In this video we rescue a 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix that has been sitting for 8 or so years in a BARN. WIll it run and survive the trip home? #pontiac #gm #GP #grandprix #willitrunanddrive #abandoned #barnfind #revival
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@davidaschwanden20949 ай бұрын
Bitchin car. Looks pretty saveable. I love you guys doing these kinds of videos. Y'all are doing what all of us in our 50's now did as highschool kids for daily drivers. Of course they were a lot more plentiful back then. I cringe every time I think about how many of these complete cars we swiped parts off of in the wrecking yards, only for the rest of the perfectly fine car to be crushed later. Especially out here in CA they don't get rusted out. Hell a factory door for a 68 gto costs what we used to pay for a running 68 goat. Awesome to see you saving these cool cars.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
I’ll save all I can. Thanks for watching! Keeps us motivated to do more. Appreciate you sir.
@79tazman9 ай бұрын
Yeah if we you only knew them things were going to be collectible but some cars have do die to keep others alive
@walterhammond2909 ай бұрын
Engine sounds good. No ticks or knocks!
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
It’s a good runner! Thanks for watching.
@user-fo7kq3sr1o5 ай бұрын
That was a good video. I like them, Grand Prix, Pontiac myself and that’s a nice one.
@79tazman9 ай бұрын
Man I love those old Pontiacs and the 66 GP is one of the sweet ones I love the taillights on that year. That is a cool find my friend hope you treat her right and get her back going because by the looks of her she needs some TLC but has lot's of life left to her plus it's a Pontiac and the only thing I like better then a Pontiac is a old Mopar. You should check out Mortske Repair he just picked up a GP a few years older then that but it's in decent shape too. it's like the old Pontiacs are coming out of the woodwork these days.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment! And thanks for watching.
@davidthorpe16319 ай бұрын
Great Job on getting it to start... excellent. I'm very happy for you on your build. Be safe
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
@randyfisher56609 ай бұрын
My dad was going to give a gold 63 GP for my birtday/graduation gift in 1974. A few weeks before my birthday he traded it for 69 Coronet R/T with a 440-6 pack ,4 speed and let my oldest brother drive it 😢
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
That’s no good! Sorry that happened to you. Hope you can find another some day!
@jonhboleware34092 ай бұрын
It will take time. But. It will be worth. Nice car .I Really like it
@Memorylanemotorworks2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@my1vice9 ай бұрын
Awesome job with the video. I hope you continue with this kind of content.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@friguy44449 ай бұрын
Beautiful car! Needs a exhaust system and tires a new set of plugs filers some gaskets etc. But it's an incredible find for sure!
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Be ok to lookout for another video on this car. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@erikalbertson74839 ай бұрын
Such cool cars . I had a '66 Starchief. Wish I had it back !
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
They are very unique. Wish we had styling like these cars had modern day. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@toddodell29049 ай бұрын
Nice car and sounds great without a good tuneup, can’t wait to hear it after the tuneup.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Stay tuned for a future video please. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@davebarrows92979 ай бұрын
uh it is idling fast because the choke never came off. you can planely see the butterfly is still closed the fast idle cam is engaged. if you manualy open choke it will idle down and smooth out.put a zip tie to hold it off when been warmed up a little. thanks for the video.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@wookidtheoneandonly62309 ай бұрын
I’d say get that choke to open and it shouldn’t have that high idle 👌🏼 nice solid car though
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
Good job on the choke and window I had a 66 grand prix 2+2 421 with tri power and a four speed the car was super fast..just sand the car down and primer it.
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
Thanks, and thanks for watching!
@Rick356A9 ай бұрын
Really good video, you can do these well so i hope you do many more, glad you drove it home too, that is part of the fun! I have subscribed as i really want to see how this one cleans up too.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this comment. Things like this help keep me motivated! Really appreciate it!
