Why Chevrolet Company Closed - Damino Media

Why GM Failed In India

CNBC:

Over the last 20 years, the
Indian automotive market has grown from
about 500,000 new passenger cars,
hatchbacks, sedans and utilities to
about 3.5
million in 2018.
The market has an expected compound annual
growth rate of about 5 to
6 percent over the next 10 years.
But, some automakers have struggled
to make it work.
Among them is General
Motors, the largest U.S.
car company. GM stopped selling cars in
India in 2017 after years of
declining market share.
It's a striking move for GM, which
in recent years has also closed
shop in other regions around the
world, as leadership focuses on
maximizing profits and making investments
in new technologies such as
electric power trains
and mobility services.
With a population of more than
1 billion people, India is becoming
one of the world's
largest automotive markets.
The country is poised to surpass
Japan as the world's third biggest
new car market in 2021.
So while there is ample
opportunity for automakers, the Indian
landscape has been particularly difficult
to navigate, especially for
American firms. GM watched its share
of the Indian market erode
steadily over several years, bottoming out
at about one percent in
2016 just before the
automaker pulled out.
So if the Indian market is
growing, why did GM struggle, especially
when GM has been
so successful in China?
To be fair, quite a few automakers
tend to have difficulty in the
Indian market. First of all, India
is a massive country with a
diverse population of roughly 1.3
billion people.
India, I think, we are
definitely a complex market.
The income levels
are quite heterogeneous.
We are divided, actually into
urban India and rural India.
The consumer requirements are actually
different even the needs are
different in both these markets.
There are a few criteria a
mass market automaker ought to meet.
They are fuel efficiency, resale
value, proximity of service stations
and the affordability of parts
and low servicing costs.
I think first thing is price.
We are a country with a
very low per capita income.
Indians are very price sensitive.
But price is not the only factor.
So now the customer also needs
some more value, for example, with
styling elements. And then, I think,
the consumer also wants a global
brand. They want a
brand which is aspirational.
The consumer wants an overall combination of
all P's, you know it may
be product, it may be
price, it may be positioning.
Which makes the things
quite complicated for OEMs.
These might seem pretty attainable,
but many automakers have
struggled to meet these
in the country.
There are a couple of companies who
have managed to crack that code
and there are several more with shares
of the market ranging in size
from small to smaller.
By far, the most successful automaker
in India is the Japanese firm
Suzuki, which alone owns
half the Indian market.
Suzuki has enjoyed something of
a first mover advantage.
It was the first major automaker to
enter India, and it did so
through a joint venture
with Indian manufacturer Maruti.
Suzuki also specializes in highly
fuel efficient vehicles, which are
extremely important in
the Indian market.
After Suzuki, Korean maker Hyundai is
the second largest with 16
percent of the Indian market.
After that, Indian, Japanese and Korean
makers such as Honda, Tata,
Kia and Mahindra all more or less
have equal degrees of market share.
Kia in particular, is a relatively
late coming brand that has been
able to succeed in India.
I think an excellent example is
Kia Motors which recently entered, it
was a new brand and
they gave a great proposition.
They were in an SUV segment and
I think suddenly right from the month
one, we saw a great success
for this OEM, in India.
Then the remaining 10 percent of the
market is made up of others such
as Ford, Renault, BMW and Nissan.
Early on, GM entered the India market
with its Opel brand, a mass
market brand GM had
owned in Europe.
While Opel cars tended to be
affordable, they failed to resonate with
Indian buyers.
I think later on they realized that's
not a brand which is really
going to work well in India because
that was not a value proposition
which they were offering
to their customers.
But then GM introduced its Chevrolet
brand to the country, which
brought it more success.
It was a great success.
They launched a few great
products like Chevrolet Cruze Chevrolet
Beat. They had that start which
they were really looking forward.
Despite these efforts, the automaker had
trouble taking share in the
Indian market. It was the first
automaker to introduce a diesel fuel
powered car of its size.
At the time, the Chevrolet beat
was the smallest diesel powered car
customers could buy in India.
It was a strong proposition and
benefited from a government subsidy
on diesel engines.
But in the end, the
diesel Beat had few takers.
The company may also have made a
misstep by trying to introduce a
low-cost vehicle GM manufactured with
its Chinese partner SAIC called
the Chevrolet Sail.
Their plan got derailed with the
introduction of Sail because I think
they underestimated the consumer aspiration
and then, I think, the
decline started. GM also fell victim
to a kind of self-reinforcing
cycle. One challenge it struggled with
was the lack of an adequate
dealer and servicing network.
More premium brands such as Mercedes
and BMW often attract customers
with the means to travel
further for service and sales.
But, mass market brands such as
GM's Chevrolet are targeting middle
class buyers who value convenience.
Dealerships in India often sell a
single brand so GM's low sales
volumes meant a single dealer might sell
only a handful of cars in a
month and risk taking losses on
the costs of running the business.
In the end, such low market share
made it difficult for GM to justify
maintaining a presence
in the country.
The automaker officially stopped selling
cars in India on December
31, 2017.
GM told CNBC it explored many
options for its India business, but
ultimately withdrew after it
determined the increased investment
originally planned for the country would
not deliver the returns of
other global opportunities.
It continues to operate services
for existing Chevrolet customers in
the country. In September, the
automaker entered a long-term
partnership with Tata Consultancy Services,
which will do engineering
design for GM vehicles meant
for markets around the world.
The move out of India was part
of a larger pullback GM has been
making around the world as
it restructures its business.
We're seeing other automakers follow
suit as they're pruning.
They're pruning the dead branches and
focusing on where they can be
strong. For GM, this is a huge shift
because GM of old used to be all
things to everyone everywhere.
And, it has now decided that
is not the proper strategy.
The automaker told CNBC if it doesn't
see a clear path to leadership
and long term sustained profits in
a particular market, it will look
at opportunities to focus its resources
on areas that will lead to
the greatest results. It added that this
is the same approach it has
taken elsewhere.
The automaker also sold its
European operations to French carmaker
PSA in 2017.
At the time it pulled out of India
GM had two factories there, one in
the Gujarati city of Halol
and another in Talegaon.
The Halol plant was acquired by
MG Motor, the once famed British
brand now owned by Chinese
automaker SAIC Motor Corporation.
GM has a joint venture with
SAIC to produce cars in China.
Reports surfaced in November 2019 that
SAIC is also in talks to
acquire GM's Talegaon plant, along
with fellow Chinese automaker
Great Wall. GM told CNBC it
is exploring strategic options for the
plant. The move out of India was
a retreat for GM and for American
auto industry. Ford is starting
to do the same.
It's trimming some
of its offerings.
Global economy and global auto
market is slowing some.
Certainly true here in the
US, it's true in China.
There's just not enough money to
go around to every single market,
too every single vehicle line.
Look at Daimler and BMW,
they've announced major employee cuts.
But in some ways it might
have been a shrewd move.
The other thing that is happening
in the market that has never
happened before is we are on the
verge of massive disruption of the
industry. You know, we're going to
have a future of electric
vehicles, autonomous vehicles and new
ways to acquire personal
transportation and now
mobility service.
There's all kinds of things.
Nobody knows when that's going to happen
or how it's going to happen,
but it's requiring a
lot of investment.
Companies like GM just can't keep putting
a ton of money into the
future as well as a ton
of money in today's stuff.
While analysts do expect the
Indian automotive market to continue
growing in the foreseeable future, it
did hit a slump in 2019.
Maruti Suzuki sales were growing
until February 2019, but have
slipped every month, year
over year, until October.
Suzuki said in November that the slowing
Indian market was one of the
factors behind the company's falling overall
sales and net income in
its second fiscal quarter.
So I think right now the
market is going through turmoil.
Our economy is struggling and if
we only talk about the automotive
market we are talking about a decline
of minus 14 percent in 2019
calendar year light vehicles.
So obviously this year is the
kind of degrowth happening, which has
not happened in last
two decades, in India.
2020, we are just talking about a
kind of a flat growth but then
going forward, in 2021, '22, '23,
the assumption that our economy
should be back, you know, the
GDP growth rate will start growing
above seven percent. Indian
automotive analysts note the country's
auto industry has to contend
with the relatively recent rise of
mobility services such as ride
hailing. The potential of these
competing technologies is still
unknown, but could affect how
interested in car ownership Indians
remain in the future.
In the end, GM did make some of
the right choices when trying to go
into India. GM was right in
terms of localizing their products
typically for the Indian market, making
it, in line with the taxation
because they were able to save tax.
But, at the end of their day, were
really not able to match with what
the competitors were offering.
If the Indian economy picks back up,
GM may find itself trying to
profitably re-enter the country.
GM's rival Ford, which has been in
India since 1995, said in October
2019 it will create a new
joint venture with Indian manufacturer
Mahindra, which Ford said will help
it develop new products faster
and drive profitable growth.

