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New Junkyard Inventory: A Farm Fresh 1953 Chevy 1 1/2 ton flatbed truck! This One Is Solid and Straight!

Chad Reynolds — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:52:13 +0000

We’ve got more great junkyard inventory right here, and if you are a Chevy truck fan, then this one is for you. Chad at Nobody Elses Auto has a ton of great trucks in the yard, and if you are into these round body vintage Chevy and GMC trucks he’s got tons of projects and parts that will absolutely get you excited. We know, because we’ve been there several times and love going each and every time. This one here is ultra straight and solid and we dig it.

So check out this new truck and if you want it, or parts for some other project, hit up Chad at the number below.

Video Description:

This old Chevy is still in fairly decent shape. Considering what these old trucks went through back in the day, this truck managed to survive pretty well! It has some dings and dents here and there, but overall, this truck still looks good! This old truck performed her duties on a regular basis until and engine problem developed. The engine was torn down and repairs were in the works when the project was abandoned.

That’s how I found this one, literally put out to pasture until another day. This one just came in recently, so let’s go take a quick walk around this old Chevy!

If you like old cars, trucks, and automobilia, be sure to check out all of my other videos! Please subscribe so you can keep up with the new videos as I post them!

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If I don’t answer, I’m probably on the phone with someone else and if you don’t leave me a message, I just assume you’re another telemarketer trying to sell me an extended warranty! LOL!

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FIRST DAY TRAIL RIDE AT MOAB EASTER JEEP SAFARI 2024: CASEY CURRIE AND THE GANG ARE DRIVING KANE CREEK! CASEY CURRIE VLOG

Chad Reynolds — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:12:50 +0000

If you are into Jeeps, then the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab Utah is like Mecca and if you haven’t been you’ll be blown away by how many folks head into town for the event. It’s like a whole new city that gets built during the event and the trails in Moab end up full of thousands and thousands of folks who are out there trying to cover as many trails with other Jeepers as is possible. It’s an epic event and everyone in the off-road community flocks that way, including the folks at Currie which is why we’ve got this great video coming from Casey Currie himself.

Check it out.

Video Description:

During the 2024 Moab Easter Jeep Safari we headed out to Kane Creek Trail with SkyJacker Suspension family, go along with us for a great day of wheeling on the rocks and in the water.

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Behind The Scenes Video: This 1980s Look At The Work Of Monster Truck Crews Outside An Arena Is Cool

Brian Lohnes — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:20:41 +0000

So you might have to be mildly dorky to love this video but I think there are plenty of you out there that fit the description. What you are going to see below is a home-video obviously made by a monster truck fan or someone who maybe traveled with the circuit in the 80s. It shows an awesome grouping of trucks preparing for and then tearing down after an arena show.

We have no idea where this show is but we do know that it is cold outside, there is snow on the ground, and these guys have basically been given a corner of the parking lot to work on their stuff. This is a scene that was repeated several times a week by many of the competitors you see here. These are the trucks that helped build monster truck racing to the height of its popularity and they did it the old fashioned way, by barnstorming around like old drag racers.

The trucks are neat! There’s the famed Rollin’ Thunder diesel Dodge van, there’s the Hawaiian Punch Chevy, the AM/PM Boss, the Skoal Chevy, the Coors Brewer, and more.

As a kid who just showed up to monster truck shows, watched the trucks do their deal, and bailed out with mom and pop, I had no idea that these guys were outside wrenching in the cold and making the stuff actually prepared to compete. It seems like this was just the normal routine back then and we like its humble and weirdly out of place nature as the trucks sit among parked cars of (we’re guessing) arena employees.

Like I said, you may have to be a dork to love this video but hey, if the shoe fits, Cinderella!

Press play to see this behind the scenes look at the monster truck life of the 1980s

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FINNEGAN BOUGHT A MINT 1998 GMC WITH ONLY 12,300 MILES ON IT AND DROVE IT HOME FROM TEXAS!

