Creating One-of-a-Kind Tail Light Lenses for a Buick Century - MuscleCar S5, E11 

Highlight: Tommy shows you the right way to rub one out

Howdy All. FYI this episide is from 2010, yes only 9 years ago but a lot has changed. LED taillights did not become popular till later, at this time most new cars still used incandesent bulbs. The glass was the original glass from 1961 and glass from that era was not treated iirc.

Tommy's in the shop rubbin one out! Family programing at its finest!

That's a true craftsmanship.

A thumb up for the GLASS POLISHING!

Thank you. I did learn a lot from this episode.

Good piece on the El Camino. My brother got a 68 SS396 for high school graduation. 325 horse, 4-speed, 3.55 positraction. I was in charge of "preserving" it when he went off to basic training. Great car, especially after he replaced the Muncie shifter with a Hurst. He drag raced it one time. Turned 15.13 wheelhopping so badly it's a miracle the rear end stayed in the car. Only later did we find out that if you completely deflated the factory Delco air shocks the wheelhop disappeared.

Thanks for posting these episodes

At the end of the last episode with the mods to the trunk lid, I was sure that the plan was to adapt the '75/'76/'77 tail lamps (GM straightened out the trunk lid on these models). Anyways, the bumper mods gave me an idea (kinda been thinking about it) for modifying the front and rear bumper mounts on my '84 coupe d'ville! Good work.

Awesome video guys!

Thanks for making a Buick video please keep them coming I am blessed to own a 1967 Buick Lesabre 400 Convertible red bottom black seats and top Buick made some very nice cars but has always considered an under dog and

I remember the shows w/ the red sled build. Amazing

Remember my parents had my brother and me in the back of a 68 396 sitting in kids lawn chairs. Try doing that today. He had a canvas type of truck cap on it. Man it was a cold ride sometimes. He ended up trading it in towards 2 Ford Pinto's. I think I can remember a tear in his eye seeing it at the Ford dealership for sale.

those taillights are freaking sick

Wish I could have a job like that to use my brain. Great episode

I had a 1973 Regal ,I installed 1977 coup deville delegance pillow seats in it and the used value of the car tripled,oh these seats said the buyer,so very comfortable. I loved my regal delegance.i put 1976 coup deville seats in my 1976 240D it's slow buts it's comfortable.

Dudes throwing sparks all over that fresh paint.

Thumbs up liked and Happy Holidays to you and all your subscribers.

That Impala looks bad ass!

this is really cool.

Seriously, 2 minutes in there would have been a commercial break!? God, no wonder I don’t miss watching TV after all these years

Im ok with people having opinions on the build, but they fail to realize that this is a low budget build and the car isnt done yet. Ive seen a lot of builds where I wasnt liking the direction until it was all done.

They never mentioned that Toughened or safety glass used in most vehicles for everything except the front windshield will often explode when polished. The glass is chemically and heat treated to be stronger but shatter into those tiny chunks that get everywhere. The glass he was polishing was either not treated or he was very lucky especially considering the frame he was working on only supported it in two places.

Reserving opinion on the taillights until I see the center section lit but having a hard time conceiving how they’ll be an improvement over the original deep double slots. And don’t forget, all that stuff has to be waterproof, trunk and housings.

"Do you know why I pulled you over?" "No officer." "It's your tail lights. Those are not D.O.T. approved " "Its ok, sir. I learned this from a TV show. " "Here's your fine. Go get real tail lights."

I remember my brother in law putting Ford LTD tail lights in is HQ SS Holden back in the late eighties,looked neat.

Is that the plastic diffuser used for office florescent lighting? You better use LEDs, or that's gonna melt.

You guys should do a full budget restoration and document the build. From tear down to rebuild, using a car anyone could get their hands on, like a g-body, f body, or even a classic import like a celica, rx7, supra. As much as i love American classics id love to see our Japanese cars receive some love too. Though the g-body is by far the cheapest car listed so far to get a hold of.

That BG music sounds like something from How It's Made

Appearenly some people who weren't born yet, don't know that the 1968 SS 396 El Cameno was easily out gunned by the 1968 Ford Ranchero R code 428 Cobra Jet. At that point the 396 was on its last leg. In fact when Chevrolet took the 1969 Chevelle SS 396 to Daytona, not a single Chevrolet finished the race on the lead lap, due to numerous oil problems that led to massive crank failures. Chevrolet discontinued the 396 shortly there after, opting to create the 401 engine for the 1970 Chevelles ..while badging them as SS 396's.

I'm not so sure on the tail lights....

If the glass is cleaned and ready, what's the best way to put it back where it belongs? How would you re-seal it? Is it possible to reseal a windshield without taking the glass out?

Red Sled??? Where are those videos? I’d love to see them!!

