[0:00] Welcome to Hooies Garage, the dumbest
[0:02] automotive channel in all of YouTube.
[0:04] And this is a day that I really never
[0:06] thought would come. I knew it was
[0:07] coming. I knew it was a year away, then
[0:08] six months away, then a month away, then
[0:10] a week away, but I just never thought
[0:11] the day would actually come where I
[0:12] would have my last trip up to visit the
[0:15] Car Wizard, my friend of almost 20
[0:16] years. I'm a mechanic for over 15 years
[0:19] is moving away from Kansas, slowing
[0:21] things down a little bit, and relocating
[0:24] to Los Cusus, New Mexico. And I don't
[0:28] know what I'm going to do because
[0:29] basically my entire adult life as far as
[0:31] working on cars, it has been the car
[0:33] wizard that has taken care of me when it
[0:35] comes to my car issues for the most
[0:37] part. Uh so much so that we had a TV
[0:39] show on Motor Trend called Car issues. I
[0:41] really don't know any other way to do it
[0:43] other than bring the car up to the car
[0:45] wizard. And that chapter of my life,
[0:47] which is a big 15-year chapter, is
[0:50] closing.
[0:52] And it's it's very sad. I mean, it's not
[0:53] like he's dying or anything like he's
[0:55] moving away. He's healthy. He's happy.
[0:56] He's doing what someone would normally
[0:58] do in that season of life if they made
[0:59] good financial decisions unlike me. He's
[1:01] built up a million subscriber YouTube
[1:03] channel and had all the success. A lot
[1:05] of it for me writing checks for the car
[1:06] repairs, but also by not making
[1:09] disastrous personal decisions like
[1:10] buying a Bugatti Veyron and stuff like
[1:12] that. So, he's done very well for
[1:13] himself. And he can do this. He can move
[1:16] down, slow down, kind of scale things
[1:17] down, but he's still going to be a
[1:19] mechanic in New Mexico, but it's just
[1:21] over 10 hours away. So, it's just not
[1:23] practical for me to drive 10 hours down
[1:25] for him to work on a car. But, I do have
[1:28] a solution, and it's sort of a radical
[1:30] step that I am going to unveil in this
[1:33] video. I don't know if it's going to
[1:34] work cuz this is a pretty crazy idea,
[1:36] but it's going to be fun no matter what.
[1:39] But the first word that pops into my
[1:40] head for this situation is is scary and
[1:43] unknown because forever I've had this
[1:46] known solid person to take care of my
[1:49] issues and and now I don't. This is it.
[1:53] We are in the final days for you to
[1:54] enter for a chance to win my beautiful
[1:56] 1992 454 SS Chevy pickup truck at
[1:59] phantom.com/hoviesgar.
[2:01] It is linked below. This thing is
[2:03] incredible. Of the three years of
[2:04] production, about 17,000 made from 91 to
[2:07] 93. 92, one of the most rare years, less
[2:09] than 10% of production and the first
[2:11] year of the coveted four-speed automatic
[2:13] transmission. Gave you an extra highway
[2:15] gear for better cruising, but also a
[2:17] second faster 0 to 60 with that 454
[2:20] cubic inch V8 under the hood. And this
[2:22] thing has been redone. It is full out
[2:24] show truck and just gorgeous fresh paint
[2:26] job. And you can see in the back this
[2:28] really beautiful custom wood treatment.
[2:30] This is hand painted. It is artwork.
[2:33] Same when you look inside of the bed,
[2:34] more of that wood treatment and a bed
[2:36] liner. So, you could actually use this
[2:38] thing, but it is proper proper show
[2:40] truck. Blended rear bumper there, dual
[2:42] exhaust, custom wheels, and once again,
[2:45] look at this beautiful paint job. Also
[2:47] hopped up under the hood. The 454 cubic
[2:49] inch V8. It's been out and rebuilt at
[2:51] some point before I owned it. And it's
[2:52] definitely a lot faster than stock. And
[2:54] the car was just went through it, the
[2:56] air conditioning, a bunch of other
[2:57] stuff. So, it has his seal of approval.
[2:59] And inside, it is just as gorgeous as
[3:01] the outside. Oh, they certainly don't
[3:03] make them like they used to anymore. or
[3:04] you need a Randy Travis CD to pop in
[3:06] there. But
[3:09] I guess you don't need music with this
[3:10] Berberly big block V8.
[3:13] Oh, and you can own this thing. Just
[3:16] enter for a chance to win. It is a
[3:18] keychain or a mug and you can own this
[3:21] 454 SS pickup truck. And it's all being
[3:24] handled by fan.com. They are an amazing
[3:26] company. They've done several giveaways
[3:27] for me so far. Let me turn down the
[3:29] tunes. I think this is the seventh or
[3:32] eighth one. They're a great company,
[3:33] veteranowned and operated, and they do a
[3:36] great job with these things. Now, prices
[3:38] on these things have been going through
[3:39] the roof. 40, 50, $60,000 for low
[3:42] mileage examples. So, this is the most
[3:45] expensive thing probably value-wise that
[3:46] I have ever given away on the channel,
[3:49] more than the Belling Continental GT,
[3:50] which actually ended up on the East
[3:51] Coast as someone's daily driver. So,
[3:53] this really is an opportunity. All you
[3:55] have to do fathan.com who hooies garage
[3:58] buy a mug or a keychain a download and
[4:01] you could own this truck. This is my
[4:03] last sunset cruise in this truck. The
[4:05] next one it'll be one of you and you are
[4:07] going to love this thing.
[4:08] Fanithm.com/hovies
[4:09] garage link below.
[4:12] Hello. Oh, of course you are. Are you
[4:15] sorting through your funnels?
[4:17] >> Trying to figure out which ones are
[4:18] going to Los Cruus and which ones I'm
[4:19] going to keep here.
[4:20] >> You're not going to take all of them?
[4:22] Some of them I need to leave for
[4:23] Danielson. So, he has some funnels.
