No script, no fakery, no film crew. Just Jay Leno being Jay Leno. Love it

We've gotta turn Jay loose by himself in the garage more often, because the comedy in this episode is top-notch. “Signed by Chef Boyardee”...”looking like some deposed dictator's idiot son”... “when you have an accident, you're the first one on the scene”...knockout stuff.

Can we all take a minute to appreciate the fact that when everyone else was stuck at home, taking time off and otherwise not working... Jay picks up a camera and carries on being Jay. This man is a legend.

Jay seems like the type of guy you can talk to about engineering, or the weather, with the same drive. He can drive a Lamborghini, or a Corvair, and talk equally as good about one as the other.

I personally find Jay filming by himself and talking everything more personal and authentic it's done so so good! This should be a permanent change as Jay is a natural with the camera and everything i really enjoyed this.

When Jay passes away he won’t be remembered for late night etc. He’ll be remembered for the Jay Leno Museum of Automotive History. The premier museum of auto history in the world. Nothing will be close.

I worked at a local Chevy dealer from 65 through 68 who had a Corvair 95 pickup as a shop truck. I drove it a lot during those years and thought that it was a hoot to drive. Loved the presentation!

When Jay says "People aren't so bright when it comes to cars, they believe whatever you tell them" that applies to allot more then just cars.

Jay: “Buy for $600, + restore for $50k, sell for $12.5k” 😂🤣

Jay is at his best by himself just talking about cars. He is right, we don’t bond with today’s maintenance free cars.

In my hometown, the appliance dealer had one. They loved it! They could load and unload a refrigerator or a washer or dryer or large console TV (remember that was 1961) easily. Low entry height. If you drive it up to a curb, the ramp was nearly flat! I don’t know now, but they might still be using it.

Jay Leno is truly a national treasure, He emits nothing but respect and kindness to his audiences while speaking whether he is doing KZfaq videos, or when he did the Jay Leno shows. My wife and I were, and are true fans of his. Jay people like you are what really makes America great! I just gave my granddaughter a 1974 Fiat 1/9 that I was going to restore but it just wasn't in the cards. It runs and drives but needs some TLC. I told her I would help her as much as I can but I have cancer. I told her to ask her uncle to help her and trade labor with him. I told her it needs to be a weekend driving car as it has no airbags or safety equipment, I had to say that as my daughter wasn't real happy that I gave her a sports car to race around in. Keep on Truckin Jay, you are an inspiration to many;) Randy Watson Portland OR.

I feel like these episodes are like going for a ride with an old friend.

No damn pandemic can stop the man who loves all vehicles! 💯🇺🇸👏🏼🏍

Yes the mighty Corvair.. : ) My dad had like 3 different ones. (car version). One day were were headed to the junkyard for parts in one and he floored it and at top speed the rear axle broke and tire hit the fender.. He didn't panic and slam on the brakes, we just coasted to a stop.. We pulled out the toolbox and walked the rest of the way to the junkyard... Couple hours we later headed back to the car with another axle, threw on the spare, and off we went. Those were the good old days! : ) I used to love those trips to the junkyard, nothing like the discoveries made there!

I never watched Jay Leno on TV but I wish I had. He seems like a really nice person and someone you'd like to know. Fame and fortune certainly hasn't gone to his head like so many of the Hollywood types. I will definitely be looking more into his garage and amazing career.

Guys worth 1/2 a billion: does a complete restoration on a car worth $9k mint. Then does a complete show on it. Guys a national treasure!

Jay Leno on simpler times: "When you get in an accident in one of these things you are simply dead". Gold.

This brought back a lot of good memories for me. Between 1960 to about 1975, my family had a total of 9 Corvairs. I learned to drive in my mom's 1965 Monza convertible. She loved that car and so did I. Grandpop banged the front fenders of his into the garage door frame every other month. My drunken aunt totaled two of them and survived to drink yet another day. No one in my family died driving a Corvair.

This has to be the best Jay Leno's Garage I've watched. An honest discussion about an honest vehicle.

"If you're in an accident, you;re the first on the scene" LOL!

Jay, you're doing a fine job all by your self. We really appreciate your effort in bringing this content to us every week. Thank you very much.

I worked on a golf course in the 70's and there was a Corvair pickup we used to transport greens mowers. The side loading gate worked great. The real problem was the tendency for the side gate to hold moisture and was prone to rust. The cab forward and tight turning radius along with four wheel independent suspension was a great feature. Never saw many of these on the road.

