[0:00] Are you marveling at his magnificence?
[0:02] >> This is amazing. I've always heard of
[0:04] these engines being hopped up and I've
[0:05] known that when you do, they turn into
[0:07] just absolute monsters of power.
[0:13] That's crazy.
[0:15] >> It pulls and pulls and pulls and pulls.
[0:17] >> It just doesn't stop. It It's still
[0:20] pulling at near 100 milesPH for a 8
[0:23] million pound Cadillac to just
[0:25] >> It just doesn't stop.
[0:28] No, it's a it's a locomotive. It's got
[0:30] to have at least 600 [music] horsepower.
[0:32] Wheelwood brakes. Is that a W?
[0:38] >> Sure enough.
[0:39] >> Wheelwood brakes.
[0:40] >> This is the coolest thing I bought in a
[0:42] long time.
[0:42] >> It is really cool. Can I have the
[0:44] engine?
[0:44] >> No. Welcome to Garage, the dumbest auto
[0:47] channel in all of YouTube. And a few
[0:48] weeks ago, I went on a buying spree
[0:49] [music] at a collector car auction and
[0:51] brought home five incredible cars. But
[0:53] two were standouts. One was this crazy
[0:56] Cadillac with an engine swap [music]
[0:57] that I'd never seen before and a
[0:59] gorgeous 454 SS. It was an amazing sight
[1:02] to see [music] this fresh batch of
[1:03] hoopies getting unloaded in Kansas. But
[1:06] unfortunately, once I got all of them
[1:07] out on the road and really took them on
[1:08] a shakedown cruise, there was one that
[1:11] had the most issues by a lot, and that
[1:13] is the 1992 Chevy 454 SS. But in this
[1:17] video today, we're going to go through
[1:18] and fix everything on this truck because
[1:21] it's an OBS Chevy and it's pretty simple
[1:22] with the exception of one thing that'll
[1:24] be a little bit pricey, but also because
[1:26] I partnered with Phantom to give this
[1:28] truck away to one of you. I was mulling
[1:31] it over and I just couldn't figure out,
[1:32] well, do I give this one away or do I
[1:35] give away my Ford Lightning because they
[1:36] are just so similar and I was just back
[1:39] and forth, back and forth. that the
[1:40] 454S,
[1:42] it is just so amazingly cool, and I just
[1:45] thought you all would appreciate this
[1:46] one the most because it has a lot going
[1:49] on. But one thing going on with it that
[1:50] is kind of controversial is this wood
[1:53] treatment. Now, this is supposed to be
[1:54] sort of the stealth blacked out sport
[1:56] truck from Chevy. The Cyclone was a few
[1:58] years before this. This is a big block
[2:00] 454, and it's supposed to be sort of the
[2:02] continuation of this stealthy GM
[2:04] vehicle, sort of like the Grand National
[2:06] or the GNX over here. Obviously, not
[2:08] turbocharged. huge engine under hood,
[2:11] but somebody thought they'd make this
[2:12] thing custom by adding this wood
[2:14] treatment on the mirrors on the bed here
[2:17] on top as far as the cover on the
[2:19] interior. And then also when you pop
[2:22] open the bed inside
[2:25] is another wood treatment. And these
[2:27] struts have failed to where I'm holding
[2:28] this thing up with with all of my spray
[2:30] and bed liner here. And it's all
[2:33] beautifully done. Just incredible. And
[2:35] Russ Kinsky, Dr. for wood grain. They
[2:37] credit him for doing this and it is
[2:40] beautiful, but does it really match this
[2:43] truck? So, I was going to immediately
[2:44] paint this thing black, but then people
[2:46] in the comments said, "This is cool.
[2:47] This is amazing. You have to keep this."
[2:49] Uh, so I'm going to leave it as sort of
[2:51] a dealer's choice. So, if you enter to
[2:52] win, obviously it'd be very easy to take
[2:54] this thing off and paint it all black or
[2:56] wrap it, do whatever. Or you could just
[2:58] remove it and rock it with the truck bed
[3:00] totally exposed. The one thing I will do
[3:02] for sure is paint these mirrors because
[3:05] they just they just need to be black. No
[3:07] production car I've ever known had a
[3:09] wooden mirror. So, it just makes no
[3:11] sense to me at all. Even my real wood
[3:13] car over here, my 46 Chrysler Town and
[3:16] Country where they were still using wood
[3:17] construction in the body of the car. So,
[3:19] this is real, you know, teak and stuff.
[3:22] They used metal for me, chrome. So, it
[3:24] needs to go back to black on this thing.
[3:27] I do really like the wheels. As cool as
[3:29] the old 454 SS stock wheels were, I
[3:31] think these definitely work with the red
[3:33] painted calipers. And since this thing's
[3:35] been hot rodded, it makes sense and it
[3:38] can be yours by entering to win at
[3:39] fan.com/hoviesgar.
[3:42] It is linked below a keychain or a mug
[3:45] enters you for a chance to win this
[3:48] truck. You can be bringing it home with
[3:50] this beautiful, freshly built 454. I
[3:53] found an ad years ago when this thing
[3:54] was at another auction. They talked
[3:56] about this engine just being rebuilt and
[3:59] obviously it was painted and completely
[4:00] taken apart for that. Unfortunately
[4:02] though, I mentioned the issues. They are
[4:05] numerous. Or the ignition, it is broken.
[4:07] It is stuck. So, I have to hot wire this
[4:09] thing to start it. We'll do that in a
[4:11] little bit. Also, the air conditioning,
[4:13] it blows warm. This passenger window
[4:16] doesn't work. This truck needs to be all
[4:18] it can be to match how nice it is
[4:20] cosmetically because this is one of the
[4:21] nicest 454 SS's on the planet. It was
[4:24] all repainted and the paint is just
[4:26] nicer from the factory. It's crazy how
[4:28] clean and shiny this thing is. But, uh,
[4:31] it needs to start. So, this is my
[4:33] current starter situation with this
[4:36] wire. It's It's very difficult to see,
[4:38] but back behind this giant 454 big block
[4:40] is a couple of wires. The purple one, we
[4:42] cut a little slit in it to get to the
[4:44] wire so I can touch this to the battery
[4:48] and it will start right up like you're
[4:50] turning the key on the ignition. But I
[4:52] do have to disconnect the battery when
[4:53] the car is not running because the key
[4:55] doesn't turn all the way off. Just
[4:56] change the ignition switch and I'll
[4:57] never have to do this again.
