How to Get Started on a Project Car (it’s easier than you think) 

Hey yall welcome to MONEYPIT! We have a TON that we want to do with this show, but what are your initial thoughts? What kinds of stuff do you want to learn about? What mods do you want us to do (and teach you how to do) on this Miata?

“If you’re watching this you probably like cars” Me- Go on🤔

Zach - “you don’t need a lot of money to get into project cars” Also Zach - “Welcome to the money pit”

The pry bar is also very useful for breaking into houses to get more money for upgrades to your project car

There's one more tool you should absolutely have: A breaker bar.

How to get a project car: Step 1: Have an old, cheap car as the only vehicle you own. Step 2: every time that something breaks, replace it with something better. BOOM, project car

Two other things to consider: - Lack of space to work on cars - Lack of friends

In all honesty it’s very hard as a 20/21 in a week year old with nobody in the industry to show you, I just got my first stick shift car and I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’m not embarrassed to let people in my passenger seat (2003 fora escort zx2) I just am very interested in being able to know about my car and be able to add a couple hp or make her sound extra sexy, but I have no idea where to begin, I feel like a toddler. I can’t even change my own oil. What I’d give for somebody to crack open a 6 pack and just lay down some knowledge. I’m time I know my passion will lead me to somebody willing to help me learn. Thank you for this video. The little bits and pieces of lingo and info I soak up like a sponge, I really wanna get into this industry before electric cars kill it. I wanna make shit go boom and take off into the sunset, I guess time will tell

The Money Pit Miata and this whole series is probably the best Edu Series on cares on youtube and even though its 2 years old its aged like wine. So much useful Information in the whole series i end up coming back because i remember Zach breaking it down for me here better than anyone else when i need a question answered.

“A hammer, this is one of the most indispensable tools in the garage” Jeremy Clarkson agrees with you

I bought a civic coupe over a miata because I thought I would have friends by now. Tragic

I'v been watching Donut Media couple years now and this video is still one of their best content yet. I'm not saying other content isn't good but this video probably had the greatest impact especially on those "allmost car people" 👌🏻

Thank you for inspiring my confidence in my dream hobby!!! You guys are a huge impact on the car world.

"what's stopping you?" I'm 12 Edit: Turned 13 Edit: Turned 14 Edit: Turned 15 and got my permit!!

“what’s stopping you?” Well i have $90 to my name at the moment

My project car is my Alfa Romeo 146 that my Dad gifted me when I was going through a rough time. I've never been much into cars but now I'm really started to get interested I wish I had learnt more from my Grandpa, he was a great mechanic! It's gonna be a journey but thank you guys for giving me the motivation I needed to get in there and start to work on it ❤️

I think this was the video that pushed me to actually get my hands dirty. I'm a little late to mention this, but the push this video gave me made me successfully bring an abandoned Mustang back to life. Fast-forward till now and I'm constantly driving it across towns, still wanting to better it. So, thanks

Donut: *has all the basic tools you might need for a project car* Meanwhile Jeremy Clarkson: "pls hand me my biggest hammer."

“What’s stopping you?” *I’m working for Ronald McDonald* Edit: for those wondering I finally bought my first car!

This series is comforting. I keep going back to it and watching through as I try to restore a mini Cooper s to its former glory.

I love Donut media & this has been 1 of the best shows for us dreamers. please bring it back + Zack is the boss. I really want to do this

I would love to take on a project car, just don’t have the time or money right now. Maybe after I finish school

So basically: "How to start a project? Just buy a nugget and try to fix it"

Hey, after I received my first car (Acura Integra) I firstly got inspired from Donut and my car guys friends. I am currently in process of working on it without prior knowledge about cars relying strictly from youtube videos and my friends and its so fun to see your build come to life.

I actually picked up a late model mk6 gti 2013 with the newer style cam tensioner. As my project car. Overall super fun. Super easy to mod. Super easy to make nice power. Price is a little rough but it's a drivers edition so I got thr leather seats, golf ball shift knob, watkins glens wheels. It's super nice!

This series inspired me to buy a datsun 280z. Within 3 weeks of owning it I've already done wheels and tires, completely brake system hardware replacement including master cylinder and booster, and gave it a tune up and a sick valve cover paint job.

I’m in love with this series and it hasn’t started yet

Thanks for the awesome video! I‘m completely new to cars and thought it was high time I learned. Just bought my first project car: a 1984 Datsun 300zx! It’s a fun car to drive and I’m excited to dive into this project. 🤙🏽

Got a hardtop, poly bushing kit, coilovers and swaybars and much more as soon as I bought mine. what a good time it is driving a miata.

"what's stopping you?" well I mean theres the fact I don't have a driveway, or garage, or tools.....OH! And yea a project car....

In a show called Money Pit he says you don’t need a lot of money 🤣

❤️ the evolution of Jobe...keep making this channel great !!

