[00:00] Welcome to Hoobie Garage, the dumbest automotive channel in all of YouTube, and it has been 10 years now, officially, since I posted my first Hoobie Garage video, where I manual swiped my Mercedes 300 SE Turbo Diesel and showed it to you all, that has been, officially, 10 years.
[00:15] And it's hard to believe, but also very believable at the same time, because so much has happened, but it also feels like a blink of an eye. So today I'm going to recap my 10 years and my reflections on those 10 years, but also the new phase of Hoobie's Garage with the Hoobie Lodge.
[00:29] We have to go up there and visit Daniel's son. And also a few days ago at the auction, I picked up some proper, proper Hoobies that are very appropriate, actually, to Hoobie's Garage. One of them is actually my fourth time venturing into a cheap photograph of it.
[00:41] This one, by far the cheapest, $6,300. I can't believe I scored this thing for so cheap, but it's very appropriate for the 10th anniversary. But first, I want to recap where I came from. Because, before this, I was a failed used car dealer.
[00:54] I closed up my old car dealership a dozen years ago and was still looking for something to do with cars. My dad had an opportunity with Frasier Clothes and Customers Steakburgers to open up stores all over the country. So I was training, helping open those stores.
[01:06] But still on the side, I was flipping a few cars. But also I was looking to get my foot in the door with riding. I was a big fan of Doug DeMuro and what he was doing. documenting his adventures with cars, and I thought, well, I could do that, but since I was totally unknown, there was no way for me to get my foot in the door.
[01:20] But I did amass over 5,000 posts on a Mercedes chat forum, and that's when one person from that forum knew me as being a diehard crazy Top Gear fan, Jeremy Clarkson, all of them, and when they were watching their new show, The Grand Tour,
[01:33] he actually got tickets. And even though he had never met me before, he invited me out to go because he knew I was a super fan. We had chatted a lot over the years, and I dropped everything and flew out. assuming this guy was telling the truth once again, a total stranger
[01:45] and he was. We dressed up as the interceptors actually me and Magic Mike because he was living in California at the time along with Justin and we actually got on the bus got off and there was Clarkson, him and May
[01:57] to greet us as we got off the bus. It was totally surreal that they were actually standing there in the flesh and weren't even engaged in conversation because they hadn't been working for a minute because of the talk to yourself all of a sudden went down and this was their new adventure
[02:09] and they were eager to greet the fans. So I actually had a long conversation with Clarkson, a long conversation with Richard Hammond, and after that, I sent out a tweet saying what an amazing experience it was, and thank you so much for having us out.
[02:21] And Jeremy Clarkson actually replied to my tweet. And from there, that got me to put the door with writing, because I'd been reaching out to all these editors of blogs, seeing if I could write for them, but now finally I had a scoop on something that they really wanted.
[02:34] What was it like to be there? And that was my first post on Jalopnik, Which led to more opportunities for writing blogs, including when I bought this, the cheapest Porsche 911 in the USA, for $9,500, 230,000 miles on the thing, and document what that car was like.
[02:49] Who He's Garage, as far as the YouTube channel, wasn't the focus. It was a writing focus. But I started making videos along with the articles, similar to Doug DeMiro. So when Doug DeMiro left and went to AutoTrader, I really wanted to follow him. I'd never met him before, never chatted with him before, but sent him a cold email basically begging for me to come along with him to AutoTrader.
[03:06] and he obviously didn't need to reply. He probably gets 100 plus fan emails at the time. He's already a pretty big deal, but he did and brought me on. So another opportunity there to ride Doug DeMiro's coattails up. So I agree, Hoobie's Garage exists because of total dumb luck.
[03:20] If this person I ever met didn't invite me out to meet Jeremy Clarkson, if Jeremy Clarkson didn't reply to the tweet, if Doug DeMiro didn't reply to the email, all these things for this to come together, it is so, so incredibly lucky. And the experiences that I've had,
[03:32] it's just unbelievable. Three seasons of the TV show on Motor Trend, 11 car tracks, Jay Will, knowing who I am and noticing me after doing several videos together over the years. It's just so surreal how many things I've been able to experience,
[03:45] and I never thought it would happen to me. I'm so incredibly lucky, and it's all because you all watch these videos and actually like what I do. It is so strange. I pinch myself all the time. And then there's the cards.
