- We talk about cars quite a
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is talk about your guys cars. And without you guys, we wouldn't be here. So today I'm joined by my best friend in the old day world, Mr. Nolan Sykes, and we are gonna rank your cars. I'm James, he's Nolan. This is the D-List. A big thanks to Skillshare for
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Skillshare's Premium Membership. Now, back to the show. We put a call out for you... We put a call... - We put a call out for you guys to submit your cars through our Instagram. James, I think you were expecting what, like a couple hundred entries? - Yeah, turns out we
got over 4,000 entries. We literally did not have enough time to go through them all. So, if you don't see your car on this list - Sorry. - Now, we're not here
to roast anybody's car. Project cars are a very personal thing. It's really not our style, but we are gonna break them up into four distinct categories. At the top we got Too Nice To Drive. This is a very high level build, something that you would be too nervous to take to Ross Dress for Less. - Okay. - Then we got, I Want This Car. This is a car that we want. This is a car that we
would drive on the weekend, if not every day. - Pretty self-explanatory. - Right below that we have, It's A Good Ship. It's a pretty nice car. - Okay. - And then right below that we got, At Least It's Got Soul. Everybody's project car has merit. Every car is cool. If you love it, we want to
encourage you to keep loving it. Keep working on it, keep driving it. Without further ado, let's get started. Up first, we got Frank Bouch. With his 2JZ Swapped Infinity G35. The Nissan 350Z's slightly fancier cousin. Frank bought this car at Bone Stock and for years he's
wanted to do a 2JZ swap. He finally achieved his goal, and he uses his car to do
half mile rolling drags. - Pretty sick. - And one of the coolest
parts about this car, is it has a baby seat in the back, for his kid, who's now addicted to
boost which is pretty sad. - I like the color a lot. - I like a lot about this car. - Yeah. - I think the wheels are really cool. The 2JZ Swap obviously
big old single turbo. - Awesome. It looks like it's really cleanly done. Like really well put together. Obviously Frank put a
lot of time into this. I have found one thing
I don't like about it. - What? - And that's those
stickers on the headlights, that make it look a little angrier. Do you see those? - Are those eyebrows? - I don't like eyebrows. Oh, we gotta give it a category. I don't know it's like
yeah, it's cool man. - I think it's a good ship. - [James] Okay, it's a good ship. - That's a good car. - Good job, Frank. - [James And Nolan] Oh. Okay, so this is Philip Phabworks. That's your real name? - Incredibly, - Incredibly.
- Convenient. - So Philip Phabworks
submitted his 1982 Chevy C10. I love a good C10. This was his dad's work truck since 2005, it's gone through two engines
and two transmissions. Changed the grill and
the trim, lowered it. It's got big old 20 by nine inch steelies. - It's a big wheel. And it's a very sentimental truck. - Obviously I really, really dig it. I'm going to say, I want this. - [James] I want this car. - Yeah, I want this car. - Like that is a car that I wanted before we started shooting this video (chuckles). And I'm looking at this
picture of this one right now. I still want one. - I want this car. - I want this car. - [Nolan] Oh!
