Barn Find. Amante GT kit car stuck engine. can it be saved. 

If I didn't have wobbly engine stands I wouldn't have an engine stand.

@@drzorbo3770 every one I ever saw was like that......imagine a Buick 350 hanging off one.....I did a crank job on one.....

What did we do before Harbor Freight?

@@drzorbo3770 My engine stand isn't wobbly...since I put those shims in...;)

@@jonnycando A friend of mine had an OTC I think it was, out of Minnesota. With a 440 bolted to it with all the trimmings, that thing was rock solid.

Ya, we misted the classic part of a Musti1 video.

Ha ha ha ha - you got a big laugh out of me. 🐁

They are afraid of fiberglass

@@stevenr1354 any jetski/watercraft owner will know that they love fiberglass more than detroit steel!

Opel had better body lines.

That's what I was thinking

Merry Christmas Harvey ! 👍😉

Yes. I found Mustie doing a tractor rebuild. I don't think I could do it but I'm not taking it off of my bucket list! 😃 I have been faithfully watching ever since! Merry Christmas everyone! Stay safe!

Merry Christmas Harvey. I do agree. I too found his channel this year. Have been really educated and entertained the entire time. He reminds me of my father. Still alive. If my father had a shop. It would be like this. My dad fixes everything. He knows so much. Mustie is a very great guy.

Well said Harvey, I’ve found Mustie to be a rare place from much of what has gone on. Have a great Christmas to you and yours...

What a nice, honest-sounding comment.😁👍 I found the channel through a RU-vid recommendation, one of their better ones. I've watched everything for the last year or so and I'm working my way, very happily, through the earlier episodes too. I'm no mechanic but I've learnt a helluvalot from Mustie. Come the new year, I'm planning on stripping down my first carb, if I can find one lying about somewhere. I've got absolutely no use for a carb, working or otherwise, just interested to get my hands on one. One advantage of having no vehicle, just a carb: I'll be able to use the kitchen table.😁

Hopefully they used Williams coils. Not knock offs, old Stern, Bally (even this Williams owned both) and especially NOT Gottelieb garbage. Wait. That car is from the 70's so most likely they used mechanical pinball coils which were way more heavier than digital pinball coils. I won't even repair them today. I just give a 4 hour class in troubleshooting and repairing them to owners with the mechanical abilities to spend a hundred hours or more fixing all those friggen' leaf switch's and other crap. I always tell them to sources a large stash of switch blades, white plastic initiators and other switch parts as the originals often have lost their ability to stay adjusted. They just take to much time. Not to mention how many bozos have tried to clean the gold contacts with Emory boards and metal files when you're supposed to use pencil wedge erasers or points cleaner soaked semi rough stock business card.

@@ronaldheit196 There was a DIY article in Dune Buggies and Hot VW's magazine detailing how to make and install that electric door opening system. A few months later someone came up with a kit of parts you could order in the classifieds section of that magazine. I actually installed a few of those kits for customers back when I had a VW shop. I never liked the idea myself. I got out of the VW business when they became collectable and valuable. I was in it because they were cheap fun. After that article in that same magazine deemed air cooled VW's collectable and valuable everything exploded in cost by at least 400%. A few months later prices went even higher. I sold everything I had. Tooling, parts, and vehicles I had acquired. My bank account got very fat LOL. I've never had another air cooled VW. All the fun ran out after the costs of everything exploded.

@@n4zou sad isn't it. I watched my $200 bus become close to $20,000 in 6 years. (And it's a bay window. You can't touch a splittie now.) I'm almost afraid to drive it now.

@@mikeschillinger4427 It is sad indeed. That's one of the reasons I quit VW's. Suddenly my 32 window VW van was worth way too much to drive, and where's the fun in that? I had dragged that van out of a back yard and paid nothing for it at the time. The Lady that had it wanted it of of her yard because her Husband had passed and he was just using it as a storage shed. I fixed it and was using it as a daily driver because I could lock new and used parts inside it when picking up customers parts.

As a forensic scientist perhaps that’s why I enjoy this channel so much...it’s investigative

Columbo would have dove it crazy.

Mustie has more honey holes than Winnie the Pooh!

I think youre right. They probably removed the valueable engine from this car and stuffed in a junkyard engine which sat in the rain for quite some time. I dont think that engine swap had a big impact on the selling price of that kitcar. But that way they were able to get more money from it by selling the car and the engine separately. Just a guess from my side, tho.

