A special thanks to those that remember this car and have been emailing me about it over the last few years. I'm sorry to have dropped the updates on it and I want to try really hard to get this car all tied up so that I can drive it as a personal car. This type of content is hard for a small team like us but it's important to me that we get it done. The next update will help fill you in on exactly how much effort it's going to be.
I was waiting to see what you were going to do with it. I cant think of anyone that wouldn't love this little car making it's mostly happy spooly sounds! Well, except the one thumbs down guy up top.. but the rest love it! So cool to see the oddball cars being saved!
Damn dude, this is old! I remember subscribing a long time ago out of interest from other vehicles and watching your other content. You guys look fly! This is fun to watch. Hope to see more of it.
More smoke in person than can be seen in the video. I'm not sure if it's compression related, or turbo related. Tune in for another episode of Derek's Money Going Away.
Congratulations to both of you! Great to see the Turbo II project being revived! And I wouldn't name it "Born Again", but rather "Born to be alive" (like the disco song by Patrick Hernandez)
Awesome update vid, Derek. I remember when you showed me the car on your lot in Japan a few years ago, glad to see it's finally running again. Looking forward to seeing more videos of this thing getting properly restored!
Ive been wondering about this car for a while! I remember when you got it! Glad you are getting to it now. We believe in you believing in yourself to believe in us to believe in you.
Its great to see you uploading videos like this again. The purchase walk around videos are cool, but I've always liked the ones like this best. Ive been watching your channel for about 6 years now and remember when you first got the City. I was actually just talking to a friend the other day about it and whatever happened to it. Glad to see its still around and I hope you'll be able to really put some love into it that it needs.
I'd slap in a whole new front end kit, mount the new wheels and tires that you for sure will go with, then get it aligned. Saving money having to go back in and redo work, drives like new afterwards too. Most include 1) inner and outer tie rods, left and right 2) sway-bar bushing kit, left and right 3) lower ball joints, left and right 4) upper control arms with the ball joints, left and right Would be smart to get a coolant hose kit and an engine/transmission mount kit, too. That way you don't have old coolant hose cracking on you, and the engine's power more planted to the wheels not wobbling in the engine-bay. All new rubber in the safety areas, suspension and engine. Then I'd flush the brake fluid out with new DOT4. Replace calipers/pistons, replace rotors and pads. Then you'd have an amazing little refreshed car, suspension/brakes, all safe.
Thanks for the retro blast. back about 87' I seriously considered buying a Turbo II Bulldog at a Pot Lot near Yokohama for about $5,000 U.S. Same color as yours, and only 17,000km. Surprisingly good driving car and a lot fun. At the time it did not meet U.S. DOT crash test, but EPA was a go. I was a car dealer in the U.S. at the time and thought about just driving on a Dealer plate and company insurance. In the end decided it was too much of a hassle and expense.
great to see this little nugget back on the road again (time to buy primer cans and alot of sandpaper), and I hope you'll buy some new wheels for the company car so that the te37's can go on the city :D Also, was the RX8 the first or the 2nd project because it seems that Im forgetting a project car
The RX-7 was an accidental purchase that I took to the track and then sold back to auction and lost a bunch of money on. I'd rather forget that.. lol. Thanks for being here long term. That's awesome.
Makes me wonder what cars you have now that we won't see till 2024.... 😉 I'm excited to see what happen(ed)s. Edit: Also excited for the STI ice drifting.
Your videos are so good you should have more then the 80k subscribers. I absolutely love that toyota bb. I have an American scion xb and can't wait for these to be allowed to be imported so I can get one.
That was a Mitsubishi Galant MR that we exported a while ago.. two years ago now. We have the video on the channel if you want to see more. It was awesome.
Good catch. It was recorded in... 2018 maybe. Maybe 2019. We have a bunch of videos recorded but never released and so I'm going to push to get them out.
A special thanks to those that remember this car and have been emailing me about it over the last few years. I'm sorry to have dropped the updates on it and I want to try really hard to get this car all tied up so that I can drive it as a personal car. This type of content is hard for a small team like us but it's important to me that we get it done. The next update will help fill you in on exactly how much effort it's going to be.
When are you putting up the update on the GC8...... That is going to rot away if left untouched
I was waiting to see what you were going to do with it.
I cant think of anyone that wouldn't love this little car making it's mostly happy spooly sounds! Well, except the one thumbs down guy up top.. but the rest love it!
So cool to see the oddball cars being saved!
Really good viewing. I think it could look really good. Hopefully you get the rust issues sorted out. Love your car reviews, so addictive!! 👍🏼👍🏼
No shame, project cars are hard! Get motivated tho, I wanna see that bulldog run!!
Yes!! Finally the Honda City lives! I'm looking forward to seeing this car become beautiful again. You can do it Derek!!
Oh.. it might be a while before it's beautiful.. but I am determined.
on a completely unrelated note that RX7 is so beautiful wow nice pick up for whoever got that gorgeous car
"Oh there's air in all the tires!"
Yep, and air in all the fenders too, which is more problematic :)
Rust is weight reduction
I reckon Derek is a great boss
I had forgotten about the City, nice to it's return to some form usability.
That cluster on the Honda is sweet!
Like the meter cluster on the City, so rad looking 👏🏻
Damn dude, this is old! I remember subscribing a long time ago out of interest from other vehicles and watching your other content. You guys look fly! This is fun to watch. Hope to see more of it.
Awesome little car
You guys are such nerds! AND I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!
The nerdy-ness seems to be growing. I may need outside assistance.
@@PacificCoastAuto *nerdyness intensifes*
XD
Happy to have you back.... can't wait for the project to progress. Keep at it!
