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Project Cars

From my private collection, flip project cars, customer cars or purely funny things, here comes list of all project cars we've been working on.

075 - Blue Bean



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 so readily available anymore, this will do the hard chores only pickup can do around my paradise.

074 - Katie



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.

073 - Valentinka



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.

072 - Pixxie



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.

071 - CasaBlanca



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

Feautured for example in this video

070 - The Beast



The Beast is amazing 1987 Land Cruiser HJ61. This monster truck fits nicely to my Toyota collection. It is my new working truck to save the Jane the hard work, especially traveling around volcanoes rescuing people 😊🦾.

Feautured for example in this video

069 - Heidi


SOLD!
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 have couple of unique features in mind.

Feautured for example in EP48

068 - Whitey


CUSTOMER CAR
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.

Feautured for example in EP46

067 - SnowBerry


CUSTOMER CAR
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.

066 - Zoe



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.🥰

Feautured for example in EP42

065 - Silverfish



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.

Feautured for example in EP34

064 - The Brick



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.

Feautured for example in EP36

063 - Mia



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!

Feautured for example in EP20

062 - The Jaaaag



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...

Feautured for example in EP27

061 - BullFrog



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

Feautured for example in EP13

060 - Jane



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!

Feautured for example in EP29

059 - BlackHog



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?

Feautured for example in EP31

058 - Honda



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.

057 - Irenka



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.

056 - BlackBerry



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 pradise islands.

Feautured for example in EP17

055 - Frog Racer



2007 Peugeot 607, my daily driver from some time ago. I am consistently restoring it and enjoy driving it.

Feautured for example in EP13

054 - IceBear


SOLD!
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.

053 - BlueBerry


SOLD!
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.

052 - Mitsu


SOLD!
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.

051 - Herbie



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.

Feautured for example in EP34

050 - Crocodile


SOLD!
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.

Feautured for example in EP07

049 - Sardine Can


SOLD!
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.

048 - Green Hornet



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.

Feautured for example in EP23

047 - Opel Corsa


SOLD!
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.

Feautured for example in EP05

045 - Zing


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

Few Junk Cars Later



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).

026 - Civic


SOLD!
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.

025 - Mario


SOLD!
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.

024 - GrassHopper


SOLD!
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...

023 - Yammie


SOLD!
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.

022 - PronWagen


SOLD!
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.

021 - Bulli


CUSTOMER CAR
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.

018 - Monstertruck


SOLD!
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.

017 - SnowFlake


SOLD!
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.

016 - Vallerie



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.

015 - Blackie


SOLD!
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.

014 - Supercat


SOLD!
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.

Few Junk Cars Later



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.

002 - BlueBox


SOLD!
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.

001 - The Tresor


SOLD!
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.

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