Bucky Lasek Makes Building Wild Subarus Look Easy

If you're of a definite age, you'll admit Bucky Lasek arsenic 1 of those rad shredders from backmost successful nan day. He's been professionally skating since 1987 and racing rally arsenic a Subaru Rally Team USA driver from 2012. You mightiness deliberation a ace well-known SoCal utmost sports guy, who has won 13 X-games golden medals by nan way, would person a car shed packed pinch supercars aliases whatever, but Lasek has go possibly nan astir loyal Subaru cultist connected nan planet. This feline started by building a beautiful chaotic GC-chassis Impreza, which we first covered backmost successful 2019, but he's dramatically expanded his car builds successful nan past 7 years. 

They opportunity it's champion to not meet your heroes, but I've had nan pleasance of shaking hands pinch Bucky a mates times successful caller years. He was a large protagonist of Radwood backmost erstwhile I was a co-owner of nan show, and conscionable a genuinely cool dude to chat with. He'll talk astir cars until nan proverbial cows travel home, and because he really gets his hands soiled moving connected his ain vintage Subarus, he knows his stuff. I know I would forgive him if he conscionable wanted to salary personification to build his cars for him, but he's conscionable a existent OG pinch a Harbor Freight jack. He's sewage money and sponsors, of course, but it seems evident that he's building what he wants to build. 

That's why we're taking it upon ourselves to item immoderate of our favourite underrated builders successful a caller bid we're calling Wrenchers You Should Know. Not only do immoderate of these group merit measurement much views than they're getting, but they're typically nan Do It Yourselfer type, alternatively than nan large corporate-sponsored four-figure-horsepower slop that's dominating your feeds. In each installment we'll present you to a cool caller builder, talk astir immoderate of their work, and springiness you a fewer reasons why you should beryllium watching their progress. Here we go, BuckYeah!

Bucky is 1 of those down-to-earth car enthusiasts who still consults nan ancient texts (forum threads) for ideas to amended his builds. The video dropped beneath is an unthinkable portion of car modifying that seldom exists anymore. Not only did he negociate to incorporated junkyard parts swaps from different manufacturers of nan era—in this lawsuit installing an AW11 Toyota MR2 helping connected nan backmost of his Subaru XT6—but he besides made it hap pinch a spot of home-grown civilization activity incorporating JB Weld and Bondo. 

Easily my favourite portion of this video is learning Bucky's brilliant method of exertion for nan JB Weld. Using a two-part epoxy almost ever intends I hide to cleanable up until it's excessively precocious and I extremity up pinch 1 of my bully flathead screwdrivers, which I utilized to operation nan 2 parts together against my amended judgement, permanently welded to a scrap portion of cardboard. Bucky does a smart point present and pops some parts into a zip fastener sandwich bag, past cuts nan area disconnected to tube nan JB Weld into nan cracks of nan plastic, for illustration barroom icing. It's specified a elemental solution that it makes maine consciousness for illustration an absolute dummy for ne'er having done it myself. 

And each of that is wholly glossing complete nan truth that Bucky is spending his disconnected hours building a Subaru XT6. This is 1 of those almost wholly forgotten cars of nan 1980s. There are truthful fewer bully examples of this car near connected earth, and it's bully to spot a existent car enthusiast for illustration Bucky moving to sphere and modify his beautiful achromatic example. I would emotion to spot much quasi-celebrity car builders return connected niche cars for illustration this and modify them moreover half arsenic tastefully arsenic Bucky has been. 

Bucky and his girl Paris started this Brat task arsenic a measurement to not only fortify their father-daughter relationship, but to get Paris progressive successful building her ain car. Putting successful blood, sweat, and tears is simply a awesome measurement to create an appreciation for your car, particularly arsenic a young driver. My first car was wrecked wrong nan first 12 months of my driving license, because I had nary relationship to nan instrumentality itself. When I yet worked connected my ain stuff, I treated it pinch nan attraction and patience it deserved. Good for Bucky and moreover amended for Paris, this car kicks truthful overmuch butt. 

This task was ne'er destined to go nan ripper that it is today. Buck and Paris group retired to build a coagulated small regular driver, but scope creep meant Paris ended up driving possibly nan coolest, okay 2nd coolest, Subaru Brat successful history. Everything from nan instrumentality prime to nan civilization c fibre bed-mounted jump seats makes this car beautiful darn adjacent to perfect. I'm not judge I would person nan imagination to propulsion this 1 off, but nan Laseks judge did. Kudos to them. 

This car has been "finished" for conscionable complete a year, but arsenic pinch each task car they look to ever find a measurement to do conscionable a small spot more. The car has been retired to car shows, cool video shoots, and artifact drives successful nan past fewer months. It's getting utilized for illustration a small car/truck hybrid thing, which is precisely really car builds should beryllium treated. This is incredible, and I emotion each infinitesimal of this mini-series. More families should build weird small cars together. I dream it brought them person together, and I dream it serves everything Paris needs it for. 

With 49 installments successful nan Built Not Bought bid going backmost complete 5 years, Bucky's original YouTube task is still nan 1 that keeps maine coming backmost for more. Bucky's transmission caught my oculus each those years agone erstwhile he started moving connected nan car that would travel to beryllium known arsenic "The Buckit," a widebody GC8 Impreza coupe pinch a big-power WRX switch and tons of rally-inspired add-ons. The extremity result, aliases nan consequence arsenic it stands, is 1 of nan coolest Subaru builds I've ever seen. Not slightest of which because Bucky did a batch of nan activity himself. Even erstwhile he brought connected professionals to get immoderate of nan much intricate activity done, he was happy to move wrenches pinch them and study astir what they were doing. 

Seriously, if you person immoderate spare clip complete nan adjacent period aliases so, beryllium down and watch a fewer of Bucky's videos each day. It's worthy your time, and you mightiness study a fewer things from him. 

If you person suggestions for immoderate lesser known builders connected societal media, please consciousness free to driblet them successful nan comments conception arsenic well. I'm ever connected nan lookout for folks retired location doing cool stuff. It doesn't person to beryllium conscionable cars, either. While I'm good apprised of nan car and motorcycles building scenes, I'd emotion to get heavy into nan nitty gritty of immoderate much niche topics. Do you travel immoderate cool folks building snowmobiles, pitchy skis, aliases DIY combatant jets aliases something? I want to cognize astir it.

And yes, you're invited to do immoderate aforesaid promotion successful nan comments arsenic well. Let everyone cognize wherever they tin travel your build and what you're up to. If it's unsocial aliases good, we'll characteristic it connected nan blogs.