Looking for car build channels without the obnoxious youtube editing and stock music

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Chevrolicious@reddit

Vice Grip Garage is a good guy to follow

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Only_Jury_8448@reddit

Simon Fordman is exactly what you're looking for; no speaking, no background music, just the ambient sounds of working on a car and the wider environment.

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I have to chime in and agree with this. I was recommended his channel a while ago and was like "but there is no dialogue" and didnt watch. But one day I had watched all the usuals and clicked play on one of his videos. Now, I have a 20 year old son in film school and I am a die hard car guy since the 80s and I have to tell you...this guy makes films. Shots are clearly carefully planned. It catches your interest without any speaking. He is a very talented guy. I have watched them all now. I appreciate them for the car content and the "cinematography"

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LowerSlowerOlder@reddit

You are so right. Simon is my favorite. Other folks make YouTube videos, Simon makes art.

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Doctah_Whoopass@reddit

Gotta watch with subtitles, thats where the explanations are!

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madmax_087@reddit

SimonFordan is the only channel I really like. His shots are so good, although he often leaves his camera places. I'm always thinking, dont use that old part Simon, you fool! And then he does it anyway, and it works, and it turns out great (or not).

Low Buck Garage can also be entertaining in the style of budget building and reusing old parts.

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Doctah_Whoopass@reddit

Its like hes been plucked from the 80s/90s, that guy has such a good vibe.

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Only_Jury_8448@reddit

Folks from St. Paul are pretty cool in my experience

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mspalding75@reddit

Simon really is that dude, every video is long-form (1.5-2 hours usually) with little to no commentary apart from notes in the subtitles you can follow along with. His videos are all shot like they’re trying to win indie film festival awards, it’s such a great vibe top to bottom

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nastonius@reddit

Came to recommend Simon.

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mbardeen@reddit

Simon is great. His cinematography alone puts him above so many other channels.

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hawkman1000@reddit

Found his channel last Dec and pounce on every new video he puts out.

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Tobias---Funke@reddit

Early Wheeler dealers is good.

But thats on tv and streaming.

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ClosedL00p@reddit

Good luck

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THE_BARCODE_GUY@reddit

If you watch the back catalogue of Street Bandito it’s so wholesome and just makes you feel like one of the guys in the garage. I so wish they had kept up with the channel and uploading videos

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lunarc@reddit

Yeah man, they were really hitting their stride and X’s editing was really getting so good

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Bingo1dog@reddit

The making of the carbon fiber parts tickles a certain part of my brain. Really hope they come back again

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ToniV8@reddit

I'll make sure to check that channel out, as that's how I feel about Rather B Welding. https://youtube.com/@ratherbweldingchris?si=PNB4JpL5bZPR7r0x

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Achachay@reddit

M539 Restorations is the least obnoxious car build channel I've found, it helps he owns one of the same cars as me. Mostly older BMWs.

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lunarc@reddit

Coooming up!

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TheKidSaturn@reddit (OP)

Perfect, thanks

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Legitimate-Doubt-192@reddit

Zakk Johnson he does multiple part, no talking, no music, just the sounds of working, with great cinematography. He’s finishing up a caddy at the moment but is supposed to be working on some others soon.

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LeaflooDallas@reddit

A channel called “my mechanics” has a cool series fully restoring a Datsun. He mostly makes super detailed restoration videos of old things, but his new Datsun series is nice. No taking, just pure restoration.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN0SuqPcbLqGvImGUuOaCsLXTseGiBN02&si=v5fU0MO-vzLNeO-R

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CrazyErniesUsedCars@reddit

He'll probably be done around 2052 but hot damn do I enjoy every minute of it

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LeaflooDallas@reddit

Haha right? It always amazes me how he just makes perfect new screws and bits. Insane precision, zero rush.

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Acc87@reddit

Fitting the Swiss stereotype so well 😁

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Ghazh@reddit

Vice Grip Garage

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MyNamesMikeD75@reddit

You probably already know about it but I'll mention Vicegrip Garage

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Tyler5280@reddit

SuperfastMatt

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Willing_Cupcake3088@reddit

I fucking love that guy and his sense of humor

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MyNamesMikeD75@reddit

Rebuild a supercharger with me. Or just watch me do it. Whatever.

