Hey Guys ChrisFix here
And in this video I'm going to show you how I got the drift car,
what drift car I got
This is the official start to the drift car build.
So what car did I get? Well, you didn't think I'd show you right away did you.
Before i go reveal it go comment and let me know what you think it is.
Now no cheating and looking ahead.
also i'm gonna be making a really awesome announcement at the end of this video,
so stay tuned for that and it's just so many exciting things happening here
here at the ChrisFix Channel
let's get started
as many of you know from the drift car introduction video
I asked you guys to vote on your top three drift cars that you want to see me build
so you chose RX7 Mustang or BMW and thanks for being so involved because
this poll had an epic turn out
so since then I've been listening to you guys and I'm looking at my local auto
shopper on craigslist and even in the newspaper with no luck at all
everything around here is just way too expensive or when I went to go see the
car it had major problems like this BMW with a head gasket leak and yes this was
a head gasket leak when checking the dipstick
I saw coolant in the oil now a bunch of you guys commented great ideas and
suggestions like getting a salvage car since it is a drift car and it doesn't
have to be perfect that way a salvage car is way cheaper
so I ran with that idea and I started searching online for salvage cars and
they were really cheap but since I wasn't a dealer
I couldn't get to the auctions so I actually found a site that lets you bid
on dealer auctions and then they go out and bid on those live auctions for you
it's almost like Ebay for salvage cars and there are tons of really cool cars
on here for example we have this Maserati spider
it only has 20,000 miles and had flood damage and with only a few days away
the current bid was five thousand dollars that would be a cool drift car
not only would that be a cool drift car but that would be a cool car just to own
and then I started getting really distracted and i found a Mercedes-Benz
G-Wagen I always liked these SUVs and this one just had some minor dents and
scratches and the current bid was at one thousand dollars and i'm telling you i
got distracted start looking at Tesla's have an electric drift car how cool
would that be I don't think anybody's doing that yet
this Tesla has 2,000 miles and it has rear end damage but the rear end on
drift cars are usually messed up anyway
I'm sensing future videos potentially and i'll leave a link in the description
to this website because you got
are gonna have a blast just looking at all the different cars on there I'm sure
checking out all these salvage cars and thinking about how you could fix them up
is going to get you going
but anyway let's get back on track so the car that - hub actually found for me
they emailed me asking why I was on the site and I said hey I'm looking for a
drift car
here's what my subscribers said and they found me this car right here hundred
twenty thousand miles
it's a manual transmission car got plenty of torque and it's really cheap
not only that this car is in a salvage car to charity car so it was donated so
the winning bid that money goes to a Veterans charity how awesome is that
but I've never done anything like this ever I've never bought a car on ebay on
the internet anything I always see in person but I had a good feeling about
this
not really sure if the car runs or not but hey that's why fix things and hey we
could get it for a really good price and guess what i won the bid and that's how
I got the drift car that you guys pick
now this cars gonna get delivered to me in about a week or so and we'll see how
I did for my first online car buying experience
I should also mention if you don't follow me on social media such as
Instagram or Facebook make sure you find me on Instagram or Facebook because I
give a bunch of updates on here
i asked you guys what car you thought it was going to be lets the Miata (3x)
yep I think you guys think it might be a miata but let's find out
and then a week later here it is
I need to get this car off this truck and in front of my house
it's getting rolled and that started because apparently it doesn't run
I was told it might just be a dead battery so we'll see and this is the
moment of truth this is the reveal right here
what's the ChrisFix drift car going to be
yeah
and this is the drift car in 1998 mustang GT with a manual transmission
so before I go show you the car here's the title I got a 98 ford mustang
it's a California car blurred out his address but it's not a California
Emissions car which is awesome
this is the original owner so this was a single owner car when he got the car had
a hundred sixty six miles and now I own the car the car only has a hundred
twenty thousand miles
how cool is that and then we have the title straight from California
this is awesome now this is an auction car so the car comes with no warranty it
as is
that's one of the biggest risks at buying an auction you can see here we
have the vehicle bid price and auction fees so I got the car for 1150 dollars
and then a 328 dollar auction fee for a total price of less than fifteen hundred
dollars we'll just call it 1,500 so $1,500 for this 98 mustang
let's go check it out and this is the first time I ever got a car online so
let's see if it paid off
so taking a look at the interior the interior actually looks like it's a
really good shape
besides being a little bit dirty I mean everything looks really good and there's
a little tear right here which doesn't matter because we're gonna get racing
seats
the carpet and everything is exceptional wow this thing is really clean
that is surprising and then the back seats are really clean
probably rip those out take a look inside
good old ford mustang interior from 1998
not bad doesn't really matter because i feel like i'm going to get the interior
the manual 5-speed transmission
I wonder if it has the owner's manual
