Awwwww, Jake. The honesty, emotion, it’s raw and it’s factual, no warts in your face reality. I don’t know you but I wish I did. The chemistry between you and Mark is incredible. Thank you for spilling your guts with the hard facts of life. Awesome mate, awesome.

Best part of a Sunday night when Jake’s chop shop vid drops 👌🏽

Massive respect to you Jake your hard work will pay off very humble and authentic your channel is going to go big get used to the abundance alot of people are going to be inspired from the episodes you put out!! Best episode yet very relatable!!

Big respect for chucking up a video like this. Honest and tells it like it is👊

Bite off more than you can chew and chew like hell - Peter Brock said that and it’s been in my head ever since

Jake iam old school respect respect to you brother your an old soul in a young body...

It's so refreshing to hear someone these days talk some real shit. I have bulk respect for your no BS approach. Love your videos, keep them flowing!

Mate what can I say, least amount of car content for one of your vids yet but hands down the best episode you have put out. Well said and well done. Doesn't get much more real and honest then that. Keep it up man.

Loud and clear bro, I moved 8 hours away from anything I know and love and when I gets tough these videos are pure motivation to keep hustling

Love hearing your thoughts mate. Agree 100% NOTHING comes without hard work. Grind 100 hours a week all day long

Your little wooden table, my mum and dads coffee table in the lounge room, exactly the same story. Fuck it’s good to have someone as relatable as you to put out these videos. Every weekend after working on my car and I’m just fkn over the sight of it, I watch your video and think what to do next. You give the Motivation and the relatability. Top shit mate keep it up 🤜🏻🤛🏻

Hey champ, just watched this episode, it’s so refreshing to see somebody doing there thing, I am older mate but had humble beginnings, I have a shop for Myself and I do a few jobs to pay the rent and keep my family fed. I agree the world has gone to shit, I train auto motive apprentices, and I also train mechanical engineers. It’s hard to get the youth of today to understand that hard work does pay off, and that just because you don’t have a million dollars in the bank doesn’t mean your life is fulfilled. I see myself so lucky to have the opportunity to impart my knowledge of trades to the youth of today, and see them succeed. Love your show, and thank you for speaking out mate.legend

Great update Jake, always enjoy watching your videos. Massive respect for this video, really appreciate your honesty and advice on building cars and doing it yourself. You have shown what a great attitude and hard work can give you in life.

"Make the car community great again" How fkn good GIVE A FUCK ❤ Nah wicked video mate definitely a goodcunt Not only the reason I watch your vids is because of vl content as I've got a wagon one But also watch because your straight up and can relate to myself Just a nobody learning my own skills growing slowly No hand outs or tikupz Keep it up

Jake I love the honesty and you’re such a ( real ) person who calls it as it is keep the awesome videos coming. I’ve been into cars my whole life and my son is too. We’re not painter’s but just backyarders who give it a go. Self satisfaction is priceless mate!

I used to a panel beater and doing a car from scratch is a huge amount of work alot of ups and downs and lots of cash needed these days.

Im 50 years old, boilermaker and vl crazy. Had a swag of lw5's Calais, Berlin and sl's. I do everything my self and have always invested in myself instead of paying other like you. Heaps of trial and error and lot of satisfaction. Alao have a yellow vl like the one in this vid. This is the first vid i have watched of yours, what a great intro for me. Great attitude.

Jake, I wouldnt normally comment on a video, but I had to for this one. I have nothing but respect for what you say. What a fantastic video! Your raw and realistic insite is an inspiration and pure reality of the superficial world we live in. I hope that you have teenage and young subscribers watching this video, because what you say is honest and a harsh reality. There are no free rides in this world, but there is nothing you can't do without blood. sweat and tears. You are proof of that. Thanks for keeping it real.

Hey Jake I’m an old fart & I loved your wisdom. I will be saving this & listen to it often. Keep it coming.

Sound advice, the only person in this life we can depend on is ourselves, I’ve been let down too many times, and building something yourself is the greatest reward money can’t buy 💪

Wise man once said it’s not a mistake if you fix it

Luke still has his chop shop model cars. Some have blowers and diy turbos glued to them. Also car mats with permanent marker " burnout marks" I love it! Keep on keeping on jake we love the realness and honesty!

Fair play Jake you are living your dream and have worked very hard to get there.

Im older than u jake but u sound very similar its good to see there is a few genuine people out there work hard stay humble help the next guy.

The moment you said if you motivated one person that's good enough to you, you won my respect brother keep kicking goals mate

hits different when your driving around in the car youve put blood sweat n tears into.. 100s of hours of work, built not bought all day!

