unique thats for sure.
I totally agree, to think of all the work and time the guy put into that “lumberguini” is remarkable! Unfortunately the 3100 is known for blowing the gasket every time. Great episode as always Derek, best entertainment for a family around these days and for that…so many of us are grateful brother! Thank you for all you do. 🙏
I do cringe at using wood, but the builder really did an incredible job of taking this thing to completion. Usually these replicas get either abandoned or run with all the myriad fit & finish still left to do. Derek's work is entertaining, but I'd personally rather see someone give these unique cars given a good once-over before putting them on the road so they have a chance at a normal lifespan instead of taking a big risk of self-destructing.