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@kevinfox500 3 года назад

My parents and I were there when they loaded the van on that lowboy. One of the coolest things I ever saw growing up was him taking that jump onto the deck. Happened to have stopped for a bite to eat on the way back from a dice run. Thank you, after the last couple weeks I've had, for the smile on my face. And the memory shared with my dad and wife, as I'm laying here recovering from losing a leg. Nice to have tears from laughter, rather than pain. Lived a few hours away in Twenty Nine Palms from 78 to 83, and we used to stop and eat there about once a month.

@MrGutfeeling Месяц назад

So cool!!

@BrandonM7777 4 года назад

“…he’s the same Brock Yates that did Diamond P Sports, and Car and Driver Magazine, and announced the Daytona 500, and he’s answering Travis Bell’s phone calls…” It's beautiful that he did and equally beautiful that you have the humility to appreciate it like that. This guy has raced up the ladder of VinWiki contributors to very near the top. Watch out, Ed.

@rwdplz1 4 года назад

Drive the replica to the same town where the flower shop was. Take it to the local retirement communities. SOMEBODY will know somebody.

@snoopdogie187 4 года назад

and that somebody will probably know somebody, but in the end, you will get information.

@neverstoplearning7214 4 года назад

Do it Its worth a try !!

@Fat_Jag 4 года назад

Thanks Takumi

@johnroberts4571 4 года назад

That's what I'm talking about...

@MaliciousSRT 4 года назад

My guess is someone yanked the motor / ambulance stuff, painted it a normal color, put a 318 in it and sold it as it was still a newer van back then. After that the van would have disappeared but I bet someone knows what happened to the dick landy big block.

@johntaylor-lo8qx 3 года назад

This is exactly why this is the best car channel anywhere bar none!!!! Never have I teared up watching a car channel... The highway parted, the sun broke through, Ms. Pamela signed the dash. I love this team !!! ❤

@benjaminvanlier7990 4 года назад

I haven't ever asked a question here, but please keep us all updated with this run. It would mean a lot to all of your viewers to see it completely finish

@dubdaze68 4 года назад

Well, I just teared up listening to the Lady Pamela part.

@BAZZAROU812 4 года назад

No worries.. Such a great story about some great people.. 👍

@paulzammataro7185 4 года назад

Ditto

@chrisestill8825 4 года назад

had me at the Pam Yates seeing Brock's signature part.

@Very_Angry_Citizen 4 года назад

Jesus tap dancing Christ, WHAT a story. Tear jerker, Nostalgia, Fanboy fawning, Memories of my own childhood and absolute gratitude for painting the bigger picture. Sorry Ed, Casey and Rabbit. This one will be almost impossible to top. Still love your stories though.

@moparedtn 4 года назад

Finally. Thank the Lord....a real, honest to God car guy on VinWiki. This guy has all the earmarks - he breathes it, smells it, tastes it, does it himself. He respects the stories and the history of the vehicles he's interested in and does his homework - and even meets his heroes once in a while and treats them with the proper reverence. Finally - he gets that what is coolest about being in the hobby are the people, the emotions, the stories. Even though Brock and Hal are no longer of this earth, our storyteller here will still do his best to honor his word to them. Not all cars have "souls" as he says - but he likes the ones that do. As do I. Good on ya, Travis. Job well done. -Ed on the Ridge

@goofyleo3869 4 года назад

A refreshing change of pace from the D-bag car-flippers, bragging how much profit they made off some poor bastard.

@mr6johnclark 4 года назад

In this age of Corona... This Ambulance should make a run.

@CMDRSweeper 4 года назад

Any Corona virus that strays in front of it risks facing the wrath and death of the mighty 8 when it enters the intake of that engine. The one breathing creature it never has a hope in hell of infecting, and that will kill it in the process.

@MianCowell 4 года назад

I can't imagine the tears there'll be when they finish.

@caseyjones3684 4 года назад

Dah Dah Dah Captain Chaos!!!Dom DeLuise was a legend. Swamp Fever!!!!!!!! What an awesome story Bro.

@sccarguy8242 4 года назад

“What are you some kind of nut, you got one unleaded and one premium .... she goes both ways. “

@SlidTossedPissed 4 года назад

Actually... I think thats called a Hybrid. She burns unleaded AND premium!

@thehighjedi5109 2 года назад

😆😆😆

@johnking1381 4 года назад

Hal Needham, what a guy . His autobiography is a must.

@blindy2001 4 года назад

My friends father was the one who painted and lettered the original ambulance for Brock. I'm pretty sure he was there in Darien when you met Ed.

@binkleyme 3 года назад

If you're being truthful, please reach out to me and see if I can give him a call... I've been searching for this for a long time, and am running out of leads.

@blindy2001 3 года назад

@@binkleyme What are you searching for?