Thank you Jake! If you can picture it in your mind you can hold it in your hand 👌 cheers m8

I love this video. I built cars with my friends as a teenager learning by doing making mistakes and trying again and then got married and had kids and didn’t touch cars for a long time. Then my kids got to the age to drive and into cars and passed on my knowledge to them helping them with their cars. I still don’t have a lot of money to pay someone to build my dream car an LC Torana GTR XU1 in Plumdinger. I can’t afford a 2 door let alone the XU1 but found an LC Torana 4 door. I have spent the last couple of years working on it and get what you were saying about the motivation. I spent 6 months not touching the car when I was struggling with the cutting and welding and didn’t seem to be making any progress making mistakes and re doing it again but the satisfaction you get from those little wins encourages me to keep going. It’s taking me way longer than I expected but it’s my dream car so I keep going saving money buy parts get back in the shed and do the next thing. Your an inspiration to many young people mate so don’t sell yourself short. I know for myself I have learned things watching your videos and I am sure I wouldn’t be the only one. Keep up the great work.

Man I’m a young bloke my self with a few project cars on the go and I know the lack of motivation to do the work on the cars I’m in the middle of doing rust cut outs that I’ve never done before and after watching this it makes me want to finish it more I love your videos man and love your work keep it up your an inspiration for all the young guys out there

Mate….I was keen as to see more on the VL this week but, wow!! Your a legend mate! Such respect! Enjoyed watching this and bring back child hood memories of much the same as you! Mate your a genuine bloke that takes time for his viewers Mate I’m much the same i won’t to tackle all projects I do wheather it’s my car,house anything, resources are out there KZread is the best one and I feel it’s more rewarding for yourself Keep up the good work mate good to mix it up with Jakes talks 👍

Love your honesty. The work ethic of today’s youth has flown out the window ☹️ ☺️

Love your attitude! We are very alike lock self in shed music on and grind jeez thats how i get it 😂 Im self taught build all my cars paint fab wiring, mechanical , I taught myself efi tuning the lot. I outsource nothing unless its an expensive specialist tool I cannot afford. I often get the oh you have that car you must be loaded. Nah bro i just hustled and made this happen myself. I have my own bussiness not in the automotive industry but i work the day get home and get in the shed every night and work again. I have kids a mortgage aswell. Thanks for putting videos up every sunday for me to wind down too🍻🍻

Its a passion Jake been doing it since i was 16 as an apprentice mechanic still doing it at 68 Keep the hood work up mate

You sound exactly like me, never had a lot of money growing up aswell so I try to do everything I can possibly do myself or even try to learn to myself, made a shit load of mistakes and a lot of learning curves but wouldn’t change a thing and will always try do it myself

Respect Jake, thanks for keeping it real mate, so many u tubers trying to make the world so artificial, like you a grafter myself, thankful for your heartfelt episode, you dont realize mate how inspirational you actually are today, I definitely relate to your adventure so far keep up the great real entertainment mate

No one in my family was into cars and we never had a car worth more then 2k when i was growing up ( 90s early 20s) . I became a Diesel Fitter but ended up obsessed with fab work. Ive built 2 cars so far so i can definitely relate to where you're coming from .

100% agree mate. Well said. I brought a vh slx 21 years ago, its sat in my shed until a couple of years ago never moved. I had big plans but lost all motivation, it recently got painted and i have now have got it back rolling and fitted all drivline. Cammed ls with t56. I have 2 sons we are all building a car each now. Youngest son has vk, oldest son has a vl slowly getting there. All self taugh here aswell brother. Best was to save %%. Its all time and money end of the day.

Really enjoyed this... Heaps of respect... I'm actually the original builder and original owner of gas-747.... And the guy who owns it now takes all the credit ...you know that you're a Mr Paul.... I was forced to sell that...I work damn hard to build not for show just for my own sense of pride 💯😎😎 really loving your content bro🇨🇮🇳🇿🦂🚘

This is the best content iv every seen on u tube. Jake ur brutal honesty is what seperates u from everyone else. Truely skilled car builder

Love your work brother, your mentality and how you tell it how it is is inspiring. 👍🏻

Well done young man. Your attitude in life will make you a success story. Be careful of young Sam Vatsillas. He’s a poo pirate!

Mate your a legend and your videos are helping me heaps and my son watches aswell hard work is definitely the way

Well done Jake… first person who has tells the truth… I’m here for the long haul and watch your channel grow!