- This one's very special. This is Ralph Ruiz's 1990
Koenig Special Porsche 928S4. Now right off the bat the 928S4 is, one of the more desirable 928s. And this one has a lot of
really cool period correct mods. This thing was in a Japanese
collection for years. It has 28,000 original miles. Like I said, this is a period
correct Koenig widebody kit. - That's really cool. - And it's got Borbet Type-As, which are equally period correct. And honestly a wheel that I've wanted since I started liking wheels. - [Nolan] That's a very
James wheel on there. - Yeah (chuckles). - But like, what I like
about this body kit on here, is that with the wider hips, it does make it look like some... It makes it look more like a 911. - Yeah, this is like a
big trend in the '80s. These like high dollar like tuner shop, wide body kits on Porsche's and Mercedes and BMWs. And to find one that's
in this good a shape-- - [Nolan] It's awesome. And look at that engine bay too, it looks really clean. Like this thing was obviously
taken very well care of. How would you rank this? - I Want This Car. - [Nolan] You want this? - It's got an automatic which
is kind of like me to me, but it's like a grand touring car. I would love to take
this car on a road trip. - Yeah, for sure. - I'd love to drive like 500
miles in this car and then, I'd drive 500 (mumbles) (James gibbers) (James and Nolan laugh) - [James And Nolan] Oh! - This is Drew Peralta's RWB Porsche 993, my personal favorite
generation of the 993. I know I'm very original in saying that. Drew is from the Philippines. The color was inspired by
McLaren tobacco orange. You might notice that on the side, the word Tubero, and you might be thinking, "Is it a turbo?" It might be. But Tubero means plumber. And his dad was a plumber and he put it on there to remind him of his humble beginnings,
how far he's come. And he has come very far. That is a very expensive,
very cool looking car. - I would like to own a RWB someday. So, I Want This Car. - [James] I think it's Too Nice To Drive. - [Nolan] Yeah, I
wouldn't want to drive it. (James laughing) - This is like a car that you get like a nice,
like industrial loft apartment with like a big old
garage door on the side, and you just park it in your living room. - And then you do like
a cool Instagram story where you're like drinking
your very artisan coffee, and then you like pan up to your car, and your like (chuckles),
"View from the office." - Yeah. (James and Nolan laugh) - Ooh. - This is a couple car, Helen and Alex. We don't know their last name. May be on purpose. What are you hiding, Helen and Alex? What are you hiding? A crime? (Nolan laughs) - Alex bought this car
in 1994 for 5,000 pounds. - 5,000 quid. - This is a Renault 5 Turbo 2, one of my favorite cars of all time. The couple sold it in 2005. And then when the new owner passed away, they bought it back from their family, and restored it to its current look. The base Renault 5 is
a very consumer level, front-wheel drive, front-engine car, but then, they decided they
wanted to do a rally racing, so they put a turbo four-banger, in the middle of it behind the seats, and made it rear-wheel drive. It's a fricking certified hit. (car honks softly) - [Nolan] I love you so much. - Yeah. - [James] I want this car. - Yeah, I want it too. And look, they took a picture
in front of the same building, it looks like with the car. That's very goals. #goals.
- [James] #goals. - [James And Nolan] Oh! What a German car so far. This is Dustin Shipman's 1996
Volkswagen Golf Harlequin. They came like this from the
factory only released in 1996. They made I think 236 of them. This is number 64. There's a pretty active
community of Harlequin owners. They all know the number they got. This one has a Turbo VR6 in it, which is pretty sick. - That's really cool. With like engine swaps and stuff, is it like, like these are super rare cars but, is like modding these things
look down upon like this. - I think that's what's so cool about the Volkswagen community. There's not really a purist
vibe to like any of it. - I wouldn't want to drive this per se, but like if I saw this
a side of me to be like, "Dustin? That's really cool, man." - [James] It's A Good Ship. - [Nolan] It's A Good Ship. (James and Nolan laugh) Keats Maxwell's 1983 Ford Bronco. - Dude, if your name is Keats, this is the car you gotta drive. - This truck nickname is Montrucky, which is a rare three pun combination, three-word pun. It's a very rare three-word pun! - Max, I need you to do
like a graphical overlay. - Okay, hold on, try and follow with me, okay? So he's from here, Montana. But he says Montucky. Because right over here where I'm from, it's where rednecks are
from, but he's a redneck too. So he's saying I'm from Montana but I'm also like from Kentucky where the redneck trash like me is from, but then, it's a truck. So it's called Montrucky. Brilliant! (James and Nolan laugh) All right, he saw it
on the side of the road and was just like, "I need that." I think we can all relate
to that, especially Nolan. - [Nolan] I think It's A Good Ship. I wouldn't drive it-- (James laughs) - I love this car. Graham Gregoire's 1992 Supercharged V6-- - Wait, wait, wait. That's probably the V6 from
like the Odyssey, the minivan. Oh my God.
