Da Yoopers: Rusty Chevrolet (VHS) 

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I once walked out of burger king and saw my girlfriend ducttapeing her car back together... I married her

My Dad owned this vehicle when I was a kid. I remember thinking it was hilarious to be able to watch the highway go by through the floor.

I always loved how in spite of everything else, the radio was OK.

This song has a special place in my heart. I owned a 1988 Chevy Celebrity (purchased new) that I finally said goodbye to in 2021. It had 513,779 miles on it. Still had the original engine that worked fine. AC and radio long stopped working, but it was warm as toast inside during cold weather. Three of the four power windows worked, as well as the cigarette lighter (I don't smoke, so it was never really used). Shocks and struts were shot, but when it was on the highway it was smooth sailing just like the day I drove it off the dealer's lot. Chrome bumpers and whitewall tires. What finally forced me to give it up was when I was told it would not pass inspection because the undercarrige rust was pretty bad (30 plus years of New York State winters will do that). Boy, do I miss that car!

As a native "Yooper" myself from the Copper Country, I remember this band very well. They gave us many hours of fun and laughter. My thanks to them.

R.I.P. Shopko, Wisconsin will miss you and the history.

As a guy who drives a Chevy... I can confirm this is what my Chevy has become.

Everyone stand for the Michigan anthem

My local radio station used to play this every year around the holidays before it changed formats and became a K-Love station. Great memories. RIP All Hit 98.9FM

As a Troll (as Yoopers call us residents of Michigan's Lower Peninsula), I listen to this at least once every Christmas.

My family used to have an 85' S10 Blazer. Head liner fell off, heater was on its last leg, and the manifold rusted away (we called her "rolling thunder.") But that little truck fired up every time lol

Before the time of front wheel drive cars and awd SUV's, driving a rear wheel drive beater with sandbags (if you were uppity) or rocks in the trunk on an icy 2-lane at night with only dim incandescent headlights; that was the kind of live or die trying daily experience that gave us true grit in the face of adversity.

This video is very accurate and had me in stitches. As an Arizona native, the word rust was not in my vocabulary, until me and my girlfriend went to stay with her parents in Burlington, North Dakota over the holidays. The first day there, we decided to take a drive, but she wouldn't let me take my Toyota pickup. Instead she made me park it in a shed and escorted me around the side of the house and there sat a roached out '72 Pinto. The driver side door handle had rusted off and instead there was a coat hanger tied to the door latch, half of the floorboard was gone and if you weren't careful, you would Fred Flintstone it down the street. The firewall was rusted out so the steering column was being held up from the sun visor by a crusty bungee cord and the steering wheel would bounce up and down as you drove down the street. You had to grapple the wheel in a sort of headlock to shift the car because there was no more longitudinal support. The best part was that one time when I came out from the general store to find my gf underneath the car zip tying the leaf spring to the rear axle. I knew she was a keeper before then, but that shattered any more doubts I had! That was seven years ago, and we've been married three years now. We both still drive that Pinto every time we get up to Burlington.

My local radio station has started playing this during the Christmas season and I LOVE IT

This is like the theme song for Christmas in the Northern Midwest.

I got a 2000 dodge with 327000 miles on it, three pistons not firing, and falling apart from salt corrosion. I feel this song in my soul.

The finest Christmas song ever written right there, folks.

Just as long as the radio’s ok it’s fine

I like how video feels nostalgic,friendly and not serious in same way. You dont see something like that nowadays.

It’s time to make my annual return to this song i love how it blew up

This song may be about Michigan, but as a person from Minnesota, it fits perfectly!! For I owned a couple of old chevys like this!! Including using a candle to see the dash at night. Also had a door fall off one due to rust!! This song sure brings back memories!!

My Grandpas most famous song...I sure wish I got to meet him. Apparently he directed the entire video basically by himself. I like to see other people enjoying his music, as it's basically the only thing I know about him.

A chrismas tradition, you can't get into the holiday cheer until after rusty chevrolet

Oh yeah. Grew up in Pontiac. This reminds me when I was working at a gas station in Southfield and an old mid-60's Dodge made a hard/fast left through the intersection, the spare tire came crashing through the right rear quarter panel of the car and rolled into our gas station. The dude eventually stopped and came back for it. I saw the whole thing happen. I have never laughed so hard. That damn car was more rust than car.

This coming up on TikTok unlock a core memory for me and I am so thankful for it. Now, I wonder where that cassette went lol

In January of 1994 I was born at Bell Memorial hospital in Ishpeming. It was probably fate that I became a fan of Da Yoopers, eh? I never heard this on the radio, surprisingly, but I do listen to this every year. Sharing this with friends has become a tradition.

