Dude, your like the funniest, craziest, down to earth auto mechanic I've ever seen. After seeing you on JYD's I've literally been binge watching you for last 2 days. You just remind me of old friends working on cars throwing old parts across the garage drinking beer. Seriously keep it up I'm definitely going to enjoy watching your future videos!
The increasing number of guys with the same shade tree mechanic abilities I grew up with taking their time to get old abandoned cars back on the road is great to see.....keep up the good work.
THANKS 👍 for showing your son how to be a strong resilient person who can tackle any challenge. The bond between you two is amazing! Plus, he doesn't complain and is very respectful! When I become a Dad I would want a similar relationship with my son, very positive and uplifting.
I would love to see this old truck restored. It is very doable. Old square-bodies are very easy to restore. My old 74 K20 was also a plow truck out of Iowa. Onawa Iowa specifically. Had to replace the whole bed, the front fenders, front leaf spring hangers on both sides, and still have some work left on the cab. Went from very rotten to just a little rusty very quickly. And it was very rusty. Just about as bad as this 76. Who knows, my truck and this 76 might meet one day.
I thought this was going to be like a chip goose restoration channel how disappointed to find out it wasn’t LOL this is one of the best channels out there
I love step side trucks. Been waiting to see this vid and look forward to more! Love that you include your son, great way to pass on the knowledge and keep old cars alive!
Step side trucks was the only way to go my dad had a few old chevy trucks, nice to see one going back into service Great job by the both of you, Kevin don't realize how much fun he missed
Currently looking for a 1980-85 Ford F-350 Crewcab with a long bed setup. I want to put a stepside on it from the 67-72 era when Ford made stepsides 8 and 9 ft long. Prefer a stepside.
I saw you horsing around with Kevin on that truck on his channel and now I'm watching you horse around with his truck once again 😂 considering how beautiful your grandfather's truck turned out I am positive you can do something with this square body. Keep up the great work and the great content 👍✌️🇺🇲
I love watching Junkyard Digs and I am so glad that I followed that truck to your channel. I hope to work on things with my son as well as you work with yours when he gets older. Very inspiring to watch.
I believe it was vice grip garage that showed us that trick of mixing the oil stabilizer in the oil jug. Love the channel! They keep catching me on summit racing’s website at work and they say “you really need a project car” so I’m hoping I can find one soon!
I almost feel like with where this truck is starting, you could actually make it pretty damn nice by the end compared to the Holey Goat and the Roadrunner 😂 I'm not necessarily a pickup guy, but I already love this thing
Dude, I'm absolutely in love with this truck! Can't wait to see more of it. Excellent find and glad it's getting some new life fed into it. She deserves to live! Glad you got it man!
Dalton JD has became quite the helper for you. And this old square body runs great. Fix a couple of these rust holes. You have another Flip.also congratulations on reaching 50K viewers. Your methods are just a hoot! Thanks for sharing!
hey man congrats. you are about to hit that number of subscribers to really get over the hill. you deserve it. i have been watching since you picked up the holy goat. great channel and i love the budget build quality of everything. keep kicking ass Dalton
I'm glad Kevin from junkyard digs introduced us to you I love these old Square bodies have had a few in my day great trucks hard to kill a small block even when they're not running right and sounding like s*** they still keep on trucking love the video can't wait to see it done
I have a black 76 2wd. Factory 454, factory tach, am/FM/CB (and the factory Delco cb mic)....I found a stepside bed for cheap, it was less rusty. Big block was built in the early 90s, flat tops, cam, Holley Intake, and ran really good until the cam wiped a lobe. I love the bicentennial trucks. Mine had a stack of 76 bicentennial quarters glued to the dash, so I really like the silver dollar Chevy idea
Definitely a new channel I look forward to watching. Your ability to joke is awesome, and I hope to see you have the same ability to restore vehicles 🤣
It’s a good 3 inches too short. I don’t even think you could strangle somebody with this, useless! I am so glad you did a video with Kevin, glad to have another awesome channel to binge watch
Keep up the good work. Enjoy your videos. Remind me of vgg before Derek hit it big. Nothing against derek he is awesome but I appreciate your attitude work effort and getting your kiddo involved.
I ran across you by watching JYD and I really enjoy your down home humor. You remind me of myself working and talking to myself but not video😊 Awesome to see your Son working with you and learning to be self sufficient, it’s a lost art in much of the world today. I look forward to you working out the kinks in the 76. Apparently, the transmission died of shock when you gave it new fluid
Found you through Kevin's channel, and your humor is amazing. Love the super basic seeming restoration. Sure hope you can find a way to not go backwards anymore haha. First you couldn't get it in park...now you're gonna slip into the lake.