[4:25] >> Okay. Well, and you have your your
[4:27] drains and your pumps.
[4:29] >> Swedish made pump here
[4:30] >> and your inbalming machine. Is that
[4:32] stand or is that going to Los Cruus?
[4:33] >> It's going to Los Cusus.
[4:35] >> How many times do you use that for a
[4:37] car?
[4:38] >> Really?
[4:39] >> Yeah. We transmissions from the bottom.
[4:41] We fill them with it.
[4:42] >> Well, it's hard to believe, but after
[4:44] almost 20 years, over 15 years you
[4:46] working on my cars, you're moving away.
[4:48] This is it.
[4:49] >> This is it. And it's weird cuz other
[4:52] than my cars, your workshop is empty
[4:55] there.
[4:56] >> Hello.
[4:57] >> There's nothing in here.
[4:58] >> It's empty. Yeah.
[4:59] >> So, I know the Lotus is done from the
[5:01] last video. There's a few things about
[5:03] the hatches back on, but there's there's
[5:06] nothing else for you to do.
[5:07] >> No, I'm going to start boxing stuff up.
[5:10] >> All right. Well, Daniel's son, he's I
[5:12] know he's been crying every single day.
[5:14] He's just so sad.
[5:15] >> He's so sad. Yeah, I'm sure.
[5:17] >> Definitely an end of an era for sure.
[5:20] They're crocodile tears, wizard. They're
[5:21] >> crocodile tears. That's right.
[5:22] >> What did you do to Daniel? But tell me
[5:24] about the Lotus because this has been
[5:26] here for almost 6 months
[5:29] and we do have a few little leaks,
[5:32] right?
[5:33] >> It does have some crimps on some oil
[5:35] cooler lines that are leaking just a
[5:37] little bit.
[5:37] >> You're out of time for me to do that.
[5:39] >> Out of time. Yes.
[5:41] >> But the hatch is back on. It's running
[5:43] great.
[5:44] >> New clutch, rebuilt transmission. a lot
[5:47] of things fixed, but it is a Lotus. Oh,
[5:49] the roof. Yes. Lots of trouble. Usually
[5:51] serious, but there's a lot less troubles
[5:53] on this thing.
[5:54] >> Yeah, it actually runs really good now.
[5:56] >> Okay. So, you have a bill for this one?
[5:58] >> Yes. And I have a bill for that one.
[6:01] >> All right. The Elderorado, the
[6:03] Elderorado 2.0, I guess. But this one
[6:05] definitely hot rodded where somebody
[6:07] took the 500 cubic inch engine and made
[6:10] it into this insane thing right here.
[6:15] It's It's unbelievable. It was probably
[6:18] 600 horsepower 500 cubic inch V8, but it
[6:20] wasn't finished. So, the AC had to get
[6:21] hooked up, but then it wasn't restored
[6:23] on the outside, so it had some window
[6:24] problems, some seat problems.
[6:26] >> Daniel's son's wiring back up the
[6:28] climate control, it looks like. Huh.
[6:30] >> Yeah. He just had a melted wire. And I'm
[6:32] trying to find out what the heck this
[6:33] thing is.
[6:35] >> That doesn't look happy.
[6:37] >> Yeah, it doesn't.
[6:37] >> So, we'reing some things up, huh?
[6:39] >> Mhm. Getting close. Very, very close.
[6:41] This is pretty much almost done.
[6:43] >> Almost done. the old fuse and some
[6:45] wiring. And is the bill ready for this
[6:47] one too?
[6:48] >> It is.
[6:50] >> So, this is it. There's There's no more
[6:52] Car Wizard inspections. There's no more
[6:53] Car Wizard repair. You're going to lose,
[6:55] New Mexico. It's a long ways to ship a
[6:57] car.
[6:57] >> It is a long ways.
[6:58] >> This This is crazy. So, the last bill
[7:00] pay as well.
[7:02] Wow.
[7:03] >> A lot of lasts all at once.
[7:05] >> Wow.
[7:05] >> Mhm.
[7:06] >> Okay. Here's the Lotus bill.
[7:08] >> Two pages, which means that's that's a
[7:11] lot. But I know I put some money down on
[7:12] this thing. So
[7:13] >> you did. So
[7:15] >> 2750 for the time water pump service and
[7:17] all that stuff. And I provided the parts
[7:20] for this.
[7:20] >> Yes, you did.
[7:21] >> So whatever it was, $4,000 in parts I
[7:24] bought from Michigan. So $3,000. So that
[7:28] means your total was just shy $6,000. So
[7:31] >> the whole bill ended up being that much.
[7:33] Yes.
[7:33] >> Yeah. Your but then there were four
[7:35] $5,000 in parts. So that's a that's a
[7:37] $11,000 thing on the Lotus Spree V8.
[7:40] >> Yes.
[7:42] But wait, there's more.
[7:43] >> That's That's Ferrari level. How's the
[7:44] Cadillac? It can't be that bad.
[7:46] >> Oh, not too far off.
[7:48] >> Not too Well, that's that's pretty far
[7:50] off. $2,65.
[7:52] So, yeah, we had to finish out the AC
[7:54] conversion. A lot of parts that VR valve
[7:58] is $429.
[7:59] >> Yes, you have to buy them online.
[8:01] They're remanufactured. You really can't
[8:03] just go out and buy one of those.
[8:05] >> Jeez. Okay. And then the uh fixing the
[8:08] windows, 500 bucks. All right. $2,65.
[8:12] So, the last bill is a spicy one.
[8:15] >> It is over five grand, but there's more
[8:18] >> there. There is one more. I'm I'm
[8:20] prepared for this. It's not a surprise.
[8:22] And that is
[8:25] >> rent for the building.
[8:27] >> July.
[8:28] >> First month's rent on this building in
[8:32] Newton, Kansas. Cuz the car wizard is
[8:33] moving away. I have my dealer's license
[8:35] up here. So, it was either give that up,
[8:38] which makes my YouTube really difficult,
[8:39] or try and make a business out of it.
