Piston's Are Hitting the Plugs, But We Made It To Indy!! Wild Bill Mckesson Visits the Shop!

[@simplysimon9868]

Listening to Bill and his history is so awesome!! What a legend.

[@burningbridges9127]

That was very enjoyable listening to Bill McKesson stories and God I love listening to these old guys because they have so many cool stories.

[@superheatsubcool]

Double thumbs up! This reunion with the OG was incredible.

[@kevinsellsit5584]

EJ always looks great, but what really gets our wheels turning is how awesome she looks with a grinder in her hand, sparks flying all around her. (See last episode) Shop chic's rock!

[@RinkyDinky-dj1co]

Yeah I think they like the cat too oh well 😂

[@rlh4331]

Great job honoring the past and building on the legacy. Much respect for the car guy's that paved the way !!

[@unclebuzz6913]

Now this is an extraordinary moment when you have these older guys and the original owner racer of this badass rig. This is one for the record books. Your always entertaining to watch. However this is a Spectacular video. Thank you for giving all of us a visit with an icon of Motorsports history. God bless you and your loved ones Godspeed

[@imuayachtcharter7940]

We should always respect that we are today because of the fun people like Wild Bill McKesson had pushing the limits of his day. GREAT Watch!!!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

What a great video, Tom. Bill McKesson was at the right place at the right time in drag racing. Thanks for letting him share his stories. I could listen to him talk about the past for hours. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks Tom, Bill and the crew behind the scenes.

[@GreggeSB]

Gotta love getting the history from the ones who made it. So much knowledge is being ignored or lost because the people who were there aren't documenting it. Thanks for documenting your time with Bill, it needed to be seen.

[@todd8109]

Tom visits like this, our memories that you just can’t put a price on

[@poorboytrucking1]

I could listen to the old school guys and the stories for days.

[@russellsimonson1047]

Now that was interesting! Thanks for documenting a cool peace of hot rod history Tom. You done good.

[@rogermacdearmid4380]

Absolutely amazing to listen and learn. The stories of drag racing and performance automotive history from Bill are amazing. It’s just so cool to listen to all he has to say.

[@wobblysauce]

Love that things have changed over the years, and they were the ones writing the book on it and scratching it out and doing it again

[@mcmillan1963]

Love the old school content. Again , thanks for bringing it to Indy. The lesson here is to wear esr protection around those loud things so you can hear in your golden years.

[@patriot2164]

Excellent Video ! Love the Old Timers , the Stories ! Look how far this Sport has Come !

[@parker1ray]

My last drag car was a 1972 340 Cuda with line locks and a 3700 rpm stall. Trans brakes did not exist or were not used in those days, and for sure two step was not in the vocabulary! In those days everything on the Dart was either Direct Connection, PAW, or Year One. The car ran 6.80's in the 1/8 with no tubs! That was actually fast in those days! I ran 390 gears with Mossier axles and bearings in a very rare A body 8-3/4 rear, set up by a friend that ran a 1968 Camaro in ET1 class with a bow tie motor with three nitrous kits

[@RinkyDinky-dj1co]

Dumb question paw?

[@williamdundon9770]

Thanks Tom that was great to here about the history of the car. But it was actually drag racing history. Love hearing it from the people that lived it. Amazing the resourcefulness they had living on a shoestring budget.

[@murmur3966]

Hello Hello From Canada!!! Thank you for sharing your time with such a legendary driver. Amazing people like him are historic treasures who have incredible stories and knowledge of what got racing where it is today. I would watch as many episodes as you could make, if you could get the Limelight car to restore as a project. The suckiest part of life is that we are loosing more and more legends like him all the time. By featuring Wild Bill, you will help each person that watches this episode, to appreciate him now and keep his memory going for my kids to watch in the future. I hope you and all those near or dear to you, stay safe, stay healthy and stay as happy as possible doing everything in life. 🤘😁👍

[@mixerman1]

Thanks for keeping the history alive

[@Burke_Motorsports]

That was awesome listening to Bill. Thanks guys!

[@GreatLakes_MetalDetecting]

So awesome listening to the stories . Hope to see and hear more !

