Fun fact: Colt Industries (yes that Colt) acquired Holley in 1968. They changed their name to Coltec in 1990 and sold Holley in 1998. We never knew that until this visit! Stapletonautoworks.com

@nitsudocsicnarf347

Жыл бұрын

I did not know that. Thanks!

@zoltanliszkai2162

Жыл бұрын

Is there any truth to the rumor that Smokey Yunick was the guy that designed the Holley carb

@madcowmark7129

Жыл бұрын

I don't know you and I don't know the guy on Turbo's and Tahoes. I love your content and you know that. I watch Turbo's and Tahoes because I feel bad for him. I'm asking if you could give him some encouragement or Even some advice. He got ripped off on the first engine he bought, it was junk, so he bought another engine. Then the poor bastard takes his loom to have done and they stuffed it. He finds another place they say they can do the loom, $2000.00 later and it's still stuffed maybe worse. He has a colour blind auto electrical guy trying to help. So far I know of $3000,00 his lost being ripped off. It wouldn't worry me so much but his a single father with 2 beautiful kids and that Tahoe is his only car. I'm not asking you to give him money, just encouragement and advice. I will try and help him with some money. Yours sincerely Mad Cow Mark. Mark White. Australia

@Mtlmshr

Жыл бұрын

@@madcowmark7129 sorry to hear about that guy however I hate to say this but sometimes you have to eat things to move forward and doing due diligence is probably a smart move when your short on cash! I had to learn that the hard way and because I’m a bit thick it took more than once for me to learn to do my due diligence in most all of my projects now!

@madcowmark7129

Жыл бұрын

@@Mtlmshr not asking for cash, he looks upto Stapleton42 channel and was and still is a great supporter of theirs. Just a message of encouragement, maybe plug his channel. I'm not asking for him to go there and help him with the Tahoe. His in Canada and I don't expect them to travel to Canada. They don't have to do a thing, it was just asking a question. Hansa, Might be nice if you can go and watch a couple of his videos, leave a like, a comment and subscribe, gee we might get him to 100 subs.

Oh Don in the hilborn section is the coolest, working for 60 years in one place, you have to admire him hats off to Don, that's when you know you love your job, when you have no plans ever of Retiring......

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man that’s insane

@loganerwin42

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m saying! You know he loves his job and is treated well to be there for that long. Awesome

@bobsmith4185

Жыл бұрын

Wow 60 years. That's loving your job..lol

@leeaw1638

Жыл бұрын

Don's been doing his thing as long as I've been alive! Born end of ' 62'....

I appreciate Holley making it a point to be the care taker of all the brands they’ve purchased.

@dev-debug

Жыл бұрын

Not so sure they took care of the Hooker line up very well. I bought a lot of hooker headers in the 70's and 80s, they always fit and worked great, never an issue. Ordered a set of their premium ceramic coated for a project truck (95 F150) a couple of years back and they did not fit at all, hit the frame rail when tightening the flange bolts. Very common truck so one would expect them to fit. Summit confirmed they were the correct header and allowed me to return them. Had to fall back to Hedman which actually went in without needing to remove the starter unlike the Hooker. Had zero clearance issues and was further from the starter motor so no heat soak issues. Just cost me a bit more since I had to have them ceramic coated myself.

@sru1436

Жыл бұрын

@@dev-debug That sucks, I wasn’t aware of that. Seems like a lot of quality has slipped with a lot of places.

Stapleton does it again. He got us Back stage passes for Holley's symphony of parts.

You guys did it again by showing things that companies like Holly don’t have the time to let people know. They really made a lot of parts and cars back in the day! Great video again ❤️❤️❤️😎

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@irongoatrocky2343

Жыл бұрын

for the record......the SBC the Weiand Aluminum intake in its day was the top dog! Just say "Why And!"........

A Holley Museum is a must it would be so cool to be able to show our kids all the technology that brought us to where we are now. Yes build the Holley museum

That gentleman that has been with Hillborn for 60 years loves his job. I have 2 more years to retire and I’m going to find something to do I enjoy. Love you Shelby!🐶♥️👍🏼

Interesting to see Eddie Sachs photo the same year(64) he passed away with Dave MacDonald at the 500. My dad was a tech inspector for USAC and he had just gotten done with his work and was walking to the bleachers where my mom was sitting (the crash was in front of her) when it happened. It’s always been something my family has never forgotten. Thanks again for the video! Awesome to see the history behind the brand(s) and yes, a museum is indeed a must!

