This is probably one of my favourites. Love the De Ville. And it's a feature length video too. A guy could just get some cold snacks and get comfy and watch a guy get an old Caddy going. 😎
I'm both laughing and crying at this video. I'm a 65 year old woman, and this was our family car in 1975-1980. My father was born in 1911 and had a full service garage. He adored the engineering of Cadillacs. Thank you for caring about this wonderful old car. It's worth restoring, I think. Vice Grip Garage, you have the passion and the knowledge to do it. Plus the youth to do it. Do you think you'll restore her?
They had a live stream vehicle fleet update this past week. He mentioned the possibility of a restoration and maybe power tour next year for the Caddy..that would be cool.
@@Stahodad honestly with the amount of video hits he's gotten from that Cadillac, I think that's all the proof he needs that people want to see it happen.
Respectfully, I don't think it'll need a full restoration, it looks really straight and mostly rust free. After all mechanical/electrical repairs, weld in some patch panels on the lower front fenders maybe, match up the paint, spot repair and paint , also other small sections. Then after a deep cleaning, polish and wax and that car will look awesome and have a great story to tell wearing it's mostly original finishes/patina, which would be lost with a full resto. Retain the character, I'd say. Great car! PS: Please don't put loud mufflers on this cream puff. This thing is supposed to be nice and quiet! There's room in this world for a big, quiet but powerful caddy!!!
Agree! I found him yesterday reviving a '69 Chevelle and driving it 500 miles ... ending with a burnout 😀 👍 Watching him work on cars is very entertaining and relaxing 😎
This is the video that untroduced me to VGG. It is still my favorite video. Me and my wife watched all of his rescue videos to date in a marathon after I showed her this video.I watch this video about once every 2 months. Such a classic.
@@ViceGripGarage I wish I could do stuff like you... Cause with skills like that u could fix cars and sell the one's you don't want. Thanks for your hard work brother
He did have a few neat tricks we didn't have lol the gas-can primer n the thing zipped to the brake ha ha I keep saying Yessss it will crank, Yessss it will go up a hill, Yessss it will run ha ha this was hilarious but Kudos for saving one of GM's great cars, I picked up plenty at old impounds for 1 or 2 bills and cleaned them up n sold them a grand or 2 years ago. LOL Gotta Love the old American mades! (the good ones that is)
58:48 "I've got the interstate right here and I'm going to teach this thing how to run like she's never been taught" the facial expression and gripping the steering wheel like that had me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣
I always appreciate Derek's calm, cool and collected demeanor and mood throughout the many obstacles that occur during his automotive mechanical/operational recoveries. his sense of humor is also very good-natured. You rock, Derek!
Im not ashamed to admit this... Ive said that in some pretty poor situations.: No Brakes, in midwinter, I clap off the lines. Next day, Im runnin to work (have to stay in 1st gear, no higher than 2nd) for my whole ride anywhere. I get pulled over by a State COp for blowin a redlight. Cop is tellin me how bad Id be Ker-blewied... But I cant tell her, I got no brakes... She also only caught 1 knife. Ive got 3 and 4 pipes. Somethings... eh its fine.
You know U R in 4 a shit storm when you are in the middle of a swamp with an old junk Cadillac and bad weather on the way. Life just doesn't get much more interesting than that.
I can't believe the truck died and your had no choice butto get that Caddie running. The comments are area hysterical! Then you got it running, which let's face it, was a long chain of miracles. The tires holding air was the first Of many fortunate events... Seriously best thing I've seen on your tube for a while,!!
This was the first VGG episode I watched because I too found my own 1969 Cadillac Coupe Deville "Betty White" outside a barn in MA. I want to thank you for sparking my need to get out there and appreciate and rejuvenate classics left for dead.
I'm going to be 53 this July, and I teared up a few times watching this. I'm an old motor head. Had 4 1970 Caddy's. One I restored to show car condition. Met my first love in my 2nd one cruising her up and down the pike, in my early 20's. The 3rd one I had, ( the show car ) I built WITH HER out of 3 1970 Coup DeVille's. You're a soul after my own heart man. G-d Bless.Thank you for the trip to my past, and thanks for saving that sweet old Caddy.
@@cyruss_j Cruising the ( car ) up and down the pike girl. Not the girl :-P That girl was ( my girl ) no one else's. And the Caddy her and I built together, was a 1970 Coupe DeVille Show Car. Turquoise Blue, with a white top, and Mint White Leather interior.
This car is a bit older, and is a convertible, mine wasn't. But my Caddy looked a LOT like this one. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1454547018050187&set=a.1415326068638949&type=3&theater
Well I’ve come back for a second look after a few years, now end of 2024, wow how time flies, even imported a VGG Tee shirt to “down under” Australia. Don’t know how I found VGG channel but been watching ever since EP70 and I never thought Derick would get that Caddy out of that field, but what do I know? 😜🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘p.s. Merry Christmas!
"You even could two-step on this hood all night long!" You, sir, are a poet! And of course you are the grandmaster of neologisms, replacing them with whistles when you run out of them. Most impressive. Some fearless wrenching, too, as the channel title implies.
This is why I love RUclips, a guy retrieving a seventies Caddy from a field is not something you would normally get to see, and so funny as well, subscribed.
I kept rewatching the ride home 🤣🤣🤣 imaging I'm one of the other drivers. You feel the air around you begin to rumble and wonder if there's a plane about to crash on top of you. Suddenly a loud 1970 Cadillac covered in mold goes flying past you at 90mph leaving a cloud of white smoke for miles. A few minutes later you drive past and see it sitting on the side of the road while he refills the passenger seat gas tank. Then a few miles down the interstate you hear it rumbling up behind you again 🤣🤣🤣. The little comments he's making a long the way about cops & people thinking they were gonna pass him, this is all priceless. And what he's doing seems like a noble cause as well. How could you not enjoy this.
