Nitrous-Powered Street Racer Buick Found After 20 Years! | Tony Angelo's Stay Tuned

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, Tony and the boys hop in the truck and head to Spanish Harlem in NYC to rescue a 1973 Buick Electra 225 that has been sitting in a parking garage for 15 years. Packed with 455 cubic inches of Buick V8 power, topped with a ton of 90’s speed parts, this boat was built to be the “fastest Buick in New York.” With nothing but some hand tools, a few small parts, and a lot of carb cleaner, they set out to get this car running and driving. Will they get it fired off? Will it make the drive home? Most importantly, will it do killer burnouts?
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0:00 Intro
1:13 Background on the Buick
4:13 Digging into the Car!
7:28 The Work Begins
23:08 First Fire Up!
25:49 Hit The NYC Streets!
29:45 Etown Thrash
39:54 Hit The Track!
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@viruet2002 Год назад

Thank you so much for coming to get my grandfather's car. It meant a lot to my dad. Knowing that my grandfather's beast is in a good home means a lot to us. Please enjoy the ride and have fun.

@josephviruet8049 Год назад

It was great to see my grandfather's Buick drift behind a M4 and you guys rip the assault with 4 guys in the car. It reminds me when I use to sneak the car out on Friday nights with my friends to Fountain Ave in Brooklyn. TA my dad is happy that you are enjoying the car

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Happy to do it! It's definitely something special.

@RandySpycyWeinr Год назад

*_Some people just don't or can't understand how much a car can mean to someone. Loved this episode._*

@kevinjohnson8758 Год назад

Love the more doors cars. Scuff it paint it. Go hunting.

@MintMonte87ACSS312 Год назад

Read your comment right as that kid grinded it with his bmx bike 😂 atleast mechanically it will be taken care of

@HotRod-wv4vm Год назад

Awesome Tony I am so glad that you guys have my dad’s car instead of going to the crusher. Thank you thank you thank you.

@BarbalinardoInnovations Год назад

This one was super fun, thanks again for the awesome memories!

@layzboy2545 Год назад

Thank you for giving this car to Tony and Stay Tuned. He’s the man to keep the legend going.

@PNWSV Год назад

I can picture that car back in the day it's the ultimate sleeper and I'll bet it's a riot on the bottle... I was grinning ear to ear watching the boys swing this thing around

@HotRod-wv4vm Год назад

@@PNWSV the car was so loud on the street with the headers, dual exhaust that you had to coast by the cops 👮‍♀️ to avoid a ticket.

@HotRod-wv4vm Год назад

@@layzboy2545 I couldn’t think of a better person and the fact that he’s in PA and I am in NYC is awesome. Hopefully I can see it on the track

@dspence8086 Год назад

Congratulations Hagerty for getting TA. He brings excitement and energy to the channel that was missing.

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Appreciate it! We are glad to be here!

@msport_erick Год назад

Jason and Randy aren’t exciting?? 🤣

@bobsrx792 Год назад

Agree. Now they are sneaking in more people can't wait for more collabs.

@rogjackson Год назад

I like the Davin engine videos. Those are a treasure.

@KAuto26 Год назад

davin needs to build some engines for tony to blow up. the ultimate crossover episode

@lewdog4241 Год назад

"alright it might run a little better" the car immediately sounds like a beast. I love it, great stuff guys.

@Blaquer17 Год назад

Now I don't feel so bad about my own diagnostic failures. Troubleshooting a lean pop when it was actually the plug wires! And man it sounds hot now!

@DC_ABC_123 Год назад

My favorite part was Tony laughing like John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles while everybody else in the car was screaming.

@jonathanstancil8544 Год назад

All he needed was the devil costume!

@derbydriver Год назад

That’s like my dream car. Not necessarily that exact model, but a 70’s land yacht with a hot motor. There’s just something special about that.

