HOLDEN CLASSIC SURVIVOR FIND AND REVIVAL , PARKED FOR YEARS , WILL IT RUN AND DRIVE AGAIN ? 

Its a long one people! But i left it long as i wanted a result at the end so settle in 🍺🍺 Backshed.net.au

Good to see you back Mick, started to get separation anxiety. 😂😂😂

What a transformation from a paddock grave to driving. The BEST ‘will it run’ and more channel on RU-vid. Thanks Mike

Absolute legend, unbelievable what Mick can do with these old beauties 👏👏

Wow a movie length episode!!! You are right those Holden red 6s are damn well near indestructible and what a fantastic transformation. Top work Mick.

Hey mick!. what's that old saying!!! 'That's 2.5 hours of my life I wont get back!'. Mate a month between vids but worth the wait. God love you, just spent 2.5 hours of bliss and several beers (reminiscing). Every concreter/bricklayer I new growing up had one of these (253 v8 4 speed heavy duty clutch) not many 6's. One toner!, yeah! right, they would carry way more plus tow trailers , day in, day out, they were tanks. What a gr8 choice for a survival project. Can't wait for your next vid. Cheers gr8 mate

Imagine the stories that thing could tell, and how many beers were sunk in and around it. What a great workhorse those cars were. Love the fact you're giving them a new life Mick. Well done

The golden Holden fired immediately great work MICK.

Watching your bloopers at the end always warms my heart, as it makes me realise that I'm not the only bloke that cracks the shits when confronted with a frozen, snapped or threaded bolt or a stuck piece of interior trim etc. My missus says she always knows when I'm working on one of my vehicles as she can hear me from the house loudly yelling curses and profanities and hurling stuff around the garage in frustration. Gotta have a good vent though to clear the head first, so that you can step back for a moment to collect yourself and then work through the problem to find a solution eh!

Central California watching

Well done .

Haha im from mudgee just near Gulgong and know the family of this old girl done well mate

That seat struggle was real comedy for me but guessing by the f bombs it wasn’t much fun at the time

Awesome video Mick, I sat through the whole 2 and a half hours. I love one tonners! And I recently just got out of the concrete industry, doing house slabs. Few of the old boys would talk about how these machines would haul crush rock, bags of rapid set, small sheets of steel reinforcement and tools on the back of em' in the 70's and 80's. Thommo was definitely a real work horse and he shows his character. Would be good to see a few more videos on him. I wish I could own a tonner like that, except I'd have a tough little 253 in her! Good onya Mick!

Mate what a great video. Love the commercial front one tonner. The shock on your face when it first fired was priceless

Love watching your videos. The format you do , it’s like just hanging out with a mate working on the car 👍🏼👍🏼

Yes, a tightening hammer, what a great tool.😀👍

How the hell do you keep finding things I owned or had dealings with? My HZ 1 tonner has now gone to God but it was a 6 cylinder auto and I blew it up because it was so low geared and didn't like highways. Aluminium tray (with sides off) was the best work bench. Great to see you back, Mick.

Great project……. Out of curiosity I looked at what a really schmick looking “one tonner” goes for ……. I was shocked. I know that you’re not the guy that’s going to go that far but it’s worth just getting Tommo back in the world for sure !! Cheers 🍻

I'm not a car bloke.... But I love seeing the old stuff being brought back to life and with all there life story still etched into their panels... well done Micheal

Perfect to restore .

Mick, you are a hoot, Son! The segment of you working to remove the bench seat gave me a good chuckle. No doubt that seat was a width of gnat’s eyelash of kicking you where our Good Lord split you. But, as I said before from my Army Drill Sergeant, “It’s only a thing. You can’t let the thing beat you, you gotta be smarter than the thing”. Keep up the good work, My Friend.

Settling in with a sports drink - thanks Mick!👍👍

Thought you were gonna drop the C-bomb getting that seat out!😂

Hey Mick, when you have finished with this one you will have to give it to me. After all it has my name on the doors and yes I have been known as "Tommo" all my life (63yo now). On a side note- I live in the central west NSW and I have seen this tonner in Gulgong and at times in Mudgee in the past while travelling about working, I even have a photo of it somewhere taken probably in the mid "90's when I first saw it, had to- my name and all. Had a look for it but can't find it as yet, I'll let you know if I find it but not holding my breath.

Bought a decent 79 hz 1 tonner in 2020 and used it as a daily till 2022, never owned an old car before that, was a unique experience, no problems except for in wet weather, liked to fishtail if you didn't feather the accelerator lol. ute things.

Perfect timing.

