ABANDONED Muscle Car is Returned to the Road after 33 Years in Storage -- Cutlass Revival Part 6
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- Today we put our 72 Cutlass back on the road for good after 33 years in a storage unit!
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There was a reason the original owner didn't get rid of that car. He knew someone one day would come around and love it as much as he did.
Yes. He knew that one day someone would come around and fix the beautiful thing and take care of it.
In the early video when they showed the picture of the original owner with the car it was very poignant and you just know how pleased his spirit must be to see his car being restored to its former glory and enjoyed by others in the same way that he did
@@dougvantuyle8024 from the story. Seemed like he died round '87.
The previous owner would be happy to see someone love and fix the car he ones drove when he lived 😊 what was he's name by the way someone let me know 🤔
Kevin, that was a great vid. I'm gonna be 36 yrs old this year. What you did giving that car to your father was amazing, there are no words to describe how amazing that was. My father was a hard working man, he had his toys and had to turn them loose when my brother and I was born to support the family. I remember him talking about cars we seen at shows he once had and kicked himself in the ass for turning them loose. I had massive plans as an early adult to do the same thing for him. But unfortunately my father passed at the age of 40 in may of 2004 when I was 18 and those major plans/dream was shattered forever. I cannot thank you enough for doing what you did and showing the world as well. Your a great dude and if i ever get the chance to meet you in person please do expect a hug after a hand shake. Bro you made me shed tears for that. Keep up your hard work! To all those who may read this, spend everyday you can with your parents that you can, because in my case and many others out there...Boom! They are gone. I lost my mother 3yrs ago to cancer as well. It's a life changer for sure. Do good and treat others right. God bless everyone. Kevin again I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the gift to your father and your service. Keep on diggin!
@LindaStevensBZ What would a life-long auto body repair man do with a perfect car? Wait until someone else gets the body perfect and dad won't get to drive the car at all. This way father and son get to work on the car in the future, and dad can drive it in the meantime.
Sounds like someone doesn't understand being grateful for getting something. You obviously have no idea how hard it is to come by a decent car of that age that worth fixing to a driver status. You obviously didn't see the video of his father saving the original paint to the best possible keeping the car in its most original state. Mabey some day you will understand. Till then don't hate on kevin being able to give his father something he actually enjoyed. Also keep your negativity outta here.
@LindaStevensBZ A dentist who's into bringing classic machines back to life would understand the logic, or the occasional lack of logic, behind one artist giving a masterwork to another artist to finish. The cavity analogy makes no sense to me, so we're even.
@@ScottGovey Exactly... firstly, I'm sorry for your losses at such a young age. It's so easy to take the simplest things, like an advice phone call, for granted. It's a realization too many of us don't have until it's too late.
Secondly... It takes a car guy to understand a car guy. He didn't give his dad a piece of shit he'd be working on for the rest of his life. He gave his dad something that is mechanically sound, reliable as a daily driver, a reason to spend time with his son as well as pass on his years of knowledge as a body man (which Keven already admits he's lacking in that department) & finally another reason/reminder that he's done well as a dad raising his son right, morals, ethics, etc, every time he drives it.
Unfortunately I'll never get to have this adventure with my son. But hopefully I'll live long enough and stay physically active enough, to have a project with my grandson(s). The 5yo already loves getting under the cars with me. So fingers crossed. His curiosity won't change. =D
@LindaStevensBZ You sounds like you sit at a desk all day with no interest in actually working with your hands. A mechanic would love this car. It's beautiful, runs decently and doesn't have a ton of problems after all the work JYD put into it. He and his father are car people. Even with a bit of body rust, this car is solid and any car enthusiast except the most vain, insufferably pedantic sack of diddlers would care that it's got some rust and isn't perfect. Cars aren't for sitting and being pretty. They're for driving. That's what they were built to do.
You've got an abysmal capacity for comparisons as well. Were you also entertaining the idea that it would be similar to giving an oncologist cancer for their birthday? The circumstances are nothing alike. It might be like giving an interior designer an empty home and some paint coupons and telling them to go ham. Or perhaps giving a demolitions expert a pile of C4 charges and an abandoned building and telling them they can do whatever they want, make it as ridiculous as they want, etc. But giving a dentist a cavity? Might want to check your brain's carb choke, because you're running a little lean on intelligent thinking.
