How to Buy a Budget Friendly Project Car
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- čas přidán 5. 04. 2024
- 🚗💨 Ever dreamt of transforming a diamond-in-the-rough into your dream ride? 🛠️✨ Whether you're a weekend warrior dreaming of turning wrenches or someone who's been put off by myths of high costs and technical barriers, this video is YOUR sign to get started on a project car without breaking the bank!
In "How to Buy a Budget Friendly Project Car," I'll debunk the common myths that keep many from diving into the world of project cars. From showcasing the sheer joy of building something with your own hands to guiding you through selecting the perfect starter project, this video is packed with actionable tips, personal anecdotes, and a dash of humor to get you pumped for your automotive adventure.
🔧 What You'll Learn:
Why a Project Car is More Accessible Than You Think: Breaking down the barriers of entry to the project car community.
Top Budget-Friendly Project Cars: My top picks that won't require selling a limb.
Getting Started: Essential tools and spaces you need to begin.
The Power of Community: How your project car will expand your social circle and skills.
Picking YOUR Project Car: Personalized advice for selecting a project that resonates with your dreams and budget.
📸 Featured: Walkthroughs of my own project cars, laughable first attempts, and the evolution to more polished endeavors.
💡 Whether you're a seasoned mechanic or someone who's never touched a wrench, this video will show you that the project car world is welcoming to all. Join me, an average Joe with an above-average obsession with cars, as I share insights from owning more project cars than I can count.
🛠️ Tools & Tips: Starting with mismatched craftsman tools to now owning a professional set, I'll share how you can do more with less. Discover budget-friendly tools that offer the best bang for your buck and learn the essential equipment every beginner should have.
🚘 Choosing Your Project Car: Dive into the diverse world of project cars, from drift machines and off-roaders to everyday cool cruisers. Plus, find out what makes an IDEAL project car to ensure your success from the start.
✅ Subscribe for More: Don't miss out on our upcoming guide on avoiding common pitfalls when buying a project car and other invaluable advice for car enthusiasts.
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Working on cars teaches you how to break down big problems into small ones. In addition, time management and deligation. These are useful life skills.
I totally agree, breaking down an engine and forget what goes where, working until the early hours as I have work the next day, lastly delegating the job to the mechanics who know what they are doing!!
I am a more capable at anything since I started my car build a year and a half ago. You are so correct.
Glad you guys posted this. I just picked up a high-mileage (193k and some change) 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 yesterday, so I'm looking forward to messing with it a bit and maybe doing some small-time racing.
Nice dude
nice video, always informative and entertaining.
You remind me that deferred maintenance is either done by the Po or I inherit it. A PPI makes this evident. Thanks!
Great video!
I'm been in the car community for my entire life, My dad and uncle ran a hot rod shop from the mid 70's until 2000 when dad passed away and my #1 piece of advice is don't be afraid to look outside the box for a project car, Especially if you don't have the funds to build it the, find something close or is a different year that you can pick up cheaper, everyone wants a 72 SS Chevelle but they don't have 72 SS Chevelle so go find a 74 Chevelle and build that, Yes I know.... it's less of a cool car and it's a different body style BUT you can buy a 74 Chevelle for $3000-$4000 and drive it home all day long, you can't even look at a 72 Chevelle roller for less than $10,000. My 2nd piece of advice is Rattle Can paint is your friend, but make sure it's a quality paint. My latest project is a 96 2 door Grand Am, I've never been a Grand Am guy but I paid $1500 for it and drove it home and beyond a good clean up, the engine bay needs a rattle can rebuild, the outside needs a paint job and some new wheels. It doesn't need much, it is my opinion the first timers project car, It doesn't need much but it needs just enough to that the average person can make it their own. Presently It's White with Beige interior but I'm going to paint it Sunstone Yellow, which is a color they used on the Firebirds, Lemas and GTO's in 1975, with some GTA Wheels, I'm going up a wheel size from 14" to 15" but there should be plenty of room in the wheel wells to do it. I'm not building a full on race/show car, I'm just building a daily driver that I can still have fun with on the weekends taking it to Cruise-ins, Cars and Coffee's and local car shows. I'm not putting ALOT of money into it, I've capped my all-in budget at 6k, which gives me $4500 to work with and honestly I don't think I'll hit that because even though I'm going all the way down to bare metal on the body I'm doing it all myself.
