Inspired by F1 wins, this is a JPS Esprit... // SOUP 03, Lotus Elite, XI Breadvan 

It's painful how underappreciated this show is. keep up the fantastic work

What a gem. No false drama, headbanging music or people getting ripped off. Just a talented, engaging guy sharing a love of cars in the best way I've ever seen. Your time is surely coming!

Why hasn't this been snapped up and put on tv somewhere? It's a far better show than many others I've seen - it should be unleashed on the masses. Keep up the great work, the stop motion is truly brilliant and something no one else has done. :)

I am a professional Auto Restorer from Canada. I am truly entertained by these videos. I celebrate the true auto enthusiast and commend the efforts of this guy. No chequebook cool here.

I love finding gems like this channel before everyone else realises what they are missing. I know your time is coming, just stick at it. Content is absolute quality, edititing is slick and the stop motion is a nice touch. I have subscribed

Really fascinating stuff. Brilliantly filmed and presented

Great chat with Graham and interesting for me because I worked for the company that helped Chapman with the glassfibre work and moved up to East Anglia with him from London. They were based in Huntingdon and the mould yard was littered with original Lotus tooling along with Porsche and just about every other race car from the 60's and early 70's.

CAD - Cardboard Aided Design. I think I first heard this term from Bad Obsession Motorsports when they first started project Binky back in 2013 - although I imagine the phrase goes back a lot longer than that. The term just says it all, really - and it's so effective and cheap. :-)

Oh my, I also could listen to Graham for hours.

As a 83 Lotus Turbo Esprit owner I found this video wonderfully informative and bring a smile to your face enjoyable. The turbo did bring the lack of power issue to a think of the past. Thanx. Jenna

i have to say, im up watching this at half past 7 in the morning, and something about this interview, and the work you are doing... i am gripped by such powerful emotion. i thought i was gonna cry! i am baffled why am i so moved, but all i can say is perhaps its because your work is empowering me to do my own. i have a 84 Fiero Indy edition that i am working on restomodding with the powerplant out of an 86 fiero, with a V6 and 5 speed manual. i actually came here from Ronnie Finger, as have several others. im doing all the work in my grandparents spare 2 car garage with only basic electric tools, and a pizza drivers budget. but i can do it. i know i can. thank you for you sharing your journey.

Really enjoying the series so far George, it's delivering more than I expected with the extra interviews and features. I may be slightly biased with a newly found love for Lotus though. I've watched your videos as a break from working on my own Elise S1. It's great to see other amateur mechanics like me get stuck in and enjoy working on their cars.

I’ve just discovered your channel. That’s the weekend written off! Land Rover and Lotus. Fantastic stuff!

Never consider myself a car fan, but your channel is the proof that passion is contagious. :)

This channel is gem, needs to be massive. Started at Ep1 and going to work my way through gradually.

I liked the interview with Graham and his insight into the late great Colin Chapman.

Excellent content George, brilliantly shot, well presented and interesting subject matter. I picked up a link to your show from Pistonheads, so word is getting around. Fingers crossed the numbers go up!

So awesome to get the interview. To inform people of this history and introduce us to background of lotus history is grateful. Excellent series.

This is an amazingly professional set of videos...Well done

Hi George. A really enjoyable watch. Contrary to another comment I do like the stop motion photography. I think it works well with the commentary. While I understand it was a spur of the moment thing, the interview of Graham was brilliant. All too soon we will loose the opportunity to interview people like Graham and the experiences and passion from that era will be gone forever. Maybe an idea for another show? Keep up the good work and a good bribe will get me to like all your episodes. A passenger ride in the Esprit should do it.

Best car resto ever! Thanks keep it going, a TV career is surely just round the corner.

Yes Graham was engaging !. Can learn SO much from people like that !. 400 year old house... wow !. Lastly; you're very talented Soup !

Another fantastic episode, just watched all 3 back to back. Love the varied content. Keep up the good work.

love the pace of your editing, and headspace

It's my love for 1980-1987 Lotus Turbo Esprit that got me interested in this video.

I loved this episode because of the interview and history of Lotus racing cars. Good job!

Just discovered you today. The video work and jump from project to project would keep the attention and interest of even a non-car enthusiast. Truely unique. Great job

After watching your show, i now have a new soundtrack when working on my bikes. Top show George!

Subscribed! amazing craftwork. I hope I can one day achieve what you have.

Awesome channel! I love the camera work and of course anything Lotus.

As an American the Giugaro Esprit has always been one of my VERY favorite cars!

Nice episode. Clearly you care about the quality of your work.

my first thought when I saw the color scheme on the lotus was john player special!

Wow I just found Your Chanel today as it was mentioned in the classic section of boards.ie , subscribed and plan to watch them all over the next week or 2 , Well made and really informative Thanks for sharing

Just discovered this channel now - great work *****

Love that Cardboard Aided Design!

awesome shot with the "soup" bokeh, while the popup headlights are closing. Little details like that put this show over the top.

