THIS…is automotive bliss! You, your Dad and your dog that you had since third grade doing your things in an automotive setting is heaven! Precious memories!
I love the do it yourself mode. Been there and done that. After a few sets I realized that dropping the arms off at the machine shop and letting them press them out was so much nicer. Sure you paid some cash but they would be done and done right making beating out the bushings a long use of time when you could be doing other things. I always install a new timing set and oil pump on any used engine I have to install. Its cheap insurance.
That or having a harbor freight hydraulic press and heavy duty sockets, my buddy helps me out with that and for making our own brake lines he has a double flaring kits and we either save the fitting or go to autozone and also he has a coil spring compressor, he helps and sometimes I'm the hold the tools guy
I own a 1960 Elcamino with a 327 but it's three on the tree. I did my suspension work with a press seems alot easier but you need to make some adapters. I also used Energy suspension bushings . One tip the bolts that clamp the bushings should be tightened only when the car is fully assembled and all weight is on the wheels. By tightening them up with the control arms lowered they will bind up once they move up with the vehicle weight on them.
Thanks for saving the 60. The progress shows the desire and dedication in bringing back what can only be called the best decade for owning an American made automobile. And thank you for sharing it on uTube!
The audio quality is greatly improved. And I appreciate the ratio of work to talk. Well done. A slide hammer might have made pulling the master cylinder apart easier once you tapped it and had the bolt in place. Great level of progress and I enjoyed watching you both work well together.
Love to see you guys change the rear quarter with the junk yard part. Even if its the old school way of pop rivet and bondo. Love how you guys work without all the big fancy gear as the average guy or gal would at home.👍👍👍
Very nice to watch this ! I am a pensioner in Sweden and renovated some American cars over here. Much can be done with simple handtools. Have a nice renovation.
Boy, does this hit home! i have been in love with 1960 Chevys since I was 10. I'm 72 now. I've owned over twenty 60's. One '59 El Camino and six 1960 El Camino's. I have only one '60 left, a Tasco Turquois Impala 2 dr hardtop which I bought in July, 1999. Totally rust free with 80,000 miles on it now, unrestored. I'm looking forward to your videos and subscribed to your channel. Thank you so much!
Glad to see you do new freeze plugs. So many times seen guys not on a used motor and end up with leaks. Same with a quick internal inspection and reseal. Myself I have never used the rubber end seals on the intake. Just a good bead of silicone left to skin over really well and carefully set the intake. Never had a leak and that was on some high horsepower engines.
Great grit, determination, and common sense in your efforts to refurbish this classic. Good luck in finishing this project. Be Safe - please wear a mask when scraping rust off .
Great video as always, keep the great content coming. Can't wait to see it running. Going to be a great car.thanks for taking us on this journey with you.
HI TRAVIS AND DAD RICK ,, MY SON MAX AND I AM GLAD YOUR BRINGING OUT MORE VIDEO'S ON THIS CAR AND OTHERS,,..ON THE BRAKES WE STOPPED THE VIDEO AND WE GOT THE SAME NAME YOU SAID??? MAX ,SAYS HI BOO BOO!!! WE ALL WISH WE HAD A DAD SMART AS RICK WHAT A GREAT TEACHER AND YOU ALSO TRAVIS,,..GREAT GARAGE .. GLAD YOU TOOK THE TIMING CHAIN COVER OFF WE WANTED TO SEE IT... ON MY BUICK SKYLARK WE HAD TO REMOVE HOSES AND ALL OF THE FRONT END TO REMOVE THE CHAIN...GREAT FRONT STEERING SUSPENSION WORK !!!! AND DRILLING THE ENGINE ,, HELI COIL.,, DONT THROW ANY THING AWAY YOU WILL NEED IT ONE DAY ...WOW!! THAT MASTER CYL. WAS BADDD!! WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY HOURS OR DAYS DID IT TAKE TO DO ALL OF OF THIS??? IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.. THANK'S SO MUCH!! MAX AND I STAYED UP LATE WATCHING AND WAS A LEARNING VIDEO,, PEACE ,NEXT VIDEO......BOO,BOO...
The comment I thought about leaving, I'll keep to myself. I enjoy watching all your videos, love the vehicles you choose to work on, and it's truly heartwarming to see you and your dad working together (I'm envious). Keep up the good work!
