The 7 Year Cannonball Secret: REVEALED! 

First time caller. Long time listener. Can’t wait to see this thing back on the road! Got a soft spot for those OBS’s - Rabbit 😎

"You can't take it with you, so I'm gonna spend it while I'm here" wise word

Can't say I keep up too well with all the cannonballs but I can appreciate a nice dually. Building a 500+hp 454 in my C3500 right now. Glad you are saving the history!

They need to make a brand that sells older replica cars with updated technology so more people can daily drive cool cars.

I had an obs, a 7.4 vortec isnt a difficult swap and the vortecs come with mpfi so they make really good power with a mild cam and heads. Just a thought…

Travis, you just surprised the hell out of me. While watching that video, I thought to myself that I have seen that truck before and then you said Brock Yates Jr lived in PA. So I looked him up and realized that he lives all of 15 mins from me.

Yeah your the right man to own this piece of cannonball history, congratulations big fella, Rj in Oz

From a British perspective, it's crazy when he says the stadium is on his street, yet it's 5 miles away. 5 miles away & on the same street are in no way synonymous in the UK, it really puts the different scale of both countries into perspective. If your 5 miles away and on the same road here, you're on the M6.

You know Brock Yates was a car guy through-and-through so I would never think he would have a problem walking up if he was still with us and seeing if lt4 in a more advanced Driveline in it that just seems to be how is car guys are

If you ls swap it go carb and dress it up as the original 350 or even as the 454 that came in the obs

If you do decide to LS swap it please make sure you change the rear differential as those things are weaker than a glass Christmas bulb and the two-piece drive shaft is total crap, a good aluminum drive shaft and 3.93s and it would be golden.

Travis I'm so glad you got it. Going to be amazing and how you want to do is, is exactly how it needs to be redone.

You are definitely the best type of car guy, not worried about the resale value just about making the car into what it should still be.

Now we need a new event. The Cannonhaul. NY to LA with 2904lbs of cargo.

That looks like a perfect candidate for Chevy’s new 632 big block crate engine

I had no idea you acquired this unit! Very cool! I have a stillen GTS suburban thats a head turner! Good to see the G8 made it in a pic too!

Man I always wanted a shortbed phantom dually( fat tire In the back instead of duals) but I grew up driving a 3500 squarebody, and just dig the look. So cool this still exists

I'd really like to see a RU-vid series on that pickup keeping us all up today with the progress

Travis, thank you, thank you, thank you. Finally someone referring to a stock car by its correct name, and not a "nascar". Learn from Travis kids!

I remember a column he wrote about this truck! I’ve never been able to find pics of it either. Super cool ride.

I was a subscriber to Car and Driver at the time, and I absolutely remember the article. I thought that it was very cool at the time. I remember Brock being so enthusiastic about it. Thanks for bringing back a really cool memory, and best wishes getting it rebuilt!

Thank you for not putting 22s on it! Don't sell it to Rob, that's the first thing he'll do!

Definitely needs to go to Radwood. That's the pinnacle of 1990's truck mods.

That’s an awesome find. It’s a great to see that you will keep it looking the way it was. Chevy did make a short bed dually in the OBS trucks , but it was in the later years of the OBS . I had one . It was a 99 crew cab 4x4 dually short bed.

I like your attitude toward the rebuild. Do it once and do it right

A 8.1 swap would be pretty cool, just a mild cam and a beefy trans would be super cool

awesome find! visually, i'd do what you want to do, go back to exactly how it looked in the mag shoot. but underneath, i'd update everything so that it drives like a modern vehicle, that way you can enjoy your bit of history

It was my uncle Rusty’s ambulance from Proser Washington that was used in the movie cannonball run.

I remember seeing the truck at Brock Jr’s old house in Phoenixville and thought it was the most awesome pickup I’d ever seen. Sitting out in the elements having seen better days.

