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Ruan Schneider
South Africa
Приєднався 14 тра 2024
Hi there, fellow gearheads, petrolheads, and automotive enthusiasts alike!
I’m Ruan Schneider from Cape Town, South Africa. Buckle up and get ready to dive into the exhilarating world of automotive restoration and transformation right here.
On this channel we get excited about broken cars because it provides us with the opportunity to fix them. The bigger the risk the better the excitement. Join us on the journey where we give amazing cars a second chance in life.
From in-depth tutorials and time-lapse transformations to thrilling test drives and heartfelt stories, we're bringing you along for every twist and turn of the road ahead.
Welcome to my channel - where every car has a story and their stories should be told. And we believe that every car deserves a second chance!!
Let's ignite those engines and make dreams a reality, one car at a time…..or maybe multiple!!!!!
I’m Ruan Schneider from Cape Town, South Africa. Buckle up and get ready to dive into the exhilarating world of automotive restoration and transformation right here.
On this channel we get excited about broken cars because it provides us with the opportunity to fix them. The bigger the risk the better the excitement. Join us on the journey where we give amazing cars a second chance in life.
From in-depth tutorials and time-lapse transformations to thrilling test drives and heartfelt stories, we're bringing you along for every twist and turn of the road ahead.
Welcome to my channel - where every car has a story and their stories should be told. And we believe that every car deserves a second chance!!
Let's ignite those engines and make dreams a reality, one car at a time…..or maybe multiple!!!!!
Saving An Abandoned G Wagon With Scrap Parts
Many years ago I purchased this 1981 G300D Mercedes Benz Gelandewagen as a non runner which I thought was a good deal but after spending time to fix it I just found so many parts missing and broken upon inspection that I was left with two options, one: selling it for parts or two: full chassis swap. I went with option two and failed to complete it. And now after being stationary for 5 years it is time I give my #mercedesgclass #460 #gelandewagen new life again. The goal is to get it running and driving using scrap parts only. This is PART1
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Full engine swap on 6x6 G63, Did it work?
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Finally after six years of standing and taking a massive risk in purchasing another #amg vehicle to save this beast of a #6x6 it looks like we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel on this #g636x6. Will the donor cars engine have what it takes to endure some punishment in rough terrains. Lets find out #6x6truck
Will it work? Risky engine swap...
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This is PART2 of saving the abandoned Mercedes Benz G63 6x6 amg Brabus edition that was collecting dust for 6 years So in this video we will find out if my mad idea of an engine swap is going to pay off... If not, then Im in big trouble .Goal is to fire it up and if all goes well then we can see what these monster trucks are made off...Enjoy
First G63 AMG 6X6 Brabus Rebuild On You Tube.
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When I saw the opportunity to save an abandoned #mercedes #6x6 #g63amg , I grabbed it with both hands. This vehicle was abandoned for over six years and I will finally bring it back to life. There is quite a bit of controversy on what happened and whose fault it is, but that's a story for another day. Join me on the journey as give this #brabus #g636x6 a second chance in life.
SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND MY PORSCHE 911 CARRERA
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In this video we will find out what really happened to my #porsche #911 #carrera , After we managed to track down the previous owner and contacting him in this video. I was lied to once again and this time I need you to help me decide on what we are going to do. I will also discuss purchase price in this video and some methods we will have to pull off in order to fix this car. Enjoy the journey.
First test drive after full engine rebuild and performance mods.
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This is where I start pushing my engine that I have fully rebuild a week ago for my #a45 #amg #w176 . The goal was too complete the car 100% and as always we had some surprises along the way. None the less that didn't stop us from completing the task at hand and getting this m133 engine to breath fire again. Enjoy the journey and remember I have something special planned for the future on this ...
STARTING MY A45 AFTER I DID A FULL ENGINE REBUILD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
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So after stripping my #a45 #amg engine down completely, I made a promise last week to start it this week. Oh boy did I regret this not knowing what an event full journey was awaiting me. But hey here we are I kept my promise #enginerebuilding is not for the faint hearted that's all I can say.
REBUILDING AN A45 AMG FOR MY SUBSCRIBER
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I was searching far and wide too find this #a45 #amg too rebuild it for one of my subscribers that has been a true supporter of the channel to show my appreciation. At the time he reached out to me was when I needed it the most and it motivated me too keep going so it was really special to me. Of course we had to get a far from perfect canvas to start with so that we can make it perfect. Were a...
