Project Cars

This is amazing Toyota Land Cruiser J70 from 1992. It is a diesel 2.5l engine i know very well with manual gearbox, 7 seats and 4x4 of course. It came to me as no crank no start with unknown engine damage after previous mechanic tried to swap a turbo. Let's fix it because this jewel needs a lot of love and has many years ahead of him.

Troubles always comes in two or three, right? So here is The Beast II, 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser J120. It is a big and heavy cruiser with 3l diesel engine and automatic gearbox. On top of that full equipment and pneumatic suspension. This is offroad cruiser you wish to have... Not even many new cars can even compete with it.
It came to me with fatal engine failure for engine swap, long overdue maintenance and well some TLC as well.

Oh where to start, this fugly rust bucket is 1996 Volkswagen Golf Mk.III. It received no name because I hope there will not be too many golfs in my life lol. J/K.
This is actually barelly running 2.0 petrol race car of my friend Chelsea. You will sure see more in future episodes what we will do with it. The explanation, why, what, how, is way beyond this short description.

AAAH, it took a while but finally a rover! Ok basically it is a Santana, but since it is 1978 they were techically still completely Land Rovers without any of those "improvements" of later years.
This one is 1978 Land Rover Santana 109, with 2.29l 10J diesel engine, ain't she beauty? Once I will fix her, I will definitely take some pictures again for good old times sake.
Customer brought it in for crank no start issues, we will see what it will be in reality. It usually harder to stop than start those engines.

Nothing makes me happier than when a customer brings me a car which is same as one I already have. Valkyrie is 1998 C5 Corvette, just a bit older and different than my Valentine. She came as crank no start for troubleshooting and maintenance after being refused by other mechanics. You sure will hear more about her soon.

What I always told you that troubles comes in three? Well second car, as well from Czech republic with broken engine.
This is very beautiful Mitsubishi L300 from 1998. I always wanted to have one, they are super awesome. The engine is very well known to me, but being it a van between the seats and 4x4 on top of that it will not be an easy job.
The car sadly had engine overheat, another mechanic tried to fix it but failed and now it is in my garage waiting for a new engine.

Red Jaaag is 1989 Jaguar XJ40. Friend had it standing in garage for some time (since 2017 to be exact) because of broken gearbox and asked me to fix it as it was in a shop before but they failed. It is very similar to my Jaaag, just in red color so you can imagine how passionate I am about it.
We shall fix it in the next episodes.

Foxie is 2002 BMW F650GS. It is my first ever BMW bike and I am really excited to have it in my collection. She is a bit rough around the edges, but I will restore her to be a nice and reliable bike for my adventures around paradise islands.
I really love her power and sound, it is so different from my other bikes. But she already whispered to me that she can do better.

Whitemare is perfect example of car that has a soul. By any benchmark it should not be on the road already, but it keeps ticking just because lovely owner needs her. It is 1994 Renault 19. I will try to keep it on the road a bit longer than it should. First fix I did was to connect the rear doors to the car. Feature that was missing on this one. Likely because of all the offroading. And rust. And age. And the fact that it is a French car. And the fact that the previous mechanic used fiberglass and silicone to fix the door hinges.

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Look what landed in my garage... Baby Ferrari! This is 2010 Fiat 500c with roof that opens! It has 1.242cc petrol engine which is not really an engine, but in this small shopping bag it kinda makes sense... when... it works.
Which it doesn't in this case. Poor girl drove it from Czechia all the way here with little to no oil. No idea how the car survived, but now oil is half metal flakes and half burned oil.
We will be doing an engine swap. Well if I will find the engine.

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You know troubles never come alone, another Isuzu! Shorty Blue is exactly same Isuzu like silver Shorty. Comes for long over-due maintenance and is in dire need of almost... everything!
Let's get into it...

Judge Dredd is 2007 Chrysler Grand Voyager. With 7 seats, 150HP 2.8 turbodiesel, automatic gearbox and builtin entertainment system is the ultimate cruise ship.
I will restore it for a friend of mine who fell in love with it.

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Isuzu again! Shorty is 1996 Trooper 3 doors with 3.1l turbodiesel engine. Brought in by a customer after extreme case of engine overheat... Let's fix it!

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What a charmer is this unique race car! Saphira is 1992 Jaguar XJRS, V12 6.0 engine with automatic gearbox. Found as barnfind, no crank, no start with completely torn appart interior and electric.
You can watch me restoring her in future episodes!

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Oh Mitsubishi again! Blue Bean is amazing 2007 Mitsu L200 pickup. You know what is really rare and amazing? It is automatic even!
Since I do not have Crocodile anymore, this will do the hard chores only pickup can do around my paradise.

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Katie is 2005 KTM SX dirt bike. 250cc 2 stroke power and amazing condition. It is bike owned by a family member so we just do some basic maintenance between jumping over volcanoes.

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Valentinka is 2005 Corvette C5 Anniversary edition cabriolet. I consider C3 and C5 together with the X100 Jag the most beautiful cars of all times so having them all is a life achievement.

