I Didn't Know Cars Could Have This Many Miles On Them!

[@iamlexcda]

Your videos always seem to make me happy on my bluest of days. Thank you so much for putting a smile on my face today. I truly needed it.

[@rile5960]

Glad to see more of your Young Men in the shop with you!! It is enjoyable to see them learning and wrenching!

[@ryurc3033]

The geo 3 cylinder I worked on a few years ago had made it to 475,000 miles, and 27 years with the same owner. He just treated it nice and it lasted.

[@redrufus444]

07 honda fit with 186,000 and runs and sounds as good as day built....

[@morsecodereviews1553]

Looked like the battery in that thing was bigger than the engine 😄

[@missingremote4388]

Are all chevys metric ?

[@kevinrenn9123]

And they got 50 mpg. I'd get another one if I had the chance

[@cageordie]

@@redrufus444 LOL, my 2004 Passat had 207,000 when I traded it on a new 2014 Grand Cherokee that now has 203,000 and just has a slightly hard shift from 8th to 7th but is otherwise just as Jeep intended.

[@jessepitt]

I’m glad you decided to keep the Camry on the road. They are great kids cars.

[@ryantaylor2267]

Those engines have a habit of pulling head bolt threads, if you start loosing coolant in the engine, good chance that's the cause.

[@RickGoodman1911]

gotta love when your kid comes home with a "free" car that he paid for with your future labor.... Paul - you're a good man Charlie Brown. Great family. God Bless and Merry Christmas.

[@GrimJerr]

I had a 1978 Impala with a V8 350 that was transplanted into another chassis after I wore out the 1st one, and it was at 365,000 miles. It was a neighbors car, and I was 2nd owner. I drove it between 6 duty stations and home in the central plains, and cross country twice, while in the Navy. It was a BEAST fast as hell and always started ! I miss that motor, ended up giving the 2nd Chassis away to a friend who needed a car and he drove it for years after I gave it to him.

[@mwyatt222]

l have 380k on my 99 Ford F150 4.2' v6 and it still runs at 2k rpm's at 70 mph like it did new. Lots of highway miles to and fro California but it did most of them with a 16' trailer.

[@joeyzilka3461]

I drive a 2004 Camry with 213000 on it right now. I'm a mechanic, but its really nice to have a car that rarely needs work, so I've basically resolved that my daily will always be a Yota. That cars been pretty darn good to me for over 100K, good find, and hope that ones is good for your daughter Ben.

[@joeytatoskin6886]

Days start off amazing when I see Fab Rats, Matts Off Road Recovery and Robby Layton all posted a video within an hour of each other. Also i cant wait to see what you guys do for the exhaust coming up!

[@benjurqunov]

But how does this support homosexual special rights ? Since Toyotas are Japanese, they'll never support collusion or Trumps crimes.

[@79tazman]

`Your missing Merlin`s old school garage it`s a good one you can`t miss

[@Seattle808]

@@79tazman yep merlin’s old school garage is definitely recommended

[@akghound]

Ya gotta go see Merlin's video today. Beyond belief!!

[@i-_-am-_-g1467]

it's almost like they do it on purpose or something

[@stuartwilson5634]

Paul and Michelle thank you and yours for a great 2022, I have loved your channel, and you and your crew are genuine beautiful people. Stay safe and have a very merry holiday season with family and friends.

[@a1qcaguy]

I just spent 15 minutes of my life watching two guys work on old POS cars. And it was AWESOME!@!!!

[@RobDeHaven]

Y'all put a smile on my face every time you upload a video. Merry Christmas Fab Rats crew!

[@redrufus444]

Race car mode "trimming the weight" laughed so hard it brought tears to my one good eye!! lol....

[@steelmill]

Grama is so sweet she makes me smile all the time.

[@georgec2069]

I have the same car with close to 300,000 miles it had just over 200,000 miles when we bought it. It burn just a bit of oil but runs great. I've used it to drive to Seattle, various places in Utah and Wyoming from Idaho Falls. Get's almost 30 miles to the gallon and all I've had to put in it is a new exhaust, tires, AC fuse. Great car.

