1964 Impala SS, Lifted AMC Eagle, and a 1963 Galaxie 500 Convertible | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 86
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2020
- In this episode of "Barn Find Hunter," Tom takes you back in time to 2017 when we discovered a group of cars in Lake City, MI that had a wide range of muscle cars, including a Chevy Nova that is 1 of 3259 ever made with a factory sunroof. In addition to the muscle car yard, Tom meets a young gentleman who is bonkers of the classic car hobby, so much that he makes and fabricates custom parts to make hot rod AMC's
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Alex and his AMC's made me smile. The cars are nothing special for most of us, but they are to him, and he is keeping them alive and modifying them as he sees fit. Built, not bought. Love it!
Right on. And Alex was super knowledgable about all aspects of both of them and incredibly hands-on to modify and repair. The world needs more Alex! Nice job dude - respect.
The Eagle was my favorite.
Built not bought. Is my son's company name.
They made a station wagon version of this too
Corey for sure !
The kid with the 4wd AMC is a true hotrodder! Cool to see him nerd out on his car!
Absolutely right Michael.
Alex is the epitome of the term Hot Rodder. Knows his stuff and loves his car. He reminds me of myself when I was in my 20's (when I was drag racing big block Mopars). I appreciated everything he did and said about that AMC.
Great job Tom for spotting it and great job Alex for building it!
I've had my 1972 GMC 1/2 ton , 8' bed and Corvette motor for 12 years now. It's life in the slow lane these days for a 70's tow truck, but it rips getting on the freeway and everyone who see it and hears it, loves it. I'd love to hear Alex's AMC doing the dirt in anger!!!!!!!!
cheers
Boots Langley
La Mesa, Ca
Haha he has some dreams but it ends there. A real hotrodder would have the spring perches welded on. That Eagle will never, ever, ever, ever move under its own power again or leave that spot it's parked in until that kid sells it.
Tuned in to see the eagle.
He needs to get rid of the Fram filters to start.
@@letaloudone People love to hop on the Framwagon ever since that dude cut one open to find paper as if it were somehow a surprise... Do you know what else paper filters just fine? Fucking everything, man. As a matter of fact, it's cleaned every breath of air, every stroke, and every mile that every driver has ever traveled in a non-oilbath-filter vehicle. Don't run your conventional and your Fram for 10,000 miles and you'll be fine.
Never a dull moment on this show, always great entertainment!
Guys like Alex keep me alive knowing that the car hobby will stay alive for many more years to come.
Wish I had one of those impala, used to have a '63 Impala SS, 409, 4 speed, tilt steering, it was a monster!!
Thank you, Tom! for entertaining me again while I eat my dinner, I love the passion of the people you meet and how genuine they are. The woman, Janine (sp? sorry) with the convertible was so REAL for buying a car that she liked and driving it the way it was. It sounded great and I even told my wife I had a mini crush on her following her desires. Really? who needs a perfectly restored car that you worry about when you have that great sounding convertible that you can drive when you want.
I also really appreciated Alex's nonchalant attitude as he explained what he did with his AMC Eagle - his car - his style! - and he knew what he was doing did it. Thank you Alex for not following restoration guidelines. You created a car that reflected what you want similar to what Carol Shelby did. This is the type of episode that I love because Tom meets and interviews people who love their cars period and are not concerned with resale.
It's a California car sitting in the Michigan elements for a number of years no longer qualifies as a California car.
It has now been thoroughly doused in road salt and humid air. It will have significant weight reduction.
I used to buy California plates and then stick them on Rust-Belt cars I patched with pop-rivets and bondo. Yes sir, it's solid California car, no rust!
However I am a little jealous of that floor as my Chevelle's floor is a bit swiss cheesed and that would be at least one item I'd not have to bother as much with lol
@@assoonaspastablepizza8135 Thats very kind and considerate of you. A real honest seller.
For sure!
The sound of this woody wagon is nothing but love!
It's beer time in Switzerland, and just got this notification at the right time!
Beer and barn finds. What could be better?
