Well Derek, this is my thought. Being this truck looks like a smaller version of you're big square body you just finished. You and Bentley should do the engine & tranny swap. Then you could put Little Grip Garage on the doors. I think that would be so cool to have those two truck in your shop. Also in the future you & your son can go on power tours together with them.

Everyone watching sincerely appreciates the time, effort, and energy you and Jessica put into producing family friendly content for us to watch. Thanks again VGG.

I can honestly say you’re my favorite KZfaqr at the moment. Your honest, humble, and have a good sense of humor. You don’t try to do that click bait nonsense, and aren’t overly dramatic. What you see is what you get…. Thank you for being yourself and real.

You know you have a problem when you're watching VGG first thing while drinking your morning coffee.😅Totally addicted. Countless hours of top notch entertainment. Best car show out there.✌

So happy to see the “will it make it home” format again!! I know it must be super difficult for a family man with so many other responsibilities to do these types of videos, but I truly love them, and I think we all really appreciate the incredible amount of time and effort you put into them.

Every young feller who helps his Dad as well as Bentley, should have the privilege of designing his first pickup. I say, let Bently design this pickup from start to finish! Theme it out as a crossover from Little Grip to Vice Grip! Bentley is THE MAN on this one! Go Dad!

Derrick you have broken the algorithm with wholesome, clean, educational fun. Nobody deserves it more. Keep making people laugh and teaching them how to be good to each other. I speak for us all. We love you and your family and appreciate you bringing us along for the ride

"Keep the truck. Make it run." Wise words.

Nice truck. Looks like it would be a good candidate for a simple engine swap and put her back on the road.

With it having a title and the overall body in such good shape, my vote goes for swapping in an engine and transmission, then patching up and fixing any small remaining issues. I think it has a LOT of potential to be an excellent truck for you all! :)

It’s unbelievable how you start these vehicles. Your patience is astounding. Thanks for the enjoyment.

This guy has made up his own language at this point 😂😂

Every new episode of “can a guy get this fired up and scoot it on home” just makes my day.

Hey there Derek just want to let you know that you made the last months of my Dad's life v much easier to go through. He was sent home on hospice in August of last year and while he was in the hospital he discovered your show. And he just love you and how you could just make anything work. He's always tell me "that oh boy they're can take a carriage and turn it into a Cadillac." I made him up a playlist of all your shows and he would always just constantly be watching your show while he was awake. the last few weeks of his life he didn't really stay awake very much but, when he was he was watching your show. The night before he passed away he came a life like it was nothing wrong with him, and he and I sat and watched the episode about Betty White. Shortly after it was over he went back to sleep and never woke up again but you were the last thing in the world that he gave a damn about on television and that means a lot to me and you will always hold a special place in my heart. God bless you brother and have a wonderful day thank you so very much for all that you did to help my Dad's life little bit better towards the end.

I find it funny af that he can tell you everything about the current state of your vehicle by tasting the oil... love your videos

I have watched so many of your videos and always enjoyed each of them. While watching this older one I realized that one of my favorite parts is when you have the boys helping out. They act like they enjoy helping and I believe that work is good for them. Thanks for including them and your wife in this.

Too nice to part out. I like the idea I saw in the comments of letting this be a "Little Grip Garage" version of your truck you finished recently. Letting Bentley have input on it and someday get to drive it with you while driving your bigger one would be so wholesome it could bring a tear to a feller's eye.

I feel like every vehicle will tell you if it wants to keep going. This one wants to live!

I am in tears when you looked at the air cleaner! OHHHH NOOOOO! The 2 Barra! 🤣🤣 I have worked on those and I feel your pain!

Your lingo & the way your soft spoken it’s perfect for working on an old beater ! Love the energy man

I would love to see you make her into a going to town rig and not strip her for parts (besides, she looks great and has a title!). Also, instead of a V8, I think it would be a lot more interesting to do a budget rebuild of that 6 cylinder and do some budget performance mods to it. Would be much more unique than just another V8 swap. Thanks for all you guys do!!

