The slicing begins on the 1959 Volvo... but it's not what you think 😅

The 1959 Volvo 544 has been sandblasted so now it's time to have a look at what we even have. There is quite a bit of rust work needed which is going to dictate how we go about this build. Before Bad Chad and Doug dive into the Volvo, we want to go over the 1933 Dodge and show what Nathan has built for a gas pedal 👏
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[@OLDMACK]

Every shop needs a guy like Doug, he can handle the hard stuff and still bring a smile of the faces of the viewer, he has a great voice, Nate is your " I can do that", when you decided to bring outsiders to help you was your 2nd best idea,, having Jolene run the show was your greatest idea, you are Bad Chad

[@EugeneLangowski-g2n]

Chad should not put him down he is a worker no one can read Chads mind

[@jamesgould7583]

Nathan is very mechanically inclined. You can tell he enjoys it without getting frustrated. " Get er Done"

[@BobFurman]

Doug, great work on getting the Volvo ready for customization! Nathan, great work on the '33 Dodge mechanicals! Chad and Jolene, your team coordination gets better every week, proving that you are evolving along with the challenges you take on. The channel just keeps getting better and better!

[@JamesDavis-xy3uo]

The fact that Nate and Doug are single handedly raising their kids speaks volumes about their character, you're lucky to have these guys, a great work ethic as well for all of you.

[@davidsolloway9349]

When will you get back to working on The Bugatti ?

[@samsungcrossland2036]

When he's ready 🤔

[@michaelnieman6218]

When HELL FREEZES 🥶

[@scottnorman5057]

@@michaelnieman6218spoken like a true “ key board fabricator “ see ya tomorrow 😂😂😂😂

[@michaelnieman6218]

@@scottnorman5057 so son what have you ever build in your live now about only in your DREAMS

[@charleshewitt3026]

maybe when they have the money! ever think of that Einstein?

[@PeterDowd-r9b]

Hey Team Hiltz , interesting video this evening. Nate did a great job on the designing and building and installing the gas pedal and adjusting the play in the clutch .Now onto the gas tank and the battery installation , It was great of Chad to briefly interview Nate and he provided the viewers with his work related experience and his children. The Humid Weather is really bothering Doug and he was smart to turn on the exhaust fan and Chad opened the garage door to pull out the stale air from the grinders and etc. Looking forward to hearing and seeing the 1933 Dodge Race Car fire up . and drive.

[@jamescrook3563]

I have been around people like Nathan all my life and continue to be amazed by how they can look at a problem and solve it with very little time and or effort. When you see them work its so obvious what they are doing but until you watch you are stumped while they (Nathan) just work it out in there head then make it. Love learning from people like that. Chad you do the same thing with body work. Trial and error is most times better than book learning. I hope to come visit some day

[@GregoryBamber]

I've done similar to what Nathan has done on the pedal/linkage setup. If gives you a greater sense of satisfaction when you do it yourself and it works well. Also if something goes wrong you know how to fix it.

[@charlielemmons5525]

Nate is the mechanical guru in the shop. Doug just does whatever needs done. I'm curious how this one will get sliced up.

[@SteveYankovich]

Chad is living a great life, doing what he loves to do every day, with Jolene to document it and his friends for his crew

[@jamescnorris]

FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW !!! THE MAN BAD CHAD HAS FUN, DOES WHAT HE WANTS, AND NO FUKS GIVEN !!! MUCH LOVE BROTHER !!! GOTTA ENJOY LIFE FOR YOU AND IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, DONT WATCH IT !!!

[@nickypatton3923]

Where the heck is the Bugatti

[@donaldscheer5206]

It's At Web City!

[@Joeisold]

Lmaoooooo….. you’ll never see that car finished

[@donaldscheer5206]

​@@Joeisold Your Right! But That's How It Is! That's What Chad Likes To Do! This Is Chad's & Jolene's Channel And As Of Today They Have 319 Thousand Subscribers! They Do What Makes Them Happy & It's Their Business! If Someone Gets So Aggravated At This, Well, Just Go To Other Channels. What Aggravates Me Is: All You Whiners That Cry About Everything, Yet, You Still Tune In To Watch Chad & Jolene Doing Their Thing! Some Of You Even Reply To My Post's And Complain About My Use Of Title Case.

