Will a SEIZED Pontiac RUN & DRIVE After 48 Years in a Barn!? 

I'm always astonished at how many people have so many cars that they can just park a car that's fairly newish and never bother to get it fixed.

We love a JYD revival, I remember the days I had to wait 3 months for a JYD revival because Kevin was getting his degree/deployments. Weekly videos are so incredibly amazing. If you ever do a boat revival the first weekend of august, take it out to lake McBride and party with us!

That Bonneville is in really good shape for sitting for that long. Its crazy to think there are so many cars like this one just sitting in a barn or a shed and no one knows about them.

I am LOVING the revivals of these old 4 door cruisers! As a younger man, I always walked past any 4 doors. Now, I’m always on the lookout for them and station wagons. I like the option to take the kids out for a drive.

No matter how many times I see something get brought back to life, it's always so cool to hear it fire off for the first time in X years! Awesome stuff as always JYD!

Seems like it's getting increasingly rare to find a barn car in great shape. This Bonny is a gem!

My grandfather had a 2 door Bonneville that same year and color. It was the Car of Decimation: my aunt slammed the door on my four-year-old big toe and it's never been right since. Then a couple months later, my cat Blackie decided the warm engine block would make a great place for a nap; my grandfather was heading to the store and when he cranked up the engine we all heard a "ROWWWWR!" from under the hood. Out came Blackie without his tail, which was making a "whump whump whump" sound as it went around with the fan belt. That's a core memory for me.

First the gold Cutlass, then another gold Cutlass, then the red pillarless 98, now the pillarless 68 Bonneville? I think it must be what heaven would be like, to find and revive classics like these, and I just find a lot of joy and happiness watching these videos, because I lived it back then, but am disabled and can only dream these dreams, so thanks for making these dreams happen over and over for me. I had once a 400 Pontiac, we called the intake a Spider intake. I had a Cutlass, too. My bucket list is to be able to do just one of these these before I pass away. So may God Bless you all and keep you safe and happy, and may you Prosper and thrive!

It's a Pontiac. Of course she ran. Looks beautiful too. Can't wait for more episodes. Nice job Kevin!

The junkyard community was about to send out a search party for you and Mook, but then we all remembered that y’all need vacations like the rest of us. Awesome video as usual

Please, share the entire revival on this one. Yeah Furbirds get all the glory, but this Bonneville is a rare gem. Things happen for a reason. Glad to see it end up in the right hands.

Hello you guys! This "purple" Bonneville is a diamond in the rough! I worked for the detailing department at a Dodge dealership, and I am amazed that the paint is still in the shape it's in! It will probably look great if the finish is thick enough and someone does it right. That interior DOES look great! It's an amazing survivor, and I want to hear it run! I love you guys and watch you more than you know, and if you see oxidation on OXIDIZED paint, we're BOTH better off! BIG smiles! I can't wait to see how it turns out! You guys are awesome!

Great job Kevin. Once you get this car running right, tight and quiet you’ll be amazed at how nice these 60s Pontiacs ride! Even better then that 98.

My father bought a 1967 burgundy Bonneville which is very similar to this In 1969 when I was only 5 years old. I learned to drive in that car a few years later when I was in 3rd grade (rural kid). Thanks for bringing back some good memories from 50+ years ago.

She is a beauty. Definitely finish bringing her back to life. When she was built, fuel was 25 cents a gallon, leaded, and no ethanol. A person could cruise all night for a buck. I would verify the ignition wires and run a compression test. Could still have a valve problem.

The fact that it sat for so long, was SEIZED UP and you were able to get it to literally run and drive is astonishing. I hope to see more of the bonny cause this one looks amazingly solid.

Can't wait to see the interior cleaned and detailed. I always thought the old Pontiacs had cool looking interiors.

I love listening to Alvin get a motor unstuck... he gets so excited.. makes my day Kevin!!!😂

Old Ponchos are so boss. Pontiac was really GM's performance division with unique styling, great motors, awesome race pedigree. Right on! (Congrats to you and Mook, too!)