2006-2013 Chevrolet Corvette Performance Cold Air Intake System Kit Corsa 45962 C6 Z06 Installation

JEGS Performance:

Before beginning the installation, check to
verify that you have all parts present according
to the bill of material located on the first
page of the instructions.
If something is missing, call tech support
at 1-800-486-0999.
Locate your vehicle's battery and disconnect
the negative battery cable.
This resets the computers and clears old air
flow data to prevent errors.
Loosen the hose clamps on the throttle body
using an eight-millimeter socket.
Unclip and remove the stock breather tube
from the stock air duct.
Unplug the Mass Air Flow sensor.
Remove the stock air intake from the vehicle.
Remove the Mass Air Flow sensor from the stock
air duct using a T15 Torx bit.
Trim the provided template by cutting along
the dashed lines.
Align and tape the template to the edge of
the shroud.
Outline the inner rectangle section that will
be cut from the shroud and remove the template.
Cut the shroud along the line you just marked.
We recommend using a roofing blade or regular
razor blade to make the cut.
Do not use power tools.
Attach the Mass Air Flow sensor to the CORSA
air box with the supplied gasket and screws.
Ensure that the arrow on the Mass Air Flow
sensor is pointing towards the throttle body.
Insert the CORSA air box, with the center
scoop attached, into the vehicle through the
trimmed shroud opening.
Attach and tighten the Pro-5 filter to the
CORSA air duct using an eight-millimeter socket.
Attach the supplied reducer hose to the throttle
body with one supplied #72 clamp and one supplied
#64 clamp.
Insert the CORSA air duct into the CORSA air
box and attach using supplied truss head screws
and rubber washers.
Insert the end of the CORSA air duct into
the reducer hose on the throttle body.
Tighten the clamps on the throttle body and
CORSA air duct using an eight-millimeter socket.
Plug in the Mass Air Flow sensor.
Remove the passenger's side valve cover by
pulling up and releasing the grommets from
the studs.
Remove and replace the stock breather hose
with the supplied breather hose, then attach
it to the CORSA air duct.
Reinstall the valve cover and oil cap.
Slide the supplied straight sleeve onto the
CORSA side scoop along with two supplied #60
clamps.
Insert the CORSA side scoop with the straight
sleeve attached, into the vehicle and onto
the CORSA air box.
Tighten the clamps using an eight-millimeter
socket.
Repeat these steps for the CORSA scoop on
the other side.
Reconnect the battery cable.
Now start up the car...
[00:03:14]
[Silence]
[00:03:29]
Close the hood, and enjoy.
Before road testing, start engine, leaving
the transmission in "Park" and securing the
parking brake.
Make sure to look and listen for any unusual
noises or air leaks.
Repair problems if needed.
Once completed, it will be necessary to check
periodically after a few heat cycles for a
realignment and tightening of all connections.
This system is not street legal in California
and other states adopting CA emission standards.
CORSA recommends saving your factory system.
For replacement filters, reference a filter
part number and call 440-891-0999 or toll-free
1-800-486-0999.

How To Bodywork A Car & Spray Primer-Surfacer on Hands-On Cars 11 - Get It Straight - from Eastwood

Eastwood Company:

