First time caller. Long time listener. Can’t wait to see this thing back on the road! Got a soft spot for those OBS’s - Rabbit 😎

@loc-o5282

2 жыл бұрын

Loled at this one. Thanks Rabbit.

@austincooper6818

2 жыл бұрын

Got a soft spot for obs chevys myself Rabbit! Thinking of ls swapping one soon

@travisbell4996

2 жыл бұрын

Go ahead caller....

@dragbikedemon

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisbell4996 Hmh, I never made the connection…….

@felipesanchez3052

2 жыл бұрын

@@austincooper6818 it’s not as bad as most people think for these trucks I did mine a couple years ago

"You can't take it with you, so I'm gonna spend it while I'm here" wise word

@mrmoss149

2 жыл бұрын

True.

@metallicbeast

2 жыл бұрын

Very wise indeed.

@211212112

2 жыл бұрын

Could leave it in a trust for your kids and their kids 🤷‍♂️

@holyspider9206

2 жыл бұрын

@@211212112 building generational wealth is better than a Ferrari, but man they look so good 💀

They need to make a brand that sells older replica cars with updated technology so more people can daily drive cool cars.

@aae42

2 жыл бұрын

Icon 4x4

@dedalliance1

2 жыл бұрын

@@aae42 Their stuff starts at like a quarter million dollars lol. Not saying they don't do good work but damn for quarter million you better be able to get whatever you want that's retarded money for a car.

@farhanpramadipta1858

2 жыл бұрын

there are plenty of companies that modernizes older cars, but however their cars have either a 6 or 7 figure price tag

@C4_stephen

2 жыл бұрын

@@farhanpramadipta1858 😭

@aae42

2 жыл бұрын

@@dedalliance1 true, I feel like if you want that build quality for less, you're going to need to build it yourself

Can't say I keep up too well with all the cannonballs but I can appreciate a nice dually. Building a 500+hp 454 in my C3500 right now. Glad you are saving the history!

@josephfranzen5626

2 жыл бұрын

That’s an awesome engine man! I grew up with and admittedly love small turbo import engines. I’m an Asian guy and I like Asian cars, it just makes sense. Three years ago I bought an S10 with a little supercharged 350 and I began to start loving trucks. It had a 454 at one point but I reverted to the boosted 350 after a year or so. Bottom line is that V8 trucks are awesome to the point that a life long import guy can love them.

@natec4359

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephfranzen5626 Thanks! Can't knock you on the imports. I started out with a little Nissan truck. Now I have a Titan and a V8 Pathfinder. Haven't tried boosting anything yet.

@timothylolcats8020

2 жыл бұрын

454 four barrel, the big block of big blocks

@natec4359

2 жыл бұрын

@@timothylolcats8020 Actually I'm going Holley Sniper.

@timothylolcats8020

2 жыл бұрын

@@natec4359 that’s a 4 barrel

I had an obs, a 7.4 vortec isnt a difficult swap and the vortecs come with mpfi so they make really good power with a mild cam and heads. Just a thought…

@russelljacob7955

2 жыл бұрын

I agree on that. With a swap, the whole engine can be kept intact and original for a future custodian if it ends up becoming museum and not a driver. Many cars in Leno's collection are like this where they are modified for drivability, but done so can be put back to original.

@k24hybrid

2 жыл бұрын

@@russelljacob7955 cool to hear that.

@chadbeaver9199

2 жыл бұрын

That mpfi is trash use a holley sniper system since ur already swapping.

@natec4359

2 жыл бұрын

My truck had the TBI 454 and peanut port heads. Put on a new top end so I'm switching over to the Holley Sniper. Hoping for good drivability.

@augustskilar2857

2 жыл бұрын

@@natec4359 yeah I’ve heard really good things about Holley, my 454 was drivable. If you like burning rubber 😈

Travis, you just surprised the hell out of me. While watching that video, I thought to myself that I have seen that truck before and then you said Brock Yates Jr lived in PA. So I looked him up and realized that he lives all of 15 mins from me.