[03:58] All the cards I've been able to own that would now be totally impossible compared to 10 years ago as far as the prices go. I was able to buy an 80,000-mile clean-tile NSX for $30,000. That's probably $130,000 now.
[04:11] Same with the Ferrari 355 that followed, even though it caught fire. That was around $50,000. That's probably a $150,000 car now. I mean, it just keeps going and going. Like the Countach and the Diablo and the Murcielago. All three of those cars, you know, low six figures, which everything that I had at the time,
[04:27] crazy for me to buy and really stretch myself. But now, a million dollars for that Countach, recent sales. The Diablo VT Roadster, $600,000, $700,000. and the Murcielago not quite as much, the Roadster, all that stuff, not a manual, probably around a $300,000 car, but still, it's just unrepeatable what I've been able to do during
[04:44] that period of time compared to where if I was doing it today. Same with YouTube as far as so many people on the space now. Getting in early with my own niche, being the guy to say I bought the cheapest whatever it was that used to be really cool and expensive in the USA and then trying to fix it and all that stuff, that's my little mark on the world
[04:59] or at least in YouTube that I was able to do and obviously I've been riding that for a very long time to very exotic, expensive things for a little while, which I know a lot of you didn't like, but the fact that I got to experience all those cars, a Bugatti
[05:11] Veyron, maybe I should have kept that a little bit longer, because it's probably worth now about a million more than what I paid for it. So, no regrets, because all that led to me getting my ultimate dream car, the 300SL Gullwing,
[05:23] and even though it isn't here, it's still in Georgia in a thousand pieces, the fact that I have it because of silly YouTube videos is just totally insane. So, the biggest part is the people and the friends I met along the way.
[05:35] I've seen them around before. EuroAge and Bob I've known for almost 20 years. The Car Wizard obviously around before. But most of my closest circle of friends these days, the people that I talk with the most, came from meeting them through YouTube or events or something related to me
[05:47] doing this. Not to mention meeting my wife because I got hired at Barrett Jackson. One thing and another, dream job come true where I get to do the live TV coverage on the History Channel for the option that I've been going to ever since I was a kid in high school.
[05:59] Begging my dad to go watch the C-Channel coverage in the 1990s. A total dream come true. And then April Rose comes along. And a few years after working together, we fall in love, get married. And she gets me. Like, she gets who I am, what I love, what I'm doing, and just really loves me unconditionally as a person.
[06:17] Obviously, far and away, this is the best thing to happen in all of this. Because this is a girl that I watched in a movie 10 years ago. Grown-ups, too. Adam Sandler. They're drooling at her on stage. And now she's my wife and just a totally incredible person.
[06:29] Supermodel stuff. aside, all this because of Jeremy Clarkson, who was lying in his suite, and Doug DeMere was lying in his email. There's little things that could have changed so much to where I wouldn't be here right now with all this. It is so weird to think about
[06:41] how small things can change your life so, so much. So that's why whenever I encounter someone that I can try and lift up with what cloud I have now, I try to do it. So the car wizard, he wouldn't have been a successful person without me,
[06:53] with his own business, all that stuff. But 10 years ago, he's working out of his home shop in his house just fixing customer cars. He gives up and he goes to work for another shop, but hates it. He really wants to work for himself and starts up again.
[07:05] He would have been successful, but the YouTube thing just pushed him to do YouTube, to encourage him and see what happened as far as him being a runaway train success with YouTube. Going from a guy working at his home to basically one of the best film mechanics in the world.
[07:19] It is totally crazy. But even most recently, it was really fun to work for Eric Jackson with my friend Ed Bullion. But also Elliot Alvis, which is one of the first people to recognize you some YouTube here in town. We were in line at a burrito restaurant
[07:31] at a Chipotle-style place, and he introduced himself to me. He said, I really like your videos. And he's one of the first guys to do it. I saw him at a few other local car events when we became friends. I encouraged him to start a YouTube channel because he had a lot of car knowledge and he's a pretty funny guy.
