I guess people can say what they want about making a whole new car. The big thing here is the unbelievable skill this man has. What an incredible effort to do what he’s done. I’m just pulling apart my 1970 Valiant Pacer that needs a lot of work on rust repair and I have no clue what to do. I would love to have the ability this man has, and I would be home and hosed. Sensational effort. My hat is off to you. Some people just have a gift. I’ve got a rusted out Valiant Pacer
I restore cars for a living, Im totally blown away. You have gone above and beyond. Mate, your an absolute machine, with balls of steel. Hat off to you on such a sick resto!!
I'm speechless. I used to make a living restoring rusty cars and as a young man I thought I had some skills. But watching this I now realise I was delusional. This is beyond anything I've ever seen in this field of endeavour. I salute you sir, even in my prime I wouldn't have been worthy enough to sweep your floors.
Mad skills mate. Wish I had a 10th of your talent.Great to see another Aussie icon saved. I'll bet that this car will be more structurally sound than when it originally rolled out of the factory.
You either got to want one so bad or have very deep pockets! I know it's all doable but how much work! Got o take my hat off for the level of commitment and dedication.
One question...how on earth did that poor car ever get so rusty in the first place?..only thing I can think of is it went for a dip in a river or the sea..never ever seen one that bad before. and absolute kudos to you for tackling something that nobody else would have even dared to think about. a true craftsman.
Very nice work.There was a bloke in Bayswater North who is now retired made complete quarter panels for these out of 1 sheet.Took about 80 hours of work
Who doesn't love a Monaro I had two of at same time a Hk monaro with plastic still on seats and door panels and a LS Monaro God I wish I had them now cha ching
And I thought my HG ute was rusty and ready for the crusher. It hasn’t got 1/4 of the rust that HK had. I’ve had it for 30 years and still driving it every day. Its not going anywhere. Thanks mate. 💪🏼💪🏼
Great job Tim. Inspirational effort mate. I hope my 69 Monaro comes out close to the quality of yours ( mine has half the rust that yours started with). Thank you for sharing your photos.
Great Job👍 Many,many hrs of fab&rebuilding I had a Monza Blue 327 manual and it was a mint example When you really pushed the car,the brakes would fade,as they are a heavy car That will go well with the LS series engine and there are good vented rotors etc available today Cheers Frank😷
Kudos to you. I bet the person who sold you that car scoffed at any suggestion that it could be brought back to life. I can't stop looking at this video. Words fail me. What a remarkable achievement.
YOU SAID IT DJ, THIS WORK IS OUTSTANDING, THIS GUY IS A PURE GENIOUS, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE HRS THAT WENT INTO THE MUNRO, PLEASE TELL IF YOU DARE WRITE EM DOWN ???
Mate you are so talented I can’t believe what I’m watching thanks for your video, im currently doing my late dads HR WAGON UP AND HAS LOTS OF RUST APPRECIATED ANY FUTURE FEEDBACK THANKS STEVE SYDNEY
I guess the original inspiration was a HK monaro. I cant really see any of the original car left. But its one way of building and owning a car that is completly unaffordable now. This guy has invested a unbelievable amount of time and not really that much money in materials although lm guessing he has alot of equipment. I gotta take my hat off to him. I know how much of a commitment it is. I once built a 1928 Type 40 Bugatti from only drawings that took 6000hrs to build. It was the last project of that size l ever took on. My hat goes off to you Sir
Insane amount of work!!!! I don't mind fixing rust but that is ridiculous!!! I would of turned my nose up at that shell and looked elsewhere! But..... congratulations on your hard tedious work!!!
Love how everyone talks about money , this guy is loaded , probably owner of the hot rod shop , doing this to his personal car shows his skills and talent , great for advertising .. anyone can just buy a mint gts Monaro but big deal , but to do this to a Monaro is legendary
This guy just built an entire Car virtually...AMAZING fab work!! Now THIS is a Builder I could def count on to turn an absolute turd into a Goldmine 💯💯💯💪
Absalutely incredible how that monaro turned out .the amount of rust it had in it the titanic wasnt as bad as that , has this monaro been left in the bush or forest to rust that bad. Being covered with leaves or sitting in long grass for a long time will do this sort of destruction to a car because of permanent moisture and saps from the leaves iv seen this happen . Great work and effort getting this monaro back from the dead no one would probably know where to start or wouldnt bother fixing and refurbishing a car with that much rust i hope it was all worth it.