Minnesotan, check the address in the description. Not to mention I currently live in the Great white northern hell and yup... Lots of people sound like this
Lately i've been finding myself skipping right past Hoovie, Scottie, Doug, Tavarish etc and head straight to Vice Grip Garage. Great Stuff Man!!! Keep 'em coming! Really love these get er running then jump in and drive her home vids. Couldn't get over how clean those seats looked....
@@ViceGripGarage Thanks man. you deserve it you figured out REAL entertainment without mortgaging your home in the process. i see good things happening in your future....
Watching for 23 minutes, I thought“ how long is this vid?“ yeeeees! One hour! Thank you for not chopping it up in a trillion parts! Cadillac from the 70‘s ...so much more Yeeees! Thanks from Germany!
Absolutely love the stop at the liquor store with no tabs, no brakes, fuel tank in the passenger floor and gas line out the window! No officer I haven't been drinking yet, yes I know my tabs expired in 01, yes I know my front wheel is smoking I just bought it last year!
@@chaosdemonwolf1 Had a police stop issue several decades ago where the perp left the price sticker in the window after he broke out of the sales room @3am.
It's gone 1am here in the uk and I'm watching these awesome videos. Honestly the content is quite brilliant, and the comedy timing is excellent. Having had my share of classic cars I certainly appreciate your work
Took my drivers test in a 1972 cadillac coup deville back in the early 80's. Loved that car! Grand pop used to say "jump in and lets go burn the carbon out" and we would do about 120 mph down the super highway. Good times!! Cheers!
I've got five minutes to spare and then I'll come back to it later. An hour later I'm still watching, sitting here on the couch trying to talk myself out of starting another video. These are great. I'm not addicted, you are!
Coming back and seeing Betty White the first time that Derek saw her and rescue her… and seeing the adventures that she has been on since and how she came back to life… it brought a tear to a fella’s peepers for a sec there…
I’m sure Betty would’ve Appreciated being compared to a Cadillac Deville. She probably drove One and her younger days.😂❤ Hey Derek, do mechanics have good insurance Medical that is?😊
Gotta be honest here Derek, I don’t really re watch RUclips videos, but this is like the 5th time I’ve watched this. What’s a feller to do when waiting for that Independence Chevelle update haha. This is certainly one of my all time favorite videos on this site. There is just something about the overcast, remote location, and your commentary that just makes a guy laugh. Thank you for these videos, they made a bad day a good day I tell ya.
Gotta wonder, are there any Mr Roger's style outtakes/ gag reel footage that will come to light some day and totally blow that Mr Calm everything is ok demeanor right outta the pond. ?
I never get tired of watching vgg,my wife will sit with me and watch 😮..Mind blowing..after watching I feel like working on my vehicles...nothing wrong,just feel like being under the hood...when it's all over...I just put air in the tires😅
This guy litteraly stranded himself, brought a corpse back to life with simple tools, broke his expensive camera and had to film with his phone then drove home in a car left for dead, all while keeping extremely calm, everything is just " thats ok" Absolutely insane man 😂
@@jeffblacky he earns every penny he makes from youtube. He's a damn good mechanic, & the things he puts himself through is more than these pampered kids of today go through.
So happy for your success. I simply can't figure out where you get all the time in a day, and all the energy to do what you do. Epic props to you Derek, sincerely.
2 years later and still one of my favorites. Im a sucker for big cars. Ive owned a 76 impala, 78 Coupe Deville, and a 73 Lincoln mark IV over the years. Loved um every one.
Just found this channel and it's great! I have never laughed so hard at your "backyard mechanic" antics! 🤣 The "duct tape and bailing wire" stuff reminds me of the quick and cheap repairs I learned how to do in autoshop in early 70s. My teacher was a old school mechanic and taught us how to clean out a carburetor without taking it off. You probably already know of these tricks. Spray her down the STP carburetor cleaner, vise clamp off the fuel line, run the car until the float bowels were dry, then throw 4 or 5 mothballs in the gas tank that was only about 1/4 full. Wait about 15. Release the vise grip. Crank until engine started. When the float bowels got slammed with the naphtha in the gas it would flush the needle valve and seat. Not to mention the intake valves. Another trick was for clacking hydraulic lifters. Try pouring about 8 oz of automatic transmission fluid in the oil. Most of the time it would clean out the dirt in the lifter and quiet down. I learned alot of backyard mechanic tricks from that old guy. I used to do all my own work on my cars, rebuilt engines and tranmissions (and I miss it) but now I have too many health problems to get under a car now and besides, cars are so D....M complicated now you can't do anything on them anymore without $25,000 worth of test equipment!
I have a 76 Eldorado that belonged to my Dad since 78. I'm always amazed it will fire up and drive me around. It only has 83K but so many years on her. I was started to wonder about seals and such but this vid has reaffirmed my faith in the big old sled. Awesome as always to ride along.
Shure,it will RUN, BUT (!!) I miss very mutch after that a Process of Repair,Restore,Upgrade to bring to old Beauty, this is just very first Step .Hower,thank you for Video!
I got a touch squirmy when I hears that. Can't be dissin on Bob. He's wiry but he'll still mess you up. Happy Gilmore stills walking with a bit of a side shimmy.
This is the first vid i ever watched of you. I cant believe it's only 65 minutes long. It's packed full of entertainment. Independence and Betty White......still my favoritist It's like Smokey and the Bandit. No matter how many times you watch it, it never gets old.
This isn't my first episode I've watched today but, i just wanted to say that, I love your content, your humor, your accent, and when you say "yea, that's fine, nope. " I couldn't imagine doing what you do on a daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly basis, but I do love watching your "misery" while trying to be optimistic.
Great show. My wife and I were laughing at your clean sense of humour. She had a big Cadillac Coupe De Ville years ago and loved it. This episode brought back some good memories for her.
A testimony to how well automobiles of this era were built in your country. Here in the UK cars were rusty before they were painted! Also, your vast knowledge is admirable for being capable of resurrecting these land yachts is no small feat.
