My Dad Is A Hot Rod Hoarder... 

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Your dad and the choppers were a big part of my inspiration on getting into hot rods as a kid. Always thought they were the cool guys. I'm 31 now and have my own 32 roadster.

4:18 - A podcast would be something I’d like to hear . I’ll be waiting for it Ben , I know your dad has some cool stories to tell .

THE ONLY THING MISSING HERE IS A BEER. I FEEL LIKE I WAS JUSTING HANGING IN THE BACK YARD WITH YOU GUYS AND BS'ING. COOL VIDEO. KEEP IT UP.

I had a 25 tall when I first got married. I cut the turtle deck off and used a 32 trunk panel to fill the back and close in the cab and shortened a model t truck bed down for a t bucket look. Had to sell it when my second daughter was born. Really cool to see yours.

So awesome! I love the density of cool stuff packed in that small of a space. Nicely displayed!

I saw your dad on tv like 20 years ago when they built "bad news" and it legit changed my life.

Love the stories. No, it doesn’t even feel like a long video at all!

Ur dad is a kool guy and to see old art and the history is amazing. I absolutely love it. I would love to see a build serious on "bad news"

Wow, what a cool garage. I would love to decorate my space as well...

Hell yes a video on "Bad News" i remember watching the documentary of your dads club build it back in the day. I'm running a 53 olds that was built in the early 60's in my model A coupe.

The Rod and Custom cover is awsome! I see the cover our 56 Chevy was on back in 1960!

Thank you for showing us your garage. I just dig stuff like this. Probably because my father never cleaned up his, so I always had to work outside, pay someone to rip me off fixing something, or pass on an entire project priced to sell. Now I inherited the garage and the tools scattered around. At the beginning of the pandemic I also got a free living room set that is taking up space next to the snowblower I landed cheap. My goal is to clear out space, organize (while I hit up old estate sales and flea markets for more tools that were built back in the day to last, not the newer stuff made next to where Mall Wart gets its house brand), install old gas station cabinets I got from a garage I cleaned out for an old friend who didn't want 'em, and put up some shelves to house my collections. I never really "collect", I just buy what's too cheap to pass up and suddenly I have another collection :) Then I'll paint some "petrolina" signs on the remaining wall space, I hope some of those Day Glo poster paints may give me a kind of "neon" look with the industrial lights I want to wire in--that will require some experimenting. But it will be all worth it to finally have a climate-controlled space I can work in day and night. Keep rockin', guys.

still the coolest garage ive been in, and your dad gotta be one of the coolest out there so much history and fun stories!

Thank God. I love this. 30 whole minutes of awesomeness

Just now found your channel. Really enjoyed your video and your garage and seeing a son so into his dad and what his dad is into. You guys have a great great relationship from what I can see cherish it. I will subscribe and watch all your videos.

I was a bug hot rodder.. Also built and drove baja bugs.. they are one of the best kept secrets for being fun to drive. You're lucky to have a dad that was / is into such cool things.

9:19 I remeber that pic of your Dad as little kid with your grandparents .Down in New Zealand R&C was required reading every month !

Nice garage! I like the 60's touch on the door. I hope I'll have the same relationship with my son when he will be older! Oh, and long video are great, keep doing it.

We have the same blue cabinet that the grinder is on .I think we got it at a yard sale

Best part of your dad's stuff, he doesn't have a boring orange lump in his rides, Nailheads and Oldsmobiles, all he needs is an earlyish Pontiac to round it out... but that would mean more stuff laying around. Most of my shop is taken up with parts, engines, and transmissions, I've lost a ton of stuff over the years.

You're so lucky to have such a cool dad. I used collect old bikes from the late 60s and 70 s.

I just stumbled on this channel and I must say that this garage tour was a real treat. Your dad is one cool dude and so is your Grandfather...his cars are great too. Super to see California Car Kulture passed-down through 3 generations. Back in the 90's, I daily drove my ratty old 59' GMC 100, 57' Packard Clipper and even had 62' Olds Cutlass coupe. The Packard was gloss black with those awesome batwing tail light and moon eyes hubcaps...found it in some lady's back yard one day looking over fences, with a bunch of Gophers living in it...payed $500, managed to get it running and drove it for 4 years...that thing was a reliable surf machine. I'm feeling inspired by your videos...time to find another old car...maybe something that runs this time ;p. Thanks for the uploads!