@MyCatInABox

2 жыл бұрын

Lol....amazingly small world sometimes, huh?

Yeah your the right man to own this piece of cannonball history, congratulations big fella, Rj in Oz

@larrynorsworthy8582

2 жыл бұрын

Where is Oz?

Now we need a new event. The Cannonhaul. NY to LA with 2904lbs of cargo.

You know Brock Yates was a car guy through-and-through so I would never think he would have a problem walking up if he was still with us and seeing if lt4 in a more advanced Driveline in it that just seems to be how is car guys are

From a British perspective, it's crazy when he says the stadium is on his street, yet it's 5 miles away. 5 miles away & on the same street are in no way synonymous in the UK, it really puts the different scale of both countries into perspective. If your 5 miles away and on the same road here, you're on the M6.

@SeamHead33

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in North Florida and I can drive for 12 hours and still not reach the southern tip of Florida. Next week I'm gonna drive 1500 miles in 21 hours to Massachusetts

@Kris_T_

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeamHead33 you can drive from one end of Britain to the other in under 24 hours. It's just under 1000 miles.

@MishraArtificer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kris_T_ The current Cannonball record is just under 26 hours. I imagine your drive is much more pleasant, though!

@sammorgan31

2 жыл бұрын

A road that's only five miles long here is like a quaint little country lane.

If you ls swap it go carb and dress it up as the original 350 or even as the 454 that came in the obs

I had no idea you acquired this unit! Very cool! I have a stillen GTS suburban thats a head turner! Good to see the G8 made it in a pic too!

I'd really like to see a KZread series on that pickup keeping us all up today with the progress

Definitely needs to go to Radwood. That's the pinnacle of 1990's truck mods.

I remember a column he wrote about this truck! I’ve never been able to find pics of it either. Super cool ride.

Travis I'm so glad you got it. Going to be amazing and how you want to do is, is exactly how it needs to be redone.

That is superb! I remember reading that issue of C&D when on holiday in the US and really liking that truck! If possible, I would love to see update videos as progress is made!

You are definitely the best type of car guy, not worried about the resale value just about making the car into what it should still be.

It was my uncle Rusty’s ambulance from Proser Washington that was used in the movie cannonball run.

Man I always wanted a shortbed phantom dually( fat tire In the back instead of duals) but I grew up driving a 3500 squarebody, and just dig the look. So cool this still exists

@TransGirlGaming

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to find me a Squarebody C30 Car Hauler to go with my Single Cab Short Bed C10 that I'm restoring

Nice! I remember that magazine and certainly read the story about it. Good luck with the restoration, Travis!

What an amazing story, I absolutely love it! I’m am looking forward to seeing what happens next and keeping up with this amazing truck!

That looks like a perfect candidate for Chevy’s new 632 big block crate engine

@littledeel

2 жыл бұрын

Blueprint has a better deal on em fyi

Definitely need to keep an up to date on the resto of this truck Travis!

If you do decide to LS swap it please make sure you change the rear differential as those things are weaker than a glass Christmas bulb and the two-piece drive shaft is total crap, a good aluminum drive shaft and 3.93s and it would be golden.

@randomidiot8142

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Aluminum driveshaft? Sounds as intelligent as aluminum axle shafts.

I like your attitude toward the rebuild. Do it once and do it right

I was a subscriber to Car and Driver at the time, and I absolutely remember the article. I thought that it was very cool at the time. I remember Brock being so enthusiastic about it. Thanks for bringing back a really cool memory, and best wishes getting it rebuilt!

I remember seeing the truck at Brock Jr’s old house in Phoenixville and thought it was the most awesome pickup I’d ever seen. Sitting out in the elements having seen better days.

My misses cried over the brother story i cried finding out a legend was still out there the whole time! Another great one!

Yay! A new Travis Bell story. The day just got way more entertaining! Definitely need...no expect....updates and stories about the truck restoration. To interesting to let it go here. I hope Travis does the KZread videos her teased in this video.

