Da Yoopers: Rusty Chevrolet (VHS)
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Year Of Release: 1987
Format: VHS
Video recorded from tape on: 8/12/2015 5:02 AM
2fps
*Upgraded to 1987 yooper quality*
Just the intro bit.
Yes. The intro is intentionally stop motion. It was a filter used often in the 80s.
Husky Films I imagine this is how everyone feels that drives a rusty Chevrolet
@@silasmcgee3647 Exactly why I don't drive a Chevy.
My Dad owned this vehicle when I was a kid. I remember thinking it was hilarious to be able to watch the highway go by through the floor.
Haha
I used to have an old 72 Mercury comet that you could do that with 😂🤣
I always loved how in spite of everything else, the radio was OK.
Nothing quite like a Delco.
Just charge the battery and you are usually pretty good. Besides, with some of the winter effects, you want a car like that. There is sleeting rain/snow in Michigan which is a fun way of saying "raining ice" as it freezes on contact with any surface. I drifted around a Michigan left going 2 miles an hour on a flat road because of this. The car was brand new with winter tires.
This song has a special place in my heart. I owned a 1988 Chevy Celebrity (purchased new) that I finally said goodbye to in 2021. It had 513,779 miles on it. Still had the original engine that worked fine. AC and radio long stopped working, but it was warm as toast inside during cold weather. Three of the four power windows worked, as well as the cigarette lighter (I don't smoke, so it was never really used). Shocks and struts were shot, but when it was on the highway it was smooth sailing just like the day I drove it off the dealer's lot. Chrome bumpers and whitewall tires. What finally forced me to give it up was when I was told it would not pass inspection because the undercarrige rust was pretty bad (30 plus years of New York State winters will do that). Boy, do I miss that car!
im a toyota guy, i own a 2009 scion tc(197,200)2013 toyota sienna(92,100) and a 1992 lexus sc400(112,000). But i have a respect to the older cars like yours, they were built to last back then. Today alot of new cars cant even make it to 100k withour needing major service, and that goes for toyotas and hondas as well, they dont make them like they use to
Same with me! My 1978 Dodge Aspen has 591k miles on it and I've been driving it daily since new. She's falling apart and covered in rot and hasn't passed a Rhode Island inspection since 2012. But I was able to slap antique tags on her and I still drive her every day. Not much works anymore.. but the AM radio still is clear as a ever. God Bless these old cars they don't make them like they used to.
@@WringWraith171
591 K miles? That's great! Adding to my original comments, when my Celebrity reached 250 K miles, I contacted Chevrolet, asking whether they would offer any incentives on the purchase of a new vehicle. Their response: A letter congratulating me on being a loyal customer and a 100 K Plus Miler T-shirt. I wrote to Chevrolet again after she reached 500 K miles, except this time, I suggested a new vehicle. Another T-shirt! I am reminded of the guy in Missouri earlier this year who after reaching a million miles on his Volvo, was given a new vehicle by the company. While I was not successful, you still may have a chance if you reach a million and Dodge wants some good public relations.
@@eventhat8103 haha! That's awesome, glad Chevy gave you something! Maybe I'll be like Al Bundy and Dodge will offer me a Viper.
I had a 1986 celebrity, and that was the best winter beater I ever had. It warmed up fast, and the heater would melt your face off. It had no driver aides (not even ABS), but with a good set of snow tires, it went through anything. It succumbed to rust cancer (also from New York State), but I miss that car. My car now complains if it gets too much snow built up on the front sensor and puts a warning on the dash. But if you turn off the front sensor it still puts a warning on the dash! So annoying!
As a native "Yooper" myself from the Copper Country, I remember this band very well. They gave us many hours of fun and laughter. My thanks to them.
Im a yooper too. Ive seen them live and been to their tourist trap.
I once walked out of burger king and saw my girlfriend ducttapeing her car back together... I married her
You married well.
Good call.
She's the marryin' type
Duct tape coat hangers and pliers all you needed for them old cars
U found a good one 🤣
As a guy who drives a Chevy...
I can confirm this is what my Chevy has become.
Ya but they never die
Chevies run crappy longer than most cars run.
R.I.P. Shopko, Wisconsin will miss you and the history.
