Will it run? 1964 Buick junkyard find and Ranchero update! 

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I admire the relationship between Richard and Christina. So genuine and pure. Cherish each other forever. Such a beautiful couple. 😊

Great vid guys. Love that Richard doesnt mind having little Lugnut tagging along to learn some things about working on cars.

Richard and Christina i hope you both can come back to try again to get the old Buick to run !! And Lug nut is a pretty kid and looks like he's willing to learn !!! And nice job on get the Ford Ranchero running and moving !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😃😃💪💪👍👍👍

The Skylark is a stubborn one. I agree, a compression check is in order. I can't wait to see how it turns out. 😎 Excellent work Richard and Christina!! Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work!! 🔧🔧🔧

I'm digging that chained down alternator.😊

I've got faith in you, that you can get that Buick running. But it was a Magnificent effort so far! It is amazing that some of these cars run at all, but you guys can sure work miracles on these old forgotten classics! You made my day!!

Richard and Christina you both had a awesome channel and love your work on these classic cars and trucks !!! So keep up the great work and lets get you both subscriber numbers up🇺🇸🇺🇸😃😃💪💪👍👍👍👍

I expect I'm less disappointed than Richard but I think we feel the same way about that Buick, looking forward to seeing you guys get it going

I'd love to see that old Buick with an era correct drive train. The Buick 350 is nice, but really doesn't belong in such a unique machine. You two are always such a joy to watch. Be well and God bless y'all.

It probably had a V6 engine in it with a straight shift and somebody swapped it out for the V8 and the automatic

HELLO, LOVE YOU GUYS, GREAT HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM. THERE ARE MANY CAR RESTORATION CAR PROJECTS ON YOU TUBE. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO WATCH YOUR CHANNEL . ITS THE BEST.THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK

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Love this show. Persistence is a virtue

Maybe I am wrong, but last attempt to start the Buick, the driver-side front rockers, at least 4 of the them were doing nothing, at least it looked that way to me. All the popping up the carb says valves are stuck somewhere.

I love you guys and your channel

When is Richard gonna do the camera work while Christina repairs a car alone :D

I hope you can get the Buick started.

So happy to see the CJ5 back in the picture. Been waiting to see y’all back working on something you will perhaps be able to enjoy someday. Looks like it will be a lot of fun!

Great video. It takes lots of patience to try and get these oldies running. Thanks for another great video.

those rocker arms on that buick 350 came out in aprox 1967 to 1969. the 340 wich was a smaller bore 350 had the same type the linkage and pedal setup are a nice feature. it originally was powered by the little 300 nailhead. another freind in school had a 1966 buick special with a 300 2bbl and he rebuilt the engine and abused it way to much and it took the abuse. his mother had a 1969skylark that my friends brother painted the car blue and it had the 350 2bbl. it ran nice. the family had a bunch of buicks. his father had passed away i think he had made it to 101 years old. the family had 8 kids. those were the days when things ran different and were of course easier to fix. ill bet that 350 that was put in thier probably jumped time. cant wait for the next one keep wrenchin and take care you two.

Hey, i remembered having a Kraco AM-FM cassette stereo in my 1965 Mustang hardtop!😁👍

That is not the least expensive Buick in ‘64. We had the least which was very similar to the Skylark. It was a Special Coupe. Ours had the V6 with the aluminum heads AND it had the factory 3 speed manual. No A/C, no radio! It did have a heater. We used to joke that the only option was the passenger visor! Another difference was the decided lack of Chrome or Stainless trim. That panel on the rear that you eyed at the start was not on our Special. We did have one thin trim piece at the belt line. I loved that car!! We had it until about 1973 I think. By that time it had rusted badly above the rear axle and one of the gas tank straps broke. Also my Dad had taken a backwoods trail and came down off a drop onto a rock right under the driver’s front seat which resulted in a hole which constantly expanded. When the seat mount rusted through we simply ran a 2x4 from the trans hump to the doorsill. Yeah, REAL SAFE!! There was no floor for the rear seat passenger, driver side. The rubber floor covering was held up by some stiff wire and the ebrake cable!! It met its demise because of carb trouble. I had the carb in the basket of my bicycle and was riding over to our favorite Nbhd. garage when several of the smaller parts bounced loose and fell through and into the sewer. As it was to be my car, if I could get it fixed, and I couldn’t afford the new carb and none were to be had in the junkyard, I moved on!! To a ‘63 Cadillac Series 75 Personal Limousine!! A story for another time!!

Looks like much later engine, nailheads up to 1966 , I was expecting nailhead or v6 , 72 id quess thanks for sharing !

