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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2024
- The video we posted yesterday on our latest trip to the track with Slaghammer spawned a hundred comments on the state of our tow rig and how it was crazy and dangerous and suicidal, but as with most things in life perspective is everything. Here's what nearly everyone missed.
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First off, I'm not a drag racer or even that much of a MOPAR fan. Honestly, as I get older, working on cars is mostly just a pain in the ass. That said, I watch your videos because I can relate to you, plus the fact that you're a walking encyclopedia, mad-scientist, and historian packaged deceptively as a regular Joe. Don't change a damn thing.....we love our Uncle Tony just as he is.
I hate working on my cars as a necessity, but love tinkering on my daily summer hotrod…even if it’s something that went wrong. But, I’m only 29, so that might change the next several years 😂
I can relate as I get older lol.
@zebatrizon Your absolutely right I’m 47 years old working on your daily drivers sucks. But when it come to my 67 Dart I do all the work myself. 👍
@@zebatrizon1 I'm twice your age,....if you've got the "car bug", it's with you for life. Welcome to the club!
Ditto
Everyone who chooses the old car hobby knows of struggles and mistakes. Thanks for showing them.
people aren't used to going with a channel on a journey; so many channels are overproduced and edited down to be flashy and get the 'hero' end result of gains/times/etc.
I prefer the journey and the knowledge that comes along with it when watching channels.
Honesty, integrity, dignity. That mostly describes this channel, can add humor in there as well ;)
If you think about what Slaghammer is built out of, It is fantastic . I love it.
Its junk, added to junk, with some cool old stuff like the tunnel ram, prettied up just enough to be slightly less than hideous, but not quite un-ugly, because why not?
@@SweatyFatGuy that what happens when you're out of NYC
@@yehornaumov5893 I've been to NYC twice, flew threw in the military. I take junk, add junk, and build something fun from it. I'm from Nebraska.
About that motor...it was used stock parts, but I think he used higher compression roadrunner pistons, he also measured for piston-to-head tolerance. It's all "junk", but there are reasons for why it runs that hard.
If you remember going to the junkyard and buying engines “$30 from the small block pile, $50 from the big block pile, no refunds, exchange only” you are an old school car guy, regardless of age. The fun part of this is disappearing from our avocation rapidly.
Tony, as a guy who is new to classic cars and can easily get discouraged by my failures, showing your errors helps me get past my screw ups. Pleas keep showing you are human.
Oh, and I NEVER thought the Jeep was sagging. Anyone familiar with construction knows that building is elevated for drainage.
I saw the angle of the truck and automatically assumed that the ground ramps up toward the door of the shop. If you look at the gravel along the bottom of the building you can see how it ramps upward. Some people just don't think. Also, about showing your trials and errors, it's not just a matter of being fair. To me, it's a matter of honesty and integrity to show those things, which is something I have always enjoyed and respected about your channel, Tony. Never change. 👍
I mean it kind of makes sense to have the driveway sloped away from the building ,not towards it unless you like to have a pond inside every time it rains.
Yeah I kick back like Inspektah Deck and watch these fools play themselves in the comments, it's pretty funny.
Of course you'll say that now to try to make yourself look like the big brain.
@@dipstiksubaru3246 LOL! Yeah, because my thing is "bragging" to random people online about my awareness of truck angles on ramps. 🤣 Take your triggered pettiness elsewhere.
@Plumcraziness it clearly is because you could've just said nothing. But you chose to come on here and just repeat what he said in the video to make yourself, again look big brained.
@@dipstiksubaru3246 Congrats, buddy. You misinterpreted my initial comment completely. Now go back under the troll bridge you came from.
I think Slaghammer is cool. I was born in 57, so for me it's a blast from the past because it's the kind of drag car I grew up with.
I'm a bit older, and that's the same reason I'm not interested in 80's/90's jeeps.
I agree, Slaghammer looks like a Ed Big Daddy Roth T-Shirt!
