WHAT The Heck Is A YUGO GV? What Did You Get For $3990 In 1987?

[@NicksGarage]

'YugoTube'.. love it.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I think I’ll count that one! Thanks for watching George.

[@NicksGarage]

@@OldeCarrGuy Always enjoy your vids. What is the opening music in this one? Rockabilly cool. 👍

[@mexicanspec]

@@NicksGarage Hey George, maybe change the cars you work on at the shop. Tell Nick you want to see him work on exclusively Yugos.

[@NicksGarage]

@@mexicanspec something tells me that would not go over very well. 😀

[@Nikola_G.Jerkovic]

Glad to see the cars from my country still rolling around the world! :D Take care of that one....it will be valuable one day as a part of pop culture.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I have big plans for this car. Thanks for watching.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

The little “ fire extinguisher “ is the ejection seat button.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Now yer talkin!

[@baconfarts3211]

I was thinking it was maybe the nitrous bottle?

[@steverandall5814]

@@baconfarts3211 I was thinking it was a starter fluid bottle for cold weather...oh wait, this is a Yugo...make that all the time.

[@user-br6cu5jm1q]

Not a factory item, someone added whatever that is there.

[@kristijancoric3604]

Yugo will do 120-130 km/h easily on the highway all day long. Later models had a reverse built in next to the turn signal between license plate light.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I plan to utilize one of the license plate lights as a reverse light. Get rigs of those hideous fogs hanging off the rear bumper. 😂

[@kristijancoric3604]

@@OldeCarrGuy We had those too back home in the early models but we only had 1 .

[@rickm5806]

I'm a new subscriber and just started watching the Yugo series. I bought one in the late 80s. The engine was blown up so I had to replace it. I don't know if you are aware at this point, but Yugo's use a Fiat drive train. I ended up putting a Fiat X19, 128 engine in mine. It had a progressive 2bbl Weber carb on it. it was quite peppy with the engine upgrade. I drove it for many years before selling it. I always thought they got a bad rap as being the worst car ever made. They really weren't that bad. You've got to remember that the price tag made it very desirable to lower income families. Lower income most often leads to less maintenance, and those little1.1's needed the oil changed often, or the camshafts wore out really quickly. Any way I'm a fan.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Thanks so much for watching. It's very much appreciated!

[@CousinCleatus]

You need to get a t-shirt that says "I drive a Yugo" you should stuck one of those 3.5 honda odyssey engines in it. Cheap and plenty of them out there.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

lol! So what your saying is, wearing the shirt would trump physically driving one?

[@DudesWithWrenches]

Features thats being generous....they gave you a fancy jack position because they knew you would need it ...great vid I learned things .. now I just need to find my own to apply said knowledge..THANKS 😅

[@OldeCarrGuy]

LOL. I had my doubts, but we'll make it reliable and full of features!

[@davidlpf2007]

Yugo the car that out lasted the country it was built in.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Actually, the Yugo factory was bombed by NATO in the early 90’s. Yugoslavia fell apart that same year!

[@davidlpf2007]

@@OldeCarrGuy But that car lasted longer than the country.

[@ogisgarage9721]

The wiper switch on the dash controls the rear wiper/washer, the stalk on the right side of the steering column is for windshield wipers (two speed only IIRC, no intermittent). Pull to activate the squirter ;)

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Thanks!

[@HFG]

Heck yeah! It's in good shape. That engine bay will be a tough fit for another engine.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Definitely gonna be a challenge!

[@philipbanks6542]

For 4000 brand new if you get 3 years of use with no major problems you are in head of the game

[@Andyface79]

I remember being too small for the back street of my friends Dad''s Yugo. I was 9. Granted I was really tall but.....

[@nikoladinic4286]

My uncle drived it 100mph. His Yugo was a monster

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Top speed on this was 88mph! I'm in the process of an engine swap now! Check it out!

[@moisessan1]

Smart guy...he said that when Yugo came to North America.....thank you!!!!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Thanks!

[@hermyherm365]

The YUGO = BEAST

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Beast-mode activated!

[@robertwilliams1147]

Bas3 of hatch traps water inside. Exhaust downpipe shears on bend. Had 1.1 ohc 5spd would pull at 80 up hill but shake like a washer on full spin. Fun car when get used to. Had double tail lights & oblong spots in front grill.

