It is surprising the number of lazy jerks who figure they've done their end of the deal by selling it & just stand around and watch Dennis and Co. work
Tell Dennis that we have RESTORED several of Corvettes with shifters like them & we have Perfected putting in Shifter Bushings & restoring these shifters BETTER THAN WHENEVER IT WAS NEW!!! THE SHIFTER WILL NEVER FAIL AGAIN GUARANTEED!!!
Hi, Dennis love what you do, wish we had cars like this in the UK. I have looked for a follow-up video of this and other cars you rescue but can't find any can you please do follow up when they have been cleaned and then after any refurbishment
Hey Dennis, Watching Alex put the jack under the Vet, it occurred to me that you should always have several air bags that can be inflated to raise a car up should it so low that a jack can't be inserted under the car... Great Video, glad your out there rescuing the classics.
The knowledge of cars Dennis has, Domestic and Imports is insane. It amazes me every time he walks up to a car and starts talking about different number / letter codes and all the different factory accessories that came with the particular year of car etc. I would love to follow him around and try to take in as much of that knowledge as possible. Seems like a really cool guy to be around. He doesn't try to scam people out of thousands of dollars to try to make a huge profit either.
Absolutely! Why do so many people want to use their phone light? A modern flashlight is so much better than a phone light, plus you do not risk dropping or damaging an 800 dollar or more smart phone. It just seems foolish, and you just carry the flashlight in the tow vehicle’s glove box. Always there and not needed to be taken out till you need it.
I knew an old guy some years ago that was the Rochester Fuel Injection technician at the dealership he turned wrenches for. He had to go a GM school to be trained on it. He retired from turning wrenches around 2005 and had a nice little retirement business out of his home shop of fixing and restoring those old injection systems for customers. I guess his name got around in the classic corvette community and then got out nationally. He never had a shortage for work. But he worked at his own speed. I asked him if Rochester FI was as bad as people talk about. He said they worked perfectly fine, superior to carburetion, and is a masterpiece of engineering by the Rochester folks. But anything mechanical has to be tuned and settings need to be adjusted. What would happen is people would buy a second-hand fuelie corvette, try to get Joe Bob down at the corner gas station to adjust it for him so he wouldn't have to take it to the dealer. Joe Bob would go to fiddling around under the hood, make things even worse, and then just convince the owner to take the whole system off and replace with a simple carburetor. Consequently there were a lot of those shops in the late 60's and early 70's that had fuelie systems sitting on a back shelf somewhere. The old guy I knew, would go around and buy them and just collect them. He liked to use them for his own projects. (When I knew the guy, he had a 63 impala coupe with a custom 327 small block and a fuelie system.) The hardest part to find is the fuel injection specific distributor because it had a special flex driveshaft coming off of it to run the injection pump. So when carburetor conversions were done, the original distributor stayed with the car. I have no idea if that old guy is still alive. That was a long time ago. Sad that these old guys die and take their knowledge with them.
That is great info that you shared. Most people won’t share info. Sometimes I don’t blame them. If someone out there that needs info on something, I will share the info. But try and screw me over, I will never share again.
When I was stationed at Barksdale AFB in 1977 I was at a machine shop in Shreveport getting some head work done and there were 3 of those Rochester Corvette fuel injection set ups sitting on a shelf. The owner said they were worthless because a Holly 4 barrel carb would out perfume them and Vette owners would pull them off and give them away. Now they’re gold!
Dennis I would love to see a video of you guys offloading the car and pressure washing/vacuuming the car for the first time! Kind of a before and sorta after. I bet others would love to see it too. Also in your last video you mentioned Peerless, are they rare? I saw where one is that was left abandoned along with other rare cars.
It's funny how you can manage to get people to actually come to you about a car like this because you can look all you want and will never find it. These deals have to knock on your door. Amazing
Unbelievable love these finds man,I do think you should do more follow ups on these cars you find,plus the cleaning restoration part of the vehicle’s,love the channel
I have been binge watching for over a week now.. What I haven't found are updates on what was actually done with the vehicle rescued.... So please......
I wanted to say that they made it look so easy but one thing when you guys stopped to turn the car around I was thinking you should have moved the truck and trailer instead of pushing.
Dennis, I don't know how you do it, but that is a tremendous find. Can't wait to see what you do with it. You keep finding them and I'll keep watching.
"find" lool.. you think these guys go wondering on private property and "find" these cars? you still count on the tooth fairy? they are put up for sale and the winning bidder makes a vid on how they "found" this car purely for content.. read a little into the spec prior to filming and boom! content.. these vids are not made because they are genuine car guys, because they want to cash in on all they can get.. these beauties deserve genuine enthusiasts, these old motors have soul, history, character, not like most of the so called car guys of today's era.. patched up and sold, should be a law against it imo :P id buy it and love it, but i guess that's just me :P
A guy told me he just got a job as a security guard at the Minneapolis International Airport. I asked him how much an hour he was getting. He paused like it was hard for him to tell me and I realized, that there are kind of unspoken areas that are traditionally honored as that person's "space" so to speak, at least I think that's what his hesitancy was. Is it the same with as to why they don't say how much they bought this car for?
Great find! You have to be an aficionado, an historian, and a Sherlock Holmes level detective aside from your skills as a persuasive negotiator to make all these, "saves" happen! There's just something about the lines and curves of these old automobiles from before the so called "modern" examples we have available today. Can't wait to see this elegant girl restored!
This is the one thing I don't like about this channel. Dennis seldom follows up showing the restorations. I think he's missing a good deal by not doing that.
You guys should check out my 55 Chevy Bel Air video I found last month sitting in a garage for over 43 years! The car only has 71K miles and is rust free!
I bought a new LED flashlight at Menard's called a Guidesman. 800 lumens for $16.00. Have one for Home I liked so I got one for my 2017 Escape. A very good flashlight for the money. The handles are made of carbon fiber. Dennis needs that flashlight. Shawn.
Looks like the car is really disintegrating & rusting horribly. I wonder why if it's been stored in a garage for so long? The interior looks like they pulled it from the Atlantic Ocean with so much corrosion, rust, etc. Looks like a giant tear in the fiberglass on the driver's side as well, but I'm sure this car is no match for Dennis & his wallet! That's what i like about the channel...he's not trying to "turn & burn" like Gas Monkey, but simply put old classics back on the road at any cost (profit or not). I'm sure he knocks home runs on most of his investments, but then there are the money pits like this one that cost $100k to get it back to normal.
Careful buying cars in hidden places in GA especially Corvettes. Google A.D. Allen and the Dixie Mafia. Some great stories. My dad bought a motor for a Hot Rod in the early 60s out of the basement of a chicken house, yes basement lol. The motor was still warm. glad you got papers
58,59 and 60 Corvette C1 is my favorite corvette of all time. In 4 months time i will own a 59 C1 Corvette that is LATE PRODUCTION. Start its build in 59 December but ended 60 January.
Thats something sweet to look forward to. I agree the C1 espicially the 59 is an AWESOME car...and possibly an original fuelie....Dennis how do you do it!
I don’t mean no disrespect guys hell this includes me too he is out making it happen buying and selling money and I’m sitting here with a nice flashlight!
What shock me about this Corvette find "IF IT'S REALLY BEEN IN THERE FOR YEARS HOW CAN SOMEONE F**K UP" at the time a beautiful 1959 Corvette in a little over a year?