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ScrawnyDoc@reddit

HunterDirection great story telling,cool cars (e30,s4 b5,s6...)

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Obnoxious_Gamer@reddit

Dead Dodge Garage is a good one. Super knowledgeable guy and no music at all.

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Lord-Cartographer55@reddit

I will shill this Finnish dude FOREVER, really appreciate that he is doing it for the joy of making the vehicle better than it left the factory. The car he is restoring a early 70s Opel GT and it was a total rust bucket from Germany.

It's called "GT1900 Garage" and it has been that once a month update that I look forward to the most for a couple years now.

I also give a total thumbs up to anything from the Bad Obsession channel. I want desperately for them to make a T- shirt that has the door sheet metal image they used for Project Binky on the front and " Make your Jokes" on the back.

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Doctah_Whoopass@reddit

I love that guys stuff but his videos keep having these weird distortions and idk if its image stabilization or shitty compression or what.

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youbutindebt@reddit

Tom's refurb

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Zaxthran@reddit

Fanatik car build Soup motoring Ron finger RBC restorations Blok garage Fuzzy dice projects Hikari RennWerke

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juwyro@reddit

Junkyard Dogs

Stock music is used because it's free and they don't need to worry about copyright infringement.

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rexjoropo@reddit

Sound like exactly the wrong answer bruh.

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OutsideAd3064@reddit

Disagree. Junkyard Digs makes me grind my teeth. I have tried multiple times and he just annoys me.

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TheKidSaturn@reddit (OP)

I dont need an explanantion on stock music, it is 2026. Im saying id prefer no music at all, much less stock music;.

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Orcapa@reddit

Agreed.

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Baldemyr@reddit

Simonfordman is awesome. We'll filmed and no annoying music or voiceovers

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FortuneHeart@reddit

Maybe mine? I do use instrumentals to fill the space when I’m Not talking, so you don’t have to hear ratchet clicks and swear words

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yt_BWTX@reddit

mustie1 is the OG

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zenwren@reddit

Carter Auto Restyling seems to intentionally put unusual music into his videos.

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mbardeen@reddit

Carter is one of my recent faves. Kyle is very low key.

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zenwren@reddit

Yeah, I wish I had found his channel before I did the metalwork on my 50 Chevy. He's a wizard with smashed up old junk.

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mbardeen@reddit

I need to do metal work on my 1970 C10 and I was looking for tips to do so and his channel popped up.

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JCDU@reddit

Project Binky (IN COLOUR!)

Soup Classic Motoring

Superfast Matt

Jeremy Makes Things

Making for Motorsport

Allen Millyard

Urchfab

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Key-Remote-1261@reddit

FitzeesFabrication. Metal work/fabrication with simple basic tools. This guy is a wizard I learned alot from him, including the confidence to tackle something that seems impossible.

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IronGigant@reddit

Bad Obsession Motorsports has intro, outro, and occasional montage music, but otherwise primarily subjects you to dry British humour amidst the cacophony of an automotive workshop shoehorning the entire running gear from a Toyota GTS-4 into a stock-length Mini Cooper chassis.

It's beautiful.

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Madder_Than_Diogenes@reddit

There's an Australian one called 'Backshed' that I enjoy.

He loves to get abandoned cars driving again and put some cool wheels on them and he shares his thoughts and stuff ups along the way.

It's nice & slow car content created by a good bloke.

https://youtube.com/@backshed5295

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mr_j_12@reddit

As an australian, never heard of him. Will suss it out.

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BigBronco@reddit

Brew2L

It’s Mustang focused but it’s good.

Also, Turbo Tom’s Garage to watch his old stuff which is great. He’s on hiatus due to cancer/family unfortunately

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mr_j_12@reddit

Turbo tom is back, kind of.

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majikmike@reddit

Project Binky and B is for Build (maybe)

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mr_j_12@reddit

Binky yes. B is for bodgy, fuck no.

