Congratulations on its first shakedown run. I can totally appreciate how you kept this project a "budget build" and the time you spent showing your design and build process using materials you had or salvaged down to the wiring and diagrams you shared. I love the stance it has. Looking forward to future builds and glad I found your channel. Continued success.

Hello Div, congrats on the maiden voyage. The Bushmaster performed excellent 👌. Thanks for taking us along. Be good my friend. 👍👍👍

That rat rod turned out amazing! The yellow on the spare tire bump matches the tag, the exhaust sounds great. A little foam strip under the hood and she's ready for every day! Truly amazing craftsmanship.

The right side drive would take some getting used to for this yank. The countryside there is beautiful buddy!! Glad to see the shakedown went well.

So glad you tube randomly popped one your videos up for me today. This is my 3rd one I've watched. This is how I've built and worked on cars over the years. Your channel is a change from watching builders with all the big fancy clinically clean workshops with all brand new parts and endless amounts off money. Keep up the good work.

I think we are all too much in awe ( in a good way of course ) of your creation to notice your temporary upholstery fix. Great job.

Thanks for taking us hitch hikers along for the fun ride...

Hey Diff, the first drive is always fun! Great fun watching start to finish!:) Thank You Sir!:)

The wombat looks the goods out in its natural habitat...she's a ripper Mate.!

A fist is exactly four fingers, ha ha... Great job, it's been fun watching it evolve.

That first shakedown drive is worth the time and money. Great build Div looks and runs good.

Here in the United States we love Rat Rod’s! That was a great test drive! It look great going down the old dirt road! You done a fantastic job building the Rat Rod! Love ❤️ it!

Excellent job on the build Div!!!! Very inspiring! Thank you for bringing us along on the entire build!!

Congratulations Div great to see her on the road,,,,that fuel pump nozzle will sure catch a few people

i know one day you will have what they call you tube success when it comes please don't change this is the most enjoyable channel i watch wish you weren't half way around the world

I personally would cut the back of the fender before raised the front , it looks too good as it is . Beautiful truck , beautiful work. I believe this is becoming my favorite channel .

Congratulations Dif! She’s a beauty! Get over to the cars and coffee, you deserve to show her off! Let us see what else is there too 👍🏻

All that matters is that you enjoy it !!!!!!!

It has to feel rewarding to drive your creation out of the garage and down the road. Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and most of South Dakota have plain dirt roads, some with a little gravel, but no small mountains. I could hear excitement in your voice. I would have like to hear your buddy "The Bush Mechanic" had to say, but I am sure he happy for you. I am! I enjoyed the music, you have good taste as their are free, then those with royalties! Great, especially your slow motion dirt peel. Good for you! DK, Omaha.

Hellz Yeahz Brother... That ole girl looks Great! 💪🏼 I love it!!

Lol. Just sat down to take a break. As always. Thanks. ♥️🇺🇸

I know its a rat rod, but with some paint it would really be very cool! I do like the fact of the 4 cylinder because gas is so damn expensive! One the coolest truck builds I have seen!

the steering wheels on the wrong side. what an awesome mechanic..

Great to ride along Div. That was a really quiet ride even on the dirt roads . I drive a fair amount of them myself

That old truck looks like its a blast! 👍👍👍

The rattles don’t matter you will work them out , it’s a custom rat build very cool

Nice to see it on the road. It's been a good time watching you build it. Now you get to enjoy your new ratrod. Thanks for sharing.👍

That was a good reward for all your hard work congratulations

It's beautiful country there

Great video Congratulations with 51 Chev All the best!

Beautiful build, nice work. Those roads really gave you a shakedown, it doesn't seem like you lost any parts so I would call that a win.

Hey, I just wanted to say I’ve really enjoyed your channel. I love the idea that you don’t take things too seriously and make do with what you have. Don’t listen to the nay sayers, they probably done nothing themselves! Keep up the great content!

Diff, great job. You are da' man !!!! Love your videos. Keep them coming brother................

Watching and hearing that truck peeling out on your driveway was kind of like watching a lip synced (sp?) music video,... Sumting Wong,.. Perfect! Keep on keeping on. 👍

Awesome, Well done Div...Bakkie is looking great. Thank you again for sharing.

I just love your horn actuator ; )

YOUR "RATTEN AUTO" TURNED OUT GREAT!

That was a nice little voyage for the first time out, I'd call it a success, congrats Diff, nice work

You built a hell of a cool truck on a real budget. love the channel.