I could go to other channels. And do. But I always watch yours. You are so much in line with what I grew up with on the streets back in the 70s. And I always learn more information from watching and more important listening. Don’t ever change. I am 65 and still wrenching on my cars that I bought in the 70s. Literally a 70 340 Challenger and 70 440-6 GTX. Todays other Generations don’t have the same attitude and knowledge that we grew up with. You are the epitome of that era. A chance to get away from todays world and go back to the one I miss. Thanks Uncle Tony. Be all of you, you can be. 😂
I dig Slaghammer A LOT. There should be a HotWheels of it
That would be cool! I'd buy one. Along with bottle rocket.
Email Mattel with that idea.
HAPPY EASTER FOLKS!
Happy Easter to you too.
Happy Resurrection Day
He is Risen.
Hallelujah.
Love Slaghammer. Proof positive that you can have a whole lot of fun without a whole lot of money. It’s what the channel is all about.
Exactly. How did UT say it, " it's funner to go fast with a slow car, then go slow with a fast car."
@@michaelmurphy6869and can't forget "it's not about how fast you go. But how did you go fast?"
@@averagefusionenjoyer7096 good point. Well in the words of AOC, "you just do it!"
I enjoy the honesty behind the channel. Takes me back to when Car Craft would do a build and in the parts tally write "10 spark plugs (broke 2)" I also really appreciated a few years back when you let me send pictures of my 454 heads that i was porting to get some advice. And you guys took the time to reply. Keep doing exactly what youre doing. The formula works!
For those who call it junk, it doesn't matter. I'd rather see someone have a good time with parts they've accumulated than watching someone spend a mortgage on an engine. I've had a lot of fun making junk work and showing people that you can have a good time without going broke. This channel is what has made me want to find some old rag and have fun with it.
I met a guy at a car show last summer with a '70s station wagon with a big block and a 6-71 blower. No hood, no fancy paint, but he had driven it from Colorado to Kansas and back earlier in the summer. I liked his car better than all the other custom painted garage queens there. To each his own.
You do you, Unc. I've twisted wrenches for many years, I know how. I watch you to see what you know, that I don't. Cary on, sir!👍
When Tony tows, it's the Brooklyn Squat. I've been subbed since before the stress chicken days and he has Zen Master patience with his audience. About 1 in 20 videos is him responding to misinformed comments from the peanut gallery. I've also been wrenching on stuff professionally and hobby-wise more than long enough to see Tony knows what he's doing. Guys like him are getting rare compared to gorilla-fisted, crayon-eating, butchers armed with parts cannons.
You gotta love a "Street Freak Machine"! This is how I remember the early '70s. I've had black light posters of cars like this.
Was a kid then but loved the street freaks. Crazy metal flake paint jobs, snorkel scoops, flares tunnel rams etc.
Some people just don't understand the idea of simply having fun.
In a nutshell, yes. Its not about how much power, value or anything else.
Sad the younger gens are so critical, no sense of humor and will never understand sacrifice, long term payoffs.
Its all about now, whats easy etc.
Uncle Tony's videos on how to check out a used ENGINE to learn what needs to be done, to rebuild , is among the VERY BEST engine videos I have ever seen!
Those of us that have been here as a sub for a long time, remember when this car was originally going to be a gambler 500 rig for uncle Crystal.. good vid UT. Don't let the haters get to you. I for one enjoy the mistakes tbh. Even if I see them coming. It helps to see others that are masters mess up too.
A while back there was a younger youtuber who did an episode showing the reassembly of a (very expensive) heavy equipment engine. An eagle-eyed viewer spotted an error and fortunately had that helper gene; he notified the CZcams channel. To the great credit of the CZcams Channel, he did another episode describing his mistake and how a viewer spotted it and saved the engine from likely catastrophic failure.
I don't think UTG needs viewer help to not blow up engines, but the less than ideal comments are a small price to pay.
As always, I love this channel!
Serious, he reported a post correcting his error to YT? What a puzzy
@@gordocarbo Good evening Mr. Carbo - He reported his error to his audience via a follow-up CZcams video, reporting that the mistake would have been intolerably expensive were it not caught. I see that guy as being a straight-up stand-up guy with a great future.
I don't like mistakes, but I very much like being in business with people so serious about their profession that their ego takes a back seat to managing a realized mistake like a serious professional. In my book, he is the exact opposite of a puzzy.