[@KenMercer-ug9jb]

Chad, I enjoy learning body work from you. I've always been a person that tries to do all my auto customizing myself. I live in Charleston SC and we have a lot of body shops in the area, all think their way is the best. Thank you for showing me that I don't have to have all the state of the art equipment to do a great job.

[@stanleyadamko957]

Way to go Nate!!..i enjoy watching you engineer and re-engineer things to make sure that the projects are rocking and rolling...great job on the pedals..im dying to see the shifter you designed for the t-bird in action 😉

[@GregoryBamber]

I've done the majority of work on cars I've owned in the past (mechanical, electrical, panel, paint and customising). I helped a friend build hot rods and with work on 4wds and started on a couple of rods of my own. I've also been building one-off custom bicycles (just over 200) since 1971 but mainly in the last 28 years.

[@davidmiller2811]

T bird, Joe's car, etc.etc.etc. nothing finished now starting another. I don't understand.

[@DavidSmith-zv7oq]

Because if he doesn't have a grinder or a welder in his hands, he'd go crazy.

[@brianogrady7900]

Just content repeat the same never finished

[@michaelnieman6218]

​@@DavidSmith-zv7oqhow can he go crazy when he is already there

[@michaelhenderson78]

Not your cars to understand

[@stevo184]

That's because it's the 90/60 KZbin show. 90 % projects get 60% completed.

[@danielplummer6385]

Hey Team Hiltz, I hope everyone is doing well. I am curious if Floyd finished the back seat yesterday if so maybe you can give us a glimpse of it tomorrow Chad. I hope we get to hear the Dodge fire up tomorrow! Great job on getting the body cleaned up Doug! I think you are wearing a good part of it now! I don't usually preach and I know it is hot but, take it from somebody who did not you really should wear a mask Doug so that you do not inhale all that crap! Nate awesome work as always you are just a natural at mechanical work and designing parts to work on the cars! Jolene great work on your videos and your production work as well. You continue to grow the channel which is a testament to your work! Then there is Fina who does a great job as head of security she is such a good girl!

[@JimGallagher-yk2or]

Thanks for sharing some of Nates background

[@jodycopeland1]

Doug brings a lot of talent himself striping cleaning great organization skills

[@KyleWorkman-c6u]

Dude, the '34 is really coming along. Congrats all the way around.

[@edwardberwind8544]

I have a lot of respect for Nathan he has learned from the ground up.

[@spamwagon]

29:30 Chad- This happened to me a couple of months back, same situation. Cutting a floor, and a piece of thick bracing underneath that was at the perfectly wrong angle for the grinder's rotation. The disc caught, shattered, jumped and filleted half of the top of my pointer finger- right thru my glove. You're right- be careful, but "it happens".

[@timothykerlin1429]

Can't wait to see the 33 rocking and rolling down the road 😊

[@mickrose4161]

Me too! but i hope it dont rock or roll LMAO!

[@rozijohari59]

In your dreams

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

@@doctormengele961 welcome to the troll pool

[@janmorse8777]

Go for it Team Hiltz 👁 🐅 👌

[@RichardSeay-w2y]

That thing you called the "seat brace" is a major structural component that holds the side-to-side unibody together. Same for the other cross beams. Be real careful cutting them out & reinstalling. Keep up the good work!

[@adamduchesne]

Grinder Sparks and old seats .gotta love it.

[@campbelljohn]

just my personal opinion which I still think is legal ,but i wouldn't waste my time and money on volvo,.