So will Michigan
There was a Shopko in Austin, Minnesota, my hubby’s hometown and one in Buena Vista, Colorado. They were both very nice stores. I miss them. 🙁
Wait, what? I’m originally from Wisco, and loved Shopko while I lived there! I live in the South now, and there’s absolutely nothing like that, down here. Shopko is out of business now? Say it isn’t so!!!
Awww I grew up with Shopko
It’s a pity that Shopko went belly up! I remember shopping at the Marquette, Michigan Shopko when I was little. I shopped at Shopko when I attended NMU also. Thank you for bringing back some memories!
Everyone stand for the Michigan anthem
You haven't lived in PA yet lol
@@jenniferfaus2187 you haven't lived in wisconsin yet lol
Try Canada 🇨🇦
@@jenniferfaus2187 try Canada
Been to Canada many times in my life lol I know what the snow is like
As a Troll (as Yoopers call us residents of Michigan's Lower Peninsula), I listen to this at least once every Christmas.
I listen to this every day...and I'm from Pennsylvania.
i listen it all year round
Before the time of front wheel drive cars and awd SUV's, driving a rear wheel drive beater with sandbags (if you were uppity) or rocks in the trunk on an icy 2-lane at night with only dim incandescent headlights; that was the kind of live or die trying daily experience that gave us true grit in the face of adversity.
Gave us? Hell, I buy a rusty, rear wheel drive, winter beater with a heater about every 2 years. I've taken them through snow that would bring most new 4x4s to a stop and never had any problems. It's all about where you grew up and how well you can drive. My first car was a 1972 Chevy Impala that I bought at 16 for $275 and I'd love to have another one just like it this winter.
I got a 2000 dodge with 327000 miles on it, three pistons not firing, and falling apart from salt corrosion. I feel this song in my soul.
Holy Wah! You got quite da truck!
An absolute gem
I have well what's left of a 2 door version of the chevy in this video and my friends laugh when I'm driving my rusty Chevrolet lol
dodge and ford is trash
Um, wouldn’t it not start if 3 of the pistons didn’t fire?
My local radio station used to play this every year around the holidays before it changed formats and became a K-Love station. Great memories. RIP All Hit 98.9FM
I hate the radio monopoly. We get the same songs presented the same way CONTINENT WIDE.
I like how video feels nostalgic,friendly and not serious in same way. You dont see something like that nowadays.
Not true. I still drive a rusty Ford😮
@@oliviahoyler453 Thats cool. Still good car.
Yess!!!! If you grew up in the UP this is very nostalgic!
It reminds me of the Red Green show
@@dominik-zq2ip Must look at it. Im from Central Europe so I dont know whats going on lol
This video is very accurate and had me in stitches. As an Arizona native, the word rust was not in my vocabulary, until me and my girlfriend went to stay with her parents in Burlington, North Dakota over the holidays. The first day there, we decided to take a drive, but she wouldn't let me take my Toyota pickup. Instead she made me park it in a shed and escorted me around the side of the house and there sat a roached out '72 Pinto. The driver side door handle had rusted off and instead there was a coat hanger tied to the door latch, half of the floorboard was gone and if you weren't careful, you would Fred Flintstone it down the street. The firewall was rusted out so the steering column was being held up from the sun visor by a crusty bungee cord and the steering wheel would bounce up and down as you drove down the street. You had to grapple the wheel in a sort of headlock to shift the car because there was no more longitudinal support. The best part was that one time when I came out from the general store to find my gf underneath the car zip tying the leaf spring to the rear axle. I knew she was a keeper before then, but that shattered any more doubts I had! That was seven years ago, and we've been married three years now. We both still drive that Pinto every time we get up to Burlington.