@StayTunedTA Год назад

I've been in a few, it's always so fun! First blower car I drove was a covnertible '68 Caddy and it was incredible.

@Ilovegirlfights2 Год назад

Just get a Cadillac Escalade from 10 years ago. It already has ls motor

@michaelmaas5544 Год назад

@@Ilovegirlfights2 a 2012 Cadillac is nothing like driving a car from the ‘70s

@Jax71 Год назад

@@michaelmaas5544 isn’t that the truth, I had a 75 ElDorado and that joker was a blast. New Caddy’s aren’t anything like the old land yachts

@craigstreetzel7743 Год назад

Highwaymen build on power Nation is 70s boat with a 500+ ci 800 hp cammer motor in the 70s mercury

@zzdakota Год назад

5 guys having fun driving around laughing reminds me of high school days with friends in the 80’s. That Buick is a sleeper that looks to be fun to have.

@michaelbaka4777 Год назад

I own one of these. 73 Limited 2-door, triple black, 20,700 miles. My Dad bought it brand new December 1972. He was SOO proud of this car! I don't do this stuff with it, but it will smoke the back tires off and cruises the hiway like a dream. Milege sucks, but who cares?? This guy wanted what he wanted and had it built that way! Hats off to him and you guys for getting it back on the road again.

@aussiefirestorm Год назад

Those kids were stunned when the old school muscle unleashed, the look on their face as the body roll kicked in ! Tony looked like he had the most fun you can have with your clothes on when he was "finished"

@HotRod-wv4vm Год назад

Thanks to you and your crew for the memories that I will always cherish 😢

@reginaldbowls7180 Год назад

Thanks to you! This video was RAD!

@phw340 Год назад

Love how you revived it from that parking garage and worked the bugs out of it! Reminds me of my old ‘74 Pontiac Bonneville. Was my aunts car and I got it when I was like 17. Had 400ci engine in it. I put a shaker on it from our old Trans Am and used to look for cars to race at night. Was a killer ride! Love the old boats! Thanks again for the great video! Brings back memories of wrenching on the side of the road in the dark!

@scottjamison1602 Год назад

Thanks for giving this beast another chance. My grandmother drove a 1972 Buick Riviera with the 455 that as a teenager I loved to drive. It wasn’t as built as your Buick, but it was fun to drive. Having all your car buddies pile in the car brought back a lot of great memories.

@williamdon3442 Месяц назад

Those old Buicks ain’t no joke. If done right

@garyw4211 Год назад

Tone: what a great episode buddy!! The best part was when all your crew jumped in at the race track... The look on their faces when you put that land yacht sideways into a drift was priceless!! Thanks for making me smile! Cheers, Gary in Ontario. Eh?

@67st1 Год назад

As an avid Buick owner and effectionato, this video hit the spot! I can't tell you how many times my frind and I have done this stuff!!!! I love these finds in big cities!!! What a blast!!! Keep up the great work on your channel!!!! Tears to my eyes in rolling laughter!!!! CHEERS!!!!

@impslap7620 Год назад

Love this story. Nothing beats reviving something like this from the dead. Nice to see she has a new lease on life and will bring many more smiles!

@indraterbeek4461 Год назад

This whole situation (parking garage, out on the street, etc.) is the reality for so much of us out there. Great to see it represented in the media. Oh and this is the kinda stuff i want to able to pull with my '76 Estate Wagon one day :D

@StayTunedTA Год назад

That's real life man, how we did it for many many years! Used to work on a gravel floor as a kid for awhile. Good luck with the Wagon!

@phuzz00 Год назад

The only good thing about working on the street is you can drive half onto the kerb, and get a bit more room underneath the car. It's the poor man's hydraulic lift ;) Just remember to sweep the broken glass out of the gutter before you do.

@PraiseJesusChrist2024 Год назад

I have a 73 buick centurion vert my dad passed down to me and my brother needs a ton of work.