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Man that is wild!

@thomasleclair7418

Жыл бұрын

,,,,,,,,,,,,,I remember that ,,,,,before I discovered Drag Racing...............The Indy 500 was big,,,,and on TV,,,,free tv.................They ran Alcohol as fuel back then....When a fire erupted one could barely see the flames......

Absolutely need a Holley museum!

The size of that operation is incredible. What a interesting place.

I'd love to see the whole history collection at Holley. My dad raced back in the 60's so I grew up digging through old stuff. I had no idea they made cars either! Another great history lesson, thanks guys. 👍

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!!

Definitely need a Holley museum.

We need a Holley museum

Great job! That was so much fun! Thanks to Holley for letting us in for a tour! I had a dual point distributor from Mallory in my 69 Camaro and also I had a Holley 780cfm vacuum secondaries carburetor on it. And Hooker headers! Made in the USA! 🇺🇸

This is why I love u're videos. U always show interesting stuff an videos are about it an not you guys. Thank u, Mitch an Logan.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I feel any subject matter I can find is more interesting than blabbing about what I ate yesterday or something. We are just the vessel.

holley museum would be epic

The roots of this company started in Bradford, PA. Humble beginnings.

Mitchel/Logan this was really a excellent video. Did not know how vast the Holley company was. Thanks for sharing all of your information and videos. The both of you are very fortunate to be able to get these tours and then share them with people like myself and give us the back story that we never hear about. Once again thank you for sharing. 🇺🇸 Artie

As a CNC machinist, I can 10/10 confirm Hermle CNC machines are awesome. I run 2. A C42 and a C50. They are larger but man they are cool to run.

Any museum for any product is a great idea we should never forget the parts or the shoulders of the people we stand on that started many different products and companies. I have been very fortunate to know many famous people that others don’t have idea who they are but they what they did or what they made!

Holy smokes just when you think you can't get any better, you come through with this video. We use hilborn mechanical injectors on our Sprint car. I'm currently looking for some old hillborn big block mechanical injectors. They're very hard to find in good condition. Thanks so much for showing this, got me geeking out. 😎👍

Those trolley loaded CNCs are genius as it lets 1 person setup for 1 part and just swap parts and zero it out after a run and let it go on the same part over and over. Normally they would do 1 run of 1 part, then swap tools, holding fixtures, and programs for every new part. My dad never got to run one but he always loved the idea. He started when Tape feed was new and his dad was trying them out in his shop on rotary airplane engines, and thought to be the pinnacle of machining. He just recently retired and now is doing 3D printing lol

This is by far the radest holley history and tour video... keep up the good work yall keep getting into some of the stuff that's just not on KZread atm...

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude we will keep digging 💪🏻

They need a museum!!! Would be awesome

Another amazing video. Thank you. I did a Internet search. And found a article from 2020 that showed the old Holley car and motorcycle together. Article was " motor life" and looked like straight from Holley.

Nice to see some things still made in the USA. I bought a new Holley 1860 Carburetor to put on a 1975Chevy C-65 with a 427 Tall deck engine now stroked a/2" to 488 Cubic inches Truck in about 1981 for $76.00

Never knew Holley had so many brands!

Another Banger guys! I had no clue that Holley was so diversified.

I grew up and still live within a couple of miles of the original Holley building in Warren, MI. As kids in the 60's, we would bike ride there to check out the muscle cars in the back lot. The facility was torn-down years ago and is now a distribution warehouse for an automotive supplier. I took some photos mid-deconstruction and email them to Doug Flynn at Holley.

It's so awesome to see holley is a company thats keeping the history of our hobby/ lives around and not just letting pitched in a dumpster for cost savings for shareholders.... thank you holley and once again thank you Stapletons for making a awesome video

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

These videos really put into perspective what it takes to meet the demands Of the millions of car enthusiasts around the world.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely do! It’s a big industry

That Shuttle-Jet documentation with the manual fuel injection was really interesting - the picture of the modern engine reminded me of a cummins with those hard fuel lines. Very cool and educational video. Thank you!

