Junkyard Rescue! Saving a 1950 GMC Truck - Roadkill Ep. 31
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2014
- One of the most incredible junkyards in the history of junk is Turner's Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California-and on this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan hit those 100 acres of vintage sheetmetal and go spelunking for gold! After considerable debate, the guys select a 1950 GMC shortbed truck that had been off the road for 26 years and jam to get it running and driving for the trip home to Los Angeles. At least there was a 50-percent victory. Watch as the guys revamp the Jimmy inline six, panic over a wrecked master cylinder, sweat their cajones off for four days, and explore one of the greatest old-car stashes ever!
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I first saw this episode while I was deployed. Over the years I have watched it a million times. David has me obsessed with the idea of building a stock 49 or 50 and charging up the old inline 6. Life keeps happening so no truck yet but one day I will own pigpen
I love David and finnegans ideas, they are crazy
Hii how are you
@@pastor5629oh not bad, yourself?
Impressive claim, but I did the math. You would have had to watch this like 300 times a day, every day for the last nine years to have watched it a million times. The problem is, there is only enough time in one 24 hour period to watch a 24 minute video 60 times. You would have had to watch at 5x speed continuously for nine years to reach a million. For this reason, I am doubting your claim. 😝
Still, I hope you get the truck you want. Best of luck, bro.👍🏻
The key is starting the same episode on multiple monitors at different points
It's beautiful seeing old junkyard cars drive once again
Brennan Ison it’s beautiful just to look at a junkyard
I cannot give a like at all otherwise I would ruin perfection
@@michaelfinlay1412 I agree
It’s cool watching people bringing junk yard cars back to life
It's a unique good thing to see.
I'm not a mechanic, but I'm proud of you guys.
May God bless men when we use knowledge for good.
I like your last name.
I know how to pronounce it. We live in a literate world. Literally. @@mosshivenetwork117
@@mosshivenetwork117❤2aqh
Watching in June of 2022.
I have a 53 GMC with the inline 6 302. Original owner was my Granddad. It still runs.. The " Jimmy" is a 5 window. I love that truck. My Granddad used it specifically for elk hunting here in Arizona for a decade and a half, then gifted it to us. My older brother drove it for a while,when he was in high school here in the mid seventies, then I drove it in the late 70's. It has a special order from the factory 2 ton drive train, 4 speed with an incredibly low or first "granny gear". The ol' girl won't go over 60 mph because of the gear ratio. Its was painted in 1978 a specific Chevrolet/ GMC color " corvette orange flame". The grill, bumper and all badging was professionally chromed in 78'.
Great video !
I'm extremely sentimental about this truck as the family history that surrounds it
I love how they filmed the massive kink in the exhaust loads of times and never noticed it! They filmed the massive problem the poor thing had!
My grandpa has a 51 GMC which has been parked since '86. He's told me as long as I can remember the truck is mine I just need to get it home. This episode feels like it was made for me to get me off my can and get to work. It might take a dust pan and a broom to get it moved, but come hell or high water its gonna get done. Thanks for kicking me in the pants. Ride on fellas.
get it buddy. I have faith.
+Jesse Hanrahan Sounds like a great way to build memories with family. As long as you have patience, a plan, and some semblance of a budget you'll enjoy yourself. Best wishes!
+Jesse Hanrahan Good luck bro!
go for it jeese my grand dad was a dairy farmer, he had a couple of them, I wish I had one ,my brother and I would ride with him as small kids and it would make all kinds of noise over bumps we called it "the boom truck", it's getting almost impossible to find one of these classics now. This is a year after your post, I hope you've made progress Good Luck
Any fucking updates? You cant just leave us hanging like this.... Have a heart
David: "It's not even smoking."
Truck gremlin: " That's because the exhaust pipe is kinked off".
nice
You can see the link in the pipe at 19:34
Shad Rogers That’s hilarious.
Bro I nearly died
Shad Rogers and the funny thing is you can see it kinked in the video so how did they not see that
I'll never understand how they didn't see the junk exhaust lmao but I love this episode and love this show regardless
I'm shocked it ran so well with that much backpressure- no wonder it was quiet! ;D
"its not even smoking" those who know@@clarkb1900
You'd be surprised how far down the list 'is the exhaust plugged' is when you're troubleshooting an engine. In my case, it was a muffler that had filled with water and frozen on a diesel engine, but it wouldn't run at all, so that helped push the thought processes along and I figured it out in about 2 hours.
