mine is MR.S.O.B......because he always ruins something when I work on my cars.....or MFB because I have a foul mouth,which keeps the neighbors in their house.......LOL.
I am also taught by the old timers, may they now RIP. I carry on their tricks to the younger guys now that I'm 44. I noticed in a couple videos back, I said to myself, why is this guy installing this unkown motor wo firing it up first. Should set it in a tire, used a gas can and battery, with a hot wire to the coil and fired it up and let it run etc, you'd found all these minor issues much earlier and save a butt load of time. I'm the guy that told U that all 62-67 327's have a forged crank.
Excellent videos. This one here reminds me of situations I have often found myself in, setting everything in place then going to the next step of the project and then finding a problem; then taking everything out to fix what I wished I knew that had been wrong before I put all of it in. On one project I did an install and reinstall 3 times! The evil demons in THAT motor were a formidable force to be reckoned with that's for sure. Anyhow, thanks for posting the videos. They're great!
Where did you meet Mr. Swint? I'm pretty sure he's my wife's grandfather. There can't be that many Swints in the world that break everything apart to fix something simple.
@AggieEric97 He lived in Fort Worth Tx accross the street from my Mom. He was born in 1919 and died last year. He was a Lt. admiral in the Navy and retired out of the Pentagon in the 60's, owned a Hotel in Va, and later even worked at General Dynamics with me in FW. He never sold his cars through the years and had a mess of them. I could relate to the old guy, LOL. Please let me know if thats sounds like the same one.
That's him! I haven't been in the family that long, but he always seemed like a very interesting man that marched to his own drum. I think the family is impressed that his legacy lives on in your vocabulary.
Oh, and not just mine anymore, the Mr Swint moment is catching on, folks are sending me emails from all over detailing their Mr Swint moments, LOL. The moment I am mainly refering to is a time when I saw him in the afternoon repairing the his car. He had the carburator apart when the drill he was using broke, so it was torn apart, and a vacuum he needed to clean out the drill was torn apart and maybe even something else and he just calmly explained what he was doing and why on each tool.
I listened and thought geeez, I would be fit to be tied if it were me, but he was cool and about 10 PM that night, he was out there with a drop light and had that car running like new so I walked over and everything else was all put back together, cleaned and fixed, LOL Sometimes when I REALLY get myself into a mess like on this day, instead of freaking out I try to remember how ole Mr Swint would handle this and I calmly persevere, well sometimes calmly, LOL
And Mr Swint lives on in my choice of the "Old Chevy Truck, 2ton wrecker" video. Mr Swint had this 1952 Chevy 2ton bobtail truck. About 1975, he loaded that old truck up and drove it to VA. It looked like it wouldn't make it across town, it was worn out, but he made it. I thought that was a neat old truck and figured it was long gone until one late night in the 80's, I heard the rumble of a big old truck coming, and it was MrSwint returning from VA in that rikety old truck pulling a trailer.
Both were heavily loaded and that old truck still had it 216 six so he said he just kept it below 45mph and made it all the way from VA, LOL ONLY Mr Swint could do that. All the cool old lights were still on in that old truck when he pulled up in it and it was purring like a kitten. I fell in love with that old truck so I bought one, the one in my video, and folks love that truck and that video. Old MrSwint wanted to buy mine when he saw it, I impressed him for a change, LOL
Ever thought about putting a diesel engine in one of these like a cummins 4bta?
u r actualy being just as if not more environmentally friendly than the prius owners:
30% of average cars carbon footprint is manufacture so every car that lasts 3 times longer than average is actually off seting any fuel burnt over cars life!
Thats if u believe we r cause of greenhouse effect!
well mine has the 182 planitaries it's the weaker one i'm not sure how it works i've never put it too a motor but i am thinking bout building a 265 powered go cart and was just wandering how crazy i could get with biulding the motor before i had to build the tranny
Apparrantly a bunch, this one sat in a field for 32 years, and works great and all I did was add fluid. They are strong transmissions and used in drag racing abunch.
I think that song in the background says it all
izzynutz2000 8 months ago 4
mine is MR.S.O.B......because he always ruins something when I work on my cars.....or MFB because I have a foul mouth,which keeps the neighbors in their house.......LOL.
jeepers2655 9 months ago
I am also taught by the old timers, may they now RIP. I carry on their tricks to the younger guys now that I'm 44. I noticed in a couple videos back, I said to myself, why is this guy installing this unkown motor wo firing it up first. Should set it in a tire, used a gas can and battery, with a hot wire to the coil and fired it up and let it run etc, you'd found all these minor issues much earlier and save a butt load of time. I'm the guy that told U that all 62-67 327's have a forged crank.
utoobdude67 1 year ago
Excellent videos. This one here reminds me of situations I have often found myself in, setting everything in place then going to the next step of the project and then finding a problem; then taking everything out to fix what I wished I knew that had been wrong before I put all of it in. On one project I did an install and reinstall 3 times! The evil demons in THAT motor were a formidable force to be reckoned with that's for sure. Anyhow, thanks for posting the videos. They're great!
