Daihatsu DISASTER! The TRUTH About How Bad the RUST Was!

[@HubNut]

First time seeing the post-hammer footage. Eesh! You guys are amazing.

[@Hairnicks]

Bless you for keeping Carley's Dihatsu alive for another year, yes, a lot of us would have had it straight down to the scrapper, yes, it's a horrible car, but it's Carleys "horrible car" and she loves it.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Doesn't matter one bit what anyone else thinks when you have a car you love!

[@begachka]

In 80's and 90's and before, such resurrections were a matter of necessity and regularity. Everything else would be working, but annoying design faults, poor paintwork, bad production techniques etc. meant that maintaining & repairing bodywork was a constant and persistent feature of car ownership and life.

[@RikAindow]

Great video and effort taken to repair this car. At the end of the day, I don't care about repair vs replacement values if I like a car. Who are we to judge what is and is not viable for someone else who also loves their car just as much? If someone is willing to pay for the work to be done, why not let them go ahead and do it? If people constantly looked at repair v replacement costs, we'd have far fewer classics around as every car goes through the "not financially viable" stage at some point in its life. Classic car restorers should, in my opinion be more on board to repair things at this stage as there will become a time when things do rise in value.

[@davidflamee]

Fantastic progress. What great friends to have. Feeling the love. Lots of sealing to do before winter, weather proofing will extend the cars life, so, an absolute must. Well done everyone @Whiteland Restorations.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Winterproofing is currently underway!

[@iainmacleod4007]

Just spent the last few days in Wrexham North Wales driving a VW UP courtesy car whist my ID3 was in for some fettling. The UP was the best small car I have ever driven, small, simple, nimble and dead easy to drive. If you can get a good early one with no rot then that would be a far better vehicle than the Daihatsu and far easier for Carly to drive. No point in being sentimental, Japanese cars of that era have a design life which you have exceeded by some margin. I would view it as a death trap.

[@edainsworth6304]

I'm so glad to see shemz rescued, all of you guys deserve cake and a sack of cash for the sublime work you've done!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Think I'm going to go black forest gateaux 😂

[@lesklower7281]

The main reason is that this car is so important Miss Hubnut is hight impaired and it us difficult for shorter people to find a car they can actually drive and Miss Hubnut can drive this Daihatsu easily and she will get her drivers license and have a car she will be able to drive and this makes this Daihatsu priceless and thank goodness lan and Carly know you very nice people at Whiteland Restoration

[@misshubnut]

Thank you for being so understanding. Such a lovely comment

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Exactly, Carly loves that car and we want her to pass her driving test in it.

[@MrButtonpresser]

My goodness! A rear end collision, pre-repairs, doesn't bear thinking about.

[@oojimmyflip]

get some waxoil behind thiose panels asap in spring time, heat it up on a gas ring with the lid off and dilute it 50/50 with turps before spraying it into the chassis rails.

[@robingiles9444]

omg, it was a death trap. Carly must be so grateful that you managed to repair it, great job guys 👍👍👍

[@JamesSmith-kr9zw]

Wow, such a beautiful and kind gesture to save the Daihatsu for Carley & Ian. You guys have hearts of gold. Great content as always 😊

[@phillipthwaites326]

In the real world that car is scrap - rotten as a pear 🤣 Thankfully this HubNut so sensible isn't an option

[@terrybarnhurst7119]

Loving the interactions between you all

[@hadtopicausername]

It's incredible, what can lay hidden behind a pretty exterior. And this is a prime example of why you should never by a car just based on the fact that it passed its last MOT.

[@mpersad]

What a top job, the Hubnutters will be eternally grateful for certain!

[@simonc858]

Good job on the repairs, I was worried about my 2004 V50 (MOT due next March) my mechanic friend said he will check it again nearer the time, there are some parts that will need replacing but amazingly the bodywork and chasis are fine! Not too shabby for a nearly 20 yr old Volvo that has lived in Wales and was not well loved before I bought it. I look forward to seeing Carly on the road in Chems,

[@grumpy2.0]

I am sorry to see the state, the repairs will get it another year. My advise to Carley and Ian, is get through your test. An start to look for a replacement

[@Qwerty1235945]

Knowing how much Carly loves that car, you've done an amazing thing there. At any other garage, it would have been (to quote another fantastic KZbin channel) Not Economically Viable. Seriously, great work 6. It's amazing how lacy that car turned out to be.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Yep, only because Carly loves that car. Anyone else and we wouldn't have recommended doing the work

[@alansimpson835]

Good golly. It just shows what can be lurking once you start peeling back and poking. I'm so impressed with the skills you have to be able to fix these issues and the look on Miss Hubnut's face to know Chemmy will ride again is priceless. Cars can be so much more than just transport to people. Devin's reaction to the rot was equally priceless

[@km5lb11]

Thank you for working so hard to fix that car,I know Miss Hubnut just loves that little car.

