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Benny, I just wanted to let you know that I watched your channel through my cancer treatment, and it really helped. And my cat likes watching also.
Thanks mate, I hope you’re on the mend .
Knowing what a terrifying time a cancer treatment is I feel for you dude, hopefully you are on the upside of life again like me. Cancer fricking sucks.
I wish you a speedy recovery and keep watching the videos. 🙂
Benny, we love you cause of how honest you are, and your actions speak volumes. Just do your best to relax and enjoy your life when you can mate, we will all still be here. Bottom line you look after yourself and family first and if people don't like it, the door is that way -->
😂G-yarn, Gian, Mr Camera man.. I reckon we need to know about you. You do some smashing stuff 👏 and tbh without you BCW just wouldn't work, well wouldn't produce the same level of content.... so fricking understand you are appreciated 👌🍻 cheers
Nice widebody cappucino there Benny.
Benny it’s because your just a genuine fella having a go and doing what it takes to earn a living and having abit of fun with your mates whilst doing it
Yeeehaw! I'll support you till the day I die bro!
Great stuff. ‘ what’s the secret to your success?’ 100 hours a week and bloody hard work.
Respect
Hearing you say you've pulled back on fb but your still liking stuff in my group must mean I'm doing something right, cheers dude and great vid
Gotta keep up with the good stuff :)
Love the Simpsons reference at 1:00:32
Shoutout Benny. Glad you show all the real stuff.
Thank you for doing this. I'm looking forward to all the content ahead.
Thanks for updating us Benny and Gian. Love the content and imo you're correct the clarity and knowledge on your channel is why I watch it every week, we appreciate your hard work and dedication.
Really enjoyed this "warts and all" look back - Great work.
Great job guys. I love how down to earth you are Benny, just a bloke doing what he loves, and the way Gian captures it keeps it real yet entertaining.
Benny, "Simply" I take my hat to you, Sir,
Thanks for being you Benny. Your videos have given me something to look forward to in both the good times and bad. One thing I enjoy in both your videos and Al & Woodys is that you take the time out to explain things. Not many people do and I take my hat off to you for that. Thank you.
P.S: I am glad the SVX lives on. I really liked what you'd done with that car as they were abit odd but cool as well. Cheers
Just filled out my snap on tools survey. Put Benny down as my “influencer” /you tube subscription . Techs and apprentices fill out the survey. Get the big man a sponsor
Snap on wouldn’t even reply to my emails 😢
@@BennysCustomWorks oof!
@@BennysCustomWorkstry Tekton, US based company but sell in most countries worldwide.
Pretty sure they’ve sponsored US channels at 200k subs before, probably not even top 40 in American automotive channels
Surely they would sponsor you given that your channel is one of the top automotive Australian channels. Probably top 4 in terms of actually building and using tools
I put him in as one of my influencers in that survey too.
Thanks for share'n mate! 😎🙏 Kia Kaha
Benny you do an awesome job. A lot obviously would happen behind the scenes. Most self employed people work far harder that anybody ever sees.
Cheers Benny
Dude didn’t know you had a viper!!!! That is my top dream car!
Some of us don't get the final results from the hard work like yourself. Opertunitys don't happen or health gets in the way. But you shouldn't get pissy at people for succeeding. Benny has done well to get where he is.
I really hope you continue to enjoy the fruits of your labor Benny.
Thanks for answering my question. Be sure I’ll come find you to say hi if you ever make it over to the UK.
LOL at the run away train Simpsons question
Hard work is what made most of the folks we call legends- even most of the ones "born near the top". You've got a big part of it on the burner already and see where the false steps will be for yourself. Mistakes will happen, you will persevere with plan x if necessary. And you will take your family with you- sounds like a great plan to me! FR
so deep bro, the terms Sacrifice and Hard Work, true story. Same Here
Had to pause @58:46 just to say yep. Running a business is 24/7. Nuff Said.
Good advice about rural car enthusiasts hoarding.
currently have enough e36s and falcons/Fairmonts to open a junkyard. Couple e46s, only one merc. Sold and scrapped the holdens I had.
Get very good at repairing and learn what needs maintenance when you stick to only a handful of brands/models.