This may have been one of your and Mooks best series. Top notch man, truly spectacular 😎👍
We laughed, we got things in our eyes that made them watery, we enjoyed it all.
Spiders in the eyes maybe?
Agreed, the level of wholesome and awesome blew the meters :D
Those heckin onions
That cruise/montage at the end is what I needed today, it’s the simple things in this world that just make you smile. And seeing your dad get the car just makes it all the best.
They don't make cars like they used to.
More good hearted people like Kevin, the world would be a much nicer place to live!
Gary, there are more, way more than we're led to believe by the Libs, Woke and Lame-Stream Media. All shapes, sizes colors and creeds, people are good when they are with others. It's separation and isolation that can make the good go sour.
Good on ya'll, be happy.
And cool cars on the road!
There are people like him, in Iowa
I enjoyed this series a LOT. More, more, we want more.
Yess !
I third that, this has been your best series yet! You put somuch more effort into it producing this series start to finish, job well done. This is better than Gas Monkey Garage!
Agree!
I own a 70 cutlass. With a 455 and I wished you lived by me. 68 years old I should have learned some thing by now. She runs like crap. Haven't found a good mechanic yet. But u give me hope.
"You're gonna inherit back you know?" gotta love him
That's all we are caretakers, not owners.
I love how you show appreciation to your father for all the help and struggles through life! Good for you, and like he said - you will inherrit her back 👍
Your father seems like a humble and genuine man!
The tribute with the photo of the original owner who apparently passed away too soon was a fitting touch.. Just as the gift of the car to your Dad. Enjoy watching you and Mook working on cars together.
Man, that hit me too. Just a flood of emotion for some reason. Cool. Edit: Was meaning the photo part but the handoff to Dad was touching as well.
what a Great series with lots of touching parts real to life moments. 😢❤
Never wanted a car so bad in my life. Loved watching the progress. Cool you gave it to your pops!
I personally love sticking with the car past the revival, hoping to see more like this in the future?
Exactly. And to be honest, content is content.
It’s like when you see a movie and think fuck they should make a second one just to tie up the loose ends..... but with cars
You should put the radiator cap back on the radiator before you start the motor dar
I absolutely love your guys channel. I am always pleasantly surprised if your knowledge on these older cars. I grew up with these cars and I’m struggling with a stumbling problem on my 1964 Galaxie. Hopefully I’ll get it figured out soon.
Why is mook a dork in all of your videos and where is that park at in Iowa
I absolutely love this series, the history of the car itself, the finish of it, the previous owner must be smiling from above. The one thing tho, you must glue down that piece of roof on the left backside before it rips itself and more start ripping. Great job.
Pull off the vinyl roof, sand underneath, then paint it white instead of replacing the vinyl? I think his dad mentioned that before when they were polishing it.
@@madmex2k DAD will do it!
Yes - Glue it down!!!
@@madmex2k yep. flat white, and be done with it. vinyl roofs were the worst idea ever lol.
Don’t listen to the complainers.
Your content is Excellent!
Never a dull moment! Great cars!
👍👍
I double that
huh? who the heck would be complaining about reviving a car? and he gave it to his dad.
"Youll inherent it back one day" that is EXACTLY what my dad would say lol
That saying comes to mind "Life is about the journey, not the destination" For this car and your dad you nailed them both. Absolutely awesome!
Agree 100%
😎
I thoroughly enjoyed this series, K&M. I'm astounded that an engine that was locked up could be made to run so sweet.
And giving the car to your dad at the end? Perfect.
My former father in law said to me once that an Oldsmobile was a car put together by many cars
I always like big ass moter and 4 barrels.i had a used 77 oles cutless had a blow back to it
I bent the frame in aaccident it was someone elses car ibouģht
I am really enjoying this Oldsmobile series. This car really deserved to be revived and driven.
He might call it a Fiat next video
I agree Mike been enjoying this series also
holy cow this has to be the best ending to a series ever that was beautiful
Absolutely!
Kevin: "...try this with less death this time." LMAO!
Mook: I have a spotlight....and all I have to say is... BOOGER SCOPE! *pulls nose up* Booger scope time! LOL! Mook is the best dork; you struck platinum when you hooked in to that lunatic, Kevin. :D
I remember the evening my Dad brought home our gold 1972 Cutlass, .. almost identical to your car. He let me take it for a ride, alone .. I had my new driver's license and had previously driven our 1968 Ford station wagon. The one memory I have is what happened at the end of the block leaving the stop sign on my first drive .. I innocently pushed the gas pedal and remember the unexpected acceleration .. I almost lost control.