When an engine doesn't run, the thought is 'do we have fuel, air, and spark?' (obviously not spark when it's a diesel like mine was, but in Pigpen it applies) and you naturally gravitate to the intake when making sure you are getting air.
Favourite Motor trend channel program EVER!!!
Not only my favorite (
Thank you for using your time to let me know you are American and that you can spell. But unfortunately i dont care. Its nice that you accept that other people from different countries watch this channel. Also The English language has been around a lot longer than American language so when i spell something that you think is wrong its the other way round. American language has only been around since the 1900s.
MrZimma frame eh 1600 if you want to be technical about it. And most of our spelling and accents come from different parts of Europe that you guys forgot or dont use anymore.
MrZimma frame Yeah, but it seems (to me at least) most of the rest of the world hates Americans. Not *all* of us are complete idiots.
SoadAddict91 I like Americans
If I won the lottery this is how I would spend my days.
The best way to have a good time ((:
I don't envy these guys at aaaall.
BarbVValters they were just under pressure from their wives and running out of cash, I'm pretty sure if they had the budget and time they too would never leave
brakedd me too.
Christmas Crustacean
This truck deserves to be revived again with the engine fixed and take it on a road trip. This truck deserves a much better outcome.
They could do 20 episodes on bringing things in this place back to life!!! I’d watch them all 🤣🤣👍🏻
This is my third time watching this episode, and it's still my favorite! You roadkill guys have inspired me more than ever to become a mechanic, and make old cars run again! Thank you so much for your show! I love it!
Same here
Same here
Probably 50th time for me. It's the 2nd most viewed Roadkill episode ever and they cast it aside like it was a rotted out 300k mile Cavalier.
@@PlatypusVomit still chokes me to this day that they got rid of ole pig pen; you can even see in the video the twisted exhaust that ended up killing it
The Roadkill adventure I want to see is you two at the California DMV trying to register this stuff.
twwtb believe it or not a lot of this is registered including the general mayhem
Or bent over the hood of a State Patrol car being handcuffed for insane lighting issues. SC would put you under the jail.
They are TV hosts money talks to governmental agencies. 😀
@Lane ha in your face @twwtb jkjk
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Dave and Mike you guys are just totally unbelievable true ambassadors to resurrecting the vehicle dead. Reminds me of my younger days poking around the junk yards
This episode is what got me hooked on roadkill forever!
indeed
this was so bad ass... I can't wait to see what you guy's turn this truck into
that will be on Roadkill Ep.172
Sir Jammer
we can only hope
Sir Jammer Ha! Freiburger will have the thing shoved away in a corner somewhere with the rest of his projects, and forget about it. Then he'll stumble across it again and that will be Ep 172.
They'll turn it into a pile of scrap, like they always do !!!!!!!
@mrkeyboardcommando, the point of roadkill is to dig old cars out, make them run, and have fun in it. Their cars don't have to be pristine, they just have to run and survive the torture the guys would put it through.
I'm a 3rd year BS Mechanical Engineering student and what you guys do just gives me so much excitement of what's ahead of me. thank you for the inspiration
valle
Same here! I've been watching these guys for YEARS and I definitely think they're partially to thank (or blame haha) for me choosing to study mechanical engineering
Thank you so much!!!! One of my favorite episodes!!!!! A Roadkill Classic!!!!! Thanks for sharing. You made my night.
Hey… so is it actually gonna be 30 years till you fix this?
No sold it
to me
+GamePlayWithNolan Lies
WhackyJ in AK
lol, ik
czcams.com/video/1oRiHS8bnWg/video.html
Man that Cosworth Vega would have been incredibly awesome though.
was thinking the same thing!
Sir Jammer Yeah I know, it's a very collectible car, you know a car is good when it only had 2 transmission options and they were both manuals.
They should just get that thing in their garage and maybe stick a turbo into it.
ArthurAlcantara My closest neighbor(about ¾ of a mile) has one rotting away in his barn. His son bought it new, he passed away a few years later and its been sitting there ever since. He won't sell it....
Sir Jammer u should offer to restore it for him and then turbo it XD
Sir Jammer Yeah sometimes when I pass away I don't let people buy my stuff either
This video is the only reason I'm studying mechanic cos it looks so cool that your fixing something and you can be happy at the end of the day cos you fixed something.
Thank u guys, u made me find what I wanna do as my job FOREVER
I'm glad you saved this truck. My favorite uncle drove this model and I thought it was very cool then. Thanks for the memories!
i just dropped everything i was doing because i saw the roadkill video, for the next 24 minutes everything can fuck off!