Loved the exit statement!

Thank you for not putting 22s on it! Don't sell it to Rob, that's the first thing he'll do!

That is an awesome truck & history! I own a 92’ 2500 ext. cab short box myself, for 15 years now with currently 272,000 km. Love that body style. Keeping a new different engine close to its roots, drop in a 454 efi with an rv cam/flowmaster 70 series true dual exhaust & headers …. It should sound and perform well.

Steering wheel made by Personal. These things were made near my home and I had one on my 1975 Lancia Fulvia Coupè :)

I would love to see it restored!! It has that nice 80s early 90s look!

Please make videos on the restoring process! Everybody would love it !

I knew it looked familiar, but I couldn't place it, then you showed the Car and Driver magazine and the memories came flooding back! I fell in love with that thing in 1993! I might even still have the magazine in a box somewhere. Very cool!

Great story lived it I'm a 90s kid early 90s these obs custom trucks was my youth now I'm 29 and have a 1990 swb single cab step side red in color love it

Looking at the old magazine photo, the triple fade paint job faded into just red over time. Like a vintage Les Paul. Neat.

The absolute sweetest obs I've ever seen. I want it. So bad.

A 8.1 swap would be pretty cool, just a mild cam and a beefy trans would be super cool

@GEARHEADdezign

2 жыл бұрын

I have the 8.1 and ZF6 manual in my truck and it's the perfect combination for truck stuff.

@nate.frechmann6154

2 жыл бұрын

@@GEARHEADdezign I mean I think Brock would have done that with completely stock components and then added a little flair, plus an 8.1 is just overall cool

Travis you are the right man for the job of keeping this truck, others would never keep it in the style it deserves, putting a more usable engine in it would not damage it you could do a Jay Leno and keep the old one if needed. The exterior and cab is the parts that needs love.

awesome find! visually, i'd do what you want to do, go back to exactly how it looked in the mag shoot. but underneath, i'd update everything so that it drives like a modern vehicle, that way you can enjoy your bit of history

@Cynsham

2 жыл бұрын

Restomod it!

What a super cool truck. I love those custom duallys from back in those years.

Travis is that really cool uncle we all want that let's you drive when you aren't supposed to, let's you drink on occasion, picks you up from parties if you drank too much, has a thousand cool stories, and all he'll ever ask you to do is remember him.

Good job Travis!

Part of me says keep it mostly original and just do a nice rebuild on the OG 350. But then I think Brock would definitely LS swap it if he was still around and was planning to Cannonball it.

Forza Horizon 5 and having vinwiki on in the background, or working on my cars also with VW playing is my new favorite thing to do.

Lovely Story! greetings from Crestview, South Africa.

That’s an awesome find. It’s a great to see that you will keep it looking the way it was. Chevy did make a short bed dually in the OBS trucks , but it was in the later years of the OBS . I had one . It was a 99 crew cab 4x4 dually short bed.

@yotafan174

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought. I live in California and have seen 2 trucks. One in Ventura and one in Bakersfield.

@Cartier_specialist

2 жыл бұрын

That's not a crew cab though, it's an extended cab. It also isn't 4 wheel drive.

@thewestkindofday7899

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cartier_specialist did we watch the same video? At the 3:30 min mark Travis says they never made a short box dually . That is what my comment was about.

@schmbrt96

2 жыл бұрын

The truck in video is also a 6 lug

@thewestkindofday7899

2 жыл бұрын

@@schmbrt96 I believe light duty 3/4 tons in OBS had 6 lug and heavier duty had 8 lug . I’m not sure if there is any correlation with 2wd. Or 4wd.

I always enjoy seeing Travis on VinWiki.

Please keep us updated. Can't wait to see the restored truck?

