Rare Van Parked 37 Years. Will It Start? 

Wawa hangs on every single word you say ❤you can tell how much she respects and loves you. You’re her hero!

You should let Squeezy Paint it like the Mystery Machine with the family’s help of course. It would make a Good video!

Matt, from Matt's off road recovery has half a dozen Corvairs, and storage container full of parts. Reach out to him if you have questions.

Josh, i could tell you a long story about 10 of us driving a corvair van accross the country in 1974, when i was 17. It floated awhile in the mississipi river, then sank. The great folks in Louisanna, Missorui hooked it out, we got it running again, with their great help, and motored on. Thanks for the memories, my friend. You folks are SUCH a blessing! Love ya'll!!!!!

That looks like a corvair motor in the back Matt from Matt's off-road recovery will have every part you need for that motor

FYI, the sound of the rain really isn't bad at all! I didn't even notice it until you brought it up.

Love Wawa's shirt!! Country girls don't retreat, they just reload! It's a cool van, you still see them out there for sale, but they are getting rare and most of them are junked out. Love the fact you are still saving these things.

Daddy-o on the clutch, shifter, and string throttle...Squeezy steering...Ralphie monitoring the belt, the battery, the fuel tank position, and providing starter button service...and Wawa ready with the killswitch. Nobody on the brakes because there ain't no brakes! Everybody has a job to do but nobody can see to do it because of the smoke! PERFECT! Couldn't have been more entertaining and it'll be quite a project to have roadworthy-ish but completely worth all the hassle to get there.

The look of disappointment in the squeeze's face is precious. She can't hide her emotions. Great videos, y'all

I bought a 65 Corvair van in 1970 for $200. It burned a quart of oil in every 35 miles. My brother and I rebuilt the engine. I drove that van for five years for work. I am watching and it sure brings back memories.😂❤

I used to hate history as a kid. I love it now. Thanks for all the history knowledge.

That test drive had me laughing out loud. Several minutes of chaos. No brakes, only a couple gears, smoke screen, string throttle and squeezy driving.... backwards 😂

The "Test Drive" was literally one of the funniest things i've ever seen. Every single door once opened and closed 😀 You guys lightened my today's bad mood up. 🙂

4:55 Squeezie’s reaction is awesome. Love the honesty of that kid.

Corvair engines are notorious for lifter noise when they have been sitting for a while. Just let it idle for a while...a good long while! It will get quieter and quieter until it is one of the quietes six cylinders you have ever heard. (unless the exhaust is bad). I have owned a 63, 64 & 65 convertible but never a van or truck.

Clark's Corvair Parts will have must parts you may need. Another tip, never use a plastic fuel filter in the engine bay, too hot, they melt. Love your channel and family!

I love how this has become a family past time to work on projects together most kids could careless and want to do they're own thing and to see wawa get in there and enjoy it Im proud of her shes paving the way for todays generation of girls keep it up wawa

We don’t care about the sound of rain. I like it. Ads ambiance!

Josh, the Crankcase Blow-by tube is clogged. Just clean it out and she'll be fine. The very first time I was paid to do any mechanical work was on my aunt's 63 Corvair Monza Coupe and I removed the Blow-by tube so to relieve the crankcase pressure and lower oil consumption. Enjoy.

Ralph's comment about the Chinese starter button was too funny. The sarcasm was priceless.

If you need help finding parts or fixing the corvair. Check with Matt with Matt's off-road recovery. He collects them . I'm sure he would put you on the right track.

My Dad worked at Dallas Power & Light in 1963 and they used those vans like you workin on. They had to pull a small trailer to carry all the tools and equipment to do the jobs they was doing. Hope y’all get it running✌🏻

Miss working with my dad RIP dad

yes i will love to see you work on the MG

Really impressive the way you get these old cars & trucks running again. So cool to watch.

Rings are stuck. Run it until they come loose. Or fill the cylinders with penetrating oil, and let it sit. Motor sounds pretty good. If you had serious problems, you'd have at least one dead cylinder. Worst comes to worst, you can buy new jugs and heads, but it doesn't sound like you need them. Comes apart like a VW motor. Good luck!

I had a hand in restoring a '61 Rampside for my boss thirty-four years ago. He found it sitting in a dusty Wyoming field, along with a '62 Greenbrier. Both had to be hauled on a trailer back to Michigan. I got the Rampside's engine running with minimal tinkering, and it had been sitting for years. Body was straightened out and painted the same color as your sample picture. I drove that pick-up around alot after it was done. It was a 3-speed. And it did have the line coming from the gas tank up to the cab for the heater. The van was used for parts and we never got it running. I had one of those dealer albums for 1959 Chevrolets. I bought it from Hemmings 1980. '59 Chevies used to be my favorite because that was the year I was born.