So much cool stuff!!! Thanks for not cutting it short! Awesome video, can’t wait for the next one! 😎

Getting me motivated to get my garage useable again. Funny how stuff expands to fill space available when you not looking.

This video is really special, i´ve lost my dad 5 years ago and now i remember that me and my brother were also asking him about his youth. Its funny that we did some of the same stuff when we were younger. It´s really important to apreciate your`e past and honor your parrents and there past because it is in a way also a part of your past. Keep up the ggod work, i really love youre hot rod movies. Happy Holidays. Greetings from the Netherlands.

Definitely want to see more on Bad News. Actually still waiting for more on the Deuce Coupe too! I remember the video from last year? when you first showed it. Also the long form is great, you do great work with your videos but usually I want to see more. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this incredible collection. Took me right back to my childhood as I was seven in 1960. I love your films. Thank you

Ben enjoy your time with your dad. I just lost my dad he's been gone for a year and I miss him everyday love it.

Now this is how a garage is supposed to look like! Thanks for taking the time to share all those stories, really interesting!

Derons scratch about Pratt's '40 mill for 800 beans is golden. Thanks for the tour, and making twenty a Lil bit better.

I remember seeing Bad News being built on an episode of Rides. Windshield no shorter than a dollar biil

Great video, hanging out with your in the shop, my dad past away in 1984 miss him every day. Him and my Grandfather taught me how to work on cars and motorcycles.

I absolutely loved hearing what your dad had to say about his collection. I could listen to him for days man. Your very blessed to have a badass hotrodding father dude. Id kill to have a father who has such passion for old time hotrodding and memorabilia. More vids like this one would be rad.

Awesome garage and definitely would wanna see more of Bad News. That's my favorite hot rod.

Good to see that your family is doing well! Shout out to your dad! I love the video, lots of cool stuff. The garage door in really cool. I cant wait to see you guys work on Bad News. Its weird that I had a 28 chevy (rat rod) when I first saw the Rides episode and now that I watch your channel I have a 67 cougar (muscle car). You guys work well together and you guys should do a podcast. Good Job Ben!

Your Dad is a very interesting Guy, treasure your time with him and take the time to learn from his wealth of knowledge of the car hobby.

I definitely enjoyed the full length with all the cool stories! It’s amazing how you can remember where you got everything. It’s true. Bad News fix up episodes? Yes Yes Yes!!!

Finding out that your dad is an old skate punk is pretty cool.

Fantastic, your Dad is a little older than me (72) but I sure can relate to the skating back in the '80s. We had this American friend come over to Sydney Australia and gave me a skateboard which was called an Ozzy. It had gull-wing pro 4 trucks and Nachi bearings. Man, that thing was scary fast. Couldn't ride half or quarter pipe with it but it used to beat everyone down the hill

Really cool that you interviewed your father. You’ll treasure this for years to come. Cool garage too! Currently I’m rebuilding and organizing my storage/tool room and this gave me some cool ideas. Thanks!

I made it to the end. I really enjoyed your dad's stories. As it seems that we are around the same age. I'm also a model car builder. So I caught a few things that are important items in our hobby. Like the Black Widow kit. Also, this was the perfect video for inspiration this morning as I am planning on this day to be my garage organizing day. I want mine to be right for my projects and my channel. Your channel is very impressive and one of my top 10 channels that inspires me. You have got to get your dad in more episodes.

Amazing job Ben! Your Dad is a rare find. So nice seeing how both of you share such a deep love for hot rodding and everything related to it. This is inspiring me to do a garage tour with my Dad and Uncle who have the same love for hot rods and love for historical artifacts.

I've seen a lot of garages on RU-vid and tv, this has got to be one of my favorite! The memorabilia, history and cool cars are what I live for! I love cars and all that goes with them!! New subscriber here.👍✌🇨🇦

Cool garage with a lot of vintage items. I like it a lot. When you get older you start collecting thing of your past. A nice interview with your dad and a lot of cool stories. Thanks for the upload.

