It’s only going to be a 2 part video start to finish, just wanted to see if we could do this in just a month.

Love watching all your videos, how a channel putting out all this quality content has less than 3,000 subscribers is beyond me.

I reckon a candy violet purple metalflake finish would look ace - perhaps with some shadowed stripes/detailing! Looking forward to the next installment - it's a good looking buggy. 🙂👌

Think it needs the 70s heavy metal flake green 😋😎

That look of fear when you realised how mangled the engine was. Definitely been there!!

Great idea for a series and kudos for going through with it. Looks like the seller shafted you but, on the bright side, you can do something about it; it could have been some poor noob buying it who would quickly get out of their depth.

OMG I am gutted for you lads, but with your skill and craftmanship she will look amazing when you have her finished

Really love the content. I love the restoration of the 60's 70s and 80s cars as those are the cars that were around when I was a child. If you could import these cars from South Africa, you would make a killing as compared to what they are going for in the UK, they are at least 75% cheaper here in SA. If you get them inland they are virtually rust free. Keep up the good work!

70's style car needs a 70's style paint, Green is a good shout but I kind of like the original white with the red and blue stripe it reminds me of the Steve McQueen Gulf colours and everybody knows how cool that dude was. 😎😎😎

Just keep on smiling lads and putting the hard graft in and think what it will look like at the end I'm sure from watching your other videos it will turn out to be a great bug Looking forward to seeing it finished in a month

"Resale red" is always a smart choice for when the margins are tight... So the classic candy over gold (or silver) metalic is better than the black. Only exception might be if you were going for a more murdered out agro-buggy with black rims etc, then red over the black would make more sense. But cheap n cheerful is prolly the way to go here! Good luck boys! Cheering for ya!

Keep it up. Great idea, shows the pitfalls of car restoration. Really nicely shot and edited. You guys are really engaging and show enough to understand what you are doing but not so much it becomes boring. Really good to see professionals at work.

😍 Blurple

Great idea with the roulette! However, shame you've bought something with a knackered engine. How the seller complained of 'Time wasters' is a joke! As for a colour, how about Burnt Orange with Purple flip..!?

Brilliant concept and video guys, so well produced, keep up the great work!!

Sad about the engine, but now you can fit a better one. Love the candy red with the silver base coat. Can't wait for the next episode.

BMW viper green for me.

I can understand why the 2 previous buyers turned their back on it. Talking about falsely advertising! That thing, though cool from a distance, is completely knackered! You've been taken hard! Though the seller didn't know that, he has been very, very lucky that you made the rule that you *had* to buy it! 1500 max. As in; absolute max. But there you go, you had to live by your rules. Kudos for sticking to that.

Interesting project guys. I'd like to see it finished in mk1 escort, metallic purple!

Cool video guys 🔧🔧🔧

What about the new BMW m4 green...think its called signal green, i think it would look nice on this, can't wait to see the next part in the series, 👍👍👍

A nice bright yellow ( may be biased there) or Skoda Hyper Green, though the classic look would probably be a Cadbury purple full of metal flake, possibly with lots of stripes. Loving the new show, but looking forward to the next episode of the mk2

No clutch.. awesome 🤩

Hope it all comes right in the end? Cant wait , nice metallic blue colour

This will be an awesome series 👍 But damn, I think you overpaid, but you will bring it together. Candy red over silver

Love these videos!

Guys awesome car and also Nice series!!!

Norfolk mustard yellow with black stripes Good Look Guys 👍

Loving the idea of this! I’d prefer the white tbh! Big chunky tyres !

I'm liking this it's bull shit free car building to a time scale and to a budget. If it goes over I'm sure you'd be honest about it. As for colours anything in deep metal flake on a buggy lol. Looking forward to part 2 and good work fellas.

Love your vids guys. Keep them coming. What about a deep purple with some darker ghosting?

Great video

Interesting concept a bit of different take on the will it run clones out there.