[@thejackofalltravels8267]

Kind of glad the Camry will do road service for a while longer. Just spent 3 months tidying up a 2002 that has less miles. Maybe add a brush guard to the front

[@maddexwatson8991]

Fab rats, Matts off-road recovery and Robbie Layton‘s videos are my favorites. I always love seeing them when they lineup within an hour of each other good collaboration guys!!!

[@papatomsthoughts]

I just love Grandma. She is a hoot. Glad to see boys getting own cars.

[@500K-Tundra]

I have over 510,000 miles on my 02 Tundra and it runs great. I am the original owner and nothing has been touched inside the motor or transmission, you do need to keep up on the maintenance however.

[@captcory]

good on you!

[@thestig007]

Yep, maintenance is important on high mileage cars especially. But Toyotas will just keep running if you treat them right.

[@chrislongbeard]

My 73 Dodge Van's 360 lasted an estimated 550,000 miles. Before the front 2 connecting rods decided to snap in half. Estimated because I've owned it for 6 years and the guy I got it off of said the odometer didn't work for him since 2008. Then you have the late Irv Gordon who put 2 million plus on his Volvo. He was a good guy, lived local and always loved showing it off.

[@redrufus444]

Got your money worth on that ride!....

[@christianbattestin9747]

I have seen Irv's Volvo several times.

[@sandralutz-rodriguez2864]

Always rad to see 2 rippers getting worked on! Ben is hilarious! His test drives and sense of humor are awesome!

[@ryangriffiths2290]

Awesome, great channel. I like how relevant this channel is. I have four young kids, but they love working with me on projects. I feel very blessed that my kids love to work alongside me.

[@justinworthy2768]

Best channel on KZbin by far. You and Mattsoffroad.

[@richard3141592638]

Hey everyone! Merry Christmas! Maybe put a fence post on the back seat for her to remember why she needed a new car? Bring her car back to the shop - use for derby!

[@TheMr9fingers]

Love how people just drop off cars for you to do whatever with great thatbyou can help out Bens Daughter looing forward to seeing Bens jeep and the Sub get built along with the. wrecker being completed Merry Christmas and Happy Newyear to The Fabrats crew

[@Wklambert]

The maniacal laugh after "That's never good." is superb foreshadowing. You're getting good at this, Clark.

[@XHollisWood]

Merry Christmas Paul , Michelle and the Fab Rats Family ❤🎄🇺🇸

[@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies]

I am reminded of some years when a NASCAR driver went straight at 200 mph instead of turning. Happened during practice, and he was driving a Camry. Sheared the whole front of the car clean off in front of the firewall. He walked away. One of the top dogs at GM's racing division was quoted as saying basically, "Whoa! If he'd been driving one of our cars, he'd be so dead right now!" The news story disappeared pretty quickly. Wonder if i can find it now. Maybe 15 years ago, car number was 00 or 01 as I recall....

[@ateamoffroad1179]

That's awesome you guys. I bet Ben's daughter will love that car.

[@Jim-fe2xz]

Gram' needs her own chair! She takes too good care of you to be squeezed out! Good job getting the clunkers running! I used to always say you've got to at least try before writhing them off.

[@oneshotpete6.591]

If you’ve watched enough Fabrats vid , you’d be awaiting the prolific “ She’s a ripper “ Paul’s famous line when he gets any and I mean any combustion engine running … 😆

[@montegtaylor]

Great video as always! Glad to see you keeping old cars on the road and not in the landfill.

[@dwaynebland8535]

Ben seems to have his biggest smiles when he is doing donuts or he's watching donuts being made

[@petertarantelli]

Love it when Paul says “she’s a ripper!”.

[@DaxtonAnderson]

I drive 2006 Matrix (hatchback Corolla) and it's one of the most resilient tough vehicles I've ever seen, it's going to outlive me at this rate. That car is perfect for derby!

[@craigpridemore5831]

lol when you were talkin' about derbying the Toyota, I was like, "Shoot! My wife and I have driven worse for everyday!" I'm glad someone's gonna get some use out of it!

[@georgesandyjr660]

Had a 81 Chev van given to me by my father...had 192K on the clock then.... Wife and I drove it for twelve more years. It was your basic 250-six, 3-on-the-tree, rubber mats, no radio. Gave it to my Wife's Uncle three years ago...still running and drivable. The only parts replaced were small items... Battery, Brakes...Once... Water-pump, wipers, and a headlight. Oh...and a clutch as I used it all the time to pull either the Wife's boat or mine to the lake all the time. Take Care.

