I Rip & Tear Apart the Rustiest 1959 Chevy El Camino on YouTube! What Have I Done? Can I Fix It? 

Great going. What a GEM of a '59! Blood, sweat,and tears

I close my eyes and just imagine this car fully restored and looking fantastic !!! It'll be a hit at the car shows !!!!

Hi Jason, That item you highlighted looks to be the main ground cable for the El Camino. Your vehicle has great similarities to my Uncles 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood wagon that I rode around in as a kid. I can remember my Cousin Bob and I dropping jelly beans through a rotted hole in the right rear wheel well as my Aunt Rita drove us down the road ! Those cars were prone to rust, but you appear to be winning the battle. Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to your next video pressing in the new parts. Thanks for the video.

Great work!

I know this is a long shot, but being a Chevy and car makers even back then trying to save a buck using the same parts on more than one model, those headlight buckets look identical to Corvairs. There were a couple of types used I think, the 1960 model cars, the FC’s or vans use the same, and the ‘61-64’s another. If so there are many sources such as Clarks Corvair parts, California Corvair, and Corvair Ranch (1000 junk Corvairs).

Because bro you got a diamond in the rough she just needs a little bit of love and put her back together and she'll be beautiful

It's the body frame ground strap for the engine, continuity. with out that car wont start, or what happens the voltage gets confused and creates it's own ground, I seen the polarity reverse, Ground go positive. Ground strap. My 2015 Chevy 4x has it nearly located in the vary same location, That ground strap should rust out on my truck, all the electronics go crazy, even the steering will start to jump back and forth, so all who have a Chevy like mine, it's hid up above behind the inner fender liner well cover, they rot out. I'm very surprised to see it. Building muscle cars back in the day, We put two no# 9 copper wire for grounds from the body to the engine block, one on each side off the fire wall and from the engine block to the frame, make up your own batt cable ground cable, one on each side should cover it. It isn't over kill, Chevy starters charging system, ignition on those old cars can get to be vary sketchy at time. as for the starter, use a number 9 wire from the ignition to the starter, remove the factor wire in the junction wire block on the outside of the fire wall, to the starter replace it that goes for the Distribuidor. and voltage regulator. over heated starters, doesn't like to turn over, put a long nut on the stud post, where the positive cable goes, moving the wires out away from the ex-manifold. it will cure that issue for good. I ran big blocks and small blocks, but the big blocks were more fussy at times. heat. Having engine over heating issues, back in the day we had engine oil water coolers that mounted at the engine oil filter, plus I put an additional trans cooler, all for running out in the CA desert, I never ever had any over heating issues other then the starter some times. The long long on the positive post on the starter fix that. Fix one thing at a time, never never get anxious about other things until your done with what your working on. In time with some luck, some of the stuff will find you out when it is time. I highly recommend replacing the body cab mounting grommets. they do effect the electrical system. grounding, rust. when you get around to teh head lights and tail lights, you will need to cut off all the old wire connectors, at lest two inches back, or more or get a fresh harness, or make your own.

This build is going to be awesome. Thanks for bringing us along!

Nice work man! That front end is gonna ride so smooth🤙

Just imagining what this will look like in a few months. Gonna be great! 🌞

I like your idea of the chane on the spring. In the past I've used a spring compressor that I had bought. That compresser had always sketched me out when I used it.

Thanks for another , Brother !

Can you get a hold of the classic Iowa classic cars and ask him about the front end for that El Camino?

Hey Jason great work just wanted to tell you that Speedway Motor's sell a great disc brake kit that will basically bolt on; I put the kit on my 61 Chevy Biscayne it works great if your interested later Tony

Your gonna want to make a crutch to put on the inside of the a arm so you don't collapse the a arm while pressing on the new bushings. There's a picture of the tools in the service manual

A quick note on those front hubs. Later Chevy hubs from the mid to late 60s use roller bearings and will fit right up. That funny mount thing on the right frame rail, it ain't factory fo sure!

Great work, great video 👍👍

That looks like an old Chevy truck engine mount. How is it mounted? It looks like it's on sideways

Hey Jason. There's a ton of El Camino stuff on YT. Iowaclassiccar channel has one that reminds me of yours. Their's is almost done though. You could go the way of the 800hp blown one ?!! Peace Man ✌️😎👍p.s. glad you found your safety glasses ! 🤭👍

Don’t feel bad about the front end you bought. In Commiefornia,that bumper alone would go for$300.

Great job, and I always say the struggle is just part of the process...