Everything about this guy just screams super cool !!! Every story this narrator has is amazing!!! I hope he has many children who make the world a better place for all of us, just as he's doing. I wish it said his name in the synopsis of the video. Much love to the channel for having so many of these people we would never heard of, unless we ran in cannonball. It's amazing to see all the personalities in these gr8 events. God Bless 🙏

Travis, thank you, thank you, thank you. Finally someone referring to a stock car by its correct name, and not a "nascar". Learn from Travis kids!

@clint8130

2 жыл бұрын

Man, you're right, I hate that too.

I had a White crew cab 3500 455 1993 shortbox dully in the shop I work at a few weeks ago

I remember seeing that truck in street truck magazine way back in the day

Dude for one thank you I remember this truck and somewhere in my magazine collection I have it. My building is half full of actual print magazines.

Travis, need to look at a l31 votec motor, gmpp tbi intake. This will keep it stock looking and make it drivable, better fuel economy etc. That or a mild 383 build. Thatshould keep it original looking but in tradition

LS or LBZ duramax swap is needed. 100%. Visually, appreciate the magazine restore.

I love my obs crew cab short bed dually

Chevy did make a short bed dually in the 90's, but only in a crew cab 1 ton setup you could you get the short bed.

LS it!! You will not regret that choice. I look forward to seeing it restored. In 2000 you could get a crew cab short bed dually.

@211212112

2 жыл бұрын

Any way to know how many people ordered one?

I taught defensive driving with Brock jr. such a cool dude and always had a great story while the people were in class!

Gm did make a crew cab short bed dually only available from 99-00 low production numbers, I currently own 2 a black Chevy and a white gmc

Would love to see this thing rolling around town.

It’s absolutely needs an LSX454! Don’t change anything else other then maybe some super wides for the back instead of duals

it's missing the roof wing.

All his stories are golden!

im convinced ive seen something like this in australia , ive seen that front on image and i remember it saying brock on the windscreen i thought it was peter brock and went on with my day , now im going to go mad wondering where ive seen it

I love Travis stories

Jr. used to daily drive it.. used to take his daughter to day care in it when he was bored with the Mini or Subie. I never thought much of it because it was beat to sh!t 10 years ago when he lived right down the road from me. Glad to hear it's going to brought back to life.

Vary cool truck. You tube Restoration. Brock is an car lover icon. Good on you mate.

There’s a guy local to me in Illinois with a crew cab shortbed dually for sale, that trucks been haunting me since I came across it

Sick build

Now that is a sweet ass no nonsense full of shenanigans story of a man myth and legend befriending the right car guy. What a rad find dude. 🤘🔥😎🔥🤘