Spending ALOT of money on my DESTROYED S65 AMG, and PURCHASE price reveal...
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With the engine removed on my Mercedes Benz #s65 #amg #v12 #biturbo coupe, it is time too decide what will be the most cost effective way of repairing this masterpiece that was abused and neglected by her previous owner. Then I need to buy all required items so that we can start on this repair. Because just looking at this car will not fix it at all. If this is your first time watching welcome ...
911 PORSCHE CARRERA REBUILT PART 1
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After spending time at the #porschemuseum which is the biggest Porsche collection in the world, I left on a mission to find my #first ever Porsche so I bought this #911 991.2 3.0 twin turbo #porsche Carrera(I think that's correct), sorry I have never owned OR worked on a Porsche so this one is special to me. I thought one thing is wrong and as I started off with the repair, soon found out that ...
FINALLY WE MADE IT FOR OUR MFEST ROAD TRIP TO KYALAMI GRANDPRIX CIRCUIT.
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Finally after a lot of promises a lot of hard work and a lot of money spent, we finally made it for our roadtrip to Kyalami #grandprixcircuit. In this video we still need to "quickly" fix one more problem in order to leave for our #roadtrip to the Mfest with my #wrecked #bmwmperformance #m6 that I rebuild. Here is the link for the full playlist on rebuilding the #bmw #mseries ua-cam.com/play/PL...
The more I dig on my S65 AMG V12, the more I want to cry...
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I bought a Mercedes Benz #s65amg #v12 #biturbo coupe that was sold with just an electrical fault but the deeper I dug the more problems I found that is way worse than an electrical fault. My plan was to quickly fix it whilst my #m6 was at the bodyshop as my "other" plan is to do a head to head battle between these two giants of sports coupe.I have since finished off my BMW M6 build. Now this is...
My BMW M6 is finally complete, well until I took it for a proper test drive and then discovered...
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This is PART5 of my journey in saving my #wrecked #mseries #m6 in record time to do a road trip all the way to Kyalami #grandprix circuit. So this was supposed to be my victory lap as in this video I was finally able to complete the build and do a proper test drive with some hard driving and only to find MORE problems that will probably force me to work through the night AGAIN as my departure d...
DRIVING MY CRASH DAMAGED BMW M6 FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND THEN IT WENT BANG!!!...
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This is PART4 of my journey in saving my #wrecked #mseries #m6 in record time to do a road trip all the way to the M Fest at the end of this month at Kyalami #grandprix circuit. So after working around the clock we have made massive progress as the paint job is almost complete and the wheels can turn under its own power but something made a LOUD noise and lets hope this is not the thing that's ...
THEY TOLD ME MY MERCEDES BENZ S65 V12 BI-TURBO HAS AN ELECTRICAL FAULT BUT THEY LIED TO ME...
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THEY TOLD ME MY MERCEDES BENZ S65 V12 BI-TURBO HAS AN ELECTRICAL FAULT BUT THEY LIED TO ME...
Rebuilding my BMW M6, discussing costs and what happened to the car and revealing our next project!!
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Rebuilding my BMW M6, discussing costs and what happened to the car and revealing our next project!!
Rebuilding my wrecked BMW m6 in record time to drive it to the M fest at Kyalami Grand Prix circuit.
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Rebuilding my wrecked BMW m6 in record time to drive it to the M fest at Kyalami Grand Prix circuit.
Rebuilding my "brand new"crash damaged BMW M6 to drive to the M fest, Kyalami Grand Prix circuit.
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Rebuilding my "brand new"crash damaged BMW M6 to drive to the M fest, Kyalami Grand Prix circuit.
Lets put the GLC63S AMG to the test before I reveal my next project in this video.
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Lets put the GLC63S AMG to the test before I reveal my next project in this video.
Picking up my crash damaged amg from the panelshop and finishing off build...
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Picking up my crash damaged amg from the panelshop and finishing off build...
But we just fixed it a few weeks ago and now we are taking it apart again?
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But we just fixed it a few weeks ago and now we are taking it apart again?
