Restored Labatt's Beer Truck & Custom Chrysler Airflow

[@ImTHATguy...]

My favorite show to watch on TV in the 90's when I stayed home sick from school. I've always hoped to bump into Dennis at some car show some day.

[@dermetzger]

The amount of craftsmanship on display with that truck is just insane...

[@garthwillard8089]

I remember seeing that Labatts Truck at the 1988 Worlds fair in Vancouver BC. The story about the restoration process is an epic tale of parts hunting before the internet existed.

[@gregoryp2859]

I'm glad someone took the effort to restore this.

[@randolphreazor7463]

Labatt's Bleu Canadian Pilsner bottled is my favorite! The BEST! 😁🤠

[@thefettfan3994]

That 1934 Chrysler Airflow Custom "Waterfall" design grill is amazing to say the least! The1948 White's Labatt's Truck is a total work of art, my compliments to its owner!!!!

[@carguy99]

Absolutely the nicest beer truck in the world!!!

[@robertphillips6296]

Dennis, what a show. Thanks for taking us along!

[@ginox1x792]

Just LUV the 1934 Chrysler and with a Hemi! Respects to the owner/builder.

[@pashakdescilly7517]

It's a beautiful car. I did not know of a 2 door coupe version of the Chrysler Airflow. There was a deSoto based on the Airflow, with a six cylinder engine, and it could be had as a long wheelbase 4 door like the Chrysler, or as a shorter 2 door coupe.

[@jayarnold8883]

What a pleasure to see this truck again . I was responsible for bringing this truck out of long term storage back in the early 2000s. I recall it running about 40 or 45 m.p.h. flat out....

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

That La Batts truck looks positively seussical

[@seltaeb3302]

Wow. That beer truck is amazing. Thanks for saving it. I'll drink to that!

[@elliotsaunders7445]

Beer and liquor advertising was prohibited in Ontario. Labatts created the streamlined truck as a mobile advertisement. They delivered Labatt beer all through the province, and especially showed up at fairs etc. Labatt had another public relations promotion. All drivers would stop and offer roadside assistance to any car they saw in distress. Change tires, etc This service was offered by all Labatt trucks, not just the streamliners. Drivers were rewarded by the company for doing this. I remember when I first saw this truck on the highway.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

What a great show Dennis I especially love that truck What a beauty 👍👍👍

[@JonBlondell]

The most beautiful truck I've ever seen! Ever!

[@mikejones-go8vz]

A work of art

[@foxtrot1724]

Back then designers took a lot of pride in their products. Even toasters were beautiful. On the other hand.... it reminds me a Dr. Seuss book....

[@onefastwienerdog]

Years back my Uncle John Koch (Buck) was master brewer for Labatt's , Great old beer truck !!

[@freakyflow]

Worked on the 1948 White's Stream liner back in the very early 2000's outside of Toronto a Resto from its last resto 20 years earlier The only bad thing with the truck back then was the Bodyshop managment wanted to save money in labor And instead of stripping of the trailer panels And tighen them from flexing badly (cracking paint) The coated the trailer with pounds on pounds of Bondo Which in time would again need to be stripped down and fixed again The cab interior Looks like it has been restored since i seen it last with newer paint and emblems

[@garywatts5477]

Gene Winfield! I live near him and see him wander into the Riteaid every so often.

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Well buy him a 🍺

[@donaldduke2233]

THANKS, DENNIS ! Thank God for you and Jay Leno. Through you guys those of us who can only dream about great cars and trucks can fantasize about ownership as we watch you present these unique and beautiful vehicles. Of course, I'm a subscribed bell ringer.

[@ledgerdavid3435]

i know Im asking randomly but does any of you know of a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@tristenbryce5963]

@Ledger David Instablaster ;)

[@kennethmelnychuk9737]

I saw this rig at Edmonton LaBatts >25 years ago, beautiful unit.

[@citibear57]

Great video Dennis. Thank you! I had never heard of this awesome car show before and I live in Canada (western). Beautiful cars, weather, estate, women, etc etc 😊

[@si_vis_amari_ama]

Loved the '34 Airflow, and would love to see a whole video on this running vehicle. The '34 must have been one of the most audacious and innovative cars ever. Sympathetic and practical restoration.

[@coobay978]

Liked them all but the 34 Chrysler Air Flow was the coolest.

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Un très grand Merci de nous faire découvrir ces véhicules absolument magnifique: de somptueuses œuvres d'art, plaisir des yeux. Les mots qui nous viennent sont: Encore! Encore! Encore! Et toujours plus! Vœux très sincères pour une Année 2021 avec encore plus de découvertes et de plaisir à partager votre passion! Merci!

[@yamahaguy1732]

That’s an amazing truck but what really blows my mind is how he was able to find a truck with the trailer

[@martinliehs2513]

Great presentation. Wish that I had come across this video sooner. I live about an hour away from London. Unfortunately it looks like Mr Plunkett had his last Fleetwood Country Cruize-In event in 2019.