I bet those bumpers were put on to make the car street legal.

@Simon Scott, agreed ! they look like they're made from upcycled lawn chairs.

@@jontisdall6248 bent conduit

@@jontisdall6248 - Old bicycles.

Chrome them.

Haha nick you watch mustie 1 too oh cool good show eh!

Nick and mustie1 colab??? Yes please guys

Imagine Nick building a hot 440 for Musties Mopar!

you know it

Mustie1 could probably get the Titanic running

Good to see you here! Merry Christmas Donyboy!

@@Mr3Charlie thanks buddy!

@@Mr3Charlie Mustie is a respectable guy, that's why i'm here

I always enjoy seeing guys I follow following guys I follow. I found @Mustie1 by just cruising through RU-vid and I've been a follower for 3 years now. I'm also subbed to you @Donyboy73 and @Projectfarm and its good to see you both follow @Mustie1 as well. Reaffirms what I thought already, @Mustie1 knows his stuff!

My two favourite fix-it channels! Donyboy and Mustie in one place

Corvairs are cool as well, especially the turbo Spyders.

Yes it does!!

Go speed racer Go!!!

Totally!!

The Mach 5!

All we need is Trixie!!!!

Ehh, he should tie it all together with a full beard so he can be a truly lazy shaver. Muttonchops sounds like a lot of work with touch-ups and edge trimming...

Almost Burt Rutan territory there!

@@jameswyatt1304 need way less on top for that. no work trimming a hell toupee.

Capt Kangaroo would love them.

Mine was 2 still own it lol

Always wanted a Bradley GT.....

Yes!:) It really does.... Semper Fidelis

That sucks. I can relate. Two years ago me, my wife and our kids headed to a used dealership to purchase a Corolla in good shape. I had called the guy the day before to set an early appointment, we drove an hour to get there, got there 15 mins early and he told me another couple was looking at the car. We went to get a bankers check for the amount and when we came back the other couple was filling out the paperwork. Was pissed. Didn't even apologize, just tried to sell me another car. Kept my composure, though, since the whole family was there.

I would agree. I suspect somebody wanted what was in there and found something to shove in it. Nothing hooked up.. Happy Holidays. Mustie is the greatest!

Wouldnt be surprised at that , seems very likely .

Seems far fetched to me. Project was never completed more likely.

@@vanstechcorral I dunno - all the nuts and bolts were brand new, as you could see, and nothing else was hooked up. I've seen similar things done. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

I very much doubt they would have the time or skills.

Oh boy ! You bring back such memories !

They had a similar thing for the Triumph Spitfire. They also had a swing axle setup....

@@notajp SAH Tight-a-turn kit IIRC.

It matters that it runs good because a junker doesn't sell that well.

@@worldhello1234 what matters is that were having fun wrenching with mustie. thats what matters! merry xmas!

Mustie the Stash motor saves the day. Agreed this car is cool and worth the effort. If you enjoy driving it well its a keeper, way cooler than the Cutlass. I owned a 2 door Cutlass and enjoyed it.

Not if things like the timing chain has slipped, the electrical system is shot, the fuel system is trashed. Aside from that and a number of other things, you are right.....

@@ToyKingWonder i would love to see mustie wrench on all those things, so much to learn!! each video where he gets 300k views he earns like 5000-6000 bucks from youtube so its totally worth it

Lucky you I miss snow!

You could be Musties neighbor... He's in NH as well

It was great seeing you Bruce! 10 secs later.....

Yeah what’s the deal with Mustie’s Rambo knife? Seen it in two or more videos now..🤔

@@Hjerte_Verke Look back? It's been there for several years, nuttin new honestly.

That so he can walk a black bear out if his is up

The knife is for protection from the hit teams the local mice and squirrels have put out on him for destroying thier winter homes .

@@TheArchangel38401 Well his camera work is so spot-on (nearly always First Person View) that I’ve never noticed him wearing a knife in the very scant few times he’s been in front of the camera. You’re an expert man watcher 🌭 so kudos to you, kind sir!

He got it 3 months ago

LOL

Cement wall, chrome bumper, my legs. Not a good thing. Nothing broken, but my shins were black and blue, and sore for awhile.

I suggest to look at the Fiberfab Bonito. It's similar.

2018?

I caught that too.