I cannot believe you left Texas Speed with an EMPTY truck bed! DUDE!

After your tour of TSP, I got to thinking about how much of their MASSIVE expansion over the last four or five years is a direct result of them rolling the dice with a corvette cart drivin’ 6’6” giraffe from Florida, and going stupid fast with a re-sleeved 427….. and they absolutely abused that frickin motor.

I just wanna thank Finnegan for putting out such positivity. Sometimes we need it more than we realize.

Mike one thing to appreciate about the obs is the ball chiller. Gm really thought about us men.

I still work in the printing industry. Couple of notes. 1. Ink gets everywhere and does require a lot of effort to stay clean. 2. It's very noisy. 3. That KBA press is massive and probably able to print 100's of thousands a copy and hour. Very cool

The best thing about Base model trucks. It gives you a lot more room to work with for your budget. And for this truck to be this clean, It saved you a lot of time in the project.

One of the best episodes in a while. It's great of you to meet with fans and hanging out.

This one hit close to home Mike. I work at one if the last operating press facilities in Southern California. Hard to see what was clearly a great facility left for dead. That was state of the art when it was closed. Great episode!

12,500 miles? That truck is extremely clean, holy crap

Never gets old watching a GMT 400 Build!

Ive got twin 95 rcsb step sides. 1 V8 5 speed 2wd, 1 V8 auto 4x4. And a 94 with the 6.5 detroit. These trucks are finally gaining some more popularity. Simple to work on, limited emissions crap. Decent trucks.

57:48...Joe minus a flat bill hat adds 20 plus years. Bad grandpa Joe

I had a 97' Chevy 1500 Work Truck with a reg cab, 8ft bed and the 4.3L. Great truck. After driving it for 10+ years in the Northeast, with an open diff and 2wd, I can drive just about anything in the snow. It was so much fun to drift in the rain/snow. Even with the 4.3, all I had to do was give it a little gas and cut the wheel. Good grab Finnegan!

There's alot of people that just love these obs any new content on em is a must watch

"Triumph" was a Canadian 70s/80s rock band from Toronto.

My older brother was a LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTER for his entire career. He worked on four color presses and would bring home proof sheets sometimes. I hauled and delivered giant rolls of paper to different places. 5 or 6 rolls would be around 45,000 lbs.

Solid episode. You had me at the Big Trouble in Little China reference.

Not gonna lie when you guys were leaving the hotel and Joe didn't have his hat or glasses on I was like oh he must be a fan a ride. Then he talked and realized it was him. 😅

Joe looks extremely different with no hat and clean shaven. Didn't recognize him at first

I dont think I have seen a 90s truck this clean. I cannot believe you found it in this condition. A blast from the past. I also grew up in the 90s and loved the mini truck/NOPI stuff but at the same time I see the value in keeping it stock. Still it has to look good for SEMA.

I think that Busch Series V6 you got from Freiburger would be pretty sweet in this truck!

That truck is more than beautiful enough to win as it sits

That truck is Bulletproof the way it sits

Love that no matter how popular you get that you still go out of your way to stop in for fans. That’s why you guys have stayed so popular

I still enjoy playing with the 4.3.

That truck looks amazing as is! What a time capsule.

Rad is one of the best movies ever and I have passed the tradition onto my 15 yr old son. When I first seen the truck I was thinking u were going to build something crazy out of the aluminum 4.3 you have. If I remember correctly u got back from Friburger

I have a 94 gmc stepside that had a 4.3 in it. It now has a built 1st gen 350 4 bolt with a carb. 5 speed. Bucket seats. Would love that bench for mine I have 2 kids that fight over who want to ride in it.

That old Austin American statesman build is awesome. I spent plenty of time working on copiers in those buildings. On the truck, that's not a work truck. It's an SL. It was most likely custom ordered the way it is.

Never seen that side of you with your fans Mike, you are definitely legit my man! Much respect

I just love that Mike is a fellow mini trucker, though he must be a little younger if his Toyota was a ‘94. I bought a new ‘85 Nissan for $5995 when I was 16. No power steering, no a/c, no cruise, no power windows or locks, vinyl interior, no radio, no mirror on passenger door, and no rear bumper.

