WTF? My Car is FINALLY Getting Painted? - 1978 Trans Am

[@thegrimyeaper]

It's inspirational seeing a dude enjoying something this much.

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

I feel like Winston is truly confident in his car channel being able to successfully carve a niche alongside the millions of car channels on youtube because he knows what his fans love about the brand and delivers the goods successfully for quite a few months now.

[@briantayler1230]

G'day from OZ, that kit saves months of searching and well worth $300.

[@transammusclemachine9386]

FBODY WAREHOUSE sells a full interior kit for $119. If you need a link, let me know. Sometimes links get removed from posts on YT. The people who installed my Vintage Air didn't put all the bolts back in for some reason so that's what I'll be getting. Usually I get my OE stuff from Classic Industries for a better price, but FBODY has a lot of little hard to get specific items and some things are less than CI too.

[@iwnatmiwnatm1923]

Would you kindly send me the link. ​@@transammusclemachine9386

[@billboyle7866]

Patience is a virtue! My 79 TA is finally done. My personal effort dragged on for 10 years. Did 99% of the work myself in my garage. You're on the right track. Stay with it and keep after the shop doing your body work and paint. My car is show car quality today.

[@texxter4858]

I will take this as a motivation for an 18 y/o working on his T/A

[@thatguyinthefirebird]

As the great philosopher, Sylvester Stallone once said: "Nothing's dead around here until it's buried." Great to see this phoenix rising from the ashes!

[@kalenal1841]

Three summers while in high school I worked in a factory 2nd shift earning money for college. One summer I worked in the paint shop as a painters helper for less than one night. The newly painted parts went through an oven after the paint. Standing by the oven on a hot summer evening was too much for this 105 pound teenager and I fainted from the heat. After the management made sure I was okay, they made me take salt tablets and moved me to a cool part of the factory putting caps on pipes. It was the most boring job and I was all by myself but I worked as fast as I could hoping that I could graduate to a different job. I will always have respect for anyone painting anything! After they found out I could read blueprints I was moved to electrical assembly wiring/soldering the main control panels. These were seagoing refrigeration units for ships! Much bigger and taller than me.

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

sounds like a fun time!

[@DovidM]

Companies put the name, initials or number of the person who either did the quality control on an item or who packed the item. You will see “Inspected by No. 12” or “Packed by Mandy” labels or tags on various kinds of enterprise level servers and network switches. The labels are sometimes called production labels, and are added at the shipping room in the case of pickers and packers. The reason for putting the name or number of the inspector, picker or packer on the item is to make them accountable if they mess up.

[@oceania2385]

That box of specific fasteners makes me almost as happy as it does you. Getting the right stuff was hard when the cars were new.

[@bobalouie2413]

Can't believe all the body fasteners fit in such a small box! This is a labor of love you will never forget!

[@armyof100clowns6]

Thanks for the update, Winston. “Half” good news is better than no good news. 👍🏻

[@Aladdin5cave]

Props to you for spending the money to save this car for many decades to come.

[@johnc2438]

Winston's "swag bag" reveal! Love it. Enjoy, Winston, enjoy. Greetings from an old retired guy (from the Navy, too!) in Oregon, USA! Hope your lovely family is hale and hearty, too!

[@hazzard793]

Hi Winston.. From Adelaide Australia. These might have been packed by handicapped workers and those are there names. We have workshops here in in OZ that do these type of jobs. Great idea and gives these awesome people great joy and feel normal to have a job be in a team together.. Love your show and have an awesome day

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

Very exciting! Stay the course. It'll be awesome when it's done. I know when I got my baby back from the shop (after 14 months), I literally cried, she was so beautiful.

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

thank you for being such a great role model you are one of the main people who helped me make myself a man : )

[@vincentas1]

1 week already, time flies fast

[@briansmith2163]

Be patient ! A quality job is worth it. Hang in there.

[@Geoduck.]

That box of fasteners was a bargain in the long run. Your car will look great and have peace of mind knowing it's all new.

[@steveblankenship2413]

keep us updated , I love them old cars

[@jameshall4385]

That box of bolts is awesome. It would be great for a restoration if you bought someone else’s project when they took it all apart and the nuts and bolts are in a coffee can or completely missing

[@Rmx2011]

Good to see the work getting done, finally, to some extent at least.

[@willthix3822]

Mate just left primer and now onto colour. 1963 EJ Holden so feel your emotion. you've got the fasteners... start searching for a seal kit, doors, handles, firewall, windows etc etc... save you angst when it's assembly time searching for bits as they crumble or fail when you put it back together. Most places that sell kits will either credit or money back on the parts that are unused... well they do in Oz...

