1951 Buick Rat Rod - will it RUN and DRIVE?

[@cn3816]

Love your vids and the projects!

[@harveyroad6]

I wish we were neighbors. I had a great neighbor like you once, he did what made him happy, the rest be damned. He flipped 80 cars in 15 years. Even won a major car show or two. Like you, he was a river of knowledge and a spoonful of talk. Factree!

[@ViceGripGarage]

sounded like a cool guy!

[@scotthedrick2253]

Hey Derek I'm watching a show and I was talked into your woman and I hope you come up and help me out I appreciate it

[@scotthedrick2253]

Ok👍👍

[@danielmoss2394]

Love going back to watch these older videos. You’ve come a long way Derek. Keep it up fella.

[@petebovenzi8119]

I finally found the rat rod video from your intro . Love it !

[@EPICYELLOWHORSE]

I can really relate to this car guy. Not sure how I got here, but I am an INSTANT subscriber five minutes into this!!! ☻👍🏾

[@The282mike]

Yea Meee Too!

[@dougg1075]

Same

[@gilbelisle9035]

Did you see the caddy episode?

[@vilstef6988]

I've been watching random car vids and this showed up in the mix. This guy's sense of humor and deadpan delivery caught me.

[@DScaglione.]

First vid I saw was of the Torino Elite ... Epic!!!!! Have now watched ‘em all, and am rewatching again! Dereks the man!!!

[@StrangeDuder]

Derek, make these kind of videos again. Raw camera, totally jacked car, experimenting as you go. This is what we love. Best to you, your brother and your family.

[@bradwatkins4494]

I found one of your videos... which led to another... and another. Now I'm here and hooked! Love it!

[@ViceGripGarage]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@JeffKirbylogix]

"we got about 5 minutes of battree left and we're 10 minutes from home." a minute later, "let's take it on the interstate!"

[@charleschidester6767]

Hands down the most creative use of a junkyard frame pile.

[@ViceGripGarage]

That would have been a great name!

[@reeblesnarfle4519]

Welcome To ScaryAin'tIt Ohio.... Driving up to an intersection in a classic old dog, light changes, and leave'em in a cloud of smoke. Lotta hosses for an old classic dog! Scary gorgeous grille. Love the body & even the big stick!. An Old Sleeper! Stock engine?😳

[@carminemurray6624]

I remember a Sappy Days episode where the guys buy a great car for $175 dollars, can't fix it, something I would have done at age ten, with help from my older mechanic friends, and the shop I worked in after school, they end up letting it slide into a river, then Fonzi sells it for $ 50 to the same folks that sold it to them, real Lou Sirs. Typical Hollywood, as far as cars.

[@pckopp]

Never underestimate the value of living in a non-inspection state!

[@austx290]

LOL

[@ntroxell83]

Vars that are a certain age dnt need inspection or emissions

[@dre4011]

@Moe I Virginia too... Black & yellows : daily driver w/ mileage restrictions Black & white : antique w/ ALL THE RESTRICTIONS

[@scottbaker1018]

Moe I In pa yah need a antique plate for no inspection.They tag on a bunch of rules no driving after sunset and not using it more than twice a week and other crap.they never enforce it unless you get yanked by a pissy cop

[@littleaub3193]

This is true, what you say, it really doesn't make sense, around here, there's some bad drivers behind the wheel, and it lets me think, the people that teach driving are just not looking around when there out with the drivers, we are not caring enough, about doing our jobs the best we can, we just want the money.

[@trailerparksupersports]

the car on ramps being held by another car is full send, safety third, keep up the good work.

[@Wesleystewart78]

1. fun 2. beer then 3. safety lol

[@hoppinonabronzeleg9477]

I thought that showed a very practical and safe approach to car maintenance! It's on ramps, on a slight slope, but is restrained from rolling by being tethered to another car!

[@bradrichards6107]

I love your torquing pan bolts approach. I never thought of the jawbone exploding analogy. I always tighten until I see stars afterwards. This approach has always worked for me. My Dad always said, "Nothing too strong ever broke."

[@ViceGripGarage]

Stars approach is tactical, I like it. Your Dad sounds like our best friend

[@bradrichards6107]

@@ViceGripGarage Well he retired as an auto mechanic after 38 years at the same shop. He is now a CNC machinist and welder at a Caterpillar factory. He is 66 years old, and plans to work until he is 70. He said he wanted to change careers at 62.

