Welcome back to The Skid Factory
We're continuing work on Millsy's Beford this week
We got the majority of the big stuff done
Engine. Trans. Everything's in there
Turbo's mounted, intercooler, radiator
All that stuff
Got it all plumbed up and the fuel system in
Waiting for the diff(erential), it's at the diff shop
Waiting for some brakes for it
Which are coming from The States
We've got a bit of a delay there
Now we've got to get down to the boring, nitty gritty stuff
Where the car just doesn't work if you don't do it
But it's not very interesting because it's not turbos and stuff like that
We're going to mount the brake booster
Off the Subaru
I had made an adapter plate intitially
We're going to change it a little bit just to move the booster away
from the firewall a bit because this rod's a little bit too long
So we're going to make an alloy adapter
and fiddle around with that and
maybe reinforce the pedal box under the dash as well
because it's not the greatest thing I've ever seen
We're also going to mount the Falcon throttle pedal
which is required
seeing that it's Drive-by-Wire
This is the
plastic pedal box out of a Falcon
It's got the brake and the trottle on it
Fortunately this just unbolts
with 3 screws
It's sort of like a hang system
which is quite good for this van
because there's not much in the way of firewall to mount things on
so we're just going to unbolt that and bin this
and make up a bracket to actually hold this pedal in place
then
We can probably get down to things like wiring and that sort of thing after that
but we'll start with this and see how long it takes
[Music by Moog]
Yeah that looks sweet from this side
Minus that big gap in the top
Yeah, the only trouble is the big gap
We need to account for
I'd like to
count some sheep and just fill that whole thing in
ideally
sweet
It's gonna be too thick
the studs won't be long enough
Yeah, we'll probably have to take a bit off this
sweet
turn it in a lathe, eh?
[nods yes]
Finally get to showcase the new lathe, Allen
I got this badboy off Dave, my mate
in exchange for working on his (Holden) VK Commodore drag car
So he drew dicks all over it before I picked it up because he's a great guy
It's like a 1979 model
It's 3 phase so it's been passed on through a few people
because no one had the power to run it
So I got 3 phase in my shed, so it's all good
Surprisingly it seems to work alright
I'm gonna get Woody to learn how to lathe stuff
Is that right?
Yep
Is that because you don't know how to do it either?
I know how to point this thing at it and cut stuff off
That's about all
Same here
[Music by Moog]
Billet
[Music by Moog]
Hey, Al
Yo!
You excited about Dragway?
Very
You know what I'm excited for?
Just the general roadtrip with the boys and the Cresta
It's so comfortable in the back of the rollcage
Well it's comfortable for me because I'm tiny
I don't know about you and Azz
You're not tiny
Yeah I am, bro
Are you calling me fat?
I didn't say you're fat but you're not tiny
maybe a little bit
Here on don't let it catch fire [Judy?]
Right-O
I soaked this rag in thinners for you to put it out
Thinners?
Relax
There seems to be smoke but I can't see any fire
U wot?
I said there seems to be smoke but I can't see any fire
Good-O
Can you undo it now?
Woah, easy tiger!
Unfire it
yep
There's more smoke inside here than a wicked camper van
Got our cover plates stitched on
not going to weld it all the way around because it's
just creates - it can make it contract and stuff and buckle
so we're just going to use some, like, Sika (caulk)
Drip check they sometimes call it
It's basically a sealant to stop water running down into the car
We're going to seal that up and lop it on and give it a bit of a squirt with some black paint
The car is going to get painted later so it probably will get pulled apart
I'll fix it up then, whoever does it
We're just doing what we gotta do at the moment
So let's get schmutz and
Schmutz?
Schmoo?
What does Benny call it?
I think it's Schmoo - Slazz!
Slazz! That's what Benny calls it
Benny's got all the names
It's even like O.G. body colour
mmm. Well done
I'm good at this
I was gonna say your Schmoo skills are, uh, pretty great
The old painters touch-up, aye?
It's what a painter does
Builders touch-up. Carpenters touch-up?
If you can't see it, it doesn't matter
I think in that trade it's like everyone blames everything on someone else
The builder will leave is for the electrician
The electrician will leaves it for the painter
Then the painter leaves it for the tiler
Aren't all the electricians cruising around in their yachts and stuff?
They don't have time to fix stuff like that
Electricians and plumbers
Active neutral ground [dexy?]
Then builders have stuff like jetskiis, I'm pretty sure
Jetskiis and motorbikes
Then you've got a motorbike on the back of your SS Ute towing a jetski
But you don't actually take it out you just go down and do some tough laps of your main street
Ever think we got into the wrong trade?
Maybe we did
Schmutzing over a Bedford van on Sunday afternoon
Should be out on my jetski
and my SS Yute
No, it's (Volkswagen) Amaroks now, I think
Amaroks? No more SS Utes
Think it's like (Nissan) D40 Navaras
That's only for the apprentices
Oh! That's first year wages, bro
Oh wow!
