the austin ten special....rat , part 25

[@johnsheppard7935]

The best thing on KZbin IMO!

[@oakswamp]

thanks John ...I trust your opinion 😉

[@pomnichowski]

Much Thanks... Along for the build Along for the mad joyfulness No worries if the cloth goes frayed_ it's the joy that bring us back again...

[@oakswamp]

Thanks Stefan, you leave the very best comments dude 👊

[@zakhobbs136]

Can't remember the last time I was hooked on a KZbin build series so much! You've given me the kick up the ass I needed to get on with my 7 Special!

[@oakswamp]

Zak that is so nice to hear ,,,we all need a kik up the harris now and again..😁

[@andyd2806]

Another great video well worth the wait, You have a great way of sniffing out a bargain, and its all done with a smile and a light touch. Many thanks for a for all your work.

[@oakswamp]

thanks Andy ...Im having fun mate..👍

[@shanehnorman]

Said it before, but this is STILL the most entertaining petrolhead channel on YT!

[@oakswamp]

cheers shane...glad you like it dude 👌

[@colford8354]

It was my day off yesterday and I sat and watched every episode of this and loved it, well done in getting stuck in like you do. Like you I always try and find a cheap solution in doing as much as possible myself when doing my own projects. Nice one. I'm hooked.

[@oakswamp]

awesome nice one Col thanks..shows you just need a grinder a welder and a cordless drill to build a car....😃

[@dentsgarage7234]

Great episode! I bought those same butt welding clamps - fantastic things. I used them on an Austin A40 roof chop. That trike is utter madness. But in a good way.

[@oakswamp]

yeah man those clips are great, when you look closely at that trick it is utterly insane, the detail ...faiir play to keith...nice ride too...cheers dude 👌

[@warrencole2974]

Another great video Bryan much fun well done to all involved

[@oakswamp]

cheers Warren...we had a right laugh ...great lads

[@anthonygrodecki7968]

Amazing loved the trike keep them coming.🙃

[@oakswamp]

Thanks! Will do!

[@simonthomas4630]

Brilliant , so much better than most other stuff 👍😊

[@oakswamp]

Thanks Simon

[@Jagerbug74]

Great Channel! I've binged watched these today as i am recovering after an operation. Looks like you're in Southampton, i am in Pompey so hopefully will see the car at a show soon. Keep up the good work!

[@oakswamp]

nice one mate...yeah hamble...we go to port solent meet sometimes...get well soon dude👍

[@neilbedford5082]

Those Isuzu engines were pretty bullet-proof and in a 12 chassis should give a decent turn of speed. Loving the way these projects are taking shape.

[@oakswamp]

cheers Neil 👍

[@frohnnielsen]

Brilliant! Simply brilliant!

[@oakswamp]

Glad you liked it, thanks

[@748rum]

Great to you have you back. As always lovin the music.

[@oakswamp]

cheers Simon.👌

[@frankboff8185]

Superb video, can’t wait for next week.

[@oakswamp]

thanks mate

[@markdavidson5563]

Really enjoying this build , speeshli the old music stuff!

[@oakswamp]

nice one ...

[@chooiseah1377]

Welcome back 👍👍👍👍Following you from my couch 😁😁

[@oakswamp]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@angelsone-five7912]

Enjoyed this vid even more than your usual content.

[@oakswamp]

nice one thanks 👌

[@dalelangford4894]

Keep on truckin’ Bry, great episode, I’ve never had the balls to do a roof chop, great work. Choppertrash is me by the way, I didn’t know it came up as that. Hang loose!

[@oakswamp]

thanks for the tip jar dude ... really appreciated ...I loved the dont waste it on parts or tools hahahahah cheers bro

[@adamyearsley1204]

This gets better and better 🤙

[@oakswamp]

thanks Adam ....appreciated man

[@dragontattooee]

Absolutely great video

[@oakswamp]

thanks Brian, Glad you enjoyed it..👊

[@mikego18753]

Belting vid.Good content. thanks mate.