[@misterpolytech]

Yeah, until you R&R a part that was 'feel torqued' by Magilla Gorilla 15 years ago.... Such fun twisting bolt heads off; even after using liquid wrench, tapping on it, using heat, impact gun set on low, blah blah blah....

[@robsolo7767]

Sometimes I come back to these old episodes just to visit the classics. VGG Forever 🙅‍♂️!

[@billchessell8213]

Weld up the holes, fix the broken bits, pound it out 30, maybe fifty foot straight, paint it olive drab, stencil a white star on the side and claim it was General Eisenhower's last staff car. Yeah, that'll sell it!

[@urabampot]

agreed!!!

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

It is similar to an old Navy staff car.

[@TheGrover1968]

😂

[@dougg1075]

Yes!

[@TheTubeTube2]

@@urabampot or a bendy unmentionable 1940’s sign that sounds a bit like like wasp sticker, say it was Reinhardt Hydrich’s incognito rig and sell it in Croatia (no returns) - that’s further from Minisauté, which might be a fine idea

[@dkstudioart]

This is the first time I've seen a video this old, it's amazing to see how far VGG came in just four years.

[@1978JonBullock]

This is one of my favourite videos that has Shaun and Derek. Re watching in 2024 and VGG has nearly 2 million subscribers.

[@carlkwasnjuk9518]

Keep up the good work! I appreciate that your videos do not include foul language.

[@stewiefy]

Between the haunted house door hinges, the possessed engine and transmission, and the Frankenstein frame, this is the scariest ride I've ever seen.

[@rustyaxelrod]

Four door, cobbled frame, significant body work to be done, I’d pass it on. Or keep it for the same reasons.

[@Jax71]

I like to catch up on the videos from the beginning, shows just how far a guy has come and where he’s been. Good to see you haven’t changed, still a stand up guy we’ve all grown to love !

[@richardkafka5625]

Watching this and knowing how far you've come since is awesome! Love these old videos.

[@s_m_v]

You, my dear friend, are having entirely too damn much fun. Keep up the good fight. :-D

[@ViceGripGarage]

I don't get bored often 😂

[@JimsIfitaintbrokefixit]

The deadpan delivery puts the the bow on the videos. The Interweb never ever was this entertaining before. When I'm watching these videos my wife asks me what I'm laughing at...I tell her not her and she don't believe me.:)

[@CaneIn850]

Seeing how far you have came from this video and you trailer as a lift to the awesome shops and facilities now shows what hard work can do

[@davemarshall5776]

That body style is bad ass !! I love the rally wheels on it . I'd like to have that car .

[@joecarr9476]

Not sure if I keep coming back for the cars or your subtle sense of humor! LOL

[@michaelhayduk2904]

You know the best part of your videos. After I watch them, any motivation I had to work on my own car ends at the end of your videos. I felt like i completely something with out doing anything. Keepum coming. I have a truck for you.

[@ViceGripGarage]

haha

[@donaldstewart9873]

The reason I sub'ed for this channel is, when you do a project with repeated steps, You do all but one or two off camera, so we can see what it all looks like, then you show how to get it that way! Great job

[@novafourtwoseven2888]

I think the Buick is my most favorite one yet I have always wanted to fix up a 50's Buick Rod

[@ViceGripGarage]

it looked pretty cool!

[@PublicWifi]

That alternator was all types of fancy.

[@ViceGripGarage]

Oh you betcha

[@MrTrentbridge]

In a world gone health and safety mad your the only guy that looks normal .

[@LS1LE]

It’s awesome watching the earlier episodes.

[@Wooley689]

Looking back t this video from what they are now, the production quality grew %100 .

[@go_rizzo_grow]

When you're driving on the highway "Yeah, let's get off right away" that made me laugh out loud.

[@shanes3060]

A guy needs to go way back and watch the older videos to! This is awesome!

[@rickdarris2294]

Never has the term "connect the frames" been more significant...

[@gregwoolner4095]

I love these older videos, a guy has bit more of an edge to him!

[@harleyguyinmilw]

you are my new super-hero!!!! love love love the Buick!!!!!

[@ViceGripGarage]

Hell yeah man! Appreciate you!

