- If you're watching this channel,you probably like cars.(cars revving)And if you like carsyou've probably dreamtabout having one as a project.Well what's stopping you?Maybe you thoughtit was too expensive of hobby.Or maybe you thoughtyou didn't have the skillsnecessary to have one.Or maybe you thoughtyou weren't cool enoughto join the club.Well, I'm here to youthat none of that stuff is true.It doesn't have to be that expensive.It's really not that hard,and our threshold for what's coolis actually really very low.Today, I'm gonna you five reasons why youcan and should have a project car.And once I've successfully convinced youI'm gonna give you my topthree picks for project cars.I'm Zack, and this is Money Pit.(thunder crashing)All right.So you guys might be wonderingwhat makes me qualifiedto talk to you, aspiringmechanics, about project cars.And I guess really myqualification is just that I amabout as afflicted as it can get.I have a project car problem, if you will.I don't think it's a problem,but everybody else does.About six months ago,I moved to Ohio to LAto work at Donut.I sold all my cars in Ohio,and drove an RV to LA.I lived in it for about four months,and I now have four project cars,and an RV in the back yard.So I guess that's my qualification.I keep buying junkin various states,if running or not running.I think that's cool,and if you're kinda in the same boatand you have a project that isn't running,that you haven't been working on,I hope that you use this videoas inspiration to get back into the garageand get working on it,and not be like my roommate Syronewho bought a perfectly good project carabout three months ago,took up the only garage space with it.That broke.And hasn't touched it in three months.So don't be like Serone.Be like me.Turn some wrenches.Okay, So cars can be scary and dauntingand like super complex,especially these days.But, once you start to learn howto work on your project car,it sets you up very wellto be able to work on any car.It's kinda like learning a language.You start to figure out howto pick up on the trailsand the breadcrumbs.Okay, you hear a sound.Now that you kinda knowhow to work on your caryou know where to go for that sound.You know how to find the sourceof the sound, and fix it.It doesn't only apply to cars.Say your washing machine breaksin your house.You can probably fix that nowbecause you know howmechanical stuff works.But be careful peoplewill catch wind of that,so all of the sudden you're fixingeverybody's cars in the neighborhood.And they want you to do it for free.Charge them like half price,and then bam you're making money.That's a business plan.All right, so now that we got youall hyped up and confident thinkingthat you can fix anything in the world,sorry we gotta reel it back a little bitand be honest with ourselves,you're not always gonna be ableto fix everything.It's inevitable thatyou get confused or you get stumpedon a problem with a car.It happens to me all the time.But so what do you do when that happens?You turn to one of theother biggest reasonsfor getting into cars,which is the community.(music)It's your family.The family that you've been building.The family that speaks this languagethat you've been learning.It's like you and your friendsdirty and tired in the garageat like two in the morning.You gotta this engine back into the car,but thing after thing afterproblem after issue isstopping you, slowing you down,chipping away at your confidence.It happens.I've been there.But through hard workand perseverance,you and your boysget that engine back in.You get the job doneand you always do when it comes downto you and your friends working on stuff.You actually don't always get it done.That's a misdirection.Sometimes you're not gonna get it done.This language thatwe've been talking abouttranscends whatever language you speak.I have had so many interactionswith people from allover the world about carsbecause we all kinda understand,even if we can't quite understandeach other's language,we understand the car language,and that is so cool.- That was really good man.That was really good.- Thanks buddy.Okay so you kinda understandthat there is this language now,and I think I've harped on thecommunity thing hard enough.So now I think it's timeto start talking aboutthe elephant in the room.Money.It's honestly probably what'skept you out of this gamethus far.But it's okay.We'll get through it.Let's talk about it.When you're getting into any hobbyyou're gonna end up spending some moneyand this is no different.I think a lot of people get hung upon wanting to have expensive tools,which yeah expensive tools are nice sure,but cheap tools will get the job done.And I've made a list of the toolsthat you need to get started.Here it is.The list starts with sockets and ratchets,like these.You're gonna want to buy metric socketsbecause pretty much all car stuffis metric these days.Though it does