[@oakswamp]

cheers dude, my pleasure

[@Rollie961]

Excellent love your channel 👍💯

[@oakswamp]

thanks Roland ...that makes me very happy 👍

[@stevequirk1995]

Chops ,trikes commers and cramps t shirts fuckin epic 😎

[@oakswamp]

love that comment dude...

[@Steve-Chapman64]

Brilliant. One thing to say Old Commer......want.😁👍

[@oakswamp]

and me...it was so cute...

[@Steve-Chapman64]

At 6'2 dont think id fit.😂

[@oakswamp]

@@Steve-Chapman64 I’m 6 ft and it was tight in the cab ...but still 😁😁

[@boydsargeant7496]

Loved the amazing varied content in this one, fantastic!

[@oakswamp]

cheers dude

[@boydsargeant7496]

Forgot to say, amazing vehicles, could have watched it on repeat!

[@oakswamp]

@@boydsargeant7496 hah nice one

[@aggbr]

A good day out you had there. The engine looks great put together with all the smoothed out rockers on top - gives it a really nice appearance. I like the little clamps you use for the chop job - I always wondered how things got held in place for the first tacks. Great episode.

[@oakswamp]

thanks Toni, glad you are digging the build👍

[@johnnypeter1835]

Another nice episode, keep the good work ;-)

[@oakswamp]

cheers johnny👊

[@rickm5806]

One of my favorites!

[@oakswamp]

brilliant ...glad you liked it Rick

[@simonwarrick7172]

Missed the weekly updates... didn't realise how much I look forward to them each time! Seen several IOE 6 cylinder Rover P4 engines recently if you're after a biggie 😉 The 110 with Weslake head is pretty punchy.

[@oakswamp]

thanks simon...have been looking at the rover stuff...👍

[@Vickwick58]

My wife's name is Suzi. Good luck with that engine.

[@oakswamp]

I believe this suzi will bang on ...i sure your suzi is too mate👊

[@endoxr4]

That trike was well cool.

[@oakswamp]

Trike was nuts...but it rode down the road real nice....

[@endoxr4]

@@oakswamp I’ve always wanted a trike. It’s your fault I’m looking at them again on the net. Lol

[@oakswamp]

@@endoxr4 good lad...im gonna do one too..😃

[@andrewread154]

Holden Gemini. They have a bomb proof bottom end. Huge bigends.

[@oakswamp]

none round here at all mate👍

[@ppshill9863]

Realy enjoyed that

[@oakswamp]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Flipertyblink]

Another great video. loved the road road trip especially the Commer, that thing has a turning circle of a Jumbo jet...... Now...... I'm not going to put into the tip jar, but instead I'm building you something that will be massively useful for you. I will film the build and see you next week with it. keep it up buddy. PS... I hate wasps too😂

[@oakswamp]

cheers mate ...excited to see what you have done !!!😁

[@shaneraven2621]

Just found you guys and I'm loving it all ready z👍

[@oakswamp]

nice one Shane , Thank you!

[@jahmahrahdesafilli6268]

Hiya, Thanks You've cheered Me up. And I had a good day. I've been tinkering and set My valve clearances a bit tighter, then I got My mate by shaking His hand with oil all over mine. Well oldest trick in the book eh! then out for a little run and My tinkering worked, I mean I was flying My speedo was touching 90 which is actually 65 ; - ) Anyway back through My hometown and I did a massive Backfire right outside the pub and made everyone jump out their skin he he great video, Best Wishes

[@oakswamp]

hahahaha sounds like you have a good day and im glad I helped in some way , what car is it?

[@jahmahrahdesafilli6268]

@@oakswamp this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrYi5mNe5t7rKs

[@mikego18753]

Thumb#306.More to follow. Cheers.

[@oakswamp]

thats a late one ahahahah

[@Iowa599]

I want to see how you make glass fit the new window holes!