[@peggyt1243]

Covid must have cancelled the 2020 show. Let us hope for 2021.

[@peterjeffery8495]

Who needs Clydesdale's when you've got a head turning Beer Wagon like that. As the young'uns say...its SICK!

[@BenSHammonds]

I Love the 56 Mercury Montclair, I had a 55 Montclair two door hardtop for years

[@jimcomeau9197]

Love the Acadian !!!

[@ebayerr]

I didn't know who Steve Plunkett,Linda Vaughn, Courtney Hansen or Gene Winfield were. So I had to spend time looking them up. You're welcome. Steve Plunkett was the lead singer/songwriter of rock band "Autograph".I stand corrected.Not the same guy. Linda Vaughn is an American motor racing personality who has been described as “The First Lady of Motorsports” and the “preeminent beauty queen of stock car racing.” Courtney Hansen is an actress and producer. Gene Winfield is an automotive customizer and fabricator. In the mid-1960s, a large body of his work appeared on screen. As well as in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Not the same Steve Plunkett, but you are correct on the other ones.

[@ebayerr]

@@MyClassicCarTV :Ok.Thanks.

[@kenwalz7231]

GREAT SEEING THE CANADIAN CARS!

[@malikdigger4544]

3:38 What a kool truck

[@bgrigg07]

The Labatt's truck looks like it was designed by Dr. Seuss!

[@z06doc86]

If the guy that hosts this event is not one of the world’s richest men, I bet he’s very close. Nice little place he got there. 💰💰💰💰🤣😂

[@brianbassett4379]

I love designs and works of art from back before the use of computers. Designing things for efficiency, or worse for profit takes the soul and beauty out of them. Humanity has passed through the "Best of Times", and is now racing down the incline of technology and profits. A world based and built on nothing but money.

[@user-co4rs7ob1t]

Классная выставка ретроавтомобилей.Особенно плавучие понравились!!

[@johnnymason2460]

The name Parisienne did eventually come to the US as a Pontiac version of the Chevrolet Caprice. That Parisienne I would love to have right now.

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

A very big Thank you for making us discover these absolutely magnificent vehicles: sumptuous works of art, pleasure of the eyes. The words that come to us are: Again! Again! Again! And always more! Very sincere wishes for a Year 2021 with even more discoveries and pleasure in sharing your passion! Thank you!

[@harypoter590]

These car is so cool

[@mikehunt8375]

That labatts truck is super awesome!

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Totally!

[@mosthated863]

That is the most beautiful truck I have ever seen

[@MyClassicCarTV]

It blew me away!

[@patrickbentley4821]

I believe that the two people that restored the Labatt truck were Joe and his. brother Bob Scott who owned the White Truck dealership in London. Friends of ours.

[@1928ModelA1931]

If that Laban truck is the last then it’s the one I saw many times at Expo86 in Vancouver. They just parked in the open. I have a photo somewhere of a buddy hanging off of it.

[@dave5833]

Sure hopes this show goes in 2021 I’m only 11 hours south from you. Looks like a ton of fun.

[@steveespinola7652]

This was at London Ontario, that's what just a few kms away from my home town of Toronto Ontario.

[@upchucking666]

looks like dr seus vehicles crazy !!!

[@pacificbob24]

I believe I may have seen that beer truck at Expo 86 in Vancouver

[@paulalexander8305]

My dead alcoholic grandfather and I thank you for That wonderful beer truck Reality sucks doesn't it

[@steveespinola7652]

I know that Labbatt truck, I saw that truck last year in downtown Toronto, I think they were filming a movie or TV show using the truck.

[@mikewasfaret9563]

I saw the LaBatts beer truck in person 35 years ago. Back in the day it was illegal to advertise beer. They designed the truck as a rolling billboard

[@reverendmysticfogg]

Far out, man! Way cool

[@miraajan3652]

All this lovely car's Thank you 💝❤️❤️

[@johnmontag]

Unbelievably cool. Sad they'd never do something like this today bc of poor function if trailer size

[@johnnyhawkins43]

Man I would just love the Canadian car that was part Chevy and Pontiac and whatever was in it I don't know that they even existed but I did know of a few of the different America made vehicles went by different names because you had to buy a Mercury truck if you were a Ford man up there!

[@carguy99]

You could buy either Ford or Mercury trucks. Both were available.

[@kharnthebetrayer1575]

That Truck is Beauty incarnate !!

[@abidinawangahmad5885]

Good job steve

[@donkinzett3961]

That is one cool cool truck

[@Zenitvk]

Какой приятный ламповый душевный канал.