A testimony on a bullshit video. I'm amazed you people are so gullible. If we pretend for a second that he truly repaired this guy then we have to also believe the went on an illegal drive with no state inspection, registration, insurance, or valid plates with a car that has the brakes held together with zip ties. What a joke.
I think people have intentions... but laziness just gets the better of them as they procrastinate. It is a cryin' shame, but hey it gives the rest of us vehicles to rescue. Is there any better pass time in all the world? And Derek has made a living out of it -- more power to him!
I just can’t believe it that those old cars come to life so easy , that’s a testament to the American quality if anything ❤ love your videos just found your channel and it’s great 👍🏻
Wow, two awesome things there - how well made that 1970 Caddy is and how awesome your car resurrection skills are - really never gets old seeing you bring those beautiful old beasts back to life!
You just can't kill those Old 472 cid engine's I have transplanted several of them into old vehicles that I wanted some cheap horsies in I put one in an old school bus I bought without an engine and another one into an old 69 Chevy van that came with a 6 cylinder mounted in between the driver and passenger seats that was an awesome build it had a driveshaft 3 inches long and I couldn't get a big enough radiator into it to keep it cool I could make it work with today's technology. That little van could do wheelies and that's how I was able to trade it for a 78 Trans Am yes Derick sure takes me back to my youth when life was alot simpler and whatever I could come up with I had my family's Auto salvage yard as a toy box and if I was being creative I had the support of all the mechanics and my parents
@@samaro5647 You sir have a set of outstanding skills - those sound like amazing projects and I think there is no replacement for that kind of mentoring! Those projects you mention would have made great videos today! I'm hoping it's possible to pick up some of these skill late in life - even a simple project would be a lot of fun so long as I don't blow myself up LOL!
So anyone else have. Dwight Yoakam‘s “long white Cadillac” playing in their head when watching this? So of all the cars you got Derick, I think this girl needs some love. Really cool old caddy. Rock on! 🤘
Think it eas parked their for less then 4 years because when he parked his truck their was his boat just saying and Yes i do think he went to school. And he does have a good channel his channel before wasnt as intertaining as a few years ago im not dissing the guy. I do like his channel now no cussing
Greetz from Germany. I really dig your kind of humor, think you're one kind of your own there. Just cannot believe how entertaining and even helpful your content is. Just please keep up and i wish you best luck with all your next lost cars.
Love this channel. All the way from England, Europe! I had die cast models of a lot of these old cars when I was a child. Never imagined I would watch someone dig one up and drive it away in the year 2021!!
I have a 76 coupe de ville with the 500 cubic inch engine. around town 9 MPG highway (at 65 MPH) 14-15 MPG. That carb could need to be rebuilt that could help a lot too. As well as a good tune up
I definitely have that problem as well. I remember that guy showing off his brand new '84 corvette not that many years ago. No way could that be somewhere around 40 years ago.
It's weird talking about the year 2000 as if it's long past. Seeing people that were babies when you were an adult that are now adults themselves with adult children is just mind bending. Makes you realize how small your sliver of time here is compared to your overall lineage. As individuals we're not important, just so long as we breed and continue the lineage.
That big brown one he got going too outa a junkyard we use to enter them in the crash up derbys up at rockyhill state fair in rhode island when i was a kid years ago those tanks would just crush everything but i never realized those engines were so good until i watched this guy just tinker with them im like NO WAY HE STARTS THAT then sure as shit he does😅
I had a gorgeous 1968 sedan deville in the early 00’s. I was the second owner. It was gold with a black vinyl top and black leather interior. 472 big block. Everything worked, power seats, mirrors, everything. I should have never parted with it.
I grew up in one of those. It was my Dad's all time favorite car. We went 500 miles to see the mouse in 73. 2 parents, 6 kids - ages 9, 6, 4, 2,1 & 1 (twins). Are we there yet?
"Well I left the doors open for 96 days and it isn't helping..." "Well I'll be dipped..." "Well that's thicker than Shakira's thighs.." I'll be watching more of this stuff, amazing mechanic banter!
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Who else is re-watching this for the 2nd, 3rd, or 8th time? Love this vid.
Yup this is a good one. Gran Torino is fun too. Of course the Independence
This is probably one of my favourites. Love the De Ville. And it's a feature length video too. A guy could just get some cold snacks and get comfy and watch a guy get an old Caddy going. 😎
At least my 10th time...
This is the first vgg I ever watched earlier spring of 2020 just out of the blue watched it 2nd what classic 🍻
If I'm having a bad day I'll stop what I'm doing and watch it
I'm both laughing and crying at this video. I'm a 65 year old woman, and this was our family car in 1975-1980. My father was born in 1911 and had a full service garage. He adored the engineering of Cadillacs. Thank you for caring about this wonderful old car. It's worth restoring, I think. Vice Grip Garage, you have the passion and the knowledge to do it. Plus the youth to do it. Do you think you'll restore her?
They had a live stream vehicle fleet update this past week. He mentioned the possibility of a restoration and maybe power tour next year for the Caddy..that would be cool.
@@Stahodad honestly with the amount of video hits he's gotten from that Cadillac, I think that's all the proof he needs that people want to see it happen.
My brother was in Nam and he bought my mom the 68 DeVille with his Hazardous Duty pay.. she loved that ole boat!!
Respectfully, I don't think it'll need a full restoration, it looks really straight and mostly rust free. After all mechanical/electrical repairs, weld in some patch panels on the lower front fenders maybe, match up the paint, spot repair and paint , also other small sections. Then after a deep cleaning, polish and wax and that car will look awesome and have a great story to tell wearing it's mostly original finishes/patina, which would be lost with a full resto. Retain the character, I'd say. Great car!
PS: Please don't put loud mufflers on this cream puff. This thing is supposed to be nice and quiet! There's room in this world for a big, quiet but powerful caddy!!!
@@johnvalentine3456 Not to mention the carburetor bowl should probably be cleaned. After all that time, who knows what in there
This is my new favorite Chanel on RUclips! I came for the Caddy but stayed for the character, this is great.
