Curling dash repair and finishing up the one day build Grand Am GT

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The long-awaited answer to the question of what I do with the curling Grand Am dash problem. In this video I will show you my solution and we can get the rest of the build finished up and get it back on the road. I also explain how I can make money rebuilding an old car like this 2004 Pontiac Grand Am GT.
If you missed the previous videos in this series, see them here:
Part 1 • I found another super ...
Part 2 • Dropping the engine an...
Part 3 • Replacing the frame ra...
Part 4 • The engine is already ...
Grand Am dash removal video:
• Fixing all the typical...
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@BrucePierson Год назад

It doesn't matter what type of vehicle you repair. The main thing is that you make money on it so that you can keep making videos for us to watch.

@MrClarkisgod Год назад

Make money off the cars, make more money off the videos. Win-win.

@richardthomas1743 Год назад

Oh man I bet that the Grand Am sold in a heartbeat! That was a very nice looking car when you got done with it. Somebody got a real nice car and I hope that you made at least 5 grand from it! I love the "haters tears" 🤣. Looking forward to your next video Scott!

@JamesTK Год назад

"that's a Nas car"

@muskokamike127 Год назад

The market is cooling off now but 6 months ago a nice running and driving car, ANY car, you could get 5 grand for it easy. My mechanic neighbour had a 2005 impala, black, a little rust 280,000 kms it was his dad's and they were getting rid of it. He said "I don't know what it needs, so I'm going to ask $1000 uncertified" I said WHAT? You're crazy. I bet you could get $2500 to $3000 easy for it" He upped his asking price to $2000 and it was sold in 2 weeks for $1500. Plus it needed a couple of things (not to certify) so the customer paid him to fix them. It had rusty rockers underneath but to certify here as long as it isn't structural, and not visible, it will pass.

@plainbrownwrapper9688 Год назад

I have fond memories of those Grand Am's. I worked counter sales at the largest and best salvage yard in MN at the time. Those cars put food on the table. Front jewelry, bumper covers (especially GT covers), radio (the display had to fully work) and those wheels were money makers. Even the heater knobs were a hot ticket items. Now they have disappeared into the sands of time. Good to see one getting some love today.

@grandam Год назад

Mine looks and runs like brand new. 2004 model

@kurtwetzel154 6 месяцев назад

I rarely see any Grand Ams of this style on the road. The few I do in bad shape.

@digitalrailroader Год назад

And the Grand Am is off to its new home and is going to be a teenager’s first car! I give it 5 minutes before that factory radio is ripped back out for an aftermarket radio.

@bobroberts2371 Год назад

And another 20 min before he follows the instructions on Scott's shirt.

@camberwellcarrot420 Год назад

That's not so bad if it's to gain something useful like Bluetooth to keep the phone out of his or her hands whilst driving.

@bobroberts2371 Год назад

@@camberwellcarrot420 A new driver really should not be on the phone at all while driving.

@camberwellcarrot420 Год назад

@@bobroberts2371 Agreed, but chances are they can't resist it, so at least Bluetooth might keep their eyes up and looking through the windows. It's better than nothing. Breaking the addiction to the phone would be optimal though.

@floodx4947 Год назад

I would rather watch YOU rebuild a Grand Am than most any of the other guys "rebuild" a supercar. My 139.000 mile C5 is the closest I am ever going to get to owning a supercar, and I would rather watch something that I could own, or have owned get repaired. So keep the 'Boring Builds' coming ... I've watched ever last one of them.

@99andrianmonk Год назад

Nice job, Scott. The Grand Am looks great. There's going to be one happy 16 year old.

@muskokamike127 Год назад

no kidding! When I was 16 I drove a 1970 dodge dart with a 225 and manual steering and brakes...paid $120.00 for it lol. I didn't care, I was happy to have cheap wheels. Funny story about it: I was on a double date with my buddy (who was also a Mike) and the van halen song came on with the line "we're getting funny in the back of my car" my buddy in the back seat sings out "we're getting funny in the back of mike's car" lol......

@ILOVEBACONBOY2018 Год назад

Id buy it and Im almost 40, no shame whatsoever, fun cars to drive, easy and cheap to maintain.

@JR-uy3zo Год назад

@@ILOVEBACONBOY2018 I'm near 40 as well and have two Daytona gtps grand prix's. Great as well

@GLITCHGOD2427 Год назад

It makes me so happy knowing people still try to fix and save these really great cars. Grand ams are way under appreciated. Great video!

