F1-Inspired Hot Rod With A Honda S2000 VTEC Engine | Top Gear American Tuned ft. Rob Dahm
F1-Inspired Hot Rod With A Honda S2000 VTEC Engine | Top Gear American Tuned ft. Rob Dahm
It doesn’t get much more Miami than this… This is a 1930 Ford Model A, or at least it used to be one. These days it’s a Rat Rod, with F1-inspired looks and about half a Honda S2000 underneath. Car enthusiast and tuner Ricky Boada has devoted himself to transforming an Instagram render into the real thing, mixing old Americana with a dash of JDM - what a recipe. Watch Rob Dahm tour around Miami in one of the wildest builds yet.
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0 -> [Music]
0.24 -> so this is everything squeezed in here
3.679 -> whoa
4.96 -> that is packed in there
7.44 -> had you driven anything like this before
8.88 -> you got this one yeah i like to
12 -> have weird
14.42 -> [Music]
26.64 -> this is a 1931 ford model a or well this
30.8 -> was a 1931 ford model a
34 -> now it's a rat rod with f1 inspired
36.399 -> looks and about one half of a japanese
38.48 -> sports car underneath
40.399 -> this car was the unfinished dream
41.84 -> project of a builder out west but a car
44 -> like this belongs in a place like miami
46.8 -> and it belongs with a person like ricky
48.559 -> boda a weird car enthusiast and tuner
51.039 -> who's devoted himself to taking this
52.879 -> instagram render and making it a real
55.12 -> car
61.84 -> no way what do you think dude i i
64.239 -> honestly thought i've seen this on the
65.6 -> internet but i thought that this was
67.04 -> just one of those wild renders you know
68.479 -> those guys always make yeah it started
70.479 -> as a render oh did it really
72.4 -> it started as a render f132 from bex
74.799 -> customs and then somebody actually made
76.88 -> it okay so it what is
79.52 -> it
80.32 -> so it's a 1930 ford model a
83.84 -> uh just chopped and made crazy
88.799 -> all this is actually the original metal
91.28 -> so
92.64 -> most importantly has a transplant of a
95.759 -> motor right so it has a s2000 motor
99.439 -> really mm-hmm
100.88 -> and then s2000 transmission address 2000
103.6 -> motor transmission rear end subframe
106.159 -> rear brakes
107.92 -> so it's kind of jdm too yeah it's
111.04 -> it's an s 1000 ish yeah
113.6 -> so pretty much the car was undrivable
115.68 -> when i got it like it looked cool and it
117.439 -> came off the truck and i could drive it
119.36 -> from the truck into the garage but
121.6 -> besides that there was nothing else that
123.04 -> i could do with it like i could drive it
124.24 -> around the block and then like get out
126 -> of it and be like i don't even want to
127.119 -> see that thing again yeah yeah so i had
129.039 -> to make it good enough to where i could
131.12 -> drive it around so i had to
133.36 -> pretty much go through the entire car
135.84 -> uh piece by piece and you know
137.2 -> everything it takes like with these cars
139.2 -> brakes uh the clutch
141.76 -> everything go through the entire car and
143.44 -> just kind of redo the entire project of
146.319 -> what they had in mind they had this
147.76 -> vision but i had to execute it what is
150.64 -> your dream to have it do
153.2 -> for it to drive good enough where i can
154.879 -> drive it almost every day but yeah i
157.2 -> mean the whole point is so just enjoy it
159.12 -> drive it have a good time you'll see as
160.959 -> soon as you get in it you're going to be
162.319 -> smiling your floor hear the all the cool
164.8 -> turbo noises not only turbo noises but
167.2 -> also like metal rubbing against metal
169.2 -> and just like
170.879 -> nothing's perfect and it's part of the
172.48 -> fun it adds some character and i you
174.08 -> know it's really enjoyable
179.68 -> oh i love seeing suspension articulate
181.68 -> like that
189.44 -> and then of course the e-brake doesn't
190.8 -> work just because one of those things
194.4 -> that's so sick so in the rear it's just
197.28 -> stock s2000 suspension slammed the whole
199.519 -> way oh no way yeah and it still sits
201.599 -> pretty high because of the tires i mean
203.599 -> these are 31 yeah 31 inches tall
207.36 -> talking jeep sizes yeah by 16 and a half
210.72 -> awesome well you have abs or you have
212.319 -> the wheel yeah so it's got it's got the
213.68 -> wheel sensors abs pretty much that whole
215.599 -> entire rear end is stock s2000
219.04 -> all right so
221.28 -> here we go
226.08 -> that's sick i was one okay it goes that
228.239 -> way
230.159 -> yeah and then it's just some metal
231.44 -> rubbing against other metal and it's
233.599 -> kind of dirty there but but you know
235.68 -> super functional it works yeah
238.239 -> yeah so we have the gas tank here
240.239 -> radiators back here stock s2000
242.879 -> suspension right under it
245.04 -> everything just kind of works