2022 still driving rusted out Chevrolets.

Today in Buffalo. Happy Thanksgiving Y'all.

I used to play this song on my show every Saturday evening Decembers 1989 and 1990 when I was a DJ at WTOQ-AM in Platteville, Wis.

I'm here Christmas 2022 remembering my mom who played this song every year since I was a kid in the early 80's

This song is the funniest "Jingle Bells" parody ever, hands down!

Has it really been 30 years?! Still one of my favorite songs to get me in the Christmas spirit!

This song has been and will alway@ be a family tradition for me.

The fact that I was 6 when this came out and it was legendary back then, and it still is, says something

I always come back to this song during christmas time

As the owner of a 1990 Chevy truck, yeah this is accurate.

At least the radio is okay. That's the most important part of the car, heh heh.

I loved this song as a kid even though I didn't get all the references that I only later learned were UP Michigan references. I've had more than a few cars like this in my life!

Everyone stand for the national Chevy Caprice/Monte Carlo owner theme

Ya, I think mine was a 64 impala, nicknamed the bondo buggy. The heater worked good, passanger side missing floorboard and a cracked block. It would take a industrial metal detector to find it with all the bondo in her.

A song of our people. And I'm from Wisconsin I endorse this message.

Ah, I HAVE to watch this EVERY year. It wouldn't be Christmas without :) and i'm sure many of us have had experiences like this haha. I have went off the road in snow a few times. I got stuck on a hill during a blizzard in Kentucky one night at 3am. just going up the hill , there were woods everywhere, in the country. I couldn't move. I had a heater but was running out of gas. Finally a cop came along behind me and just said we called the tow truck. 15 minutes later there he was on top of the hill, his lights so bright. He backed down , hooked me up and told me for 20 bucks he would take me to the top of the hill, for 50 he would take me home. I said just take me home! It was about a 15 minute drive away. we got there, i had no cash. He said well I don't have a credit card machine with me. So he asked me if I get back over that way much. I said yes , my girlfriend lives there, so he trusted me to pay him later. He said not many tow truck drivers would do that for you. I said thanks a lot. the following week I stopped by his place , went inside and paid the 50 dollars. he didn't remember at first, then he did. i'm honest, he helped me. There were 3 other cars off the road that night with people standing there. He said he would be right back to get them. He said he didn't stop towing cars until 5am . I remember that same truck got ice on the INSIDE of the windshield. I couldn't see anything. so many times I drove with ice everywhere. once the windshield fogged up though, I had no choice but to pull over. Winter, I love it. WE are expected 3 inches of snow for Christmas in a few days on Christmas Eve.

Im very lucky to say I live in the amazing town of Ishpeming and can point out every place where this was recorded.

I went to HS with these guys. Great bunch, great memories.

The best GM product I've seen yet.

The double take when he passes the tire was always my favorite part of the video

I decided I'd send this to my mom who has a Chevrolet in disrepair.

I met them in Munising,Michigan at the Marathon gas station on the main drag (i wanna say route 77 but its been so long lol). I spotted their buses and had to refuel right away just to hope to meet them. I sat at the pumps for 5 minutes and then they came out beef jerky and pasties galore lol. I rattled the motor a couple times and they came a running, was AWESOME! i got the rusty chevy comments lol in all good fun, then i stepped on it once and really got their attention, i then popped the hood and got a resounding HOLY WAH! from the group. I was hiding a Sleeper under the hood. They signed the underside of my hood of my 1970 chevy pick up (looked like something Jesse Duke) would drive lol greatest day of my life!

Michigan native here, and I love this song!

One of my favorite Christmas songs, I randomly started singing it this summer while mowing my Grandma's lawn with her old riding lawn mower.

My Mom always loved this song, cause she could relate to it! Merry Christmas in Heaven, Mom, I miss and love you dearly!

Welp its November I guess its Da Yoopers time for everone else too

funny that this video has more views than the population of the upper peninsula of michigan

Someone please put this in a time capsule for future discovery.

The good ol days... Fondly remember duct tape & chicken wire being used to repair vehicles. I grew up in the country on a heavy layer chicken farm.. 👍🏻👍🏻

As a Yooper, I have toddlerhood memories of Marquette’s Shopko. I remember Mom and Dad buying me toys. Because of the toys, I always looked forward to Shopko.

I used to have a car where if you where sit in the back seat you can look down and see the road.

This song was my dedication to my husband the year he brought a Chevy body home, most of an engine was in buckets.... he got bummed out and sold it.

ona quiet evening, You can hear Chevys Rusting away

We would always listen to this in Elementary school during Christmas time (I’m from Wisconsin)

This video will never die !