[@lunkydog]

The popcorn story was hilarious. Great episode 👍

[@upptowne]

That was one of your best shows. I am an old drag racer from the early 70's in Kansas City, I always loved listening to the Ol Guys" stories. Thanks

[@davidmarvosh5354]

Cool! So much fun listening to the old guys!

[@rizzoid]

I hope we get a sequel and it features more Themberchaud. That whole sequence (and the CGI) was fantastic.

[@gtnoslp]

Great Vlog! Great hearing Bill's stories of the cars past!

[@RinkyDinky-dj1co]

Og gone faster than most

[@van-roybarber1336]

Awesome, nice to hear old stories of any racing and what they used to get up to… You must try and get that other body and build it as it’s racing history and needs to be resurrected…

[@269bp]

Definitely should build the sizzor car with him. That would be awesome restoration content. Keep em coming. Really enjoy your content.

[@TheD1CT4T0R]

Crazy that you guys ended up with that car. I remember seeing it running at Lebanon Valley dragstrip at the Hemmings events when I was a teenager.

[@markedwards6983]

Hey Tom first time I have ever commented the video with Bill McKesson was bad ass thanks man

[@josephpuou96]

Awesome video love listening to the History our Elders have to share ❤Aloha from Hawaii 🤙🏽🌴😎

[@rocket3668]

I used to run Hillborn FI back in the day. The jets were called pills and you always shut it down by shutting off the fuel to avoid hydraulic locking it. Always primed engine with squirt of fuel like TF car to fire it.

[@tripprogers4814]

TOM, never worry about saying the word "So.." WHY? Well, because it is part of Tom Bailey, and we want you to be every part of YOU! Say it loud and be proud. We love you man!

[@Bumanator322]

That old timer is funny, and the history was great to hear. Hopefully you'll have him on again

[@rgr67camaronoprep33]

thanks tom, its good for the soul to listen to the old timers talk about their experience. and its good for them too.

[@qtguidrey]

Bill and jr' garage channel has videos of this car from like 13yrs ago. Great video as always

[@ernestbamburg329]

Good on you Tom... great... great stories.. thanks Tom!! 👍👍

[@terrancethalman4871]

Now that was cool bill McKesson is a legend

[@DCzookster]

Hey Tom, what a great Video, Bill is a stand up guy, and for him to see one of his old car was just plain magic, that car is bad Ass.....hope some day to see you at Rocky Mountain Race Week..

[@glamiskid50]

EJ looks gorgeous and she’s a pro loading cars. It was so cool listening to Bill and his buddies telling stories about the car and racing back in the 60s. One of my favorite videos the cars Bitchin two thumbs up. Love y’all

[@hemifiedsixtyfour2813]

I had a 426 Nascar engine that I drag raced years ago. When I got it it, it had plugs that had the ground strap coming in from the side. It looked like they drilled a hole in the plug at the end of the threads and pressed in a round ground strap.

[@tripprogers4814]

LOVE THIS S***!! BILL McKESSON if ya need him!

[@tripprogers4814]

a chute full of underwear.. you gotta do that at a Cleetus event lol

[@JamesRipley1962]

So Cool Man. Thanks Tom, for Bringing the History Back front and center. With Wild Bill Mckesson!

[@geesss8675]

Thanks Tom. . . I sat down with a guy named Wally Booth several years ago. . . He was such an amazing man to talk with. . . Vask knowledge of racing history.

[@jeffmckc2081]

put a spacer or double gasket them for the weekend. I have cut the ground strap back and side gapped the plugs to get more room also Thats an extended tip plug

[@torqueaddict]

Great episode. Love listening to the old drag stories Bill . Thanks for keeping the history alive!

[@ponypwr]

McKesson is hilarious! I bet he would be a riot to hang out with!

[@rockercover]

17:57 - Brother had that when running pop-up (domed) pistons. Went to the Champion J8 series spark plugs.

[@jasongoodrum3058]

Tom hands down my favorite video so far keep up the good work I always enjoy hearing old timers telling stories

[@chadelswick2888]

Awesome vid. I could listen to their stories all night! Precious moments never forgotten!