[@redmetalicsatsuma3761]

yugo dobio svoj sjaj

[@peterlisyak5396]

It looks like a fire extinguisher, brass refillable hand pump version

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I have since come to that same conclusion.

[@charger19691]

Nice video, new subscriber here. Mr. Mortske Repair sent me. Greetings and salutations and such!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Str8sixfan]

Those back up lights won't look odd on a rally car 😉😉

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Now yer talkin!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Good old map days of passenger helping you get lost and having to read the maps yourself while your driving lol

[@IronHorseGarage]

You're a Yugo connoisseur!!!!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Getting there! lol

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Yugo, the poor man’s Lada.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

The rich man’s……. Nah! I got nothing. And I’m not rich.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Good old maps oh yeah

[@logansmokes.2762]

Since this is like a 1.0 l engine a lot of manufacturers like Buick and ford are producing like 1.3L 3cylinder engines that are turbo charged so instead of like 50 ho you’ll have like 130 hp

[@OldeCarrGuy]

The plan is to drop a Toyota 1NZFE 1.5L and add turbo for closer to 200hp. I have a playlist on this car.

[@WillsWheels]

All "TRUE" car guys know that the device (in the passenger side foot well) is called a Kanooter valve. Once you hook it up it will do 110 mph...LOL

[@OldeCarrGuy]

On it!

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

I thought those things were correct wheel drive, that's very unfortunate it's front wheel drive. Anyway, the spare tire area looks like a great space for a turbo and some piping? What will go first, the transaxle or the engine? I think the transaxle will meet its untimely demise first with boost. That thing will eventually need the Uncle Tony treatment and cut the fire wall out when you convert to correct wheel drive.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Let’s put it this way… Definitely room for improvement!

[@jamiemacleod6463]

Needs one of those ooga horns!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Totally!

[@baconfarts3211]

Or maybe a full send - Semi horn.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

How do you get at the fan belt?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

From the passenger front wheel well!

[@SaleProofCarReviews]

$3990? Wow! I just spent that getting my Yugo running..

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Ouch! lol 😂

[@SaleProofCarReviews]

@@OldeCarrGuy I do enjoy the fact that we both have red project Yugos on KZbin

[@oldecarrguy2]

@@SaleProofCarReviews I just found your channel and subbed. 👍🏻

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Yep defenitly looks like a Volkswagen rabbit and a Golf I agree

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

Rotary would slot into that nicely 👌🏽

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I’ll take your word for it bud!😁

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

@@OldeCarrGuy 😄

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Brass refillable hand pump mini Fire Extinguisher is what that looks like to me very old

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I agree!

[@henryescat1104]

I wouldn't mind a 360 view of that..valve on canister thing.. If I had to guess.. Maybe a tire inflater...or AC freeon refiller?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I’ll get some pictures an post it on Instagram and Facebook

[@hobbinshotrods6051]

Yugo, Igo, Weallgo!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Exactly!

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Yugotube! Lol heck ya!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Haha! I’m making it mine!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Also reminds me of old Ford pintos

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

The tire does actually help on absorbing impact from a crash

[@jasonchristopher2977]

Just b sure to remove it when ppl do crash it so when u get it down to cemetery size, she'll go in fine. Especially if tge gas tank explodes.

[@djkenny1202]

These had scary bad crash test scores. You were likely to Die in a 35 mph wreck.

[@willr69420]

*?YugoTube? I'm all in!*

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Right on Will!

[@thisguysgarage]

with covid prices you might be able to get your 3995 for it out front ,which would be saying somethin , if a Yugo can make it back to dealer invoice there is hope for anything ,congrats on 8k

[@OldeCarrGuy]

LOL This is me we're talking about! Thanks

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Are you going to get a trabant or lada as well?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

One shot ox at a time Erik!

[@mexicanspec]

@@OldeCarrGuy A Trabant would probably disintegrate on the way over from Europe.

[@WalmartMustacheMan]

I suggest get rid of all the smog crap, then go ask around facebook for some Fiat savvy people to help you, to my knowledge the 1.1l can be bored and upgraded to a 1.5l. You should also get rid of all the a/c components as they eat up a lot of power, I'll buy it off you as well

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Definitely dumping the SMOG stuff! Would like to upgrade to a modern drivetrain. Maybe toyota or honda!