Cheers .....
"You'll inherit it back." haha It's really cool you did this for your dad. He deserves a Cutlass in this condition. Thanks for sharing this series.
I've really been enjoying this series! You two are a good team! Fixing up that car and giving it to your dad, was a class act! Bravo and Brava.
My father passed away last year to the day, and I wish I could have done the same thing for him with his old 1963 Buick Rivera that has been parked for many years!
Love the follow through on the Olds and on Mook's truck you should do more of it with all the cars even if just showing getting them Street legal to sell. My opinion is what's the point in reviving one if you dont get it back on the road where it belongs. The Qjet is a great carb for a street cruiser and I love them for that purpose, but I will admit there is more of a learning curve to them and they may not be the best option for someone just getting started. Keep up the great work Kevin!
M D I like the Qjet too. When I was young we couldn’t afford Holleys here in Aus . We would get Qjets cheap and rebuild them. First time I seen all those metering rods I nearly died. Once you learn about them they are good . Seen them make big HP no problems.
"You need to spill it everywhere so when you check for leaks, you dont know if its leaking"
Bro, i felt that
I really like what you said about giving a kid the tools to secede in life , don't think you know it all because there was a time you didn't know and someone HELPED you.
The music and showing of where it came from to where you brought it was actually really heart warming. Made my heart smile.
yeaaaahh
Same here, I felt a little tug in my heart too.
This series is something i would love to see more of. Not only the original "revival" but the whole trip to being "daily drivable"
ich auch habe ich die gleiche Meinung.
@@TopSpeedAuto Ich auch!
Loved the disconnected fuel line mistake. Remember: “Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.”. Rita Mae Brown.
Loved your "soap box" speech! Way too true, and needs to be said!
That’s great you gave it to your dad. He’s a pretty cool bloke.
Kevin: "I have a lot of knowledge"
Also Kevin: "Doohickey spinny mcbobber thing"
Ah yes, The Expert.
Well, we did ask for more technical content.
If you enjoy Kevin's terminology... check out (at least) one of the other channels he acknowledges: Vice Grip Garage. Whoo boy, you'll get your fill of zzzzt, pssss, lightning hoses, "Tonya Harding" - hammer, and the like.
@@gfd1166 Oh, I know. He keeps it factree over there
@christopher weise Yup, I'm in Iowa but have lots of family in Wisconsin & Minnesota so much of the dialect is familiar & entertaining. Love it.
37:00- “ you will inherit it back” 😂
lol it was the perfect response
You should DEFINITELY keep the "JAZZERCISE" bumper sticker!
Agreed, removing it would be like stripping the car from its identity and heritage.
Just leave it alone.
I totally agree the jazzercise sticker is perfect.
I'd want to remove it, but I wouldn't 😂
I googled it, now watching other type of videos on youtube
I think this car + some jazzercise costumes would be a hilarious halloween video
Enjoy these times with your father, I lost mine at 23, I am now 62 and still miss him.
I have the '40 Ford we built from a Chicken coop that holds priceless memories, I am freshening it up with my adults sons this winter. Dad instilled in me a love of hot rods and cars in general he was a dry lakes racer after WWII in Southern California...I see that same relationship between you and your Dad.
You have these videos, I have old snapshots. I am a little jealous.
The car came out excellent. As you two were doing the paint work on the car I thought "He should give this to his Dad" It was nice to see at the end.
Well done.
My first car was a 1971 Cutlass 4 door sedan my dad had bought new when I was 5 years old -- still remember when he picked us up in it the first time after driving it off the lot (yeah, I'm old.) I drove it through high school and college until it fell apart from the ravages of midwestern winters in the late 1980s, not long after this one was stored. Seeing the interior features as you drove it brought back a flood of memories from back in the day, right down to the 1980s vintage radio head mashed into the dashboard. It's great seeing a whole new generation appreciating and enjoying these cars. I have a 1965 Cutlass now and it's a joy to drive and work on, though nothing will replace my old '71. Look forward to seeing this one again in the future!