I have a spare Omega VE Sportwagon for your consideration

Not a car guy whatsoever, but absolutely love this channel. Been a subscriber when the channel was at only 5 thousand and Ed was still figuring out how to get the best audio. Every video had different quality of audio, but i knew already that the channel would blow up because it was a perfect format of tell9ng quick, bite size, interesting car stories. Then Ed told the “Kimmy” story and i knew that was the one that was going to break the channel and open the flood gates to people like me (non car owner) to subscribe. In the last year or so however, I feel like it’s getting a little stale with having the same people telling their 25th story, which of course isn’t going to be that great of a vid since it’s their 25th story. It would be cool to have more “new” random people tell their best stories so the channel would be an outlet for normal people that can tell their unbelievable story. I have 3 stories that I know the audience would enjoy. One of them involves a night where I was in a very bad place with drugs and alcohol. I wasnt drinking, but the drugs i toook pretty much knocked me out at the last red light before i was home. House was just 200 yards away and my eyes shut involuntarily only to open my eyes when i felt a presence in the other lane. There, right next to me, was the local police. One driving, one passenger. I was so ripped, i wasnt giving off the correct amount of panic. I looked right at them, and said the following, “Oh… my fault… Ive had a long day at work and live right there (i point to my house). Somehow and someway, the police gave me a nod and told me to get home and go to sleep. “Absolutely sir. Thank you and stay safe out there! It was 3am at this point and i was too ripped to properly understand how ridiculously lucky I was! I was SOOO oblivious to how lucky and how my life could of beeen turned upside down, that when I arrived in my driveway, i realized that i only had one bar of gas and that my grandma was using the car the next morning to go to church. I forgot to put gas in earlier and didnt want to put her in a situation of low gas and she only used gas stations that pumped for you and they weren’t open until after church was done. So i reversed out of the driveway and was back on the road to get some gas. And i was going to drive back to through the road that the police were still on, looking for dui’s. That’s how unbelievably out of it i was that within 30 seconds, i already put aside the moment of me being caught being passed out at a red light. So now I’m back on the road and driving through the spot that the police usually post up, trying to catch drunk drivers. I passed that spot and entered at a part of the road that was darker and not as lit up and the rest of the road and i was going right around 45 mph (speed limit 40) when out of the blackness, my headlights lit up the rear of an suv… and it was easy to see that it was the police suv. The very same suv that I just had a conversation with just 3 minutes ago. Disclaimer: so ive made it very clear that i had no business being on the road. The only problem was the fact that I was soo over the line, that i was at a point where I couldn’t even tell right from wrong. If i wasnt as messed up, i would of realized the situation and never would of driven. So my headlights picked up the rear of the police car and i was shocked at what i saw. I wasnt just about to rear end these cops… but i saw that the police car had NOOOO lights on at all!!! They were seriously “parked” in the middle of the two lane road and i only had a split second to see the rear end and to try to hit the brakes and turn the wheel so I wouldnt hit them straight on. I rather hit them at an angle then going straight on bumper to bumper. Of course, since i was dumb enough to drive in that state, I followed up my stupidity and was really at this point shooting for the “Darwin award” by not wearing a seatbelt. On impact (me going 45 and the police were in park) I went head first into the rear view mirror, splitting open a gash right above my eye causing blood to squirt everywhere. I was knocked out for just a split second. I came to with my head on the front console and pretty much standing in my suv. I jumped out of the car and the impact totally knocked me from being high as heck, into being totally aware and alert. After driving for over 15 years, this was my fist real accident. As i exited the car, I couldn’t see a thing and quickly realized it was because i had so much blood on my face and it got into my eyes. I then quickly ran over to the front of the police car and asked if they were alright. They answered they were fine, but i should go lay down on the grass off to the side of the road. I looked a lot worse then how I felt. My entire face was covered in blood. Ive heard a bunch of stories of drunk driving accidents where the drunk person would hit another car, where the victim would pass away, but the drunk wouldnt have a scratch on em because they didnt tense up on impact. I got in another accident a couple years later that was half the speed, but i was the one that was hit and i had enough time to try to brake and turn my way out of the accident, but knew i wasnt going to avoid being tboned and totally tensed my body up and it HURT SOO much more than the 45mph into a parked car while staying loose. So back to the crash. I’m on the ground waiting for the ambulance to come, and I’m just waiting for the hammer to drop. These cops just woke me up at a red light, only to see me 3 minutes later after i rear ended me. I was confused though, as to why they were parked on the road with all their lights off, but kept it to myself until they read me my rights or announced i was going to be arrested after i got my eyebrow stapled back in place. I still couldn’t see anything, and asked for one of the firefighters to retrieve my cell phone from the car so i could call my dad. I needed someone there to look after my best interest, especially since i was already under the influence, but now i was concussed and blind front the blood. I was in a vulnerable spot. Surprisingly the one cop involved with the crash retrieved my cell and dialed the number for me. So i got ahold of my dad and he was there under 5 mins. My dad later told me the next morning that he knew i was messed up when he saw me pull in, and then quickly pull back out and leave. Parents would always say, “nothing good happens after midnight.” Well, this was 3 am and he def knew something was possibly wrong and he turned on the local police scanner to hear my name being check for any previous felonies which I did not. An ambulance ride later and I’m now at the hospital to get my eyebrow reconnected to my head and my dad walked into the room and waited for when we were alone and asked me what am I being charged with. I answered that they haven’t said a word. We both were on eggshells waiting for the nurse to walk in and take my blood and then I would find out how much trouble I was in for crashing into a police car under the influence. A couple hours pass and it’s now 6am when I got discharged. No blood test, not even a convo with any police. We were absolutely shocked! I was hesitant to tell my story about the police car being parked in the middle of the road because I knew how messed up I was and wasn’t a reliable witness so I only told my dad what I THOUGHT happened. My name was in the paper the next afternoon and it was just a little write up that, “Kevin Eastwood was involved in a car accident with LP police. Alll three people involved were taken to the hospital to take care of non life threatening injuries.” Didn’t mention a crime or anything of the sort. People on FB were perturbed that there was no mention of wrong doing, and at 3 am to boot just made it unbelievable. Here is when the story takes a turn and is probably why I only got a ticket for careless driving when the police report stated that I was speeding at 45 and rear ended the police car that was driving at a “lower speed.” Since my name was in the paper, a local man contacted me on messenger with a story of his own. He lives right off the road that the accident occurred and he saw the entire thing. He was walking home from the bar and the thst police car thought they could get the guy for public drunkenness so they tried to hide in plain sight. He saw the police cruiser pass him, to then use a turn around to come back for a second pass on the other side of the road. Then he told me what I deep down thought I saw. The cops slowed down… and turned off their lights and ended up coming to a complete stop!!! He kept walking and saw my car coming down the road and knew a solid 5 secs before that I was going to hit this cop car with no lights on, which is exactly what happened. I think that he saw the entire thing, shook the police and put them into a situation. I def helped them out by not coming out with a “wtf were u doing on the road with no lights on?” And kept my mouth shut which I believe ultimately helped me out. I dodged a big one and could of died and killed others too. I went to rehab 2 weeks later and have been clean ever since then. “Knocks on wood.” That’s my craziest car story

