REBUILDING A BARN FIND R32 SKYLINE | PART 7

Summary

The video follows the barnfind R32 Nissan Skyline rebuild project. After months with no updates, the owner visits the body shop working on the abandoned, non-running Skyline he bought cheaply. Despite failed DIY attempts to fix major roof damage from a forklift, the shop has made good progress straightening the body and installing an aggressive widebody kit. More work is still needed on the paint and interior, but the shop estimates completion in 2 weeks. The owner reflects on the risky project, hoping the cheapest R32 in the country will ultimately not turn out too badly despite requiring extensive repairs.

Takeaways

• 😀 The video is about restoring an abandoned R32 Nissan Skyline.
• 🚗 After fixing the fuel system and wiring, they got the Skyline running for the first time.
• 🛠 The bodywork needed a lot of work, so they sent it to a body shop.
• 👷‍♂️ The body shop installed a new body kit and worked on straightening the warped roof.
• 😟 The roof had been badly warped from being picked up by a forklift.
• 🎨 The car is now being prepped for paint by sanding everything down first.
• 🖌 Once primer is applied, imperfections will show and can be sanded again before final paint.
• 🙌 The team is hopeful the car will be done in about 2 weeks.
• 🚙 The interior still needs to be replaced and the suspension repaired.
• 🤞 The cheapest R32 in the country might turn out decent after countless hours of work.

Q & A

What car is the narrator restoring in the video?

The narrator is restoring a 1990s Nissan Skyline R32.

What condition was the Skyline in when the narrator bought it?

The Skyline had been abandoned and left sitting for years when the narrator bought it. It wouldn't start, had body damage, and needed a lot of work.

What repairs have been done to the Skyline so far?

So far the fuel system has been refreshed, the alternator wiring fixed to get it running, bodywork repairs done, and a new body kit installed.

What was the main issue with the Skyline's body?

The roof had been badly warped from the car being picked up by a forklift, leaving a large gap to the windshield.

How much progress has been made fixing the roof?

Some progress has been made straightening the roof, but it still needs more work to get it completely straight and sealed properly.

What paint shop is helping with repairs?

The car is being repaired at Royal Drip Works paint shop.

What still needs to be done to complete the restoration?

The interior needs full replacement, suspension arms need rebuilding, engine may need rebuild, and final paint and bodywork refinement.

When does the narrator expect the car to be complete?

The narrator is hoping to have the car back from the paint shop in about 2 weeks.

How much did the narrator pay for the Skyline?

The narrator paid $7000 AUD for the abandoned Skyline.

Has the restoration been worthwhile so far?

It's too early to say if the restoration will be a success, but good progress is being made despite the poor initial condition.

Outlines

00:00

🚗 Resurrecting the R32 Skyline: From Barn Find to Body Shop

The journey of reviving an abandoned R32 Skyline begins months after its last update. Despite sounding like a tractor, the Skyline, left neglected for years by its previous owner, finally roars to life after a comprehensive overhaul of the fuel system and alternator wiring. The initial attempt at bodywork fails, leading to a decision to send the car to a professional body shop. Excitement builds as preparations are made to visit the shop, including acquiring a wing and corner lights from Facebook Marketplace. Arriving at Royal Drip Works, the anticipation is palpable. The video captures the moment of reunion with the Skyline, now sporting a new body kit and undergoing extensive repairs, especially to the damaged roof caused by a forklift accident. The narrative highlights the difficulty in sourcing parts for such a sought-after model, showcasing the partnership with Auto Indulgence for the body kit and the meticulous effort required to restore the vehicle's form.

05:02

🔧 Progress and Parts: The Ongoing Skyline Restoration

The second part of the script details a visit to the body shop not just to admire the car's progress, but also to deliver additional parts needed for completion. Amidst rain, the urgency to protect the newly acquired wing and side markers is palpable. The visit coincides with a promotion for new t-shirts, linking the project's progress with broader community engagement. Despite appearances suggesting minimal progress, the explanation reveals significant efforts behind the scenes, including dealing with other projects and the intricate preparation for painting the Skyline. A detailed description of the bodywork challenges, especially a damaged door, sets the stage for the primer application. A side story introduces Mac's project, a Honda Integra GSI, showcasing the shop's capabilities in custom paint jobs. The segment concludes with reflections on the project's journey, from starting the Skyline to attempting bodywork, emphasizing the extensive work still required on the interior, suspension, and undisclosed damages. The commitment of Leen and Max is acknowledged, with contact information for Royal Drip Works provided, hinting at the community and support system behind this ambitious restoration.

Keywords

💡Skyline

The Skyline refers to the Nissan Skyline R32 that the narrator purchased. It is the main car that is being rebuilt and restored in the video. The Skyline had been abandoned and not running for years before the narrator bought it.

