I Bought a Totaled Volkswagen Phaeton W12 at Auction for $1,000! Then a Forklift SMASHED Into It!

[@Jefe86]

Yeah, def do an update video once the car is complete. It would be good to see this finalized and on the road.

[@TiptronicSS]

There was like nothing left but the front bumper, a little paint job for the side panel and some interior cleaning. I don't get why it wasn't done in this video.

[@khl619]

on the road? you new to this channel? I think you meant parked in a cow field!

[@Jefe86]

TiptronicSS I’m assuming a lot of people have asked him about it since they have seen in the background and mentioned in a few videos. Since he’s not working or owning it anymore I think he just did an update. I’m assuming it’s not done since his brother doesn’t have a lot of free time to go to Samcrac’s open field to work on the car.

[@Jefe86]

Vincent Vega lol true. But it’s someone else working and owning it now. I have hope! 😂

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Cross your fingers and check back in 2yrs.

[@brantleyhudson2892]

That quarter panel work was almost a thing of magic. That PDR guy did amazing work. Yes, I'd love to see the car finished up - even if it's your brother's car.

[@MichaelThomas-be7gq]

Yes please Sam, it's a very underrated gem and it would be great to see it restored. I was lucky enough to get a drive in one, it's a beautiful ride.

[@Aloolol]

I totally agree, i was lucky to drive a W10 biTDi Phaeton 3.5years ago, and im still in love with it, really amazing car! But so hard to find a good one with goos maintenance record to buy :(.

[@juli0s96]

@@Aloolol there is a w12, v10, v8 and v6 but no w10 :)

[@Aloolol]

@@juli0s96 my bad i was so sure it was a W10 but ur right it's a V10 but still great engine tho :)

[@juli0s96]

@@Aloolol yes with a hell lot of torque

[@xrecovery9]

@@juli0s96 yeah

[@TIMMEH19991]

I love watching dent guys and gals do their work. Real artists! I have tried doing it myself with hilarious results!

[@chrisfurlough466]

"I don't always repaint cars. But when I do, I prefer to do it outside in a field in central Florida." Stay ghetto my friends!

[@FishFind3000]

LOL!

[@iainnorquay5371]

I stopped this vid half way through to see if anyone else was going to mention spraying in a field rather than a booth. Chris Furlough, you took the words right out of my mouth.

[@marksbikeexports5123]

LMAO, Priceless

[@JUST_ONE_ID10T]

he did a great job most body shops would of wanted to replace that quarter panel. he was able to save it with PDR and then sanding it and a small amount of filler.

[@ua7pyro591]

No shit dude. Bugs and humidity makes it look great!

[@twilson1973]

I am a fan of the Phaeton and seeing that this one was maintained properly it will definitely be worth seeing when it is completed.

[@tymeryder7264]

Impressive dent repair. would be great to see the completion of the Phaeton. Great car.

[@3ffrige]

Holy shark, they can do those kinds of repairs? Thought you had to replace the whole panel for that. And he came to you! Nathan is awesome!

[@kojotot3173]

Finally a phaeton video a feast for Eastern Europe

[@1m_megapixels]

Kojotot yes brother

[@aivarasdaniel9587]

Lithuania gang

[@tedbiernacki376]

Zac did a great job ! Love that Eastwood sanding paint muncher ! Nice to see I'm not the only one who mixes Bondo on cardboard ! Great body work music too Sam !

[@emericaman16]

Zach is dope. Let's see the Phaeton finished

[@whollymindless]

Or he's pulling a "Hoovie" and we want to see that too.

[@scottrich976]

Looks just like the Passat. A few more toys but thats it really.

[@Jon.O]

Defo want to see this finished. An amazing piece of engineering by any standard. Seriously underrated. If only VW could have made it a bit more exotic or exciting to look at I’m sure it would have been a bigger success.

[@marwin436]

In Europe it was kinda succesful and was produced till 2016 or 17.