You did alright on the front parts. I was in the same situation for my 78 k10. Needed the front headlights guys, grill and some time. Was cut exactly like yours. I could have went with a new repop, but the quality control is super spotty I’ve seen. You got a good bumper, grill and some chrome trim for 200 bones, that ain’t bad considering their scarcity. Sometimes we get home runs and others we strike out

like what your doing . Ground to body

You're doing a great job! On the core support being rotted same way in both your car and the parts donor, I feel your pain. I restored a C3 Corvette and every radiator support that was available was always rusted out in exactly the same place as my original. It was either fix what you had or spring for a repop. I see someone else said it already, but the mesh wire is the main ground strap between the frame and the motor. It spans the rubber motor mount because otherwise, there's no metal-to-metal connection between the motor and the frame.

Should talk with Iowa classic cars. Ryan. He got bunches of parts for these cars. He tell you prices. At least you got a wall hangers also.

I enjoyed this video! That's a lot of hard work you're going through there. I've made quite a few videos myself and I don't think people appreciate how much work goes into filming and editing. I thought you did a really good job putting this video together and I appreciate everything that goes into it. Looking forward to the next one!

You know how to eat an elephant ? One piece at a time !! keep trucking brother ! 👍

Jason its coming together on step at a time - keep after it, enjoyed the content very much - at a loss of the insulated grounding part your revealed on the clip exit.

You're awesome bro I love watching your videos I want to see you get that thing all cleaned up and the engine in it and moving under its own power I love classics

The upside to those brillo pad wheels over a flap disk is they take less metal off, almost none. You do have to wire wheel after if its pitted though. Great video Jason!

Awesome Jason, you have made great progress, a lot of work getting those bushings out, great job, be looking forward to the reassembly, really good video 😀😀

Rod building for the rust of us.Attainable.

This car/ truck will be narley when you complete it.

It's a ground strap. the other end would go to your block.

Wow, a lot of work! It's fun and interesting at the same time. It will be good to see Oliver again. Sounds like a win, win, situation! See y'all next week! ✌️👍😁

Like you say; these cars came rusty from factory but ARE THESE MODELS AWESOME! ‘59s are my favorite Chevrolets. I am pretty sure that one bit at a time will do it; it’s going to be awesome!

I just wanted to let you know I have a few 59 chev parts . Complete set of Drum -Drum set up Front hubs and rear Drums with new shoes with some miles on them . I have a 59 chev convertible with Disc brakes . Very good hood. Headlight buckets not for sure. If you are interested.

Enjoyed the video getting closer to being done look forward to seeing all your videos God bless you

Great start, the front suspension is similar to the GM Holden 60 to 80's great job, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

Good stuff. Keep up the great work. Gravel floors and hotrods... nothing more authentic than that!!

Outstanding work ethic and love the progress!! You got this bro!!!

Nice work on the de-construction. Look forward to seeing things come back together. Be safe and stay well.

Have fun

Jason at 36:29 is what is called a ground or earth strap one connects to the chassis and the other end to the engine block. the rubber piece is what the engine rests on once its in the car also known as an engine mount.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Keep moving forward brother. ❤. It will be worth all the hassle eventually.

Man, you're killing it! It is great seeing the progress you're making on the El Camino. I know it isn't easy, and the money challenges are always there, but you'll get there, Jason! You keep working at it, and we'll keep watching.

when you go to put back swop out the drum brakes for disk brakes it will be a lot safer love you bro later

Your patience is the key bro!! Can't wait to see them all cleaned up, painted and installed...

Still coming along great bro👍

That is a body ground strap. Not sure what the mount was being used for though.

Me and my 56 2 dr wagon are with ya

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤ I love it brother

It is going to look beautiful once everything is all done.

I truly thought that you had taken a huge hiatus from facebook and youtube! I made a comment on a facebook post And you had indicated that you are putting videos back out and this is the First one I am able to check out.I will go back and check out the others. The last that I had seen you were just getting started On the el camino , after enclosing the shop, So it has been a while. I am extremely happy.You are back and that you got the show on the road!

Lots of hard work ahead. We will be watching

I love seeing your new uploads on the 59. It’s my absolute favorite car. In fact I own a 59 Roman red two door hardtop Impala for about 24 years now. Your content is awesome and I think it’s great that you’re bringing this old girl back to life. Keep up the great work, Jason. You’re doing incredible work on this car. Don’t get discouraged. We all hit bumps in the road but visualizing it all done will keep you going.

The ground cable is the ground between body and frame . just like your gas tank grounds to the body and grounds to frame then to battery

Good new series.

good job with that front suspension tear appart

Looking good 👍

Chevy generator mount and ground strap

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Cold War Motors is doing a 60 Impala

Nice one..so glad i subscribed

that's a flux capacitor.

Do you use a sandblaster on the heavy rusted areas ?

Hard work man

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Keep up the good work!

Your work environment is sure much nicer than what I had when a replaced the lower ball joints on my 60 El Camino. It was the winter of 63 in Denver and working in my apartment parking lot and it was very cold! I’m pretty sure they were held in with rivets and all I had to get the rivets out was a hammer and chisel. What fun!

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what a shop u got there

Love new content Jason keep up great work

I tuned back in until I heard mortske. See ya