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Nicknamed Dumpy, the rundown minicar turns a garage inspection with James into an excavation of old wrappers, coins and paperwork.
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The roughest nugget I've ever owned.
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- 0:00Meet Dumpy, a rusty four-door 1972 Honda Life.
- 4:24The host and James begin excavating the cabin's rubbish and old keepsakes.
- 10:05The paper finds include an unused electoral enrolment form and a Golden Gaytime wrapper.
- 12:00Removing the rear seat reveals glass fragments, an insect nest and old coins.
- 17:12Dumpy goes onto the hoist for a look at its suspension, exhaust and floor pans.
- 19:35The front engine inspection reaches the timing belt before any attempt to start the car.
An unused electoral enrolment form is not the usual starting point for a car project. In Garbage Time's only upload this week, it joins a retro Hungry Jack's bag and old coins among the debris inside a 1972 Honda Life.
"The roughest nugget I've ever owned." introduces Dumpy, a rusty four-door with a South Australian registration sticker that expired in 1992. The host and James work through the cabin like garage archaeologists, lifting the rear seat and floor lining to find glass fragments, an insect nest and yet more remnants of other people's journeys. Recent Sour Patch Kids complicate the time capsule a little.
The affection is less ambiguous. "This is Dumpy, so I love Dumpy with all my heart," the host says. Once the Honda reaches the hoist, its floor pans prove surprisingly solid. By the closing stretch, attention has shifted from rubbish removal to the engine and a timing-belt inspection before any attempt to start it.
Dumpy has drawn roughly 891,000 views and is the channel's busiest video right now. Viewers are supplying suitably tiny comparisons, including lawn equipment's turtle-and-rabbit speed selector and popcorn chicken rather than a full nugget. Others pick up on the contrast between the engine and the rudimentary suspension.
Across the catalogue, Garbage Time collected about 1.5 million views this week and added subscribers. Daily viewing is running at twice its usual level. Among nearby motoring channels, Pushing Pistons had the biggest viewing week, while Zip Tie Tuning and RESTORED matched Garbage Time's subscriber gain.
The older experiments have not disappeared beneath the cabin dust: "I replaced my engine oil with cheese." remains the next-busiest upload, followed by "The Rolls Royce has been a disaster."
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that looks like it should have a turtle and rabbit as the speed selector
@jackharper24See it on YouTubeThis isn’t a nugget this is popcorn chicken
@samcentral6845See it on YouTubeDumpy looks like a car akira toriyama would have enjoyed drawing
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For anyone who cannot picture how small this engine's capacity is, it's under one can of Coke.
@SnapshotOfASoulSee it on YouTubeYou may think his name is Dumpy but his name is obviously Bip, it's literally written on the window!
@son_of_perditionSee it on YouTubeThe ciggy in the airfilter sent me. What a nugget.
@DrNergaleSee it on YouTubeThere is no way you put four adults in that thing and get it to actually move
@DrChilltacularSee it on YouTubeReflexively holding my breath every time they disturb that ancient floor dust...
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