I commented below but I can give advice easily on those panels glued to the main as far as repair, and may be able to help you figure out the actual damage reasons potentially. Nearly 20 years with fiberglass repair and building. Hit me up if you'd like to, be glad to share the knowledge or help formulate a plan of repair, or mods.
100% you should do a bodge job of turning it into a convertable. i'm sure you can find a bike windscreen that would work, maybe off a bigger motorbike. Anyways just something to do that might be entertaining.
TL;DR Talk to a marine tech. If a customer brought me this "boat", I'd fix it. Hey, marine and pleasurecraft technician here. In-place fibreglass epoxy and gelcoat repairs are very common in the marine world. From your video I would consider all of those repairs very do-able, including the structural repairs. (boats are exclusively structural fibreglass, and with new cabin inserts (boat inside a boat) the structural parts can often only be accessed from the outside. As for the windshield, we regularly have to bend custom polycarbonate windshields for powerboats. That generally goes okay as long as the space can be filled with a piece made using mostly a single major direction of curvature. That may mean it will not match the curvature of the original if the original was a compound curve, but you can at least fill the space.
for complex curvature, talk to aquarium makers, like the guys that made the Tanked! show on Discovery. They can make some pretty wild shapes, and of course it needs to be optically clear at the end so you can... ya know... see the fish.
I was also going to comment that it definitely didn't look unfixable. But he did say he hates doing body panel work... But yeah, it does seem recoverable... Lots of work to do, certainly, but not impossible at all.
Forming the polycarbonate windscreen , you make a Buck the shape required or use the vehicle itself then lay sheet onto it and gently heat from above using IR heat lamps.
for non-structural fixes we used to use carbon fiber to paper over the cracks on damaged fenders for race bikes. Wouldn't rely on it structurally but if you just want it to be fixed and have a solid color you want to paint over... it works.
Dan, Dan, Dan (if indeed that is your real name). In Australia we have a thing called "Mates rate". It's a complicated cultural thing involving drop bears and danger noodles but, in essence, it goes...You can use my stuff whenever you want. But if you break, you pay.
Glad nobody was hurt! Here's an option for what to do with it. Roll into the Mad Max theme! Ditch the glass, weld together a roll cage all around (or at least a forward hoop and some connecting bars) and maybe put plexiglass on for a windshield, or all around. Add an off-road rear tire to complete the look. Make it a Rat Solo. The only Rat Solo. The Solo Rat Solo. Also, watching this video and seeing the construction makes me think the Solo is inherently unsafe in traffic. If there were an impact with a taller vehicle....you would be held by your seatbelt as the obviously-too-weak fiberglass and glass collapsed, meaning that in any impact with a car....death would be really likely. There just isn't enough structure to protect you...look how much damage it took just from its own weight. Far less safe than a motorcycle, would already be just on the edge of acceptability for a lot of people. I ride sportbikes...without a real cage I wouldn't risk suburban US traffic in a Solo except for fun once or twice to just to try it.
Yeah you defnitely need some kind of roll cage now. It's absolutely possible to repair most fibreglass parts, but I don't think the A pillars are ever going to be as strong as they were from the factory without some beams or tubes to reinforce them. And tbf, they probably never were that strong to begin with.
Biggest takeaway from this video - always have a dashcam in the car so you can at least see what happened! Especially if someone new is driving it. I had a minor crash a few years ago (aquaplaned and did a 360 into a barrier on the edge of the highway) and successfully requested footage from nearby traffic cameras from the city, and it's amazing how your memory of the incident can be so different to what actually happened. I don't even remember doing the 360 because I ended up facing forwards at the end of it, but sure enough you can clearly see it on the traffic camera.
Given how cheap functionat, high resolution, easy to use, dash cams and action cams are these days, frankly, anyone who doesn't have a dashcam is an utter fool. There is simply no excuse not to have one anymore.
@@mediocreman2 If you're uninjured and only hit a barrier, it's pretty minor. Just because it's dramatic with the aquaspin kickflip doesn't mean the crash itself is less minor.
If you ever want to drive your other Solo without worrying about replacing its windshield due to an eventually almost certain routine road hazard or storage cause, now is the time to scan and photograph its still good glass. Molding and trimming a real laminated windshield, that is safer than acrylic or polycarbonate, is neither trivial nor inexpensive, but somewhere on the globe there must be a source for near one-off fabrication (slumped sheet into a single face mold rather than production tooling) that already uses scanned data for this. Not only both your Solos would benefit from this but also any of the few other ones still around, all susceptible to random glass damage. Best of luck.
Top is a structural component to any vehicle that wasn't designed as a convertible. Also it rolled over once... do you really want to drive it with zero rollover protection?
I walked past that ElectroMechanico building every day for a few years on my way to work, so I'm weirdlty used to seeing several Solos parked together. I work in TV in Vancouver and it's funny how many shows use Solos to make it seem like an alternate reality / the future / etc.
As someone has said replace the windshield with polycarb. The fiberglass can be repaired, check with your local aviation school to see if the instructors want to use it to train the students on the repairs.
I could easily tell the car went on its side, slid all the way to the curb, hit the curb and that gave it the spin it needed to get onto its roof. He was not taking that turn at normal driving, turning, speeds even for a regular car.
@@ChrisBigBad Everything has limitations and makes compromises. Learning to work with and around limitations is what makes things fun. Three wheeled racing is a thing, and people drive or race all sorts of strange vehicles, even full sized trucks. If you want to see extremes, just watch the Isle of Man TT bike and sidecar races. 😁
That's totally repairable! Fibre glass is fairly easy to repair and the non removable panels could definitely be repaired while on the vehicle, the hardest part to find would be the windows but there's companies that cut custom windshields from other vehicles windshields, all they do is find a standard windshield with the same curvature and cut it to the shape you need. I would love to see you restore this car, maybe you could reach out to other automotive RUclipsrs and make it a collaboration series.
Absolutely. GRP is easier to repair than steel. It's a time consuming, but an easy DIY task, and it's not that expensive to get good results. Me, I'd repair it.
I would repair the car, but not so that it looks like it is new again. Just leave the scratches, repair the mirror, fix any big cracks that cause structural issues and find a cheap-ish windshield. This way it would be the car everyone can try out, while the other one can be driven less and kept in very good shape to show what it looked like when it was new.
I hope Robert can find someone who does fiberglass work to do a collaboration with. I also think the fiberglass is repairable (even with glued-on panels that can't come off), and custom windshields are possible.
Talk to a boat guy about the in-place fibre glass repairs; get an acrylic windshield made up by a windshield shop, they have curved glass they can use as a mould and just heat the acrylic to flop over it then cut the acrylic to size. You'll need to do the fibre glass first, not as hard as it looks, will be stronger than original, I drove my grandfathers toyota corola 1989 and it just slowly became a fibre glass body job until it was more boat than car and you'd never be able to tell without a drill after I finished painting it.
