Will an ABANDONED Chevy RUN & DRIVE 450 Miles after 30 YEARS!? 

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It's amazing how all that was done in just one step.

The Minnesota phone call demo followed by an actual Minnesota phone call was pure gold ☠️

This quartet of Kevin, Angus, Ezra, and Bob is fantastic. Funny, easy going, and informative. Definitely keep this team together for future videos (with Jessie and Mook as well, of course)

step 1 was very well executed, great to see how well you guys work as a team.

I hope we see more of Bob. He has a great sense of humor and quick wit. Not unlike Kevin.

Sitting for 30 years and only missing one piece of trim. My favorite body style truck and year. This video might've been my favorite of yours so far!!

Our 30yo son loves your videos! He fell asleep watching this one, and my wife & I ended up watching the whole thing. Brought back some great memories of our respective grandfathers rebuilding & maintaining their older vehicles, and then memories of our teen & young adult lives working in cars. A pleasant surprise. Thanks for sharing guys!! Now replace that truck’s windshield! 😂

Kenny is the most chaotic skid steer operator I've ever seen, I was enthralled the entire time. Great reflexes when the pipe bent!

Quick tip: If ya drap something over the strap you're tugging with, it falls to the ground instead of going flying when it breaks. Same with chains

Ezra is amazing, would love to see even more of him!

Childhood dream of mine was wishing my family owned a junk yard so I could build all sorts of abominations.

This is comedy gold with a truck revival all in 1 step.

Kevin...I've been watching this channel since 2018 I think..and I have seen every video on the channel....many more than once...this has to be the coolest thing I have seen yet...taking an old clapped out diesel motor from a square body that absolutely deserved a second life and putting in a big block with a couple buds and whatever u could find on the farm...this is why I keep watching after 6 years...amazing content!!!

The ongoing “ step one” banter it absolutely priceless. Love the videos keep up the great work

loved hearing that olds engine crank and run. my grandmother had a 73 or 4 delta when i was a kid. brings back memories. I was trusted to be in charge if starting and warming up that big plant when we took road trips.

Just have to say this is by far my most favourite revival that you have done. Enjoyed this so much, thank you

As a backyard mechanic, I've NEVER gotten past step 1! But I've always put safety 3rd.

It's always a great day when JYD uploads a new video. That truck is in pretty good shape for living up north and for sitting that long

I absolutely love these episodes, to turn off your brain and watch guys having fun with big blocks and old truck and just being chill just makes me happy. Keep up the great content ❤

Man that 455 Olds Motor is a Strong Old Champ Kevin 27:30 @Junkyard Digs

After that ride with the skip loader, Angus' trip to see the proctologist wasn't nearly as surprising.

I'm still amazed whenever I see places like this. The ability for one person or family to fill a farm up with cars over the decades. Nowadays it takes everything to afford one or two vehicles per household. It's part of the reason I love videos like this though. The old cars were just cool and easy to work on.

Great job on the C10hhh! Loved how it turned out, and it runs excellent!

Love this episode. This series is very reminiscent of when you and thunderhead took your vans slept in them and revived that black car. We appreciate all the hard work.

EPIC!!! I’m sure that was a LOT of work, but what a great episode! C10, big block Olds, fall color, beer and 3 wheelers. What more could you ask for? Loved it all.

Angus was the perfect guy to put in that Olds . His facial expressions are priceless !

The exhaust sounds amazing for that c10 with that amazing olds 455 Big Block 54:10 @Junkyard Digs

Lmao, y'all are having a blast. I loved this video. Being from Michigan, I can totally appreciate all your northern humor. Cheers boys

Angus gets a little bit funnier every episode he's in. Great banter between the boys.😂

Please keep bob around this channel for ever

That front left fender on the olds would be a good wall decoration

Truck drives very well kevin sounds so good with the olds 455 Big Block 43:28 @Junkyard Digs

Absolutely awesome episode Kevin, having Angus,Bob, and Ezra in the mix was a real treat. Love the channel brother, keep the fun coming.👌🇺🇸👍🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Kevin you guys are seriously the best RU-vid channel even better than old roadkill, you guys aren’t scared of nothing

Those olds 350 diesel blocks can be converted to gas and can take a lot of power due to the main webbings and blocks being beefier than the normal 350’s

The fella driving that skid steer is a madman! Awesome work!