Can’t wait for the next update, of this little gem!! 👍👍😃😃😃😃
missed ur videos
Yesssss! Honda City content!! Been a subscriber for years and I haven't been this excited since the auction walk-arounds!!
More smoke in person than can be seen in the video. I'm not sure if it's compression related, or turbo related.
Tune in for another episode of Derek's Money Going Away.
@@PacificCoastAuto Honestly, this excites me so much so I'll definitely be tuning in!! Thank you for sharing with us!!
Congratulations to both of you! Great to see the Turbo II project being revived!
And I wouldn't name it "Born Again", but rather "Born to be alive" (like the disco song by Patrick Hernandez)
That little Honda is amazing! Love it
Been waiting on the city build. Love the channel
Thanks
+1 motivation
Awesome update vid, Derek. I remember when you showed me the car on your lot in Japan a few years ago, glad to see it's finally running again. Looking forward to seeing more videos of this thing getting properly restored!
Ive been wondering about this car for a while! I remember when you got it! Glad you are getting to it now. We believe in you believing in yourself to believe in us to believe in you.
Its great to see you uploading videos like this again. The purchase walk around videos are cool, but I've always liked the ones like this best. Ive been watching your channel for about 6 years now and remember when you first got the City. I was actually just talking to a friend the other day about it and whatever happened to it. Glad to see its still around and I hope you'll be able to really put some love into it that it needs.
When both you and Daniel @Wasabicars get your project cars roadworthy...you should definitely get together for a collaboration.
Finally more content on the city turbo. Been waiting for so long. Please keep it coming.
Derek we demand more videos of the city turbo and the JDM tree too!!!
Very interesting
The project we all have been waiting for!
That honda city is cool..i like the XB..
Love these vlog type videos from you guy's keep it up! Honda looks awesome!
Thanks, that means a lot to me.
I'd slap in a whole new front end kit, mount the new wheels and tires that you for sure will go with, then get it aligned. Saving money having to go back in and redo work, drives like new afterwards too.
Most include 1) inner and outer tie rods, left and right 2) sway-bar bushing kit, left and right 3) lower ball joints, left and right 4) upper control arms with the ball joints, left and right
Would be smart to get a coolant hose kit and an engine/transmission mount kit, too. That way you don't have old coolant hose cracking on you, and the engine's power more planted to the wheels not wobbling in the engine-bay. All new rubber in the safety areas, suspension and engine. Then I'd flush the brake fluid out with new DOT4. Replace calipers/pistons, replace rotors and pads. Then you'd have an amazing little refreshed car, suspension/brakes, all safe.
Suspension and bushings will probably be their own video but not until the car is no longer "see through". That rust is worse than it looks.
Comment below if you've seen the car in person. I have!
Good to see it getting some much needed love.
Yooo, more Derrek content, let's go!!
Thanks for the retro blast. back about 87' I seriously considered buying a Turbo II Bulldog at a Pot Lot near Yokohama for about $5,000 U.S. Same color as yours, and only 17,000km. Surprisingly good driving car and a lot fun. At the time it did not meet U.S. DOT crash test, but EPA was a go. I was a car dealer in the U.S. at the time and thought about just driving on a Dealer plate and company insurance. In the end decided it was too much of a hassle and expense.
great to see this little nugget back on the road again (time to buy primer cans and alot of sandpaper), and I hope you'll buy some new wheels for the company car so that the te37's can go on the city :D
Also, was the RX8 the first or the 2nd project because it seems that Im forgetting a project car
The RX-7 was an accidental purchase that I took to the track and then sold back to auction and lost a bunch of money on. I'd rather forget that.. lol.
Thanks for being here long term. That's awesome.
14:15 mark ii fortuna 👀
really liked this episode. need more.
You look like Stiffler from American Pie!
It's been about 4 years since someone said that to me. I can't see it but I've been told a number of time.
If you don't eventually race the migjtycarmods guys you're missing opportunities, good luck with the project
Stretch goals
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Makes me wonder what cars you have now that we won't see till 2024.... 😉 I'm excited to see what happen(ed)s.
Edit: Also excited for the STI ice drifting.
Your videos are so good you should have more then the 80k subscribers.
I absolutely love that toyota bb.
I have an American scion xb and can't wait for these to be allowed to be imported so I can get one.
Really sweet car indeed 👍. I switch your Honda City Turbo 2 with my Citroen AX GTI anytime 😂.
would be nice if you also come it up with a motocompo hehe
We have a Motocompo and actually use it for work. It's never been in the city but it will.
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Can't wait to see it finished.very cool. What was the old orange car in the.compound?
That was a Mitsubishi Galant MR that we exported a while ago.. two years ago now. We have the video on the channel if you want to see more. It was awesome.
just keep the car orginal condtion no moods or anything , just fix the rust and make the enginen run smoth ,then u will have a good littel runner
Awesome
All cars get worse by not being used. Bushings, seals, etc. Even contact surfaces like the turn signals get oxidized in this case.
9:41 I think we found the source of the COVID infection. 🤨
This an older recording? Cause u have a sweater on over a shirt, and its Aug in Japan!?!
Good catch. It was recorded in... 2018 maybe. Maybe 2019. We have a bunch of videos recorded but never released and so I'm going to push to get them out.
And it was 37 degrees here last week with humidity 44 degrees. If I wore a sweater, I would be dead now.
Who is this ? In Japan ?
Ohh i whant a City Turbo II Bulldog for me....😊
Best Greatings from Germany
put the work vehicle wheels on it, that would look great
And it's spewing smoke. lol
Help me help you🥃👍🏼
A jzx110 just hanging out in traffic
Despite how cool that Honda City is, it is almost rotted away. You're gonna need like 10,000$ in body work to make it good again.
I'm actually banking for more than that. The next video will show.