How To " Restore " an Old Muscle Car FOR CHEAP??? RESULTS ARE INSANE!!!
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2023
- #buick #skylark #car #restoration
On this episode of how to restore an old muscle car, I demonstrate how easily you can make a clapped out car look presentable to the publics naked eye.
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I love all of your videos!!
Not only is it cool to see a bunch of young guys getting into these classic cars...
But, it reminds me of when I was driving my 1974 Buick LeSabre...
The thing was a BEAST... but ran forever!!
My friends and I... Always jacking around with our cars.
My friend Jim, bought a 1976 Buick Electra Park Avenue , with a blown engine... For $500 dollars... Black Beauty with a crushed velvet burgundy interior...
And took the 455 out of his mom's 1970 Buick LeSabre, and put it in the park avenue....
Later on that summer...
His brother was driving the car one night and on the way home from a night of drinking....
Was speeding his ass off... And hit the cement pillar of the train gates and flipped the car ass end over the front...
A pretty big car with a lot of weight....
I think he chipped his front teeth... And possibly broke his arm!
Good Times... Lol
I'm surprised my friend Jim didn't kill his brother for fucking up that beautiful car!
The upside to this story...
I once asked my friend Jim if I could take the car for a drive ... And he handed me the keys... Always a great guy and willing to help his friends!
Buick..
Oldsmobile...
It doesn't matter...
I watch all of your videos....
Very entertaining... And useful!!
See what I did there? Lol
Take care 👍
A drummer friend of mine Tom's son Tommy... also a drummer...
Got the opportunity to sit in with steel Panther...
Doing "HOT FOR TEACHER"
if I can find the video.. I'll share it!!🤘
thats a crazy story about that buick flipping an endo, i know what youre talking about with the pillar, probably 3 feet high. dude was lucky he was as drunk as he was because thats what kept him from dieing... damn...
im glad you enjoy the show and the word play you made on the channel name is exactly how and why i chose the channel name years ago. it leaves me room to post what ever i want because no where does it insinuate cars lol.
dude thats bad ass, getting to hang with steel panther, its funny you mention that it was hot for teacher because they started out as a VH cover band.
I had a 71 Stage 1 455 GS Buick back in the day. It ran pretty good. Buick race parts are expensive as hell and hard to find.
Love the Skylark, so under appreciated as a street sleeper!
You know what? I'm impressed with the results. You did a great job sanding, priming and painting the Skylark. Heck even with the runners and orange peelers, it still looks snazzy. It also gives character to the Skylark.
Heck, back in summer I've just went straight into wire-wheel-brushing and painting several spots on the inner-fender for the my 66 Deuce and funny thing is, i've haven't learned that maneuver. My hot-rod mentor was more than impressed and he said "well done son! you did more than a great job". Now 'cause of that, I've wire-wheeled and painted several parts, mostly brackets and the battery-tray
thank you, i feel i blended everything into the rest of the car for the most part.
Not bad, id keep it up because every detail counts. thats how i pulled the skylark together so well. eventually you'll have everything looking spiffy under the hood.
No matter how imperfect it may be its back on the road and being enjoyed with past present and hopefully plenty future memories. That's job well done as it is let alone what can be touched up and smoothed as it goes down the road! My Olds is probably the most ran down looking thing switing lanes but it's coming back around while enjoying and people seeing it and taking them back to memories they had with one and happy to see it out and going down the road.
thats the idea, im looking at taking it on a road trip to New York & Connecticut here soon, hopefully no issues arise.
good luck with the Olds and have fun along the way.
Those John Holmes spray cans lay down alot of paint pretty quick.
The hood burn through looks like the rest of the patina, your 100% right she could be sitting in a yard returning to earth, did a great quick job.
yeah man, thats why it didnt bother me that much, car looks blended together. im actually kind of impressed how well it came out with the minimal effort and time i put in LOL.
Hubba hubba! Also, that Electra Estate fascia...❤
Looks good to me! Love the song choice while you were spraying the panels.
Hell yeah, steel panther 🤘🤘🤘
About time you got some rattle can resto’ going!
Personally i like a imperfect paint job Bett than a perfect one, that car has an attitude about it that doesn't vibe with perfect paint, i think its perfect for that car. Hell ya man
hell yeah thanks. i think you perfectly explained it, it does have an attitude and the look to match.