@@basicallyarobloxian4533
Pretty much. Can't believe that it still runs. As long as it's alive, it'll be the Burlington Beater, as we call it. It's hilarious, because my father-in-law drives a 2013 Mercedes E-Class and my mother-in-law drives a 2019 Silverado. Not shabby cars by any means, but during the winter, those go into the garage and the ol' Pinto comes out from the field and assumes the position of daily driver. They've had it for almost 20 years, and even when they bought it it was pretty rusty. When it does finally die, they'll probably get another rust bucket on the cheap for wintertime. It'll be a shame, though, 'cause we've made a lot of memories in that car. Two years ago, they bought a very crusty late '70's vintage Dodge D-100 pickup so that they can both run errands at once in the winter and so that we would have something to drive when we got up there. That's not in quite as bad of shape as the Pinto, but there's a bunch of electrical gremlins. You have to park on a hill because the starter is dead, but it's a 2WD, so getting to said hill is a little tricky; and if you turn on the high beams, the whole truck shuts off. It's a very fun time at my in-law's in the winter.
rusty cars in the "SALT/ RUST BELT" are common. after all ,salt is a car killer!!!!
This song may be about Michigan, but as a person from Minnesota, it fits perfectly!! For I owned a couple of old chevys like this!! Including using a candle to see the dash at night. Also had a door fall off one due to rust!! This song sure brings back memories!!
anyone else listen to this song every December? lol
I do :)
Yup
First Time I ever heard it, Merry Christmas.
@@JJR53 merry Christmas
I hear it every year around Christmas time & it's makes me laugh after all these years. From the Tampa Bay area USA Merry Christmas everybody.
The finest Christmas song ever written right there, folks.
If you listen to this in 2020 your a goat
I've sang this song since I was 10. Sing it to my kids even, mostly at Christmas. I'm 40. Lol
I'm only 13 and me and my friend both love the older stuff.
Bahhhhhhhhhhhh!
@Trevor Ober you like to live on the edge I see ;)
@@H1PP1E88 that's what I like to here :)
My Grandpas most famous song...I sure wish I got to meet him. Apparently he directed the entire video basically by himself. I like to see other people enjoying his music, as it's basically the only thing I know about him.
Grandpa Joe woulda loved you Eli!😊
My brother-in- law went to school with your grandpa. Your grandpa was very creative.
I graduated with a Brad Potilla in 1991 at Negaunee. Any relation?
@@USFZeus I assume so. I'm pretty sure every Potila in the UP is related.
My father passed his cassette tape down to me, I used to play it regularly but now I have to protect it for my son. I may be from the lower peninsula but I grew up on these videos and cassette tapes, we knew every word by heart and whether it be deer season or snow season we were singing. These songs made my childhood and even today give me a feeling of joy that makes it a little easier to shovel out the truck. The world is a better place because of your Grandpa. I wish I were able to shake that mans hand and thank him.
Just as long as the radio’s ok it’s fine
In January of 1994 I was born at Bell Memorial hospital in Ishpeming. It was probably fate that I became a fan of Da Yoopers, eh? I never heard this on the radio, surprisingly, but I do listen to this every year. Sharing this with friends has become a tradition.
My local radio station has started playing this during the Christmas season and I LOVE IT
This is like the theme song for Christmas in the Northern Midwest.
Oh yeah. Grew up in Pontiac. This reminds me when I was working at a gas station in Southfield and an old mid-60's Dodge made a hard/fast left through the intersection, the spare tire came crashing through the right rear quarter panel of the car and rolled into our gas station. The dude eventually stopped and came back for it. I saw the whole thing happen. I have never laughed so hard. That damn car was more rust than car.
Holy Hell!!!! Thank you for sharing this story!!!!!! I laughed out loud!
My family used to have an 85' S10 Blazer. Head liner fell off, heater was on its last leg, and the manifold rusted away (we called her "rolling thunder.") But that little truck fired up every time lol
Those are the types of beaters that have a whole personality to them and I love them so much ❤
It’s time to make my annual return to this song i love how it blew up
I just discovered it and can't get enough of it!
I always come back to this song during christmas time
Same
2022 still driving rusted out Chevrolets.
yea and they're from 2021 😂
I used to play this song on my show every Saturday evening Decembers 1989 and 1990 when I was a DJ at WTOQ-AM in Platteville, Wis.
It is not Christmas without this song even though I am driving a new Chevrolet this year Lol
It will be rusty soon enough.
Has it really been 30 years?! Still one of my favorite songs to get me in the Christmas spirit!
This song has been and will alway@ be a family tradition for me.
I'm here Christmas 2022 remembering my mom who played this song every year since I was a kid in the early 80's
Welp its November I guess its Da Yoopers time for everone else too
A song of our people. And I'm from Wisconsin I endorse this message.