[@slhines7]

WoW Watching the paintless dent repair process in high speed was amazing!

[@stevelozano9523]

In this case, Less Paint Dent Repair.

[@slhines7]

@@stevelozano9523 Yeah, it was really more like major dent repair with new paint lol

[@mandc20022]

I wonder how long that took...

[@bigmikey88]

I love the Phaeton. Would be nice to see this one running again.

[@johnryle4249]

One of the most underrated cars ever

[@narvul]

For a senior citizen yeah.

[@seanhirst1482]

Certified peace of Crap!

[@jumpinjojo]

Sean Hirst *piece.

[@MrCarGuy]

Some very nice engineering.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Why would anybody pay $100k for a VW badge when they could have an S-Class, a 7 series or an A8? Few people bought into the nonsense, hence the low sales. I dig it though. Discreet luxury. Great for someone who wants a car like this but doesn't want any attention or judging. Someone secure in themselves.

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

Love watching a craftsman doing some old school panel bashing. Respect to the gentleman who repairs rather than just putting on a replacement panel, when it could have the dent beaten out. And that's why I love watching Coldwar Motors.

[@johnpauljansen9206]

Sam you need to build a proper shop.

[@paulcarmi8130]

Every KZbinr has a shop, I like this

[@pengu4932]

He is but a humble chicken farmer though my guy

[@sifer5913]

Sam might be trying to build a junkyard with all the abandoned cars he has

[@beyerch]

For the amount of free shit he could get for hocking product, there's no good reason he doesn't already. He obviously has a fair amount of real estate too. Not sure why this hasn't happened already. Imagine all the videos he could make about the creation of his shop alone.... even more content.

[@yoyodynepropulsion.systems]

No way...keep it outside.

[@bradcupp6698]

Please do a video on the painting, very relaxing to watch. Love your rebuilds, thanks.

[@LunarOutlawsGarage]

Congrats on the 1m man 🤘. I almost bought one of these at copart 2 years ago for bargain. Unfortunately when I checked it out i found out why it was for sale at copart. It was repossessed and the previous owner filled the transmission up with the unknown chemical. And it was ruined

[@TinyTurboVW]

Depending on how much you were gonna buy it for and how long ago stomaching the price of a new trans would've been worth the price

[@Louisfps]

Woulld love to see that Phaeton restored they are the queen of the road if you can maintain them, nice buy

[@TKsGarage]

$1000 for that ain't a bad deal. Looking forward to these videos.

[@Alexander_l322]

Not a bad deal at all!

[@actschp1]

Samcrac: "Fay eh tohn" everyone else: "faytuhn."

[@Tikibird]

"fay-tawn", kinda like photon

[@scottstarling247]

Say it right, Fae-eh-tugn

[@tonyanderson6493]

Everyone else wgaf

[@nickturner2813]

actschp. You just don't understand the difference between American English and the real English, British.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

He pronounced it wrong at the beginning but correctly at the end. Of course who knows how VW pronounces it, what right and what's wrong. I looked at many commercials for the car but they never mention the name. Perhaps VW doesn't even know how to pronounce it.

[@slhines7]

It really sucks how that rear quarter panel got smashed in so badly after winning the auction. Glad you were able to some of your $ reimbursed.

[@domd5280j]

I'd buy one of these in a heart beat! The amount of engineering that went into these. They wanted a car that didn't lose any power when the ac is on and the car is going up hill or something like that... super nice car!!!

[@hoozthair6076]

Finish it, this is one of the most interesting cars you've had.

[@jasonkeller5732]

I would like to see the Phaeton finished and have Zach paint it. Your PDR guy went above and beyond with the dent and then with the sanding and filling. The air vent covers are sweet. Great job!!

[@davedumond9268]

Yes, I want to see it done. I've always wanted one, especially now that I can afford one. If you hadn't already sold it to your bro I wanted first dibs. Love your channel, keep up the good work.

