Replacing The DISASTER Floor Pan On This Classic Datsun - Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 เม.ย. 2023
- We Cut out the old rusty disaster floor pan in the previous video and now we get a nice new one tacked in place! We also tackle that inner sill and uncover yet more rust on this Disaster Datsun! It was nice to get that big hole in the floor filled with nice new metal, but we still have a lot to go!!!
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I've just discovered this channel, and binge watched all the Datsun Disaster episodes. Ryan, watching you work is fascinating, you're a skilled craftsman for sure!
Love this comment! Thanks so much Alex! I really appreciate the support!
The guys at the scrapyard are saying “oh yeah, another 5 gallon bucket for rust dust being recycled.” Thanks for another awesome video.
So much rust its crazy!!! Thanks haha
That was team work Stan and Ollie........LOL
Hah!
Would'nt be surprised if the Disaster Datsun weighs 300Kg lighter after all this work. Absolutely stunned at the simple layer on layer of past repairs where nobody could be bothered to do it properly or could afford to! Nice job, keep going as its not so much a disaster now but a phoenix rising from the ashes due to your hard work and craftsmanship. Well done.
I have no doubt it will be that much lighter! the floor pan sections we cut out were very heavy! Thanks so much Paul! That is a good description of its current state! :D
be encouraged its more metal than rust every time you work on it!!! But yes...every time you dig into it...more rust is going to be found until youre done. all the best from across the pond!!!
It really is! Bit by bit we will get it done! Thanks so much for the kind comment!
if there were a war on - i would want you guys in the trench next to me because you guys are brave beyond words.
Haha thanks Eddy!!!!
Мужику с чайником , респект 😁👍
Haha!!!
Id say you've swept up a third of that car so far. Great work mate. Regards from Ireland.
No kidding! you are probably right haha! So much on the floor!!! Thanks :)
20k subs (CONGRATS) and the Disaster Datsun, its gonna be a great day
YESS!! 20K subs!!! Hope you enjoy the video! We finally got a new floor welded in :)
Sorry, i Washington just second😎
Looking good YCR, inspiring me to resurrect my 74 J-H as it's returning to the earth. Lovr your channel!
Amazing work! Ill be waiting for the next episode
Spoiler: More misery and rust.... Haha Thanks
@@yorkshirecarrestoration more misery for you means more entertainment for me haha
Haha!!! Always a silver lining :D
Floor panel looks great😎👍
Just wait until you see the next video.... it is grim
Looks like Roco is becoming your emotional support Parrot as you work through the pile of rust cunning disguised as a Car, the "repairs" you're uncovering are just terrifying, amazing work as ever !
He really is!!! and its just rusty everywhere you look! But we will get through it eventually! Its definitely getting there! Thank Colin!
This channel and Project Binky show just what can be done with skills and enthusiasm. Thank you again.
Thanks so much! Yes just need to persevere with it and it will get done :)
That was a step in the right direction👍
It looks so much better doesn't it! :)
Love your vids, good to see a skilled craftsman working with a great sense of humour!!
Compliments to whoever edits your vids the music is wicked‼️
Oh, I hope I never fall in love with a car that needs that much rust repair. But I do enjoy watching you climbing in and out, cutting, grinding, welding. I feel bad for your pain, but not enough to stop watching.😂
Thanks haha! Its testing me put it that way! but i will get there :)
Great tutorial, I'm Learning and laughing, thanks Steve and Ryan I'm gaining knowledge and confidence and skills to repair my 1981 XD Ford Falcon thanks for being such a humble family, I'm 52yrs old, and loving Yorkshire Car Restoration channel.
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Just fantastic.
Thanks!
Ryan, your skills are at the same high level as your humor. Love it!
Haha!!! Thanks :D
Artisans!👍
Thanks Rob!
Big progress !
We are certainly getting there!!! :D
Your videos on the Disaster Datsun are a pleasure to watch: I now know what schadenfreude means.
Thanks so much George!
I’m enjoying you building a Datsun Z. From dust to perfection. Great work.
From dust to perfection. I like it! Thanks!!!
Imagine if the last person to drive that car had got into a serious accident, it would have just fallen apart. Amazing transformation from rust to properly restored and love the methodical approach.
Yes! We are glad it wasn't in a serious accident and this is why we want to do it properly too. We always show everything we do and enjoy people coming along for the journey. And thank you! We are getting there :)
It would've gone "poof" and disintegrated in a cloud like in the old Disneys where goofy ends up bouncing down the road holding a steering wheel
Haha!!!! Good description right there!
Hope springs eternal.
We will get there!
Your skill just continues to impress, amazing job as always Ryan, 👏 seeing more shine than rust now 🙈😋
Thank you!!! :) I appreciate your support! We are getting there with this disaster!!!
