Will a 43 Year Old Car Survive a 1500+ Mile Road Trip With Zero Preparation? 

Who are you and why are you in my yard

I had that exact same concord, same year and color. That was the best car I've ever had!! Paid $500, it had 17,000 original miles. After 436,000 miles the tranny gave out, but the motor still ran flawlessly. Loved that car.

Poor Ike! He almost had that dejected "Al Bundy" look. 🤣🤣

Luke just stops at the gas station out of reciprocity. He didn't fill up the whole trip.

I was a mechanic at an AMC dealer in the early 80s. They made some great vehicles. The only brand new vehicle I've ever purchased was a 1985 Jeep J10. Never had a problem with it, but sadly had to let it go when it was hit by a drunk driver.

Awesome trip, shame Luke didn't put a lawn mower carb on an inline engine, could've been "Six in a row, ready to mow!" haha!

Wow, this was my first car in 1994! Same year, options, everything! Mine had a bad headliner too. I ended up taking it down and gluing blue house foam insulation to the metal inside. My car was white with a blue vinyl roof in back like yours, and a blue interior. I bought from neighbor with paper route and grass cutting money. It had been sitting in their yard for a number of years. I spent a year working on it to make it road legal. This brings back memories! If you decide to sell this one, please let me know! I also currently own a 68 Impala similar to Ikes Biscayne, this was definitely an episode for me!

In 100F heat AC is definitely a must that 18 year old lad with that cool car is so cool I'm glad for him he must have worked really hard for that

My favorite thing about my concord was the power steering. The shortest turning radius that turns with one finger! ☝️

This was such a BLAST! I appreciate you sharing your A/C with me

Hey I'd daily drive this car. But I have to say, I'm glad to see you hanging with Luke again. I loved it whenever you two worked on cars together because you always made me laugh

So glad you “get it” and are spreading the word. Events like the Hot Rod Power Tour are about the people and the journey, NOT the destination. Helping out fellow gearheads, ensuring you all keep trekking along, enjoying the stories behind the vehicles, and cherishing the adventure, no matter what it throws at you - THAT is what it is all about. If it was 70 degrees, no rain, cars had no hiccups or breakdowns… what a bore. What stories could you tell? What memories would you have? Can’t wait to be apart of it soon (if not 2023, definitely 2024)!

AMC: All Motors Combined. Loved that these cars borrowed from others. Easy to maintain

"I'm gonna let them have it." *belt squeal*

Power tour with workin a/c and 88 hp. Best trip ever! And you were out torqued by a lawn mower Maverick and out powered an inline 6 shooter caprice with a 3 speed manual. Great trip! Great fun!

This video put a big smile on my face. It's like going back to the late 70's for a moment, back when the cars on the road had character. I despise the cars of today's roads.

As an owner of several AMC cars, before even watching the vid, I will put my reputation and my AMC's Reputation on the line. These cars will get you where you need to go NO problem

Bit of a safety tip. Never charge on the low side with only liquid (you can slowly introduce it into the system if the port is a good distance from the compressor, but it can be tricky). If you introduce to much liquid into the A/C compressor it can "slug" the compressor and cause damage. This damage can be much worse when the suction connection is actually at the compressor. liquid is not compressible. And now back to our normal content...already in progress.

I always wondered if Autozone/O'Reilly's/etc. stores prepare for Power Tour like department stores prepare for Black Friday. Extra security, hazard pay, etc.

We were an AMC family growing up, and my Dad always had one even before I was born starting with a Rambler station wagon, ending with my Mom’s 1979 AMC Station Wagon that we had in the family for 26 years. Never a better built car. They can sometimes be quirky- but parts are available. The Concord was AMC’s attempt to gain some of the mid-size cruiser status from the Grenada and the Malibu. They took the already successful Hornet, upgraded the interiors and exteriors, offered newer options, and the Concord was born. Hope you continue to enjoy.

Ike is awesome in an environment like this, would love to see him more outside of C&C.

Reminds me of my old 79 AMC Concord 2-Door Sedan. Great car, loved it. No power, but would get 20mpg with the air conditioner on. Wish I could find another one, but AMC's are sadly mostly all gone in the Northeast. That is a beautiful example, hope you keep it and don't destroy it.