Yooper accent is funny. The "da" sound instead of th- reminds me of the Filipino accent.

The annual winter migration has turned up record numbers, gentlemen.

Lol, this song reminds me of my first car! It was a rusty Buick instead of a Chevrolet, but it was still a major pain in the ass! Especially in the winter!

I remember hearing this during the 1980s as well while in high school in Northern Maine. Looks like the video could have been made there. I believe our only radio station would play it.

For years talked about how this was my favorite Christmas song when I was little. I had no idea what he was talking about, then I found it and I remembered everything.

anyone else listen to this song every December? lol

At least the Radio is ok. Rust in Peaces Chevrolet

Da ting is, once da muffler goes, dere's no need ta light da match cuz yew can guess how fast yer goin' in da dark by da sound. Yew betcha.

Please rise for the Rust belt of americas national anthem.

If you listen to this in 2020 your a goat

This is my entire childhood growing up on a farm with my mechanic dad and uncles 😂

Made with state of the art Yooper technology

"NO SWIMMNIG" is something I only JUST recently noticed

I have this 45 R.P.M. single, it is so funny to listen to it. I rub my friends nose in this one due to the fact he had a 1969 chevy bel air that was a rust bucket!!!!. I would piss him off when I played this tune at christmas time at his house in front of his family. he would not play it so I would bring my 1950 R.C.A. record player( restored/ rebuilt)that only plays "singles".

My class played this one twice everyday! Sometimes more than that. We at Mrs.Brooke’s Class see this as a classroom staple!

When my mom was growing up, for a while my grandpa had a 3 speed Oldsmobile that had been spray painted silver by the last owner, they called it the silver bullet and my mom said she was able to see the highway though the floor, long story short, if that car went through any show it would probably have disintegrated.

I got a 1995 Chevrolet Silverado and its a rare model and my father doesnt take care of it and has almost became a Rustbucket

At the time this song came out, my dad owned a Chevy pickup that was of the same bodily deterioration as the car in this video. We used to love it when this song came on at Christmas and we'd be riding in his pickup truck where you could literally see the floor beneath your feet. And being from the lower peninsula, winters then were about the same.

I remember them playing this on the radio during the winter when i was a kid.

Showed this to my dad and he told me how he used to see them live at the Cove Bar in Naubinway! I’d kill to see these guys in their prime!

I literally leave this on all night playing constantly and before anyone tries to say a problem with that I have a Chevy S 10 I know what it’s like

Born and raised a few miles from Ishpeming. I laugh watching them slide down the hill at Al Quaal! Most Yoopers can sled on a shovel. My family knows all the guys. Good people!

Reminds me of my 2000 Blazer. Had to zip tie the bumper to keep it on. And I was a delivery driver.

I had a rusty Plymouth Grand Voyager for my first car, which was my first rust bucket. Retired it after it was deemed unfit to drive. Then my 2005 Hyundai Tucson came along, a huge step up from the minivan. The car had to be honorably retired because of subframe damage and it ran perfectly. Now my over the top upgrade happened in 2022, when I purchased a brand new 2022 Hyundai Kona SEL with all the fancy gadgets and gizmos. So yeah I moved up on the vehicle ownership ladder. But not without a huge dent in my bank account. Excise tax before was $40 . For the new car it was close to $600 for the first year and around$200 now. So yeah advantages and disadvantages to everything. But if it depends on your safety it’s well worth the cost. But this is still my favorite Christmas song.

It is not Christmas without this song even though I am driving a new Chevrolet this year Lol

I don’t remember the name of the oldies station in Marquette, but I remember they used to play all the yooper hits on the radio when I was a kid.

I bet that rusty old clunker still runs better than any modern GM garbage

Absolutely One Of The Best Christmas Songs Ever!!!!!!

Ive been through quite a few winters with my old 84 caprice she was an absolute Champ

Sometimes I find and watch this video to prove to myself that it actually exists.

All that snow makes me glad I live in south Texas. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

Comments from people not from Michigan: Haha so Canadian Comments from people from Michigan: No, but sort of yes.

My dad had a 1977 Chevy impala station wagon, rusted to shit but it ran good and FUN to drive in the snow!!!!

Thats a MICHIGAN Beater with a Heater! 👍🏼👌😄

This song got banned in my dads Rusty shitbox Chevy. For reasons that the dukes boys would’ve been proud of me for

That car is possibly the rustiest granny green 4 door in existence

I live in Tennessee, I've got two cars, one a 97 S10, both with over 250K rusty as hell someone had to have brought down from the north to keep them alive down here. Thanks for the pristine shitboxes

The song every Chevy owner sings,it's a fact