[07:43] And he did, which led to him getting a job at a different collector car auction. And then for the last couple of years, I've been pitching him and coming on board at Barrett-Jackson. And he just did the live stream for Las Vegas for the very first time. And he's like me. He loved Barrett-Jackson ever since he was a kid.
[07:56] and now he's actually working on the inside. And it's just so cool, so gratifying to see. And like I said, it feels so good whenever I can to pay it forward like that because obviously I owe the universe so, so much.
[08:08] But I'm also aware that this is totally unrepeatable. So 10 years ago, I was making $60,000 or $70,000 a year, flipping burgers, opening praise restaurants, all that stuff, a pretty good salary. And I was able to buy Scooby's Garage 1.0, a house $260,000.
[08:23] That house actually just sold. The guys that sold it too, they sold it for $400,000. $150,000, and about six, seven years after I sold it, which is double. So I couldn't afford that house on that salary even back then, even for inflation.
[08:37] The salaries haven't gone up today where I couldn't have afforded that three-car garage, nor could I have probably afforded to do all this goofy YouTube stuff on the side, even though it wasn't making very much money at first, with doubling insurance, with doubling costs of everything, groceries, so much.
[08:51] I would have a second job probably driving for Uber or doing something just to make ends meet. So I am very aware of how fortunate I am to be at the age that I was to be able to do all those things and how hard it is right now for the next generation to follow in my footsteps.
[09:07] And if you're older than me and you don't get it and you just think, well, people need to work harder, well, just do the math. And if you're younger than me, I get it how hard it is right now. But this isn't a political channel. I'm not in a Congress. I have no idea how to fix it. I just know how hard things are right now, especially with the hootie lot
[09:22] and selling cars to the general public compared to 12 years ago. how different it is how different it feels as far as how squeezed people are But the Hoopie Lot is fun in a lot of ways as far as helping people getting good cars And it also makes really fun content I knew when I had that car dealership a long time ago
[09:38] that so many cool stuff happened where it would have been a great YouTube channel. So to be able to do that and actually see it be a success is very gratifying. Because before this, I was a one-trick pony. I bought the cheapest so-and-so in the USA, pick up the car, get it fixed, and all that stuff.
[09:52] And I knew it worked, and I kept doing it. You know, I kind of rode it into the ground, if you will. Still successful, but obviously, had its heyday a few years ago. So to have this new outlet with the Hoopty Lot and the new channel doing so well
[10:04] with a sort of totally different spin on things, I am so happy. So that's where we're going next. Actually, I went to the auction a few days ago and I still had a pretty good cold, but actually got some Hoopties. And actually after that, we're going to head up to the Hoopty Lot.
[10:16] I had the cars delivered up there and Daniel has started inspecting them. Now, I think I'm like a lot of YouTubers, especially considering what's happened in my life, but I have a hard time saying no to opportunities. There's just so many amazing events that brands or other car enthusiasts are creating, and it's hard to say no to some of these sensations
[10:31] because I don't want to disappoint people, but I also don't want to miss out. This led me to overdoing it when it came to travel, and it came to a head about a year ago when I was on a plane, and hang on, I'm guessing, it was my first panic attack. After that and getting home, just my normal day-to-day tasks felt overwhelming, and it
[10:45] was so hard to get anything done. Cutting back on travel certainly helped a lot, but it took a long time and some therapy for my nervous system to recover. Therapy helped me recognize my limits had been reached, and I needed to figure out how to have some real downtime in vacation that didn't require airline travel, which only
[11:00] piles on stress for me. But not only that, I needed to learn how to feel comfortable with missing out on an event to avoid burnout, letting go of the fact that I may be alienating someone or a sponsor, or missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that my younger self couldn't have dreamed
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[11:45] And it is... It is not nice. Hey, GMT-400 bench seating here. vinyl floor just kind of plopped in there definitely a hoofty
[11:58] but I have one of these up on the lot, a C6 mine is a 2006, 68,000 miles and we went low 20s for mine so that's half a mile so we'll see what this one does
[12:10] after a month it's a 06 wheel it's washed with a very dark tint where you can't even see the inside because the name is automatic But, yeah, that's a quote of that.