I never thought I’d be crying at the end of a junkyard digs video
People like you is what we need more in this world
Chris Dople sir you are exactly right. 😎
Hey Kevin, one more note about the Qjet. That real thick gasket that was under it is pretty important. It acts as an insulator to reduce heat soak from the intake to the carb when you sit it down so it doesn't cook the fuel that's left sitting in the bowl.
Real happy to see the great shape this car is in. Glad it's going to a good home. 👍
Just binge watched the 72 cutlass revival and Kevin giving the car to his dad was very emotional for me. Man I wish I could have done that before I lost my Dad. Totally awesome Kevin, had me in tears man!
Do all that you can with your Pop and Mom, you only have them for a short time.
Believe me, I know. The years pass by so quickly and the next thing you know you're your dad's age. You'll regret every minute you missed by not spending time with them.
But I believe you already know that you have to Cherish the time that you have together.
Man I miss my Dad 😔
Kevin, much respect on this one brother! The ending of this brought a lot of emotions, between the setting and the perfect music, you had a guy in tears. Then to top it off, you give the car to your father. What an amazing thing to do. I'd love to bring a car from a storage locker and fix it up with mine and end up giving it to him too. Maybe someday that can happen. Hats off to you bud. Keep the great content coming and enjoy the next project.
Matt T. - Central Florida
As much as I loved the ending with you handing off the keys to your old man, deep down I was really hoping you were going to get down on one knee and pop the question to Mook. It's time man....love is in the air. Luke just tied the knot and all. Not to put any pressure on you, but man, she's a catch, a keeper, she cuts and stabs things...and just an awesome all around woman.
We all like MOOK!
Agreed! Someone needs to "lasso that filly" and put a ring on her finger....... :)
The guy that used to own the car would be so happy it's still on the road because of you
I'm loving this series. Great car. You guys are so much fun to watch, too.
Thank you!
As a new subscriber as I mentioned previously I finally made it to part 6. I have to tell you this. What an outstanding thing you did giving the Olds to you dad. That couldn't have been a better ending to that part. Looking forward to more and catching up with where you guys are today. awesome content 👏👌
Kevin this was so awesome to give that Cutlass to your Dad. She's a beautiful car.
I’d like to see you try and fix the vinyl top.
I wanted to see how they fixed it.
At least glue the flapping piece down before it rips off.
@@SGBryan43 good old rubber cement
Maybe Dad will put a new top on.
Maybe he should take it off and give it a white rhino liner (saw someone who had done it on JRGO's channel, and it looked mint)
I wanna see more of that car. Those quarter panels and the A pillars need more attention. Perhaps a full restoration of that vinyl roof as well.
Maybe there will be a CZcams spinn off?
Junkyard Dad?
@Brian.x Moy I love the white vinyl roof as well
Might have just been my welder abused eyes but the front bumper looked rather rolled under. Tail light lenses are badly faded as well. In Tennessee those would get you stopped by a state trooper.
@@jacksongay6848 yeah needs to be preserved as it is part of the cars authenticity.
@@ronlaisle9512 I'd say when you start looking more into old cars like that there is probably always rust lurking somewhere. Where I come from in Ireland (>4000miles from Iowa) we have an annual national car test. There is no way that car would pass. However in this case the car is before 1980 and would be NCT exempt. Hats off to those young guys for Iowa's enthusiasm and "can do" spirit.
The car matches the leaves! Love the sound of that engine.
36:20 Classy move Kevin. Much respect. I'm sure your dad will give the Goldsmobile all the love it deserves. 👍👍👍
And now you have a good excuse to spend some quality time with him helping him restore it. 👍👏🏻
I have to say that I loved the 72 Cutlass S series. Cool story...back in 1978 I bought my 1st car at 17. It was a burgandy 1968 Olds 442, that I bought from a 55 y/o woman who was the original owner. But that is only part of the cool story, at the time I bought the car, I was working at Marshall's department store as a stock boy, and there just happened to be a girl there, who owned a 1972 Cutlass S. But the really cool part, is that it was an exact match of this car. Gold, with white vinyl top and white bench seat interior. I just turned 60 last week and this video series really brought me back great memories, to when I was 17. Thank you so much for that. P.S I went on to own a total of (5) 1968 442's and (1) 1967 442. So yes, I guess you could say I am rather fond of them. Props to you, giving the car to your Dad.