What I like about it is the glass headlights and not those yellow plastic ones I keep the work truck Grill just put some Halo headlights in it

Would be awesome to see that facility running at full capacity back in the day. What an operation

Beautiful truck! Almost a museum piece truly. Can't wait for the build. 😎🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

RAD... such an iconic movie from my childhood. Such a relatable episode.

this is awesome, i love gmt400 trucks, i got a 96 suburban and i love it! i want the whole world to know how good they are haha!!

Be careful with that ankle, my wife broke her right one in 99 very similar to yours and had to have plate and hardware and then about a year later had to have that removed because the screws were backing out and just broke it again in the same place last August so far the hardware is holding. I hope you can avoid surgery and heal properly and quickly. Good luck Mike

Oh man, my first truck was a 1994 Chevy W/T Regular cab long bed, in that exact some color. Loved that thing...some serious nostalgia here! I didn't know you could still find one so clean...treat it well!

I love this project idea. In high school, I bought a clean 93 Chevy long bed standard cab work truck with a 4.3L and 160k highway miles for $500. My dad and I bought a 350 with a detonated piston and rebuilt it with a cam, flat top pistons, double roller chain, etc. He used to rebuild engines for a living and still had machine shop access. The electronics and EGR were a little tricky because the 350 was out of a 91, but we made it work. Didn’t have the budget for high end speed parts, but we cut out the junk catalytic converter and put in dual exhaust with a flowmaster 40 series. Definitely made some nice noise. Pulled out the old worn bench and put in a nicer set of Dodge Ram seats we got from a junk yard, after a little fabrication with the mounting hardware. Threw in some new carpet, looked like a whole new truck inside. Probably only had a couple thousand bucks into the truck (not including our labor), but it was a fun project with my dad and I ended up with a pretty cool truck for a kid in high school. Can’t wait to see what you do with this one! Thanks for all the cool projects you share with us!

You're so awesome to your fans and I hope I get to meet you one day.... I'll bring you some sick ass cassette tapes if you do this again in Florida...... Thanks for being a great guy and sticking with us here on KZfaq. A lot of us guys and gals appreciate it Mike ✌️

These obs trucks are just so good looking

Just randomly found a white long bed 4.3 obs on FB for $3,700 OBO pretty clean and only 102K miles. If i needed a truck id be all over that.

That color is Indigo Blue Metallic, I saw that truck sell on cars & bids in December 2023, and it had steel wheels on it, so the guy that bought it must have swapped out the steel wheels for the ones that are now on it. Cool truck, I can't wait to see it completed.

You could have a badass go cart track in that warehouse space!! Time trials racing against yourself, fastest time wins... Like Isle Of Man.😎

"Never heard of Triumph...." broke my heart. Failure of America's education system.

Gotta love that Texas weather.

the warehouse tour was awesome! Thanks for including that. Super clean truck! Will be a cool build. I'll buy the datsun so you can have some gas money.

I'm jealous; my 2000 Jimmy has the HO 4.3 V6 and I'm only getting 14~16 MPG. On the other hand, it's making 30+ HP over that engine. It's a peppy little truck.

I say keep the v6 because it is rare, low mileage, and unique because basically everyone else has v8’s. Lower it and build the factory engine. Maybe a tt kit or supercharger?

Dare I say, thank goodness Cody didn't get this? 😅 Also, I had a blue and gold two-tone extended cab shortbox 350 vortec auto 98 myself. Had 165k km on it when I got it, had 285k on it when a student driver cut me off and wrote it off :( best truck I ever owned. Famous 1 wheel peel lol mine had full power blue interior and the same 15" wheels, though it was the chevy cat eye front end.

27:13 .... hey Mike I worked on a printing press just like this. That is a plate. Ask your buddy if he found any press blankets. They are heavy duty rubber and covered the print rollers. I have one and use it under the car during oil changes. They are awesome and come clean easy. It has been used under my leaky cars since 97.

I've got a 1990 c1500 shortbed, 5.7L, auto, with 130,000mi. Two tone gold and dark red. I bought it to replace my K1500 which was totaled last year when I got hit on the highway by a woman who fell asleep at the wheel. It was a 5spd. I want to save the steering column, pedals, and maybe the instrument cluster and convert the new truck to 5spd. The transmissions are different, so I will have to find an NV3500 or 4500. So far I've lowered the rear 2'', but staggered the tires with larger rears. Bilstein shocks, new water pump and distributor. I love these trucks Finn, the old one, that I named Darlene, saved my life in that wreck and I have so many good memories with the truck. I named the new one Nadene. I also doubled down and bought another 1990 k1500 5spd. The last of the Scottsdales. Black and silver two-tone. I plan to restore it and keep it as stock as possible. I hope you enjoy your truck Finn, looks like you got a really good one. Excited to see what you do with it. Thanks for the videos, -Andrew from Louisville.