[12:24] I told you this strategy from years ago where I was trying to buy cars that were broken and interesting for videos. And now I'm trying to buy cars that aren't broken and interesting for a buyer to wear. It actually works for them.
[12:36] Well, stuff doesn't look like this dude's shirt. Good morning. Now this is it right here. 86,000 miles. Buick with Fern. believe these are still the 3800 oh that's neat no warning lights this this is a gem the problem is
[12:57] people don't want these they want camry but you can buy these for a lot less than a toy camry That'll do.
[13:14] Maybe a little bit of clucking in suspension. But just don't feel blown. Maybe sway by length or something. Sample. Cold air. Kind of a stripper. No heated seats on this one.
[13:27] But still really nice. So I'll put this on the list. This is actually kind of loosely based on one of my first 2D garage videos where I said an old Buick is the best car for broke millennials, and it was a 96 Park Avenue Ultra that I did
[13:42] a video on, which was the first year of the Series 238 V6, and this thing is the last of the 3800 V6 right here, so about as new as you can go to still get this very proven
[13:54] power plant, and I dig it. Metal intakes on these later ones, too. I don't have any issues. Looking good to me. Never met an escalator I didn't like but I got some Gorbachev marks.
[14:09] Ooh, got a really flat tire. Tour handle and, well, seats aren't too bad other than somebody wiping their boogers on it.
[14:23] on it. Do we entertain it? Okay, I'll smear in the tire and drive it. Mercadet MR2, we're going to have to go take a peek at that one. I imagine it's a popular test driver though.
[14:36] Add air to tire. Okay, no electric problems with this engine. No warning lights. Steering the suspension does not feel great. And this one slammed on its brakes there. So a little
[14:52] dangerous. I love all our blades. They all deserve to be rescued. This one, it's okay. I mean, the fuck in the hood and the seats. There's boogers on right here. It's a lot
[15:04] of little things. And usually it's the more little things that hang out for these things. But we'll see. Whoa. Is this going to be the cheapest Harley Davidson truck in the
[15:16] USA. She only had paint on her. Somebody peeled the Harley badges off of it. That's a bummer. But, she trucks, man.
[15:32] That's something. Alright, we got the chickens, right? So let's give her a scan. Vapid emissions. Oh, I can count vapid emissions. Uh, who knows?
[15:44] Who knows? who knows you know it's not even listed what the codes are she does get up and go though
[15:57] somebody want this she's gotta be cheap you know this is pretty unbelievable if it's accurate 513,000 miles
[16:09] holy smokes and she looks so good Let's see if it's real. 513.
[16:21] That's insane. And still running great. Wow.
[16:33] I'm going to find this MR2 and somebody beat me to it. Dang it. Alright. Alright. Didn't you spend all your money at Barrett-Jackson?
[16:48] Is this your only car on the list? Alright. It's pretty sad, isn't it? Mm-hmm. I mean, I got a couple, but I mean, I don't give them much hope. up and down
[17:09] you're fine all year yeah I'll sit down okay that seems alright you want to check your synchro on the way up and your synchro on the way down the clutch is weak though alright no limited slip
[17:21] that's one way to test it yep in a high turn so your relation I believe He's lifting his leg on this one? Uh, yeah, it's not bad. It's a bit of a ride. It's a driver. It is what it is.
[17:33] It took the fight a bit. Yeah, it's no pre-pump, that's for sure. It functions as a car. But it would have to be really cheap for me to say it, but you might bid more on this than I would.
[17:46] Basically saying my standards are lower. Thank you.
[18:26] The keys got locked in it, but in the photos you can see that it's running without any
[18:38] warning lights, so it's worth a gamble up to around $8,000 and then I got out. Didn't really take a close look at it, but you know, it wasn't very nice, so anyway. They still, I don't think they're going to sell it for that number, just like the green
[18:51] truck they passed on it, so that would have been quite a gamble. Thank you
[19:31] Thank you.