247.519 -> all right so i see the car but i also
250 -> see the world we're in which is
251.2 -> definitely not the world i'm used to
253.68 -> yeah what's it like having this car in
255.84 -> miami so there's a lot of memes and a
258.479 -> lot of things that say miami is not even
260.239 -> florida we're like
262.079 -> it's it's its own little space its own
264.32 -> world right miami is like a melting pot
267.12 -> of people from all over which brings a
269.12 -> lot of culture
270.4 -> and then brings a lot of car culture so
272.479 -> it's i'm appreciative of having the car
274.88 -> and then being able to share that
276 -> passion with a lot of people you know
277.28 -> because cars bring people together
279.36 -> absolutely so this is everything
282.32 -> squeezed in here
284.08 -> whoa
285.28 -> that is packed in there
289.919 -> yeah barely fits
291.759 -> um if you look here the pulleys are
294.56 -> i don't know
296 -> quarter of an inch from the intercooler
299.36 -> and then a quarter of an inch from the
301.199 -> suspension so everything kind of just
303.199 -> fits in there it was extremely hard to
304.88 -> find the core this thin too yeah so
307.12 -> they're always thicker yeah
309.52 -> wow
310.479 -> that
311.28 -> that looks like it should be bulging
312.72 -> outward yeah
314.32 -> it fits
315.57 -> [Applause]
316.39 -> [Music]
320.56 -> had you driven anything like this before
322 -> you got this one yeah i've i like to
325.759 -> have weird
327.81 -> [Music]
333.12 -> first impressions what do you think it's
335.039 -> such a cool unique experience
338.24 -> i feel like those rat rods
344.65 -> [Music]
346.16 -> it's got its own weird quirks but it's
348 -> also still like very predictable yeah
349.919 -> like i okay i know what i got
352.4 -> yeah
354.16 -> right right right
356.48 -> [Music]
359.68 -> i thought there'd be way more wins like
361.12 -> hitting my face it's not terrible right
362.8 -> not bad i never wanted so we could close
365.039 -> it you know yeah
367.759 -> yeah you can't be bored driving this
369.44 -> thing man it's fun
377.52 -> all right all right
379.93 -> [Music]
388.1 -> [Music]
393.6 -> it's like the wild wild west
396.479 -> yeah pretty much
398.96 -> everyone here comes from all over the
400.639 -> world just to hop on these cruises but
403.039 -> also in the car world dude anything
405.6 -> flies so you can modify your car as much
407.759 -> as you want no one's gonna stop you no
410 -> one's gonna do anything like or if
412.479 -> anything even police officers they'll
414.72 -> admire your car that's awesome yeah man
417.52 -> so like something like this
419.28 -> as long as it just turns on works you
421.36 -> can take it to the attack agency
422.72 -> register it yeah no one's gonna ask you
424.88 -> a question you know slap a tag on it and
426.8 -> go have some fun
428.88 -> are there some sick roads around miami
430.72 -> that you know like
432.16 -> are like known for like having fun on
434.08 -> irving yeah
440.75 -> [Music]
445.599 -> is
459.52 -> thank you man
462.85 -> [Music]
490.16 -> oh that sounds so good
493.199 -> tuning a car isn't always about making
495.12 -> it go fast it's about doing something
497.52 -> that makes you happy
499.28 -> maybe that is going fast or maybe that's
501.68 -> building something that gets attention
503.199 -> and makes everyone who sees it smile for
505.599 -> ricky that's clearly his passion
507.5 -> [Music]
518.64 -> well you know i'd rather be in this than
520.32 -> like a lamborghini or a ferrari because
523.76 -> you want attention you get into the bed
525.519 -> for sure
526.72 -> and it's the right type of attention too
528.72 -> like people that love it dude whenever i
530.959 -> go out of this people are like smiling
532.8 -> you know yeah
534.28 -> [Music]
543.92 -> dude
545.92 -> one unique ride
548.56 -> oh my god
549.92 -> i am i i love it i absolutely love it
552.8 -> it's got a lot of character yeah so much
554.72 -> so that every single person in miami
557.36 -> that we drove by
559.279 -> yeah
560.24 -> yeah you know i i thought you know you
562.399 -> go to south beach you go here you take a
565.279 -> lambo to get all the attention well
566.8 -> there's so many lambos and ferraris and
568.64 -> all the exotic cars here in miami that
570.56 -> something like this i think gets more
571.76 -> attention than that yeah i you know i'll
573.92 -> tell you what though i'm to be broke
575.92 -> more broke than i am now after all these
578.08 -> episodes because i want each of these
580.16 -> cards like i fall in love with the
581.76 -> unique personality of each of them each
584.399 -> of those like worlds that i can get the
585.839 -> honor to experience
587.68 -> oh man it makes me want that
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-whKiFobys