[@incog99skd11]

I would like to see the Phaeton completed. I am still driving my 2004 V8 4.2 which has less than 100K miles. All of the big lifting has been done at 75K and it purrs just like the day I bought it. Maintenance is high but I have found it to be very reliable and it has never ever stranded me.

[@huudiinii]

nice Passat bro :D

[@Samcrac]

Glad you like it!

[@RamSharma-90_64]

@@Samcrac 😂😂😂😂

[@AndreiAndrei-rt4po]

lol

[@draganmladenov]

I had phaeton for 3 years and most people thought it was a f*cking passat :D

[@huudiinii]

@@draganmladenov that's a shame, its crazy nice car

[@sync8998]

Remebered when this car came out there was a story explainign why its blowing cold at once "Ferdinand Piëch demanded that his engineering team make the now infamous "Ten Parameters" a Reality for the Phaeton. The parameters were said to be so impossible, that when Piëch revealed the 10 parameters, half of his engineering team said "it's impossible", and walked out. Parameter #1 : The Phaeton must be able to be driven all day at 186mph, in 120-degree weather, while maintaining a cabin temperature of 71.6-degrees!!!"

[@p71_caleb]

So you're telling me, the Phaeton is the perfect cannonball car?

[@ericbarnett6771]

Came here to say this.

[@modernlooks7041]

Sc.Lime well yes but actually no, its a vw itll break half way thru the run

[@ericbarnett6771]

@@modernlooks7041 As Samcrac mentioned, the Phaeton is more Bentley than VW.

[@apexseal2811]

sync8998 Yep, Piëch wanted to "fully send it" with this product.

[@babyblu8900]

View the old Top Gear re this vehicle you will see many of the features that the CEO wanted in the car, ensuring perfect temperature control at all times, hence probably why the AC came on automatically.

[@diablonyc2]

Please finish... You found a unicorn! Love to see/hear it drive. Your PDR guy was amazing. Great job

[@Adam-rn9xz]

I’ve been waiting for the Phaeton video forever!

[@kingchooet9966]

Those cool vents have a purpose too... they let you decide if you want cold air blown right onto you or not.

[@slhines7]

*WoW* Watching the paintless dent repair process in hish speed was amazing!

[@frankhage1734]

I think this was more of a traditional DIY body shop repair, done using prying tools rather than slide hammers. Why not pull the dent out by using a couple of screws? It's not paintless if you have to use a sander on the car.

[@ac-mech1265]

Finish it Sam !!! I stumbled across your channel awhile back and have been watching ever since the dominos car episode, fantastic work on everything you do man!!!!

[@markopolo945]

Good Find Sam, I remembered seeing these flying on the Autobhan in Germany...

[@ccsmith2937]

Yeah I want to see you paint this car. It was cool watching the body work professional do his thing. 👍🇺🇸👍

[@mazi16v]

Swap it for a cow.

[@BobPegram]

Then swap the cow for some beans!!

[@BobPegram]

I wanna hear about Sam Cracc and the Giant! Please read it Mommy? 8->)))

[@marie82924]

Then swap the beans for some gas

[@joshuabalazs9519]

The swap the gas for seeds

[@Sylvan_dB]

Wow, Nathan is not "just" a PDR guy. Amazing work. (FWIW a good PDR guy works magic!)

[@ducknorris233]

I love the smell of Samcrac in the morning.

[@hamstirrer6882]

Smells like oil leaks and moldy upholstery

[@mariocesp]

Nohomo?

[@jonjonr6]

@@hamstirrer6882 and desperation.

[@neighborsgoat]

It's late whiskey in my country and I still love it!

[@ducknorris233]

mario cespedes once , but I was drunk

[@NFS4LFE]

I wanna see you finish this beast. Always liked these. True luxury without the badge envy, my favorite kind of car.

[@thatdellguy]

Out of curiosity, I looked at what a Phaeton sells for in the sold area of eBay. About $1k to $3k in running condition without front end damage and minus the fork lift accident.

