I like the fact that. Jay takes many pieces of his collection and drives them around regularly….

This is what happens when you combine life long passion with nearly limitless resources.

@MrTheHillfolk

2 жыл бұрын

Jays good people though, I'm glad he's on our side 😁

@Sean0526a

2 жыл бұрын

and more power to him. most of us would do exactly the same thing had we worked our asses off for years with such results.

@anthonyforti

2 жыл бұрын

Unlimited resources and Bernard

@waynecampbell9107

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I can't wait to do my restomod 1954 Ford F-100! Ford recently came out with a 429 Super Cobrajet Crate Motor! I'm going to hook it up to an awesome, heavy duty 4 spd manual transmission, hopefully a refurbished one from one of ford's stock car, and the best street/stock rear end I can match up with the street/stock setup. I'm going to have to have a new, aluminum radiator that will only take the new, biodegradable, pet- friendly antifreeze/coolant, and the dual, high- power coolant fans will operate off a generator instead of the old fan belt system which never really moved enough air through the radiator to keep big block motors cool enough to keep them from overheating! An engineer friend designed a far more adequate cooling system for his 429 Torino Super Snake, that was plagued by overheating problems, and I'm going to tweak his design to protect my 429 SCJ, which I'll have mounted on a reconditioned 1990s Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Chassis, which can be had for relative peanuts at any local junkyard! I intend to redesign the interior with a custom made set of white leather covered, swivel bucket, low back seats out of a 60s Thunderbird, with a custom, woodgrain console with white leather and stainless steel trim. The outside will appear like a Cobalt Blue 1954 F-100,with a lowered, aggressive stance, riding on 18" chrome, 64 spoke mags, with Eagle ST , white lettered tires all around, and a deep cherry stain on the wood of the stainless steel and hardwood bed of the pickup! When it comes together, myself and my son are going to love our little restomod!

@JOHNNIEBEBAD

2 жыл бұрын

Nearly?Lol!This thing is over the top with all its class still intact!

That Buick makes me cry...thanks for saving them....

Of all Jay's cars, this is the one I would want.

When I was around 5yrs old (1960) my Mom and Dad both had their own 53' Buick's. My brother and I had a ball in those cars, our Mom would leave us in the car when she went shopping, you could turn the ignition switch and the car would crawl but the engine couldn't start. Our Mom would come out and we would be at the other end of the parking lot. Every time I see Jay's car it reminds me of those days. I like the restoration mods he did to this one, really nice.

Gotta love Jays passion for cars..and I love his attitude towards his own obsession 👍👍❤️❤️

Cool seeing Jay nearly 20 years back.........thanks for oldie!

And Jay does it right, his classic cars all look like the cars that anyone born in the 50s remembers

What a beautiful car! My folks had a 55 Chevy 4 door with a 265 V8 slush box tranny. Nothing like this one but what a great year! "Never sold any of my cars" & still has the same wife! 2 very profound statements!

@kenhurley4441

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this would ever happen,,,, but Jay is one person that I'd like to meet!

It's one heck of a sleeper

Love that car.

THIS GUY HAS STAYED SO HUMBLE OVER THE YEARS AND HE'S THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE GUY ON THE PLANET...........

@MyClassicCarTV

2 жыл бұрын

Both of those things are true!

My paternal grandfather had a four-hole Buick when I was a kid. Watching this brings back memories of a great guy.

Never ceases to amaze me how humble and knowledgeable Jay is. Badass Buick, gotta love the restomods, saving bits of history while making it better. 👍✌️

@THROTTLEPOWER

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@richardmorris7063

2 жыл бұрын

Most had generators ,& restoring these beasts was a labor of love.you could easily spend 100 grand restoring a monster like this & some aren't getting but 70-90 depending on the popularity of the model.

@tomrobards7753

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Jay is a cool guy , but DENNIS is a snob in public !!!!! I tried to complement him on his great car show , and he wouldn't even acknowledge me and that was in public ....

