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Reviving Nolan's Imperial - On Road After 40 YEARS! - FULL LENGTH EPISODE

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Today we fix Nolan's Imperial and put it back on the road for the first time in 40 years!!

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20 Comments

@Donut 3 years ago Pinned

Such a fun week! I've decided I'll be replacing the leaky Fluid Torque drivetrain with a Mopar 727 automatic, just waiting on an adapter plate. I'll be sticking with Kevin's advice to have as many modern and easily replaceable components on the car. In the meantime I've lowered the car two inches, and I'll be ordering some hub adapters for some sweet wheels I think you guys will like. Thanks to everyone who has stuck with this build! Kevin- I'll see you soon buddy!

@bartdirven2853 3 years ago

13:53 This steel line is indeed an anti Theft system. It was used to prevent the posibility to hotwire the car by directly putting a positive wire to the coil. This system is also found in a Volvo Amazon also known as a Volvo 121 or 122

@highvoltage555 3 years ago

I was so sad that they smashed that whole video down into like what 12 minutes so I’m very happy for this upload I’m literally watching at at work

@DreaminGarage 3 years ago

Donut media and junkyard digs is the ultimate crossover

@thatidiguy 3 years ago

I would love to see a series where Kevin goes around the country and visits different YT car people and helps out with their projects. First stop: Tony Angelo, so they don't lose their shop.

@Suburbanhotrods 3 years ago

Fun fact as someone who’s work on a fair amount of 1930s-1960s Mopar’s, that steel cable went directly to a firewall mounted coil. It was wrapped liked that as an early form of radio noise reduction from the emf created on a positive ground ign coil.

@G4BRIELR0GERS 3 years ago

This is the dude you want on your crew in the apocalypse

@lostpompeylad 3 years ago

Nice to see an old lady, being reborn by someone who has genuine love for it, nolans smile was infectious at my house....

@EMPSBladeKnight60 3 years ago

41:39 Kevin unknowingly forecasting his own future

@KeeperOfTartarus14 3 years ago

Thank you so much for this! They had to cut so much stuff to stay in their video format and I missed all the JunkYard Digs Goodness.

@LucoreAuto 3 years ago

Huge HUGE props for you getting out there again and helping Nolan get his Ole Jalopy running and driving. You know the feeling that sets in, you've done it time and time again, and now Nolan knows it too. Nothing quite like it!

@shelbythecheese 3 years ago

9:37 Kevin stop fondling the antenna!

@klasmova2771 3 years ago

what a great collaboration, i hope that you and donut media can come together more in the future because I'm sure you could pump out some great restoration/informative vidoes

@Espersontheone 3 years ago

I have been waiting for this. That 13 min video did not do this justice. Thank you Kevin for uploading this! Cheers.

@IxsnipeddxI 3 years ago

“Now everything behind that has to spin yet”

The best Words of faith if I ever had heard some

@snarky_user 3 years ago

"Rock hard and cat get it off" is a bad situation to be in.

@_BAD_MERC_ 3 years ago

We've all heard the stories our dad told us about working on cars with his buddies in the driveway.
Unfortunately stories like that were always somewhat lacking but hey, those are memories you take with you.
It is so awesome to see this crew of guys all get together and make the impossible possible.
The drive down the road with all of you grouped in the car and everybody smiling is a priceless moment of true friendship.

In 20 years when you're telling your kids about this story, they can watch the video, too.

@MomThemeatloaf89 3 years ago

Knocking on that 1 mil subscribers door!

@laszlobauer5274 3 years ago

After watching the video @Donut, I was so sad, I felt like someone took away something from me. This is the Junkyard Digs way of presenting stuff! Thank you!