[@josephdunn845]

Not my favorite! An hour of Chad and his grinder😢

[@scottnorman5057]

Bet you’ll be here tomorrow though 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jodycopeland1]

Nate is one of the best fabricators I’ve ever seen I’m a 50 year mechanic my self and fabricator

[@Peter-z5f]

Here's an idea for the leg pipes that would solve a lot of problems: use 3 pieces of straight pipe for the straight section under the door. It's easy to weld mounts to pipe so you can arrange them however you like and they'll stay there and not sag (unlike flex pipe). You can also slash cut the tips, and since you're using flex pipe up front, you can rigid mount them to the frame, maybe add a heat shield so you don't bake the floor, and since they can be positioned 'just so' maybe you can arrange them so they don't burn legs. Personally I'd stagger the length of the straight pipes to make the overall length of the pipes equal, I think that would be a neat hot rod touch.

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

34 is looking great, but that Volvo, man she's gonna need some love. And metal, lots of metal work. You'll get it! It's almost as rusty as my 62 C10 was. lol

[@MikeHeiman-x9x]

I like when Chad explains what he is going to do, but with all the background noise I have no idea about most of what was said...if you have work going on, show that. If you plan to explain, then do that.

[@douglashaslett1731]

Nathan has GOD blessed talents.

[@RobertSokulski]

Hope everything works out but is there anyone who thinks that he should compete the projects he started?

[@dral9657]

One ongoing battle or disagreeing comments is non completion and those who quickly defend this point as being an attack against Chad and crew. Just relax and don’t be afraid of channel watchers to have an opinion of this nature. I will speak for myself, I like this crew and the work they do as it is something we do lots of as a hobby for the last 25 years ! Many comments are something that may have a positive input on the success of the channel . Sometime the quick defending is blind ignorance of what is being said . For someone to say, I would like to see a completed project is their opinion and a valid one. Not everything is designed to be an insult and let’s not make it one. Someone may want the color red and not silver, is that an insult to those who want the other color. Is raising the roof higher or lower than some would like to see an insult…people, many times it’s just their participation or idea. Chad does an excellent job and explaining and taking us along on the journey , and I really enjoy that ! So does that mean if I say, it sure would be nice to see the Tbird or Hauler or Bugatti have some paint as a blatant insult and worthy of an uproar or the naysayers are ruining the day . If you are afraid of criticism, then that weakness is on you . By the way…excellent work on the pedals Doug !

[@ashleydubbeld9236]

Fina Chad Jolene Doug Nathan 👏dream team in the house 🙏awesome video never you all never disappointed the great educational daily videos and you guys keeping it real mistakes and the victory’s with the awesome solutions come up with just pure genius 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ashleydubbeld9236]

This Volvo is in amazingly clean for being so old and being from a northern climate I have always thought this style of Volvo is cooler than dang it

[@BUB-oy7me]

Hell of a job on those pedals Nate!

[@lukeandjilljelsma654]

The Volvo looks like an overwhelming job for rust repair before customization can begin.

[@EricClark-io7rf]

Looking forward to the skills of a amazing team of car builders and Fina on security

[@KING-FU]

I had a close friend who was Chad’s Spirit Brother. Skilled, using basic tools and somewhat crude methods, doing more with less and implementing classic parts, but his main motivation was artistic expression / design creativity and just plain winging it. Also, he despised tape measures like Chad and layout / planning during fabrication was painful to watch, especially when helping him. He was constantly thinking about his next two or three projects (often under the influence of something 🍺🥃🪴) and once he reached a point that the overall design was visible and substantially complete, it was like premature gratification 💦. He’d soon lose interest, move it to an open corner of the shop, or under a new tarp and start the next couple projects. 😅

[@dannyhamlett9196]

Bugatti would be nice to see back in the shop and have you thought about having addin visiting you have 2 great guys with you and been watching from day one

[@RuoteRotonde-ie1ts]

That Volvo has the potential to be something beautiful. 😎👍 I can't wait to see the customization after the rust repairs

[@istrum4u]

Hi all, Every flatty I've ever owned either ran hot or strait out over heated..I'm a little suspect about the plumbing of the single inlet and outlet radiator. The passenger side of flathead motors run hotter than the drivers side. I'm not beeing an armchair quarterback, I'm just stating a fact. Nice job boys and of course Jolene!

