Make sure you subscribe or I’ll start driving a Tesla

@HanyouAn0rexus96

Жыл бұрын

Please Don't.

@dominickpeterpaul8340

Жыл бұрын

Hi Travis, when is the next Video of the 60 Chevy EL. Coming.

So many memories made with your Dad! You will never regret doing it!

Your content is easily worthy of being on PBS stations, same as "This Old House" years back. Seriously, you show what can be done, do it and explain it with plain speaking sans expletives. This El Camino series is terrific but I'm still waiting to see the door replaced on the IHC pickup some farmer pulled off 70+ years ago. Keep going !!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment and for watching. We’re still working on finding a door for the old international

I like watching you work , I used to work in people`s homes in Beverly Hills and a lady said "working is so therapeutic and watching someone work is therapeutic too". I never had a trust fund so I had to work to pay for food and rent but now that I am older I can say watching someone work is relaxing and fun if normal people are involved .

My Dad taught me how to fix cars. I remember when i was a kid he was always working on his cars kinda his therapy. My job would be to light his Marlboros and get him an Olympia beer from the fridge. Clean parts and hold the flashlight. I miss him so much. I see you and ur dad working together this brings me back to those Saturday mornings... Keep up the good video!!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

So good to see you putting the 60 El Camino back on the road. My first car bought in about 1982 was a 1960 Chevy Biscayne 4 door post & I still have the car , but its not run in 35 years. In a pinch to repair the radiator in my 60, I used clear silicone & sand on the main vains. It worked several years in front a 283 as well. My 60 was the copper color just like the pic I have on my page.

Great video.I learned a trick on packing bearings. Put the grease and bearing in a Ziploc heavy duty freezer bag and pack it from the outside of the bag. It a is zero mess step. And you just zip the bag shut and the grease can be used again till you need more added.

Getting to work with your Dad ! That's great I miss working with mine .it's a gift enjoy it !

MVP move having that trans mount on the shelf! That’s exactly why I keep stuff! It can be used again later. Very cool, man you guys really cleaned this thing up. Love how that hose fit on your first try with the kitchen sink apparatus deal lol

I really enjoy watching you two restore these old cars. Wish I still had my dad to work with. Enjoy every moment.

As a past El Camino owner I like what you’re doing. I like the stuff your Dad has hoarded and can now use especially the 35 year old bearing grease. Any chance of a series on a restoration of your Cushman Eagle?

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Yeah my dad keeps stuff around forever. And the cushmann we like the way it is

15:01 That subscribe ding scared the crap outta me 😂 I thought the jack slipped 😂

It’s really coming together nicely! You guys deserve many more subscribers!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

We’re workin on it lol trying to put out the best vids we can

@noahzark7975

Жыл бұрын

@@theetravisb by the way. You might want to check out Jennings Motorsports. He just picked up a rough 46 international pickup but it has decent looking doors and a good right fender and other parts. It looks to be the same color green too. He just posted a video yesterday. I believe he’s down west of Texas. Good luck

The way I thought you were gonna do this was just put it together and drive it, but it's old fashioned hard work and knowing how to do it, another friend used to use superblue, an easier to push in and great lube also a great grease pusher is a cone and push through that works great, the radiator trick for cleaning is great, I wonder where he learned it, great watching someone able to do all of this

It's a good thing that any Chevy part can be sourced from anywhere in the country and they can be had affordably. All the best with the Elky.

Great week for you two looking good In 1969 I had a old Buick lesaber. Radiator leaked in and out soldering it was. 1960 four door. Thanks from my hill in. Sc

Seeing the process of repairing a rad was pretty cool. Even though you couldn't get it to stop leaking, at least y'all tried. Anyone else would of just went with the aluminum radiator from the get-go. Your content is way more in depth than others 👍

Yall do great work reviving these cars and trucks. It's sad that some great vehicles have just sat and rusted out and end up being yard ornaments or just scrapped out.

Really enjoyed watching you two working on the radiator

My Dad taught me my love of cars. He would have been 83 this Friday... glad to see you two together and getting after it.

I’m taking notes to try to start my 60 Impala that when I bought it had been sitting for 40 years. It’s in similar condition to your 60 el Camino. I thought about shipping it to you and your dad so you guys could start it up lol. Love your content. So satisfying when you and your pops go through all the parts and the cars start and run 🙌🏽

Thanks for doing this build! I have a 60 Biscayne 4 door that I pulled a smoking 235 / 3 speed from. Your video is an amazing resource for me! I have a 350 and am shopping for a good TH 350 to go with it. The radiator repair shows you guys have great patience! I wouldve just ditched it from the beginning. Thanks again!!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback and for watching!

@PlaztekNerd

Жыл бұрын

I have a 59 4 door biscayne, but my 235 runs like a top! The distributor wobbles a bit tho 😂😂

I learned a trick a few years ago about how to do a quick radiator repair with JB weld steel stick. Drove a car from Florida to Iowa with that repair

It’s great to see how thorough you guys are…

Very much enjoy your videos. You make it look so easy, but I've proven over a lifetime that I don't have your, or Rick's skills! Keep up the good work!

