Saving a '65 Monaco that has slept for over 40 Years

Wtf is with commercial in the middle of it?!
He'll get a sponsor for a video from time to time and plug them. All in all he's a good Tennessee kid, with good taste in classic cars (being mainly a Mopar guy). I've watched several of his videos and they're enjoyable for what they are.
 
Even a light restoration will put him upside down in that car. Would need to be a convertible to be worth the effort, (maybe).
 
None of his projects have ever involved paint and body work, unless it's to patch a big hole in the floor or trunk - he is in Tennessee, right (ducks!). His Challenger project is an impressive build, watch that all the way through 33 episodes or so. He gave away to a viewer a fairly nice 1978 T-Bird that he got driving and ready to roll, with a complete tune, all new brakes and tires, a good wash (it was much like the Monaco in initial appearance!), and a few little things.

And yeah, he does have commercials, since those are his sponsors. A lot of youtubers do, it is part of how they make money on YT. Love capitalism at work!

BTW, the Monaco cleaned up real nice, but the 383 is definitely needing rebuilt, as it's locked-up.
 
He gave away to a viewer a fairly nice 1978 T-Bird that he got driving and ready to roll, with a complete tune, all new brakes and tires, a good wash (it was much like the Monaco in initial appearance!), and a few little things.

Hey, if he wants to give me the Monaco after he fixes it up and gets it running, I'd be glad to take it off his hands . . . ! I LOVE 65 Monacos!
:lol:
 
Hey, if he wants to give me the Monaco after he fixes it up and gets it running, I'd be glad to take it off his hands . . . ! I LOVE 65 Monacos!
:lol:

He has given that one car away only. Kinda doubt another is in the works. Watch his channel. Ya never know, right?
 
I watched this video last night, and it drove me nuts that he NEVER bothered to clean the pine needles off the car. I thought the whole thing was stupid.

It seems to me a good FIRST step would be to either turn the crank bolt, or clean off the pine needles, before going to all the trouble of pulling that woefully neglected Monaco out of that woods. That car was obviously so far gone, it wasn't worth bothering with. OH, and, if you watch the video, there is so much Poison Ivy all around that car. Hope he's not allergic to it. No thanks.
 
The 65 Monaco has a full length console.
A year before it appeared in the Charger.
He wanted 30, 000 likes on the video before pulling the motor...he has 20k so far.
 
I watched this video last night, and it drove me nuts that he NEVER bothered to clean the pine needles off the car. It seems to me a good FIRST step would be to either turn the crank bolt, or clean off the pine needles, before going to all the trouble of pulling that woefully neglected Monaco out of that woods. OH, and, if you watch the video, there is so much Poison Ivy all around that car. Hope he's not allergic to it. No thanks.

You haven't seen some of the other vehicles he has brought to life, most in the same shape as this Monaco or worse. Yeah, I can never understand why he insists on hauling a vehicle WITH all the forest debris remaining on it. Reminds me of the people who leave the "barn dirt" on an alleged "barn find" thinking that makes it more valuable. To that, I say "take a whole shitpot full of pics WITH the dirt, then clean the damned thing up already!"

Watch his Challenger build series. That is very interesting to watch! He says right upfront that he is "learning as he goes" and doesn't try to pass himself off as some sort of pro restoration guy, or worse than that, a Richard Rawlings-type of buffoon.

He has performed a really dumbass stunt in one of his videos. He rescues a nice 1957 Dodge D400 from a pasture, and flat-tows it home with a towbar. Pretty straight-forward, right? BUT, he ties the steering wheel off!!! One never does that with a flat-tow OR using a dolly! How he got that home safely is by pure luck and divine Providence!

All that poison ivy! I agree, he must be immune to its affects.
 
I watched this video last night, and it drove me nuts that he NEVER bothered to clean the pine needles off the car. I thought the whole thing was stupid.

It seems to me a good FIRST step would be to either turn the crank bolt, or clean off the pine needles, before going to all the trouble of pulling that woefully neglected Monaco out of that woods. That car was obviously so far gone, it wasn't worth bothering with. OH, and, if you watch the video, there is so much Poison Ivy all around that car. Hope he's not allergic to it. No thanks.

Tell us how you really feel, yeesh.

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Not to mention, by the end of the video he does power wash the car and remove those wretched pine needles you speak of.
 
I have to say, I already like him better than the guy with the 65 imperial, at least this guy hasn't destroyed anything yet
Personally I've pulled off valve covers and seen waaaay worse than that, to the point if you take off the intake its just push rods going into a pile of gunk
Not sure what it was or what caused it, but we always called it paraffin, and it was caused by going way too long between oil changes with Quaker state oil
Educated opinions?
Anywho..... I'd just like to see him tear the engine down and see what the rest of it looks like
And I'd HAVE to get in that trunk and see what's in there, probably that snake LOL
 
I once pulled a 68 Chrysler sportgrain out of a yard in Alabama, It was a Georgia car and looked pretty good, stored in a shed that was half collapsed. The 383 was stuck tight. Water had found its way under the intake and had rusted through the valley cover into the engine. Every wrist pin was frozen in the piston. I got it all freed up, rebuilt the engine and it ran great.
 
In my area the subframes would have been toast. Car might have twisted or broken when started.
 
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