The Datsun is going to be like triggers broom
It really is!!!
Just weeks of hard work to do, most would have given up. Well done for staying the course!
Thank you! We have a lot to go but we will get there!
Fantastic job.
Thank you!
The Datsun as a rallycar. I saw it on RAC rally in the 1970s brilliant car
A huge job that's just keep's getting bigger. Every episode on that car sees your face covered in grime - straight from the trenches. The only bright side is your continued dedication, motivation and progress. I was also particularly impressed with your choice of T-shirt - great to see the Australian brand getting some free publicity on your project.
It literally does! The more I look, the more rust I see... Its a dirty job, but it wont stop me :) And yes, its a nice t-shirt that one :)
You are sure making good progress on the Datsun. Great job 👏 buddy can't wait for the BMW
Thanks, we are getting there! And yes! the E24 vid will be out next week :D
holy cow rian !
It gets worse
It's a good job that the work you are doing on the Datsun, just imagine if the car was on the road, anyone hitting it would be killed by shrapnel, my hubby loves these video's you doing, he was in the same game 38yrs. P.S thought about getting a fire extinguisher, you could of ruined a good light and extension lead lol.
Thank you! And yes, its scary that this car was on the road in that condition! And yes we do have one :) but we thought that the amount of rust and the electrical appliances would put the fire out for sure! Haha!
Good to see you're keeping the body work as original as possible 😎
Yes we are certainly trying to :)
This is by far my favourite channel now. Love the work, LOVE the music. Incredibly relaxing.
Steve, I have an 89 Alfa 75 3.0. Will send you an email when the time cometh
That is very kind! Thank you very much!!! We are glad you enjoyed. And yes, get an email over to Steve and we can sort it out.
Ein fach super geduld und Erfahrung👍
Vielen Dank! Wir sind auf dem Weg dorthin!
Great job again Ryan 😊 With the support of Roco you’ll get through it lol 😆 You’ve a fantastic channel and the skills you both have are extraordinary 👍🏻 But this Datsun disaster is awesome 👏🏻
Thanks Steve! Rocco always got my back! Thanks so much, we really do appreciate your kind words :)
Hi Ryan. Maybe you divided the weight of that car by 2 with all the dust, filler, rust and metal you already removed. Thanks to Rocco for his unweavering presence, great support.
I think I did Leo! I've just been working on the sill and lower rear arch (vid to be released soon) and you should see the amount of bodgery!!!! And yes, Rocco always got my back!
Hold on! I think I😁 spotted some rust!
WHAT!!?! WHERE!!
Can`t beat a bit of fire fighting with old rust particles😀. It`ll be worth it in the end, don`t give up or I`ll have nothing to watch
It kinda worked! haha. And thanks so much, don't worry, I will not give up :D
The Datsun is a bit like triggers brush new floor etc but still the same car . keep up the good work
It really is Barry! Its had that much replaced that its almost like a brand new car!
Will nice when finished
@@barrypowell5108 it will :)
You win. That's the worst that I ever saw. I was looking at a '71 Mustang as bad as that a few years ago - it was half sunken in a swamp for 20 years. I tried to close the door and the entire pillar collapsed into the car and my first thought was "This car is dead".
It is very bad! but wow, the entire pillar collapsed! That is grim!
The scrap metal cut out of this alone would almost pay for half the repair bill 😦😦
Good job. I am a DIY. I enjoy your work, and have learn a ton of things, but if i was working, i would have done certain things different. Such as brace the body on top, and not inside. That means that you could have made the new panel strait. If i am wrong, let me now, so i can learn much more. Thanks for doing what you do. Love it. ❤❤❤
Thank you very much! And yes, you do have a good point, however we want to retain as much of the original as possible. Also a straight line of weld is not as strong as what we did in this instance. Its like splicing a chassis rail, the welds are always offset. You do have a good point though, it was tough to get in there and try and cut a nice line out. Thanks for watching and supporting!
You are right. A strait line, will weakend the panel. Never thought of that. Thanks. I am a bit clever again.
Cheers Francis
Thought you were using the smoke to check for leaks in the floor 😂😂😂
Not a bad idea to be fair, but no, we nearly set fire to it instead :D
One thing is for certain progress is being made, people don’t realise how much work goes into a restoration project, they see the quote and fall over.
Progress is definitely being made! and yes! There is so much work involved and that work is very time consuming!
Ahhh this reminds me of repairing a 50p hole in transit...... 2 arches 2 wings 2 steps later.....
Wow, 50p hole turned into that! Crazy what you can find isn't it!
@@yorkshirecarrestoration or what you can't find! Rest of the sill rear inner arches .... Hahaha
Ha! you should see our latest work on the Datsun, there wasn't much sill left
Amazing work. Hope the customer has got the pockets to pay for all this, lol
Thank you! And this is one of our cars :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration haha was going to say the bill would be huge!