All I can say Mick is “Thank you “

Great video! Great camera work! Its a shame we Australians over complicated our car industry (2 save some polar bears) when these 70's vehicles could be repaired serviced in our sheds!

The good old Aussie Holden 1 tonne ute. It wants to live...Great save, Mick...😊😊😊❤

Love the bloopers 😂, makes me think about a couple of times changing engines, 😂 great job, it's looking great, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

I've seen every single one of your videos, I always thought to myself... man your calm & patient when working on these old cars. That moment of you trying to take the bench seat out was pure gold 😂 there it is.. there's the swearing haha Good to have you back! What an awesome video can relate to this as my dad has just finished building his HJ 1 Tonner. Also couldn't believe the first fire up how instant it was, long live the mighty 202!

I really appreciate the story about your uncle who worked at the cement works and the car was from the same place where you grew up. That sort of history is gold.

Back here in the "old country" moistness is a thing we're not short of (for the last 2 months) , nice to see a bit of sunshine Mick , was wondering if you'd gone walkabout😄😄😄

Great story from start to finish. The car looks and sounds seriously full of potential.

Genuine love for these videos

Another killer episode thanks mick🤟

Who else googled Tomlinson Concrete? Looks to be still operating Great vid (40 minutes in so far haha)

Spot on video Mick, it was an epic one, some hard work put in there mate 🍻🍻

What a transformation! You have a keen eye for what's salvageable (I thought this one was too far gone). Great to see this icon back up and running. Looking forward to the next instalment on Thommo.

I love how well the drivers door still closes.

Well done on the resto so far Mick, just love having a beer as I watch you work away , also love your tshirts, cheers Ross

When I lived in Dubbo in the 1970s, there was an engine tuner who used to race HQ's. At the end of each race, he would chuck the blown piston away, replace it & rebuild the 202 so he could race the car again.

another great vid,thanks Mick,I enjoyed that,

Me again, you have a winner with those mags, excellent job

Taking the seat out was a classic Mick struggle all the way thanks for another good video

I'm glad the weather is cooling off now... makes it easier to work on your Australian built cars... gotta love that yeah!

My grandfather had a Holden hq 1 tonner with a red 202 when I was Growing up he sold to someone here in town and I know were it is It is probably full of rust now

Awesome vid mate 👍 keep them coming

Love it, as a owner of a HZ tonner daily driver for my handyman business, currently doing 50 klms per day, all maintenance for the last 6 years all done by myself

This is an epic movie length episode, that could of kept going as I was sucked right in! Top notch work Mick. Looking forward to the follow up episode.

Awesome a long video. The longer the better❤

Brings back memories of driving my grandparents HZ Green wagon back in the day. Great times !

Mick you are a legend mate, getting Tomo back from the dead, not only are your episodes very informative with some wicked humour here and there, you are teaching all us would be mechanics some tricks of the trade, love your service manual tutorials 😜 and your work. And I got to tell ya I don’t mind the extended episodes mate, I get to kick back for two hours and not get distracted by everything and watching Backshed 💪💪💪

absolutely brill , to see this old ute move under her own steam . well done mate . a joy to see . love these old beauts . i could almost hear her start to breath again .

What a brilliant episode. Great result too. Un-killable 202. Originally I thought it might have been a 179 or 173, although by '79 they would have phased them out. The bumper is wrong for the ute. They were solid and rounded end to end. Love your work.

I absolutely love the faded yellow paint and business sign writing on this old beast. I've got a real soft spot for these old commercials

Love a good episode of backshed 👍

Was only thinking last nite its been a while since we had an upload and bosha here it is 👍💯

I bet that old girl has never been overloaded...

Good vid , good old tomo , job well done, enjoy those beers 🍻 🍻🍻

Great video mate love what you do in bringing these old cars back to the road.cheers from Noosa

Gotta love a concreter from gulgong

She scrubbed up nicely. Real true blue Aussie ute, pity they aren't making them any more.

Work,family,home and you still have time to create such quality content. Always pleased when a new “Backshed” video comes up. Thanks for sharing Mick. It’s always a pleasure watching you get these classics back on the road. Cheers

This is like watching dad work on the car, same mannerisms 🤣 just sitting there holding the torch

Very cool, from crap to way less crap, i like where it's going, its a cool ute, new grill would be cool and get rid of them ugly indicators. Whatever ya do, it's cool.

That is just completely fantastic. Great work Michael. Love this channel

Great work Mick. This brought back a lot of memories as my Old Man had same model One Tonner as a workhorse for his Bricklaying Business. His was a 202 with 4 on the Floor. I worked with him for 15 years and drove it numerous times. Funny thing was, the 4 speed had a problem with the selector and used to get stuck in reverse and 1st gear at the same time. These things are virtually Bullet Proof, hard to kill em. Nice find and Great revival Mate...