A lil rude budy
Why don't you go buy a beater Japanese car, you know the ones normal minimum wage earning humans drive, and make it cool using traditional Roadkill philosophy? After all this show is about actual roadkill, just because it's not a classic or a muscle car doesn't mean it has no life. You have a big audience and not all of us are die hard muscle car fans but we still enjoy what you do.
wouldnt be as interesting.
real talk
Right. I agree!! The datsun was awesome do more jdms and euros
Nuclear Gaming and what do you drive?
Because they work for hot rod magazine which supplies there budget im pretty sure
I love this build. Saw it years ago for the first time and thought what a great idea! Inspiration for FIRE IT UP GARAGE!
You guys are amazing !
Nowhere in the world do you get this type of ingenuity and determination.
Great Job !
lol at 19:35 you can see the exhuast kink that caused all the issues
+JellyMan3634 ok so i'm not the only one who rewatch this episode just to look for the twisted exaust pipe X)
+JellyMan3634 I noticed the same thing!
yeah had to watch and see if they should've noticed and yep they should've. probably would've made it home too.
+ 17:40
it kinda makes sense that a car from the 50's that started that good was abandoned but a inexperienced owner.
If this isn't already this should be a tv show
TV kills shows. They have more freedom on the internet.
Robertas Bukantis
yeah if you wanna see what it would be as a TV show check out Hot Rod Garage.
Anton Maes I have. It sucks ass.
screw TV! Screw cable!
Robertas Bukantis I don't mind Hot Rod Garage, TBH, given that it's basically them saying 'this is the show we had to make to stop our sponsors suing us for not actually advertising their wares in our normal content'.
It's still fun and has interesting content, they just give their sponsors a few minutes a show, and Davids attempts to use the sponsors products have been...hilarious. Especially his rather surprised sounds when they seem to do what they claim to....which honestly, is better than having a spokesdroid do it.
Some of Drives more recent stuff does feel neutered, especially the televised stuff I've seen. It feels like UK Top Gear.
I watched drive because it *wasn't* like UK Top Gear. Sort of took the shine off for me.
They need to do more episodes like this I remember watching it when it came out
Am watching you in Nairobi Kenya n am proud of you guys, that's what I like most ,from junkyard to the road .
"Dead body!"
"You already have one of those."
"Yeah, but it's not as good as that one."
After the dead body they were talking about the VW bug.
Henry Bonini I am guessing he knows that
But just wanted to make the joke
@@smokingtires9716 mby. I'm just bad at picking up these things.
Tom Vee ok
This episode was the reason I started watching roadkill...awesome work guys!!!
I love you guys
Mike has me in tears on every show
Fun stuff guys really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.
If you were trying to explain to someone how amazing Roadkill is this is the episode you should show them. It's the most Roadkill episode ever.
Kevin Dailey that's true
does anyone watch these videos more than once? I always do
I have seen.1 of those remodeled, looks great with a 454!!!
Me I have had two of watch this like probably ten thousand times so far like it's a thing you go through all the other episodes over and over again
8th time watching this one
Yep on my fourth run through for all of them
Alejandro Munoz alsways
That was really cool guys, loved it thanks so much
not seen this episode for years but boy 15M VIEWS!! i would love to get the old roadkill back...
just freiburger and finnegan out there searching old junk and giving it the shine of glory back ❤️
" It's not even smoking! " 😂🙌🏽. classic. was pinched shut
One of my favorite episode of roadkill
It really is. I love this episode.
I love old cars just left for decades and then admired👍🙂🔩
ill have to come rescue that 70-73 firebird at 12:49
Thats a camaro bud
it looks like the front fender has the dual side marker lights on there like the firebirds had but it is blurry. Is there something on it that u can see that makes it a camaro?
@@sirbaffle8807 lmao. No its not...... why do people speak that don't have a clue?
I thought it was my bad
This all happened because the firebird is the rich mans camaro
I love how there is a Stingray Corvette in front of the truck they're working on but they choose the truck
Damien Rider Corvette???
Yeah the red corvette right in front of the truck
Nope, that's a Valiant
+Damien Rider OMG really u think a valiant is a stingray i feel sorry for you
theres something really beautiful about seeing these classics come back to life.
Roadkill is the funniest show on tv. All the guys are great- no pretension, no drama!
Really enjoyed.. I love watching ppl restoring the junkies.. N this is one of the best I have seen..
I wonder if you can hear angelic voices singing as you drive through the entrance.
