Fun fact: Colt Industries (yes that Colt) acquired Holley in 1968. They changed their name to Coltec in 1990 and sold Holley in 1998. We never knew that until this visit! Stapletonautoworks.com
I don't know you and I don't know the guy on Turbo's and Tahoes. I love your content and you know that. I watch Turbo's and Tahoes because I feel bad for him. I'm asking if you could give him some encouragement or Even some advice. He got ripped off on the first engine he bought, it was junk, so he bought another engine. Then the poor bastard takes his loom to have done and they stuffed it. He finds another place they say they can do the loom, $2000.00 later and it's still stuffed maybe worse. He has a colour blind auto electrical guy trying to help. So far I know of $3000,00 his lost being ripped off. It wouldn't worry me so much but his a single father with 2 beautiful kids and that Tahoe is his only car. I'm not asking you to give him money, just encouragement and advice. I will try and help him with some money. Yours sincerely Mad Cow Mark. Mark White. Australia
@@madcowmark7129 sorry to hear about that guy however I hate to say this but sometimes you have to eat things to move forward and doing due diligence is probably a smart move when your short on cash! I had to learn that the hard way and because I’m a bit thick it took more than once for me to learn to do my due diligence in most all of my projects now!
@@Mtlmshr not asking for cash, he looks upto Stapleton42 channel and was and still is a great supporter of theirs. Just a message of encouragement, maybe plug his channel. I'm not asking for him to go there and help him with the Tahoe. His in Canada and I don't expect them to travel to Canada. They don't have to do a thing, it was just asking a question. Hansa, Might be nice if you can go and watch a couple of his videos, leave a like, a comment and subscribe, gee we might get him to 100 subs.
Oh Don in the hilborn section is the coolest, working for 60 years in one place, you have to admire him hats off to Don, that's when you know you love your job, when you have no plans ever of Retiring......
You guys did it again by showing things that companies like Holly don’t have the time to let people know. They really made a lot of parts and cars back in the day! Great video again ❤️❤️❤️😎
I'd love to see the whole history collection at Holley. My dad raced back in the 60's so I grew up digging through old stuff. I had no idea they made cars either! Another great history lesson, thanks guys. 👍
Interesting to see Eddie Sachs photo the same year(64) he passed away with Dave MacDonald at the 500. My dad was a tech inspector for USAC and he had just gotten done with his work and was walking to the bleachers where my mom was sitting (the crash was in front of her) when it happened. It’s always been something my family has never forgotten. Thanks again for the video! Awesome to see the history behind the brand(s) and yes, a museum is indeed a must!
,,,,,,,,,,,,,I remember that ,,,,,before I discovered Drag Racing...............The Indy 500 was big,,,,and on TV,,,,free tv.................They ran Alcohol as fuel back then....When a fire erupted one could barely see the flames......
Not so sure they took care of the Hooker line up very well. I bought a lot of hooker headers in the 70's and 80s, they always fit and worked great, never an issue. Ordered a set of their premium ceramic coated for a project truck (95 F150) a couple of years back and they did not fit at all, hit the frame rail when tightening the flange bolts. Very common truck so one would expect them to fit. Summit confirmed they were the correct header and allowed me to return them. Had to fall back to Hedman which actually went in without needing to remove the starter unlike the Hooker. Had zero clearance issues and was further from the starter motor so no heat soak issues. Just cost me a bit more since I had to have them ceramic coated myself.
Mitchel/Logan this was really a excellent video. Did not know how vast the Holley company was. Thanks for sharing all of your information and videos. The both of you are very fortunate to be able to get these tours and then share them with people like myself and give us the back story that we never hear about. Once again thank you for sharing. 🇺🇸 Artie
That gentleman that has been with Hillborn for 60 years loves his job. I have 2 more years to retire and I’m going to find something to do I enjoy. Love you Shelby!🐶♥️👍🏼
Holy smokes just when you think you can't get any better, you come through with this video. We use hilborn mechanical injectors on our Sprint car. I'm currently looking for some old hillborn big block mechanical injectors. They're very hard to find in good condition. Thanks so much for showing this, got me geeking out. 😎👍
A Holley Museum is a must it would be so cool to be able to show our kids all the technology that brought us to where we are now. Yes build the Holley museum
Another amazing video. Thank you. I did a Internet search. And found a article from 2020 that showed the old Holley car and motorcycle together. Article was " motor life" and looked like straight from Holley.
Great video! Really enjoy the questions you guys ask. Not the same old questions everyone always ask. Logan has so many great questions and responses in these videos. You have a great woman Mitchell. Thank you both so much for the entertaining and informative history.
This is by far the radest holley history and tour video... keep up the good work yall keep getting into some of the stuff that's just not on RUclips atm...