@indraterbeek4461 Год назад

I hope they keep this car and make it a family member. Because some vehicles just deserve it, they have a spirit within them that is bigger than the sum of the parts. If you love this kind of machines you know what i'm talking about. They're family.

@MidnightCustoms111 Год назад

want to sell that wagon

@michaels.ramsey7803 Год назад

I had a 1971 Buick Electra 225 "The Deuce and a quawtah!" is what my homies called it. It was a beast, it had hippie flowers painted on the white vinyl top when i bought it.

@jameswacker7483 Год назад

I couldn’t stop smiling when you guys were ripping on the Buick around the track. Instantly took me back to many poor life choices with buddies and inappropriate cars

@jonkitrel6622 Год назад

Back in high school, while my friends drove Mustangs, Malibus, and Firebirds, l always had some type of 60s or 70s land barge. Always GM, always a big block, usually a 2dr, and always gramma-fresh. This Buick brings back some memories, wrenching w friends in driveway and cruising the wheels off. Thanks for that.

@davelowets 2 месяца назад

Yea, back in high-school I ALWAYS bought a big ole G.M. land barge with a big block in it for a winter beater for a few hundred bucks when we put the hot rods away in the fall. TONS of fun and fuckery was had with these things... 👌

@jameshall4385 Год назад

That is cool. I have probably driven paste that parking garage hundreds of times never imagined a beast like that was sitting inside.

@martinedelius Год назад

Please do more videos of this car! As the owner of a -72 GS455 with the exact same color scheme this was great to watch.

@Nitroracer17 Год назад

This gives me flashbacks of my 68' Fairlane autocrossing with five people in the car! Most hilarious autocross run ever. Big old boats are surprisingly easy to slide around with all that wheelbase. Keep bringing the great content Tony!

@bumpedhishead636 Год назад

In high school in the late 70s, I drove my parent's 1970 Electra 225 that had a 455ci in it. I never had any money to do anything to it except put fuel in it. I would pour through the JC Whitney catalog looking for upgrade parts that I never bought. That car was an absolute tank - unstoppable!

@robw7205 Год назад

Same! I learned to drive in my parents 73 225 with the 455. What a beast. Great memories for sure

@slimjim2291 Год назад

Very cool car! Now let's see some upgraded suspension, brakes and big beefy sway bars! I would love to see more of this car absolutely shredding!

@reflex8698 Год назад

This was amazing!! Loving TA on hagerty now, killer production and hysterical content. Just some dudes hanging out working on cars, I love it

@anthonysaoulidis6340 Год назад

That’s real cool. I pass by that garage while on the FDR daily. Who would have thought that this would be sitting in there. Awesome rescue.

@patrickdixon505 Год назад

The big ones deserve love too. I miss my dad's 73 Centurion.

@_Dmme_Main_Hagerty Год назад

hit me up

@chrisw5837 Год назад

Mad props to the Buick, it handled more then a few laps with Tony behind the wheel and the motor didn’t puke its guts out on the ground! I

@kw2519 Год назад

Tony is my spirit animal.

@JonnyJetson754 Год назад

Heck yea

@vincedibona4687 Год назад

Except he isn’t a spirit. So, no.

@willvazquez3218 Год назад

This video in incredible. I had so much fun hanging out with you guys. I felt like I was riding around in that car. Brought me memories of hanging out with my buddy in the 80s in his dad’s 66 Belair. Love it more of these please!!

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Man, thanks a ton! Appreciate it.

@csmith9248 Год назад

Props to the Dad for having this beautiful beast built! Wish we could’ve had an old pic.

@BarbalinardoInnovations Год назад

One more lap over the GW, please?! This thing RIPS!!

@Harold_That_Guy Год назад

Love a 70's 4 door hard top!!!

@michaelzimmerman635 Год назад

The pure joy on Tony's face is priceless.

@aedanmarcus3253 Год назад

I grew up down the street from Englishtown raceway. It's super nice to see a local spot in one of these videos.