The glass windshield might have contributed a LOT to structural integrity when it was upside down, putting in acrylic could mean sandwiching your head between the pavement and your lap if it rolls over again.
@@squat224 Did you miss the part where he showed that the roll bar is too far back? Without the windshield (and doors) it would land face down. It doesn't help if the roll bar protects the back of the car while your face protects the front, and that is NOT what a helmet protects you against lol
I am glad nobody got seriously hurt. And that you've followed the standard engineering motto; two is one, and one is none. Thank you for filming the dissection, I found it very interesting! Pull the windshield, roof, fully cage it and you've got a permavertible Solo. One of a kind.
I would personally replace the windscreen and roof glass with lexan and make it light weight as for the fiberglass it's a fairly easy repair to lay in new glass best option light weight racing solo
Motorcycle engineer from NZ here- I’ve watched your videos for a long time and this is the first time I’ve commented. I have a fibreglass guy here in NZ which would be able to do most of those repairs for around $2000-I’ve taken him plenty of broken race fairings which you wouldn’t think were salvable and fixed them without issue for very little- that’s the beauty of fibreglass. You must have someone local capable of such repairs- the marine industry would be a good place to look. The hardest part will be finding that windshield but a plexiglass or lexan reproduction could be made to work though far from ideal. Good luck, and sorry to see the damage.
14:10 I had a similar "yes we have the glass wait no we don't" with my first gen Civic, must've been about 2005? Someone threw a 6-pack of vodka coolers through my rear window. The biggest autoglass chain in Canada had ONE left in their inventory system, and it was in a warehouse 3300 km away. I said I need it, transfer it over. They went to the warehouse... and found it had shattered in storage.
@@TylerLinner I just wonder how it is with the custom glass creation in your vicinity. Out here there are a lot of places making custom replacements, and junkyard glasses are commonly considered not worth the hussle. Those custom replacements also address that nasty thermal crack problems many makes of cars tend to have in colder climate.
@@TylerLinner Luckily corvair car windshields are still relatively findable if you know where to look. I've seen several NOS EM and LM windshields at corvair and general swap meets
The accident - what I think happened based on the pics/diagram is “Dan” was turning left, went wide, the car started to lean over on the rear, with it hitting the island when it leaned (causing the “unexplained damage”), Dan overcorrected to the left, causing it to lean further to the right, and it rolled over the traffic island ending up where it did.
Put it in the corner of the garage. Some day you'll either 1. be contacted by someone who is wants to sell you another G1 Solo with a fried EV system; 2. be contacted by someone who wants to buy it; 3. finish your other projects and decide to turn it into an open air Solo (with a full roll cage); 4. decide you really need the space it's taking and send it off to join it's brethren.
There are services that make custom windshields btw. They even make them out of proper triplex and with all the curves and masking. Probably not very cheap, especially in the US, but services like these exist.
Glad no one was hurt. There are companies out there that can make you a windscreen, they use normal windshield glass, and a mouldable form to make a one off windshield that is a perfect fit. They do it a lot for classic cars where the windscreens/shields are no longer available. Someone like curved glass creations. Alternatively turn it into a badass open top car.
totally, but i think this guy is weighing the income from a video vs the price and wont do that. I wish he'd sell it to somebody who would take care of it. Because of the crushing, these are rare cars.
Fiberglass parts are way, way easier to repair than metal ones. You can buy everything you need from any hardware store that has boat stuff. gel coat, two-comp epoxy, fiberglass mats, sandpaper and a facemask (I can't reiterate that part enough. You do absolutely NOT want to breathe in particles from that stuff while sanding etc).
@@crackedemerald4930 Shrinking, twisting, incompatible metals, having to crank everything to eleven at one spot and burn through the next ..the machine refusing to work because it's Monday or some other voodoo 😂 Joking aside welding probably is easier once you know it but it's definitely not something you can just pick up and get right without destroying a few things first. With fiberglass you can just grind down and start over. -Maybe try not to glue your shoe to the floor like I managed the first time :D
@@KR-hg8be it's simpler than what you think, a heck of a lot simpler than buying a welder, learning to weld, and learning to bend the metal correctly to remake the part.
This is why I put dashcams in EVERYTHING I own. I care more about _how_ it happened than losing the vehicle itself. I've learned a lot from my own screwups over the years such as spinning out, fishtailing, the several times I dumped my bike in adverse conditions, and so on.
I know you don't want to decomission it, but if it's beyond salvation, it's spares for the red solo, AND, you could even revive the old plan to make an electric Trabant, it would save looking for a wrecked Zero motorbike and hoping the parts aren't dead. Thanks for all the cool videos Robert!
The show Wheeler Dealer (while they were filming in the US), were restoring (I think) a Saab, and they went to a windshield warehouse where the people matched the curve of the windshield with one from another car, and cut it down to fit.
I would be a bit surprised if the original windshields for the Solos weren't made that way. Either way, someone somewhere made a bunch of them 25 years ago and probably still knows how.
That's a bummer man. Rolling my HMV Freeway is what made me sell it. Three wheelers are just not as stable, despite being way more cool. Glad everyone is okay (except the Solo). 😢
Dude, you did it again, made me watch that silly factor ad. You really are the best advertiser I know of, no one else can make me sit through sponsor ads.
I'll add to the voices suggesting a visit from Dr Sawzall. Add some lightness to deal with the thrashed panels, throw on a sand rail style roll cage and you've got a Baja spec Solo!
The only time (touch wood) that I've had a car in a wreck, I distinctly remember my massive frustration that a) I'd just FIXED this stupid thing, and b) i've just WASHED this stupid thing. While a lorry was bearing down upon me. Try not to get disheartened! This is a lesson to always have a spare on hand, thanks to the magic of buying two of them.
skin tension delamination on that corner in the back: that corner suddenly became less obtuse an angle and POP it looks like it bit its own ear dunno how much it would cost but I'm certain a custom aircraft plexi shop could dry-bed form a new windshield to whatever structure you re-form for the pillars... I would even say it might be worth simply putting in curved rod pillars then replacing the entire upper panel with a form-fit plexi
Short Lexan windscreen, remove roof, leave hoop,open top roadster! Think 3 wheel cobra! Make a smile out of adversity. Structure is in the floor pan and tub. Red one for rainy days, white for sunny days It still has the power to make you smile
Do you understand what would have happened here with that type of windshield? Especially if the sticker is really the center of gravity in case of a rollover. You would at least need another rollbar.
Well number one, I'm glad "Dan" is not hurt, since humans are not so easily replaceable as cars. Still, the damage to the car just hurts my soul and I can just hear the upset in your voice. Well, maybe by some lucky happenstance you can get this thing repaired, or at least in a state it can be driven again in some form. Looking forward to the updates.
