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It is if you have a TV budget lol

Just save 4 paychecks bruhh, forget rent and family.

@@SavageBunny1 they just bolted 20k on it . thats 20 paychecks for me !

Hot rodding hasn't changed all that much....either you have money, time or space. Hopefully two out of the three. I'm single so i just ditched cable TV (history channel doesn't find the things they're looking for 90% of the time and Motortrend TV is 90% reality TV--why watch someone else wrenching when I should be in the garage) to put money towards cars. If you own space (never rent, it sucks money out of the budget and the landlord can sell your rental and you get 30 days to pile decades of parts scrounging somewhere else) then you can nab a crashed Hemi pickup, sell off what you don't need to make it near-free, and use the rest. but you'll need time for that accomplishment. Or skip the Hemi BS, nab a chevy 350 for cheap and nitrous it and go fast in a car like this. of course, if you decided to have a family, well....that's its own reward. Or so kept getting told by friends with screaming kids who want me in their misery :) no but seriously, where there's a will there's a way, and back when I rented, i bought other peoples' work. sometimes i got a deal, and sometimes i had to fix all their problems. that was before youtube videos, so i bought used books to guide me and got my tools for half price at estate sales (back when you could turn in a broken craftsman or LL Bean item and get a new one free no questions). the good thing about "blank check hot rodding" is there's enough going around to fund companies like Year One and race part companies like wilwood, baer, etc to invest in hot rod parts for the 9 second guys out there.

Right

Love a lowered g body!

The "hemi" version of the LS lol... Another revenue stream for the aftermarket to cash in on... Should be a very cool project🤘

@@FloridaDave everyone has gone trew the ls. they used to be cheap now the cost more than a big block . its a gbody everything fits in there . ive had a caddy500 in one with the stock hood

It's because if it was an LS swap it would take 15 minutes... It could literally be done in one short episode... This way they can get 6 videos out of it...

I haven't been keeping up and I noticed all the hemis all of a sudden, too. I wondered if maybe Mopar came up with something more revolutionary. 😂

My mom had a 85 Cutlass. It was white with Maroon interior. The car was super nice. Some guy hit her and fubr'd that car. Could have been a super nice resto build.

Any one for a G-Body g-bodies were made by all the GM brands regal Grand Prix Monte Carlo and Cutlass it will fit any one of those cars. They were all the same suspension.

"Must be nice..." move then nobody's making you stay miserable

It is nice... 😎

Big facts! It's low and slow I'm my 85 Monte

U must not have an 86/87..... No matter what u do or don't do a real 86/87 gn hold value..... That's a squired taste type car.... I love a regal really one of my faves but a 86/87 gn I'll love for life lol

Yeah, but QP and QA1 don’t sponsor them 😂. Wish I had 8k to throw at suspension….

@@BUILTFORDTOUGH79 i call them the unobtanium of parts !

and that front suspension was used on Chevy S10 trucks if you ever want dropped spindles or better brakes. some folks even set the frame up for 4x4 action with the weaker olds 307 engine and and Blazer trans/transfer box. Grand National websites have a lot of junkyard tricks, like hydroboost brakes from Astro vans and a rag joint-less steering column out of jeep wagoneers for header clearance and brake upgrades with Camaro SS and vette stuff you can nab from crockauto. and the gas tank, the V6 models had TBI so if you need a gas tank for a V8 model you're converting to EFI, that's the tank to buy (don't know if they mentioned that in the video, couldn't get that far)

@@GregHuston I can believe you. Of course, sometimes handling upgrades depend on the driver--a good driver can make a set of sticky tires on a Honda do amazing things. And of course a G body without the F41 suspension is a road-pillow. But even with that taken into consideration, what you say makes perfect logical sense based on my own experiences. These don't have to be expensive rebuilds for a street machine, and when these things were common on dirt racetracks around the country, they also did very well with OEM parts in order to fit class rules--no wilwood brakes etc.

I just got mad I would love to see a modern v6 out of a truck and a new transmission with better gears a turbo wouldn't hurt either they have the$$

@@diegop2311 I know man. There is this quest for performance and everyone has their different way to approach it, but does it mean you have to sacrifice the authenticity of an iconic car ? I bet those guys would never do it to a JDM superstar car or a European golry. It's just lazy thinking and planning, but I guess being the first to the finish line is what counts.

Especially when you know there are some single or twin turbo buick V6's that make it into the 7's. Keeping the Trubo Buick spirit alive.

because old buddy Finnigan did it to his 55 and called it Blashemi