Great job! That was so much fun! Thanks to Holley for letting us in for a tour! I had a dual point distributor from Mallory in my 69 Camaro and also I had a Holley 780cfm vacuum secondaries carburetor on it. And Hooker headers! Made in the USA! 🇺🇸
Wow! You guys scored a great company to do a video on! You guys rock! Thank you so much, love tech stuff and how things are done. I have worked with Holley carbs for most of my 45 years in the mechanical career field, always found them easiest to tune out of all the available carbs out there. Holley has a lot of irons in the fire these days! Appreciate you & Logan & all the hard work that you do to give us excellent video content, and there with you each video! Keep up the good work!
That Shuttle-Jet documentation with the manual fuel injection was really interesting - the picture of the modern engine reminded me of a cummins with those hard fuel lines. Very cool and educational video. Thank you!
Those trolley loaded CNCs are genius as it lets 1 person setup for 1 part and just swap parts and zero it out after a run and let it go on the same part over and over. Normally they would do 1 run of 1 part, then swap tools, holding fixtures, and programs for every new part. My dad never got to run one but he always loved the idea. He started when Tape feed was new and his dad was trying them out in his shop on rotary airplane engines, and thought to be the pinnacle of machining. He just recently retired and now is doing 3D printing lol
Any museum for any product is a great idea we should never forget the parts or the shoulders of the people we stand on that started many different products and companies. I have been very fortunate to know many famous people that others don’t have idea who they are but they what they did or what they made!
Great video, Shane’s dedication to the Holley brand is admirable, I hope his museum comes to fruition, I’ll be there for sure. Hope you guys find some more manufacturers to video with the same dedication and passion to the automotive field. 😀🇺🇸
I don't think I've ever seen you do videos on transmissions, I own a transmission shop in Clarksville, TN, about 1.5 hours from BG. Idk if you're still in the area and want to see what's inside some GM transmissions, I can show y'all.
You usually have incredibly historically knowledgeable people on your channel. I don't have that type of knowledge, just a transmissions guy that knows a few things. Lol
grew up next to the Holley plant went to the high school next door and saw a lot of the prototype car in the lot awesome to finally see the inside. Thanks for the inside look.
I enjoy your videos because I always lean something. There are a lot of videos out there that frankly just look like their just Killing time . Keep up with what you've doing and can't wait for the next one.
I grew up and still live within a couple of miles of the original Holley building in Warren, MI. As kids in the 60's, we would bike ride there to check out the muscle cars in the back lot. The facility was torn-down years ago and is now a distribution warehouse for an automotive supplier. I took some photos mid-deconstruction and email them to Doug Flynn at Holley.
The condensers in that Mallory test box are called" life time condensers" which state that on the package because they have no soldered connections, They are a part number 25010 and I know this because I used to put them on cars back in the day and still have a NOS one in box. When I started in a speed shop in the seventies Colt industries was proudly on everything Holley and I didn't have a license yet so I road my bike to work after school in 1975 so I remember that. I still hear from the speed shop owner on occasion these days, the shop has been long gone. I got to know him through our auto shop school teacher so I went to work there after school and he told me one day that if I kept working as good as I was he would start to pay me LOL but I didn't care really because was learning and that's what mattered. Everything old at one time or another ends up in Pennsylvania I swear. P/S I'm wearing my boom tube shirt by chance today
Nice to see some things still made in the USA. I bought a new Holley 1860 Carburetor to put on a 1975Chevy C-65 with a 427 Tall deck engine now stroked a/2" to 488 Cubic inches Truck in about 1981 for $76.00
Another great factory tour. I didn't know Holly was that big of a company. Love the factory videos. It's cool Logan gets so into seeing how things are made.
This was cool, always down for these behind the scenes type videos. Had no idea about Holley making vehicles - I think they do need to get that 1903 running and do a lap at one of the "Fest" events.
Great tour of several brand names I've known and used for years. Back in the day if you didn't have a Holley carburetor, Mallorey Distributor, Accell wires, plugs and big Yellow Super Coil, with Hooker Headers you weren't competetive on the street. I also caught slip of the secret project name drop when Logan mentioned the carpet kit for "her" car! Can't wait to see that come up. I just finished resto-modding a 1958 Ford F100 stepside. Original patina finish sheetmetal on an updated chassis with coil overs and disc brakes on all four corners, and four link rear suspension. It's powered by an 1964 SBF Windsor 289 with a mild built C4 automatic trans. Thanks for a look into the world of Holley and all they do, it was very interesting.
I have to admit I always thought of Holley like a Honeywell that bought up everything just to be an "everything" company that didn't do everything well. Its sobering to see them actually care about true American history, anddddd making their own screws in Kentucky! Though I was disappointed that my Scott Drake Legendary wheels were made in China, I have found an all new respect for Holley. I think they need to leverage their history more for old grey beards like me. I'm thinking maybe a Weiand Fest for old tunnel rams and roots blowers! Thank you!
