I know the making of these videos can be a total pain in the balls, but know that there are alot of us out here who really appreciate the time and effort you guys put in to them.
Yeah thanks, great video as usual. Aside from the obvious skills and craftmanship involved in these cars isn't it also great to watch something that isn't full of ads or manufactured drama. Pleasant, low key and informative. Nice.
Ahh, great informative educational video's? Can't have that on modern TV heaven forbid, people may actually learn something! I come to you tube to watch videos I can learn something from. sadly lacking in todays tv schedules.
As a fellow MK1 Cortina owner, i'm impressed, mine has a 4age fitted and Lotus colours. Look forward to seeing this build progress, keep the videos coming
Great job. It’s going to handle tremendously, and look brilliant. What more could you ask of a Mk1 Cortina. Who remembers to mid 60s Savage cortina? Chopped roof, Escort bubble arches, Ford V6 engine. That was an absolute peach to look at. I only saw one of them up close. It was Aquatic jade green with 6.5 J wheels. One look and I was smitten.
Hi mate. The savage was a great car. But it didn’t have a chopped roof. It was a q car in it’s day but the gearing was to low it was in the red at 90 mph 105 mph was it’s top speed. But with the right gearbox it would have done about 120 mph. And it was very thirsty on petrol. 15 mpg. If you didn’t boot it to much 👌👌👌👌
as a guy who works in construction, but has been a weekend car guy all his life, I could literally watch these builds all day. absolutely perfection and attention to detail is amazing.
Cool build, but a couple of points - the camber gain in compression/roll will be negative until the track control arm is ~ level with the chassis and then it will gain - sme thing inclined struts. Inclined strut has several benefits, two of which are more tyre clearance and reduced scrub radius, as it's easier to get the axis of roatation to intersect the tyre contact patch.
Well said... it will no doubt look like a 90 day build in a few years once the rust has taken hold and it’s started falling apart again! Can’t see that happening with a retropower build.
Good to have another build project to watch! Audio was a little low I thought, had to keep turning it up. Talk to the Project Binky guys, they use Mike Tupp ;)
I'm excited about this build mate, right up my street, lost my MKI GT 15 years ago in a wreck, always loved that car. More fun than most moderns even now, trust me I've tried
This is going to be so nice. Superb work Callum & Nat, it is all so well thought through and crucially well chosen components . The sheer amount of hours, parts and materials inevitably must mean it is costly - but for those with the disposable funds you can well understand why owners might want 4 cars with your levels of attention to detail and genuine high levels of craftsmanship. and future proof longevity - I would love this or indeed the Murray Escort. The videos are beautifully made - certainly also best in class - the whole enterprise is massively impressive - keep them coming a joy to watch .
I've not watched one of these before, the level of know-how and skill in fabricating bespoke applications is phenomenal and without any nonsense attached, wow!
You guys are totally amazing, i really love what you do and how you do it, it’s going to be a beautiful car at the end the build. I served my time as a spray painter for R E Hamilton’s on the Lisburn RD Belfast. My first respray was a MK1 tina , from green to white, inside and out. I was 16 at the time. I’ve painted everything from MK1 escorts to the MDs wife’s 2 door Granada fastback. Great times, I also painted Adrian Boyds racing rally cars, MK1 escorts and 3ltr Capris in his quarry business colours. My apprentice and I used to play chicken with them before we painted them,just in case we damaged them, which of course we did 😂 You’re channel brings back beautiful memories of a better time gone by guys. Awesome videos guys. 😎👍👍👍
Is this another Gordon Murray Car? This is a car I’d want to see to the finish. I’ve always loved the Mk 1 Cortina. You can just see Jimmy Clark behind the wheel!
Blast from the past. We had a lot of those here in Australia - don't see them any more. Nice car to look at. This car will be great! Especially with you guys building it. Thanks for the post
Very nice! I did some restorations 20+ years ago, three E-Types on rotisserie and some Alfas. Just back to original specs, no mods like this. Back in the early 70s a friend had a Lotus Cortina, I was impressed, it was a great urban Q-ship in Washington, DC.
when you said "a brew" I thought you meant a beer ! I love seeing the metalwork and the engineering involved, it makes me think harder when I'm doing similar things. You don't want to see Gas Monkeys' thrash and dash finish work.
Must have missed this video when it was released. Another great build. I'm going to guess that lockdown put a halt to work to complete the car. Can't wait to see it finished. Also it would be even better to see the car on the road!
Nice car to do this on.. Don't know how to post a photo in my comments, but on the weekend at the Shannon's Classic Car Show in Belmont Western Australia, was a beautifully built MkII Cortina with Ford 302 V8 power. Fully approved and stock looking, but with a big surprise under the bonnet for the traffic light cowboys!
Facinating build as always, I have a great fondness for the Mk1 Cortina, many years ago helped a friend with a V6 conversion. We were very unimaginative back then. A much more modern four pot would have been so much better. We used leaves at the rear with an antiroll bar, atlas axle with 3.09 differential. Large tunnel with a Zodiac o/d gearbox. RS 3100 heads, a Holley on a home cast inlet manifold. In the day it had plenty of power but handling suffered with so much weight so far forward...