@lb9gta307 Год назад

As a viewer of both channels I think it's cool to see Jimmy experiance a car so different from what he's used to.

@TheWalkmanRotation Год назад

I love that car. Had a few 225's. I actually save and resurrect the 70's yachts. I would love to see you take this car further and keep it going. I hope another video is in the works on this old '73 Buick.

@warrenlewis3977 Год назад

I think I'm one of the few people who grew up, owned, and respect these cars. People disrespect them too often. I'm seeing more and more people working on them tho especially here in Florida where they are popular. Do you think these vehicles will be more appreciated in the future?

@hendo337 Год назад

I really like the cool guys having fun format, more of this. Just good times. Great video.

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Thanks! We had a blast shooting this one.

@wizardofhyd Год назад

This is hilarious Tony, I’d never seen a full sized Buick drift lol, and you drove it from Harlem to New Jersey with the plug wires swapped too 😅 Outstanding episode bro you make PA proud!

@AdamFrank-ih6ri Год назад

This is the content I KRAVE!!!! Old relics hidden away, waiting for a rebirth! And Tony flexin that Buick muscle on them drift bros was EPIC. Tony felt just how that old Puerto Rican dude did terrorizing the streets of Spanish Harlem back in the day.

@popincourt8058 Год назад

What a blast! Great work by the end. My days of wrenching in parkades are over (I hope). It was amazing you did as good a job there as you did, Tony. Big-city wrenching can be challenging. I sure miss my ‘66 Wildcat 4-door. Bought it bone-stock and minty for $2200 from the original Toronto owner in 1986. It had a 401 and tons of jam. What a highway car it was! Not even too thirsty on a steady cruise. Stepfather totalled it in the rain in summer of 1988…

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Yeah, I'm not stranger to working in sub-optimal conditions, but that's the fun! I think my carb rebuild probably would have run pretty well if the plug wires were on the right holes.

@bendodge6502 Год назад

Tony is genuinely having a blast. Love it! Looks like so much fun.

@davidnorth3411 Год назад

Bringing back HS memories , pulling all aboard the Oldsmobile 88 with a 455 built for speed , those freeway pulls gave the you some real feels of road happy motoring .

@_Dmme_Main_Hagerty Год назад

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@mclarenscca Год назад

That Buick is killer! I can see a lot of fun in the future with that car!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@jeffAbbottDrift Год назад

Yoooo, Tony, haven't seen you in years, but this episode really did it for me man. From dead to shredding. Love it. The smiles everyone had is what this is all about! Keep on keeping on...

@jomama01 Год назад

This is a hilarious episode that reminds me of my father-in-law’s ‘73 Duece and a Quarter. What a beast! 455 c.i. engine would make the car just squat down before it would blast off down the road. Had “brocade” nylon interior which couldn’t be destroyed, electric/power everything - more than a match for any full size car back in the day, certainly a match for comparable Cadillac of the era. We t boned a Pontiac Catalina wagon full of teenagers who cut across the front of us and creased every panel from front to back - all it did was loosen the rubber strip on the front bumper. Car went over 400,000 before the rust finally finished it off. What a great vehicle - thanks for the memories!

@davelowets 2 месяца назад

Hard to believe a Buick V8 lasted that long with their crappy factory oiling system.

@patofdubois1 Год назад

Non-car people can’t/wouldn’t understand how much fun this is!!!

@scottdumont5935 Год назад

Nothing Cooler than Tony ripping that Ol' beast with 5 doodz laughing and having a great old time!!

@mrmongo6722 Год назад

The old Holley double pumpers are easy to work on but not in a parking structure. That car is a beast and looks like fun and can imagine the havoc his dad caused!

@viruet2002 Год назад

My grandfather had fun with it on the highways when he used to take us on rides to upstate NY when I was a kid growing up. It was great bonding time for all of us. I'm just glad my father found someone to enjoy the car and give her the love she needs.

