INCREDIBLE BODGE! Wait Till You See This! SLEDGE HAMMER To Repair This Disaster? & TOPDON TC004 Test

Plase help us send this car viral, because the amount of filler and bodgery on this car really is impressive AND I have to somehow rebuild this thing....
Just when you thought the Disaster Datsun couldn't get any worse, it then got worse... no word of a lie, when removing the incredible amounts of filler/bondo on this classic car, I was absolutely gob smacked! & it just got worse throughout the video! We actually did find some sort of decent metal underneath all the bodgery and we used that to weld a new wheel arch in place. Getting that arch on makes it somewhat looking less of a Disaster.
This once abandoned Datsun 260z really has thrown up many suprises, but as we always say, this ain't nothing we can't handle. in places, the filler was over an inch thick and we thought thr best tools of choice were ofcourse a sledge hammer, as well as a hammer and chissel.
TOPDON kindly sent us thr TC004 for testing, are we gotta say it is impressive, if you are after a thermal camera then we would recommend this TC004 without doubt.
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Check out the full disaster Datsun playlist:
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Check out the other wheel arch video:
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[@yorkshirecarrestoration]

Please do share this video far and wide. I have to somehow rebuild this Disaster!😂

[@ВасилийЯкунин-о4ы]

Он говорит нет слова в английском зато в русском есть это слово ПИЗДЕЦ

[@scottcooper7544]

I was surprised that you where surprised of the surprises that lay in wait for you😂

[@ВасилийЯкунин-о4ы]

​@@scottcooper7544 столько шпатлёвка и не жалко материал переводить)

[@MrHugaKuga]

Are you sure you haven't got Datsun's original clay concept car ;-)

[@eddybulich3309]

That vehicle should have been mounted in a public park as a monument. The person who worked on it before wasn't a panel beater but a sculptor - to have sculpted all that bondo was a work of art :)

[@russthebiker]

I think he should mount it on a display board in the reception, over a picture of the stupid old git that sold them the car

[@steveworth544]

imagine rubbing down all that filler in the first place- it must have taken ages. Brilliant stuff Ryan-thanks

[@danielduchon1035]

Or dip it and find out there’s nothing left 🤣🤣🤣

[@pauldixon3677]

Wow, previous owner must have had shares in filler company! I swear that car will be 200kg lighter when your finished. Great vid.

[@jurgenhoffmann8680]

I work on old Cars more than 30 Years. I have never seen a Car in this Condition. Much more Fiberglass than Metal! A scary Car! Greetings from Germany! Good luck!!

[@DanPopeko]

What an awesome job you’re doing on this masterpiece. I bet that this car will be a lot lighter when you get finished with all the bondo removal. This is amazing watching the magic you’re accomplishing on a real disaster. I’m enjoying watching your accomplishments. Keep up the amazing work.

[@ColinBarrett001]

Brilliant work as ever Ryan. But what about the inner arch? I'm intrigued how you're going to tackle that? Thanks again for sharing your expertise! 🙂

[@garypoulton7311]

I am impressed, whoever did that was a clever chap, building the entire rear wing in filler, and it does not look like it had cracked either

[@Ragnar8504]

Not until Ryan whacked it with a hammer, no.

[@Erik-ow7dq]

Nice work so far, but what Arena going to do about the rustet inner wheelarch?

[@RustyShackleford97]

So it had one previous owner huh.. like in America that is what all the dealers say and it's always an old lady who took really good care of it.. beautiful work always exciting to see an upload.

[@paulvanhouts3365]

I love your sense of humour as well as your skill attacking the rust( pun intended). I like these cars but couldn’t afford one when younger but I had its little brother the 120y coupe. Generally well build little car with a good willing little motor. I could only imagine how these went by comparison. To see this bogged car it seemed more like a sculpture in fiber glass and rust, just unimaginable that it was allowed on the road. Keep up these great vlogs. Looking forward to the next installment.