Love your ethos Tony. Also totally get "Just having fun" Too many people take things far too seriously
The way you do your builds are what I like about this channel. Down to Earth with reasonable budgets. Things that people who don't have huge bank accounts, like me, can realistically build. I'm more of a 4x4 guy now, but I used to street drag race every night in my '73 Ventura and still appreciate builds like yours. I just have zero interest in "restomod" and high dollar builds.
Thank you tony for doing what you do. There's plenty of guys out there like me, 19yrs old and trying to learn everything i can from you older guys that know the ways and methods of old school hotrodding. This information has to be passed on somehow and that's what i started watching your channel at 14 for and im still here for. By the way as a fellow adhd'er i have watched the way you have refined it in your self and it has helped me tremendously. I am amazed when I watch the Edelbrocks in under a minute video vs your current 10 min. standard😅 don't listen to the haters, and keep being yourself
Thank you, Jesse
I try to explain to non car people this dudes the real deal and no one understands 😊
It's pretty funny back in the 90's I wanted to race but had very little money. People in the staging lanes would always look at my car and would tell me all the things I was doing wrong. 4 track Championship later and many race wins I would just chuckle and say thanks for the free advice lol
It's called a sh*t eating grin for a reason lol
I recall 2 times that you introduced a new series of videos about rebuilding an engine with hand tools. They started out great. The first one you said the purpose was to show how average guy could rebuild in his kitchen with basic hand tools. You broke it down step by step and I was hanging on your every word. Then it abruptly ended after a handful of videos with no explanation or conclusion. Then you did it again with that inline 6. Started out great, very thorough, and then just disappeared. Perhaps I missed a video, but I was expecting to see a rebuild from start to finish and got blue balled both times.
That’s kinda why I don’t follow his stuff much anymore.
The WAY OF THE GEARHEAD MONK
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Keep on wrenching folk's...
Man, I love this channel as it is, and I love several channels that do various things. THE most watched videos by me on CZcams tend to be: engineering, automotive, scientific, story lore from books and games. I have learned more from you and Gale Banks in the last few years than I learned in the previous 10 to be completely honest. If it was not for you, a friend of mine would still have a none running 318 in his Ramcharger. It went from struggling to run because it had massive vacuum leaks, horrible carb tune and retarded ignition timing, to pump the gas 3 times when super cold, touch the key and it started right up. I used what I have learned from you in tuning naturally aspirated Honda engines, and used what I have learned from Gale Banks on boosted gasoline and diesel engines to help some friends with their builds. Never change, do things at your pace and I will be here to watch.
I saw it run at the first NNN, had carb problems.
I love Slaghammer, it's like the old car mags in HD. I dig it. Happy Easter!
Love the channel and the every man approach. It reminds me of my neighbor growing up in the 80s. He was always building project cars. I remember he v8 swapped a Vega. A lot of channels do big budget builds. They're satisfying to watch, but just not what most can afford.
What when you build a car out of salvage parts, it doesn't run top numbers right out of the gate. You have a fun educational channel. Watching your channel reminds me of my pops and his buddies when I was growing up. Keep up the good work.
I have been a subscriber for at least three years now and I love everything you do on the channel. Most of what I know about working on cars I learned from Uncle Tony. You might as well have called out Cleetus directly for the time lapse videos of Ty welding stuff with a generic a music track in the background lol.
And I’m sitting here thinking “where’s the squat? All I see is an incline.”
This is why I’ve loved your channel since I joined at the 3000ish subscribers point,,,I see wrenching every day at work I don’t need to watch it when I’m trying to relax, I’ve always loved the simple storytelling of your experience/situation or just an opinion on things that gets me thinking about what I’m doing or have going on, real mechanics enjoy you, the ones wanting to see the wrenching have never turned one and need to see the visuals to understand the concept your explaining
I can't remember exactly when I got here but I was thinking it was the 40-75k ish point?