[@mifi5913]

I had a 78 W-72/WS-6, black of course. Something really cool about driving that car that I haven’t felt in another.

[@davidc9656]

I am really enjoying your continuing adventures with your T/A! I find your take to be fresh and not of full of BS as many so braggadocious video offerings out there! Love all the details! Shifter install, box of hardware (Holy Cow! how many pockets full of screws and fastener doodads did I haul back from salvage yard just to get find a small screw or something!), various musings on cars attributes, etc! Got my 1978 T/A ( very nice condition), but with blown motor (CA spec 403 Olds) in 1996. Put junkyard motor into it from a 1978 Buick Le Sabre and got it purring like a kitten. Not too long after that, I sold it to a friend who needed a car (for $1500). In "96 it was still a cool car (to car guys), but not really worth much-- they were still fairly plentiful (and scoffed at as being for guys trying to compensate for "something"). Got it back a couple years ago (asked for right of first refusal if he could ever part with it). He really loved that car, so I was absolutely amazed that he let me reclaim it--- what a friend! How many times have you ever gotten beloved a vehicle back? Your adventures, travails and victories with your beloved trans am are priceless. Please keep the new episodes coming! Thanks for all your fine work!

[@ericvansant5288]

Box o' fasteners: I can relate to your excitement! The car is looking GREAT. Half done is better than NONE AT ALL, eh? The worst of it is corrected. And the doors - a very important part, they're BIG - the rest of the car won't look right if they're sagging or show bad gaps. Patience is a virtue. Anticipation is the best part of anything. Perfection is an expensive impossibility. It's JUST a CAR. It will be done soon, then you'll go on the the next thing, whatever that is, and this period you'll only vaguely remember.

[@roryanri804]

Nice update.

[@edmcwilliams6524]

Thank You Winston For The Update. Great Video Thanks.

[@mrben6573]

I'm guessing you could have found a near mint version of this car for the amount of money you've sunk into it, but this has to be a much more rewarding experience. I think C-Milk said something like he'd never want to do this, he'd just buy an A+ car in the beginning. But there are only so many cars in great condition out there. Every year there's less and less for each model and year. Here you're taking a car that wasn't mint, had some big issues, and you're turning it back into an A+ car. I think that's super cool. Time plods ever forward. We age. Mountains erode. Everything is ground into dust eventually. A project like this is kind of like giving the finger to time itself. You've guaranteed that this car will be around, and in great shape, for a whole lot longer. You will have increased the global supply of A+ cars in this make and model by one. It's nothing to sneeze at. It's got to feel pretty cool.

[@pandasteampunk9278]

had a matchbox version of this car when i was a laaitie... was my favourite... so i'm lekker keen to see this baby when she done. cheers!

[@JoseVelasquez-dt5cn]

Thanks for the update. Yeah I think every painting job will have a delay for one reason or another.

[@TheWiscoGuyz]

Good progress! Can't wait to see it with color on it!

[@DDB168]

You cant stop now. Good luck with the rest of it.

[@jldonnell1]

It’s looking sweet, Bru! You’re going to be so boss driving up the 101 from LaJolla to DelMar!

[@juststeve5542]

She's getting there! She's going to look amazing when she's finished, better panel fit than original I'm sure! I can totally relate to your box of fasteners. As soon as I started fighting the JS machine screws on my GS250 project (fight often involved left hand drill bits) I went straight to the parts microfiche and started listing out all the different sizes the bike had (no nice kits!), and then went shopping for bags and bags of hex head stainless bolts. I think I now own every length of M4, M5 and M6 bolt made between 6mm and 55mm in hex head! (including some dome tops and low profiles).

[@coolissimo69]

I am happy things are going on the right way.

[@Staatus_Quo]

Gotta say, I just spent over $100 on clips and bolts from factory for my SAAB 9-5 Sportcombi wagon. Well worth getting a kit that it nice and organized, and right! Wise purchase Winston.

[@reddragon6613]

That kit is pretty cool, not cheap but essential on this type of project.

[@barrymorton4268]

Excited to see the progress. I have always wanted one of those.

[@lynlandham3779]

That nuts and bolts kit will make it a new car!

[@borninthewrongtime6449]

Very exciting...Its like we are waiting for a baby to be born!! Gonna have a Paint Revel Party??LMAO I'm totally hanging on, awaiting the updates..It is gonna be....AWESOME!!! 😎💕

[@UkraineJames2000]

I love your guys' China related channels, but this one has surpassed them as my favourite. Good stuff, Boys. 👍

[@pilgrimm23]

WINSTON: You Rock!!! this was great!

