There's the same energy in that sentence as a quote from Tavarish that I remember, the cheap Audi that got him home and finally died in his driveway. "I'm not going to check the oil because I don't need that kind of negativity in my life."
I love that you actually plan on fixing up and using this vehicle. So many channels find a junker, make a "will it run?" video, then abandon it, because they never planned on doing anything with it. For the audience I think "will it run" is far less interesting than "can I turn this rusty bucket into something road worthy and useful".
This is why I like old cars-fuel, air, spark- you can get it to start. No computer, no scan tool, no reprogramming - just some knowledge and common sense.
I'm 23, was able to rebuild a 1970 f100 from the ground up after a head gasket failure. It was basically plug and play, 300 i6. Engine had 300k before rebuild. They really don't make em like they used to
That's great and it's true - but back then my daily driver constantly needed one thing or another looked at, and when it was below zero out in winter there was a 50% chance at best that it would start. I like the new cars better - though most of them don't look near as good as the old ones.
That grille mod can be done on J10, J20 and wagoneers until the redesign in the 80's. If round headlights are a must have, it is fairly straight forward. I tried to do it to a '97 grand cherokee. It worked, but it looked awkward. IMHO, I prefer the earlier grille from 78 backward. My 79 has one that isn't as pretty.
I'm not a car dude and didn't understand much of what was going on but I really enjoyed watching someone that enjoyed what he was doing just fixing something. It was fascinating seeing him bring a rusted hunk of metal back to life with just a few fixes.
Looks like someone swapped in a 232 when they couldn't find parts for the original inline 230 Tornado engine or they blew it up. I had one of these in the '80s and loved it. It was a rock solid vehicle with great 4WD. Awesome find! Great work getting it running and rolling.
That's one of the things I like about this channel, it's like a real life Hank Hill fixing up old junkyard cars, which was actually what one episode from the show was based on.
Thanks for your detailed explanation on how you deduced things. The whole chain of reasoning from "left hand threads is normal on one side" to "they shouldn't be on this side" to "someone put them on wrong" to "a brake job must have been previously done" was a good example for me, about problem-solving.
Going to have to admit I was laughing my ass off as you kept listing all the custom 'features' of the car. Laughter didn't really stop as you kept fixing it, seriously liking the dry humor. Instant subscription. Can't say the Jeep wasn't priced right though!
@@Oldsmobile69 As a proprietor of a small business that's extremely vehicle dependent, I'd give my right eye to have an FSJ or FJ60 to rock up to a home inspection in.
Tbf the body isn't in great condition but it doesn't look TOO rusted out. As long as the frame is solid, and if it isn't, these may or may not fit on a Tahoe frame with a bit of work.
I'd say it was worth $2. I had a 74' cherokee that didn't sell for the $3,000 I was asking so I parted it out and sold most of it on ebay and the engine & trans locally. I made $9,000 after parting it out.
Got a sub from me. Direct instructions. Clear display of diagnostic and repair. Dry humor. Glad to be around for more. The world needs more Hacksmiths. 🛠️
Almost anybody can haul a ton of new parts at something, and make it somewhat work. The real skill is to tweak things with what you got, and make it work. I love it...
fking crazy how robust these cars are, imagine decades of being parked outside then some dude just tweak and replace some small worn out parts and the engine just runs. cant do that with supercars being abandoned in dubai lmao
@randovid1, my first vehicle was a 1985 Ford ranger that sat in a forest for over 10 years. Me and my Dad thought it was going to be a project but the only thing we did was replace the battery and it ran! Haha amazing truck actually, it had ac, heating, 4wd, and cruise control!
I just stumbled across this channel...i got tired of watching the guys who used to be humble RU-vidrs...now they just make videos about their new $250,000.00 buildings and their $50k-$75k race cars and videos on ANOTHER new property they bought...all while blowing off the content that made them famous in the first place. Anyway..i started watching smaller channels with real down home content.... Low-Buck Garage is awesome...i like this guy...He's a lot like the guys i work on old cars with...the moto is "if you cant do it right...just make it work". The guy who sold him this JEPP must be sitting at home going "You gotta be kidding me....he got it running and driving?!!?!"
i am a turner from Russia, accidently saw your video in recomendations... like it so much ) this details you showing is priceless ) thanks! Pls continue
@@solariss452 i don't think i've seen it. i remember a really cool jeep ute in the movie twister, had the same gorgeous front end as the wagoneer but as a ute. very cool
that's it. i didn't know the new jeep ute (ew) had knicked it's name from the original jeep pickup truck. and yes i wholeheartedly agree with you that it's one of the best looking utes/trucks ever made! i absolutely adore that front end@@layth116
Haha, can't believe this banged up jeep actually starts and runs! And for only $2, that's probably one of the best deals I've seen from any car channel on YT.🤣 Your mechanical and diagnosis skills are on point and that's an instant sub for me!👍
Nice find! I worked in the parts department at a Jeep dealership for 30+ years. As you looked at different areas on the Wagoneer, the part numbers for different items came back to me. Too bad we can’t delete files from our brains. You are very enjoyable and knowledgable. Fun to watch. John from Cape Cod
I enjoyed the whole video but my world was rocked at 19:40 when you hooked up a spare LAWN MOWER GAS TANK instead of some bulky, expensive boat tank! Life changing 'why didn't I think of that?' moment. Thank you!