Finish the damn Caddy!!

You put 15000 miles on it , doing burn outs 👍👍😂😂😂😂

Awesome to see two of my favorite worlds colliding! Super cool to see Ricky was able to be around for this

Mike, your truck is equipped with the optional gauge package. It was a $57.00 dollar option I paid for in 1991.

1000 hp with a v6 and a crescent wrench I can't wait hahaha

What makes me sad is I know the handsome stock look of this incredibly clean truck will be destroyed.

I love the movie rad... I still have one of my BMX bikes hanging in my gpas garage

The invention of the inkjet printer was the first of many major blows to the printing press and newspaper/advertising industries! Millions of jobs lost and millions of dollars worth of once technologically advanced and highly expensive and crazy mechanically advanced machines, just setting up and collecting dust and rotting away in time, all completely operational and made up of thousands of highly precise and advanced parts and pieces! I worked at one of the last operational printing presses in central Alabama back in 2012, NTA Graphics, and I will never forget how much I learned and how much the whole process blew my mind, how much is involved in just printing a single sales ad for one single company, let alone a whole collection of inserts/sales ads from multiple companies, every week, how much pressure was on The operators and editors to get every single color and every single border correct, it was a real high stress environment. It was a good thing I only got paid to stack papers on pallets and prepare for shipping 😅😂

Have y’all seen the Motion Raceworks OBS? Wicked fast!

Hey babe, wake up. Mike just posted 👊🏼💙

I had my bmx bike painted that color by the local Chevrolet dealership Back in the 90's. If you want to mount that on the the truck for Sema that would be rad as hell!

Joe needs his beard back and hat. When he got in the truck with the blue plaid shirt on I thought he was your dad. (I have no idea what your dad looks like, but Joe looked like he could have been)

Mike just flew on airplane during this Boeing debacle but his terrified about riding on an elevator on a golf cart. Lol

You know you've made it when your camera car is a Ferrari!😂 That truck is ridiculous! What a time capsule! When I first saw that you were gonna mod it, I thought "Nooo!" But then you said V-6, and, yeah, now I get it. Damn good bones to start a new project! Looking forward to seeing the end project. It was sad to see a once-great industry just basically fail, though. Good episode, y'all! Have fun, y'all!✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

Perfect platform for a SS clone twin turbo 632. Beautiful truck

Get that caddy finished up for sema!!!! 🤟🏼😆🤟🏼

OBS is the most over used term in the toxic truck community. 2020 = ObS

37:34 Mike, I married a girl who had a crush on NKOTB back in the day. 23+ years later she still listens to them occasionally and I just head down to the basement to put Zeppelin 4 on the turntable and crank it.

dude, you are so gracious with how you handle people. I look forward to the day I can meet you, but maybe we'll have some beers so it be a bit more... authentic! Love ya, man!

I swapped in a $25 tach gauge setup from a 93 into an 89 4x4. Lots of splicing. Free 2003 seats, $50 Toyota alloy rims, free tires, $300 700R4, $100 Silverado front end, 120K TBI 350, $50 rear sliding window. Still need rug. Freebie truck.

I'm with Finnegan. It blows me away that all of that. Entire factories, just gone... All because of a phone. Like, i like technology. I built my computer, have a home server, networked my whole property. But mechanical machines are just SO much cooler!

Love the GMT400. I had a ‘98 Z71 ext cab that when I sold it, it had 336k miles when I sold it. Wish I kept that truck.

The first time I ordered a brand-new truck, I wanted it that color, It was a 2004 Indigo Blue Metallic Z71 Step side. I waited 4 months for it to come in, It drove me nuts! So for me, that was the end of ordering a new vehicles. I have this issue where I do not like to wait, I want it now. lol.