Chad Reynolds — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:39:00 +0000

Whenever I hear people talking about how hard it is to find C10s, Squarebodies, and OBS trucks, it makes me shake my head because they are out there and plentiful. You have to remember, GM built millions and millions of each of these generations of GM trucks. That means that there are still jillions of them available for sale at every single level. So while it seems unlikely to find one in the kind of shape that Finnegan has found here, they are out there. So what’s it like driving a completely stock 1998 OBS GMC pickup cross country in 2024? Probably the same as it was when it was new.

Let’s see.

Video Description:

Episode 289 of Mike Finnegan’s Garage is a banger! I’m introducing a new project, exploring a spooky warehouse full of cool equipment while trying not to get killed, and driving cross country in a 26 year old truck. This was all made possible by the good people at Bling Sauce and its Platinum line of automotive detailing products. Bling Sauce is so excited about this project that the first 500 viewers who click here and use the promo code “FREEMIKE” will receive a sample pack of Leather Sauce, Secret Sauce and Trim Sauce: https://blingsauce.com/collections/au…

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Amazing Video: Watch These Raw Crankshafts Get Finish Machined By Hand The Old School Way

Brian Lohnes — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:25:29 +0000

We’ve showed some pretty amazing videos from “The Mechanic” channel on YouTube before but this one may take the cake. Why? You are about to enter a factory where raw cast cranks are finish machined and actually completed to the manufacturer specifications. There’s not a computer, there’s no CNC, there’s barely electricity powering these ancient lathes which are spinning the cranks. Watching these guys do all this stuff by hand is amazing. We have no idea when the last time crankshafts were finished (in some volume) without the aid of computers in this country. We have to guess it has been at least 50 years in a production environment.

From a few solid hammer whacks to the quick checks with a measuring caliper, there’s an amazing amount of knowledge in this little room. These guys have clearly been at it a while. It does seem that the cranks being done here are for small inline engines. We picked up a three cylinder application may be the final stop for these guys. Now, are they going into newly built engines? Are these replacement cranks? We know none of that.

We do know that watching these guys work is fascinating.

Press play below to see these cranks finished off by hand in an old factory –

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Fabrication How-To: Building Custom Seat Brackets For An Old Truck With Dirthead Dave and Mom’s Spaghetti

Chad Reynolds — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:36:27 +0000

When I see Dave wheeling Mom’s Spaghetti, his full-size Ford, it makes me smile. I mean I’m a Chevrolet guy so I’d probably choose some other body style, but this thing is dead simple, kinda ugly, and all the important stuff is underneath it. I dig this thing and want something similar. As he’s been getting ready for next week’s Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, he’s been checking things off the list that Mom’s Spaghetti needed and today it is seats, console, and a few other tweaks.

Video Description:

Mom’s Spaghetti Needed some comfortable seating and better storage.. This episode continues on the preparation for Easter Jeep Safari in Moab Utah. Fresh new PRP seats, custom fabrication of mounts, 38″ Falken Wildpeak R/T Tires, Tuffy center console, and Baja Designs lights. All in one episode. It was a busy few days!

If you are around Moab for EJS 2024 make sure to stop. by the Bestop Kickoff party. Monday march 25 at 4:30pm. In the Parking lot just behind the Food Truck area. Downtown.

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2024 KING OF HAMMERS: ONBOARD FOR THE ENTIRE SECOND LAP, THROUGH THE ROCKS, IN CASEY CURRIE’S TROPHY JEEP!

Chad Reynolds — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:05:22 +0000

Here is a full lap at the Race of Kings, from inside the Trophy Jeep! Last time we shared one of a desert lap, but this time it is the rock lap and that means tons of brutal action. Check it out. And if you missed the first video, use the link below to check that one out too.

King of the Hammers Race of Kings action continues, with Casey Currie’s adventures from Johnson Valley.