Many years ago my late Uncle bought a bustle back Cadillac Seville with a 350 Olds diesel in it, and swapped in an Olds 455. It ran great and had a fair amount of giddyup.

I like how every junkyard digs episode has a different running joke this time it's which step their on

I'm a little older than you guys, but back in the day, I wore out about five of these old square body Chevys. All the ones I had ran 350 V8s except for one with a 292 Big 6. Just great solid trucks watching this makes me want to go drag my 84 C10 out of the weeds and get it back on the road. Good job, guys!!!

One of my favourite series, the farm full of old cars! Loved this, can’t wait to see more

Another tip: if you turn the rear brake adjuster wheel with a screwdriver to loosen the rear brake shoes you can disassemble the rear brakes easier and without wrecking the hardware.

I know those olds diesels are a bit junk but the diesel option on a 79 chev is pretty rare. Would be nice to see one restored as it came off the line

This was your best video I’ve seen yet and one of the coolest “make it run & drive home” videos I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anybody do something like this before. Great job all around and love the truck, it definitely deserves a second life

That MUST be original mileage based on how straight the body is, and the clean interior doesn't have much wear (I did lots of detailing) . . . but whatever! I dig the show, it is fun!!

I absolutely adore the reference to Da Yoopers!!! Glad to see another fan of em lol

As a Canadian, I found this video very amoosing! 😏 Great content guys!

More of Ezra, he's hilarious... feel like I need a kitty😂😂😂

Angus Square body High school truck is Gorgeous 😮11:40 @Junkyard Dig

OMG!! Seeing you use that wire wheel on the angle grinder brought back a memory of pain and eye surgery. I was doing the exact same thing you used it on and some of wires on mine came off and hit me in the face, and somehow went around my goggles and into my right eye ball and I got taken to the Hospital where, thank God, a Doctor knew how to do what I needed done and got the wire out of my eye ball. I spent the next 4 weeks with a patch over my eye and med cream put in it. Changed every 4 hours. And of course it was during the hottest days of Summer in Michigan and I couldn't go swimming or get my wet.

Ezra's old Minnesotan impressian sounded more like a Yooper. It had me rolling.

I'm Canadian,love your accent, sounds authentic . I cannot do yours as good.

Ordered a Couple C10hhh Shirts Thanks Kevin 1:08:00 @Junkyard Digs

Ya can't start a 12 step program without step 1 lol. Great episode as always, ya never fail to bring a smile and a laugh when I watch you guys!

Thanks for all of the amazing videos, I’m in technician training at NASCAR tech now and you have made it so much easier, keep it up!

Fully enjoyed this episode, wish we had cars and roads like this in England Uk

My uncle used to have a 90s Cheyenne that I wanted to buy from him, never came to fruition unfortunately but love to see em!

I love how realistic Angus is

I had a 1979 Scottsdale square body truck with a 305 and headers. I bought it used in 1982 with 66,000 miles on it, and sold it in 1989 with 167,000 miles on it. It still ran great and had no rust, but the driver's door hinges were separating from the door!

Kevin this is my new favorite video from you! I could watch this all day everyday. Awesome work! I vote Ezra needs to be in more future videos, he’s hilarious. Beautiful 79 C10 Cheyenne pickup btw!!! I hope you keep it around

Great episode, lot of fun. Nice to see the truck back up and running. Thanks Guys.

As a native MinnesOtan, I feel attacked. Quality content, Sir! I need to add a slick chainsaw holster to the front rack of my '83 200e like that.

What a battle!! What a colossal, epic, friggen battle!! And yet, a stunning victory once the C1ohhh made it to that beautiful farm scenery. Loved the hilarious comedy, the informational tech, the scenes of endless fixes/repairs that come with taking a vehicle that sat not running for the exact same time I've been alive, Bob and Ezra's comedy and assistance, and just the hilarious B double E double R U N's. This was familiar with being along the lines of the Plymouth Satellite but with a way different vehicle and far greater set of circumstances (like 9 long days and removing one blowed up engine and installing another). Bravo for your efforts, gentlemen. Absolutely frigging outstanding!!!!