[@rangieman]

Gday Thanks for the well over due update 😎 Its been a very long fortnight for me 😉 Those isuzu engines were never in a Holden Commodore they were in a Holden Gemini which were a small girlys car . The Geminis in oz were a Isuzu rebadged as a Holden , I think ive seen opels in the uk very similar i think they might be a Kadett as they look very similar to the Aussie Gemini . Thanks mate really enjoy your stuff 👍👍

[@oakswamp]

cheers fella, the isuzus seem to have a great rep for reliability? it should do for a temp to drag some money off the 12 chassis👌

[@locker60]

Alright Bryan brilliant video, man that trike was mental, like what you are doing to the wee hot rod it will be immense , you got some great deals with parts, shame you have not completed the kingpins hope this helps out, that engine and box was a bargain your a jammy bugger, , see you next week. Dave

[@oakswamp]

cheers Dave, really pleased with suzi , i have a good feeling about it ...ive even joined a forum !! hahah at last i can start putting the rat all back together now...😃

[@oakswamp]

ah thanks buddy on the tip jar...nice one man

[@peterdering4922]

Love watching your videos, I especially love the way you use everything and anything hardly no waste, recycling in the true sence.

[@oakswamp]

thanks Peter ....its a better place to be than working to spend on stuff i dont need

[@helenehargreaves4024]

Very cool

[@oakswamp]

cheers bud...

[@jefferycooper7339]

Thanks for the day out Brian it was great fun and it’s Nice that you name the engine after my wife Suzy I wanna be there when you fire up Ian a.k.a. the ferret

[@oakswamp]

cheers mush thanks for coming ....richer than bill gates !!! hahahahah

[@paulgiles6096]

Great episode as always this week Bry😁👍 thought that Isuzu motor looked familiar, I had an old Bedford midi van about 25 yrs back .best bit was the engine👍

[@oakswamp]

cheers Paul...thats good to know...they were used in aus in like a vauxhall victor and loads of other stuff...got a feeling suzi's gonna be around for a bit !👊

[@TheOldParakaoStoreCafeBar]

Great episode worth waiting for it’s a lot of work doing one every week 👍🏼take it easy mate 👍🏼🍺🇳🇿😎

[@oakswamp]

cheers fella...youre not wrong there..👌

[@helenehargreaves4024]

My neck of the woods..I know the trike..I used to beg in Winton high st and remember seeing the trike on the regular...

[@oakswamp]

you gonna come up to rustic stump steve?

[@helenehargreaves4024]

Mate,I get everywhere on a push bike these days...I do odd jobs for £12 per hour.although I'm blessed with a fantastic partner and she looks after me very well.quint essentially I'm just a hobo and money isn't something I have to much of...would love to get back into tinkering on cool stuff and the like..or even just getting to a show or even a swap meet but it's just not feasible right now..plus my dog Fred is on his last legs,I've had him nearly 15 years and we loved out in the woods for the most of it...thanks for all your replies on my comments I've sent.. really nice of you to take the time to do so..thank you..steve

[@oakswamp]

hey man of course...im not into money at all ..lifes not about that, although people seem to think it...rustic stomp is in lytchett matravers in dorset 10 miles out of poole ...come down dude..its free ...good music

[@helenehargreaves4024]

Hi,we will check it out and find out how to get their..sure would be nice to be able to go..sucks not having a car..and yes I've spent 26 years living outside by choice..lived out of shipping containers,old boats and a couple of workshops I used to rent..money really isn't my thing either,I've always worked and only claimed once when I was living in Wales in 98..I loved the hobo lifestyle..just enjoying life and adjusting to living indoors lol..fingers crossed we can somehow make it.

[@helenehargreaves4024]

Thanks for you're reply.Helen,Steve and Fred the dog

[@andrewskinner8730]

These videos don't come out soon enough! I'm hooked haha. Keep up the epic work! Loving the whole series.