[@coldlight9776]

👍 Ща вам напишут что вы не потреот и лучше в мире это наша Лада приора от Рено 🤘🧐😅😅😅😅

[@Zenitvk]

@@coldlight9776 ну, да. Пойду перед Зенкевичем челом бить. 🤣

[@pippastone6018]

Is this for real, was this “ by the far the most loveliest truck I have ever seen, it’s like apart of life has pasted me by in history, wish these where still here, love it to the bone, one wishes to think that just maybe if these where still here that we maybe not have had such a terrible WW2 etc, something a bit more funny 😂, but no, yea this is the coolest trans port I have seen in my life, thank you 🙏,😎👍🇳🇿❤️🌈😎kiwi pip😎👍🇳🇿❤️🌈😎

[@toiletpaper5770]

I used to have one of those

[@MrDutchman100]

Amazing life cars and fun times.

[@badlandskid]

5:25 “it’s hard to get pictures cuz people just walk in..” 3 dudes just walk in. 😂

[@coreykelly770]

I've been to STEVE Plunkett's house!!! His dad helped invent birth control pill .. That's gotta contribute to his bank account a bit.. His house is 🥺🤤... W.O.W !!! He's a great man !!! Doesn't make you feel inconsistent , he treats you with RESPECT !!!

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Steve's a really good guy!

[@Whateva67]

Dennis,we saw you years ago at the car show in Parksville on Vancouver island 🇨🇦 Hope you’re well 🇨🇦

[@josephtdi8764]

Just wonderful

[@thehim2990]

will never understand why they stopped making cars this way. the classics are waaaaay nicer then most of what you get today

[@mauriceclemens3286]

Cool restoration!

[@MrKapton]

I love Dennis Gage's show but it's not long enough and we get to see a very limited amount of cars. If it were an hour long,that would be better. I love classic cars but I haven't had one since I sold my 64 Chevy Impala SS 327=300hsp. I have never restore one [I am 75] but I love to see this form of HISTORY. Shows like Dennis' are too few and far between.. Leno does a good job but many of his are big price cars. I love to see cars brought back from the graveyard and restored.😃😃😃😃😃

[@charlesthepit8168]

I drove by this !!!

[@bobgauthier2779]

I miss my 56 Montclair

[@greggcurrie1399]

Both of those Labbat's trucks were completely restored by Joe Scott and then donated back to Labbat's.

[@frankmoore159]

Great show as always

[@skadill]

This Labbatts truck or same one like it was on display in Vancouver BC at Expo 86,saw it there then as a teenager

[@Whateva67]

Man,good times were had back then,I don’t remember seeing that truck but it was 35 years ago now, 😁 crazy how fast time flies.

[@motaman8074]

That was Buck Rogers' weekend vehicle.

[@lemmyspeaks]

Sure it wasn’t Dr Seuss’

[@sacooper802]

wow impressive gathering

[@Imintune...]

I've seen this truck. Labatt had several of these trucks.

[@elizabethrowlands9419]

the truck came to eldridge pope brewery , dorchester uk in the 90 s !

[@utharkruna1116]

Very nice truck.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

It sure is!

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

Only dr seuss would design a truck like that

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍👍👍 Very cool !!!!!!!!

[@ShainAndrews]

3:10 We need a separate segment on that truck and trailer. Like who made the sheet metal? What was the original drive train? Is the drive train still original? Details about the restoration.

[@306champion]

11:37 If the tail lights wrapped around a little plus the reflector strip right across the boot, we have the rear view of an Aussie 1968 Holden Monaro GTS . A collectors car these days.

[@mdemers767]

That truck and trailer are awesome. Too bad the beer is still terrible.

[@keosh777]

Amazing!!!

[@ROTTBOXX]

That is awesome!

[@allalsimah6964]

Magnifique salom

[@rallydogmakes3861]

Wow I like the 2 engine blue chip

[@berniebass3575]

Wow!!

[@chargerdave2046]

I cruise with...no...stereo... my 440 is my music

[@bruceh92]

The '65 Acadian Beaumont is not a Pontiac! It was sold in Pontiac dealerships and used Pontiac parts but nowhere is it labelled Pontiac. It's Acadian with maple leaf in the logo.

[@outdoorlifemaine6691]

I clicked here cuz that truck is in my book nice to hard cover

[@privatesocialhandle]

70K cars?! That's nuts!

[@leogilligan2156]

I reupholstered the interior

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Nice work!

[@leogilligan2156]

@@MyClassicCarTV thanks man use to do all Vic carpenters work. superior sale boats work can find on u tube

[@scottashe984]

Looks more like an LSD delivery truck than a beer truck.

[@joelsacks210]

Looks like you met your moustache match from the owner of the Airflow Custom!

[@tertessa]

thanks..

[@mgmlv6539]

Damn I thought he might track down Courtney Hansen...

[@stevenmarcinkowski8577]

The light green engine looks like a Detroit Diesel

[@rejeanrheault3598]

Merci à Bob de m'avoir fait parvenir le lien, j'ai revu mon ancien Pontiac 58 que je lui avais vendu, Je constate qu'il en prend grand soin car elle est toujours aussi belle.

[@trossk]

Love that hes going to drive Airflow that and not make it a Car Show car to just sit in a garage

[@gearheadred]

Wwwwwait. Did you say 3-4 thousand cars???