Thanks Michael
Lpl🤣😂🤣
Agree! I found him yesterday reviving a '69 Chevelle and driving it 500 miles ... ending with a burnout 😀 👍 Watching him work on cars is very entertaining and relaxing 😎
@@ViceGripGarage Best video of yours I have seen so far. Just getting started on the back catalog...
This guy has the best luck of anyone I ever seen....His cell phone from 2014 still works??????? woah...
he must be Irish
This is the video that untroduced me to VGG. It is still my favorite video. Me and my wife watched all of his rescue videos to date in a marathon after I showed her this video.I watch this video about once every 2 months. Such a classic.
Before 2cycle gas for the carb.
You found a keeper, for sure. I couldnt pay my wife to watch these videos with me. 😂
I’m officially a fan. This guy is hilarious and he knows what he’s doing regardless of what comes outta his mouth 😂
Thank you
I agree it's great relaxed comedy but the guy is auto-smart!!
@@ViceGripGarage I wish I could do stuff like you... Cause with skills like that u could fix cars and sell the one's you don't want. Thanks for your hard work brother
He did have a few neat tricks we didn't have lol the gas-can primer n the thing zipped to the brake ha ha I keep saying Yessss it will crank, Yessss it will go up a hill, Yessss it will run ha ha this was hilarious but Kudos for saving one of GM's great cars, I picked up plenty at old impounds for 1 or 2 bills and cleaned them up n sold them a grand or 2 years ago. LOL Gotta Love the old American mades! (the good ones that is)
Astonished at the interior!!
58:48 "I've got the interstate right here and I'm going to teach this thing how to run like she's never been taught" the facial expression and gripping the steering wheel like that had me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣
I always appreciate Derek's calm, cool and collected demeanor and mood throughout the many obstacles that occur during his automotive mechanical/operational recoveries. his sense of humor is also very good-natured. You rock, Derek!
Agreed Hes mastered most of it and always tickled when he learns a new trick.
I can relate to that
@@506mountainrenos100% !
We need more of this guys attitude towards life in the world! “It’s fine”
You are so right
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Im not ashamed to admit this...
Ive said that in some pretty poor situations.:
No Brakes, in midwinter, I clap off the lines. Next day, Im runnin to work (have to stay in 1st gear, no higher than 2nd) for my whole ride anywhere. I get pulled over by a State COp for blowin a redlight. Cop is tellin me how bad Id be Ker-blewied...
But I cant tell her, I got no brakes...
She also only caught 1 knife. Ive got 3 and 4 pipes.
Somethings... eh its fine.
Loving the "Red Green" vibe ;D
@@randymarsh1984 they look related
The slight voice cracking “throttle stuck there, just a little”. Who knew near death experiences could be so hilarious
jay west for real. My throttle stuck on my big block cutlass wagon and a guy ended up high fiving the side of a bridge. Just could not shutter down.
Lovely in combination with close to no brakes!
You know U R in 4 a shit storm when you are in the middle of a swamp with an old junk Cadillac and bad weather on the way. Life just doesn't get much more interesting than that.
THEKING SILVERADO shittt, it ain’t junk it got him home didn’t it
Ya gotta work it no matter how big no matter how hard ya gotta work it until the prick starts.
The random clip of you talking to the dirty coat was very...wholesome
Lol "that's a going to town unit right there" 😂
Just run that through the washer
@@alex_8025 lil bit of soap will fix ya right up
That was awesome! Telling it "a little soap and you'll clean right up" haha. Perfect placement too.
I can't believe the truck died and your had no choice butto get that Caddie running. The comments are area hysterical! Then you got it running, which let's face it, was a long chain of miracles.
The tires holding air was the first
Of many fortunate events...
Seriously best thing I've seen on your tube for a while,!!
This was the first VGG episode I watched because I too found my own 1969 Cadillac Coupe Deville "Betty White" outside a barn in MA. I want to thank you for sparking my need to get out there and appreciate and rejuvenate classics left for dead.
The way this man talks is so calm. It's like he's talking in undercase
Ashfeil it’s like he’s a car whisperer
Goud. Goud
*lowercase
Car whisper hahah
Commonly referred to as lowercase...
"I need to take it easy." Squeals tires pulling away. LOL!
foot slipped
Haha, I backed up the video a couple l'gmao at that part..😂
@@ViceGripGarage grass was wet, sun in your eyes
@@ViceGripGarage Sure, it did.
Lmao... 🤣🤣🤣👍👍
This is the first time I've ever watched an hour and five minutes of anything on RUclips. "It's fine."
Can't believe that I watched a guy tinker with a car for over an hour ....
Same.... same
I'm with ya.
@@bbhall020202 ll)) 0
Thicker than Shakira's Shakira's eyes.
Jajaka
This is the video that got me hooked on VGG 3 years ago and I’ve watched everything on the channel since then. My favourite channel on the RUclipss.
"Lets just drive a un insured un plated car with no brakes across town" hahaha
exactly .. 90 in a wreck with three wheel brakes .
LOLLLLLLLLLLLL
yes officer you did nazi that comin rite (beetle to gas station)
O
U
This is unquestionably the best content on RUclips.
Thank you 🤟
I'm going to be 53 this July, and I teared up a few times watching this. I'm an old motor head. Had 4 1970 Caddy's. One I restored to show car condition. Met my first love in my 2nd one cruising her up and down the pike, in my early 20's. The 3rd one I had, ( the show car ) I built WITH HER out of 3 1970 Coup DeVille's. You're a soul after my own heart man. G-d Bless.Thank you for the trip to my past, and thanks for saving that sweet old Caddy.
@AcomNews Dude, I'm 52 and I'm NOT old! I'm just a young person in an old person's body. But, I have had 4 major open heart surgeries plus others...😀💞
What about #4?
So you were a pimp?