I saw your channel yesterday 3/31-after owning countless new/used 4x4's over 50 yrs what got my attention was the thumbnail. Not the massive price tag 😁 but the pic since I owned 79 Jeep Chief Cherokee. Not the best re: ride, fuel mileage, comfort etc, *but* in bad weather if you really had to get somewhere, you would most every time-it was my favorite 4x4. All stock 360/Quadra-Trac 4X4 [really an amazing drivetrain]. Looking forward to the next video. Btw; thanks for the "normal" video [whatever normal is today] e.g., no loud background metal music, or rap "almost" music, cussing etc. Happy Easter and God bless. He is Risen.
Kmart used to be a awesome place to shop. They had all kinds of car accessories, chrome pieces etc. When they quit stocking stuff like that it was the start of their slow decline.
I've got two of these jeeps. Mine are about 1965. One of them's 4 wheel drive and the other one isn't. But nobody's off of me had $2 cheap as a parts vehicle. Great score 💯
As a teenager in the early 70's, Kmart tires were all I could afford. I became a loyal buyer when one of the tires I bought had a Uniroyal label on it and the service manager confirmed that Uniroyal made the Kmart branded tires. I never had a problem with them and they lasted as long as most name brand tires.
As I often tell people who criticize me for buying store-branded things, *they don't make those products in their backyard* some are good and some bad but the same happens with brand name products
kevinfiebelkorn4715 A guy I used to work with his brother worked where they made Gabriel shocks .He told us that they also made shocks for Kmart. They just put them in a different box.
Yeah tire store had radials and bias plus sold as blems at third of cost of brand name letter tires started replacing numeric ones in 2968..dad bought L 78 25 FOR BUICK FOR YEARS AND HOT RODS HAD 40, 50, 60, 70 SERIES WIDE TIRES TOO
my father got a lease car every 2 yrs f/1954... wen he ordered, he requested ANY tyre butt uniroyal... EVERY other salesman who got uniroyals, got a blowout f/a tyre defect... he NEVER had a set... became a friend of a B F GOORICH dealer & i still 2 this day use B F G' S... BEST tyre as far as i am concerned...
Yes, some Kmart stores. Not only had an auto service center outback. They also sold their own brand of tires and batteries. quality was not the best, but they were very reasonably priced
Boy, this brings back memories. Growing up in the 70's, my parents had a '63 Jeep Wagoneer with the OHC 6 and an auto transmission along with 4WD. It was basically the family station wagon. My mom drove it mostly. I used to tell my mom that she was ahead of the SUV craze by 20 years.
Rebuilt my buddies 4.2l with an Edelbrock head and not telling you cam, though hydraulic. He was pulled over on the highway doing 125, and the first thing the officer yelled at him was,'I have one of these old Jeeps. How did you get it to go 125!?!'. Then he explained his emergency and the cop took him much faster to his kid and then the hospital and then back to his Jeep later. No ticket, and I've now helped that cop build his 4.2l. I just put the Edelbrock head on the wife's 4 0l with stock cam. It should still be impressive and alot less exhaust smelly. Go, Jeeps!
Yes!, Kmart had tires made for them. My first car, a 64 Ford, used the same size and I was a loyal (and poor) customer for them. You have a piece of history there!
My 4 door 64 galaxie had a 1974 Montgomery wards riverside 7.75-14 bias ply for a spare. The damn thing aired right up and didn't appear rotten at all, it was in way better shape than the Michelin X radials it had that appeared to be from 96, those were rotten. Probably a pretty good chance the same parent tire company made both the riverside and Kmart tires. It's been about 12 years since the local Kmart I went to regularly closed down, but I can sure still smell the automotive department in the back.
Video came up as recommended. Channel name sold me on what to expect. Dead pan delivery of lines like "It's a problem, but not one I'm worried about" had me involved. Great stuff, glad to be here.
I bought a 1968 Buick LeSabre for a dollar once... It was almost worth it! I traded it (and $125) to a guy for a 1967 Volkswagen-- which lasted a week before the engine blew up. That's when I learned how to build a VW motor, and I drove it for a couple of years. The guy with the Buick took the 350 out of it and put a 2-4 bbl carb intake on it and put it into a boat. I heard it was really fast until that Buick motor turned into a boat anchor...
i never turned the bell on for any channel in my whole life, congrats...not only you unlocked those pistons but also my notification bell that was also sitting there shashed in for quite some years collecting dust and goop. Truly inspired me and fueled up my passion for cars a lot, even if it's by gravity, but still! Thank you kindly for bringing this old rag jeep into the new world for us to see, Looks excited to go on a road trip!
