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Yorkshire Car Restoration makes room for the SubaRancho's wipers

Jonny Smith's Rancho body meets Subaru WRX running gear, with custom wing mounts helping the hybrid take shape.

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Building a One Off Classic Car! Subaru WRX Chassis, Rancho Bodywork & Custom Wipers

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1:12Custom metal upstands bridge the gap between the Subaru structure and the Rancho front wings.
3:00Stepped mounting brackets reduce contact area to help prevent water traps.
7:35Captive nuts are welded onto the brackets before the assemblies join the inner wing structure.
10:17With the wings bolted on, the Rancho bonnet and headlight surrounds get a test-fit.
17:16The Subaru wiper motor sits too high, stopping the bonnet from closing flush.
18:00Trimming and lowering the wiper motor bracket gives the bonnet clearance.

Getting the bonnet shut sounds like a modest ambition until the body and everything underneath it come from different cars. Yorkshire Car Restoration's SubaRancho now has its front wings bolted on, but the Subaru wiper motor sits too high for the Rancho bonnet to close properly.

That is the practical puzzle in the channel's only new upload, "Building a One Off Classic Car! Subaru WRX Chassis, Rancho Bodywork & Custom Wipers". The project combines a Talbot-Matra Rancho owned by Jonny Smith of The Late Brake Show with a 1998 Subaru Impreza WRX donor. It drew roughly 91,000 views in its opening stretch.

Much of the progress comes through small, deliberate pieces of metalwork. The host shapes stepped mounting brackets with a vice and hammer, reducing the contact area to avoid trapping water. Captive nuts let the wings bolt into place, and a test-fit of the bonnet and headlight surrounds makes the unusual combination look more complete. Later, lowering the wiper motor bracket creates the clearance it needs. The episode also contains a sponsored marketplace segment.

Viewers are getting into the fabrication details: several warn about grinding and welding sparks reaching the windscreen, while another questions the driver's-side wiper sweep. Others single out the clear explanations and the recurring bada-bing catchphrase.

Daily channel viewing is close to three times its usual level, though the subscriber total stayed unchanged over the week. The SubaRancho supplies the strongest momentum, with the older Mat Armstrong BMW gullwing-door episodes continuing to attract views. Those remain the channel's most-watched regular uploads, a fitting companion project for a workshop where even a hinge or wiper bracket can require a fresh design.

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What viewers say

Thanks so much for keeping this easy to understand and the language clean, you're inspiring the next generation of fabricators.

And probably the next playground word craze, bada-bing etc.
@mroctarineSee it on YouTube
I'll tell you what never ceases to amaze me Ryan, its your attention to detail and forward planning... and endless patience. Totally Badda Bing Badda Kiwi.
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TRIANGLE OF DOOM!
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Brilliant job so far! So much planning and fabrication involved!
@tonypage1056See it on YouTube
Cover up the windscreen, with all that grinding and welding, it would be a shame to ruin it. Great progress
@FearnsteinSee it on YouTube
wiper issues...isnt that hubnuts channel?
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