18:30 I think that might be a product demo unit for a Mallory Magspark. It used a sepcial transformer and a make/break points setup to produce a spark of high voltage for the duration of the points offset which i believe gave a spark lasting 8-12deg of duration. Information on how it all worked is pretty sparse.
Thanks guys, and special thanks to Shane for giving you & us viewers a tour, as well as his personal ambitions of some day opening up a true Holley museum!!! The man really cares about the history of the products and the people who made them.......I respect & admire that, because I'm a history nut myself. Without history, we have no future. Please see my other comment below, for some other interesting stuff about headers as well as Holley.
Thanks to you guys and Holley for showing us this info. It's great to know that Holley is preserving the history of the smaller companies that they aquire, as many of them are the heritage of the performance parts industry. Thanks again!
It's so awesome to see holley is a company thats keeping the history of our hobby/ lives around and not just letting pitched in a dumpster for cost savings for shareholders.... thank you holley and once again thank you Stapletons for making a awesome video
Love seeing the inner workings of Holley. Even though I am saddened when they buy up yet another legendary manufacturer, at least they are keeping that brand and their legacy alive. Rad tour as usual, thanks guys. P.S. Love the hat..
It's cool that you do these video's of the performance part factorys, it takes me back to being a kid . Back in the day if your friend wanted to get a little more horsepower and make his stock motor sound good we would run over to the speedshop and pick up an Eldelbrock intake, Holley carb, Mallory ignition and Hooker headers and this video has 3 of the 4 components typically used . I bought more Holley 650 for small block and 780s for big blocks than I can remember. Thanks for the video
So cool Us people that follow just got a lot of answers. This was a great video just like the rest y’all have done. This was awesome Logan likes these factory videos much as we do.
Cool videos. I recently retired from a headlight manufacturing company hear in Ontario Canada. My employer once to General motors oshawa to see our lamp in the Chevrolet impala and another time to oakville Ontario the the ford plant to see our product on the f 150 pick up. I enjoy watching videos of other parts being manufactured. Keep up the great work👍
Loving the history here. One of many decals i put on my first car I owned ('78 monte carlo) was a Holley sticker, even though my car wasn't Holley equipped. I was brand loyal for the most part because of Nascar. Like everyone else here, it's a new lesson learning about Holley's history. Them building cars? That's new to me. Spark plugs? Just interesting stuff here! Watching that pipe bending machine was mesmerizing. I wish they were able to make a custom 2.25" Y pipe for my S10. SLP did it but that was discontinued long time ago. So the way they were explaining on the exhaust building process is exactly what I want in my Y pipe! Free flowing without the compromise of power/torque loss in the bends. This is where I'm going to go everywhere now... When I was rebuilding my '89 GTA trans am's engine I went with accel's 8.8mm wires. They did a great job but later i decided to go the MSD route because they were more stock appearing. The engine company I use to work for a few years ago, we still had old ignition parts on the shelf like Mallory coils and wire sets just collection dust. However we did carry a ton of Holley stuff when we had to build a custom marine engine per customer application. 2 years ago during the covid we had a bad run of Holley stuff being delivered unfortunately. I had damaged throttle linkages attached to the carbs, incorrect fuel feed line sizes even though the part number was correct on the box, or broken carb bodies that leaked fuel. I know they too were in a bind because they were out stock of certain carburetors that we were ordering. It was a difficult time because customers needed their engines and their customers wanted their boats in the water asap! Then we had a engine block shortage too on top of part shortages...anyways I'm in a happier place now and I'm glad I was able to find this channel along the way! Great job Mitchell (not named Mike, Rob, or Peter, lol!) Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next set of videos!
I have an elementary understanding of internal combination engines, but I love your channel! EVs be damned, it's just neat as hell how much thought, trial, error and testing go into maximizing the power and efficiency of these beautiful hearts of our beloved automobiles and other modes of transportation. I've never owned a high performance car, but I geek out on videos like this. Sure, guys like in this video might as well be speaking Mandarin to me, but I can listen to it all day!
If there is anyone on earth that would know where a Holley motorcycle "might" be it would be Matt Walksler at Wheels Through Time in Maggie Valley NC. His Dad was the key holder of American motorcycle history. I haven't seen one at their museum. But his son probably knows someone who has one because he was trying to buy it to preserve it at one time or another.