What an amazing behind the scenes tour of America Hot Rod Pioneers and current owner of iconic legacy brands from the earliest days!

How neat Mitch and Logan. Thanks

I sure as hell never knew Holley made cars and motorcycles! Great job bringing us this awesome history! I’d totally visit a Holley museum!

Great video! Really enjoy the questions you guys ask. Not the same old questions everyone always ask. Logan has so many great questions and responses in these videos. You have a great woman Mitchell. Thank you both so much for the entertaining and informative history.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dawson!

Holley's history of company acquisitions. So many companies under one umbrella risk the failure of all.

Great video, Shane’s dedication to the Holley brand is admirable, I hope his museum comes to fruition, I’ll be there for sure. Hope you guys find some more manufacturers to video with the same dedication and passion to the automotive field. 😀🇺🇸

@RSmithsc

Жыл бұрын

"I hope his museum comes to fruition"; it has to, EVs will replace all this in time.

I have to admit I always thought of Holley like a Honeywell that bought up everything just to be an "everything" company that didn't do everything well. Its sobering to see them actually care about true American history, anddddd making their own screws in Kentucky! Though I was disappointed that my Scott Drake Legendary wheels were made in China, I have found an all new respect for Holley. I think they need to leverage their history more for old grey beards like me. I'm thinking maybe a Weiand Fest for old tunnel rams and roots blowers! Thank you!

Dude this was the best tour video you’ve done to date

I love the old books and tools

loved the tour and like you I did not know that Holley made cars in 1903. Holley needs to bring that car out and drive it and show it!

grew up next to the Holley plant went to the high school next door and saw a lot of the prototype car in the lot awesome to finally see the inside. Thanks for the inside look.

Amazing video ! Great tour of the Halley manufacturing plant ! Keep up the great work Mitchell and Logan

Yes! on the Holley Museum!

Great tour of several brand names I've known and used for years. Back in the day if you didn't have a Holley carburetor, Mallorey Distributor, Accell wires, plugs and big Yellow Super Coil, with Hooker Headers you weren't competetive on the street. I also caught slip of the secret project name drop when Logan mentioned the carpet kit for "her" car! Can't wait to see that come up. I just finished resto-modding a 1958 Ford F100 stepside. Original patina finish sheetmetal on an updated chassis with coil overs and disc brakes on all four corners, and four link rear suspension. It's powered by an 1964 SBF Windsor 289 with a mild built C4 automatic trans. Thanks for a look into the world of Holley and all they do, it was very interesting.

Damn cute pooch ... love the factory tour of an iconic name in motorsports. Thank you!

Thanks guys, and special thanks to Shane for giving you & us viewers a tour, as well as his personal ambitions of some day opening up a true Holley museum!!! The man really cares about the history of the products and the people who made them.......I respect & admire that, because I'm a history nut myself. Without history, we have no future. Please see my other comment below, for some other interesting stuff about headers as well as Holley.

I just bought my first ever you tube fan purchase. The black SAW hat. Thanks for these type of videos..

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jeff!!

Love to visit the museum when they build it.

I love these tours, keep up the good work.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

I have an elementary understanding of internal combination engines, but I love your channel! EVs be damned, it's just neat as hell how much thought, trial, error and testing go into maximizing the power and efficiency of these beautiful hearts of our beloved automobiles and other modes of transportation. I've never owned a high performance car, but I geek out on videos like this. Sure, guys like in this video might as well be speaking Mandarin to me, but I can listen to it all day!

Wow! You guys scored a great company to do a video on! You guys rock! Thank you so much, love tech stuff and how things are done. I have worked with Holley carbs for most of my 45 years in the mechanical career field, always found them easiest to tune out of all the available carbs out there. Holley has a lot of irons in the fire these days! Appreciate you & Logan & all the hard work that you do to give us excellent video content, and there with you each video! Keep up the good work!

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark!

Let’s go! Can’t beat Holley!

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

Another great factory tour. I didn't know Holly was that big of a company. Love the factory videos. It's cool Logan gets so into seeing how things are made.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Holley is on the New York stock exchange now actually 😂

Yes on the Holley Museum!