I just wanted to say thank you to Squeezy for the painting. I pray everything arrived, more to come. God bless you and your family.

Its that 5 gallons of Marvel Mystery Oil Ralphie put in her! lol

I was recommended the other day by RU-vid about the gentleman who brought you the van. It's fascinating how RU-vid's algorithm picked up on his story about Sleeperdude and recommended it to me. I'm confident that you made the right decision in acquiring this old van. Thanks to Josh Tosh and family, an old van will be given a new lease on life. Thanks to car enthusiasts like you, we can keep our automotive history alive by restoring these classic vehicles.

All comments aside I love watching your videos, such a great example of faith and family! My dad and I worked in the shop for decades and those are my fondest memories of him today. We restored his old 67 Corvair, i rebuilt that engine and when it was all done placed it on a dolly and started it out of the car. Sold that car after his death (estate took it) But it ran for years faithfully..

Well, you know what you have to do now: rig the telegraph key as your horn button. :)

As an amateur radio operator I can tell you that "telegraph thing" Is a Morse Code Straight Key made by MFJ It's not old. They are from the last decade-ish. It's used to send Morse Code over amateur radio frequencies. I have a couple of them. ALSO The rain sounds cool. It makes this van a rainy day project!!!

Squeezle is a hoot! I like her personality.

I think it's great the whole family works on these projects. That was a very exciting test drive. Keep saving these gems.

Squeezy’s reaction was priceless… I am with you, baby girl❤😂😂😂😂🙃

34:10 the rain absolutely not disturbing anything. it's rather soothing and romantic in a way, like being in nature, in a tent or log cabin. stop worrying. 😉

Sleeper Dude fam, 🎊CONGRATS🎉 on a Quarter Million subscribers. Best channel on YT.

This video brought back memories..my throttle cable broke on my 67 VW. I had a friend with me and he squatted half way in and out of the engine and worked the carb..I would yell out the window so he would let off the throttle..we stopped at an old dairy barn and got some seed grass string and ran it so when I was driving I could work the throttle..first I have thought about that in years..thanks for making this old feller smile....

That's a cool old van. Love the fact that it's a 4 speed.

The 95 badge was introduced with the 95 horsepower update. Back in the day, we had a Greenbrier-badged 80hp. My uncle liked it and bought a new 95-badged Greenbrier in 63, with the 95hp upgrade. Ours melted its first cylinder barrel in Whitefish, Montana on the way from Massachusetts to Lake Louise (we never made it because the engine was being rebuilt.) A couple of years later, on the way to Mexico, the Powerglide lost reverse and it was traded for a used '64 Biscayne in Tennessee which finished the trip without incident.

Best part of every Saturday is a sleeper dude video, Happy Easter 🐰 everyone

The test drive had me laughing so hard. Can't get it in gear, string connected to the motor, smoke. doors flying open a little bit of everything. Good to see a family having fun together.

Great show. Good to see her runnin and trying to drive. You guys are a hoot. Thanks.

You're taking me back to great times again Josh. Age 17 I was driving a 64 Ford Econoline van and my best friend, he had a 65 Corvair Greenbrier. PS: We always had to finesse the gear shift to go into gears bc of the length of the shifter rods from the front all the way to the back. Good therapy The Sleeperdude channel. Thank you, God bless and Happy Easter 🐣 Johnny Boy

That's a Squeezie vehicle! Paint it pink with white daisies, and she will be fabulous!

I love how you make working on projects a family affair. The knowledge and hands on experience your children are getting is invaluable. It doesn't just teach them how to work with their hands, it teaches the how to problem solve. Great parenting.

FUNNIEST ONE EVER, Squeeze's face said so much, from happy to "I can't beleive I'm in this circus"

As soon as that van arrived, I said "Holy crap it's a Corvair!" I would have bought it too. I had a 1970 VW Bus and have always regretted selling it. That was the first vehicle where I learned to work on it myself.

In 1962 My Father got a NEW GreenBriar, van, 80 thundering horses, 3 speed,,, and AM Radio,,, it was beat to death for the next 5 years till my Brother put a 110 horse engine in it, was a lot of fun ..

I don't notice any problems with audio when it rains on my end. It sounds fine. Love the videos

Fascinating, corvairs got a bad rap , undeserving, gm corrected the famous swing arm and its great to see a green briar be brought back .