Thanks Jay, you're a real friend. Really enjoy your company. Started off with my foster dad's 55 Chevy Bel Air with the best engine I've ever had, the 265, 3 speed on the column with a 2 speed rear-end which gave me 28 to 30 MPG. But I needed a van to take me to Mexico and Guatemala for my import biz and bought a 1962 Corvair Van. Designed a bed for a 6 foot person, a little closet with book-self and water storage, and bolted a large footlocker under the bed to act as a storage trunk. The van took me to Central America & back many times, put over 550,000 miles, changed oil every 3,000 miles, as well as some fan belts along with a couple head jobs. She gave me the same mileage as the Chevy, 28 to 30 mpg. Lost my storage space in Cal (I live in Hawaii) so I had to sell it not knowing what a great mistake that was. On my next trip I bought a 1964 VW van with a 1600 engine and drove it some 400,000 miles over the years, replaced 4 new engines at the Queretaro VW factory, always adjusting valves, changing oil, and driving in a gutless, dangerous tin-can. What a piece of crap. I tried many times to find another Corvair van, but thanks to Ralph Nader, no one wanted to let go of their Corvair van that was in any descent shape. How the hell did they take the Corvair out of circulation and let the VW tin can on the road??? Thank you for sharing your Corvair with us. Aloha

"If there's a crash, you're first on the scene". Another J L classic line.😂😂👍

These “low quality coronavirus” episodes have all been great. Feel less scripted, more chatty, just great. 👍

I love how Jay appreciates all those cars no one else seems to, and makes them special with the love he has for them. I never thought a car like this would be so interesting, but now I do. Thanks, Jay.

Great comedian, many years on the Tonight Show, but in my book Jay is all about classic cars. To go to the trouble of restoring these classics without regard to resale or investment, to present these wonderful videos to the public -- truly a gift to all of us older gearheads. Thanks to Jay and a few others like him on the net, the younger gearheads will continue on and take it from here!

"Modern cars are so maintenance free you don't really bond with them anymore." Jay's wisdom is such a gift to us.

Love these. I started out with JLG episodes when I was sitting with my father in his last years. Being a WW2 vet with Dementia, he couldn't follow plots of movies and other TV shows where what happened 5 minutes ago mattered but I soon found that he enjoyed each and every episode because none of that mattered. He could just enjoy being a "car guy" again and added much great commentary on the topic in front of him at the moment. Since he passed in 2017, I still return to these for a little "grounding" of my base. Thanks for that Jay.

I'm really glad guys like Jay exist to restore and protect these pieces of history. I'm also very envious of what he's able to do as well. I love restoring old cars and trucks but my much less bottomless pockets limits me to more common vehicles where parts are readily available. Also noteworthy here is he builds them to drive and enjoy. Not spend eternity behind a velvet rope 👍

These are a riot! I"ve completely restored one of these rampsides for a friend's father. Painted it the same Hugger orange/white color scheme, but a white roof top as well as the body stripe. Interior is painted like yours as well. I had around 600 hrs labor into it, replacing so much metal and vanishing several hundred dents. It became a very cool truck, very much the same as Jay's, but on a far smaller budget. The repairs did merit me a 66 Monza convertible as partial payment for my long efforts, a vehicle which I still own. Worked out pretty well. A gasoline heater is installed on that Rampside. It isn't quite as thirsty as portrayed. They work extremely well. That's what the owner desired, as its a Michigan truck. Very cool addition and interesting design. I was too, a bit leery of its safety until better studying it's design. When rebuilt and installed correctly, a gasoline heater is quite "seemingly" safe. Watching your video sparks a great deal of memories, of course as the build is very close to home for me and a mirror image of your truck had occupied much of 6 months of my "free time." It did win best of show in its category at Gilmore farms one year. It does bring smiles to see yours in great detail.

I love how he said he can't afford the expensive books... Really just meaning he won't pay that crazy price. He could afford to buy the whole book store

I just felt like I hung out with someone who loves what they do...he just happens to be well known. Thanks for showing me around.

My uncle bought one of these new back in the day, I think it was blue and white. All of us kids got to ride in the back and thought the ramp was really cool. Thanks for bringing back some good memories!

I love how charming Jay makes this truck sound. People pointing and waving and smiling when they see it. Then right at the end... "You get in a crash in this thing and you are simply dead" 😂

16:58 "Cigarette lighter. You have to have that, everybody smoked in '61." 17:04 "Ashtray. Gotta have that, everybody smoked in '61."