@grandam Год назад

I love mine!!! It's a real head turner. Looks and runs like it just was built in 04.

@ep-ou7sc Год назад

I loved that GM put the sprayers on the wiper arms

@canadatransistor Год назад

++ subscribed - I love my grand am. I wish i could have kept it when i was younger. Mine wasn't a fancy version but i still dream i'm driving it sometimes. 2004 grand am 4cyl plain jane manual windows, no abs. just a/c and cruse control. Bought it brand new - great memories as a young fella that was 23 back then.

@MicklowFilms Год назад

I love Pontiacs and glad seeing someone save them!

@kscoupes3893 2 месяца назад

When my parents bought me one as 16 year old, I was crazy happy. Kept that car until someone went joyriding at a repair shop my car was at and totaled it. Now 31 I've had 5 total. Newest one with only 2800 mi on the dash when I bought it in 2022. Very clean, runs great. This is my classic car. Im glad to see the GA getting love! ❤

@TimewithCal Год назад

Thank you for saving these grand ams! I had a silver gt just like the one you just fixed and absolutely loved that car, very reliable, comfortable, and great on gas.

@Tommy_Poole Год назад

You’ve certainly convinced me. Plus we get to see the Pizza Girl so all is good. Seriously you did a great job here. I hope you made a packet.

@BmanHall1 3 месяца назад

This was the first car I ever owned and I loved it. Bought right after high school. RIP Pontiac.

@sonnyblazer5504 Год назад

LOVE how you bring "PONTIAC" alive once again! The "TIGER" lives on! Good job & thanks!

@terrallputnam7979 Год назад

People know you do quality work and that assures that you never have trouble selling your builds.

@bobroberts2371 Год назад

Having a long list of past customers helps but is difficult to attain. Trying to sell rebuilds to the general public that thinks Scotty Kilmer is a professional mechanic, a shopping cart dent is makes the car unsafe after a repair and Car Fax trumps an actual physical inspection is usually a non starter.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Год назад

@@bobroberts2371 List what? WE HAVE VIDEO.

@bobroberts2371 Год назад

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 You have video of all of his customers? Where?

@iantyler4045 Год назад

Must be heart breaking handing it over to a 16 year old. It's never going to look this good ever again.

@AvalancheMan Год назад

I saw you make the money rain, wish I could also see the hater's tears rain down too. Nice rebuild. Please keep them coming.

@classicxl Год назад

Always loved that body style Grand Am ever since i saw the redesigned 1999 model in lethal weapon 4 it was my dream car when i was 16 .It wasn’t close to being a super car but for a family car it definitely had sporty looks .I finally got my dream car a green 2003 Gt1 4 door with the 3.4 v6 when i got my first full time job a few years later .unfortunately it was probably my least reliable car i ever owned next to my 08 Grand prix Gxp

@scotts24 Год назад

Still love those cars. In the early 2000’s I was able to tour Lansing Assembly where they were made and got to see GM do a little drag racing with an orange supercharged 3.4L SC/T grand am concept. Was sad that never made it to production.

@mattschneider2369 Год назад

Here I felt bad for initially watching your channel because of your arms and other aSSets(sorry afternoon crew), but after a few years of seeing some of the comments on YT and Insta, damn, people are crazy. As a shop rat, one who worked at Lansing Car Assembly as a young pup, I appreciate your soft spot for these Grand Am's. Cheers, brother.

@Leino26 Год назад

That's a really nice repair. Good luck on everything you do.

@mikechiodetti4482 Год назад

Very Good Job Scott! Nice looking car! Looking forward to your next vehicle.

@terrallputnam7979 Год назад

Scott you are a talented rebuilder. I know about these gm dashboards and how the warp with heat.

@320iSTWEdition Год назад

You never fail to deliver, really love your humour and videos! 🤣

@tylerbarnett8062 Год назад

Great build Scott!

@garfylunds7301 Год назад

Loved those Pontiacs. I had a few of them...thanks for the revival of that one!

@randyratcliff8790 Год назад

Another great video series. The Grand AM looks great 👍

@michaelwebb4833 Год назад

Another awesome rebuild Scott thanks

@brianmoore5498 Год назад

Nice build and your indulgence is greatly appreciated!