A Mad Max wasteland Solo would absolutely be amazing. Chop the roof, all terrain tires, make some new panels out of scraps like old license plates, road signs or leftovers from the bus or camper, and you’ll have the coolest solo around. Bonus points if you lift it but make it rollover proof with a wacky roll cage!
Yup, never lend such a rare and unusual car to someone. If you let them drive it, be in the car with them providing them guidance. That's the way it's done. If it's a one seater, too bad.
@@jamesengland7461 my man, your hobbies are what give you passion and fulfillment, thats not mere possessions. This isnt from a place of malicious but from a stance that this item is sacred to the person in question
The answer is YES*. Glad no one was seriously injured. I would classify these as one of those scooters which has the plastic surround making it look like a shrunken golf cart on 2 (3?) wheels. Looks pretty trashed, but someone may find yet another use for Number 38.
Always have a dashcam. The back probably hit the curb. You can fix it good enough to drive it as long as you aren't worried about the looks or safety. Open top and make a roll cage.
The body is all repairable. If it were me I would cut off the roof, replace the screen with either an aero screen or use a tempered shower screen, a glass company will cut to size and then temper it. Keep it small. Or you could use poly carbonate for a screen. Cut down a motorcycle screen. Easily repaired, how do I know. I used to own a Bond bug, a sports version of your Robin. Nice this about fibre glass is damaged it hasn’t lost any strength. Patching it does not compromise the structure.
@@Sinerwray for many years all car windscreens were tempered glass.laminated glass didn’t exist. When it breaks it shattered into small chunks not sharp shards. Trust me I have owned many cars with such screens and broken a couple. The back and side windows of your car will still be tempered, it’s much cheaper.
I'm glad to hear your friend isn't too banged up, brother. If Low-Buck-Garage and our Broceanic Nugget Messiah Dankpods has taught us anything; an impossible repair is an opportunity for innovation and really getting to play outside of the box. I understand that it hurts immensely as a collector seeing such a unique little guy like this getting damaged like this, but I believe whatever you choose to do with Lucky 38 we support you.
just put the motor and all into your trabant 601! (and while you're at it, maybe the seat too) It won't be the first e-trabi, but that's still always a fun thing to have! :-D
I live in New York City and with a dozen billion dollar media companies vying for my viewing I find watching a quirky Midwestern guy talk about quirky cars. I think the script the editing and the personality is more important than the Content. Your duplicates and triple arm overlays are not over done but just enough to really enhance the overall presentation. I happen to love cars and especially unique ones but watch your channel because your presentation is great and you seem like a very nice guy. I think ifyou were my neighbor and I had A car problem you would probably spend an inordinate amount of time helping me to the point I would wanna give you money which you probably wouldn’t accept. So thank you for the videos.
Fill holes with expanding foam, stuff in chicken wire, apply short strand fiberglass, body filler, filler primer, white paint and it'll be good as new maybe even stronger !
@@drunkenhobo8020 Haven't heard of that channel, it's just a cheap and efficient way to boge something "the right way". You don't have to care, just get it good enough.
I really like the mad max/offroad idea! Throw away most of the body panels, replace structural parts with steel pipes, remove the doors... Then you get a fun small electric thing that you can do whatever you want to without damaging it. Also it's much more fun to tear stuff down than repairing it to the state it used to be in.
Prior to "GREED AT ALL COSTS" became the societal norm, back when plastics were something in SciFi Movies, there were shops across the US that could make a custom shape windshield or other car window. Especially in the 50s with so many bubble shaped windshields and rear glass. Car glass was considered to fragile to ship long distances so just about every state had at least one automotive glass works. Looking on line, there are still custom auto glass works out there.
Fun idea for you... turn it into a parade float. Strip it down and then turn it into something you can drive in a local parade. It could make people smile :)
I'm sorry about your friend. I felt the mood change at 13:45 , and I can only imagine the sadness you're feeling. Edit: it's okay to be emotional. You know that more than most of us!
Every car has a story, and this super unfortunate event is this car's next chapter. This is not the end of its story. I'm sorry for your loss. You obviously love this car a lot.
It's rare enough that it's certainly worth saving. Fiberglass is easy to repair, paint and scratches can always be fixed. The hardest part is going to be replacing that windshield, custom glass is $$$ He might have to go Nascar style with some kind of bullet proof plastic....
I have pressed the Like button to please The Algorythm, but sad to see such unique vehicle damaged. Sad too, to hear the distress in your voice talking about it. I think you're taking a good approach. It's a door to new possibilities. This must be why the Solos came as a pair: The gods saw fit to grace you with a spare.
I think everyone suggesting removing the roof are missing 2 key problems that: - The are lots of cracks to bonded fibreglass parts all over, including at the lowest points - The "chassis", if you even call it that, will need a lot of reinforcing to remove the roof; most soft-tops are a lot heavier than their full roof counterparts It is doable, but not realistic.
I remember in a Jay Leno video on the cars he has that they don't make any more, he mentioned for glass, you can get glass from a glass shop, not like a generic Safelite place or something, but there are places that can make whatever kind of windshield you want so it's not impossible. I'd say this is a lot of work to recover, but maybe you can find someone willing to take that on and sell it to them for like $1. Another option is to go all Polaris Slingshot with it, retaining the roll bar and just doing a little lexan windscreen, get some new mirrors, bondo the other panels and have it be your summer Solo. Also would improve stability to remove the top weight. Edit, just wanted to say if at all possible don't part it out, as you say it's a unique 1 of a kind, and mechanically it still seems fairly sound.
14:05 ... saay.. a Mad-Max solo could be interesting! there is a ton you could do with this!! strip the rest of the body off and make it a sand rail.. or, re-work the body that is left and make it your own!! [wish i could work on this.. i'd LOVE to...] now... about that Ford Escape Conversion...
Thoughts and prayers for your potential loss. I'd like to think that you'll bring this back to life again in yet another entertaining and money making video adventure.
Heads-up, a boat shop can help you with the fiberglass. You've taken on crazier projects, and your Edge is likely to need son similar cosmetic work. If you need encouragement to fix the banged up panels, I am offering it. Oh, and when you are ready to paint the replied panels, you could get Robby Layton to help with that, and you could bring your Trabant to drag race Rory Irish. Please?
Oh jeez... I feel for you! Having lent stuff out and have people not treat it how you'd have hoped... I just don't any more. Fingers crossed it lives on in some other form. All the best.
Yikes, I'm glad nobody was seriously hurt. I think the nature of this accident makes it kind of a relief that this vehicle never really made it in the marketplace, as it wouldn't have been long before it would have become a huge source of much worse accidents.
Time for the world's first Solo convertible! Make a canvas soft-top held in place by clips or strong magnets, foldable to store in the frunk. Maybe a fun airbrushed paintjob of a wizard riding on a chicken? Maybe go faux Mad Max on the styling? Whatever you do, have fun goofing off with it!
