Nothing can beat the adrenaline of driving an auction car home, no plates, police impound sticker & painted up windscreen then spot an RBT up the road 🤣🤣🤣
The AU was a good solid buy, the V6/V8 Commo were probably the only other cars that are reliable and easy to get running. $8K for that Raptor seems like a steal considering what parts could be salvaged off it.
The Blue Merc W126 would be on my buy list as I work with them every day and things like seat switchs are damn hard to locate today , and a running engine is bonus. They WILL break a timing chain tensioner rail which stops the left hand cam rotating with obvious results.
Don't be worried Woody you made the right choice mate. You'll soon be converted haha. With the right mods the AU is basically a cheat code for the event! Good luck and have fun.
You should call it "AyeYou!" , Can't really go wrong with an intech. That OG Camry would have been my choice for sure! but drooling over the Merc and any Land Rovers in the yard
Had a wide body 4cyl immaculate Camry as a daily a decade ago never broke on me it’s possibly still getting around Perth it’s either them or magnas as daily’s I have a mint fresh Magna wagon I’ll never part with I love the early and kid 2000s build quality can’t go past it 👌🏻
To answear the comment you made after checking out the VX around the 4min mark, one possible reason why someone was living in the car was because they were homeless. Good buy with the AU :)
Looked like the rain cleared off. I was heading down to Ipswich couldn't even see on the hiway that morning everyone doing like 80kms. When i drove passed looked like alot of cars there
Don't know what it's like over there but here in the UK the "have a go" amateurs have put prices at auctions up to silly prices. People seem to think their time isn't worth anything or they have no clue what the finished article is actually worth.
I'd would've gone the OG Camry or the Magna, can't beat a Shitbox. Good Luck for the Reet Race on Friday, but I'll have to catch you on the next one. 😍😍
Yer, I had an AU XR8 back in the 00s. It was a great car . I firmly believed the standard AU Falcon was whacked extra hard with the ugly stick, but the XR's had the look they all should have had. I still miss that beast
@@originalsussersame, styling on the base was bleh. But Lowndes in the xr driving the green eyed monster was a vibe. The other thing that let them down was the slushbox. I had a manual xr6, it was a beast. The throttle response was instant. I too miss it.
Thought you might’ve been the owner! You weren’t putting your hand down! What’s the go with the car? Previously supercharged? I noticed the sequential shifter so I figure it’s got some history!
@ I actually missed the auction and bought it off the bloke who won the auction about 10 minutes later, yes the car was previously side mount charged running 600Hp, had a built diff, box, and so on and all my custom interior which all was ripped out before they had taken the car due to “evidence” in a court case
Love your dedication Woody, going to cost you more in fuel than the Hey You purchase price to get it to the Thunderdome. Congrats on Dad Life too mate👍
$1,000 for any running vehicle is a bargain these days. I grew up in an era when we bought old Holdens and Fords like that for $50, and mint condition Valiants for $100, some even had rego. Sadly, that $100 has turned into $1,000 for anything that has the potential to be registered again. So $800 is a relative bargain. lol
It'll be interesting to see how you feel about the AU by the end of this project. It's odd how an object can have a personality, but the AU is one of those cars that does. Strangely endearing (and its not the looks) somehow. 2k challenge maybe?
No idea what i would have picked for the race cause i know nothing about ford or holden, but i sure would have tried to buy that mitsubishi galant, such a pretty satisfying sight !
Went to a couple of council auctions prices were ridiculous , 4 grand for an AU ute unregistered No key , and then you got to play The towie to get it home ,the scrapyards buy at least 90% of the cars can't compete with them , they have their trucks lined up outside ready to go ,
The AU should do you ok, course the funniest thing about these I remember was the divergence of owners. You either had 70 year old pensioners or 20 year old mad men in them with not a lot in between Go the tissue-box spec with some nasty seat covers an louvers for the rear windscreen
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"only gay cops pull me over" sticker on the back window of that shitbox had me folding!
So funny!!
Cause he looks gay😅
@@danielwitham1791 I can confirm that Au never got pulled over iykyk🤣 a old mate of mine owned it before he got chucked in jail
mighty au was the only choice there. probably the best vehicle in the whole auction.
“Pre AU” - buys an AU.
Entry...... DENIED
My first thought as soon as he said it had to be pre-au...
Easy up tiger he's from Qld, the alphabets not their strong point but he's trying.
@@nickhutt6264Facts!
Either way it's fine, they're allowing VYs... should be allowed a BA..
Nothing can beat the adrenaline of driving an auction car home, no plates, police impound sticker & painted up windscreen then spot an RBT up the road 🤣🤣🤣
The old AU is actually quite popular for novice cheap drifting. It will be perfect.
Owned by an enthusiast I'm fucken dead
OD'd?
He got hit by that lemon squash goodness real hard!
Funniest Skid Factory vid ever
The AU was a good solid buy, the V6/V8 Commo were probably the only other cars that are reliable and easy to get running.