[4:59] Unfortunately though, there was a much
[5:01] bigger issue when I got it out on the
[5:02] open roads. So, we are going to take
[5:04] this thing up to the Car Wizards today
[5:05] for a full inspection to get everything
[5:08] fixed. So, there is the battery getting
[5:10] hooked up. And my 76 El is already up
[5:14] there. There we go.
[5:17] Yes.
[5:25] Smooth running horsey here. So, they
[5:28] made about 17,000 454 SS trucks on the
[5:32] OBS from 1990 to 1993, but the last two
[5:36] years are the most rare, less than 2500
[5:39] built. This one is a 1992 and it got a
[5:42] big performance boost from the factory.
[5:45] Jeez, is very, very fast. And the reason
[5:48] for that is the transmission was
[5:50] upgraded to the four-speed 4L slippy E.
[5:53] And unfortunately, well, this one's
[5:55] doing its best impression of the older
[5:58] 3-speed transmission because
[6:01] that last gear, it just slips. It
[6:03] doesn't exist. And then it downshifts
[6:06] into third gear to where I can go down
[6:08] the road. But that shaved a second off
[6:10] of its 60 back when it was new. But then
[6:12] this thing has been rebuilt and modified
[6:15] and it is so so much flipping faster.
[6:18] 240 horsepower from the factory. It was
[6:20] way more torque than that. But this one,
[6:22] it's a little bit spicier.
[6:26] It is a a fast fast truck.
[6:32] I'm I'm telling you, this would beat my
[6:35] Ford Lightning, which spanked this thing
[6:37] stock back in the day. The 5.4
[6:40] supercharged V8 in the '90s Ford
[6:41] Lightning. in the second generation uh
[6:43] really put this thing in its place. But
[6:45] somebody hopped up this motor to make it
[6:47] very very spicy. Unfortunately, this
[6:49] transmission is is not liking this spicy
[6:52] motor. So, it does need to be rebuilt.
[6:54] This is a very common problem. This
[6:55] transmission is not that expensive to
[6:58] have a shop rebuild it and do it right.
[6:59] So, that's okay. It's okay that I have
[7:02] to fix that and the other issues because
[7:04] overall, this truck is just so clean. I
[7:08] I can't be mad at all. There's just
[7:10] something about these old body style
[7:12] trucks that just feel so different than
[7:15] anything since. And what's nice about
[7:17] them is they have that feeling of an old
[7:19] school smaller pickup truck. Even though
[7:21] this is full size, but also all the
[7:24] modern comforts. So, it's really
[7:26] everything you need. And they are so
[7:28] simple and dead reliable, easy to fix.
[7:29] fix. I mean, with the exception of the
[7:30] transmission, it's was all easy to fix
[7:32] and cheap to fix that. That's why you
[7:34] see so many of these things on the road
[7:36] as daily drivers just totally torn apart
[7:39] and rusting apart, but they still go
[7:41] down the road. They're just so
[7:43] impressive. Other than drinking a lot of
[7:45] dead dinosaurs, no problem making it up
[7:47] here. And there's the Weezard.
[7:51] He's already messing with the eldo.
[7:53] >> Are you marveling at his magnificence?
[7:55] >> This is amazing. I've always heard of
[7:57] these engines being hopped up and I've
[7:59] known that when you do they turn into
[8:00] just absolute monsters of power.
[8:03] >> They are uh Yes, it is incredible. I've
[8:06] never experienced a gigantic boat like
[8:09] this with the power that it has. You
[8:11] have to experience it. Here, hop in.
[8:13] >> All right.
[8:13] >> Cuz it's it's crazy. [clears throat] Two
[8:15] for for you today. I bought five
[8:18] actually but
[8:19] >> two today.
[8:20] >> Two today.
[8:22] But nice fuel injection. So it just
[8:24] starts right up
[8:29] >> a good
[8:31] perfect little burble. You know, it's a
[8:33] little comical because it's frontwheel
[8:35] drive but
[8:39] >> that's crazy.
[8:41] >> It pulls and pulls and pulls and pulls.
[8:43] >> It just doesn't stop.
[8:45] >> It It's still pulling at near 100 miles
[8:47] an hour.
[8:48] >> Really? That's it. I I I don't
[8:50] understand cuz you think the gearing run
[8:52] out of gearing, but it just it just
[8:53] keeps pulling.
[8:55] >> Just keeps going.
[8:57] >> For a 8 million pound Cadillac, it just
[9:01] >> it just doesn't stop.
[9:03] >> No, it's a it's a locomotive.
[9:06] >> It's It's so cool. very much like this
[9:09] unlimited torque where because it's so
[9:11] heavy, it's not going to jump off the
[9:13] line like a supercar, but it just keeps
[9:15] pulling like it just it just won't stop.
[9:19] >> It's got to have at least 600
[9:20] horsepower.
[9:21] >> Here we go. But the front wheel drive's
[9:23] a little
[9:25] It doesn't torque steer though, I think,
[9:26] because the transmission's not that kind
[9:28] of transmission. I don't know. It's
[9:32] That's crazy, man. It's almost like a
[9:34] souped-up Honda Civic or something. The
[9:36] way it takes off.
[9:37] >> Yes.
[9:38] >> Yeah.
[9:39] >> And you'll see the suspension on this
[9:41] thing. Like everything underneath it
[9:43] looks brand new. It's It's wild. So like
[9:46] the issues are just sort of the old car
[9:48] stuff cuz it's never been restored. So
[9:49] like your window that's that's about all
[9:52] she wrote on this window.
[9:53] >> Okay.
[9:53] >> And that back one there doesn't go up.
[9:55] Um it's just like little things like
[9:58] that, little old car stuff. But
[10:01] they actually did this right.
[10:04] >> It feels that way. Yes.
[10:05] >> There's one exception though. Oh, let
[10:06] bump the horn. There's one exception
[10:08] that
[10:09] >> it's like they stopped like
[10:12] >> short like at the one yard line. They
[10:13] ran it all the way across the football
[10:15] field. Not that I'm very good at
[10:16] football references. And then like right
[10:18] at touchdown they're like they just
[10:20] stopped. Interesting.