Not a car guy whatsoever, but absolutely love this channel. Been a subscriber when the channel was at only 5 thousand and Ed was still figuring out how to get the best audio. Every video had different quality of audio, but i knew already that the channel would blow up because it was a perfect format of tell9ng quick, bite size, interesting car stories. Then Ed told the “Kimmy” story and i knew that was the one that was going to break the channel and open the flood gates to people like me (non car owner) to subscribe. In the last year or so however, I feel like it’s getting a little stale with having the same people telling their 25th story, which of course isn’t going to be that great of a vid since it’s their 25th story. It would be cool to have more “new” random people tell their best stories so the channel would be an outlet for normal people that can tell their unbelievable story. I have 3 stories that I know the audience would enjoy. One of them involves a night where I was in a very bad place with drugs and alcohol. I wasnt drinking, but the drugs i toook pretty much knocked me out at the last red light before i was home. House was just 200 yards away and my eyes shut involuntarily only to open my eyes when i felt a presence in the other lane. There, right next to me, was the local police. One driving, one passenger. I was so ripped, i wasnt giving off the correct amount of panic. I looked right at them, and said the following, “Oh… my fault… Ive had a long day at work and live right there (i point to my house). Somehow and someway, the police gave me a nod and told me to get home and go to sleep. “Absolutely sir. Thank you and stay safe out there! It was 3am at this point and i was too ripped to properly understand how ridiculously lucky I was! I was SOOO oblivious to how lucky and how my life could of beeen turned upside down, that when I arrived in my driveway, i realized that i only had one bar of gas and that my grandma was using the car the next morning to go to church. I forgot to put gas in earlier and didnt want to put her in a situation of low gas and she only used gas stations that pumped for you and they weren’t open until after church was done. So i reversed out of the driveway and was back on the road to get some gas. And i was going to drive back to through the road that the police were still on, looking for dui’s. That’s how unbelievably out of it i was that within 30 seconds, i already put aside the moment of me being caught being passed out at a red light. So now I’m back on the road and driving through the spot that the police usually post up, trying to catch drunk drivers. I passed that spot and entered at a part of the road that was darker and not as lit up and the rest of the road and i was going right around 45 mph (speed limit 40) when out of the blackness, my headlights lit up the rear of an suv… and it was easy to see that it was the police suv. The very same suv that I just had a conversation with just 3 minutes ago. Disclaimer: so ive made it very clear that i had no business being on the road. The only problem was the fact that I was soo over the line, that i was at a point where I couldn’t even tell right from wrong. If i wasnt as messed up, i would of realized the situation and never would of driven. So my headlights picked up the rear of the police car and i was shocked at what i saw. I wasnt just about to rear end these cops… but i saw that the police car had NOOOO lights on at all!!! They were seriously “parked” in the middle of the two lane road and i only had a split second to see the rear end and to try to hit the brakes and turn the wheel so I wouldnt hit them straight on. I rather hit them at an angle then going straight on bumper to bumper. Of course, since i was dumb enough to drive in that state, I followed up my stupidity and was really at this point shooting for the “Darwin award” by not wearing a seatbelt. On impact (me going 45 and the police were in park) I went head first into the rear view mirror, splitting open a gash right above my eye causing blood to squirt everywhere. I was knocked out for just a split second. I came to with my head on the front console and pretty much standing in my suv. I jumped out of the car and the impact totally knocked me from being high as heck, into being totally aware and alert. After driving for over 15 years, this was my fist real accident. As i exited the car, I couldn’t see a thing and quickly realized it was because i had so much blood on my face and it got into my eyes. I then quickly ran over to the front of the police car and asked if