Well done Kevin and Boss Lady. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the revival.

Fantastic Job! Love hearing an old Pontiac come to life again. Small tip you can modify the Pontiac intake by cutting it into two pieces, Detach the front from the rest so you don't have to disconnect the cooling system in the future. This can also help if they are a little warped. Great video and cool car!

As far as I am concerned, I think that the Bonneville was right up there with the Cadillacs. Beautiful, classy cars with a ride like sitting home on your couch. Great find and treat her like the fine lady she is.

Another awesome revival, You and mook and the rest of your crew never cease to entertain! Amazing job as always!

In 1996 I pulled a '67 Bonneville out of a field, fixed everything the mice chewed and rebuilt the qudrabog. Drove it for 2 years. Power seats, ice cold air and the radio even still worked. That 389/400 combo that was in it was a beast! Wish I never sold it

I’m just astounded at how amazing this car is as a barn find after nearly 50 years!!

How did the mice not get to this one after all that time sitting in a barn?? That’s amazing!

One of the best GM models of old. Love the name Bonneville, body lines are nice and not a bad color either. I think rally rims with the beauty rings and two antenna's on the trunk, black the windows out and you got you a proper cruiser.

I have to say, these 50s - 60s era Bonnevilles are some of my favorite cars. You got so lucky with this find, I'm honestly a little jealous. Can't wait to see her hot rodding on the road where she belongs.

I’m always amazed at how seemingly easy it is for you to bring these old cars that have been sitting for so long back to life. Love watching you and Mook work together. You both have great sense of humors and just seem like really good people.

That was a fun one! That car is in great shape. Hope you can bring it back to its best condition. I'm not at all into working on cars other than watching professionals such as yourself. It amazes me how you can get an old engine running again. You obviously know your way around an engine. Kudos to you!

Great video! I think the first thing I’d do, is remove that ridiculous bug deflector.😝

Q-Jest are VERY tunable IF you know what your doing. Been working on them since high school in the early 80's. A Q-Jet can support a 650 Hp+ motor and have great street manners at the same time. Buy the book written by Cliff Ruggles, build a Q-Jet and report back. Great channel.

Another 1970's gem on the way to a new life thanks to JYD! I always appreciate the time Kevin takes to explain what is needed and why. A great episode. Thanks!

Nothing like the torque of a 60s Pontiac. That car looks absolutely awesome, the underside looks practically brand-new. Congratulations on finding such a gem Kevin and Mook. I hope to see you guys giving some more love 👍✌️🇺🇲

I love vintage cars. I was a kid in the 70s and a teenager in the 80s. I got to see a lot of the cars you revive in their heydays. I love these cars. Thank you two for the love of bringing these cars back to life

This is just amazing and great job with this revival. I really want a future video with this lovely Pontiac, I just want to hear it running as best as possible and would really love to see it in person tbh but its kinda hard me being from Europe xD. Anyway, great job again and keep the videos coming!

Great results on the old Pontiac Bonneville. After some more effort on the paint and interior and a few piddling mechanical problems she will be a fantastic showboat. See you next week, same time, same channel.

I'm amazed how nice that one turned out. I can't believe they parked it for a simple lifter. That's a nice car. I'm assuming that's a 400 under the hood. She'll come back around!! I enjoy the channel. It's good to see old relics come back to life!!

Congratulations on 2 Million Subscribers!

I can't believe how great the underneath looks on this bony! I would have never guessed how clean it really is! You have lucked out on this one and the Olds 98 for old Iowa cars! Nicely done sir!

That comet wash transformation was incredible!! Keep it up, love you guys!

the Jack oil explosion made me laugh, love the video! ive only seen a fair bit of 4 door gm cars from the 70s, being in central alberta they usually have already rusted back into the earth they came from Also, dio 🤘

Great vid, awesome car. This would make a really cool, long-term project. The “will it start” vids are fun but would love to see a bunch of restore vids on this one. 👍🏻

Very KOOL Kevin and Mook

The Mooks of Hazzard!? Hell yeah, I'd watch it 😁 Another cool episode guys, love the channel, can't wait to see the tidy up, love these big old American cars😎👍🇺🇸🤘🔥🔥🔥

Another fantastic episode! If you have A/C it is even a better powertour car than the last one!