36:06 "I'm gonna let them have it." *belt squeaking*

I like your attitude. It's a old car show, stuff breaks. No need to stress. Plus, if you be a tour before, you remembered the cool dude help you out in a jam.

That was one heckuva epic trip. Wow. My uncle had a couple AMX cars. Rip Uncle Gary

My cat absolutely hated the belt squeal as it would wake him and I was hoping to keep hearing it throughout the video.. you did not disappoint.

Those old 258's are pretty well bulletproof. My old '78 CJ5 had a 258 and while everything else eventually fell apart on it the engine itself was still in great shape after all the crap I used to put it through.

@16:52 calling the Concord the Corn.... Love it.

you got the thumbs up when y'all helped that guy with his points - i really felt the spirit of Power Tour!

This was actually my first car. My dad gave me the 69 AMC Concord and I had it back from Memphis Tennessee to Port Neches Texas. I don't remember I really liked the dashboard. I was 16 when that took place and I'm 41 now.

I actually got to meet you in ATL (I was the guy who told you about the 2brl an at Summit)… I had a blast the day I was there meeting all the RU-vidrs I watch and enjoy. It’s so strange seeing you guys in real life, I mean you and luke kinda stick out like a sore thumb, but I almost missed Isaac and had to do a double take. It was a great experience for sure and maybe next year I can do more !!

Ahhh yes, 1979. I was 12yo and it was the "Blizzard of 79" here in Chicago. Had the time of my life being 12 and all the snow a kid could ever want.

Years ago my dad had a little used car lot and took in a Concord wagon on trade. Concords are the 2wd version of the Eagle cars. It was a nice original car in pretty decent shape, and relatively solid. The car was one of those fake woodies from the factory, but someone glued a strip of home wood paneling along the tops of the fenders by the hood. We went to remove them because it was unsightly, but low and behold the tops of fenders were rotted out all the way across both fenders, seemed to be the only rust in the whole car and it was such a odd place to rot out, so the paneling went righ back on 😂 They actually made a 4wd version of that car, they had the Eagle coupe, sedan, wagon, and a hatchback thing called the sx4

this is the kind of content that makes this channel great

As a Canadian I think I’d die of heat exhaustion… but it was fun to watch virtually, so thanks for sharing!👌🇨🇦😎

Thank you Kevin for giving us a taste of that, i wish i could participate on events like that but i don't live in USA and my country doesn't have anything quite like this, maybe someday i can aford a trip to USA and enjoy it

Future v8 swap? 390 or 401. The greatest sleeper ever. No one would expect this car for sure.

That thing has one of the cleanest interiors I have seen. Thank you for hanging out with us and the cold snacks. Seeing you snag that sign was one of biggest highlights of the tour.

Great video Kevin. Thanks for taking us along.

The old Concord was a great choice. And yeah, Power Tour, it's not about the destination, but the journey. The way people on the journey and locals on the path will come together to get folks back on the road is amazing. It's just an adventure. BTW, AMC fan here. I love seeing those things still going down the road. I keep watching for the right one to come along and I'll be an AMC owner once again. I spent some time in an 81 AMC Spirit hatchback with an Iron Duke and a 4 Speed. That was one of the toughest cars I've ever touched and I hope to find another.

Nice Concord. I've got a 80 Spirit Street-Freak style with a 350/700r4 combo. Big and little tires, raised using Eagle front suspension and rear shackles. Power Tour is awesome. Did the whole thing in 2010 and different days of 6 other tours.

KEVIN- this is the side of power tour that I wanted to see !!! Thanks for sharing ( even tho it woulda been a lot more fun and convenient to not film)

I really like this presentation, just a highlight real of whatever you felt like filming. Easy to digest the whole trip.

Kevin thank you for taking us along this was a fun video. Getting the opportunity to meet everyone would definitely be a lot of fun. it is a shame that Mook couldn't be there. I love seeing the amazing vehicles that is for sure. Driving the race track would be fun and definitely worth the price Keep up the great work

Thanks for the ride-a-long Kev. Great to see you and the gang back together for some fun.