[10:21] >> Anyway, let me show you. Oh.
[10:24] >> So, when you were marveling at this
[10:25] engine that they say is boarded and
[10:27] stroked, so it's more than 500 cubic
[10:29] inches.
[10:30] >> I was definitely being stroked on that
[10:31] ride. That's for sure.
[10:32] >> So, well, did you notice when you're
[10:34] under the hood that there's something
[10:35] off here?
[10:36] >> Yes, I did right away. There's only one
[10:39] line going to the AC compressor.
[10:41] >> Correct. Yes. The AC It doesn't work.
[10:43] The blower doesn't blow, but also the
[10:45] compressor, it's it looks like a newer
[10:48] compressor cuz in 76 it would have been
[10:49] like an enormous thing, right?
[10:51] >> Yeah. They would have an A6 compressor.
[10:52] It's a black long black one.
[10:55] >> A long black one. Okay. [laughter]
[10:57] Uh-huh. So, this is a modern AC
[10:58] compressor. And they have it hooked up
[11:01] here to the condenser.
[11:02] >> Uhhuh.
[11:03] >> Which is the original condenser, but
[11:05] then nothing going there. It's capped
[11:08] off.
[11:08] >> Yeah. It should be a a hose going into
[11:10] here. This is your dryer and your
[11:12] expansion valve all in one unit. Wow.
[11:14] It's like maybe they ran out of money or
[11:16] the guy passed away or
[11:19] >> it doesn't seem like something that
[11:20] broke. It just seems like something
[11:21] where the job didn't get finished,
[11:23] >> right?
[11:24] >> So, I was ooling around. I noticed that
[11:26] this one's I could almost get it loose
[11:28] with my hand, but this one is definitely
[11:31] loose. So, they just like put the hose
[11:33] there and stopped.
[11:35] >> It is odd. But I'm thinking, you know, I
[11:38] got this thing for 15,000 bucks.
[11:40] >> 15,000.
[11:41] >> 15,000.
[11:42] >> It would cost that much to make that
[11:43] motor
[11:44] >> just to build that motor with everything
[11:46] else like 30 $40,000 into the
[11:49] mechanicals of this thing. Because when
[11:50] you get up in the air, like you'll see
[11:52] like this mechanically completely
[11:55] restored outside. I mean, it's sort of
[11:57] original survivor with some patina, some
[11:59] touch-up here and there. It's in good
[12:01] shape. It's a driver, but this this is
[12:04] insane. Just wait till you put it up.
[12:07] It's
[12:13] [music]
[12:15] >> It's kind of Cadillac City in here right
[12:17] now between Bob's Deville and then
[12:20] >> your Black You swapping that one.
[12:22] >> Yes.
[12:23] >> Don't Don't steal this one.
[12:24] >> No, I'm not going to steal that one.
[12:26] That one's about 80% done. I've got a
[12:28] video coming out soon on it, but it's
[12:30] going to go to New Mexico like it is.
[12:32] I'm not going to have time to finish it
[12:33] yet.
[12:34] >> Okay. Yes. 2020 on the oil change.
[12:37] >> You don't want to remind me the time's
[12:38] drawing near on that, but okay. So, that
[12:40] means this was done a little while ago.
[12:43] >> Uh, 6 years ago.
[12:45] >> Oh, you know, look at the suspension.
[12:48] Look at the brakes.
[12:49] >> Wow. All the bolts are brand new.
[12:50] Everything.
[12:51] >> Look at the control arms. Look at the
[12:52] shocks. Look at the frontwheel drive
[12:54] stuff.
[12:55] >> They had them powder coated or
[12:57] something. They're Wow. They look new.
[13:00] CV shafts, the rotors, brakes are all
[13:02] brand new.
[13:05] It's got Is this Willwood brakes? Is
[13:07] that a W?
[13:09] >> Oh, possibly. Are you kidding me? It
[13:12] >> has Wheelwoods on it.
[13:14] >> Okay, so we need to pop a wheel off and
[13:16] see that cuz that's
[13:18] that makes a lot of sense. When you
[13:19] upgrade to like 600 horsepower, you
[13:21] should probably upgrade the brakes.
[13:22] Yeah. Slotted rotors. What?
[13:26] Are you kidding me? This is like a full
[13:28] out resto mod. We'll investigate that
[13:30] here later. but
[13:33] >> fresh engine.
[13:33] >> So, it's frontwheel drive. The engine
[13:35] sits like a rear wheel drive. Then
[13:37] there's a chain case back here. There's
[13:38] a chain
[13:40] >> that goes to a TH400 transmission and it
[13:42] goes forward. Has a differential bolted
[13:45] to the back of the transmission.
[13:47] >> So, it does like a 360 almost in power
[13:50] >> and that's why it doesn't feel torque
[13:52] steery because of this weird setup
[13:55] because it has an actual diff.
[13:57] >> Yeah. So, it's not tugging the wheel one
[13:59] way or the other, but look at it's just
[14:03] >> that's crazy.
[14:03] >> It's incredible. So, there's, you know,
[14:07] 15 grand in the motor, the drivetrain
[14:09] being rebuilt, and then
[14:10] >> probably another 15 grand suspension
[14:12] here. And then it's a nice car overall.
[14:14] So, this exhaust really sanitary as far
[14:16] as the way it's done, too. Like, this is
[14:18] >> Oh, wow.
[14:19] >> What's that?
[14:20] >> So, the E bra cable is broken and they
[14:22] put in electronic E bra. What? It says
[14:26] Estop.
[14:28] >> Okay.
[14:28] >> The push button emergency brake.
[14:31] >> Why? Just just to spend money, I guess.
[14:34] >> I don't know. Maybe something was wrong
[14:35] with the mechanism under the dash or
[14:38] >> But that's it's easy to fix the
[14:40] mechanism under the dash. So why would
[14:42] >> that? But
[14:43] >> okay, whatever.
[14:45] >> That's fascinating cuz then like here's
[14:47] the dynamic of it. But like this
[14:49] crossbar replaced here or at least
[14:51] repowder coated.
[14:52] >> But the undercarriage, they never
[14:54] restored it. Like most of when you're
[14:56] doing restoration like this, you would
[14:57] at least like spray down in black the
[15:00] undercarriage.
