LOST and FOUND! Ratty 1972 Chevy Chevelle - Will It Run After 32 Years? 

I failed to mention this is NOT my car. I’m only helping the owner get it back on the road to enjoy. I would love to own it though! Thanks for watching 👍🏻

It's Friday the 13th and Dylan has a Chevy. Dogs and cats living together. MASS hysteria!

After a while these cars develop a personality of thier own, this is one of those cars that just wanted to live, she wasn't ready for the pastures yet. Good job for letting this old girl live again

Unbelievable! Sitting for 30 years and runs as well as the accelerator pump working. I'm a GM fan and Chevrolet in particular, I watch your channel because of your attention to detail and your knowledge and fine workmanship, I'm glad to see you working on the Chevelle. Hell yeah I want to see that Car back to life 👍☮️

Awesome! Even though I'm a mopar guy, it's great to see something different in your channel once in a while. The Trans Am, The Datsun...... Keep 'em coming!

Bought one exactly like this car back in 73. Same color ,engine and interior. Put 238000 miles on it before the rear frame section dissolved. Wonderful car.

In high school one of my friends had a 72 it was a350 4speed car he still regrets getting rid of it absolutely love seeing these old cars being rescued and put back on the road

My dad bought me a 72 Chevelle SS 454 4speed car when i was 14. It was a father son project that we restored together I'm 41 now and i still have it. Drive it every summer

The rochester 2 jet is an easy to work on carb and leave it on there. They are a really decent 2 barrel. Get the brakes and exhaust fixed and an oil change and you have a daily driver.

Seeing you work on a GM was an entertaining novelty. I'd be twice as lost on a Mopar. 😉

Thank you so much, Dylan, for keeping us entertained and keeping it true. And honestly, that Chevelle still looks and sounds better than a Tesla ever could, even without exhaust. I doubt that 32 years from now anyone's heart will be set aflutter at the sight of a Tesla.

Not your typical content but great to see you working on a Chevelle. There’s a reason why the small block Chevy is the most popular V8 ever made! Looking forward to the next video!

I am glad to finally see you with a Chevrolet and especially a Chevelle. Having restored a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 (clone) and a 1969 Malibu 350, I will be figuratively watching over your shoulder all the time and wishing I could be there to give you pointers as you progress. That solenoid on the carburetor is to increase the idle a little when the air conditioner compressor is running and putting a little load on the engine. You will find that parts for the Chevelle and 350 are easy to find and cheaper than your Mopar parts. I sold my 1970 Chevelle SS in January and had to clean out my garage so I gave away all my left over parts to another restoration project. If the Chevelle is rust free you have a real gem there that has a lot of potential. I am a disabled senior now and unable to handle another restoration project now myself, but I would love to have a Chevelle Malibu with a 350 2 barrel and factory air conditioning. It would be a comfortable car and better gas mileage than the 4 barrel big block I just sold.

I believe that solenoid mounted on the carb is to kick the idle up for the a/c

I use to own a 1971 Malibu Chevelle it had the original 307 V8 with a 350 hydrmatic transmission with turbo only thing was the engine needed rebuilt cause my foot was heavy on the gas pedal I drove it for awhile until I burnt the rings in it and the timing went bad on it last I heard it wounded up in Jacksonville FL I was younger when I had it I just drove it until it couldn't be drove anymore if I hadn't been hard on it and took better care of it I'd still have the Chevelle Malibu on today they are great cars now that I'm older I wouldn't mind owning another one I'd take more care of it now keep up the good work Dylan the car ran great

Snakeskin Chevelle feels like a great name for this survivor. great work as always Dylan!

Nice! Yup, I had a 70 Chevelle Malibu back in 78 to 93. Maroon with a black vinyl top. Cragar SS front and rear, but the rear was jacked up with air shocks, and the rear Cragar SS were 10 inches wide with some big ol' fat tires sticking out a couple of inches.. The original owner ordered it with a manual 3 speed transmission with a Hurst floor shifter, and the Super Sport dash, with the tach and every guage possible, also a bench seat and A/C. Oh yeah, a 350 engine with a 4 barrel carb. I was the second owner. It was 8 years old and I paid 800 bucks for it and then I put on the tires and wheels and air shocks, all from PepBoys. Fun times. Thanks Dylan for letting me remember the good ol days. Hope y'all have a wonderful evening and weekend.