My most favorite vehicle to drive was a 02 dodge rear wheel drive, bald tires, only front brakes, driver widow up with tape, passenger stuck up, passenger door always locked from inside and always unlocked from outside, piston rings going so she smoked like it was going out of style, and the tail gate wouldn't stay up if opened below 20 degrees. So once down I had to wait for a warm day to put up. She slid all over and was lots of fun.
your not Finnish this video is not for you
This coming up on TikTok unlock a core memory for me and I am so thankful for it. Now, I wonder where that cassette went lol
funny that this video has more views than the population of the upper peninsula of michigan
That’s because you Trolls love it up here eh?
@@kristopherjewell5259 i live up here ! but yes
This song is the funniest "Jingle Bells" parody ever, hands down!
No, feet down hoping the brake catches
This video will never die !
just like the old chevy!
My Mom always loved this song, cause she could relate to it! Merry Christmas in Heaven, Mom, I miss and love you dearly!
Im very lucky to say I live in the amazing town of Ishpeming and can point out every place where this was recorded.
Ah, I HAVE to watch this EVERY year. It wouldn't be Christmas without :) and i'm sure many of us have had experiences like this haha. I have went off the road in snow a few times. I got stuck on a hill during a blizzard in Kentucky one night at 3am. just going up the hill , there were woods everywhere, in the country. I couldn't move. I had a heater but was running out of gas. Finally a cop came along behind me and just said we called the tow truck. 15 minutes later there he was on top of the hill, his lights so bright. He backed down , hooked me up and told me for 20 bucks he would take me to the top of the hill, for 50 he would take me home. I said just take me home! It was about a 15 minute drive away. we got there, i had no cash. He said well I don't have a credit card machine with me. So he asked me if I get back over that way much. I said yes , my girlfriend lives there, so he trusted me to pay him later. He said not many tow truck drivers would do that for you. I said thanks a lot. the following week I stopped by his place , went inside and paid the 50 dollars. he didn't remember at first, then he did. i'm honest, he helped me. There were 3 other cars off the road that night with people standing there. He said he would be right back to get them. He said he didn't stop towing cars until 5am . I remember that same truck got ice on the INSIDE of the windshield. I couldn't see anything. so many times I drove with ice everywhere. once the windshield fogged up though, I had no choice but to pull over. Winter, I love it. WE are expected 3 inches of snow for Christmas in a few days on Christmas Eve.
Ya, I think mine was a 64 impala, nicknamed the bondo buggy. The heater worked good, passanger side missing floorboard and a cracked block. It would take a industrial metal detector to find it with all the bondo in her.
Da ting is, once da muffler goes, dere's no need ta light da match cuz yew can guess how fast yer goin' in da dark by da sound. Yew betcha.
Yer darn tootin’
that works for me. i hadda couple beater cars like that.
At least the radio is okay. That's the most important part of the car, heh heh.
Heck with it rods are knocking just turn up the radio will be rocking till we're walking 🤣😂
I went to HS with these guys. Great bunch, great memories.
A chrismas tradition, you can't get into the holiday cheer until after rusty chevrolet
Everyone stand for the national Chevy Caprice/Monte Carlo owner theme
Monte Carlo was a national treasure 73-77
The fact that I was 6 when this came out and it was legendary back then, and it still is, says something
Please rise for the Rust belt of americas national anthem.
For anyone wondering what type of chevy it is
its a 1975 Chevrolet Impala (5th generation)
That was a good year! Sophomore in high school! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@Nan-59 nice
@@Nan-59 Happy 64th birthday. lol
Nice! I wonder if there are many four doors left? Such a practical big boat! :)
@@jamesgizasson oh yeah there's a lot of them left
One of my favorite Christmas songs, I randomly started singing it this summer while mowing my Grandma's lawn with her old riding lawn mower.
Made with state of the art Yooper technology
I met them in Munising,Michigan at the Marathon gas station on the main drag (i wanna say route 77 but its been so long lol). I spotted their buses and had to refuel right away just to hope to meet them. I sat at the pumps for 5 minutes and then they came out beef jerky and pasties galore lol. I rattled the motor a couple times and they came a running, was AWESOME! i got the rusty chevy comments lol in all good fun, then i stepped on it once and really got their attention, i then popped the hood and got a resounding HOLY WAH! from the group. I was hiding a Sleeper under the hood. They signed the underside of my hood of my 1970 chevy pick up (looked like something Jesse Duke) would drive lol greatest day of my life!