The one ton is indeed a classic

I don't watch many of these vids at all Mick, but fair dinkum, yours is an absolute ripper. I have a 74 tonner myself and the memories you reminded me of mate, just awesome. Keep em comin Mick, you've won me, and well done on the tonner, credit where credit is due

Brings me back to my apprentice days. I did my trade on these cars. Rebuilding the fuel pumps, carbies, and run the hone through the wheel cylinders. Bit of rubber grease and new cups, all good to go.

Well done. Don't forget! Love your work

Welcome back Mick. Don't forget ya throttle cable😊

"I'll tell you what I won't find in here.... My dignity". Classic Mick. I'm still laughing at that a day later.

You are one talented mechanic!!!. thinking out of the box is your specialty and a great transformation to a dead car brought back to life. Keep 'em Coming!!.

Tommo’s gunna see this and what his work truck back 😂 bloody good mate as always 🍻💪🏼

You go alright Mick 👍 another great job 🍻

Had not seen you on for a while, missed your videos brother, glad you’re back!!🍺👌😊

Don't question yourself, can't kill a old Holden red motor , I put one that had done 250000 miles into a old Bedford bus and drove it around Australia. The fiber timing gear was the only weak point on them. Cheers .

Hooray, another Backshed video. And it was an extra length feature show. I don't care if others do not like the long length of your programs. They can pause it and watch later to treat it like multiple episodes. The one tonner is a great car to build and very useful when they are functional. Other than panels, you can get everything to fix them. In fact I can get more parts for my HQ one tonner than the CV8Z 2005 Monaro. Looking forward to the future instalments.

Great episode Mick, love the longer vids & as always very helpful & entertaining 👍

I thought putin might have got to you mic nearly about to send out a search party now time to watch your show

Very enjoyable! Watched all of it. Thank you, Brings back memories for sure.

love it love it love it the channel ,the cars and this one tonner shes almost ready for date night ,those wheels use to be called splats man your videos are worth the wait onya

Really enjoy these revivals, always looking forward to seeing them pop up in my feed. Thansk.

"Babe wake up backshed posted"

G'day, An awesome video. Tomo has certainly come a long way in just a few days. He was just wasting his time in a field now he's got shiny new wheels and he's able to cruise around your driveway. I'm looking forward to seeing what you have planned for Tomo's future. So thanks for sharing Tomo's rebirth ✌️ Peace from Melbourne/Pakenham 3810.

Great stuff Mick, A grade content, loved every minute. "Thomo" is coming along great 👍. They're a great model the old HZ, I had a 253 V8 '77 wagon, (the first year of HZ), with the " Radial Tuned Suspension", it'd go past everything except a petrol station. Top marks, can't wait for the next instalment, cheers mate!

Glad to see you back, was just about to submit a missing persons report, looking forward to the tipper reno, as per usual with your vids

Another one saved from the scrap heap! These old cars always look great in their finest sunburnt Australian skin. Love the show mate, I’m 2 hours deep (6 stubbies) and gotta say thanks for this awesome content you consistently throw our way. Easily my favourite garage show on YT run out of a backshed in the bush❤

Mate I was starting to think my favourite you tube channel had gone awol. Great to see you back Mick.

Bloody awesome Mick ,from nothing to something usable well done great old 1 tonner looking forward to more , cheers , shaneo, Nelson, NZ, 👍🍺🍺

Just like the old man's hx 253 4 speed 1 tonner back in the 80s 90s. The first car i got to drive after work i would hang for him to get home and off i went. That ute could haul some weight unlike the utes of today. Memories.🤙🍺

when you picked it up I was wondering what the hell you were thinking but it turned out way better than I expected. awesome job as always, keep it up

Saving yet another piece of Aussie automotive history! Love ya work Mick. 🍻

Appreciate the long video,excellent viewing as always

From the first time your brought Tommo home to how the ute looks now what a transformation and the wheels you chose suit the ute realy well

Another one saved Mick!Well done..She needs bucket seats once those floors are done👍👍👍

The old grass is looking green and well manicured. I Google mapped the town. Nice bit of history there. Good museum. If I'm passing I'll stop by.. Come pick up a Teeshirt from you. Cool old wagon. Put a camping pod on the back. Head out camping. Then put it to work on return. You should concrete a channel in. Catch all the oil and mud you pressure wash off. That's all heading down to your streams. Put some barrels in the ground you can clean. Anyways good job mate. Have a good one. ,,👍🍺