$8K for that Raptor seems like a steal considering what parts could be salvaged off it.
Cant spell beautiful without AU...
You should do the Scotty's Garage 12's for 2K challenge on 26th January
Yeah woody you should
Do it woody
Reet Race main event is during Drift Fest Jan 25/26
Mitsubishi Magna's are like getting back with your ex, you know that it's only going to be tears and hearts ache but you still do it! 😁
The vehicle of divorced dads.
@@Retro-Iron11 yea, faded and jaded 😂🤣
Au periodic symbol for gold👌
That OG Camry was sick!
id own it for sure! but i do have a problem with old shitbox Toyota's
You and Woody are sick
In the head, if ya’s like those!!
The Blue Merc W126 would be on my buy list as I work with them every day and things like seat switchs are damn hard to locate today , and a running engine is bonus. They WILL break a timing chain tensioner rail which stops the left hand cam rotating with obvious results.
Don't be worried Woody you made the right choice mate. You'll soon be converted haha. With the right mods the AU is basically a cheat code for the event! Good luck and have fun.
Need to keep after the rest race and do 12s for 2k
Do it woody
was good meeting ya woody i got the car home chucked a new battery in and was better haha laser luck
Bloody mad man driving that home! What a weapon!
@theskidfactory it was fun as man it cruised mint down the highway gears where mint honestly it was very very clean car
You should call it "AyeYou!" , Can't really go wrong with an intech. That OG Camry would have been my choice for sure! but drooling over the Merc and any Land Rovers in the yard
First time ive watched your stuff very funny i liked it worth a sub for sure I'm on board
Thanks Steve! Plenty of videos to watch now mate!
Had a wide body 4cyl immaculate Camry as a daily a decade ago never broke on me it’s possibly still getting around Perth it’s either them or magnas as daily’s I have a mint fresh Magna wagon I’ll never part with I love the early and kid 2000s build quality can’t go past it 👌🏻
To answear the comment you made after checking out the VX around the 4min mark, one possible reason why someone was living in the car was because they were homeless. Good buy with the AU :)
Take the pan off the box and 3/4 tighten servo 3 and 4 -- temporary super shifts
Looked like the rain cleared off. I was heading down to Ipswich couldn't even see on the hiway that morning everyone doing like 80kms. When i drove passed looked like alot of cars there
"Skid Pig"😅
You bought the right car👍👍
If you want to finish the race, you bought the right car for sure!!
The doco turned out good
Don't know what it's like over there but here in the UK the "have a go" amateurs have put prices at auctions up to silly prices. People seem to think their time isn't worth anything or they have no clue what the finished article is actually worth.
Yorak Hunt will be proud of you!
A man of culture I see.😂
@@MrWilberbeast1 All the culture! Enough waffle.....
@@CRFLAus I was going to suggest that they name the AU “Yorak” 😂
Men of culture, we meet again 🇦🇺🍻
I'd would've gone the OG Camry or the Magna, can't beat a Shitbox. Good Luck for the Reet Race on Friday, but I'll have to catch you on the next one. 😍😍
Perfect choice! AUdrey is a perfect name!
Au falcon, pinnacle of automotive engineering. Only thing better is a manual XR6 AU falcon. Nothing you can't do in an AU
Yer, I had an AU XR8 back in the 00s. It was a great car . I firmly believed the standard AU Falcon was whacked extra hard with the ugly stick, but the XR's had the look they all should have had. I still miss that beast
@@originalsussersame, styling on the base was bleh. But Lowndes in the xr driving the green eyed monster was a vibe. The other thing that let them down was the slushbox. I had a manual xr6, it was a beast. The throttle response was instant.
I too miss it.
Pinnacle of automotive ugliness, more like.
Clubby was there due to forfeit, car was lost during court and so on but glad I now have it back!
Thought you might’ve been the owner! You weren’t putting your hand down! What’s the go with the car? Previously supercharged? I noticed the sequential shifter so I figure it’s got some history!
@ I actually missed the auction and bought it off the bloke who won the auction about 10 minutes later, yes the car was previously side mount charged running 600Hp, had a built diff, box, and so on and all my custom interior which all was ripped out before they had taken the car due to “evidence” in a court case
@@Yeanahitsnathan Damn bro, you can't just start an interesting story like that and keep us hanging about what happened
You keep saying the Reet Race is " Pre " AU, which means up to EL, yet you bought an AU.
I'm confused.
Yeah I’m an idiot, meant pre BA, ford single cam 4.0L vs holden 3.8l.
@@theskidfactory yeah i was scratching my head too thanks for clarification
Love your dedication Woody, going to cost you more in fuel than the Hey You purchase price to get it to the Thunderdome. Congrats on Dad Life too mate👍
Love my immaculate 99 AU Fairmont Tickford Ghia. The body kit changes the bodies look. Cheap to run on lpg 89.9 cents a ltr. 😁
Points for dedication, getting that down to Calder from Qld is going to be quite the trip ;)
Benny and Gian are jealous now. 😂
For the challenge the au is perfect
Has been run in too so should go hard haha
That 80s merc sclass would have home home with me if i was there 😅
Au's drive good thats all that matters!