I really enjoy the content. I have days when I can’t move due to my disability and these videos help take me back to the days when I heavily involved in circle track and drag racing. I have used products from every manufacturer you have featured for a minimum of 40 years. It is great that you are documenting the stories and history of these companies and race teams. Thank you once again.
great video I didn't know holley made cars or motorcycles very interesting keep up the hard work on these videos I'm a subscriber for life to this channel
This is cool seeing how they make all of them performance carbs and fuel injections. Seeing all that reminds me of a good interview with Mark Campbell a former Holley engineer that worked on developing the Dominator carb.
Very Cool, I liked the wooden casting of the Pontiac manifold. You can tell Holley has pride in their companies history (as they should) Thanks for the tour.
Modern manufacturing dedicated to making ancient technology. My big takeaway is the enormity of demand for carbs is still big enough to support this level of manufacturing. The modern Holley makes quite a range of stuff these days.
@@Stapleton42 Major manufacturers will move on over time. Gas engines will disappear from new designs for a variety of reasons - economics being one of the big ones. The enthusiasts, however, will support specialty companies like this for a looooooong time.
Outstanding you guys! Alot of automotive history you brought us all; I know I spent a great deal of money back in the day on many of those brands of go fast parts.
Another Outstanding product / history lesson ! That is great that Holley cares about all the history for the brands that have been acquired. Halibrand started in California and at one time was in Wellington Kansas. I am glad that you are able to get the tours of the performance manufacturing and shops to tell their story's and history. Keep up the good work , if you post it I will watch it .
My grandpa John Siroonian was the founder of Western Wheel back in the day and i was thinking maybe Holley would be interested in the brand name. I personally would love to see it get some use again because idk who or what the deal is with the rights or whatnot. But idk if it’s even that well known everywhere but maybe another wheel line possibly with the Western Catalog ,anything would be cool. Anyways I love you videos and it’s just so awesome to see all this. Literally this is all the stuff I think is cool.
Very cool tour, I always wondered if the 'Colt industries" on the box of holley carbs back in the day was the same 'Colt' that made 1911 pistols, now I know! Thanks for the cool content guys!
Fun fact: Colt Industries (yes that Colt) acquired Holley in 1968. They changed their name to Coltec in 1990 and sold Holley in 1998. We never knew that until this visit!
Stapletonautoworks.com
I did not know that. Thanks!
Is there any truth to the rumor that Smokey Yunick was the guy that designed the Holley carb
I don't know you and I don't know the guy on Turbo's and Tahoes.
I love your content and you know that.
I watch Turbo's and Tahoes because I feel bad for him.
I'm asking if you could give him some encouragement or Even some advice.
He got ripped off on the first engine he bought, it was junk, so he bought another engine.
Then the poor bastard takes his loom to have done and they stuffed it.
He finds another place they say they can do the loom, $2000.00 later and it's still stuffed maybe worse.
He has a colour blind auto electrical guy trying to help.
So far I know of $3000,00 his lost being ripped off.
It wouldn't worry me so much but his a single father with 2 beautiful kids and that Tahoe is his only car.
I'm not asking you to give him money, just encouragement and advice.
I will try and help him with some money.
Yours sincerely
Mad Cow Mark.
Mark White.
Australia
@@madcowmark7129 sorry to hear about that guy however I hate to say this but sometimes you have to eat things to move forward and doing due diligence is probably a smart move when your short on cash! I had to learn that the hard way and because I’m a bit thick it took more than once for me to learn to do my due diligence in most all of my projects now!
@@Mtlmshr not asking for cash, he looks upto Stapleton42 channel and was and still is a great supporter of theirs.
Just a message of encouragement, maybe plug his channel. I'm not asking for him to go there and help him with the Tahoe.
His in Canada and I don't expect them to travel to Canada.
They don't have to do a thing, it was just asking a question.
Hansa, Might be nice if you can go and watch a couple of his videos, leave a like, a comment and subscribe, gee we might get him to 100 subs.
Oh Don in the hilborn section is the coolest, working for 60 years in one place, you have to admire him hats off to Don, that's when you know you love your job, when you have no plans ever of Retiring......
Yeah man that’s insane
That’s what I’m saying! You know he loves his job and is treated well to be there for that long. Awesome
Wow 60 years. That's loving your job..lol
Don's been doing his thing as long as I've been alive! Born end of ' 62'....
You guys did it again by showing things that companies like Holly don’t have the time to let people know. They really made a lot of parts and cars back in the day! Great video again ❤️❤️❤️😎
Our pleasure!
for the record......the SBC the Weiand Aluminum intake in its day was the top dog!
Just say "Why And!"........
I'd love to see the whole history collection at Holley. My dad raced back in the 60's so I grew up digging through old stuff. I had no idea they made cars either! Another great history lesson, thanks guys. 👍
Thanks man!!