I really enjoyed the one-on-one camera time with Rick while he started the helicoils. I can't believe someone buggered up the intake bolt holes so bad like that. All that stuff they did to that engine...just makes me wonder. So glad you and Rick saved it and did 'er right.
Fun watching this being rehabbed! One thing for sure,working on rebuilding an old car is,it is mentally rewarding but oh so taxing on the physical side of one's body. Great job to both of you on getting it closer to being able to inhale some fresh air once again.
Great video. I really admire your effort to save/reuse as many of the original parts as possible. Those are probably better quality than many aftermarket parts you get nowadays.
It's looking good guys, even though, I've never seen anyone rebuild the wheel cylinders in the car, but it good to know that I can if I had too. Happy New Year, God bless.
You might have to change front yoke on driveshaft and also change driveshaft if this car was an automatic, I had to change yoke to install a 69 TH350 in my 60 Impala, but I found a driveshaft from a 4 speed car which did the trick, perfect fit, both length and yoke. Just a hint, I'm sure you probably know this. Nice work, love the 60 Chevys. Will be good to see this one run. (I still have my Impala, have owned it for 50 years, it's a keeper)
Enjoying seeing the 60 E/C. One suggestion...you need to loosen the a-arm bushing bolts back up, just so they aren't tight, and wait until the car is assembled, and with the car sitting normally with the full weight of the car on the tires, before tightening the bushings back up to torque spec. Just before you tighten them, bounce the front end of the car up and down a few times, which helps settle the bushings to a natural position prior to torquing them. The bushings, as they are now are tightened with the a-arms hanging down, will be binding when the weight is put in the car and it's sat back down on the ground, which will hold the car up in the air a bit, and stress and wear the bushings prematurely.
HOT DAM y’all kicked that master cylinders ass! I’d a been about 10minutes in and threw up my hands and said “eff it! Order a new one”!! Well done!! Nice trick cutting the threads and putting a bolt in there. I learned something!!
Man, your vid‘s are just amazing! It‘s incredible how much I can learn from you and your dad just by closely watching your steps. I‘m a 23 years old guy from Germany learning to become a car mechanic. And your videos teach me basically more than I learn in the workshop. I will keep following your channel, got my sub! Looking forward to further projects :-)
I really enjoy the father son working together and especially what you are doing with the El Camino. FYI, the ball joints have been replaced, that's why they bolt in, factory has rivets, occasionally on old A frames the new bushings will occasionally slide side to side, if so just hit them with a little spot weld. Next time on the master cylinder use a bolt like you did but put a nut on it and a socket or a piece of pipe and make a puller, also put some air pressure in the back but be careful the plunger will occasionally fly out with the air pressure. Great job guys, just fun to watch, keep it up.
Those are really good old cars to get back on the road. You and your dad make a good team. Would like to see more on this Elcamino. It has come a long way!
Thanks for another great show! Rebuilding whatever you can instead of replacing parts, cool. The original brake master cylinder was tough, but is righteous! It will be a little tougher drive, but a more ATHENTIC driving feel. And that pushrod and those main bearings oughtta be just fine!
Awesome to see everything on the front end cleaned and painted, but one question is why not use your impact wrench to take apart some of the bolts, like lug nuts and even smaller ones, I do it for lawnmower repair, you and your dad are good team, working on the master cylinder I can see you guys need to get that vise bolted down better, watching you work the master it reminds of myself without better tools, but sometimes it doesn't help, like on my ford taurus we had to knock the lower ball joints out to get at the front wheel bearings as you could get the bolts to start but not enough room come out, and the ball joints were a bitch, like seeing your progress and blacken up everything you can get at to make what's good last 60 years
Great video as always. I think more than watching the cars, I love watching the relationship between you and your dad and you two working together really warms my heart. Much love. Take care bud💪🏻
Myself I've been working on these old cars for a long time. I would have put a new oil pump in it. But that is to my own preference. It is good to save these old cars because they all have a soul and a story to tell. It's nothing like Americana like a 1960 El Camino!