[20:01] Up at the Hooptie lot, and over here are all the cars that we have currently for sale right now,
[20:27] which is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. and over here are all the cars that need to get fixed to go on the lot, which is currently around 45. So there's a bit of a bottleneck, but the good part of it is the reason why there's so few out there
[20:41] is because the moment we fix them, Gigi, my saleswoman, she's amazing. She sells them as soon as we fix them. So that's why we just have a bit of a bottleneck when it comes to fixing or we have different solutions as far as getting some outside help
[20:54] as far as another shop. They give us a good rate, so we're probably going to do that with a few and maybe getting another mechanic. But as far as the option goes, I did get two of the ones that were on a call, and I did have to negotiate more with this Cadillac.
[21:06] Oh, that's my hybrid SLA. This Cadillac SLA right here, which I'm walking backwards to block the wind. And I did really like this thing. We will have to paint the bumper and the hood, but otherwise it's in really nice shape.
[21:18] Not rusty, and it's locked up. The interior of the dash wasn't cracked. I test drove it. There's some suspension pumps and things. And again, it's only $3,500 with a quiet motor, 150,000 miles. That's a really, really good deal. And
[21:30] the company that was selling it is a bank they wanted five. We negotiated back and forth. Eventually got to 4,200 bucks. So that still gives me room with fees of like 4,600. And I'll spend
[21:42] 6,800 cleaning up the nose. And then probably a grade or two on the mechanicals and there's some money to be made there. And for the price, that's a great deal. We paid about the same for that beautiful Yukon 9 there with the noisy lifters
[21:54] that we haven't been able to go around to fixing it. Actually, that's Daniel's now. And the other one that I got, this is pretty cool, a Ford F-150 four-wheel drive. This is with a notorious three-valve V5.4 liter V8 that has the cam phaser issue.
[22:08] But this one, brand new engine under hood, brand new transmission. So somebody went through the drivetrain, and under the cab corners, which I may or may not fix, it's actually a really nice truck, four-wheel drive, and I got it for $4,900,
[22:21] which is a pretty good deal considering it has a new drivetrain. If it didn't with 180,000 miles, it wouldn't have been worth it. But that's going to make this thing a great truck for somebody for a really long time. So pretty happy with that one.
[22:34] But then the Raptor, like I said, that was the wild card where I didn't see it until it pulled into the auction. I didn't test drive it. And for $6,300, I couldn't help myself because I've had four of these.
[22:47] I guess four now. There's three before this. And it's past the price that I paid for my last Ford Raptor. Hello, Daniel-san. Hello. I am celebrating 10 years of Hoobie's Garage in this episode.
[23:00] Congratulations, man. And nothing much has changed as far as, well, I did go through a phase of some very fancy hoopies that weren't hoopies, but, I mean. Are you talking about the Ferrari? The Ferrari's a miss. Doesn't got to be much.
[23:12] Well, I mean, there's, there's, there's. Anyway, it's just going to be a different type of Ferrari that I might get down the road. Anyway, I don't want to tease too much, but. The Raptor, this is my fourth one, I was saying.
[23:26] And the cheapest by far. I paid, I think, $11,000, $12,000, something like that for, well, 300,000 miles. It was a really nice Texas truck. Okay. And, like, beautiful underneath.
[23:38] This is a stupid bumper. Oh, okay. It's a bumper with a hood release. Look. Oh. I mean, it clears. It does, but my hands don't. I paid, I think, $16,000 or $17,000 for a really rusty one where the cab corners were totally gone.
[23:53] This one is just bumbling up a little bit, and the undercarriage looks nice. 245,000 miles on this one. And the interior, I didn't look at this. I know this is really dangerous as far as bidding on something and buying it without driving it.
[24:08] But this is, I think, the last invincible truck anybody has made. Yeah. The 6.2 is pretty insane. Right, because the Rams, the Hennys, they have their stuff.