Seriously, this would have to be 1 of my favourite episodes of yours Finn. Just so much fun watching all of those fans with you and Joe. So cool 😎

you can see it as soon as fans show up you are one of the nicest people in the internet world. thanks for all you do

Two or three episodes in one video! Great FSM Garage!

i wanna thank u for being my childhood and well giving me a passion i really never understood why i liked it until i grew up a lil more. trust me you n your old roadkill days touched a lot of people in different countries i remember every night with a plate of chicken or noodles i used to just watch you david wrench on cars it really gave me well enough passion to do the same i just got 2 more years until i get to wrench on a car cause of reasons. still i love you bud keep it up.

I just inherited my late grandpa's 1996 GMC Sierra 1500 SL extended cab 4.3L. The only option it has is carpet, which I've already removed because it was trashed. Now unlike yours, mine had 174,000 mi and was my grandpa's work truck so it needs body work and paint. I'm planning and saving for a body-off resto mod. with a turbocharged LS, T56 swap, 9" rear-end, Holly tuning, 5-6" drop, etc! I'm excited to watch this series as I'm sure I'll learn a lot to apply to mine!

Hi Mike hope ya get walking without those sticks soon. I broke an ankle in 5 places once no fun at all. As to the truck I bought a 1993 that looks very much like your 98 Not having a fortune to play with I lowered the back dropped it 3 ins. Installed Bosch platinum plugs and replaced the exhaust with a flow thru system picked up about 50 hp then changed out tires and wheels stayed with 15's but went to 275/60's all the way round it drove great,Bought a color matched canopy for it, Sold it in 98 when I bought an Earnhardt Silverado SS but thats another story

Ahhhh, Rad. That bike dancing scene is so iconic in my mind. I think BMXers call it flatlanding? Send me an angel Send me an angel Right now, right now

I LOVE MY RAM interior lol. That's my challenge to you Mr Finnegan make the GMC interior look as good or better than a RAM , Killer Dwarves!!! Love from Canada

A little bit of different idea, but just hear me out. Build up the V6, add a couple of turbskies. How many times would you see another like that at any show or cars and coffee?

Looks like Revival Cycles is one more thing to dislike about Austin, the little San Fran of Texas. I am born and raised from Forth Worth so I am allowed to judge.

i have a 97 chyenne 4.3 with 411986 miles original engine and manual trans i have used this truck HARD and its gone thru all of my kids still runs like a top

In the middle of watching your video now on my TV. Send a new comment from the phone I think it is so cool that you are meeting all these people and trading things, and when you sign that little boy's cap, that was really awesome.

i just bought a 2002 GMC Sierra SLT with 54000 miles 1 owner garage kept pristine condition paid top dollar for it one awesome truck will keep it forever

104:39 dude taking about Joe Satriani Surfing with the Alien!!! Greatest guitarist and greatest guitar album ever!!! I've listened to Joe for 35+ years! Wish I still had my cassette. Cd is in my car stereo right now and has been for years!!!

Right on can't wait to see this build! Also we are getting a Bucky's just west of Phoenix in a town called Goodyear. Not to far off the I10

Every time I hear someone mention Operation Ivy, it takes me back to high school shenanigans and hangin out with my best friend Darby… RIP man. Thanks for the smile, Mike!

I have a 93 Chevy K1500, 515, 000 kilometers. 4.3 Engine was rebuilt @ 383,00 kilometers , obd 1, will do 140 kilometers. I live in Surrey B.C Canada where the Mountains meet the ocean , it still corners good. Going up hills with a engine in the box, it hauls ass up a hill. I bought it for $500 8 years ago.

I love the Kevin Schwantz. Miral in the background of your shop in the warehouse Texas

You know sometimes you guys make me livid. This is a unicorn of an OBS. AND YOU ARE GOING TO DESTROY IT. Prove me wrong.

Buccees is heaven on earth

Cool that you do these parking lot fan meetings you did one a few years ago in London Kentucky and my son was there he really got a good vibe from it thank you for being a stand up guy 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The movie Rad was one of my favorites plus The dirt bike kid was a classic along with gleaming the cube.

What an awesome road trip. Thank you both for sharing it with us. Be blessed brother

One good bit of info on OBS trucks with daytime running lamps...if you are working on it and don't want the headlights to run the battery down with the ignition on, set the parking brake and the headlights will go out.

Sometimes being a bolt-on boy isnt too bad. Not everything needs to be hard