[@Maverick-cl2lt]

Hi guys, I will begin by saying I am impressed by your dedication. I have had one of these cars for 25 years, and I honestly thought I repaired the worst one out there, but this takes the cake. If you need any help or advice, feel free to hit me up. I've been a Datsun enthusiast for 30 years and there isn't a bolt I haven't turned on these things. Boilermaker and Professional engineer as well.

[@georgeclements2742]

Well Ryan, you really threw everything at that repair. The guy who did that filler job must have been quite a sculptor to make it look like like a Datsun rear end. At least the filler hadn't gone rusty 😀. Regards.

[@kingearl2596]

I like your sofisticated way of working and your sense of humor!

[@raymondantell8368]

This video has to be one of the best, funniest even hilarious that I have ever seen. I was watching it on my tablet while my missus was watching telly. She couldn't understand why I was laughing so much😂

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Bloody hell Ryan, The director of Upol definitely made his bonus out of that thing. I bet it was restored last time by a plastering contractor. Regards as always from Ireland!!

[@davidmckinney6577]

Thanks for the tips Ryan talking about how the metal shrink and expands. Awesometastic video my friend I like your style your a super good man and you sure know how to fix cars I can't wait for the next video of Matt Armstrong BMW man I love that chassis rail you made for it that thing belongs in a museum..take care Ryan and Steve look forward to watching you guys

[@Afrodizyak47]

Despite all the filler and the horrendous prior metal "infill,"(or over fills)l the basic Z car profile was retained and gives you some indication of what it would have once looked like; sufficient for people of your talent and determination to "weld by dots" and revive it! As always Ryan, fantastic work and the skills that Steve has passed along to you.

[@movesky6696]

how did get mot pass

[@wojtekpawlowski4951]

Please let us know how you complete the inner arch. And congrats of great results!🎉

[@GarryTuff]

Discovered your KZbin downloads a few weeks ago - have forgone sleep and food to binge watch everything so far! Totally fascinating guys! True artistry in metal. Now having withdrawal symptoms re the Disaster Datsun - anything new due progress wise? Best current car restoration program on the TV/KZbin bar none!

[@kevingayadeen7253]

Now thats what I call putting you through the paces. Was it rust free or free rust no additional charge.

[@scottgm321]

Could you imagine this car goi g to the scrap yard and the yard owner think he’s paying for steel when he’s a paying for filler. Thanks for another awesome video.

[@chevelle-pi1bn]

The guy that did that is actually a professional wall plaster during the day and does body work on the side.

[@simonwalters6733]

U gotta give um credit Jay, come on, look at how well they sculpted it, its a master piece 😊

[@khyron8509]

Holy smoke ! it just gets better and better lol I'm glad you got some of the frustration out of your system you'll definitely need a clear head to get through this one 😬

[@jessphuqette1716]

Somebody was a real Picasso with the bondo😂

[@ptaylor5014]

Great video again 👍👍, love the sense of humor 😁😁😁😁

[@tariqmahmood6497]

Love the history cars reveal, hopefully looking forwards to my Mercedes 280se, soon when I book it in for the Yorkshire car restoration touch, another very enjoyable and fascinating reveal, cheers guys 👌💯👍 thankyou

[@richardmitchell2274]

I admire your staying power on this car lol 🤣🤣

[@jeffhammond8969]

Love your skills! What about the rusted inner arch? Seems like that would need to be fixed first to have good metal for outer skin to attach to.

[@russthebiker]

you need the profile of the outer to work from

[@spurgear4]

Thanks for the upload guys

[@neilbarnes3557]

Nothing wrong with a fiberglass body, Ryan, well, if it's done right... I've had a couple and they were a damn sight tougher than this one! Keep up the good work, mate.

[@landonmarx4753]

Love your work on this car!! Keep it up. Bit by bit you're making it a car again. It was a clown mobile before it seems!!😂

[@pl5624]

Almost 50k subscribers! Amazing growth in a couple months..

[@jeffrobinson9810]

At least its filler, back in the 80's I bought a Mk3 cortina , ran it for a year then noticed a rust bubble on the nearside sill. Attacked it with a hammer n chisel to find the sill had been filled with concrete then skimmed with filler....