Seeing the old Cutless on a cruise through the wood brought back old memories with my old gold 72 and it brought tears to my old eye. Well done young friends hats off to ya........
The ending at 36 minutes made this the best video you've ever produced. Epic
I got funny looks from my wife when you started the Cutlass and I was yelling at the screen 'the rad cap!' 'The Rad Cap!'
This series reminded me of wrenching on my dad's 74 Malibu and learning lots as I went.
agreed, except the cars my dad and I worked on were 1976 Ltd country squire and 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit ls.I spent much time working on stuff on those two cars. Unfortunately my Dad is no longer physically able to work on them with me. But memories are awesome .
kevin, that mate, has to be one of the nicest things i have witnessed on any youtube channel , to give that car to your father was so nice of you , thanks for sharing that moment with us, if you ever are allowed to come to Australia in the future i'd love to meet you & Mook .
i absolutely love how Oldsmobiles of this era sounded. theres very subtle nuances in their exhaust note and its just fantastic. totally iconic.
Your dad is lucky to have you as a son, even if there was no car involved. Thumbs up!
mcqueenfanman in reality he is lucky to have a father like that. You can tell he was raised with love and respect. Very well done.
I have watch almost all your video, great work on the Cutlass by the way.
Suggestion from an old mechanic, after you take the outer wheel bearing out, put the nut back on the spindle and use it as a "puller" and pull the rotor, or drum, toward you and catch the inner bearing on the nut. Then give the rotor/drum a hard tug straight out and the inner bearing will pull the seal out of the rotor/drum for you.
Most of the time this will not damage the seal and, if needed, it can be reused.
I've done this. It's a reliable method!
Every “old guy “ that gave you crap over the Quadrajet fiasco should be eating crow now for what you did for your dad. Well done kid
What does him giving his car to his dad have to do with anything? Do you hate everyone that you think has a wrong idea? What a weird dude you are to say something like this. I think and thought Kevin is awesome. He's also 100% wrong about the Q jet. That has zero to do with what I think about him. Lol.
Dude, don't be that guy. Makes you look like an idiot.
At 60, I think he is right. Ya, you can make them work, but QJs suck...and too much is always a problem.
Do y'all have any mechanical reasoning to explain how he was wrong still?
@@michaelfrederic7343 what does giving the car to his Dad have to do with saying a quadrajet was a good carb? Plus if you watch the next video, he kept the carb to keep with the car. Nobody said the carb he put on was bad, just said they preferred the quadrajet and can be setup to preform like any other carb. Personally I liked the quadrajet, small primaries and could kick in those huge secondaries when needed. Very nice for the day.
My brother had a cutlass very similar to that. Got it in the mid 80's with 47k original miles. Literally, owned by a little old lady who bought it new. By the time he was done with it, it was done! Great series!
Gotta love those old Oldsmobiles. Kevin I'm 63 yes old and an old hotrodder. You have taught me alot that I forgot about . Keep up yours and mooks channel . Thank you so much sir!!!
Mookster always reminds me of that girl off of American Graffiti....
Kidd Campbell. Mackenzie Phillips = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Phillips?wprov=sfti1
Mackenzie Phillips is the person who you are talking about?
@@mcswain69 Thanks
@@travisburch6970 Thanks
Same here
Tonight
Digs curses at a fuel tank
Some fuel is returned
And an Olds spins a tire
LOVE this comment!!
kinda wish they only did older cars on that show, love the episodes with crap cars lol.
I don’t normally comment, but I loved this video. Watching it get put back on the road, out in that beautiful park, and ending with handing her over to your dad! Great work!
I ran the Edelbrock carb on my '72 Olds 98 back in the '80's and '90's. It always held a tune just fine. Put 325,000 miles on that car. I added a wide-band O2 sensor (it just had a LED bar graph back in those days) and tweaked that thing to no end. Also put the HEI distributor in it. Get a kit of metering rods and jets and you can tinker to your heart's delight. I was able to get about 14-15 MPG on a 30-over 455 on the highway and passed every emissions test they could throw at it. You'll be on the right path when you make your own metering rods with custom tapers from cruise to power enrichment. And by the way, those carb adapter plates never fit right. It was like a right of passage - 'if you can figure out the vacuum leak, then you can drive son'. Love the sound of those motors cranking.