💡restoration

The video shows the process of restoring and rebuilding the old, abandoned Nissan Skyline. This includes fixing major damage to the body and roof, repairing the fuel system to get it running again, and customizing it with new body parts.

💡body kit

A body kit refers to cosmetic customizations and parts added to the exterior of a car for aesthetic purposes. The Skyline gets a new aggressive body kit with side skirts, front lip spoiler, and rear pods.

💡paint

Getting the car painted professionally is a major part of restoring its appearance after years of damage and wear. The video shows the Skyline being prepared for paint by sanding, applying primer, etc.

💡roof

Repairing the severely damaged roof that had been lifted up by a forklift was a major challenge. The video shows how the roof was carefully straightened and aligned.

💡engine

The Skyline's engine was not running when purchased and making odd noises, so the narrator tops up the oil and plans future work to get the engine restored and reliable.

💡interior

The video mentions that the Skyline is missing its entire original interior. This will be another major task in the full restoration process.

💡suspension

The narrator notes that every suspension arm and bushing needs work due to excessive wear. Fixing the suspension will be needed to get the Skyline driving properly again.

💡primer

Primer is a preparatory coating applied before painting the final color. The video shows the Skyline being prepared and put into primer, which will allow assessing imperfections before the final paint job.

💡abandoned

The overarching backstory is that the Skyline had been abandoned for years before the narrator purchased it as an extremely cheap project car. This abandonment led to all the necessary restoration work.

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Transcripts

it's been months since the last update

on the barnfind R32 Skyline sounds like

a tractor but it

runs the skyline we bought had been left

abandoned it had been sitting for years

and the previous owner never managed to

get it running but after refreshing the

entire fuel system and fixing the

alternator wiring we managed to start it

for the very first

time we also made a stting the Bodywork

but after some failed attempts I had to

send it off to a body

shop

and it still looks like

this and today we're finally going to

see the progress that's been made and

let's go check out the skyline I'm very

excited all right so there's a few

things that we need to drop off to the

paint shop in order to finish the car I

found this wing on Facebook Marketplace

really cheap actually bought it from a

subscriber and we also have some other

parts laying around the garage which

I'll get in a second but let's quickly

load this up it's a bit tricky getting

around the garage now with two cars in

here but we also have some Facebook

Marketplace Corner lights and

unfortunately it's really difficult to

find a genuine set so I found an

aftermarket set and they're not in the

best shape so we're just going to have

these temporarily to make the car look

somewhat complete when it's been painted

but for now these will do the job we

loaded up the wing and the tail lights

into the Camry and headed to the

skylines location the car was located at

our friend shop Royal drip works all

right guys we are almost there we're

about 10 minutes away I'm very nervous I

haven't seen this car since you guys

have seen it back in like the start of

November it's been that long since I've

had a look at it I don't know what to

expect I know that there's been a lot of

work done uh but I I'm eager to get the

car back as soon as possible it was now

time to see the skyline after not seeing

it for 2

months hey what's going

on see you how you been goodself good

man how are youing good here's the skull

on a

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yeah so you can see the two rear