on this episode of hands on cars Kevin's
buddies show up to help do the bodywork
on the camaro
then he sprays it in eastwood hi build
primer surfacer and gets a ride in an
awesome unrestored 59 Impala
hey guys kevin gates for hands-on cars
well as s looks a lot different than the
last time you saw it that's because it
is a lot different we are well on our
way to having an excellent foundation
for the paint job on this car there's
still some locking to do but we wanted
to show you what goes into it just like
all the episodes of hands on cars
we want to show you some good tekken and
eastwood saying is do the job right and
we want to show you how to do the job
right because we're doing right on Zed
slip and the problem was it was about a
hundred maybe even a hundred and fifty
hours worth of work that had to happen
to get it to this point so I've got this
band of brothers that I don't know they
always come in and kind of saved my butt
when i'm in a time crunch
I love these guys for their good friends
and on top of that they're really good
at what they do
TC panic chris lee Randy Jones
Jeff route see Longacre Jeff Gallen her
ah Johnny Bouchard he's a mechanic he's
an ace engine builder but you'll come in
and pitch in when we got a new bodywork
and he didn't carries an equal
opportunity knucklehead like the rest of
us and these guys bring to the table
excellent craftsmanship great
camaraderie good friendship and we just
had a big fun time
there's more than one right way to do
this we're going to show it to you on
this episode of hands on cars
it's really straight
it's really flat
yeah
you can see perfectly the low spots and
the high spots so now before i slather
it up with a bunch of filler
now i can get my metal a little bit
straighter and get it ready for filler
this is a particularly good use of this
fairmount dolly contour matches the
contour of the finger in the panel we're
trying to recreate be something
contact with and do a hammer on dolly
technique
now the defenders in better shape
I'm going to move on to the sail panel I
can't get behind it with a hammer and
Dolly so i'm going to use a stud welder
like this one from eastwood to pull the
dents out you just well the studs onto
the metal and then pull them with a
slide hammer Eastwood even sells a DIY
version that attaches to your MIG welder
so you don't need a separate machine
when the den is removed just snip the
studs and grinding flat
that's horrible low high low high low
high
I'm something I'm in Hawaii three two
one
by battery ok I went down everybody want
to go because how big is your head
favorite paramount hammer is one of the
pic and and a low crown face on the
hammer and what that allows me to do
direct upload subtle pressure
what's the matter where I wanted to go
chris lee from Kiwi customs is trying to
get the hood to match the height of the
fenders with a little bit of help and a
little bit of leverage
thanks to a piece of two by four were
able to tweak the just enough to get the
crown to match the fender
once the hood is the correct height
Chris uses the mid 175 to add some metal
to the edge of the fender so it lines up
with the back of the hood and these cars
never did that from the factoring
yeah
all right you may notice that the other
side of this deck lid is red and the car
was white if you have been following
this install a bit along with this is
the original deck lid and it's been hit
more times and Joe Louis
it's messed up its sprung it's been
involved in a rear end collision and
it's rusty so thank you very much
tumult used auto parts up in up in New
York State
they sent us some great f body parts
believe it or not up in the Northeast
we have some rust free parts come down
Thank You vault-tec from day one customs
is showing his method to get perfect
panel gaps every time you start by
putting soft edge foam tape underneath
the gaps
this is to keep the body filler from
falling into the gap too far
next apply a foundation code of
Eastwood's fiberglass Short Strand
filler
while it's still a little soft you take
a paint stick with a razor blade tape to
each side which will give you a four
millimeter gap and slice along your
panel gap but fillory just got a bad
name of the years but just use it wrong
well they use it wrong and if you use it
like this like you're not building a car
out of it i mean there's no crime in it
right
yep i never got a two ball and chemical
bond yep and so you can haters on your
video started online people peoples of
lame-ass bodywork you don't like this
but the the layer is it is a thing of
the past
look at this we put this on ur into
writes it off it'll be there from from
now on
yeah that they used to do amazing things
made out completely out of LED and
there's a huge mil thickness and that
and this
we're not abusing it is just making the
gaps better I mean nobody gets away with
all metal work anymore nobody does that
now and this will be no thicker than the
recommendation of the product what it's
made designed to do and then we'll put a
light white filter over top of it
yeah i'm kevin gates and I endorse this
method it let it sit until it hardens
enough to block and then block over the
panel gaps leave the strip you cut in
the gap to prevent the edges from
rounding off then when you're satisfied
you're blocking remove the piece that
you cut out with the razor blades on the
stick
you can then wrap the mixing sick with
80 grit which will give you a perfect
five millimeter gap and then when you're
done
smoothing your gap remove
the form thing but you've got such a big
head nothing like this
Chris Lee's using a shrinking method to
repair a stretch for dome . part of the
quarter panel with a torch
eatin area about the size of a quarter
until his cherry red back the area with
the dolly and it around the outside edge
of the area that you created pushing the
middle towards the center where it's
soft and malleable
make sure you don't do hammer on dolly
on the red spot or you will paint it out
and stretch it further
once you're satisfied cool it with water
or quench it and then finish it up with
a hammer and Dolly little torture using
it doesn't get hot enough quick enough
and they're not and I honking friday and
not very good
right here yeah so when you're shrinking
stuff BTW not chasing it
you know you try to be number one you
can't do one breakfast
ok
TC is fixing the comp visit spoiler with
a fiberglass repair kit from eastwood
after cutting into strips
apply your matting and so good with
resin using a disposable paintbrush
once the outside is hard and you can
remove the piece and do the backside of
the repair and then finish it up with
conventional body filler techniques
it went on top this is the bumper right
bumper separated
hey that's a pathway for one can tell me
this is the bottom
so tell me your name Randy Jones that
question
what brings you down here I mean I many
ma'am
so TC talks about unrealistic goals we
have to do body work on an entire car in
a day's time
is this something that you're used to uh
yeah
when it involves your vehicles what
brings you here today well
branding is mini man still have
nightmares is I'm i'm doing good with
therapy
well I love a split and most of the
products i can depend on pretty well a
lot of products i get my local shop they
change a lot of their products and use
different vendors and then i'll use
their product that might be a little
inferior to what I was used to or
whatever but it would seem to be pretty
consistent
so if i use the same sailor or their
contours have field service or whatever
it is it's pretty consistent pretty good
product and taste was actually going to
help us out on this thing with project
they're going to our flat player and all
of our top coats and also their knee
drop low radiator we're going to install
that on for sleep and kiwi classic
custom
how long have you been working on cars
formula that's 50 60 plus years
thank you
so what do you eat with tools mean to
keep the classics well yeah
you don't have to walk very far to
stumble into summer my show and you know
we got a bunch of the welders and use a
bunch of the paint products body
products and write down the hammer and
dollars
the body products would
look how they've been out there with
only a number of years now and he is
painting up we'll jump short engines
I just didn't care about to break
through the transmission or the axles
and then windows I don't care if the
relevant down or not you got paint
that's your great if you don't let your
problem