[@zerkfiter]

love the vintage..i owned a 77 camaro inline six..three speed manual.gave it away for free and the guy drove it away..had it for about 12 yrs.

[@davidworthington2927]

I can hardly wait to see this bad boy run!

[@jaybob3143]

nice to see progress is being made ... i have a martinique blue 78 TA im building all new from ground up...also have a 89 firebird i mounted on a 98 silverado 4x4 frame

[@mikehueter3982]

Man, that passenger side looks sick! They really did a great job, I just hope they keep at it 😆

[@Reinhard_von_Lohengramm]

I don't know why I am getting so excited to see the finished work. It's not even my car.

[@TheWolfMatt]

Really love your drive to getting your T/A back to working condition. When it comes to replacement parts on these old 2nd Gen Firebirds/Camaros, it takes a special person to take the TLC they truly need. I'm busy getting parts together for my 78 Formula Firebird to do a Pro Touring setup on it. It takes time but you'll enjoy the process and in the end, you have a ride that you'll truly enjoy. Liked and Subbed btw. Love the content.

[@donphillips5957]

Seemed so long I thought I missed it! I was losing patience with my body shop after 2 days with my work truck.

[@robertgrubb4021]

You definitely should keep "Convoy" on loop

[@GenaF]

I hope you've got a lot of money put on one side for the trans am. I dread to think what it'll cost, but at least you're accepting of that when you joke that it will bankrupt you. I look forward to its completion.

[@ElliotLynch]

love the updates on this car

[@Irothelegend1]

Beautiful car, I have a 1998 LS1 WS6 Trans Am.

[@CalisRemedy]

I’m more excited about the completion of this Pontiac Firebird than the birth of my child!

[@MrUlfang]

Nice Progress.

[@dianelee2100]

Don't be frustrated on your build . My 1969 AMC AMX GO PACK WITH EVERY AVAILABLE OPTION 390 Took 7 months to finnish. Pay as you go, don't pay up front. Cool bolt box. They will finnish if there is good at the end of the rainbow. Neal

[@lioninwinter9316]

So glad to see progress on your Firebird. Hope that your wife remains the good sport she has been in the past through all this nonsense.🤣

[@blakenewton2781]

Lots of stuff made now overseas. My cylinder heads are made in China. And as much of a caveat as that is, I made a list. Everything from port match to " core shift and porosity. These heads met all the questions and they work very well. I digress not everything made overseas is junk.

[@blakenewton2781]

Be careful though. Make sure that there is lots of good reviews if possible and look the stuff over if you can.

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!!

[@justso1823]

When repairing old cars especially bodywork sometimes the longer the process the better the outcome will be especially when you come to sell it

[@zaxarispetixos8728]

Yeah when you sell it, it costs 5k and you paid 6k for the paintjob.

[@rockzalt]

Those kits have a good chance of rarely being complete since manufacturers tend to make slight production changes either half way through the year or in continental America where that same model being produced on the Canadian side of the border had differences. Being on the north side of the border after completely stripping apart an old car, I would have a number of baggies left over and saying to myself, "what the hell are these for?" Or worse, the specific clips and fasteners aren't there and you'd have to McGyver the job anyway. Btw the panel gaps were rarely uniform and matching when they were brand new. Like the paint the only time an owner payed close attention to such detail was after it's been repaired.

Hey Winston, the background music that you always use on this channel is the same like the background music from a KZbinr called "hiding in my room" this guy always makes weird Videos and is in general a weird KZbinr 🤣 I can't take it seriously with that music hahaha

[@nebelquest4014]

Oh same, it's sooo weird hearing that music all the time😂

@@nebelquest4014 good I thought I'm the only one 😂

[@nebelquest4014]

@ that was quick

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

I'm really enjoying this process. Look at the bright side though, if you're bankrupt you can at least sleep in your car!

[@more_jello]

Winston instead of going through the trouble of editing in that silly blur bubble around your license plate, just get one of those fake CA plates like Mike Brewer uses on Wheeler Dealers. You just pop it on with velcro or whatever and remove it when not filming. Just some friendly advice.. Thumb up. Let's get this thing painted.

[@Flastew]

Wow it is great to see this much progress on your car. I really like that box of bolts for the car, way to many times I had to try and find a similar bolt or screw to one I lost somehow.

[@akorshome]

On March 27 at 8:29 PM CDT (Central Daylight Time) I saw the video without seeing any commercials. At that time the video had 1.3k likes and 5 dislikes. After the video ended at 8:37 I saw 2 commercials.