good we have an owner's manual that's helpful
the interior is a part on this side wonder what we have in here
nothing in here has pop the trunk check out the trunk and this thing is dead
battery so that might not work actually
I mean if we're not turning into a drift car seems pretty good if we could get a
running got cassette CD air conditioning I don't know if the air conditioning
works
the steering wheel is a little bit yeah old but everything besides the driver's
seat and steering wheel looks really nice the headliners nice back seats are
nice and dashboards nice
let's go pop the hood
see what's inside this baby
sheesh this car is also dirty check this out there's a footprint as a couple of
footprints on the hood of the car needs a good cleaning there you go there's a
video you guys want to know how to clean your car properly see where this latches
on the Mustang got to learn a new car over again
all right now this motor is dirty but you guys been asking for how to clean a
motor is the perfect opportunity
nice VA engine 4.6 liter tons of torque which is perfect for drifting get those
rear tires loose
we all know that Mustangs can get their rear tires nice and loose you want to know
what the best thing about this car is because it's a California car
there is no rust like look at this on a Jersey car in the Northeast any of these
cars up here are going to be completely rusty and just from being here for a few
days
the brake rotor is all rusty but check out these calipers
no rust at all on the calipers
even if we look at the little screws that hold on the body panels
these things always rust there's no rust on them the undercarriage looks perfect
no rust no damage no frame damage got the dual exhaust and we know that
Mustang sound great so this thing is going to get an exhaust system and just
sound amazing
just got to get it started besides getting it started let's go over a
little checklist of things i want to do to this car
so the first thing we want to do is I want you guys to give me a project name
this whole series has to have a project name
I'm thinking project drip sting but if you can come up with something better
I'm definitely open to using it so let me know of a project name that's for you
guys to figure out next thing get the car running
unfortunately car doesn't run I don't want to crank yet I check the oil and
the oil is low so I want to add oil before I mess around with any of that
then once i get the car running got to get insured and registered then I'm
going to show you guys how to clean a car properly let's get this thing
looking awesome
and then I need a practice driving stick I've only driven stick on one car before
everything I've ever driven has been automatic so it's time to get a lot of
experience driving stick and become good at that
then I want to do stuff like get a baseline and I know so we can see how
much horsepower it's going to make get a baseline wait so we can see how heavy
the cars and see how we could reduce that weight
I want to learn how to drift I know a couple of really awesome drifters that
Chris Forsberg who might be open to the idea of teaching me how to drift
we'll see about that that could be a really cool episode then I want to see
maybe get some sponsors I don't know what you guys think I try to get some
sponsors for this car
after that we'll do some bolt ons like an intake maybe an exhaust
I want to gut the interior I want to get a roll cage racing seats and a harness a
video on a big brake kit is something you guys been asking for that this might
be a good opportunity
hydraulic ebrake super important for drifting
should we start with charger supercharge it that is a big step into adding power
might be something good for this car
should we vinyl wrap the car to some crazy vinyl wrap something that looks
cool
do I want to add some bolt ons like cams also ideas from you guys
I want to hear ideas from you guys that's the whole point of this build to
get you involved as much as possible what do you want to see and just let me
make this clear because I know not everybody likes drifting and I get it
but the great thing about this project
it's just a bunch of fixes and customization adding a supercharger for
a drift car or for a regular car or for a race car
it's all the same same thing with a roll cage same thing with racing seats
same thing with pretty much all these mods so even if you're not into drifting
guess what these episodes are going to be a lot of fun and informative
anyway I just wanted to point that out
so just wait till you see what I have to show you guys this is going to be
awesome
I have a cool surprise for my fans
we are having a ChrisFix car meet right here in this parking lot
autozone was nice enough to let me use their parking lot
how cool is this look at that that's my car right there
they're gonna be door prizes there's going to be product demonstrations the
local radio stations coming out and this is your chance to come out and meet me
and just hang out and have a good time
so I'm crazy excited about this that is so awesome I mean look at that poster in
front of the whole building that's so cool
but you know what time it is time to go get car parts
all right my hands are full of parts to get the Mustang running in the next
episode
I'm the type of person that's one trip or no trip and there we go
and this is exactly why you don't go to a parts store alone because then you end
up buying way too much stuff
so there we go start of the drift project I need you guys to comment some
ideas project name for example let me know what a good name is plus we are
having a car meet in this very parking lot
this is going to be a lot of fun tons of prizes just a good time music and
everything
so come on out will be a link in the description to sign up to the ChrisFix
meet and there we go it's the start of a series i'm excited i hope you guys are
excited
now let me go get started filming so I can get the car ready for the meet and
start drifting