How about nice blue Top job lads like you show it as it is no BS

Well the seller was a bit of a p…k for shafting you like that! Great idea for a series but I reckon in future you should choose the rebuilds mate!😃👍😎

Man ya gotta love sellers like this.I could not live with myself if I sold a car in this shape.Maybe he didn't know the engine was toast/no clutch?

Great video. Just shows you can't trust anyone when buying a car. The previous owner has just dumped a scrap engine in to make it look like a car. Really only worth about £500 to a grand.

Man would I love to have this

Lemon! Good work though enjoyed the content.

Brill, is that music ZZ top or just enough not to get a copy right strike lol loving going through your back catalogue cheers

Good afternoon, I see you have a new hoist in your new shop. What brand and model is it and are you Happy with it. Do you like this new format of these type of cars to restore. I really enjoyed the metal cars and your repairs to them. Thanks and take care. Good luck in your new shop.

Defo overpaid for a non runner, seller was laughing all the way to the bank after that sale. Looking forward to seeing if you straight swap or do something different

Needs a rothmans colour kit on it 😎😂

The love beach buggy

I'd like to see it in an Orange/Red like the first Meyers Manx.

I know the buggy has already been built. But, NEON BLUE would have been my choice for color.

I would get the body off and send it for paint now if your done with the body mock up as the mechanical bits are a refresh rather than a fab job hopefully. Also I would do the candy red over a silver base with big flake for a retro 70s vibe so it pops when the light hits it.

You got stung on that one but you 2 will sort it What about Baby blue or a green like ford peppermint sea green👍🏼👌🏼

we need an electric peddle powered solar dune buggy camper with seats that fold down into a camp

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Candy crabapple with metal flake

The buggy seller was a Rob dogger, he knew how knackered it was. No clutch says he mocked it up to sell and deceive people.

I miss Keith. There should have been more videos of this kind

whats happened with the mk2 escort?

The look on your face when u saw the oil come out, thats a look too familiar. This is why now i bring a compression tester when buying cars that are in this condition, and if the owner wont allow a test i simply move along to another car.

nr 3 cylinder overheated and dropped an exhaust valve. it's re-buildable, but depends on the state of the block.

The end float was a bit more than 'not bad'!

Tamiya Sand Rover Orange!

Is that a "dual-port" engine? We had one in our '71 Microbus and it cracked the head of the #3 cylinder (left front, like yours) every 20,000 miles. We put on a bigger oil cooler, added larger cooling scoops to the body and changed the carb jetting. Nothing helped. Every 20,000 no matter how it was tuned or driven, the head cracked. Our Technical Editor (we worked for a magazine) said that just about all the early dual-port heads had that problem. It was assumed that it was caused by the #3 cyclinder which runs hotter than the rest and it having too thin a casting. Good luck with yours.

Beach buggies are a lot more expensive in UK compared to Sweden. I guess this one would have gone for max 1000 pund in Sweden.

Doner car needed or a vw hoarder lol 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌

Cage looks the part but why didn’t you fix the rear to the engine cage, bolted to the body gives no strength like you said in video and looks messy. Also the bracing makes rear seat redundant, wouldn’t need bracing if fixed to engine cage? It’s sits really nice that though, looking forward to finish article 👍🏻

Whats happening with the mk2 escort hope you've not given up on it

Is that a Myers Manx body?

So how is your rear cage better than the original. It's still bottled to the fibreglass. Same death trap.

That ebay seller sells bent? v5 buggies He buys parts and biulds a buggy like you got and then sells them off all ways with beetle on the v5 that is no good for a swb buggy Did you check the vin that it was not welded in or restamped?

Played like a fiddle. At least now you know why the other 2 walked now.

What about pink? That's what the DVLA thinks it is already...

The crank end float is WAY too much, Should barely move, The motor is screwed on that basis alone!

So you got ripped off by a right plonka

You shouldn't have paid more than 1000 pounds for that. I can find running, driving ones in my country for about 500 pounds.