I had a ute on my first year
I bet it was junk
I don't think that was first year. I think it was like fourth year
That was Captain Flatbrim Ute
Well it feels great ute up (?)
Millsy would have been so proud of you
He's all over that flat brimming
It was full Millsy spec
Except it didn't have a turbo 1UZ in it
No it didn't
It still had chrome bumpers and chrome mirrors
This is appalling
And I even wore a flat brim, I'm pretty sure
I do recall giving you shit about it at the time
That's amazing
Looks pretty legit to me
I'm not a plasterer
Do plasterers use Sika flex?
Have you heard that joke about the plasterers radio?
Everyone keeps carrying on about it all the time
It's painters radio
Not sure what it's about
You want your Slazz to stay
Schmoo, Schmoo
No it's Slazz
to stay not solid
put some heat shrink over the end of it
melt it down then chuck it in the fridge
seems to work
L E M O N S Q U A S H
Can we have one yet?
Bloody need one
Got some bad news I'll have to break to you later
[Music by Moog]
What's going on, Herbert?
It's going to be a bit of a prick, I think
This has got like, no travel at all
Yeah that's pretty normal for a modern pedal
I think maybe get the seat in
and then
maybe have a sit
and get a feel for where we can put it
Yeah that's one thing you do have to do properly
is make sure the pedals in the right place
otherwise it'll feel like driving an Escort or something
with the pedals in the -
There's that whole crossbar. Do you want to pull the dash out?
Yeah it's gotta get a new dash, so we might as well
We'll put those seats in, aye?
Keep that stuff for me
All this stuff's going in the bin, isn't it?
Yeah
Give it to Klopfe he loves (??) nuts
Yeah, Klopfe likes (??) and stuff
What's about Millsy's nuts? What's happening to those?
Millsy's nuts?
I'm not aware of them
Alright
We'll lock those up somewhere
Don't want someone getting ahold of those
This is your job, bro
Hoorah!
There's so much junk back here, bro
Thought it all got thrown out
Seamless
Almost
This is like the best seat we've installed ever - Is that the correct side?
Where's the seatbelt latch?
They're on the floor, dude
Yeah this is the correct side
Oh that's right they were tied on to the seat with a bit of string
Think I've got the right socket in here for Woody
That would be it
Makes heaps of sense
Here fool
8/17th NQX
There we go
It's a really weird position, aye?
Because the steering wheel is almost like it's...
Yeah that's because it's like an English / European 70s car
Putting things in the right spot is not how they rolled
That'd be good right there
Put behind the seat, heaps better there
Oh, like back here
Suits you, bro
Think it does?
Do you like to die?
Nah
Maybe not
I like comfort
Something that you can drive a like a long distance
[laughter]
That's gonna be a bit of a mission I think. I don't know if I want to do that today
Do you want to do it?
I'm not that keen
Plus I've got bad tidings for you
What's that? What's the bad tidings?
Let's get a Lemon Squash and we'll talk about it
cool
What's this bad news, bro, are you and mum getting a divorce or something?
No, it's nothing that bad
We're just not going to be able to finish this Bedford off before we go overseas
Right on
Tragic. Tragic.
We're going overseas. We're going to Dragweek and we're leaving September the 1st (2018)
So we've run out of time to finish the Bedford
That's alright we'll just get back to it when we get back
It's not going anywhere. It's got no wheel and no diff
So it can't
Millsy's gonna get the diff back for us in the meantime
and Matt might do a bit of metal sculpturing while we're away
that would be cool if we came back and that was all done
Yeah, that'd be sick
So it is gonna get done. It's just we're going to put it on hold while we're overseas
So yep, we're off to Dragweek with Benny
and the Cresta and also with Azz from Dunning Kruger Motorsport
it's gonna be a cool roadtrip
Really looking forward to it
and little bonus for us, we're going to Canada afterwards
so if you're up in the land of Moose
and French language
in some parts
you might be able to catch up with us
we'll make a bit of an announcement later about that
We are going to see another YouTube garage
and do something so it's going to be pretty cool
While we're in the States showing what the mighty Barra can do in the Cresta
We will be uploading a few videos here and there
Some technical stuff and a
couple of vehicles that we've built in the past
so keep an eye on our social media stuff: Instagram & Facebook to find out when that's happening
Also when we're doing our Canada thing
That will be good, so if you're in
Ontario region of Canada you might want to come say hello to us
We'll let you know when we're there and when we'll have a meet
In the meantime thanks for watching
Think we'll get another ride in before we go?
May as well, I've still got 9 fingers left
Woody check this out! I need to pay more attention
It says Do Not Mount Barra Behind Front Axel Line