a thousand horsepower LS engine used to
be a race motor announce the street
motor so with the six leader in said
slit you SPECT out the canceled
what kind of power numbers do you expect
from this engine oh that's roughly 400
ish horse motor from the factory with
the cam the headers and intake and tune
I bet it's full 500 on the dyno i'm
going to pick up a hundred but we've
added my name is Jeff route
I work with a 1 customs and springfield
with TC panic alchemy
you know you're kind of making gold from
the the metals here and the fact that so
many people think this is magic and
no it's just basic pay attention to what
you're doing I think that's what I
really enjoy about it
you can press the heck out of somebody
was just something you do naturally
yeah
ok here's one of the fun things about
working with a bunch of guys that really
know what they're doing
kiwi show me a trick or when your paper
loads up with filler wire brush
it's just really interfere with the
grips of the paper and it cleans it out
if you ran into 36 trip you can keep on
blocking that's a neat technique
hands on cars is brought to you by the
eastwood company when you're restoring a
car truck or motorcycle Eastwood has
everything you need to do the job right
eastwood since 1978 we're downtown
Pottstown Pennsylvania at wheels in
motion this beautiful old deco building
was a car dealership 483 years and now
it's a full service collision center and
custom restoration shop
rumor has it there's some awesome
survivor cars in the back let's go to
particular at the showroom here is
immaculate
the cars are changed out all the time
today is restored and unrestored
Corvettes the history of this place is
unbelievable you just don't see this
anymore and it's beautifully documented
and still frame photography on the back
wall
but what we're really here to see is
untouched under restored cars from the
fifties and sixties
let's go Mike you got a real nice clean
shop here and obviously late model
collision repair mixing with a bunch of
classics including that f-body camaro
over there which is near and dear to my
heart with Zed side project right
but tell me about the unrestored cars
what's this 63 and Palace super sport
convertible 38,000 miles original owner
he parked at 1974 and we just drag it
out of the garage and hear it
pull this bubble top 61 bubble-top i
bought it 1999 and I finally sold to my
son when he was 16 years old she just
shined it up a little bit and foot
Lancers and white walls he's getting
ready to cruise
very cool and I could stand here and
talk about these cars all day long
- then you show me the 59 show you the
59 I'll go one better
let's take it for a ride I like that
ok
right so is this manual steering power
steering power steering
yes manual brakes power steering yep
it's a 283 turbo glide and the turbo
glide doesn't have gears as three torque
converters and you won't feel shift it's
more just the transition between each
converter so all those ads in popular
science magazine they call these 59 and
Palace whispering smooth
that's what that was about right that's
right the turbo glide and they got a bad
rap
back in the day because a lot of them
behind 348 right and they didn't hold up
well but behind the 283
they're actually a pretty cool
transmission yeah but this car is just
so cherry the headliner I you could lie
to me so you replace this stuff in the
carpet is just unbelievable man what a
time capsule
it is let me tell you a little about the
car the car was sold - at my shop was a
Chevrolet dealer in 1959
but when I was a young kid this belonged
or local gas station owner and on the
days he brought this forward to work you
weren't allowed near the the air pump to
put air in your bicycle tire
ok and I always admired it was unusual
color and that was in the sixties
it was a in a heated garage for 44 years
he passed away and like 1989
so it literally sat from 89 to 2012 when
i bought it
he had all the mileage written down
he put a hundred miles a year on it so
the car never got driven but who didn't
own a few years later I'd wind up behind
the building where it came from New what
car has that Providence
that's fantastic it is yeah so the
colors of these cars you might think
that people in 1959 were colorblind but
yeah but the truth is you got a pallet
and you can order this car in any color
combinations you want as long as it was
in the color choice guide right right
right somebody chose this weird bluish
gray - color and the rose-colored
exterior have the Cameo coral I didn't
know but I found out through taking it
the different shows
it's a very rare color own palace it
means its original paint and 34,000
miles
that's probably the only one around
that's this color on your stored
yeah now you and I are both old enough
to have gone to drive in movies when we
were kids but I was your age just to you
know this car makes me think drive-in
movies drive-in movies make me think of
ridiculously inappropriate things
happening in the back deck C but I'm
looking at it and I don't see i see
original upholstery that's in pretty
good shape so i think i say we're safe
and remember we how many people you can
put in the trunk of this car robbery and
was content to get into the this one
would have definitely helped a lot of
people
yeah you know yep and mechanic and a
thing that you know I do my research and
stuff
the car only weighs 3,600 pounds really
and you would expect it to be four
thousand i would i would have said not
in my head that if you said 4,500 pounds
and I was in disbelief like it has to be
wrong but every piece of documentation i
could find 3600 Wow
and a late model GT Mustang weighs about
thirty six and a half with all that
plastic yeah i know this is all steel we
were talking about the fins earlier on
and my dad had a 59 el camino when we
were kids
yeah and my dad mom would stress over
that car because of me and my brother
Blaine because my mom would stress over
us riding our bikes around that carbon
bicycles because these pins are deadly
freaking weapon yes and my dad investors
over us riding your bikes around the car
because the handlebars and she tried to
paint
mom was worried about your health and
God was worried about the car
I don't know if I mentioned Kevin work
we're riding right now is high street
pots down here and from the 50 60 70 is
a tease this was literally the cruising
capital of the east coast
ok everybody came here their hot rods
they had illegal drag racing out on the
bypass
I'm not really an attraction of course
in the last few years it's died down
they change the lane configurations and
nobody does it anymore but for 40 years
this was a place the cruise
yeah Kevin you want to drive it back are
you kidding me
ok i'm not kidding you okay here
yesterday yes I do hope i can see over
the steering wheel
Wow effortless steering man yeah i don't
know if you know this or not but I grew
up in british columbia canada
ok yeah I'm is from Canada moved out of
the states in 1984
so for me to hear and read about
woodward avenue and and you know it
screws in California
yeah on high street with a beautiful
unrestored car cruising this is awesome
man
there's just something about being in a
car like this it just it's almost like a
form of meditation
oh you like you like this to count of
course we have the tube radio it needs a
warm up yeah a lot of people don't
remember that but we only got am so what
I bought is much remember these from the
seventies a spark o matic remember spark
ematic converter typed it through the
original tube radio
so we have a mf'n through the original
sounding 59 radio with the speaker in
the center of the back seat huh
and the speaker up front so there that
hears that
well Mike I don't want to run this
odometer up anymore i'm gonna turn in
we're clocking on the miles a dealership
here and I just want to say thanks man
this is eight just pull her out front of
an absolute thrill to be able to drive
this car
and I thank you I thank you for coming
in this is awesome yeah
huge thanks to everybody that helped on
the party party presents that we've got
a body work and collectively we've got
about 80 hours into getting this thing
ready for the next stage which is high
build polyester surfacer Polly surfaces
to me or the last step and body work
because they build like crazy and like
me to finally block and flatten
everything out crisp up the style lines
and they don't shrink back and it's the
perfect under code for your final
sanding primers we shouldn't talk about
these are two pucks of over mix of a 2k