[8:41] And Daniel and I just started talking
[8:43] and
[8:45] we're making a go of it up here.
[8:46] >> Mhm.
[8:47] >> It's going to be the Hooptilot with
[8:49] Danielson. And, you know, Hooiey's
[8:51] Garage continues as normal with
[8:52] Danielson doing the work. But that means
[8:54] you get $3,000 a month for me for the
[8:57] rest of your life.
[8:58] >> For as long as this whole never lasts.
[9:00] >> I mean, I've been giving you thousands
[9:01] of dollars a month for the last 15 plus
[9:03] years. So it would feel weird to not
[9:05] just send you money. I had to I mean I
[9:07] have to just keep doing it for some
[9:08] reason. So
[9:10] >> Oh, so
[9:11] >> all of these all together is that total
[9:13] there.
[9:14] >> $8,8227
[9:17] the final bill from Wizard which not
[9:19] really because every month
[9:20] >> every month another one
[9:21] >> you'll be calling me and I imagine if
[9:22] I'm a day late you'll be driving up from
[9:24] Los Cusus and and chasing me down.
[9:26] >> Yes. I'll be chasing and finding out
[9:27] where you went
[9:28] >> or or Daniel break his thumbs first.
[9:30] Well no don't break his thumbs right. We
[9:33] need him for the work. So, I'm gonna
[9:35] talk to you more, Wizard, in a little
[9:37] bit, but Danielson Son, we need to talk
[9:38] about our business and what we're doing
[9:41] here.
[9:41] >> Sounds good to me.
[9:42] >> Okay, Danielson, I said the shop was
[9:43] empty, but really your hooptie fleet is
[9:46] kind of taking up a lot of space here.
[9:48] >> Yeah, these are all the cars that I've
[9:49] been collecting.
[9:50] >> And this is your baby, the 240 SX.
[9:53] >> Yes, this is probably my worst purchase.
[9:55] >> The mechanic shop is going to continue
[9:57] under Daniel Sun. I'm going to bring
[9:58] cars up here just like I would be the
[10:00] Wizard. There are going to be bills for
[10:01] you to pay just like the Wizard. It's
[10:03] going to be a little different because
[10:04] I'm leasing the space and there's going
[10:06] to be shared expenses with all that. So,
[10:08] everything stays the same. The Wizard's
[10:09] getting all new equipment, new lifts in
[10:12] New Mexico. So, it's very nice that we
[10:14] get to keep all this. Obviously, some
[10:16] tools and stuff are going, but the big
[10:18] twist is going to be the hoopt. So,
[10:22] I I can't believe I'm saying this, but
[10:24] I'm I'm back to being a used car dealer,
[10:27] the used car salesman, and I've started
[10:29] to gather nuts from Hoopty Auctions to
[10:32] start selling. They're actually they're
[10:33] actually outside. So, this is the first
[10:35] few gatherings of the Hoopty lot, I love
[10:37] Hooptie so much that going back to the
[10:38] auctions, it just feels like home. And
[10:41] buying these goofy things like an 03
[10:43] Hummer H2, Nissan Armada, Buick Reneer
[10:46] with just shy of 100,000 miles, little
[10:48] lady special. These Acadias, I probably
[10:51] looked at 10 or 20 of them with stretch
[10:53] timing chains and bad transmission
[10:54] before finding a good one. And this
[10:56] one's a good one. And then the Nissan
[10:58] Titan, the kind of stuff that people in
[11:00] Newton, Kansas would be looking for,
[11:02] wanting to buy, kind of cheaper cars
[11:03] that'll get you from A to B. But then
[11:05] also, there's going to be some specialty
[11:06] things, some cool stuff that maybe we
[11:08] sell online like this Buick Riviera,
[11:10] which hop in this thing, Daniel. You
[11:12] haven't seen it since it got cleaned up.
[11:13] >> I just love the digital kind of Star
[11:15] Trek display on this thing.
[11:17] So cool. Of course, the camera's messing
[11:19] with it because it's LED, but just a
[11:22] time capsule 80,000 mi Buick. I've never
[11:24] met a Buick that I didn't like. So,
[11:26] >> dude, this thing is very, very clean
[11:28] now.
[11:28] >> It's It's very cool. And every once in a
[11:30] while, well, I mean, it's pretty
[11:31] regularly the opportunities like this
[11:32] pop up where normally I wouldn't have
[11:34] bought them cuz it's like, you know, I
[11:35] don't think I'd make a YouTube video
[11:36] about this, but still, it's something
[11:38] really neat. So, there is opportunity
[11:40] there for me to buy where, you know, it
[11:43] is possible that I might make some money
[11:44] on this. It it's it I mean there's a
[11:46] small chance, but the goal is to keep
[11:49] everything operating, keep Daniel busy
[11:50] enough in cars, fixing things, and and
[11:53] maybe not lose as much money when I was
[11:56] just writing checks to the car wizard
[11:58] for, you know, the tune of 100 to
[12:00] $200,000 a year for the last 15 years.
[12:03] >> So, um, you know, so no matter what,
[12:06] it's going to be cheaper than that.
[12:08] >> You think so?
[12:08] >> Whether the business makes a lot of
[12:10] money for me or not, I don't know. But,
[12:12] but it's it's exciting. I mean, I'm sad
[12:15] about the car wizard for sure leaving. I
[12:16] mean, it's just almost a 20-year
[12:18] friendship and all that stuff, but a
[12:20] change needed to happen.
[12:21] >> No, he wants to retire and then he's
[12:24] making a way for somebody, you know, to
[12:26] be able to grow, somebody new, so giving
[12:28] an opportunity to somebody else.