[@thomascooper193]

I would pass/run from that car. Go to Arizona to buy old cars.

[@donlandenberg8126]

Thanks for sharing with us today.

[@DennisCuster-zh7sf]

You need something to do chad

[@kathymitch-u9d]

volvo another one that will never get finished

[@ernestlewis1718]

not your why worry

[@kathymitch-u9d]

@@ernestlewis1718 seems 20 other people agree with me.

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

@@kathymitch-u9d congrats on being a good sheep troll

[@georgemartin8869]

Nate is the man

[@judgejury3230]

On the Volvo I'd weld the two back side windows up with metal and make it like a wagon. Put Hiltz Logo on the side in the back side window area.

[@hankroberts-mi3yd]

Hey sir..... I would not cut those braces out at the same time... ?? Man I wish I was there to help yall. I love this stuff and yer videos. THUNDERBIRD!! ESPECIALLY

[@marysambrizendine1012]

Nate and Doug are doing a great job for you and Jolene 👍👍

[@fonhollohan2908]

Nate is a old school mechanic, he's developed natural skills where he had to make things up on the fly that's what they did back in the old days when you didn't have the money you had no choice but to fabricate from scratch. I know one thing he must save Chad a bunch of money being able to problem solve and get things done with very little money.

[@mattjanzen86]

Great work, all of you! It is very enjoyable to see someone (Chad), that has built a BUNCH of cars, still willing to give credit, where credit is due (Nate, Jolene and Doug) and still willing to learn new too!!!

[@bugzeye]

And Nate's a genius!

[@johnpaulson9700]

Doug is a work horse nice job.

[@shaunjennings3352]

great video thankyou all , very much appreciated

[@russgould7458]

What would you do without Nate? Keep him happy!

[@rarebreed7971]

Man you guys attract more clowns then a circus help wanted ad. Cant wait to see where the Volvo go's! Ive got 122 that needs alot of help but you have been a big inspiration in my plan to customize the car, great team and content and how can you not love Fina!🐾 👍👍🇺🇲

[@MikeHerring-xc7qt]

Jolene, you must have a heavy-duty washer& dryer.

[@brucegerken1063]

Great video thank you.

[@Gas_n_Gears]

Wow! That's some disaster about to happen in British Columbia! The Chilcotlin landslide, above the landslide the river became a 200ft deep lake. Below the landslide the river bed is dry. The landslide itself is a dam that's about to break.

[@rickaccount]

wow..don't you just love the negative folks bringing down the joy level? .... wtf....Chad is Chad.. get over it... These projects are amazing, and his team is doing wonderful work...

[@michaelnieman6218]

Would you buy 1 or even drive 1 or allow your or child drive 1 of them

[@ernestlewis1718]

@@michaelnieman6218 just go away

[@timerickson8895]

​@@michaelnieman6218 why not

[@MrJackson66]

​@@michaelnieman6218 hell no, none of them are street worthy 😂, that's why he keeps what he works on, a liability when someone dies trying to drive a trash pile on the highway... I'll stick with vehicles that can pass inspection ! Even their "giveaway" vehicle from the failed TV show was passed on and the person who won took a cash payout instead of taking the deathtrap...

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

@@timerickson8895 dude its uncanny the haters ? …. I ll never get it … actually , i get it , but i will never understand it

[@plumbkrazy810]

waiting for WHAT'S next.. CHAD: FINA; AND DOUG..

[@markbeeby9707]

3 great lads and queen Jolene ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marioncobaretti2280]

Doug looks like squiggee from Laverne and shirley 😂Whats dougies, credentials ?

[@celwindin]

Looking forward to hearing the 33 start up. Looks amazing, you boys and the queen have done a great job. Luv the show. Keep on Keepin on.

[@craiglockyer]

Can't wait to see the dodge running and driving....

[@williampleasant1449]

Hey Chad its call Brazed not Bronzed ?????