[@andrewlaw]

Cut the cord now and scrap the car. Once rust like that has set it you'll find it needing welding every year. I have a customer with a MK2 Fiesta and he refuses to get rid of it. Every year he spends £400-500 on welding as the subframe and sills quietly rust away.

[@craig1010cc]

Its great to seeing a cheap car repaired rather than thrown away. I find it really sad the number of cheap cars that get scrapped because of rust because less and less people are learning to weld (or even work on) their own cars

[@stevesas632]

well come on, there's never been many people actually learn to weld, unless they have classic cars.

[@aslandama]

Thank you Lewis and Leanne for saving this little car for Carly, no doubt it would have been scraped otherwise.

[@Therenault5nut]

I feel for Carly and I think you have done an incredible job. Genuine tears in my eyes for your kindness 😊

[@WhitelandRestorations]

We have to help keep little Chemmy on the road, Miss Hubnut needs to pass her test!

[@Zeem4]

As someone who's renovating a vehicle that has deep and irreplaceable sentimental value to me, but will never be worth what I'll end up spending on it, and on which I'll have spent hundreds of hours by the time I've finished - I completely understand the mindset of why you'd want to keep this car on the road. Hopefully this balances out all the "why not scrap it" (or worse) comments from people who don't get it.

[@anthonyharrison3343]

Good luck with that Zeem4! I understand fully what you are saying I have my fathers Xsara Picasso which he gave to me four months before he passed away. Needless to say i treasure it!! It needs a new sill and tidying up but it will be done! . The money and time spent is not important in my opinion its what it does for you and your memories.

[@HubNut]

Lovely comment. Thank you.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Exactly, cars like these with sentimental value, it doesn't matter what it costs as long as you can afford to keep them

[@Zadster]

I know exactly how you feel. I'm trying to get my dad's car fixed (driven into last year, insurance wanted to write off, offered peanuts) but nobody is interested for this reason. The thing is, it was the car that we went places with mum, who is sadly no longer with us. I spent a lot of hours with dad going to and from hospital in it, and... yeah. Memories are important, and we aren't emotionless robots.

[@Teribus13]

I have an MGF in the garage that definitely fits into this category. In truth, if I could go back in time and know then what I know now, I would never have started fixing it up, it would've been sent to the scrapyard. Here I am now, though, I've started fixing it up, and my mum gave me a sum of money towards fixing it shortly before she passed away. I'm doing way more work than the car is worth, but it's worth so much more in sentimental value. My biggest obstacle is motivation. I'm really struggling to find the motivation to crack on with it. It's now been off the road for 2 years 😭

[@paulb4uk]

❤ superb work great to see it saved .

[@WhitelandRestorations]

We'll do our best to keep Chemmy alive and on the road

[@alastairwilson457]

Oh wow, thankfully you found all this. Anything to keep the Hubnuts safe

[@BungleBare]

“We know where they live!” - a chilling comment, no doubt leading to a Jaguar X-type, Mk1 Ford Ka, and all sorts of notoriously rusty old tat being delivered by the HubNuts to Whiteland Restorations for “minor fettling”. 😱

[@brendonhearn8778]

Who let Lewis have a hammer!!! Good catch...on with the patch(es).

[@davefrench3608]

The look of shock on Mini Hubnut’s face says it all

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Terrific fix guys.

[@nickc4518]

Wow that rust is really really bad. Brings back bad memories of the Rover 820 fastback.

[@derektarrant9232]

This is one of those when a car is more that ‘just a car’ and you keep it going for as long as it’s possible - yes lesser mortals would have sent it to the scrappy but for Miss Hubnut it’s giving her the opportunity to gain some freedom and pass her test which makes it worth going above and beyond for

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Got it in one!

[@mikeburnitt403]

Well that developed quickly, bloomin good repairs there, okay I know its your job but that is seriously neat. we repair old cars with our hearts, because it wouldnt make sense if we used our heads.

[@iangrice329]

I haven't seen rust like that since I had a MK1 Fiat Panda😮

[@neilbeaumont2820]

great, sympathetic work. well done

[@StevensPaul]

Big trouble in little Daihatsu . 🚙 Good to see Chemmy on the mend 👍.