HOW I GOT THE WORLDS CHEAPEST GLE53AMG
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HOW I GOT THE WORLDS CHEAPEST GLE53AMG
I bought a crashed damaged GLC63S amg and Im attempting to get it back on the road. PART4
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I bought a crashed damaged GLC63S amg and Im attempting to get it back on the road. PART4
IF I don't make it in time then I might be in trouble... Part3
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IF I don't make it in time then I might be in trouble... Part3
Fixing the suspension on my crash damaged GLC63S AMG and driving it for the first time!!! PART2
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Fixing the suspension on my crash damaged GLC63S AMG and driving it for the first time!!! PART2
Rebuilding my crash damaged Mercedes Benz GLC63S AMG!!! PART1
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Rebuilding my crash damaged Mercedes Benz GLC63S AMG!!! PART1
WILL MY NEW GLE53 AMG START AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT AFTER A FULL ENGINE REBUILD???
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WILL MY NEW GLE53 AMG START AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT AFTER A FULL ENGINE REBUILD???
Full rain lap around the Nurburgring in a BMW M2 G87. NORDSCHLEIFE TOURISTENFAHRTEN
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Full rain lap around the Nurburgring in a BMW M2 G87. NORDSCHLEIFE TOURISTENFAHRTEN
JORGE MARTIN GERMANY CRASH 2024 ON THE SECOND LAST LAP.
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JORGE MARTIN GERMANY CRASH 2024 ON THE SECOND LAST LAP.
All round independent suspensions & chassis from an ML on to an old G? Bruh! You've earned a subscriber! I see you've modified the firewall too! If I'd make a suggestion, make the rear part of the body fit the chassis rather than modifying the chassis fit the body, if that makes any sense. That way you'll have a ton of space in the back. Regardless, good thinking bruv, this is a project I'd like to see to it's completion.
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Love all your G-Wagen videos and anything concerning frame/body swapping. Do you have footage to make a video on the frame swap mating it to this G’s body? Would love to see that! Did you use a 2006 - 2012 GL-class X164 frame and running gear? Thanks for making these interesting videos and letting us share the fun.
@@HLife719 Thank you. I will remove cab in the future to expose and explain it all as I never filmed the process 5 years ago. X164 has a unibody with subframes. This is a w163 which is the last frame chassis Mercedes made apart from the G range. And the X-class doesn’t count 🇯🇵
I‘m looking forward to that video! Will check out the W163. Would love to swap an old school body onto a complete running and unmodified chassis, so I can get it legally registered in Germany.
Well… I think it speaks volume that you sir incorporated a short snippet of EURO 🇪🇺MONEY 🇺🇸floating about instead of South African Rand 🤪👍😀… since the car is from Europe … ❤😂
I worked in the Parts dept of a Glasgow Mercedes dealer around 1984 or 1985 and fell in love with these huge tanks, like you it has been a dream of mine although at 56 now I don't see much chance of it happening for me so Im sub'd for your adventures
@@scottsorby7966 Thank you and enjoy the journey. You still have plenty of years to fulfil your dream as well
Timeless🔥🔥👏
Insane. Glad this showed up in my recommendations. Sending love from Namibia
@@shaqbrowny 👋🏼 🫡
Love hierdie content Ruan, keep it up!
@@francoislegrange153 🫡thank you
Great video, came here again from the 6x6 build and I’ll be following this one too. Good job with that wiring harnesses you’ve clearly got good patience 👍🏻
Amazing, thank you. My patient requires patience hahaha
@ I’ve rechassised and replaced the bulkhead on my Land Rover, I know where you’re coming from 👍🏻.
Ludicrous, R60 000 for basically scrap motor... My first house. Cost R44 000... Although in 1990
This is epic Love how you just get deep into a project from non runner to a car starting. Epic work and following this build closely.
amazing stuff. Appreciated
Albert Einstein or shall I say Frankenstein......brilliant bruh
definitely a Franky...
Bro, did you put a g wagon body on an ML chassis?.... Isn't the chassis, lockers and the military suspension what makes a g wagon what it is?
only if it is all there and it works.
@RuanSchneider-jd6fx true. Following... I have a 2005 w463 I've just finished doing a facelift on and a 1982 w460 with an M103 that I'm trying to get the engine running in between work. Respect to what you are doing cz these two have kicked my butt
@@bulzibit1Sounds epic... If they kick just kick back haha
@RuanSchneider-jd6fx lol I felt so good after I saw how long you had left your project I knew I wasn't alone 😂😂
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How you found this luck
This a great project
thank you
Получается он кузов от G-класса W460 установил на раму от ML W163?, 🤔такого я еще не видел, хотелось бы посмотреть на конечный результат
так много людей говорили, что это невозможно
I would have stuck an OM605 turbo in there with a manual injection pump from an OM602 so quick!
