Alabama man found wrecked Nissan 350Z in the woods and rebuilt it into his dream car, but it was useless

This man from Alabama found a wrecked Nissan 350Z in the woods.

So, being a man with a plan, he purchased it ready to turn into a dream car.

He put in a shift and a half to fix the car up and make it road-ready.

However, the victory of getting up and running was short-lived.

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Nissan is known to produce a reliable fleet of cars.

From the iconic Micra making a comeback to the GTR closing orders.

Nissan has also dipped its toes into the EV world, too.

In fact, Nissan’s new EV, which secured a record number of orders in China, has even gone global.

But one man didn’t have quite as much luck with his Nissan.

YouTuber Elsea’s World paid just $500 for a wrecked Nissan 350Z, with the major aim of restoring the car to its former glory.

He had previously managed to give the car a ‘stunning paint job’ and now aimed to get it finished for good.

So, the YouTuber got to work, color-sanding and adding parts to make the car come back to life.

The car also needed new adjustable shocks, plus the doors didn’t actually stay open, so he had to install parts to fix that up, too.

He also replaced the headlights and front bumper, at which point the rebuild started to look like his ‘Tokyo drift dream car’.

It even had an impressive projected profit.

But once he’d managed to get it up and running, the victory didn’t actually last long.

Upon taking the car for a test drive, sounds that were less than satisfactory started surfacing.

“I think we broke it, ” explained the YouTuber

“After the car started making a devastating and less than ideal sound, that sounded like the rods knocking.

“I decided it was time to get back to the shop as fast as possible, but we didn’t quite make it,” he continued.

Sadly, the car broke down and the YouTuber had to push it to safety, by the side of the road.

The sounds proved to be an issue, with oil pooling on the ground.

“Sometimes things don’t always go as planned, but the best thing to do is laugh about it and build it back better,” he concluded.

You can catch all the Nissan rebuild action below.

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