There is a 2 door R31 Nissan for sale on marketplace that would be great for a buildoff .......4k, with all the parts . Different , but in a good Square way , like the Cresta !!
A great Q & A was long but enjoyable to hear what's happening what's coming up in the future, I did a bad thing the other day on Barrel Bro's video which appeared in I left a comment and in my comment I suggested people score them selves a Valvoline Cresta Shirt which I have every dollar helps to keep the show on the road.
Keep up the good work Benny! Looking forward to the Morris 1100 content
6 second Cresta.... It really separates the gear head subs from the armchair subs I guess. I suspect a lot of the people asking about a 6 second Cresta have been watching ole Cleetus and have the misguided notion that 6 seconds is the logical next step after 7s. Mullet has been built from the ground up to run 6s, it was a 6 second car from the day it rolled under it's own power. Every aspect of that car was built to handle huge power and be as light as possible (for what it is). Just look at Ruby, her best pass is a 7.4x right now, without major modifications I don't see her running faster than maybe a 7.3. The entire rear subframe has already ripped itself free of the chassis once with her current power level. Ruby is a Corvette with fiberglass body, light weight chassis and she has been gutted for drag racing. The Cresta probably weighs a good 100 - 200kgs more and makes less power.
To get the Cresta into the 6s would take a full rebuild, new suspension, custom chassis, light weight quarters, hood, doors and trunk etc and much more power. Then months if not years of testing and upgrading the weakest link. All of which costs time and money. Cleetus only shows a fraction of the work done on his cars to get them to go faster, he does an amazing job making it look like a bunch of regular guys are just blindly wrenching on their hoopties and going fast but the reality is, he has a highly skilled team and access to some of the very best custom parts money can buy. Mullet's engine and trans alone probably cost more than the Cresta and everything Benny and the boys have put into it.
The fact the Cresta even has 7s on the table is a testament to the skill and dedication of Benny and his team. Well done guys, looking forward to seeing the first 7.90 or better pass!
Leroy might get there too, but there’s a pretty beefy rear end and extensive work done there too.
Ruby is breaking rear ends like no tomorrow
@@dylanzrim3635 Yeah, Leroy is pretty obvious, you can probably count the original parts left on him on one hand. He's just a roll cage with suspension and a drivetrain at this point. Right now he's pretty rough though, they need to make some modifications to his new rear end and dial in his suspension properly. Watching him go down the track is pretty sketch atm, far too much hop, it almost looks like the wheels aren't balanced but they are. The dyno pulls really showed how rough that new back end is as it stands.
good to see another cleetus fan
@@Xaltar_ if that ain’t on brand for them I dunno what is. They’ll get it dialed
@@Xaltar_ all that's really left of Leroy is the middle tub. And I don't know how much of that is left.
Still warms my heart to see him getting attention again (as did seeing Tye and Zack winning on the weekend)
I loved the honesty in the episode. Refreshing to see for an automotive channel. Loved the 3 spoke wheel discussion for the Viper. Personally the 3 spoke design for the Viper is the only 3 spoke that works and only for the design of that vehicle.
It would be interesting if you had a chance to visit the UK as you have some family history with older UK vehicles. The UK had a much wider selection of vehicles compared to Oz due to the size of the market so would be fun to see if you'd bring anything home with you. Plus whatever this mystery UK project is you have in the works.
Also interesting what you said about the passing of a family member giving you the finances to start the BCW channel. Firstly, sorry for your loss. Secondly though, I have found that the automotive YT niche kinda requires some kind of financial or notoriety backing to gain traction and pretty much needs to be a full time job. Almost all the automotive YT channels I watch come from having some kind of money behind them, know an already established channel or started way back when YT was young, like MCM. So respect for being honest about that 👍
The episode may have been an hour long but you made it fun and informative and I enjoyed watching it 😊
As a 61 T Bird owner really keen to see what you can do to it!