[@bondbug73]

I've got nothing but full admiration and skills of the Whiteland Restorations team who understand the sentimental value of Chemmy to Miss HubNut by not giving up easily. 👏👏👏

[@PaddyWV]

In the Classics World I've seen people rebuild entire floors before on cars that twenty years ago were only worth £500. If someone somehere takes such a decision, it's all for the better really.

[@superseven220]

This will never be a classic

[@PaddyWV]

@@superseven220 My point being that people will be surprised by what does become "a classic".

[@MrManBuzz]

@@PaddyWV Sure, you have a point, but this is definitely not one of those cars. It'll be 'interesting', but it'll never be a classic. The best this car can hope to be is an interesting survivor once these start getting very rare. But there's absolutely nothing special or interesting about it, it's a disposable kei car. That's how it was designed.

[@markwright3161]

@@MrManBuzz Morris Minors, Minis, VW Beetles, Morris Marinas, Ford Fiestas (mk1, etc), Austin Metros, Peugeot 205's, etc were all cheap disposable cars of their time, some not even built to last a few years, nevermind a decade or more, yet look at all of them. The 90's Vauxhall Corsa is starting to see people wanting to collect them as they're nostalgic for their first car, etc. I think this Daihatsu will become the 'DAF 66' type of classic, small but dedicated following as their numbers dwindle to a fraction of the already the low starting point. I think they have been rare enough and are still different enough from the average small car in the UK to catch some people's interest while the Corsas, Fiestas, Saxos, 106s, etc get picked up by the nostalgic group. They're all also going to be the last of the small light car with all that's on sale now being heavy, bloated faux-by-fours all weighing in at twice these cars ever where. Hit enough stuff with it, or get it stuck trying to park or pass another vehicle on a narrow street enough times, and many will reminisce for the small city cars again.

[@coopdivi]

Ian just can't help himself -- he has to go prodding and pushing his fingers in everywhere! 🤣

[@philtucker1224]

Those superb repairs should double the value of that car f(rom £100 to possibly £200! ) Nice work!

[@Zadster]

Wow! It looked pretty respectable from the outside too! I know the rust will never stop, but I guess a power wash clean, drying and coating with something Bilt Hambers-ish will help. Hopefully next time the repair will be within @misshubnut 's capabilities. Maybe one for @HubNut but I would love to see a comparison of some consumer grade welding gear. So we can learn what to avoid, what we need on a welder and what sort of cost they are likely to be. Maybe something to do for Car Mechanics magazine?

[@markevans2280]

Talk about throwing good money after bad , should have been bean cans long ago

[@steveworth544]

it is amazing how well modern cars hide their true condition. From outside it looks good. You don't see the rusty sills, arches, door bottoms etc that you did in 60's and 70's cars. it is all happening underneath and behind plastic cover sills, bumpers etc. Looking good for a few more years now though.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Very good at hiding rot!

[@johngrubb1590]

Wow finding that would have made me feel so sick, you did a great thing there for Carly and Ian.

[@micheltebraake7915]

Thanks to the craftsmanship of Lewis and Mo, Chemmy can last for years to come.

[@craigmclean8260]

Well, now I'm hooked on "The Saga of Chemmy"...Looks like a nice job on the repairs (though I know nothing of welding); some of the channels I watch here in the States rely heavily on license plates, recycled appliances and self-tappers to restore rusted bodywork! It works, but where we live I see quite a number of cars which barely cast a shadow, as well as pickups nearly broken in half still on the road...

[@roseybut]

Wow it's the RS escort all over again but at the other end. Well done for saving chemmy.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Oh god don't say that too loud..... Rust nightmares!

[@dombooth86]

Poor chemmy think the hubnuts will have to scrap this i reckon in a year or so & get a replacement

[@WhitelandRestorations]

We'll keep Chemmy on the road for as long as well can hey

[@terencehawkes3933]

Rust never sleeps! With the money you are going to have to spend to fix that lovely little car, you might be able to get a rust-free example. Good work though!!!

[@mrsmith697]

And that rust to...

[@robertmackenzie5850]

Too right , to me it’s not worth repairing, get a rust free example

[@WhitelandRestorations]

You'd be hard pushed to find a rust free Charade in the UK!

[@terencehawkes3933]

That is too bad. This sweet little car was never imported into Canada where I live. @@WhitelandRestorations

[@robertmackenzie5850]

@@WhitelandRestorations a Hyundai i10 would be just as good

[@chrisrand5185]

It's interesting how many people judge a car by the cost of a repair against its resale value. That is only of any relevance if you are repairing a vehicle to sell. Every time someone buys a new car, they are spending more than they will get back if they try to sell it.