quarters been um obviously a lot of

hours have gone into it to get them get

them right also put a couple hours in

the roof we still got a lot more work to

do on that yeah we got your kitten yeah

it's got the side skirts um the rear

pods and then this surprised me a lot

but the front lid is pretty damn

aggressive look at this

yeah we got an aggressive front liop on

this thing after not seeing the car for

this long I was kind of speechless

knowing that this was actually my R32

Skyline being repaired and painted and

yes we also got a brand new body kit

with gtst typm s skirts and a GTR front

lip which looks insane however there was

still one problem I needed to ask Leen

about the roof as you guys may remember

from the previous videos we

unfortunately found out that the Skyland

had been picked up by the roof with a

forklift and in the last video we test

fitted the wind screen and we found out

there was about a 2-in gap between the

wind screen and the body of the car if

Royal drip Works was not able to fix

this then we were going to have to

rethink this project how'd you guys go

with the roof and all that obviously a

lot of hours have gone into it pulled it

down a fair bit had to tap the center um

cuz it was bed a fair bit it was lifted

on the two sides dropped on the center

yeah so as you can see it's a little bit

more level now Center is almost there

but it's more working on the outside

probably more stresses taken on the

passenger side than the driver's side so

we're not far off if you guys don't

remember the roof was about this far off

when we test fitted the wind screen so

this was our problem our biggest problem

when we bought the car having the roof

like really flared up as the car had

been lifted by a forklift it's very

understandable that this has taken a

while to get even the roof looking as

good as this have a have a good look at

that it's looking much better but it was

it was pretty bad before so yeah that

looks much better than when I had to go

sanding and pulling at it it was the it

was the body line that that took the

most amount of time to get the body line

back to where it should be that's

actually lines up really well there with

the door so yeah I I don't even know how

you do that I I spent probably a few

days doing it and I was like y I'm I'm

done I'm just going to hand it off to a

paint shop and luckily I got in contact

with leand so yeah that's sick now

because this car is so old and sought

after it is really difficult to find

even aftermarket parts for it so the Sid

skirt front lip and rear pods were all

sourced through Leen at Auto Indulgence

and if you need any body kit parts for

any of your cars please hit him up I

would not have been able to get this

body kit this quickly and this cheap if

it wasn't for him I used to work with a

lot of importers who used to bring in

these cars and it's been hard to get

these bits and pieces together but then

I spoke to one of my old old suppliers I

said you know any chance you got one of

these line around and lucky enough he

did hopefully won't be too much longer

um as you can see most of the around the

car there's not much more work required

on that all right so we didn't come here

just to check out the car we came here

also to drop off some parts so we of

course have that wing and those side

markers it's raining bro what the quick

quick as yeah oh yeah the indicators

yeah yeah all right guys before we go

and give you another update on the car

we're going to be coming back here

watching Mac do more work in the car go

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support now guys I know what you're

thinking the progress on the 32 Skyline

does not look like a a lot it looks like

they've just put the body kit on there

and buged up the panels but you see

they've been working really hard on

other cars that have been in the shop

they needed to clear that out and now

they have time to focus fully on the R32

we're going to go check it out again

hopefully yeah we're getting the car

back very soon I'm excited let's go have

a look let's go have a look now as you

guys know before we dropped off the car

for paint the motor was making a very

odd noise so just to be safe I headed to

my local autobind and picked up some

10w40 oil so that we could top it up

while we were there and just make sure

that the engine is okay for now all

right guys so we are now back at Royal

drip Works Mac is in the background

don't show them just yet and they have

got the car in the paint booth and

they're just painting stuff up but I

just wanted to show you got the doors

sitting right here sanded down almost

ready for primer um there was a big

issue here where we had a massive Kink I

think someone tried to steal the car at

one point and they were prying it away

at the door handle and um it's caused a

massive Kink right there but Max says

that he can fix that up and here's the

big big reval good yeah the roof nice

and straight pretty nice how are the

hinges by the way do they fit well yeah

so um we didn't put the new ones on uh

yeah we tried to straighten out as much

as we could did it work yeah it was

actually pretty good came out pretty

flush yeah so I guess they just prepping

it right now for primer and that'll

allow them to like see all the

imperfections from all the setting and

all that that they've done is that right

does that usually how it is so you like

you sand down everything and yeah that's

it so after the primer state it's going

to go into the prepping stage and then

straight for paint yeah then I see the

imperfection and sand it again and then

paint it that's the

process so Mac is now showing us his

little beast over here in the corner

it's a Honda Integra GSI nothing special

at the moment the only thing that's

special about this thing I guess is that

this was like your first project yeah

yeah my first car the valve car is just

showing us now he can do this as well

which is pretty cool like a color

changing what do you call it uh it's

like a a color shift from DNA paints so

basically they got heaps of different

colors so this one is like a goes from

like a green to like a purple and we we

also do like uh if you want like all the

writing in gold or even machine finish

as well oh yeah you can oh bro the

camera really gets that really yeah dude

crazy man that's insane dude we might be

coming back for a custom valve cover

paint job dude after countless hours

trying to get the skyline started for

the first time driving it for the first

time bro this is crazy an attempting

Bodywork for the first

time it is crazy to think that the

cheapest R32 in the country might

actually turn out not bad the fellas at

roll drip Works reckon they'll finish

the car very soon it was actually being

put in primer but I had to leave before

they did that and if all goes to plan we

should have the car back around in 2

weeks and guys the build doesn't stop

there the car is still missing an entire

interior there's still some undisclosed

damage underneath the car and every

single susp suspension arm needs

attention every bushing is blown thank

you to Leen and Max so far for their

work hopefully we get the skyline back

soon so I guess we'll be back here soon

to see the car primed and painted I

really appreciate all the help man

appreciate it thanks man and how do they

contact you if they want to get like

stuff painted so you can go on uh Royal

DP works on Instagram uh just shoot me a

message or I got my number on there and

the address as well you know anyone can

feel free to come down grab a code or

anything located danong as well so

Southeast side where all the good stuff

happens that's it that's

it at least it's still got the

headlights inside inside can just L get

a video of inside this is

crazy this is crazy he giving me

flashbacks last time we

that oh yeah this does not have a chance

guys this is for you if if it turns out

that the car is that the car is a piece

you guys get to experience it through me

but you just haven't had to sacrifice

the money so yeah we'll see how it goes

7 Grand man is it is it worth it