Family friendly is important. Love it

I love it when Derek says something like "This door pannel is shot", as if he hasn't driven chasis with larger rust problems. Derek, sir, oh mighty Automage, you own a welding device. Nothing made of metal is shot, it just needs work! 🤣👍

Everything happens for a reason Derek. The engine swap has even been started for you; it would be rude not to keep it going. It does mean you still need a parts truck, or a box at least, but that rig's way too nice to break for parts. You asked Bentley and he had no doubts: no point in asking if you're not going to listen to him.😂

I would thoroughly enjoy a quick tear down of that engine just to find out what is actually wrong with it.

I'm so glad I found this channel yesterday! This guy has to be one of the funniest people working on cars. This series of videos are going to be some of my favorites I've watched three now and have been laughing since. Good job my man keep it up, please.

I don’t know if you ever came up with a conclusion on what to do but I’d love to see the old truck revived and driven. Any smallblock would be good even if it were a 305 or a 307. I think the whole thing is just too decent to use for parts personally

As a channel fan from up north of the 49th, my vote is that you keep the rig together and make it run again. I'd like to further suggest a theme for it - since it was built in Canada, how about turning it into the Can-Am Friendship Rig? The Maple Leaf and Star look damn good together! Cheers from your neighbours and friends on this side of the border!

Wow! What a beautiful truck! When you started washing the crud off, I was impressed! KEEP IT! Don't strip it! And with high gas prices these days, there ain't a thang wrong with keeping and rebuilding that straight six. They are rare these days and great work trucks! And sometimes us cheaper folks really appreciate a standard rebuild, not everything has to be a hot rod!

Chevro-lett Deloox-ay.....your terminology cracks me up. Enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

I have to admit that I like the 4 liter inline 6 engines. They sound nice. And are underrated. Like ‘em in a jeep, like the high output, ad a nice exhaust.

You call that a failure? Looked like a bit of family magic to me. We got to see you get your hands into it, and then we got to see the whole reason why you do what you do. It's been awhile since I've gotten choked up about anything. Seeing your family with you on a dig was just what the doctor ordered. Awesome.

Going through a real dark time in my life. Your videos help a guy get through. Thanks for all you do.

Love the videos I know it's a little late but that 79 Camaro motor would be sweet in this truck!

Even though they're gutless, I like the simplicity and space the inline 6 has under the hood. It would be cool to see if a head gasket revives the old truck.

That time lapse looking at the front of the truck was a great touch. I'm with the little human I say keep on her, and transplant the 350. Whatever you do just know I love your channel and will watch until the day you hang it up or they throw dirt over me. I pray for many blessings for you and your family, and hope your mitt heals up soon.

Without a doubt, keep this truck solid! Dont use as parts truck. I like the idea one guy had to put Little Grip Garage on it. This is one sharp truck! P.S. my husband and I love your show. Thank you for saying gentle-ets and fell-ets. We are watching too!

I'm not a square body guy, but that truck is awfully clean to go takin it all apart

That's definitely a truck to save. I'd like to see you find out if it's the head gasket, head, cracked block etc. It would be great to bring it back with that straight 6.

I'm with Bentley. Keep it. I would even rebuild the straight 6. Everybody does a V8 swap and there's nothing wrong with that but I love the old straight sixes so would keep this a super base truck. Slow and simple.

your sons better at parking on a trailer than 90 percent of my friends. your raising them right my friend.

My first truck was an '82 Scottsdale. Lot of love for those 82s! Great video, as always!

Appreciate that you are willing to show the outcome, win or lose. And I agree: this one might just be too nice to part out.

I vote for doing the engine tranny swap, Love Kevin's idea of making "Little Grip Garage" - I really appreciate your inclusion of your family in these videos. Your boys are totally awesome! Yours is by far my favorite channel on the YT - Thank You not only for the entertainment, but also for teaching by example how to be a great American, Dad, and friend to so many people.👍

FYI I LOVE the variety of content you provide. It's always something new an interesting. Thanks for taking us a long!

Watching this channel makes me want to work on my own chevys. Quite entertaining yet informative. Learned a lot about older vehicles watching these too.

The viewing numbers are insane , this is sooo good . Great family support there and that truck has great bones… fixer upper for sure “ better than factory”, thank you ( again, again 😊).