- [Max] It's J series - It's got a blower, James. That would stick out the hood. It's the best of all worlds, dude. - And also if you notice the
engine bay is really clean. - It is very clean. - He added manual brakes
and removed power steering to achieve that look, which makes me like this dude even more. Graham Gregoire, I love you. - Dude, that's sick. - (laughs) I love your car. The perfect combination. (mumbles) hilarious and bad-ass - [Nolan] I want a Honda. Yeah, I want this. - [James] I Want This Car. This is maybe my favorite car on the list. - So far, this my favorite, yeah. A lot of Volkswagen.
- What? - What's going on, James? - What? I like 'em. (Nolan laughs) I never said the list
was chosen at random. This is Shelly Veira's MK2 Golf. Now Shelly is a mom. She's owned this car for 17 years. She taught herself how to work on it. She's done two motor swaps. - That's really cool. She did a two liter ABA,
which is the Mk3 Golf motor. And now it has a 1.8t in it. - Oh sick, that's turbo. You don't really see a lot
of early Golfs anymore. - I do think that there was
like a certain generation of people who like modded these cars, and a lot of the really nice
examples are in garages. - Okay, if I was to ever buy a Volkswagen, I would want like an earlier-- - Like a Mk2? - Mk2, or even Mk1, I
like those a lot too. - Yeah. - [Nolan] I think It's A Good Ship. - [James] I think It's A Good Ship. - [Nolan] This is really cool. And I love that Shelly's
had it for 17 years. - Yeah, that's awesome. So this is James Moss's
1987, surprisingly, Citroen 2CV. It's one of those cars that
like didn't get a redesign ever. - No, I can... Why not? (James and Nolan chuckle) - What's even more shocking Nolan, is James bought this car
when he was eight years old. How did you buy a car when you were eight? - (chuckles) That's insane. That's cool. It looks like it's been lowered
a bit, I would say, right? - Yeah I like the wheels. He spent years tinkering on it. Finally got it running when he was 16. He's got a flat 2. - That, Oh! - And it makes 35 horsepower. - That's so cool. It's A Good Ship, man. That's cool. - [James] Yeah, It's A Good Ship. Good for you, James. And honestly man, take a vacation, you've been working since you were eight. (Nolan laughs) - [Nolan] Ooh. - This is Jose Guadalupe
Morales Ornelas's, 1972 Mustang Mach 1. His dad has had this car for 20 years, before giving it to Jose for graduation. Congratulations on that.
- That's very cool. - They worked on it
together for five years. And his dad is a truck driver
so he's on the road a lot. And Jose says that, the experience of building it with his dad was kind of a rare thing
because he is traveling. - Yeah, that makes sense. Wow. - Great way to bond with your son. - [Nolan] So cool. - [James] This guy's (mumbles). - [Nolan] Yeah, that's really awesome. - [James] Jose, I'm so
jealous of your dad. I'd love to be your brother. Maybe your daddy can adopt me. I want this car. Get a CB radio in there. - Hell yeah. Oh, you know he's got one. - (laughs) No, dude. He's gotta got that backup for the CBs. - I love it. I mean, Kentucky Cobra of course. - Yeah Kentucky Cobra. - (mumbles) Bigfoot. - Hell yeah. (James laughs)
(Nolan laughs) Dude, let's go do some (Nolan laughs) Interstate crimes. (Nolan laughs) This is one of my favorite
ones on the whole list. This is Shelby Altman with a $700 Miata. He got it on Facebook for 700 bucks. Started autocrossing it. - Hell yeah. - And he's gonna take it
to the track this summer. This is a quote, he's "Ballin on a budget "and just trying to
send it with the boys". - That's the attitude you gotta have. - Which is awesome. This is the reason that we put, At Least It's Got Soul. (James and Nolan laugh) This is why we make videos. - Yeah, Shelby like makes