Good thing Dan's okay! And, well you do have another one... And hey how about turning old 38 it into a roofless version! Not sure how the laws are in Missouri but where I am 3 wheeled cars are legally motorcycles and don't need windshields. You just need something to cover your eyes (preferably a full face helmet)
As a dog, I have only witnessed your Factor suggestions and tried them myself, even though you did not recommend them for my use. Glad no one was significantly hurt in the accident though, despite the flimsy, probably-unsafe build for such an incident. Watching you partially disassemble this poor thing had me emotional. Such a rare car in an impossible state to solve. I dont know what I would do with it were I in your position with unlimited funds. It'd figuratively tear me apart to literally tear it apart, but also hurts to see it sit in such a sad state. From an emotional standpoint, might be well to look at it from the flipped perspective- anything you do with it from here can be considered a success in saving the car, no matter what you do with it! Roadster it, make some 3D printed parts to replace the fiberglass, weld in a cage to make it safer than stock. And more- now that it has been flipped, you can push it a little harder without risking ruin of a unique car, since that's already happened outside your control!
What's he supposed to do? It sucks all around. Dan didn't do it on purpose, and probably didn't even drive it unnecessarily aggressively. I doubt a left hand turn in a busy intersection is where you would decide to give it hell...
I agree with some of the other comments, make a mad max solo. Cut the top off, build some sort of external roll cage. Maybe even a place for a smaller generator on the back. Go do a gambler race or even wasteland weekend. I'll even make you an outfit if you want and send it over to you 💪
Definitely agree with the other folks that the fiberglass is totally fixable. Find a boat, jetski, surfboard, or other floaty thingie repair person nearby, im sure there are plenty. Definitely dont trash it. Worst case, I can do this work, but I have zero time so I can't really offer my services....but I'd totally buy it.
SuperfastMatt could make that windscreen or at least something good enough. He did it for his landspeed car. I'd love to see the content from the two funniest guys on the internet.
You should put a tube frame around it put some off-road tires on it, add a lift kit off like a ATV and make it like some cool off-road mud buggy rock Crawer thingy.
Fiberglass repair is messy but possible ... a good glass shop can make the windshield and roof I wish I lived close enough to do the body work on it (I do fiberglass all the time.on boats)
Build an exo cage and harness, so you can freely roll it without hurting anything or anyone, and have fun making awesome content of you rolling your solo. Maybe put training wheels on it?
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thats how roadsters get "invented#
How can I contact you.
I commented below but I can give advice easily on those panels glued to the main as far as repair, and may be able to help you figure out the actual damage reasons potentially. Nearly 20 years with fiberglass repair and building.
Hit me up if you'd like to, be glad to share the knowledge or help formulate a plan of repair, or mods.
100% you should do a bodge job of turning it into a convertable. i'm sure you can find a bike windscreen that would work, maybe off a bigger motorbike. Anyways just something to do that might be entertaining.
Last time I did that I got the ?
Cut the top off, put a roll cage in, smaller windshield, and now you have a weird yet cool Slingshot.
I second this motion!
The wrist rocket 😂
Was thinking much the same (but also glass the doors over to reinforce it)
@@Lemon_Sage9999 Watch those Wrist Rockets!
Nah just junk it jfc take the hint....
You should've given the guy who rolled it the name Rick.
Perfect opportunity missed
Yeah, but Rick would've never let him down like that and rolled it.
Yeah.... but when Rick Let's you down......... it just kind of ruins it. Makes you cry too.
Rick would never give up either...
Or maybe Clarkson....
TL;DR Talk to a marine tech. If a customer brought me this "boat", I'd fix it.
Hey, marine and pleasurecraft technician here. In-place fibreglass epoxy and gelcoat repairs are very common in the marine world. From your video I would consider all of those repairs very do-able, including the structural repairs. (boats are exclusively structural fibreglass, and with new cabin inserts (boat inside a boat) the structural parts can often only be accessed from the outside.
As for the windshield, we regularly have to bend custom polycarbonate windshields for powerboats. That generally goes okay as long as the space can be filled with a piece made using mostly a single major direction of curvature. That may mean it will not match the curvature of the original if the original was a compound curve, but you can at least fill the space.
for complex curvature, talk to aquarium makers, like the guys that made the Tanked! show on Discovery. They can make some pretty wild shapes, and of course it needs to be optically clear at the end so you can... ya know... see the fish.
I was also going to comment that it definitely didn't look unfixable. But he did say he hates doing body panel work... But yeah, it does seem recoverable... Lots of work to do, certainly, but not impossible at all.
Yeah, I know a guy who does custom fiberglass body kits and he’d probably find this very fixable. Whether it’s cost-effective that’s another matter.
Forming the polycarbonate windscreen , you make a Buck the shape required or use the vehicle itself then lay sheet onto it and gently heat from above using IR heat lamps.
for non-structural fixes we used to use carbon fiber to paper over the cracks on damaged fenders for race bikes. Wouldn't rely on it structurally but if you just want it to be fixed and have a solid color you want to paint over... it works.
If you want to do something stupid with it, let me know 😉
Are you gonna drive it down a Utah mountain?
He should drive it from London to south Africa@@legoivan44321
Drive it to Moab, maybe?
Yes please. I would love to see this collab
Please do let him know!
Dan, Dan, Dan (if indeed that is your real name). In Australia we have a thing called "Mates rate". It's a complicated cultural thing involving drop bears and danger noodles but, in essence, it goes...You can use my stuff whenever you want. But if you break, you pay.
Seconded.
(I grew up in Texas, with the same rule; for reference.)
AW did mention at the end that the roller did offer to pay repairs, but AW didn't really consider a repair a viable option economically
15:00 save it.. it's a unique vehicle. You could plexiglass as a windshield, and some fibreglass for the body. If I was in the US, I'd do it for you.
Glad nobody was hurt! Here's an option for what to do with it. Roll into the Mad Max theme! Ditch the glass, weld together a roll cage all around (or at least a forward hoop and some connecting bars) and maybe put plexiglass on for a windshield, or all around. Add an off-road rear tire to complete the look. Make it a Rat Solo. The only Rat Solo. The Solo Rat Solo.
Also, watching this video and seeing the construction makes me think the Solo is inherently unsafe in traffic. If there were an impact with a taller vehicle....you would be held by your seatbelt as the obviously-too-weak fiberglass and glass collapsed, meaning that in any impact with a car....death would be really likely. There just isn't enough structure to protect you...look how much damage it took just from its own weight. Far less safe than a motorcycle, would already be just on the edge of acceptability for a lot of people. I ride sportbikes...without a real cage I wouldn't risk suburban US traffic in a Solo except for fun once or twice to just to try it.
OPEN-TOP rat Solo :D
Makes me think "vette kart". Definitely go apocalypse mode on this!
Exactly that, but call it The Rolo 😁
I suggest this as well!