@@cyruss_j Cruising the ( car ) up and down the pike girl. Not the girl :-P That girl was ( my girl ) no one else's. And the Caddy her and I built together, was a 1970 Coupe DeVille Show Car. Turquoise Blue, with a white top, and Mint White Leather interior.
This car is a bit older, and is a convertible, mine wasn't. But my Caddy looked a LOT like this one.
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1454547018050187&set=a.1415326068638949&type=3&theater
Well I’ve come back for a second look after a few years, now end of 2024, wow how time flies, even imported a VGG Tee shirt to “down under” Australia. Don’t know how I found VGG channel but been watching ever since EP70 and I never thought Derick would get that Caddy out of that field, but what do I know? 😜🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘p.s. Merry Christmas!
I've never wanted someone else's car find more. Man that thing is cool.
thanks bud
It needs a big set of bull horns for the hood ornament to finish it off
@@ViceGripGarage awesome ride, my grandma had one exactly like it. Fix this ol girl up the right way man and pimp this sucker around as your daily !!!
"BOSS HOGG"
Nice rescue 👍 of a classic 😎 her bones look 👌sweet deal .
"You even could two-step on this hood all night long!"
You, sir, are a poet! And of course you are the grandmaster of neologisms, replacing them with whistles when you run out of them. Most impressive.
Some fearless wrenching, too, as the channel title implies.
thanks George
Wang bang comment!
This is why I love RUclips, a guy retrieving a seventies Caddy from a field is not something you would normally get to see, and so funny as well, subscribed.
THank you for subscribing
@@ViceGripGarage got your back your back, amazing keep up the excellent and entertaining work you do its awesome!
that got me too! Subscribed!
He got my subscription too, the humor had me rolling
Beats any normal TV dross lol
I kept rewatching the ride home 🤣🤣🤣 imaging I'm one of the other drivers. You feel the air around you begin to rumble and wonder if there's a plane about to crash on top of you. Suddenly a loud 1970 Cadillac covered in mold goes flying past you at 90mph leaving a cloud of white smoke for miles. A few minutes later you drive past and see it sitting on the side of the road while he refills the passenger seat gas tank. Then a few miles down the interstate you hear it rumbling up behind you again 🤣🤣🤣. The little comments he's making a long the way about cops & people thinking they were gonna pass him, this is all priceless. And what he's doing seems like a noble cause as well. How could you not enjoy this.
"Has the factory spare. Definitely has the factory hold'er'in'er." *Your dialogue is priceless.*
Hes texan, I think. If he is he would also would have tried an AR15 to pull it out!
@@achievedian0943 he sounds North Midwestern IMO. I'm Texan, he doesn't sound like us 😇
Think he said Minnesota. I don't know. I think that's somewhere north of Mexico and south of Canada "just".
Minnesotan, check the address in the description. Not to mention I currently live in the Great white northern hell and yup... Lots of people sound like this
Address says Minnesota but I sure think there is Canadian in that vernacular and accent.
Lately i've been finding myself skipping right past Hoovie, Scottie, Doug, Tavarish etc and head straight to Vice Grip Garage.
Great Stuff Man!!!
Keep 'em coming!
Really love these get er running then jump in and drive her home vids.
Couldn't get over how clean those seats looked....
Really appreciate the compliment
Scottie sucks. Pure and simple.
if roadkill was still on youtube, VGG would be right up there with them!!!
@@ViceGripGarage You got something special man.
@@ViceGripGarage Thanks man.
you deserve it you figured out REAL entertainment without mortgaging your home in the process.
i see good things happening in your future....
I bet that 3 ton floor jack of yours was questioning it's life when you rolled it under that aircraft carrier.
Laughing so hard at this comment , good one buddy :)
You know if the Chevelle is "Independence", my vote for the Caddy is "Enterprise" 🦅🚢🇺🇸
@@perotekku Booya, id say you nailed it!
😆
Best comment
Still coming back to this one 4 years later
Me too. 12/10/2024
@ it's the best one, best of Derek as well
“Oh..! That is thicker than Shakira’s thighs”. One of the best comments ever.
'she's hotter than 90's Britney Spears', thats another one Ive stolen from Him.
I almost fell in the floor on that one
Watching for 23 minutes, I thought“ how long is this vid?“ yeeeees! One hour! Thank you for not chopping it up in a trillion parts! Cadillac from the 70‘s ...so much more Yeeees! Thanks from Germany!
Same. Was expecting part one and two
Thanks for watching!
Of course it's a long video, half of it was just from walking back to the trunk. lol
Absolutely love the stop at the liquor store with no tabs, no brakes, fuel tank in the passenger floor and gas line out the window!
No officer I haven't been drinking yet, yes I know my tabs expired in 01, yes I know my front wheel is smoking I just bought it last year!
Haha!
He was driving and looking around everywhere like he stole it, lol
That's the carb cleaner
I wonder if the local authorities are already familiar with Vice Grip Garage?
@@chaosdemonwolf1 Had a police stop issue several decades ago where the perp left the price sticker in the window after he broke out of the sales room @3am.
It's gone 1am here in the uk and I'm watching these awesome videos. Honestly the content is quite brilliant, and the comedy timing is excellent. Having had my share of classic cars I certainly appreciate your work
Who the hell is this guy? He had me in tears. One liners are just epic 😂
thanks for watching Joe
What 1 liners? Oh I don’t know... brakes are not important hahaha, I agree brakes are for amateurs lol!
I was thinking the same thing! We need this guy on Motor trend tv!
I don't know....
Watch his earlier videos... get some good old cold snacks and popcorn. You’re welcome lol
"i dont know".. "its fine".. "forget i saw that".. "runs with out it".. need more type of this energy!!
"I dont know" if I do.
"I dont know" is my best one -
Eeehaw, the donkey from winny the poo, sounds just like that...lol
Took my drivers test in a 1972 cadillac coup deville back in the early 80's. Loved that car! Grand pop used to say "jump in and lets go burn the carbon out" and we would do about 120 mph down the super highway. Good times!! Cheers!
