One minute I’m watching Harry take a £400,000 Ferrari on a road trip to the Alps, next it’s a 28 year old Corsa having a new exhaust fitted in a garage in rural Wales. Marvellous
I watch Metcalfe as well, even if I haven't watched that one yet. I enjoy him as much as this channel and several in the same "solar system". Yesterday I went from Nick Carver (photography) and his latest video which is almost Hollywood-esque in it's attention to detail and composition to Kitch and the C6 on the rolling road. I don't like one more than the other. They just scratch a different itch. Given my interest in photography and also doing some videoography in the analogue era I do note Matt's (furious) compositions sometimes. It does show what he does outside of this platform if you have that background and pay attention.
Ooh that moment Ian was talking about his 2025 buffoonery plans, Carly gave him a magnificent "if looks could kill" Ian would be no more look. Carly firmly putting her foot down and guiding Ian back into line. Brilliant.
I do like this old Corsa. When I was a kid, my mum had a very similar one in 5-door, 1.2 petrol manual in the same colour, very much the same base Merit model (no cassette deck, no glove box door, no central locking etc), and even the number plate wasn’t a million miles off: R521 NDG. Great little cars.
That's a lovely little car, that Corsa - if I wasn't getting a free Fiat 500 next month I'd be making use of my over-60s railcard and heading over to you with a bag of cash...
Nothing quite like the tongue of an enthusiastic friendly dog in your ear when you are laying under a car and can't get away. Screams, curses and laughs only encourage it..
@@HubNut i remember doing the exhaust on my Renault 16, usually with better ones I found on scrappers - and no, lying on your back fighting sleeve joints and getting a faceful of rust for your efforts has nothing whatsoever to recommend it.
@HowardLeVert I am in the same boat as you, in the old days new parts were scarce and we spent Saturday morning in the scrap yard wrestling parts off their cars learning as we went so we could fit them on our own cars. There was no help except from the Haynes book of lies, which was better written then.... I can remember being up till 2am fitting a thermostat so I could go to work a few hours later the same day. Corn flakes boxes made perfect gaskets with a little goo to help them not leak.....
@@terryatkinson899 It wasn't so long ago I made a gasket for a mate's Morris Minor water pump using a takeaway leaflet and Asda's budget mineral water as coolant... the biggest issue I had was that the pattern of the centre box changed in around 1975... 🤦♂
Never really paid much attention to these little Corsa'sss. Turns out we have 17 of them in stock and on of our Customers has a White '98 Corsa GSI which He(VERY..) proudly showed me. Reminds me of those Vauxhall Nova's the kids across the UK went Loopy for years ago. Needless to say "our" Corsa's don't have much rust...or much of a fanbase😟. These are badged as Chevy's. Silly little Egg shaped things....😅.
Had the same issue with a Fiat Tipo sleeved exhaust joint. Ended up chiselling it off bit by bit, trying not to dislodge the car off the axle stands at the same time! Got it off eventually.
Ian , many years ago we had a special vibrating rig which could freeze in one spot making it impossible to take data . The only way to free the freezing area of the rig was to hit a metal L bracket with a large heavy hammer. So a small sign was made stating " if in doubt give it a clout " to free the problem.!!!!!!
I remember helping a mate straight pipe his corsa b 1.5td , much to our surprise neither the back box or centre box removal made any difference to exhaust noise, think it was better on fuel after though 🤔
When you think of all the condensation that builds up in a back box,you can see why the pipe inside corodes like it does,maybe that pipe should be extra protected at source
Same system as on my Tigra...just changed the lot for ease, the front 3 bots off the downpipe are all you have to tackle and "lucky for me" they came off just fine...
Excellent episode. Hilariously HubNut. Now I know what a back box is in the UK. A muffler. Years ago when I lived there such items were known as silencers. But language has a way of moving on. Just think -- Speedy Muffler over here in Canada could rename itself in a corporate re-org! They've tried a few times, but the name has stuck. Speedy Back Box has a certain charm though, and translated into Quebecois would be Service Speedy Boite Arriere -- slides right off the tongue!
Who needs International Rescue when there's Tim of Cambrian Classics and his 'Mighty Mallet of Doom'. I have to admit I felt mightily worried for Ian after Carlys use of the Paddington Hard Stare technique to emphasize the agreed schedule of tinkering works required and sticking to it 🤞😊
I don't know if you have been watching the Dakar rally Ian but there is a car you will love in the classic Dakar line up. The car in question is a 2CV. I think it is shown in the classic Dakar stage 2 highlights video on UA-cam.