I drove a housemates 1972 cutlass"S" 97 miles to pick her up at an airport in 1972. car was about 6 months old and equipped pretty much like yours. What a sweet ride and so much different that the 67 dart POS that I had at the time. Thanks for the info on Q jet carbs , clears up a lot of mysteries and heat issues in the engine.
Ledges State Park, I haven’t been there since I studied for finals my senior year at ISU.
Great gift to your dad!
Some kids have great parents and the kids appreciate it after they grow up. And they do something as nice as what Diggs did at the ending of this series. And other kids turn out to be spoiled brats and try to burn their towns down. Diggs and Mook are great kids. I enjoyed this whole series immensely. :-)
Ball exactly
I usually use a floor jack when doing a fuel tank, mostly just as an extra hand to hold it in place
Same, recently dropped the tank to replace the fuel pump on my '01 taurus. Floor jack and a 2x6 scrap of wood for padding was like en extra set of hands
You can tell your dad raised you right there's more important things in life than material things, Giving your dad that car brought a smile to his face, Because our parents go through hardships raising us so anytime we can give back to them is a good day.
5:31 my god watching those tires move on those ramps is giving me chills. When we changed tanks we had blocks and stands six ways to Sunday. We also built a Jenga tower of lumber under the tank to raise and lower it into place.
Screw the people complaining, your content is great and your personality is awesome!!! Keep it up 👍
The quad jet choke is adjustable for a change in T stat temps by the way. They are decent carbs once you understand their quirks. Good job on not chucking it!
This video was very wholesome and taught me some valuable skills. I’ll keep watching Junkyard Digs because he’ll teach us all about carbureted stuff and old technology that we could never learn in school. Also thunderhead289, the carburetor info on his channel is the best!
Bravo my friend, bravo for giving the Goldsmobile to your father. Loved watching it from the beginning when you and Mook got it out of storage, to the very end. Hats off to you.
Eric, I am an old guy now but not THAT old guy! I have been wrenching now for almost 50 years (since long before I could legally drive), and your attitude is perfect! Haters will hate and complainers will complain, so you keep doing what you are doing and we will watch you and the MOOK!
Not boring at all! Nice to see the old girl almost returned to ridge.
Loved this series, it's great to follow the car past the initial drive home.
Those stubborn old guys are the exact reason all my friends hate carburators. There's almost nothing I can do anymore to change their minds.
ironic, considering tuning efi is just as finicky and hard, if not more.
Kevin you're a great and generous son, which speaks enormously about your dad, seeing how he raised you. Thank you for the vlogs and we definitely want more!!!
Wow! What an awesome gift for your pops. I wish with my entire being I was able to do something like this for my dad. You and mook are fantastic people with big hearts.
That was funny as hell when you said you are gonna skip this part of the repair process because you don't know what you are doing and only like filming things that make you look smart 😂🤣 . I'm still amazed that people film that way. Clearly they are not smart enough to realize that a lot of viewers see that they are doing this. It's the struggle that i'm most impressed with. It's fun and entertaining to watch someone else screw up. We all do it from time to time. No need to pretend you are perfect.
Honestly it's the fact that it would have taken me five and a half hours if I filmed it, vs 30 mins
@@JunkyardDigs You made a fine choice. and thanks for taking the time.
This was truly an epic series with an epic finally. Giving this car to your dad was the best part ever!!
Here we watch Kevin tune an edelbrock carburetor with the choke closed and no power to the electric choke... entertaining for sure!
Jake 1024 He did say in a previous video, when he first introduced the Edelbrock AVS2, that he wasn’t familiar with them, so he was going to learn as he went with it. He did seem to follow through with that.😃 I was impressed that it ran as well as it did, hamstrung as it was. (Same for the Quadrajet as well. It took a real spanking, but it did run.)
After the rant about how much he knows about carbs. Good stuff. Maybe he will stop trying to out-argue the whole Internet soon. :)
@@eriklarson9137 He did say he held the choke open manually while tuning. Pay attention before you criticize. You can teach us right on your channel.
Just found your channel after Christmas, (kids gave me an IPad). Hey, after back yard wrenching longer than you and the princess Mook have been alive , I LEARNED SOMETHING! Your tutorials are most impressive, and jump started memories I thought where long gone. Thanks for all the new technology for the old problems. Just so you guys know you have a fan ( although a fossilized one) in Niagara Canada.