Man I love these videos. I’m supposed to be in bed but I just can’t stop watching. Never have a bad day at the old VGG!
YA I THINK HES RED GREENS BABY
No tags, doing 90 on free way drinking a beer, my favorite guy ever, "nahh its fine"
Just pinp juice lol...
That beer is a Minnesota Energy Drink.....
Lol it was a Diet Coke
Stops to buy liquor running low on gas lol
Awesome car
And only one front brake...
I love everything Derek does, but I think this is gonna forever be my favorite episode.
Same here. I think this is just his masterpiece. I´ve seen it a dozen times already. Best Regards from Germany.
He had a few extra errands to run…comes back from the liquor store! Classic, “I’ll be dipped”! And, he’s got a good looking woman to boot!
I've got five minutes to spare and then I'll come back to it later. An hour later I'm still watching, sitting here on the couch trying to talk myself out of starting another video. These are great. I'm not addicted, you are!
Thanks Brad
I'm not addicted u r 🤣🤣🤣👍
Coming back and seeing Betty White the first time that Derek saw her and rescue her… and seeing the adventures that she has been on since and how she came back to life… it brought a tear to a fella’s peepers for a sec there…
I’m sure Betty would’ve Appreciated being compared to a Cadillac Deville. She probably drove One and her younger days.😂❤ Hey Derek, do mechanics have good insurance Medical that is?😊
I really like what a guy's been doing out there lately. This one's a real treasure! Definitely make sure she goes on the "gets brakes" list.
Couldn't agree more!
You have a channel here that's way better than almost everything that's ever been on television. Good stuff.
He has a show on Motor Trend channel
And unlike other celebrities, he doesn’t make a jackass of himself in public. Seems like a great guy.
This guy is Like the bob Ross of fixing cars
Highly agreeable.
Ha ha, my wife said exactly the same thing earlier today.
I was about to do a Google search to get the name right. Totally a Bob Ross!
Definitely
Or Red Green Show American syle!!!
“I’m gonna teach this thing how to run like it’s never been taught!” Cracked me up!
Still one of my favourite revival videos!
Gotta be honest here Derek, I don’t really re watch RUclips videos, but this is like the 5th time I’ve watched this. What’s a feller to do when waiting for that Independence Chevelle update haha. This is certainly one of my all time favorite videos on this site. There is just something about the overcast, remote location, and your commentary that just makes a guy laugh. Thank you for these videos, they made a bad day a good day I tell ya.
Gotta wonder, are there any Mr Roger's style outtakes/ gag reel footage that will come to light some day and totally blow that Mr Calm everything is ok demeanor right outta the pond. ?
“I need to take it easy” *floors it around the corner with hardly any brakes*
Gotta Test On It B4 you get To far 😂
my theory is .....if it cant handle a good booting .......its not worth fixin up !
His dry humor is very comical. 5 stars for the impromptu stand up.
No he is from Minnesota sounds like
This man just doesn't care about nothing!!
"Gotta do the right thing" - Does the wrong thing
His humor is just to dang funny lol. Had to do the right thing, and like and subscribe.
He's hilarious, but let's be clear. He practices what he's going to say before he records it. But it's all original so we love it.
I never get tired of watching vgg,my wife will sit with me and watch 😮..Mind blowing..after watching I feel like working on my vehicles...nothing wrong,just feel like being under the hood...when it's all over...I just put air in the tires😅
This vehicle fits your personality perfectly she’s been waiting for you
I think you're right
That's whut i told um
This guy litteraly stranded himself, brought a corpse back to life with simple tools, broke his expensive camera and had to film with his phone then drove home in a car left for dead, all while keeping extremely calm, everything is just " thats ok"
Absolutely insane man 😂
Not hurting for money
Just the way I love it: On the "edge."
@@jeffblacky He certainly earns every bit of it.
hahaah, Hes something else..
@@jeffblacky he earns every penny he makes from youtube. He's a damn good mechanic, & the things he puts himself through is more than these pampered kids of today go through.
Since I've discovered VGG here in the UK, my boredom has been turned right round! Love these vids 👌
That never stops to amaze me. Hearing her speak again, so smoothly and nicely after being tuned is just epic.
Derek tasting the oil always reminds me of Yukon Cornelius checking his pick for gold.
Oh man, that comment was almost as funny as the Lightening Whirler.
🤣
SILVERRRRRRRR!
"nmmm nmmm nmmmm....... Nuthin!"
@@Animehound1 !₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩
So happy for your success. I simply can't figure out where you get all the time in a day, and all the energy to do what you do. Epic props to you Derek, sincerely.
"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
amen
Christopher just found this on my feed and that’s who I thought it was. Or his son. Lol
Old Red Green saying
What women?
Lol
2 years later and still one of my favorites. Im a sucker for big cars. Ive owned a 76 impala, 78 Coupe Deville, and a 73 Lincoln mark IV over the years. Loved um every one.
“Can a guy just get er runnin and drive her home” is my absolute favorite series. I love it when you do this.
Thank you!
Vice Grip Garage you are very welcome sir. I hope to be able to do these things one day. A guy sure can dream.
"Hey Paw! Where should I park the Caddy??"
"Boy! Park it 2 miles out in the pasture!"
Sounds like something I seen done with a Fleetwood, some reason it was the only car more than a mile from the guys House, with trees all around it.
Always park your old cars in the low ground. That's fine.
"Way down the hill so that we wont feel guilty that we're too lazy to keep her on the road!"
Hey Paw! which pasture????
the neighbor's.....
