Hello and welcome to my channel my name is Lee and I'm interested in the retro and classic cars as a mechanic it's a big part of my life modern cars just don't cut it for me thay have no character
I own in various states of repair some of the greatest cars ever made
Mk1 mx5 still to this day the best roadster ever made
Mk3 ford capri x2 a laser and a 2.8i the UK's answer to the ford mustang
Mk2 ford escort still used and still one of the best rally cars ever
Peugeot 205 gti 1.9 the best hot hatch to ever come out of France
So if you want to see how I get on fixing up all these cars and there journeys to see the road again plz considering subscribing and give my videos a watch 👍👍
Two important errors here. A female flame is formed by first creating a male, then changing dies and pushing the male in to become a concave (female) end. The way he formed it, the flange was only half as thick as it needed to be. By the way, this lad also needs a dearer/newer tool. That male end was ugly.
I believe the Chinese cloned Weber 40IDF carbs are highly regarded for air-cooled Beetle performance upgrades and flat-4 Porsche replacements. A friend who bought a pair for his Super Ford Italia single-seater rebuild ( Engine = 2.0 Pinto with rare Grp.1 twin downdraft weber/solex carburation, Grp.1 head+camshaft) was quite impressed with their quality, particularly at £162.00 each.
Its a 3 day soak to do a chassis in evaporust. 20% solution of deox c is better than evaporust, where a 5% solution is about the same. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yuaAnzHC7uI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mwxwABnAsRU.html Failing that, eastwood rust remover looks exceptional, Krud Kutter (the must for rust) appears the best if we could still get it.
Looking good keep up the great work , In the next month or so iam going to be starting a 2.8 in black on a C reg , I will be fabricating a roll over jig , could you please tell me the hight from the ground to the pivot point, so the car will roll over . Regards Ian
We have a full Race 1970 Cortina MK 2 and I have designed and fabricated a custom front strut, using an original strut. Once stripped the 1st thing I do is run a custom made die to repair the tube threads (a piece of 6” of solid steel 2” diameter) , next strip all paint off the struts, remove the coil spring bottom plate. I then install a 2”ID x 3/8” wallsteel tube over the original tube and weld it in place at the hub- no weld at the top as it serves as the collar base for the coil over lower mount . I fabricated my own camber adjustment plates- 2 piece with thrust bearing between them. I have a pair of the upper mounts you showed on the Bilsrein set up but prefer to do my own caster adjustments from the control arms. But that is another story. Gerald Elliott Nova Scotia , Canada.
@@RetroCarsReborn you are making a good job , it's not easy welding , I've worked on allsorts of cars from the early 80s up to present day , but the capri is my favourite, I know every inch of them must have rebuilt a good dozen of them over the years aswell as doing running repairs ,engine swaps over the weekend ready to go back to work Monday morning
Looking Good Lee!!! On shaping the little panel with the down turned lip. Chuck a piece of flat bar in the vice probably 13mm by 50mm or so. Mark your line and start to hammer down the lip over the edge a little at a time. Then refine the shape of the lip against the face of the steel plate. This will help to shrink the metal into itself. That is a weird reverse curve, so it is tough to make. Also, on the plug welds I'm thinking if you turn the heat up and the wire down. start in the middle and work outward the plug welds will almost lay flat and look like spot welds. There is a slight technique to it. You may want to do some practice runs to get it down. Like I said last time, Good to have you back!!!!! Looking forward to the next update!!!!
@@RetroCarsReborn It is very Definitely a fun learning curve. I need to bend up some panels, but I have a ton going on still and it is going to be close to 100F (37C) this week. I'm not looking forward to it.
Nice one. I’m just replacing the rear shocks on my 1972 MK1 3.0 GT Capri. Last year I replaced the old rusty smiths heater box with a Mk3 Capri heater with new matrix etc. my bodywork is sound as it lived in South Africa for 50 years.
@@RetroCarsReborn I picked up a 54 Ford Skyliner around the first of February. But I've mostly been on the VW. Gonna get some 50 action when I get the Bridgeport up and running.