Kevin this was the BEST 2022 HRPT video of ALL! No One had anything close Spur of the moment is Always BEST You guys are great Thank You❤️👍

38:13 in the green 66 was me. 😂🤣 When I sent my videos to Mike for his I said “yea, I said hey to Kevin and Issac like they would have a clue who I was.” 🤣😂

Thanks for taking the time, appreciated. I'll watch the rest of the video and see what happens next. Always fun and I learn stuff too.

The Concord / Condor situation had me highly amused 😂

Aren’t you that guy from RU-vid????

43 year old car doing 1500 miles was impressive ,love your revivals kevin always great content from you and moke .im now watchin dylan mcCool revive a plymouth keep the great content comeing from a car fan all the way from Scotland

Thank you Kevin and all those others who i think are youtube’ers for yet another great journey of Power Tour. It’s always good to see you and Luke together. ✌️👍 for A/C.

These are some of my favorite episodes. You, Issac, Luke and Dylan together make for some compelling videos.

Enjoy seeing the gang back together again and nice to see new faces joining the group 😀. LS swapped duster now that's cool and totally unexpected 😎

20:00 - I had to fix the AC on my first car. AutoZone used to carry a kit that had connector and also 1 big can of combo R-134, PAG Oil and Stop Leak. Put that in and 2 short cans as seen here and it worked like a dream. Originally the AC Clutch wouldn't engage and would keep popping on/off.

Since the clutch was engaging I would of added one can of sealer first then the refrigerant. I did this with a gm van and it has been working for 2 years.

"Thankfully I brought 2 pair of underwear so we should be good for a month". LOL

Great new car, good to see Luke and Dylan and yourself hanging out

Awesome that you turned the small adventure into a big adventure and took us along. And even got to the beach!

Holy crap man!! My dad had the same identical car when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Right down to the same color and engine. Boy that brings back memories. Love it

Hoping one of these days we get to cruise together on Power Tour! I can whole heartedly say that you were the biggest inspiration for me to make it happen last year... We are the same age and seeing you do it in your wildcat then in the green cutlass I finally said "Alright I'm making it happen hell or high water" last year was an incredible experience long hauling for my first time ever and this year was mind blowing driving my crappy old farm truck 2100 miles to places I have never been before all whilst sharing the road with thousands of other hot rodders... I'm so glad that you are one of us that appreciates what Power Tour is REALLY about and not one of those that focuses on all the bad attributes... I tip my hat to ya Kevin. As well as all the youtubers that inspire me... Thanks as always for the awesome content and inspiration 🤘🤘🤘

glad to see a concord on the channel, absolutely love this and the eagle for some reason

The 1979 AMC Concord DL was the first brand new car I ever owned. Purchased it through military car sales when I was in Germany and picked it up in New Jersey when I came back to the states. Drove it cross country from NY to Washington with a side trip to Mt. Rushmore. I have a ton of fond memories of that car.

Everytime you mentioned AC and Ike's facial expression, I lost it.😂😂

I look forward to each an every one of these videos! Absolutely loved 48:00 through till the end. And welcome to Florida for the first time! We'd love to have you visit and save a few rusty old cars

I watched so many Hot Rod Power Tour videos and this was definitely my favorite.

I learn so much by just listening to you talk, Kevin. Thanks dude! 👌🏼

Awesome Video. Thank you for the ride along. I bought a 1986 AMC Eagle in early March that had been sitting in a field for over 20 years and got her running and driving good. Really wanted to do power tour, but didn't have the money to do so, maybe next year. She's my daily driver now.

Wooo wooo! Been looking forward to seeing this video! We'll take a break from wrenching to watch this straight through ;) Always good to run into you again Sir! And yes "Still Hot, Fat, and Bearded"

My folks had an AMC Matadore with a small V8, no idea what size, but it was a good car. Jeeps last a while, especially the ones with I-6 engines like you have, most Diesels are that configuration and last longer than the vehicles they're in. The only thing missing was Mook, but you will get back home and see what kind of trouble she's found to get into.