Great video, Richard and Christina! Love your channel! You've mentioned having liking for sixies Buicks; i had a 1:24 scale die cast model of a 65 Riviera GS! Cheers!😁👍🔧🛠️

And that Skylark had factory air! In 1970, I bought a 66 Buick Special wagon with three on the tree. There must not have been a blanking plate available for the quadrant opening on the dashboard when the car went down the assembly line. The workers used a rough cut piece of black cardboard, taped to the inside of the dashboard, to cover the hole!

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You two are the dream team . Christina is a gem . I love hearing her chirping up as you work . Great video as always . Love watching you breathing life into these worderful old cars. So sad that someone just gave up on them years ago .

Great video, Love the Buicks.

Great lookin car, good size. don't forget the 455🤠

Wow, a 2 door galaxie AND a torino too! And that 50 chevy looks like a 2 door! What a great yard! Thanks for the great videos! Hey Rich, do you miss the northeast? No? Lol!!!!

That Buick in my opinion would still be a project to test your skills and keep you busy repairing it lol, but I believe the Buick motors are like 215,300,330,350,400 because that is how much torque they have... Its another neat thing i like about Buicks!!!!

Love watching your videos, I've been a car nut since I was 10 years old. I'm now 74, I've had 4 old cars and I'm looking for another maybe. Ps : I can't believe Christina is a grandma.

Hope you get Buick running, i think it may be a head gasket problem. That ranchero is awesome , and runs great too!

❤❤❤keep it up u 2 and keep them comming we all love the entertainment thank u for sharing a piece of your twos life sincerely your bud Tann lawson

You picked a thought one Christina, but I think Richard will get it running!

Excellent video Christina :) , Richard :) , I think compression check on motor be good idea too and maybe time chain worn to possibly too! Also nice got Ranchero car up moved own power too !

I seen my first what the rust video about 2 weeks ago ya'll got me hooked loving it in southeast Tennessee

Would love to see you guys start the blue car by the Buick y'all were working on .... sending y'all love from Enterprise Alabama God bless y'all always

I really like quarter rust.

Good job guys-too bad about the Buick-but excellent on the Ranchero-Also future litter pick-doggie!-onto the next!!

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I really like this channel. The content is great and real. Just watch these videos and get an education by an expert. Best wishes.

Hello my Rusty Friends

Good try on it you did all you could on that buick rancho runs decent

Regarding the Ranchero... the end of this video is where 3,692 of us viewers go, "We told you so!". Good effort regardless. Hopefully, someone decides they love it enough to buy it and get it back on the road. Best wishes! - Max Giganteum

Thanks again for the great entertainment love you guys!

Y'all need to do the torino too while y'all are there if it has an engine

Too bad the Skylark wouldn't run, but at least the Ranchero did. Good luck in giving the Buick a second try.

The Buick is a factory a/c car. As fir the manual shifr, a lot of people of that era only drove manual shift cars, and never learned to drive automatics. My Godfather next door, who was a call fireman in our Massachusetts town only drove manuals. Once my father tried to teach him how to drive automatic but he couldn't do it.

Mr. B. Here ! Richard I just spotted the power steering pump, don’t hold to this that looks like the pump that is in my 1970 Olds 442 , GM used the same pump across all the lines that might be a 1970 ish motor , which would haul a#s !

Good stuff, I think you're correct to check compression, seemed to lope less after freeing up the rockers, also make sure it has enough oil and is making enough oil pressure to operate the hydraulic lifters.

Great video! Your faithful ASE Master tech here.

With so much RU-vid content full of politics, idle mean gossip, racism and filth it’s really refreshing to see you guys just trying to bring old forgotten cars back to life. I admire the chemistry between you two and the fact that I wouldn’t be ashamed to let my kids watch your videos 😊

my parents bought a new 1968 Impala and they got notice of a recall for suspect engine mounts. The fix was to add a length of chain so if the engine mount did fail the engine would be contained.

If that's a 75-77 buick 350 they are slugs. No power, terrible fuel mileage. In the mid 80s I bought a 77 Regal. 0-60 in about 1 minute, 1/4 mile in about 1.5 minutes. Swapped it for a 72 350 2bbl chev 350 and then it ran sweet and left rubber lol. Great video as always. I love Buicks. My fav was a 94 Park Avenue with a 3800.

