Dave's Cars - Every Car I Ever Owned

[zeekdavis11]

wich car did you most regret buying?

[540merlin]

@zeekdavis11 +/- 1974 Ford Capri. No photos, didn't make the video. What a piece of junk!

[eelsauce605]

Why the fuck did I watch this??????????

[540merlin]

@eelsauce605 Because you wanted to see every car I've owned.

[smacman68]

Those Internationals are worth some serious bucks nowadays. Wish I had them!

[540merlin]

@smacman68 I got rid of my last cornbinder in 86. They weren't worth much back then. Good trucks. I like the size and style of the later Scout II's. And nowadays you rarely see one. Rare is good.

[capebreton31]

you have lived a good life so far sir

[540merlin]

@capebreton31 That's a lot to conclude from this video, but thanks. Cars are my hobby - I try to have some fun ones.

[drgonzo767]

Dave, love the old Internationals! Those things were tanks.

[540merlin]

@drgonzo767 I think Internationals were a bit of an acquired taste.

[drgonzo767]

@540merlin Maybe. But I have always wanted one. I had a few relatives with them and they were always badass to me!

[540merlin]

@drgonzo767 Get one. They are getting harder and harder to find. I think they stopped production in around 1980.

[StratoBlaster420]

Awesome vehicles, PAINFULLY GAY MUSIC.

[540merlin]

@StratoBlaster420 Now now. That's my 14 year old daughter singing her original song. It's about falling in love with your car.

[StratoBlaster420]

@540merlin Ohhh, sorry I called it gay that's a great song then. It's cool that you're representing your daughters talents like that. I definitely know the feeling; I'm falling in love with my first car. For christmas I got a 1987 IROC Z28 hardtop L98 350 Camaro with chrome Z06 wheels, exhaust, tint, and all kinds of other goodies. Pretty much the best gift I could ever dream of getting. =)

[540merlin]

@StratoBlaster420 I watchd your Camaro vid. That's a lot nicer than my first car! Well done.

[StratoBlaster420]

@540merlin Thanks for watching. I'm definitely really lucky!

[metsu962]

Wow what a lineup. You did a lot of acquiring with only a couple years span! Loved that 71 with the 454. I was wondering when I'd see the 396 from the "like the old 396" you made in another video. Nice idea/video.

[540merlin]

@metsu962 Black and white Camaro at 2:22 had the original 375hp 396. That is the one I refer to in my other video.

[metsu962]

@540merlin Yep, I figured that but when you said "old" I thought, oh man, he was one of those lucky guys to have a 396 back when he was 16 LOL

[540merlin]

@metsu962 Not even close. I was driving junk when I was 16!

[Sarvoth1]

Fantastic video and your daughter has a lot of talent. I really enjoyed it and it inspired me to also photograph my cars to create my own video someday :-).

[540merlin]

@Sarvoth1 Definately take photos!

[EliteLoveday23]

Do you still have that camaro

[540merlin]

@EliteLoveday23 There are 4 Camaros in the video. The only one I still have is the red one at the end of the video.

[ger1mon]

wow...love the 540. your daughter has a beautiful voice. i myself have a 9yr girl.

[540merlin]

@ger1mon Thanks. Daughters are great!

[RamblinAround]

You've had some very cool vehicles over the years. You daughter is an excellent singer.

[540merlin]

@RamblinAround I try to keep something interesting in the garage. She gets it from me. Honest.

[jgizzy]

I loved that old Suburban What kind of engineering are you involved in?? - A curious mech eng student

[540merlin]

@jgizzy Civil. Roads and sewers for land development projects.

[tones2SS]

That was awesome Dave. I LOVE THE Datsun 510!!!

Is that your daughter's song on the video? Sounds real good. Take care man!!

[540merlin]

@tones2SS That would be the first ever compliment on the 510! Thanks. Ya that's my daughter singing her original song - its about falling in love with a car when you first see it and touch it. Sort of...

[LordJesseD]

I know I alawys knitpick, but I have to point out an error in the title. "Every Car I Ever Owned" is incorrect, it should be "Every Car I've ever Owned," as in saying "I have" instead of just "I." That's like saying "Every Car Me Ever Owned."

[540merlin]

@LordJesseD "Ever seen a bigblock chevy rev to 8,000rpm" how come you never commented on that one?

So you want me to say "Every Car Me've Ever Owned"? Am I getting you?