“Not spark plugs and a battery!” did have me chuckling out loud. I’m also certain that if the phrase “open up the flange” had been uttered on a live stream it would not have been quite so dead pan!
My parents' old Corsa B had an issue towards the end of its life with a hair-like material coming from the exhaust pipe. I seem to recall a quick online search showed that it would've cost more to replace the exhaust than what the car was worth! RIP Corsa B, still missed!
@@HubNut I can't recall unfortunately how much they wanted exactly. I just remember that at the time, you could trade a supermarket meal deal for a Corsa B if you searched around enough back then!
I have done this sort of job with a hammer and a cold chisel, just get an old sturdy screwdriver under join, hammer it until the cold chisel can get in the gap and you're away. Edit: Ah, I see that's what you eventually did.....
@@HubNut I would absolutely agree with that statement.....but as I usually have to do this sort of thing on a (frequently) cold wet driveway, it can be done. I was younger admittedly but once did a Cavalier timing belt in a hospital carpark......fun.
@@iandennis7836Reminds me. Years ago I replaced the timing belt on my sister’s Cortina in a posh golf club car park. The stewards would be out every 10 minutes asking if I could please move those heaps out the way (I had a MK1 Escort rattle canned, 100% solid but built as a sleeper incl. vinyl roof ). Didn’t like it when I asked if they fancied pushing it 10 miles home. I used my ramps so much that we rebuilt the end of the drive with raw bolts and sockets for them and my engine hoist. Now the most I do is lift the bonnet to refill the washer fluid 😂
Also you fitted the wrong backbox to the Corsa as the standard replacement by the kids in the early 2000's was a huge sports exhaust that made lots of noise and made no effect to the power.
Might be too early with this comment. But could you cut off the exhaust pipe at the side which you are replacing - so behind the joint in this case - and then peel off the bits of sleeve ready for putting the new back section on? Edit: now realise this wasn’t today 😅
"Straight-through exhaust mod." When I were a lad, we called a hole in the exhaust "Stage 1 tune." And remember, for 2025 stay on the straight and narrow, or, as you're in rural Wales, the twisty and narrow. No motoring follies until existing jobs are sorted. Go on, and surprise and disappoint all your fans.
Quite clearly not baffled by the Corsa exhaust. Pajero Junior is also nearly fixed isn't it ? Bella and Betty recently sorted and Desmond is not a problem. Have to side with Miss Hubnut that Chemmy is the most in need of attention ~ don't you agree ?
@davidjack825. Charade is broken because one high mileage engine was replaced with another high mileage engine rather than a teardown and rebuild. Forget the economics of it. Miss HubNut loves this car.
I have a feeling there's limited genius in placing the silencer as far away from the engine as possible where it takes the longest to warm up. Of course, quite a lot of cars have it this way since there's usually space at the back, but if you don't drive it far enough it will probably fill up like a swimming pool with condensation...
Wow, tim really has you spoilt, maybe it's a combination of you being too busy, not your car and the cold weather. Ment you didn't do that job yourself 🙄
@@davidjack825 There's no stories or clicks in a car he doesn't have. Us commenting here just proved that. The car need not be drivable to work for the channel.
@@SoWereDoingWhatNow agree in theory but Ian often complains about the fact he has too many cars, Chemmy has already had one engine, now needs another. Miss H is clearly taken with Desmond so my opinion is that Chemmy should be next on the block.
@@s1914 And how does this affect you and why should you care? Are you the paying or tinkering? Do you understand this 'fleet' is for clicks and YT is not real life and much of what Ian says is 'showbiz'?
One minute I’m watching Harry take a £400,000 Ferrari on a road trip to the Alps, next it’s a 28 year old Corsa having a new exhaust fitted in a garage in rural Wales. Marvellous
I have been watching the Dakar rally and in the classics section there are some great cars including a 2CV
A combination of the haves and the have nots. Harry's got more money than he knows what to do with 😮
@@terryatkinson899surely not - I thought he was a poor farmer … 😉
I watch Metcalfe as well, even if I haven't watched that one yet. I enjoy him as much as this channel and several in the same "solar system". Yesterday I went from Nick Carver (photography) and his latest video which is almost Hollywood-esque in it's attention to detail and composition to Kitch and the C6 on the rolling road. I don't like one more than the other. They just scratch a different itch. Given my interest in photography and also doing some videoography in the analogue era I do note Matt's (furious) compositions sometimes. It does show what he does outside of this platform if you have that background and pay attention.
