I'm Not Sure What I Got Myself Into: A Wild Ride with My Latest Project

As I stood in front of my latest project, a Buick F250 Super Duty truck, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. I had purchased the truck from a junkyard for $300, and after some modifications, it was ready to hit the road. The first thing I noticed was the seat - it was a F-250, all right, and I was eager to get behind the wheel.

I instantly cut the fenders, put on 33-inch tires, and everything else was stock. But that wasn't going to last for long. As soon as winter arrived, I decided to add a snowplow to the truck, which proved to be a bad idea. The transmission grenaded, and I had to replace it with a new one from a Chevy 1-ton frame, four-wheel drive. Little did I know that the new transmission was also faulty, but I didn't find out until just a week ago.

That's when I found this beauty for $900, with only 250,000 miles on it. It had a bad trans, and I knew right away that I would need to replace it again. But before I could even think about doing that, I chopped up the truck and put this one on top of it. It was a bold move, but I didn't care - I wanted something else, and these 1960s vintage swivel rocking chairs were just what I needed.

I threw the seats in the truck without any hesitation, not even bothering to test them out first. And boy, was that a mistake. The moment I started the engine, the seat caught on fire. I put seatbelts in it afterwards, but it didn't prevent the flames from engulfing the interior. The sound of the exhaust and welding sparks seemed to have triggered the blaze.

As I looked around at the damage, I couldn't help but laugh at my own stupidity. But then I saw the beautiful burn mark on the floor and knew that it was all worth it. I had to weld the floor together using JB Weld, a bit of seam sealer, and some spot welding to hold everything in place. It was a makeshift solution, but it worked.

I added a few finishing touches to the truck, including a wing, a light bar, and 1200 watts of power. The seats were free, as well as the entire dashboard - all I had to do was zip tie everything together. And to my surprise, it all worked perfectly. The running lights on top shone bright, even though I hadn't had time to hook them up properly.

As we took a drive around the parking lot, I could see that the swiveling rocking chairs were still in use - they definitely moved as we drove, and reclined back with ease. But there was one issue - there was less headroom than I expected. Still, it was nice to have some extra comfort.

We tried out a few burnouts, which proved to be quite impressive. The engine roared to life as I released the clutch, sending flames shooting out of the exhaust pipes. It was exhilarating, and I couldn't help but smile at my own handiwork. But there were some unexpected sounds - something about horsepower? And beeping noises?

I had to admit that I wasn't sure what was going on with the beeping noise, or why it kept telling me that everything was warmed up and ready to go. Maybe it was just my imagination playing tricks on me. The only real concern was when the fuse box got wet, causing the engine to boil a bit.

Despite some minor issues, I had to say that I was pretty proud of what I had built. It may not have been the prettiest truck in the world, but it was certainly unique - and that was exactly what I wanted.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat is that is that a car truck i think it's both we gotta check this out what the hell is this buick f250 look at the seat oh my gosh it is f-250 all right yeah f-250 super duty two-wheel drive um i got this buick for 300 from the junkyard and i instantly cut the fenders put 33s on it everything's stock yeah and i beat the living crap out of it for i don't know almost two years and this past winter i finally grenaded the transmission because i put a snowplow on it motor was still fine so i threw rocks in it blew that motor up i actually bought um a chevy one ton frame four-wheel drive uh little did i know i had a bad trans a week ago and this one just happened to come up for 900 bucks 250 000 miles i said it's mine started thrashing got the body on it wednesday i finished it last night at 10 pm so you just bought the full truck a week ago yeah and then you chopped it up to put this on there yep did it not have front seats or you just didn't like them i didn't like them i wanted something else my cousin gave me these they're 1960s vintage p green swivel rocking chairs damn so i just threw them in there and they have been caught on fire how did that happen well i put i got seat belts in it i had to put seat belts in it yeah of course hold it down and all the welding sparks and my uncle has a plasma torch and everything it just caught on fire you can see back here and then a big burn mark there no way you got dual exhaust yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh damn there's the exhaust right there the sound my sound definitely fell out but rust free frame too i see yeah oh beautiful you're the best a wing and a light bar get both yep keep showing me around here let's look at what we're working with so you have what 1200 into the whole thing oh yeah easy yeah i got it i got these for free i got that for free i bought these for like 12 dollars for i don't know 20 feet of it the seats are free i mean everything it's just not bad for the draw really not bad so so you're entering the burnout contest although yes that's hilarious that's why we got the running lights up top too i like that yeah those i didn't have time to hook them up for this event but they do work and all the lights work um the heat the heat and air conditioning even works in the front yeah i made sure to keep that is it the buick dash or the truck bash that's the truck dash truck-ish yeah okay there's no dash i didn't see that yeah you know no retrofitting needed just zip ties i just put it in yeah could we go for a drive around the parking lot real quick yeah hello yeah she definitely swivels definitely swivels look at this it's a swiveling rocking chair yeah i mean it drives fine yeah got less head room though there you go yes you can just recline back and i like this nice have you done some burnouts in this thing yeah it does some pretty uh pretty nice burnout hell yeah now i don't know what this beeping is i haven't i don't have a manual for it so i don't it's just letting you know it's warmed up and ready to rip yeah it's burning for the horsepower yeah those are actually some kind of frightening sounds should we be worried um the other day the fuse box got rain in it yeah so it likes to boil a little bit but other than that it's it's fine yeah this this um where i welded the floor together oh jb weld that's actual uh um seam sealer okay it did i did spot weld it a little bit but that is actually pieces of the door from the f250 oh no way yeah just seal it up cut it up and just put it on there yep they said no no holes between you and the in the the driver and oh sure yeah you need a firewall for sure there's been a few fires in this burnout contest so you this is literally truck unless this car yep that's all truck this from here back his car nice and easy i like that i'm surprised how well it mounted up yeah not almost the same length too minus the foot i was gonna add a porch on the back and put some enough chairs back there but i ran out of time phase two yeah or whatever if it lasts after tonight yeah so it's gonna be pretty ratchet tonight this is so comfortable every car should come with swiveling recliner rocking chairs to the skin pad here we go oh here we go so he lost there's a very large piece of metal out there thank you fire safety all right let's hear it for the saber swapped f250 come on well i'd say considering what you were working with you did pretty good yeah for what i was working with yeah what are you gonna do for the next one well the diff i was gonna say that'd be step one for sure need a little more power maybe yeah i didn't have time to do it because i got done at 10 p.m last night yeah i had to go to bed but hey man you put on a good show that was so cool to see yeah i appreciate you building something weird for the fans it's uh it was really badass everyone was loving it i appreciate that oh yeah where are we going to see you next we're going to do with the next i'm going to go down to florida for the daytona truck me oh hell yeah so i'll be down there right now there yeah well thanks again man yeah i love the bills oh my god that was scariest oh my god\n"