Vice Grip Garage is giving away a NOVA!

XR7-4.6 said:
I remember that and I think that’s Derek actually being himself. At that point they all knew each other from events and appearances and frankly I think VGG might actually be the bigger entity than Roadkill as far as fame goes, the latter I cannot imagine has the views on motortrend that they had with YouTube, and cable TV reruns are only catching a shrinking audience.
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I wondered that myself if Dereck was just comfortable and just being the true Dereck. As for VGG being more popular, that is a fact jack! Look at the numbers on YouTube and Dereck is smokin' in the millions of views where RK does not get near that much. Now, for cable or views on the channel, they may have more viewers, that I cannot tell as I don't / won't have cable (but that is what Roku and others are moving towards, cable like viewing - "pay for view") and I did not pay for a subscription to MotorTrend channel. But the show is still on after 10 years and doing well from what I can tell. I was watching the one where they drove to Reno to swap the engine in Finnigan's wife's El Camino (did I mention I wish I had one?) and it was snowing, cold and the dog just slept the whole time. It's a show about cars in some shape or form. Like the time they went to El Paso on a dart throw and bought a car for cheap to drive back to LA. The show was not about the car, but the adventure they went on to get back on a limited budget in a low budget car.
 
I just had a chance to watch the Nova episode. I like the car. I like the upgrade to the Holley FI and fixing up some of the not so great work on the car. It isn't perfect, but it is pretty nice. Not sure what he is going to do with the wheels, but I think maybe 16" or 17" rally wheels, since the original dog dish hubcaps would be too hard to do.

I like watching VGG, ST, RoadKill, and Roadkill Garage all the same, mostly because they don't feel like they are staged. I'm sure there is some editing going on, but for the most part, they are just working through projects and taking stuff as it comes. I haven't watched the CRX video yet. I was going to watch the Stay Tuned where he gets those industrial LS 6.0 engines running first to see what happens with those. Most of the time I turn on one of them and fall asleep to them so it can take me 4-5 views before I get through an entire episode.
 
KevinVarnes said:
I just had a chance to watch the Nova episode. I like the car. I like the upgrade to the Holley FI and fixing up some of the not so great work on the car. It isn't perfect, but it is pretty nice. Not sure what he is going to do with the wheels, but I think maybe 16" or 17" rally wheels, since the original dog dish hubcaps would be too hard to do.
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You should buy a hat or a t-shirt to enter the drawing...."you never know, it only takes one ticket" I am not a big fan of the merchandise, so I don't want to enter (and I am not a lucky with these things).

I take that back....

I like the shirts. I buy Gilden shirts myself, but the 100% cotton ones. I like my shirts to fit tight after 53 washes in hot water. <gag>
 
Yeah the lack of staged content is what I appreciate in all these shows that keeps me watching

I subscribed to the motortrend app for I think two years, before Roadkill itself left YouTube. At the time Roadkill Garage was exclusive for subscribers, it wasn’t on any other mediums and I thing Engine Masters too(which I loved but it seems to be done 😞). One thing I really enjoyed that’s still exclusive to there but no longer utilized was Roadkill Extra. Deleted scenes, extended scenes bloopers, Q&A, random tours through Dulcich’s hoard etc. It’s probably worth a months subscription to just binge through that archive if you enjoy those shows.
 
Finally watched the wrap up episode for the Nova last night. Overall I like the car. Not too shabby at 350RWHP. I'd still prefer an overdrive trans, but I guess I can change that with the $15k he is giving away with it. I was pretty surprised that he went with the original style dog dish hubcaps. They must be reproduced since they were used on Camaros too. I didn't think he'd be able to find them otherwise which is why I thought he might go for larger diameter rally style wheels.
 
I don't think I want to invest $5000 in merchandise to win the Nova... You know someone is going to do that. I believe the web site says "the more you buy, the better your chances", or something to that effect.

I could be wrong...

...wife says I usually am.
 
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White Lincoln said:
I don't think I want to invest $5000 in merchandise to win the Nova... You know someone is going to do that. I believe the web site says "the more you buy, the better your chances", or something that effect.

I could be wrong...

...wife says I usually am.
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Interestingly Derek, Freiburger and Finnegan are all doing their giveaways in the exact same manner right now, with the latter two giving away the 68 Camaro and 57 Chevy wagon respectively, same terms and conditions across the board.

It’s basically the lottery model but with T shirts instead of tickets, you can buy all the tickets(swag) your heart desires to increase your odds over the guy who just bought one but unless it’s just the two of you playing you don’t stand any better chance of winning than anyone else.
 
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