Interesting to see Eddie Sachs photo the same year(64) he passed away with Dave MacDonald at the 500. My dad was a tech inspector for USAC and he had just gotten done with his work and was walking to the bleachers where my mom was sitting (the crash was in front of her) when it happened. It’s always been something my family has never forgotten. Thanks again for the video! Awesome to see the history behind the brand(s) and yes, a museum is indeed a must!
Man that is wild!
,,,,,,,,,,,,,I remember that ,,,,,before I discovered Drag Racing...............The Indy 500 was big,,,,and on TV,,,,free tv.................They ran Alcohol as fuel back then....When a fire erupted one could barely see the flames......
The size of that operation is incredible.
What a interesting place.
I appreciate Holley making it a point to be the care taker of all the brands they’ve purchased.
Not so sure they took care of the Hooker line up very well. I bought a lot of hooker headers in the 70's and 80s, they always fit and worked great, never an issue. Ordered a set of their premium ceramic coated for a project truck (95 F150) a couple of years back and they did not fit at all, hit the frame rail when tightening the flange bolts. Very common truck so one would expect them to fit. Summit confirmed they were the correct header and allowed me to return them. Had to fall back to Hedman which actually went in without needing to remove the starter unlike the Hooker. Had zero clearance issues and was further from the starter motor so no heat soak issues. Just cost me a bit more since I had to have them ceramic coated myself.
@@dev-debug That sucks, I wasn’t aware of that. Seems like a lot of quality has slipped with a lot of places.
Mitchel/Logan this was really a excellent video. Did not know how vast the Holley company was. Thanks for sharing all of your information and videos. The both of you are very fortunate to be able to get these tours and then share them with people like myself and give us the back story that we never hear about. Once again thank you for sharing. 🇺🇸 Artie
This is why I love u're videos. U always show interesting stuff an videos are about it an not you guys. Thank u, Mitch an Logan.
Thanks man. I feel any subject matter I can find is more interesting than blabbing about what I ate yesterday or something. We are just the vessel.
Absolutely need a Holley museum!
That gentleman that has been with Hillborn for 60 years loves his job. I have 2 more years to retire and I’m going to find something to do I enjoy. Love you Shelby!🐶♥️👍🏼
Holy smokes just when you think you can't get any better, you come through with this video. We use hilborn mechanical injectors on our Sprint car. I'm currently looking for some old hillborn big block mechanical injectors. They're very hard to find in good condition. Thanks so much for showing this, got me geeking out. 😎👍
A Holley Museum is a must it would be so cool to be able to show our kids all the technology that brought us to where we are now. Yes build the Holley museum
Another amazing video. Thank you.
I did a Internet search. And found a article from 2020 that showed the old Holley car and motorcycle together. Article was " motor life" and looked like straight from Holley.
Definitely need a Holley museum.
Great video! Really enjoy the questions you guys ask. Not the same old questions everyone always ask. Logan has so many great questions and responses in these videos. You have a great woman Mitchell. Thank you both so much for the entertaining and informative history.
Thank you Dawson!
This is by far the radest holley history and tour video... keep up the good work yall keep getting into some of the stuff that's just not on RUclips atm...
Thanks dude we will keep digging 💪🏻
Great job! That was so much fun! Thanks to Holley for letting us in for a tour! I had a dual point distributor from Mallory in my 69 Camaro and also I had a Holley 780cfm vacuum secondaries carburetor on it. And Hooker headers! Made in the USA! 🇺🇸
As a CNC machinist, I can 10/10 confirm Hermle CNC machines are awesome. I run 2. A C42 and a C50. They are larger but man they are cool to run.
Wow! You guys scored a great company to do a video on! You guys rock! Thank you so much, love tech stuff and how things are done.
I have worked with Holley carbs for most of my 45 years in the mechanical career field, always found them easiest to tune out of all the available carbs out there. Holley has a lot of irons in the fire these days!
Appreciate you & Logan & all the hard work that you do to give us excellent video content, and there with you each video! Keep up the good work!
Thank you Mark!
That Shuttle-Jet documentation with the manual fuel injection was really interesting - the picture of the modern engine reminded me of a cummins with those hard fuel lines. Very cool and educational video. Thank you!
Those trolley loaded CNCs are genius as it lets 1 person setup for 1 part and just swap parts and zero it out after a run and let it go on the same part over and over. Normally they would do 1 run of 1 part, then swap tools, holding fixtures, and programs for every new part. My dad never got to run one but he always loved the idea. He started when Tape feed was new and his dad was trying them out in his shop on rotary airplane engines, and thought to be the pinnacle of machining. He just recently retired and now is doing 3D printing lol
Any museum for any product is a great idea we should never forget the parts or the shoulders of the people we stand on that started many different products and companies. I have been very fortunate to know many famous people that others don’t have idea who they are but they what they did or what they made!
