Some of you may know that I use to own a 944. Then I got bored with it and sold it to my mother.
I'm in the middle of some pretty big shop renovations right now. I apologize for the downgrade in video content quality recently. You'll see what I've been up to once I make another shop update!
2018-09-20 14:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I've pulled this video out of the privitization vault for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure). This video was only public for a few months before I took it down because of all of the negative feedback it received. As you'll see, I did a lot wrong in this video. For starters, I called the car a piece of crap about four more times than was necessary. This led to a viewpoint that came across as one of a snobby rich kid. I'm also not sure why I focused so much on its lack of power. That said, I d...
2018-09-16 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I attempt to tackle my entire history with my Trabant in a brief 13 minutes. Just in case describing all of my Trabant's problems wasn't enough to motivate me to fix it, the engine decided to slightly destroy itself. Now I have to fix it. I still can't tell if the car is unreliable, or if I'm an incompetent mechanic. Maybe it's both.
2018-09-06 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the troubleshooting section (and finale) of the conversion project. I delayed it repeatedly because of reasons you'll see in the video.
I have a simple question for you, the patrons. Was this video worth making? I couldn't decide if troubleshooting was worth its own video, or if everything I did could've been boiled down to a two minute explanation as part of some other video. Let me know what you think.
2018-08-23 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I borrowed this car from its owner to make it go and stop again. The brakes proved to be a tiny bit more challenging than I was expecting, and then I overcomplicated the fix of the fuel system. I know this won't be a very exciting video, but I wanted to take you along for the ride anyway. Viewership is also an optional affair.
This is the first project paid for entirely by the funds earned here on Patreon, so thank you all for that. As soon as I give this Tramp back to its owner, it will be fo...
2018-08-09 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry about that. I had to order another water pump for the Saab because both the new one I ordered leaked enough to where the word flow is a better description than the word leak. Because of this parts delay, I temporarily dropped the Saab project to work on the horrendously modified Trabant Tramp you see in the photo. The task for it is simple, but still more than I could complete in half a weekend. That (probably boring) project video will be out next week assuming I don't have a setback like...
2018-08-02 00:30:18 +0000 UTC View Post
There were some bad solder joints in the SAM unit. Oh darn. I just summed up the entire video in one sentence. Oh well. The video was more of an excuse to make fun of the guesses I got in the last video.
I hope you enjoy jump cuts. I didn't. I'm not doing this format again.
2018-07-19 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a tiny, plastic, electric car from 1975. This is a car with just 3.5hp from a DC motor and a 48V lead acid battery pack. The top speed is something like 25mph, but it's licensed as a regular car. The accelerator pedal does not control a speed controller. Instead, motor speed is controlled by what is essentially three relays, so it's an on-off switch with three speeds. It's ridiculously awful, but they made over 4,000 of them.
A full video will come of this thing when I go back to film ...
2018-07-17 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This is one of the rare videos I'll do about someone else's car. I normally don't do this, but this little thing was too interesting to pass up. I hope you enjoy the video about this fun little car.
The owner has another tiny electric city car that I also drove that day. See if you can spot it in this video. The quick drive video of that other car is coming a little later to Patreon subscribers only.
2018-07-12 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Was there an easier solution to running the vacuum lines? Probably. Was it necessary to run all of the hoses back to their original positions? Probably not. Are established solutions more fun than bodging together your own solution? Never.
This was not meant to be a three part series, but as you'll see in part 3 next month, I encountered quite a few more issues than I was expecting. In case you're wondering, the project is not yet done in real life. I'm still fixing and diagnosing issues with ...
2018-06-28 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I knew I couldn't finish the Saab 96 project and get the video edited in time to meet my release schedule, so I made an explainer of my problematic Smart car instead. The script for this video was a bit under-developed, so hopefully the ridiculous ending makes up for that a bit.
If you have any suggestions about a possible fix or what I should do with this car, I'm all ears. Well, not literally. That would look disgusting.
2018-06-14 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is an experimental promo I made some time last year for a series I never followed through on. As you can imagine, talking to myself across time like this took a lot of practice. I recorded the green screen half of the conversation first, and then I wore an earbud in the car to hear the other half of the conversation. The green screen half of the conversation took the longest because I just had to guess how long the conversation pauses were. After each take, I would talk to the recordi...
2018-06-07 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
This is the inaugural Aging Wheels Patreon post, so I'm giving all of you 24 hours early access to the Saab 96 project video.
If you're wondering how a carb swap could possibly fill up a 35 minute video split into multiple parts, it's because I did a lot more than swap a carb. I also swapped the engine, resealed the 'new' engine, and fabricated a custom carburetor base plate. I think I spent about 9 days working on this project during May including three vacation day...
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