[12:29] >> So, it's very nice for him to give us
[12:30] this shot where all the equipment stays
[12:32] in reasonable rent and these cars could
[12:36] keep Daniel busy as far as outside of my
[12:38] Hooie's garage cars. he can keep them
[12:40] busy, you know, fixing them up and then
[12:41] putting them on the lot and selling a
[12:43] few and hopefully making some money. The
[12:46] the getting them, the buying them, I can
[12:48] do that. The fixing them, he can do
[12:49] that. The selling them and making money,
[12:52] that's that that's the part that I've
[12:53] always struggled with, but it's it's
[12:56] certainly possible. You're always Bob
[12:57] and so many others make a living doing
[12:58] it. So, that's that's what's going to
[13:00] happen. I'm I'm back. I mean, I am full
[13:03] dived in head first into hoopties again.
[13:06] And it it feels it feels oh so good. So,
[13:08] you need Yeah, you can grow your beard
[13:10] out, dye it orange, you know, work on
[13:11] your innuendos a bit.
[13:13] >> Okay. I'll start working on it.
[13:15] >> It'll be perfect. But Daniel's son, he's
[13:17] he's sticking around and the world it
[13:20] kind of stays the same.
[13:22] >> Kind of.
[13:22] >> Kind of. Okay, Wizard. I'm not done with
[13:25] you yet because I spent hours pouring
[13:27] through the internet.
[13:28] >> Oh, yeah.
[13:28] >> To trace back our almost 20 years
[13:31] together.
[13:32] >> It's been that long.
[13:33] >> It's been that long. It starts in 2009.
[13:37] I found it. February 12th, our very
[13:39] first interaction where you post on
[13:43] Mercedeshop.com that you bought a 240D.
[13:46] >> Wow. I I now remember now that I see it.
[13:49] I would have never even remembered any
[13:50] of this.
[13:51] >> Just introducing myself. I bought a 8 A3
[13:53] 240D from Kansas City for 1,200 bucks.
[13:54] Nearly rust-free body. You're talking
[13:56] about maybe converting it over to veggie
[13:58] oil, that kind of stuff.
[14:00] >> That was cool back then.
[14:01] >> Everybody is welcoming you, including
[14:04] me. But I am jealous because I saw that
[14:07] car on Craigslist. I was going to go
[14:09] look at it and I was curious if it was
[14:12] the same one and then tell you from
[14:13] Holstead, Kansas, and realized you're
[14:16] the first Fris Swarm that's within a
[14:18] stones throw from me.
[14:19] >> Mhm.
[14:19] >> So, this is back in 2009, right before
[14:22] Valentine's Day.
[14:22] >> Wow.
[14:23] >> And it's our first interaction. You do
[14:25] reply to me and you're a little bit
[14:27] snarky. It's funny because you did say,
[14:29] "Hey, this guy said somebody else was
[14:31] coming to look at it and I beat you to
[14:32] it." and you you smoked me and you were
[14:35] kind of you were kind of bragging about
[14:36] it.
[14:37] >> I had gotten up there first and snagged
[14:39] it from you. Yeah.
[14:39] >> So, I know we interacted a little bit on
[14:41] the forums, but typical for you, you
[14:43] didn't keep that car for very long. I
[14:45] mean, for you, maybe a year. It was a
[14:46] long time for you. Yeah.
[14:48] >> But then you moved on. You made this
[14:49] really hard to find cuz then you deleted
[14:51] your your like profile and things. So,
[14:52] it took a lot of digging for me to find
[14:54] this. But you posted back up actually.
[14:57] So maybe you didn't delete it yet
[14:59] because on November 14th, you said, "I
[15:01] am opening my own shop."
[15:03] >> Yes. That's when it all started.
[15:05] >> 35minute drive north of Witchah. You're
[15:07] basically doing your spiel. What I love
[15:09] about this post is you're saying your
[15:10] shop rates are $45 an hour for repairs,
[15:14] $45 for a computer diagnostic.
[15:17] We What happened?
[15:19] >> Inflation
[15:21] time.
[15:22] >> Uh-huh.
[15:22] >> 45. That's I couldn't survive on that
[15:25] today.
[15:25] >> No. It's it's it's insane that uh back
[15:27] in 2011 it's a totally different world
[15:30] where $45 an hour seemed like a lot.
[15:32] >> Well, back then mechanic shops were like
[15:34] 75 an hour 80 and that was pretty high
[15:36] then. So,
[15:37] >> and now they're $400 an hour for
[15:39] specialty shops and things. It is it is
[15:41] pretty crazy. So,
[15:42] >> I replied saying, "Hey, I'm giving you a
[15:45] shot. He's got my 2001 Discovery 2 that
[15:48] I purchased last week for pennies." And
[15:49] I remember this thing. It was
[15:51] ridiculously ridiculously clean. A
[15:53] little over 100,000 miles. I remember
[15:54] it. Yeah.
[15:54] >> But failing head gaskets. Look at that
[15:56] interior. I think I bought it for like
[15:57] 1,000 or 1,500 bucks. You fixed the head
[15:59] gaskets for around 1,000 and then I sold
[16:01] it for I don't know 3,500 4 grand. Not
[16:03] very much back then. I was like, "This
[16:05] is going to work."
[16:06] >> So I sent you another one that I knew
[16:08] had been overheated. And because I I
[16:12] sold that one, bought another one, said,
[16:13] "Hey, let's just keep doing this. Let's
[16:14] keep fixing discoveries." And it was it
[16:16] was a total disaster. I'm sure you
[16:18] remember that, right?
[16:18] >> Yeah. I could It was terrible.
[16:20] >> I think one of the cylinders slipped it
[16:21] sleeve because it was so bad. They
[16:23] cooked it really bad.
[16:24] >> So, I called you about it cuz you were
[16:26] fighting it and I was doing some
[16:27] research on the internet and I think I
[16:28] called you when you were sitting down
[16:30] for family dinner. It wasn't because we
[16:31] weren't texting all that much yet. So,
[16:33] this is my first text message to you.