@trumbley22 Год назад

A 455 Buick is a Big Block. Buick did have small block and big block engines. I love my 455, the torque is awesome. Cool save! From the specs, it sounds like the cam is a comp 260H. Jump up to a 268H and you'll have a lot more fun.

@hendo337 Год назад

It could go bigger than that, just needs a converter.

@trumbley22 Год назад

@@hendo337 And valve springs, and... 268H works great without needing a ton of other stuff.

@monkeyfoodgarden Год назад

That thing looks like a blast. The best car is any car that can put a smile like that on your face!

@pgmurray76 Год назад

Big car. Big engine. Big, effortless tire smoke. Incredible. Really. You had it running around so good for such a heavy car with who knows ratio steering.

@mcdonaldm73 Год назад

Tony on here and Derek with VGG are two of my favorites on RU-vid. So glad you saved this one!

@Hanzyscure Год назад

Its gonna be a donor car for something a ton lighter needing a heart transplant.

@Plissken68 Год назад

You guys have mad skills. Working some kind of magic to drive off in a car thats been sitting 20 years. Total sleeper car at that. Great teamwork.

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Thanks man, appreciate it!

@richdiscoveries Год назад

It's so cool to see Connecticut Automotive RU-vidrs getting so popular and known by so many people out there. There is not a whole lot up here in connecticut, but we do have a great car culture

@ANDERZENAMG Год назад

Jimmy guest appearance was the best unexpected ending ever, along with that thing being an absolute ripper!!! haha awesome stuff

@3800TType Год назад

IMPRESSIVE! Dad had a worked 455 from a 72 Electra in his 84 Regal, a total 90s build as well with Enkei rallye rim knock offs just like the ones on this Electra. Was a NY car so the rust took it eventually but that thing moved and sounded fantastic.

@benruether8294 Год назад

Could probably spin them for miles if it had stock gears in the rear. Lots of Torque:)

@billmcdonald9852 Год назад

That was my favorite Stay Tuned yet. Awesome. Can't wait to see what you do to that Beast! Keep Driving 👍

@williamhelms9942 Год назад

Probably my third time checking this out; it's not getting old!

@puddleduckist Год назад

This buick is the definition of land yacht!!! Should do great burnouts especially with the nitrous! Nice job saving another beast Tony! Happy holidays to you all!!!

@rick74304 Год назад

This had me grinning from ear to ear Tony, memories of me & the crew drifting my 69 lesabre 4 door through the snowy back streets of Ottawa, Canada. Thanks, boys. Happy holidays to you all ✌️

@jeffjarquin5600 Год назад

Tony, this was probably in your top 2 since you've started your own thing. That Burford big block needs to end up in a regal or skylark. Absolutely loved it!

@hendo337 Год назад

It'd be wrong to separate it from the car. Plenty of G body bros out there. Big old C body cars with power is something unique.

@jeffjarquin5600 Год назад

@hendo337 na man, 70's a body. Gbody cars are way over done.

@Kactapuss Год назад

You guys had a pretty iconic nyc driver view for this build. Thank you for rescuing this!

@watchandjewelryloft4713 Год назад

I absolutely love these land yachts. What a cool story and a cool resurrection. So awesome

@casaluna2732 Год назад

Tony`s best car and video, teached this young bmw/honda gen, what`s real torque car can do, Congratulations!

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Thanks! Appreciate it!

@KnowlessKnowledge Год назад

Awesome video! I owned a 73 Electra way back when I was 16, a gift from my grandma with only 70k miles. Unfortunately, the city made me get rid of it because it was unregistered and I was too poor to work on it, but I did have dreams for it....

@jannbailey3738 Год назад

Wow. Always amazed that these old cars run after along down time. A great car.