[@jimknarr4209]

I love hearing story's from my era.

[@Tripple-L432]

Flippin awsome Episode, Loved it Tom, thank you.

[@gailtaylor1636]

Are spark plug spacers not still available? But sounds to me like either throds are growing (could get ugly) or wrong plugs.

[@beeeennnnnnn]

thanks for sharing Tom!

[@Liv-t9j]

Love the hair E.J. it really looks great on ya. Also, hey tom!! I love the way the car sounds bbuuuuuttt,i think it would sound better with a 88mm turbo on it😏😏🤘🤘

[@FastSS02]

Loved hearing Bill's stories. I thought that car looked familiar, and when he said he was running nostalgia back in 2002-2003 in Stanton and Martin, that's where I know it from. Those are my two tracks I go to all the time being in the West Michigan area. Hope to see Tom with it around here sometime.

[@brucewrandol]

Would. A thicker head gasket help? I know it would take some out of the compression ratio.

[@vehdynam]

Growing up in Windsor, and having followed the sport my whole life , I am familiar with a lot of the names Bill mentioned. Great video and much appreciated.

[@jrwood8343]

Now that's some articles I would love to read do a sit down with him and let him tell his story put it in the magazine with pics of his old cars. Awesome video.

[@scotmorrison640]

Two hundred thumbs up on this one Tom !! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@David_Conant]

Love the old time stories. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@brentmcmillan646]

What a great experience with Bill that you can share with the rest of us! Everyone needs to take the the time and listen to the stories of people that helped start this culture. BTW, EJ’s hair looked great! Toss up between the hair do and the Plymouth LOL 😂

[@gregvan5057]

Being an old guy myself Thanks for putting this up

[@whatsoutthere6822]

I had a '65 Belvediere when I was young. One of my many cars. It had a slant 6 with a bad bearing knock. I did an engine swap from a '66 Dart. I paid $75 each for the cars. Memories. :)

[@DCV65]

That was awesome, you could spend all day listening to that stuff. He must have been pretty chuffed to see his old car.

[@flabeardedone6050]

That's cool I'm in Ft Myers as well! Loved the video of you and Steve at Ft Myers beach!

[@chief3378]

Definitely cool hearing stories from the past

[@michaelhaag29]

Respect. We need more of this kind of thing in every aspect of life. Well done. You have to get those guys to the track sometime.

[@og190]

Keep doing what you've been doing and I'll keep watching

[@hargettautomotiveperformance]

Back when we ran high compression N/A stuff we had to cut the ground straps off to keep them from closing up or index the spark plugs.

[@SuburbanHooligan]

very few things are more entertaining than an ol' timer sharing stories 👍

[@notthunderr4069]

Great interview, so many good things said hard working racers can always find common ground. Love all the Detroit strips, dad used to run at Detroit Dragway. Dunno if indexing plugs on a Hemi is a thing but maybe, needs some plumbers putty. All the best, great ride. Love that the old man respects your stuff, like a Volkswagen in a Mercedes dealership. Now there's a t shirt for the car. Plymouth and 2.0 on the front and the Scotsman quote on the back.

[@davestuart6593]

Very cool,love to hear the stories,keep ‘em coming,could listen for hours,talk about history, Man,cool cool cool!

[@jesternangel]

THANK'S FOR POSTING THIS TOM..REALLY COOL TO SEE THE BUILDER AND TO HAVE YOU REUNITE HIM WITH THE CAR HE BUILT..SPENT ALOT OF YEAR'S AT PONMONA AS IT WAS THE HOME TRACK FOR ME BACK IN THE DAY...LIVE IN KANSAS AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING HERE TO SPEAK OF...TRY NOT TO RUIN THAT PIECE OF HISTORY...F/X CAR'S IN THAT CONDIDTION ARE FAR AND FEW IN BETWEEN JUST LIKE IT'S BUILDER..JENKIN'S WAS FROM ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA...

[@williamdrobertson]

Great video Tom

[@mechelec7845]

Sounds like maybe you need to index the spark plugs.