It's good that you have AMG parts lying around 😊
oh yes
You got us hooked on the G-Wagon content! Keep up the good work! Greetings from Romania! Keep it stock!
@@bogdanbacanu605 🕺🏻🫡
Rebuild? How many klm on?
@@MrTAKIS1984 40
@RuanSchneider-jd6fx had damage?
@@MrTAKIS1984 Yes. check out the playlist on my channel
Thats no langer a G Wagon !
Those Dutch people are so smart.
Kunnen jullie nog een beetje Nederlands lezen, of praten?
N nuwe uitdaaging, voorspoed
dankie.
An original G-Wagon. Great vehicle.
You should paint it in millennium jade color from a Nissan skyline gtr r34 👌🏼
That will definitely make it stand out.
@RuanSchneider-jd6fx yes it's a classic g wagon that color will make it look amazing I hope you will do it 🤙🏼
@@kingjimmy4770I agree with you 100% that color will look amazing
Awesome, it's great seeing content like this coming from home ❤🇿🇦
Hope you enjoyed it! 🇿🇦
🔥It’s official 🔥 🚀Ricer Wagon INCOMING 🚀 🤘🤣🤘
@@RicerBenz 🕺🏻
Get a G63 body kit on it please bro🙏🏿😭
noted
I bought a non running car and swapped the sun visor from it into new car! 😂😂😂😂💩
Are you even Human broo😮
Where do you get these cars from?
everything your hands touch, turns to magic.
Amazing skills!
@@JW-lo2bh 🫡
I dont understand how you can manage to do this. This is the best UA-cam channel for me right now. Cant wait for your future updates.
@@lwfabsman wow that’s a big statement 🫡 I will do my best to live up to it.
looking forward to seeing this unfold 👍👍👍
Wires for Africa 😂 Great content as always, looking forward to the rebuild 🙌🏽
Dude!!, I have to criticise you a bit here, your videos are TOO SHORT and your content is 🔥🔥🔥 please make time to make them videos longer. Love your work keep it moving!!!
Thank you. I will gradually make them longer. I still have a day job atm
Bro I’m now addicted to your channel😭 it 11 pm and I got school tomorrow but am still watching😭❤️❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it. Dont skip on sleep coz its important 😅
why would you put it on a w163?? the Gwagon would be worth the restore
it wouldn't make financial sense plus some of the components will go to my other G to complete that drivetrain.
🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦❤May you continue flying Mzansi's 🇿🇦 Higher Ruan
definitely, all the way!!!
can't wait for the next video !!!!
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Looking forward to the finished product
@@SaziJikela amazing stuff 🫡
You are a genius. Absolutely love your videos and your attention to details. Keep it up mate. Love from 🇬🇧 and 🇵🇰
@@nahmed92 Thanks man 🫡❤️
At this point Mercedes Benz should hire you as their mechanic!😅 Anyway I think It would be best if you keep the exterior of the benz as it is, oldschool bt inside upgrade it with that new dashboard, seat n everything else of the 2023 r 2024 g wagon. Now that would be the best build!
@@kevinhearts616 I think the end result I have planned is going to look amazing 🤩
@RuanSchneider-jd6fx cannot wait
Ruan is a genius....
In the UK they have Matt Armstrong in SA we have Ruan Schneider
Wow, cool project. There are only a couple of youtubers that have your electrical talents and they are in the US and UK. Great channel.
@@torstenhein2979 Thank you
Consider a second channel where you can show us more of the actual builds, like time lapses ect.
Time will tell otherwise a second channel is definitely on it's way , it is just a matter of time !❤.
@@grantcoetzee2838 It will come, it will come…🫡
I've been watching. I love the quality of your videos and the actual content. Each build you get more confident infront of the camera. I wish you best of luck for 2025 with your channel.
@@grantcoetzee2838 Thank you so much and thank you for the feedback 🫡
Anxious to see the next video 🎉
@@4verageYTuser Cant wait to graft for next upload🫡