So Im probably maybe 10 years older than your dad. I found your Mustang video where you went over your new exhaust. I was impressed that a young guy was into the old muscle car scene. Nice Mustang. Then I saw the vid of the other guys Camaro with the roll cage... And Im thinking these guys are coming up the same way I did as a teen in the early 70's. I saw the old school stuff sitting in the garage in some of the vids and I was thinking your dad was into it. Now I see where you got it from. But it warms my heart to see young guys keeping it alive. I was trying to get my son set up with a Harley after college. We were just ready to put money on a Sportster when he got a job offer in NYC. He went off to live in Williamsburg and Bed Sti and met a hippie girl... Now they are out in Portland and hes more likely to be into an electric vehicle than anything with a V-8 and a stick. My first car was Galaxy 500 with a 390, I had a 63 Buick Riviera... A few 60's Vetts including a 69, 427 convertible... One car I wish I had back was the 72 GTO. My wifes commuter now is a Camaro SS convertible... I dont knopw what Im going to do when they force the EV's on us but Im not going to be happy. I subscribed so keep up the good vids...

This is amazing. I am 17, also collect old car parts, schwinn biked and I have a 1974 beetle I'm building into a drag car right now with a front engine small block 350. This is awesome

Your dad is an inspiration to many people! (I'm included!) Thanks for sharing and keep on filming!! Gretings from Argentina

I absorbed every bit of it as I am pretty close to your Dad's age, if not the same. I really enjoyed the stories and history. I also noticed a Huffy with a long sissy bar hanging up. I believe I had the same one with a small tire in front and e brake console. So cool! Your video has inspired me to get my garage back in shape and have some fun with my cool things that I have kept! Haha. I definitely would like to see more of the hot rod and some Dad stories in the garage!

Great to see this, there is a lot of History in that garage! Nice to see you and your Dad keeping it alive!👍🏻

Great Video, Buddy. Keep em coming. It's great hearing the stories and history that goes along with Hot Rodding. Thanks heaps.

Dude you are so lucky you have such a cool dad and and grandparents. Sounds like oil and gasoline runs through the family veins. Thanks for the tour of the garage.

I love the auto world sticker on the tool box!

LOVE the garage tour! Three generations of people doing the coolest things possible, all the time.

Your Dad is cool and have a really interesting garage, clean and organized in a way that can tell a "history" on your Dad,every zone can represent a years.... 70' 80' 90' 00' ,2010...oh yep and have a marvelous Hot Rods.

Great video!!! You forgot to mention the garage itself......it must be from 40s? Love the wood rafters, dont see that much anymore.

It feels like a long video in a very good way, keep up the great videos man.

That's so cool ur Dad kept all those cool antquies n we moved so many times n so I lost it all n now I starting over n I have alot in such a short time Thank God

One other thing I noticed about Bad News is the pin striping. Real old school style Tommy the Greek tear drops and Dutch style striping on the radiator shell. Nicely done.

Sweet garage lots of really cool stuff and always like hearing your Dad’s stories...awesome video as always Ben 👍🏻

This is the first of your videos that I've watched and I'm impressed. Your dad and Bad News look familiar . Then I remembered an episode of Rides on the Burbank Choppers. Thanks for the garage tour and cool stories.

Very cool Ben and Aaron!! Great job on the garage too. I remember how packed it was when we visited lol! Looking forward to coming back!...

Bill Hines Signed Cigar!!!!That's Awesome...The ol ' LEAD SLINGER was My Hero!

its always nice to have a garage tour of a fellow motorhead

Great film loved seeing bad news again. The first thing I ever made was a skateboard back in the 70's. I've made things ever since. Keep on building.

Too cool I have your dad in an old hot rod documentary with his club. Soon as I seen him I thought wow too cool.

Crazy how each thing in your garage has a cool story behind it! Definitely have an awesome set up there guys! Cool video, watched it all the way through 👍🏼

You and pops are the coolest! Thanks for the video and the stories.

I love these So Cal guys with their two car garages. That one looks like its 22 or 24 foot square packed to the rafters with cool shit.

I'm so glad to see your Dad kept the T as built!

I am going through this very thing with my late dad's garage. He was born and raised in Burbank, but garage im speaking of is in Fresno. The history on the walls alone is insane. Burbank was a small community back in the 40s and 50s. Dad was a member of Road Kings. Did many a race down in the l.a. river.Im wondering if my dad knew your grandpa. My dad passed away at 80, 2 years ago. Last 2 cars he has are a 32 roadster and a 32 3 window coupe Henry Ford body.