Great story, but if you were in Munising, probably M-28. M-77 goes from Seney North to Grand Marais and South through Germfask and Blaney Park to U.S. 2
How a bout da IGA. What a store
@@barbarastewart1200 US highway 2..... my home highway
hello from glasgow montana..... your winters are TAME compared to ours
but ive got a 68 impala that fits this song perfectly.....
it was my late aunts car..... her favorite car
im not sure if i want to 100% restore it...... which will take at least 35 years of hard work
or keep it rusty...... but make its 400 small block CRANK out the power (non-orignal motor..... my aunt was a BAD ASS hot rodder).....
a 400 and a 327 look exactly the same..... would be a hell of a sleeper
Grew up with this song playing in my 82 Chevy pick up...still singing it!!!
Thats a MICHIGAN Beater with a Heater! 👍🏼👌😄
Not even a heater, it’s broke!
I decided I'd send this to my mom who has a Chevrolet in disrepair.
At least the Radio is ok. Rust in Peaces Chevrolet
We would always listen to this in Elementary school during Christmas time (I’m from Wisconsin)
I bet that rusty old clunker still runs better than any modern GM garbage
@Nicholas Cordes 99% are proven trash
@@silasmcgee3647 Really? Let’s see your evidence. My Cavalier has 320,000 miles and counting...
@@Biden_Cult_Morons the cavs are old and discontinued you’ve essentially changed the topic entirely I guess some people are so stupid they can’t tell the difference between new and old muted next XD I’m gonna watch Scotty Kilmer now for my daily dose of truth
@@silasmcgee3647 You never provided proof of your claim of 99% of General Motors cars are garbage. Talk about changing the subject you did nothing but a divert attempt. Well, we’re waiting...
@@Biden_Cult_Morons and you morons hate on ford and say they are bad when I have 450,000 miles on mine 😂
This shoddy 75' Impala would last better than anything Chevrolet has put out for the last couple of years if I'm being really honest...
true
The fact it still moves whilst being a pile of rust with tires shows it build quality.
Anything from back then will and has outlasted anything from the past 24+ years.. 47 years for my 67 mustang and still going strong.. i want someone to show me one of these cars they got now or these electric cars in 47 years.. there's a reason vehicles from wayyyy back in the day (model T at a car show last year) have stood the test of time.. sit was American made, quality parts, steel, hands on not robots and pride.. pride in craftsmanship is what robots don't have..
@@jeremylonberger8245 yeah right
😂 yup!
I loved this song as a kid even though I didn't get all the references that I only later learned were UP Michigan references. I've had more than a few cars like this in my life!
As the owner of a 1990 Chevy truck, yeah this is accurate.
Michigan native here, and I love this song!
Scotty Kilmer is "laughing through tears" at the truth of this song.
I love Scotty!
Scotty needs rehab
@@UnionThugg I LOVE your thinking
@@UnionThugg hush dipstick your just mad he speaks the truth
@@silasmcgee3647 no, he doesn't. Not even close. He's an embarrassment.
Absolutely One Of The Best Christmas Songs Ever!!!!!!
For years talked about how this was my favorite Christmas song when I was little. I had no idea what he was talking about, then I found it and I remembered everything.
At the time this song came out, my dad owned a Chevy pickup that was of the same bodily deterioration as the car in this video. We used to love it when this song came on at Christmas and we'd be riding in his pickup truck where you could literally see the floor beneath your feet. And being from the lower peninsula, winters then were about the same.
Today in Buffalo.
Happy Thanksgiving Y'all.
I used to have a car where if you where sit in the back seat you can look down and see the road.
I literally leave this on all night playing constantly and before anyone tries to say a problem with that I have a Chevy S 10 I know what it’s like
My grandpa had that. This song is so relatable in that sense
is en blijft een geweldige kerstsong 👍🌲
Lol, this song reminds me of my first car! It was a rusty Buick instead of a Chevrolet, but it was still a major pain in the ass! Especially in the winter!
gm product,same thing
I don’t remember the name of the oldies station in Marquette, but I remember they used to play all the yooper hits on the radio when I was a kid.