G'day from West Australia, we are in March so 39yrs ,having done Automotive Engineering, And the the 3rd generation in my family tree. I wanted to say I like where you are going with this build. Extra strength and sideways fun without ridiculous horsepower. I take my hat off to you and your crew sir 😉🙂👍👍
@@steveveness3829 , Please don't take what I said as an personal insult. I agree with you on the direction they are going with this build. You said you have 39 years in Automotive engineering. What is your day to day job? I am curious. I am coming up to my 30 year of being a Tradesman Mechanic in Automotive engineering. My Business was started by my Grandfather in 1921. Obviously there wasn't many cars around back then, But My Grandfather was a Wheelwright and Coachbuilder. He Made a lot if carriages and Sulkys and then the business started to Manufacture bodys from bare chassis. He also converted alot of vehicles into tray back trucks and made some of them with seats in the back running along the side of the tray to transport larger groups of people. Then in the 30' and 40's the business started doing Mechanical work and Manufacturing of Caravans and Box trailers. Then in the late 40's We Branched out into Smash Repairs. My Dad started in the business in 1970 after doing his 5 year apprenticeship and 2 years National Service. Our Main business now is Mechanical Work including all diagnostic and SRS work, log book servicing and all other Mechanical work. We have our own Air conditioning department a Suspension and wheel alignment service and up until 2 years ago we had a blacksmith for Making and resetting leaf springs. We have multiple Chassis alignment systems and Full downdraft spray booths. A large portion of a business is Caravan Repairs,Service and parts. I have personally done alot of different courses over the years from Electronic Suspension, SRS compliance, ABS, Bosch Fuel injection, Air con accreditation, Motec Motorsport training and Icar Hybridand Electric car training. But as you would know the technology changes so fast you have to keep up to date. Considering you have done basically 40 years in Automotive Engineering, It would be interesting to see what you do Day to Day. Like I said please don't take my comment the wrong way. And with all this crazy stuff going on at the moment stay safe.
Interesting to hear you talk about the suspension setup, roll center at the back vs the front and an awesome project. Always had a softspot for these and if it wasn't for a buggered alternator on one I sent wifey to collect, would own one... suppose I'll make do with the Capri for now.
Love these video - please keep them coming. Would be wonderful, if you could do a video on every car your working on 👌🏻. But I know it must take a lot of your time, which could be time on the builds. Maybe if you get enough followers and likes, could pay for a full time person to do the videos 😎
Fantastic, love it. As the Murray Escort neared completion I wondered how you could follow that, I needn't have worried!! 👌 Miss my MK1 'Tina, 2 litre pinto and type 9 box, I do cringe when I remember my steering rack conversion though... 😱
Hi Callum Callum where do you even start to price a restoration like this? Does it start out as a basic ballpoint figure and as the build goes on conveyance with the client with ideas and suggestions? Or a very methodical design process with approximate man hours? Love the channel you genuine craftsmen are a dying breed now bud so keep up the good work 👍🏼
Again a project from retropower to follow. As always off course. Couldn't you make an x brace under roofskin to further stiffen the chassis? Seems the roof structure is missing some bracing.
Thanks for this video and sharing your ideas and knowledge. Won't you use a anti-roll bar at the front? How much ground clearance do you have left under the back axle? And what is the monthly salary for the beer assistant?
'Back in the day' I ran (and rallied) an Airflow MkI Lotus Cortina (so leaf rear springs) and I always thought the 6 gauge dash with brushed aluminium fascia made the look of the car. Just my taste but the rear looks too low and I would have tried to replicate the road ride height Lotus used. Steel wheels and Ford hub caps I hope? Beautiful build as usual though ...
Nice build. What colour is the customer asked for? My father used to do the PD check for a local Ford Dealer here in New Zealand. For the 4 door cars to get the doors to look good at the bottom they had a big buck they lined up to the doors the length of the car and a big rubber mallet.....lol Factory buck and mallet of course.
You have a new product line there, selling chassis leg reinforcement kits 8:56, like the MKII Jag control arm kits! 22:00 do you need a lead licence under COSHH regs to be able to smelt lead onsite?
I can see the benefits of the lead fill since it's easy to work, and sticks really well to steel. But is there really not a lighter alternative? Tin for example?
Bit nice if the car could look very much like a standard Lotus Cortina from 1965. I went round Dagenham with a school visit in 1965 amazingly they were making Lotus shells at the time and pointed out the support bars in the boot by our guide .
Speaking of steering boxes, have you guys ever used an electric steering pump on the rack, or an electric drive on the steering column when space gets really tight?
Thinks. To answer your question "How do you do a 90 day build?" Cut corners on the metalwork Don't finish details properly Don't get the shell perfect before painting Don't ..... I think you get the picture
MR G I was thinking that. The bracket at the apex of the A-arm under the diff must be quite vulnerable. Hopefully the roads are smooth on the owner’s commute...
I really don't understand how you cannot imagine do a build in 90 days, it's easy you just don't do it properly or with any care. By the way what is happening on the YOU TA project, being a MKII fan I want to see more and so far I like some of what you are doing
The Gas Monkey crew has many hidden technicians that assist behind the scenes to ensure that cars are modded to a certain timeframe- all smoke and mirrors. You guys should not compare yourselves to that show. I assume that you will replace the bonnet hinges with cut from billet aluminium. Also replace the bonnet catch with one that does not burst open at high speed(speaking from two experiences). As an alternative to all the work you guys did on the rear axle, you could have put a MX5 rear end there( albeit with the wider stance). As usual, love your work.
Gas Monkey (and the other US car shows) fabricate more drama than machinery. their cars have no subtlety or clever engineering - it’s all brash tat and huge wheels. They ruin, not restore. Retropower are for the more discerning customer and viewer!