@McVerne 4 года назад

This had me in tears at so many points. I watched Cannonball on a crappy VHS in the early 90s and fell in love. Thank you so much. Absolutely epic times back then. And any German Petrolhead born before ´85 knows the Engelmann Spiegel. They were on Walter Röhrls Championship Ascona and on basically every tuning Opel in the years to follow. They look so smooth and satisfying. Greetings from Germany,

@shanehb 4 года назад

That has to be one of the best stories yet. May Brock Yates rest in peace in heaven in the Cannonball section of course.

@migssousa6615 4 года назад

I wasn’t into cars until I started watching ur vids

@toddadams8420 4 года назад

Welcome to the community!! Find something to drive or build or both!!

@TheNyarcangel 4 года назад

The Lady Pamela part got me right in the feels. "Officer..the patient in here is a flasher victim."

@blairwilliams136 4 года назад

What a story , that ending nearly brought me to tears as well.

@robgrant9583 4 года назад

Me too. I started tearing up when he told about Pam Yates signing the glove box.

@JonBlondell 4 года назад

This is the best story I've heard on this channel. Period!

@Squirrelitis 4 года назад

14:43 I'm not crying! You're crying!!

@kevinfox500 3 года назад

Hell, I'll admit that I am. Remember that night, seeing the ambulance parked there and it getting loaded up. But, they are tears of happiness, and fond memories, after 2 weeks that involved losing a leg. Listening to dad tell my wife about it was priceless, after we all sat and watched the video. Just like shiwijf her the t rex construction pictures mon took in 82, after she first saw Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Ain't no shame in leaking a little after hearing a story like this, has the love and respect he showed Brock and Lady Pamela. Same thing we felt when I tracked down my mom's first new motorcycle, 2 years ago, to give to my wife, as a 13 year anniversary gift. One from the woman who taught her to ride.

@christopherdejean9489 4 года назад

Ed I am a real paramedic and would love to join y’all for this trip. Omg that would be a dream.

@JurisTruedge 4 года назад

This is by far the best story on vinwiki to date. Brock Yates was one of the best announcers during the diamond p days that I can remember. Good luck on your attempt

@BAZZAROU812 4 года назад

This is legendary.. I about cried hearing the Pam Yates portion.. Such a great channel, please keep us updated.. 👍

@TheGearheadLounge 3 года назад

Awesome story! I had always heard that the ambulance had a Hemi in it, and I wondered how it would have fit! The 540 makes a whole lot more sense!

@Towtrucker9876 4 года назад

I always wondered if the van was a 3/4 or a 1 ton, and now I know. Thank you for sharing this story. The ambulance deserves a finish...

@trentonharris5521 4 года назад

As a child of the 70's/80's, this just struck a chord with me. Please keep updating on your journey to the finish. And Thank You for this story.

@mattcan69 4 года назад

" The Dodge Van that Brock Yates drove in the real Cannonball Run in the mid 70's. It has a 440 wedge Dick Landy Built Hemi. " ...quote from a car and driver article from 1972 "The Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash" .. i first watched the original burt reynold version on a plane flying somewhere when i was 10 . It made such an impression on me that for the next few years all i wanted to do was drive like a madman across the country .. alas at 10 this was very much a pipe dream still as of yet fulfilled .

@minimalistinlife 4 года назад

Do it !!

@hansgearbox4251 4 года назад

not a Hemi!

@mattcan69 4 года назад

@@hansgearbox4251 so your info is contrary to the published article done by one of the founders of the original race ? The founder that worked at the above mentioned magazine during the time this article was published? Please quote sources on your disagreement as i am dying to hear this one ..

@Brad772006 4 года назад

Travis Bell may not have been in the Blues Brother, Dukes of Hazzard, or The Cannonball Run. Yet Travis Bell is a legend and I have such high regards for him that I can't really describe it.

@juscozcustoms 4 года назад

cars definitely have a soul. I had a blue corolla many years ago that when I played an mp3 cd in it that had 300 tracks it would play Eifel 65 "BLUE" but if I tried to skip the song it would play something else then come straight back to play "BLUE" it did that every time I skipped it one day it happened 8 times in a row until I let it play through then I did not hear the song again for weeks. It was just my cars favorite song I guess

@RustyZipper 4 года назад

Pam Yates used to have her summer home about 1.5 miles from my parents house. Super nice woman, she sold the house about 3 years ago as Brock’s health was doing very poorly #uselessFact

@jordanmiller6374 4 года назад

Wow. That was a badass ambulance story!

@dco5055 4 года назад

Crazy thing is right now would be the best time to run a Cannonball if you had enough equipment to jam everything they have as the roads are wide open during this pandemic.