Your assessment of the radiator was spot on. We will see this moving I know in your next video. Your work is very good. Well explained. Thanks for sharing!

nice like to see dad & son together

one of the best old bearing greases was Texaco 'Alemite' grease, it was thick and 'stringy' when you pulled a gob out, once packed it stayed in the bearings better, could pulled some apart packed 7-8 years prior (and after that they were neglected) and the grease and the seals were still good, but still put new seals and grease in them though.

Just started whiching your channel when you picked up this El Camino. I like watching you and your Dad work. I am puzzled about working on the ground rather that a work bench. I use a work bench whenever I can. Keep up the good work.

These are very enjoyable to watch! Thanks for sharing!

Your videos keep getting better and better. Progress on this project going well.

It’s coming along real nice do enjoy watching your videos my son and I used to spend hours together working on cars but he is in navy now so our project are just sitting for now

Love watching all you guys content. Your dad is old school mechanic 👍🏻keep up the great content. I’d love to hangout with you guys

No Tesla, I subscribed!! I have to tell you as an old man it warms my heart to see you and your dad work together. From him alone is a college education but so much better. Hand on experience as it's being done, no OJT. Whether you go on to something else or open up your own shop you'll have the wealth of knowledge from us old timers that grew up with all these cars. I started at 15 bought my first car, I'm 66 now, well over 100 cars, mostly Chevy's BTW and can work on them all except this new CRAP that is controlled by computer and monitored. So for my last car I bought a 68 Chevy Impala, 327 auto with floor shifter I am putting in with a console. I'm rebuilding it old school. I taught my own kids how to do a ton of their own work and still help when needed. Thank your Dad from me. BTW, where in Southern AZ? I live in Tuscon until 1991 when I came back east, I wish I had stayed there. I miss the hot and warm dry air. I'll be uploading some stuff on my impala. I really need a go pro and camera stand.

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback yeah we have always worked together it’s a better education than “school”

Sta-Lube® Heavy Duty Drum Brake Wheel Bearing Grease-.SL3131. CRC just discontinued it, you might find some somewhere though. It does have the fibers and is very thick, like wheel bearing grease always used to be. Fromm electric shows some in stock.

It was pretty neat to see you take the radiator apart.Too bad it didn't work.

I was thinking find a modern radiator out of a wrecked car yard and make it work! Love watching this rebuild - me and that car share the same age! New subscriber! 👍

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support Doug

Nothing says cool like an early 60's chevy! Looks great, perfect engine trans combo...another one saved from the grave!

fantastic Project ~ great to share in how you ‘figure. thanks stacks! 👊🔥💯

Never knew what rodding a radiator looked like pretty cool. But by the time you put all that time into that radiator you could have just snagged a new aluminum one. Y’all spent $300 worth of time to save $150. Love the channel keep up the great work!

you need to use good spray acid flux when you solder, and you need 50/50 solder. get a thicker solder so it fills good. i used to re core radiators.

Coming along that Old El Camino.

I actually have done that to an old radiator before when I couldn't find one. It caused the same problem when I rodded it the tubes popped in the weak spots. Ended up getting a rad for something else and made it work. Its a forgotten skill now. Nice video👍👍👍

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a lost art

Wow very nice to see working on rebuilding , on a very cool el camino one of my favorite

Really good progress. Like the way you mix reusing everything where possible, and adding in new components when needed. Great watching your videos.....am looking forward to the next one

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Phil

looking so good excited for the first run. God bless

I really am enjoying this video about the 1960 Elcamino. Good to see you working with your day making memories. I like the radiator trick! Hope to see more on this car.

Nice to see you guys repair the radiator and this build is looking really good

My uncle had a 59 ElCamino, he had baby moon hubcaps on it, I looked pretty cool !

Great vid, love that El Camino! 🍻

At 34:00 minutes when you and your Dad are using the vise. You Guys literally are "Shade Tree Mechanics". 😁🤣 Subscribed!! Good morning from Chandler, Az!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

lol literally

It's sad to see that old school radiator repair shops are becoming a thing of the past. This plastic era suxz. Can't wait to see this ride cruising again. 👍

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

I agree

Fantastic video. Thanks for posting this.

Man it makes we want to move out to dry Arizona watching this. The rust is manageable there ! Bleeding 50 year old brakes no problem 😂😂😂

So…that’s what “rodding out a radiator” looks like! Dad always mentioned it, but I’ve never seen it done ‘til now. I haven’t worked on drum brakes since auto shop class in ‘76; that experience helped persuade me to buy all-wheel disc brake cars when I was young, lol! I can say that the design of the parking brakes in all-disc systems can vary in quality among manufacturers. By the time I grew older and moved back to the land of the double-nickel (the 55 MPH national speed limit of yore), I tried a couple of front-disc/rear drum cars that seemed good enough for me. As I’ve said…I’ve missed working on my own cars after 9 years of having none. Mahalo for yet another great video from you two…and Boo!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Wow I can’t imagine not having a car. But must be cool living in Hawaii. Thanks for watching

Fun watching you guys working on this project. Its gonna be fun to drive!