2nd time watching and it reminds me of how I would sit behind the wheel and play driving when I was a small boy. She was a 1968 Pontiac Ventura 2 door with a 400ci 4bbl power steering and manual brakes. I learned what a vacuum gauge before a tach was due to the valve train issues. It still makes me cry when I think about her.

What a great way to learn how to wrench. Love it! Now I'm almost ready to tackle the upcoming jobs on my 56' Chrysler. Keep'em coming.

The first time I got goosebumps when the engine came to life. Kevin's joy and laughter when it idled showed me that he is a true petrolhead. Thanks for your great content guys!

I work in the automotive recycling industry where I see cars that with a little love could be road going once again a it kills me and it's great to watch your videos with you guys reviving them

"I wasn't asking anymore.." absolutely killed me lol

What a beauty! She definitely deserves some TLC.

The Bonnevilles had different taillights and trim differences not found on the other full-size Pontiacs of the day like the concurrent Catalina and Executive (Star Chief Executive) models. Great video!

Love watching JYD (and Mook) do these revivals. I always love to watch you bring these old vehicles back to life. That Bonneville is a couple years older than me. But in alot better condition.. 😂 👍✌️

Love watching the revivals with both of you fight hard to bring the cars/trucks back to life. Keep it up.

definitely looking forward to what comes next with this one... these videos make me miss the 15/16 yr. old me that helped on a farm in eastern Co. for a while, the days were long as the work, but it started me on my path to work on my own cars and being self sufficient.

Always love hearing an old Pontiac motor fire up. Brings me back to a few years ago when I fired my 69 Firebird up for the first time. Another great video!!

Amazing revival for the Pontiac Bonneville! I’m a fan for old style GM vehicles (Oldsmobile & Pontiac) 😊 keep reviving those cars!

What a great old car! This is an absolutely amazing find! You did such a great job cleaning it up and getting that motor moving again.

Beautiful plum Bonnie! It wants to go again. Even nicer than the Olds 98 you picked up recently. Hubcaps in the trunk? Original caps and new whitewalls would really set it off. Incredible find you brought back to life.

Great save! The rally gauge cluster is a mighty rare thing in a Bonneville...very cool.

Great Job, Digs! always enjoy watching you and the Mook get your Car-Fix on.

Awesome Pontiac, can’t wait to see more of this cat

Pontiacs are amazing. I bought one for $800. The had bent pushrods and carbonized gunk under the valve covers. I chipped and scooped out the gunk which weighed over 5 pounds. I put the pushrods on a flat metal bench, rolled them back and forth until I found the high spots. With a body hammer, I rolled and tapped the pushrods until the were straight. The oil was all sludge so I poured gasoline in the oil filler, started it and allowed the gas to act as a detergent. After a few days of short, smokey drives, I drained it and filled it with cheap 30 weight oil and ran it for a few days with no smoke. I drained then filled with good quality 10w30 and a new oil filter. Quiet valves, no smoke. A minor tune up. No problems for 180,000 miles. The radiator leaked out fuild but the car shut itself off before it could overheat. That's Pontiac! The AC is freezing cold when it is 90F outside but the fan's high cycle fuse blows repeatedly so there's only medium and low fan which is okay.

Love this! My dad had Bonneville 4-dr hardtop very much like that one, but a '67. It was probably my favorite of any car he ever had.

It always puts me in a good mood when junkyard digs posts

Wow, love this one. Here in Australia, my late neighbour had a Fisher Body (Canadian CKD) 1969 Pontiac Parisienne Executive Pillarless Hardtop with the 350 V8 and Powerglide automatic. Electric windows, electric seat and air conditioning. It was his father's car originally, and became his daily driver until a few years before his passing. Very rare and I have never seen another one. It had the smooth lower section on the rear doors, rather than the flared style. They were fitted with the RHD 1969 Chevrolet Impala dashboard. It was Burnished Bronze, a GM-Holden colour, as they were assembled by Holden and sold through Holden dealerships nationally.