This was cool, always down for these behind the scenes type videos. Had no idea about Holley making vehicles - I think they do need to get that 1903 running and do a lap at one of the "Fest" events.

Love seeing the inner workings of Holley. Even though I am saddened when they buy up yet another legendary manufacturer, at least they are keeping that brand and their legacy alive. Rad tour as usual, thanks guys. P.S. Love the hat..

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Better under the umbrella of Holley than let these places die out forever. They are saving places.

They have so many cool things could spends hours nerding out on all the parts!

Awesome, heard progress Is being made on Logan’s car🤘🏼🏁🍻

The condensers in that Mallory test box are called" life time condensers" which state that on the package because they have no soldered connections, They are a part number 25010 and I know this because I used to put them on cars back in the day and still have a NOS one in box. When I started in a speed shop in the seventies Colt industries was proudly on everything Holley and I didn't have a license yet so I road my bike to work after school in 1975 so I remember that. I still hear from the speed shop owner on occasion these days, the shop has been long gone. I got to know him through our auto shop school teacher so I went to work there after school and he told me one day that if I kept working as good as I was he would start to pay me LOL but I didn't care really because was learning and that's what mattered. Everything old at one time or another ends up in Pennsylvania I swear. P/S I'm wearing my boom tube shirt by chance today

one of my favorite videos so far

Thanx gotta love the good old days

Modern manufacturing dedicated to making ancient technology. My big takeaway is the enormity of demand for carbs is still big enough to support this level of manufacturing. The modern Holley makes quite a range of stuff these days.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

People need to remember this when they think gas engines are just going to magically go away in 10 years

@Factory400

Жыл бұрын

@@Stapleton42 Major manufacturers will move on over time. Gas engines will disappear from new designs for a variety of reasons - economics being one of the big ones. The enthusiasts, however, will support specialty companies like this for a looooooong time.

Holly is America 🇺🇸... the museum is a must!

I think it's awesome that they are preserving the history of all the different brands they have. Great video once again. Thanks.

That was super cool dude, been a Holly fan since I rebuilt my first holly in 82. So much stuff I never new about Holly.

I really enjoy the content. I have days when I can’t move due to my disability and these videos help take me back to the days when I heavily involved in circle track and drag racing. I have used products from every manufacturer you have featured for a minimum of 40 years. It is great that you are documenting the stories and history of these companies and race teams. Thank you once again.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome man I’m so glad we are able to help

Thanks so much for taking us to all these cool places and the history.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being here for it!

Thanks to you guys and Holley for showing us this info. It's great to know that Holley is preserving the history of the smaller companies that they aquire, as many of them are the heritage of the performance parts industry. Thanks again!

It's cool that you do these video's of the performance part factorys, it takes me back to being a kid . Back in the day if your friend wanted to get a little more horsepower and make his stock motor sound good we would run over to the speedshop and pick up an Eldelbrock intake, Holley carb, Mallory ignition and Hooker headers and this video has 3 of the 4 components typically used . I bought more Holley 650 for small block and 780s for big blocks than I can remember. Thanks for the video

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

thank you dan!!

This is amazing, with massive fuel injection production with major cars, here massive amounts of carburetor production.

I like how y’all integrate ads! You guys are becoming my favorite channel with all the NASCAR stuff & speed parts factory tours..

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!! We gotta pay the rent somehow 😂

I enjoy your videos because I always lean something. There are a lot of videos out there that frankly just look like their just Killing time . Keep up with what you've doing and can't wait for the next one.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man I feel the same way

Perfect timing

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re here James!

Thank y'all for everything I really enjoy the content!

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

I don't think I've ever seen you do videos on transmissions, I own a transmission shop in Clarksville, TN, about 1.5 hours from BG. Idk if you're still in the area and want to see what's inside some GM transmissions, I can show y'all.

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

We haven’t yet you’re correct

@cameron878

Жыл бұрын

You usually have incredibly historically knowledgeable people on your channel. I don't have that type of knowledge, just a transmissions guy that knows a few things. Lol

Cool videos. I recently retired from a headlight manufacturing company hear in Ontario Canada. My employer once to General motors oshawa to see our lamp in the Chevrolet impala and another time to oakville Ontario the the ford plant to see our product on the f 150 pick up. I enjoy watching videos of other parts being manufactured. Keep up the great work👍

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff that’s awesome

This is the preeminent automotive channel. From racing to where it’s made to diy and more!! You two are awesome!!