Just found this channel and it's great! I have never laughed so hard at your "backyard mechanic" antics! 🤣 The "duct tape and bailing wire" stuff reminds me of the quick and cheap repairs I learned how to do in autoshop in early 70s. My teacher was a old school mechanic and taught us how to clean out a carburetor without taking it off. You probably already know of these tricks. Spray her down the STP carburetor cleaner, vise clamp off the fuel line, run the car until the float bowels were dry, then throw 4 or 5 mothballs in the gas tank that was only about 1/4 full. Wait about 15. Release the vise grip. Crank until engine started. When the float bowels got slammed with the naphtha in the gas it would flush the needle valve and seat. Not to mention the intake valves. Another trick was for clacking hydraulic lifters. Try pouring about 8 oz of automatic transmission fluid in the oil. Most of the time it would clean out the dirt in the lifter and quiet down. I learned alot of backyard mechanic tricks from that old guy. I used to do all my own work on my cars, rebuilt engines and tranmissions (and I miss it) but now I have too many health problems to get under a car now and besides, cars are so D....M complicated now you can't do anything on them anymore without $25,000 worth of test equipment!
i want to learn more from you lmao
I have a 76 Eldorado that belonged to my Dad since 78. I'm always amazed it will fire up and drive me around. It only has 83K but so many years on her. I was started to wonder about seals and such but this vid has reaffirmed my faith in the big old sled. Awesome as always to ride along.
"I need to take it easy" just cool down a bit.. floor's it 😂 fantastic
Had to test on it
@@ViceGripGarage haha I love it
This man is the "car whisperer". A miracle man. Now we know why Derrick gets millions of views. Everyone wants to see if this car kicks his butt.
I've only seen one car that he couldn't get moving. That brown f250. Only one hes failed at
26:05 had me laughing for 8 minutes 😂 "BRING THE THUNDER" *turns over for 8 seconds* "nuthin"
Shure,it will RUN, BUT (!!) I miss very mutch after that a Process of Repair,Restore,Upgrade to bring to old Beauty, this is just very first Step .Hower,thank you for Video!
Frame more brittle than Bob Barker, I got no stemmage, Derek just more classic quotage, Perfect!
Your videos are really a hoot, keep em coming! 👍👍
I got a touch squirmy when I hears that. Can't be dissin on Bob. He's wiry but he'll still mess you up. Happy Gilmore stills walking with a bit of a side shimmy.
"It kinda steers."
"I got 5 zip ties left"
"Hey, I can't stop like you can!"
Thanks for your humorous wisdom! 😄🤣😆👍
That was more entertainment than Hollywood has produced in 15 years.
Who's Hollywood? 😆
I´m watching this the 4th time at least already: I think its his best video so far. Luv it!
So many awesome VGG one liners, but I think my current favorite is “HELP ME UNDERSTAND!”
@@528Circle Yea, I now say that at work when I get frustrated, did it today lol
HOLLYWEIRD is dead.
This is the first vid i ever watched of you. I cant believe it's only 65 minutes long. It's packed full of entertainment. Independence and Betty White......still my favoritist
It's like Smokey and the Bandit. No matter how many times you watch it, it never gets old.
This isn't my first episode I've watched today but, i just wanted to say that, I love your content, your humor, your accent, and when you say "yea, that's fine, nope. " I couldn't imagine doing what you do on a daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly basis, but I do love watching your "misery" while trying to be optimistic.
And " I don't knoww"!😂
This guy should be in the next "FARGO" sequel. He would steal the show.
There's something about how you say, "I don't know,", just gets me. I like it. I'm always waiting for it.
thanks for watching David, glad you enjoy
he say "i don know" i hear "everything will be ok i'm here with you"
David Scott that’s sounds a little gay bro 😂
Great show. My wife and I were laughing at your clean sense of humour. She had a big Cadillac Coupe De Ville years ago and loved it. This episode brought back some good memories for her.
The one liners that come from this guy would even make Arnold Schwarzenegger blush.
Awwnoldt laughs: " AGH AGH AGH AGH AGHH!!
Trying 😂❤️ to forget that urine smell myself kitty brand 2 litter's worth had me rolling with stings my nose.
Reminds me of a young Red Green...
Horatio Caine from CSI Miami.....LOL
It makes for a good running monologue.
A testimony to how well automobiles of this era were built in your country. Here in the UK cars were rusty before they were painted!
Also, your vast knowledge is admirable for being capable of resurrecting these land yachts is no small feat.
“What is this? Oh I don’t know”
In the UK rock salt is spread on the roads when it's icy, which doesn't help.
A testimony on a bullshit video. I'm amazed you people are so gullible. If we pretend for a second that he truly repaired this guy then we have to also believe the went on an illegal drive with no state inspection, registration, insurance, or valid plates with a car that has the brakes held together with zip ties. What a joke.
Love the old Cadillacs! Glad to see you fixin' on one!
More to come!
I had one just ilke it, loved it////
It’s quite impressive how well that engine ran after sitting for all those years... nice job!
100% would love to see this turn into a project car. Get it cleaned up and you got yourself one hell of a yacht.
Derek will need a Go Fund Me for the fuel though. Who's in?
I cant believe that some people leave such iconic cars in a field to rot away..im glad you saved it..great episode again👌👌
I think people have intentions... but laziness just gets the better of them as they procrastinate. It is a cryin' shame, but hey it gives the rest of us vehicles to rescue. Is there any better pass time in all the world? And Derek has made a living out of it -- more power to him!
I just can’t believe it that those old cars come to life so easy , that’s a testament to the American quality if anything ❤ love your videos just found your channel and it’s great 👍🏻
I was actually a nervous wreck for you!
Meanwhile....the neighbors......"what the hell did he bring home now!?"
a guy was surprised when he pulled into that neighborhood. a guys thinkin maybe its an old family home or the wife picked it?
LadyJessica861 yeah, no brakes
My neighbours worry about me.... ruclips.net/video/wNZ1Jc1OHcs/видео.html regards Paul
@@PaulDonovan mmmmm i'd be worried too, i hope its been de-armed lol ! i bet you get no neighbourhood disputes !
Wow, two awesome things there - how well made that 1970 Caddy is and how awesome your car resurrection skills are - really never gets old seeing you bring those beautiful old beasts back to life!