This shows every rusted to shit house car can be done most places would have said it's a lost cause can't be done well U proved them all wrong n saved thet Monaro from the crusher great stuff
I believe the Nova is the US version of this....even with the rarest of options in the US, (Small block versions) the Nova can't sell for more than $40k or so and this a $80k+ restoration....Great skill, this guy loves the car cause the money's not there.
It's awesome seeing someone that knows what they are doing saving a rusty classic!! How many cars have ended up in the scrap heap where they could've been saved ??
Speechless. Thanks for taking the time to post up such an awesome feat. Well done, that thing was beyond it in most peoples eyes. Ive got so many questions. Any build thread for this beast?
I guess people can say what they want about making a whole new car. The big thing here is the unbelievable skill this man has. What an incredible effort to do what he’s done. I’m just pulling apart my 1970 Valiant Pacer that needs a lot of work on rust repair and I have no clue what to do. I would love to have the ability this man has, and I would be home and hosed. Sensational effort. My hat is off to you. Some people just have a gift. I’ve got a rusted out Valiant Pacer
I don't think anyone here is knocking him for building a new car. I think we are just all in awe. I just started a 73 Torana 2 door, I'm with you.
I see your Post is a year old now. How is the project coming along?
Right you Charlie
Not only can the man build a monaro basically from scratch, his metal music playing is pretty bad ass too. Hats off to you sir
I restore cars for a living, Im totally blown away. You have gone above and beyond. Mate, your an absolute machine, with balls of steel. Hat off to you on such a sick resto!!
I'm speechless. I used to make a living restoring rusty cars and as a young man I thought I had some skills. But watching this I now realise I was delusional. This is beyond anything I've ever seen in this field of endeavour. I salute you sir, even in my prime I wouldn't have been worthy enough to sweep your floors.
Holy crap, thought I was getting good at rust repairs until I watched that ! Always good to see one saved that many would say is too far gone.
holy shite . . . you're a madman ! ! ! this is just. . . an insane amount of work.
Man that is patience and perseverance at its best, well done.
Mad skills mate. Wish I had a 10th of your talent.Great to see another Aussie icon saved. I'll bet that this car will be more structurally sound than when it originally rolled out of the factory.
Massive rebuild. You will be rewarded for breathing life back into this old girl. Please post more as she nears competition.
Thanks for sharing.
Wow! What a job! Great work saving a classic!
Wow awesome job mate. You are true craftsman. Love the videos keep them coming.
fantastic work mate
I have watched this video at least 5 times as it gives me some motivation to get out in the garage and finish my own project car
Wow, just wow! A metal master at work. Just brilliant.
That has to be the most mental amazing resto ever!
You either got to want one so bad or have very deep pockets! I know it's all doable but how much work! Got o take my hat off for the level of commitment and dedication.
One question...how on earth did that poor car ever get so rusty in the first place?..only thing I can think of is it went for a dip in a river or the sea..never ever seen one that bad before. and absolute kudos to you for tackling something that nobody else would have even dared to think about. a true craftsman.
I think it may have been on the Titanic : )
Lol..with the amount of rust it had before you started it wouldnt surprise me :-)
It looks like they wash this car at the beach with the sea water every day😂
Surprisingly I have actually seen worse. Just sitting for a couple of decades in a very damp paddock.
My hat off to you, I restored a 1968 Datsun Fairlady in 4 years, and I know what it will say to be committed to a project, awesome job man.
Very nice work.There was a bloke in Bayswater North who is now retired made complete quarter panels for these out of 1 sheet.Took about 80 hours of work
So after they remove all the rust they're going to build a new car a around the glove box lid?..
maybe so but its saved
Not really its been tubbed.