Great video, Shane’s dedication to the Holley brand is admirable, I hope his museum comes to fruition, I’ll be there for sure. Hope you guys find some more manufacturers to video with the same dedication and passion to the automotive field. 😀🇺🇸
"I hope his museum comes to fruition"; it has to, EVs will replace all this in time.
Amazing video ! Great tour of the Halley manufacturing plant ! Keep up the great work Mitchell and Logan
Never knew Holley had so many brands!
holley museum would be epic
I don't think I've ever seen you do videos on transmissions, I own a transmission shop in Clarksville, TN, about 1.5 hours from BG. Idk if you're still in the area and want to see what's inside some GM transmissions, I can show y'all.
We haven’t yet you’re correct
You usually have incredibly historically knowledgeable people on your channel. I don't have that type of knowledge, just a transmissions guy that knows a few things. Lol
I sure as hell never knew Holley made cars and motorcycles! Great job bringing us this awesome history!
I’d totally visit a Holley museum!
grew up next to the Holley plant went to the high school next door and saw a lot of the prototype car in the lot awesome to finally see the inside. Thanks for the inside look.
The machines are amazing and the size of the facilities is something else. Thx!!
I enjoy your videos because I always lean something. There are a lot of videos out there that frankly just look like their just Killing time . Keep up with what you've doing and can't wait for the next one.
Thanks man I feel the same way
I grew up and still live within a couple of miles of the original Holley building in Warren, MI. As kids in the 60's, we would bike ride there to check out the muscle cars in the back lot. The facility was torn-down years ago and is now a distribution warehouse for an automotive supplier. I took some photos mid-deconstruction and email them to Doug Flynn at Holley.
I love these tours, keep up the good work.
Thanks man!
The condensers in that Mallory test box are called" life time condensers" which state that on the package because they have no soldered connections, They are a part number 25010 and I know this because I used to put them on cars back in the day and still have a NOS one in box. When I started in a speed shop in the seventies Colt industries was proudly on everything Holley and I didn't have a license yet so I road my bike to work after school in 1975 so I remember that. I still hear from the speed shop owner on occasion these days, the shop has been long gone. I got to know him through our auto shop school teacher so I went to work there after school and he told me one day that if I kept working as good as I was he would start to pay me LOL but I didn't care really because was learning and that's what mattered. Everything old at one time or another ends up in Pennsylvania I swear. P/S I'm wearing my boom tube shirt by chance today
Nice to see some things still made in the USA. I bought a new Holley 1860 Carburetor to put on a 1975Chevy C-65 with a 427 Tall deck engine now stroked a/2" to 488 Cubic inches Truck in about 1981 for $76.00
Another great factory tour. I didn't know Holly was that big of a company. Love the factory videos. It's cool Logan gets so into seeing how things are made.
Holley is on the New York stock exchange now actually 😂
This was cool, always down for these behind the scenes type videos. Had no idea about Holley making vehicles - I think they do need to get that 1903 running and do a lap at one of the "Fest" events.
Great tour of several brand names I've known and used for years. Back in the day if you didn't have a Holley carburetor, Mallorey Distributor, Accell wires, plugs and big Yellow Super Coil, with Hooker Headers you weren't competetive on the street. I also caught slip of the secret project name drop when Logan mentioned the carpet kit for "her" car! Can't wait to see that come up. I just finished resto-modding a 1958 Ford F100 stepside. Original patina finish sheetmetal on an updated chassis with coil overs and disc brakes on all four corners, and four link rear suspension. It's powered by an 1964 SBF Windsor 289 with a mild built C4 automatic trans. Thanks for a look into the world of Holley and all they do, it was very interesting.
I have to admit I always thought of Holley like a Honeywell that bought up everything just to be an "everything" company that didn't do everything well. Its sobering to see them actually care about true American history, anddddd making their own screws in Kentucky! Though I was disappointed that my Scott Drake Legendary wheels were made in China, I have found an all new respect for Holley. I think they need to leverage their history more for old grey beards like me. I'm thinking maybe a Weiand Fest for old tunnel rams and roots blowers! Thank you!
Dude this was the best tour video you’ve done to date
18:30 I think that might be a product demo unit for a Mallory Magspark. It used a sepcial transformer and a make/break points setup to produce a spark of high voltage for the duration of the points offset which i believe gave a spark lasting 8-12deg of duration. Information on how it all worked is pretty sparse.
The roots of this company started in Bradford, PA. Humble beginnings.
Thanks guys, and special thanks to Shane for giving you & us viewers a tour, as well as his personal ambitions of some day opening up a true Holley museum!!! The man really cares about the history of the products and the people who made them.......I respect & admire that, because I'm a history nut myself. Without history, we have no future. Please see my other comment below, for some other interesting stuff about headers as well as Holley.