I don't know.. I like the big old fridge handles on my 74 V8.. And I'm sure the rear tail lights will look a lot better once the area has been dressed and all the bulbs are in. But... I mean, the lights on my old petrol drinker get hot enough to burn your skin, my newer BMW has plastic lamps, but the bulbs are a lot further away, and lower voltage. The four front lights are sealed beams, once they've been running a while, they will remove your prints in a heartbeat. I'm concerned the whole thing is going to melt.. Liked the glass polishing part, that was awesome!

Those taillights are fucking sick, badass!

had a SS454 it was pretty cool and fast

The. Custom taillights are cool, but i think I would've stenciled "Buick or something similar in the center. Of the tailight. To make it look even cooler!!😎

Tommy on the Banjos and Fiddles

I actually love that idea. Smart as fuck honestly

Hey Tommy, what year make and model is the car on the rack

The show's announcer sounds like he is friends with Tony Montana and lives off happy meals.

"Man, I don't like the way that sounds..." Hahahaha

Don't know about US laws but we have to have reflectors. I don't understand the mod on the trunk lid. Did you paint those light frames or did you decide the metal used was so thick it would take 20 years to rust out.

More Bacon Cruck please!

This is my real Job ❤🖤

Good looking tail lights won't help them door handles

Wtf is the background music?

My grandfather has a 1970 454 ss survivor original numbers matching

Good shit

Xtreme 4X4 or more TRUCKS please!?

I know it's a tv show but how about some hearing protection?

I'm feeling those tail lights about as much as the door handles.....I liked ''kojak's old ride''.....it's cool tho…..carry on.

Ok chop cut rebuild but they are spraying sparks on the red car

Please upload the "Red Sled" episodes!!!!!!!!

Craziest weirdest soundtrack for power nation.

Why???

Car? Truck? Pure muscle. Mucruck.

My dad has a plane 68 El camino that my dad and me are restoring that he had a ever since high school from his teacher got in for $1000 that was in a barn in bad shape and he had a 71 gmc sprint

I thought what they did with the front bumper was cool because it still looks factory just better. Door handles and tail lights are not my cup of tea

No thanks tommy I dont need any help rubbing one out🤣🤣

The El Camino... whatever you call it... car, truck or cruck. In Australia, we call it a ute... short for utility.

not a big fan of the taillights. why didn't you just use the whole tali light assembly from a 1965 Buick Skylark GS?

Tailight idea is good, but should be straight across the top. Looks like a piece is missing from the upper portion of the 2 ends. Like something is supposed to go there and you didn'[t put it on.

Car, truck, or UTE. Cruck...LOL

I hate being the jerk to point stuff out but chopping out that century tail panel... "straight...." bro.... it looks like I cut that.... what happened to the tape? I looks like you switched edges on the passenger side.

1966+ Chevy Impala.

Taillights look tacky sorry but really looks bad.

No way to do this in Europe except Britain.. you have to use lights with e-approval sign

Them lens cracked on its first pothole"

Ima look around my house to see what i can use to make something for my car

I don't know 50 year old piece rub one out 🤘

Younger Tommy had long hair lol.

The best Century is not a Toyota Century, it's a Buick Century. Just like the best Continental is not a Lincoin Continental, it's a Bentley Continental!

I will like to come back to see the project 1973 Buick Century all finished.

I'd rather use Harbor freight led trailer lights.

so they didnt even bother to sand that plastic before painting, paint is going to peel off soon.

I like it

I thought the mods were pretty cool. Jmo though.

Those taillights look like A_S!

shows you the right way to rub one out uwu

Darts

Ghetto homemade non-DOT taillight lenses won't pass inspection in many states.

Sorry guys you just Joe Dirt'd the rear end. Yuck.

If you're gonna bother to customize the tail lights... why would you not customize the buckets and wiring to house L.E.D. bars to really freshen up the rear of this build. Smh. Not a waste.. but still, woulda loved to see some better engineering.

Taillights....fail.....

I liked the car better completely stock, the wat GM built it..

Badass set of tail liggts

I know it's supposed to be a budget build, but those tail lights look like shit.

the tail lights are rubbish. make decent tail lights.I would not be happy with that rubbish on my car.

The Elcamino is called a ute, short for utility, they are an Australian thing. Combination town car and farm worker.

Slap on some boat trailer taillights and drop it off at the nearest trailer park. Just walk away. This is painful to watch.

7th

😒 why? The trunk lid treatment looks bad not to mention the crappy tail lights

HOW TO MAKE A FUGLY CAR FUGLIER

Let me know when your done ruining that car

They don't seem to realize, they're not automobile designers, ugly replacement taillights!

T o m m y s h o w s y o u h o w t o r u b o n e o u t

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Those tail lights look like a first-rate Mexico repair job! Horrible!

This all seems like a waste of time on a car undeserving of it. Additionally what they are doing doesn’t look all that great. The door handles in the last episode made me vomit