Ed Bolian wanted to race me in a Cannonball

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • John organized an event called The 2904 to be something very different than record holder Alex Roy had done in 2006. It was a cheap race across the country. When Ed Bolian found about it, he wanted in.
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Комментарии • 191

  • @Russiansniper93
    @Russiansniper93 6 лет назад +76

    "Just burn it down" - every project car owner ever

  • @Mugicha808
    @Mugicha808 6 лет назад +118

    I love these stories. Very sleek marketing here. Get a bunch of car guys that are great storytellers to tell their stories and subtly push the Vinwiki platform. Hats off to you Mr. Bolian, looking forward to many more stories.

    • @tylerdesi5848
      @tylerdesi5848 6 лет назад

      KEN WINS i

    • @beniciogro9170
      @beniciogro9170 4 года назад

      I'm not even a car guy, but these guys are so good that I binge watch 10 at a time when I can.

  • @nightc1
    @nightc1 6 лет назад +74

    This channel is one of my few favorites on youtube. This top quality content delivered on a regular basis is MUCH appreciated! It's a massive bright spot in a world with a lot of negativity these days. Thank you!

  • @clintgliford9941
    @clintgliford9941 6 лет назад +307

    Last time I was this early, the X Ray Machine box still had radioactive stickers on it.

    • @bigBatZ
      @bigBatZ 6 лет назад +29

      Clint Gliford last time I was this early it was still in the US

    • @Methoverbitches
      @Methoverbitches 6 лет назад +5

      last time i was this early a terrorist bought a x ray machine

    • @jasonchristianson8997
      @jasonchristianson8997 6 лет назад

      Clint Glifor

    • @faultless5571
      @faultless5571 5 лет назад

      Clint Gliford same

  • @bigBatZ
    @bigBatZ 6 лет назад +47

    VINwiki you guys should do a one hour special podcast with all the good storytellers. That would be awesome. Just talking stories and cars.

  • @guskipper1194
    @guskipper1194 6 лет назад +65

    This is like the intersection of great storytellers - Ed, John, Arne, Dave, Forrest, the solo guy, and the 3 tickets in a day guy.

  • @randocrypto1678
    @randocrypto1678 6 лет назад +286

    One does not simply beat Ed Bolian in a cannonball

    • @aayt02
      @aayt02 6 лет назад +6

      RandoCrypto apparently 12 owner hookermobiles are lucky

    • @djmadmanmusic
      @djmadmanmusic 4 года назад +1

      Well you say that, but..........

    • @izzyplusplusplus1004
      @izzyplusplusplus1004 4 года назад

      @@aayt02 Only if your initials are E.B.
      Yours are E.S.
      That's a no go.

  • @brettbilger1390
    @brettbilger1390 6 лет назад +111

    I want to be the fly on the wall when all these guys go to dinner.

    • @ihatesigningupforsht
      @ihatesigningupforsht 6 лет назад +2

      oi65.tinypic.com/1z3cevl.jpg
      It was a great dinner.

    • @5HITBOX
      @5HITBOX 4 года назад

      That’s basically this show

  • @Troys0werid0moments
    @Troys0werid0moments 6 лет назад +35

    Have him talk about the ambulance!

  • @jmikedmi2685
    @jmikedmi2685 6 лет назад +9

    Thank you for making my day a lot better with this story, you all come in clutch when I need it!

  • @h33ls_up
    @h33ls_up 6 лет назад +16

    That motor home from VA was sitting in my neighbors driveway for YEARS!! I always wondered what happened to that thing, awesome. Annandale Va to be exact

    • @tmanepic
      @tmanepic 6 лет назад

      Hell No that's awesome!

  • @DCfreerunner
    @DCfreerunner 4 года назад +2

    "We beat the record in our 12 owner dead hooker machine" had me dying 2 years later

  • @mhn3773
    @mhn3773 6 лет назад +17

    I feel like Ed has a wallet size laminated print out of the S-class car fax to shut down the non believers lol

  • @rodrigodepierola
    @rodrigodepierola 3 года назад +2

    "You don't want to get near it with a black light"

  • @loveforthegame3
    @loveforthegame3 6 лет назад +2

    cant believe how much this channel has taken off in the last few months. I remember subscribing in like the first 10k subs

  • @criticalthinkingalways3378
    @criticalthinkingalways3378 6 лет назад +3

    Two guys ran this solo... damn they should get an award just for that😂

  • @nismo1480
    @nismo1480 6 лет назад +14

    New life goal, run a 2904.