[24:21] Yeah. The Lister Ferriers tear apart the engine. Same with the 5.3s and the 6.2s and the Chevys. After 2006, they have all that stuff once again, tear the engines apart. Or worse on the 6.2s, where there was no bottom end.
[24:34] And then Fords, you know, there you go. There's five Fords, the only one out there. This 6.2 is magical. And I knew they never failed. So this is 245,000 miles, but they're a half-million-mile engine.
[24:49] They've got a solid transmission behind them. They're pretty unkillable. And this just sounds amazing. It does. It does sound amazing. Unfortunately, I couldn't start up after the auction because the battery is stone dead. Yeah, you know, a little bit.
[25:02] But it sounded good pulling in here. Yes, it did. Very nice. So to get one of these for $6,300 is a steal. It's something that could probably sell for $11,000, $12,000. The shocks are expensive.
[25:15] they were expensive. Okay. I know they can be as much as, what, $3,000, $4,000? Correct. I'm sure it has blow-in shocks. I guess we'll put it up there and see just by looking at them. It used to be on these shocks,
[25:27] because they are special shocks to go jumping, and they have a reservoir. It's easier to see on the back ones. To where when you jump these things and bottle out the shocks, the fluid has some of the hydraulic fluid into that,
[25:41] and they are three, four grand replacements, at least the factory Fox shocks in this thing. That's what makes the Raptor fun. You can go jump things, do some serious off-roading. But now that these things are starting to become hoopties, I'm so happy now.
[25:54] Okay. There are aftermarket options that, the Chinese ones that look just like this. I'm sure they don't perform like the Fox shocks, but instead of being a three or four grand, there's $300, $400. Okay, that doesn't sound good.
[26:08] They have good reviews. Okay. that they, like, 100% positive feedback. They're new, so I don't know if they last two years, one year. Still, these things last about five years. So these high-end shots only last five years?
[26:22] Yeah, usually five-ish years of daily driving. Okay. Even if they last for one year, the math still makes sense to keep buying these things. So, you know, we'll give it a shot.
[26:34] But I'm curious if there's anything else. Now, are we getting rid of the bumper? No. No, some people don't want this. Am I just an odd man out here? Well, I mean, most people like custom wheels and custom bumpers and all that stuff.
[26:49] The wheels I'm okay with, but the bumper, I don't know. Did you notice all the extras it came with, too? Yeah, I did. The thing was obviously just repoed, and the guy left, I mean, his boots are in here.
[27:06] Some stuff to top off the wheels. So, Samantha trees, I wonder if we have a coolant leak somewhere. Uh, yeah. Broken glass. Broken glass. A wheel. Oh! Not where the glass came from. Oh, there you go. Okay.
[27:18] All right. Stressful job, apparently. Uh, yeah. We got an alloy wheel. Huh? Yeah. Is that from a Ferrari or something worth a fortune? No, it's not. It's not? We got some... What, an oil line? Probably.
[27:30] Maybe from an oil cooler or something like that. Something like an oil cooler? And a vintage tie right there. You got some stuff here, Daniel. Oh, yeah. You got some stuff here, Daniel. Oh, jeez, it's heavy. But I know you're... A bucket of bolts?
[27:42] I know you're needing a bucket of bolts and things, right? No. I literally got rid of the one that we had here when Wizard left. That's fun. Yeah. Relay sometimes? You can have it. Yeah. Some car parts and different pieces.
[27:56] All kinds of things. So, it came with bonuses. No, it did not. Yeah. I mean, at least the strap is... And the seat, it's got a missing piece of plastic there, but the seat, not torn.
[28:09] And it'll detail up. A windshield. This is a major score, Daniel. Well, I do like it. Anyway, I'm curious, when you see coolant in the bed, do you wonder if there is a coolant leach?
[28:25] I do. But, can I be hopeful? We'll take a look at the shocks, but I imagine the shocks are... Yeah. They gotta be. You know what we gotta do right What We gotta take it out Oh yeah but I mean let figure it out first right We take it to the dirt first right Yeah let see how these shots perform Sure sure But first let see if there anything like terminal on this thing
[28:45] I don't think there is. Going in, and... Yep. That's... maybe that's the oil hole. It's missing the cover. So... Somebody was that lazy that they didn't even put the cover back on?