Ah the GM 30min clutch when I started my apprenticeship at Vauxhall we saw a few on Cavaliers and mk2 Astras. They came with the pressure plate compressed with metal clamps. Great idea for a speedy job
My dad did his apprenticship at vauxhall in the 70's. From that point on until he died he could walk into any vauxhall dealership, show them a tie and get 25% off any new vauxhall. One time he trold me a story of an american women who had rented a senator from (i think) gatwick. She got half around the m25 before pulling into a vauxhall dealer complaining the car was hot and would not cool off. They called me dad. He rocks up and looks at it, baring in mind it had been parked a couple of hours at this point, the car i still cooking inside. So he has them pull the engine and box. It was a little tricky coz the nobody could handle the gearbox but once it was on the deck he opened the inspection hatch and found LIQUID METAL where the gearset had been.
Said american lady had rented a manual car, assumed it was an auto and then proceeded to do motorway speeds (or at least try) in first gear.
@@M3PH11 I've heard pretty much the same story about that while there!
I use to own a 1963 Thunderbird convertible 👍 I always thought a great mod would be to drop in a manual stick (the center console has plenty of room for it) and a Cobra Jet engine. Then make new “ThunderJet” logos for it!!! 👍
I didn't realise you were 34, wow, genuinely thought you were older. Pretty good achievement you've got with cars etc to date then.
Would love a monthly recap
Freaking love to see how far your channel has come mate amazing work. Hope to see you soon for a catchup.
Sounds great mate, congrats on your recent wedding too !
Do love the stagea
This was a great episode, I downloaded the video and used it like a podcast on my drive this morning.
I've said it a few times that I think Benny and I would be great mates with being in 30s and feeling 70 something, Bennys leg I'll relate to with my bent spine, the F40 thing too, I'm not a supercar guy, but they were my dream too, carbon fibre, turbos, 90's, it's good, we seem to share a similar mindset too. I've just started in the last 12 months my journey to automotive self employment too, cam confirm the hours that go into keeping food on the table and roof over the head, I still doing 45 hour weeks as an employee plus the 40-50 hours a week building my own business is haaaaard, especially with the kids.
Appreciate all you do, Benny and the BCW team.
I have a bent spine too :D
@@BennysCustomWorks ayyyyy scoliosis bros ♥
@@Elxmo mines across as one of my legs are 25mm shorter than the other :)
Great stuff. Never knew you liked Camiras’. I missed that vlog?
I loved them, I did my apprenticeship at a Holden dealer in the 80’s. Did a clutch in 25 mins. Fitted factory air in 3.5 hours cause the evaporator was fitted through the engine bay.
The throttle body injection 1.8 JD was underpowered crap but the JE 2.0 ported fuel injection was impressive. Did Maroubra Sydney to Southport Gold Coast 8 hrs 17 mins overnight. Before cameras. 😅
They were well engineered cars.
@@BennysCustomWorks They got a bad rap for falling to pieces, but that's simply because they were designed, engineered, and built down to a price in a desperate attempt to maximise GMs profits during a time they were haemorrhaging money, and they simply weren't up to the kind of life they would live in one of the hottest driest toughest countries on Earth (with some of the shittiest roads).
Didn't help that the engines would just keep running after you switched them off, though.
Was a Cosmo for sale on the side of the road for 10k in 2018, only about 30km from my house, took about 4months to sell too.
Kinda wish I hadve got it instead of just checking it out and appreciating it every time I drove past.
Missed the Simpsons reference with the runaway freight train question 😢
I did :(
Cheers for the Q n A Benny. I enjoy your channel because of that raw feel and your obvious aim to be as genuine as possible throughout. I can't stand the hollywood-style content that seems to plague a ton of channels. I suppose the flip side to that is indeed the relatively slow growth because so many people today live in lalaland and yearn for artificial nonsense and relentless stimulation with high video frequency. You seem to do everything you can not to fall prey to that while still accommodating commercial agreements with the people who appreciate the values you represent and put forth. At the very least, your approach will tend to attract a fan base that's much less fickle than most. All the best going forward.
Love the channel Benny keep it up thanks for sharing you're knowledge 👍i look forward to seeing more of the cresta and have a fg ute as well but when you started talking about rotarys I can just see a a nice 13b turbo or maybe even a Na in the cyggy. Who knows👌
Would love to see someone like Benny do a Legnum VR4 quick build (nothing crazy). Just as a content gap filler, meant to be on sold. Not a common car, zero builds on youtube so it's at least different
Camira based platforms were common because like 3 or 4 manufacturers used the same engine platform for their varying models with different levels of tune
It is true I live in rural Qld and there is two RX7s for sale here for under 30k S5 and a S2. And I know of a fair few Nissan's sitting in sheds.