@badvlad9861 Год назад

Another tear jerker with a happy ending !!! Great job, good tips. Drove my Chevy in the Levy but the Levy was dry !!!!

@carguy4658 Год назад

You did a great job on the perfect run-around car.

@meenie79 Год назад

Great work as always, Scott. I always loved these cars. My cousin bought one new in 99 and owned it for like 15 years! Keep it up.

@normanchristin1923 Год назад

Scott, turned out awesome! I love your sense of humor and that is what takes an interesting build video and pushes it over the top! Love the end as well, especially those rectangle squares of toilet paper!🤣😁

@jayd8547 3 месяца назад

Man I wanted one of those. Such nice little coupes. Never been a huge GM fan.. but always had a soft spot for Pontiacs.

@rafaeltorovip Год назад

That is what I like about your videos, just showing us hard honest good job. Thank for so nice content. 👍

@Ram14250 Год назад

Very nice looking Grand Am 2 Door! Hope the new owner takes care of it. It's a fun little well made car.

@martybawden7442 Год назад

Love your no nonsense videos

@blautens Год назад

Great job on the dash. I had a 1999 Alero with that issue and it spent 6 weeks at the dealer with the interior ripped apart while they fixed it.

@efrain6920 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for teaching me how to do the basic tlc touch ups so I can fix my grand am

@josephseno8272 Год назад

I have watched plenty of videos on RU-vid, but you are definitely the best. You show the hard stuff, your mistakes, and you add humor to it. I’m not at body shop expert, but I have never see anyone repair these wrecked vehicles the way you do. Keep up the great videos!

@PhillyRoadtech Год назад

Another Outstanding rebuild by Vehcor.... Keep up the great content.

@Rich70480 Год назад

Love that fix for the dash. I saw a much more hacky "fix" using a pool noddle shoved in to keep it down. Good use for your dull blades the urethane excess removal tool.

@oldman936 Год назад

Excited to watch construction..err I meant vehicle repair! Have a great weekend Scott!

@vehcor Год назад

A little bit of everything around here! 😂

@ewanstewart8011 Год назад

Another great profit and video Scott 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@fkflintstone Год назад

Looks great. details make the difference.

@t.w.3 Год назад

Nicely finished. This is a nice starter car as well. Pretty docile handling, not too fast, and is cheap to fix if it breaks.

@Cartier_specialist Год назад

I'm not sure about it being docile enough for a teenager but at least it's cheap to fix. I was a teenager once and I could break an anvil.

@jimwiskus8862 Год назад

I about dropped my eye teeth at the end when you pulled that console up. That was The best comment for sure! You’re one of the best businessman I’ve ever seen on RU-vid. I imagine you’re gonna have to work up to a haters tears swimming pool someday. See you whenever your next installment is out, have a great weekend.

@GoTakeADrive Год назад

I'll watch these rebuilds all day, Had an '04 Alero GLS Coupe, Absolutely loved it (except for cheap plastic squeeks)

@chrishardin4220 Год назад

I had a grand am when I lived at home. I loved it. I liked the interior lights were red.

@leemarshall9828 Год назад

I have learned a lot of great stuff watching you , thanks for all the videos

@curtismuma1931 Год назад

Great work 👏. It looks like new! And I know you made way more than 1k. And you deserve it!!!

@Formulabruce Год назад

SWEET Video!! Loved the end!

@michaelgrogan931 Год назад

Nicely Done! I miss the Ram Air hood though....always wanted one of those....

@wjweaver63 Год назад

I wish this video was around when I had my 99 GT1. Great channel bud!

@Chr.U.Cas1622 Год назад

👍👌👏 Extremely well done (video and work). Congrats! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

@tomkoala2903 Год назад

Damn been searching forever .I have the curling dash also and I had a feeling i had to pull the windshield Thanks keep up the work!! 2000gt coupe 60000 miles..

@jaysonburns8512 Год назад

Love my pomtiac ..these cars drive so well and have good power

@psyolent. Год назад

really like those cars pity we didn't get them here in AU. great series scott.

@tripodb.3706 Год назад

Love the wall art.

@hynestimothy411 Год назад

Glad you're done with your office

@petergarofolo9385 Год назад

Another great video Scott. 👍 👍 👍

@jwctech Год назад

missed u last week..usually best part of Friday!!! That chevy grille would look nice in my new garage..that gmc grille looks sweet lit up behind u in the office!!