@MyClassicCarTV

2 жыл бұрын

Not true! As anyone who has ever met me will tell you, I'm as friendly and down to earth as it gets! If I didn't acknowledge you, it was because I didn't hear you, and for that I apologize. But one thing I am definitely not is a snob. I'm just a farm boy from Illinois, and I have always treated people the way I'd like to be treated. That's how I was raised.

@THROTTLEPOWER

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyClassicCarTV The time I met you you were SUPER nice! 👍🙂

What's great about Jay is that he is truly a patron of this craft, he supports countless best in the industry artisans, keeping the craft alive. Many people are indebted to his generosity. Hats off to Jay👍

@dodgersfan8598

2 жыл бұрын

He also shares the vehicles for us to see.

What a beautiful car!

Although not shown here, my favourite year for Buick was 1956 My grandparents drove Buicks from the 1950s until about the 1980s.

Jay and I have the same taste in cars. would I love to drive his Buick. Seems like an all around great guy.

Absolute work of art

@richardmorris7063

2 жыл бұрын

Love the 2 tone paint & boy for a 5000 lb beast she really goes!

Jay Leno for President and Dennis for Vice President!

@livingmaga6299

2 жыл бұрын

Don't joke, but that would be badass

@edgarmartinez7155

2 жыл бұрын

We wont have to worry about combustion engine bans with them in office.

@arthurmickel2724

2 жыл бұрын

My dad bought a 55 Buick Super 2dr Hardtop when I was in high school...great for dates!

You crazy guys, thanks for the thrill ride!

@MyClassicCarTV

2 жыл бұрын

It was a thrill for sure!

I am VERY envious, but I know that I could NEVER keep such a car in such a pristine condition. I have had Buicks from 1928 Coupe to a 1940 Limited Phaeton, 1946 Super, next 1953 Super, next 1957 Special Drag/Street machine, then got married and had more mundane but more reliable machines.

Jay's Buick is certainly a very nice ride and a perfect example of a sleeper. Sleeper is a term used for a car that doesn't look fast but actually is the opposite.

Beautiful Buick Roadmaster. If it was mine, the only change I would make would be to repaint those light colored areas behind the grille with a black or flat black to bring it back to the original stock look where the grille is all you notice. Back when these were new in the 1950's, Buick had some of the most impressive and spectacular grilles. Originally, the metal work behind the grille on each side of the radiator would have been black, to blend in with the black of the radiator. That enabled the shiny grille to be all that you noticed, highlighting the silvery mesh of the grille. As the car is now, the light or silver finish behind the grille breaks up and distracts from the beauty of the grille. It's a minor flaw, but something that old time Buick fans of that era will notice right away, and it will stand out every time they see it.

My German immigrant Uncle Fred who worked at Lockheed....always drove Buicks. Last one he had was a 62 Electra. They would come visit for Christmas to northern CA. and always show up in a new model. Thanks Jay

What an elegant MONSTER of a car. The sleeper of all sleepers, plus you can bring the whole family.

@hotrodray6802

2 жыл бұрын

Buick Road Monster

My grand mother had a 55 Roadmaster with air with the air vents in the back window. My father had a 54 Super with no air. I drove the 54 to school in my senior year of high school.

Watching this in 2022 and I swear Jay still has the same jean shirt from the 90's.. Love watching these older Leno episodes.

@revinot

11 күн бұрын

Drives on the same roads too... 20years later, the only thing thats changed is that Jay has aged, everything else is still the same .

Jay's having fun again. Live it up.

👍🙂I love it that this car was one used by Mike Nesmeth in his Elephant Parts video!!

My parents had a 55 Roadmaster, blue with a white top. I was sitting on Mom's lap when someone hit the right rear fender. I smacked my forehead on that rounded glove box. The right rear fender had a dent. I always wanted a battleship sized ride like that Buick. Came close too, only it was an Iowa class battleship, USS Missouri. Love that thick steel.