[@tonivitanovic]

Patina/Pantena, Plexiglass/Pepsiglass, AlfaRomeo/Alfaromero

[@craigjenny7917]

@@tonivitanovic Don't forget "Elderbrok"

[@mikeflahart2784]

A dash pad easy head liner any thing quick and easy to make the car look more together on the inside would be a good idea.

[@dral9657]

For drive shaft and trans covers, we would sometimes try and find larger pipe and cut in half or the desirable height to cover but it’s tighter and doesn’t constrict very needed leg room. I’m 6’4 and 225 and need all the leg room possible.

[@gmc.joesousa4360]

Friday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bwsgarage]

Catching up, looks good, great pedal locations.

[@JoeBrown-xs7fk]

That steering link is a little long to not have a center support of some kind, need to spend a little time and figure out a support so it will not flex.

[@kevinstrawser5073]

You need an oxy-acetylene rig,a cutting torch would make quick work of that floor removal. You can also heat stock to shape it.cheaper than discs.

[@jamesslack8308]

The Volvo was a good rally car back in the day would be cool to see a little road rally influence in the design

[@petermartin6975]

I thought you had a plasma cutter would’ve been faster and no wasted discs but that’s just me the reason they put those indentations in the floor for when people get in the car with wet feet water settles in the low spots doesn’t rot out the unibody contained into the low spot.

[@user-lj1hi4xh6o]

Good job guys . another productive day.

[@markzollo3224]

Great post tonight. Very informative. Great job Chad. Your team seems to be getting better and better all the time. Thanks for the content. Incredible job Doug.

[@BigBlock-wf3mh]

I’d like to see the Volvo made into a Coupe!

[@johnkranz4004]

Coming along nicely Chad Doug and Nate

[@Hneely]

Doug’s shirt is hilarious 👍

[@mikeflahart2784]

Bad chad needs a cool easy diy dash pad for the 33 dodge. Could make one out of hiltz auto co t shirts.

[@bonnierichardson2278]

Whenareyougoingto finishJolenecar

[@deanostevenson9238]

Wow Nathan has a vast array off experience

[@lloydfriend1060]

Just give me a date and time for the Bugatti to start up and be finished. 😊 OUTTA HERE.😊

[@glynncawthorne1914]

Would you have to brace that car if you take out two support's?

[@scubafever282828]

Does the Dodge even run?

[@shake-the-earth1]

Chad, I think it’s great how you involve your team to explain how they fabricate. You are a good teacher on fabrication. Most people would just crush the Volvo because of all the work it needs. I think it’s a good classroom project. Unibody car’s would be better off with a box sub frame. Thanks for the video Jolene.

[@GCZGarage]

Great work !

[@RobertMariano-i7i]

hard to hear Chads explanation with grinding and cutting at the same time. See if you can find a way to turn off other mics..

[@frankducatelli2572]

WOW BAD CHAD LOVE VOLVO NEED LOTS OF WORK BY REPLACE NEW FLOOR TOP & UNDER YOU DID GREAT JOB HAVE GOODD WEEKEND BRO

[@scotttracey3748]

Nathan getting frustrated. Get er Done" always nice to watch great team work.

[@Ben-rj7xs]

I like how the exhaust looks except for the clean and shiny look it doesn't match the body it should change a bit when the heat from the engine does its job other than that I have really enjoyed this build. Thanks Bro.

[@RichardWilliams-q1r]

Heat that stuff up & use the scrapper

[@lindenjohnson1515]

I just cant see that ugly Volvo amounting to anything that remotley loooks like a hot-rod - sorry

[@1944chevytruck]

looking good!

[@rickpriami6659]

Most people would have walked away from that Volvo

[@scottbarham8455]

most people do nothing

[@mrmeowcomeshome1300]

Love the steam punk copper valve cover breather hose

[@mrmeowcomeshome1300]

@@marykay9188 oh, thank you for explaining.

[@mrmeowcomeshome1300]

@@Welder-y5x No, i really like it. I struggle to install an aftermarket brake booster and make it fit. Much less try to tie a hotrod together.

[@Doug490]

Nathan is a real ingénier ❤

[@roberturibe3150]

Yeap take that oot and that oot