$1,000 for any running vehicle is a bargain these days.
I grew up in an era when we bought old Holdens and Fords like that for $50, and mint condition Valiants for $100, some even had rego.
Sadly, that $100 has turned into $1,000 for anything that has the potential to be registered again. So $800 is a relative bargain. lol
This has to be the best kind of auctions out there.
The bonnet struts even work....
That's a good buy. I personally prefer the Holden's.
wonder why the variety bash F100 has a RAAF roundel on it?
Maybe a sponsor? or potentially linked to the owner? or is the roundel only for aircraft?
It'll be interesting to see how you feel about the AU by the end of this project. It's odd how an object can have a personality, but the AU is one of those cars that does. Strangely endearing (and its not the looks) somehow. 2k challenge maybe?
The Mighty AU.
No idea what i would have picked for the race cause i know nothing about ford or holden, but i sure would have tried to buy that mitsubishi galant, such a pretty satisfying sight !
If every racer is smart, every car at this race will be an au
I wanted to get up there for that blue honda blackbird for spare parts. But had to work.
The Smashed cruiser at 0;16 made me gasp.
yeah pretty gnarly crash that one!
Went to a couple of council auctions prices were ridiculous , 4 grand for an AU ute unregistered No key , and then you got to play The towie to get it home ,the scrapyards buy at least 90% of the cars can't compete with them , they have their trucks lined up outside ready to go ,
The AU should do you ok, course the funniest thing about these I remember was the divergence of owners. You either had 70 year old pensioners or 20 year old mad men in them with not a lot in between
Go the tissue-box spec with some nasty seat covers an louvers for the rear windscreen
❤ Good on ya mate, the falcon is ugly as sin but a goer I reckon 🤘
Mate, you can't go wrong with a AU
The clubsport had an S1 Sequential Shifter which are worth a few thousand.
Welcome to buy it off me if you like, cars now going Powerglide. The S1 was awesome tho!
@ I already have an s1 shifter in my car but will be changing to a 8hp soon.
Another cool auction video. A nice cheap AU, the tank of fuel helped. Bit light on the Mullet Cam this year.😮
I dunno about cheap! It will do the job though!
@@theskidfactoryyou’d pay Atleast 1500 for that where I am in WA woody
AU is sick. How much did the Daihatsu Terios go for
OK Woody, hear me out.... an AWD Magna with boost! You have a VR4!
It'll be the best drift car you'll ever own trust,
Skid fAUctory for the name!?
FactAUry?
Falctory
Should call it the "golden nugget"
👍yeah $800 was a bit much but will do ok in the race, fingers crossed there's no hidden surprises👍
glad we got a bit of limmi
That GTI looked interesting.
Do we know much about Jordi?? I appreciate if he doesn't care to be 'out there', but he seems a pretty key figure in The Skid Factory 2.0.
Jordy's one of my best mates, We hang out a heap and usually helps out in the shed on a Friday!
call it HAY YOU have fun mate
Crazy how they allowed VYs but no Ba... scared of the barra ;)
i would have bought the magna they make a very impressive boat anchor
And yes, driving a car back from the auction is the definition of jangly nerves.
Seen AU with skid factory sticker on the boot. Was on a luke fink video earlier today
Toyota Camry, Birmingham UK taxi from the 90s.
Or a Glaswegian taxi from now!!! Lol
The Roach for its name.
400k just ran in! Prefer the S2 myself but good get
from my experience sharp test stickers usually mean it was stolen and recovered
"He's making a doco" had my laughing
Would love to see some more of the pajero
Au content!!!!!!!! Awesome
Should have bought the MK5 Golf GTI Woody, would be good to do something euro.
4:57 funny when brakes on a dual cab ute are worse than a truck but it has more power than a vf ssv, they wreck it hard.
At the auction? The AU was the best choice.
But if I had my pick of any pre-AU Falcon, it would have been an XG
“AULICIOUS” 🤣
I was expecting the AU falcon to go for like $200 haha
Call it AU GOIN'
Hope she wins mate
Should have gone with the Commodore 👌
I reckon there'd be something at the auction I could play with. I liked the shitbox Camry too.
Name it Ari Gold - “We’re going to hell, so bring your sunblock.”
I demo derby those camrys i love them
How often are these auctions
Excellent!
Good luck 👍
Hey Woody, just call the Au Shazza
I've already gender assigned the old girl so that could work!
Those TR/TS Magna’s will rattle on forever in 4 pot guise the the interior ergonomics are horrendous for anyone over 6ft
Love it!
$800, them pigs weren't worth that when new!! 🤣🤣
The Skid Forté?
Let him go he’s trying to make a docooooh
It's the Cow Pat for sure
Woodyou for the name
The Dirty Skid....
Skid mark....
maAUrie the monster AU 😜👍