Wow, I am 67 years old and this gift to your dad is the greatest thing a son could do for his father. Kevin and Moog, you guys are awesome.
I don't mind the non-revival videos, its more content for us viewers to enjoy.
I'm still trying to figure out how you're getting away with running that 40 year old, out of state plate! Awesome series!
Perhaps because state law.
Why Work It Out. Move On.
It’s only illegal if you get caught 🤣
Might be a little late to this party but there's a thing about cars over a certain age no longer needing to have up to date tags.
My brother is looking forward to it for his 2000 mustang, once it comes up on 25 years old you don't need em anymore. "Vintage Tags"? I think it's called.
Most people would edit their mistakes and then complain about everyone else's errors. Thanks for being honest. Old timers hardly help others, they like to keep secret tricks to themselves.
That's because of an old saying that goes like this....
"YOU DON'T GIVE AWAY YOUR TRADE!"
Exactly. His self and the rest of his crew keep it 💯
Yep I have heard that a lot. I honestly don't understand it if it can help someone out without destroying your career. But some of the things were just simple little tricks to make things easier. I think the internet has helped heaps.
I think this is why a lot of boomer teachers shit on Wikipedia. They don't get why people would share quality info without something in it for them. They've never experienced that rush of seeing their kb shoot out to benefit so many others anonymously.
@John Chrysostom Rev 3:9 Imagine being as angry as you are.
What a great gift to give your dad! I salute you brother! I dream of doing that for my dad some day. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much for bringing this beauty back to life, giving it to your dad was the perfect ending to this series.
The last few minutes of this made my whole day. Extremely well done.
Made my week
I really do like the "extended" looks at the cars. Do what you want man, it's your channel.
That being said, sad to see the Qjet go. It ran for 300+ miles with no accel pump, a BROKEN pump arm mount, and filters full of crap after sitting since the early 80s. A wet fart can snuff out an edelbrock. But the AVS2 is a better design than a standard AFB so I'm curious to see how it performs, having never run an AVS2 myself.
There is no better Carb than a Qjet. People that hate them are those that do not have the knowledge to understand them. If you remember he tried to demonstrate the secondaries not knowing they are vacuum operated which means the Qjet compensates for engine wear and gets outstanding gas mileage. Qjet is the American Weber.
He broke the arm mount. The accelerator pumps WERE WORKING FINE! Watch the video. I have posted this too many times already. You can visibly see them working. Kevin missed it. But it is there in the video.
@@eriklarson9137 I know he broke it. He jb welded it back on. Ive broken a few as well. Imo it should have some kind of bracing or something.
The Oldsmobile series was excellent. I really enjoyed watching every minute. Well done and looking forward to your next mini series. Thank You
"Doohickey McGee spinning McBobber thing".....enough with the technical jargon. Not all of us have a formal education in auto mechanics, Kevin. 😁
I feel your pain about installing fuel tanks.
Love your "Soap Box" discussion about us young guys and carburetors. I was lucky to have a father teach me about carburetors, even had a couple of Single and two barrel carbs as toys when I was little. believe it or not, I still have them, the carbs were cracked and scrap lol.
And the ending of this video warms my heart so much! Thank you for reviving this Olds!
It’s not boring as long as theirs a Mook in it!!!
For god sakes glue the roof down. I have to say Kevin as all the goofy s*** that I've seen you do that was one of the nicest things a person could ever do for their father hats off to you brother hats off. I hope you have many many more years with your father.
I think its every sons hope to one day give their dad the sports car he never got because he chose to invest in his children instead. Well done mate.
Boring? Not a chance. I watched this series from start to finish and loved every minute. Without being fake or scripted, the whole series was the right length, with all the right content, and had a start, a middle, and an end .... and 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 an end !!
I enjoy the revivals too. They're not better, or worse, just slightly different to this. The revivals tend to be episodes; this was a series.
Not every car you save is a keeper, so fix 'em, a quick burnout, and flog 'em. The Cutlass was different. I don't think you really knew what you had until the engine turned over. That's when everything changed.
A lot of thought went into this; at least it seemed that way. From the back story on the previous owner, right through to the handover of the keys, everything(ish) seemed to be coming together. Boring? No ******* way.👌👍😁
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
This one really put a big smile on my face. And the state park colors really matched the car, perfect series finale !