Dad is getting more used to being on camera and we love working together but he has absolutely zero interest in video making so you are stuck with me 🤣
Well he obviously shares a passion for cars like you do Oliver. Perhaps you can talk him into being a more visible part of your channel. It's a touching sight to see you and your dad working together to build this epic car you both love.
I am a relatively new subscriber and I thoroughly enjoy watching the love and attention to detail both you and your father put into the Mosquito. It brings back memories of doing carpentry and woodworking with my dad who I got my love of those things from. I cannot wait to see the Mosquito when it's finished.
This is such a nice show that warms my heart on a Sunday evening. I imagine Dads and sons across the land envy how well you guys get on and the amazing work you produce
The horror in Andrew's voice when you said the foot rest will be a bit of 1 inch box section was hilarious! 🤣 Of course it will be a precision built 'waffer thin' dimple died piece of aluminium art, what else would it be 😁
"That rambling thing I do-" Oli, it's only rambling if you have no point, are going off topic, or are completely bonkers. Your talks are on point, are interesting, and are grounded in reality. No, my friend, you don't ramble, though I know your verbalizations might feel that way from inside, because you might not know where you're going with a thought when you start the idea: that's OK, you trust yourself, and you follow your own brain through. And your talks are always helpful and part of the story. I only mention this because you've mentioned some of the challenges you face when making these videos, or when doing anything, so I wanted to let you know you were absolutely doing this part right on. Thank you!
It's most definitely my design, Dad and I have very different tastes even if we share the same philosophy but it would be interesting to know what he would come up with although he loves the Mosquito
It’s an intricate puzzle of parts that’s all coming together nicely. It was a really simple change but I like how the centre tunnel has been tapered, a small but important difference. I enjoy the the slightly rambling tangents you go on, it conveys your passion.
It did occur to me that with such a light car it might be cool to have a central driving position for symmetrical weight distribution, but you covered that thoroughly. 2 seater cars are far more fun.
Another great episode.👍👍 I feel you pain with hay fever. So true about measure and drawing of parts sold. Unbelievably hard to find and a lot of companies not even answering.
Front suspension looks to me as it will help this car drive like a dream . Not clear on the rear yet but , that engine in that very light chassis wow, scary fast . Should be cheep motor sport too . Great design and I’m going to check out the build history now. 👍🇦🇺❤️
From a grease monkey I'd highly suggest putting in a new heater matrix (we call them heater core over here in the US) while you have easy access. Those things love to rot out from the inside and nothing worse than finishing a car then find out the heater is dumping antifreeze on the new carpet.
I have to agree that the Probax seats from a Lotus Elise are ridiculously comfy for something with so little padding in them...... Just such a shame the only place people would come in contact with them was in a bloody Elise. They were a lovely car to drive, just painfully difficult to get in and out of unless you're as flexible as a Russian gymnast..... I, am not ! 😏. Every time I'd take my mates Elise anywhere, there was a whole drawn out procedure I had to do to get in. It was to half removing the soft top, put a square of cardboard on the seat for me to stand on, then sliding my back down the seat back as I walked my legs down under the steering wheel and into the footwell. Getting out consisted of flopping out head first, and crawling out, dragging my legs behind me like some mortally wounded soldier crawling back out of the line of fire........... "No officer, I haven't been drinking....... This is how I ALWAYS have to get out of this car". 🤣 I loved the seats though, and when I decided to upgrade the seats in my old MK1 MX5 to get a bit more leg room, they were the only choice for me.
I really love the Exige but those massive sills made ingress and egress a bit of a challenge to say the least I bought my seats from a friend who bought them for his mx5 and never fit them great minds think alike haha
My first car was a 750 Panda! Loved that thing, it was a tripod most days, on occasions a bipod! I can assure you the eater is excellent, so good the engine wouldn't heat up! You won't have that problem with the two litre.
Please continue voicing your "Engineering Philosophy" and thoughts. And I agree with your artisanal/artisan statements, it's a shame that consumerism culture has devalued such mastery of craftsmanship so much. Then again, much of technology today has surpassed the capabilities of single individuals. That's probably why journeys and projects like your own are so entertaining to follow along with. I wonder if there won't be complications with heat routing the coolant, electrical and fuel all through one tunnel. It doesn't leave much space for insulation. Maybe use the sills to split up some the routing, like coolant in the center tunnel, but fuel and electrical routed through the sills? Also I'm concerned for your knees every time you have a test sit with that straight dash bar. Doesn't look like you could actually raise it, though. Just an idea, what if you changed the straight dash bar to a curved one, where it curves up and forward?
There's plenty of room both in the tunnel and for my knees you'll see. There's a trend of devaluing the skills and labour of individuals because instant gratification gives no one the time to do their best work so it brings the skilled work down to the level of mass production and art becomes content [shudder]
Another great video. Congratulations on reaching 10k subscribers. A gated manual would look absolutely superb! I don’t know whether you’ve covered this before and I missed it but what is the process you need to go through to make it legal for the road?
Realmente me gusto mucho la idea de trabajar entre padre e hijo es algo que vale la mena hacer por es sano y da mucho plaser construir un auto desde sero hasta el final por haciendo las despacio no te equivocas en nada es algo hermoso y unico por que se disfruta mucho me encanto queda de vajo despegue, el tipo de neumaticos y las llantas cromadas y la estructura en si todo esta vellisimo y como trabaja la suspencion y amortiguacion todo esta perfecto ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏁🏆
Hi both, Oliver you mentioned you would like an original Coupe. My rolling shell went on sale today on GTM kit cars, I think that might suit your father. Also available is a 1300GT engine,1330cc lightened flywheel and all balanced, ported and polished 11 stud head and fast road cam. It may not stay with the Honda but it would be fun trying.
That sounds awesome although I think we've got enough to keep us busy for a while but there's link in the description to my Facebook group please feel free to post it up in there and I hope you find it a loving home very soon.
Are you planning on using one of those dreadful floor mount pedal assemblies ? Or a proper top mount box ? And have you considered running the coolant lines through the sills . Or even through the chassis ?
I’m surprised you don’t use an electric heater core/matrix and save the weight of the Aluminum and coolant. Hoses and connections are potential leak points.
It gets down to -14 here in winter so I wanted a really powerful heater and I'm not a big fan of electric heat especially on longer drives as it's such a dry heat
Another great video. Thanks! Is there any milage in using spaceframe tubes as radiator hoses? Do people do that, or is it too much work? Several run front to back, perhaps cooled water returns down drivers side, and hot up passenger? Kris
I'd advise never running coolant inside a steel tube especially one that's needed for your safety because it would thin over time, you can put a tube in a tube but mixing aluminium and steel is a no no (engine and radiator are aluminium). We will run thermally insulated aluminium tubes down the centre tunnel this minimises hoses and takes the shortest path but if I didn't have a center tunnel and my sills were bigger and not full of holes it would be fine to run them inside the sills.
Watching you get in and out of the car i can see its quite a challenge, it will be even more so when the door is fitted, have you considerd suicide doors it will make it so much easier and look cool
I like the way you think but my daily driver has suicide doors and they are great until someone parks closely to you and considering this is a wider car it would making ingress difficult but scissor doors would work but look a bit silly. the problem at the moment is there's no floor so im basically balanced none leg getting in but I've got a funky idea for door hinges
A lot of people fit the electric power steering pump from an mr2, MK1 Aclass Mercedes and I think there's a Volvo pump that can be plumbed to the existing rack
Know what you mean about some 'artisan ' food such as bread, cakes and pizzas, though something you are going to consume doesn't need to be as perfect unlike say a car.