@Samana444 Год назад

Motion Performance is LEGENDARY

@layzboy2545 Год назад

Back again to Stay Tuned. Thanks for the early Christmas present Tony. And a 45 min video(Spoiling us again)

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Happy to do it! This car deserved to tell the whole story!

@layzboy2545 Год назад

@@StayTunedTA That’s the reason I’ll keep coming back.

@flipppy83 Год назад

This is like a trip down memory lane. I was a HS Junior in 2000 and my buddy who was a year ahead inherited his grandfathers '72 225, same exact color scheme as this one, while it did have the 455 it had a baby rear so the only time it would ever smoke the tire was on wet roads of if you stomped the gas while making a turn from a stop lol, can't tell you how many times we took turns chasing run away hub caps.

@jameseastwood4984 Год назад

Love Tony, super genuine guy, team player, wish him every success with Hagerty, keep building your brand brother.

@russiangoose7053 Год назад

This is definitely one of the coolest cars I've ever seen. Please keep it alive and ripping!

@_Dmme_Main_Hagerty Год назад

@b.s.adventures9421 Год назад

That was so fun to watch. I had a couple buddy’s back in the day with total sleeper, full size barges, sporting big cube engines. One with a Buick. One with an olds. The olds was built up and stupid fast. Such fun memories. Giggling uncontrollably in the back seat just like your buddy’s.

@tomboone201 Год назад

Some friends and I did the same, 1 Lincoln town coupe, 1 olds 98 and me in a 72 new Yorker all built all a blast .. coming out of downtown Detroit in the 80's on the e-way flat out getting it in ghetto jets lol .. now they do it in chargers & challengers

@debbiebermudez5890 Год назад

Mr. B. Here ! Tony most people have not driven vehicles like this , & most would not believe the feeling you get from driving land yacht with horse power. Saw the short ! OMG ! Hopefully you will do something with it, good luck !

@StayTunedTA Год назад

There is something SO fun about driving something huge this hard, it's great. They always drive better than you'd expect!

@debbiebermudez5890 Год назад

@@StayTunedTA Am 70 years , started driving at 14 , on a 1958 Oldsmobile , drove tanks , and you are so right it never gets old. To control that much metal is a feeling you will never forget. Enjoy you and your guys bring that land yacht back to life . Merry Christmas to you and your guys & family.

@lesflynn4455 Год назад

Dude that looked like so much fun, it brought a big grin to my face. Thanks for posting.

@grandville1 Год назад

Now that's what I call a "real" reality show!! Love it!! Growing up in NYC (Queens) in the late 70's early 80's we had a 73 Pontiac Grandville 4dr 455 in same color combo. I did the same crazy stunts with ours. Such FUN! Thanks for sharing

@cameronfrye5514 Год назад

Wow... 3 across the back seat of a Land Yacht brings back some reeeeally old memories. Juniors in high school in Coopersburg PA, a buddy had a New Yorker with a 440 in it. We worked at a shop at the time, put a carb and cam in that thing and it was surprising what it would do. Slow as hell by modern standards, but fun back in the day!

@jamesp9998 Год назад

Hagerty hit a home run with this series.

@eddiesica3649 Год назад

I love this episode , It reminds of my friend "Nicky" he liked the big Chevys, he had a bad 74 Impala I miss him

@bryce1916 Год назад

This car deserves to live , it needs to be restored.

@firefighteruppy9121 Год назад

This was awesome! Please keep it and make it better! Nothing like a party boat to throw all your friends in and go hunting for Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers. I've got a 50 Buick that I've got a 455 being built by Stage 1 Automotive in northern Jersey in Pompton Plains. Can't wait to see what she'll do!