[16:35] Sorry to bother you at dinner again, but
[16:37] apparently you can crack a cylinder in
[16:39] the exhaust. So, I'm talking about how
[16:41] this engine on this Discovery is
[16:43] probably dead, right?
[16:44] >> My in my first ever text message to you
[16:46] in 2012.
[16:48] >> Mhm. because otherwise we were just
[16:49] calling each other because like texting
[16:51] wasn't a thing yet for older people. I
[16:53] mean I guess it was by 2012 but I just
[16:55] didn't text all that much. So that's our
[16:56] first text message.
[16:58] >> Yes.
[16:58] >> But now there's this. This is my first
[17:00] photo of you.
[17:02] >> I remember going there. Yeah.
[17:03] >> On my phone.
[17:04] >> Mhm.
[17:04] >> Amelia Island in uh 2016.
[17:08] >> We drove straight through all the way
[17:09] there
[17:10] >> in my 300 SD which is my very first
[17:12] YouTube video before you converted it to
[17:14] a manual transmission. And there you are
[17:16] with a mura and an Aventador at Amelia
[17:18] Island.
[17:18] >> And we went to the Dupont Registry
[17:20] lifestyle party.
[17:22] >> And we sat down with these really rich
[17:24] people. And they said under their
[17:26] breath.
[17:27] >> What did they say?
[17:28] >> They said, "Well, we sat at a table that
[17:30] had a lot of trash from somebody else
[17:32] that sat there and they looked right at
[17:33] us, specifically at me, and they said,
[17:35] you know, they really should sack the
[17:37] trash here and get the trash."
[17:38] >> I I remember and I remember them saying
[17:40] also, "Oh, they just let anybody in here
[17:42] now."
[17:43] >> Yeah. Yeah. And it was just and it was
[17:44] it was just clearly being snoody and
[17:46] directing it towards us who were, you
[17:48] know, were the commoners at the DuPont
[17:49] Registry lifestyle event.
[17:51] >> And uh I I remember flirting with the
[17:54] guys kind of trophy wife that was quite
[17:56] a bit younger and all that stuff in the
[17:58] buffet line just to try and make him
[17:59] mad. But that that was our first kind of
[18:02] trip together. And this is right before
[18:04] before YouTube. So that
[18:05] >> any gray hair?
[18:06] >> No gray hair. You got some hair on top
[18:08] still.
[18:09] >> Nice. So, I found this text, too,
[18:11] because this is when I posted my very
[18:12] first YouTube video, and you sent me
[18:14] some encouraging notes. It was very nice
[18:15] of you where you said, "Awesome video.
[18:17] Love the rowboat song where I'm saying,
[18:19] "Row, row, row your gears and and uh,
[18:21] you know, did a lot of goofy things."
[18:23] You were you liked a lot.
[18:24] >> So, I've been Mercedes dieseling for
[18:25] nearly 10 years now.
[18:27] >> You're being generous because
[18:28] >> it's awesome. It's like Star Wars, but
[18:31] if it had a Jar Jar Binks,
[18:33] >> it would be the automatic transmission.
[18:35] >> But my delivery is not very good. The
[18:37] editing is really weird. You're saying
[18:38] it's good editing, but uh you
[18:40] complimented the Barry White, which you
[18:41] can't use copyright music now, but there
[18:43] it is looking at the manual
[18:44] transmission. That was the first kind of
[18:47] conversion job you did for me. You
[18:48] weren't in the video, but I mean, your
[18:51] work was here for my very first YouTube
[18:53] video.
[18:54] >> Mhm.
[18:55] >> But
[18:56] >> what's with the pig?
[18:58] >> This is your very first appearance on
[19:01] Hooie's Garage right here.
[19:03] >> Hey, Biggy. Biggy.
[19:05] >> Somebody had a pet pig in town. That's
[19:06] right. in H Hallstead at your first
[19:08] blacksmith shop.
[19:09] >> Mhm.
[19:10] >> There was this pig
[19:12] >> and
[19:12] >> definitely a pig.
[19:15] >> I I went and basically I'm visiting you
[19:17] with a $300 Jeep and we're putting a
[19:19] starter in it
[19:20] >> and it's it's already established that
[19:22] I'm not going to be doing the work. U
[19:23] It's kind It's kind of funny. Yeah.
[19:25] >> After Dave confirmed the motor wasn't
[19:26] locked up, we dove in on replacing the
[19:29] starter. By we, I mean Dave did all the
[19:32] work and I
[19:34] supervised.
[19:36] you had a much higher voice back.
[19:37] >> My my octaves have changed a little bit,
[19:39] but I think I can still slip it up there
[19:41] if I want to. So, I'm just hanging out
[19:43] watching you work, which became the
[19:46] theme of the next 10 years basically. It
[19:48] >> in the YouTube channel.
[19:49] >> Uhhuh.
[19:50] >> But
[19:52] we didn't know this thing was running. A
[19:54] starter got this thing going. Obviously,
[19:55] the head gasket was bad. Figured out
[19:57] pretty quickly. But there's a very young
[19:59] looking me.
[19:59] >> It is young. You're like you're in high
[20:02] school still.
[20:06] Time for a new chapter with my one of my
[20:08] favorites. I named Apollo 911. So after
[20:11] blowing the LS or blowing the 911 engine
[20:13] and then swapping it into an LS,
[20:15] >> which is like roughly driving
[20:16] >> and I'm reading from a sheet of paper
[20:17] here. That's why it sounds so artificial
[20:19] and it's raining.
[20:21] >> Driving at a high performance track.
[20:23] You're standing here staring at me.
[20:25] >> Here comes the stare.
[20:27] >> But before my Porsche motor is yanked
[20:29] and shipped off.
[20:30] >> I don't know why I did that.
[20:31] >> Automotive CSI. He won't stop. happened.
[20:34] It's a lot of people think this is
[20:35] >> I was so afraid I think of screwing up
[20:37] your video cuz I this was completely
[20:39] alien to me. A lot of metal shavings
[20:41] caught up in
[20:42] >> still
[20:44] plastic pieces caught up in there.