[@tonyford7987]

Was fit for scrap really!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Lucky we could save it

[@mrsmith697]

Yes its often so..a little hole, and then much more in the end..

[@karljackson1834]

Lew and Mo to the rescue,brilliant work.

[@philipbunker146]

“Triggers” broom springs to mind….

[@aftergrowth]

Wow...good job at fixing 🙂

[@raymondg6823]

Rusty is so active, love seeing her as part of the action, even if she does appear on the ceiling.

[@terryatkinson899]

Good of you to weld up the daihatsu 😊

[@tristanpage6805]

Great work. Enjoyed that

[@alastairward2774]

Rust got our Saab, sad to see it go as it was only a year younger than my daughter and we'd driven her so many places in it.

[@peterthebricky]

Scrap it , but it's the star of the video , oh yeah

[@Georgeolddrones]

Cut the roof off and turn it into a skip, job done😂👍 you guys do a brilliant job ,lovely people thank for the video from the old man in Stoke

[@michaelwright2986]

Carly: "I've been loving this car and hating it for the last two days." Now is revealed the full nature of the old car relationship. My sister-in-law still has her Daihatsu Pyzar, which has lived through three decades--in Adelaide, the dryest of Australian capital cities.

[@Equiluxe1]

In my experience rust is always worse than it first appears, you start on the job and it's just like topsy, it just grows and grows.

[@stevesas632]

Wow, thats a lot of rust for age of car. Not worth bothering with surely on that type of car is it?

[@ruglund]

well done on that repair, If it wasnt chemmy, id say the scrapper would have been a better place for it... in Denmark those patches never would be allowed...

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Any other little car like that and we would have turned it away

[@damonrobus-clarke533]

Well it’s probably sounder than when built!

[@marklawton5753]

OMG is this why we don't have Daihatsu in this country anymore. Great work guys, I think you have some very grateful owners on your hands. By the way was reflected on the rear drivers side door window at 42 seconds ? I hope it was the TV lol It looked like a mongoose or something.

[@tomwinch9107]

I think it's a cat running across the ceiling (or possibly the reflection of a cat running across the floor) ... ;-D

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Mongoose 😂 That was our dog Rusty, looks like she was walking on the ceiling!

[@AmigaA-or2hj]

Better than the FSO 125P. They rusted like hell!

[@nicholasreason8379]

the worse that can happens is you set fire to the car, but it can get worse some have set fire to the garage but hopefully the house could saved if the fire brigade arrives quick enough

[@nipperdawg1865]

Here in the US it would be headed to the recyclers as almost no one does structural rust repair

[@GoldenCroc]

On the other hand in many places in the US there isnt any inspection to begin with, hence there being probably a literal million of cars on the road in worse condition than this was when it came in...

[@JAY61ish]

Ian and the missus really need to weigh that POS in .. it's a bloody money pit ..... AND ..not even a nice car..It's a good job you are friends . coz a Local Garage would probably write it off as financially unviable... The slightest bump where an insurance company gets involved, it would be a total write off.. Sorry Carly .

[@mattm6720]

What else is hidden...

[@corvair140]

Agree 100%. Cars a death trap. Even welded up. Some of that welding is sketchy at best. What else is rotten, that's hidden. It's a 350 quid car at most with a full MOT. Mind you, any other of Hubnut's cars are not much better.

[@grahamstrachan3555]

Ellie the 2cv is my favourite hubnut car

[@Zadster]

@@corvair140 I don't get it, you hate the cars, why do you watch?

[@mattdebbage3821]

Great job welding it up, but let's be honest - that's a scrapper. It's going to be compromised everywhere else, yes it'll pass an MOT now but it's not a safe car. Weigh it in and find her something better

[@philtucker1224]

That extent of rust was worse than a typical 1960s barn find! How could it rot so incredibly quickly ??

[@martinneumann7783]

First I thought: oh no, that’s it. Next idea: as long as Lewis can find some healthy parts to weld some sheet metal on, the Daihatsu story will continue. And it will… Thanks guys for saving this (economically worthless) lovely car. ❤🚙♥️

[@stephenwestley1017]

The decision to repair or scrap is a tough one tne cost normally. outweighs the value but its her first car andbits worth keeping on the road

[@weaton25]

I have sold so many cars in the past that just got rusty I always say I do not care if the engine gearbox or anything michanical goes wrong on a car that can all be repaird but rust is the kiss of death the problem with your Daihatsu is next year you will have to do it all again perhaps on different places but it never ends.