@MikeThurman72 Год назад

Circa 1987, My first car was a '72 Buick Electra 2 door, same brown interior but gold exterior. I never had Nitrous, but yep those tires would FRY at will. That 455 was super reliable, but prone to overheating and prolonged top speeds (burying the 120mph speedo all the time). Fast -- top speed, sure. Quick -- I would get my a$$ handed to me by friends in 5.0's. Still, any roadtrip or cruising (yes, it was still a thing in the late 80's) was in my electra. Once, we went on a ski trip -- 8 people total in that car. We'd offroad it, cruise it, etc. In the end, I drove that car thru HS and college, plus a few years after. 7 years total. I got it with 110,000 miles. In the end, she had 320,000 miles. Floors were plywood due to rust. Trunk gone. Water leaked from the rusty roof due to vinyl top. Yet it still started and ran. Love them electras!

@StayTunedTA Год назад

320k! That's amazing. This thing was a ton of fun from start to finish!

@hendo337 Год назад

You guys were so lucky to have a sea of cheap cars like that available to you in good running condition. My first car when I was 17 in 2001 was a 1992 Crown Vic LX 4.6L 2V with 87k for $1800, it was the cheapest to buy and insure V8 RWD modern EFI car that I could find. I really wanted a 1994-1996 Impala SS or even a Caprice or Roadmaster with at least a 350 but, they were still way too expensive and hard to find then. The 4.6 was actually quicker than a 305 or 4.3L V8 GM car and got better fuel economy so, it was the choice. I owned 6 Panthers through the years before I was old enough to insure and could afford a Mustang GT, I had 3 of those('05, '10, '11), A '13 Caprice PPV, a '16 Chevrolet SS sedan and I still have an '04 GTO 6spd that I have to put an engine into...

@rapidtransit8373 Год назад

My dad bought my mom a super clean 1970 buick estate wagon white with perfect green interior. 455 with a 4 barrel carb they let me take it to work at the carwash. I would alway spin the big boat around in front of the job to give my buddy's a laugh.

@matthammond7570 Год назад

Buying a 72 with 80,000 miles on it stored in a barn for most of its life, and my son's could not be any happier seeing this.

@ashes2ashes863 Год назад

I love seeing these old cars tearing it up.

@mike30534 Год назад

Glad you clarified that the engine was a 455, not a 454. I was screaming at the screen, but somewhat curious about how or why 454 was adapted into an Olds. I've spent some time with both and they are torque monsters. My 455(s) was in a jet boat and would squirt a heavy 20-foot hull down the lake pretty swiftly ~ 60 mph on a good day. The 454 was in a 1974 Chevy box-type ambulance that would hit 110 mph with a tailwind. Long live the GM big blocks and may God bless the billions of dinosaurs they consumed!

@StayTunedTA Год назад

This 455 is a tire destroyer, it's so fun!

@hendo337 Год назад

It's a Buick Electra 225 not an Olds.

@mike30534 Год назад

@@hendo337 Yes, I'm wrong on occasion myself. Lots of misteaks from me!

@4NINETYSIX Год назад

.454 lift on the CAM . Cheese .

@josephhirschi2720 Год назад

That belongs to Kramer! He thought he lost it in a parking garage.

@StayTunedTA Год назад

Hahah, I thought the same thing.

@linguini666 Год назад

lol best comment

@witwicky735 Год назад

If it doesn't get a fake ASSMAN plate, we've lost an opportunity

@JimmyLarsen33 Год назад

He's not gonna need it....

@josephhirschi2720 Год назад

@@witwicky735 I almost put that in my comment as well.😂

@colebertils7359 Год назад

That’s what it’s all about…having fun with your buddies! Big ol sleds like this were still around in the 90’s-2000’s. We had an Olds Delta 88 and 73 4 door Impala. Boom booms in the trunk doing laps around town when gas was cheap. Good times!

@sacrificialrubber779 Год назад

Punk Rock and cars, exactly the same thing in my garage!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@keithcieplinski Год назад

is no one going to talk about the cost of being in a NYC parking deck for 20 years?