12:50 "I cannot remember that, Sorry about that" Jay being Jay, a complete Gentleman. Respect.

Love this one. My 1st Rampside I had. I bought from a neighbor in Minnesota in 1976. He mowed the county road ditches. He pulled it behind his mowing tractor for years so he had something to run home for lunch in. The 2nd one I bought in Lodi California in 1979. It had a custom made topper with a side door above the ramp side. It made a great little camper for a collage kid. That one had been fixed up and painted. I wish I would have kept it. But I wasnt sure about driving it all the way back to Minnesota when I finished collage. So I traded it for a 1967 Fleetwood. Another one I wish I still had. Thanks Jay. Always good memories.

I prefer when Jay is on his own - love to hear the total history of the car as well as all the new modifications / work that went into restoring that beauty. It's like he's having a one on one conversation with us and feels way more personal.

I really like these more basic vehicles instead of the unobtainable supercars.

I've always had a fascination with this style of truck/van from the early-mid '60s. My second car was a '67 Dodge Van A-100. When Jay talked about how unsafe they were re: front end collisions he wasn't joking. My knee still aches from a wreck in 1982 when a Ford pickup pulled out in front of me. The nothing-but-metal dash literally went through my knee. The entire front end of the van was demolished. I really love how Jay is able to pull up such history about these vehicles! Hopefully he'll keep doing it for us for years to come. Thanks Jay!!

I owned two Corvairs. My first one had the Gasoline Cannon heater. In Chicago winters it was great, Start the car, start up the defrosters and by the time you got out of the car to scrape the windows the ice was already melting. My second had the manifold heaters. With the way the engine seals leaked, we always got oil smoke in the car from the heat vents. They were fun to drive though. I love your restoration. The red paint and the oak slats were great.

You need to do more of these "just Jay" videos! This is the best show ever. You don't need a crew to give us outstanding content!!

I much prefer Jay's presentations of cars from his personal collection to those of other people's(mainly) performance machines.

I once had a customer with a 110hp Monza 2 speed auto. My boss and I fell in love with the car, it was a blast to drive, the owner's wife was an amazing cook, we so we spent more than one weekend at the customers house dialing in the carbs, valve train, alignment. That car got up to 90 in no time on the boulevard. Unfortunately the push rod tube seals had dried out from sitting too long and the heads needed to come off, the car filled with smoke after it ran for 20 min. The owner got a new job and moved far away so we never got to finish it. Thanx for the memories. And long live Clark's Corvair Parts.

Boy does that bring back childhood memories! My parents had a 1960 Greenbrier van. When they bought it, it was all red. Earl Sheib added the white strip. Looked just like your 95. I remember the gear shift linkage freezing up in winter and dad had to disassemble it and re-lube all of the u-joints. Dad also had problems with the throttle cable fraying and sticking at the firewall. Had to ALWAYS carry a spare fan belt. When it broke, it would overheat in minutes. Kept it for 3 years and traded it for a '63 Pontiac station wagon with 3 speed column shift.

Every VW type 2 single cab owner is saying “hold on, this looks familiar.”

This feels more like a conversation with a friend than an impersonal presentation from a living icon. I like the feel of the videos lately very much. Anyone can review the latest popular car. This is more of a relaxing trip down an unconventional path, of an unconventional piece of history. Thank you for the video. Much appreciated. 👍

Had a Corvair right out of High School ... loved it! Solved the "sway" in the from with two plastic bags of sand in the front trunk. Later a Pinto ... loved it! Great little car for the job of salesman I had with a local radio station.

I love Jay's quote: "People...they just believe what everybody tells them..." ...so well phrased, at any time in the past, present and future...

Growing up I had a friend who's dad had one of these. He owned a nursery and delivered plants and shrubs using it. The ram side made it easy to load and unload.

Loved the line "Looking like some deposed dictators idiot son." Gave a good laugh. Thanks Jay.

Man, I love this old Corvair. My dad had one of these and one of the Corvair 2 door cars when I was a kid. Brings back some great memories.

Jay, I’m sure you hear this all the time but I’ve just discovered your videos and I’m just blown away by your collection. Thank you for sharing it with us! I’m an aircraft propulsion engineer and this stuff fascinated me. That Owen Magnetic is fantastic!