Thank you for the support man. May God bless us all and all the best wishes for everyone!

“You get to drive a machine that can do 100 miles per hour” Me: laughs in 1987 4runner

"What's stopping you?" A Danish car tax at 150%

my project car is my daily cb7 i manual swapped it fixed my oil leaks changed my timing belt and put on an aftermarket exhaust i love this car and these videos inspired me to find my own car to work on and its so much fun cant wait to try to turbo it

In February. I changed a CV axle with an older guy with way more experience with vehicles then me. At first I had no idea wtf I was looking at? & dealing with. I felt very overwhelmed. But after catching a taste of how fun and pretty basic it was, I was hooked (if you would). So far, on my own. I’ve changed the drivers side CV Axle, heater core, hub assembly & oil change. And now. My current project is going to be the starter. 😊 My point is, don’t give up. Once you do it yourself. You feel at ease with yourself.

Step one have money. Yeah gonna be a bit short chief

“What’s stopping you?” I know nothing about cars

When i was 13 i got my first project moped, a '74 kreidler Florett RM wich used to be my dads. It had been rotting away for 30 years and we attempted to fix it up together. This is what got me into wrenching. The kreidler sadly didnt get finished yet, for the simple reason that the parts got very expensive, and i found out that delivering papers as a 13 year old didnt make the kind of money i needed. I had some other mopeds tho, and built up a great group of friends around wrenching on mopeds. By now most of us are around 20 and we all grew into cars. One of my mates got himself a volvo 480, me and another mate got ourselves a workshop and we are really into toyota starlets (specifically p7's, i converted mine from automatic to manual, with some help from a mate and your video on the money pit bmw). Another friend of mine started off with a volvo 440 and drives an s60 now, theres some golf gti's, a land cruiser bj40, a celica and a lot of other cars in our group, and off course we brag and bash eachothers cars, but in the end everyone is always down to help one another. One time i was on a vacation trip in louxembourg when my slave cilinder broke, and it was at this moment i found out that luxembourg never got the starlets, so i couldnt get my part (i shouldve gained suspicious about the lack of starlets when my car got more attention then the aventador in front of me, but theres plenty of those over there). I happen to be in a starlet group chat, and explained my situation. Someone i have never actually met stepped in and mailed me a slave at cilinder the camping. I happened to have some brake fluid with me, so we replaced the cilinder at the camping and got on our way again! The car community is truly something amazing and i feel priveleged to be a part of it!

im 13 and i am obsessed about cars and i already know expert level knowledge about them and in future i wanted to buy and restore a 1992 mazda rx7 and every time you learn more whether it rotary engines,inlines,v engines,manual transmission,V TEC etc it still gets me on how huge it could be of a back breaker thanks for the video by the way 😊

“Join a really cool community” try going to ask what oil to use 😂

Forgot the most used tools: _Blowtorch and curse words_

Oh God I love the quote the only thing that matters is a car that you're building your car to your taste and that's all that matters and flex on all the mofkers

I'm building my own garage now and the inspirational speech at the start pumps me up so much

8:21 Who else thought that the "Pop up headlights" remix would start playing, but got disappointed because it didn't?:(

The only thing I took away from this is "Hi, my name is Zach, and I have a Carcaine problem"

I've been working on a 2006 Lexus IS250 AWD for a while now, super fun, reliable, and has become a head turner! Can't wait for the next car too!

I just bought a 1997 Jaguar XK8 for my project car. Absolutely love it!

The genuine empathy that Zach says "but it's ok. We'll get through it, lets talk about it" is palpable. I definitely didn't watch it seven times in a row and then another four later in the day

Mr. Krabs: "I wasnt stealin... I was ehh borrowing!"

i love working on my 97 jetta trek so easy and not super expensive. i always loved vw since i was a kid.

Saw this video when brand new. Over a year later I just got a 1986 Porsche 944 turbo and I can’t wait to follow along this video with things to do to my car and how to do them!

As the great Akihiko Sanada once said: *"I've been waiting for this!"* Seriously, since that junker Miata video I've been waiting for this vid.

Hey this guy thought me how to remove my stock mk5 GTI intake and install the neuspeed one over at ECS. Stoked to see you at Donut now

This channel inspired me to get a project-daily-whatever, E46, it’s kicking my ass but I’m so excited with how it’s turning out

Zac: It does not have to be expensive Also Zac: And this is money pit

"If you wanna be street legal there are some rules." Well let me introduce you to Germany.

As a proud owner of a 76 camaro currently with the whole front end apart. Biggest tip for starting is to just start. No matter how much research you do things will always go wrong things will break, but you’ll love every second… also label EVERYTHING!!

I never really grew up knowing much about cars but I’ve always loved seeing project cars come to life. I’ve been learning so much and I want to start modding my sxt. It’s my first car at 19 and I’m hoping I can see my vision through🙏🏻

U forgot zip ties as one of the most important tools

We have this 1960 impala and I know nothing about cars, but I want to start restoring it. Going to do so this year even if it’s small things.