they were alright. They answered they were fine, but i should go lay down on the grass off to the side of the road. I looked a lot worse then how I felt. My entire face was covered in blood. Ive heard a bunch of stories of drunk driving accidents where the drunk person would hit another car, where the victim would pass away, but the drunk wouldnt have a scratch on em because they didnt tense up on impact. I got in another accident a couple years later that was half the speed, but i was the one that was hit and i had enough time to try to brake and turn my way out of the accident, but knew i wasnt going to avoid being tboned and totally tensed my body up and it HURT SOO much more than the 45mph into a parked car while staying loose. So back to the crash. I’m on the ground waiting for the ambulance to come, and I’m just waiting for the hammer to drop. These cops just woke me up at a red light, only to see me 3 minutes later after i rear ended me. I was confused though, as to why they were parked on the road with all their lights off, but kept it to myself until they read me my rights or announced i was going to be arrested after i got my eyebrow stapled back in place. I still couldn’t see anything, and asked for one of the firefighters to retrieve my cell phone from the car so i could call my dad. I needed someone there to look after my best interest, especially since i was already under the influence, but now i was concussed and blind front the blood. I was in a vulnerable spot. Surprisingly the one cop involved with the crash retrieved my cell and dialed the number for me. So i got ahold of my dad and he was there under 5 mins. My dad later told me the next morning that he knew i was messed up when he saw me pull in, and then quickly pull back out and leave. Parents would always say, “nothing good happens after midnight.” Well, this was 3 am and he def knew something was possibly wrong and he turned on the local police scanner to hear my name being check for any previous felonies which I did not. An ambulance ride later and I’m now at the hospital to get my eyebrow reconnected to my head and my dad walked into the room and waited for when we were alone and asked me what am I being charged with. I answered that they haven’t said a word. We both were on eggshells waiting for the nurse to walk in and take my blood and then I would find out how much trouble I was in for crashing into a police car under the influence. A couple hours pass and it’s now 6am when I got discharged. No blood test, not even a convo with any police. We were absolutely shocked! I was hesitant to tell my story about the police car being parked in the middle of the road because I knew how messed up I was and wasn’t a reliable witness so I only told my dad what I THOUGHT happened. My name was in the paper the next afternoon and it was just a little write up that, “Kevin Eastwood was involved in a car accident with LP police. Alll three people involved were taken to the hospital to take care of non life threatening injuries.” Didn’t mention a crime or anything of the sort. People on FB were perturbed that there was no mention of wrong doing, and at 3 am to boot just made it unbelievable. Here is when the story takes a turn and is probably why I only got a ticket for careless driving when the police report stated that I was speeding at 45 and rear ended the police car that was driving at a “lower speed.” Since my name was in the paper, a local man contacted me on messenger with a story of his own. He lives right off the road that the accident occurred and he saw the entire thing. He was walking home from the bar and the thst police car thought they could get the guy for public drunkenness so they tried to hide in plain sight. He saw the police cruiser pass him, to then use a turn around to come back for a second pass on the other side of the road. Then he told me what I deep down thought I saw. The cops slowed down… and turned off their lights and ended up coming to a complete stop!!! He kept walking and saw my car coming down the road and knew a solid 5 secs before that I was going to hit this cop car with no lights on, which is exactly what happened. I think that he saw the entire thing, shook the police and put them into a situation. I def helped them out by not coming out with a “wtf were u doing on the road with no lights on?” And kept my mouth shut which I believe ultimately helped me out. I dodged a big one and could of died and killed others too. I went to rehab 2 weeks later and have been clean ever since then. “Knocks on wood.” That’s my craziest car story