[15:00] >> Yeah, you would think so.
[15:01] >> And paint all this to make it look nice,
[15:03] but they just replaced all this and then
[15:05] left everything else original. It's
[15:08] >> It's so weird.
[15:09] >> It is bizarre. And then how the AC is
[15:11] not hooked up. It's kind of bizarre.
[15:13] >> So then we go to the back suspension.
[15:15] This is frontwheel drive, so there's not
[15:16] a whole lot going on. But once again,
[15:18] >> there's our fuel pump for the EFI since
[15:20] that now has e EFI and not a carburetor,
[15:23] >> right?
[15:24] >> It has air shocks, but
[15:27] yeah, they're they're hooked up. Where
[15:30] do the lines go? They go up to the
[15:32] trunk,
[15:33] >> huh?
[15:34] >> There's a hole in the trunk there.
[15:36] >> Okay. I have not looked in the trunk, so
[15:38] that might be something worth
[15:39] investigating. I suppose
[15:40] >> it's def it's just like a ship. Look for
[15:43] and aft and starboard.
[15:45] >> Look at that. [laughter] for the fancy
[15:48] exhaust tips. But these brakes don't
[15:50] look like uh Willwood fancy.
[15:52] >> No, that looks stock brakes.
[15:54] >> But still brand spanking new.
[15:56] >> This rear axle looks brand I mean
[15:58] literally brand new out of the factory.
[16:01] >> They just they just replaced all of it.
[16:03] So
[16:04] 15 grand with a full mechanical
[16:07] restoration and then this thing hot
[16:09] rodded. And they actually went to the
[16:10] trouble of like, hey, if we're going to
[16:12] put a 600 horsepower engine in this
[16:14] thing, like it needs to be able to stop.
[16:16] It needs to be able to suspension needs
[16:18] to be able to handle the power and all
[16:19] this stuff. Like
[16:22] >> who who did this?
[16:23] >> I don't know. It's very It's awesome,
[16:26] but also strange at the same time.
[16:28] >> It's it's it's very odd. Can we pull the
[16:30] wheel off? I'm just I'm just curious.
[16:31] And then we can open the trunk, too,
[16:33] because I never I never looked in there.
[16:36] stock hub caps and wheels on Vogue
[16:39] tires. And
[16:40] >> anyways, look at the Wheelwood.
[16:42] >> Whoa.
[16:44] >> Whoa.
[16:44] >> Can you see right in through here?
[16:46] >> Okay.
[16:48] Sure enough. [snorts]
[16:49] >> Wheelwood brakes.
[16:50] >> Wheelwood brakes. And it looks like they
[16:52] had to sand it down a little bit for it
[16:54] to clear the stock wheel.
[16:55] >> Yeah, they did.
[16:56] >> They grinded it down.
[16:58] >> Even the wheels have been powder coated.
[17:00] >> Yep. This
[17:02] This is insane. It is the world's
[17:04] fastest 76 El Dorado. It's pretty safe
[17:08] to say.
[17:08] >> Yeah, I would say so.
[17:11] >> Imagine what this motor would do in like
[17:12] a Camaro or something.
[17:13] >> This would be nuts. Be nuts. [laughter]
[17:15] Or, you know, a transmission that could,
[17:17] you know, Yeah. where you could go
[17:18] through the gear. That's the thing. The
[17:19] probably the transmission is the
[17:20] lethargic part of it. That's why it just
[17:21] feels like it just pulls.
[17:24] This is the coolest thing I've bought in
[17:26] a long time.
[17:27] >> It is really cool. Can I have the
[17:28] engine?
[17:29] >> No. No. [laughter]
[17:31] These weren't the most rigid bodies on
[17:33] the planet, were they?
[17:34] >> No. Watch it flex. There it goes.
[17:38] It goes from a 3/4 in gap to a quarter
[17:41] inch gap.
[17:43] >> That's And that's factory.
[17:45] >> It's factory. Well, it's a convertible.
[17:47] That's why.
[17:48] >> Right. They didn't brace them up very
[17:50] much. So, like I remember one of the
[17:51] first episodes of the US Top Gear Adam
[17:53] Ferrari jumped that Cadillac and it just
[17:55] You remember that? Where it just
[17:56] accordion when he landed.
[17:57] >> Yeah.
[17:58] >> That's uh
[17:58] >> Get the trunk open. Yes. And
[18:03] >> there's a spare.
[18:04] >> A brand new spare.
[18:05] >> Bunch of spare parts.
[18:09] What do we have there?
[18:16] >> It's the electronic stop. So, it's not
[18:18] actually hooked up.
[18:19] >> I see. So, they didn't finish that
[18:21] either.
[18:22] >> There's your button.
[18:23] >> Oh, okay. So, another unfinished project
[18:26] there.
[18:28] I don't see. Now,
[18:30] >> the airlines came up through
[18:33] back here somewhere. Right there,
[18:35] >> huh?
[18:35] >> There's where you fill it up manually
[18:36] with an air chuck.
[18:38] >> Oh, okay. So, there is a little tank
[18:40] somewhere.
[18:41] >> So, there is It can fill it up to
[18:43] wherever height you want, but it's not
[18:45] automatic.
[18:46] >> That's right. We had that on the 49
[18:48] Caddy.
[18:48] >> Yep.
[18:49] >> Where it was those air shocks where you
[18:50] just manually got it to the desired PSI.
[18:53] >> Mhm. I knew it would be in there. I just
[18:55] had to find it.
[18:56] >> Okay. But once again, originality.
[18:59] Look at that. And so it's it's just such
[19:02] a It's just such a weird car. It It's so
[19:05] cool.
[19:06] >> I'd like to know the story like as far
[19:08] as they went with it. Why did they stop
[19:09] at at the 99 yard line?
[19:12] >> Right. Once again, football references
[19:14] we are not good at. It's the one yard
[19:16] line
[19:16] >> or is it the hundred yard line?
[19:17] >> It's the one yard line.
[19:18] >> I'm not a football person.