@larrygall58319 ай бұрын
The electric choke is likely not getting power and interfering with your idle speed. Check for 12v at the choke. It needs power when the ignition switch is on. Good luck with this car.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@buckeyejim29899 ай бұрын
🗿💨 Nice GP, puts me in mind of a friend's red 421 4spd car he had. It was a 2+2 Catalina tho. Poncho's have a good following rite now. Hope to see more of this one👍👍
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Hoping to get more out soon. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
@buckeyejim29899 ай бұрын
Looks like Holley economaster carb.450cfm. fuel stabilizer help the valve springs out on these engines that have set.🗿it lubricates valve guides and stems. Just my experience tho
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
@@buckeyejim2989 thanks
@SlimeyFunSlimeyyyyFunnn9 ай бұрын
awesome video. keep up the good work.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@kdsboosted49546 ай бұрын
Very cool 🤙 have just shy of a dozen old Pontiacs 65 67 bonneville convertibles among others 64 68 grand prix's
@Memorylanemotorworks6 ай бұрын
Nice man!
@brentforte59509 ай бұрын
Save the Pontiac's!!!!
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Doing my part!
@79tazman9 ай бұрын
your fuel pump is weak it would be a smart move to get a new one because the mechanical pump has a rubber diaphragm in it that drys out from sitting and will usually work for a short while and then it will die. some my still pump but not pump the proper psi to keep the engine going under load it will only allow it to run on idle
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@buckeyejim29899 ай бұрын
Could also be pulling air at sending unit on tank or rusted fuel line leaking 🗿imo
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
@@buckeyejim2989 thanks. And thanks for watching!
@williemurdock44819 ай бұрын
Open the butterfly on the choke.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@brentforte59509 ай бұрын
It sounds like the rockers are hit the covers.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
It actually ended up being a small hole in the drivers side down pipe. Got lucky! Thanks for watching.
@79tazman9 ай бұрын
Ièm surprised all that time spent and you never tried to get the door open. If that was my car it would of been the first thing that I got done was to open the drivers door and find out what it's issue is. I guess you are good with crawling over from the passenger side.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Stay tuned for that episode!
@buckeyejim29899 ай бұрын
@@Memorylanemotorworksmight be a good time to drop something, algos shined and I'm watching this.🗿 Wanna see ya do good👍👍new vid today would make your other vids pop up
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
@@buckeyejim2989 I wish I had something prepared. Hopefully within the next week I can get something out. Limited time to get work done. Please stay tuned!
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
And you had an air compresser setting right there
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
I did
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
The carb needs rebuilt and the car needs a new gas tank
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
Carb was just fine. It does need a tank however.
@chuckelliott2589 ай бұрын
Choke is on causing fast idle
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@johngray24729 ай бұрын
The wire you left of batt runs accessories headlights
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Ok
@user-zx5in5hi1o9 ай бұрын
Get the driver door open
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Stay tuned for the next video on this car. Thanks for watching!
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
You need a new cap look at the center electrode it's wore clear out check it out I seen that when you should the inside of the cap
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
Yes sir it was bad!
@ramusgurzakovic52739 ай бұрын
Beautiful fucking car
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thank you! And thanks for watching.
@davidaschwanden20949 ай бұрын
* A little shade tree mechanic trick in case you ever need it just to get one rolling down the road for a short ways when an auto trans doesn't want to work: put about a half cup of laundry fabric softener in it. Do NOT do this if you do not intend to rebuild the trans though!!! Because it doesn't do it any favors over the long run. But what it does is, because the clutches are made of a highly compressed fabric, most of the time it will get them to swell up a bit and eventually bite. You usually have to run it in neutral (so the pump is running - or so I have been told) and it may take awhile, possibly overnight before it works. But it will often may a dead trans get a car a handful of miles in a pinch. Again though, I definitely wouldn't recommend trying it on a trans you don't intend to rebuild. But if the trans doesn't work anyway you don't really have anything to lose. Keep up the cool videos sir.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the advice. I will totally keep this in mind.