Love this family. Kids are learning to problem solve, using their awesome brains and having fun doing it.

Squeezy not real excited about the van. Lol lol. Cracks me up.

❤🐖❤🐕❤️🐈‍⬛❤️🐐❤ Thank you for loving and taking great care of all your Fur Babies ❤❤

You are a brave soul to tackle that pile. I worked at a Chevy dealer in the 70s and 80s and the very old mechanic that was qualified to work on those refused to work on any van of that model. He would tell the customer it would be better to set a match to it. His reasoning was when he finally discovered what was the problem the customer didn’t want to fix it $$$.He would yell across the shop A WASTE Of MY TIME!

Squeezy’s face and head shaking (noooo!) is priceless 😂😂😂

You should had pranked your kids by wrapping a pull rope from a lawn mower around the pulley, Tell them it's a pull start . 😅😅😅😅

You guys stay safe during these storms and tornadoes that's coming through.

Our family had the Greenbriar Deluxe Camper edition. It was our family car for Mom and Dad and 4 children. We lived in Middletown, Rhode Island. Brings back so many good memories seeing this. Dad worked for the Telephone Company and we took one week vacations three times a year. We camped all over Maine, NH, Pennsylvania and more. I think the Telegraph Key you found may have been used to study for a Ham Radio license. Back in the 60's-70's one had to be able to send and receive a certain number of words of Morse Code per minute to be able to get the Ham Radio License. Awesome Video! Thanks again!

Best part was when everything first went to hell on the test drive and father and son jumped out and ran to the back and Squeez just looks straight at the camera and gives a thumbs up.

Your kids are the best. You can tell that you are both great parents. If every family could be like yours this would be a lot better place we live in. You make me look forward to Saturdays so I can see what’s next. God Bless you all.

Our very own Renaissance American Family. Sweet! Perfect mail run vehicle.

I don't mind the rain at all. 90% of the time, I don't even hear it. Until you guys point it out.

I bought a car sight unseen, and had them deliver it 2 hours. Convenient, and turned out good

When I was in high school working in a gas station, we had a Corvair Ramp-side for a service truck. In theory anyway, it never ran as long as I worked there. A '60 Ford Fairlane sedan with a gas-engine starting unit mounted in the weight-reduced trunk took over service call duty. I painted that Ford over a couple of slow evenings. Used Standard Oil red and blue gas-pump oil base paint and a brush. Left the original white paint on the roof to get red/white/blue. It was art.

When I was a little kid my grandma's neighbor had a long-term parked Corvair pickup truck I remember it had a tailgate in the back and a tailgate on the passenger. These must be extremely rare cuz I can't remember ever seeing another one. Contrary to popular belief the windshield squirter air tank on a VW Beetle would not flatten the spare tire it had a check valve that would not work below a certain PSI

Poor Squeezy’s looking like, someone please tell me this is just a bad joke!!😅😂😂😂Poor baby!!!!

Scoooby Dooooo!! Please paint it up like the Mystery Machine 😂

Loved watching we love how you all work so good together and have so much fun so many giggles and laughs. Love all the Farm animals also.

“Why is it smoking so bad?” Everyone forgets Ralphie dumping Mavel Mystery Oil in the cylinders. LOL! She probably has bad rings.

That telegraph key would make a pretty cool starter button for something.

My dad had so many Corvairs. 5 boys in the family, all of us wrecked one. Wish I could have been there for this one.

Such a cool van can't wait til yall get it running ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

Hey Josh . If there’s anything you want to know about the Corvaire flat six . Try and get in touch with Matt at Matts off road recovery. He and his family have a load of Corvaires . Think he has all the spares too lol .

Some drunk Chevy worker put the motor in the wrong end😂

Yes! Finally got the timing right, can see the video and still have time to sleep for work. The Blaire Witch project... a scarry movie from back in the day... now I feed old.

Josh, we had a Corvair car back in 1962. MY DAD CARRIED AN EXTRA BELT OR TWO AT ALL TIMES!! I remember many a time he would say, "well we lost another belt". We would pull over and he would put a new one on. (How funny, I posted this before it threw the belt) We lived in Upper Michigan so it was extra fun in the Winter time. It was so light weight that when we came over a hill one time in Winter, the wind caught it, and before you could say "Well bless your heart" we were upside down out in a field. What a ride. That was the end of the ole Corvair. Thanks for all the extra hard work makin vidjas and God Bless you and all the family. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern Tennessee.

