Liberty Chevelle takes Vice Grip Garage from drag strip to buffet
Derek and Jessica join Tony Angelo's drag-and-drive event, with roadside repairs and a Pennsylvania museum stop along the route.
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Liberty Chevelle is BACK! East Coast DRAG RACING and ROAD TRIP!
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- 1:52Derek walks around Liberty's big-block engine, suspension and safety equipment.
- 6:50The Chevelle goes onto jack stands for suspension checks and an oil change, with Jessica helping.
- 18:44Derek stages Liberty for a drag-strip pass; the time slip appears at 19:35.
- 32:59A sticky transbrake prompts Derek to clean the solenoid and tighten a loose ground wire.
- 41:16The convoy reaches Shady Maple Smorgasbord for its first road checkpoint and a buffet meal.
- 45:41The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania supplies another checkpoint before the evening drive toward Maryland.
Liberty needs more than a clean windshield before Derek and Jessica can hit the road. There are suspension fasteners to check, fouled spark plugs to replace and, once the racing starts, a sticky transbrake solenoid to investigate.
Vice Grip Garage's only upload this week, "Liberty Chevelle is BACK! East Coast DRAG RACING and ROAD TRIP!", has reached roughly 408,000 views. It puts Derek's big-block Chevelle into Tony Angelo's Stay Tuned 4D event, where the aim isn't simply to make the fastest pass. Drivers choose an index and try to land as close to that time as the rules allow. Derek settles on the eleven-second class, giving all that horsepower a rather precise assignment.
Jessica helps with the oil change and windows, while the surrounding convoy includes Andy's Buick Grand National, Chad Graves' C8 Corvette and Iowa Chad's Camaro. Derek also gets under Andy's hood to investigate fueling and vacuum trouble. With no support vehicles or trailers allowed, keeping the cars healthy is part of the outing, not something to postpone until home.
Then comes the other half of drag-and-drive: rural roads, a substantial meal at Shady Maple Smorgasbord and a checkpoint at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Viewers are talking about Jessica joining the trips, the driving sequences' camera work and music, and the pleasure of seeing the cars used rather than only repaired.
Liberty is the channel's busiest video right now. The sponsored Tennessee-to-Phoenix adventure, "Will These Iconic Muscle Cars Survive 4,000 Miles?", remains next in daily viewing, followed by the sponsored rescue of a long-parked Chevelle.
Across the channel, the week brought about 2.8 million views with subscribers unchanged. Today's viewing is below half its usual daily pace. Nearby motoring channels have mixed fortunes: Speed Bump Garage is running above its usual pace, while Shmee150 and Car Throttle are quieter. For Vice Grip Garage, the fresh activity centers on Liberty getting both track time and road miles.
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What viewers say
Whoever did the camera work and got all the different shots did a great job. The editing was awesome and the music was great for the drives.
@KeepingittocoolSee it on YouTubeI always used to get a chuckle out of the "Chad, That Chad, and The Other Chad" comments
@matthewb8229See it on YouTubePennsylvania is so beautiful. I used to love driving up there to deliver food for the cattle ! Thanks Derek
@thesquirrelchroniclesSee it on YouTube
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So glad to see Jessica going with you on more and more trips
@robertkeyser7722See it on YouTubeGlad to see you having fun in cars instead of just wrenching away!
@netburnrSee it on YouTubeLove seeing the old stance on the muscle car
@frankfick1642See it on YouTubeIt's so nice to see you and Jessica on road trips,, My wife and I wish were had done more of that. When we were younger.
@Bugf1See it on YouTubeThat cinematic shot of the moon over the cemetery was awesome..I loved it 🔥 🔥
@evanperez8320See it on YouTube2am in Ireland, can’t sleep. Thankful this popped up in my notifications. Nice one Derek ☘️
@coolmooneSee it on YouTubeSeeing you and Jessica cruz around always makes me smile.
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Which Buick model joins Liberty in the drag-and-drive convoy?
Andy participates in a Buick Grand National, which Derek helps diagnose during the event.



