My grandma gave me a frashly painted 65' LeManns. I rebuilt the 326 at 15 years old in 1982. No internet or cell phones, strictly books and magazines. I had the block machined, big cam, 455 heads and manifold, and a Holly 4 barrel. It would walk my gym teacher's 389 GTO!! Leaked oil like crazy (not my fault) but ran for years!!
What seems like a lifetime ago. I worked for a aftermarket header company called Clifford Performance. I found that using 030 wire worked the best for welding headers and tail pipes. Also I prefer to wear two pairs of those brown jersey gloves or some gloves made for Tig welding when I'm doing Mig welding. The gloves you were welding with IMO should only be used for Arc welding. But welding is just like anything else practice, practice, practice. Good Luck on the trip. As for how much the car weighs. I'll say 3251lbs.
I blew through so much metal when I started welding! Just takes time and you have a decent welding setup so you'll get used to it fast! Get some scrap metal and exhaust parts and just practice. I still suck at it but still! Love this build!!
👏👏 Well done, Girlie!! When I was learning to weld {many moons ago} my first several attempts all came out looking like somebody had stuck huge wads of grey bubblegum all over the joint!! We're talking "booger welds" on steroids here - ELEPHANT boogers, dig? An easy way to practice "flowing your beads" is to lay your hands on a simple soldering iron and a bit of scrap metal to polish up the skills. Vastly different tool on a much smaller scale, yes, but the TECHNIQUE is exactly the same. I also learned the hard way that it's wise to keep an aloe plant or three on hand when you're playing with the fire / lightning. Finally, I absolutely love the sound of the exhaust. Just enough of the rumpity-rump to let everyone know you mean business, whilst still being drive-thru friendly as you mentioned. And nary a hint of that ridiculous fake "cam crackle" found on more than a few of today's muscle machines, for good measure. All in all it's really starting to come together, and I'm eagerly looking forward to what comes next. KUTGW!!😎
Rule of thumb..if you’ve got an ls and have room to do an xpipe, and equal length exhaust up to the xpipe, you do it. You will still have the “classic” sound you want at idle, but will also sound so much better cruising and wot.
Great job on all the repairs and restoration stuff on your Tempest! She's a beast!! It's now a grand touring Pontiac over five liters!! It's now a GTO-Tempest.
Your smiles were making me smile. This made me remember my younger days building cars, figuring out things, going for test drives, great experiences that will stay with you forever!!
My 67 Cutlass weighed 3810 with me at Great Lakes Dragway and I am 285. That was after a run down the track for Sick Summer 2023. 5.3 LS 4L80E and 6 point roll bar, full interior
Really good for your third weld. Keep at it, the more you weld, the better you'll get. Don't be disappointed, be proud of what You're building. Most people pay someone to do their exhaust system. Big difference between a payer and builder. Liv, welcome to the builder group!
I loved watching this video. It was cool seeing the grit and determination in perfecting your welding skills. It's a more rare sight to see these day, way to go awesome lady!!!
The car looks so much tougher with the dual exhaust, it sounds so good too, completely went from grandma's church going beater to hot rod, congratulations.
Nice job gang!! I was smiling right along with y’all. Nothing like that first drive, you’ll always remember it. Really sounds and looks good, looking forward to your first trip video. Enjoy…be safe!!😀😀👍👍
It rumbles nicely with Turbo Mufflers, awesome daily driver. Yer not ready for a welding competition yet. The only completion now is pulling up beside guys smirking at yer patina ride and then you leaving em in yer Dust! As for the Tempest weight, I'll say about 3689 lbs.
Seen a whole lot worse. But a good effort for the first time. The duel exhaust looks great. Sounds strong and bad. The patina is great. Got a couple places to repair. You have created. Maybe next year the Power Tour.Danny great installation on radiator. The Tempest is Hot! 💯 👊👍 Been watching this build from the beginning. Looks like the steering wheel needs reset. The only thing noticeable.
Cars looking and sounding great y'all. For only welding 2 times Olivia , those welds looked pretty damn awesome .Like the guys said..thats how you get experience..Nice job.😉
A little VGG juice and sunny glasses. 🎉😮😅 burnoffs speedway motor spiders and smoothies rolling go for some donuts 🍩 - backseat for one thing anyways !!! LOL curl those toes rip the curls, wave action not cutter talk. 👍🤙👍🤙
Your best weld was when you were leading the 'puddle'...you did good 👍 when you can steady hold the stinger one handed - you can rotate the work piece with the other hand...you're almost there - closer than you think
Hej Dennis Jeg er selv på udkig efter en Tempest, LeMans eller en GTO. Så længe den har en 389 eller 400 motor i. Tror 350 er for lidt. Hvad er din erfaring ?
caught and VGG Derek ... he mentioned you are from canada... so I came over to your channel to take a peak... there are not to many Canada car channels ... well there are a few.... I have jeeps... and a lone hot rod mercury... that I am waiting to have delivered .... this week.... 64 long box... with a 302... and a super wind blower ...
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That Tempest looks and sounds beautiful.