@MrStonegrove you would enjoy soup classic motoring UA-cam channel if you want to see some very good videos
You are very lucky to have Tim in your life!
Ooh that moment Ian was talking about his 2025 buffoonery plans, Carly gave him a magnificent "if looks could kill" Ian would be no more look. Carly firmly putting her foot down and guiding Ian back into line. Brilliant.
Ah rust, it bonds things you want to take apart, and detaches things you want to stay together, it's always working against us... :P
I do like this old Corsa. When I was a kid, my mum had a very similar one in 5-door, 1.2 petrol manual in the same colour, very much the same base Merit model (no cassette deck, no glove box door, no central locking etc), and even the number plate wasn’t a million miles off: R521 NDG. Great little cars.
Miss Hub Nut in the garage with a wire brush....Now thats a game of Cludo that sounds fun!
You can also use a grinder to grind the slot open further (the muffler is already broken), then you can bend the pipe open more easily.
If you want another set of ramps for some side-by-side tinkering I've got some you can have if you like 😅
Thanks but we have two pairs already. Somewhere...
That sounds appropriately Hubnut 😀
@@MultiVogonwhen I had 1 tape measure I could always find it, now i have 3 and they dissappear regularly 😊
That's a lovely little car, that Corsa - if I wasn't getting a free Fiat 500 next month I'd be making use of my over-60s railcard and heading over to you with a bag of cash...
If you hold onto the Corsa a little bit longer it'll be exempt from LEZ in Scotland, might make it work something to someone
Nothing quite like the tongue of an enthusiastic friendly dog in your ear when you are laying under a car and can't get away. Screams, curses and laughs only encourage it..
Great little tinkering video Ian, Carly and Tim.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A TIM
Tim nice but dim
After all your years of tinkering I cannot believe you let that exhaust beat you 😂
I never seem to have much joy with those sleeved joints. Barely any room to swing a hammer with it on the ground.
@@HubNut i remember doing the exhaust on my Renault 16, usually with better ones I found on scrappers - and no, lying on your back fighting sleeve joints and getting a faceful of rust for your efforts has nothing whatsoever to recommend it.
@HowardLeVert I am in the same boat as you, in the old days new parts were scarce and we spent Saturday morning in the scrap yard wrestling parts off their cars learning as we went so we could fit them on our own cars. There was no help except from the Haynes book of lies, which was better written then.... I can remember being up till 2am fitting a thermostat so I could go to work a few hours later the same day. Corn flakes boxes made perfect gaskets with a little goo to help them not leak.....
@@terryatkinson899 It wasn't so long ago I made a gasket for a mate's Morris Minor water pump using a takeaway leaflet and Asda's budget mineral water as coolant... the biggest issue I had was that the pattern of the centre box changed in around 1975... 🤦♂
My Borders guarding skills are much the same, Lol. Tim to the rescue, what a good man he is.
Its a tight fit plus rusty metal so not surprised it put up a fight.. I prefer flanges and spring loaded bolts as it allows an exhaust to flex.
Over the years I have aquired a collection of hammers of all sorts and sizes. Sadly this is a reflection of my mechanical fixing abilities.
Never really paid much attention to these little Corsa'sss. Turns out we have 17 of them in stock and on of our Customers has a White '98 Corsa GSI which He(VERY..) proudly showed me. Reminds me of those Vauxhall Nova's the kids across the UK went Loopy for years ago. Needless to say "our" Corsa's don't have much rust...or much of a fanbase😟. These are badged as Chevy's. Silly little Egg shaped things....😅.
Always enjoy the tinkering videos 🚙 🔧 well done team Hubnut 👍👍👍
What stars they are at Whiteland Restorations! The weather will improve…soonish! Great video, but then they all are terrific entertainment!
And a shout out to Cambrian Classics also 😊
Whiteland headtorches are awesome! Very happy with mine. Great spread of light.
Had the same issue with a Fiat Tipo sleeved exhaust joint. Ended up chiselling it off bit by bit, trying not to dislodge the car off the axle stands at the same time! Got it off eventually.
The man, the legend Tim and his mighty hammer!
Screwdrivers have always been the better chisels.