You should have mentioned your trick to hold the fuel pump rod, I noticed you turning in a bolt in the front motor mount hole to hold the rod while you install the fuel pump. I learned that trick years ago but there are many people do not know you can use a longer bolt in to hold the rod but then you have to put a shorter bolt in the hole to seal the hole after you have installed the fuel pump. I use an installer to mount the harmonic balancer, so it does not get damaged by hammering it on.
Is Awesome Everything has a grease fitting I used to have a 64 1/2 Buick ambulance there was a grease fitting on everything control arm bushings you name it there's always 60 zerks on that car
Live the video man, you guys are so lucky to have fair weather like that this time of the year! It's cold and wet here in Ohio puts a dampner on all the projects here haha
A thin coat of grease on paper gaskets will hold them in place while you are putting the cover on and if you ever have to take the cover off again it will be easier to remove the gasket
I love you and your father are doing with the breathing life into these old cars. 2 thing I have to mention. Those are the largest pair of channel locks I have ever seen when you were removing the oil filter and did you run any episodes on the cushman? My buddy is selling a turtleback and I'm tempted to bite
First , great job, Second : France, ...That thing with the bolt, damn soab didn't want to go out hahahahaha great job!! I am looking for next week video!!- we all feel like we are working with you? Or it's just me? Greetings form the new 3 times world champions ( Argentina )
Am 70 ! I know the work it takes to do what you guys have done, if I may you could use two tools a press for bushing & a spring compressor. For GM it go’s inside the spring makes it just a little safer ! I toll guys that work for me ( work smart not hard ) . Good job !
Subscribe or we EV swap the Camino.
Done ... LOL
Ain’t no need for that kind of language.
THIS…is automotive bliss! You, your Dad and your dog that you had since third grade doing your things in an automotive setting is heaven! Precious memories!
I really like how you and your dad worked so well together. These are some great videos you guys do.
I love the do it yourself mode. Been there and done that. After a few sets I realized that dropping the arms off at the machine shop and letting them press them out was so much nicer. Sure you paid some cash but they would be done and done right making beating out the bushings a long use of time when you could be doing other things. I always install a new timing set and oil pump on any used engine I have to install. Its cheap insurance.
That or having a harbor freight hydraulic press and heavy duty sockets, my buddy helps me out with that and for making our own brake lines he has a double flaring kits and we either save the fitting or go to autozone and also he has a coil spring compressor, he helps and sometimes I'm the hold the tools guy
I own a 1960 Elcamino with a 327 but it's three on the tree. I did my suspension work with a press seems alot easier but you need to make some adapters. I also used Energy suspension bushings . One tip the bolts that clamp the bushings should be tightened only when the car is fully assembled and all weight is on the wheels. By tightening them up with the control arms lowered they will bind up once they move up with the vehicle weight on them.
That's correct about having the weight on the suspension before tightening.
Yep, got that tip from Old Car Alley doing his Galaxie.
I see so much hack work don't on RUclips it's really really really nice to see good honest work still being done how I would do it. Just awesome man
Thanks for saving the 60. The progress shows the desire and dedication in bringing back what can only be called the best decade for owning an American made automobile. And thank you for sharing it on uTube!
Thanks for bein here and watching !
Dynamic Duo is Back
I would've been too nervous to spray the engine red so close to the car, love that patina on the body.
I just got done doing all the same stuff on my 64 Impala with a 327... minus the 11 heli coils lol.
It is so satisfying to see a great old rig get freshened up like this. I love that you keep it old looking.
Enjoyable, as usual! Lot of work, but you and your dad are motivated!
It's coming along great.
I love the way you work together and like to watch how you do things.
You always get a lot accomplished.
The audio quality is greatly improved. And I appreciate the ratio of work to talk. Well done. A slide hammer might have made pulling the master cylinder apart easier once you tapped it and had the bolt in place. Great level of progress and I enjoyed watching you both work well together.
Awesome thanks for the feedback I try to keep the pace moving
Love to see you guys change the rear quarter with the junk yard part. Even if its the old school way of pop rivet and bondo. Love how you guys work without all the big fancy gear as the average guy or gal would at home.👍👍👍
That’s how we roll thanks for watching
I really like watching you and your dad do this together!
Very nice to watch this ! I am a pensioner in Sweden and renovated some American cars over here. Much can be done with simple handtools. Have a nice renovation.
