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Dieseled Dragon

Marine vet • North Texas • Barn finds & restomods

Dieseled Dragon

Will it run?Rusted. Seized. Sitting for years. We wake it up and find out on camera.

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30Videos (long-form and Shorts)

2021On YouTube since Oct 2021

1Question: will it run?

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Featured builds

Will it run?

Real cars. Real rust. Real first starts. Hit play to watch right here, or open any build on YouTube.

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Featured build

Barn Find 1967 Corvette Sat 50 Years: Will It Run AND Drive?

The barn-find Sting Ray sat 50 years. Will it run, and will it drive? The whole story in one video.

373 viewsLong-form

Watch on YouTube ↗ – Barn Find 1967 Corvette Sat 50 Years: Will It Run AND Drive?

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Hellcat Scrapped: Making My Barn Find '67 Corvette Roadworthy

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – Hellcat Scrapped: Making My Barn Find '67 Corvette Roadworthy

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Can a Hellcat Fit in a 1967 Corvette? The Whole Attempt

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – Can a Hellcat Fit in a 1967 Corvette? The Whole Attempt

20:34

International Scout 800 Parked Since 1980: Will It Run?

177 viewsLong-form

Watch on YouTube ↗ – International Scout 800 Parked Since 1980: Will It Run?

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Wilwood Big Brakes on a Barn Find 1967 Corvette

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – Wilwood Big Brakes on a Barn Find 1967 Corvette

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Traded My Dad for His Dead 7.3 Powerstroke. Will It Start After 8 Years?

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – Traded My Dad for His Dead 7.3 Powerstroke. Will It Start After 8 Years?

19:47

I Parked It Before Joining the Marines. 17 Years Later, Will It Run?

1,157 viewsLong-form

Watch on YouTube ↗ – I Parked It Before Joining the Marines. 17 Years Later, Will It Run?

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Is This 1970 Suburban's Big Block 400 Worth Saving? (Teardown)

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – Is This 1970 Suburban's Big Block 400 Worth Saving? (Teardown)

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Junkyard 5.9 12-Valve P-Pump Cummins Teardown: What's Inside?

24 viewsLong-form

Watch on YouTube ↗ – Junkyard 5.9 12-Valve P-Pump Cummins Teardown: What's Inside?

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1965 Mustang 289 Sat Outside for Years: Can I Unseize It?

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – 1965 Mustang 289 Sat Outside for Years: Can I Unseize It?

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Seized 7.3 IDI Sat 6 Years: Will It Run AND Drive?

99 viewsLong-form

Watch on YouTube ↗ – Seized 7.3 IDI Sat 6 Years: Will It Run AND Drive?

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Texas Won't Title This Abandoned '65 Fastback Without an Engine

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Watch on YouTube ↗ – Texas Won't Title This Abandoned '65 Fastback Without an Engine

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Shorts QUICK HITS

Short thumbnail: DONUTS! – 67 VETTE

Barn Find 1967 Corvette Does Donuts After 50 Years

6.6K views

Short thumbnail: $300 454 – SEIZED

Unsticking a $300 Seized 454 Big Block: Did It Move?

3.5K views

Short thumbnail: FIRST START – JUNKYARD 5.3

First Start! Junkyard 5.3 LS in My '72 GMC C10

9.2K views

Honest numbers

Honest about the mistakes. And the costs.

$200Ford 9-inch1965 Mustang Fastback video ↗ $300Seized 454 big block. Did it move?Watch the Short ↗

The garage

Builds & series

Swipe through what has been on the lift. Most are custom restomods. A few are just fixes.

1967 Corvette Sting Ray

Barn find, seized engine, a Hellcat swap plan that got scrapped, Wilwood brakes, headlights, cooling system. Episodic.

5 videos ↗ – 1967 Corvette Sting Ray on YouTube

1966 Scout 800

Sat since 1980. Classic “Will it run?”

Watch the video ↗ – 1966 Scout 800 on YouTube

1980 Chevy Monza

Abandoned for 17 years. One more time?

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2001 Ford F250 7.3

7.3 Powerstroke that sat 8 years.

Watch the video ↗ – 2001 Ford F250 7.3 on YouTube

1990 Ford F350 7.3 IDI

Seized engine to first start, then driving again.

Parts 1 + 2 in one video ↗

1965 Mustangs

A 289 coupe and a separate Fastback with a 289 swap and 9-inch.

1970 Suburban Cummins

5.9 12-valve swap, frame swap onto a Ram frame.

1972 GMC C10

LS 5.3 swap. Junkyard engine, first start.

Kubota L2501

Mice chewed it. Hose replacement.

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Power Wheels

Someone turned the 24V Power Wheels into 36V. The fix.

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About

Original cars tend to be boring with no personality.

I'm Mark, a Marine veteran in North Texas. I don't build museum pieces; I show every step, the wins and the mistakes.

Marine veteran

Home base

The shop

My shop in North Texas has been up and running for about three years. It's where every build on the channel happens, from barn-find first starts to full restomods.

North Texas

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Get in the garage

New builds land on YouTube first. Short clips and updates everywhere else.

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[Business contact – coming soon]

Business inquiries, sponsorships and collabs for Dieseled Dragon Garage LLC: a public contact is on the way. Until then, the channel's About page on YouTube is the place to start.

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