[@Autqrch90]

Looks more like you renovating a bathroom :D and i thought my project car was bad ^^ keep on gooing always great work :)

[@kevingayadeen7253]

I'm sure with the money spent on filler a replacement panel would have been cheaper. Was the previous owners name Mr Cutcorner Cornetto past down from Mr Fred Lead Don't worry because you are doing a incredible job, plus the Z's are going up in value.

[@rickwilliams1505]

Another top notch job on this old Datsun.

[@rusuran11]

Kudos to the guy who put hell of alot of work and filler on that panel

[@garrymetcalfe5914]

Hi there, great job. Just wondering why you dont joggle the new panel to recess it behind with a step to give support to the whole panel plus a better job for water ingress? Ive seen it done a few times at Royals at Staindrop and by a guy who worked for them. 😊

[@Crazy_Cat_Dad_85]

The good thing about this car is that no matter how bad it is… you can always fix it with filler 👍🤟

[@ksouster6839]

Ah the joys of ‘following on’ from others efforts 🤣oh and my Kerch came 😁

[@TheDaf95xf]

Morning Ryan 😊 I don’t think there’s been any car in the world that’s had as much body filler in it 😮 Really funny video 😂

[@darrenparsons1988]

Do you plan on keeping the car once finished? Would be awesome to see it at a few shows.

[@Jim_M_75]

This is why we always called it bodge not filler, digging an inch out of a wheel arch or inner tub finding the glorious holes under the "bodge". Probably a full tin went into that quater alone, very impressive. Who needs metal anyway haha. Top work Ryan, nowt worse than welding under a car or removing old filler and fibreglass, proper dirty work.

[@Ragnar8504]

Only one tin? I mean you can get different sizes but still.

[@Jim_M_75]

@@Ragnar8504 I was thinking of a big 3L one but fair point mate.

[@Ragnar8504]

@@Jim_M_75 3 l might be getting close 😂

[@Jim_M_75]

@@Ragnar8504 😆

[@andybtec]

As an X mot tester who started in the late 80s, this was the norm for a lot of cars. I have seen news paper,chicken site and polystyrene used to fix sill panels etc

[@russthebiker]

I was disappointed actually, no cement ?? what is the world coming to

[@andybtec]

Never saw cement! And that should be chicken wire not site can autocorrect

[@russthebiker]

@@andybtec my sister bought a mini in the 80s it cracked along the bottom of the sills My mate who worked in a garage had a look,bits of scrap metal and concrete with polythene on the back Some diy bodger locally did it He got her a better one and swapped the engine and gearbox over

[@vincentwitjes5106]

when you look up disaster in the dictionary a picture of this nissan/datsun pops up 🤣

[@danbrown4517]

Ryan, I'm sure I remember earlier in the series you or Steve saying you wanted to start at the front because the back was solid...?!

[@stevehill4615]

Great work Ryan, by the time you've got all the filler out of the car it'll be like getting an extra person out of the car, or was this all a cunning plan to put extra weight over the back end to stop it "stepping out" --- lol.

[@Ragnar8504]

Isn't there a video about Homer Simpson trying to plaster a ceiling? This looks about the same, although they did get a lovely final finish! Don't listen to the naysayers, this is comedy gold!

[@garymucher4082]

Unbelievable that someone actually dumped that much filler on it to make it look good to sell it off. That person should be ashamed of themself...but probably not... Questionable shoddy work is everywhere... Thumbs Up!

[@paulluggar5964]

At least you saved on abrasives? 😂 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@duncanhamilton5841]

Another magnificent example of the art of Throwing All The Filler At Things. Given the overall state of it, and the labour in getting all the junk off it, why didn't you shot/bead blast it back?

[@YootubeUK]

If I ever needed reminding of why I would not want a 240/260 to restore.... this is it. I've had old cars with similar bodgery but not on every single panel! Stay strong brother. @12:39 Terminator Slacker-Cam ACTIVATED.