Ezra had the most spot on impression of Bubbles! 😂😂😂

Holy shit never have I ever been so happy to be flipped off. I've been throwing arm signals for a bit cause when I hit the brakes the blinkers came on also. I had no idea what was wrong. Now I have a tail to chase. Thank you

I'd imagine that broken Thermostat just might have been the reason that Oldsmobile was parked last time it ran and was ditched there.

Damn Kevin, in 2001 I bought a 1979 Chevy 1/2 ton, used-to-be 350 Diesel truck, with a 455 out of a Buick GS Stage 1 (at least that's what the guy I bought it off said. I was just buying a shop/yard/acreage/ to town and back truck , so I didn't really care where the motor came from as long as it ran, shifted gears, and (surprise !) stopped. The reason for this little ditty though, isn't that the truck ran and stopped, it was the fact that it was IDENTICAL to your Minnesota truck in color, except I was in Rocky Mountain House (Rotten Monkey House if you've ever been there), Alberta, a little west and south of Edmonton. Mine however did not have a solid box or nifty, 1 mouse hole interior, and it didn't have headliner at all. The seats were old buckets out of some forgotten Chevy van and covered with "Navaho blanket" seat covers that had seen better decades, and it had a "chollo chain metal " steering wheel, and an old milk crate from the local dairy for a center console. I paid $950 for it and an old 8-wheel Argo that didn't run (I got the Argo working, put 2 new tires on it and sold it for $2500 to my across the field neighbor.) That truck ran for 4 more years that I had it, and then for 9 more years (with a newer tranny) when I sold traded it for a 1993 Honda Goldwing and an old 22./410 over under prairie chicken gun.....so I'm thinking you're gonna have decent luck, 'cause them old GM big blocks and Chevy Square bodies work forever ( as long as you have WD-40, brake clean, jumper cables or a battery box, Gorilla duct tape and a cheap set of sockets, wrenches, screw drivers, and a pair of vice grips ,all from Canadian Tire)...Good luck, stay safe, don't have too much fun, and whatever you do, don't let Angus hold the lightening wire to the distributor, don't let Bob play with the radiator, and don't let Ezra, ever, say goodbye on a phone call ( he'll be goin' on 10 minutes after the end of the next Zombie apocalypse, and BTW, he sounds like he's from Thunder Bay, Ontario, or southern Manitoba)...Peace out, from Doc, in the Great White (now kinda green, brown, and yellow, and heading into fall) North of southern Ontario, Canada.🦫🦫🍁🍁🍁

Love watching you getting back on getting trucks on the road! Keep at it!💪🏻

I got an old 88 f150 back on the road one time and the splines in the steering shaft were stripped out. That was a fun experience going down the highway.

Pity that Bob and Ezra don't live closer to the shop; they'd make fine regular guests on this channel. Damn fine workers and have a solid sense of humor to boot. That said, I'm sure it's not the last we'll see of them. Hat tip to Kenny for helping out with the crazy skid loader antics! Oh, and seeing Angus all cleaned up was a terrible shock to the system! 🤣 Two things that I'm sure others have said: Radar detectors work best when they're mounted up near the top of the windshield. No title can be fixed via the Vermont registration process. Keep it up, JYD Team!

You guys never cease to amaze me ,good collaboration of all you guys working together to make an awesome video for us ,thank you so much.

I've always thought this was one of the best videos on this channel, its well eddited and flows nicely. Somehow 1.25 hours and doesnt get boring whilst filming repetitive contect. Also that truck is awesome, I love the convept. Stay awesome!

I love the two tone red on this truck👍

I use to know an old guy that replaced that diesel in his Chevy with a 500 Cadillac and in that swap he had to notch the frame on both sides to clear the exhaust manifolds because it’s so damn wide.

The shinanagins in this video with Kevin, Angus, Bob, Ezra Are just hilarious 😂😂😂 35:00 @Junkyard Digs

that was one of the sweetest engine swaps I've ever seen on youtube ever. definitely it was very hard work, but you guys made it look piece of cake! wonderful!

Love this series, keep up the good work kevin

Bob and Ezra are top tier substitutions, great banter throughout.

First video I've watched- I know absolutely nothing about auto repair and restoration in any form but feel I know a lot more than I did after watching this. Awesome job

great video as always kevin! and all the help you had was great! good to see the old chevy running and driving again!