[@WalmartMustacheMan]

I say sell all that smog stuff on the Yugo Facebook page, someone will buy it

[@unclesquirrel6951]

Personally I blame squirrels

[@OldeCarrGuy]

And Ronald Regan was a commie!

[@robertvance1873]

Man you have the fancy model

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Define fancy!!!

[@robertvance1873]

@@OldeCarrGuy stereo not Many came with one

[@robertwilliams1147]

Fiat x1 9 1.5 fits . Fit small sports wheel raid fiat for wheels etc fit datsun 120y.crank winders snap

[@robertwilliams1147]

Had 107mph show on clock on 1.1 55. Based on fiat 127 & uno engines

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

A working AC compressor will take 15 hp lol will it still move?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Pulley turns, but no R12 and sitting for 15 years, clutch is likely toast!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Been awhile jason hope you been well sir

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Hey ACM. Doing well man! Thanks

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

@@OldeCarrGuy happy independence day Sir

[@robertvance1873]

Wow you have Speakers most didn't have radio or glove box door.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

4 speakers even!

[@robertvance1873]

@@OldeCarrGuy WOW a little Rock and roller

[@JT-il3fe]

If you are changing the engine find a Honda CBR1000RR or any super sport bike it already has the same size engine in it I think it would fit perfectly and it would be a SS Yugo lol

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Although I like the idea of the bike engine, there's a lot of fab and cost involved. I have a better idea in mind!

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Fire extinguisher?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

That’s my guess!

[@user-br6cu5jm1q]

why are the hoods never flush with sides, did you not slam the hood shut???

[@OldeCarrGuy]

They were cheap cars with little attention to fit and finish!

[@garymatthys3605]

'busa swap!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Big $$$$$!

[@moisessan1]

That car were affordable for many people around the world!! So if you can speak through them you don't need an Smartphone!!!

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Very affordable!

[@chuckschultz7028]

What Fiat model does this clone? Maybe there is a Abarth kit for it.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Probably the Uno, but there wasn’t an Abarth Uno.

[@chuckschultz7028]

@@OldeCarrGuy Parts support for Fiats is excellent. Someone in Italy or the Eastern Bloc has hot rodded this motor. Or an E-Bay turbo -it is about the same displacement as a Harley and they have cheap turbo or blower kits.

[@chuckschultz7028]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugo; it is a shortened Fiat 127

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Yes! The 127 was replaced by the Uno in 83. The Yugo came around just a few years later in 85.

[@chuckschultz7028]

@@OldeCarrGuy www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/auctions/this-fiat-127-sport-replica-is-an-abarth-in-all-but-name/

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Side mirrors rear view mirrors are normaly inside the vehicle lmfao I'm just messing with ya jason

[@robertvance1873]

Just be careful and don't flogg it to much if you do make sure you bring a extra quart of oil. Basic little driver.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Always carry emergency oil!

[@garymatthys3605]

I thought they bought tooling for a discontinued model from Fiat .

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Kinda, but not really. It was a collaborative effort between the two!

[@dusankocisevic6823]

They made a similar chasis to a Fiat 127, with the same Fiat 950cc engine. Later versions had 1.1 and 1.3 engine from Fiat 128(same as Zastava 101)

[@raspucin70]

The engine from 1.9 Fiat should bolt right in

[@OldeCarrGuy]

I believe you are correct. I want something with a bit more power.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Where is cousin Igor?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

He’ll be back after the carb gets rebuilt for the first real drive!

[@shanescarlife]

Yugo? No, me stay.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Oh Shane! Put down your phone and step away from the internet!

[@shanescarlife]

@@OldeCarrGuy sigh.... Yeah, I think I need help.... Lol!!!

[@steverandall5814]

Those butt-ugly bumpers that stick way out were to conform to the 1973 US 5 mph requirement.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Exactly

[@AmericaBumpertoBumper]

Motorcycle engine?

[@OldeCarrGuy]

Good idea but too pricy!

[@mexicanspec]

You don't have R12 in Canada? I thought it was just the US that banned it.

[@OldeCarrGuy]

It may still be used in some industrial applications, but most modern cars are R134a or R1234