Looks much better. We used to call that a 50 footer. A big ass cam in a 430 Buick engine would make it look even better. Limo window tint would take care of that headliner. A "Stage 2" factory type hoodscoop would be cool.
Rusty Nail, whats up man!!!
uhh tell me about Buick race parts being expensive... Luckily im not much of a buick engine fan in fact, them and Cadillacs are the 2 i dont really care for. I know the 455 stage cars boggie out pretty good but the oiling problems are too much for me.
a cammed 430 or 455 would be pretty cool but thats just not what i want this car to be. This is the only car we have that hasnt been decked out, i want it to be what it was designed to be when it was sold new, and its like the complete opposite of my cutlass, the cutlass is a mild big block, 4 speed, bucket seat job, I like the buick being a small block, auto bench car. Plus they are both black on black 68 and 69 A bodies.
dont worry, we still call them 50 foot cars, even tho this is more of a 100 ft car lol.
Hows things on your end???
@@UsefulEntertainment Sheeiiitttt, all is well. Just working on some old shit myself. I built a 350 Buick for a guy back in high school, it turned out to be a good running unit. Pretty much stock except for a TA cam and intake. Had a nice pair of headers on it. Came out of a 72 Skylark. Ole boy daily drove it for years.
@@thereluctantgearhead4544 aren't we all lol, this is our corner of JooTube lol.
Buicks don't seem that hard to hop up.
I like that 403 you're working on.
Work with what you got right 👍 and hey who's got a older Buick anyway cool video
That's what it's all about here.
I love the 69 Skylark. I would just have fun with it. I would love to get an old car again and cruise around and have a blast with it. They don't make them them like they used to.
Right on, if you follow the other episodes, you'll see we already took it on a road trip 👍
@@UsefulEntertainment I did see the video of you taking the car on road trip.
@@mattgilmore1971 ahh ok cool.
Yup, just enjoying if for what it is, is the plan.
If you do get some sort of classic car, just don't hack it together like I did lol
@@UsefulEntertainment I‘ll try not to.
Looks great .
Yea yea 👍
She looks pretty good!
Thanks man, i know right, the messed up part is if my dad wouldve let me do this in high school, i couldve had all the body work done and painted correctly in my AutoBody class, instead i had my 79 Cordoba in there...
Nope, no need to prime it, i sanded the silver paint with 320 and itl act just fine as a pimer.
Lol, they can be street sleepers but this one just has a 2bbl 350, although, i have a 4bbl intake for it. Eventually when i have the time to swap it, ill use the Quadrajet that came off the 350 from the cutlass.
You may want to re-sand that hood, I noticed that you didn’t use any primer.🤔
THIS IS SO COOL I just got my first car on the road and it’s a skylark aswell and I’m never gonna part from it
cool man, is that a 71 or a 72???
@@UsefulEntertainment it’s a 71 custom sports coupe it’s been my dream car for a while
@@jacobkoolick3208 how long you have it and what's the plans?
@@UsefulEntertainment I plan on being buried in this big blue bird plans on the car itself someday imma save a good 12k just for the car and put a 383 with a six speed trans
@@UsefulEntertainment rn it’s a cammed 355
You got any olds trans you'd be willing to sell laying around?
I do not however, they are not hard to get ahold of. Pontiac, Olds and Buick all used the same th350s and 400s.
Where are you from?
I'm in central Pa.
11:53 tuff turf 💪🏼
Well that was fast lol.
I'm just glad somebody else knows that movie 🤘🤘🤘
@@UsefulEntertainment hell yeah man I’ve seen too many underrated 80s films, you got good taste my guy
@@woecp LoL, I know I do, it's just nice to see other people that do too.
Tuff turf and the Wraith are probably my 2 favorites. 👍
@@UsefulEntertainment yeah that turbo interceptor, they actually made the new charger ev sound like it , check out the children of Times Square 1986 or Boys Next Door 1985 with Charlie sheen they go to LA ina 73 satellite and get into A Lot of shit great film probably my favorite
@@woecp I have heard of the boys next door with Sheen, been meaning to check it out.
Will do.
I do know they use a bitchin great white song in that flick, that's how I found out about it.
How much would you say it cost for all your supplies?
I spent about $50 in paint.
The prep all, sand paper and everything else I had laying around.
If I had to buy everything, I'd aim around $200 tops for the mediocre work I just did.
@@UsefulEntertainment haha ok and how many hours do you think you have in it?