StanMangler 1 year ago
Whats the name of the song playing in the background? Thanks
food13 1 year ago
@food13 "Everybody must get stoned" Bob Dylan...Great song!
Dougg1942 1 year ago
AWESOME! Thanks. Nothing goes better with old cars than oldies music!!
food13 1 year ago
Jeez now you're scaring me. Going to look at a rusted out 63' tomorrow w/ a 283 that "used to run".
Thanks for posting all these!
pdxtone 1 year ago
restodan,
Where did you meet Mr. Swint? I'm pretty sure he's my wife's grandfather. There can't be that many Swints in the world that break everything apart to fix something simple.
AggieEric97 2 years ago
@AggieEric97 He lived in Fort Worth Tx accross the street from my Mom. He was born in 1919 and died last year. He was a Lt. admiral in the Navy and retired out of the Pentagon in the 60's, owned a Hotel in Va, and later even worked at General Dynamics with me in FW. He never sold his cars through the years and had a mess of them. I could relate to the old guy, LOL. Please let me know if thats sounds like the same one.
restodan 2 years ago
That's him! I haven't been in the family that long, but he always seemed like a very interesting man that marched to his own drum. I think the family is impressed that his legacy lives on in your vocabulary.
AggieEric97 2 years ago
Oh, and not just mine anymore, the Mr Swint moment is catching on, folks are sending me emails from all over detailing their Mr Swint moments, LOL. The moment I am mainly refering to is a time when I saw him in the afternoon repairing the his car. He had the carburator apart when the drill he was using broke, so it was torn apart, and a vacuum he needed to clean out the drill was torn apart and maybe even something else and he just calmly explained what he was doing and why on each tool.
restodan 2 years ago
I listened and thought geeez, I would be fit to be tied if it were me, but he was cool and about 10 PM that night, he was out there with a drop light and had that car running like new so I walked over and everything else was all put back together, cleaned and fixed, LOL Sometimes when I REALLY get myself into a mess like on this day, instead of freaking out I try to remember how ole Mr Swint would handle this and I calmly persevere, well sometimes calmly, LOL
restodan 2 years ago
And Mr Swint lives on in my choice of the "Old Chevy Truck, 2ton wrecker" video. Mr Swint had this 1952 Chevy 2ton bobtail truck. About 1975, he loaded that old truck up and drove it to VA. It looked like it wouldn't make it across town, it was worn out, but he made it. I thought that was a neat old truck and figured it was long gone until one late night in the 80's, I heard the rumble of a big old truck coming, and it was MrSwint returning from VA in that rikety old truck pulling a trailer.
restodan 2 years ago
Both were heavily loaded and that old truck still had it 216 six so he said he just kept it below 45mph and made it all the way from VA, LOL ONLY Mr Swint could do that. All the cool old lights were still on in that old truck when he pulled up in it and it was purring like a kitten. I fell in love with that old truck so I bought one, the one in my video, and folks love that truck and that video. Old MrSwint wanted to buy mine when he saw it, I impressed him for a change, LOL
restodan 2 years ago
@restodan
it said number 28 was the start up video!
Ever thought about putting a diesel engine in one of these like a cummins 4bta?
u r actualy being just as if not more environmentally friendly than the prius owners:
30% of average cars carbon footprint is manufacture so every car that lasts 3 times longer than average is actually off seting any fuel burnt over cars life!
Thats if u believe we r cause of greenhouse effect!
tpvalley 9 months ago
Did you repaint anything under the hood?
That's amazing
SoilentGr33n 2 years ago
hey man whats the name of the oldies station you listen to
LOWRIDE74 2 years ago
well mine has the 182 planitaries it's the weaker one i'm not sure how it works i've never put it too a motor but i am thinking bout building a 265 powered go cart and was just wandering how crazy i could get with biulding the motor before i had to build the tranny
SS350silverado 2 years ago
i have a stock powerglide that i bought how much abuse will it take before i kill it?
SS350silverado 2 years ago
Apparrantly a bunch, this one sat in a field for 32 years, and works great and all I did was add fluid. They are strong transmissions and used in drag racing abunch.
restodan 2 years ago
my respect! -good work
4tom2u 2 years ago
yup it looks crazy but your doing a great job, Great video's.you must have the patience of a saint !!!
piper60 2 years ago
I think its probably more like I have the enthusiasm of a kid or a fool?
restodan 2 years ago
Nice job restodan!! More videoes !!
bigredsled67 2 years ago
Wooo! More videos!
Thanks!
DBOY1905 2 years ago