up our core audience. - Yeah, when we make videos
we picture you Shelby. I also knew you'd like this
one because of autocross. - Yeah, love that autocross. Come on out to Fontana,
I'll see you there. - Which they also call Fontucky. - They do. - Okay. (Nolan laughs) So we're over here in California. (video beeps) The next few cars on this list
are from the Donut Discord which is just one of the perks
of our membership program. There's a channel on the Discord where people post their cars. (James mumbles) - All right, let's check them out. This is Sabathor. - Oh. - What? Sounds like this dude got a big old sword. (Nolan laughs) - Sabathor says, "Hey
everyone, I'm new around here. "I'm from the UK. "And I've been loosely
following "Donut" since 2018. "I drive a Z2 Land Rover "with a lift kit, a snorkel for swimming, "a winch and bumper." - You know I would assume that Brits would have different
names for those like mods. Like a snorkel would be like, "I've got a (mumbles)." (James and Nolan laughing) - I was like honestly surprised that like, he was calling our
shows, what we call them. (James and Nolan laugh) And like they didn't have a
nickname really Money Pit. Like, "In the UK we call it Quid Hole." - Quid (laughs). - I want this car. Yeah, I would daily this car, it'd be slightly uncomfortable. It's A Good Ship, for me. (virtual audience applauds) This is Hoodie's 2002 Tacoma. We are big fans of Tacomas. - I love it. - Hint hint, me and Nolan might be getting
some Tacomas coming up. - Why would you say that? - I don't know. Moving on. Hoodie says, "Sup guys, just joined. "Here's my little '02 Tacoma. "Money put got me ordering
a turbo for it soon." - I love it. I think this is super sick. I think those are Kansei
KNP wheels, I believe, they look like it. - [James] Oh, look at
Nolan with the wheels. Tacomas is like a inspired
choice for like the slam truck. - Usually they're so capable of-- - Exactly. But if you find like
a two-wheel drive one, do something like this. - You can put a little turbo on it, like Hoodie plans to do. Get yourself a little drift truck. (Nolan awes) A drift truck. (Nolan awes) I love it. - It's very cool.
- It's A Good Ship. - [Nolan] I actually want this. I'd try something like that for sure. - It's cool. Very cool. Good job, Hoodie. To learn more about the membership program you can hit the Join button below, or we'll do, we'll put a
link in the description. - Ooh, - This is my favorite car on the list. This is Freddy Pena's 1999 S15 Silvia by Nissan. Freddy is an active duty military member. So thank you, Freddy. He's serving in Japan right now. And he says that working
on the car helps them deal with the mental stress of
serving in the military. Yeah, he says he's inspired by Money Pit, which is very cool to hear. I love, love this car. - Yeah, that's cool. I'd be afraid to drive it actually. - Really? - Yeah, 'cause I'd be afraid if someone door dings
me with that cool paint. It's so nice. That's a Too Nice To Drive, for me. - I think it is very nice. Almost too nice to drive, but not quite. I Want This Car so bad and it's... Yeah, I want it so bad that, the fact that it's too nice to drive, doesn't even enter into
the equation for me, because I just want it. It's like the fricking Japanese Mustang. - Yeah, it's cool, yeah. Julian Serna with his E30 M3 Touring, and you might be wondering Nolan, "I didn't know that they made a M3 wagon." They didn't. (Nolan awes) He's actually found a conversion for sale and then brought it back to life. - That's really cool. Painted it Daytona Violet, which is one of the
coolest BMW colors ever. - Daytona! - The darkest city. (Nolan laughs) This is probably our Max's
favorite car in the list. - [Max] It's up there. It's up there.