Your doing really well mate, good guy and a hard worker. 1 piece of advice from an old spraypainter, spend an extra day and paintsrip mate, Eliminates sinkbacks

I dig the way you are straight up and honest. No BS.Plus. It looks like you're having fun when your mates are there. As for this video. I enjoyed it. keep them coming! Chopt it up!

amazing video man. tried liking it 4 times while watching. love your videos super raw no bullshit. I re-watch all your videos all week waiting for the next one

Jake, just brilliant. You have inspired me to work on my VL. I was thinking about selling it as it needs a few small things done that have been annoying me on my sunday cruises. I will now do it myself where i can. Cheers from 55yr old Big Ron

Well done about time a guy will have a chat about his Passion this is good for the young Generation not just about Cars

Love your attitude and honesty Jake 👍

Your a true gentleman habib keep up the great work this world needs more people like you true to your word 👌👌👌👍👍

Aren't we lucky a jakes chop shop episode on a Sunday, keep up the good shit mate this video was perfect was loosing motivation with my 720 ute this video made me get out there on the grinder amd welder for a few hours. Good luck with getting the vl ready in time legend 👍 🍻 👌

I feel as tho I have a similar mentality to you I am 21 still young bought my first car at 15 and still have that car. I live to work on my cars and push my self to build my cars. I started my heavy diesel mechanic at 15 and was qualified by 19 every single after I am in the shed working on my cars people walk past the shed and stop and talk and tell me about the cars they used to have when they why my age they tell me they see me every day working and working and I just tell them that it is my passion. I do absolutely everything my self on my cars and push my self to doing new things with them and could never bring my self to pay someone to do the things I do to them. I hear prices of what people pay to get things done to there car and am complaining shocked because I don’t ever get to see that side of it because I do everything myself. During covid i decided to start a KZread channel doing what I love building my cars and am now super proud of where I am with nearly 2000 subscribers. I entered my car in a burnout competition that was 6 weeks away as a cammed LS1 with a custom paint job. But I’m reality it was just a standard V6 VX commodore. We pushed and pushed and I worked every single afternoon/night until 11-12pm for 6 weeks straight with help from my dad I documented my journey on my KZread channel all in my shed at home. We resprayed the whole car, done a LS conversion cammed the motor ran gearbox lines wires and everything required to get the car running and 3 days before the event we finished the respray on the car. The feeling I had after that car was done after all the hard work and dedication that got put in to it after the the money forked put in those 6 weeks that feeling was something I have never ever felt before and was by far the best experience in my life. Seeing the car finished after being physically and emotionally drained with ups and downs the whole build was the most amazing feelings I reckon I will ever have. Thank you your videos are very motivational and inspire me to get pushing my dream to be bigger and bigger!!

Hell yeah brother- such an honest and down to earth insight to you and what you do Jake. Absolute bloody legend- keep doing what you’re doing mate, we are all loving it😎👌🏼

The most humble message I’ve heard in a long time

Massive respect to you Jake your hard work with your channel will pay off very humble & authentic ! Your channel is going to get big & I think you've done the best ever chat with everyone here tonight. I enjoy every episode you bring particularly this one I have watched this until the end. Much respect as always from me. I'm a Ford man my self but I do like Holdens as well as both. I have a 2001 - Narooma Blue - Ford Falcon SR AU series ll sedan - T-Bar automatic currently - may convert it to 5-speed manual (Grandpa spec) for my strict liking... I will be taking my time very slowly because I am only on a disability pension but that's ok I make the most of what I do as we all. I am pretty happy with what I'm doing. Cheers from William. Mount Gambier-South Australia 🌏🦘

Another Adelaide lad here, You are spot on with the discussion content mate, great vid, love how hard you constantly work day in day out!! That raffle scammer shit is a straight up joke and preying on hopeful people with the worst odds of winning possible…. Keep up the hard work Legend👌🏻

Good on ya Jake, love the channel and your passion towards building sick rides.

Easy way to put it work to be proud of what you do don't work to be happy because if you re proud of what you do happiness just follows

Love your outlook, keep up the great work 👍

Well that wasn't what I was expecting this week.. certainly different Your not negative at all,your a realist, nothing wrong with that.. Keep it the good work

What a video true honest heaps of respect bro I busted my ass off to excel at work but 12months ago I was medically retired at 43 yrs young my back has gone on me to the point I can walk 4-5 days a week with in my house but pain reminds me im still alive and cars are everything to me so still LS Swapping my hj Ute and building new tray it’s taking me a bit longer to do but I’m going to get it done. Keep up the great videos and love the work bud 👍

PASSION FOR CARS WILL NEVER DIE! BLESSED 🙌 LIVING THE DREAM CHEERS ASH B

Love your honesty bro! ❤️ 👌🏻

Excellent Video, love the insight into your motivation and drive to succeed. Have an engineering business and 💯 agree with eat, sleep and breathe where u want to take it for personal success

Spot on Jake, You could see the emotion on your face mate!! Killer content as always mate👌

Great video mate, your channel and the information you share will be inspiring many to work on their own builds and learn… there’s no better satisfaction than learning a new talent and getting a job done yourself.. keep up the great work and vids 👍

Much respect to you Jake. Really enjoy seeing your updates every week.