Been Waiting for this This is going to be so Cool when your done whith it 😁👍👍👍
Boy, does this hit home! i have been in love with 1960 Chevys since I was 10. I'm 72 now. I've owned over twenty 60's. One '59 El Camino and six 1960 El Camino's. I have only one '60 left, a Tasco Turquois Impala 2 dr hardtop which I bought in July, 1999. Totally rust free with 80,000 miles on it now, unrestored. I'm looking forward to your videos and subscribed to your channel. Thank you so much!
Wow that’s really cool thanks for sharing tim.
Glad to see you do new freeze plugs. So many times seen guys not on a used motor and end up with leaks.
Same with a quick internal inspection and reseal.
Myself I have never used the rubber end seals on the intake. Just a good bead of silicone left to skin over really well and carefully set the intake. Never had a leak and that was on some high horsepower engines.
Great grit, determination, and common sense in your efforts to refurbish this classic. Good luck in finishing this project. Be Safe - please wear a mask when scraping rust off .
Great video as always, keep the great content coming. Can't wait to see it running. Going to be a great car.thanks for taking us on this journey with you.
Thanks for ridin along
Downloading to watch later when I can. It's a beautiful car.
Love this. Old School.
HI TRAVIS AND DAD RICK ,, MY SON MAX AND I AM GLAD YOUR BRINGING OUT MORE VIDEO'S ON THIS CAR AND OTHERS,,..ON THE BRAKES WE STOPPED THE VIDEO AND WE GOT THE SAME NAME YOU SAID??? MAX ,SAYS HI BOO BOO!!! WE ALL WISH WE HAD A DAD SMART AS RICK WHAT A GREAT TEACHER AND YOU ALSO TRAVIS,,..GREAT GARAGE .. GLAD YOU TOOK THE TIMING CHAIN COVER OFF WE WANTED TO SEE IT... ON MY BUICK SKYLARK WE HAD TO REMOVE HOSES AND ALL OF THE FRONT END TO REMOVE THE CHAIN...GREAT FRONT STEERING SUSPENSION WORK !!!! AND DRILLING THE ENGINE ,, HELI COIL.,, DONT THROW ANY THING AWAY YOU WILL NEED IT ONE DAY ...WOW!! THAT MASTER CYL. WAS BADDD!! WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY HOURS OR DAYS DID IT TAKE TO DO ALL OF OF THIS??? IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.. THANK'S SO MUCH!! MAX AND I STAYED UP LATE WATCHING AND WAS A LEARNING VIDEO,, PEACE ,NEXT VIDEO......BOO,BOO...
This was 5 full days worth of work to do
Appreciate you guys watchin !
I love ElCamino's, the 1959 is my favorite
The comment I thought about leaving, I'll keep to myself. I enjoy watching all your videos, love the vehicles you choose to work on, and it's truly heartwarming to see you and your dad working together (I'm envious). Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback and for watching!
It’s really nice to see how you and your father work together. Great videos, keep it up
Thanks appreciate the feedback
I really enjoyed the one-on-one camera time with Rick while he started the helicoils. I can't believe someone buggered up the intake bolt holes so bad like that. All that stuff they did to that engine...just makes me wonder. So glad you and Rick saved it and did 'er right.
really enjoy watching you and your dad work together on project cars
Man this is a great one for this old man. Right out of my day. Thanks great find. From my hill top in. Sc
Thanks for watching from your hilltop
Fun watching this being rehabbed! One thing for sure,working on rebuilding an old car is,it is mentally rewarding but oh so taxing on the physical side of one's body. Great job to both of you on getting it closer to being able to inhale some fresh air once again.
You men are doing a great Job. Thank you for sharing! Loved your and video.
Thanks for the feedback !
Great video. I really admire your effort to save/reuse as many of the original parts as possible.
Those are probably better quality than many aftermarket parts you get nowadays.
Love that you're working with your dad on this. Not many young people want to have much to do with their folks. Keep it up!
Great channel guys - glad to watch you make something that we can enjoy and help everyone see the problems are worth the effort-
GREAT JOB
Thanks for the feedback Scott 💪🏼
Again guys loving your work in a chuck away society. Your going to fly
It's looking good guys, even though, I've never seen anyone rebuild the wheel cylinders in the car, but it good to know that I can if I had too. Happy New Year, God bless.
