FORGOTTEN 1971 BUILT Big Block Monte Carlo - Will it Run Again?

[@JunkyardDigs]

Really glad I had you along for this one! And thanks again for the help on the Satellite that weekend 🤘

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Anytime buddy! Never a dull moment (pun intended.. You know.. Because we polished.. Nevermind)

[@rmee5165]

@@PoleBarnGarage a shame that he lets it sit for 23 years... "if you don't use it, you'll lose it"

[@johnelliott7375]

We love you dragging the two with you when the Mook is unavailable. Good morning and great to see all.

[@johnelliott7375]

​@@PoleBarnGarage thanks for showing up again with Kevin.

[@maruiacancer]

Thank you so much for your videos! I had a misfortune, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I also created a channel and am trying to move in that direction, but so far not very successful((j

[@MeShowMechanics]

With the new haircut and a shave, Dalton looks younger then Kevin now😂

[@PoleBarnGarage]

😂

[@ampstudios4169]

Didn’t you say this on the satellite video?

[@MeShowMechanics]

@@ampstudios4169 I try to leave comments. Lots and lots of comments . Sometimes I repeat myself, must be the old age or something.

[@rvman3359]

I was going to say, who the heck is this imposter??? This is not the Dalton that I remember! Seriously awesome content both of you. Thanks again for an awesome Friday evening.

[@Pantheragem]

Dalton is a beautiful man. More importantly, a beautiful human being.

[@brianburkhard5209]

I've owned a 71 SS since 89, still matching numbers. Parked it in 91, and dug it out during covid with the intention of a father son project. To my surprise my step daughter who hates getting dirty is the one who's elbow deep in the dirt and grime with me. The boy still thinks he's getting it at 16. He's not, my step daughter will recieve it when she's 16.

[@devinjackson5103]

A boy will keep it his whole life, the girl will sell it eventually

[@Chiefchief77]

@@devinjackson5103yes cause every boy and girl are the exact same 😂 shut up

[@RoCkR09]

Not one that built the car 🤡🤡🤡​@@devinjackson5103

[@richardsiegfried9423]

I've known plenty of woman who have hung on to classics. If she gets involved and spends time with it there is a high probability she will hang on to it. If your so concerned with her "selling" it keep the title in your name.

[@mridoit1701]

​@@richardsiegfried9423Probably have to keep the title in his name anyway because the insurance rate will be batshit

[@thesteelgator]

Hell. Yeah. Great revival of a kick-ass car. Nicely done, gentlemen. Also, +100 for all the Van Halen references. 😂

[@grizzsgarage8360]

Great video on a cool car.

[@Cruella_The_Devlle]

Best 99 cents ever. Keep up the great work.

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Thanks!

[@user-hk1fx4in6c]

I will never get tired of JYD and PBG collabs

[@tomrepici9608]

Hell yeah. These guys do great work together.

[@kdogg82]

Do It Yourself Peanut Butter and Jelly???? What????

[@terryeustice5399]

Dalton you and Kevin make a great team. The owner is tougher on it than I expected. Thanks for sharing! ❤️💯

[@2003cobramustang]

For sitting that long she sounds good! Love these old Monte Carlos especially a big block!

[@hurk130]

I really enjoy these videos! It is exactly like me and my buddies working on cars. Sarcastic, funny, problem solving and gas fumes. Great videos!

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Mostly the fumes

[@Tom.......]

The first gen Monte Carlos are my favorite Chevy. I'm drooling over that one your tinkering on. And I'm not a 55%er!

[@MarkD-nd9lg]

Great tip on the starter. Thanks! Sweet ride, original BB? 402 sounds like it’s a real deal big block car. Flash back to the ‘80s.

[@seththomas9105]

The Blue 86 plates and the Loverboy/KISS Animalize cassette, Hot For Teacher cam... High school right there.