Loved this episode! I am looking forward to seeing more of this car. Old Pontiacs are so cool. You struck gold with this one.

Congratulations on the million subscribers!!

Love this car! It would be great if you could let us follow along every step of the way as you put it back in first-class condition.

We used to spray the floors of our barn with waste oil to keep the dust down. I'm willing to bet the car fell to the same issue and that's why it is so clean under the oil

Just nuts how much I love seeing older cars are still showing how well built they are. Compared to cars now .another one saved from the scrap yard great job guys 😊

Hope you get this one fixed up nice! It is such a clean car to have been sitting for 48 years! Best revival you have done to date!!

First time viewer, Pontiac owner (7) of them. I already learned a couple of things here.. Cant wait to get back under the hood this week... What a find.. That Bonne is fantastic...Good job..The steering wheel is in great shape too.. .

Love the Bonneville,it's good to see it running ,love to see more! Long live the land yachts!

Totally awesome start Kevin on this old Pontiac sitting 48 years. Just amazing. This is just one of best will it starts ever for your Channel. ❤️💯👍👊

Excellent video! love the old sixties pontiacs! Looking forward to seeing more!

I love mooks humor

Wow nice looking cool old Pontiac Junkyard digs has been scoring some awesome old cars lately

i love how i fall in love with these cars the moment i see them at the START of the video.

Having a series of this would be insane. Love the content and keep it up.

this is so rad! love the body styling, especially those downturned taillights!

Great job…..love these old Pontiacs from the mid ‘60s to ‘70 👍💪😎

Kevin, have you ever used propane instead of brake cleaner or starter fluid? That's what I have used since the 80s. It's great for finding vacuum leaks too.

I had a 68 Bonneville convertible. What a tank it was but such a iconic car and the ride was excellent. I am in Florida and car came out of New Hampshire but rust was minimal. Wish I had kept it

Someone has probably said this before, but thank you for not disclosing where these finds are located. ✌

Love these years. Beautiful interior. Love that original paint color

Perfect timing keep up the great content

Enjoyed this video alot Kevin! Thanks for all your hard work to entertain us!

Wow! The dirt and oil really preserved the paint nicely! Dang, looked nearly brand-new after the Comet wash! Oh man, I was having such a good laugh when you cut the exhaust! That absolute pouring curtain of rust! XD This is definitely an excellent diamond in the rough! Gonna make a great driver.

Love these old rides!!

That is one amazing Bonneville. Can't wait to see the rest of the work you're going to be doing on it. Awesome video as always. ^_^

Awesome Kevin ! Love it Well done! Cant wait to see more progress on this one ! 👍

Hey Kevin! I just have to say I love your videos a butt ton and thanks to your channel gave me the motivation to Get TWO snowblowers on my property to Run! I am working and having trouble with a Honda mower though. But I am a longtime fan and I am excited to continue to work on more! I also learned what it's like to get carb cleaner in the face

I love this car. These wide track Pontiacs were the bomb in the day. What a beauty you found. Just like the 76 98 in the last episode. If you put the AC back in this one, you have two cruisers that would be great for road trips. Thanks for rescuing this one and the 98. Both deserve to be back on the road showing how great Oldsmobile and Pontiac were in the heyday.

Saw a 1968 big Pontiac in a movie. I do remember that the car had the OE (original equipment) Pontiac Rallye wheels. The color is autumn bronze, which looks like a merlot or burgundy. An interesting fact is that the rear taillights look like a "hockey stick". Used on the big Pontiacs from 1967 to 1969.

What an awesome car, can’t wait to see what you do with it.

I always love your relly old revivals because you take something that hasn't ran in like 30 to 40 years and make it run like it was yesterday

Wow that thing is awesome!!! It definitely deserves to be finished. Looking forward to the future videos.

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