[@lugnuts7800]

Hello! It's great that you're giving that car to your niece! I'm sure she'll be happy to have wheels again! Much love and respect, God bless, and Merry Christmas!

[@yudanov13]

My daily is 04 camry 4 cyl, I swear this is the best car ever made, in the last 10+ years it never let me down, starts everytime and runs like a champ, at one point in my life was doing weekly runs from LA to Las Vegas for 3 years straight... always brought me home. Now, in CO, works like on the day I bought it doesn't matter if it is 110 or -9 outside, im amazed at this motor.

[@mattchewynichols5217]

I had a Chevy Beretta with 230k on it, and it still ran ok. I was having electrical issues . Buddy had 93 1500 350 with 312k on it . Old boss had 97 camry with 423k on it ... take care of them and they'll run a long time

[@toyomatt84]

Ben and Hunter shenanigans are fantastic!

[@richardhutchings921]

I only watch Fab Rats to see Paul and Ben's Mom. She's a HOOT ! LOL.

[@kimetherington2252]

Good seeing the kids in the shop working and following in their family's footsteps! I was just wondering if they still have power mechanics taught in school these days and are they in the class? It was my favorite subject, more hands on then the other classes, it's where I learned how to work on 4 hp lawn mower motors, that class taught me a lot! Til next time have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...

[@davidsnow1481]

Merry Christmas to your family and friends. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

[@TheBullDurham]

Weirdest thing I ever came across was a mercury Topaz with a heated gasket between the intake manifold and the carb for cold weather. It kept dying in cold weather until it was replaced. Having mainly worked on older vehicles I had never seen that before.

[@thejackofalltravels8267]

That was a stupid idea for sure

[@mjoelnir1899]

Some Years ago I bought a Mercedes 240 D Station. It had about 500,000 km on the clock. I drove it for 10 years, a lot on unpaved roads, and the engine gave up having done a further 400.000 km . I had longer springs and longer shocks that raised it about 7 cm for more ground clearance. I used 185/80 15, instead of the 165/70R 14 original giving me another 3 cm.. I had to do some welding to keep the body going and used quite few spare parts on the way. It was the "bad road" version Mercedes sold also to the Middle East for the bad roads there. They have a protection plate under the engine, gear case and final drive and some extra rips strengthening mainly the area under the trunk.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Glad to see that you put that car in the hands of someone that will make good use of it🙂

[@agentjwa]

That Geo is like the same car my buddy had in high school. It ran no matter what. At one point it had a hole in the radiator and you could drive it for about 30 minutes and then it would seize up and then you just had to wait a little while and that thing would crank over and start right back up. I've never seen anything like it since. Used to do reverse dumps and just smoke tires off it until it shut off. And that just wait for it to cool down again.

[@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies]

Geo Metro (Suzuki Swift) cars are awesome. Aka Chevy Sprint, Chevy Metro, and Pontiac Firefly. Had an '87, two different '95s, and a '98. Not fast, but reliable and well designed. Great in snow. Think my personal record was 72 mpg on a 300+ mile trip, and 56 mpg on the return trip. Too bad this one's been trashed. (NOTE: not to be confused with the later Suzuki Swift+, aka Chevy Aveo, which isn't even made by Suzuki. They stopped selling Metro cars in North America after 2001.).

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

My father bought a 1980 Volvo wagon 240dl , he purchased it new when my parents got married, I then drove it all through high school, by the time we sold the car it had over 800,000 miles on it. Lil love goes a LONG way!

[@jb3536]

My neighbor had rebuilt his 350" engine and asked me to listen to it. He started it up and every rod and main were knocking. The crank had previously been turned and he didn't buy oversized inserts.

[@bluegrallis]

Bearing inserts HAVE to be Undersized, to fit a ground crank 😎

[@timlove5179]

Paul love the way you stand your boys traded that what family about for stand by your family stand by your words ❤

[@stephenpoe2037]

Well that was different ! Just another attempt at salvaging old cars ! Thanks for sharing !

[@Patrick.Weightman]

I love Grandma Lolly, she's such a hoot 😂😂

[@douglasthompson3787]

Merry Christmas Paul and Ben Hunter to you and your family's keep up with the great videos God bless you and your family's.