[@paulloper8333]

Same here in the Netherlands, these things are cheap. Not a 12 cilinder though.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Not W12s.

[@thefceUSMC]

I rented a Phaeton W12 in Germany in 2006. It was the best handling car I have ever driven on the Autobahn. Very underrated. When I got back from that trip I immediately started looking for one. They were price prohibitive back then but I might get one now.

[@MrBluu-pu2mt]

You had me laughing every time you said PhaietEn. 😂😂

[@grantbuxton]

You're helping felons get better! Good on you, that's a very noble thing to do thank you for being a decent human!

[@dsmhiggins67]

“The phaeton has 4 wheels and an engine - like a Mercedes that you can win or something... “ nice Segway

[@jimmyaber5920]

The vent covers likely keep the air still and it gets chilled before the covers come up. Old Ramblers had “pre-cool”. Which was nothing more than the first position of fan switch powered a/c compressor and then turning to next click turned on blower. The air that first blew out if you waited 20 seconds before fan on was icy.

[@Speedy.V]

He sent those photos because he saw that the car was damaged by the car carrier operator.

[@RamSharma-90_64]

Exactly! He must've seen it get damaged and would've thought these A$$Holes are gonna blame it on me🙄

[@instasingingvids3529]

Yeah they would blame it on the trucker too and pretend they didn’t do anything.

[@futbolplaya07]

Ya maybe. Probably. But they should all and usually take photos before. CYA

[@Speedy.V]

@@instasingingvids3529 true. The transporter covered his ass, and in the process helped out Sam

[@24h7d]

Thanks!

[@SonOfTamriel]

Yes, please finish this, make it perfect. Get some better wheels. Such a dope car

[@attiladume2772]

Sam on my Phaeton in the trunk were the wires interrupted, all models have problems with the wires in the trunk, but it is easy to solve whit new wires or just repair the old one with adding to them, works perfect on mine. 2012 VW Phaeton 3.0 TDI

[@MrSrgdrum]

Alternate video title "When WIN becomes FAIL." There's a reason that was a grand.

[@Andy_Dines]

Definitely need to see the Phaeton finished! Please please!

[@beekman306]

Needs a Maaco paint job! Maybe candy red or even brown like some Mercedes.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Or keep it black, like any normal thinking person would (even though I despise black vehicles).

[@josephesposito70]

Love seeing what u buy and fix at the salvage yard. Keep them coming you have inspired many to give salvage a chance.

[@BDHO73]

Does the dent repair guy have his own KZbin channel? I’d subscribe for sure.

[@bruceyyyyy]

The Phaeton was one of those cars that was just so cool. Sleeper luxury car. I can't think of many others in the same class.

[@jonsmith6496]

Arthur tussik would be proud

[@TheOlenyash]

No way, the amount of filler that guy used is a shame.

[@jonsmith6496]

Antowa good point

[@gryfandjane]

Lovely Phaeton, and well worth the TLC you’re giving it. Nice to see you’re bringing it back!

[@TheGuccibane]

Sambacc

[@RonHaslam2001]

The repair of this dent is the most satisfying section of the video.

[@ajpayne7073]

LET GO BOLTS!! ⚡️

[@Sanjuro2112]

Your dent guy is a pro!!

[@o-leg]

👍🏼👍🏼paintless dent removal clip was awesome! Hey Sam You inspire me and I’m sure tons of others repairing cars. I just bought a 2015 Subaru Sti from Copart if you have a second could you give me some tips on my Copart rebuild - I just posted a video of the walk around and damage. Thank you! Keep up the good work.

[@robertbeauregard7157]

What a beautiful car. Please do a full series on this one -- and have your brother guest star.

[@tiborklein5349]

So we're not gonna talk about the fact that Sam didn't work on this car at all?

[@johnmckenzie427]

I've always been intrigued by the Phaeton. Would love to see you finish it. Great videos. Thanks

[@jagstrguy847]

I almost bought this car just because the speed odometer says 200mph litterally

[@henryvandervossen969]

Yes, and update vid with paint and the finished car would be great. I really like the backyard budget friendly builds.