Great Q & A vid! That viper....🤤
British mystery car that you have to pump the suspension up in 🤔🤔 Austin 1300 aka the land crab?!! One of them was my first car! 16 and 2½ straight pipe with a Coby lol it was very obnoxious looking back at it now 😅
As a self employed small business owner I can attest to the struggles for success and balance mate, but hard work ALWAYS pays off in the end, absolute respect for your approach and honesty, hands down one of the most genuine people on the interweb!!! Keep doing what you do and when the handicap gets around the 15 mark let me know and we can take a sneaky day off and go for a game of whack-fuck! 😂😂👍👌
Rough guess I’d say i’m 10-12 atm. Gotta put my cards in
@@BennysCustomWorks oooof!!! Well shit, you’d probably spank me around the first 9 then we’d even out! Takes me a while to warm up these days! 👌👌👌
If you read these, I would really love to the see that shop tools video happen!
Your a legend mate keep up the good work, I should dust of my clubs a go for a round .
Thanks mate :)
Sounds great
Just a heads up in regards to Barra support, since you are doing Sick Week, you might want to strike up a convo with Steve Morris (Tom Baileys engine builder) about that. He just recently did a Billet Barra in his shop so he may have some leads on different Barra stuff that could end up being helpful in a pinch.
Thanks mate, I’ve been watching Steve’s work.
People been doubting the Barra, Steve Morris is going to show it’s true power
I've had the same thoughts about the exhaust on my viper - mine is factory rear exhaust exit but there are no crossovers. Sounds better than side pipes imho but far far less cool.
I was thinking I might be able to get something organised right up the front when I fit extractors but I haven't found anyone that's tried it before so it could be a massive PITA for no gain.
Unfortunately due to being odd fire you'll always struggle to get a good note out of it, but by all means try some different exhausts so I can copy you haha.
The runaway train question is definitely a Simpsons quote
F40 ... always new you were a man of great taste Benny. ✌
I've had the thought of a Honda K24 in a Holden camira
soldering up the jets then drilling smaller is a temp solution for the webbers
It was a joke but yes was on the cards if we’d needed to go smaller
Hey benny! Great video giving us a lil insight into how much goes on in the background, question for you: would you ever consider an older pre EJ subaru like the brumbies and the L series. Got an l series myself and am trying to think of ways to make a unique car :)
I had a leone as a daily for ages, was a great car. I sold it to a mate who was then run into and it was written off :(
@@BennysCustomWorks ah damn! yeah theyre a great car for getting around in, been to the cars and coffee up your way a few times in it. Always someone who comes up saying they had one when they were younger :)
Good video! I missed the boat on asking a question. So I'll ask it now, how was the brandy and did you use the filters to drink it?
Thanks again mate :) I haven’t had a chance to crack it as yet
I remember when you could buy a registered running and driving RX-4 coupe for under a grand. Now a rusted empty shell is $30k+. I'd love a restored modernised RX-4 with a reliable mild (quiet) 20B turbo and 6-speed but I don't have the $150k to make that happen.
Yup, the way you make a 7 sec car into a 6 sec car is to make a 6 sec car to begin with ;)
I would love to see you customise a Mazda 121. Would be stupid, but exceptionally fun!
I actually looked for a cheap 121 but couldn’t find one :(
@Benny's Custom Works I learned to drive in a manual one, they are great cars. Hopefully you will find one at a reasonable price in the future.
@@BennysCustomWorks they call them 121 because they love a good money shift
Don't fret, all sidepipe'd vipers sound like a milktruck. lol
With a decent intake and some work on the exhaust, I’m sure somewhat of an F1 sound can be achieved minus high rpm
Could you potentially do a 2zz-ge project sometime? Would love to see what your expertise could do with it
Nice work, can you go to a lock up converter for all the mph?
Not easily
Benny completely misses that the runaway train thing is a simpsons quote haha
Yes, yes I did.
so when are we gonna see that Citroen gs rotary build
I missed the word being put out.