Get yourself roofers knee pads, they are brilliant when kneeling on concrete
Yes!
What a disaster you got there for sure, good luck looks like you need some lol...
Haha thanks! It certainly is a disaster, but we will get through it!
Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust Datsun to Datsun
Lmao! Love it!
I love watching your welding skills, but is it worth it? The steel left on that datsun is as bad as the rust that's gone. How much time has that shell realistically got? Great show, well done.
Thanks so much, And once it done, we will go around and cavity wax everything on the shell to protect it. in all honesty, looking inside the main structural panels, they are in decent condition. But its just these bad repairs that are trapping water and harvesting so much rust!
First from Sweden!🚘😎
Legend! Thank you! Hope you enjoyed!
This must be a contender not just for worst car body I've ever seen, but possibly worst of all time? Corrosion is one thing, but to then panel over corrosion causing more corrosion and then panel over that causing yet more? And all with replacement panels unavailable? Even with all the work so far completed I can't see how the remains of this car can realistically be turned around... I'm in awe of your skills Ryan and watching with stunned interest! Thanks for sharing guys!
Thanks so much Colin! It is the worse I've ever seen to be honest. the amount of patched trapping water is crazy. I'm near enough building the whole car from scratch... We will get there soon :) just need to keep going with it:) Thanks again!!!
@@yorkshirecarrestoration Very best wishes with it Ryan. If anyone can do it, you can! But go easy on yourself. Sometimes we have to walk away for a couple of weeks for a break and then come back for another go! All the very best! 🙂
keep all the scrap metal, you can build a Datsun A100 with it... 🙂
We are keeping all the large pieces :)
unbelievable staying power on this thing !....why are you not using any 'pre-made' replacement panels ie floor pan etc ?
Thanks! And we enjoy making things ourselves :) and its cheaper for us too. This can also be applied to other cars where body panels may not be available
Really good work guys, nice videos!!
Did u buy that Datsun or was it like giveway?
Thanks. And..... we bought it..... with.... real money....
Did you find a new floor, or was that something you fabricated? Either way, nicely done on the template front for that inner sill.
Though there's still a certain feeling of 'hmm, twenty minutes in a Bessemer Converted and turn it back into an ingot' if only it wouldn't upset Rocco so much. Really looking forward to seeing this moving under its own steam one day.
We did purchase the 2 front floor pan sections when we bought the car so this one was just laying around in the parts storage. Thanks :) it was a struggle to get it all to fit so just took my time and made sure it was right. Also, Rocco would not be happy if it was turned back into an ingot haha. We are looking forward to getting it moving :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration As an aside: is the central tunnel so much better preserved than the floor and sills? And if so, why/how? Oil from the engine or gearbox helping to keep the tinworm at bay?
Car crumble, new word for the dictionary...beside Ratsun, nooosun...
come on guys, funny as hell, but .... even though you replace 2/3 of the car, the rest is still over a short period of time being turned into ... car crumble..
But keep on the good work, going to be interesting to see how you will restore the structural integrity!
Would you like custard with that car crumble?? Ha! this car will never see rain let me tell you!
If i am correct. 0.8 mm is the original thickness of the sheet metal. I guess you are using 1 mm ?
It depends what component, but we use the same or thicker than original
Pretty clear by now that there won't be much factory steel left in it, might as well convert the roof & rear end to a 240Z and raise the value 🤣
On more serious notes, old Japanese cars actually have a stronger design than people give them credit for, the typical "accident in parking lot and you're dead" joke isn't anything I would readily associate with a car that survived that much rust & triple-stacked repair panels without collapsing.
These wont be much left in at all in all honesty! And yes, you are completely correct. thay are quite strong with their monocock design :)
Did you check to see if this car had a “do not resuscitate” medallion in the glove box… cos it certainly doesn’t look like it would have an “organ donor” card either 😂
Haha, its bad isnt it! So much rust! So much bad welding!!!
is it really worth it guys it rotton doing a great job
IT is rotten, but it adds to the challenge, we want to bring this car back to life :D
Titanic in comparison with this Z it’s a pretty dam shape!
Yes haha!
She's a Barrow jobbie - 'cos you need a wheelbarrow to haul out the cut-off bits. :-) Nice work on the floor - never easy.
I'm feeling smugish as my latests Disaster/Barrow car - that RS - went up on the lift for final inspection by the owner yesterday & is now going off to paint 'cos it's all fixed....and I don't have to paint it tbtG. :-) 5 weeks of slog done. NEXT!!