One of my favorite childhood memories was riding in my uncle's 58 Roadmaster 75. I used to get in the back seat and ride home from mu uncle's about 40 highway miles. My uncle smoked very fine cigars which I actually enjoyed. I could lay straight out across the back seat and fall asleep. I think the seat fabric was wool

That has to be one of the prettiest cars I’ve ever seen in my life my goodness never knew I wanted a 55 Buick more than anything else.

Jay made a great call in keeping the car from his early days in Hollywood and giving it a well deserved makeover. Many respects to him for that.

@dbs555

2 жыл бұрын

"Mr. Buick" is how Jay sometimes refers to it.

that sound ! .... no not the engine (although its not bad) ... the sound when he closed the trunk! solid !

When I first was old enough (16) to drive after 6 PM, I drove a 1954 Buick that looked like this one (not the motor though). I thought I was something as I pulled up, parked, got out and watched a local night baseball game. That Buick rode as smooth as any car Ive ever ridden in. I can't remember what dad did with that old Buick.

My great aunt and her husband owned a ‘50s Buick that may have been the same year. They kept it in great shape.

BUICKS ARE MY FIRST LOVE! I LEARNED TO DRIVE IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S 1955 4 DOOR SUPER. YELLOW WITH A WHITE TOP AND RED INTERIOR. I RAN THE PISS OUT OF THAT CAR (THEY NEVER KNEW) MY DAD HAD A 1954 SUPER, BLUE AND WHITE, AND HE HAD A 1956 SUPER 2DR HARD TOP . 3 PORTHOLES! NICE CARS. YHEY WERE FUN FOR ME. I MIGHT HAVE THE YEARS OFF A YEAR OR TWO BUT BEING 80, I AM DOING PRETTY WELL.

You got to love that blessed acceleration

This is the epitome of examples of when someone loves and appreciates cars, and is able to preserve them as they should be, as they were things of beauty, Beautiful car and it was when Buick was Buick, you would of expected a Drs or Lawyers to be driving this back in day to the Country Club, thanks Jay for the view..

Nothin better than a well done Restomod!

A Corvette big block Buick Roadmaster I love it good work jay what if

What a beauty. I had a 55 century as a kid. Love the dash.

Great car! That was funny when Jay said for a while he didn't have a garage.

@honeypot-pd2oc

2 жыл бұрын

he can't say that anymore

In 72' a 55 Buick was only 17 years old. Its like seeing 2003 car on the road today, although a 2003 was no classic.

Every time I think of Leno’s Buick, I get a smile. This video is hilarious.

Always a big fan of the Buick back in the Day. Personally think they look better than the 55,56,57 Chevy.. Buick Roadmaster with corvette big block running gear.. I wish.. absolutely love it.. thanks for the show Jay..

That is an awesome roadmaster. We have two roadmaster wagons a 93 and a 96. My brother put a 383 stroker in the 96.what an awesome car.

I love Buick Roadmasters...especially this one.

That Buick is beautiful. I haven't owned a 50's car in decades now. Maybe some day?

Being a retired trans specialist who worked on these cars back in the day, I knew there wasn't a Buick Daynaflow trans in there, they were junk in those days, can't imagine being hooked up to a modern power plant !

A friend of mine had one of these ROADMASTERS WITH THE RED LINE SPEEDOS AND WE RAN IT TO THE END A FEW TIMES(120 mph) and I decided to never ride with him again. He then kept it under 70 MPH. THANK GOD.

I just love the Doble Steam Car. I have a book about it.

Breathtaking-- quite literally. Just breathtaking.

My best friend in HS had a 55' Buick Roadmaster. Many a night was spent cruising the streets, looking at girls and playing Chinese fire drill at red lights. Alas it's demise was a frozen king pin unbeknown to my friend as he tried to muscle the steering wheel outside a bar at closing time. Result was a broken tooth in the steering box. Funny we did sneak into the old Natick drive in in the trunk of that car LOL ! He bought it for $50. And found $20 under the front seat ! Drove it for four years.

Had that "American Graffiti" feel for a moment there!