[@kennethsonier1766]

It's great to see you guys collaborate once again. With minimal effort that car sounds awesome. Keep up the good work gentleman, I use that term lightly 😉✌️🇺🇲

[@danmello9087]

FYI- Chevy actually made two different flywheels and flex plates. I53 tooth and a 168 tooth flywheel. The 454 only used the 168 tooth flex plate, I beleive.

[@jeffbosserd7171]

Yes you are very correct 454 and 400 small block are externally balanced on the flywheel and harmonic balancer yes I was waiting for someone to bring up 153 and 168 tooth flywheel good catch

[@Bowtie4me]

also differente size in pattern. from 2pcs rear main to 1 it won't interchange. plus the Camaro/corvette using the other starter bolt pattern(straight) not the truck style.

[@byrongilbert3720]

i love how the cat is roaming around making sure you guys are working. lol i can understand his reasoning. thats one hell of a sweet car. hes gotta make sure you're doing it right.

[@rogergoodman8665]

I've noticed alot of car channel's now seem to have Inspector cats (accidentally sometimes!)moving about the work area performing cat-scan's on various components and ready to eat anything furry that might jump out and try to escape.

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

@rogergoodman8665 it's a required thing. Shop Cat!!

[@richhaytonNZ]

Great looking machine and fantastic to see and hear it running :)

[@flipppy83]

Man this car brings back memories, I was born in '83 and in '90 my dad came home with a black cherry w/ black interior '70 Monte with a 454, a little rough around the edges but a real asphalt stomper. I got to drive it a few times to high school before I bought an '84 regal as my first car. Eventually it got to the point it was ready for a full resto and he was recently remarried and had a new child on the way at 43 so he sold it in '07 to a guy for a man and his 14 y/o daughter as a first car project, I still see it from time to time at the local cruise ins and while no longer a daily driver she still has it now at nearly 30 years old.

[@johngoepel5263]

Damn you guys are so good together, loving this content so damn much. And what a BEAUTY that Monte Carlo is. Hope you guys can complete the trifecta and work with Derek from Vice Grip Garage. The revival cinematic universe!

[@mzaccagnini7179]

a. That would be perfect. 😊😊

[@nobodyspecial6436]

Kevin and Derek have done collaborations before… They got a couple of Honda “Big Reds” running and abused them for a bit

[@jonathanz4987]

Kevin and Derek also worked on a Mopar towing a boat with Dillon McCool. JYD is the king of collaboration.

[@HondoCalhoun69.75]

NOPE. Never work. VGG in the bigtime now. Probably has a minimum fee for $pecial apperance$

[@455sBuickOldsPontiac]

@@HondoCalhoun69.75ha pretty much sadly

[@molivroman9806]

I was 17 in 1971 and I remember my first sighting of a 71 forest green BB MC. It was in the parking lot of a IGA. I peeked in to see that horse shoe auto shifter and dark green buckets with a walnut trim dash. It was mouth watering. And, 71 was the last year of compression engines. in 72 they were all 8-9.1 and the muscle era was over.

[@glentucker4250]

Wow. That motor…. Wow. Hopefully this car won’t go back in hibernation and gets the TLC that it deserves. Thanks Dalton for getting this cool car back on the road ! 😁 And I’m not part of the rotten 55%. SUBSCRIBE PEOPLE!!

[@toddhendley67]

Thanks!

[@danielsmith9500]

You two work so good together. Omg the Monte Carlo sounds so good and looks so good!!

[@PoleBarnGarage]

It's a nice car

[@martymcmannis6581]

I had a 71 in 81. I miss it dearly. 350 4bolt main, one of the best running stock motors I've ever had. Thanks for the memories

[@rajcam80]

Heck yeah!! My dad had a 1970 454 SS, and a 1971 402 BBC car when I was a kid. Love the Monte. I believe they didn't get that much love compared to the A body siblings. Rolling burnout!!!!!

[@rajcam80]

That Monte cleaned up great, and does rolling burnouts! Approved!!! JD did a great job as always!