It really was! There was so much rust that came from that floor! Fair play to you! Well done! its always nice getting a project completed :)
My mate used to use "over the top" repair panels...I asked him one day, "Er, whut?" He said, you know, you just beat in the old panel and put the new one on top. No removing any of the rotten old one..... I've a feeling that caveman worked on your Datsun. Or was this a common practice 30+ years ago? Either way, your Z car is going to be a lot faster without the extra ballast.
Sounds about right. They just bash the rust in and plate over it. If they cant see it, then its not there.. right???? Haha, it was due to MOT repairs, just to get it past its test. Cheap alternative to proper repairs!
@@yorkshirecarrestoration I guess he was right then! "Over the top" panels did exist! The horrors poor Rocco's seen. Poor bird.
It will be 99% new material in the end. A homage to a datsun...
It really will be! Just wait until you see the next videos! Its bad!
Just pretend this is an Asten Martin you are working on and it will become beautiful. That backbone does look quite scary, to think someone was driving that.
Yes I will haha. And yes, that car was on the road like that! Very scary!
hello, what is the feature of this car that you are trying to deal with it so much? Take it easy though.
Personal challenge :) thanks!
This will be great when its finished, is it a customers car?
it will be. and no this one is ours :)
Clamp that bead roller to a suitable table leg so it wont wobble around.
Yep, getting a bead on that section took quite a bit of time
I'm sort of wondering what you're welding this new matal to , the entire bottom half of the car seems to be covered in surface to surface rust, obviously there must be something there but Hmmmmmm.
Thanks for the comment, the elements I left in were all rust free, they were just dirty and had primer on. If you check out the next Datsun video in 2 weeks, I will show the good metal as I will be welding the inner sill and floor pan in properly.
How much metal is left in the 260z that is original also your mascot bird could do with a scrub
19.3%. And he liked getting into the thick of it :)
PS, What is the wonderful music you use?
Search "The Ambientalist" on youtube :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration Thanks! Will do. 🙂
Why no lengthwise bracing between a and b post?
I would assume the roof is one of the only original and non rusty parts of that car
And the roof on these was actually pretty strong for a 1970s car
No real need, I just put the bracing in replacement of what I removed until I got it back in. The monocock of these cars hold up well
That car was a breaker. You've either got a big pair of cahones or you're getting paid extremely well to tackle that. I'm sure it will get there though!
Option 1. This is our car so no payment haha
Wow, there’s nearly nothing left for you too….. 😮
Wouldn't it be better to sink it into an acid pond to get rid of paint, filler and rust in just one go, maybe two?
see the green bird any more news datsun found lot rusty
Lots and lots and....... lots of rust!
@@yorkshirecarrestoration not good
This car is testing me
This car is a gold mine u tube must be paying u heaps 🙄
A rust mine! Haha. And this is now a personal challenge to get this completed!
Can you not buy inner sills and floorpans?
With all the cars and all the work that needs to get done you have in the shop..youre going to have to put out more than 2 videos a week...at this rate the disaster datsun videos will go on to 2024...lol
Many of the cars you see will not appear on the channel, only a select few. Work is done off camera for other cars. And yes, the Disaster Datsun will certainly run into 2024 :D. I have a full time job in civils so I only work on it 1 day every week (on my weekend)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration good info...im sure the viewers are curious about all the goings on at ycr..maybe consider a video introducing all the guys and their specialties..hobbies...likes/dislikes...etc. Ryan and steve are a part of many viewers lives now...
We have a similar video in our playlist: About Us/ Tools We Use/ Give Aways. But we do need to do a more in depth and updated video in our new workshop :) Thank you very much for the kind comment!
I wonder, if anybody can pay for the work on the disaster Datsun?
Its a brand new car! haha!! Its out car this one, so we are paying (mostly in time)
shovel fulls of car...😝🤪😂😂😂😂
Many many shovel fulls!
I thought Volkswagen T1 Barndoors are the most rusty cars ever, but it is not true...
This Disaster is bad! The next few videos shows even more rust!!!!!
In fact you are building a new car...
I really am! I've just uncovered more disasters. It's bad
@@yorkshirecarrestoration Hope you can recover your money, time and sweat after this rust disaster. Thank you to showing us your work. Good luck.
Fingers crossed TH-cam works out for us :)
You always wait to pee while welding..you might need to put out a Fire like that....
Haha good bit of advice there!
Was there any sheetmetal with no rust on this car? I think you were fooled and bought an old submarine😂😂😂
Probably not, haha. And yes, it seems that way!
Sorry for you but your work is too late for the coronation.
Sorry for Charles.
:O
i dont know how You are not deeply depressed yet. this is insane how this car is a wreck
Im determined to finish it! It really is a wreck but its a good challenge :)
i wonder how much a new car cost against the bill...
No bill - this is our car XD