Videos; YouTubers, etc and so on... looking for content

[Curt Lee]

Since I've been unable to actually acquire another p-15-23 so far, I've been making do satisfying myself with watching videos about them. Some of them are pretty informative and the producer seems genuinely interested in the cars; some are so poorly presented that they are actually painful to watch and the inevitable judgment of the producer is "Imma put a V8 in it anyway", which is genuinely off-putting after watching several minutes of them struggling with 6-volt batteries and positive grounds and Lockheed brakes...

A couple of guys do come across as fairly genuine car nuts and MoPar fans, and do a decent job of reviving slumbering flatheads into life. 

And some of you guys have some videos on repairs and maintenence out there, it seems. Having a visual representation of the theories of operation of the various systems is really great. So; anyway; if you have content to share, please do! 

(So far I've watched Keith rebuild a 218, some other fella adjust the brakes, a few guys get stuck engines running without tearing them down(!!); all pretty informative and watchable stuff.

[Sniper]

I have a couple, more as addendums to my website than full blown how to's.

 

This is about the most complete how to video I have.

 

 

[Ulu]

Curt, I feel sorry for some of those guys struggling with the unknown.

 

I was lucky because when I was little my dad gave me his 1957 Motor’s manual which covered all the ‘40s cars. It was a big deal when I bought the P 15.

[Curt Lee]

I used to have a bunch of those big manuals, picked them up cheap at the thrift store; might still have them somewhere but still don't know where all my stuff is from moving out of Charleston. Lucky I have my shoes and socks.

[keithb7]

I have put a fair bit of time into the YT video creating thing. Mainly when I had decent content to share. I had Mopar projects to accomplish. Lately I’ve been just driving my cars. Enjoying them. Reaping all the benefits from my work. I’m not overly interested in fabricating YT content or drama for the sake of creating another video. If I actually need to work on one of my old Mopars, and have something half-decent to share on YT, I will.  I’ll upload content. I’m not interested in buying more cars just to create more YT content. I believe some YT creators actually do that. I guess some folks want to make a living from YT.  Sounds like a full time job! I already have one. Lol. 
 

At the risk of being called-out here, I kinda have my sights an a pre-1920 ish Model T. Someday when we’ve resettled down in the valley bottom here maybe.  I’m not risking my life, up and down the steep hill here driving a flivver! Possibly having to drive up it in reverse. Lol. Now that would make good YT content. Watch me back-up the hill for 3 miles.  ?

Edited October 12, 2023 by keithb7

[Los_Control]

I think you are 100% correct @keithb7 I do watch a channel called DD speed shop and they do exactly what you say.

They create content by buying different cars and doing different things with them .... I'm still fascinated with them because they take old cars and create content from them.

I remember a 4 door 57 chebby he cut the roof off of and made a 2 door convertible out of it.

He cut the roof off then tried to install a complete new floor pan under it ... The car literally broke in 1/2 while getting the floor pan installed, but hey ho he got it did.

He actually had a convertible frame for the car and the only reason why he took on the project to begin with ..... was good content watching him fumble through it.

 

Same difference when he rebuilt a 57 chebby Nomad, pretty rare and high end car .... he saved it from a scrap yard, rebuilt all the metal on it then drove it from
Canada to the Southwest USA on power tour ... That was last year, This year he rebuilt a 62 nova and made a gasser out of it with a straight axle front end and a high performance 327 .... They just got back from California to Canada and it is a toy.... it is his girlfriend car .... Youtube pays for all of these shenanigans, including the house next door. He rents the house out while using the 2nd garage for more space to build more cars .... He works a full time job as a mechanic, youtube videos pays for all of the extra shenanigans.

 

Youtube is not for everyone, but there are some that are really good at creating interesting content  .... Good bad or otherwise, that is how the game is played.

[Los_Control]

I just wanted to add that @keithb7 has the face and the patience  to create informative videos ..... Not everyone does ... I certainly do not.

It is a open option for Keith if they choose to go that direction.

[RNR1957NYer]

I guess I have a varied taste in YT content. There are YT channels I watch to learn something directly related to my car (Keith’s channel), and I too enjoy Dan/DD Speed Shop turning six cylinder four doors into two door hot rods (even if they are generally Chebbies).  There are a few channels I support monetarily (I used to buy several car magazines each month but there is little print good subject matter these days, so I spend my subscription money to keep video I like on the air).  These are:  Pole Barn Garage (guy and his 14 year old son have a blast building a variety of decent streetable stuff on the cheap using self-tappers and Bondo; Dalton’s message, like DD Speed Shop, is drive it!), Carter Auto Restyling (a metal working artist saving twisted rusty crap seamlessly with off beat humor), Strong’s Garage (Early Ford experts using period tools in a restored turn of the century garage I’d live in!), Shed By The Tracks (cranky old guy like me building and rebuilding a Model T speedster in his underlie single bay garage with hand tools, original soundtrack music and wit) and the channel that I cannot recommend highly enough: Cold War Motors (Scott, another extremely talented body man, and his large bunch of friends have a ball messing around with all kinds of cars with silly car related interludes while having a lot of laughs and I aways learn something).  Do yourself a favor and check these channels out - i bet you’l find one you’l stick with.