[@rajcam80]

I believe that the Grand Prix and Monte are 4 inches longer behind the front suspension? But use the same configuration as a standard A body frame.

[@buckeyejim2989]

My favorite Monte👍 In 80, my daily driver was a 70 with factory 400sb, 4spd🗿 The engine mounts four inches farther back than the wheelbase brother, Chevelle. Love that hood

[@rajcam80]

@@buckeyejim2989 I remember being a kid seating in a 3 on the tree model.

[@winstonrocco1981]

My buddy’s dad had 70 454 black on black

[@cliffordplasd8239]

That's why I love your and junkyards digs channel. You guys always find ways to give back.

[@trevoreden8360]

Loving the collaborations with @junkyardDigs. Reminds me of me and my mates working on junk. Keep it up 👍

[@claytoncoolidge992]

God I love those montes like that never had one with a BBC but even with a sbc they were a blast

[@martinnightingale6033]

Great video guys . Monte Carlo is a small Principality in the South of France on the Mediterranean coast. It’s a very wealthy state . Loads of multi million dollar super yachts in the harbour. At the end of may the great and the very rich descend there for the oldest race on the Formula 1 calendar. Basically if full of rich folk with far too much disposable income .

[@robertordewald8678]

It's amazing how quickly Tire smoke turns into smiles! I used to work at a shop and at the end of the day I would put worn out tires on the back of my 442 and go out with some friends and burn the tires-off it. Then the next day I put the regular tires back on and drive it like a normal person. Good memories! Thanks, Bob from Virginia USA

[@thedungeondelver]

Great episode! Always fun to see a revival go just to plan. A few tweaks here and there and you got that Monte Carlo singing again.

[@johnrussell3869]

I find it incredible it ran with the distributor hot wires literally "hot" melting,I suspect and the starter why owner never drove it

[@johnrussell3869]

Omg that autocorrect

[@ni_wink84]

Very nice to see the ol Monte get cleaned up and roasting some tires again! Very cool video, thanks for the content as always you and Kevin always get me laughing

[@maddrummer691]

Had 4 first gen montes, one was a 454 big block. Great cars!!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

That rolling burnout was just perfection 🔥 oh yeah

[@jeremymackevincaylor5041]

A 850 vacuum secondary Holley,a good aluminum intake and exhaust system at least 2.5 inch pipe front to back on both sides and a very large air filter and I guarantee you 75 extra HP!

[@KDsSpeedShop]

I often wonder how cars end up getting left in a garage for 10+ years when the owners seem to love them so much. Just odd to me, but glad you guys got it back going for him!

[@NoWr2Run]

`I was wondering also ?

[@bowl-of-chicken-soup7107]

Money and time. My father always loved his 65 impala but between raising 2 kids, fixing on the house, and working full time, it’s often hard to come up with money or time to put into an old project car, and when the time comes that you either have some money, or some time, it seems you only ever have one, and not the other. You either have the money but don’t have the time it takes, or you have the time but no longer have the money. Life just gets in The way

[@NoWr2Run]

@@bowl-of-chicken-soup7107 I ended up selling my cars ( 68, 2 69 Camaro's & a 69 Chevelle ) after I got married to buy a house. Hell that was in 83 & I haven't thought about buying another one until recently. The price's are " KRAZY " nowadays, WOW.

[@bowl-of-chicken-soup7107]

@@NoWr2Run I recently got myself a 74 javelin amx. I’ve always loved 68-70 chargers but no way in hell I can ever afford those. Know one ever really goes of American motors so their cars a still decently priced.

[@NoWr2Run]

@@bowl-of-chicken-soup7107 " NO WAY IN HELL " LOL. YA, I'm in that boat also can't afford any Camaro's, Chevelle's that are actually worth fixing up. My cousin has a 74 Javelin AMX, has a 304 in it I think ? I know he had it totally rebuilt, raised the compression ratio to 10 to 1 & a lumpy ass Cam. NICE A 74 JAVELIN, GOOD LUCK, SIR.