@user-hx8fn2he9q Год назад

What a freaking awesome video! I love seeing skilled guys take something old and forgotten and put their skill to it and bring it back to life. Well done guys! I hope people like you with skills like you have never disappear in our future of driving refrigerators.

@genehasenbuhler2594 Год назад

The man had to be legendary back in the day👍AWESOME ride!

@ryanmiller2143 Год назад

I'd love to see the numbers on this car. What it's putting out at the wheels and what it will do in a 1/4 mile. Makes me miss my 72 Electra.

@paulhare662 Год назад

I'm gonna guess high 15s. Looks like a stock low compression smogger with JC Whitney bolt ons.

@ryanmiller2143 Год назад

@@paulhare662 didn't watch much of the video, eh?

@paulhare662 Год назад

@@ryanmiller2143 Yeah I did. The story the old dude told was full of BS, like the solid lifter race cam thing. And, those barges would do sliding burnouts with no problem dead stock with crap tires on them. My 71 Monaco, 440 fully optioned did 15.9 at Cecil Co. Dragway in 1978. It also completely clouded the starting area in white tire smoke. The Monaco had compression. Facts.

@HotRod-wv4vm Год назад

@@paulhare662sorry you feel that way but the car is legit. The work was done by Motion Performance in Baldwin Long Island. They were closed down by the EPA. I had written to Joel Rosen who owned the shop to get copies of the build sheet but he never responded. I believe he is now in Florida.

@roberthill2219 Год назад

There were several big,bad Buicks running around the NYC street racing scene in the 80s... a shop called PG built several including one that was said to dip into the 10s...

@wellby5000 Год назад

I remember a article about that car in the old street racing magazine Cars illustrated I think it was the magazine uncle Tony worked for.

@roberthill2219 Год назад

@@wellby5000 I remember that car carrying the left front 5 or 6 inches at Fountain Avenue... Traction wasn't a problem...

@hendo337 Год назад

455 or V6 turbo?

@hendo337 Год назад

@@wellby5000 that's who he worked for, they all went 5.0 crazy in the late 80s.

@viruet2002 Год назад

@@roberthill2219 that was my brother who used to sneak the car over there to drag race. He used to tell me the stories about it. He had loads of fun driving it.

@alfredhowe8217 Год назад

Keep up the good work, love seeing old school stuff resurrected

@Bynx_McFyden Год назад

cold steel brooklyn slammer, its a poly propylene bat. Love the revival in NYC, im so happy to see someone saving cars in the northeast

@daltonhanleyjr4142 Год назад

Please don't destroy this car or part it out. If anything make it faster. Being a NYC native myself Fast Electras were a big deal and common back in the day. There was a car magazine called Cars Illustrated that used to cover fast cars from NYC and fast Buick's. Reach out to you tuber Uncle Tony's garage. He used to work at the magazine and was very involved with the Buick and Mopar scene. He probably knows that car. Also if you wanna sell it I will buy it.

@hendo337 Год назад

You guys are definitely having the most fun out of these car channels I watch. I met you at LS Fest in 2019 Tony and I know you are genuine in these videos because that's how you were in person. I have a 2004 GTO 6M and I had a catastrophic accident after I had Cam+Springs, headers, tune done on it and siezed the engine. I sure wish I had a place to fix it. My driveway is a disaster, steep hillside, covered in uneven gravel and dirt. I have to figure out a way to use an engine hoist on this surface and get the car up without being in danger of it yeeting it's self a few hundred feet downhill.

@alanhardy3374 Год назад

Hey bro Find a good place to work on it You have a recipe for disaster the way you are going !

@hendo337 Год назад

@@alanhardy3374it's on a car trailer right now and the engine is already out. I am thinking I might be able to drop the engine in(once I put together my Frankenstein LQ4 6.0/706 head engine) on the trailer. I need friends with a shop.

@StayTunedTA Год назад

I really can't imagine having more fun and getting paid for it while still being legal! Appreciate the support! Get some buddies over and some plywood and be safe!