Awesome video bro
I’m building an e38 rn and I’m so excited about it
Ironically I’m currently eye balling a 2015 Lexus IS 250 since I’m more of cruising cars and coffee type of guy. An I’m kinda of a Lexus loyalist I’m lying I’m a huge Lexus fan
hey , howdy , im really looking to buy a old e30 because of the fact that i love them and they are underrated in my country , speaking of country there is no clean e30s in my whole country and they are all rusted and crashed , i just wanted to know does it make sense to buy a running e30 without a dashboard crack but full of rust or not
What about a BMW Z3/Z4 ?
To me the best thing to do is buy everything exactly like you want it and try to get the best deal because all used cars and especially all the cars is going to have a problem so try to beat half the problem by getting everything you want in the beginning then it won’t be so much of a problem
If you're talking about tools, I've used the "buy what is needed for the job" approach. No need to buy an O2 socket until you need to replace the O2 sensor. That could be several years from now. I started with a basic wratchet and driver set, then moved on to wrenches and deep sockets. Later I bought a pair of jack stands and a jack. I lived on those tools alone for years, replacing alternators, starters, water pumps, and timing belts. A breaker bar and a socket adapter were quick additions. But again, didn't buy them until I needed them.
Using the buy everything you need first approach seems really expensive to me. Especially if you throw power tools into the mix.
Just a thought.
Cheers.
I've got a 2001 Nissan pathfinder that was supposed to just be a fuel pump an it has turned into so much more
Hi ideal I have a question for u guys I’m wondering what ur favourite pic for a reliable everyday driver that’s a bit of allrounder I’m living here in Sweden and the roads here ain’t really sustained for a drift car and a rally car isn’t really ideal either my budget ain’t to big but maybe u have a good idea
Hey, what Softwares do you use for video editing?
My dream project car is a 1985-1990 chevy camero IROC Z and make a 700HP supercharged street monster
I did auto body in tech sadly should have done auto mechanic instead. Id like to learn more about how to fix my own shit instead of going to a garage. Some things I can do but I'd like to learn more.
If you can read, your best friend is a repair manual. (Haynes or Chiltons). They're not as complete as an OEM service manual, but they're based on complete teardowns. They have vital info like torque values, viscosities, tightening sequences, electrical diagrams, etc. They also have a pretty comprehensive troubleshooting guide that provides good context to where to look when a problem arises. Additionally, these are sold for individual vehicles and typically covers many years. For the miata, a single Haynes manual will cover from 90-2005. That's a lot of years. The manuals come complete with image references so the reader knows what's being discussed. The manual also includes a tool list and even covers regular maintenance, as well as maintenance intervals for fluids and belts.
All in all, it's the mechanic's bible for both the newb and the seasoned veteran. I most certainly reference mine when doing major maintenance that I don't want to mess up.
As I alluded to, I'm a Haynes guy, but other people prefer Chiltons. They're around $20-$30 and worth every penny. Its a great place to get started if you don't know much. You can find Haynes at Autozone and Chiltons at Oriellys. Both you could probably find on Amazon.
Just get one that is for your make and model of vehicle. After a while, you'll have a library of them from all the cars you've owned.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
@@christopherlowery855 I'm more of hands on learning. I could read that and still not fully understand. That's just how my brain works ahdh
I see that viper
2007 335i E90 is a great project car picked one up at 108k miles full stock never tuned for $7500 and with full bolt ons this thing is a blast 18.9lbs psi on twins when wide open ! Work on it your self, DO NOT EVEN THINK about going to a german mechanic for installing modifications, truth be told they don't want to do it for you so they will charge you a kidney like this man says.
Yeesssssssss
Jezza
Our cool factor is way low *heavily inserts picture of brad*
Miata is Always the Answer...
Anyone interested in a V70R?
Old jimny
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I can deal with a project car not stupid college statistics math class.
@irresponsible_machine