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Classic Car Collection and Garage Tour

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Ole School: A Former NASCAR Hauler’s Custom Semi Truck Collection!

What happens here

Darrell showcases a grey Mack B-model day cab, noting its unique design. He then moves to a separate climate-controlled garage, revealing his collection of classic cars on vehicle lifts. These include a meticulously restored green 1936 Dodge, a red 1958 Chevrolet Apache pickup truck with a Corvette LS engine, a red 1995 Camaro, a green 1968 Camaro (SS Super Sport big block 4-speed), and a green 1931 Graham. He highlights the rarity of the Graham, mentioning only one other he knows of. He also owns a 1956 Ford Thunderbird.

Goal: Showcase a variety of classic cars in a climate-controlled environment.

Tools and materials

  • Air Conditioner — Maintaining climate control in the garage
  • Corvette LS Engine Chevrolet — Engine in the Apache pickup
  • Dehumidifier — Maintaining climate control in the garage
  • Green 1931 Graham Graham — Rare classic car
  • Green 1936 Dodge Dodge — Restored classic car
  • Green 1968 Camaro — High-performance classic sports car
  • Mack B-model Day Cab Mack — Rare collectible truck
  • Red 1995 Camaro Chevrolet — Classic sports car
  • Vehicle Lifts Direct-Lift — Storing cars efficiently
  • Yellow 1956 Ford Thunderbird Ford — Classic convertible

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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I like the old I like I love the sound of the old two-strokes. See, Mack only built a day cab. Orrville Body Works built all of the sleeper cabs. There's only 350 of them been built. >> How do we get back there? I want to see that thing. >> Uh what's what's in here? You want to screw screw up right right here. >> This thing looks like a mid-size between a normal truck and a >> drove was a 1963. I I started driving in '63 and I drove a 58 B61 Mack. This is a 58 right here. And you got you got two sticks in it. I Oh, you saw the tan on it. I I just got on it. I got tan on it going it. It's a straight axle right now. But I've got a tan on air ride tan on it going it. They only built 350 of these. Mack Now I've got two Mack B model day cabs. You just You just can't find these. These are built by Orrville Body Works in Orrville, Ohio. They built 350 of them. >> So is this like a an early truck cuz it's smaller than all the other ones? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Did they just grow over time? >> Yeah, all the new trucks are huge inside. >> So with these were they like the early tractors were they all this size and they just kept getting bigger and bigger as loads grew? >> They They kept Every year they kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger. >> What was the first like big one? Cuz this is like a 58 and then >> Oh, they didn't start building the the big ones until probably the mid-2000s. >> Huh. What about like the size of the >> that they they gradually started getting bigger uh in the late in the '70s. >> Okay, that's what I was wondering. >> started growing in the '70s and they really got big by the mid-2000s. See these these tanks here at This is the way they they normally are. You know, I I made them wide bands. I ain't never made them for this one yet. This This is stainless. Satin stainless. >> Where'd you learn how to fabricate? >> Just picked it up. Ain't you don't find many of these got a ripple back to sleeper. >> Oh, that's nice paint. You can't see that in the without the light on it. >> Yeah. I had another cabover and had a guy I didn't start to fix it that stretched it way out, put an air ride under it. The guy come by wanting to buy it. I said it ain't for sale. He said at no price. I said, "Nope." Stupid me put a price on it that I didn't think he would take. He said, "I'll take it." I'd already…

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