urethane and I build polyester look at
the difference
the two cake has already started to
shrink and suck itself back and kind of
crumble and fall apart
even after a couple of weeks however the
the hockey puck of high build Polly you
could have her nails with this sucker
and check this out
it hasn't shrunk back a bit they were
both shot and the over mix was in the
same container
PPS cup for the that struck back quite a
bit and it's crumbling its continuing to
shrink over its cure cycle this stuff on
this is what I want is my foundation for
primer surfacer on the bodies esli your
polyester surfaces it's really important
that you have it thoroughly agitated mix
if you got a shaker
good for you if you don't just stay the
heck out of it make sure nothing comes
up on the stick
now there's a mix ratio for this is five
percent by volume or if you don't have a
scale
it's a little hard to tell here's the
easy thing that I've figured out they
give you two of these per gallon of poly
surfacer for courts to courts breach
I just makes a court and pour the half
of this in and you've got the right mix
ratio pretty simple
don't have nitrile gloves get them from
eastwood protect it
no glove no love the port lids solve a
problem that I've had for years and body
shots
that's how to get your servicer out of a
full gallon it's from really trick set
up before the next full court
Lauren all right now I've got an
accurate mix ratio
i'm using a huge orifice gun this is a
2.5 tip and it sprays out
well its price huh pretty pretty
aggressively you're going to use a lot
of it so make sure you got enough for
your project
don't forget your mask spray technique
with a high build Polly surfacer is very
different than paint your gun speed is
slow your overlap is about 75% and
you're fairly close to the substrate
take your time spring and don't worry
about stacking the primer surfacer
that's what this stuff is made for you
won't get pin holes and it will rarely
ever run on you when you're priming
large areas of a car like this
you're not concerned so much about
overspray are keeping your wedges down
that's kind of a material you're
focusing on the panel that your spring
and then moving on to the next one
in essence your zone priming at the same
time as your priming the entire panel
keep in mind that a good portion of this
surfacer is going to end up on the floor
because it's not paint its body filler
you just happen to be spraying it on the
panel three coats should be plenty
enough for an initial blocking and to
allow you to see how straight the car is
we will probably end up doing a second
session of poly primer before we move on
to a 2k when you're wanting to make a
vehicle as straight as we want to make
said sled
I consider this a mandatory and
necessary step
so we've got a gallery of contour -
Pauly surface or on this car
can we send it and paint it no the work
is well it's about halfway done
because most of this stuff just by the
nature of the beast is going to end up
and powder on the floor so we're going
to use a spray guide coat my coat
everything
lock the heck out of it see if there's
any pimples miss any waves and in
Salinas and then move on to the ideal to
Kate which thankfully Eastwood makes in
black and then we'll block that again
and then and only then will be ready for
pain like a bunch of work it is is gonna
be worth it
you bet your butt to see this car has a
complete piece of machinery is beautiful
i love it
that sled has been sitting for a couple
of days the high build contour Polly is
cured enough to block and we're blocking
with 120 very aggressive because why
we're still shaping we're not sanding or
not prepping for paint that comes after
the black to Cape urethane primer
surfacer so I like to have an arsenal of
different sanding blocks i have my
during blocks and I have my soft centers
for a couple different reasons the dirt
blocks from the more firm and they have
I don't get a lot of great shades too
soft Sanders are extremely light and
offer just a little bit more variety
because your goal here is matching the
shape and size of the block to the panel
that you're blocking for instance this
has a slight crown
this has a slight crown as it gets more
aggressive in that Cove
well you got a different block so more
tools in the toolbox it's fun
let's start rubbing some primer now the
power the guide code is going to show
itself really quickly here
look at my patch making an X
these are my rules but they're good
rules
we've got our work right we shape the
panel's properly with our fillers and
this is just the refining shape you can
see what's happening here
this well it's flat that that's your low
spots those are the spots that you need
to keep working on now I'm coming over
transition here that I wanted a firmer
block for because i want this to be dead
flat level so the door locked square go
yeah
look here this is mode this is high
you have to you have to use a guide coat
it's just it just helps
I never recommend using your project is
a workbench so I'm breaking my own rules
right here this right here is shaping up
really nice
and if you're a Camaro guy you know that
this is a removable panel and that we've
welded this seam here just for a nice
clean look and it's just gonna make all
the difference in the world is one of
those subtle things and i want to give a
shout out to the guys at nasty z28 . com
both on the facebook page as well as the
nasty z28 website they've been great
support
i joined the forum and they welcomed me
and they are digging the Jets late
project so hate all you guys out there
are good luck on your own projects and
thanks for supporting this one with us
and that's led needs to in katy and it's
just nice to have a good community of
people to sort of hang on line with and
and share ideas and stuff so it's just
one of those other benefits of the book
of face and the interweb
it's a great resource we're not done
blocking so we're going to stop talking
there's another thing I wanted to show
you and this question comes up all the
time as a matter of fact a guy hitting
on facebook and said well how do you
keep from sanding all these style lines
down flat
here's how you work up against some use
your guide code to the best advantage
that you possibly can
I'll show you
yeah
what I'm doing is blocking up to this
style line and not passed
you got to show some self-control here
it's locked up to it and not ask
right here where disappears into the
wheel arch and the same way you just
you're helping it along and now i'm on
the bottom side again
lock me up my style
all right here beware
be careful don't shave that line off you
want to respect those lines
you can see what I'm doing
I am accentuating and perfecting this
style line
we can also see that is perfectly
straight while I was out here in there
so we can correct that we can correct
that with the poly it's a wonderful
thing
now there's one of the thing i want to
show you here the guide coat is a visual
guide that helps you refine your surface
there's another one this is pre-painting
prep in a pump sprayer and I could
literally wet check this stuff i can
look at it I can cite it and I could see
whether it's straight on
check it out look at the reflection of
my lights if there's any waves in those
those lights 8-foot fluorescent tubes
well baby bump into moving all over the
place but they're not looking for the
quality of the reflection that tells me
this area right here is going to be nice
and flat
especially under a black paint job now
it's no doubt whatsoever
there's no question that blocking is a
tremendous amount of work
however it costs you time that's all the
costumes time and something like this
well it's going to pay dividends it is
it's worth it
it's sandpaper it's time but the the
sense of accomplishment that you're
going to get by locking to this level
you know it's it's it's going to pay
dividends at the car show
and I don't know I if you've got into
this stage in your project
congratulations because you've shown
true commitment and follow through and
just like us was that sled
you're going to have a nice straight
project so thanks for watching hands on
cars
hopefully next time you see this thing
will be shooting some color on it and
I'm looking forward to that and on top
of that i'm looking forward to driving
this silly soccer because it's going to
be bad to the bone
thanks on the next episode of hands on
cars
Kevin beefs up the rear and breaks
before visiting a hot rod shop that's
building an amx concept car
yeah