[@terrallputnam7979]

I loved the sound effects when the dog came walking out and it sounded like horse hooves and the Honda starting up while you all were rolling it out.

[@BeachDogs.Jayhall]

One word Awesome,what a rig,what a sweet cam,what a beast.

[@jonathanz4987]

Great collaboration, Dalton! Kevin introduced me to your channel (and probably 5 others) when he and Mook took a road trip. So glad to see your channel gaining momentum!!

[@carmac1652]

Good for you little buddy for telling him it's sad laughing when you're dad's under the car 👍🇨🇦

[@dianaverhulst3407]

Comment No. 2 after watching the burnout - what a beautiful car. Reminds me so much of my college bf's red Camaro.

[@BuffsGarage]

What an amazing car.. so much fun bringing it back to life for him. Oh and smoky burnouts for days!

[@KurtClark]

There's a 402 BBC in my `59 Chevy Biscayne, and that original starter sounds EXACTLY the same! Love that engine, love that Monte. Thanks for sharing!

[@PoleBarnGarage]

I was taken home from the hospital in a 59 Biscayne!

[@KurtClark]

@@PoleBarnGarage Clearly your parents had impeccable taste!

[@libertysgarage8411]

I really like the collaborations with Junkyard Digs. Man....the owner of the Monte not only has the car, I also saw a bull elk rack hanging in the garage and the rock n roll bumper sticker. I could tip back a cold one with yall!!!

[@TimPeters-en2nq]

Like the comment liberty garage. Would have a beer with you anytime. Seems you have great taste.

[@raptormills]

I love it when you guys work together..fun times

[@DeadReckon]

So this is the car all our Dad's and Grandad's bragged about having. "Oh yeah she had a big block with a hog cam in her!" Doesn't matter if it was a GM, Ford, or Mopar, every one of us car guys has heard that story, haha!

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Combined with being horribly out of tune, no stall, and a highway gear 😂

[@Project_Low_Expectations]

@@PoleBarnGarage and a way out of tune too small of a carb on top. All the fuel, some of the air

[@jimg7784]

Nice video. Put a smile on my face to see a happy owner.

[@funnyguy3D]

JD is so judgemental about their humor lol

[@TheSnapdad]

Those wheels are excellent!Back in 1987 I started upgrading a '78 Malibu and those exact Chevy Rally wheels were the first enhancements (followed closely by GnR and Metallica window decals)

[@davecarakasavage919]

Now that is a car-tank one of my all time favorites….. awesome!!!!

[@jhutsebaut]

I had a '73 Monte Carlo! I always smile when I see one at a car show but they are very rare.

[@j2kinflarc768]

Hell yeah! Awesome revival. The smile on that man’s face, it brings a tear to my eye. Excellent work as always gentleman. Thanks again for doing what you do.

[@jaredreck882]

Your guys channel is awesome!Amazing humor and personality. Great job! I appreciate how in depth you go

[@flyingnippers]

Only trouble with these videos is it rubs off! And I find myself also buying old cars to mess with. Brilliant vid Dalton!

[@PoleBarnGarage]

It's a disease

[@ovlov245]

Thanks

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Thanks man, wow!

[@ovlov245]

Ima giving whenever i can Man , i love watching and appreciate the efforts , im learning some , i dont do much myself nowadays on cars so you are therapy for me! @@PoleBarnGarage

[@terrallputnam7979]

I am loving that x body 454. I would love to find one like that to restore.

[@rockettcustoms6266]

The Van Halen references were hilarious! That car has a mean sound when it's idling.

[@TheDutchTexan]

I didn't take anything out of context until you brought it to my attention... And that cam... Hot for teacher... Can listen to that for a long time. Got it bad. Love the 1970-72 monte carlos. The 71s got the best grille and the 70s the best light / bumper combo IMHO. If I ever get a classic a monte is very high on the list. Thanks for getting this back running. I hope the owner cruises around in it now.