[@oakswamp]

i had week off to do some work on my house so it stretched it out a bit ...glad you are liking them

[@TheGentlemensMotorRacingTeam]

Nice work sir, love the direct off the coil trick I need to add that to my box of tricks. Inspirational as always

[@oakswamp]

cheers dude....👍

[@oakswamp]

you boys go any thing intresting for next time im over ??

[@jimcarroll7829]

Strange you saying after the roof chop that it looked like a topolino cuz that was exactly my thought.really well thought out mod there as I thought it would look crap when you said what you were going to do but it turned out great and would make an amazing rod with the right motor.well done yet again!!

[@oakswamp]

cheers, the doors will be fun, we are gonna use gas struts...I believe he wants a lexus v8 for it...😁

[@stephenpickering9831]

Love watching how you do stuff. I always learn something. The Reliant exhaust manifold was a steal at 30 notes. Mine cost a b****y fortune! Check out the cast ally dummy knock on wheel hubs from the Austin 7 shop. They really add a period feel to those wire wheels and don't cost a fortune.

[@oakswamp]

cheers steve ..i was pondering on spinners..they look cool and pretty reasonable too...😁

[@stephenpickering9831]

@@oakswamp I too pondered for ages. So glad I bought them though. They completely changed the character of the car from a home built special to an (almost genuine) 1930's sports/racer overnight.

[@oakswamp]

would like to see that steve...are you on fb?

[@oakswamp]

facebook.com/groups/1034822480414410

[@stephenpickering9831]

@@oakswamp Sadly I dont "do " fb. No idea how to make contact via email. I would happily send pictures which might help in the next stages of your interesting Austin Rat build.

[@jasperedwards2713]

chopped body reminds me of a reliant 3 wheeler truck there were mainly sold in italy market

[@jasperedwards2713]

RELIANT ANT

[@Walt_G]

A reliant Ant?

[@jasperedwards2713]

@@Walt_G yes has a small cabin

[@jamiewaddell1598]

Absolutely brilliant vid m8

[@oakswamp]

thanks Jamie 👌

[@spencerpallett2224]

What a great episode especially looked like great fun with the trike and commer, made as fuk, keep it up dude, and great music. Are drop jaw john playing any gigs. Cheers 🍻

[@oakswamp]

cheers mate...yeah it was a blast...we (djj)might be doing a couple of tunes at Rustic stomp actually...my other band is there and its most of the members😁

[@markgoodson1122]

Hi just saw last video when you put the rear crank case cover on you missed the two lower bolts out then put the flywheel on just thought id mention it thanks for the fun videos

[@oakswamp]

aha yes wondered if some one would notice that ..the cork gaskets for the part it bolts into wasn't in the kit unfortunately...so i need to get some, cheers dude 😀

[@markgoodson1122]

@@oakswamp your doing a great job very interesting and funny as hell theres nothing more dangerous or daft as an english guy in a shed with a hammer keep on bashing

[@oakswamp]

@@markgoodson1122 thanks Mark...having fun here😃

[@andystanhope4472]

How ya going on from Norfolk. Ya got me hooked so gonna have to binge watch from the start. Next time you see him say hello to Hawkeye from me, Andy from Rattlshack

[@oakswamp]

nice one dude ..ill be seeing him very soon !! 🤘

[@bry3500]

Awesome content

[@oakswamp]

cheers dude

[@recap5172]

Saw the cramps back in the 80's. Any of these cars gonna have a Lux Interior ?

[@oakswamp]

as in luxury ? no...hahahah

[@recap5172]

@@oakswamp The lead singer of the Cramps was called Lux Interior.

[@pjofurey6239]

Lux interiors were only available on this model to mad mad daddy’s…

[@weswhite5715]

I am really enjoying your videos. Nothing like hearing old junk fire up for the first time, is there? Looking forward to Ian's first words.

[@oakswamp]

thanks Wes ...me too !!!

[@MrGreeny79]

Good news. I was beginning to think you had forgotten about us. Another great episode. What would we do without our close friends?