  • @beniciogro9170
    @beniciogro9170 4 года назад +2

    10:13 classic Ed Bolian vehicle. Real JC Penny's type guy.

  • @josephturchan2474
    @josephturchan2474 6 лет назад +1

    Another great story VinWiki crew! I love this channel and you guys blew up! Looking forward to many more stories! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @arnaskrauleidis9720
    @arnaskrauleidis9720 5 лет назад +4

    "12 owner, dead hooker machine" lost it ...

  • @linxus18
    @linxus18 6 лет назад +1

    I would like to sit and have a drink with Ed Bolian. He seems like such a cool and laid-back guy. Every story with him is amazing :)

  • @andykapsar4667
    @andykapsar4667 5 лет назад +1

    whod be dumb enough to challenge ed to a cannonball? man takes a science approach to a passion. hell always be unbeatable

  • @Worthi
    @Worthi 6 лет назад +1

    I love how the videos just keep getting better and better, keep it up!

  • @timflenker4613
    @timflenker4613 6 лет назад +5

    sorry but you have to do a 2904 in a 78 smokey and the bandit trans am dressed as Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields

  • @NorthernChev
    @NorthernChev 6 лет назад +1

    The Pontiac Transport WILL transport you AND your family into the Twenty-first century.

  • @carsonlafferty8575
    @carsonlafferty8575 6 лет назад +15

    Nobody Beats Bolian

  • @John1911
    @John1911 6 лет назад +8

    Damn. Do all these guys have radio voices? Or do I have low T?

  • @albanybestdrumline
    @albanybestdrumline 6 лет назад +4

    That ambulance tho

  • @subhankhalid9062
    @subhankhalid9062 6 лет назад +3

    How can someone not like Ed Bolian??

  • @SamCyanide
    @SamCyanide 6 лет назад +2

    I have a short wheelbase GMC motorhome on my property, actually just restored the interior. ozoned everything it ran when parked we will have to see

  • @wilinsonomit3876
    @wilinsonomit3876 6 лет назад +2

    This Guy is Hilarious. JUST BURN IT DOWN LOL

  • @frostyeli
    @frostyeli 6 лет назад +3

    Hey! Tulsa ain’t so bad

  • @iLupi
    @iLupi 6 лет назад +16

    Gotta love the cannonball stories! Who knew you could turn a Silhouette into a Sleeper, and a sleeper XD

  • @CoastalAutoReactionCAR
    @CoastalAutoReactionCAR 5 лет назад

    Wicked story but that sunglasses burn is even better brother! Lol 😎

  • @5ermad
    @5ermad 6 лет назад +1

    Love these stories! Been here since 900 subs!!

  • @kasper5688
    @kasper5688 6 лет назад +12

    Why don't these guys do these races in hearses?

    • @oingoironman
      @oingoironman 6 лет назад +3

      Fake hearse ran in 2017.

    • @kasper5688
      @kasper5688 6 лет назад

      oingoironman Yea thought somebody had to have done it. Seems like a nobrainer.

  • @life-te7to
    @life-te7to 6 лет назад +3

    I hope the 2904 never ends

  • @hugebass94
    @hugebass94 6 лет назад +1

    That rv must of really struck a nerve cause his veins start popping out of his head when he was talking about burning it down lol

  • @needforspeed7081
    @needforspeed7081 6 лет назад +1

    Really interesting you got there! Please keep them going!

  • @TheFlyingcar92
    @TheFlyingcar92 6 лет назад +8

    Ed please, please tell the story of the 12 owner dead hooker S-Class....I mean there has to be History!

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  6 лет назад +9

      It was an early one of our stories - "I bought a Mercedes S55 AMG for $1,500"

  • @Jerrypintoswe
    @Jerrypintoswe 6 лет назад +2

    2:05 I think he means Toronado

  • @fc3srotory370
    @fc3srotory370 6 лет назад +2

    Tulsa checking in

  • @PurplePancakes777
    @PurplePancakes777 6 лет назад +2

    1:50 sleeping homeless guy in the bottom right corner

  • @garythefish5743
    @garythefish5743 4 года назад +1

    Ed Bolian only beats himself

  • @412Driven
    @412Driven 6 лет назад +1

    I love these stories !!!! Makes me wanna be in these road trips !

  • @brandonhightower5666
    @brandonhightower5666 6 лет назад +5

    Finally! Here before Clints "last time" comments

  • @bryanr.5764
    @bryanr.5764 6 лет назад +7

    Hey Ed will you ever do the Cannonball in that Cannonball Audi?