Great and honest video mate. Old school hot rodding style of having a go and building a car. Keep the videos coming Jake

Massive respect mate keep it up, love the video 🤙🏼

Well I watched this awhile ago, decided to just jump into the vl. Done all underneath bushings, trailing arms, radius bushings lower control arms, engine transplant, new sensors all round, cas rebuild, timing, fueltank clean things I've never ever laid a hand on but I've completed that & the rear with some failures along the way but its also been the best learning experience. Now I'm determined to save my baby and start the body prep! First time for everything I guess, there's only one way to learn. Fuck up and come back from it 😀

Man you have tought me so much and pushed me to finish mine mate I appreciate the vids a specially with this LS build man keep it up bro 🙏

Mate your a definate inspiration, I strive to be able to do half the stuff you can

Enough with the car raffles right? I hate it like you, and for some reason it seems no one's talking about it online. Great video Jake, people really value authenticity and I know it wasn't your aim, but I'm sure you have won alot of people over tonight. I have adopted the same principle you described about investing in yourself and doing it yourself but with my house renovation, and starting down the path of more involved car stuff soon. There really is nothing more satisfying looking at the job once completed and having the satisfaction you did it yourself. Getting alot out of the channel, keep it up

Love this so much. Jake you are an absolute legend. It’s excellent how you tell it like it is and are so transparent when it comes to the work you’re doing. Thank you and keep it up.

Hey Jake, I watch your videos and like many others, very much enjoy the content. Have been a car guy all my life, had a couple of nice ones over the years, but life sometimes gets in the way and unfortunately you make tough decisions. Found your video tonight really interesting, your message about work ethic, goals, dedication and commitment resonated. I'm in my 50's now and finally might be in a position to get another car for myself. I'll keep an eye out on the channel to see what you might have come up to sell. Not a VL man, but luv the way the yellow one came together. Maybe a hq, HJ or VK might come through your shop, I'll keep watching. Keep up the great work mate.

Love the videos bro, your words really inspire me

Awesome work mate. Keep up the great work and the inspiration for us all and your self.

Love the vid Jake much respect. You motivate me but it's because of the person you are. A real true blue bloke that explains everything rather than just look at me videos like 90% of other youtubers.

Keep up the great work bro, enjoy watching your videos. Got a couple projects on the way at the moment, watching you give me the burn to keep going. I’m local in Adelaide, will definitely come to next event.

Your passion is infectious! Keep up the good work. I look forward to your videos. You make me miss what I used to do and want to do again. Hopefully I will get back to it one day soon. Thanks mate. 🙏🏼👍

This is awesome!!

Watch your videos all the time, thanks for sharing. I have no clue how to build a car, not very hands on. After watching your video I've started building my car, making it a turbo

Awesome video man. You definitely motivate me!

The hard work and dedication you have to put these videos out on top of running your shop is greatly appreciated !

100% agree that when you start working on something the motivation to get it done grows

Well done mate. Enjoying learning and following the journey.

So relatable loved the vid 👌🏽👌🏽

Huge respect to you man, would love to see more videos like this

Hey mate love your channel it shows people that you don't need $100,000 to build a car! i have to say though and im not trying to take anything away from you, 80 git then bogging over acrilic paint is not a good thing!, I've been painting in smash shops for 20 years then had my own resto shop for 10 years till I had an condition that put me in a wheelchair, I know that body filler has come along way over the years but all commodores were painted in acrilic up until the vs some were 2k we use to have to do the thinners test, anyway what im saying is acrilic is thermo plastic not a stable base to fill over and to be honest that bog will not last over the acrilic paint, you are best off paint stripping the acrilic off because even 40 grit pad on a buff will just make it melt not sand, please don't bog over acrilic you do such a good job but its such a huge mistake, even bogging over 2k I would bare metal the main low spot then blend the filler, also there is spray polly a spray on bog basically wich is goes on even without applicator highs, keep up the great work but please don't bog over acrilic paint makes me cringe, cheers Adam

Respect mate love the honesty and raw emotion

Awesome work. Especially being in the middle of a car build seeing your video's on a Sunday arvo motivates me for the next week coming !! keep them coming

Enjoy watching your Videos Jake !!! Keep up the great work !!!

Great video Jake just finished watching it 👍🏼

Killer vid mate, good insite in to who you are. Don't change.

Killed it mate! Love the authenticity, don’t change for no one! Love the content, one of the best dudes going on KZread

Loved it jake inspirational 😊

Love your vids mate, I’m 18 started building my gu Ute abit different to your builds but working on it and watching your vids at the end of the day is awesome motivation, keep pumping the vids out !!

Great vid jake good perspectives and motivation

Really like this style of video once in a while update like this would be sick. Relate to alot of what you said

What a great video jake! keep up the great content and being real!