Built Not Bought's Cummins Cruiser reaches its first drive

Sam Eyles pairs the drive with a Perth 4WD Show trip and a walk-around of the heavily modified 79 Series.

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Why this story? The whole channel is running at 134,740 views a day, 6.6 times a normal day (20,369).

FIRST DRIVE IN THE 79 SERIES

The engine-failure question is no longer the latest chapter in Sam Eyles' Cruiser build. Built Not Bought has followed it with "FIRST DRIVE IN THE 79 SERIES", taking the project beyond its fault-finding episode and into a drive-titled instalment.

The upload also heads to Western Australia for the Perth 4WD Show, with Eyles giving viewers a walk-around of the truck in its present state. It has reached roughly 122,000 views since arriving on Tuesday.

Alongside that release, daily views across Built Not Bought have climbed to more than six times their usual level. That is a channel-wide rise, rather than a count belonging to the first-drive video alone.

For anyone following the build, the appeal is the change of task. October's episodes dealt with wiring, a fabricated airbox and snorkel, then a rear tray for the farm truck. The Cummins-powered 79 Series, paired with an eight-speed automatic, has since been through an engine scare and a diagnosed pump fault, as we reported here. The new instalment finally puts a first drive on the episode list.

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The numbers

Daily views across Built Not Bought are well above their usual level, alongside the first-drive upload.

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typical day

20,369

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typical day: 20,369

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