You might have to change front yoke on driveshaft and also change driveshaft if this car was an automatic, I had to change yoke to install a 69 TH350 in my 60 Impala, but I found a driveshaft from a 4 speed car which did the trick, perfect fit, both length and yoke. Just a hint, I'm sure you probably know this. Nice work, love the 60 Chevys. Will be good to see this one run. (I still have my Impala, have owned it for 50 years, it's a keeper)
Thanks for the advice and that’s really cool you’ve had it that long. Wow
Great video, good to see you weren't beaten by that master cylinder.
Enjoying seeing the 60 E/C. One suggestion...you need to loosen the a-arm bushing bolts back up, just so they aren't tight, and wait until the car is assembled, and with the car sitting normally with the full weight of the car on the tires, before tightening the bushings back up to torque spec. Just before you tighten them, bounce the front end of the car up and down a few times, which helps settle the bushings to a natural position prior to torquing them. The bushings, as they are now are tightened with the a-arms hanging down, will be binding when the weight is put in the car and it's sat back down on the ground, which will hold the car up in the air a bit, and stress and wear the bushings prematurely.
Looking forward to seeing this together!
Great work fella’s!
Thanks Rick. I could hear him great 👍🏻
Great job guys love those El Caminos and 327 Chevy Engine had a 53 Ford pick up With 327 and a Muncie 4 speed Fun Truck
HOT DAM y’all kicked that master cylinders ass! I’d a been about 10minutes in and threw up my hands and said “eff it! Order a new one”!! Well done!! Nice trick cutting the threads and putting a bolt in there. I learned something!!
yes thanks for saving this car 👍
Man, your vid‘s are just amazing!
It‘s incredible how much I can learn from you and your dad just by closely watching your steps.
I‘m a 23 years old guy from Germany learning to become a car mechanic. And your videos teach me basically more than I learn in the workshop.
I will keep following your channel, got my sub! Looking forward to further projects :-)
Anti seize is evil. No matter how much you try, that stuff gets everywhere!! Love seeing the suspension work! Learned a thing or 2 on that.
Thanks for doing everything in one Video!
I really enjoy the father son working together and especially what you are doing with the El Camino. FYI, the ball joints have been replaced, that's why they bolt in, factory has rivets, occasionally on old A frames the new bushings will occasionally slide side to side, if so just hit them with a little spot weld. Next time on the master cylinder use a bolt like you did but put a nut on it and a socket or a piece of pipe and make a puller, also put some air pressure in the back but be careful the plunger will occasionally fly out with the air pressure. Great job guys, just fun to watch, keep it up.
Yeah you’re right they have been replaced good eye
Great job, you and your dad are doing 👍 I like your channel more and more. Great content 👌
The 1959 EL Camino is the🐱🐈meow.It's body style is amazing.
I like the "Time Burgular" phrase. It's looking like a great project fellas.
Haha thanks
Great video guys , can’t wait to see more progress on this car . Thank you for the videos !!
Another great video! Rick is one of the most 'chill' guys I've ever seen. Does he get worked up about anything? Keep it up!
Every once in a while
Throwing a rare 327 into a rusty el camino? Subscribed!
I think this deserves some nice ladder bars and a small rake on the rear suspension! And a nice drag light 5 star would look great 👍
loving it keep up the restoration such an awesome car, God bless.
You and your dad are doing a great job. Great episode.
Thank you for watching
Love watching this being fixed ❤️
pops not paying attention with torch and catching yard on fire! classic.... lol.
Weed control
Great work, it's looking good !! Love the Cushman scooter in the background...
Another great episode on the El Camino!!!!! I truly enjoyed it and appreciate your content it was a 10 out of 10. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watchin 💪🏼
Those are really good old cars to get back on the road. You and your dad make a good team. Would like to see more on this Elcamino. It has come a long way!
For the master cylinder plug you could use a screw and a slide hammer to pull it out or way you threaded it you could grab it with a slide hammer
Thanks for another great show! Rebuilding whatever you can instead of replacing parts, cool. The original brake master cylinder was tough, but is righteous! It will be a little tougher drive, but a more ATHENTIC driving feel. And that pushrod and those main bearings oughtta be just fine!