@@JoshuaApostolico1973 Not much, apart from stumbling upon a barn find myself :)
🍺
Those were some awesome examples of "Classic" automobiles from yesteryear.
I'm old, I can remember back when these cars were new. Bring back the
Good Old Days.
Thanks for sharing this great video with us.
Stan
My first car was a 1980 AMC Eagle Wagon with the 258 Straight 6. I honestly want another one, those things are genuinely badass.
I owned the wagon too. That car came alive in deep snow. The build quality was great and it was sharp looking. Easily one of my favorites and I've always wanted another.
More rare and valuable cars sitting in groves with trees growing up around them and settling into the mud to rot out from the bottom. "Gonna fix it up someday!" Sad, just sad.
if they weren't sitting in groves they would already have been crushed and being used to hold baked beans on a super market shelf somewhere.
still the same song
@@xsduprwd3937 Lol!! For sure!!
How many cars have you rescued and are restoring Seth Thomas?
@@randomrandomness8743 A 1946 GMC long box I've had since high school that's sitting inside a concrete floor shed and I sold my 73 Z/28 when I was in my mid 20's because it was just sitting in a old dirt floor machine shed. I knew I couldn't fix them both up and I flipped a coin.
LOVE the AMC Eagle since the first day I saw one!
Keep that Galaxie original. It's perfect
It looks like almost the same car that Frank Sinatra drove in the movie "Tony Roma".
It's 11am, I got a fresh cup of coffee, new Hagerty video, do you know where your kids are? Who cares!!!
Makes me want to cry seeing that Nova rotting. Man I miss my 70 Nova (307/Powerglide).
Tom you deserve a Netflix special always transporting us to great locations
That kid with the AMC cars in his yard is totally the future of the hobby
glad your back on this side of the pond looking forward to some new content
As always Tom, great content. Thanks to the first gentleman for his service. I LOVE 63 Impalas, have owned one for twenty years. Was sad to see that very rare SILVER 63 in that state of disrepair.
No disrespect to the owner but not often you see one. I remember so very well when those Eagles when new. I had an employee that bought one new and she always picked up my crew that were unable to navigate snow, great cars. My Grandmother, God rest her soul, loved Ramblers. I will never forget our trip to Calgary Alberta in 1965 to see the Stampede in her 62 Classic 400.
Thanks Tom!
Alex sounds like me 30 years ago.....your right.....rare souls these days.....which is why I avoid all my old SoCal meets......more time for canyons😎
Is it wierd that I enjoy seeing the cars, but I also have words for the owner letting them rot into the ground?
i feel the same but at least this guy has everything for sale, its worse when they want to keep every
car and there 80.
That’s how these cars survive at all.
@Stoneyburke yeah!! 7500 for a gutted car??!! No fricken way!!!
you can thank EazyE for that $70k price tag on the 64 lol
"Ride in' in ma six fo".
"fo"
Awesome...
I didn't see the ////Alpine
B!tch shut the F up get the F outta here. They were almost always 4 doors...So, nope. Its defiantly not the styling either..bland.
Lmao
When I was a kid in Indiana, my dad owned a 1964 Rambler American Convertible. No rear brakes, lots of rust, but a lot of fun to go race around the country roads at night.
I freaking love this show.
7 grand? Tell him he's dreamin'
And then put him in prison for letting so many classics rot away. That's about as far away from patriotism as you can get, meanwhile he's wearing a Navy veteran shirt.
Another great episode with Tom meeting real people with real cars. The gal with the Galaxie has the right idea, simply enjoying an original old car! Loved seeing the Rambler / AMC products, my very first car was a Rambler Classic and dad had a few over the years.
I had an Eagle wagon many years ago and it was a great car.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice to see that Ford Galaxy, and the AMC vehicles. Kudos to Alex for his approach to caring for these old cars.
I'm glad he gave that kid some credit for the things he is doing and the way he's doing it. I liked that part of the video, and would've watched those 2 for the whole time.
I was hoping you would mention that a young guy was getting involved with the hobby and tricky mechanic work at that. And you did !!!!! Thanks Tom!!