[@roncarrigan8258]

Wow what an awesome video. The stories bring back a lot of memories. Thanks Tom and EJ. My wife and I are planning on going to sick week next year in Florida. I think we're going to need the sick ward cough cough.

[@briananderson5284]

Thanks for sharing that's awesome to listen to the stories of yester years Thanks again for sharing get the great work !!!

[@toddclark332]

Great video Tom you guys have a badass day she looked beautiful you can tell her 😁🤘🇱🇷

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

That camshaft sounds really tame, but when you hit the gas, it sounds amazing!! Looking pretty radicual!!

[@pete540Z]

Awesome stuff. I see a Scissor car project with the body Bill was talking about, and him coming by your shop in the afternoons to work on it.

[@rolliefoster2837]

...I could watch this all day long, cool video concept !...

[@craigstreetzel7743]

As a native Floridian who grew up in ft Myers it's amazing to know how close he was to me but great to see him again as it's those guys that led the way to the sick second street cars lol or actually the race cars that have been made street legal 😂😂😂

[@marksanchez8314]

That is so cool love to here the storys about racing from the past from the legends thanks Tom and you are the man thanks

[@crazydaze248]

Always great content Tom! I drive by the shop often and never see any action. I sure would love to stop by sometime.

[@richardsmith-qy6vl]

Great video I love the old altered wheelbase cars. My cousin had what I would call the first pro street car back in the late 60s early 70s in New Orleans it was a 58 chevy with a altered wheel base the rearend was moved forward and the motor was set way back it had a cage in it and was powered by a 409 cubic inch at one time the car was chevy orange with green window tint it was called jungle book with a pic of a Lil boy playing bongos on the quarter panel very cool street car.

[@claytonjohn6473]

Did you find out why the fuel line went to a t?

[@jglennson2591]

Thats so cool. Real men👍👍. More of this👌🤠

[@steve-lp8tl]

great to hear old school stories

[@sengalsolutions7386]

We always used to use centre fire recessed electrode Golden Lodge plugs in a blown 392 back in the day to prevent this issue

[@136092195]

Awesome to hear Drag Racing History Awesome Cool if you all get the other car thank you Tom

[@tatokay4285]

Thank you Tom!

[@donclouse9839]

Love that 65! Mine does not look like that...yet.

[@rjeff753]

Wow. So cool to hear the stories!

[@joshduvan2958]

love the old timers storys

[@jonyoder1411]

Hey guys I just thought I would throw this out there in the old days. They used to have to index the plugs to keep them from hitting the pistons and that might be the case with this. Hemi I don't know if it is or not I just thought i'd throw it out there. Love your show and totally enjoy all of your content. And E j's hair looks very nice LOL.

[@edw102472]

Works on a wedge head because the plug comes in from the side on an angle but a hemi is in the center so the only way to gain clearance is spacers.

[@RinkyDinky-dj1co]

@@edw102472 U a r a kind soul

[@SeymourBalz]

No one "indexed" plugs to keep away from contact !!! Plugs were indexed towards intake valve...for flame travel. The issue IS ...with his engine builder ! The "Compression Height" on the piston is WRONG! I don't know what he has for a rotating assembly, but... "IF".. Hes using Aluminum rods, stretch..."could".. be his issue.

[@edw102472]

@@SeymourBalz yes plugs are also indexed to gain clearance for the piston and electrode but that won't work on a hemi.

[@SeymourBalz]

@@edw102472 NO...they're not! The "indexing" word refers to its "angle" it's reference, if you will...to the best flame travel. One should be able to "index" at ANY angle WITH OUT piston contact...PERIOD! The piston compression height is WRONG !! Like I previously stated if aluminum rods are not in use, block could have been decked....obviously lowering heads, causing contact. On a lowered deck height, the piston "deck height" needs rechecked....then pistons with correct compression height installed. I'll try making it simple . Look up the word: "Index" in the dictionary.

[@kevinjohnson8758]

Had a couple major influences feed my gearhead development. Appreciate em while you can.

[@gristlepounder]

As a '65 Pro Street owner and Mopar fanatic. Awesome!

[@brandon-rustystreecare]

Awesome hearing the stories