Thanks Liv&Danny & Andrew for sharing your skills 👍👍!!
The Tempest sounds healthy 🏁🤙🏼
My 67 GTO weighed 3300 lbs. Love the sound of youres.I ran Cherry Bombs myself.
Tempest has come a long way from when you pulled it the garage with the 6cyl. Great job!
Danny, My Man! I've said it before and I'm sayin' it nw. YOU are a Major Dude! Congradulaltions Liv! It's Been A Mighty Long Road To Rock and Roll!
I love it when you open the hood of an old car and there's a beautiful engine.
My grandma gave me a frashly painted 65' LeManns. I rebuilt the 326 at 15 years old in 1982. No internet or cell phones, strictly books and magazines. I had the block machined, big cam, 455 heads and manifold, and a Holly 4 barrel. It would walk my gym teacher's 389 GTO!! Leaked oil like crazy (not my fault) but ran for years!!
I love Pontiac tempest !
What seems like a lifetime ago. I worked for a aftermarket header company called Clifford Performance. I found that using 030 wire worked the best for welding headers and tail pipes. Also I prefer to wear two pairs of those brown jersey gloves or some gloves made for Tig welding when I'm doing Mig welding. The gloves you were welding with IMO should only be used for Arc welding. But welding is just like anything else practice, practice, practice. Good Luck on the trip. As for how much the car weighs. I'll say 3251lbs.
Danny is the best thing that ever happened to you.
Time to create the ironman suite from a box of scraps. heehee
That grade on the 101 by Camarillo is a great test! I've been over it many times.
This has to feel awesome! Great job!
Yeah the Pontiac is back on the road! So exciting! You really need to put your hair in a ponytail when soldering. Good job just staring out though.
Very nice build! Now it's time to enjoy all your hard work. Good job Liv, Danny and Andrew!
Yes! Thank you!
Congrads, all the hard work has paid off, Now the Fun begin's.
Nice work guy's 😊🎉👍 ❕️
The joy in your voice when you pulled it out of the garage says it all! Congratulations!
I blew through so much metal when I started welding! Just takes time and you have a decent welding setup so you'll get used to it fast! Get some scrap metal and exhaust parts and just practice. I still suck at it but still! Love this build!!
It sounds fantastic! I love the old school vibes it gives off.
Great job everyone, the only complaint i have about your welding liv is the welding helmet covers your beautiful face. The car sounds wonderful !!!!!
You guys should be so proud! That is so incredible.
great job olivia, on the welding. and thanks to danny for fine efforts., cant wait for the road trip videos, be safe!
That sounds real good!
👏👏 Well done, Girlie!! When I was learning to weld {many moons ago} my first several attempts all came out looking like somebody had stuck huge wads of grey bubblegum all over the joint!! We're talking "booger welds" on steroids here - ELEPHANT boogers, dig? An easy way to practice "flowing your beads" is to lay your hands on a simple soldering iron and a bit of scrap metal to polish up the skills. Vastly different tool on a much smaller scale, yes, but the TECHNIQUE is exactly the same. I also learned the hard way that it's wise to keep an aloe plant or three on hand when you're playing with the fire / lightning.
Finally, I absolutely love the sound of the exhaust. Just enough of the rumpity-rump to let everyone know you mean business, whilst still being drive-thru friendly as you mentioned. And nary a hint of that ridiculous fake "cam crackle" found on more than a few of today's muscle machines, for good measure.
All in all it's really starting to come together, and I'm eagerly looking forward to what comes next.
KUTGW!!😎
Rule of thumb..if you’ve got an ls and have room to do an xpipe, and equal length exhaust up to the xpipe, you do it. You will still have the “classic” sound you want at idle, but will also sound so much better cruising and wot.
Good job Liv. I can't weld worth anything but you put down good welds on you second time. 👍 Way up!!!
Great job on all the repairs and restoration stuff on your Tempest! She's a beast!! It's now a grand touring Pontiac over five liters!! It's now a GTO-Tempest.
Thanks Liv, hopefully everything went well.
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Awesome! Very nice build!
that sounds awesome!!! sweet music to the ears!
Your smiles were making me smile. This made me remember my younger days building cars, figuring out things, going for test drives, great experiences that will stay with you forever!!
“ Tom Terrific Tempest” very well sorted so far, great build!!! You rock ! Liv!!!🏁
Great looking build! Congrats!!
Congratulations on the welding Liv nice apprenticeship welds, Tempest sounds great on the short ride. Frequent videos please guys!!!
I'm a new subscriber to your Channel 💙 Thanks for sharing !!
Sounds great. Nice Memories for me. I learned to drive in 1969 on a 1967 Tempest with a 326. Love those cars!
Thank you so much Liv, for saving this Pontiac. Danny and yourself are awesome❤
Hey I'm loving the channel. I'm a Pontiac man. PLEASE straighten the steering wheel out...❤
I'm still a hard-core Pontiac Fan 😊👏☮️
You've got me hooked now! Love your channel, content and you guys. Very cool cars I love classics or muscle cars!
