All The Mistakes I Made With My Project Car

Buying a project car can be an exciting moment in any car nerd’s life, but it can also be super easy to find yourself in over your head. Today I’ll show you my current project car, help you learn from my mistakes, and tell you plan to get going again.

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[Donut]

Hey everyone, thanks for all the encouragement in the comments. Clearly there are a lot of things I should have done differently, but from what I've read from some of you, that's just part of the hobby. I'm fire d'up to get going on the Imperial again this year. Just yesterday I was at James' installing some new brake hard-lines to match the fresh brake components, and it just felt good to be wrenching again- even if I was on my back in the dirt with decades-old grease and grime falling in my eyes. Thanks for watching. - Nolan

[jsanc_]

"It’s not the labor itself that takes a lot of work, but rather the life that happens in between that does." - this hit hard.

[JunkyardDigs]

Project cars take a ton of work!! No way around that. I remember my first builds, I had a lot of mental blocks that I had to break through and rack up some cold hard experience before I became confident with certain components. Heck, I was scared to pull my first engine!

But In the end, there's never a mistake to be made with old cars!

Ps. Someone get me a plane ticket, I've got a Chrysler to fix

[AllEiS]

The reloading sound whenever Nolan moves his glasses is just timless

[lonewanderer]

"I didn't want to buy a project car and have it become my job."

Zach Jobe: (Looks away quietly)

[neage]

"Honestly, I feel we can get this turbo kit 100% on today"-Aaron.

[putthemoneyinthebag]

I would definitely watch a series of you fixing up that dart.

[gmoddave]

I love how Nolan is always keepin it real AF.

[michaelconran]

I see a Money Pit car. The Miata is done, let's go. You go, I'll watch.

[John-mdld]

"that eclipse gsx in your neighbors driveway"

I literally just bought a gsx project car, it doesn't need much. Just some rust repair, engine, transmission, clutch, driveshaft, tank clean, ecu swap, paint, frame seal, interior carpet, seats, and some other minor things....

[blubb]

When I hear "70 year old car", I think of a Model A and not something from the 50s.
I got old so fast. :(

[verdatum]

It turned out that the real Dodge Dart was the friends that we made along the way.

[fabricioaf]

It's comforting when people say how hard things are in real life, it's a detox from social media perfection

[grandCurator]

The reload sound every time Nolan pushes his glasses up? Perfection.

[DVDx]

If everyone properly estimated their ability, no one would have a project car.

[shawndail]

As someone who just bought a 2nd gen Camaro with no idea what I’m doing I feel this.

[michaelorozco]

Now that the Miata is practically done they should do a money pit on Nolans imperial

[Squireissocoolie]

Why is Nolan talking about his dad like we don't all know who James is?

[matthewroy]

When he called out James for not doing an “Up To Speed” i died

[MrJozzyJoz]

I double project’d.

Knowing absolutely nothing about cars and only a desire to learn I found an ‘89 E30 for cheap and about 6 months later a ‘67 chevelle that hadn’t ran for over 30 years for free.

The only thought that popped in my mind was “yeah I can do this”