As a Yooper, I have toddlerhood memories of Marquette’s Shopko. I remember Mom and Dad buying me toys. Because of the toys, I always looked forward to Shopko.
This song was my dedication to my husband the year he brought a Chevy body home, most of an engine was in buckets.... he got bummed out and sold it.
yes so true!!!
Ive been through quite a few winters with my old 84 caprice she was an absolute Champ
Can’t beat those 350s
@@goldbud2287 My 85' old's toronado 307 ain't bad either. It's slow but it's an indestructible heap of iron. I love it. My other gm product is a 77 chevy short van with a 350, so I have fun with that too. Old cars are so dam easy to fix.
@@goldbud2287 The 305s are great, too - for reliability, if they're not abused. They're not very powerful, but they'll last for a really long while with regular maintenance.
I remember hearing this during the 1980s as well while in high school in Northern Maine. Looks like the video could have been made there. I believe our only radio station would play it.
Hi Randy how are you doing this is your big brother Ernie bob
Da Yoopers the upper Penisula of Michigan. Another of their favorites is Second Week of Deer Camp.
Da Yoopers refers to people from the U.P. of Michigan. There also a reference to Negaunee, which is also a city in the Upper Peninsula.
Someone please put this in a time capsule for future discovery.
pretty much the life of a Michigander
Except this year we aren't getting as much snow
I only got to go ice fishing once
To be more exact, life of Yoopers. I grew up up there, but have lived near Detroit for 30+ years. I'm still a Yooper at heart.
This song brings me back to my younger years 😍
I live in wisconsin and this perfectly describes a few people I've seen/know
I got a 1995 Chevrolet Silverado and its a rare model and my father doesnt take care of it and has almost became a Rustbucket
me trying not to think about Gavril D Series : 😐
My sister ALWAYS played this! Around in the 90's!
I remember them playing this on the radio during the winter when i was a kid.
If you know you know!!!
Reminds me of my GMC Jimmy from 1997 and the Chevy Cavalier from 1999 i had, good times but this song describes them PERFECTLY.
Thinking of buying a 96 Blazer, first thing I’ll play if I gets her
Blast it LOUD!!
@@theincrediblemr.b413 Yes
All that snow makes me glad I live in south Texas. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
Snow is not that bad once you are used to it
@@deannaanderson5921 You are right, but I think it would take me many years now to acclimate to it. I have lived in snowy places. My dad, and then my husband, were both military. I was born in Washington state. My husband was stationed in West Berlin, and we were there for the snowiest winter they'd had since right after the war. But I have lived more in the south, and we have been permanently settled in San Antonio for 25 years. I'll enjoy the snow from a distance. 🙂 Happy New Year!
2020 as a car
A long time ago there was a weekly radio program called Click and Clack on NPR radio
where two brothers ( Tom and Ray Magliozzi) answered people's car problems.
They would call people up who sent emails about the car they would be having a problem
with and have funny discussion about the car problem in questioned.
During Christmas this song was used as a lead out to the show for a break.
I even remember one fella they talked to called Arup Gupta. Think the show is still available
as reruns on NPR podcast! RIP Tom Magliozzi
As a born Yooper (Marquette 1955), I always play this every Christmas. Summers in Ishpeming and National Mine. Fond memories.
So lighthearted I love it
What a classic song and then the video is really great :) I watch this every Christmas. it doesn't seem like Christmas if I miss this :)
Born and raised a few miles from Ishpeming. I laugh watching them slide down the hill at Al Quaal! Most Yoopers can sled on a shovel. My family knows all the guys. Good people!
Great song I remember listening to this song on this old tape that belonged to my mother a few years ago when we used to go Christmas shopping
My favorite christmas song
this is it. the musical representation of the midwest.
for sure...I live in Wisconsin, fuck the Midwest :\
Showed this to my dad and he told me how he used to see them live at the Cove Bar in Naubinway! I’d kill to see these guys in their prime!
Yearly tradition to play this song on christmas day
Some years ago, I was out with a couple who'd never heard of this song before, and I serenaded the entire thing to them while we were waiting for a table at Red Lobster. 😄😄😄