@79tazman9 ай бұрын
I would not do that if the trans don't work then there is a issue with it but I have never had a automatic stop working just from sitting and if that car only sat for 10 years the thing just needs fluid
@joeshermenti20829 ай бұрын
I had a sixty five
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Nice! Thank you for watching
@paulmurawski36839 ай бұрын
Coolant ATF.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Yep!
@friguy44449 ай бұрын
32:16 "Those Plugs look original" You're Funny. "Probably not" "Definitely not new". Yea you're funny. I can tell by the way that you are.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@user-nl6oo2wx2e2 күн бұрын
Why’s the owners manuals say Tempest and the car says Gran Prix am I missing something here.
@MemorylanemotorworksКүн бұрын
I believe it was a generic owners manual for the 66 model year cars.
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
First time that car back fires with that beard I've the carb your in trouble you should trim that or cut it off I know from experience.
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
We will see what happens!
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
Don't you know how to get a car off fast idle you just open the choke blade then kick the gas and it will slow down but now you messed with the idle screw when it comes off fast idle it will idle way too slow.
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
Idle was stuck and I needed to get it home. Once I got it there I fixed it properly.
@thomasputnam44915 ай бұрын
Did you test the switch before you took the moter out of the window
@Memorylanemotorworks5 ай бұрын
I did yes.
@lancespencer9628 ай бұрын
Someone needs to turn choke down.
@Memorylanemotorworks8 ай бұрын
It was frozen up actually. Thanks for watching!
@saturnsongs9 ай бұрын
what town are you in? I live in NE Ohio too.
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
I’m near Wooster.
@saturnsongs9 ай бұрын
I live south of Youngstown in Boardman. Is the car for sale?@@Memorylanemotorworks
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
didn't see this till now sorry. It might be in the future. Are you interested?
@billshepherd52996 ай бұрын
Why would you beat on it before you service it
@Memorylanemotorworks6 ай бұрын
To get the sludge good and broken up in the engine. Thanks for watching.
@billshepherd52996 ай бұрын
I will agree to disagree you drove it 5miles home oil was already warmed up I think alot of car channels just beat on cars for the views
@Memorylanemotorworks6 ай бұрын
@@billshepherd5299 it got a short little 20 second 3500 rpm blip before it was fully serviced. Did some follow up videos on this car you’re welcome to check out if you wish. Thanks.
@johngray24729 ай бұрын
You don't understand carbs at all well you can't set. Idel when it's on fast idel
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Ok, thanks for your input…
@johngray24729 ай бұрын
It's an a/c car
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Correct
@paulmurawski36839 ай бұрын
Tap on carb
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@paulmurawski36839 ай бұрын
Ck ATF please
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@raymondkunkel96159 ай бұрын
I had one of these in early 90s it was maroon black top had every option available the body was perfect but the frame was rotted out under doors it was a beech runner in florida and they never cleaned the frame out of salt sand.the guy i sold it to to used it in a ice racing and destroyed it
@Memorylanemotorworks9 ай бұрын
That’s a real shame! Thanks for the story though. And thanks for watching.
@jamesdamron206521 күн бұрын
That black stuff in your fuel filter is your rubber line getting eaten away from that Obama gas!!!
@Memorylanemotorworks21 күн бұрын
You are absolutely right! Thanks for watching.
@robbiecrace77797 ай бұрын
My 1st car was a 66 GP, same color, same set-up. I was 16 1/2 and paid $200. For it. Southern Ohio.
@Memorylanemotorworks7 ай бұрын
Perhaps it’s the same car? Thanks for watching!
@robbiecrace77797 ай бұрын
@@Memorylanemotorworks that's possible. I spun a rod bearing on the original 389.
@Memorylanemotorworks7 ай бұрын
@@robbiecrace7779 and then the engine got replaced. It might be!