Just subscribed. Excellent video! You presented a true mechanic that solves problems instead of just being a "parts replacer". Looking to follow up videos on this resurrected classic.
This is one of my favorite youtube channels of all time. As a fellow old jeep enthusiast, it blows my mind how you can take stuff that most people would haul straight to the scrapyard and give it a new lease on life without spending hardly any money. But it's as i've always said, if you give a shade tree mechanic a big enough junk pile, they'll make something happen 😂
Had one of those in the late 70's when I was a teenager. I learned the hard way those straight sixes don't enjoy being over revved. Blew that poor engine sky high. Shortly thereafter I was off to Australia for a couple of years, and my dad soon made sure the old Jeep became someone else's problem. But it was fun while I had it! Thanks for the memories.
I restore and repair vintage radio communication and broadcast gear from the 30's-50's. I'm amazed at all the crap repairs and modifications I come across. A lot of people have the attitude that the cheaper and faster they can do something, the better. Well, you usually get what you pay for, in both money time and effort. I try to buy the best quality parts I can, and I take as long as it takes to do the job well. If a project is beyond my means to do well, I let someone else have it that can invest what it takes to do the job well. That way, my projects are always work great and are something I can be proud of. Respect your projects.
This is one of the best tube channels out there. He shows that a guy doesn’t have to break the bank to have some fun and work on cool vehicles. Found this show a couple months ago and binge watched every episode. Great job keep the entertainment coming!
I love this! In the mid-70's my dad had a 1965 Jeep Wagoneer and we had many great adventures in that rig. Watching this sure brings back memories of better times and a simpler life.
You remind me a lot of my pops. He can take just about anything and make it run. (Love the channel, and looking forward to seeing more about the Jeep. My best car deal ever was giving 75 dollars for a 74 International Travelall with a 345 motor, Cherry bomb exhaust, a driver seat so broken down that we stuffed a pillow in it and the back glass was busted out so it had a sheet of plexi. It was a tank! Ended up busting a push rod in it on a longer drive. Drove it home, changed the rod and sold it to a guy for a farm truck for 150 bucks. Him and his buddies got drunk one night and painted it like Eddie Van Halen's guitar.
I can't believe this Thing fired up (with a missing sparkplug)...AND the Mousehouse that came out of the exhaust🤓... Awesome! can't wait to see what you are gonna do with it🤠
You are the MASTER of frugal builds!!! And you know a lot of stuff! I was surprised about the Dana 44 and 27 axles - I had a 1971 CJ-5 with those same axles, but probably narrower. Mine had this short little Borg-Warner T-14 3-speed transmission.
Looks like my old ‘67 Wagoneer. Drove it from northern Virginia to Fort Huachuca, AZ and back in 1972. And all over the Sonora Desert during my stay at Huachuca.
My dad was stationed at Ft. Huachuca in the 70's and 80's. I'm not sure if he was there yet in '72. My sister was born there. I haven't heard that word (ft. Huachuca), in a long time.
Very very cool. Thank you! I've always loved Jeeps. My grandpa had one from the '40s - I can't tell you how much I wish I'd held onto it after he died. :(
My dad owned probably the last year of that model. It was the 4x4, 3 on the tree, with (I think) the 232. That was what I learned to drive a stick on. Great beast!
That Jeep looks like an Ex US Airforce vehicle. Sort if like the SJ Cherokee they were driving in the beginning of the movie War Games to their Norad Silo, just this is an earlier year, it nakes sense being a high desert truck it aeems very savable. No need to restore it perfect or anything crazy, just clean it up, give it brakes, tires, maybe work on some of the strange things happening with the swap parts, interferences and irregularities with the suspension and oil pan. It has a definite survivalist/crusty rancher feel. I'm astonished you managed to magic so many things into functioning again, there is absolutely no way many vehicles from the 2000s on, could ever have a prayer of that happening. I would imagine that with a fuel tank, brakes and cleaned up it would fetch an easy $3000-4000.
This was the most enjoyable video I've seen in a while. I was amazed watching you get that engine running again. You have a new subscriber, I look forward to enjoying your channel
Great video; I got one with the OHC "Tornado" as opposed to "Hurricane"6 cylinder that ran well but smoked like a chimney. (valve guide seals) Did the T90 column to floor conversion and got everything going. It even had an 8000-pound Ramsey winch with front bumper mount and not a spot of rust, gave it away for $300 forty years ago; shoulda, coulda and woulda...
Great find for a great video! 🚗 These old AMC Wagoneers were tough, rugged, and numerous. I’m happy to see one that survives and you were successful to bring it back to life by cobbling together a few essential parts, using quips, sarcasm, and excellent mechanical ability. I subscribed, and I tip my hat to you for a job well done! I am looking forward to your future videos and hoping you come across more solid, rare New Mexico vehicles. 🛻