"Where are you car 54?" Showing my age? Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) Kinda nice to be old enough to remember things no one seems to have heard of anymore.

'Looking like a deposed dictator's idiot son' (on driving around in a Lambo) Leno & Clarkson have the best turn of phrase

Jay, my father had two regular Corvair cars, a '62, and afterwards, a '67... I had absolutely _NO_ idea there had been a Corvair Pickup and full Van model offered whatsoever until I saw them both at a vintage custom car show sometime in 1989!

Thanks Jay. This was my first JL Garage view. As a Letterman guy I gotta say I rather enjoyed the fact that due to to the pandemic you were all alone in the production. You should do it more often. I liked the quietness of the garage as you showed the truck, and the one on one gave it a more personal feel,

Jay! What a guy!! I know he has more money than most everyone that watches his show , but I really get the feeling that if I saw him out he would prefer talking to a working guy like me over the Hollywood elite. Jay is extremely personable. Keep the shows going Jay thanks!

back then all cars looked different from each other; today, you can't tell one from another.

I really enjoy watching these videos. I'm by no means a car guy. But I like learning about the history and specs of the old vehicles. Jay does it in a way that even I as a lay person understands.

My Dad's service trucks and vans were all Corvairs , I put a lot of miles on them , they would throw the fan belt if driven hard ! My 1st car was a Corvair . We used to keep at least 2 or 3 motors standing by and could change them out in a matter of minutes ( I spent a lot of time under them ) and they were fun to drive. We also used the trucks to carry our horse back and forth to the lake so he could go swimming , we put a rail at the step up so he wouldn't fall down which he did the 1st time we tried it ( he didn't get hurt, he just sat right down on the motor well .) A lot of memories! My dad bought the 1st one sold in our area

It was 1969, and I was living in Mansfield, MA, 25 miles south of Boston. I was 17 and I bought my first car: a 1962 Corvair for $50.00. I loved that car and it ran great. I can remember one snowy winter when my friends were stuck in the snow, and my Corvair with studded snow tires plowed through it with no problem! I loved the manual on the floor! Just a wonderful first car, and I, too, get angry at people putting the Corvair down. Great review!

"I like a car that need's me" . . great line. Reminds me of Herbie!

Jay, that's a superb vehicle. Very well turned out. Beautifully finished. Its good to see your in good health. I recall watching you on the Des O'connor show back in 81 or 82, you were introduced as an "up and coming American comic". 👍

LOVE the COE trucks. Growing up our mailman drove a Dodge COE pickup truck to deliver mail. Always brought a smile to me when drove by.

I love the way Jay tells the story! It makes me feel like I’m in the time he is talking about.

I've owned & driven a few forward control vans over the years and I found sitting up front made you a better driver because of the lack of safety, but it's a great position for a city vehicle when you're coming out of narrow built up streets onto a main road because of the visibility you have both left & right. I really quite like the look of this pick-up & you've done a great job in restoring it. As for the split level in the back I think a fold up divider in the middle to separate the 2 levels would have been an ideal accessory.

Love this video Jay. There is a Corvair guy down the street from my shop. I stop by now and then. He always wants to pop the hood on my old Chevy and pulls out his screwdriver. A real mechanic. I always appreciate the information I get from your commentary and appreciate your love of oddball vehicles.

Thanks again Mr. Leno and I'm happy for you in doing good by doing well, and for enjoying these classic cars! Chevy also had a van version of the Corvair 95 called the Greenbrier. Back in the '60s and '70s when I was a kid, one of our neighbors on the next block South had one which he'd purchased new, painted in two-tone green metallic and white; he still had it when I left for college and it was still in beautiful condition. I don't know what ever became of it.

I seriously could sit here and listen to Jay talk about cars for days! Very intelligent and one of my hero’s! I hope to meet him one day!

"..because I can't afford the books.." Jay's Legend

Just saw a fully restored 60's Corvair. Beautiful! My '63 Ford Econoline looked similar in the interior. Three in the tree worked great. Stick shift is now a simple anti-theft device. My Van had a single master brake cylinder.

I've watched many videos of you with all different cars. I'm astonished by the vast knowledge you have on all types of cars. One viewer referred to you as a national treasure. I must agree with the up most respect. Keep up the great work.

Dude I love seeing Jay just doing these by himself he's such a funny guy😂

My Dad bought one of these exact Corvairs in 1961. We went everywhere in that thing. He drove it untill 1986 but never sold it. If he were still alive today he would still be driving it!