[19:19] >> Me neither. It's obvious. We just talk
[19:21] about cars. But yes, I very odd. So,
[19:25] >> okay. This thing's cool. I'd love if the
[19:27] AC worked and the blower worked for the
[19:28] heater and all that stuff and those
[19:30] windows went down and you know, not sure
[19:34] about that electric parking brake if I
[19:35] need it or not, but
[19:39] there we go. The world's fastest El
[19:41] Dorado. And then one really, really fast
[19:44] 454 SS outside. I'm not sure if it's the
[19:46] world's fastest, but it's it's really
[19:48] quick. A little work to start this one,
[19:50] but the funny thing was the shipper, he
[19:52] was really nice. I told him about the
[19:54] issue with the ignition switch and using
[19:55] the purple wire and he's like, "I got
[19:57] this. I I know what you're talking
[19:58] about. I grew up in a rough neighborhood
[20:00] so I know.
[20:00] >> Grew up in the Bronx or something,
[20:01] >> whatever it was." He's very nice. But
[20:03] then he used the purple wire.
[20:05] >> Oh, yeah.
[20:06] >> Down here.
[20:07] >> Starter wire. Yeah.
[20:08] >> And he started it like in it was gone in
[20:11] 60 seconds. It was It was really
[20:13] impressive. So, I'm not sure how he did
[20:14] it there. He probably hooked it up to
[20:15] something. I just need to touch there
[20:17] and touch it here.
[20:21] >> Yeah. There she goes.
[20:24] What a cobbled up way to start a car.
[20:26] >> Yes, but it got it here.
[20:28] >> Yes, I love the GMT 400s.
[20:30] >> It is. It is very, very good.
[20:32] Unfortunately, there's something you
[20:34] can't fix. No fourth gear.
[20:36] >> Oh, no. We don't do trans the 4L slippy
[20:39] E, whatever they call it. You know, the
[20:41] [clears throat] 4L80 transmission, the
[20:42] four-speed is gone. It's lost fourth.
[20:45] But every other gear is
[20:49] >> it it's it's good. It means business.
[20:51] >> It is very, very good. But we do want to
[20:54] get this thing really nice because I am
[20:55] giving it away with Fanath.
[20:57] >> Oh, it's going to be a giveaway car.
[20:58] >> It is a giveaway car. So, you can enter
[21:00] for a chance to win Wizards since you
[21:02] love these so much.
[21:02] >> Mhm.
[21:03] >> People might get mad if you win though.
[21:04] Be a little They [laughter] might think
[21:05] it's an inside job.
[21:06] >> Yeah, that probably wouldn't be fair.
[21:08] >> But we do need to make it nice. So, this
[21:10] window,
[21:11] >> no worky.
[21:12] >> No work.
[21:13] >> So, I need that to go.
[21:15] And I need the air conditioning to go.
[21:17] And I need this key to actually
[21:20] >> say it doesn't go all the way turned
[21:21] off.
[21:22] >> Ignition switch is is all jacked up.
[21:24] >> It's broken.
[21:25] >> But it's not broken to where the
[21:26] steering wheel locks in. So that I mean
[21:28] that saved my butt. Otherwise,
[21:30] >> I would have been really stuck.
[21:31] >> You would have. These compressors are
[21:32] known for leaking around the case seal
[21:34] here.
[21:35] >> Yeah.
[21:35] >> And they leak their refrigerant out
[21:37] pretty easily.
[21:37] >> I see a little neon. You know, there
[21:38] look like a little neon green there.
[21:40] >> Probably needs a compressor. I would bet
[21:42] >> it's ugly anyway. And the rest of the
[21:43] engine's so nice that that would be
[21:45] >> Yeah. Yeah,
[21:45] >> wouldn't be the worst thing to replace
[21:47] it, but [clears throat] fuel injection
[21:50] on this sucker. Look at the bow tie
[21:52] screw on there. That's That's show car
[21:54] right there to be able
[21:55] >> It's got pache.
[21:56] >> Mhm. Yeah.
[21:58] That's very satisfying.
[22:01] >> Every Chevy should have that.
[22:02] >> It's not plastic.
[22:02] >> No, it's not plastic. Here, take that
[22:04] off. We should have
[22:06] >> TVI.
[22:07] >> Yeah. You like throttle body fuel
[22:09] injection?
[22:09] >> I do. It's one of my favorites. is super
[22:11] simple and it's very easy to replace
[22:13] parts on it and cheap and some upgraded
[22:16] plugs, cap and rotor. EGR valves intact.
[22:19] >> That's good.
[22:20] >> Yeah,
[22:21] >> but she did sort of blast through the
[22:23] transmission. So,
[22:24] >> that's not good.
[22:25] >> Uh, if you could fix everything else on
[22:26] this as soon as possible, I guess we can
[22:28] put up with the lift and see, but then
[22:29] I'll get it down the transmission shop.
[22:32] >> Like, these people can rebuild these
[22:33] transmissions blindfolded. They've been,
[22:35] you know,
[22:35] >> they can do it cheaper than we can cuz
[22:36] they do it over and over. And they've
[22:39] probably done 6,000 of these
[22:40] transmissions because over the years cuz
[22:42] they're just still everywhere. But
[22:44] >> let's see. I guess I should have looked
[22:46] underneath before I said let's give it
[22:47] away on Fanithm. But I don't think
[22:48] there's any surprises with this thing.
[22:50] >> Let's take a look.
[22:51] >> What do you think though about this this
[22:54] bowling alley thing going on back here?
[22:56] >> I'm really not a fan.
[22:58] >> What?
[22:58] >> No.
[23:00] >> A lot of I'm a fan. I understand why
[23:02] people wouldn't want the steel out truck
[23:03] to have this. Danielson,
[23:04] >> is this wrapped or what?
[23:06] >> No, this is somebody's artwork. So, this
[23:08] hand painted and not only that, Wizard
[23:11] lifted up. It's the struts are bad. I'd
[23:15] like for you to replace that. But then
[23:16] it's, you know, old trucks in the '60s
[23:19] and '7s, they had a wood bed. So, it
[23:21] continues in here with a nice spray-in
[23:23] bed liner. So, this is
[23:24] >> this is a lot of work.
[23:26] >> This is a lot of work. And I give them
[23:28] kudos for the they did a quality job. It
[23:31] just wouldn't be my styling. It just to
[23:33] me it completely takes away from the 454
[23:36] SS.