I think I actually state in this video that its for me and complaining is not allowed!

[LordJesseD]

@540merlin Well, you know what I'm like, anything to rain on your parade.

[actionshark]

Hey Dave what ever happened to your '69 Camaro from 1988? Also if you don't mind me asking how much did it cost back then?

[540merlin]

@actionshark I sold the Z28 clone a year after I bought it. $6,000 back then. Today that car would go for probably $25 to 30,000.

[sta572]

''a motor is what makes your wipers go back and forth'' ahahahaha best answer ever!!

[540merlin]

@sta572 well I'm glad you enjoyed that. I laughed as I wrote it.

[LordJesseD]

You seem to have/had a thing for 4x4s. At least we're not talking about Hummers - they bring up serious compensation issues. My uncle's really into the whole mountain climbing/off-roading thing, though.

But goddamn, that '73 Scout is enormous! What was in 'er? And that '57 has an interesting look to it. Very American.

But why'd you get rid of that really nice 350 '69? And the Mako Shark looked weird in brown, though I like the original wheels. Still got them?

[540merlin]

Southern BC, where I live, is the greatest off roading/back roading place in the world.Logging used to be BC's biggest industry so there are logging roads and remote lakes and rivers everywhere. You gotta have a 4x4, the bigger the better.

The Scout was a 200hp 352 V8. Anemic.

The 57 was a factory NapCo conversion as GM did not build 4x4's themselves in 57. NapCo power take-off winch too. 8' tall with no lift.

[540merlin]

The 65 Vette was my wifes. Cool car. She didn't like driving it. Manual brakes, manual steering, 4 speed, side pipes, difficult top to put up, leaked rain like nothing you ever saw! A real toy to drive - loud and completely uncivilized. I liked it.

I painted the 70 Vette as soon as i could afford to - chocolate brown had to go. If I still had the wheels you could have them. They went before the paint. I put factory rallies on first, then switched to 17's later.

[LordJesseD]

Sounds like fun out there. But I meant why'd you get rid of that nice Z/28 Camaro?

Me thinks that Scout could use a BBC, and yeah, I read a comment about the '57. Still an interesting-looking thing.

[540merlin]

Money. Needed it for something else.

Ya, about a 500hp, low RPM torque monster 572 BBC. With dual quads.

I'm really in a dual quads mood these days.

[LordJesseD]

Too bad about the cash, that was a really nice Camaro.

500's far too little for a 572, unless you had like 7:1 compression. Even that piece of shit GM one has 627BHP. A super tamed one NRE made had 822 ft lbs (752 at the extreme bottom end), and 747BHP.

Carburetors are useless jurassic technology, EFI is the only way to go. Those Hilborn intakes would be the way to go, most power and response possible from N/A. Imagine a dedicated stump puller with one of those on it.

[540merlin]

Lj, it wasn't that nice. It was adequate. Just a SBC remember.

9:1 with a low RPM, RV like cam for tonnes of torque right off idle. You need to switch gears in your brain and think 4x4, crawling, stuck in the mud, etc. We don't need 6,000rpm, we need to be able to load that baby up at a dead stop - 800rpm. It's a whole different kind of engine.

But the Hilborn injection could work...

[LordJesseD]

I'm stunned that you actually just said that Hilborn could work. Nothing can make low end torque like a Hilborn, at least not anything else N/A.

But yeah, that motor I quoted the figures from, that had TBI, so with a Hilborn it'd be better. That motor was a total truck-only engine that made super low end torque. Think Hilborn, small oval ports, small cam... I would guess 850 ft lbs off the bat.

My brain is always in the right gear - for the most part.

[540merlin]

My next Camaro licence plate is going to be UJT 540. UJT for Useless Jurassic Technology. And I'm going to add dual quads for extra bad efficiency!

You have your moments.

[LordJesseD]

I can't wait.

[540merlin]

For your next moment?

[LordJesseD]

For your badly effcient motor.

[540merlin]

Engine. Motors are electric.

[LordJesseD]

Motor is short for "motorized," which just means "powered." So "engine" refers to the engine itself, but "motor" is very broad spectrum.

[540merlin]

Motor is short for motorized? That was not one of your moments, pal.

You can put a motor in your car - I'm gonna keep an engine in mine.