[@robertbrennan8139]

So cool you guys collaborated with Billy Bob Thornton to get his monte running again. Sweet ass car!

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Basically was him

[@TimPeters-en2nq]

You are not the only one to call me Billy Bob sir.

[@taylormach1699]

New to the video shows. I like it alot. Will be watching more. The old memories. THANKS.

[@tomrepici9608]

That is one sweet MC. Brings back memories of my bud’s that we built a 454 for. One beastly ride. Awesome work PBG and JYD

[@robertwest3093]

I gotta give this guy 2 thumbs up for the storing a classic car in a garage with an actual roof and concrete floor! I can't believe that car has been sitting 10 plus years! I know if I had a big block Monte Carlo like that it wouldn't go a week without being driven.

[@TimPeters-en2nq]

The problem with driving this car daily is the multiple tickets causing license suspensions. 😂.

[@michaelweilmuenster5754]

Kevin and Dalton, you guys could be the new Click and Clack of KZbin. In case your too young to know who that is they had a radio show on NPR called "car talk" look it up. You can tell that car was "built to the gills" by the Highjacker bunny and thrush smoking bird stickers! High performance right there!👍

[@justinp2993]

I fell in love with the styling of the 70ish Monty a few years ago after seeing one done really well. I'm only a few years younger than this guy but they haven't changed since I was dragging them around in the 90's with a little Buick V6. Yep it's got a big block with all the stuff, built to the hilt. Okay, it looks good, sounds good, but I'll pay $1 for every HP it puts to the ground over 325.

[@christcarscountry6870]

my mild cam 350 small block puts 325 to the ground lmao I'm pretty sure that 402 makes at least 375-400

[@richardbrown3479]

Best years of the Monte, 70-72. I really regret not being able to restore my 71 monte but NY salt and my inexperience at the time got the best of me. One of the best looking classics!

[@D.Guitar]

That's actually Super Cool... You and Junkyard Digs get Content. And the original owner Gets his Car Back up and Running Strong. Good to either put up for sale or keep in garage for occasional Runs ... Good video. I really only see this car rarely. My first guitar teacher had the same color. Vinal top.. but his was a 350ci . And the movie fast n furious. Tokyo Drift... In the beginning.. old school Monte Carlo

[@davidmcginnis2075]

Thanks for the tip with vortex starter Dalton

[@dominickserignese8837]

Pretty cool starter knowledge!😎👍 fix those header leaks and put an exhaust system on it.

[@RJenkins6586]

I'm surprised your channel hasn't blown up yet, hope to see longer videos.

[@tomupchurch4911]

You should have oiled the hood hinges before you even tried to close it because you saw what it was doing when you opened it but now you closed it again.

[@PoleBarnGarage]

After being opened several times it was fine. You just have to know how to open one of those hoods

[@jeffbecker9809]

I've got a 71 402 0in my garage out of my 72 Impala. We bored it out another .030" and balanced it, put a 330 hp.speed pro cam in it and bolted it back up to a Turbo 400. Slid them back into my Impala and made some smoke kinda like you guys did. I just love the old stuff.

[@scottharris8308]

Very nice Monte Carlo. My favorite year 70s model.

[@ronaldpoddig6188]

I had a 1972 Monte Carlo back in the early 80's. Loved that car.

[@jamesbigham9036]

Dalton I always look forward to your videos. Your adventures are always interesting no matter what you decide to do. I love the fact your channel is a father and son team as much as possible that you can do that.

[@MDMcVay11462]

I did not know about the Vortex Starter, thanks for the information, and I love how Kevin let you lead since it is a Chevy not a ford

[@PoleBarnGarage]

You bet!

[@danjanes8689]

Vortec, which is what the engines the starter came with is. They had Vortec heads.

[@CaneAtvse]

Came from junkyards channel and enjoy the style of work an humor keep it up!!!