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Darrell!!

Such amazing history so glad you guys are doing these videos absolutely love it 👍👌🇦🇺

@gailtaylor1636

Жыл бұрын

They creating an automotive museum of sorts with KZread video. Awesome. I really have no interest in their car builds. This stuff makes me hard.

holley museum be cool

Those 5-axis Hermle CNC's are some of the best!

I Like Holley Carburetors From The 70s 80s And Early 90s Nhra And NASCAR Winston Cup Series Decal Thanks For Uploading

So cool Us people that follow just got a lot of answers. This was a great video just like the rest y’all have done. This was awesome Logan likes these factory videos much as we do.

A train of CNC machines! Crazy stuff. All that history. That car. Who knew besides them? Certainly not I.

Very Cool, I liked the wooden casting of the Pontiac manifold. You can tell Holley has pride in their companies history (as they should) Thanks for the tour.

Holley needs a copy of this doc. Video for their history. 👍

great video I didn't know holley made cars or motorcycles very interesting keep up the hard work on these videos I'm a subscriber for life to this channel

U guys need to do a Petty or STP logo swag or a doggie bandana. Now that would be off the chain.

Great video! Glad things are coming in for Logan's car. Can't wait for the reveal!!

Loving the history here. One of many decals i put on my first car I owned ('78 monte carlo) was a Holley sticker, even though my car wasn't Holley equipped. I was brand loyal for the most part because of Nascar. Like everyone else here, it's a new lesson learning about Holley's history. Them building cars? That's new to me. Spark plugs? Just interesting stuff here! Watching that pipe bending machine was mesmerizing. I wish they were able to make a custom 2.25" Y pipe for my S10. SLP did it but that was discontinued long time ago. So the way they were explaining on the exhaust building process is exactly what I want in my Y pipe! Free flowing without the compromise of power/torque loss in the bends. This is where I'm going to go everywhere now... When I was rebuilding my '89 GTA trans am's engine I went with accel's 8.8mm wires. They did a great job but later i decided to go the MSD route because they were more stock appearing. The engine company I use to work for a few years ago, we still had old ignition parts on the shelf like Mallory coils and wire sets just collection dust. However we did carry a ton of Holley stuff when we had to build a custom marine engine per customer application. 2 years ago during the covid we had a bad run of Holley stuff being delivered unfortunately. I had damaged throttle linkages attached to the carbs, incorrect fuel feed line sizes even though the part number was correct on the box, or broken carb bodies that leaked fuel. I know they too were in a bind because they were out stock of certain carburetors that we were ordering. It was a difficult time because customers needed their engines and their customers wanted their boats in the water asap! Then we had a engine block shortage too on top of part shortages...anyways I'm in a happier place now and I'm glad I was able to find this channel along the way! Great job Mitchell (not named Mike, Rob, or Peter, lol!) Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next set of videos!

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much we are glad you’re here!

Thank you both for the cool tour. Like most people, had no idea that Holley made motorcycle and cars. Keep up ther good work. God bless you both...

@Stapleton42

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe

If there is anyone on earth that would know where a Holley motorcycle "might" be it would be Matt Walksler at Wheels Through Time in Maggie Valley NC. His Dad was the key holder of American motorcycle history. I haven't seen one at their museum. But his son probably knows someone who has one because he was trying to buy it to preserve it at one time or another.

Holly museum would be great, all the best to yous and your loved ones

Each new video is amazing. Really enjoyed seeing Holleys process and history.

Great video, I truly enjoyed Holley,s history.

Another awesome tour! Thanks guys!

This is cool seeing how they make all of them performance carbs and fuel injections. Seeing all that reminds me of a good interview with Mark Campbell a former Holley engineer that worked on developing the Dominator carb.

I'd definitely visit a Holley museum.

I work for a fork lift company and we service Holley. I've had the chance to walk through two of the buildings and it was so cool to see more in depth history of Holley!