That is superb! I remember reading that issue of C&D when on holiday in the US and really liking that truck! If possible, I would love to see update videos as progress is made!

LS it!! You will not regret that choice. I look forward to seeing it restored. In 2000 you could get a crew cab short bed dually.

Travis, need to look at a l31 votec motor, gmpp tbi intake. This will keep it stock looking and make it drivable, better fuel economy etc. That or a mild 383 build. Thatshould keep it original looking but in tradition

Part of me says keep it mostly original and just do a nice rebuild on the OG 350. But then I think Brock would definitely LS swap it if he was still around and was planning to Cannonball it.

Steering wheel made by Personal. These things were made near my home and I had one on my 1975 Lancia Fulvia Coupè :)

Travis is that really cool uncle we all want that let's you drive when you aren't supposed to, let's you drink on occasion, picks you up from parties if you drank too much, has a thousand cool stories, and all he'll ever ask you to do is remember him.

LS or LBZ duramax swap is needed. 100%. Visually, appreciate the magazine restore.

Yay! A new Travis Bell story. The day just got way more entertaining! Definitely need...no expect....updates and stories about the truck restoration. To interesting to let it go here. I hope Travis does the RU-vid videos her teased in this video.

Jr. used to daily drive it.. used to take his daughter to day care in it when he was bored with the Mini or Subie. I never thought much of it because it was beat to sh!t 10 years ago when he lived right down the road from me. Glad to hear it's going to brought back to life.

don't LS it, check out the Grubb Worm Camaro: old-school LT1 V8 with 1,800hp. have that shop build and tune it for cannonball with a period-ish turbo setup!

It’s absolutely needs an LSX454! Don’t change anything else other then maybe some super wides for the back instead of duals

I feel like it would at least be worth putting cam and intake and ECU etc on the old block, keep it original but make it usable. Thx for the story man.

Definitely making it "modern" would be a benefit. New breaks suspension and engine

Travis Bell always tells a great story, can’t wait for the next one!

That is an awesome truck & history! I own a 92’ 2500 ext. cab short box myself, for 15 years now with currently 272,000 km. Love that body style. Keeping a new different engine close to its roots, drop in a 454 efi with an rv cam/flowmaster 70 series true dual exhaust & headers …. It should sound and perform well.

I have a spare Omega VE Sportwagon for your consideration

The absolute sweetest obs I've ever seen. I want it. So bad.

I would love to see it restored!! It has that nice 80s early 90s look!

Chevy did make a short bed dually in the 90's, but only in a crew cab 1 ton setup you could you get the short bed.

Rite on,, im an 80's kid and I remember in early 90's people would put deep dish rear wheels with fat micky thompsons on the normal long bed versions. I always thought that was a pretty bitchin way to roll around in a dually. But totally understand wanting to keep this one in its original glory. Sick find...

Travis you are the right man for the job of keeping this truck, others would never keep it in the style it deserves, putting a more usable engine in it would not damage it you could do a Jay Leno and keep the old one if needed. The exterior and cab is the parts that needs love.

My misses cried over the brother story i cried finding out a legend was still out there the whole time! Another great one!

I love my obs crew cab short bed dually

Great story lived it I'm a 90s kid early 90s these obs custom trucks was my youth now I'm 29 and have a 1990 swb single cab step side red in color love it

My god this is cool! Please restore it right! You can always dress up the LS to look like a SBC.

Not only is it a dually. It’s a PHANTOM dually actually. Very cool 90s trend.

Drop in a 454 / 502 / 572 ! Big block rhythm FTW !

I knew it looked familiar, but I couldn't place it, then you showed the Car and Driver magazine and the memories came flooding back! I fell in love with that thing in 1993! I might even still have the magazine in a box somewhere. Very cool!

What a super cool truck. I love those custom duallys from back in those years.

LS with a couple of "spinny boys" pushing extra air to it? You know Brock would have loved that and the extra power would help it move out and tow much better!

I remember seeing that truck in street truck magazine way back in the day

He,s right about GM not making a short-bed dually pickup. I,m a short bed guy, and this seemed something I needed to fix, in 1980. This project started in ,81, and ended in 1988. It’ s a loaded 427 model. It has every single option they ever offered in 1980*88..plus+.

Looking at the old magazine photo, the triple fade paint job faded into just red over time. Like a vintage Les Paul. Neat.

Loved the exit statement!

Definitely need to keep an up to date on the resto of this truck Travis!

I had a White crew cab 3500 455 1993 shortbox dully in the shop I work at a few weeks ago

It's a good thing he didn't tell anyone about it until after he gained ownership of the truck because other people would have pestered him for the truck.

Thank you Ed for creating such an amazing app and great stories for us to enjoy

Travis, don’t let Rabbit get anywhere near that truck! He’ll ghetto it up for sure. 😂🤣😂

8.1 swap with some of the hop up parts from raylar engineering would be sweet

Nice! I remember that magazine and certainly read the story about it. Good luck with the restoration, Travis!