It's pretty nice to see functional kids that can do something with their hands. Good job on parenthood, right there! Oh, and a great vid, like always ^^

Man, that rearward facing shot as you towed the rig home at night.. that was a heck of a great shot. Great idea. Something about seeing that grill in the soft red glow of the taillights. Like it was happy going to its new home, almost like a rescue pet. Great work as always. Such great editing and as always, entertaining, interesting, and educational. Another winner.

You are awesome! I watch you regularly, but our Cable service has been out for 2 days for half of the Texas Gulf Coast, so I've been catching up with you and your projects. I laughed to tears at this episode! You are Blessed with a wonderful family! A "Guy ought to keep up the Good Work...... I DONT Know!" Bob Rockport, TX.

The family shows up and jumps right on it. They’re all in it together

Not a parts truck. That one needs to be saved. I like everything you do. Power tour. Independence burn out car. The revivals are how I found you. The variety of content is awesome too. Keep doing what you do. Very family friendly content. You have earned your success, and my respect.

I’m already in love with this truck. She deserves a V8 and an interior restoration.

would make my Dad proud to see this with the 350 in it. Dad had a farm truck that did MANS work. C10/Deluxe" all the way!

You really find some real treasures !

Looks to me like a perfect Little Grip Garage shop truck! Let your boys head up the project, and you can "assist"! I think that would be a blast, and an awesome project for you and your awesome family. :-) Thanks for all of your hard work, Derek!

Such a shame to kill it for its parts when it's so close to being a good rig! Would love for you and Bently to do an engine swap! Some paint healing would be cool too!

Way too nice to part out. Definitely could be a great goin' to town rig. If it was mine it'd get a small block, lowered a couple of inches, and shine juice on the paint. Derek you had me laughing out loud the whole first half of this revival. Great video, love the revivals!

Can NOT believe he gave up with only a slight head gasket leak....LOL. Nothing 84 cans of bars leak wouldn't fix. Great episode once again.

That’s in unbelievable shape, I think that needs to stay together, drop a v8 in it but keep it complete

I think it needs an engine swap and a restoration, that body looks solid!

I think you can remove the heads and check it out. If no cracks, you have a good engine, its worth the work involved in it! Good luck and great video!!

bently is a cool kid ...dad should be very proud of this young man

I say you keep this one together. It’s an awfully nice unit. Wouldn’t be a bad farm rig for the boys…

I think this ones a keeper. Someone loved this truck before so i think a VGG restore is in order. God bless you and your family.

That truck when it was on the trailer with the taillights lighting up the front end at night would make a badass album cover

The talking with the hands 😂! And “ I can believe it… I guess I should “ 😂 in each of those videos lol

Comedy gold. Derek, you’re a very funny guy. It amazes me how you can be alone in a field with a camera and have the imagination, energy, passion and sense of humour to make these videos. Your filming, editing and comic timing are up there with your amazing mechanical skill. Thank you for doing another rescue / revival. With your personality it never gets old. You inspired me to do a revival and it is taking months. It’s fun. But it gives me an inkling into how difficult it is to knock these videos out each Friday.

Let’s not overlook just how amazing Jessica is She put in a bunch of miles in one day

Guess I'm with Little Grip. She's a keeper!

Body and interior is one of the best you've found yet, it's worth an engine swap considering an engine for this is a dime a dozen.

Well I’ll be dipped!! Nothing better than a Friday night VGG revival video! Your awesome Derek!

Love the truck! I think it’s too nice to have it as a parts truck, definitely make a build out of it, but I’m gonna go against the grain here and say rebuild the 250 I6, nobody’s ever done that on KZfaq I think. Maybe give it to one of the boys once they’re older or keep it as a farm truck

On the taillights, they should all have the 73 on them since thats the first year of them. My all original 83 has the lights marked 73 also. Grandpa bought it new, hardly ever drove it anywhere.

Big fan of your videos! Hard to find family friendly content these days that’s entertaining and fun to watch. One of my most favorite channels.

I would love to have that. Virtually untouched, a very good foundation for a restro mod for car shows. Those are hard to come by, you usually find them rusted to hell down to the frame.

Derek you are my favorite person to watch. You have gotten me through the hardest time of my life. And helped me begin my first project. Keep on doing what you do. I’ll be dipped !