The Truth About GM’s Huge Layoffs and Why You Should Be Mad About It

Scotty Kilmer:

Rev up your engines,
today I'm going to tell you the truth about
GM's plan to layoff a bunch of workers and
to shut down a bunch of US factories,
well if you remember a few years back they
got the big bailout because the said they
were going bankrupt so the government gave
them a bunch of money, and oh to save American
jobs and now their just leaving anyways, so
what's the truth behind what's really happening,
now I've read and watched a bunch of these
reporters these experts saying, oh market
forces you have to follow the market forces
blah blah blah,
but here's the truth and to understand it
you need to a little about history,
now I learned to drive on a Chevy biscayne
it's kind of like an Impala, it's a big American
car, back in the 1960's when they made solid
cars that everyone in the world knew, hey
they were good cars and they lasted a long
time,
back then everyone said, oh the Japanese cars
are piles of junk what are they making,
well guess what, they kept making better and
better cars as time went on from Japan,
while the quality of the American cars starting
going down and down,
to give you an example, the Impala used to
be a great car, in the 60's everybody wanted
an Impala they were very popular cars their
pretty well built, they could last a really
long time, but not so recently the Impala
was one of the models that their going to
stop making,
basically the didn't build them all that well,
I had customers with them and every single
person that owned one when they finally got
rid of it said, I'll never buy another one
of those pieces of junk I had more problems
with the transmissions and the engines and
the old ones didn't used to have very many
problems,
so these experts that talk about market forces
is forcing them to shut down these factories
and layoff people, that's basically a lot
of bs,
they were just making the cars poorly and
they were making models that people didn't
want like the Chevy Cruze, which not only
was it a model that people didn't really want,
it was really poorly made, I had a customer
with one, he's been through 3 automatic transmissions
that went out completely in the first 75,000
miles of driving that car, that's just crazy,
and look at another one of their failures
that their not gonna making anymore,
the Chevy Volt, hey they tried to compete
with the Toyota Prius and they failed massively,
the cars were garbage compared to what Toyota
was putting out, so they can talk about market
forces all they want, a lot of the problem
is they were making vehicles that were either
poorly made or people didn't want to buy them
because they didn't like the way they looked
or the way the handled,
and unlike the Japanese like say a Toyota
Corolla, they started out with a basic car
and they keep improving it over decades, GM
was like, oh that model didn't work we'll
get rid of that one and try something else,
it's much better to build something and perfect
it over time than to just say, oh that didn't
work lets try something else and see if that
works,
some of their ideas are, oh we'll go to just
a bigger vehicle, SUVs and trucks that make
a lot of money, well talk about short sighted
again, now just because gas is cheap they
think, oh we'll sell these giant vehicles
for a bunch of money, well guess what people,
gasoline is a limited things, the price is
only going to go up and it will probably happen
relatively soon, and then all those big cars
people are going to not be driving those anymore
and then they'll be in a even bigger mess
than they already are,
and as far as I'm concerned, GM's idea of
shutting down these factories down in the
US and laying off all these Americans, hey
that has to do more with them making a profit
in China not the US,
realize that from the last data I could find,
the Chinese produced 24.5 million cars and
at that same time period the US produced 4.1
million cars, a big difference,
and as for GM itself, GM sells 70% more cars
in China than they do in the US, and these
cars are all made in China,
so if things continue like this, I wouldn't
be surprised that if someone in the US wants
to buy a GM car in the near future, it's going
to be made in China not in the US,
even though we taxpayers bailout GM the last
time, their big thank you is, bye we'll see
you in China,
they didn't seem to say, oh the market is
forcing them to do that when they took all
that taxpayer money, you know their giving
these promises about US jobs and stuff but
as soon as they see a way to make their cars
in China, sell them in China and probably
import those Chinese ones over to the US,
hey those guys are basically laughing at the
average American,
and it's bad enough they were making cars
that had faulty ignition switches and then
they cheated and changed the parts numbers
so they think, oh people aren't going to figure
out that we made these bad ignition switches
that some people were killed in wrecks because
the cars stopped running,
you know their not interested in telling the
truth about the problems that they have, but
taking taxpayers dollars and then shutting
the factories down years later anyways and
moving all the stuff to China, hey all I got
to say is, you can vote with your dollars,
don't buy their products, nobody is going
to force you to buy one of their products,
at least not yet, hey take Toyota for example,
they make a bunch of them in the US and they
have for decades, you might end up driving
a Japanese car around that's made in the US,
where if you buy a GM it's going to be a Chinese
made car, the world is upside down on that
one,
so it's really a double edged sword when you
think about why GM is laying off all these
workers and closing all these factories down,
they've often made poorly designed and built
cars that didn't last so their base that used
to be, oh when I was a kid people would say,
oh I buy a new GM car every 3-4 years, well
that base is gone and then they want to make
them cheaper so their going to move all their
production to China where they can make them
cheaper,
now the Chinese factories are all modernized
so they have less labor that they have to
deal with, but from what I read about them,
they have really good quality, for example,
buicks are like the real popular car for the
upper level management guys to ride around
in a Buick in China,
kind of like it used to be in the 1950's in
the US, a little time warp there,
so basically, the real problem is greed, they
want to make their cars cheaper so they can
make more profit and eventually they want
to make the most profit by building their
cars somewhere else where they can make them
cheaper and in the modern factories more efficiently
than in the old factories in the US, my hometown
Niagara Falls had the same fate itself, when
I was young, there were factories everywhere
building all kinds of stuff but they were
old factories, first they moved the factories
over the Mexico, then they even moved them
further to the East because it was even cheaper
there than it was in Mexico,
so if you think about it as a career, hey
you probably wouldn't want to get involved
in either building cars in the US or working
for the company that builds them because you'll
find that your job will probably vanish in
the near future, so if you never want to miss
another one of my new car repair videos, remember
to ring that bell!

Epcot Center Test Track Preview at Walt Disney World Resort

Cow Missing:

>> Compared to other activities, riding Test
Track leads to a disciple each prominent
increase in endorphin manufacture in the
basal ganglia.
[guy screaming]
In other words, Test Track Rocks!
>> Brace yourself
[music]
[music >> the ultimate automotive experience]
ANNOUNCER: >> From Epcot at the Walt Disney World
Resort near Orlando Florida.
Test Track, the greatest automobile adventure of the
century and your host Richard Jeni.
>> Hello and welcome to Test Track.
Test Track, Test Track, Test Track, Test Track,Test Track,Test Track
This is Test Track
[music]
Test Track is the ultimate automotive
experience. This is where you'll see how
General Motors, the world's largest
automaker tests its cars.
[sfx: tires screeching]
>> We're in the business of giving people new and
exciting experiences.
The GM Test Track is going to take you on a thrilling ride
into the world of automobile testing.
>> First off is the hill climb, where you'll
climb a 15 degree grade up three stories.
One huh huh huh.. And be given a New York
City cab driver's license, kidding.
Next comes the suspension test then
you'll experience panic stops with and
without anti-lock brake technology. Then
you move to the heat chamber where
hopefully only the paint blister. Yeah
right...
Next in the barrier test, and then hang
on for the speed test where you'll hit
peak speed to a 50 degree bank turn. Well no I won't be doing this ride.
I'm pretty sure that's in my contract. What do you mean you forgot how do you forget why don't I
forget to pay you? No it's not a
question of afraid I'm not..
Oh boy
Here we go again its very... smooth
Why do you think I got my 12 hour deodorant? I put it on uh oh.
Cold chamber, it's a good name for
this. I'm guessing in here they would
spray the car with some kind of an acid,
corrosive liquid something that would
eat them
that couldn't be good.
Go straight away, and now a right turn.
oh, ouch and up, yes nicely done.
Oh, the tunnel of love. If only wasn't so alone.
ho ho speed. Yes another thing Wow!!
I'm Richard Jeni, and I'll see you here
at the Test Track.
[music: >> Test Track]

What Happened to Pontiac? | WheelHouse

Donut Media:

- One of my favorite movies ever
is Smokey and The Bandit,
starring Burt Reynolds, his mustache,
and the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am.
For decades, the film has been responsible
for putting the Trans Am somewhere
on everybody's dream car list.
It's fast, it's sleek,
and it's got a badass
fire chicken on the hood.
Badass fire chicken on the hood.
The pairing of box office success
and a great car cemented Pontiac's place
as an automotive icon in pop culture.
Pontiac's not around anymore,
and that really sucks.
Why'd we lose one of America's
most legendary auto brands?
What happened to Pontiac?
I'm Nolan Sykes, and this is Wheelhouse.
(hip hop music)
Pontiac was around for a long, long time,
opening their doors in 1926.
General Motors introduced Pontiac
to fill the gap between Chevy
and the more expensive Oakland brand.
Imagine GM as an apartment building.
Chevy's in the entryway, and
Cadillac's in the penthouse,
with Oakland, Oldsmobile, and Buick
filling in the floors in between.
GM formed Pontiac and three other brands,
Viking, Marquette, and LaSalle,
to build more floors.
GM believed that filling these gaps
would help brand loyalty,
and inspire customers to
buy their way up the stairs,
eventually making it to the penthouse.
But Pontiac was the only one
of the companion brands to survive,
and did so by outselling Oakland
by such a wide margin that Oakland
was merged into Pontiac.
Pontiac kept building their affordable
and reliable cars through the 1950s
when sales started to decline.
The brand was gaining a reputation
as a car for old people,
and like cable TV today,
young people just weren't into it, man.
I'm Nolan Sykes, and I'm 63 years old.
(people laugh)
So Pontiac boss Bunkie Knudsen decided
to get Pontiac involved
with several racing series
like NASCAR and the NHRA
with legends like Mickey Thompson
and Smokey Yunick driving his cars.
It was a good first step,
but Pontiac really got into
factory performance in 1963,
when Pontiac designers
led by John DeLorean,
yeah, that John DeLorean,
decided to soup up the Tempest Coupe.
This Grand Tempest Option, or GTO,
was a watershed moment for the brand.
It was a mid-sized car with a big engine
from a full-sized car,
and the result was fast.
This formula of combining a
small car and a big engine
would help set off one of
the most important
movements ever in Detroit,
the muscle car era.
(dramatic music)
But the GTO wasn't
Pontiac's only muscle car.
They released the Firebird in 1967,
and with the GTO and Firebird killing it
with looks and performance,
Pontiac was cool.
More importantly, it was making money.
Trouble started in the mid '70s.
People didn't want a muscle car anymore.
They couldn't afford the gas.
Pontiac started to develop a car
that was economical while still being fun.
Originally pitched as a fuel-efficient,
two-seat commuter, the Fiero
promised to do just that,
and it did.
People loved the Fiero,
and high sells helped
reignite Pontiac's reputation
for affordable performance.
Throughout the '80s and
'90s, things were good.
The "Wider is better" slogan
was revived from the '60s
to help promote the new Grand
Prix's wide track technology,
which didn't really mean anything,
but it sounded really cool.
The excitement around the
Firebird and the Fiero
had successfully trickled down
to Pontiac's more practical models,
but despite Pontiac's
successful turnaround
from the '70s to the 1990s,
the turn of the 21st century marked
the beginning of serious
problems for the brand.
Sales were slumping hard,
and Pontiac had to
reinvent itself once again,
this time with a cutting-edge SUV
featuring new-age styling and
some unconventional features.
The seats were water-resistant.
The tailgate had cupholders.
There's even a camping lifestyle option
that included a two-person air mattress.
It also had a cool name, Aztek.
It was a good car.
Critics praised the Aztek for
its comfortable ride and practicality.
But unfortunately for Pontiac,
the Aztek was plagued with airbag recalls
almost immediately after release.
Despite the Aztek's great safety ratings,
the recalls really tainted
the car's reputation.
Also, it was kinda ugly,
Pontiac needed to sell
30,000 Azteks to break even,
but they only sold 27,000.
Not a great start to the reinvention.
The great Pontiac refresh
of the early 2000s
continued when Pontiac
brought back the GTO in 2004,
this time as a rebadged
Holden Monaro from Australia.
It was a handsome car
with good performance,
but the GTO didn't quite
scratch the retro itch
like Ford's new old Mustang.
Everyone was like, "Yeah, it's a cool car,
"but Ford's new Mustang
looks like a Mustang.
"I'll just get one of those.
"This GTO doesn't."
As a result, the GTO was canceled
after only three years of production.
Pontiac then introduced
the Solstice in 2006,
the brand's first
two-seater since the Fiero.
Like the GTO, the Solstice was an attempt
to spice up Pontiac's
otherwise stale lineup,
and like the GTO, it was a good car.
Car and Driver called it a
surprisingly pure roadster
from an unlikely source,
a quote that summed up
what people thought of
Pontiac at the time,
like being voted least likely
to make an exciting car
in your senior yearbook.
The Solstice's only crime was
being released at the wrong time.
Unfortunately, the Solstice wasn't
the only Pontiac killed by the economy.
Pontiac had brought another
Holden to American shores,
the legendary Commodore.
Pontiac called it the G8.
It was a four-door sedan with a V8 engine,
and it looked awesome.
The G8 was so good that auto journalists
were calling it the American M3.
That's high praise.
It was definitely a
high point for Pontiac,
but 2008 came, and with it,
a global economic crisis.
- At one point, the market
fell as if down a well.
- Down over 16%.
- Dow, at the same time,
has fallen about 18%.
Everyone agrees the clock
is ticking for Detroit,
and the casualties are already mounting.
- Consumers didn't have any money
to spend on a new car,
let alone something sporty
like the G8 or Solstice.
Obviously, Pontiac wasn't the only brand
affected by the crisis.
General Motors as a whole had been
hemorrhaging money for
years
For the 2007 fiscal year, GM had reported
a loss of 38.7 billion dollars,
So in order to survive, Detroit asked
the government for a bailout.
GM received 30 billion from Uncle Sam,
but on one condition.
They had to slim down.
Saturn, Hummer, and Pontiac
all closed their doors,
and Saab was sold to
Dutch automaker Spyker.
This decision wasn't easy for GM,
but the reality was
that Pontiac's attempts
to rebuild the excitement
just weren't successful.
Despite consensus that
the GTO, Solstice, and G8
were all great cars, they
just didn't sell well enough
to be saved by GM.
In January of 2010, the last Pontiac
rolled off the assembly line.
There was no ceremony
to mark the occasion,
and no journalists were invited.
The final Pontiac was a white G6 sedan,
built to fill a fleet order.
It was a meek representation of a brand
with a long history of
pushing the boundaries.
They helped invent the muscle car.
They were one of the
only American companies
to mass-produce something mid-engined.
The Aztec, yeah, it was ugly,
but it was ahead of its time.
It was one of the first crossover SUVs,
which are huge nowadays.
But in the end, Pontiac
was a mismanaged shadow
of its former self that only returned
to its performance roots
when it was too late.
(melancholy piano music)
Thanks for watching Wheelhouse.
Remember to like, comment,
share, and subscribe.
What else makes you go, "Hmm,
I never thought about that"?
Like, where did racing stripes come from?
Where did cupholders get invented?
Why do we drive on the
right hand side of the road?
We're gonna be covering all this
coming up on Wheelhouse.
We got a lot of new shows now.
We've got Wheelhouse with me on Monday.
Tuesdays is Matt Field's Corvette build,
love watching that.
Thursdays, come on, it's Up To Speed.
Fridays is The Bestest with Tony.
He's ranking the top 10 everything
in the automotive world.
It's a different list every week.
We got shirts back in stock now, guys,
shop.donut.media, you can
get yourself your own,
and I'll see you in
the street wearing one,
and think you're one of my coworkers,
pat you on the back, and guess what,
I don't know you, and it's weird.
Thanks for watching.

Which Tonneau Cover is for me?