Forza Horizon 5 and having vinwiki on in the background, or working on my cars also with VW playing is my new favorite thing to do.

*I cant wait to see brocks truck done! It definitely needs an Ls. Maybe a 6.2?* Brock would definitely support it

He definitely knows where the Millennium Falcon is

4:12 OMG: I see that story was written by the late great Don Schroeder. This guy could DRIVE just about ANY car he got behind the wheel of. Several times at Car and Driver, when testing a particular special model, manufacturers would send their own performance drivers WITH said special vehicle, in order to get the best possible performance results; More often than not, Don- while being a car guy, he is a WRITER at C&D and not a performance driver of any sort- would drive the special vehicles in order to get the best possible times that C&D could get and, therefore PRINT in the magazine. Almost ALWAYS his driving skills allowed him to surpass any one of the "racing drivers" sent by the manufacturers. Whether it was 0-60 times, quarter mile, track times, etc, Don was almost always putting in lower times than certified racing drivers. He was tragically killed when testing the top speed of this crazy W210 E class that some Atlanta plastic surgeon had paid RENNtech to WILDLY modify with a V12, crazy race suspension, custom body work, etc... He got behind the wheel of this monster at a track in Fort Stockton, TX in order to pursue yet another top speed number to publish in the summary of this article that was to be written about this crazy Benz. He died after losing control of it somehow... I remember how shocked I was because, I'd been a subscriber of the magazine since December of 1990, and had read many, many articles written by him. Seeing his name on this article about the "Stillen C2500 shortbed" suddenly brought back memories... www.caranddriver.com/features/a15140179/a-death-in-the-family/

Started off with 2 15 second commercials. Paused it to come here before watching to say, I just hope that dually is in the vid... I remember the Pace Truck Dually that jumped the tracks & drove into the motel...

I love Travis stories

I would definitely do an LS swap. Everything else would stay the same, but an LS is A MUST. They would've done it, in 93, had it been as easy as it is today.

Crazy stillen built it..the hard-core Nissan guys building a cool ass truck.

I'd tone out some of that rake, as a bonus you'd be able to get in and out of driveways

Gm did make a crew cab short bed dually only available from 99-00 low production numbers, I currently own 2 a black Chevy and a white gmc

Although they didn’t make 2500 dually trucks, they absolutely did make short bed dually trucks

it's missing the roof wing.

I saw Arnie’s TikTok with this truck and knew there’d be a VinWiki episode coming soon.

This truck powerline should be kept stock. If you want a fast truck, make a replica. But the original iron should be kept in the original truck.

GM did make short bed duallies... but only in crew cab.

I had a Truckin magazine where there was a write up of that truck.

"You can't do anything with it" I disagree. You can smile every-time you see it

I taught defensive driving with Brock jr. such a cool dude and always had a great story while the people were in class!

There is a 3500 single cap short bed dually obs chevy at a fire department near me that is a 454 3speed with a crawler gear

That STANCE is Critical!! Don't screw it UP 😉

For four decades I lived within 1 mile of 3 large cemetery's and in all that time I never saw a hearse pulling a U-Haul full of the dead persons cash! It was MADE TO SPEND!!!

Fut and LT5 4 cam. 😎

Another option would be a later LT engine. Same size but updated intake and exhaust.

I worked the dirt pits of winged sprint car driver Nick Ringo. Along with the family I worked for years with them on the cars for each race.

Part of ownership is making it yours. Keeping its origin in mind, updates and changes are respectful. A new engine and rims let’s people know when and who owned it in photos instead of new photos being passed off as from the original owner.

im convinced ive seen something like this in australia , ive seen that front on image and i remember it saying brock on the windscreen i thought it was peter brock and went on with my day , now im going to go mad wondering where ive seen it

7:35 - BROCKFAST 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Wonder if an 8.1 and Allison would fit without cutting up the floor and firewall? Could be just the right upgrade

Brock would have wanted it to have a 6.0L LS swap