I know Jay needed to do the tonight show, but wow is he so like-able and watch-able and you just want to be hanging out with Jay. I wish he had done so much more with cars before. The world has be dominated for the last 20 years by British and European car engineering and Jay just reminds you that there are other cars out there just as desirable. I still want more Jay Leno's Garage !!!

That Buick is so nice. That is one cool looking hot rod. I love it all.

Of all the cars Leno has shown this is the one I am most jealous of.

My favorite car out of all his collection.

Beautiful car one of my favorites

Broderick Crawford would love this car. Put some lights on the dash and in the rear deck and film some highway Patrol chase sceenes in black and White.. I can hear Broderick Narrating .. You will never get away from our '55 Buick with the GM 572 Cubic inch Crate Motor in it..!!!

The first car i remember riding in at like 3 years old was my moms 55 2 door hardtop Buick Special red and white. I grew up in it and learned to drive in my grandpas 57 Buick Century 2 door hardtop light green and white.Then at 22 i bought a 55 Roadmaster 2 door hardtop at a estate sale.That was 1977 I still have it and it is a restorod also.Metalic cranberry and cream with a 1971 Buick Stage 1 455.

@MyClassicCarTV

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Love Buicks! My Dad worked on the Roadmaster used in the Rain man. And we finished restoring a 1965 Buick Skylark Grand Sport. Just before he passed. There's something about those Buicks that you just can't get from anything else. Classic lines with brute strength. Love the added touches you've done. Buick would have done the same thing, had they invented half of the things you added. Great Buick Jay!

this is one of the best jay leno experiences ive ever had. he is the most him ive ever seen. awesome episode

@jordantwood

2 жыл бұрын

the part when jay is the passenger, his genuine person comes out

@MyClassicCarTV

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a great guy. The real deal!

@jordantwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyClassicCarTV that makes me very happy to hear. before my father passed, we would binge his yt channel from time to time. dad really admired Jay. thank u for the behind the scenes.

@m42037

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyClassicCarTV Unlike you

@MyClassicCarTV

2 жыл бұрын

Huh???

My 55 Packard was Black and yellow. Awesome colour combination.

We had a 55' Olds Rocket 88 when I was a kid.

Love the Buick. Had lots of Buicks.

Learned to drive on a 1954 roadmaster. Was a dream to drive.

Might be my favorite car in Jay's garage.

I had a 55 Pontiac Star Chief. I loved that ride!

Jay is a class act

I hope Jay thanks Dennis for the idea of putting out a car show after all these years. Dennis was the best in his day

@jack002tuber

2 жыл бұрын

These two are so great together. The time Jay recalls the TV ad that said it goes 100 miles an hour for a 100 hours HMMMMM. Both of them do the HMMMM. Cracks me up 😂😂

@m42037

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this show "My Classic Car is dated, there's so much better on the internet today. This hasn't changed since the 90s

Kind I like this material, it's always good to see them co working, like!

Such ultimate cool ride.

What a beautiful classic Buick!!!!

The Buick is forever my favorite in Jay’s garage.

I can identify with the ♥️ 4 the Buick Road Masters, We were looking great in my Oldsmobile Rocket 🚀 88 , 🦅🇺🇸🦅‼️

The chrome looks so good and thick...the color contrasts are outstanding

beautiful Car ! thanks . Jay :)

Yay for Buick and Jay Leno!

My Uncle Ken had a 1956 Buick with Dynaflow. He loved it. Back in those days I used to "discuss" the advantages of the Hydramatic and the Torqueflight transmissions versus the Dynaflow with him. . . . I was in grade 7 back then.

THAT CAR IS AN AWSOME CAR! Robb July/1956.

My Dad had one when my 2 siblings & I were kids, and we use to travel from Pittsburgh to Baltimore several times a year (about a 6 hr. drive on 2-lanes back then). My sister & I would sleep with our feet in each other's face, while our little brother had a bed up on the "package shelf" against the rear window. lol Just imagine the effect of that area being used to carry anything, much less a sleeping child, in a collision. Somehow we survived. lol My B-I-L has that car today (almost 60 years later).