Thanks so much for taking us to all these cool places and the history.
Thank you for being here for it!
Thanks to you guys and Holley for showing us this info. It's great to know that Holley is preserving the history of the smaller companies that they aquire, as many of them are the heritage of the performance parts industry. Thanks again!
loved the tour and like you I did not know that Holley made cars in 1903. Holley needs to bring that car out and drive it and show it!
I think it's awesome that they are preserving the history of all the different brands they have. Great video once again. Thanks.
It's so awesome to see holley is a company thats keeping the history of our hobby/ lives around and not just letting pitched in a dumpster for cost savings for shareholders.... thank you holley and once again thank you Stapletons for making a awesome video
Thanks for watching!!
Holley's history of company acquisitions. So many companies under one umbrella risk the failure of all.
Such amazing history so glad you guys are doing these videos absolutely love it 👍👌🇦🇺
They creating an automotive museum of sorts with RUclips video. Awesome. I really have no interest in their car builds. This stuff makes me hard.
Love seeing the inner workings of Holley. Even though I am saddened when they buy up yet another legendary manufacturer, at least they are keeping that brand and their legacy alive.
Rad tour as usual, thanks guys. P.S. Love the hat..
Thanks man. Better under the umbrella of Holley than let these places die out forever. They are saving places.
It's cool that you do these video's of the performance part factorys, it takes me back to being a kid . Back in the day if your friend wanted to get a little more horsepower and make his stock motor sound good we would run over to the speedshop and pick up an Eldelbrock intake, Holley carb, Mallory ignition and Hooker headers and this video has 3 of the 4 components typically used . I bought more Holley 650 for small block and 780s for big blocks than I can remember.
Thanks for the video
thank you dan!!
So cool Us people that follow just got a lot of answers. This was a great video just like the rest y’all have done. This was awesome Logan likes these factory videos much as we do.
Let’s go! Can’t beat Holley!
Absolutely!
What an amazing behind the scenes tour of America Hot Rod Pioneers and current owner of iconic legacy brands from the earliest days!
Cool videos. I recently retired from a headlight manufacturing company hear in Ontario Canada. My employer once to General motors oshawa to see our lamp in the Chevrolet impala and another time to oakville Ontario the the ford plant to see our product on the f 150 pick up. I enjoy watching videos of other parts being manufactured. Keep up the great work👍
Thanks Jeff that’s awesome
Loving the history here. One of many decals i put on my first car I owned ('78 monte carlo) was a Holley sticker, even though my car wasn't Holley equipped. I was brand loyal for the most part because of Nascar.
Like everyone else here, it's a new lesson learning about Holley's history. Them building cars? That's new to me. Spark plugs? Just interesting stuff here! Watching that pipe bending machine was mesmerizing.
I wish they were able to make a custom 2.25" Y pipe for my S10. SLP did it but that was discontinued long time ago. So the way they were explaining on the exhaust building process is exactly what I want in my Y pipe! Free flowing without the compromise of power/torque loss in the bends.
This is where I'm going to go everywhere now...
When I was rebuilding my '89 GTA trans am's engine I went with accel's 8.8mm wires. They did a great job but later i decided to go the MSD route because they were more stock appearing.
The engine company I use to work for a few years ago, we still had old ignition parts on the shelf like Mallory coils and wire sets just collection dust.
However we did carry a ton of Holley stuff when we had to build a custom marine engine per customer application.
2 years ago during the covid we had a bad run of Holley stuff being delivered unfortunately. I had damaged throttle linkages attached to the carbs, incorrect fuel feed line sizes even though the part number was correct on the box, or broken carb bodies that leaked fuel. I know they too were in a bind because they were out stock of certain carburetors that we were ordering. It was a difficult time because customers needed their engines and their customers wanted their boats in the water asap!
Then we had a engine block shortage too on top of part shortages...anyways I'm in a happier place now and I'm glad I was able to find this channel along the way!
Great job Mitchell (not named Mike, Rob, or Peter, lol!)
Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next set of videos!
Thank you so much we are glad you’re here!
They have so many cool things could spends hours nerding out on all the parts!
That was super cool dude, been a Holly fan since I rebuilt my first holly in 82. So much stuff I never new about Holly.
Another Banger guys! I had no clue that Holley was so diversified.
They need a museum!!! Would be awesome
Love to visit the museum when they build it.
Thank y'all for everything I really enjoy the content!
Our pleasure!
I Like Holley Carburetors From The 70s 80s And Early 90s Nhra And NASCAR Winston Cup Series Decal Thanks For Uploading
I have an elementary understanding of internal combination engines, but I love your channel! EVs be damned, it's just neat as hell how much thought, trial, error and testing go into maximizing the power and efficiency of these beautiful hearts of our beloved automobiles and other modes of transportation. I've never owned a high performance car, but I geek out on videos like this. Sure, guys like in this video might as well be speaking Mandarin to me, but I can listen to it all day!