You just can't kill those Old 472 cid engine's I have transplanted several of them into old vehicles that I wanted some cheap horsies in I put one in an old school bus I bought without an engine and another one into an old 69 Chevy van that came with a 6 cylinder mounted in between the driver and passenger seats that was an awesome build it had a driveshaft 3 inches long and I couldn't get a big enough radiator into it to keep it cool I could make it work with today's technology. That little van could do wheelies and that's how I was able to trade it for a 78 Trans Am yes Derick sure takes me back to my youth when life was alot simpler and whatever I could come up with I had my family's Auto salvage yard as a toy box and if I was being creative I had the support of all the mechanics and my parents
@@samaro5647 You sir have a set of outstanding skills - those sound like amazing projects and I think there is no replacement for that kind of mentoring! Those projects you mention would have made great videos today! I'm hoping it's possible to pick up some of these skill late in life - even a simple project would be a lot of fun so long as I don't blow myself up LOL!
He’s cool. A lot smarter than he wants you to think
Very much so
Yes he is
i think he is or was a real mechanic for however many years....
I can't believe you took that out on the public roads let alone on a highway, you're a legend
I just love your smell descriptions. Its like watching in smell-o-vision
So anyone else have. Dwight Yoakam‘s “long white Cadillac” playing in their head when watching this? So of all the cars you got Derick, I think this girl needs some love. Really cool old caddy. Rock on! 🤘
This car should be named Dwight.
Farmers sitting there thinking “thank god the junkers gone”
Two million RUclips viewers though “he’s living the dream!”
Think it eas parked their for less then 4 years because when he parked his truck their was his boat just saying and Yes i do think he went to school. And he does have a good channel his channel before wasnt as intertaining as a few years ago im not dissing the guy. I do like his channel now no cussing
Heck yeah!!!!!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🤷🏻♂️
Well, the problem is that the car is no Junker car, it runs great for its age and if the car was sitting in a garage, the would be mint now.
@@johnhawk9321 ha
This is called a win win.
Greetz from Germany. I really dig your kind of humor, think you're one kind of your own there. Just cannot believe how entertaining and even helpful your content is. Just please keep up and i wish you best luck with all your next lost cars.
“What’s this thing getting, one mile per gallon”-yep, that’s why she only has 26,000 miles on her🤣🤣🤣-top three funniest episodes for sure!
It probably will get that if you're going 115 MPH.
More like ONE GALLON PER MILE!!👍👍👍
Love this channel. All the way from England, Europe! I had die cast models of a lot of these old cars when I was a child. Never imagined I would watch someone dig one up and drive it away in the year 2021!!
One of the most entertaining videos I have ever seen.
Thank you
This guy understands cars he gets to bring them back to life keep up the good work fella
I had a '72 Coupe DeVille with that engine. MPG: 6. Fun factor: 10
Had a 66Fleetwood milage not bad of course it was the 80s
6 if you were cruising, marshmallowing down the highway. Derek’s testing on it 1-4 sounds about right
Imagine driving it here in Europe
I have a 76 coupe de ville with the 500 cubic inch engine. around town 9 MPG highway (at 65 MPH) 14-15 MPG.
That carb could need to be rebuilt that could help a lot too. As well as a good tune up
Nice!
The dry humor while resurrecting pant loads is absolutely perfect
When you realize "20 years ago" is the year 2000 when in your mind it's WAY earlier than that...
Same. I was thinking it was parked in the 80s or 90s
I definitely have that problem as well. I remember that guy showing off his brand new '84 corvette not that many years ago. No way could that be somewhere around 40 years ago.
@@wildman510 crazy how we dont realize y2k was twenty years ago. Insane
It's weird talking about the year 2000 as if it's long past. Seeing people that were babies when you were an adult that are now adults themselves with adult children is just mind bending. Makes you realize how small your sliver of time here is compared to your overall lineage. As individuals we're not important, just so long as we breed and continue the lineage.
I WASN'T EVEN BORN WHEN THIS CAR WHAS NEW..I WHAS BORN SEVEN YEARS LATER
Man I miss these style episodes. This is what got VGG off the ground. Maybe we'll get back to it more regular.
That big brown one he got going too outa a junkyard we use to enter them in the crash up derbys up at rockyhill state fair in rhode island when i was a kid years ago those tanks would just crush everything but i never realized those engines were so good until i watched this guy just tinker with them im like NO WAY HE STARTS THAT then sure as shit he does😅
I had a gorgeous 1968 sedan deville in the early 00’s. I was the second owner. It was gold with a black vinyl top and black leather interior. 472 big block. Everything worked, power seats, mirrors, everything. I should have never parted with it.
I grew up in one of those. It was my Dad's all time favorite car. We went 500 miles to see the mouse in 73. 2 parents, 6 kids - ages 9, 6, 4, 2,1 & 1 (twins). Are we there yet?
That’s awesome. We road tripped in a rambler matador station wagon. There were three of us boys and things got pretty wild.
Yeah I was never a fan of these american boats, but now... I want me an old Cadillac.
The lines on this channel are just epic. "The dying animal sound is back" 😂😂😂
"Well I left the doors open for 96 days and it isn't helping..." "Well I'll be dipped..." "Well that's thicker than Shakira's thighs.." I'll be watching more of this stuff, amazing mechanic banter!
Absolutely hilarious!
Thanks all
I LIKE THIS GUY HE IS FUNNY
Who else was rocking back and forth in their chair when a guy was pulling her out of the bog? Me neither of course...
I was reaching for the keyboard when it stalled,..as if I could help start in!
HA! I thought it was just me! Lmfao!!
That and my knuckles started bleeding when he was pulling those vacuum lines.
I don't think he would have gotten it out of there without my help. I was wonting to get behind it and push.
I have laughed quite a bit, Old video but I sure do enjoy it thank you for taking us with you
You got the Caddy started, running and then went on a Road Trip, I learned, laughed and went for a cool ride to boot!
How can it be possible that a car could be so clean and tide from inside after 20 years
"I need to take it easy." *FLOORS IT*
Ikr
That cracked me up too lol