This video really helps, when I turn 18 I am planning on building a 7th gen celica, I am 14 now so that’s still a while away

Me: wow maybe I can do a project car Also me: “remember how you were gonna change out your fuel pump even tho the problem was the carburetor being flooded...yeah nvm”

Me watching while wanting a frs for a street car “I suggest getting a Jeep Wrangler” Me : 👁👄👁 My Jeep outside : o llll o

8:30 DIAMOND IN A ROUGH

I love this video! I honestly just went to meets, met friends with similar goals and now I have a project bike, and a almost track ready bike! Im also looking to get my hands on a new edge mustang, those 2v are godly LOL

4:16 *laughs in metric and btw, a bonus one: 5:20 *Jeremy Clarkson intensifies

Him : Having a project car is easy German TÜV : Hold my Sauerkraut

Right before they shot this, Zach had his last ever haircut.

Zach is the reason why I'm subscribed for this channel

"Oh okay it's not as bad as I thought now it's time to buy one." *looks at completely empty wallet* "Well sh*t"

Me: has 3 cars, none worth more than $500, all projects. Also me: still watches this video because I'm garbage at getting anything done on them.

My RX8 was the first car I did all my own work on. Wouldn't have been able to do it without forums & the local club. One of the best things I learned, buy cheap harbor freight tools to start. If you use them enough to break them, buy a nice one. I still have a ton of cheap tools around that work just fine for what I need. Also sometimes local clubs means discounts!

My 96 accord is a good example of project car. Easy to work on, cheap parts and u learn a lot about the basics of cars and how to fix them when they break (which they never do)

the first time i got "stumped" was not being able to fix my exhaust because i don;t know how to weld. so learn how to weld.

POP UP, UP AND DOWN HEADLIIIIIGHTS lol sorry I think of james singing that everytime I see the pop up headlights

just bought a miata nb :) so excited to get this project started

I’m about to buy 1996 GS-T eclipse for 2k and only 100k miles. It’s been sitting for 5 years but I have a feeling it’s gonna be a cool ass project to work on

Why does this guy look like Mr Beasts automotive cousin lol

#1: Have money #2: Teach yourself/learn #3: Go on community pages for your specific vehicle #4: Have free time

You are my favorite guy from donut. I just love you

Damn - I'm revisiting this for the first time since it came out. I've always absolutely loved cars since I was very very young but have been terrible at saving money due to a multitude of life reasons and I've never had enough to buy a car I truly want, more so what I could get my hands on at the time. Since March 2021 I've owned a 99 EK civic sedan as a daily driver that I got for a steal and had to basically race an hour and a half on public transport after work for and then bought sight unseen in the dark and just trusted it, and the second I bought it I wanted to modify it, and this series gave me the confidence and know how to actually pull the trigger and try do some stuff myself. As of June 4th 2022 I now own TWO ek civics, with one being the original sedan which has since been quite heavily modified with all the fun suspension bits and all the bolt ons, and the second being a grandma spec hatchback I just bought off a friend for a song which I'm hoping to keep original until I can afford the full Type R treatment. Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement, and thank you for explaining everything easily to all the other idiots just like me! I love you guys ❤️

Mazda Miata: Cheap Reliable Abundant Perfect *

Zach: 8:19 James: *POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIGHTS!!!!!*

Good to see someone is a UK fan there

I have a vw mk4 my dad bought it fresh 21 years back, looks like its brand new still 🔥and he gave it to me. I have NO knowledge about cars but I really wanna start this project

5:54 "Just borrow from your friends permanently" I used to have a lot of tools. Now, I only have a handful left.

"miata is cheap " *cries in portuguese"

buying a rsx type s soon and you guys are helping me learn a lot!

I just started by restoring a Honda CT100(postie) it’s a bike not a car but it’s the same in my mind, after a couple months Im almost done and I think it’s a fun project.

this video almost convinced me to twin charge my mums dacia LOL

I am in love with that S14 on jack stands just behind him

I have 4 cars, all 4 are project cars. My oldest is 69 Cadillac and my newest is 14 Cadillac and my first turbo car! Already bought 3 inch down pipe and some other goodies for it. She’s at the shop right now getting all of her maintenance done so I’ll have a good base to start from.

I knew nothing about cars, but I LOVE them. So I decided to get a job as a lube tech at my local Honda dealership. Now, a year later I am working in the main shop. I think there are so many cool avenues for beginners.

When you said “junk” just as a Miata came into the picture, i died a little inside..

No I just don’t have a license or over 20 bucks in my iron man wallet

I just got a 1973 mercedes d240 can't wait to start breaking into it.

just got my 350z yesterday and i have plans to make it into a drift build!! you guys are gonna be my tutors throughout this whole thing lmao

8:03 "🗣POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIIIIGHTS!!"