[@ronwade2206]

I put 338,000 miles on my 1997 Cherokee Sport, best car I ever owned. There were entire days I spent driving this time of year in 4WD from Twin Falls to Phoenix well, almost all day in 4WD. Still love that 4.0 six cylinder truck motor!

[@rossgross7497]

Merry Christmas to the Fab Rats family. Thanks for sharing your story's.

[@davidfarmer1666]

Great, two more junk cars sitting in the yard. Neighbors probably love Paul and Michelle, their yard makes all the neighbors yards look like landscape beauty. The neighbors could sit a couple out houses in their front yards and still win best landscaped yard of the year.

[@marcgatto9675]

Had faith in that low mile Toyota. Them things are LOYAL! ;)

[@dudleybaggerman9574]

1973 GMC 4x4 pickup 350 engine 438 THOUSAND PLUS MILES AND STILL RUNS EVERYDAY JUST FINE !! Carb. ,Dist. ,Water pumps , and regular maintance !

[@jdwells]

On the Camry, I would check your compression because I had a head gasket leak between cylinders, and it caused very similar symptoms

[@pestcontrolguys]

My buddy had a Geo metro back in the 90s. I think they all sounded like that! Good stuff guys!

[@wesgreen8517]

While it’s great to see these old beaters come to life, it was much more satisfying to see that old, drowned, V8 Ford come to life! Truly amazed by that.

[@joenanny2004]

Oh my God a 1995 Geo Metro holy cow that brings back so many memories

[@archieletsyouknow5508]

💯Albuquerque New Mexico love in the house🇺🇸👊🏼

[@optil-rectal-itis2782]

Keep working with the boys it's nice to see. Merry Christmas!!

[@francesrice7898]

I love this family. Their videos make my day. 😊❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍❤️

[@farout1220]

In 1981 I bought the 'Best Vehicle I've Ever Owned' it was an 11 year old Chevy Van with a 230 cu in straight 6 in the dog house between the seats it was an old phone company van I bought from some guy and the odometer indicated 30,000 miles there was no 100,000 mile digit so the actual mileage is just a guess I figure probably 230,000 and got it for $500... I put another 550,000 miles on top of that, it never left me stranded, and always made it home, it just sometimes took a little longer when I had to fix something... Something about rebuilding the Rochester 1 barrel carb on the engine on a rainy day sitting in the van in the driver's seat was really appealing...👍👍

[@kylancook3477]

We had a 2004 honda odyssey at our shop. The guy was a regular and he traveled almost 500 miles a day. Came in every 2 weeks for 5k oil change. Sold it around 2014 with over 600k on the odometer and we serviced it for 400k of that. Nothing but regular service.

[@keith2059]

Hello Fab Rats!! Wishing you, your families, and friends a Merry Christmas🎄🎁⛄😊!! Take care!!

[@scottnicol1465]

Merry Christmas to the fabulous Fab Rat crew from New Brunswick Canada. ❤️

[@tomdunn7147]

I love this channel!, You just make me smile. I wish i had the engine knowledge, you two have.

[@joeking6473]

I love this channel. You are such good people.

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

[@randymack1782]

i have a 1991 Ford Festiva with 455K miles, not currently on the road, i need to do minor repairs, biggest is transmission seal is leaking, but i want to eventually see it pass 500K miles, but mileage doesnt scare me, had a Honda get crushed by a tree, it had 392k miles, just fixed a Jeep for a friend, went over lots of neglected issues, and test drove it today doing shake down run, no issues, getting alignment in 2 days, and will turn it over to her, it has 271K miles on a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee. my daily beater is a 1993 Ford Festiva with 285K miles.

[@handiman5001]

I had a 1980 Ford Lynx (new leased)-- traveled for a Wholesale Grocery Company for 4 years and that little 4 cyl finally gave out going up a rather large hill. I averaged 115,000 kms per year -- a young fellow took it off my hands and I think he had it running for a few years. loved that little squirt of a car

[@GaryLaaks1]

I have a Chevy Utility. 1.4L with 450 000kms on it. Still running good. Change your oil every 10000kms iso 15000kms as per recommendation. Makes a big difference I think.