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She is a 2022 Brixton Cromwell, amazing coffee racer I got to have an offroad bike. It is not a real offroad bike, but more than enough for my adventures in the desert.

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CasaBlanca is 1984 Ford Transit camper project! You will love it.

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The Beast is amazing 1987 Land Cruiser HJ61. This monster truck fited nicely to my Toyota collection. It was my working truck to save the Jane the hard work, especially traveling around volcanoes rescuing people 😊🦾.
Sold after a minor breakdown 🤦🏼‍ to a guy who fell in love with it. Sometimes flip hurts.

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Heidi is a really huge 4x4 from Hyundai, 2004 Terracan to be precise. I challenged my self to build from her simple but awesome 4x4 camper / exploration car and already had couple of unique features in mind.
Sold it to a friend who used it on his music tours and now it is back after a fatal engine failure caused by other mechanics working on her.

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2016 Range Rover Evoque woke up my Land Rover heart. Sure it is the base model of all possible base models, but... That green oval always puts butterflies in my stomach.
I have it for pre-flip maintenance.

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SnowBerry is another Hyundai H1 i've dealt with, this one is from 2001 and 4x4. Always wanted to play with one of those.
I did some basic maintenance and fabrication.

Zoe is a beautiful 2001 Jaguar XKR Cabriolet, RHD.
Maintenance, fixes and more was done on this beautiful collectible jewelery of car history.
Did I say this car is beautiful? Well it is the most beautiful car in the world!
X100 serie was my all time dream car since I was a little girl and had a poster of it above my bed.🥰

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2004 Ford Fusion is like any other Ford: doesn't excite you, but does the job of taking you from A to B. Eventually. Usually.
Silverfish is a small flip project I bought to have a car when none of my other junk works.
Since it worked when I bought it, I hope it will run when I need it. Once it stops, I will probably not even bother to fix it and use it as an ugly chicken house.

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If it looks like a brick, drives like a brick, and is rusty as a iron brick left on the ocean air for way too long, then it probably is a brick!
The Brick is 2003 Ford Transit Connect (Tourneo). It is the most rusty, but trusty camper mini van flip project in the world.
I took it as a challenge to build the most practical mini camper for a friend to move from Europe and it sure got a new life! In the meantime it lives back in paradise and is available for surfers as a mini escape from reality.

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Mia is amazing 1986 Jaguar XJS, RHD. Mia is my long term restoration project and third ever Jaguar I owned so will stay in my heart forever. I love to drive it as not so usual daily car. For that reason she probably will never be a show room car, but she doesn't want to be anyway. She wants to be racing!

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The Jaag is 1989 Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign. It is my daily driver which I love to death. I crashed it, fixed it and keep loving and using it almost every day. At least once per week I do little repairs here and there but he never let me down. I think the love is mutual...

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Hyosung Cruiser restoration project. This nice cruiser was flooded, but I already started restoration. Want to see it driving!

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Jane is my Toyota 4Runner I am step by step restoring. But because I need to use all my cars, I use her primarily as the perfect beach hunting car!

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BlackHog is amazing 1980 Toyota LandCruiser BJ40. I bought it as a failed restoration project, wanted to finish it and enjoy it but a good friend of mine convinced me it was his soul mate so I bent and let him take it from my hands.
Good part is that I can still see and use it and maintain it for him. So kinda stays in the family.
And to be honnest, can you imagine a better daily on paradise island filled with rocks, beaches and endless summer?

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Thissssss is my 2007 Honda Shadow. I've always loved low low cruiser bikes and wanted one ever since I sold Yammie, so happy to found this gem. It has awesome sound and beside basic maintenance i didn't needed to do anything last over 3000km driven.

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Irenka is 2024 Hyundai i30n. I bought her as a collectible future classic / flip project for really awesome price and believe in 20 years she will be a real treasure. Still drive her time to time and enjoying the brutal sound and power. She was also my second new car! I really only love old cars, but you have to make exception somewhere.

BlackBerry is my first ever new car! It is 2023 Hyunday Staria I've turned into daily camper I use to travel freely for my photoshoots and camping around paradise islands.

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2007 Peugeot 607, my daily driver from some time ago. I am consistently restoring it and enjoy driving it time to time. Gave it to a friend as it was too modern for my collection and a bit redundant to be honest.

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IceBear was 1999 Mercedes ML230. It was an accident car (crane fell on the roof) I restored him, did maintenance, repaired looots of sheet damage, even suspension and interior and flipped for a really nice profit.
I am kind of sad I was not making my video channel back then, it would really show you something I can do. Still have a few pics in my gallery here and there if you are interested.

BlueBerry was Hyundai H1 SV camper build. I used it as a camper during a long term music video project and completely fell in love with the idea having a camper again and with this series of vans from Hyundai.
I bought it in very rough condition, fixed it and created nice and practical camper inside. Sold for a profit to a camper surfer girl.

Mitsu was my flip project, 1994 Mitusbishi Montero / Pajero. Amazing machine I got in complete disaster state with broken engine, fixed everything, restored what I could and flipped for a huge profit. I've enjoyed driving it a lot too. Especially offroad.