Yeah you defnitely need some kind of roll cage now. It's absolutely possible to repair most fibreglass parts, but I don't think the A pillars are ever going to be as strong as they were from the factory without some beams or tubes to reinforce them. And tbf, they probably never were that strong to begin with.
Biggest takeaway from this video - always have a dashcam in the car so you can at least see what happened! Especially if someone new is driving it. I had a minor crash a few years ago (aquaplaned and did a 360 into a barrier on the edge of the highway) and successfully requested footage from nearby traffic cameras from the city, and it's amazing how your memory of the incident can be so different to what actually happened. I don't even remember doing the 360 because I ended up facing forwards at the end of it, but sure enough you can clearly see it on the traffic camera.
Given how cheap functionat, high resolution, easy to use, dash cams and action cams are these days, frankly, anyone who doesn't have a dashcam is an utter fool. There is simply no excuse not to have one anymore.
Have had them in all my cars since 2017, they are really good now too
I wouldn't call that a minor crash.
@@mediocreman2 If you're uninjured and only hit a barrier, it's pretty minor. Just because it's dramatic with the aquaspin kickflip doesn't mean the crash itself is less minor.
@@mediocreman2No, it was an adult crash.😂
If you ever want to drive your other Solo without worrying about replacing its windshield due to an eventually almost certain routine road hazard or storage cause, now is the time to scan and photograph its still good glass. Molding and trimming a real laminated windshield, that is safer than acrylic or polycarbonate, is neither trivial nor inexpensive, but somewhere on the globe there must be a source for near one-off fabrication (slumped sheet into a single face mold rather than production tooling) that already uses scanned data for this. Not only both your Solos would benefit from this but also any of the few other ones still around, all susceptible to random glass damage. Best of luck.
Cut off the top, weld a random windshield that roughly matches the size and turn it into a "convertible" this way.
Top is a structural component to any vehicle that wasn't designed as a convertible. Also it rolled over once... do you really want to drive it with zero rollover protection?
Welding to a fiberglass chassis could get interesting
@@Cragified Doubtful in this case since no structural support was designed into the roof!
@@Cragifiedall it really has is that metal loop in the cabin? That can be left.
@@Cragified add a rollcage? lets it be a convertible while improving rollover protection
"This could have been a lot worse"
*next scene starts with him driving the red Solo*
NO MR. WHEELS DON'T DO IT
"Mr. Wheels" 😂😂😂😂
"We get lunch all the time. Please, call me Aging"
"Please, Mr. Wheels is my father."
I walked past that ElectroMechanico building every day for a few years on my way to work, so I'm weirdlty used to seeing several Solos parked together. I work in TV in Vancouver and it's funny how many shows use Solos to make it seem like an alternate reality / the future / etc.
As someone has said replace the windshield with polycarb. The fiberglass can be repaired, check with your local aviation school to see if the instructors want to use it to train the students on the repairs.
To fix this deathtrap?😂 no
I could easily tell the car went on its side, slid all the way to the curb, hit the curb and that gave it the spin it needed to get onto its roof.
He was not taking that turn at normal driving, turning, speeds even for a regular car.
I think that makes a lot of sense.
Hitting the curb is alsp probably what made the damage to the back that "didn't make sense"
Yep, clearly going way too fast
due to the damage, I feel the left side roof edge hit the curb, hence the the cracks.
@@quicksilver8180my theory is the "unexplained damage" is from someone else. Maybe the dude got clipped driving through the intersection
Looks like you're the proud new owner of the worlds first convertible Solo!
Huge bummer. But now I'm getting visions of a topless Solo go kart. Like a 3 wheeled KTM X-Bow.
For very slow or just straight-line go-karting? hm. But straight line... Make it a dragster-convertible :D
@ChrisBigBad take the Ford approach and manipulate the center of gravity with a big iron weight so it is stable.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this LOL
Yeah, make it even more dangerous during rollover! 😂
@@ChrisBigBad Everything has limitations and makes compromises. Learning to work with and around limitations is what makes things fun. Three wheeled racing is a thing, and people drive or race all sorts of strange vehicles, even full sized trucks. If you want to see extremes, just watch the Isle of Man TT bike and sidecar races. 😁
That's totally repairable! Fibre glass is fairly easy to repair and the non removable panels could definitely be repaired while on the vehicle, the hardest part to find would be the windows but there's companies that cut custom windshields from other vehicles windshields, all they do is find a standard windshield with the same curvature and cut it to the shape you need. I would love to see you restore this car, maybe you could reach out to other automotive RUclipsrs and make it a collaboration series.
just ask superfastmatt about making a windscreen from scratch 😅
i don't think his backyard oven is operational anymore though haha
Absolutely. GRP is easier to repair than steel.
It's a time consuming, but an easy DIY task, and it's not that expensive to get good results.
Me, I'd repair it.
i feel this car is too far gone sadly, i'd love to see it repaired but it would be a dangerous cut and shut job
I would repair the car, but not so that it looks like it is new again.
Just leave the scratches, repair the mirror, fix any big cracks that cause structural issues and find a cheap-ish windshield.
This way it would be the car everyone can try out, while the other one can be driven less and kept in very good shape to show what it looked like when it was new.
I hope Robert can find someone who does fiberglass work to do a collaboration with. I also think the fiberglass is repairable (even with glued-on panels that can't come off), and custom windshields are possible.
Talk to a boat guy about the in-place fibre glass repairs; get an acrylic windshield made up by a windshield shop, they have curved glass they can use as a mould and just heat the acrylic to flop over it then cut the acrylic to size. You'll need to do the fibre glass first, not as hard as it looks, will be stronger than original, I drove my grandfathers toyota corola 1989 and it just slowly became a fibre glass body job until it was more boat than car and you'd never be able to tell without a drill after I finished painting it.
The glass windshield might have contributed a LOT to structural integrity when it was upside down, putting in acrylic could mean sandwiching your head between the pavement and your lap if it rolls over again.
@@iroll There's a roll bar, I'd just ditch the windshield all together, it's registered as a motorcycle afaik so just wear a helmet.
@@squat224 Did you miss the part where he showed that the roll bar is too far back? Without the windshield (and doors) it would land face down. It doesn't help if the roll bar protects the back of the car while your face protects the front, and that is NOT what a helmet protects you against lol
It got me right in the feels when you could hear in your voice how upset you are. Hopefully something good can come of this. Glad no one was hurt.
"Did anything crazy this weekend?"
"Nah, just rolled solo."
"Cool."
The G1 and G3 share 2 parts. The drive belt and DC/DC on later G1's. PPS = Pre-production Solo. There was 64 G1 Solos made.
Surely every G1 solo must be pre-production?
@@SterkeYerke5555correct
@@SterkeYerke5555correct
I am glad nobody got seriously hurt. And that you've followed the standard engineering motto; two is one, and one is none. Thank you for filming the dissection, I found it very interesting!