[@michaelpayne1737]

Car...Knowledge, is power n you guys got some/enough to make good things happen. I'm buying a used Avalon when my 04 Montana gives up the ghost. 226,000 on one of GM's better V6's and she's still running strong after 18 yrs. I've had her for 7. Merry Christmas Love you guys.

[@Motormike2025]

I seen you got the motor going. Down there in Havasu . Very nice 👌 👍

[@Hoss2049]

I used to work at a place back in 2004 called Metro Auto Savage and we had tons of Geo's from metro's to trackers. On the emblem in the middle it had a chevy mark

[@bernhard8540]

Ben they make a spark plug cleaner that works really good, I got one off the snap on truck and I use it for my two stroke dirtiest and etc, it's a little sandblasted that you screw the plug into and then hook it up to your air supply and it cleans them amazing for used plugs it's handy for diagnosis as well 😀❤❤❤

[@saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560]

Merry Christmas and God bless amen.

[@vwharman]

Champion plugs! Ha, that was funny. I worked parts for years, and that was the line. That’s the only thing they work in!

[@graydonblair3928]

I have that exact same Camry but in a 2006. Somewhat underpowered but man they're reliable! Good luck with it!

[@martinc591]

Ben must be a wealth of automotive knowledge. I'd like to be able to pick his brain every now and then.

[@donaldmccarty457]

I'm so very happy 😁 that the Toyota is going to someone who needs it rather than derby junk I know just how it is to need a car and not able to buy one etc..... actually my transmission is a small motor bike rt now but for a few different reasons I'm getting a bit unable physically to drive much longer etc......but it's great to know a young girl is going to get the use of it I know I have a daughter that at 16 - 20 kept me busy rebuilding a topaz a half dozen times I was glad she finally settled down and stopped destroying cars on ditches through buildings over banks and etc....lol but we all went through it thank God for getting us through it amen

[@lonhoschar1943]

WOW.... that was a ton of miles... and thanks to you guys it's not done yet!!! My darn 04 F-150 shelled the engine at 106,000. Thanks to Fords illustrious 5.3 engineers building an inadequate oil supply system!!

[@wolfgangricky]

The Submarine's engine lived to stay with the Yellow. It wouldn't be the Yellow Submarine if not kept together. Not tellin, just my opinion & why ? What a Cool project. That it survived to see another day, begs for them to live together. Ty for taking us along

[@spookydonkey2195]

I’m glad that the Camry is back on the road. Not the most flashy of automobiles but lasts forever. Probably barely 1/2 used up!

[@tjtobin86]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for the entertainment!

[@garyv6442]

I had a 86 Pontiac 6000 le that had 430k miles on a 4tech 4 cylinder. The iron duke motors.. I couldn't kill that !!!!

[@mwyatt222]

l had a 75' 1 type vw bug l bought to drive from Dallas Tx to Ushuaia Argentina and back with my Brazilian GF. The next year l drove it to the southern most tip of baja mexico and back to Dallas. l sold it to my friend in the early 90s and its still running today on the original 1835cc motor with over 500k on the clock. lts been rebuilt many times and the belly pan has been replaced twice. lt looked like a restored car last time l saw in 2020.

[@patrickbarnes4549]

Woo! love y’all’s channel

[@chrisw9629]

Shoot, if you’re Paul and Ben, you can make a car go forever! Didn’t know Chrysler used Champion plugs. I’ve only used them in a Lycoming engine.

[@ianbedwell4871]

With a little love that Camry will be good for few more years yet, fun to watch yiu guys!

[@reddog543211]

Excellent video guys.....keep em coming !!

[@4wheeldoc]

I had a 2 door 4cyl geo metro 5 spd as well! Such a fun great car to drive!

[@billeley5153]

Wishing you all the very best for Christmas.And a very happy New year.

[@jrhpng]

This is an old 2az Toyota motor, well known for very bad oil burning and head stud lifting issues... Surprised it got that far. They do ok with great maintenance. Also Toyota started leaving those plastic covers off because they used to cook ignition coils.

[@dalejohnson1555]

Crazy you guys can get these old things started.

[@MrFozzie52]

That Geo Metro is actually a re-baged suzuki swift. That was my first car and it was absolutely rapid and awesome for a first motor.