Thanks for Taking Is With You... Very Cool

Well Diff she's a beaut, the sports muffler gives her a nice note, a bit of adjustment on the clutch will stop the grind. Only one one small quirk, and that's the ride hight. It would appear most of your driving is on the dirt, and like our rural council in Australia dirt roads don't get much attention. So I think she needs a bit of a lift, just to avoid scraping. Overall this will be a good little work horse come daily driver.

Hot Damn! let's go for a spin

I just found this channel tonight and have watched a TON of it.... I absolutely love your entire thought process... LOVE this thing, love the vibe, the attitude. Keep up the good work!!!

Love the build and the tail lights look great!

Congratulations my friend, it was a great first test drive, I really enjoyed seeing a little more of the landscapes out there. Big hug.

The coolest nissan pickup ever built.

Giving the trucks bottom a nice little wipe here 😂 I love it!!!!!

Well done Diff! Congratulations on your successful low budget rat rod bakkie! Can’t wait to see what your next project will be:-)

It sounds better with the new muffler. Good job on getting it going!

Awesome first adventure brother !!!! Great test run !!! Happy to see it rolling down the road

Success, success! Congratulations my friend "Looking good "

Looks Lekka Boet, that Chevy looks so good on the road. Hope it gave you a massive smile driving it

great to see all your hard work drive down the road

Well done Div ! Great looking little truck ! Not finished yet tho , still needs a name ! 👍👌😜

Sweet little rat rod! Came out awesome!

I like to see how this project's going but I can see your next project that would be epic so keep up the good work

Out of sight congrats man she looks fine nice ride

She sounds great 👍 👌

What more can you ask for . A hand built rat rod . an old red dirt road. Life can't get much better. If you know what I'm trying to say 🎉👍

Another triumph you are very talented in awe from Australia

Thanks for the ride! I really like the pickup box, the taillights and the exhaust outlet. And the engine sound. And some other details, but I won't go on and on, lest you get all proud and hard to get along with. The scenery reminds me of rural New Brunswick, Canada, in years gone by, in contrast to other African scenes.

My man I have done a great job on the truck I have really enjoyed watching u build this machine the shake down run went real well great job 👍👍👍👍

Hey Div!...I'm so happy to see the beast on the road and driving, you've done an absolute bonza job on the truck! It looks fantastic driving around! Cheers buddy! 🍻 🇦🇺

That sounds so much better.love the build diff.

RAT ON 🔥🔥🔥👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Well done. It sounds strong! 🦇🥸

That is such a cool ride, congratulations on your maiden journey

Looks awesome. You did a great job.

Super cool!! Awesome job!!

nice build. The engine sounds exactly like my old volvo amazon, that I had a long time ago

The rice burner sound from (mostly) American steel absolutely had me grinning ear to ear! What a cool build very well done!

Good job my friend!! Thanks for sharing your work with us.

I miss your positive S A slang lessons, I live in New Zealand and my S A mates get a bit surprised when they hear the slang of there fathers, Im not being rude most of them have been here a few years now and are in there late 40s early fifties. I like it alot bro

Yooooo!!!!! Boet made it to the maden voyage!! You had me crackin up early. This road is perfect to test if things wanna fall off, if things are falling off, if things have fallen off 😂 love it

I have been waiting for the first ride along 👍👍

Great job

Outstanding result Diff, its a damn cool looking truck.

another name suggestion, "RAT'L rod" ! ;)

Well done Div you did it ❤

Well Done👍Love a Affordable Rod. Greetings from Arizona

Very cool I would l cruise it. Great job.

Sounds great with the new muffler

Great Ride Along! Gad the shakedown went well. Cars and Coffee sounds like fun,. Are you going to take us along?

I can’t imagine how you feel, must be great I’d say, well done Diff, terrific looking beast.

Awesome as always! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

I’d call that a success!!

You need to lengthen the push rod of the slave cylinder on the trans will help those gears from grinding

It's those salad bowl hubcaps holding it all together!! 🤣

Awesome shakedown run (Literally) Great looking truck Div. Kudos.

Awesome !

Runs nice that car

All the way from TEXAS I love your style buddy I really enjoy your videos as well … can’t wait for the next video

Great look

Great video,great editing,great style you deserve way more subs than you have got.

Always makes me wonder if I could drive a right hand driven car. Looking Good from here .

Turned out awesome. Looks like it runs good. You got a empty shop, need to start another one. Lol

Another job well done 👍

A little oil and a gravel road makes a good 👍 👌 undercoat

Good Truck, thank you!

Man it's a great truck that's a work of art work 👌 I love it and the sound is really amazing 👏