Lotus. Perhaps the most talented assembly of automotive engineers ever. No one moved the technology of performance further faster than Lotus. They gave us the blueprint of the modern performance and race car that we are still living today. Since the late 1950s, Britain has been the center of performance and race car engineering (Even the Ferrari - since the late '80s - and Mercedes - with lineage back to Tyrrell - F1 cars are designed and built in England), and especially during the '60s and '70s was moving forward performance engineering at a revolutionary pace. There are many excellent marques - McLaren, Lola, Chevron, Elva, Cooper, Surtees,, Brabham, etc., etc. - but Lotus lead everyone for a long time. On the more road-going side, the Seven, Elan, and Europa are still performance standards. The Esprit could be hit or miss. Still, there were many excellent variants in its long history. A properly sorted early car, light, simple, excellent chassis, dynamic drivetrain, can be a world-class performer today. I have an S1 I rescued. It's in need of a restoration and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, yet.

Nice series man, "Go on The Marys"

There such an interesting car ! Its also very interesting how some of the Lotus engineering was passed on to John Delorean.

These videos are amazing! I had to rewind twice to make sure I saw "soup" in the headlight glare.

Really cool how you filmed it.

Owned US FED #55 from 88-90. Great car, I miss it moocho! Great piece, thank you!

To say that Capel is so knowledgable about lotus, I was taken aback a fair bit when he got his years wrong.

Great! Need a film on the 924 turbo next

Another flawless episode George. Love it 😎👊 AWESOME 😁

You had me at CAD - Cardboard Aided Design.

Hi George. I really enjoyed the first three episodes. Keep up the good work. Your opening comments struck a chord with me as I have a Mini 1275 GT which I have been planning to put back on the road for years. I had actually started at the end of last year to just spend a few hours a week on it with a limited budget so look forward to following your projects with interest.

Best edits I've seen in car shows

Hi George, got word of your channel from davejaguar66 . Always liked land rovers, so enjoying the Range Rover bits. As a kid I had a toy Range Rover with trailer. And on that trailer was a lotus esprit all in jps colours. For the life of me I don't know what happened to it. Probably worth a small fortune. Keep up the good work. Rob.

5:55 So I rolled up in honour of your trip to the woods. Wink, nod...

so thats 3 eps caught up..... and I became a patron, figured with a years worth of eps to see it was good value lol.

Great work!

Excellent stuff

There was a JPS Esprit for sale in a small Birmingham garage, about 1990. It had been beautifully restored and I'm sure it was £9999, a lot of money back then. I wonder what happened to it?

@7:55 Nice painting

Amazing interview, great work. Shared.

good job

At about 2:55 you mention grinding down the plug welds and state that you would have used a, "juggler". What is that? I'm across the pond, and well I can pick-up most the terms, I couldn't figure that one.

Loving the series. Saw a link shared on from drivetribe.com. Subscribed! You must be using a long lens(?) to do the stop frame work and not be bumping the camera about when you have to get in there. It's a lovely touch but must be bloody time consuming!

enjoyed it, well done 👍

Colin Chapman didn't say a damned thing about the work this man put into his vehicle make? I don't know much about Chapman, but come on, man! He had to have appreciated the additional attention

"Keep workin on your cars". Will do.

Netflix HAS TO PIC THIS SERIES UP..

5:30 wtf Impressive!

Damn it! I really do like the Esprit. Colin Chapman should have been at least 6'5". Maybe I could have fit in his cars then.

Sub’d bloody loved this!

hell yes

almost 100KKKKKKKK..any grand plans Mate?

What camera and lens did you use for the interview? It looks great...

what kind of welder do you use ? love the series, it gives me encouragment to keep wrenching in my w123 230 E

You must break it up into separate videos.per car I subscribed for the lotus it fustrating to wade thru jeep material to get lotus content. My freind you CAN NOT be all thimgs to all people but focus on one car per video will bring you closer... Love the esprit .I fell in love with the original Europa JPS in the day.

If anyone fancies a JPS S2, there's one in the UK at Overbrook's - £60k, but it's sorted...

Its not underappreciated by me! Bring on the content, your on a winner :)

Just to be clear,am I correct in thinking there is no steel inside that 'A' post.

I guess it is good that I don''t want to own a Lotus. Besides the fact that I am 6'6" (198 cm) and would not have enough headroom or legroom, I would have to lose 30 pounds to not be over the maximum passenger weight.

went to buy a hoodie at your merch page....yikes?? any news on the stuff availability?

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Are those rover tail lights?

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like and fw

As much i love what you are doing ,i loose interest in the content when you jump from car to car and i found myself starring at my ipad ,i get what you are trying to do is like every American car show ,imho focus on one car add your flavour to it and advance the project ,remember youtube crowd are selective this what is beautiful about it ,the animation that you do is cool but too much of it is like non and how much time are you putting into editing it . Your narration is perfect but keep it on one subject ,do not focus on doing a production focus on the content . Keep the good work 👍

Fuel pressure guage? 😂😂😂

You need to cut down on the intro...way to long :))