Pull the windshield, roof, fully cage it and you've got a permavertible Solo. One of a kind.
Permavertible solo #38* :b
@@Pikez98PPS
Any dead car is great chicken tractor
Not a shabby idea TBH. Perhaps Tavarish would take the build on as a side project to his big things?
I would personally replace the windscreen and roof glass with lexan and make it light weight as for the fiberglass it's a fairly easy repair to lay in new glass best option light weight racing solo
Motorcycle engineer from NZ here- I’ve watched your videos for a long time and this is the first time I’ve commented. I have a fibreglass guy here in NZ which would be able to do most of those repairs for around $2000-I’ve taken him plenty of broken race fairings which you wouldn’t think were salvable and fixed them without issue for very little- that’s the beauty of fibreglass. You must have someone local capable of such repairs- the marine industry would be a good place to look. The hardest part will be finding that windshield but a plexiglass or lexan reproduction could be made to work though far from ideal. Good luck, and sorry to see the damage.
14:10 I had a similar "yes we have the glass wait no we don't" with my first gen Civic, must've been about 2005? Someone threw a 6-pack of vodka coolers through my rear window. The biggest autoglass chain in Canada had ONE left in their inventory system, and it was in a warehouse 3300 km away. I said I need it, transfer it over. They went to the warehouse... and found it had shattered in storage.
I just bought a $50 Corvair just for the windshield. (Stripped all the other usable parts as well). Harder to find CVCC era parts cars though!
@@TylerLinner I just wonder how it is with the custom glass creation in your vicinity.
Out here there are a lot of places making custom replacements, and junkyard glasses are commonly considered not worth the hussle. Those custom replacements also address that nasty thermal crack problems many makes of cars tend to have in colder climate.
Am I evil for kind of hoping there was a 6-pack of vodka coolers sitting next to the shattered window in the warehouse?
@@K31TH3R idgi
@@TylerLinner Luckily corvair car windshields are still relatively findable if you know where to look. I've seen several NOS EM and LM windshields at corvair and general swap meets
Bummer 😢. Great video, thanks for sharing. 👍
Glad Dan is alright. Goodbye Solo, hello Rolo (hopefully no trademark issues with the candy).
Not what I expected from the Patreon notification for some reason. I’m glad to hear “Dan” is okay, what a massive bummer though!
I'm out in Central Illinois I will 100% buy this from you.
The accident - what I think happened based on the pics/diagram is “Dan” was turning left, went wide, the car started to lean over on the rear, with it hitting the island when it leaned (causing the “unexplained damage”), Dan overcorrected to the left, causing it to lean further to the right, and it rolled over the traffic island ending up where it did.
that sounds plausible
You oughta give Alec some thanks for the power of buying two of them
6:45 - time to make the ONLY FIRST GEN ROADSTER SOLO!
Put it in the corner of the garage. Some day you'll either 1. be contacted by someone who is wants to sell you another G1 Solo with a fried EV system; 2. be contacted by someone who wants to buy it; 3. finish your other projects and decide to turn it into an open air Solo (with a full roll cage); 4. decide you really need the space it's taking and send it off to join it's brethren.
There are services that make custom windshields btw. They even make them out of proper triplex and with all the curves and masking. Probably not very cheap, especially in the US, but services like these exist.
Glad no one was hurt.
There are companies out there that can make you a windscreen, they use normal windshield glass, and a mouldable form to make a one off windshield that is a perfect fit. They do it a lot for classic cars where the windscreens/shields are no longer available. Someone like curved glass creations.
Alternatively turn it into a badass open top car.
That roof structure does not look like it is even anymore, unlikely that a windshield would fit correctly anymore.
@@mediocreman2 I mean the roof structure OS what panel beaters are for. A really good one you wont even know there was damage.
Absolute wizards.
totally, but i think this guy is weighing the income from a video vs the price and wont do that. I wish he'd sell it to somebody who would take care of it. Because of the crushing, these are rare cars.
Fiberglass parts are way, way easier to repair than metal ones. You can buy everything you need from any hardware store that has boat stuff. gel coat, two-comp epoxy, fiberglass mats, sandpaper and a facemask (I can't reiterate that part enough. You do absolutely NOT want to breathe in particles from that stuff while sanding etc).
i thought it was the opposite actually. Metal is doable with a welder and some sheet stock.
@@crackedemerald4930 Shrinking, twisting, incompatible metals, having to crank everything to eleven at one spot and burn through the next ..the machine refusing to work because it's Monday or some other voodoo 😂 Joking aside welding probably is easier once you know it but it's definitely not something you can just pick up and get right without destroying a few things first. With fiberglass you can just grind down and start over. -Maybe try not to glue your shoe to the floor like I managed the first time :D
@@crackedemerald4930 that's still far harder than fixing fiberglass. Fiberglass is essentially like working with paper mache
@@madmax2069well, getting an actual strong mechanical bond on fiberglass isnt quite that simple.
@@KR-hg8be it's simpler than what you think, a heck of a lot simpler than buying a welder, learning to weld, and learning to bend the metal correctly to remake the part.
I can hear the emotion in your voice Robert. Hopefully you’ll find another Solo someday. Glad Dan is ok.
This is why I put dashcams in EVERYTHING I own. I care more about _how_ it happened than losing the vehicle itself. I've learned a lot from my own screwups over the years such as spinning out, fishtailing, the several times I dumped my bike in adverse conditions, and so on.
but dashcam provides evidence of my own speeding
Chop off everything above the beltline and make a Solo speedster...and then make that "potential" 1.9 second 0-60 the CEO bragged about a reality.
Turn it into a death trap with no roll cage. Fool
But only with a full cage, please.
with a motorcycle helmet you don't need a windshield. just keep the existing roll bar in.
I know you don't want to decomission it, but if it's beyond salvation, it's spares for the red solo, AND, you could even revive the old plan to make an electric Trabant, it would save looking for a wrecked Zero motorbike and hoping the parts aren't dead. Thanks for all the cool videos Robert!
The show Wheeler Dealer (while they were filming in the US), were restoring (I think) a Saab, and they went to a windshield warehouse where the people matched the curve of the windshield with one from another car, and cut it down to fit.
I would be a bit surprised if the original windshields for the Solos weren't made that way. Either way, someone somewhere made a bunch of them 25 years ago and probably still knows how.
That's a bummer man. Rolling my HMV Freeway is what made me sell it. Three wheelers are just not as stable, despite being way more cool. Glad everyone is okay (except the Solo). 😢
Can I ask who you sold it to I want to buy it
The Aptera passed the moose test unlike most 4 wheelers!
14:50 wish i could give you a hug brother. Sorry about your car.
Sorry for your loss!
“I encourage spirited driving. It’s fun!” 🖤 I love this dude.
Dude, you did it again, made me watch that silly factor ad. You really are the best advertiser I know of, no one else can make me sit through sponsor ads.