[20:45] >> I don't know what to do.
[20:49] >> Scraping away the plastic guide rails.
[20:51] >> Am I breathing?
[20:53] >> There we go. Yep.
[20:54] >> Take a look inside the filter.
[20:55] >> But listen to this part filter off and
[20:57] see what we got in here. Listen.
[21:02] >> The car wizard.
[21:03] >> First time.
[21:04] >> The first time.
[21:05] >> The first time.
[21:06] >> That's where my name came from. Then
[21:07] >> you'd call me that before this video.
[21:10] >> Yes, but not on camera.
[21:11] >> Yeah.
[21:12] >> It's more like a kaleidoscope that's
[21:13] going to put your kid through.
[21:15] >> That is a dead engine there.
[21:16] >> Is that engine still sitting around here
[21:17] somewhere? You finally saw it off.
[21:19] >> Actually, I think Jared King has it.
[21:20] >> Oh, okay.
[21:22] >> So, you Ellis swapped it.
[21:24] >> Oh, 10 seconds or so. Okay.
[21:26] >> Actually, it looks like I was helping
[21:28] you a bit with my dirty hands.
[21:29] >> Dirty hands. Yeah.
[21:35] >> So, first big project in the garage for
[21:38] you as far as like a total custom
[21:40] fabrication LS swap, which
[21:43] >> pretty cool though.
[21:44] >> Pretty cool. But
[21:47] >> the Bentley was the first time we ever
[21:49] did a bit together.
[21:51] >> There's Dino, the dog. He's such a sweet
[21:53] dog.
[21:54] But this Bentley spent 10 years in
[21:56] Russia and I didn't know when I bought
[21:58] it unfortunately and it had the odometer
[22:00] rolled back several times, several
[22:01] accidents. It was a goner. We junked it.
[22:04] But since it spent time in Russia, we
[22:06] thought, well, let's do a bit for the
[22:08] first time, the two of us.
[22:10] >> Sugar might be a different kind of
[22:12] medication I wasn't thinking about.
[22:15] >> So, we're pretending there's Coke in the
[22:17] back.
[22:17] >> Oh, wa. Awesome.
[22:18] >> And you stuff one of your revolvers in
[22:20] there. I don't even know if you could do
[22:22] that on camera.
[22:22] >> You know, I don't I don't know. We'll
[22:24] see if this gets hit. So, there's your
[22:25] personality coming out.
[22:26] >> Mhm. Starting to come out.
[22:27] >> Then carefully.
[22:29] >> So, yeah, things were starting to go
[22:31] viral at this point. You know, 2018.
[22:34] >> So, this Prius,
[22:36] there's my feet of strength here.
[22:39] >> I think you could pick it up easier
[22:40] today than back then.
[22:42] >> I I might be a little Look at Look at
[22:44] that flat butt of mine. Anyway,
[22:48] >> so this is
[22:50] >> sort of buying hoopies, fixing them,
[22:52] that kind of stuff. We're starting to
[22:53] get into the viral years are starting to
[22:56] kick in here around 2018.
[22:58] >> All these iPad size things along with
[23:00] the old blacksmith shop,
[23:03] >> but clearly I shouldn't be doing
[23:05] wrenching.
[23:06] >> And after getting distracted for a
[23:08] moment, I began installing the
[23:10] replacement cells.
[23:12] >> I'm doing a TV show. So then it
[23:15] transitions into getting an email
[23:18] basically saying, "Hey, you want to do a
[23:19] TV show?" And we ended up shooting three
[23:21] seasons of a show which was on History
[23:24] and FYI and then Motor Trend,
[23:26] >> right?
[23:26] >> Out of nowhere. I mean, 200,000
[23:28] subscriber YouTube channel, wasn't it? I
[23:29] mean,
[23:31] >> there was a lot back then, but it was
[23:33] weird to get a cold email from someone
[23:34] in Hollywood wanting to make a show.
[23:36] >> It was almost unbelievable.
[23:38] >> Junkie for a good deal.
[23:41] >> I just car issues. There it is.
[23:44] >> Got a lot of cash in here for you. I
[23:46] bought a Viper. Wa. Bonus points if it's
[23:49] something unusual. A 700 horsepower
[23:51] station.
[23:51] >> It feels like it was a couple years ago,
[23:53] but it's like 10. It's about 8 years
[23:56] ago. 2018.
[23:59] >> Kill me. That's a clip.
[24:02] >> They're sinking. Turn it off. I hope
[24:07] >> I smell gas. My name's Tyler Hoover.
[24:12] I just broke it.
[24:14] >> And I've got car issues.
[24:16] >> They seem to dry when you buy them.
[24:18] >> It's just crazy how quickly things just
[24:20] sort of exploded.
[24:21] >> It is. Excuse me, sir.
[24:23] >> This is when we sort of with the TV show
[24:25] >> and then that sort of gave the concept
[24:27] of the wizard inspections and the fixes
[24:29] >> which I feel like this is the first
[24:31] version of that where really were into
[24:33] the format that we used for the next
[24:34] eight years as far as
[24:36] >> it was in your barn. You're going to
[24:37] start working on it again. Yeah.
[24:39] >> And there's that Alzheimer's Rolls-Royce
[24:42] >> where the guy hacked the wiring and then
[24:43] got put in the home.
[24:44] >> It was bad. I couldn't fix it. It was
[24:45] too much.
[24:46] >> So, this is really close to put free
[24:49] Willy in there is going up. But this is
[24:51] basically what the format became for the
[24:53] next 8 years
[24:55] >> more or less the same where we're
[24:56] looking underneath
[24:57] >> doing that and and once again in this
[25:00] very viral period where this video I
[25:02] think two and a half million views the
[25:03] previous video 2 million views
[25:05] >> and things were just explosive.
[25:06] >> So, should we take this drove it into
[25:08] the hole.