[28:57] Because that's how you get to the oil filter, right? Well, maybe they forgot. Maybe they forgot. Remember? You know. So that is missing on the skid plate of this thing, which is a very easy skid plate on these rafters. And I think one of the bolts is loose.
[29:09] Yeah. You got your flashlight? Yeah, somewhere. Somewhere not on me. I don't need a flashlight, but while you get it, this is the most blown out shock I have ever seen on one of these.
[29:24] Oh, so do we actually want to shine a light on it? Oh, go ahead. Remember, we own this. Yeah, we own it. Oh. Yeah. It looks like the one from your Escalade. It's super done. This side. Oh yeah.
[29:39] Okay. But, see that looks torn up there too. The upper little bulge right there. Yeah, that's not too bad though. Easy enough to replace. Yeah, not a big deal. Both sides.
[29:53] Both sides. Both sides. It does have 250,000 miles. Yeah, sure does. I do expect something. Yeah, links too. No, those are newer. Yeah, they look okay.
[30:06] The tassels are good. Yeah. Both CVs? Both. Yes. Yeah, no grease anywhere. Steering rack? Yes. We got a little... That's just deep. That's not all leak.
[30:18] I haven't seen that leak on the floor. I mean, that's a slight, slight, slight for your maintenance, probably. It's not anywhere higher, is it? I'm pretty sure if you, no, it's not. It's definitely. I'm pretty sure if you did a fresh oil change and drove it around for a while, it probably stopped.
[30:32] Yeah. And it totally made that up. Well, some of those additives, actually, when it's really small like this, definitely help. I mean, this is nothing. We wouldn't, like if it were in my car, for an occasional drip, I would not do that.
[30:44] No, I would start worrying it was on the floor. Right. I mean, they're all in old trucks, and they do have a little bit of secreture in there. Transfer case? Dude. Nice. Very nice. No leaks out the output trap there? Mm-hmm.
[30:56] Look at the undercarriage, man. Look at the screen. Dude. This thing... This thing's nice. What's going on over here, though?
[31:08] Maybe this is why the frame is nice. This is... What is that? Red? Where's this coming from? There's red transmission type fluid or power steering in the frame itself. Oh, there.
[31:20] Oh, we poured it on the bed so something gets spilled on the bed? Yep. Nice, okay. All right. That's a good sign. So we're here for that. So there was loads and loads of coolant. Oh, yeah, we need to look at that.
[31:32] There's no leaks? You see anything? Well, I could probably remove that pan, but I don't see anything coming out the front, especially the water pump. I don't see any salactites or anything like that.
[31:45] It's dry as well. Okay. That's an old looking filter there. Yeah. It drives a bell. It probably went a few miles without going. Yeah, when they're about to get a recode, then they don't change the oil, that's for sure.
[31:57] But an invincible engine. Um, well, that's not super nice. What, no caps? No caps. No caps. I guess it's in tune, because we don't have a check engine light. We don't have a check engine light.
[32:10] Okay. Interesting. Alright, we do have a muffler. So this would not be illegal in a lot of states. In Kansas, they don't check for this kind of stuff. They don't really care.
[32:22] It's a little fuel tank, but, okay, back shocks. I don't see them leaking, but more than likely, they are bad. They are ancient. Yeah. So, who knows? Because, you know, they kind of fail internally, too, with these reservoirs.
[32:36] Well, yeah, by the point that it's leaking on the outside, they've been bad for a long time. Right. So, when they fail internally, then it just doesn't have any resistance to fill up the reservoir there. so that it's just super bouncy because there's no pressure.
[32:48] But spare tire, gone, missing, okay, whatever. We got skeeters. I guess so. I think we can get a spare for it, but okay.
[33:00] Braker a little rusty, but no, that's fine. Okay. Yeah, when they sit before they get, you know. They're low, though. They are? Yeah, the pads are low in the rear. For sure. How about the front? I'm pretty sure they're going to be just as bad.