I haven't watched your video fully yet, but this is a chance to fully customise it!! Make it a convertible.
I feel "so low" after watching this. I like the idea of madmaxxing it... the last of the 144v interceptors
Lol get a fake turbo or supercharger and mount it to the hood
I'll add to the voices suggesting a visit from Dr Sawzall.
Add some lightness to deal with the thrashed panels, throw on a sand rail style roll cage and you've got a Baja spec Solo!
Yeahhh baha spec solo!!
Oh man I can hear your pain. My condolences.
You bought a SAAB again?
That was the reason I started to watch this channel many years ago. 😉 With what we call the "football-rims".
The only time (touch wood) that I've had a car in a wreck, I distinctly remember my massive frustration that a) I'd just FIXED this stupid thing, and b) i've just WASHED this stupid thing.
While a lorry was bearing down upon me.
Try not to get disheartened! This is a lesson to always have a spare on hand, thanks to the magic of buying two of them.
Every car that I've lost to an accident just had new tires and brakes too. And a full tank of gas.
skin tension delamination on that corner in the back: that corner suddenly became less obtuse an angle and POP
it looks like it bit its own ear
dunno how much it would cost but I'm certain a custom aircraft plexi shop could dry-bed form a new windshield to whatever structure you re-form for the pillars... I would even say it might be worth simply putting in curved rod pillars then replacing the entire upper panel with a form-fit plexi
Short Lexan windscreen, remove roof, leave hoop,open top roadster! Think 3 wheel cobra! Make a smile out of adversity. Structure is in the floor pan and tub. Red one for rainy days, white for sunny days
It still has the power to make you smile
Do you understand what would have happened here with that type of windshield?
Especially if the sticker is really the center of gravity in case of a rollover.
You would at least need another rollbar.
Well number one, I'm glad "Dan" is not hurt, since humans are not so easily replaceable as cars. Still, the damage to the car just hurts my soul and I can just hear the upset in your voice. Well, maybe by some lucky happenstance you can get this thing repaired, or at least in a state it can be driven again in some form. Looking forward to the updates.
A Mad Max wasteland Solo would absolutely be amazing. Chop the roof, all terrain tires, make some new panels out of scraps like old license plates, road signs or leftovers from the bus or camper, and you’ll have the coolest solo around. Bonus points if you lift it but make it rollover proof with a wacky roll cage!
As some have said, make it into a convertible. add some tubing in the front as the A rails so it has better support for roll overs!
Lexan! Dont get rid of it. Also never lend anything to anyone. They dont treat it as you would.
Yup, never lend such a rare and unusual car to someone. If you let them drive it, be in the car with them providing them guidance. That's the way it's done. If it's a one seater, too bad.
Don't be stingy with mere possessions.
@@jamesengland7461 can i have $5k please? I swear I wont wreck it
@@jamesengland7461 my man, your hobbies are what give you passion and fulfillment, thats not mere possessions. This isnt from a place of malicious but from a stance that this item is sacred to the person in question
The answer is YES*. Glad no one was seriously injured. I would classify these as one of those scooters which has the plastic surround making it look like a shrunken golf cart on 2 (3?) wheels. Looks pretty trashed, but someone may find yet another use for Number 38.
The way you tell stories is on another level. Keep pushing it!
Always have a dashcam.
The back probably hit the curb.
You can fix it good enough to drive it as long as you aren't worried about the looks or safety. Open top and make a roll cage.
if he lied about what happened in the crash im sure he would have 86ed that camera
Yep, i think the car rolled, slid over the curb and stopped on the other side
That huge fly landing on the poor thing in the outro...
Truly symbolic!
The body is all repairable. If it were me I would cut off the roof, replace the screen with either an aero screen or use a tempered shower screen, a glass company will cut to size and then temper it. Keep it small. Or you could use poly carbonate for a screen. Cut down a motorcycle screen.
Easily repaired, how do I know. I used to own a Bond bug, a sports version of your Robin.
Nice this about fibre glass is damaged it hasn’t lost any strength. Patching it does not compromise the structure.
Cant use tempered glass for the front unless you like glass in your eyes
@@Sinerwray for many years all car windscreens were tempered glass.laminated glass didn’t exist. When it breaks it shattered into small chunks not sharp shards. Trust me I have owned many cars with such screens and broken a couple. The back and side windows of your car will still be tempered, it’s much cheaper.
I'm glad to hear your friend isn't too banged up, brother. If Low-Buck-Garage and our Broceanic Nugget Messiah Dankpods has taught us anything; an impossible repair is an opportunity for innovation and really getting to play outside of the box.
I understand that it hurts immensely as a collector seeing such a unique little guy like this getting damaged like this, but I believe whatever you choose to do with Lucky 38 we support you.
just put the motor and all into your trabant 601! (and while you're at it, maybe the seat too) It won't be the first e-trabi, but that's still always a fun thing to have! :-D
I live in New York City and with a dozen billion dollar media companies vying for my viewing I find watching a quirky Midwestern guy talk about quirky cars. I think the script the editing and the personality is more important than the Content. Your duplicates and triple arm overlays are not over done but just enough to really enhance the overall presentation. I happen to love cars and especially unique ones but watch your channel because your presentation is great and you seem like a very nice guy. I think ifyou were my neighbor and I had A car problem you would probably spend an inordinate amount of time helping me to the point I would wanna give you money which you probably wouldn’t accept. So thank you for the videos.
You’re viewing this on RUclips. Just another billion dollar company that won you’re viewership
Fill holes with expanding foam, stuff in chicken wire, apply short strand fiberglass, body filler, filler primer, white paint and it'll be good as new maybe even stronger !
Oh no, have you been watching Just Rolled In?
@@drunkenhobo8020 its a great channel but OMFG i get the weirdest recommends if i watch it.
@@drunkenhobo8020 Haven't heard of that channel, it's just a cheap and efficient way to boge something "the right way".
You don't have to care, just get it good enough.
Very sad circumstances. Well done for doing a positive video.
I really like the mad max/offroad idea! Throw away most of the body panels, replace structural parts with steel pipes, remove the doors... Then you get a fun small electric thing that you can do whatever you want to without damaging it. Also it's much more fun to tear stuff down than repairing it to the state it used to be in.
Prior to "GREED AT ALL COSTS" became the societal norm, back when plastics were something in SciFi Movies, there were shops across the US that could make a custom shape windshield or other car window. Especially in the 50s with so many bubble shaped windshields and rear glass. Car glass was considered to fragile to ship long distances so just about every state had at least one automotive glass works. Looking on line, there are still custom auto glass works out there.
Glass is much safer and more advanced now...
Good to know everyone was okay. Seeing the video title I was a bit nervous someone got injured.