@calvincooley1074 4 года назад

I saw The Gumball Rally before I saw The Cannonball Run. I was around nine for GBR and say eleven for Cannonball I found out by reading Car and Driver that there actually was a race, it's history and that Brock Yates & Dan Gurney had set the cross country record a few years back as they completed the modern version and set a new cross country record in the process as well as the early years of the One Lap. I think I still have those magazines and if I ever find them I'll give them to you because you deserve to have them if you don't have them already. Recently I loaned my copy of the Cannonball book to my ladyfriend who is in her early nineties. She absolutely loved it. She's still cruising a 2012 S550.

@dnf-dead 4 года назад

I saw the Gumball rally at the cinema when it came out

@chrisdvasquezzl1 4 года назад

Awesome Brother, good luck ! I was 9 years old when I saw Cannonball Run, 5 years old in Smokey in the Bandit....I'm hooked like you ! Awesome movies/ cars / stories !

@guskipper1194 4 года назад

Can you imagine a flower shop having that Van? Things like this are so cool to learn.

@benjaminvanlier7990 4 года назад

Blame our RU-vid overlords, not VINwiki

@MrGutfeeling Месяц назад

That ambulance is one of the most iconic and awesome movie cars of all time! I'm only surprised that he was the only one interested in it!

@SonnyGTA 4 года назад

I had no idea it was a real thing as well! I only recently found out THAT'S the van that was actually raced!!!!!!

@flynnz 4 года назад

I love that iconic van so much. Thank you for doing all that amazing work so the van can live again. I will definitely be keeping an eye out to hopefully be able to see it for real. A little while back I made my own RC mini version using a Tamiya Lunchbox. It has all the right graphics and I even put lights and sound with it. It can even play the theme song from the movie hah. If you search for "lunchbox cannonball", it should be the first video. I highly recommend building one to match your incredible 1:1. Are there any more videos that show your van in more detail?

@ratboyiscool 4 года назад

Cant wait to hear you guys share the story of running that Van across the country!

@paulzammataro7185 4 года назад

Great story! Especially the part about Lady Pamela - ♥️ And I hope you find the original intact. 🚑

@nickpollay1681 4 года назад

Man you tell the best stories! Long live the General!!

@sccarguy8242 4 года назад

Man I want to see that future episode where you tell the story of finding it. One can only hope. Amazing story !!! Thank you !!

@kowalski5599 4 года назад

Great story. I have been looking for the yellow "Lincoln Continental" rocket car used by Ken Carter & Kenny Powers to try to jump from Ontario, Canada to New York State, a stunt which was the basis for Hal Needham & Burt Reynold's movie Hooper. I have found many pieces of the car, but not the hulk. Maybe one day. Anyway, I recognize the struggle in your search for a vehicle which should be accessible, but just seems to have been lost to time. I have looked for almost 10 years.

@Citydrifter 4 года назад

Hands down one of my favorite story tellers!

@AcmeRacing 4 года назад

Acme Racing is my One Lap of America team from 1995. We kept a journal and had Brock sign it at the Bridgestone/Firestone proving grounds stop. He wrote "You people are nuts! Luv, Brock Yates." Having Yates tell us we were nuts was like having Tiger Woods say we can really putt.

@MarcusSchneidervlogs 4 года назад

that is amazing mate, all cars have a soul and a story to tell. you never know where and when but you will always walk away with a part of you left in the automobile

@DanaTheInsane 4 года назад

OMG, you are the guy who redid the Blues Brothers ride! Including the run through the trashed Dixie Square mall! I've had that video for years and never could find it! Had no idea who did it.

@jaykarolyi9237 4 года назад

Here's the video you speak of: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-an9pueB8inQ.html

@tziegelbauer 4 года назад

Amazing story!! Loved meeting you and seeing this thing here in Denver with Kevin. I will always treasure the stories you shared at dinner especially the one about the premiere and the dude with the laptop sliding across your hood. Time + Tragedy truely = comedy!

@collinreesejones5525 3 года назад

Seen Cannonball Run over 100 times! This is now my all-time favorite episode of VINWIKI! 🤗🤣🙏👍

@brb.biggie6922 4 года назад

The reason that the nascar was called the skoal bandit was for the new dip they had came out with that skoal made

@jasonrackawack9369 4 года назад

I first saw cannonball run when I was a kid around '85ish in a hospital waiting room from beginning to end....I was waiting on having a broken arm set from crashing on rollerskates...captain chaos has been a hero of mine since LOL!

@clintgliford9941 4 года назад

Last time I was this early, Ed still wasn't sure which Gallardo to pull out of the garage.

@recall2880 3 года назад

Loved those Ambulances. My favourite was the Ambulance they used in Return of the Living Dead Part 2

@FSHSKainon 4 года назад

LOVE the Movie.. LOVE the Ambulance.. same.. didn't know Cannonball was a real thing until recently.. would love to run it someday.