Herbie is 1973 VW SuperBeetle. I used her as a daily few years ago and now I want to slowly restore her into most amazing rat rod I've ever did. She is in really rough condition, but I always wanted the bug and after Bulli also wanted to play again with aircooled VW.

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1994 Isuzu TF Pickup, my trusty rusty pickup. He was one of my first flip cars in paradise. Sold to a family for a loss after I was driving it for over two years, but I am happy I will keep seeing it and working on it.

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Mazda 5 minivan I attempted to restore after fatal engine failure, but got offered very high flip price so let it go unfinished. Happens to the best of us, but i really hated the car so was not really so hard to convince me.

Is another Jaguar XJS, this one is a targa and absolute amazing to drive. Sadly it is left hand drive but that is ok. I got it as a non runner and restored it in few episodes.

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Opel Corsa flip project. Got it in rough condition, but converted it into nice collectible oldtimer for a guy who had one as a kid. Love this kind of restorations.

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My another flip project, Kymco Zing from 2009. Really nice cruiser bike. I did just some beautifications, cleaned rust from chrome, maintenance, new tires and flipped for 3x the purchase price. Really loved to ride it as well.

I will not bore you with tens of smaller projects. Sometimes all it takes to flip a car is to wash it properly or buy and sell at the right time (especially in heavily season-based environment).
We moved from Germany somewhere between all those junk cars which was also reason why I had to start over again (with cheap and bad cars).

I loved this Honda Civic Sport, it way my daily and flip project which i really loved. It had red leather interior and was really nice to drive. Did few basic repairs on it but otherwise it was a very reliable car.

2005 Kreidler F-Kart, the road legal Go-Kart! Seriously the most surreal experience I've ever had behind the wheel in my life. I restored it after a minor accident and drove it like a Mario around until few near death experiences which forced me to sell it.

1967 Ford Mustang Cabrio flip project. I really loved the car, but sadly had to go... It took me 8 years to drive another real cabrio. I love to work on american V8s too. Not as great mechanically as my Vette, but compared to European cars from the period, wow...

Nicest chopper I've ever driven until I got my Honda. This was Yamaha Virago 250 flip project. We did full frame off restoration with couple of friends and sold for decent profit. This bike made me fall in love with small choppers and was lusting after it for a long time.

Nothing screams more German PronWagen like a pink gold metalic C220 automatic with a red interrior. A survivor barnfind I got as a present from an old friend to restore and keep on the road. Sadly family member crashed it and I had not good enough garage to restore it properly so had to sell it. Still weep about it at nights.

1974 VW T2 bus I restored some years ago. It was mostly rust and electric. Loved to drive and camp in this car. Definitely would love to own it again one day.

Amazing Chevrolet Blazer K1500 I converted to rear wheel drive and built awesome burnout machine out of it.
Bought it from a crazy guy who made an engine swap in it, but completely destroyed electric and many other things. So after few months of fixes sold to even more crazy guy who drives it until now.

SnowFlake was my first van, first camper project. It was amazing awesome incredible 1994 Chevrolet Astro V6 4x4, automatic. I got it with 400000 miles on the clock and still runing like new. I loved the car so much and used it to move to the paradise. Literally loaded up everything I had inside and vrooooooom.
It is still here on the island used as a garden shed after being used as a surfer mobile home for few years.
I would never sold it, but sadly was too rusted away to make the registration on another continent worth it.

Vallerie is my absolute dream car. It is 1974 Corvette C3 with 383 stroker V8 engine I restored from ground up. I love her till death us tear appart.
Full car restoration is really challenging and rarely financially makes sense, but at that time it was only a hobby for me. I was studying and doing wedding photography full time.

Blackie was a 2007 Land Rover Defender 90 I had briefly. It reminded me how much I love Land Rovers and how different two very similar cars can be.
Did some basic maintenance, brake job, etc. Sold it to a friend for a slight profit.

Amazing Jaguar XJ8 flip project. I bought it as my first Jaaag with damage on the suspension and electric, fixed it, flipped it for a huge profit and regreted selling it forever since. Now I have even better one, but this one always will stay in my heart.

As you can see by the number, I skipped few cars. I am not proud about owning and flipping them, but girl's gotta eat 🤣. So I will not bore you to death with the details.

BlueBox was a loaner car I had for few my photo projects, it was the car which cemented my forever love in defenders and second car I ever had. It was bare stock 110 SW and I believe 2009.

The Tresor was 2007 Land Rover Defender 110 SW. I know, it is crazy to have Defender as a first car, with still wet ink on my driving license, but hear me out!
OK, I've got nothing. No excuse. But it was love on a first sight and part of my cooperation with Land Rover back in a day as a muse for the calendar. You can still get a calendar if you want 🥰
I had to sell it after few years because the rust was too much to handle on my own with no real garage to even think about to attempt to fix it. I did few electronic modifications to it, radio, fixed few things here and there. There is always something to do with Land Rovers.