This truck is too straight to part out. I'd save on it.

It is such a joy to watch you get these cars driving. Very good video. Thanks to you and your wife and crew.

Man, that load and tow home at night brought back many memories of back in the day when I was hustling cars. That's a good woman like I have, to drop everything and come pick you up.

Since the 'Maro is a goner, and so's this motor, it'd behoove us all to see you merge the two! Then, once it's all running, the interior makeover you did on the blue one would bear repeating! Love this channel!

I love seeing your son wanting to be involved wrenching on cars. I love watching his Little Grip Garage channel. He reminds me of me when I was his age. My dad worked a full time job at RCA in Dunmore, PA in the 70's and 80's and would work on cars at night in our small 2 car garage. Of course, I had to be there with him, soaking up every bit of knowledge I could get. He also had a Briggs and Stratton dealership so we also worked on power equipment. I learned so much from him. He passed away in 2007 at 61 and I inherited all of his tools and shop equipment. Every time I do some wrenching, I can't help but think of him and everything he taught me.

been using your engine slang when im working on my truck my kid loves it my brother thinks im clueless and doesnt ask for help its a win win for me

Just a sidenote for anyone reading, when you call an Uber and you're far away from town and the driver had to come a long distance to get you, be sure to tip really well. Basically that time and gas money he's using to get you is a break even at best, so that guy really did you a favor! That's time he could have been earning more money with other rides. But about the truck, fix it at is! No need for an engine swap. If it ends up being only a head gasket that's bad, that's a cheap and easy fix!

hey Derek, I was watching this with my dad and he came up with the idea of taking the engine out of that red corvette and sticking it in the custom deluxe, great content as always!

I love how everything Derek gets is " sight unseen" lol. His videos are so refreshing, no matter how long you been watching his channel. A guy here loves these videos from a personal standpoint.

My sister had one of those trucks when I was a younger man. It's actually a good running truck.

Such a cool time-lapse shot on that ol square, man. Keep em coming. Great job

in this time of high gas prices how about a custom rebuild of the 6 with an emphasis on getting the best gas mileage out of it? that's a nice foundation of a truck! Don't strip it. Love your channel.

This one deserves an engine swap and getting it back to being roadworthy, too nice to tear apart.

Have to agree, but Derek you most certainly are a humble gentleman with great family values and a true sense of the importance of time spent with family and also the sense of self worth you put into your little humans as you say,, lol, will stand to them in their own adult life's,,,,, high five to you man

Cool straight truck, I would recommend ditching the six for a small blox, say 305, freshen the carb, intake, iginition and sparkalators, restore the A/C , basic dual exhaust, change the transmission fluid, it might come back around, address the brakes, maybe swap a donor brake booster and master cylinder, budget shop truck for parts runs, replace the back bumper from a donor truck with a trailer hitch, light duty car hauler too... Good luck hope to see a follow up, fun show as always.....

That rig looks to gooder to part out, think you could bring her right back around with the home crew you got. GOD bless you guy's.

I'm in favor of replacing the head gasket... six in a row and ready to tow is more interesting than the V8 literally everyone else has.

Man how you start your videos always calms me down. I throw on KZfaq while I cook dinner after a busy day. And you just come in calm as can be with a great background 😂 I love your videos brother ✊🏾

Daryl; My suggestion is to repair the truck, then use it, since the condition of the body warrants a decent repair job, so, I agree with you. It's too good to use as a parts donor. I really enjoy your channel even after several years of watching. KEEP UP THE ENTERTAINING PRESENTATIONS. Al

I'd rebuild the inline 6, and add a non integrated head.. they make performance parts for it too.. everyone is doing LS, and old school small block swaps, the 6 is a sweet little motor, and is different. The makings of a good daily driver, and gets good gas mileage too 😉

She's a keeper! Judging by the condition of the body & box, she was loved on for most of her life. Also, it's hard to beat on them when there's only a six in the power barn. I'm betting you'll find a lot underneath that's still in good shape, like bushings, bearings, etc.

Definitely worth rebuilding… do a series on that … I’d love to see that :-)

You know how to re-spray hoods cheap--you can make it look great for little cost--that truck is a diamond. I bet the engine can be brought back as well!