Junkyard Tom
Welcome to Tom'sJunkyard! Here I make films about fixing broken stuff and about projects I've been involved with. Petrol runs through my veins, and most of all I love older, entirely mechanical machinery. So most of the films are about fixing & driving older cars. But you will see films of a few other projects here too, including some projects I have done with other people and some that I have done through work.
Fixing stuff on a tight budget is also something that has always interested me - sometimes through necessity but I'm also interested in the creativity that is generated when you can't simply throw money or even time at a project.
This channel is also the home of my 1958 Wolseley 6/90 project - which you can follow from the junkyard, through recommissioning to driving on the open road. She is one of just 25 surviving cars in the UK, and 112 in the whole world. Since being put on the road, this car has now circumnavigated the world twice - 50,000 miles!
The Agony and the Ecstasy (or - WHY do we DO these things to ourselves?)
FROGEYE SPRITE DISC BRAKES UNDER £200! (WHAT COULD GO WRONG?)
A Passage from Greenwich to Woodbridge on board Sailing Barge, 1900 Tjalk “Trouwe Hulp”
Learning to Sail 1900 Dutch Sailing Barge, Raising Mast (+ Soveit Uaz, Trabant, +Enfield Motorcycle
Vintage Hot Bulb Engine Blowing Smoke Rings + Dutch Canal Boat Trip (Skandia 13A Single Cylinder)
Frogeye Sprite: Blown Radiator Replaced + How I Blew it (Too Many Beans blasting back from Beaulieu)
Sneak Preview of New Project, New Dog, Update on Life & Jobs and Why No Posting Socials for a Year!
£500 Shepherd's Hut - DIY Build from FREE Pallets & Recycled Timber! - Ep.1 Project Intro
Frogeye Sprite Piston Rings & Cylinder Hone (In-Situ), Austin Healey MG Midget A-Series, "Gaps" Ep.6
Frogeye Sprite Windscreen Wipers & Motor Under £15, 2-Speed Motor Conversion, MG Midget, "Gaps" Ep.5
Frogeye Sprite Dashboard & Instruments under £40 LHD to RHD conversion "Gaps" Zero Budget Build Ep.4
Frogeye Sprite Original Steel Wheels & Tyres just £140! - "Gaps" Zero-Budget Bugeye Build Ep.3
Frogeye Sprite 24Hr Engine, Gearbox & Axle Swap - Project "Gaps" Zero-Budget Bugeye Build Ep.2
Junkyard Frogeye Sprite Build Ep.1 Project Intro, Story of Gaps the Sprite Zero-Budget Bugeye Build
Friend Terry's £1500 Ferguson TE20 Tractor in his Amazing Barn - Classic Little Grey Fergie Find
Jeep Cherokee XJ: Best Car in the World? Review & Test Drive 4.0 LTD 1996 ('84-'96 type)
Frogeye Sprite Funeral Suit Roadside Fix in Rain on my Birthday, "Gaps" Zero-Budget AH Build - Ep.7
Frogeye Sprite - Remove Coil Springs (MG Midget, A30, A35, Austin Healey) Budget Bugeye Build Ep.8
Frogeye Sprite & Ferrari 488GTB found in Sri Lanka at old colonial Hotel, the Closenberg, Galle
Sri Lanka Classic Car Workshop Austin A35, VW Beetle, Mini Cooper, Morris Minor Engine Barnfind
Vintage & Classic Car and Junk Barnfind Discovery, Sri Lanka - Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple, Colombo
Junkyard Tom's Sri Lanka Road Trip #1 - Wolseley 6/80 at Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo
History of Bursledon Windmill & Phoebe Langtree 1813
Immobiliser Bypass, Jeep Cherokee XJ 1995 - 1996 Mk1, (Shorter), Alarm Overide 4.0 Petrol
Immobiliser Bypass, Jeep Cherokee XJ 1995 - 1996 Mk1, Extended Full Movie - Alarm Overide 4.0 Petrol
A Drive Through the City at Night - '58 Wolseley 6/90 & '38 Austin Seven Sports Special
Classic & Vintage Car LED Headlamp Conversion , Wolseley 6/90 & most British Cars 1940s-1960s