Great find

Can’t wait. My first car was 1972 Chevy Chevrolet Chevelle. Paid $1200 dollars my junior year of high school. Best car I ever owned.👍🏿

Enjoying this build. My older brother (now passed) had a '72 Chevelle 'Heavy Chevy'. It was a one year only model and there weren't many made but he loved his. After all these years I've never seen any restored examples or any for sale in the obvious sale sites. Thanks for sharing!

I love that you save some of these old gorgeous cars that are rare and abandoned

Get her a fender and a couple patch panels and she’ll be driving like new 👍🏼

I have been looking for a 71 or 72 chevelle for some time, but everything I find is extremely expensive, you are blessed to find one that is not expensive by the look of it. Great video.

I LOVE the introduction to this haha! it's *quite* refreshing

Omg Dylan has a chevy! Just teasing. Cool vid. After 32 years I'm impressed. Thought for sure it would take longer to fire off. That excellorator pump must've been made on a Wednesday....lol.

My 3rd car was a 71 Malibu. It had a front clip from a rebuild. It was a great car. 350, quadrajet, if my memory serves me. I had it when my wife and I married in 1973. I kept her about 3 years.

That step solenoid would energize when you turn the factory air!

That first minute earned the *Like*

Good find on both lugs on the starter touching

Sweet! I think Dylan needs a Chevelle!

Thank you Dylan for getting this old girl going. Can’t wait to see what you do to her. Thank you for sharing

The solenoid on the throttle is to boost idle when A/C is on. That car is missing the compressor. Those old A6 compressors use a lot of HP but run forever. Jags and Rolls used them.

That solenoid on the carburetor is for the air-conditioning system when the air conditioning is engaged the solenoid pops up and raises the RPMs of the motor.love your channel!

@31:10 that is an a/c pick up...When power to the a/c clutch is applied the solenoid is powered to bring the idle up to compensate for the load of the compressor.

The bit in the begging reminded me of that movie about a living car.

I'm loving the little intro skits

Love watching you bring the muscle cars back from the graveyard man. They deserve to live and keep going brother

I want to score one for a Mopar that sat for 29 years. In the fall of 2020, I revived a 1963 Chrysler Newport 4 door with a 361 cid that was last on the road in1991. Did the usual: plugs, wires, points, condenser, rotor, cap, belts, hoses, master cylinder, wheel cylinders, shoes and misc. stuff. It runs, drives and stops. Did not touch the carb (only sprayed it with cleaner) or the accelerator pump or the fuel pump, all of which are original to the car. Let it be said, "Mopar or no car".

I like this car. You figured what was going on with those wires. Hopefully the owner will replace what needs to be replaced.

I'm very proud of you and your growth over the years.

I’ve got a ‘71 Malibu I’m planning to get running again soon it’s been sitting for 20+ years that’ll be fun I’ll definitely film it ! I’m liking this ‘72 already it’s crazy sitting for that long and it just fires right up and idles and revs lol it sounds great can’t wait for part two now !

Yes 32 years , that car is one year younger then me, and in about same condition, we were just talking about how we remember meeting you threw RU-vid with junkyard digs/mook and thunderhead289, I miss the days when yal used to do car revivals together, maybe again someday, hopefully, either way glad to know ya before everyone went their separate ways, Liked the video, Full view always, I really enjoy the ambient sound in your vids without a ton of dialogue, perfect balance

Don't burn the shed down just yet. I hope you have some type of set up to suppress that shed if it lights up.

That intro was hilarious! Made my day.

The Cordoba exhaust reminds me of that scene from Christine towards the end where it's in the process of getting crushed by the dozee

Lmfao at the Intro 🤣🤣 @Dylan McCool

I just love how that Chevelle looks it’s perfect

Nice job on the flashing headlights intro!

I believe that solenoid is the high idle for the A/C system. My 72 Chevelle said it would like its little brother to come home now. So feel free to drop that off at my place. You don't even have to finish it. Lol

Man I so miss my 72 Chevelle. Biggest mistake trading it because it had working ac and in Tejas you need that.😢

Dang that car is so nice. I love the 72 chevelle

Nice car. Finally a Chevy from the mopar man

Crazy, I just bought a 350 Chevelle with a smashed passenger fender. Got her running tho, just need to buy that fender. And it developed a header leak, which initially scared the piss out of me.