RealTruck.com:

Tonneau covers are the perfect way to add
value, functionality, and style to your ride.
There are many different options to chose
from, so here's a rundown on some of the different
styles and how each can uniquely meet your
needs.
Roll up covers are chosen by more consumers
than any other cover style on the market,
with their combination of quality, simplicity
and affordability, it's easy to see why. Generally
constructed using high quality vinyl with
Velcro or snap enclosures.
Next up is folding covers. These offer great
versatility allowing you to quickly access
your cargo then easily close your cover. Some
folding covers even open at each end allowing
access at both ends of your truck bed. But
what if you need to accomodate a cross over
tool box? Tool box Tonneau covers keep your
truck bed covered without having to give up
your tool box. These covers are designed to
be mounted on your truck in conjunction with
your cross over tool box for the ultimate
combination of truck bed protection and tool
storage.
If you're looking for an upgrade from your
standard Tonneau, then a retractable cover
might be what you need. They're easy to operate
and can be locked into multiple open positions,
allowing you to keep your bed partially open.
Retractable covers slide smoothly into a canister,
offering a clean, sleek look.
Another upgraded cover is the hinge style
Tonneau covers. These offer simple operation,
opening and closing smoothly. They can also
be locked into a lifted position to allow
safe and secure access to your truck bed.
They don't roll or fold, just lift up and
you're ready to go.
Then there are electric Tonneau covers. These
covers offer all the same functionality and
value of a hard cover, but can be opened or
closed with just a push of a button. There's
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I hope this helps in your Tonneau making decision
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Young Man Builds Stunning School Bus Tiny House for Only $4,500 - Debt Free Mobile Home

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I saw this bus on Craigslist, and I've always been a wheeler and dealer, and I knew it's something that I always wanted to try and
I just said I've lived my life, so cautiously up to this point
I got to do something that I think I'm gonna enjoy and uh I ended up just doing it. For me
I wanted the highest quality bus possible with the lowest kind of impact on my wallet and by
kind of reusing repurposed woods and basically stuff
I just found on the side of the road including getting the bus which actually traded for it. I've done everything here today for about
$4,500
All of my trims were uh
Repurposed pallet board that I found
Umm, my slab countertops used to be a teeter-totter in a goat pen that I basically cut down and
Completely redone. I have an old exit sign that I found and I used that as my medicine cabinet.
Just basically like finding a use for things that
Otherwise people would just throw away
Umm, transitioning to living in the bus full-time over the past three or four months
I've really kind of been working on like minimalizing my lifestyle and slowly fitting my life into
a space as small as this and uh
In turn, I think I've really learned a lot about myself.
This Is my 1959 Bluebird B 600 school bus that I've converted into a tiny home.
This is my
$40 Craigslist special swinging wicker chair it uh just barely fits in here
But uh absolutely love it. Down here, this is my wit's left countertops
Turned out really well really happy with it my whole kind of
Thing with this bus is I wanted the highest quality possible
But on a shoestring budget so a lot of the things I've kind of done myself
Is this kind of my like my wardrobe down here.
I got everything that I need to kind of live when I want to eat
This is my kind of dining area. Don't use it too much, but it's kind of nice to have. This is my my
Slat bed that I've made. I made it completely out of
reclaimed 2x4
Umm, it pulls out to a full size queen bed, which is really nice because I'm not the tiniest guy in the world and er
It's pretty comfy. Here is
Just kind of a side table here. Eventually this would be
Kind of like the washroom.
I'm gonna have it toilet installed underneath. This just flips up into a room divider and
Then the stuff will be here. Right now
It is excess storage because I'm still working on kind of minimalizing the junk I have. This is my
hundred dollar RV mechanic special stove
Umm, It runs on propane which is really nice. I also use it as kind of my pantry for now and
er It's it's been awesome. This is my my little fridge here. It is just basically an old koolatron cooler. That's er
55 watts so when I hook up solar it's gonna run exclusively off that. Works really well. It was like
120 bucks so I'm pretty happy with that. This is my kind of gonna be my dry goods area.
It's not quite stocked up yet, but I wanted to go with kind of a cool leg little throwback
So these are all just like vintage
liquor liquor bottles and
Old mason jars. Yeah, so the way I have my propane system working right now
It's not a hundred percent done, but what I do
I have a quick-release hose back hose back there
Basically I run it out to my cargo rack in the back where I have my propane tanks
My jerry cans and kind of firewood and stuff like that just a really simple quick setup
I didn't want to do anything too crazy with mounting tanks or anything like that
Just because the amount I used the stove it wasn't really worth putting that much time in
Especially during the supper summer months it gets so hot in here I find myself
Just eating a lot of like a lot of produce and and cooler things. For now
I'm just doing water jugs eventually I will be doing a full
Sink that's hooked up to an electric pump via my solar system. For now a 2.5. Gallon jug just works great
So people call her the Dorf back in the day
They had the Ford emblem in here and someone switched the F and the D and
Ever since then um whenever I'm driving by, people be like ah it's the 'DORF', that's so cool
Yeah
So that's kind of how the name came by. This is the the deck that was put on this bad boy turns out to be
Really really useful put a couple lawn chairs in there have a beer. Probably one of my favorite features on the bus
ugh, I got a swing window basically just opens up everything
Really really nice
makes the space feel a lot bigger and also really helps with air flow.
What I really like about this bus for kind of like my lifestyle it gives me that flexibility to
Kind of go out and go kayaking and camping wherever I want, but it also
really allowed me to
Minimalize like my overhead cost I feel like I haven't lost any quality of life
but at the same time I need to work a bit less, and I can pursue things that I want to pursue in life and
Not have to kind of lose out on that

How To Lubricate Your Garage Door !! (QUICK & EASY)

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Hey what's up guys! Welcome to another episode of Pan TheOrganizer! In today's show, I'm going to teach you how to properly lubricate your garage door. Let's get the show rolling!
So hey guys, I'm Pan! And if it's the first time that you guys see my videos, well the main goal of my YouTube channel is to help you guys improve different aspects of your lives!
So in today's show, we're going to teach you how to properly lubricate your garage door.
So if you hear any squeaky noises...
...or you simply want to make sure that your garage door operates and functions properly, well here are the steps to do so.
Before we get to that, if you guys like my videos, don't forget to take a second and SUBSCRIBE to my channel for some more awesome content!
Alright, so let's kick things off. So thanks to my local garage door company, I was able to
get a simple to do list, for you guys to be able to perform at home. So to get the job done, it's quite simple, you only need one item. And that's a garage door lubricant!
Now this is a dedicated garage door lubricant from company Jig-A-Loo, but I'll drop many garage door lubricants for you guys to check out in the links down below.
So the best products for the job is a dedicated garage door lubricant which is essentially a lithium based grease. Your second choice if you don't have access to those is a silicone based product.
So your garage door has lots of metal parts, and those metal parts have lots of friction when they move around, so hence why you want to lubricate them!
Also, you'll notice that you have a spring on your garage door. That also needs lubrication. So let's go ahead and show you every single part that needs to be taken care of!
Alright so to start off, make sure your door is closed and disconnect your door from your motor. We're going to start by lubricating all the hinges, pivot points and stems.
Next, we're going to lubricate the rollers, especially if you have metal rollers with ball bearings. No need to lubricate if you have plastic sealed rollers.
Make sure to lubricate the end bearing plates as well as the pulleys.
You have to make sure that you grease your torsion springs because the coils rub against one another.
Lubricate the bottoms of the rails where the trolly moves back and forth. That's where the friction occurs.
There's no need to grease the actual tracks. But it's a good idea to clean them using a rag.
Once you're done with the lubrication process, open and close the door many times to work the grease in properly.
So that's it guys! You saw how simple and easy that was!
Don't forget, you have to lubricate your garage door every six months!
Or as recommended by your garage door company.
If you liked this video, give it a big THUMBS UP! Also drop your comments and questions in the comments section down below.
Don't forget to take a second and SUBSCRIBE to my channel!
And in the meantime, don't forget, keep it tight, keep it clean, and I'll see you guys on the next one!!

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