I had a ‘78 Scottsdale step side 2WD, 350 4spd. I had all kinds of problems with it. Terrible rust issues around windshield, front fenders, rockers. Rear diff blew up, camshaft ground itself down. Learned the hard way how to fix all things mechanical. Finally gave it up after 20 years and that was over 20 years ago. I saw it driving down the highway about a year after I sold it to Pick-n-Pull. Someone totally restored it. Looked amazing! Good luck. Subscribed
Added this channel to the weekly rotation of car saving shenanigans. I always feel like trucks like this would fit perfectly into TV series where the world has gone full zombieland. Hence never pull off the plow if it has one, you'll never know when you'll need it 😁🤘
34:55 Wow, Kevin really sent that truck home! That engine sounds GREAT with JD getting in there and doing what he does! Really nice for it to have made it back to your garage, you 2 put some really great bonding time in on this one. Really great! I love watching you 2 build together, not only are you building cars and trucks, also memories and an everlasting bond only a father and son will ever know. Fantastic. I miss my dad.. a lot!
Before changing that transmission try to top up the transmission fluid to the correct level. The fluid quantity that you' ve lost might just be what's causing your transmission to run only in reverse. Very entertaining video.
Just discovered your channel via junkyard digs. Dude! I love what you're doing! Those turds you work on remind me of what we drove in high school in south west Missouri in the late 70's. They may have been turds, but we were proud of them just the same and it was all we could afford. The holy goat is the coolest car ever! Great to see J.D. working right beside you. He's an awesome dude! I just subscribed and am going back to watch past videos as well as telling all my friends. Keep up the good work! !!!!!
Thank God you fixed that fan shroud!!! I though I’d half to go through the whole video without seeing a self-tapper!! You know what Dalton? I’m really enjoying your channel. It’s moving up the list.
mid 90s, my friend got a 77 Chevy short-bed, he didn't like the square look of the opening on the front finders and bed. so he bought replacements for a 68 truck on his 77. just the openings not the whole finder. he damn sure made them fit and look factory. he got asked a lot about what year he's truck was.. lol thank for the time to make this video and uploud it
So glad you worked with junkyard digs on this truck. Would never have found your channel otherwise. This is entertaining as hell! Would be sweet if you could find a new cab and bed for this beast!
Yesss!! Dude if you can bring that 'ol GTO back around, this will be a cake 🎂 🚶 walk haha 😂 love your content bro! Pumped to see the build with this truck! Thanks for sharing! 😎
Love the channel, it's interesting that you use epoxy and what not, it makes sense because anytime you weld you are giving a spot to rust from the weld. Glad Kevin hooked you up and can't wait to see more progress. I didn't know your channel existed until he uploaded the first video.
I feel a midlife crises coming on. My first driving job was for the Milwaukee Journal, in 1977. I ran resupply routes in 1 ton Suburbans with just a drivers seat. The rest packed full of newspapers. They were really good stout trucks. They survived teenage drivers like me jumping them (not when full). I'm glad to see this one getting some love.
Take the canopy and some pallets and make yourself a little shed with it, more storage is always good!! The trailer load was epic dude. I do know those 1 inch carb spacers take away some bottom end power, but nothing you will notice with that thing 😃 hahaha fyi, Petrified poop is called copulight!!! I got tons of fire opel, jade,lots o rocks!!
I am looking forward to the videos that you do on this truck. I am a subscriber on your page because of Kevin's page. Kevin was right your videos are a lot of fun. I will say what you load the truck on your trailer was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time
I bought a truck that was completely rotten like that in college. I put a whole gallon of Bondo in it. I made new wheel openings, rockers and bought and installed new chrome wheel opening trim, and sold the truck for a tidy $800 profit. That started my side hustle buying, fixing up and selling cars.
Parts may not be new but they are new to this truck 👍🏻 I have rust free doors, fenders and a cowl hanging on the garage wall for my 81 gmc, it doesn’t need them now but they aren’t costing me anything waiting 🤷🏻♂️
I hope to see more collabs between you and Kevin, I found your channel via his video and the sense of humor you two have really mix well. Consider me a permanent resident after seeing holey goat. ;) Also, Silver Dollar Chevy is a great name, fun to build a theme around? Maybe take one of these dollars and put them in the car somewhere fun? Imagine you'd mod in a coin slot.. :D
Excited to find a youtuber making content I can relate to. Some of the other youtubers got to big and buy stuff I'll never work on or afford. Can't wait to see what you do with the Ole girl.
Great video. The truck is sweet. I'm into to older short bed square body's, not so much step sides. But I think it'll look amazing when your done. I think 37s on a lifted step sides would look good. Junkyard digs brought me here👍
That was an entertaining video for sure! Had to grin when Kevin was laughing as you were trying to load up. I had a 77 stepside square body for a long time, so you made me smile for sure. Used to subscribe to JD, got aggravated when they ruined the AZ Bronco trying to run it off the factory fuel tank even when they saw the condition of the fuel coming from the tank. Been meaning to become a member for some time, finally did today.
After seeing you on Kevin’s channel, I’ve been hooked watching yours. Lol. I love watching you and your son working together. They’ll be memories you’ll share forever. Keep the good stuff coming. I can’t wait to see what you’ll be wrenching on next!
Can't wait to see where this goes. I'd probably fix it if I had it, I'm a little stupid, partially stunned and love a rotten tetanus filled challenge. Plus 70s squarebody trucks are some of the most bad ass looking trucks made
Had to come back to this video to see where the truck started from. And let me tell you the transformation is incredible! Good job on restoring this beautiful truck 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