Was so funny when you said Dad might be watching
I used a Dremel with some cutting disks to get my back box off of my Renault R9
Ian , many years ago we had a special vibrating rig which could freeze in one spot making it impossible to take data . The only way to free the freezing area of the rig was to hit a metal L bracket with a large heavy hammer. So a small sign was made stating " if in doubt give it a clout " to free the problem.!!!!!!
I remember helping a mate straight pipe his corsa b 1.5td , much to our surprise neither the back box or centre box removal made any difference to exhaust noise, think it was better on fuel after though 🤔
I remeber them rear boxs sleeves when worked on cavaliers, astra and novas, used to use a chisel to split the joints and wd40
Adding value…nice work😀👍
When you think of all the condensation that builds up in a back box,you can see why the pipe inside corodes like it does,maybe that pipe should be extra protected at source
Same system as on my Tigra...just changed the lot for ease, the front 3 bots off the downpipe are all you have to tackle and "lucky for me" they came off just fine...
1:37 Gratuitous Inspector Clouseau impression.
It's a HubNut version of the Spongebob Squarepants interludes Kitch is fond of!
@@HowardLeVert I see. Over my head I'm afraid. Whooooooosh 😃
Everybody should have a Tim in their life
Excellent episode. Hilariously HubNut. Now I know what a back box is in the UK. A muffler. Years ago when I lived there such items were known as silencers. But language has a way of moving on.
Just think -- Speedy Muffler over here in Canada could rename itself in a corporate re-org! They've tried a few times, but the name has stuck. Speedy Back Box has a certain charm though, and translated into Quebecois would be Service Speedy Boite Arriere -- slides right off the tongue!
Tim to the rescue and it turned out to be an easy job
Who needs International Rescue when there's Tim of Cambrian Classics and his 'Mighty Mallet of Doom'. I have to admit I felt mightily worried for Ian after Carlys use of the Paddington Hard Stare technique to emphasize the agreed schedule of tinkering works required and sticking to it 🤞😊
Personally, I think it needs a massive loud exhaust. It is a Corsa after all!
Eating my bran flakes and drinking tea watching this, good times
I don't know if you have been watching the Dakar rally Ian but there is a car you will love in the classic Dakar line up. The car in question is a 2CV. I think it is shown in the classic Dakar stage 2 highlights video on UA-cam.
I discovered many years ago that most exhaust job's are not worth the hassle.
Do Tim and Lewis sigh when they see you on their caller ID?😄
another great video has always Ian and Carly miss/mrs hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍
Exhausts can be so difficult to disengage. I had a front pipe on a previous car blow & the whole exhaust had to come out to seperate.
I'm now exhausted after watching this.
AY UP MR AND MRS HUBNUT
They're married now?
@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt Still baking the wedding cake !!
@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt NO BUDDY JUST GETTING SOME PRACTICE WHEN THEY DO
@@2tone209 Why are you YELLING AT ME?
“Not spark plugs and a battery!” did have me chuckling out loud. I’m also certain that if the phrase “open up the flange” had been uttered on a live stream it would not have been quite so dead pan!
Yeah been there done that, I feel for you trying to do that on the ground,
My parents' old Corsa B had an issue towards the end of its life with a hair-like material coming from the exhaust pipe. I seem to recall a quick online search showed that it would've cost more to replace the exhaust than what the car was worth! RIP Corsa B, still missed!
Ah yes. Silencers can be packed with fibreglass which then starts escaping. Shouldn't be too expensive to fix though?
@@HubNut I can't recall unfortunately how much they wanted exactly. I just remember that at the time, you could trade a supermarket meal deal for a Corsa B if you searched around enough back then!
I have done this sort of job with a hammer and a cold chisel, just get an old sturdy screwdriver under join, hammer it until the cold chisel can get in the gap and you're away. Edit: Ah, I see that's what you eventually did.....
A lot easier on a lift!
@@HubNut I would absolutely agree with that statement.....but as I usually have to do this sort of thing on a (frequently) cold wet driveway, it can be done. I was younger admittedly but once did a Cavalier timing belt in a hospital carpark......fun.
@@iandennis7836Reminds me. Years ago I replaced the timing belt on my sister’s Cortina in a posh golf club car park. The stewards would be out every 10 minutes asking if I could please move those heaps out the way (I had a MK1 Escort rattle canned, 100% solid but built as a sleeper incl. vinyl roof ). Didn’t like it when I asked if they fancied pushing it 10 miles home. I used my ramps so much that we rebuilt the end of the drive with raw bolts and sockets for them and my engine hoist. Now the most I do is lift the bonnet to refill the washer fluid 😂
@@jeremytoms5163 until last week when the wipers stopped working, I can't say as I've done MUCH more than that......
