30+ Years Sitting & Waiting: Getting the Brakes & Cooling System Running on a 1958 Bel-Air

[@Big88Country]

These old Chevy motors were meant to run a lifetime.......maybe 2! Imagine if they would have had ceramic coating back then! You can rebuild these old motors with today's tech and they will last forever!! Man, I love the look of the 58, but my all time favorite is a 60 Chevy bubble top 2 door Impala with the 348. My Dad had one that was Roman red, and we put bucket seats and a center console out of a 60 something T Bird. The car looked like it just rolled off the factory floor, we kept it immaculate. That was supposed to be my first car, but he sold it when I was 14, it crushed me!!! Man, the inside of that tank looked almost pristine, got really lucky there! New sub.

[@dcallan812]

For the age the tank is spotless. Great video 2x👍

[@dennisbrown2571]

IMO, the best looking 50's chevy. Great find.

[@bramlintrent1145]

Always liked them, too -- especially in the strange 2-tone colors.

[@carguy4658]

I like this car, it has personality!

[@jerrytate9394]

Great 2 videos! It is good to take alternate route ever so often! Many other high subscribers do the same. Corvettes are great, but other vintage cars are too!

[@fantail75]

The Miracle of small block Chevrolet engines. Turn signals and starter switch!!! I love this car already.

[@7477corvettes]

Nice job, keep plugging away at it. 😊

[@roberteshaw9520]

The 283 sounds good.

[@ClassicChrome86]

Really enjoyed this. Look forward to more!

[@Formula455resto]

You left us hanging.😱😆

[@SweatyPockets]

Really like this project Ben, looking forward to more

[@collinsje5]

That poor old Chevy needs "the laying on of hands". The interior looks like a wildebeest died in there. Good luck!

[@Jimsathome]

A cut off ending , but now I want to see the next one Ben! I love '58 Bel-Airs!

[@johnsarian_cu]

I've always been impressed with how well older low compression V8s start and run.

[@oscartheg6674]

What a nice kitty cat you got there it purrs.

[@Pantheragem]

LS, etc. are great, but I still feel the small block Chevy is the greatest of all engines. I mean, that thing just sat there and idled.

[@dendkmac]

Evening Ben going to play with a toy today hey look forward to it

[@ronaldhagadorn5512]

The horn doesn't work. That's a Maple motors car. Lol

[@zedrone7975]

Ben, is there any signs that this car ever had an aftermarket under dash A/C unit installed in it?

[@glennstatham960]

Always put in the hottest thermostat you can, it will help you in Winter, and even like a 180 thermostat, it will stay open in Summer.

[@TheCorvetteBen]

We don’t really have winter in Texas. Entire winter last year we didn’t have one snow day

[@glennstatham960]

@@TheCorvetteBen I live in tropical Queensland, Australia. We have a dry season and a wet season. The coldest it ever gets here is 6 degrees Celsius (about 42F) lol.

[@gerry-p9x]

Fan sits too deep in shroud. Turbulence will create sir flow to impede cooling

[@gerry-p9x]

Dimmer switch or work. Dash back and forth few times

[@d.r.ledbetter2286]

Fuse block and relays ?? maybe corrosion on the contacts or just a hacked harness.

[@jonpeters2700]

The body repair panels are not very expensive either, repair the rust with the proper panels.

[@joedaly4195]

BEN - Where are the Corvette's?

[@tomsrensen9382]

They said it's gonna fit -- how often have you heard that promise from a vendor?

[@odahithedubious2017]

"Ran when parked." Same thing, different words. People are honest. Just not all of them. And sometimes they are just mistaken.

[@briancritchley5295]

Did you flush the block ?..

[@stevelexdan7384]

Driver's rear brake shoes are backwards. Should be short shoe in front.

[@SSmith-fm9kg]

"...and hope the car doesn't burn itself to the ground." wait...WHAT?

[@عليالعراقي-ع2ت3ي]

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[@lesdabney2144]

Is that old water pump going to hold up? What was the chain with the radiator for? I enjoyed watching.

[@LovelyAbyssinianCat-ye6bd]

He doesnt act to thrilled about working on this

[@jeffreyshepherd8488]

First human not first post 😂