Excellent work though.
Would need some breaks-really long ones
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WOW anything is salvageable after watching this one clever and talented person
Most guys would have dumped that rust bucket. you have a lot of patience and commitment. great job.
Every trick in the book.
Wonderful trade craft
This man has skill, patience and toys.
Who doesn't love a Monaro I had two of at same time a Hk monaro with plastic still on seats and door panels and a LS Monaro God I wish I had them now cha ching
Truly awesome engineering skills used on this car.
Damn, awesome work, there's not many ppl who would attempt a car that far gone, kick ass job on saving another car from scrap metal.
A very critical analysis of complex shapes! Highly intelligent crafting. Thanks 👍😎🆒
incredible . built his own Monaro . That is awesome and one talented man .
Pure genius you are mate, a true inspiration 🙌🏼🙌🏼
The car, The music, brilliant......such a good job
You my friend are an absolute genius. Well done! Well done 👍
This guy is the god of sheet metal work to build all those parts absolutely amazing wow
good to see these skills are not being lost mate. great work.
And I thought my HG ute was rusty and ready for the crusher. It hasn’t got 1/4 of the rust that HK had. I’ve had it for 30 years and still driving it every day. Its not going anywhere. Thanks mate. 💪🏼💪🏼
Great job Tim. Inspirational effort mate.
I hope my 69 Monaro comes out close to the quality of yours ( mine has half the rust that yours started with).
Thank you for sharing your photos.
Very much a case of jacking up the VIN number and fitting a new car. I greatly admire prople who have the patients to do this sort of stuff.
Hell of a great job 38 years iv had my HG rust free
Great Job👍
Many,many hrs of fab&rebuilding
I had a Monza Blue 327 manual and it was a mint example
When you really pushed the car,the brakes would fade,as they are a heavy car
That will go well with the LS series engine and there are good vented rotors etc available today
Cheers
Frank😷
well done. That was a massive job looks mint.
Kudos to you. I bet the person who sold you that car scoffed at any suggestion that it could be brought back to life. I can't stop looking at this video. Words fail me. What a remarkable achievement.
You're very talented and completely insane. Carry on.
YOU SAID IT DJ, THIS WORK IS OUTSTANDING, THIS GUY IS A PURE GENIOUS, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE HRS THAT WENT INTO THE MUNRO, PLEASE TELL IF YOU DARE WRITE EM DOWN ???
Hi Wayne. There's about 150 hours so far, so not as bad as it could be.
Nothing short of a miracle worker, RESPECT to U
Stunning. Just stunning👌👌👌
Mate you are so talented I can’t believe what I’m watching thanks for your video, im currently doing my late dads HR WAGON UP AND HAS LOTS OF RUST APPRECIATED ANY FUTURE FEEDBACK THANKS STEVE SYDNEY
I guess the original inspiration was a HK monaro. I cant really see any of the original car left. But its one way of building and owning a car that is completly unaffordable now. This guy has invested a unbelievable amount of time and not really that much money in materials although lm guessing he has alot of equipment.
I gotta take my hat off to him. I know how much of a commitment it is. I once built a 1928 Type 40 Bugatti from only drawings that took 6000hrs to build. It was the last project of that size l ever took on.
My hat goes off to you Sir
I don't mind doing a few rust repairs but this is WHAT , I would not have taken it on ,. well done
Insane amount of work!!!! I don't mind fixing rust but that is ridiculous!!! I would of turned my nose up at that shell and looked elsewhere! But..... congratulations on your hard tedious work!!!
Most people would just scrap it, attention to detail and amazing fabrication skills! Another one saved from the crusher of doom....
Amazing talent. I restore pre war cars for a living and know what it takes. Simply amazing work hands down
Good on you mate. It's sad seeing these cars die of rot. It's awesome to see you pull it from the devils grasp and give it another go round
Unbelievable! great Job so far
take a bow sir. Incredible!
Skill and pacience, can't wait to see this one finished
I would love to see the rest of the restoration (near new build) amazing so far ! and the music was great. perfect for my Radio Show \m/
What's your radio show? If you play metal I'm keen to check it out!