@eddiethetruhead 4 года назад

Bravo! Absolutely fantastic story. Awesomely genuine storyteller. This guy is THE MAN! Love him. Keep em comin. Best of luck on your Cannonball van quest. RIP Hal Needham.

@spiercephotography 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing the stories and the history of the vehicle! More than anything, it's the moments with it that makes a vehicle truly special I think. Hopefully there'll be a follow up video of the journey itself?

@TurboDog73TX 4 года назад

"I sure wish Him was driving now".. I really hope Y'all can get it to finish, what an awesome journey it will be.

@watsisbuttndo829 4 года назад

Dun...dun....duhhaaaaaaa!.

@qumefox 4 года назад

Yep. If they had "Him", they surely would have finished.

@thebigE101 4 года назад

This is easily one of the best car stories on the channel. The delivery along with the story and contents was all amazing. Great job!

@microbusss 4 года назад

I have the Ertl version of this Course the ambulance I want is the one from Mother, Jugs & Speed!

@sshennhokin7598 4 года назад

Thank you for your great story.. cannonball run was like the first movie I ever watched when I was a kid.. always got excited when it came on..that and Smokey and the bandit...first car was a firebird. I loved that car. I could see the passion in his face for the cannonball run ambulance.. awesome project...

@ne2i 4 года назад

Dun Dun Duuuuunnnn Captain Chaos!

@donrisley947 4 года назад

Dom was the best

@1978garfield 3 года назад

This is so cool. Hal Needham and Brock Yates are heroes of mine. I love the movie, too. Along with all 3 Smokey and the Bandits, Cannon Ball Run 2 and my favorite Hooper.

@tyzorg 4 года назад

Dang shame they continue to run into problems with that motor and trans combo. Good move on switching to EFI. They should throw on a holley dominator kit and be done with it. Incredible things you can do with the modern holley efi stuff. Hell, it even has an "auto tune" feature. While nothing beats custom dyno tuning, on the fly running the auto tune is pretty handy. Side note, I just want to say Ed keep up the amazing work with your videos. I always watch every video that comes out and have yet to find one that I didn't watch start to finish and enjoyed every minute of it. Absolutely love your content and is always entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work and as cliche as it sounds,but I'm one of your biggest fans. Take care brother!

@chrisporter6868 4 года назад

Loved that van since the first time I saw it. Own Mopars to this day, among them a '77 B200. The TCMV was one of the inspirations of my Mopar love.

@piercehawke8021 3 года назад

Now for funny; I had a 1974 B200 van, same vehicle as the ambulance but, had just a 318-4V and dual exhausts; buzzed this thing up to 100 MPH. I let go of the throttle since the vehicle was too unstable at that speed, the worst part of it was the 318 still had more to give.

@vance12341234 4 года назад

Great storyteller. Enjoy this guy...

@garycraig7493 4 года назад

My prayers with y'all please let's that ambulance finish I love the movie 👍

@jamiemayer 4 года назад

The Skoal bandit car was named after the tobacco product,when skoal chewing tobacco came out with the little pouches called 'bandits'. This is where they put the chewing tobacco in the little pouches, then you could just take one of the bandits out and put it in your lip and sugar tobacco without a mess..

@dangallo4397 4 года назад

Been watching, reading, and living / breathing Cannonball and Brock Yates / Hal Needham since I was six years old. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. Fantastic story.

@pwrightisright8611 4 года назад

Travis is one of my favorites.

@MrGingerdavis11 4 года назад

This was my favorite story yet. Thank you!!!!!

@VINwiki 4 года назад

Car Trek Episode 4 is live on Tavarish's channel. Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think!

@speeddemongaming-yb7tl 4 года назад

I live in Vegas and I saw that ambulance at a junkyard I don't know which one but I saw it and it had a lot of rust on it. I hope this can help you find it.

@robb5522 4 года назад

I like Vinwiki. But this is hands down the best story ever told on here. You guys need Kimmy as the patient.

@passingthru69 4 года назад

Heck, Kimme might even "help" raise up gas money. Lol

@katieandkevinsears7724 4 года назад

I passed the van in Cleveland today. I couldn't stop because I was on a passing freight train. Nice work.

@richdiscoveries 4 года назад

The last time I was in Bill Mitchell's shop, he had a Camaro in there that he was freshening up from The 79 Cannonball. Had the original sticker on the bumper and everything. Of course this was probably 10 years ago, still was truly a sight to experience. He built several cars for my boss over the years. He truly is great people

@crossarmkid42 4 года назад

I'd love to see you guys track down the 1968 Barracuda from "Gone Fishin."

@garyguiste 4 года назад

I really wish someone would buy up the old Cannonball Run Pub/Hotel in Wyoming, NY. Brock and Pam owned several buildings in the Gaslight Village but sold them. I believe someone put a car into the side of the Cannonball Run Pub and I think to this date it still has a tarp over that hole. Just sad that history had to end that way...