Benny, how did you come to the point of starting BCW and building it into what it is today? Are you making a living solely off of BCW-related work?
Video about all projects sounds good.
If you can tell, is Gian employed by BCW or does he work on your videos (near) full time?
He works on bcw projects but also has his own work, he also does all of the Barrel Bros edits among other channels and corporate video work
+1 for project video update/recap.
Damn i miss you showing up on the MCM eps with Turbo Yoda and the gang, somehow i missed that you also had a channel.
BMC, pump up suspension, Austin 1800 ?
Since your into the more oddball/cruiser rotaries what about a Roadpacer?
Ever thought about doing another longboi build (that BMW 750iL wagon was so cool)
Also is there a story behind the Ferrari wheels on the FG?
It's LONG been a dream of mine to build a luxo-cruiser Statesman DeVille with a twin turbo quadrotor making about 800 horsepower through a built 6 speed auto on airbags.
I’d love a roadpacer. Re the 488 wheels, I was searching yahoo auctions by size and pcd and they popped up . The rest is history
Did you put a price guide for the Ford ute? And when will it be for sale? Thanks
40k ono , it’s currently getting some touch ups then we’ll do a final vid. It’ll be available mid Jan
Where can we find coilovers for S12? :)
Volvo 360glt rwd hatchback perfect for a rotary just sayin :)
The money you’d put into buying a rotary car, may as well go into just the engine (built Rob Dahm spec)and throw it in a cheap but good chassis of some kind. Say an R31 or early Z/S chassis.
Or, a Sierra, jimny, pootrol shorty etc
Don't suppose your brit car is a TR7 with an LS swap? There's a fair few of those going around at the moment.
It’s not
❤️👍
You don't need to go gasless MIG if you live in the country - Elders stock and sell welding gas, and if you are ACTUALLY from the country, you know every town with more than like 50 people in it has an Elders.
Yes but field repairs are much better with gasless as you don’t need to worry about wind.
@@BennysCustomWorks gaskets is also the ideal method for galv welding, just hold breath and hope
Kevo the sicko is a VR,
well thats rude.. lol
😂
When will gian get in front of the camera?
You are saying that everything is so expensive now, but is there anything that isn’t expensive nowdays if one would like to build a fast car/race car?
No, but it just means we can’t do 10 different cars per year.
Are RX-8s as cheap in Australia as they are in the US? Because people are so spooked by the rotary reliability they go for nothing here, cheaper than S13s, cheaper than Miatas.
They’ve gone through the roof in the last few years
Woohoo Drag Challenge
i dno bro, tbh, video wasnt long enough :P
AKA don't call at dinner time people.
Greetings, have you ever driven an older Alfa Romeo?
I haven’t
@@BennysCustomWorks do yourself a favor and experience it. Truly a driver's car. Keep well.
PS iceberg/mudguard nice and shiny on top full of sh1t underneath.
Drive one, but don’t own one. Italian electronics icky
Would have loved to have seen the engineering process on the cresta, it's this topic that's done in the dark, avoided online etc.
Unfortunate you've decided to go to a twin cab ute, the Falcon is a much nicer vehicle besides not being twin cab, it's absurd how uncomfortable they are vs a Falcon or Commodore.
Pretty sure the build was on mighty car mods
@@dylanzrim3635 it was defected for not being engineered when it got back from America last time. So thanks.
I hope the British cars a Metro 😮
Parts car for a mini maybe :D
@@BennysCustomWorks Guessing Morris 1100/1500/1800/Tasman/Kimberly....given the hydrolastic reference.
Put a rotary in a kei car.
Is the 1jz going in Moogs mum's car??
any word on when there'll be stuff on the viper? Video's too long
It’s in the video.
@@BennysCustomWorks thanks, I'll search around
Second
missed my chance at the q&a, maybe i'll get an answer in the comments: want an fc?
Moist
Hopefully this dude Isaac doesn’t ruin your show and turn it into MCM jr. seriously, I watched MCM for years until I had the opportunity to directly interact with Marty and Moog and saw how little they give a shit about the people spending thousands on their merch.
You’re awesome Benny and I hope you Stay Awesome!
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