Ever since Derek from Vice Grip Garage got ahold of this 1972 Chevelle, the story has been about how completely and utterly effed the poor car was. Driving it seemed to be a situation that would test your faith, the frame echoed the “Swiss Cheese” Pontiacs in all of the wrong ways, and this is the first car I’ve ever seen that has a flappy quarter panel…not the whole panel, just from the wheelwell to the bumper. It just hangs there like a skin tag and honestly, it bugs the shit out of me. But Derek is a prudent guy and has better things to deal with that body panels that are looser than anything from Las Vegas that is described with a word beginning with the letters “S” and “L”. Hey! I meant “slot”, you pervert!
With the plan in place to make the Chevelle a star-spangled tire-frying machine, that frame is going to need some attention in a serious way. Happily, have welder, will be able to travel more than five feet before the front third of the frame decides to snap. It’s time for patching, which means templates, trimming and maybe the fastest way to trim your beard possible. Which is the perfect time to study the protective personal equipment used, like the welding helmet, the heavy-duty coat stolen from the little brother featured in the movie “It” and long-sleeved shirts.
The work continues…
I know not every car needs to be a showcar. But the Way he is doing the repairs on the frame is no where near safe or structuraly sound. Im a certified collision repair specialist, so i have been around the Block more than once. I have repaired more than one frame in my 30 years, and i know that there is just as much rust and weakness on top of the frame he cant see. Also just patch welding a frame like that only hides the problems. I hope he dosent try and sell that death trap to some poor idiot. I say if you dont know how to do it right or is to lasy to do it, then dont do it at all.
I completely agree with Henrik, that frame is shit like the rest of the car. If you want to make a “burnout” car Derek, start with something more structurally sound. I also have auto body experience like Henrik, and I see band aids patching up serious cancer.
I completely agree with you guys! Except for this particular application.
My understanding is this “build” is needed at two events, so the frame needs to hold for two 5 minute sessions, or for however long the tires stay up.
Because USA “burnout competitions” seem to demand maximum destruction…this car seems to be a prime candidate, as long as steps are taken to give him some level of personal safety. (trans blanket, driveshaft loop & keeping the body attached on frame)
If it completely falls apart…that’s actually a bonus in an event like this.
50 year metal that has live thru many salt winters and is rusted thru is JUNK. it may have started out as 1/8 thick but time and mother nature will make it thin and junk. there is no ‘add-on wheel’ to make it new steel again.
where do you get these clowns from. they will make other idiots think they are an einstein. i guess you want to mirror washington dc.
You guys don’t understand this guy or channel at all. He was going to scrap the car because it was too far gone and unsafe to resell, and it would have taken far too much money to get it in safe driving condition to sell. Then he decided to only make a burnout car out of it.
He’s not making a driver. He said he’s not even going to fix the front suspension. It’s going to be driven onto a concrete pad and used for burnouts. As mentioned above, this is the perfect application for this car and these repairs.
I’ve seen some of those Vice Grip videos. Derek seems to be an idiot but the guy does have common sense and knows the car is junk for regular use.
It’s called context.
It’s named vice-grip garage for a reason, not restoration garage. Could have been called duct-tape garage, but then you guy’s heads would have exploded.
Ok i get it. But still im not sure other fools wont Think thats how you fix a rustet out frame. I understand that it is not going to be driven on roads anymore. However the guy drove it home long distance, as far as i understand. So hat is to keep it from Being driven on public roads again?
Also im not sure why anyone would use this much time fixing a car just for use in a burnout contest. It seems stupid to me using any time or money on it at all. And im not to sure this guy Derek is not one of those laid back kind of guys that really dont give a shit about much, and as such dont care if someone drives this piece of junk off his lot thinking he scored.
I have knows more than one such guy, that would weld up a rustet out piece f junk just enough to make it hold together and look ok. At least to the untrained eye. let us just hope Derek is not like this.
You’re making a bunch of assumptions about a guy you don’t know
It does make sense. He has a youtube channel. He’s building the car for another youtuber’s channel that puts on events, such as burnout contests. Since these two guys’ youtube channels overlap in target demographic he’s using this vehicle to bring attention to his growing youtube brand, and it will likely garner him more earnings in views and merchandise sold than he paid for the car.
A large part of the schtick of the burnout host is their play on American patriotism (rating hosepower in bald eagles) so a car painted in American flag patina would be the absolute best option for what is being done here.
Sorry, I realize I shouldn’t argue with people on the internet, but I was just out in town and had to put up with a lot of stupidity concerning Corona, so this is my way to vent that frustration.
What a bunch of whining Nancys.
burnout competitions, perfect for Beavis and Butthead
If blame is to be placed anywhere, try RoadKill on for size. David, Chad, and Mike have made quite a lucrative living off of driving unlicensed unsafe and probably uninsured pieces of crap all over this country, while glamorizing mocking/avoiding the law enforcement.
Lets not pick-n-choose our bad examples here fellas, okay?