[@ClassXIRoads]

I'll have to agree with harleyguyinmilw for sure, your the cats a$$ moterhead

[@bryanfox9189]

You're a champion! The stuff that legends are made of. I love your channel.

[@ViceGripGarage]

You're the man Bryan, thanks for watching!

[@limabravo6065]

Oh your car was wired by Lighthouse for the Blind to! My Camaro has a relatively expensive aftermarket electric fan in it from “Be Cool” and when I bought it, it was wired with a ground switch duct taped to the radiator overflow tank. I’ll be honest and say that I hate wiring, but some of the shit people do is just incredible. If you have to rig something to get out of a jam so you can get home that’s understandable, but these are not permanent fixes. I never understood how people could spend a ton of money on engines / swaps, transmissions, wheels, paint etc... yet ignore or purposely wire something to where it looks like Stevie Wonder did the job

[@historybuff9276]

I had a 82 Camaro that came with a 2.5 automatic. With the factory rear end it was low gear with a strong 350 in front,but didnt last long. Once my alt wire fraid and came out of the plug it only had like 2 strands still hooked to the alt.When you went over 1500 rpm it sounded like a turbo, so my buddy and me done the right thing left it alone til it finally burnt up.

[@robertmcmahon1807]

Love how you include your boy and let him tag along. That is the kinda stuff you will both remember; what matters. If I knew nothing more about you, that would be enough. Good stuff.

[@JGMan0011]

Great how you include your boy in the fun. Was there a seat belt in the back seat? I don’t really want to know. Besides, who wants to be seat-belted in when the welds holding the 3 frames together come apart!

[@trailerparksupersports]

im gonna over torque the bolts, rtv everything and weld that, this is the best youtube car channel, its the stuff i say lol

[@ViceGripGarage]

Brothers from another mother!

[@vilstef6988]

So embodys DIY engineering. As Robert Heinlein said: Bash to fit, file to hide, paint to cover.

[@philhoey2423]

Absolute Gold,the most natural car content creator on Y/T,bar non,and has me 🤣 all the way Brilliant.

[@JD-te9tj]

15:06...I love that jam...specially the harmonics on the guitar.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

/w\METAL/w\

[@NoName-jj4yi]

I been looking for this video for awhile.. I saw a part of it on your intro. Glade I found it

[@trifivegarage8683]

This goes against every thing I've learned. Playing with cars over the last 40 years!! Lol you are having way to much fun! Enjoyed it! 🤘

[@ViceGripGarage]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching Michael.

[@BiginBelgium]

Love the way this channel has grown and the way you address the challenges............

[@davidevans6528]

When I can't get the right torque converter bolts I just weld the converter to the flex plate. Works every time!

[@captainjerk]

Classic RAT-ROD! :D Love this beast! Everything a Rat-Rod should be: unsafe, rusty, falling apart, and burnouts for dayyyyyyyys! LMAO

[@JB-ro3sz]

people take note, all the sketchy stuff on the car and the sketchy repairs he performed are what most of us need to look for when considering purchasing someone else's project. trust me i learned the hard way.

[@charlesmurphy1840]

You guys are awesome.love that the rear is ready to go and the kid is back there...lol..I live in the suburbs outside philly and the life style was like this when I was growing up .im 46 miss the kind of stuff you guys can do.everybody in this area has become so uptight and snobby..

[@timdatoolman7865]

Ole "Frankie" don't look bad at all from 10-12 feet away. Those Chevy Rally wheels look damn good on her. Who ever did all the butchery on that pile should have their tool license revoked for life. LOL! BTW LOVE your channel!!!

[@ViceGripGarage]

haha... yeah it did look cool at least

[@daniellussier62]

Best video yet. Live the kid in the back seat while doing a burn out. Rock on DAD😷 lmao

[@oldschoolclassics.]

This guy is awesome, I could watch him all day!

[@nelsontucker4366]

Going through a car wash without a back window, love it. You reminded me of stuff I've done like sitting on a car trailer with a cable jack after dark cause the car broke down and the wench didn't work. Good times.

[@MostWantedOHA]

yup , that little bit of smoke got me chuckling .... poor Brad , kid took it good tho , ....''''

[@GixxerKris]

A whole lot of us gear heads dig your style brother! Keep up the half ass work because that’s the entertainment that others seem to forget about and is plain old fun to watch!

