Restoration of unsellable 1978 New Yorker on Youtube

[spstan]

For those interested, there's a fellow on Youtube (posts by the name of "sleeperdude" who posted a video on a 1978 New Yorker entitled "Big Block Bro Ham - ant infested unsellable luxury car". This car hasn't run in about 20 years and he actually rebuilds the original Thernoquad carburetor. Paul

 

[Big_John]

Video is way longer than my attention span, but here's the link.

 

[Boydsdodge]

i put the play back speed to 1.5.
They got it going and out.

 

[CBODY67]

Did it become "unsaleable" before or after the ants took up residence? Remembering the "visible ant farm" kits of the 1960s.

CBODY67

 

[spstan]

Watching him rebuild the Thermoquad; I don't think I'd like to take on that project. Paul

 

[Boydsdodge]

I enjoyed that he had a good time with the kids helping, getting it going and moving back home. Nice property./

 

[mopar preferred]

Fake video.
Nobody leaves a vehicle abandoned in the weeds with the doors closed and windows up so the interior doesn't get trashed.

 

[patrick66]

He always has an entertaining project going on. I enjoy his videos, and dig the fact his kids are hands-on with much of each project.

 

[Justin Plant]

Whoever was running the camera drove me nuts listening to her, I had to mute it.

 

[spstan]

Sleeperdude has a new video where he powerwashes this Chrysler. What a difference but I'm surprised he didn't take the pinstripes off. Paul

 

[fury fan]

1.5 hours is way too much for me.
I fully understand the time/effort involved in editing, but if you want to put yourself on YT for the praise of strangers, you gotta go all the way.

If I'm putting something on in the background for 1.5 hours, it's gonna have Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, etc in it.

 

[fury fan]

And based on the title, I was actually hoping this was the rebuild of commando1's car back to the way he built it.

 

[CBODY67]

(Trying to perceive of a reason the ants would have been there to start with, related to "food"?)