[@jshok8328]

like to see how it turns out when it"s painted and done.

[@chrisrea7347]

Hi Sam, greetings from NZ. I would love to see the Phaeton video completing the restoration. They were/are a nice luxury car.

[@Rob...]

imagine paying 100k for a vw

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Those who got it new were some rich lucky fellows.. but trust me when this car work and look properly specially for tall chunky people it worth every penny, even like Shaquille O' Neil !

[@_OOTP_]

I've always wanted the W12. I have got the V6.. Can't get the W12 easily in the UK! I love my Phaeton. Best car I've ever owned!

[@CaffeinatedFrostbite]

The people's car - 100k Me: I got about tree fiddy

[@kishenrathod6709]

As a big VW fan, I would love to see this car restored!! It’s a pinnacle of Piechs reign at VW AG, def a piece of history

[@e30mark]

Standard copart service, the dents come free! They are just as bad in the 🇬🇧

[@DenisTheRealMenace]

I found you at about your 300/350K mark Im glad you hit a million! You deserve it!

[@NARUHINO09]

No coooments! :O. Not notification squad, where you at?

[@sardonicus1966]

Great dent removal, top work. Please finish the Phaeton!

[@NastyaGB]

woah, i'm early

[@cjzani]

Congrats on hitting a million subscribers. That's a hell of an achievement.

[@Xavier_Montez]

I'm a huge vw enthusiast and it's killing me not setting this be completed such a beautiful car and you got it for a steal especially when you factor in the condition it was in 🙌🏾

[@glasgowgolfer4623]

Nathan is a true craftsman Great job well fine...plus another Great video sam 👍👍

[@cristianserban1246]

paint it Sam!!! I am tired of watching only videos with expensive and 'exotic' cars, need some of these from time to time :)

[@thriftyoutdoors]

Wow, that rear fender repair is amazing craftsmanship. Good job!

[@cheeseblog]

FINNISH IT❗️Love the soundtracks on your videos!

[@tjbohanan]

Love to see it finished. See how well the v12 rides.

[@mrmcbeardy9268]

There is something so very satisfying about watching a panel get filled and repaired ☺💯 maybe its something only us automotive nutters get into though? 🤔😅 Love this car. wish i could find a W12 Phaeton here in Oz for US$1000! (about $1700AUD). Id jump on that in a heartbeat!! Awesome little project Samcrac!!! And classy too 🤙

[@DevDoesAThing]

As a young vw enthusiast.... what i wouldnt give to own this vehicle man. good on you. trying to live through you.

[@jasonb9629]

That is an unreal deal! That is the nicest VW ever made! WOW!

[@mikeripley3266]

trick with the gallon primer can . also punch a small hole in the can at the lowest point where the lid seats. then sit the can on a couple paint paddles with the hole opposite the material will drain and make the lid fit better.

[@radekpasecny4538]

That PDR guy is a wizard.... 👌 btw smart idea to lift the jack on the grass... 🤔🤣🤣

[@HellboyMcSplash]

Yes update videos, this car is so interesting to watch getting fixed

[@gerardguglielmo1644]

PDR/Body guys are a rare dying breed. Car dealers/enthusiast if you find a good one I suggest you treat him right and make him want to work for you even when he is out of the trade. Nathan great job!

[@peterblackmore7560]

Yes please, including the test drive to hear the W12 pushing a Passat body!! It ought to fly.

[@kyleayala8234]

As a HUGE VW/Audi guy, I would love to see this thing saved and restored.

[@jimf5160]

Nathan does excellent work

[@markclark250]

Trunk is hydraulic. If the trunk interior lights don't work, replace the trunk controller. It's in the overhead of the trunk, there's a panel that hinges down after you remove the camouflage screws that hold it up.

[@Madnezz001]

I saw one of these in Australia years ago when they would have been new. The w12 sounded amazing. I have never seen one since.