[@ViceGripGarage]

Thank you I really appreciate you watching glad you enjoy the content

[@mancaveproductions00]

Well said..

[@tomjohntig]

Better entertainment than the lousy cable box crap keep up the good work reviving heaps of junk. I haven't laughed so much since the mother in law fell over on the ice lol. Tom. UK

[@ViceGripGarage]

Thanks Thomas!

[@amber110526]

Did she bounce and get up for more 🤔

[@sittingatthedockofthebay4808]

Watching now in Northumberland.... keep up the good work.

[@bluetruck53]

@@sittingatthedockofthebay4808 NY?

[@jamesdaltrey2878]

100% Straight that comment !!

[@vilstef6988]

As the engineer protagonist said in Robert Heinlein's Door Into Summer: "Bash to fit, file to hide, paint to cover."

[@dclinks]

I stopped watching tv a few years ago. Watching your stuff is pure awesome :)

[@theresaedwards5819]

This is the funniest show 😂😂 I’m glad he’s on KZbin ! Thanks

[@bossdog1480]

I've only come accross your vids recently. Subbed on the first one I saw. Now I'm going through them all trying to get them in chronological order. Very entertaining to say the least. Love that Buick. We didn't get most of the cars you have there in the states here in Oz. We got Fairlanes and Falcons which we built here. Our local GM was Holden which were mostly unique smaller versions of Chevys. We also built Chrysler Valiants, similar to yours but with different grills and tailights. Keep up the good works.

[@livingproof4827]

Derek....I have not laughed that hard in a long time. You were tightening that alternator bolt and the wrench took a shit. Priceless....just toss it to the side and move on. Love it!

[@vanteal]

Lol, I saw that too..Stupid wrench.

[@josephgoltz87]

Great stuff! - pretty much all the same techniques that keeps my ‘60 Chevy on the road for 25 yrs! You don’t need lots of money, just an attitude! Love it

[@southpawgarage4718]

Great entertainment. Keep it or sell it, I don`t really care. As long are you keep doing this, I`ll watch! BTW, I know this is an older video but whoever you are wearing that CranioCareBears bracelet, I hope all is well/better with them. Will keep in my thoughts and prayers. It's never easy when little ones are sick/suffering.

[@bernardstander7642]

This fella lives in heaven, he just doesn't know it yet!!! Epic stuff!!!

[@vilstef6988]

I love the Buicks (and other vehicles) of this era, but the sketchy frame on this rig is pretty scary!

[@dcspooky6903]

Love the power brake tip. Sorry it is two years late. Love the channel. Please, do not stop the content. The channel is an inspiration to the next generation of vise grip mechanics.

[@philmaples9865]

"mind bottling"

[@joelalexander5338]

Dave Micolichek Apparently, you aren’t familiar with the reference.

[@kungpowchickenwing]

@@joelalexander5338 watch a few more episodes

[@moparkr]

love the posi vs non-posi inspection tip, love your channel the more episodes i get into it. keep it up

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Nice burnout drift at the end Derek and some good more burnouts @ViceGripGarage

[@speedylee69x]

This is my favorite car you did a video on so far I love 50s cars

[@coreydunn4813]

I found your channel some how man do me and my wife like watching you she never gets into my car shows and even she like watching you your awesome man keep it up you got two new subscribers

[@damianjackson9084]

So a guy went and became a member just because this is the best channel ever!

[@MrBluetruck96]

Ignore your haters. I enjoy your channel. If you ever need help in Texas hit me up.

[@ViceGripGarage]

You got it bud!

[@chipcool6654]

Man oh man..... ‘57 Chevy, ‘51 Buick, ‘69 Chevelle............. this is what I imagine Heaven to be like

[@ViceGripGarage]

Heaven must be pink letters from your neighborhood, hate letters from neighbors, and heavy storage fees than 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@billchessell8213]

@@ViceGripGarage You just keep send'n us the heaven 'n deal'n with the hell. If that works for you it works for us. Chip Foose isn't HALF this much fun!

[@mrscrapper3331]

Lol... love your “ we’re going to fix it right and carblesnorfle it together” attitude! Lol

[@rustyirongarage4465]

In between your new videos I rewatch your old videos absolutely love this car

[@miket7290]

Don’t forget to update the post office box…this videos description still lists the Minnesota address. Love your show!!!