[33:13] Maybe I'm wrong. and no those actually look yeah those were replaced so maybe about 20-30,000 miles ago but they were replaced rear brakes got to sort out the AC
[33:26] shocks shocks which are not expensive anymore because you're going to go out to market and really nice undercarriage so do I fix these bubbling cat corners which
[33:38] all these Ford's of this generation can't I would Because look, it's clean on that side. It's clean. Like the paint will detail up. Yeah. Holy smokes.
[33:50] I kind of want to keep it. No, no, no, no. I called bits first. I told you that. You want to keep it? Okay. Well, it depends, right? If we can sell it for a good profit, maybe I'll just leave it. That's the problem. If you're going to keep it, I'd keep it first.
[34:02] The problem is, this is what I did in my dealership before. I did a video on this. Where when you get something really cool for a great price, something that's hard to replace as far as for the money. You want to keep it for yourself. You're like,
[34:14] this is a great guy, I want to keep it. Then you've got to keep in mind, like, when you occasionally get a one out of ten or twenty cars where it is a home run like this, you've got to sell it to make up for the two or three out of those ten
[34:26] where they're dog turds, where you don't make very much money or lose money. I think I have a list around here of those cars that didn't make that much money. There's a lot. That's the thing. oh, and we're learning as we go.
[34:38] Anyway. All right, well, I haven't driven it yet. Okay. Let's go for a little cruise. Yeah, let's go. You drive. Oh, yeah.
[34:50] That is a bit more throaty. Yeah. Woo! Yeah. It's trying to blow air.
[35:02] She's trying to blow air. She's blowing cold. Oh, yeah. Hey. Okay. Well, what about the clicking? I was clicking earlier. Oh, let's just focus on the negative here.
[35:14] Other than tire pressure monitor, no warning lights. Hold on a moment. Alright. And then we're off.
[35:26] Remember, we've got to fucking move. I don't know what the fuck you're up to Ah, flashing check engine light
[35:40] There it is, oopsie I thought this was a great deal Well, there's a pretty interesting vibration there Is that a hook fire or is that...
[35:53] No, I believe that's fire, fire for the neutral Let's go Well, I don't know. And he just lost the air conditioning. Yeah. Okay. Well, she's got some things.
[36:11] We don't have to worry about ruining the catalyst version. Oh yeah, that's right. Look at that. And, okay, so it might have a clue on it because the chicken geline went off. I'm pretty sure it'll come back on.
[36:25] But I just have unboarded, so if you do a line load, that's not that bad. There we go. But those sets of shocks are super-duper bouncy. So under heavy load, there is an inspire.
[36:37] The shocks obviously set a super-bouncy blow. Yeah. See? Very good. I think it's supposed to take off when you floor it. That's probably what it's supposed to do.
[36:49] Yeah, that's normal. Yeah, okay. It's working. That's good. Okay. See me come out there? Hey, it's far from the worst one I've bought. Far from it. Okay. And it's definitely the steepest hill.
[37:03] Anyway, there's room to fix a lot of stuff, but I think the bones for this truck are really, really good. So let's stay positive. Let's call this a win, right? Not until I figure out what the head fire is.
[37:15] I know we've had a few trucks where the head fires have been horrible, unfixable things, but let's stay positive, right? Stay positive? Stay positive, right? For that 10-year? the 10 year anniversary. We're gonna hit the start row again?
[37:28] Here we go, yep. Okay, yep, it is a it is a bouncy ride here. Anyway, thank you all so much for watching, especially those of you that have been around for 10 years. 10 years in the garage. I can't believe so much has happened.
[37:40] It's gone by so fast, but hopefully I'm still around doing this in Hootie for 10 more years. Yeah, but now I'm involved. Yes, don't retire and move into the back and go. No.
[37:52] You're not allowed. What are we getting up? No. Please. Anyway, I still appreciate you guys for being around for so long to make all this possible. And, you know, things are looking up.
[38:04] I'm still playing with these beats. And it's the woman. This is great glory. And it's very, very mountainous.