[@psycho3344]

If you think this is bad I found a "welcome to norwich" T shirt stuffed in my v1 impreza outer sill covered in filler, mesh also filled with sealant and expanding foam!!!! The bodging ba$tards. She's all brand new now tho 😊

[@andrewthrossell4053]

Phenomenal bodge.your a trooper dude.keep the faith😊

[@mattb4353]

I'm really glad to see you working on a Zed, but why all the effort for a 2+2 ? Still watching though 😁

[@davefrench3608]

That car is going to be so much lighter! Fabulous work there.

[@Juntasification]

Im just wondering the size of that filler bucket...

[@Erik-ow7dq]

Size must been "yes"

[@russelblackwell6041]

They must of spent a week troweling the filler in anyway 30 grit paper will take the scratches out and a cut and buff will do the trick also 200kg lighter never seen a car that bad. special mention to the company that supplied the filler and was able to make this video possible

[@bountyhuntermk2520]

Don’t know how you ended up in my recommendations but I am well happy. Watching with interest from Edinburgh big man, make that car into a peach

[@stevearmett1565]

Wow that is a serious amount of filler 😳🙈😭😭😭 well done cutting that off and correcting it

[@claireparkinson2044]

Great work Ryan👍 what a disaster 😂😂😂

[@nickwatson2167]

Thumbs up before watching 👍🏻😀💚

[@dee106ful]

That's vintage bodywork art....looked great. Haha

[@leer798]

Thought my rear quarter on my rs2000 mk2 was bad but this is unreal !

[@Raptor3388]

I'm always baffled by the time it must have taken to shape this much filler, and also the quantity. I feel bad if I've used one kg bucket on an entire car, even though half of it has been sanded. But they would have needed at the very least 4-5kg on each half of the car to have that much left after sanding. I've seen something similar, a 77 Firebird which probably hit a side rail. Not a single trace of a hammer hit was found, it was completely "fixed" with body filler. And there was two inches of filler to shape the wheel arches. They did replace the door...

[@hazeldown8585]

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB 👍

[@simontist]

Surprised there wasn't any plasterboard back there

[@Ragnar8504]

To be fair, that patch around the bumper mounts does look like it's dot'n dabbed rather than welded. 😂

[@Elst07896]

That rear arch? 65 million years in the making! 😂😂

[@StephenProcter-bt3su]

Funny. 😂 More please.

[@Kevin-cs4eg]

Wouldn’t it be easier just to fit a new quarter?

[@yorkshirecarrestoration]

A new quarter is a lot of work

[@Kevin-cs4eg]

@@yorkshirecarrestoration fair enough, it all looks like a lot of work TBF👍

[@blairoutproject]

Must be one of Salvage UK's efforts🤣

[@themarauder6108]

Wouldn't it have been easier to repair or replace the wheel well before welding on the arch piece?

[@yorkshirecarrestoration]

Nope. I needed the inner as a guide to place the outer. The inner will get cut out soon

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 Tip pear down the car SOS Tim comedy routine please, and share more of your fabrication skills and techniques 😀

[@pbysome]

He's losing me, 8 minutes in and no content. Shame really because he's talented but not really funny.

[@russthebiker]

@@pbysome I enoyed it, but them I am a time served crafstmen, and I have days like this fixing peoples houses, some times I want to use TNT and start again

[@pbysome]

@@russthebiker whatever being "a time served craftsman"has to do with it I know not. When he stops trying to be funny he is highly watchable but all that hyperbole over what has been from the off a shed is unnecessary and detracts from the content. I turned it off when it got to the advert for the heat sensor.