I just bought my first ever you tube fan purchase. The black SAW hat. Thanks for these type of videos..
Thank you so much Jeff!!
If there is anyone on earth that would know where a Holley motorcycle "might" be it would be Matt Walksler at Wheels Through Time in Maggie Valley NC. His Dad was the key holder of American motorcycle history. I haven't seen one at their museum. But his son probably knows someone who has one because he was trying to buy it to preserve it at one time or another.
We need a Holley museum
Perfect timing
Glad you’re here James!
I really enjoy the content. I have days when I can’t move due to my disability and these videos help take me back to the days when I heavily involved in circle track and drag racing. I have used products from every manufacturer you have featured for a minimum of 40 years. It is great that you are documenting the stories and history of these companies and race teams. Thank you once again.
That’s awesome man I’m so glad we are able to help
I love the old books and tools
great video I didn't know holley made cars or motorcycles very interesting keep up the hard work on these videos I'm a subscriber for life to this channel
what perfect timing lol I'm calling them tomorrow to order my term x max setup!!
Heck yeah! Click the link in our description it helps 💪🏻
@@Stapleton42 will definetly, looking at around $5k here in Canada so evey bit helps🤘❤
I feel like Don from the Hillborn area could have one or more videos from his history 🤔. I love the stories from the older generations.
Absolutely!
This is amazing, with massive fuel injection production with major cars, here massive amounts of carburetor production.
This is cool seeing how they make all of them performance carbs and fuel injections. Seeing all that reminds me of a good interview with Mark Campbell a former Holley engineer that worked on developing the Dominator carb.
Very Cool, I liked the wooden casting of the Pontiac manifold. You can tell Holley has pride in their companies history (as they should) Thanks for the tour.
These videos really put into perspective what it takes to meet the demands Of the millions of car enthusiasts around the world.
Absolutely do! It’s a big industry
Damn cute pooch ... love the factory tour of an iconic name in motorsports. Thank you!
Modern manufacturing dedicated to making ancient technology.
My big takeaway is the enormity of demand for carbs is still big enough to support this level of manufacturing. The modern Holley makes quite a range of stuff these days.
People need to remember this when they think gas engines are just going to magically go away in 10 years
@@Stapleton42 Major manufacturers will move on over time. Gas engines will disappear from new designs for a variety of reasons - economics being one of the big ones.
The enthusiasts, however, will support specialty companies like this for a looooooong time.
Yes! on the Holley Museum!
Thank you both for the cool tour. Like most people, had no idea that Holley made motorcycle and cars. Keep up ther good work. God bless you both...
Thank you Joe
shelby getting so big!
she is!
She’s growing up so fast!
Outstanding you guys! Alot of automotive history you brought us all; I know I spent a great deal of money back in the day on many of those brands of go fast parts.
Another Outstanding product / history lesson ! That is great that Holley cares about all the history for the brands that have been acquired. Halibrand started in California and at one time was in Wellington Kansas. I am glad that you are able to get the tours of the performance manufacturing and shops to tell their story's and history. Keep up the good work , if you post it I will watch it .
A train of CNC machines! Crazy stuff. All that history. That car. Who knew besides them? Certainly not I.
Those 5-axis Hermle CNC's are some of the best!
I ve said it before but the way you guys do tours is awesome. Alot better that hey look at all there stock.
Thanks Ben!
one of my favorite videos so far
Thanx gotta love the good old days
How neat Mitch and Logan. Thanks
Awesome, heard progress Is being made on Logan’s car🤘🏼🏁🍻
Yes on the Holley Museum!
My grandpa John Siroonian was the founder of Western Wheel back in the day and i was thinking maybe Holley would be interested in the brand name. I personally would love to see it get some use again because idk who or what the deal is with the rights or whatnot. But idk if it’s even that well known everywhere but maybe another wheel line possibly with the Western Catalog ,anything would be cool. Anyways I love you videos and it’s just so awesome to see all this. Literally this is all the stuff I think is cool.
Thanks man!! Thats awesome about your grandpa
Very cool tour, I always wondered if the 'Colt industries" on the box of holley carbs back in the day was the same 'Colt' that made 1911 pistols, now I know! Thanks for the cool content guys!
Each new video is amazing. Really enjoyed seeing Holleys process and history.
Love Holley! Going to run their stuff on my LS swap in my 81 Trans Am Daytona project. 👍 Awesome vide guys.
Dude I always enjoy these factory videos because it's things like the holley car that I didn't know about that's amazing...
Love your videos! Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much!