  • @Creating_Space
    @Creating_Space 6 лет назад +1

    that ending though! On to the next story!

  • @jasonmixedtv
    @jasonmixedtv 6 лет назад +1

    THAT CLIFFHANGER!

  • @xavierandradev
    @xavierandradev 6 лет назад

    And because of that, the 2904 only accepts pre OBD-II cars. It's called the Bolian clause.

  • @jebediahgentry7029
    @jebediahgentry7029 6 лет назад +2

    He meant front wheel drive like a Toronado

  • @chowtownfoodreviews6679
    @chowtownfoodreviews6679 6 лет назад +1

    You should be drinking that Beer out of a glass!

  • @russellflemister393
    @russellflemister393 6 лет назад +2

    it reslly does look like a shuttle dam so cool

  • @austinschlatter4726
    @austinschlatter4726 6 лет назад

    9:33 "Gardenining Angel" ROFL

  • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
    @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 6 лет назад

    I can just imagine the 3500RPM roar of that Buick six. My Ford has a Buick 231-based 256 inch six in it because Essex.

  • @mikeybkm1
    @mikeybkm1 6 лет назад

    I love my '76 gmc 23 footer. Wish you had better luck with yours.

  • @FujinWater
    @FujinWater 5 лет назад

    No head gaskets or oil pumps were willingly harmed in the making of this story.
    But they were contemplating suicide.

  • @masonthompson1561
    @masonthompson1561 2 года назад

    I just found one of these on Facebook marketplace today

  • @BigT1984
    @BigT1984 4 года назад

    5 days from coast to cost you must take long breaks on drives , that's nothing I could easily beat that

  • @nickspaulding1511
    @nickspaulding1511 6 лет назад +1

    You guys canonballed a clk430? That's tight I drove mine across the east coast

  • @patricknadolski7566
    @patricknadolski7566 6 лет назад +3

    This should be a good one

  • @toml1446
    @toml1446 5 лет назад +1

    Bring back the 2904!

  • @drewmauck4361
    @drewmauck4361 6 лет назад +1

    Any one else want the guys that drove the mini van on their team

  • @chowtownfoodreviews6679
    @chowtownfoodreviews6679 6 лет назад +2

    What do I need to do for a invitation to this race

  • @JowoHD
    @JowoHD 6 лет назад +1

    Last time i was this early Ed didn't have the Audi 4000 Brock Yates Edition

  • @drewcochran2146
    @drewcochran2146 6 лет назад +1

    Who is the guy with the white Sc400? Looks spot on to my first car 10 years ago.

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  6 лет назад +1

      We have a video with him discussing the solo NY to LA and Atlantic to Pacific records he set.

  • @ndsubisonfan
    @ndsubisonfan 6 лет назад +2

    Dude there's one of those RV's for sale a block from my house

  • @Nikola-df3dg
    @Nikola-df3dg 6 лет назад +3

    Car was lit :D

  • @CreeperOnYourHouse
    @CreeperOnYourHouse 6 лет назад +1

    Gonna do a double transcontinental one day in an 86 Volvo.

  • @jblob5764
    @jblob5764 6 лет назад +1

    Man the things I would do to go on a run with you guys!

  • @markcopland3641
    @markcopland3641 6 лет назад

    Had a Chevy lumina mini van same as the Oldsmobile version, the six cylinder had a flaw in one of the cylinders, as I was to go back to Tennessee from California the cylinder went bad, the mechanic said it should be ok, yeah right going through a lot of desert areas

  • @saulm9794
    @saulm9794 6 лет назад +1

    Watches the video wants to join on the road trip sounds like so much fun

  • @stigsdanishcousin3075
    @stigsdanishcousin3075 6 лет назад +2

    Typical Ed haha😂

  • @gmgrblaine
    @gmgrblaine 6 лет назад +1

    i feel bad for anyone stuck in oklahoma thats why i feel bad for myself XD

  • @YORWOrsTenEMy1
    @YORWOrsTenEMy1 6 лет назад +5

    From Tulsa, can confirm that it sucks :)

  • @olikat8
    @olikat8 6 лет назад +1

    Cannonball guys took a Travco back in the day to 105 MPH...RWD, you can get a 22' long versions. GMC's are FWD and cannot be equipped with an OD. Travco's can & have been converted to Cummins power with an Allison 6-speed trans.
    You are welcome