[@Andy-eo3mq]

Christ!! That is scary! I bought a 2011 Suzuki Swift at the start of the year: what are they like regarding rust? Is it likely to end up in a similar state to Chemmy?

[@icascone]

To think Ian did a road trip few days ago!! :P

[@mikeakhurst1855]

Nice job. Hope you mentioned the leaking fuel tank to them! 😊

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Yeah they know all about that!

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

You are lucky the HubNuts already have a Aussie Ford specialist Lol.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Phew! 😂

[@profrumpo]

Crikey what horrific rot, it probably explains why you never see any of these on the road. Fantastic job saving this car though, the rust protection from factory appears ZERO.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Absolutely not a dab of underseal. No protection at all!

[@MrManBuzz]

They weren't cars designed to last. They're a cheap Kei car designed to last the first 2 or 3 Shaken (Japanese MOT) and then be scrapped. As noble as this was, and some damn good welding at that, this car is still not going to last long. It'll be a money pit.

[@Phiyedough]

Was the glue job done before the Hubnutters got the car?

[@Banglish123]

Gotta be up there with Furious Drivings Crown Vic. Good work but sometimes it's best to just put the animal out of its misery lol.

[@PathsLessTravelled]

Oh my. It was a bit tired 😮

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Just a bit hey!

[@philtucker1224]

I wouldn’t count on that rear axle staying on the car for too much longer!

[@garywillcox9684]

You are good people

[@35dononeill]

Getting another Daihatsiu. I hope it's another charade.

[@Karl_Burton]

Will you put underseal on ?

[@WhitelandRestorations]

It's happening right now!

[@Karl_Burton]

@@WhitelandRestorations I assumed so, but thought I'd check. Thanks for the vid

[@GlennPowell-ls3lg]

I like your agricultural approach because lets be honest that car was built to throw away from new.Its possibly the most uninspiring car I have ever seen .Old Fords rotted for fun but at least they had the looks to begin with.

[@ChrisBrown-jh2mo]

Dad worked for British Steel, old Fords were rusty before they were made as they used to store the steel outside.

[@bobfrankish8883]

Great job as always Lewis. Do you not think though, pretty disgraceful for a 2006 car?

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Shocking that they didn't put any protection on cars destined for the UK.

[@simotec30001]

Yes.. but how did the cat walk on the ceiling?

[@WhitelandRestorations]

That's our dog.... She has skills

[@sqweki2008]

I think Miss HubNut’s & the Hublets face said it all🤦🏻‍♂️

[@WhitelandRestorations]

She very happy Chemmy is saved from the scrap heap

[@maxeluy]

That's the issue of loving an object, you have to choose between the logical route of scraping the car and then buy another cheap car and keep going or sink a lot of money and time to repair it just because that's what you want. And i believe both decisions are ok, it depends on you what you want. Im ok with the idea of scraping a car and then searching for another one if the car is far gone, but some people have an attachment with a particular car, i personally have attachments with a certain brand or model, but the car itself has to be good for me to like it, the process of restoring something that is "gone" is a process that I don't like, I prefer to keep a good car in good condition and improve it over time. But some people have other tastes and preferences and we have to respect them.

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Proper job. Are the sills OK?

[@HubNut]

Sills seem fine. Maybe they rustproofed those!

[@nigelbarratt6825]

There's no possible logical reason to repair anything as rotten as that unless it's a classic such as an e-type which is worth a fortune when restored. Sentiment is the only reason, but why not if that's what you want? The only concern is what is the state of the other hidden parts of the car, which probably aren't much better, only time will tell. As a 70-odd year old ex-mechanic who spent his youth welding up rotten cars (which they all were in those days 50s/60s) with oxy-acetylene as there was no mig then, we'd have scrapped one that bad even in those days!

[@superseven220]

If this wasn't for friends it would definitely have been a scrapper. Many hours of work far beyond the value of the car

[@sq1rlsqu4d]

0:41 - Cat on ceiling 😹

[@WhitelandRestorations]

That's Rusty our dog 😂

[@alanhoward6553]

This car is a death trap full stop!

[@rocker8080808]

Great work defeating Rustman yet again

[@robertfrancis1534]

Surely that’s not worth repairing, and is scrap?

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Normally it would be uneconomical to repair but we're helping keep Carly's car on the road to help her pass her test

[@andrewskinner5860]

Sorry that cars not worth fixing or wasting welding wire on 😢😢 great vid

[@Matthew-Fletcher]

How on earth did the car get through an MOT!!!