Yeah exactly, one of my favourite videos from this channel is when Tony couldn't stop laughing about the Rivian body panel, or was it the Kia Ioniq battery under-tray? Anyway both hilarious 🤣Tony's just got a great mind and way of conveying ideas and knowledge
@@Sam-go3mb I like the one where he moves the car and it says something like Epstein didn't do it or whatever it said.🤣
I have a 1996 ZJ or Grand Cherokee with 258,000 miles on it. The body is rotting now and it is pretty wore out.
I love it and am seriously thinking about rebuilding it because I love it.
My wife is trying to talk me into scraping it but I love the thing and can't seem to let it go.
It has the 4.0 L inline 6 in it.
My advice to you is to just throw a weight distribution hitch on your jeep when you tow . Then pull it out of the receiver and leave it on the trailer for the next time.
I have towed 6,500 lbs with my jeep xj s and Zj s for years.
i think we're due for another live stream engine painting video. eight hours of watching paint dry... or just as good another "will it start" lawn mower video. nobody does this stuff!
The thing about fairness,
"If you show the success, you gotta show the failure."
I see it as growth.
If you show the failure, you get to show the growth to success.
You may not do better than others, but doing better than yourself is the best.
Still wish i could find the bargains that Tony finds, but still great information
I enjoy your channel because your real, you show the mistakes. some of these people sitting in there mothers basement take it way too seriously. Its suppost to be entertainment, not get your panties in a wad. Keep up the good work
Any car can be made to go fast, but not every car is fun. Enjoy the ride and have fun. That's what this stuff is all about. Happy Easter !
That’s exactly right Tony. You want the tow vehicle and the trailer to be close level. The actual issue is the axles are too far back for hauling cars. Unless you’re towing with a 250/2500 or bigger. But you know exactly how to load the dang car! Pull it up till it sets level! Custom built my trailer 6x16 lay 2’ is dove tailed 3500# 3” drop axles. It’s lowwww We actually load cars with 2x8 with the lawnmower brackets on them. You keep up the good work brother!
More Slant 6 hot rodding - I'm begging you Uncle Tony!
I went to an all aluminum trailer some years ago. I have never regretted it one bit. Well maybe a little bit when someone comments about how nice the trailer looks and doesn’t mention the car I’m hauling!
I think you just worry too much about what people say. Just don't! Love the channel.
I've always followed the channel. Watch all videos. Don't give a squirrelturd about jeepz. That's all.
Only thing I have to say is. Equalizer hitch makes a huge difference when pulling that weight of a trailer/load with that small of a vehicle. Cuts the sway and bouncing down to a minimum.
I would add that getting a different/ proper drop on the ball would help as well..
I've own a few XJ's and while I love them, there is no way I'm towing a car/ trailer with a hitch bolted to a unibody 😮
My car still isnt running. The potato i jammed in the carburator has messed up everything. It was running fine before i found your channel with all the alternate fuel trials.
Tony you need a 1989-91 non intercooled 2wd dodge d250 5speed. One of those trucks will blow your Freaking mind! Leave it mostly stock and get 25+mpg empty. And when you tow anything you will be grinning ear to ear with all the power.
Don't we all... Awesome rigs!
Nice Tony. Kids today have zero clue about many things they think they know everything about, but know nothing. Thank you for you
Goerge from St. Pete
@3:36 For mercy sake! Red reflector??? That's Red reflective tape that meets DOT-C2 and FMVSS 108 requirements. FHWA law states all trailers must be marked with a diamond grade thick and bright that's rated for 7 years' use and light up to 90°.
Like watching a Millennial CZcams car channel.
😁
Absolutely keeping it fun is the key & Most important part, Fun...
My 8YO dream car was a 68 Barracuda as a 1973-ish IMSA race car. I still want that car. 340 5-spd. Roll cage, flares, and fat 1970s style 15" tires. White with an offset blue stripe. No Chrome.
Tony, as a young ford mechanic by trade and a hot rodder in my free time, I relate to the content you put out for the channel and appreciate seeing the setbacks as well, I’m currently in one myself having built an engine I thought was fine as a teen but has since failed and now have to start all over again. Your engine building videos have not only freshened my memory of things I learnt from high school shop teachers, but also finer points/tips and tricks I never knew. I thoroughly enjoy the channel and am always excited to see what other knowledge on American iron of the muscle car era you have to share with us.
comments are meant to be taken with a truckload of salt
The sag caught my eye, too, in the last video. Just seemed like there had to be something else going on because it didn't look like something a normal person would go down the road with.