[@rollerdragon]

saay... i am subscribed... dalton, love these the colabs are fun... and the kid stays in the picture.. love it... keep 'em comin'!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Some awesome stories on this old beautiful Monte Carlo

[@patriottowing4973]

Wow. Kick ass car ! Great video Dalton and JYD. Keep up the great work

[@seanfritz1355]

Just watching that reminds me of my wife's uncle. We got his / now my Camaro running. The first thing he did was get a half a block away.. Well just blew the tires off through the first 3 gears flat footing it and doing Dulcitch style power shifts. Just let's you know what they built them to do. And yes. I will occasionally let my foot "slip" off the clutch. Possibly all the way to 4th. But it looked like a blast to ride with him in his old toy.

[@Pete_Finch]

Man that is one good looking car. Ever since I saw Lalo Salamanca driving one in Better Call Saul I fell in love with those

[@Burnsidef250]

3:00 dang it Dalton that's numbers matching air!

[@joegerhard1358]

That Monte is pretty solid👍 cleaned up decent and don't run too bad. I would've threw in the loverboy🤘tape🎸. Also you guys are like brothers working together. cool 😎

[@arg8763]

I love Monte Carlos, and the boomer energy is strong with this one. "Built" big block making every bit of 250hp, but probably jumped beer cans back in the day.

[@TheDRon75]

Love it !! My favorite muscle car. Favorite year as well!! Keep it up!

[@jeremybreinig4782]

Such a beautiful car , an amazing original paint beauty

[@dangrefrath9852]

Allways loved first gen Monte Carlo's. Big block makes it sweeter.

[@WingmanJohnny]

That was one Cammed up machine. Yin's guys did a great thing. Like the channels. And keep up the great work

[@jamiemoen-bi3gd]

New to the channel, but loving it...and must say first video to see ya and one of my top 5 favorite cars! The 70 is my favorite but 71 is very similar! Buddy had one and the room under the hood could fit 2 engines! Lol. Can't say exactly what it is about this style Monte but it's just absolutely sexy to my eyes anywho! Looking forward to watching more of ur content, keep it up!

[@gregghatfield9946]

Omg i love it … i have had one 71 and 2 ..72’s. Love them …. No big block tho

[@mrpenland]

in the late 80's i had a 71 monte, dark green ,black vinyl had a 350 4 barrel was a cool car

[@fgialcgorge7392]

Thats an awesome car. Really beautiful, at least on camera. Love a good cruiser.

[@mikekozi-lester3887]

Love this car sounds great or good at Idel but it not quick looking in drive yet for how it sounds !!! Keep Stock keep it going stock

[@PoleBarnGarage]

Poor combination of parts. Typical oldhead "needs huge cam" way of thinking.

[@paytonhardin3580]

That is my favorite car right there 71 Monte Carlo I had a green one just like it. Had a horseshoe shifter and a 454. . But good looking car and sound good and looks good. . ❤❤❤. You guys did a great job 💯👍.

[@tomparkin1551]

ah that big block sounds INCREDIBLE. wicked video mate. Nice juaan

[@jerryhogate3640]

I love these Collabs, i found pbg from jyd, but after binging pbg i can't pick a favorite. You guys all rock.

[@PoleBarnGarage]

No need to pick favorites, as long as it's me

[@jerryhogate3640]

@@PoleBarnGarage ok, you win this time...

[@bradhatch9851]

I grew up with the same ramps ,and truth be told they were the same color. If you could tell me the make of them I would like to find a set .you don't think of little things tell they have past,thank you for showing me a memory!

[@orangechicken1346]

Really enjoyed this. Monte is my dream car.

[@Trenton-om9qs]

Great video as usual. I love when you and Kevin make videos together. I'm a Ford guy but that Monte Carlo is awesome. Very solid car too

[@muddummies9142]

Good ol boys. New subscriber. Thanks for helping us old guys out

[@lamella64]

17:43 Interesting choice to test spark on a carb you just sprayed brakeclean into xD