[@steveosgood9182]

One Side Body Shop.....aint nothing like a nice original used trans am which you cant find anymore. I remember 35 years ago you could find original paint trans ams for 5K. Even then, you had to look. So many were ragged out in the first 5 years of life. I got a new 1979 Formula in 1980. Should have kept it.

[@SymonS]

Looking good!

[@marcathens2951]

Keep strong it will look great 👍

[@psp1921tsmg]

Thanks for my T/A fix

[@admiralradish]

As a person who has worked for an auto parts importer in the USA. Made in the USA never means it was completely made in the USA. Even OEM and Delco parts.

[@born_again_torinos]

I'm happy for you Winston. You may become broke but you can sit and stare at your car.

[@35mdc]

fire chickin always worth it

[@mikemcgown6362]

Wow! That reminds me of what my Trans Am was going through 20 years ago. I did it all myself in my spare time. I used to do that kind of work as my income. Now it's just a hobby, more or less. I do my own maintenance and that seems to keep me busy. The old bodywork is starting to fail, but it's still in one piece. Car isn't garage kept, and it's driven year round in northern Minnesota. Good luck with your project!

[@forestgrump2168]

that thing will be a new car when yo are done. I can not imagine how much that kind of skilled labor costs .

[@cocob4679]

Far too long!!! Hope you're getting a BIG discount!

[@newagebandit4408]

Oooooooo shes looking so good wish I had a pic of our 79 in the paint shop lol

[@timbrindley451]

i think it would really look good in a metalic silver

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

wonderful and engaging content as always winston! today your video is sunshine shining bright on my already radiant day! thank you for making my coors the best coors I've drank all day!

[@jean-marcandjoshua-petsjournal]

Great investment, you have every conceivable required nut and bolt. Smart move.

[@MargieM10]

Wow, they did a fantastic job. I think it's well worth the money for what you're preserving. That box was pretty awesome too!

[@richarddobreny6664]

Oh everything is so much more difficult during these covid times!!

[@Leddemo]

Expensive kit? NAHHH!!!, with the time spent tracking all that stuff down individually, for NEW nuts/bolts/fasteners/clips, that's a steal!

[@kevinb158]

Well your getting closer Winston when it comes to body shop the insurance jobs that keep the lights on and the workers paid she going to look good tho

[@demogadget]

Holy crap reading the comments this is pretty expensive....But when finished you have a decent and very good looking iconic muscle car. Here in Holland prices of US muscle cars are getting crazy high. Old beat up rustbuckets going aroung for crazy money :P It might be a good future investment.

[@williamhadley1580]

They count it as "US made" if 85% of the materials and labor was from here. 33% tells me that the raw process material was done here but the finish process and bulk packaging was done overseas, then the final kitting you received was done here.

[@williamswenson5315]

I have my fingers crossed, Winston. I truly hope that very expensive box of bolts, nuts and fasteners has everything you need. Good luck, man.

[@andyarchitect]

I like that you use a Mini Disc in the truck :) I dug mine out of a box a couple of weeks ago :D

[@tasdevl]

My god they need to make the same thing for early 2000’s minis, and make everything stainless. I would be just as excited if I had this, so damn useful.

[@seankuhn6633]

Love the content keep it up. I recomend putting your loggo and episode number large and on the thumb nail so i dont mistake your videos for all the other lesser car channels you tube keeps recommending (cept for enginering explained and donut media). Be well. Have a good day!

[@versatec1]

Burt Reynolds would be proud😊

[@Gerberbaby922]

I would happily pay more then $300 for a complete fastener set like that. I wish I could get that for my '78 Kawasaki.

[@matthewwilliams5253]

Painting half a car at a time? That is very strange...

[@TheBradylands]

It's looking 👍good

[@johnthornton6650]

Awesome stuff!!!!!

[@cloudy_shane]

Greetings from Russia! Oh yeah, I have to agree, it's really frustrating when you dissassemble something in your car and some bolts are missing xD . In my car, however, not only the bolts are missing, but even the threads are broken! That's how "well" russian cars are built xD (mine is a Lada 2114 Samara)

[@michaelgrow8630]

It'll be worth the wait

[@42Fab]

4:01 I need to talk to whoever did that welding...

[@anotherhairlessapewithanop7455]

Just a whole bunch of tac welds

[@FlightSupreme]

"33% USA made content" wuut xD

[@Shizzlewish]

Very exciting

[@stusasser5947]

Nuts and bolts and fasteners are exciting...said no one ever.