I had a 68 Ford Fairlane with 69,000 miles on the odometer, burned a quart of oil every 300 miles, replaced valve guide seals and oil mileage shot up to 3,000. It's amazing how something like valve guide seals can make such a difference.

The change of expression on Squeezes face between when she first saw it and the test drive was amazing. The test drive has to be one of the funniest things I've seen on the channel so far. Love to y'all keep the great content coming.

Been waiting to see this. I saw a video of the guy dropping it off.

This was the best vlog ever. I was laughing so hard, I almost started crying...it was super hilarious...with the switches and the string...reminded me of the time outside St. Louis when my windshield wipers stoped working and I hooked up some string and tried to pull them in the rain while driving...it did not work...ha! Resored somewhat after 37 years, amazing...God is good!

Love that you got the van running. Of course , I knew you could do it .

This van is really amazing. You could always ask Matt’s off road recovery about Corvair motors. He loves his corvair

I think u should ask squeeze to paint the sides of the new van with her art

Been watching you for awhile and this is my favorite. I loved the test run on string and no brakes. Your kids are gonna have the greatest stories ever told.

I love Corvairs. Had a Spyder 4 speed convertible for years. Still got a garage full of parts, 5 engines, carbs, cylinders and all sorts of hard parts. Body panels, steering columns, all sorts of parts. Wanted to clean out that garage, couldn't give the parts away.

Awesome memories. Back in the mid 60's I helped my father swap a Sears crate motor in our greenbrier van. Ours was a 4 speed. It broke down on me once. The problem ended up being a cracked distributor cap. Love it!

Matt's offroad recovery on YT knows all about Corvair!!! Talk with him if you wonder something. Pardon my bad schoolenglish.... I'm from Sweden. Thanks for all wonderful vloggs. Wawa for president!!!!

8:53 "Should I Bounce?" LOL!! I don't think Tosh quite gets the reason you'd bounce when a car gets stuck LOL. But very cute!! Also love Wah Wah's T-Shirt "Country Girls don't retreat, The just Reload!". So as they're looking through the book he mentions the "Monza" and he calls it "The Monza Spider" The Corvair version of the Monza Spider was Turbo (I think). There was also a Chevy in the 1970's and I think into early 1980's that was called "The Monza Spider" which actually had a Big Spider "Painted" (Decal I'm sure) on the hood just like the Trans Am Fire Chicken! Okay "Firebird" (which was supposed to be a Phoenix rising I believe). The Monza is still around in very limited numbers usually as a drag car or just a restored show piece or maybe a Hot Rod. Actually in the first four or five episodes of "Road Kill" they get a hold of a manual V8 Monza which they found would do epic burn outs and donuts then drove it for a bit and tried to add some leaf blower Turbo charging to it a few episode later. LOL. The Chevy Vega and Chevy Monza were basically the same car except not as close as say a GMC and a Chevy Half ton truck. They were distinct styling but very close in every other basic way." But

Hitting the starter was in my lifetime. We had a 1960 Corvair. My dad could replace a fan belt in 3 seconds.

I had a Greenbrier in high school! Fun vehicle. One thing you gotta watch for on the air cooled cars is trash blocking the cooling fins on the cylinders. Grass, mouse nests, etc. That motor was acting like it was overheating, and that would be a likely cause. Driving while overheating by the previous owner may be the reason for all the oil burning too, the rings are scarred up. Worth rebuilding- parts are plentiful, and you may be able to get away with just swapping out the jugs / pistons.

Woohoo! Good luck Sleeperdude family I hope you get it running! Happy Easter! 🙏🙏🙏

It's ashame the engine smokes so bad but you made memories that your kids will be able to tell your grandchildren so that's all that matters loved the video

TOSH - MUCH CREDIT TO YOU!! The camera is always on point and always still. Shaking ruins videos and Tosh has a steady hand. I really appreciate the camera work. I don’t think TOSH GETS ENOUGH CREDIT. Every angle is perfect. I feel like I’m right there with Josh! Just my 2 cents…

Dang Son! That telegraph switch would make a super cool horn button!

The first aftermarket turbo mufflers were made by Walker and were actual Corvair mufflers. I had them on my 64 Tempest with a 389 and 4-speed. The mufflers had a 2 5/8 inlet and 2 1/2 outlet. Awesome sound. Saturday is always better with a Sleeperdude video!

I can't wait to see improvements on it and once again I Love to see the whole family helping bring a vehicle back to life,LoveJim J&R mobile service and God Bless Y'all and your critters

You and the Family need to build y'all a sand rail,We built one and had so much fun on it!!

funny squeezee had the look like she thought it would be a Ferrari 🤣