Although I'm still not a fan of pulling trailers with light vehicles. I've done it and definitely prefer at least a 3/4 ton truck.
I seen Slaghammer at the No Names & I saved a video to this day of it. Not the best day it's had, but I still like the car. Is it 100% to my tastes? No, but I seen pretty much the whole build from when it was supposed to be a Gambler 500 deal & stay a 4 Door to now. I feel connected.
Some people will just never get it. I love the channel and I'm not even a V8 guy.
While I do sometimes question your sanity, ( Short narrow based tow vehicle to me is a scarry accident waiting to happen, in my opinion) I do enjoy the videos. Now if you would get internal shirts in bigger sizes...
That's why I like the channel, I like to see I'm not the only one that builds a car and then it takes time to work out the bugs.
I'm 62 and never was around cool old cars, nor had the opportunity to work on any car until I was in my late teens to early 20's and had my own car. I got the tools I needed as the needs arose, and they were pretty cheap tools because I got what I could afford. My 1st big repair was a water pump and exhaust system on a '76 Monte Carlo. The exhaust system was pretty straightforward and included a straight pipe in place of the catalytic converter. The water pump was between the belt driven fan and front of the engine. No CZcams to watch the job first. Just started taking things apart down to the water pump and reverse process with the new pump. That car, and most since then that I've had, only needed minor repairs. By the time I was in my mid fifties, I had done a lot of repairs on a lot of different vehicles. If I would have had a mentor like UTG, my career path would have gone much differently, weather for better or worse.
Happy Easter Tony and friends !
Happy Easter to Uncle Tony and Kathy. The Staten Island version of the Jeep joke is obviously "How many bodies do you have back there Tony???" Lol.
Thanks for the video.
Not many even know how to really twist nuts.
Dudes will stand and worry for hrs. If they need to do something.
Working flat rate for a dealer you learn to go after it.
I know lots don’t want to go to dealers shop.
There is a large turn over of jug heads in dealers.
Always a few old good mechanics.
Thanks again.
Your channel your rules ...love watching you and the tech nights with Dr art and kiwi are a must see
I have had a fue Cherokee Jeeps and studied them . I have found that most of them do not sit level. For some reason the only way to have one sitting level is to fix them. I watch your videos because I am learning from you and I thank you for your help.
Tony, enjoy your channel since the beginning, I appreciate your logical approach to hobby of older cars. Been a car nut since early 60's fixing neighbors cars since I was 12. Sold all my cars including my beloved 70 Z28, because I couldn't drive it or work on it. Glad to see you doing what I no longer can. I get my "old car" fix watching you. Keep doing what makes you happy. BTW, want to see you put together that 392 Hemi, I had one in the 70's
I get you and it, Tony. Keep true to your passion and let the haters hate because every comment is money in your pocket good or bad.
An XJ as a tow vehicle is mighty brave though. Haha. Cheers all. 🇨🇦
Happy Easter Uncle Tony, and your family. Happy Easter to all the gear heads and lovers of gear heads.
Tony, I have been here since before you built Slaghammer, Awesome build. Screw the haters, they have no fun in their lives.
1:50 Tony, you know as much as me, there are weekend armchair mechanics that are more interested in TicToc and X.
They come to your channel not to learn, but give advice.
The keyboard commandos are real 😂
Man I hope someday someone comes to explain to me how all the stuff I have been doing for the last 40 years doesn't work. I mean, its MY job to do that.
@@SweatyFatGuy You're doing it wrong that will never work. Even though it has been working for years.
I was cracking up seeing the 5 million people trying to tell you to beef up the rear suspension on that jeep and you replying to all of them
Thanks Tony for not being that channel. Seriously.