Good job Alex!
That is my favorite year and style of all the Impalas.
Hats off to Alex. Great cars!
Love this show. Greetings from Holland.
One of my best friends has a sunroof model just like this! And a great piano player I used to gig with in San Antonio 40 years ago drove a 63 Galaxy convertible! Factory red. I lusted after that car.
Alex is a hero! well done!
I do like that Eagle. My uncle had one in Denver. Made more sense than his V12 XJS Jag in the snow!
Lol
Watching this on my front porch and I hear the local judge coming up the rd. Love the classics, keep the video's coming
Love these Barn Find Hunter episodes! Especially being from VA and so many wooded areas and country roads when I see 60’s impalas! I buy Impalas pretty regularly and would be interested in the 64ss!
My favorite show to get me thru the day !!
Ford Falcon 6 cylinder engines (144,170,200,250) had intakes and heads that were one piece.
Also some 250 chevys
Eric Corse not on Australian 6’s they always had seperate intakes to heads
@@DeepseaSteve As they have been in the first place.
Deepsea steve Our (Australian ) 6 cylinders all had cast inlet manifolds ( except for the 2V model) up until the Cross Flow engines which started in the XC falcon. 🇦🇺🤙🏼
Had a 72 Mustang with a 250 six that had a one piece intake and head. Not much you could do to soup up that 99 horse slug in a pretty heavy car. I polished and ported (exhaust) the heads, put a set of Hooker headers on it with dual exhaust and rejetted the 1 bbl carb to wake it up just a bit.
That Nova is a 72. 73 never had vent windows. The option is just called SkyRoof. Ventura II was the Pontiac model and had nothing to do with the Nova. SkyRoof was very rare, so this car is worth some money.
Definitely NOT a 73. 73 AND 74 had the front turn signals inside the grille. 68-72 they were inside the bumper.
Great too see I'm not the only young one into classics!!! I'm 36 and I love them and can build them I'm looking for a beater to start a project on so my 3 year old daughter can help with as she gets older she can learn the way too!!!!
Poor guy actually needs a massive barn to put these back inside. (1st guy)
Yeah!! As rare as hens teeth as these cars are becoming. He definitely needs to get all of them outta the elements!!!
True
I remember driving those Rambler Americans back in the day when they were cheap used cars. Never bought one because they had too rough of a ride.
Hey Tom! I’ve been watching the show now for 4 years and loved every bit of it , only in this episode I’m not sure if others will agree but I like it when you don’t do voiceovers on the videos prefer to listen to everything filmed in the video like every other episode. Besides that , everything is perfect , my favourite show on RUclips hands down. Great work.
I only subscribe e to a few channels, this has to be my favorite. I can’t wait to see the next barn find. Tom you are great
It's my favourite car show. I dream of being able to drive these away, when possible!
I knew a guy that had an older eagle wagon. He loved it and always talked about how badass it was. Thirty three years later, I keep hearing that he was right.
Good to se you back in the states Tom and back in the woodie 😍😍😍👍👍
He's not alone! My father had a 59 American, 63 Rambler Classic wagon and a Rambler Rebel 67 I believe. He loved Ramblers and was saddened when they quit.
Can't deny that the AMC people have heart.
14:10, GM did something similar in the 80's with the Inline Sixes as well.
I love this show it is so cool my yard needs to look like these others
Just be building a large shop to put them in.
@@jman1957 I definitely am going to have a large shop
American Muscle Maniac wish I had another shop. Got married and sold my home. Live in town now.
@@jman1957 that sucks dude
My Grandfather bought a new AMC Eagle Sport in 1982. It was a nice car. That little car would go anywhere. I didn't thrash it out in the mud but in snow and sand you couldn't stop it.
Awesome ! I had an eagle on Dana 44s and 35s. Was an attention getter but I never got it geared to so much crawling but I still see it around .
this would be a dream to just see even in that condition, its rare that we see any cars like this in Australia
Loved seeing that Galaxie survivor. Nice.
That Galaxie is right there.... i love it.