[23:37] >> Right. So, you would just paint this
[23:39] black.
[23:39] >> I would.
[23:40] >> Easy enough to do the mirrors. If you
[23:42] pop them off for me, we'll paint those
[23:43] black cuz wood mirrors make no sense.
[23:45] But
[23:46] >> I'm kind of leaving it up to whoever
[23:47] wins this thing cuz somebody may love
[23:50] this. And I personally love it cuz I
[23:51] love fake wood anything.
[23:53] >> But and the artwork, I mean, the amount
[23:55] of time this took.
[23:56] >> They did a good job though. They really
[23:57] did.
[23:57] >> Insane, dude. I would definitely keep
[23:59] this just because of the work.
[24:01] >> Yep. It's It makes it unique. It's
[24:03] another like, you know, showc car touch
[24:04] for it to pop. But I also think that a
[24:07] lot of people were kind of like, is it a
[24:09] real 454s because of this? And that's
[24:11] why I was able to get it for under
[24:13] $20,000 for the late 92 ones with the
[24:16] faster, you know, better transmission
[24:17] and stuff. So, I think it's a really
[24:19] good deal for what I paid for it. So,
[24:22] >> anyway, up we go. Any surprise? Willwood
[24:24] brakes on this one? Does not appear so.
[24:26] >> No, I think it has stock brakes on it.
[24:29] They definitely had the engine out,
[24:31] painted the block and everything. I
[24:33] wonder what they did. Cam or lifters or
[24:36] what all they did. See, here's our oil
[24:38] pressure sending unit.
[24:40] >> Okay.
[24:40] >> But there's a tube up top is kind of
[24:42] odd. I'm not sure what it goes to. We'll
[24:43] take a look at that in a minute.
[24:45] >> Okay. As I do have the oil pressure
[24:48] gauge.
[24:48] >> Yeah.
[24:50] I don't see anything leaking. The shocks
[24:52] are not blown. Does it drive pretty
[24:54] good?
[24:54] >> Drives nice. Yes. other than the uh
[24:56] transmission, but no suspension or
[24:58] braking issues at all.
[25:02] >> There's a tiny bit of seepage here.
[25:05] This bolt is loose. Could be a rear main
[25:08] seal, which they could do when they had
[25:09] the transmission out.
[25:10] >> Yes, that would be very simple to do
[25:13] >> with the transmission out. It's
[25:14] interesting how I didn't realize that
[25:15] they made up like this. Here it is.
[25:17] Another loose bolt right there for that
[25:19] flywheel cover. So, maybe they had it
[25:21] off, noticed that there's a leak, and
[25:22] then just quickly put it back on. Yeah,
[25:24] they didn't tighten up any of the bolts.
[25:26] They're all finger
[25:28] >> finger loose
[25:28] >> or they were assessing the transmission
[25:30] or whatever and then didn't fix it
[25:32] >> possibly. Yeah.
[25:33] >> But that can all be fixed when they
[25:35] [clears throat] pull the trans out and
[25:37] rebuild it. That's not something you all
[25:38] need to do.
[25:39] >> Big old 4L80E.
[25:40] >> Mhm. Three speeds forward, one speed
[25:42] backwards, and two neutrals at the
[25:44] moment.
[25:44] >> Mhm.
[25:45] >> But this exhaust once again very stock
[25:47] looking.
[25:48] >> This is Flowmasters.
[25:49] >> Oh, they are?
[25:50] >> Yeah. See?
[25:50] >> Well, I stand corrected. Okay.
[25:52] >> Flowmaster. These are original 40s, I
[25:54] think.
[25:54] >> So, this is like a like a day two
[25:56] modification on your 454 back in 1992.
[25:59] So,
[26:00] >> that's why. And the fuel tank that it
[26:03] needs to be three times as big for that
[26:04] 454 but
[26:05] >> Mhm.
[26:06] >> it's doing the job.
[26:08] >> They did a pretty good job. Whoever did
[26:09] all this.
[26:10] >> Mhm. Looks like fresh shocks on the
[26:13] back too.
[26:14] >> Yeah. I see something wet here. Maybe a
[26:17] wheel cylinder.
[26:18] >> Oh,
[26:20] well, we want to take care of that. It's
[26:22] easy fix.
[26:23] >> It is. I can see inside of here the
[26:25] brake shoe has goo all over it.
[26:28] >> Okay.
[26:28] >> So, needs wheel cylinder, some shoes, at
[26:32] least on that side.
[26:34] >> And because it's an old truck, it's
[26:37] thousands of dollars, right?
[26:38] >> Oh, no. It'll be cheap.
[26:39] >> I know. There's nothing, right? Yeah.
[26:42] This rear diff looks
[26:44] looks really clean.
[26:45] >> It's a big boy.
[26:46] >> It is a 14 bolt or something.
[26:48] >> Huge. And overall, the undercarriage,
[26:51] this is a nice, clean southern truck. I
[26:54] had one of these before. It was a 90, so
[26:55] it was a three-speed, not as fast. And
[26:57] the undercarriage, it didn't look like
[26:59] this, so I didn't keep it. But
[27:00] >> wait a minute here.
[27:02] >> What's up?
[27:03] >> It has wood exhaust tips.
[27:05] >> Whoa.
[27:07] >> What?
[27:08] >> Whoa. [laughter]
[27:09] Okay.
[27:10] >> Is Do you have a wooden tip?
[27:11] >> Somebody loves wood. Just a little bit
[27:14] too much. Just a little bit too much.
[27:16] >> That's That's going overboard. That's
[27:18] too much. Yeah.
[27:19] >> M. Well,
[27:22] very passionate wood owner.
[27:24] >> I think they had a little bit of paint
[27:25] left and they said, "Let's do the tips."
[27:27] >> Just just the tips. Anyway, [laughter]
[27:29] all right. Well, I'll turn you loose on
[27:31] this thing and let me know when it's
[27:32] done. Then we'll get it down to the
[27:33] transmission shop and it'll be a sorted
[27:35] car for the Fanath folks.
[27:38] >> Definitely.
[27:38] >> And you definitely want to enter to win.
[27:40] It's just a mug or a keychain. They're
[27:41] veteranowned and operated. They do an
[27:43] amazing job. They've done like seven
[27:44] cars for me at this point. So, this one
[27:46] I believe number eight is it's it's a
[27:50] really cool one. But we'll check back in
[27:51] once the wizard uh gets things going.