In high school, a few friends and I bought a '65 Pontiac Ambulance from a junkyard for $200. It was in great shape, except for the Pontiac 421 that was in many pieces. We took the motor into the machine shop and the cost to get it machined was crazy expensive because it was a special service engine (police, taxi, etc.). So we found a '69 Olds 88 455, running, for sale in the PennySaver for $150!! When we showed up, it indeed ran great, until it warmed up on the drive home. The rings were shot and it pumped an ungodly amount of exhaust, straight into the car. Funny how there were 2 cardboard tubes and safety goggles in the back seat. The only four things in the whole car! Curious! But they came in handy. After a smokey drive home, and a few major burnouts at the local cruise spot, we crashed it into a wall in the high school senior parking lot, where the battery grounded out on the hood and fried the electrical system. We walked home to get one of the guy's father's pickup that had a cherry picker mounted on the back corner of the dump bed. Drove back to school and pulled the engine at 3am and took it back to the ambulance to drop it in. Unlike your pickup, the Olds 455 did not just drop into the '65 ambulance engine bay, nothing a few 2x4 blocks to sit on and few short lengths of chain to hold it down, couldn't fix. The last little issue was the '64 Pontiac throttle was a push and the Olds 455 was a pull. After a creative throttle cable installation, using what can only be described as a pulley system, we drove it to the muffler shop for a pro exhaust, to funnel the smoke out the back as opposed to into the car, we were ready to roll. After a few local parades and few rides to proms, winter formals, homecomings and Sadie Hawkins dances, someone got mad at me at a backyard party and the mad guy and his buddies tried to hunt me down, but only found the ambulance, at which point they broke all the windows out of it. Those were huge custom windows that we never were going to be able to afford to replace. So, in a panic, we called around to find someone that would take the car as junk, we ended up calling the guy we bought it from, not knowing it was the guy we bought it from, and after him getting over the fact that we actually had gotten it running and driving, he offered paying us the same $200 we paid him. Everyone else want us to pay them, to take it away. Miss that old car. Did I mention that the backlit sign, above the front windshield, under the old school roller emergency light said "Chainsaw Surgery"? Good times!!!

Enjoyed this. The squarebody is one of the best looking trucks ever produced.

30:30 the bubbles impression has me dying 😂

Certainly the most entertaining team you have assembled yet. Great episode 👍

This might be the most chaotic revival on RU-vid. Period.

Haha, Angus' face after the skid steer drive is gold. Time to add: Change thermostat, to your revival checklist? Did you ever check the voltage with the new gauge? since you've had so many issues with the other gauges. Throw a new windscreen and a 4 speed auto in. After a good clean that would make a sweet power tour cruiser. That looks like a really clean solid truck for being so far north. Edit: Please do a follow up build / cleanup series with this one.

Awesome to see this c10 Back Kevin and Angus and Bob 1:00 @Junkyard Digs

Rollin coal with an olds 455😂😂😂😂!!! Great job guys, always a treat to see you guys get together for our entertainment and ur own!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

love road trip videos, i mean i love all your videos and i know they’re time consuming but they’re a nice little treat every once in a while

Great video and don’t forget…. Old Chevys never die, they only look that way!

This made me miss my old '78 GMC 2WD. It was a great truck, I got it stuck so many times, ahhh those were the days.

Love this video. My dad had a C10 that looked just like this. It had a 350 with 3 on the tree. I used to tool around with him on that truck. He passed when I was young and my mom had to sell the truck to cover the funeral bills😢. Miss him and that old truck

Ezra is hilarious, he needs his own channel if he doesn't have one already!

Killer video honestly, that’s a pretty nice square body. I had a 78 gmc with a Oldsmobile 400 in it, and honestly it ran really good like most of the Oldsmobile’s I’ve had. I’d definitely fix that Chevy up, it’d make a nice truck.

That old bobcat was just flying😂😂 7:52 this engine swap on this abandoned farm is going to be amazing 👏 @Junkyard Digs

Would kill to see a revival on that vw bus

Sick, can’t wait to find time to watch a junkyard digs special

Thanks for all the amazeing video! Im in my 1st week of tech school in the Air Force and your videos are a treat to watch after a long day, Keep em comein!!!

Nice. Would love to have one of these old trucks

I really loved this video. Reminds me of when I pulled a 350 from a 69 conversion van and put it into an 85 Olds Caprice.