[@oakswamp]

hahahah no how could i forget you lot...Im building an extension and i did the base ...dazzle was over helping me so we chopped his morris!!

[@jimcarroll7829]

Bout time😜😂

[@oakswamp]

hahahahh

[@jfu5222]

I get back from two weeks sleeping in a tent (I'm getting too old for that shit) and find another excellent episode. I'm glad you met another like minded weirdo and got some good cheap parts.

[@oakswamp]

Cheers JFU, glad you are enjoying it dude... ...yes, f that sleeping in a tent ...Ive done so many festivals and car shows camping needs to be in a full sized bed ..and in my van hahahah

[@martycole9512]

Did I see you miss a bolt out of the crank seal plate?

[@oakswamp]

well spotted...the gasket set wasnt complete as usual so the piece that bolt goes into is waiting for a gasket 😁

[@jasperedwards2713]

commer make a nice motor home

[@oakswamp]

lovely old truck 👌

[@jasperedwards2713]

@@oakswamp like to see a coach built motor home

[@ericellquist7007]

Some of the strangest music I've ever encountered.... If you like bluegrass....rap? Check out The Gourds cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin n Juice. That'll give you something to chuckle about. By the bye, seeing that trike put me in mind of a magazine I used to purchase. It was out of the U.K., and the name was AWOL (alternative way of life). It featured some absolutely insane builds, one was a motorcycle with a four cylinder Ford OHV motor mounted fore and aft in an old Honda frame. No transmission, just a clutch of some sort and bevel drive gear box to put power to the rear wheel. The magazine was absolutely wonderful, I guess it went out of business as it is no longer available. I still have about a half dozen or so issues I kept. I am beyond the age of building something from the inspiration I got from these, so if you would like to have them respond to this comment with an address or PO box and I will send them to you. Cheers mate!

[@oakswamp]

thanks Eric, where are you based mate?

[@ericellquist7007]

@@oakswamp Washington state, on the Idaho border. Small city of Spokane. What you do, is inspiring, wish I was a younger man, I'd be inclined to give it a go myself. I grew up in New Hampshire, my dad was part owner of what we called a junk yard. I loved wandering around messing with all the old cars. Later he worked as a mechanic for a British Automobile repair shop, MGs, Austin Healeys, Austins, Hillman, Anglia, there was even a Bentley saloon (if that's the correct word). There was a beautiful MG TD, and a TF that I was covetous of, the owner didn't mind if I sat in them and dreamed of the day I'd get my licence. I'd hang around after school, good days then. I was about 21 when I got my first sports car, a '59 Austin Healey 100 6, paid $200 for it and had a ball with that car. It was not in very good condition, but ran like a dream. Messed around with old cars and motorcycles all my life.

[@oakswamp]

@@ericellquist7007 nice one man ...you'll be lucky to get an austin healey 100 for less that 15 k nowadays and that would be a rough one...never too old to tinker brother 😁

[@martinlewis4968]

Ding fucking dong Yee har

[@oakswamp]

hahahah you good martin?/

[@jasperedwards2713]

its monday

[@Iowa599]

Japanese manual transmissions are much better than American transmissions (the best are Honda). I have very little experience with British cars or transmissions, but I've heard bad things about Lucas.

[@jasperedwards2713]

use a albion gearbox

[@oakswamp]

in what mate?

[@jasperedwards2713]

@@oakswamp in one of yor next cars not sure it only has 3 gears i had one in my mower

[@jasperedwards2713]

no vids this week your misses must telling you to get the house fixed

[@oakswamp]

hey mate videos on its way ...and yes im building as well....👍

[@dalelangford4894]

Keep on truckin’ Bry, great episode, I’ve never had the balls to do a roof chop, great work. Choppertrash is me by the way, I didn’t know it came up as that. Hang loose!

[@oakswamp]

cheers for the tip jar dude...much appreciated...come round next time we do another chop mush x x x