  • @steelwoolsheep7960
    @steelwoolsheep7960 6 лет назад

    Ed Bolian went easy in 2013.. every night he beats an Atlanta to LA flight by car

  • @gptmotoring9668
    @gptmotoring9668 6 лет назад +1

    passed out guy on right at 1:49

  • @MeKo
    @MeKo 6 лет назад

    I would run an AMG too. E55 which is one of the best engine and transmission IMO after w124 Hammer M117 or M119 500E

  • @tonkofwisdom3788
    @tonkofwisdom3788 4 года назад

    Lesson learned: Bring a mechanic or be one

  • @berburt
    @berburt 6 лет назад

    A guy in my town has one of those gmc motorhomes. Pretty cool

  • @masonthompson1561
    @masonthompson1561 2 года назад

    And the RV is in Pennsylvania

  • @pascalxus
    @pascalxus 5 лет назад

    Another great story

  • @henryatkinson1479
    @henryatkinson1479 6 лет назад +3

    Audio and video are out of sync... it might just be me though.

    • @mexrell
      @mexrell 6 лет назад +2

      Me too thought it was just me cause no one else was mentioning it

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  6 лет назад

      Do you mind checking again? I just rewatched it and it was lined up. I trimmed out a part where John said it was based off a Torino rather than a Toronado around the 2:05 mark with the RUclips trim tool and you may have watched it around the time they released the updated file.

    • @mexrell
      @mexrell 6 лет назад

      yeah still out of sync for me starting then

    • @henryatkinson1479
      @henryatkinson1479 6 лет назад +1

      VINwiki seems fine now. Thanks

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  6 лет назад

      Thank you both.

  • @jonathanschlack9010
    @jonathanschlack9010 6 лет назад +2

    Wait was the actual time 100 days or was that an exadsuration

    • @oingoironman
      @oingoironman 6 лет назад +2

      It was 96 days from leaving NYC to finally getting to California. Engine was rebuilt in Tulsa.

  • @dustinmiller7278
    @dustinmiller7278 5 лет назад

    Didn't know the 23 foot GMC motor homes where rare I'm restoring 2 right now

  • @wadeharrison5404
    @wadeharrison5404 6 лет назад

    Great tale of woe!

  • @kd1s
    @kd1s 6 лет назад

    One movie in which that specific RV was used was Stripes. There's a theme for the next run. Here's the RV in question:
    ruclips.net/video/bENF08EyIck/видео.html

  • @fatmanhow-tosandreviewsdea7484
    @fatmanhow-tosandreviewsdea7484 6 лет назад +1

    I love these videos wish I could compete lol

  • @dco5055
    @dco5055 6 лет назад +2

    Good video but the audio being out of synced made it hard to watch.

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  6 лет назад +1

      Do you mind checking again? I just rewatched it and it was lined up. I trimmed out a part where John said it was based off a Torino rather than a Toronado around the 2:05 mark with the RUclips trim tool and you may have watched it around the time they released the updated file.

    • @dco5055
      @dco5055 6 лет назад +1

      VINwiki looks good now.

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  6 лет назад +1

      Thank you. We have only done that a couple times and the tool is very difficult to use for those little removals. I guess as it re-renders it can cause this.

  • @ItsDave164
    @ItsDave164 6 лет назад +2

    I'm in tulsa!

  • @sven7639
    @sven7639 6 лет назад +1

    dude welding and sunglases dont work ^^

  • @chowtownfoodreviews6679
    @chowtownfoodreviews6679 6 лет назад +1

    Ed,if I ever buy a super duper car.... It will be from you.!!!!##

  • @JawshMann
    @JawshMann 6 лет назад

    Note to self: Remove sunglassses if in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time, or I might look like this guy.

  • @SchaferTheRicer
    @SchaferTheRicer 6 лет назад

    2:07 actually it was a 403 out of the Olds Toronado

    • @oingoironman
      @oingoironman 6 лет назад +1

      The early ones were the 455 out of the Toronado.

  • @kkaouri1216
    @kkaouri1216 6 лет назад

    Im not a doctor yet but it seems as if John has a malar rash, a sign of Lupus Erythematosus

  • @Jenuin
    @Jenuin 4 года назад

    LoL oh brother ✊ so much going on haha awesome story

  • @vanargrand3199
    @vanargrand3199 6 лет назад

    When will they do another 2904?

  • @GarryFullerSr
    @GarryFullerSr 6 лет назад

    Great story.

  • @usynnstradler
    @usynnstradler 5 лет назад +1

    What's a 2904?