Good old Coarser!
Also you fitted the wrong backbox to the Corsa as the standard replacement by the kids in the early 2000's was a huge sports exhaust that made lots of noise and made no effect to the power.
3:05 This is pure Hubnut... Videos never in order! LMAO.
that isn't rust, it is brown Loctite
Thats in not bad nick for a corsa b
That engine was detuned by Vauxhall to fit some standard or other- you could have had a bit of fun with it tuning it up.
Yes, just 45bhp is the book figure!
Might be too early with this comment. But could you cut off the exhaust pipe at the side which you are replacing - so behind the joint in this case - and then peel off the bits of sleeve ready for putting the new back section on? Edit: now realise this wasn’t today 😅
Yes, that is something you can do. I think I would have been more inclined to try a few different things with more space.
"Straight-through exhaust mod." When I were a lad, we called a hole in the exhaust "Stage 1 tune." And remember, for 2025 stay on the straight and narrow, or, as you're in rural Wales, the twisty and narrow. No motoring follies until existing jobs are sorted. Go on, and surprise and disappoint all your fans.
I think you should take Desmond on a road trip to where he was bought new
Already done! On our return trip from The Netherlands.
@HubNut apologies Ian for some inexplicable reason I only got halfway through that episode and forgot to watch the rest. I hang my head in shame!
Quite clearly not baffled by the Corsa exhaust. Pajero Junior is also nearly fixed isn't it ? Bella and Betty recently sorted and Desmond is not a problem. Have to side with Miss Hubnut that Chemmy is the most in need of attention ~ don't you agree ?
Bella is broken again. Pajero still some way from salvation...
@HubNut. Bella broken again ~ that's unusual. Sorting out Chemmy would surely be good therapy all round.
@@chris-molloy the charade spends good chunks of its time broken best therapy would be a trip to scrapyar with it
@davidjack825. Charade is broken because one high mileage engine was replaced with another high mileage engine rather than a teardown and rebuild. Forget the economics of it. Miss HubNut loves this car.
@@chris-molloy big deal the car is worn out crap the intelligent thing to do if she must have a charade is find a decent one
I have a feeling there's limited genius in placing the silencer as far away from the engine as possible where it takes the longest to warm up. Of course, quite a lot of cars have it this way since there's usually space at the back, but if you don't drive it far enough it will probably fill up like a swimming pool with condensation...
Another great video Mr HubNut fantastic
Nice 🥰
What price is the Corsa please
£1200ono.
Tim‘s safety shoes look quite nice… 🤡 The Corsa promotion video: I‘ll watch it… See you soon »»» Martin 😊
Could have cut a short piece from old silence and joined with 2clamps
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If at first you don't succeed get a bigger hammer.
Should of put a cherry bomb back box on it! 😂
There are enough noisy Corsas in the world!
You need a bigger hammer, and more heat!
Wow, tim really has you spoilt, maybe it's a combination of you being too busy, not your car and the cold weather. Ment you didn't do that job yourself 🙄
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"wonderful stocking filler" yes only 347 days until Christmas. Start planning now.
Shows how long it is since we started filming this one...
🥰😀😀😀!!!!!!!
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Time for Chemmy to go, Desmond has replaced her
Is there a rule that he cannot have both?
the charade should have been scrapped ages ago
@@davidjack825 There's no stories or clicks in a car he doesn't have. Us commenting here just proved that. The car need not be drivable to work for the channel.
@@SoWereDoingWhatNow agree in theory but Ian often complains about the fact he has too many cars, Chemmy has already had one engine, now needs another. Miss H is clearly taken with Desmond so my opinion is that Chemmy should be next on the block.
@@s1914 And how does this affect you and why should you care? Are you the paying or tinkering? Do you understand this 'fleet' is for clicks and YT is not real life and much of what Ian says is 'showbiz'?
5:20 the overbearing look... every boyfriend know this
It's usually well-justified in my case...
@@HubNut Reluctantly i have to agree that it often is he he
What a thoroughly unexceptional little car !
That corsa needs a Saab engine !
That's not random at all 😆
I hope your daft plan is to come back to Australia 🦘🌏🇦🇺
No firm plans but I would love to.
Yes, going to Australia would be daft.