Fun idea for you... turn it into a parade float. Strip it down and then turn it into something you can drive in a local parade. It could make people smile :)
I'm sorry about your friend. I felt the mood change at 13:45 , and I can only imagine the sadness you're feeling. Edit: it's okay to be emotional. You know that more than most of us!
underrated comment
(ok, so it's only been 10 minutes, but this is something that seriously needs saying. ❤🩹🤗)
Dude, I *am* emotional. I'm really sorry that happened. I wish you the best of luck and strength.
I’m sorry for your loss
Every car has a story, and this super unfortunate event is this car's next chapter. This is not the end of its story.
I'm sorry for your loss. You obviously love this car a lot.
It's rare enough that it's certainly worth saving. Fiberglass is easy to repair, paint and scratches can always be fixed. The hardest part is going to be replacing that windshield, custom glass is $$$ He might have to go Nascar style with some kind of bullet proof plastic....
I have pressed the Like button to please The Algorythm, but sad to see such unique vehicle damaged.
Sad too, to hear the distress in your voice talking about it.
I think you're taking a good approach. It's a door to new possibilities. This must be why the Solos came as a pair:
The gods saw fit to grace you with a spare.
I think everyone suggesting removing the roof are missing 2 key problems that:
- The are lots of cracks to bonded fibreglass parts all over, including at the lowest points
- The "chassis", if you even call it that, will need a lot of reinforcing to remove the roof; most soft-tops are a lot heavier than their full roof counterparts
It is doable, but not realistic.
I remember in a Jay Leno video on the cars he has that they don't make any more, he mentioned for glass, you can get glass from a glass shop, not like a generic Safelite place or something, but there are places that can make whatever kind of windshield you want so it's not impossible. I'd say this is a lot of work to recover, but maybe you can find someone willing to take that on and sell it to them for like $1.
Another option is to go all Polaris Slingshot with it, retaining the roll bar and just doing a little lexan windscreen, get some new mirrors, bondo the other panels and have it be your summer Solo. Also would improve stability to remove the top weight.
Edit, just wanted to say if at all possible don't part it out, as you say it's a unique 1 of a kind, and mechanically it still seems fairly sound.
14:05 ... saay.. a Mad-Max solo could be interesting! there is a ton you could do with this!! strip the rest of the body off and make it a sand rail.. or, re-work the body that is left and make it your own!! [wish i could work on this.. i'd LOVE to...] now... about that Ford Escape Conversion...
Mad max was my first thought too Hehe
Thoughts and prayers for your potential loss. I'd like to think that you'll bring this back to life again in yet another entertaining and money making video adventure.
Heads-up, a boat shop can help you with the fiberglass.
You've taken on crazier projects, and your Edge is likely to need son similar cosmetic work.
If you need encouragement to fix the banged up panels, I am offering it.
Oh, and when you are ready to paint the replied panels, you could get Robby Layton to help with that, and you could bring your Trabant to drag race Rory Irish.
Please?
Oh jeez... I feel for you!
Having lent stuff out and have people not treat it how you'd have hoped... I just don't any more.
Fingers crossed it lives on in some other form.
All the best.
Yikes, I'm glad nobody was seriously hurt. I think the nature of this accident makes it kind of a relief that this vehicle never really made it in the marketplace, as it wouldn't have been long before it would have become a huge source of much worse accidents.
Time for the world's first Solo convertible! Make a canvas soft-top held in place by clips or strong magnets, foldable to store in the frunk. Maybe a fun airbrushed paintjob of a wizard riding on a chicken? Maybe go faux Mad Max on the styling? Whatever you do, have fun goofing off with it!
Good thing Dan's okay! And, well you do have another one... And hey how about turning old 38 it into a roofless version! Not sure how the laws are in Missouri but where I am 3 wheeled cars are legally motorcycles and don't need windshields. You just need something to cover your eyes (preferably a full face helmet)
As a dog, I have only witnessed your Factor suggestions and tried them myself, even though you did not recommend them for my use.
Glad no one was significantly hurt in the accident though, despite the flimsy, probably-unsafe build for such an incident.
Watching you partially disassemble this poor thing had me emotional. Such a rare car in an impossible state to solve. I dont know what I would do with it were I in your position with unlimited funds. It'd figuratively tear me apart to literally tear it apart, but also hurts to see it sit in such a sad state. From an emotional standpoint, might be well to look at it from the flipped perspective- anything you do with it from here can be considered a success in saving the car, no matter what you do with it! Roadster it, make some 3D printed parts to replace the fiberglass, weld in a cage to make it safer than stock. And more- now that it has been flipped, you can push it a little harder without risking ruin of a unique car, since that's already happened outside your control!
You sure know a lot about cars for a dog ... 😂
A windshield and roof delete for the first Solo Roadster, AG-X1 Edition (Aging Wheels, Experimental #1). Keep doing what you do 👍‼
You're being very calm and fair to "Dan". Kudos to you.
It's a video on the internet. He is not going to go into a rage. He obviously could be very upset off camera.
@@mediocreman2some people play it up even more on videos for the clicks / drama
What's he supposed to do? It sucks all around. Dan didn't do it on purpose, and probably didn't even drive it unnecessarily aggressively. I doubt a left hand turn in a busy intersection is where you would decide to give it hell...
I agree with some of the other comments, make a mad max solo. Cut the top off, build some sort of external roll cage. Maybe even a place for a smaller generator on the back. Go do a gambler race or even wasteland weekend. I'll even make you an outfit if you want and send it over to you 💪
Definitely agree with the other folks that the fiberglass is totally fixable. Find a boat, jetski, surfboard, or other floaty thingie repair person nearby, im sure there are plenty.
Definitely dont trash it. Worst case, I can do this work, but I have zero time so I can't really offer my services....but I'd totally buy it.
Solo rebuild series! Here we gooo!
SuperfastMatt could make that windscreen or at least something good enough. He did it for his landspeed car. I'd love to see the content from the two funniest guys on the internet.
God forbid that poor oven is dragged up from the grave.
@@cathallawlor989 He could 3D-print a new oven 😁
Good idea to team up with other RUclipsrs. Get 'er done and get content . . . for everyone!
he can help with the composite material repair for the roof too. he'll need someone to make the ham sandwich for that though
You should put a tube frame around it put some off-road tires on it, add a lift kit off like a ATV and make it like some cool off-road mud buggy rock Crawer thingy.
The ads continue to be absolutely amazing.
"Sorry dogs"
Edit: sounds like you need to create the first open air Solo
Time for a speedster solo. No windshield, no roof, just a roll bar (which is apparently required).
Fiberglass repair is messy but possible ... a good glass shop can make the windshield and roof
I wish I lived close enough to do the body work on it (I do fiberglass all the time.on boats)
I would swap the equipment into a another car, electric swap another small Fiat or a trabant
Build an exo cage and harness, so you can freely roll it without hurting anything or anyone, and have fun making awesome content of you rolling your solo. Maybe put training wheels on it?