[25:10] >> So Garage is firing on all cylinders
[25:13] now. We're we're in the groove here. But
[25:14] this is
[25:15] >> buried and that's where it's been ever
[25:16] since. Now I think it's like we decided
[25:19] let's just bury a car.
[25:21] >> So
[25:21] >> and I had the land to do it.
[25:23] >> It had holes in it. It was mechanically
[25:24] total 10 times over. There were Lever
[25:27] people so angry at me for burying this
[25:28] thing. But I know
[25:29] >> the fact that it's just to bury a car
[25:32] and see if it'll start a year later.
[25:34] >> We just And you had the land. So we we
[25:37] we had to do it. I mean
[25:38] >> honestly a lot of people have done that
[25:40] lately on YouTube channels. I think you
[25:41] were probably the first.
[25:43] >> There was Yeah, I think so. That you
[25:45] know in the here's everything wrong is
[25:48] >> spray a little starting fluid.
[25:51] >> Ready?
[25:52] >> And
[25:59] there it goes.
[26:00] >> It's started up.
[26:01] >> Mhm.
[26:02] >> Yes. Let's see if the radio comes on.
[26:08] Wow.
[26:09] >> Been buried basically in hell for
[26:12] >> how was that a year?
[26:13] >> Forever.
[26:14] >> Yeah.
[26:14] >> So that's viral for movies garage. But
[26:16] this
[26:18] >> was a big thing.
[26:19] >> It was huge.
[26:20] >> Car trek.
[26:21] >> Mhm.
[26:22] >> And this is your first appearance in
[26:24] Carre.
[26:25] >> I poofed in. We started doing
[26:27] >> this is the address
[26:29] >> in Las Vegas during co Las Vegas was
[26:31] shut down. So weird. Who is this magical
[26:34] person here that's supposed to tell us
[26:36] all the things wrong with our cars?
[26:40] >> Oh,
[26:44] wizard and he appears.
[26:45] >> I don't think I could carry today back
[26:48] almost.
[26:50] And now I'm Where am I?
[26:52] >> You're not in Kansas anymore.
[26:53] >> Be in Las Vegas, baby.
[26:54] >> Vegas.
[26:55] >> Yes.
[26:56] >> Amazing. So, next question is why why am
[26:58] I here?
[26:58] >> You're doing a lot better now with your
[27:00] expertise your knowledge. Oh, you think
[27:02] you're you know what to do with your
[27:03] hands now?
[27:03] >> Yeah. Just don't stare at the screen.
[27:05] >> Nice.
[27:06] >> Well, I think it's kind of interesting
[27:07] what we say here.
[27:08] >> So, how many of these do you think we've
[27:09] done Wizard?
[27:10] >> At least 100.
[27:12] >> Maybe 200. Yes. This is our contribution
[27:14] to pop culture, I guess. So, what are
[27:17] your concerns?
[27:18] >> Well, not much. Is
[27:21] going on service records. Everything
[27:23] that's supposed to be done has been it
[27:25] is a little oily underneath here,
[27:26] though.
[27:27] >> Well, we're going to find out today that
[27:28] the flashlight is truly miter than the
[27:30] sword.
[27:34] So 15 years of wrenching, 10 years of
[27:36] YouTube, three seasons of television,
[27:38] >> ducks for the turbos,
[27:39] >> 10 car tracks that you were in like
[27:40] engine oil,
[27:41] >> I think. You didn't need to taste it.
[27:43] >> Oh, I know that now for sure.
[27:45] >> Why am I so weird?
[27:47] >> I've been through a lot already.
[27:48] >> But this I am super super
[27:50] >> This is my favorite video of us
[27:52] together.
[27:53] >> Get set.
[27:54] >> Yeah. Laying on the ground.
[27:55] >> Yeah.
[27:56] >> Yeah.
[27:58] >> I'm about 100 miles. Hardest probably
[28:01] ever laughed.
[28:02] >> And luckily I made it home. But uh
[28:05] >> bad head gasket on the Toyota Previa.
[28:06] The engine's down there. It's a
[28:07] mid-enine supercharged.
[28:08] >> Oh yeah.
[28:09] >> But you took out the spark plugs to try
[28:11] and get the water out of it. And
[28:12] >> we all get lucky.
[28:13] >> Here we go.
[28:13] >> It's going to squirt.
[28:16] >> Oh.
[28:17] >> Holy crap.
[28:19] >> Just blasted the camera.
[28:21] >> Good god.
[28:22] >> Was explosive diarrhea. Think it got the
[28:24] camera too. Oh, you poor people.
[28:28] >> You got sharded. Full out hooptie.
[28:35] >> That was pretty good.
[28:36] >> I
[28:36] >> That's YouTube gold right there.
[28:38] >> I was I was just hysterically laughing
[28:40] for way longer than this. I edited it
[28:42] down. I just
[28:44] >> a van sharding. I just
[28:46] >> cuz I have like 8-year-old bathroom
[28:48] humor still as a 40-year-old man.
[28:50] >> Yeah,
[28:52] >> that's great.
[28:54] >> Okay,
[28:56] you guys are right. But I also have my
[28:58] favorite Car Wizard video.
[29:00] >> Oh, yeah.
[29:01] >> Because you started six years ago with
[29:02] the car wizard channel.
[29:05] >> There's slow-mo.
[29:06] >> So, here comes here comes my favorite
[29:09] car wizard video.
[29:10] >> Okay.
[29:11] >> No, not that one. It's going to be
[29:13] comedy. It's not going to be
[29:15] informative. There won't be anything you
[29:17] doing comedy.
[29:18] >> How's it going, boys and girls? Here we
[29:20] are. So everybody
[29:22] >> Tiger King was during too long ago
[29:25] >> is watching Tiger King trying to get
[29:27] things fixed for folks when they come on
[29:28] down.
[29:30] >> And what were you thinking?
[29:31] >> I don't know.