@zacharywong483 Год назад

Fantastic repair! Great video!

@danielpadgett2831 Год назад

That's alot of vice grips 👍and a excellent rebuild. I love the back of your shirt.

@mead6754 Год назад

Great little car, good job

@richard1525 Год назад

Always nice work.

@eddiepatterson5025 Год назад

Looks really nice 👍

@TimothyHigdonHiggs Год назад

Nice job, Scott.

@d.dolphinstriker5737 Год назад

Excellent video. Nice that you also made a nice profit.

@donnyo639 Год назад

Great build, and that bow tie grill should certainly be on your wall as well. (give that broken blue oval one away to the haters) Have a great weekend.

@johnthiel7422 Год назад

That's nice work as always.... thanks for the entertainment!

@doodles113 Год назад

Oh,yeah! Another good video to finish the work day...nice job!

@quezlee7946 Год назад

Great build

@jimyounger9490 Год назад

I’m still blown away at the office remodel. That went excellent even for a carpenter , let alone a body man. Excellent work.

@muskokamike127 Год назад

to be honest, mudding and drywall is very similar to body work. I've had to do some custom shapes and curves with mud and drywall. One customer wanted a breakfast bar cut between her kitchen and dining room. It was an old house and had parisian plaster texture on the wall. Of course it cracked and split when we cut it. "how are you going to fix that"? I did some tests at home and found attaching a painter's rag on a roller produced a very similar texture. So much so you couldn't tell.

@jimyounger9490 Год назад

@@muskokamike127 that’s awesome.

@robertclubs9908 Год назад

Awesome show

@billbowers268 Год назад

Good job as usual .

@Cartier_specialist Год назад

I didn't realize until you mentioned it that Grand Ams had traction control. I guess they need it for when the Ram Air gives you that extra kick.

@bobroberts2371 Год назад

VTEC YO !!!!!!

@billpar Год назад

awesome Scott , some of the best videos ever and I always laugh thanks brother you are hysterical

@JuniorFan08 Год назад

The Grand Am came out really nice. They actually weren't that bad. Hope the new owner takes care of it.

@goose32373 Год назад

Was nobody else shocked by how many pairs of vice grips he has? Impressive.

@snbrown100 Год назад

Enjoyable as always. Plus I am contractually obligated to support Scott's.

@charliedc2A Год назад

Very nice looks good, I'd drive it any day. 👍

@c5back9 Год назад

I rented one of these at BWI one afternoon when my flight was delayed due to weather, and drove it to NE Ohio with the hammer down pretty much the entire way. Made it in 4 hours and 22 minutes flat. It’s smelled hot when I turned it in. Really, really hot! I was surprised that it was able to do that.

@weird1600 Год назад

Love your boring cars I have learned a lot from you!

@steveoh9838 Год назад

And the win goes to the Grand Am. I would drive it 👍

@paulgunter1538 Год назад

Personally I like the Grand Am rebuilds, mainly since my daughter had one as her first car, and I can relate to the dash lol. Nice build !

@muskokamike127 Год назад

They were really popular with the girls....I know probably 5 who had them.....

@flatworm00 Год назад

The videos are great, but the commentary is even better!

@kenchaffin4946 Год назад

Best show on RU-vid

@TheJmich2001 Год назад

YAAAAAAYY! Vehcor!

@timmywarren2349 Год назад

Very good Video 👍👍

@kenuber4766 Год назад

I would not short change the Pizza girl! With those guns she has, she could kick your ass for sure!! LOL. Thanks Scott for the videos. I really enjoy them.

@Jordan-fl3sy Год назад

Wow that car came out nice…I remember when those cars were new my neighbor bought one brand new. My sister had one as a rental car and drove nice. I wanted one but couldn’t afford it, crazy how don’t see them anymore guess they didn’t last in certain areas due to rust.

@raresvintea1 Год назад

I was missing a episode. Thanks you!

@dwaynebrown3439 Год назад

My man good job dude

@larrybair8074 Год назад

Looking good.

@jayinmi3706 Год назад

Never missing arm day makes glass removal easier, apparently. lol. I've never been able to get one of those knives to go straight without cracking the edge of the glass. lol Nice work. I did recently pick up a tool from Excalibur that fits in my Milwaukee M12 Sawzall that made it easier.