That sound that look just makes me smile! It's wonderful. Thanks Jay.

She's an absolute Dream Boat! The first car I remember as a kid and immediately fell in love with was a Buick Roadmaster back in 70. I was 5 y/o and my younger brothers were still in diapers. My parents were still together at the time so Mom had hers; a 48 Roadmaster Straight 8 Sedan; and Dad had his, a 64 Impala SS 327 4-speed convert. I remember Mom taking us to the Dog & Suds in the Buick. You couldn't hear it or feel it run. It floated over the bumps like a magic carpet. I used to stand up on the driveshaft tunnel in back and lean on the front seat while she was driving. Mom even brought along a TV tray from home for us kids to put our food on. At night when we'd go for a drive to put my brothers to sleep; I'd lay on the big package tray and watch the stars as we drove; it seemed as big as a bed to me. She sold that in 72 and got a 55 like yours. Although it wasn't Sliver & black like yours' which is the perfect color combo for the Roadmaster; it was in her favorite Caribbean Blue over White. She ended trading the Roadmaster even up for a 67 Eldo Convert. I begged her to keep the Roadmaster but she said it was an old car. Old or not, she was and still is my First love.

wOw! What an Excellent Experience!! Beautiful Buick, Amazing Performance, Original Looks! PERFECTION!!

My dad bought a brand new ‘56 Century. I was eight years old. I remember him driving it in Nevada at 120 mph. There was no speed limit at that time. Anyway, a superb build on the Roadmaster.

I remember driving into Drive Ins with my friends hiding in th trunk. An age gone by.

Even though the Nailhead is no longer under the hood, David Dunbar Buick would approve. Beautiful car.

Jay is right, that car is absolutely hilarious. Very envious!

My Dad owned a 1956 Buick Special four door for 11 years.Same body design as this one Jay owns.It was our family car and as a little kid myself and my two brothers would sit on the floor in the back seat,no seatbelts then,just a velvet rope attached to the backseat.We used to travel to Maine every year from Montreal to visit our aunt and he put over 100,000 miles on that old car.

WOW! LOVE THE SOUND!

i love that car too !:)

That’s a good looking Buick.

Gorgeous!

Holy scrap that car goes,reminds me of the 66 Coronado Jay did yrs back.what a life you guys have ,especially Jay!

@richardmorris7063

2 жыл бұрын

Tornado correction..

Super fun behind the scenes bonus!

Since you Jay and I are the same age the memories of these cars go back to our childhood. One of my teachers back in the day bought one of these great Buicks, and I used to watch her drive in the schoolyard. That little gold emblem just under the wind wings signified the top-of-the-line Roadmaster. The Buick had so many similar body lines shared with the Cadillac in those days. Restoring the interior so tastefully with its couch-like upholstery and stunning brightwork, both inside and out must have cost a fortune. How wonderful it must be to have the means to restore them back to their original luster. What that car would cost into days' dollars even in its stock form would be unimaginable. I have so many favorites in your collection, but this gorgeous Buick is right at the top of the list. It's heartbreaking to see what today's cars have devolved into from a point of style and interior..... appointments. No chrome and everything is replaced with plastic. Thank God for Jay who has been blessed with the means and hindsight as well as foresight to preserve and share with us these legendary works of American automotive works of art, and share them with all of us. Jay, you ARE the MAN!!!

@frufru0071

2 жыл бұрын

@johnnyohness: Well written and a true pleasure to read. Thanks for sharing this classy comment.

Beautiful car. Jay does things so right. He's got excellent craftsmen working on his projects.

@kencrisp2588

2 жыл бұрын

And the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to do them to perfection.

@davidpaul5465

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right! I hired a craftsman to redo some carburetor linkage and a transmission kickdown looked great worked better still. To watch this guy create working components was enjoyable. Who made America? Craftsmen!

@matrox

2 жыл бұрын

yep