Very nice job guys , fun day.
Olivia, you are the BOMB!!!!
That third pull was a gangster one.
My 67 Cutlass weighed 3810 with me at Great Lakes Dragway and I am 285. That was after a run down the track for Sick Summer 2023. 5.3 LS 4L80E and 6 point roll bar, full interior
Really good for your third weld. Keep at it, the more you weld, the better you'll get.
Don't be disappointed, be proud of what You're building.
Most people pay someone to do their exhaust system.
Big difference between a payer and builder.
Liv, welcome to the builder group!
Thanks Steve. Trying my best!
My 67 LeMans weighs 3800, but that's with an iron head 455. I think 3650 is a good guess.
I loved watching this video. It was cool seeing the grit and determination in perfecting your welding skills. It's a more rare sight to see these day, way to go awesome lady!!!
amazing love the vintage )) new blue
That sounds incredible!
Nice Build.. I like the new dash.. Good Choice
The car looks so much tougher with the dual exhaust, it sounds so good too, completely went from grandma's church going beater to hot rod, congratulations.
ROAD TRIP YEA!
Looking and sounding awesome Liv!!👍👍🥃🥃
Nice job gang!! I was smiling right along with y’all. Nothing like that first drive, you’ll always remember it. Really sounds and looks good, looking forward to your first trip video. Enjoy…be safe!!😀😀👍👍
Tempest sounds Great Olivia 👍 Great job on your 2nd time Welding.
Danny, great job. Completing the Tempest
Awesome, nice ride!
Sounds really nice. Good lope. You can tell its got some oomph under the hood.
Damn, it sounds so good! Lovin the progress.
Great job mate Lotsa ❤ from Australia
Pontiac !!!❤
Congratulations!!!!
Nice, just Started Watching tempest 🤘
thats awesome! sounds great, iam going for my first teat drive this week to iam scared hehe
That rear looks awesome and those turbos sound factory great choice oh and those muffler welds look super duty great job.
So happy for you and so jealous can’t wait to do this to my Gto
Sounds good! Hope it runs well on roadtrip!
It rumbles nicely with Turbo Mufflers, awesome daily driver. Yer not ready for a welding competition yet. The only completion now is pulling up beside guys smirking at yer patina ride and then you leaving em in yer Dust! As for the Tempest weight, I'll say about 3689 lbs.
Sounds great!
Congratz!!!
I will take a guess of 3920 lbs finished, what a car amazing footage.
Best of luck on your road trip
That was Gnarly! 👍
Seen a whole lot worse. But a good effort for the first time. The duel exhaust looks great. Sounds strong and bad. The patina is great. Got a couple places to repair. You have created. Maybe next year the Power Tour.Danny great installation on radiator. The Tempest is Hot! 💯 👊👍 Been watching this build from the beginning. Looks like the steering wheel needs reset. The only thing noticeable.
Good to see you, Terry ✌🏼
Cars looking and sounding great y'all. For only welding 2 times Olivia , those welds looked pretty damn awesome .Like the guys said..thats how you get experience..Nice job.😉
John Delorean would be proud 👏
A little VGG juice and sunny glasses. 🎉😮😅 burnoffs speedway motor spiders and smoothies rolling go for some donuts 🍩 - backseat for one thing anyways !!! LOL curl those toes rip the curls, wave action not cutter talk. 👍🤙👍🤙
Never told Olivia ? the real trick in mig... start your weld and make tiny circles as you progress... don't stop welding unless there is an issue...
I think i smell some Canadian Bacon, haha, you did a good job on your welding job. Lemans sounds bad to the bone, keep it up.
Nice job on the engine, car rebuild. You must be very proud of all that you have learned on this build.
Liv is already a better welder than I am!
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Congrats!
Sounds awesome
Sounds good good job lady
Your best weld was when you were leading the 'puddle'...you did good 👍 when you can steady hold the stinger one handed - you can rotate the work piece with the other hand...you're almost there - closer than you think
Awesome car and video thanks
That’s beautiful welding
Beautiful curls!
Nice to see a tempest brought back to live,have a 67 tempest custom myself. Only a few 67 tempest in Denmark but a handful gto’s. Good job 👍
Hej Dennis
Jeg er selv på udkig efter en Tempest, LeMans eller en GTO. Så længe den har en 389 eller 400 motor i. Tror 350 er for lidt. Hvad er din erfaring ?
Better than me I think they are very good thanks for your channel😀
Wow that was a cold start? I thought you had to pump the gas first
caught and VGG Derek ... he mentioned you are from canada... so I came over to your channel to take a peak...
there are not to many Canada car channels ... well there are a few.... I have jeeps... and a lone hot rod mercury... that I am waiting to have delivered .... this week.... 64 long box... with a 302... and a super wind blower ...
Nice work. 👍🏻😎
olivia, great job on ls engine rebuild
You did a good job 👍
Bad Ass Car Liv!!!!!
Whatever doesn't get welded gets a lather of JB Weld to seal up those air gaps and away she goes, yeah 👍