We’ve talked a lot about King of the Hammers and have shared lots of racing action over the past couple of weeks, but some of our favorite action to see is the highlight reels from different teams as they haul ass across the desert, climb through the rocks, deal with carnage, and ultimately do everything in their power to make it back to the start finish line under their own power. And that is no easy feat during King of the Hammers, as this is one of the most challenging, tough, and insane off-road races in the world. It’s epic, and we love it.

CLICK HERE IF YOU MISSED CASEY’S HIGH SPEED DESERT LAP

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Hardhat History: This 1940s Allis-Chalmers HD5 Crawler Tractor Sales Video Is Great

Brian Lohnes — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:14:01 +0000

It sounds weird to say but as we have seen cars evolve from the 1940s through today, many of the same things that have happened in cars have happened with heavy equipment. This 1940s Allis-Chalmers HD5 Crawler Tractor Sales Video does a good job of illustrating that. The stuff today is more complex, outside of the headlights, this tractor has nothing electrical. Stuff today is largely safer, as cool as the open cab operator position is here if one of these rolls over, the operator is doomed. Stuff today has swelled up in size as well. Now, yes there are perhaps more options to pick from in terms of what size you need your machine to be, but the HD5 represented kind of the largest swath of equipment most people needed. Not too big and not too small.

As all these old films are want to do, we see the machine doing a load of different jobs. From acting as a log skidder in the mountains to doing snow work in the city, light construction, moving coal, effectively everything that the marketing department could dream up.

I’d like to have one of these bad boys to fire up and play around with. Between the Detroit Diesel power and the bucket to scoop stuff with, I’d have a blast.

Press play below to see this awesome 1940s sales film for the Allis-Chalmers HD5

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Fords Make The Best Jeeps? What Is Dave Talking About? Fixing His Ford F-350 Problems So Its Ready For Jeeping!

Chad Reynolds — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:55:55 +0000

Last spring Dave broke his Jeep and it has NOT been fixed for this year’s Easter Jeep Safari. It isn’t like he can’t fix it, but since he’s been wheeling with, and working on, his fullsize rigs they are the ones he’s been keeping going. So to stay with that theme, he’s taking Mom’s Spaghetti, the 1991 Ford F-350 stepside to Moab for EJS. But not before it gets some love. Watch.

Video Description:

It’s time for Easter Jeep Safari again, and my Jeep is still broken from last year. Time to start preparing my 1991 Ford F-350 Mom’s Spaghetti for the trip to Moab Utah. I tackle some issues with the transmission, rear suspension, and even add a little Bling with a metalflake steering wheel.

If you are in Moab for EJS 2024 make sure to stop by the Bestop kickoff party March 25 in the parking lot behind the Food Truck circle downtown. Fred Williams and I will be down there hanging out.

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FAREWELL AND GOODBYE: Finnegan Has Sold His Compound Turbocharged, Cummins Swapped, Square Body Crew Cab Roadkill Ramp Truck

Chad Reynolds — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:40:33 +0000

When he posted it for sale on Facebook just over a week ago, everyone lost their minds. Not only because they thought he should keep it, but also because the price seemed a bit too good to be true. There is no doubt that the new owner has gotten one hell of a tow rig and we’re glad it is going to someone that wants to actually use it like Finnegan did. You know I’m a squarebody fan and I love ramp trucks of course, so this one has always been a little special. But it was time for it to go to a new home and in the video below Mike will explain why and share some highlights of the memories he’s had in this thing. Check out the video and let us know what you think.

Video Description:

Episode 288 of Mike Finnegan’s Garage is a sad one because I’m sending the Roadkill Ramp Truck, my 1973 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually, down the road to it’s new owner. After 8 years of proud ownership, it’s time to say goodbye, fix a few odds and ends, and fondly look back at the good times we’ve had together. I know this is a sudden departure but I have good reasons to sell the truck and I’m excited about the future. So sit back, relax and take a trip down memory lane with Joe and I as we say, “Goodbye, Old Friend.”

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