The 1960 El Camino is looking awesome, I really like the 60 Chevys, my first car was a 60 Impala. 👍👍👍👍

I've done many radiator rodding, I saw that while u were soldering the tank u kept heating the solder to drop onto the crevices , next time try heating the tank n then applying the solder, it will fill that gap fast. It's like soldering copper tubing,heat the metal n apply the solder to the metal it will run itself into place . Just a suggestion, u will see how fast it fills. I usually can solder a radiator tank in about 5 mins.

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

More great work, guys. She's coming along.

Always great to see a new video Travis!

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Subscribed ... what better than to watch a Father and Son work on an old El Camino !!! Free tip: Regular old "Oven Cleaner" makes for a cheap and effective "degreaser". Howdy from a native Texan living in the French Riviera ... missing having parts available on the shelf. LOL

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Yeah those dollar cans of oven clean are great

Love the channel. Thanks for the videos, really like the style of videos

Great Audio!!

Not far from driving.. !!! Good job!

Nice 👍 seeing a rebuild in a gorgeous El Camino plus video follow ups

Man you need to come work on my 91 Honda Crx . Keep up the good work.

I have broken stuff, trying to change u joints on a press, just to take an old socket and a hammer to it to get the job done. better to note mess up a socket if you can though

I haven't seen somebody rot out a radiator in years, lol. It sure is a lot of work. But the Elko is sure coming along And you guys do some great work.

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watchin !

Great series on the el Camino. My first car is a 60 bel air. When I bought it in 1995 it had a similar v8 swap and for years it had a horrible driveline vibration around 55 mph that I couldn’t fix. I eventually figured out when the v8 swap was done the 6 cylinder frame stands ands were left in the car. They cause the v8 to sit about 2” higher and 2” forward that’s why you had to use the modified trans cross member and it makes the motor and trans sit a to much of an angle for the driveshaft. The v8 frame stands will correct the motor placement and you should be able to use the unmodified trans cross member. Unfortunately with the motor sitting in the correct place the hei distributor will not clear the fire wall. I still have the car it currently has 500hp 383 with a tkx 5 speed and it can comfortably cruise at 80

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tip because our rad fan won’t fit in the fan shroud and we’ve traced it back to the motor mounts being to tall yes the v8 was shorter. Glad to know those things before we put those on.

Great job Rick and Travis on the old El Camino.

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mike

It's going to be a cool ride when it's done. 😃😃😃😃

The truck tires look great on there

First video of yours I've seen, enjoyed it. Spent a lot of time wrenching with my Dad and this brought back memories. Remember working on U joints and the clip flying off and my Dad yelling "Oh Jesus". Mom heard and disapproved so he told her that they were called jesus clips and from that day forward they were. I'm teaching a Grandson about how to fix things now and he loves it. Today I did my part to keep you out of a Tesla.

@theetravisb

10 ай бұрын

Haha that’s a great story

Very nice job on setting the motor in , rebuilding all brake components, and drive shaft u /joint, also did you have to change out the chassis mounts .

Great job!

Motor and Trans turned out beautiful. Hopefully you paint the car as well.

I remember that grease, we used to call it axle grease. Hard to get off you too.

unfortunately I am 63 years old and wish I could still do this with my dad. enjoy the moment.

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

I definitely do

the enging mounting to the frame is for a 6 cyl, swithc them to v8, than it will fit

FactCheck; Copper radiators are actually much more efficient than aluminum ones..but I guess you just got mixed up?

thanks! interesting video. very nice work

You're all doing a great job again I know you wanted to save that radiator but I think in the long run you'll be better off with a new aluminum we'll keep on watching keep up the good work

@theetravisb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jerry

Good job.

Good work 👍

I can do discs but drum brakes are still a mystery.

Good work

great progress! cant wait to see it finished

@THROTTLEPOWER

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I agree!

Good job guys Kia Ora from New Zealand

i always like your explanations... tks

Good stuff . That radiator even looked brittle ,good try though .

I had a chance to buy a 1960 Chevy Parkwood, the same as an El Camino, just a base model, no chrome or other fancy stuff

After spending all that time and money on the motor, I would go with a new radiator for dependably!

You did put it all back together when you replace the seal on the pinion the same way it came apart? The old copper radiator is worth a little bit and scrap it can offset a decent chunk of that cost of your new aluminum radiator.

Great car can't wait for more

Hey guys I don't know if you remember the comment I send to you whend you workt on the 48 chevi pick up I hade whend I was 20 years old a 1970 Ford mavric I installed a 289 v8 it came with brake drums front and rear but I change it to disk brake on the front with biger master cylinder I hade to change the front spindle

is there a rule of thumb when tightening the rear diff pinion nut, with regards to the gear backlash? i could see Rick jiggling it, like he was testing for proper lash.

Great video!

High fiber wheel bearing grease. Greetings from Avra Valley.

@1:40 ...is that a PBG "New Suspension" I see behind the brake shield? I and Dal'un approve. 5 out of 5

I like the Elcamino but I like the yellow Packard more.