This was really an awesome video Kevin, it looked like all you guys had a real great time. Thanks for sharing 👍☮️🇺🇲

The little concord did great that’s awesome!! Congrats Kevin!!

Look's like all of you had a blast. Great video!

Thanks Kevin for sharing us this magnificent tour. Greetings from Chile.

This was a blast to follow. Great event and great community. No BS, just good fun. 🚘👍

Wow guys that’s awesome I worked with a guys that love Eagle wagons so much that he bought 10 -15 used Eagles just to have part‘s and to drive the rest of his life

Thanks for letting me live vicariously through your power tour will likely never get to do it myself

I loved my concord! The AC would blow so cold ice vapor would come out of the vents! Drove it til it rusted to pieces.

What a great overview of the power tour. Thanks for the interviews of my favorite youtubers.

An epic car adventure in a "cool" car! Thanks for sharing with the YT world.

Dude I swear I was having the worst day ever and then I saw you Uploaded a new video and it gives me just a bit of a distraction. We wait for your videos. Thank you so much for what you do.

Love seeing Issac It'll Be Fine on the tour!! Fitting right in with the RU-vidr crowd! He's gotta do a 1 mil giveaway and get those numbers up!

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode thank you very much for taking the time out to film it for us , best videos yet in my .👍

Love a good junkyard digs notification

Pretty good show guys really enjoyed it it's like walking back in time ,reminds me of younger days and some old buddies your making memories and that's something that lasts forever in year's to come you can look back and say remember so andso he looked so young ,how long; has he been gone. Keep up the good work thanks for sharing from Minnesota.......

Great seeing you all together on this video. Keep up the great work

Awesome fun. Love me some Kevin and Ike time Dylan also. Glad to see y'all enjoyed yourselves. Kevin and Mook are the first ones I watched doing the get it running videos. Love all of yalls content

I just ordered some Raycon everyday in electric blue, thanks for the discount code Kevin, love yall guys

notification squad!🔥🔥🔥

Omg i Love the carborated car lesson ! Pure gold dude we need more people like you to teach everyone

The Carter YF 2bbl used on the 258 (4.2) was notorious for flooding on hot restarts, especially if you parked on a steeper grade hill. Used to get a lot of "rescue me" calls where people would pump the gas pedal on a warm engine and flood it out, exactly as you describe here. The computer controlled feedback mixture / idle solenoid (black thing with a plunger on the right of the carb when looking from in front of the engine) liked to fail also. Pretty much bulletproof mechanically otherwise. Timing 6 deg. at 600-625 rpm (advance disconnected) if you want to tune it up. This is super clean for how old it is. With working brakes, safe tires and a cleaned fuel system I would have no problem road tripping one like that for a few hundred miles.

About your brother's pool accident, how bad was the ding in the swimming pool? I'm glad to see you feed your cameraman. When is Mook going to put up some more Nova content. Also I was glad to see you stopped videoing and took time to enjoy Power Tour.

My brothers first car was a 79 concord. I had an 80 concord. DO NOT let it overheat! The plastic valve covers will shrink and spew oil everywhere. Mine burned down from said oil leak !

Love the long episodes. Always in for a treat!

My younger brother had a 4 door '81 Concord in the early 90s. It was bought from a city fleet. It had the 2.5 4 cylinder with automatic and steelies with dog dish hubcaps. Blue with blue vinyl interior. Slower than molasses but once up to speed was a great highway car. Rode super smooth.

I wish I had something to drive to power tour. This would have been the year to go. I live in the Memphis area and my wife is from Atlanta so we could have started near home and ended by visiting the in laws. That would have been a great trip. Every place I see in this video looks so familiar because it's my home.

Hey Kevin there is also a 1973 Dodge Concord, look it up, I bet You will be surprised ! Cool vid guys .

Your road trip videos are my favorite to watch on all of RU-vid!

What a treat, just got off work and saw there's a new vid. Thanks for sharing your trip.

45:04 my 1994 F-150 runs super cool too. It has a huge radiator in it from the 7.3 powersmoke. It warms up but sits at the very bottom of the normal area. the heater works great too, Its like 3 inches thick and like 4 feet wide its huge!