Oh man, i realy like those videos with your Old Man! Always fun to watch!

I just love this video. It just makes me think about the future. Really love the garage, its not just a garage its an awesome garage. Cool

awesome garage man, love the old stuff that is in it. I collect many emblems, and signs and stuff from 60s 70s 80s so my workshop s kinda the same in a way, stuffed with cool stuff and no space for actual working :D

Subscribed! Your pops has a lot of cool stuff, I give people tours if my garage and also have a few old bikes. Every item saved has a piece of history and story behind it. It has to be shared with anyone coming to the garage! Great content, keep it up!

Your videos are getting better and better and I enjoyed every second of this. THANKS a LOT (especially in these times). And I now have a serious case of Garage-Envy (if this word exists). Cheers from Germany and stay safe

Long-form deep-dive vid was awesome! Super keen to see a vid on Bad News and the whole history it has with your family!

lets see the bad news video. i got the dvd series rides with the episode when they built bad news its one of my favorites

Excellent video and so cool to see you sharing a passion with your dad! Thanks for sharing 👍👍

Would love to see a pod cast! Also love the longer video

Hats off 2 you both, this is always what I've said........if you can't pass your horde or collection to your son or daughter, it will be sold off and some stranger gets rich! All the time and money invested cannot be taken to the grave. That's why you have to have a relationship with your kids!

Hey ,Dad and son happy as hell I found this loved it dad , i wanted a Schwann Stingray in 1965 I was 12 and my cheap old man got me a ugly Roadmaster instead but miss him and my Road master bike but what a awesome video ,keep it up for a new watcher of your RU-vid vids

Cool video Ben! I bet everyone made it to “the end”. Lol. Love the nostalgia. Just started watching your videos last year and didn’t realize your Dad’s background.

Nice garage buddy. I love collecting old tools and tool boxes. Keep up the good work.

Will be nice too see bad news be build again i remember seeing that thing being build by the club members on a cool tv show called rides.....be well guys ....🤙

Very nice video!your dad has a nice collection!I remember photos shoots he did 15years ago,transmitted always a nice atmosphere!nice education you got too!🤟

That badass intro alone deserves a thumbs up

Definitely would love to hear a podcast and the video wasn't too long at all..cool stories..used to buy rod and custom all the time..subscribed and lookin forward to more

Awesome video man I love the long format. Can’t wait to see bad news finished!🤘🏼🤘🏼

Really cool. I have always liked the custom cars that Lenny Byer built.

Liked and subbed! Great vid! Grew up in Philly and my favorite summer nights were spent down behind the airport going to the underground drag races. Those nights made me a car and motorcycle guy. Now living in washington state after flying recon planes for the Navy but the passion for cars and bikes never left. My shop is a timestamp of Americana just like yours but I'm always adding more. Not a hoarder lol. It's great that you're sharing the love of this culture with your son. Keep it going. Bitchin vid guys!

Thank you for the showing your very cool garage. Watching from South Africa. Chris

My Uncle drove "Bad News Coupe" AA/FA ..cool garage stuff.

Thanks for the tour! Some really cool stuff in there!

70s my first skateboard was in 1960. I used to use it to go home from highschool in 1963 on my skateboard. I was in the senior play, it was easier than calling my parents after practice. Then I got my first car.

Man! I was just thinking 2 days ago, when's Ben gonna post a new video?Cool! Let's see a "Bad News" video!

This was really awesome stuff! Love the family history and stories. Looking very forward to more content from you guys! It’s a huge inspiration with my personal projects (‘29 Ford and early 240z) as well as driving me to get back to California hopefully in the near future. Wish I’d never left ✌️

More bad news videos would be awesome!!!

Your Dad owns & built "Bad News"?!?!? His car club was featured on an episode of Rides. That is my favorite episode! If lit a fire for me to built a car too. Thanks for sharing!

I loved this video. It was so natural and unpretentious. Your Dad is a big kid. Stingray bikes and skate boards. I would have liked to hear what your Mom thinks about all this. Oh I guess I don't want to start any domestic trouble. You and your dad have a great realationship. Treasure it. Wishing you and your Dad the best.