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mr_j_12@reddit

Bad obsession motor sports. John ludwik. Build create.

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firestorm734@reddit

It's motorcycle content, but Allen Millyard is exactly what you're looking for.

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navlgazer9@reddit

The damn music is so annoying

As is all the long intro

I don’t need two minutes of crap music and exciting edits before you start showing me how to get the upper intake manifold off

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orbitup@reddit

Rotter's Garage is good but he hasn't put out anything lately.

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vonkluver@reddit

Carter Auto Restoration

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AnsNasty@reddit

Haters Garage and Baked Beans Garage

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case_@reddit

Low Buck Garage

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DicemonkeyDrunk@reddit

Beat me to it ..and Baked Beans Garage is mentioned above.

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SoftCosmicRusk@reddit

Shed Racing. No obnoxious editing; in fact there's very little editing at all. It's just an old British geezer repairing or restoring old cars - some from the 1970's, but mostly older - while sharing wisdom from his lifetime of experience.

Very low production value. Might seem slow and boring at first. But in my opinion it's one of the best channels out there.

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t_bison@reddit

I'll have to check him out

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162630594@reddit

I'm a big fan of dead dodge garage

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t_bison@reddit

It's him or Pole Barn Garage for my current faves

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M0NSTER4242@reddit

I've found British content a lot less obnoxious, if that's of use?

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Camarupim@reddit

RRC restorations is great. No music, what little chat he gives is in a Scottish accent, and he does real nuts and bolts restoration. He leans towards bike content - which is excellent - but his Honda CRX car rebuild might be exactly what OP is looking for.

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TheKidSaturn@reddit (OP)

Could be, thanks

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punkassjim@reddit

Not >2000, but if you haven’t watched Project Binky, you’re in for a treat.

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Dedward5@reddit

Soup is a good one, mazing production quality (Esprit) https://youtu.be/SnhBiViKgnA?si=m-SHkzFvZcv8pI5p

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Psych0matt@reddit

I love Prizzamike’s videos, he seems like such an awesome dude that just wants to share his passion for working on cars, skating, and having fun with friends.

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Aleutian_Solution@reddit

Mine has a few videos of me working on my Hudson and my 83 suburban. I’m a dog shit editor so there’s no music, but other than that it fits both requirements. @ID10T Innovations.

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PeeDidy@reddit

VTEC Academy and Speed Academy if you like Honda content

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VG30ET@reddit

They more restore cars, not build them, but I like watching Junkyard Digs

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cloudbursty@reddit

RRCRestoration

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Budgeted_Success@reddit

I have a channel that doesn't have obnoxious editing, music is debatable though...

It's Jim Builds - I'd appreciate you giving it a try.

It's mainly the rebuild of my mk1 cortina GT, I'm part way through an mx5 5 speed gearbox swap and converting the original engine to efi.

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Espressbro89@reddit

Jimmy Oakes, Stay Tuned, Bigtime.

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Spazloy@reddit

Top Dead Center, Soup Classic motoring, Stanceworks, and Bad Obsession Motorsport (Project Binky) are my go tos.

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6022E24@reddit

Mymechanics YouTube has lots of tool restorations as well as an old 240-280 Z car. Only sounds are tools working.

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sgt_Berbatov@reddit

Could try mine if you want? https://www.youtube.com/@MyWifeHatesThisCar

Highest bit of praise I received from it: it's like watching someone get ever more depressed at the realisation that they made a huge mistake. And there is music on it, although it's all stuff I've written/made. Nothing stock.

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mbardeen@reddit

I've got just the playlist for you! All ASMR No commentary mechanics.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqfLC0WforVnHcUihHamKnU7lcp3brpB9&si=LFF_4NOutuYjP96_

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Robot Cantina (Weird engines in strange cars)

and Soup Classic Motoring (Lotus Esprit restoration)

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Healthy_Pain9582@reddit

Driving 4 answers maybe

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TheKidSaturn@reddit (OP)

Im looking for more so build oriented channels but this is helpful none the less. Thanks