[LordJesseD]

Indeed it wasn't, but in my denfense, I was pretty tired. Anyway:

Motor does usually refer to and electric motor, but it is used by many people as a synonym for an internal comustion engine.

A motor is just something that converts engergy to motion, whereas a per se engine combusts fuel. So being that combusted fuel creates energy, I think you can get away with saying an internal combustion engine is a motor.

It's that the more apt term is indeed "engine." "Motor" could almost be slang.

[540merlin]

A motor is something you retro fit onto a bicycle or a skateboard. A 700hp 540 is an engine. A motor is what makes your windshield wipers go back and forth. A 426 Hemi is an engine.

I don't really care what the dictionary says. I got my own dictionary.

[LordJesseD]

This is one of those things we'll never agree on. We're both gonna think "I'm right and you're wrong," so let's drop it.

[540merlin]

That's what people say when they know they are wrong...

[LordJesseD]

I know I'm not, it's just that I don't see the point in going back and forth like this. We'll argue about it in person some day.

[540merlin]

I think we should argue now AND in person one day...

Never mind - I'm just trying to be an asshole.

[LordJesseD]

I give you an 8.5/10.

[Q11969]

Very cool Dave. I wish I took more pictures of the ones that gotaway!

I have no pics of my first car, a 69 GTX black on black on black, 440, 4spd, Dana.

I think I have maybe 2 pics of my 2nd car, a 70 Cuda, 440 6 pack, 4spd slap stick pistol grip, Dana 60, in the lime green color. That car was 1 click down from the hemi. Man I better stop or I will start kicking myself in the ass.... Again....

[540merlin]

Q, sounds like you need a kick in the ass!

Ya, I'm still working on those pictures you asked for...

[chevyv8350]

my father owned a ford fairline when was younger but this is our first vette

[sta572]

wow.. the 65 vette was nice!!

[540merlin]

Sta, that car was a real toy - loved it.

[hidalgopepe]

Tks for share your memories.... every car has a story to evoke

pepe from Peru

[transamfan81]

Thats alright. I'm also a big chev fan.

[transamfan81]

very cool

[540merlin]

Thanks T/A. Sorry there are no TransAms in there!

[StSt89]

Nice ... This show us that car is a passion that wont leave us ... :D

[540merlin]

StSt89, did you just call me old? I'm guessing 105 is not your real age...

[StSt89]

No No, I never meant that, Im seventeen, and I love car so much, and it's nice to see people like you that still love it after years, sorry if you didnt understand it that way .... My apologize

[GerryK61]

Great Video!

Your very lucky to have owned such a vast # of beautiful Automobiles.

[540merlin]

Gerry, thanks. I assure you, some of these vehicles I was not lucky to own!

[ls6guy]

kool

[540merlin]

Thanks LS6Guy. You're getting slower with each new video...

[ls6guy]

it's not like i'am getting anytihng beside ive ben working on my 83 z28

[brian55lvr]

cool vid--------i wish i had pics of all the cars ive owned-----

[540merlin]

Bri, I'd love to see whatever pictures of vehicles that you do have - make and post a video response to this video. Look through your old photo albums!

[brian55lvr]

ill try to get some together-------

[540merlin]

How's the video coming - its been 3 weeks already.

[slowride55]

Great video! You had some awesome cars!!!!

[540merlin]

Thanks Slowride55.

[slowride55]

no problem, btw the name is Tyler Smith

[chud327]

Of course the Camaros and Covettes are my favorites, but that '57 Suburban 4X4 looked pretty awesome too. Don't you wish you could get a refund on the gas you had to buy for the Expedition?

[540merlin]

Chud, gas is cheap.

The 57 was interesting. Some people do not know that you could not get a 4x4 from Chevy in 57. If you wanted one, you had to have Chevy send the new vehicle to a company called NapCo for conversion to 4 wheel drive before being delivered to the purchaser. This was an original NapCo conversion with the even rarer NapCo power take off winch. Kinda wish I still had that one.

[400chevlc]

Great vid. Which do you miss the most?

[540merlin]

400, interesting question. I still own the 70 Vette, the last 69 Camaro, the Expedition and the Jeep, so they don't count. Probably the ones I miss most are the 71 Datsun with the 350 V8 and the 73 Scout with the big tires. I owned both of those for several years and performed all modifications myself. I spent a lot of time in the garage back then! The black and white 69 Camaro would be up there, but it was stolen so I have bad feelings toward that whole thing.