[@richardebersole3876]

💙 the Buick you do a whole series of video's on it keeping it a Rat Rod and fixing some of the really sketchy stuff while putting your touches on it ...like welding the diff and making it a posi. , body work where there is some serious rust..etc

[@ViceGripGarage]

Some great ideas Richard! Thanks for watching appreciate you!

[@nunyadamnbussiness342]

Love the Roadmasters, so jealous. I'd never let that car go.

[@philiplevett7695]

Banging around underneath with that spanner and calling it maintenance after overtighening all the bolts! Hilarious. I needed that.

[@ViceGripGarage]

Hah, Glad you enjoyed bud!

[@stvkorea]

Looks like a guy went to the Colin Furze Safety School of Engineering. Love it!

[@eliwagner3190]

Lol a really easy “cold air intake “ you can do on those older carbureted cars is u can take the air filter cover and flip it upside down and put the screw back on😂

[@ViceGripGarage]

haha yup

[@ClassXIRoads]

How do you keep the local law off your back, your neighbors must not really hate you your to much fun to have around. This is the stuff of legends that will be talked about long after you move on. I'd would give you more likes if I could.

[@ViceGripGarage]

Appreciate it! It's mostly just luck. My driving record might say otherwise though.. haha

[@charleschidester6767]

Mow their grass. That's why we have boys.

[@pikehunter23750]

I love how you cheech the tires in every episode! Mint!!!

[@2strokesforagoodtime157]

This is gold. I really love your older content

[@rickysmalling4507]

Yes Sir I can relate. I bought a rusty '69 Chevelle while stationed in Va. I drove that home to Ca. The only hiccup was the horn relay lost ground in Knoxville, Tn. A $2 recharge and she finished using a quart of oil every 200 miles. She had a 400 csb with 3.31 one leg diff. In 2012 I bought a '61 Apache pickup in San Diego, I didn't brave the chance to drive it home. The tires were dated 16.5 bias ply. She had exhaust blown at the y-pipe and #1 cylinder had cracked rings. The headlight was smashed on driverside which meant I would have no lights at all. It would have been a 3 hour drive home so I trailored it.

[@raymond400]

i love how you just have fun with whatever you work on. reminds me of myself.

[@devin4265]

I finally found the best damn you tube car channel, thanks for your videos and humor...laughed my ass entirely off!

[@marlobreding7402]

When I was a teenager our neighbor down the street a mechanic decided he was going to take his brother's 50 Buick straight 8 and build a dune buggy I remember with all the neighborhood kids we rolled the body off to the side leaving the chassis engine and drivetrain. We ended up shortening it probably two and a half feet, put seats on it, cobbled a 3 inch water pipe roll bar not very safe of course. We built their own dual wheels to bolt onto the stock hub. we even went as far as to fill the rear tires with calcium carbonate to make extra weight. We had a lot of fun with this thing. This is 1968. In 1969 we discovered VW Beetles and started our dune buggies

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Holy crap that u joint is beyond Toast its Swiss cheese 🤣 @ViceGripGarage

[@randyhale4181]

Keep it, It really is the poor mans hot rod.I think it has a lot of potential .

[@rodericksheppardgolf]

“We’re all here, cause he’s not all there...” That’s Right!

[@daeshbagcentral5298]

That's funny

[@blackforestvintagefords7872]

Nothin' better than an old episode from your beginnings - love it!

[@thelostsoul5531]

Tight is tight. To tight is 2 pieces. Derek progressed a lot the last few years. May success find those earning it and life be full of rusty, dirty, smelly old cars and fun!

[@stevendinapoli1239]

I just found your channel over the weekend. Very cool ! Very funny looking forward to see more. U rock my friend😎👍

[@ViceGripGarage]

Thanks Steven!!🤘

[@michealmccune7809]

I think you should keep it bro and slowly redo the whole car starting with the frame so that it’s safe and not so sketchy and and scary to drive love to see more of this car on here Love these old Buicks to

[@roberthoffhines5419]

Cool, early VGG...before Derek really "Came Right Around" to being the Derek we know and love in 2023!

[@rayscrafield2106]

Where were you when I was a kid? Please keep that car and do some fix-up on it. I love old Buicks and when they have a big motor, that just makes me love'em more.