[@russthebiker]

@@pbysome what it has to do with it ? , well Like Ryan, I can work on my own, I dont need an office around me or people to guide me , I can pick and choose my work and have 45 years of experience to draw on, whereas so many people think pressing buttons on a PC and strutting about the office looking important is work, I deal with clients directly, avoid the know it alls, order my materials, and leave my customers satisfied, oh, and I have never advertised for work in 25 years, Ask Guy Martin, how he can tell who will make an engineer I have always been tenacious , and see the job through, even if I lose money on it, unlike so many billy big bollocks who arrive in their big pick up trucks, cut corners, leave a mess behind and leave others to put their work right, and if you met me on site, you would be very careful about your choice of words, quite a few prospective know it all clients, who have quoted , well i have looked it up on the internet !!! have been told, thanks but no thanks, get some one else to sort it if you did a hard manual job like this that requires hand and eye coordination, you would soon need a pressure valve to let of steam when you come across the work of billy big bollocks who is only interested in profit Oh and Ryan is From Gods Own Country therefore by birth he is better than most

[@vorperaxeses3187]

How in the hell do you get that panel matching factory when you have no metal to measure off. Do you end up with two different sides?

[@billybowbob2071]

This car was on "American Hotrod", right?? That kinda quality looks like a "Boyd Cottington" special!

[@halldorra]

This car must have boosted the revenue of Davids Isopon by 50% that year this was put in this Rotsun

[@myshopmyrules.3017]

I wonder how much the bondo used would have cost.

[@ilovemywife34]

Pure skill as per usual 😎👍

[@bishbosh1808]

Rocko looks amused as usual 😂

[@heavyt749]

At least I’m not the only panel beater driven mad by a car 😂

[@peteohead]

As an alternative to using a slit disc and butt welding, what’s your opinion on metal jogglers to create a stepped edge on the repair section, followed by self-tappers to hold in place before lap welding it? Pros/cons? Cheers for the vid!

[@klucznik]

Jogglers won’t work on curved part like in the video. They will straighten little sections in the panel causing it to loose shape.

[@russthebiker]

@@klucznik and it leaves a gap for water to get into and cause rust

[@lukasgodi7080]

in Czech we have several words for it. One of them is: ( prasárna )" a pig shop, - piggery" ... but I don't know if it can be described in English 🤣😂😂😂

[@phensriwood8081]

Fascinating work, I should’ve gone into body work instead of the mechanical side.

[@jesscourt9068]

Cant help thinking it would have been better acid dipped. Then you could have kept it in a bin liner. Fabulous work though.

[@katywalker8322]

Can’t take all the filler off at once, it is too structural.

[@Ragnar8504]

@@katywalker8322 I think he's suggesting the whole car would have fit into a single bin bag after dipping.

[@clintonepps3666]

So what is the total weight of all body filler and fibre glass you have removed so far ill stab a figure about 100kgs just from sills and rear quarters

[@chris555]

another awesome video. Got me laughing loads

[@CarlosMendez-hs8yi]

😂😂😂😂😂sorry Ryan I just can't stop laughing it's absolutely shocking

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

Mad as a box of frogs….but great to watch!

[@tonywilliams9145]

Great work. Keep at it

[@dacky3320]

Thank fook this is your problem and not mine, my heart rate was getting high just watching this.

[@TheKilgore666]

Good job but wnerw is inner arch?

[@yorkshirecarrestoration]

Will go on in a future vid. Needed the inner arch there to position the outer

[@TheKilgore666]

@@yorkshirecarrestoration good 😉

[@Dadeets]

It’s actually a very early version of what inspired the mclaren. A true ‘composite’ bodied car.

[@jeanpablohernandez3119]

you guys are legends!!!

[@leofabbro456]

Hi Ryan. Why didn't You ask Rocco to call Woody Woodpecker to remove the filler?

[@dinocosta9391freePal]

😂😂👏👏👏unbelievable, artists canvas of filler. Love the new words. Wonder what the owner has to say.

[@Ragnar8504]

It's their own car.

[@myshopmyrules.3017]

I wonder if a cheap under 100€ projector can be a tool for this. Picture of the best side or another better car projected onto the bad side.

[@CarlosMendez-hs8yi]

Wawoooooo buddy you have your work cut out the money spent on clag worth more than the car 😂😂.........Do you live there at the garage or do you have a home😂😂😂 your work is ace to watch keep it up

[@karlmabe1649]

Is it ok to use polly filler with bit of metal in it please?