@MyCatInABox

2 жыл бұрын

Damn....that's a helluva night

don't LS it, check out the Grubb Worm Camaro: old-school LT1 V8 with 1,800hp. have that shop build and tune it for cannonball with a period-ish turbo setup!

Definitely making it "modern" would be a benefit. New breaks suspension and engine

another great story from travis, you are a huge asset to car culture heads for the next generations to thank!

I feel like it would at least be worth putting cam and intake and ECU etc on the old block, keep it original but make it usable. Thx for the story man.

@rcairforceone

2 жыл бұрын

They could do all that and still not match the output of a mild LS. In the spirit of Cannonball, I feel like 6.0 or 6.2 LS would be the hot ticket, paired with a 6 or 8 speed trans. But that's just me.

Travis Bell always tells a great story, can’t wait for the next one!

Another great Travis Bell story! Can’t wait to see this one restored

He always has great stories to tell

True car/truck/ambulance guy👏👏👍👍

congrats! nice find and i am sure you will do it justice = as new + New LS ;-) thanks for doing that by the way.

Another piece of cannonball history in good hands! 👍

I think it looks amazing with the spec it has including wheels etc. good decision 👍🏼

Cool story and truck however gm did make a short bed dually obs just not paired with an extended cab

Awesome!

There is a 3500 single cap short bed dually obs chevy at a fire department near me that is a 454 3speed with a crawler gear

Rite on,, im an 80's kid and I remember in early 90's people would put deep dish rear wheels with fat micky thompsons on the normal long bed versions. I always thought that was a pretty bitchin way to roll around in a dually. But totally understand wanting to keep this one in its original glory. Sick find...

Such a badass looking truck

Lol I remember reading that prowler issue

Nice running boards nice everything

Drop in a 454 / 502 / 572 ! Big block rhythm FTW !

I could listen to his stories all day

Started off with 2 15 second commercials. Paused it to come here before watching to say, I just hope that dually is in the vid... I remember the Pace Truck Dually that jumped the tracks & drove into the motel...

Awesome. Wish I could see it.

Not only is it a dually. It’s a PHANTOM dually actually. Very cool 90s trend.