I built my MONZA cuz its RARE 1 ! 2 cuz no one builds them ! 3 No one has parts so its real hard to get to the VISION I HAVE ! 4 ITS BUILT FOR FUN not to be the baddest BOUGHT POS out there ! ITS BUILT NOT BOUGHT and all the work is done BY ME !!!! Thats the fun of it BUILDING A DREAM on any BUDGET you can afford !!!! And I have VERY LITTLE BUDGET to go off of! But when I bring it out on the street or to the TRACK folks just surround it like flies on S--T ! They think its the BEES KNEES never seen one ! I feel ya Tony
I want to see more of the stunt carburetor
I was one of the first ones saying that. And I fully understood your reply.
It was just the angles that the camera was showing just made it look different to all of us.
It happens, not a big deal. Bigger fish to fry....however I would just make sure you get the cars on the flat bed as far forward as possible. Especially with that short wheels base tow vehicle. Weight distribution is way more important than a sag. (But you already know that)
Weight distribution > sagging
Love you as you are, Uncle Tony!
Your Channel has always made perfect sense to me and that's why I watch it because we see the ups the Downs the disappointments and the struggling through improvement part that's why I watch it because we see The real world part of it I've been a mechanic for 25 years that's why I like your channel struggling through Issues part That's the most important educational thing Plus it's a fun channel to watch and I appreciate it
Happy Easter to all and don’t worry about the bad comments just keep doing what your doing keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Tony, your cars are like character's, we love to see them in action - idle , burnouts , sounds ect.- . You simply did not take us along to see the car in action. When is the last time we saw them in action? We need our fix : ) . I love your cars.
I love the informational aspect of this channel. Simple mechanic-ing techniques, history, general automotive knowledge really goes a long way these days. Especially for young-ish guys. Now that I’m running up on 40 I’m just young-ish now.
Thanks Uncle Tony, Enjoy your day.
I don't watch you to learn how to do things. I don't watch SRC, OMG, 1320, Cleetus, or any other channel to learn how to do things. I watch you guys to see what you're doing this week. Just watched Finnegan test drive F250s for half an hour while I ate lunch. I want my half hour back, but I was curious about how well a $120k Ford pulls a 10,000lb trailer... because my $2500 GMC pulls about 5000 to 6500lbs of car and trailer.
Its the entertainment of it, you're something to watch or listen to while I do something else.
Now I have to roll into Lowes, have them put 2000lbs of wood pellets in the back of my 2000 1500 Silverado and squat it to the snubbers so I can keep the house warm for the next two months until it warms up enough. All my 2500s are broke at the moment, rust happens.
i actually love it when you go off on a rant, shows the reality of whats going off in your mind.
Rule Number one…..
You’re not supposed to read the comments. 😆
With that said. Love the channel! I learned a lot from it. And look forward to more. Keep up the great work!
Love it, do your own thang, go your own way👍❤️
The way that car looks is how my hot wheels looked as a kid in the 70’s cool 9:06
Not a mechanical minded guy but really enjoy listening to Tony and Kiwi!
You need more Dusters. I hope this feedback helps😄
Uncle Tony, what is your favorite Rock Auto magnet? I have one with a sweet Buick Grand National on it
Are we having fun yet?
Happy Motoring.
Can't wait to see the future 13 sec XJ videos. Those are going to be awesome. Happy Easter.
I spent 25 years as a mechanic in the industry + the random stuff after leaving the industry. You will never see critique from me about how something is not as it should be. Having also spent over a decade doing astrophotography, I recognize that a wide angle camera lens skews the field. (that's why they make "field flatteners" for telescopes, to eliminate the curvature the lens introduces).
It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before the catalytic converter so it'll run good on regular gas......
I subbed to this channel SPECIFICALLY because you show your mistakes. (And I love Mopar)
I was drag racing in the early '70's (yes, I'm ancient) and I distinctly remember a few guys with electric fans as well as electric water pumps - not many, but a few. Don't sweat the period correct thing - you're fine.
Happy Easter. At the end of the day, new springs or tired springs you have a minty old Jeep... AND they don't! Peace
the rear suspension is the problem. Not on the Jeep, but on Slaghammer.
part of the mix Tony you said it it is all a big mix and we all have to remember that
This video defines "Tony" so, keep on having fun and above all, keep on smiling.
Thanks for showing "warts and all" U.T.