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Derek Got Ahold Of This Beast At An ESTATE SALE! Cadillac EFI V8-6-4 – Will it RUN AND DRIVE 500 miles after sitting for 12 years?
My dad worked as a Service Advisor at a Cadillac dealership in the late 1970’s and 1980’s and I remember the 4-6-8 Caddy engines. They sucked. The mechanics and service guys all bitched...
Puddin Helps Slicks With This ABANDONED 1967 Pontiac Firebird. WILL IT RUN after 27 years Of Sitting?
We’ve gotten so used to Puddin saving trucks of all kinds, that when he saves a car it feels a little weird. I mean he did save a cool Chevy wagon earlier this year, and that was neat, but a...
Finnegan Finally Mounted The Twin Turbos in His ’61 Cadillac Coupe DeVille! The Drag Caddy Is Getting Closer To Dragging!
Video Description: Episode 275 of Mike Finnegan’s Garage is bringing the heat and giving your more of what you asked for; We are back to work on my gangster ’61 Caddy, the car with the...
OPEL GT Drag Car Enters the Hot Rod Hoarders Collection! And It actually runs? Wow, That Never Happens!
A new project that runs? That’s a foreign concept for me, and usually is for someone like Tommy Lee Byrd, but this time he got one that does actually run and that he’s seen doing...
455 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser! Muscle Car Station Wagon! Will It Run?!? Abandoned for Decades!
Everyone knows I’m a station wagon freak, but what might surprise people is that always have been. And on the list of cool station wagons were always the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. These Cutlass...
Will It Run: Barn Find 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix Muscle Car! Mortske Gives It A New Life After Being Abandoned for 34 Years!
Mortske is back at it, but this time he and Duff have found a Pontiac that has been sitting stagnant for the past three decades. Last driven in 1989, this 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix is in better shape...
New Inventory! G Body Goodness! 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 2 door – Complete Car!
Chad is back at it with another awesome find. And this one is a complete car. So if you want to be a part of the G-Body mafia then this is your chance. You can get the whole car, with a clean title,...
RebelDryver Found A Super Rare Muscle Car Abandoned In A Junkyard! And, It Is For Sale!!
Sometimes you find amazingly cool stuff in the junkyard, or wrecking yard, that you would NOT expect to see. This is one of those times! Scott just found one that is ultra rare, one of just over...
The Vice Grip Garage Grand National Is Going To Get A Budget Makeover So It Looks Like The Fun Ride It Is
It’s not a show car, but it sure does look a lot nicer than it did before! The Grand National finally runs and drives and so it is time to give it a little visual love since this is such and...
WHY IS FINNEGAN GOING TO CUT UP A $20,000 TUBE CHASSIS! DUDE IS CRAZY, BUT WE LOVE HIM ANYWAY.
When Finnegan first went to MRC Fab and had them build a mandrel-bent rectangular and tubular steel chassis for his Caddy, we all knew it was going to be epic. And they did a lot more than just the...
Building Aluminum Body Panels For A 1979 Firebird From Scratch! English Wheeling Aluminum Panels – 1979 Firebird Part 1
This is awesome! This project is a 1979 Firebird and it is being built by a guy who decided he didn’t want restoration parts, but rather to build as much of the car out of aluminum as possible....
Vice Grip Garage Tried To Drive This Grand National Home Last Year, Now He’s Fixing The Brakes And Really Driving It After 20 Years!
This might be one of the more valuable machines in the Vice Grip Garage fleet, and when Derek got it last year his plan was to make it run and drive for the first time in 20 years so he could drive...
Will It RUN AND DRIVE 700 Miles Home? Is This The RUSTIEST Forgotten Firebird EVER! Vice Grip Garage Thinks So
Sometimes I wonder if Derek just picks some of these cars to make us think he’s crazy. I mean seriously, he can’t possibly think all of these are a good idea. I know he used to, but he...