[27:53] Well, I'll leave these two fine hoopties
[27:55] in your hands and I guess I can drive
[27:57] home that one. It's like if these two
[27:58] had a baby, my 99 Escalade, right?
[28:02] >> Yep. But first, there's a bill.
[28:05] >> A bill on the Escalade?
[28:06] >> Yes.
[28:07] >> Okay. It was It wasn't much. It was The
[28:08] power steering was leaking. It was It
[28:10] was should be very tiny, right?
[28:11] >> Oh, there was a heater valve. You want
[28:12] to see the old one?
[28:14] >> Yes. My 99 Escalade. It's been a
[28:17] trooper. Just sort of sitting outside.
[28:19] Drive to the airport, drive around good
[28:21] this winter. Heated seats that are just
[28:22] like boiling hot. Incredible. But it
[28:26] started dribbling pretty good from the
[28:28] power steering, I think. Is that what it
[28:30] was?
[28:30] >> Power steering pump.
[28:37] So, we have a brand new pump installed
[28:39] and the leaks have been solved. But then
[28:41] we found another leak. Daniel's son was
[28:43] working on that and he kept seeing
[28:44] antifreeze dripping and it was your
[28:47] heater valve. He went to pull a hose off
[28:50] and it just crumbled into pieces.
[28:52] >> So I was just moments from disaster on
[28:54] that.
[28:54] >> Yeah, this thing here just popped off
[28:56] with very little pressure.
[28:58] >> Okay. So that's an easy fix. But
[29:00] >> so and the new one is just right down
[29:02] there.
[29:02] >> Okay. That would have been catastrophic
[29:04] for the 5.7 Vortekch.
[29:06] >> Yes.
[29:07] >> On this sucker, which these aren't
[29:09] throttle body fuel injection. They have
[29:11] a fuel rail, don't they?
[29:12] >> They have a spider injection. It's
[29:14] underneath this plastic intake. You
[29:16] can't see it.
[29:17] >> It is a little bit different, but the
[29:18] next generation based on that 454. And
[29:21] then the elbow would have been
[29:22] carbbured, but now it's
[29:23] >> it's fuel injected.
[29:24] >> Now it's fuel injected. Well, I guess
[29:25] I'll hit the road, huh?
[29:26] >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[29:28] >> You got the key right here. The keys
[29:29] right here.
[29:30] >> Nope.
[29:31] >> Keys right here. It's not even that big
[29:32] of a bill. And you're still going to do
[29:34] this?
[29:34] >> Yes.
[29:35] >> There's no there's no invoicing still
[29:37] after all these years. All right.
[29:39] Omega's moving to Los Cusus, New Mexico.
[29:41] I don't I don't even want to like think
[29:42] about it yet. I don't think about it
[29:44] yet.
[29:44] >> You don't want to see that right now.
[29:45] >> You distracted people with the Game Boy
[29:47] games. That's That's fun. But okay.
[29:50] >> Power steering pump. Replacing it.
[29:52] Heater control valve.
[29:54] >> Mhm.
[29:54] >> 150 bucks. Not too bad. Oil change. I
[29:57] had no idea when it was done. Grand
[29:58] total. Wait.
[30:00] Wait. Is that [laughter] It's not
[30:02] $7,500.
[30:04] >> Well, yeah. There's an administration
[30:05] fee right there.
[30:06] >> Ad admin fee. I think I think your
[30:08] computer is mixing. Yeah. So $79 the
[30:10] total is $60 in tax does not add up to
[30:12] $7,500. There's a zero there. That's
[30:15] >> darn. Yeah. It's 769.91.
[30:19] >> Okay. So you wrote it down. What's going
[30:20] on with your computer?
[30:21] >> Actually has some information from your
[30:23] Lotus. I just threw random numbers in
[30:25] there for that.
[30:26] >> Oh, so the Lotus the tabs getting built
[30:28] up on that one.
[30:29] >> Yeah. And it's thinking it somehow it's
[30:30] mixing it with that. I don't know why.
[30:32] >> Right. Yeah. The Lotus it's still a work
[30:34] in progress. I'm waiting to put out a
[30:36] video until there's a lot more progress.
[30:38] All right. Well, I'll be back when you
[30:38] get the 454 done with your stuff and
[30:41] then I'll get it down the training shop
[30:42] and I guess the Cadillac as well. You
[30:44] guys can just
[30:45] >> knock those two out.
[30:46] >> Yeah.
[30:47] >> Sweet.
[30:47] >> Ah, home sweet home in this slow
[30:50] Escalade. And it is kind of silly to
[30:52] have four Cadillac Escalades and an
[30:55] Elorado until you come home and you see
[30:58] that white diamond tri coat in the
[31:01] sunset. And this thing, it's back from
[31:04] Van Go and it is looking incredible.
[31:07] This is my 2013 Escalade hybrid
[31:10] platinum. A very, very rare thing
[31:12] because there were very few hybrids
[31:14] sold, but also even fewer platinums. The
[31:16] MSRP would have been around $90,000 for
[31:19] this thing when new. And obviously, it
[31:21] was a lot of work to get this thing as
[31:23] nice as it is. Mechanically, it had
[31:24] noisy lifters, which required a whole
[31:26] engine tear down, the heads off, and all
[31:27] that stuff. And it's been fixed. But
[31:29] also, the bumper needed to be painted.
[31:31] There was a weird PPF on here and Van Go
[31:33] got it all off. Perfect match and
[31:36] looking incredible. Unfortunately
[31:38] though, I did get scammed a little bit
[31:40] on this thing because I bought wheels
[31:42] for it off someone from marketplace. He
[31:44] delivered them to me and I asked him why
[31:46] he took them off his Escalade and he
[31:47] said, "Well, we just wanted to get newer
[31:48] ones." So, I bought these for $700,
[31:50] $800, something like that. And three out
[31:52] of four are hemorrhaging air. The two on
[31:55] the driver's side are terrible. This
[31:57] back one where the cap fell off is a
[31:59] little bit slower, but that is why they
[32:01] took them off because they're corroded
[32:03] on the inside and they're losing air
[32:06] from the wheel itself. I have new tires
[32:08] on them and that's why they got rid of
[32:10] them. But then they put them on
[32:11] marketplace and totally scammed me. But
[32:13] the good news is J&J Autorecking sent me
[32:16] two nice wheels they had in stock. So I
[32:19] have these to put on and I have one more
[32:21] on the way. So we'll have four good
[32:23] wheels. I can put new tire pressure
[32:25] sensors on them and that'll get rid of
[32:26] all the lights in the interior where
[32:28] this thing will be darn near perfect.