I am enjoying the videos on the 60. Looking forward to the next.
Holy cow, did that master cyclinder put up a fight!! Great trick you had with tapping it.
Awesome to see everything on the front end cleaned and painted, but one question is why not use your impact wrench to take apart some of the bolts, like lug nuts and even smaller ones, I do it for lawnmower repair, you and your dad are good team, working on the master cylinder I can see you guys need to get that vise bolted down better, watching you work the master it reminds of myself without better tools, but sometimes it doesn't help, like on my ford taurus we had to knock the lower ball joints out to get at the front wheel bearings as you could get the bolts to start but not enough room come out, and the ball joints were a bitch, like seeing your progress and blacken up everything you can get at to make what's good last 60 years
Great video as always. I think more than watching the cars, I love watching the relationship between you and your dad and you two working together really warms my heart. Much love. Take care bud💪🏻
Thanks for that feedback terry. Take care
Great job guys, I enjoyed the picture show.
Great content. I bought a new one same color in dec. 59. It was a six cyl,auto. Sold it in 1962 when I joined usmc
Myself I've been working on these old cars for a long time. I would have put a new oil pump in it. But that is to my own preference. It is good to save these old cars because they all have a soul and a story to tell. It's nothing like Americana like a 1960 El Camino!
Wow, great job you two. It is looking good so far.
Thanks Ronnie !
Great video. Talk about teamwork!
Great content and You and your Dad work great together. I think your channel will by 100k by the end of 2023...if not more Subs.
That’s the hope !
spring pockets to lock them stable. so important installing them been there more then once
Great progress!
You should have mentioned your trick to hold the fuel pump rod, I noticed you turning in a bolt in the front motor mount hole to hold the rod while you install the fuel pump. I learned that trick years ago but there are many people do not know you can use a longer bolt in to hold the rod but then you have to put a shorter bolt in the hole to seal the hole after you have installed the fuel pump. I use an installer to mount the harmonic balancer, so it does not get damaged by hammering it on.
Good eye
Is Awesome Everything has a grease fitting I used to have a 64 1/2 Buick ambulance there was a grease fitting on everything control arm bushings you name it there's always 60 zerks on that car
Great project lookin good ready for next week 👍
My first car was a 60 Impala, 235/Powerglide. 1983-1988.
Live the video man, you guys are so lucky to have fair weather like that this time of the year! It's cold and wet here in Ohio puts a dampner on all the projects here haha
Yeah the weather is a major plus.
Im from dayton ohio! Fun to see something that was built there.
Man the detail shots of your dads shirt are the bomb lol😂
Great project and good work on the rebuild! I would replace all the ball joints and steering arm too while it is all apart.
Good hands. Well done!!!
Great job guys!
Loved the episode. Sweet jump suit.
Thank you!
Really enjoying these videos! I’m learning a lot and I watch from start to finish. Look forward to the next. 46:25
A thin coat of grease on paper gaskets will hold them in place while you are putting the cover on and if you ever have to take the cover off again it will be easier to remove the gasket
Always a good sign when the engine is together with missmatching bolts ..lol
Keep up the good work!
I love you and your father are doing with the breathing life into these old cars. 2 thing I have to mention. Those are the largest pair of channel locks I have ever seen when you were removing the oil filter and did you run any episodes on the cushman? My buddy is selling a turtleback and I'm tempted to bite
Great video! I was hoping you’d paint the engine block and… you did! :)
Outstanding, I really enjoy this channel.
Thanks for bein here Robert
First , great job, Second : France, ...That thing with the bolt, damn soab didn't want to go out hahahahaha great job!! I am looking for next week video!!- we all feel like we are working with you? Or it's just me? Greetings form the new 3 times world champions ( Argentina )
Mr. B. Here ! Good job guys !
💪🏼💪🏼 thanks
Am 70 ! I know the work it takes to do what you guys have done, if I may you could use two tools a press for bushing & a spring compressor. For GM it go’s inside the spring makes it just a little safer ! I toll guys that work for me ( work smart not hard ) . Good job !
Awesome as usual, Teague & Panda the dog.