[29:32] >> Why did you Why did you You called me up
[29:34] and said, "Hey, I got a script. Come up
[29:36] and shoot this."
[29:37] >> Look at you.
[29:38] >> You're some kind of wizard.
[29:40] >> That's what they say.
[29:42] >> You brought one of your cars down.
[29:43] >> You just went along with it.
[29:44] >> Got a Lamborghini.
[29:46] >> A Lamborghini?
[29:47] >> I went I went full crackhead on it. Yes.
[29:49] >> Oh boy. Oh boy, that sounds like
[29:51] >> Where did you find the zoo?
[29:53] >> I had it for a costume years ago.
[29:56] >> Like Joel exotic.
[29:57] >> They're going to know me around the
[29:58] world.
[29:58] >> You get arrested.
[30:00] >> Exotic,
[30:00] >> but you know, first the musical in blue.
[30:03] >> But in this video, you're going through
[30:05] basically your history with the shop and
[30:07] me and kind of like what we're doing
[30:09] now, but in the lens of of this, you
[30:12] know, Tiger King.
[30:13] >> I could completely forgot that I did
[30:15] that.
[30:16] >> It's so cringey. What were you thinking?
[30:18] But there's there's a prophetic
[30:19] statement in here that I I found
[30:21] fascinating that I totally forgot that I
[30:22] said this.
[30:23] >> Okay.
[30:24] >> But anyway, once we get through the
[30:25] music here,
[30:27] >> you guys are going to hear from me.
[30:28] You're going to hear about this for me.
[30:31] >> You're getting arrested like Tiger King.
[30:32] >> Yeah.
[30:32] >> Why don't you go?
[30:33] >> Yes, sir.
[30:34] >> Oh.
[30:37] >> Well, goodness. What are we going to do
[30:39] now? Well,
[30:41] I know a lady down in Florida that can
[30:44] bankroll this thing, but it's under the
[30:46] condition that I take over as owner
[30:49] operator of
[30:50] >> You are now
[30:51] >> Omega Omega
[30:53] Clinic.
[30:54] >> Well,
[30:56] let's do it.
[31:00] So,
[31:01] >> your 2020 video where we were joking
[31:04] about me taking over with Carol Baskins
[31:06] is uh Well, I guess Daniel can be Carol
[31:09] Baskin in this,
[31:11] >> I guess.
[31:13] >> So, anyway, that's that's our history.
[31:16] That's 17 18 years. I mean,
[31:18] >> Mhm.
[31:18] >> what what a ride, man.
[31:20] >> It's been quite a ride. I think we're
[31:21] both in a place we never thought we
[31:23] would be. That's for sure.
[31:24] >> For sure. And I mean, I'm so
[31:25] appreciative for everything you've done
[31:27] for me. I It's from, you know, helping
[31:30] me with the car dealership having
[31:31] affordable mechanic work to the infancy
[31:33] of YouTube to the explosive success and
[31:35] everything else.
[31:36] >> You're right by my side for all of it.
[31:38] So, I really don't know. Like,
[31:39] >> I know that this is happening and you
[31:41] know, changes changes happen with
[31:43] everything with life, but like I I'm I
[31:45] really don't know what I'm going to do.
[31:47] It's it is really sad. And I do also I
[31:50] love you.
[31:50] >> Oh, yeah.
[31:51] >> I love you. So, thank you so much for
[31:52] everything and thank you for setting me
[31:54] up for success
[31:55] >> uh with this
[31:56] >> and having something to look forward to
[31:59] again like me.
[32:01] >> The compressor kicking on right in the
[32:03] emotional moment.
[32:05] >> Let me turn that off again.
[32:06] >> Yeah, you can turn it off.
[32:07] >> It's terrible.
[32:12] >> I was about to I was about to kiss you,
[32:14] wizard. I was about to finally
[32:15] Everybody's been waiting for it for
[32:17] years, but now since the compressor
[32:18] ruined the mood, I'll I'll put my tongue
[32:20] back in my mouth, I guess. But it's very
[32:22] poignant. I'm I've been there have been
[32:23] moments of like I'm excited for this new
[32:25] chapter, but at the same time, I'm just
[32:27] very I'm very very sad to see you go.
[32:29] And so it's a it's a it's a big both
[32:32] ways, you know.
[32:32] >> Well, I wouldn't be uh doing any of this
[32:34] if it wasn't for you. The whole idea of
[32:37] car wizard, my YouTube channel is
[32:40] directly result of that that meeting we
[32:43] had on on the internet.
[32:44] >> How weird is it? It is a form. I mean,
[32:46] you met your wife on the internet. I
[32:47] know a little chat room. So, but I mean
[32:48] for like
[32:49] >> like if if you didn't go on if I beat
[32:52] you to that car on Craigslist.
[32:54] >> It would have never happened.
[32:55] >> None of this would have happened.
[32:56] >> That car was pinnacle.
[32:58] >> That's that whatever wherever this 240D
[33:00] is probably scrapped and just, you know,
[33:03] 10 cans by now. And
[33:05] >> it's just it's weird the little things
[33:07] that set off I mean changes the entire
[33:09] course of your life so dramatically
[33:10] because the same for me none of this
[33:13] would have existed. None none of it with
[33:15] me. So
[33:17] >> anyway that's that's it. I mean the next
[33:20] videos are going to be very very
[33:23] different but very fun. Thank you so
[33:25] much for watching.
[33:45] And just a reminder, today is the final
[33:46] day to enter the win the 1992 454 SS
[33:50] pickup truck. One of the last cars
[33:51] worked on by the Car Wizard before he
[33:54] moved away to Los Cruus. And it can be
[33:56] yours. All you have to do is go to
[33:57] phantom.com/hoviesgar,
[34:00] buy a keychain or a mug, a digital
[34:02] download, and that enters you for a
[34:03] chance to win this incredible show
[34:06] truck. This truly is your last chance,
[34:07] the last day to enter to win this
[34:09] incredible