If you want to save time trying to guess if you have the timing right, set the #1 to TDC, add on the spark tester to #1 and with the key on rotate the distributor till the tester fires. If it were me, I would remove both rocker assemblies and soak them a while, and in that while do a leak down test on all cylinders with all valves closed. Don't do a compression test, do a leak down. Then after rockers are installed, do the compression test. Flames up the carb is not always timing, it is more likely stuck intake valves. If a high compression rebuild engine doesn't have a large enough carb, it will starve for air. I have actually seen a 14 1/2 to 1 compression 327 eat the air horn on a Holly 750cfm carb. It was like watching sand in a hour glass (full race cam). Idled at 3,000 and shook every picture off the walls with J&R big tube open headers. I think most mechanics have memorized 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2.

My dad rode to work with a fella had a brand new 65 maybe 66 Buick skylark GS 400 engine 4 speed bucket seats white top interior the guy put a playboy bunny license plate on the front bumper he quickly became known as Bunny Lol.

That 1yr Ranchero is super cool! Got hit with the ugly stick in '73. Sell it to Lugnut!

A Buick with a manual wow

My knuckles hurt just thinking of that front mounted distributor

I'm going to suggest to Richard a safety tip. Pleasecut some squares of plywood large enough to place your jack stands on to keep them from sinking into the ground, much safer. I would not crawl under a car without more support. Just a suggestion. Be safe, the first priority.

The old Ford does sound good

Every shop needs a dog Put some transmission fluid down the spark plug holes to create some compression. It might start, let it sit and come back to it. I'd like to see it running

Great video Richard and Christina hi lugnut

Bumper looks like it's from an El Camino... later model

Reminds me of the 66 Chevelle rear end.

Such a treat to see a male/Richard have an intelligent conversation with Christina and not talk “down to her” treat as an equal. Thx

Manual shift and factory air? That must have been a custom order.

It's not inconceivable that one or two of the radios in the pile could be revived by a hobbyist (Shango66 comes to mind). The 64 Skylark reminds me of a '65 Le Sabre, near mint, that a coworker of my dad's drove. He and whomever was the previous owner drove it for 25 years! The man worked for the company so long that the owners offered him a car. The funny part was that he refused it. His reason was that it looked like a "funeral car" (family limo from an undertaker) because it was a sedan.

Richard, watch your video, around 50:29 is a good place. As you crank that engine, the rocker arms are barely moving, if at all. I would bet on a wiped cam.

Great video! That's the first time I've seen an Manual transformed to automatic... Well, I think that happens in major automatic vehicles countries. Bummer but I think it shouldn't be that hard to reconvert it to manual.

I knew it looked like the wheels were stuck in the other video.

Our next door neighbor had a 64/ 65 can't remember which it was a skylark 3 on the tree with the Buick V6 aluminum engine.

That bumper looks like it came off of a nova

Hi and you need to get the jeep ready for the trip to Toledo, Ohio for Jeep fest

If the compression is good, than I would be looking at the harmonic balancer for spun.

Hi yall from west Alabama hugsssss

Richard and Christian I think you have the rust in your vein's Lol

Wonder when they put the distributor in if it was they put it off by a tooth. On ranchero

‘75-‘79 Sevilles have that engine, I believe. I’d have to find one that’s just the right amount beat up. I can’t be seen in a really nice Cadillac. It’s just not me.

Great job Gang. I like 70s fords. But not really a ford man. It's a cool car. I bet Christina funny with a couple of wines. I notice a dry sense of humour. Richard I had a idea I never seen any body do on a will it run. Get a little hydrogen generator. Put a shot down the carb. Be carefull it will blow the top of the engine. You could be the first . Good luck. Have a good week. Bye. 👍

Happy.easter

@whattherust if you guys run across any 66 ford falcons out there let me know. Ive been chasing down parts for mine.

at 31:30 turning the engine over #1 Exhaust rocker barely moved, like flat cam lobe??????? Dennis

Richard next to the Buick there to the left is that a 68 or 9 to Reno or Fairlane how to block the seen a little bit more on what it look like and if it was in one piece

Heck yeah they got an bronco that’s cool sitting there they got any mustangs there or mopar what’s that two door blue car

Just wondering if you have watched any of the cold starts on " Cold War Motors?

Is that a Torino behind you guys? That looks like a great project.

Come on, do the Torino next to it!!!!!!

Magnum 500 Buick road Rallye wheels!!!

I hope the Torino is next

Sorry I don't do Facebook anymore.

Be better if u drove one home. That will get ur views to go up faster people love that stuff

They only had aluminum heads and intake on the 64 300 if it was a 4 barrel

What is really odd is it is an AC car with a manual transmission.

Maybe the exhaust is plugged

Chrysler maybe What A great Program Mates

Did yo7 finly get that 350 to run, I hope you don't give up on it.

Spelling looks good this time lol