Nice size barn

I seriously wish I could be there helping you with this car. I new the battery cable was touching the ignition post on the starter and I could help ya with all the wiring on this thing. Love you content and keep up the cool projects.

that is awesome to see u bring back the old school cars. nice

I always liked the 72 year models Chevy thumbs up

I have only just started watching but i can tell this is the video for me.

Yup...! Little rough on the edges, but she's still a looker! ;)

One of my dream-cars - I would definitely like to see a part 2. From '81-83, I was working at a VW repair shop and my boss had one of those Cordovas with the giant taillights.

My dad was selling GM (Chevy/Buick/Pontiac) in 1972 and his demo was a match for this one with the exception of color (red/black interior). I loved that rig. That 350 was plenty for a car that size and it could burn 'em out with the best of them. Love to have that car now

That was a lot of fun...great video.

So smooth! I just turn 50 last month and that's what I would find for a budget hotrod for me. Or a 72 Oldsmobile 350 just because it's easy to find mechanical parts. I'd love to find something while I can still work on something like that.

I know Cordoba's are not that valuable, but that thing might be the most well preserved car on the channel. Or so it would seem.

I owed a 72 Chevelle that I bought from the original owner in 1980. It had low miles 350/350. Orange flame poly paint. Black vinyl top. Wish I still had it.

After 32 year it started right up and idled thats impressive don't see that much at all

That car has so much potential...I really hope it gets fixed up and back on the road

Im enjoying this build as all yours Dylan

That solenoid on the intake by the throttle linkages when you've got AC on the car it will idle the car to adjust for the air conditioner pulling the motor down

Pretty straight and clean for what you normally wrench on. Cool car !!!

Oh no Dylan’s talking to the cars and is going crazy

What a great intro!! Oh...and of course the rest of the video is excellent as well!

A couple more Chevys and you will be a GM expert. The thing to remember on all old GMs, the purple wire is the key start wire. The yellow one, with a black stripe, I think that goes to the coil. Some cars have the fuse box main power directly to the positive cable on the starter. Some have a junction block on the fender or radiator support.

I'm surprised you didn't encounter rodent damage. I usually find it in any one vehicle that has been down so long

The beginning was absolutely hilarious

Great save, back in the early 80s I had a sweet 70 Malibu, sure do miss that car. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞

Nice Malibu👍 need to repair the right fender. Dylan McCool❤

Sounds freaking amazing

Your killing me .....I have a 74 402BB and have been looking for this type of car to put it in.....very kool car

My brother had one back in the 80's. It was a pretty thing, and comfortable, but the engine had gremlins that defied exorcism. It would surge going down the road, but at completely random times. Rebuilt the carb, replaced the carb, replaced the thundermaker, replaced the timing chain. Nothing fixed it and he finally got tired of throwing money at it and traded it for something else.

That there is one reason the small block Chevy is Awesome and most popular engine EVER made 32 years sitting throw in new points and plugs and fires right up.

Great old car I had one ,mine was blue never put anything but gas and tires into it.. !👍🏻

The Idle stepper motor/Solenoid on the carb would have been for the factory air. There should be a lead connected to the compressor clutch circuit which powered it.

Love the intro, very silly and I loved it!

These intros are 100% the best thing ever.

Great video Love barn find starts Please take of the front guard and panel beater and put back on

Great video Dylan old Chevys never die they just go slower, really like your garage

I like how you don’t just like mopars.

I would love to see this Chevelle restored , it started quite easily after 32 years!!!! what a car

Excellent find even cooler it's a 2 door with a 350 congratulations

Looks like an awesome looking Chevelle ran very good right on Dylan

That was a fun video. Those old rochester 2,bbl carbs are reliable

remarkably good shape

😂😂😂😂 the start of video cracked me up great content Dylan 😃

The 72 is my favourite model

Sure it will run because it's still a jewel in my book

Like videos chevelle loud wait for part 2 good day

I have a buddy with a 70’ a 4 speed and a 572 crate engine. It’s a fun BU

Check the fuses for the parking lights. They always go bad if there's a short.

Yup the brake lights work