I love these pandemic videos. It’s so intimate and I feel like I’m right there and you’re talking to me actually. I’d like to see you keep the format and keep some of these in the catalog of videos.

My 1st vehicle was a1967 GMC Handivan. The engine was between the front seats and you were basically sitting over the front wheels in a cab forward design. It made it very easy to drive because you could actually see where the van was in relation to the road. I could change spark plugs sitting in the drivers seat!

I love it, Jay! And please continue filming all the never-before-seen-on-KZfaq cars in your collection!

"Those were simpler times. You get into a wreck in one of these and you were simply dead". Luv it. 😂

Jay, I liked the ride along with this vehicle. My dad had either a '61 or a '64 and it was the blue and white that yours was originally. My 2 brothers and I really loved this truck. I was 7-10 years old and had a younger and older brother. We'd help our dad load and unload whatever he had in it or just go along for the ride. This brought back some great memories from back then. Thanks!

Really enjoyed this and learned a lot. Saw these on the road when they were new but never knew too much about them. And good old down-to-earth Jay, with all his insight and humor. Great video.

Your one of the most important figures in automobile history preservation. Thanks for sharing all of it.

I love it when he starts talking about Ralph Nader, and is actually fair about it.

Restored a 66 monza spider convertible when I was fifteen.....oh the times we had!...including a small engine fire in Hudsonville Mi. Fortunately some snow was still left from a former snow bank to put it out... amazing how fast a guy can shovel snow with his hands when you are thinking the new paint and top were going to burn. Great video sir.

That brought back memories. The Corvair was a fun car that went pretty well uphill in the snow. I recall the van version was called the Greenbriar. There weren't many of these around. I think that I knew of one pickup used by a housepainter and a van or so. They did tend to burn oil but then I was in the mid-west where cars and engines didn't last long anyway. Studebaker was actually pretty good if you could get past the fact that they rusted out so fast. A couple of years and they all had lace curtain fenders from road salt.

Got to be one of Jay’s all time best videos. I felt like I was sat up in the cab with him. Thank you Jay!

“Signed by Chef Boyardi...” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 By the way, beautiful...

What a Great Sled…❤️ I love air cooled automobiles… I’m 69 years old, and I drive a 1971 Karmann Ghia…! This is my car, it’s my daily driver … When I was young, my dad purchased one of these …! He did custom painting on his off days. He was a fireman work 24 hour 48….! he used his Corvair truck to carry his pants around in… Thanks for the video Jay…🎶❤️🙏🏻

Jay love your cars you are a true car guy. I want to thank you for this show. I am a teacher along with my co/teacher like to show your wonderful classic cars to our students on a weekly basis. We call this our daily living class. It lets us go back and show the high school kids of today what we had back when we were young. The looks and replies we get from our students are priceless.

Hi Jay! I had a 65 Monza and it was my f-1 car for me. I would go down the highway at incredible speed and hit the off ramp like a maniac, and she would hold true all the way like it was on rails. I should never have let her go, just like all the other good things in my life.

"Signed by Chefboyardee" Hilarious! Loving these pandemic editions

Jay, you are a global treasure, and so is your garage. Your heart and passion for these wonderful vehicles comes through best when it's just you and us. These covid era videos of yours, are among my favorites. Thank you, for this labor of love, and for all the love and care you put into your garage. Thank you very much.

I remember learning to drive in our Corvair station wagon, the shift linkage was so long and was pretty loose, talk about having to "shift by ESP"....but that rear-engine also saved a young driver's life, went flying off the road at speed at 3 am, taking a four-foot drop into a field below. So, did it nose-down and crash-stop? Nope, all the weight was at the back, so it flared out like an airplane landing, in a cornfield, took a pretty bumpy ride, but we managed to make a big U-turn and get back to the road, probably pissed that farmer off, and had to pick corn-ears out of the chassis for a couple of days... ;)

I look forward to every episode. I love the "common man" vehicles that Jay brings back to become cool.

"it's signed by Chef Boyardee" LOL

I really love these videos. The conversation, checking out the car with the details and tidbits of info on history and what people did with these cars. I'm interested in that kind of thing and then Jay always gives a nice ride with a good conversation that makes you feel you're right there next to him. I just love that!

Just looking at the interior of his garage gives me chills. So many stories and history in there.

I love this format. I feel like I'm hanging out with Jay Leno. I can dream!