Tim Johnston all my shows are available on mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/Warrior_Radio_Show/
From one old panelbeater to another give yourself a pat on the back!
From another old panelbeater, pat the living shit out of your back.
I would have to be on some super drug to have the energy to do that.
Skills are amazing
One word....AMAZING.
Lots of time and money good on him he has a Monaro another survivor good on ya mate 👍
Holly hell ........... You should build half scale Monaro with a small block chevy in it too with all the skill's you have nice job .
Wow! Your a very talented guy.
Wow now that alot of work there blood sweat and tears 😢
Love how everyone talks about money , this guy is loaded , probably owner of the hot rod shop , doing this to his personal car shows his skills and talent , great for advertising .. anyone can just buy a mint gts Monaro but big deal , but to do this to a Monaro is legendary
Great recovery, but what a lot of work.
This bloke's a bloody magician.
Unfuckingbelievaby mad skills, I hope you'll do another vid of it being finnished. I'll look forward to that.
Amazing skills.
This is giving me an idea to do with my mates rusty 1980 Nissan patrol ute
Unbelievable,you da man Tim
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Mad skills! Love it!
Wholly shit. Hand made brand new Monaro. The only piece of rusty old car left will be the vin plate.
And the dash board : )
Fuckin hell you deserve Australian of the year of you pull this off deadset.
This guy just built an entire Car virtually...AMAZING fab work!! Now THIS is a Builder I could def count on to turn an absolute turd into a Goldmine 💯💯💯💪
Some mad metal skills!
Absalutely incredible how that monaro turned out .the amount of rust it had in it the titanic wasnt as bad as that , has this monaro been left in the bush or forest to rust that bad. Being covered with leaves or sitting in long grass for a long time will do this sort of destruction to a car because of permanent moisture and saps from the leaves iv seen this happen . Great work and effort getting this monaro back from the dead no one would probably know where to start or wouldnt bother fixing and refurbishing a car with that much rust i hope it was all worth it.
thats not rust repairs he built a new car
keith holden, My thoughts exactly, wow! 😳
insane work mate
This shows every rusted to shit house car can be done most places would have said it's a lost cause can't be done well U proved them all wrong n saved thet Monaro from the crusher great stuff
I believe the Nova is the US version of this....even with the rarest of options in the US, (Small block versions) the Nova can't sell for more than $40k or so and this a $80k+ restoration....Great skill, this guy loves the car cause the money's not there.
Mark Stanton One of these just sold at auction for 500 grand. Did have race history though
It's awesome seeing someone that knows what they are doing saving a rusty classic!! How many cars have ended up in the scrap heap where they could've been saved ??
Amazing Artisan
Seen better Monaro shells at the wreckers back in the 90's.... dam nice skills
I turned the 'music' off and enjoyed the video much better... Excellent work.
Someone with a shit load of time on their hands- however a shit load of skills too- unbelievable work, 2 hats off to you mate! Very jealous
Your a credit to the trade and anybody that first taught you. They would be amazed
Thanks Emma, but I don't have a trade. I'm just a self taught hack who's too stubborn to say no : )
The master steel worker right here
Great work mate
there's not much of the original car left but I'm happy to see it resurrected.
Yes this guy is a wizard
My Dad had a 6 cylinder Monaro, it was white with the Orange pin strip up both sides.
what Philip Perry said. bloody magic
A credit to the builder as said you should make repro Monaros you would recover your money very quickly well done.
will done man good onya looks fantastic cool
Wow that’s a skill level
Who are these people and how to they get their skills? Amazing.
Don’t generally say this, “But Fuckin WOW” awesome work
crazy your a real artiest
Mad skills!
Speechless. Thanks for taking the time to post up such an awesome feat. Well done,
that thing was beyond it in most peoples eyes. Ive got so many questions. Any build thread for this beast?
Kick ass music, amazing work, that car is bitchin...
That is incredible
The car must have been driven in Michigan in the winter for one day to get this rusty!