+James Demos "Glory, Glory, Halleujah! His truth goes marching on..."
Maybe?
I can't help it. I love junkyards and all the history they hold.
So as a swede.. I'm considering travel to US.. do this on a junkyard, having it put in papers and export the thing home - and having the most insane background story for a truck ever....
Hahahaha good luck
@@DrLoverLover yeah it was a pita to get it into Sweden.. i will admit that.
tks for video sparked a lot of old memories for me .love going to yard and give something a new life
Great, great job guys. The 52 ish GMC or Chevy trucks were the neatest looking ever. Learned a lot just watching this.
I want to fix up a junkyard vehicle one day. No idea why, but I just love beater vehicles. Where others see rust and scrap, I see beauty and history...ehh, I don't really know why but who cares. Don't know exactly what specific vehicle I'd look for, but maybe a Peugeot 205 or a Ford Aerostar or something. But anyway, this is why I love this show, they go out to these junkyards and give vehicles which would probably otherwise never ever be roadworthy again and they give them new life. That and I'm a fan of human ingenuity, I love it when people improvise and get creative and do the kinds of things they do on this show. The dead coyote makes me sad and I have to look away every time the show starts, but though the death of such a beautiful being is indeed upsetting it's nature and in a way it's like the cars on the show, it too gets new life...not in the same way the cars, but in general something at least came of it. Kills me all the cool projects these guys do on worthless rustbuckets, and in a way it inspires me, it makes me want to do it myself one day. I don't think I would want my 205 or Aerostar all butchered up and whatnot like the Rotsun they did, I'd want to clean it up and make it nice and sporty, but still.
So do i. I love junkyards
Dude this is awesome
Shane Southard my first view of this show one day I'd like to bring a vehicle up and running I'm going back to school as a mature student to take automotive im wondering what challenges to expect
JeremyJETT76
Shane Southard I was really eyeballing the chevy parked behind pigpen
I love watching these roadkill episodes, it's a shame you didn't make it home on this one. I was so impressed that it started up so easily!
But 30 years is a long time to stand.
I was impressed from the moment it fired up the first time, anything after that was just icing on the cake!
David, “it’s not even smoking”. Watch the Harry episode, exhaust pipe is folded shut. I wonder why it’s not smoking. Rock on Roadkill.
Such a great looking truck! It would look badass completely restored
first vidéo i watched from you guys; stayed glued on this to the end! I subscribe!
thank you for these adventures
Even though it didn't get all the way home, it's still satisfying to see it run and drive within a week of work - keen to see it go against the Muscle Truck
The first vehicle I owned was a 1950 GMC Pickup. I purchased it from my Drivers Ed Teacher in 1973 who fully restored it to original. What a cool truck, I only drove it for 2 years then traded it in for a 71 Ford F100. Wish now I'd have kept that classic truck.
Thats GM for u lol sit for almost 30 years and is over 60 years old. Little gas battery fires right up.
aaaaand then breaks down a short while later
that's old gm for you. a new one will never do that
the stig mach 1 Your right, it will get recalled first.
my acura rsx type s sat for 6 months needed a new battery and alternator than finally fired up... explain this and then i had to clean out the ITB because it was idling like shit. Yet GM sat for 30 years with new battery and gas fires up...
Stig was talking about new GM vehicles, and that what I was referring to as getting recalled. The old ones like this truck were much more reliable.
$2k?? for a 50 gmc? fuck man.. i need to find me an old classic
imagine soupin' that up and fresh paint!
that would be sick!
+BoscoVappes go to ur local craigslist.org and put in the numbers
+SaucySoviet Just bought a 52 GMC 2 1/2 ton dully dump truck like the one in the video with my friend in college. It runs and is in mechanical good condition for $600!
I don’t know what it is but I love these old pickup trucks! Pure Americana..
this is a 1951 gmc 3100 5 window cab with the inline 6
Beautiful truck! Great job guys
1950s GMC trucks fires right up after sitting and rotting for all those years. Now that is some good ol' American engineering right there.
Yeah, lets see a honda do that! The frame wouldn't be able to hold the motor
James Whisenhunt
Honda would probably start with less work and not need a rebuild.
James Whisenhunt All a Honda would need is a battery to start. Engine may fall out...but that's not the point lol.
misfit77 there is no alive honda on junkyard even from '80s
Bozo Pavlusec For some unknown reason I'd like to get my hands on a '74 civic. had three of them in the '70s.
I would love to have that old Chevy. Everything rusts completely through up here in PA. My 2000's frame is on its last legs after a patch.