depend onwhat you're working on.You need a set of screwdrivers.Just get yourself a big ole combo kitwith flatheads and phillips,you'll pretty much be set.And you're also gonna need some pliers.Again, just a combo set of piers,get a little bit of everything,you'll be in good shape.You'll need a set of wrenches.Again, metric.And I recommend getting anadjustable wrench to.Get you a good combo set,and you'll be in good shape.And then you needa digital multi-meterto handle all the electricalissues that you may have,and this.This is kind of a complicated toolbut we'll learn how to use this later on.If you're working on cars that are OBD II,which means from 1996 or newer,you're gonna wanna have a code reader,a scanner,so you can see what yourcheck engine light is on for,what's actually going onin the computer of your car,a indisposable tool.And of course you're gonna needa jack and jack standsso you can lift your car,get it off the ground,and safely work under it.Speaking of safely,you also need some safety equipment.I like to go with the 1982 versionof safety glasses to keep your eyesin perfect condition.You're also gonna need a hammer.This is one of the most indisposable toolsin the garage.You bang stuff on, bang stuff off.You don't know.And then honestly I thinkhaving a pry bar is niceso you can, you know, pry stuff off.But that's about it.That's not to bad.And I actually, I wenttot harborfrieght.com,who does not sponsor this what so ever,and I put all this stuff in a cart.You can do all this forless than 400 bucks,which is not bad.- [Friend] And if you can't afford thatjust do what everyone else does.- Steal.- Steal one from your friendsone by one tool at a time.- And if you can't afford that,do what everyone else doesand just borrow them froma friend permanently.At the end of the day with a project car,the only thing thatmatters is what you like.You get to build aproject car to your taste.For your own satisfaction,and to flex on other mother******s.Regardless of what aspectof cars you think is cool,you can do that, there are no rules.I mean if you want it to be street legal,there are kind of some rules.But you know what I mean.So no matter what your thing is,what your into, you can useyour project car as a wayto further express that.And honestly,its on of the coolest waysyou can express yourselfthat I can think of.We get to play with machines.These are varietable machines.Pretty much any car on the road can dolike 100 miles an hour or more.And that, when you think about it,is crazy.You get to drive a machinethat can do 100 miles an hour.And there is no betterway to express yourselfthan by building anddriving something like that.Okay so, you get to learnhow to work on cars,you get to join a really cool community,you get to spend all your money and timein a really cool way,and you get to express yourselfthrough the coolest medium I can think of.So what next?What next on this wholegear head journey that were talking about?Picking out a project.So let me give you my top3 picks for a project,as of early 2020.Each pick is gonna be for adifferent facit of motorsport.If you want to call it that.Okay so if drifting is your thing,if that's what your into.In my opinion you should pick up an E36.325ior 328i.Their abundant, their cheap,their pretty darn reliable,and they make enoughpower to get you sliding.You really don't have to do much.If your a drift kinda person,get you an E36, likethe one in the garage.Come steal this one!Syrones not doing anything with it.So if off roadings your thing,I think my pick has to be a Jeep.Ideally a Wrangler,and ideally with a four liter inline six.Its got enough power to get you anywhere,but it can be hard tocome by those for cheap.So you go with a Wranglerwith a 4 cylinder,or you can also find Jeep Cherokeeswith that 4 liter inline6 for really cheap.So I'd probably do that.And that brings me to my third pick,which I guess is actually my first pick,because I actually bought it.I bought a Miata!I've been itching do someauto crossing and track dang,and hit all the beautifulcanyons out here in California.So what could be better to do that in,than a Mazda Miata.Their cheap, their reliable,their abundant, and mostimportantly their good.It is a 1994 NAso its got the popups.James said I couldn't haveone without the popups.And It might not look like much right now,but I assure you thisthing is an absolute gem.A diamond in the ruff if you will.And throughout the life of this show,we are going to wrench onevery little part of this car.And I'll show you how it works,and how you install stuff,and what it does andeverything in between.Thanks a billion for watching.We're about to take a hugejourney with this car,so I hope you stick with us.Follow me on Instagram @zachjobe,follow Donut @donutmedia,follow our new YouTubechannel for out podcasts,Donut Podcasts, and of course as always.Subscribe to the channel.See you guys next week.