- Yeah. - Cause yeah, it's awesome. I think it's a nice ship. I'm not like a BMW guy, but like if I saw that I'd be like, "It's awesome." - You know I would stop and
look at it for a very long time, in a parking lot. - Yeah, for sure. (James laughs) - Corey Sellic Offroad 1990 BMW 525i, code named "Steel Of Death". (Max and Nolan laugh) Okay. Bought her for $1,400. It's got 320,000 original miles. - Wow. He daily drives it. He rallies it,
- Yep. - And he took it to the
King of the Hammers. - That's hilarious. That picture with the
big old rooster tail, looks like they're out at Johnson Valley, for that show. That's a really cool photo by the way. That looks like a ton of fun. Looks like a barrel of monkeys dance. - I love that this car exists. - [Nolan] Yeah, It's Got Soul. (James laughs) - [James] Darwin Cipion's
Big Turbo B5 Audi S4, laser red. - I love it. - He brought it back from the dead, which is not surprising. (Nolan laughs) (mumbles) experience with his S4. - Yeah, I broke it. It's got a big old Single Turbo. Of course from the factory
it came with a twin. - Oh yeah. That's interesting. Is it like more reliable? - Mopowa Babeh! Mopowa Babeh! - I haven't heard that in a while. - All right, it's got 540
horsepower to all four wheels. - I love it. - I love the like newer Audi wheels on it. - [Nolan] They look a
little big on this car. - Probably yeah, I could deal
with a little bit more neat. I don't want this car. I would break this car. (Nolan laughs) And then I couldn't
afford to fix this car. - Is (mumbles) on, does
he still have his-- - Oh my God, Nolan. (Nolan laughs) I think it's a great car. I think It's A Good Ship. - [Nolan] I know better than the owner. (James laughs) - [James] This one's for you. (James laughs) - Christian Linn's 1953 Buick Special. It's got that patina. I know you love it, because you're a patinafile. - Don't say that. (James and Max laugh) Time capsule. All parts are there, everything works. I think you're wise beyond your years, and maybe someday I might meet you there. But I'm not a fan yet of the old-- - It's a different vibe than like, everything that we're about
on this channel buildwise has been like, "Fricking flow in the gas. "Beat the (beep) the car. "Go fast." These cars are not, you don't drive it that way. You cruise around, have a good time.
- Get a milkshake. - Get a milk shake, sure. (James chuckles) - Dude, you just don't
see Buick's representative very often, I think that's cool. - I respect it. I think it's... - [Nolan] I think It's A Good Ship. - [James] I think It's A Good Ship. Finally, we have reached
the end of the road, the final viewer car. This one is a really,
really cool one, Nolan. Is Brad Nielsen's US
Legal, federalized he says, R34 Nissan GTR. I don't know why it's legal. - It could be showing display, which I think is less... You can drive it only less
than like 2000 miles I believe. - Four.
- [Max] Four. It's a Motor-X car. To find out more about Motor-X check out the episode of "The Pass Gas" podcast, hosted by me and Nolan about Motor-X. We talked to some of the
guys that were deep in it. We got all the juice. We got that sweet juicy. - It's one of my favorite
episodes of the show for sure. This might be one of them. I'm guessing it probably is. Since it's like a very
desirable color and all that. - Unless he lives in Florida
because then no rules apply. - Yeah, it's Florida legal not US legal. - I've come to grips with the fact that I'll never own an R34. 'Cause they're like
$300,000, 250, $300,000. I want this car. I would feel weird driving it. I think It's Too Nice To Drive. This is like industrial law, like exposed brick walls, like my bedroom is like a balcony, with like glass and like this
is parked next to my RWB. - It's really sick. Especially these midnight purple cars, are always really well taken care of. But then you look inside-- (James and Nolan laugh) This is Too Nice To Drive for me. - I want to thank everybody who submitted. Again, if we didn't get to your car, let us know in the comments. - Yeah, we got 4,000 entries. So we'll probably make
another one at some point. - Follow Nolan on Instagram
and Twitter @nolanjsykes - Thank you. - Follow me on Instagram
and Twitter @jamespumphrey. Follow Donut everywhere at @donutmedia. - Yeah, we don't have a
million followers yet. - On Instagram it's embarrassing. - We gotta get there. - Love you. (soft music)