I love this show. Episodes like this are great. American ingenuity at its best.
Great job guys good to see that old girl running again.. My dad had one , me growin up, brings a lot of memories..
I live in Fresno and I never knew this huge junkyard existed. I gotta go check it out now
19:33 is the reason the truck died.. look at the kinked exhaust, caused them all sorts of problems. sometimes the obvious is hard to diagnose.
+RC Codes damn you beat me to it i was gonna say the same!
I was going to say the same the thing.
Yeah I can't believe they didn't see that. Hopefully they make it run again.
+M Astley in the tow truck vid you saw them fix it unless you didint see the vid
+Rambo the epic 679 how about you say video rather than vid?
I am green with envy, I've always been a car guy but just recently getting into vintage trucks. Having something like this would be amazing but having the skills to find a junk one and do all that work yourself in a few days is nothing short of incredible. Wish I had the know how to do this!
So cool that you brought this back to life. I am bringing two cars back to life right now. Definitely a lot harder with less time.
"This thing has 3:1 compression." I laughed so hard.
I got to sit in one of these today and absolutely fell in love. I've started trying to find one.
if still needed, try classic truck rescue. they are on youtube too.
Can't wait for Pig Pen's sequel! Loved it!
Must have more! :) ty guys and MotorTrend Channel!
Old man Turner seemed to really love that you managed to get that truck working at all. I hope one day you get it working well.
They sold it.
What I find amazing is how they are so close and in person with the exhaust system, but never saw the kink.
really it takes a big effort , much patience and a lot of time ,but the end was very excellent ...thanks man
Tipton? Yer right down the road. Leave it here! My dream truck! Awesome job!
One of the best moments was watching that truck pull out of that spot it's been sitting in it looked happy and I am pretty weird probably people think but I think the truck has feelings ha ha
Bobby V old cars have character and personality, at least the good ones do.
19:34 *uncontrollable visual grimace and going "ooooohh, that's gonna be a problem"*
A bunch of crazy guys...awesome job
You guys are amazing and so entertaining! Love from down under🇦🇺
- It rolls!
- That's true.
- Does it stop?
- I don't care... :D
Zahari Stoyanov lol
All cars stop, eventually
LoL
Funny thing is it wasn’t crank case pressure if you watch the newer episodes it had a kink in the exhaust system and that was exhaust flowing back through the engine
Ni
You guys crack me up, love y'lls shows
Did he say $2000??? I love the adventure, and think its so cool what they do. If I ever have money to burn id do the same thing, looks like a great time! But come on, 2k is insane.. even if they guy sourced their new parts...
in canada that thing would go for 3800-4000 no rust is a big deal
Totally agree. When you can do the wrenching and have a decent budget it's doesn't seem as bad, though.
In Canada yeah but Southern from a junkyard... shoulda been 5-700 Bucks. If running in that condition 2-3k. But thats pretty crappy if the guy charged them for it as a "running' Truck, they made it run... That was my point.
Ian Thompson
I'm with you. They over paid. Seems like they expected $700. It was a probably a agreed price before they started, then the rat bastard changed his mine once he saw it run.
misfit77 The $700 dollars that they mentioned is most likely to pay for all of their tools. Freiburger and Finnegan fly to all of their locations for Roadkill and you aren't allowed to take tools on airplanes in America. If you go back and watch all of the Roadkill episodes, they mention the fact that they have to buy all new tools for every episode. And $2000 is a bargain for what the car is NOW worth, because there are now a ton of people that would pay a lot for that truck simply because it has been on the show!
Can we like get the rest of roadkill back on CZcams as much as I like rewatching this one I miss watching the other ones
what a cool episode.. great video editing. i enjoyed it.
That's my dream truck... Congratulations ....keep doing it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽thanks for the videos
''we need a plan''
''why? its roadkill'' xDDD
How can people dislike this show? :D
Man I remember when this video came out. Loved this truck then and love it now
more than 6 years of uploaded this episode and it seemed very cool, that gmc has a lot of potential, maybe a stroker with a fan xdxdxd everything is possible with that platform
I still love this episode and after watching Harry the wrecker I always see that bent exhaust
This iiiiiiiiii
19:35 you can see the kinked exhaust that gets them later.
That's most likely the reason it was parked to be honest
One of the most incredible junkyard rescues.
Great work ! And video ! Keep it up guys
Amazing series very entertaining
Favorite episode. By far.
Then there's the rat rod bell air episodes