Thank you Tom for a great video
Love the Rambler American! I have a few myself, 2 '59s and a '65 440H hardtop!
Wow, I just fell madly in love with Janine! And her kids...I mean cars!
Me too!! Could we share?
The Ford 200 6 cylinder also had intake as part of the year...1980 straight six Australian Ford 200 straight six did have a removable intake manifold...1979 to 1983 FORD they came in MUSTANGS n Capri's..in America...Rock On TOM....excellent series
Some real nice yard art.
The orange/grey Camaro also looks to be a split bumper car, that also bring value up a bit more.
Called a Rally Sport
I bought my 1985 AMC Eagle brand new and ordered from the factory. It would go anywhere! I made Subaru’s look sick. The Eagle was the first 4WD sport utility vehicle, despite Subaru’s claims. The problem with the 1985 with the 258 engine was the plastic rocker cover. You couldn’t stop it from leaking! I wish I had kept it, but sadly I went on to other vehicles. Thanks for showing it to us!
Another FANTASTIC episode 👏 👌
loved those amc eagles. anything car/wagon with 4wd and I'm sold. at one point recently owned 3 awd wagons/sedans, mostly beaters but in New England we always have chance of snow.
The Scottsdale c10🥰
If it’s 4 wd would it be a K10? I’d love to have that truck.
@@Chodfather1107 I believe your correct
Wish I had One of those... Hey from Indonesia
Yo..
Always a good show
With the Impala, all I could hear was the one from Supernatural. Would have loved to see a full restoration on this one.
The Eagle !
Some hydros and Daytons. would do wonders
Always great videos from you guys, and always thumbs up from me.
Hey Tom loved the UK BFH....... if you had a greatest Barn Find Hunter Compilation re mix of your favourite finds.......with your commentary over the top just like this format it will keep us all riveted.........
AMC guy gave me hope for hot rodding.
13:42 A little known fact , in the late 60s Rambler subsidiary in Argentina took that ambassador and gave it to Pininfarina for a complete overhaul. That became the quintessential and most iconic car in Argentina. The "Torino". Look it up in here what a compact car can became when you fit 3 Weber carbs: Torino 380W
Thanks for the heads up, I didn't know about the Torino! What a cool car.
My grandma had a '64 lmpala with a 283 and Powerglide from 1964-80. Then she traded it in on a new Granada with the 250 straight six.
Love the 63 Ford!!
6:29 Little Girl - “I’m not shaking your hand, u crazy.... COVID”
Man - “SHAKE MY HAND”
Little Girl - 😬ok🤝
😂😂
Lil girl at doc's office next day getting tested.....😷😷
😆😊Facts😂🤣
Woman: (keeps car clean and original).
Man: let me just touch every window on your car.
The Rambler American was big as a second vehicle, usually for the mom to haul groceries and kids around in. We had a 1956 Dodge station wagon for the family car but that was too big for my mom so dad bought her a new 1957 Rambler because we lived out in the suburbs back then. When I think back there were several households in our neighborhood that had Ramblers as a second car.
cool show it should be on cable tv but I’m glad it’s on RUclips
Love the rims on the eagle......
Love the AMC's because they are not "normal". My uncle had the rambler.
Integral head? Thanks Tom! Always enjoy the show
Another amazing video
Awesome episode!!
I would be interested in the old Chevy truck used to have one like that I surely would like to find another what is he asking? Love you videos keep up the great work or should I say keep traveling👍
Various Fiat 850 & 903 cc engines had no intake manifold, the carb or carbs bolted directly to the head. The new Honda engines, Fit, Civic and others don’t have an exhaust manifold, the exhaust pipe bolts to the head.
Wow,that nova and that impala
Man I’m interested in the 63 ready for paint
Fantastic episode.
Good to see you on the road again. Interesting show.
its from 2017
@@coom0004 I never read the opening description.
You forgot about the big boy 409 ss package for that 64 my friend and YES Scottsdale is a trim package 😆
I always thought the Eagle was awesome when I was a kid.
Fabulous episode !
My brother let me drive his 64 Impala SS. Too bad we could not afford to keep it.