[32:29] The platinums had the special leather.
[32:32] It's aged a little bit but still looking
[32:33] okay. And this wood inlay that's just so
[32:36] pretty. So, I am very into this thing.
[32:39] I'm also very into the 99, the first
[32:41] year of the Cadillac Escalade. But
[32:43] again, I need to find wheels for it.
[32:44] These old wheels that are period
[32:46] correct, they are corroding as well.
[32:48] They're holding air, but it just looks
[32:49] terrible. And finding the correct
[32:51] 16-inch wheels is actually kind of hard.
[32:53] I don't want to pay $200 or $300 a wheel
[32:55] individually. I can only find them
[32:56] individually. I want somebody selling a
[32:57] set for like four to 600 bucks. That's
[33:00] still nice. And I know it's out there. I
[33:02] just haven't found it yet. So, a
[33:03] scavenger hunt for five or six months on
[33:05] that. But yeah, four Escalades. There's
[33:08] two in Arizona. One's going to get
[33:09] shipped back here. The supercharged
[33:10] Escalade, but the Arizona Escalade is
[33:12] down there as well. And none of them I
[33:13] paid more than 10 grand for or
[33:15] considerably less, but then fixed a
[33:16] bunch of things. So, if you add them all
[33:18] up, it would buy me well, it wouldn't
[33:19] even buy me a nice Escalade, even a few
[33:21] years old, cuz those are 70 or $80,000.
[33:23] So, maybe having four makes sense. But,
[33:26] we're actually going to check in back up
[33:27] at the Car Wizards whenever he has
[33:29] progress to report on the two cars. So,
[33:31] the weird General Motors Extravaganza
[33:33] isn't quite done yet. So, it's been a
[33:35] few days and I'm up here for that video
[33:37] that's already been out. Yeah, I know. I
[33:40] know. It's really bad, but Daniel has
[33:42] the 454 all the way apart. So, I thought
[33:45] I'd come over here for a little update
[33:47] because there's a bit more involved than
[33:48] we thought with this rear end. Huh.
[33:50] >> Yep. A brake leak turned into a
[33:52] differential leak. A uh new compressor
[33:54] turned into flushing the entire system.
[33:57] >> Okay. So, I see that the uh diffs all
[34:00] exposed here. So, the seals were leaking
[34:02] out by the brakes as well along with the
[34:04] brakes.
[34:05] >> Yeah, it was a mixture of both. Um I
[34:06] have the old shoes down here.
[34:10] >> So, you can see it's all grease and
[34:13] brake fluid. Yucky. Okay. Well, that's
[34:17] not good. But once again, Chevy truck,
[34:19] so it's not the end of the world for
[34:21] anything. But then the air conditioner,
[34:24] that was the other part where this
[34:26] probably hasn't worked for a minute.
[34:28] Huh.
[34:28] >> It has not. So, the orphice tube came
[34:31] out in pieces and we obviously have to
[34:33] get a new one, but there was a bunch of
[34:34] metal in the system and it was clogged,
[34:36] so it wouldn't work.
[34:37] >> So, you're blasting out the lines and
[34:39] all that stuff and new compressor. Is it
[34:43] in? Can you guys see up there?
[34:44] >> Yeah, it's in there.
[34:45] >> Okay. So, it'll all go back together and
[34:48] then I'll have air conditioning at least
[34:49] when I drive it down with three speeds
[34:51] to the transmission shop. Anyway, and
[34:53] hopefully it's a better day than than
[34:56] today in that going inspection with the
[34:58] the oil filter. Oh. Anyway,
[35:02] all right. Back [snorts] up at the
[35:03] Wizards and I thought it'd be fun to
[35:04] drive backtoback sport truck. So, I
[35:06] drove up my 2000 Ford SVT Lightning that
[35:09] I've had for 2 years and literally
[35:11] haven't done a thing to it in two years.
[35:12] I haven't changed the oil, so that's why
[35:14] it's up here. See if Wizard finds
[35:15] anything else wrong with it. But this
[35:16] thing, amazing. Supercharged V8, 5.4 L
[35:20] in great shape. And now I can drive home
[35:23] the fixed 454 SS. Let's see. Oh yeah,
[35:28] that's holding up on its own. And now I
[35:29] can really get a look at this wood. It
[35:32] does look really neat. But the wood is
[35:33] now gone on the mirrors. And that is a
[35:35] major major improvement. That looks so
[35:38] much better. And also a major
[35:40] improvement. Finally, we have a truck
[35:41] with a working ignition.
[35:45] I don't have to hotwire it anymore.
[35:48] That's great.
[35:52] Running better as well. Wizard did some
[35:54] extra work to this thing. And also, we
[35:57] have working air conditioning.
[35:59] Oh, yeah. Okay. So, the grand total and
[36:03] it's really sad to look at bills now and
[36:04] see that Omega is moving. Closing June
[36:06] 15th. It's that's getting close. It's
[36:09] really creeping up on us that Wizard is
[36:10] moving to New Mexico. So sad. But as far
[36:13] as all the work done, I panicked cuz it
[36:15] said $10,000 there. It's actually a
[36:16] typo. The total is like $3,700 to sort
[36:19] this truck entirely out. Of course,
[36:22] there's still the transmission to do.
[36:23] So, next it's going to go to the
[36:24] transmission shop. It'll probably be a
[36:26] little bit less than that to go through
[36:27] the transmission. And then this thing is
[36:29] a darn near perfect truck for one of
[36:32] you. So, we'll have it fixed in a couple
[36:33] of weeks. I'll come back to it when it's
[36:35] fixed. But, this is an awesome rig.
[36:40] Oh yeah, that is much much better and
[36:44] much more comfortable with air
[36:45] conditioning. Thank you so much for
[36:48] watching.