Jaguar XK150 Restoration EP6 

In the next video I have to swap the front uprights, the flats definitely go to the rear!!

Quality of workmanship here is one thing, but remember folks this cannot be achieved without the very considerable amount of knowledge required, first and foremost!! Stunning demonstration of both, so well done...bravo!

Everyone doing their best job. So special

it's a thing of beauty already...attention to details is on a whole another level here...

Thank you so much for the excellent explanations of not only WHAT things are,but Why the are designed the way they are. I’ve owned lots of XK’s, my favorite being a 140 Roadster with Type C Heads. I’m glad the beautiful Coupes are now getting the respect that they have long deserved. You are doing a beautiful job on the restoration. Keep it up and Thank You from Carlsbad, California.

The old KONI logo is so beautiful. Worked there in the summer holidays when I was young, They took (take?) so much pride in their products .

It seems as though I've had to wait years for EP6. Can't wait for EP7.

I like your attitude to your work as well as your enthusiasm. I am following your work and love it. Can't wait for the next video.

A beautiful job, very well done I look forward to the rest of the build out and seeing the engine and gearbox back in place. Kind regards, Richard.

It’s wonderful to watch you guys refurbishing a car of this rarity and value, at arguably the very highest of standards in the whole world. This is truly legacy work and a privilege to witness it. Live long and prosper.

A series of restoration vids! What a find!

Beautiful automobile Richard.

Really enjoying this series Richard; great job as usual 👏👏. Found it interesting to go from the first look of the car where a cursory glance would have had me thinking; "That looks good, no work required here!", to the closer examination, dismantling and restoration. Great stuff, thanks very much for producing these!

Really love your channel and the XK project - really exciting to see the finalization getting closer.

Hi Richard ever thought of using a mossses dip to eat all the rust away? 9 parts water to 1 part molasses. Let in brew for a week and then it’s good to go. Typically the dip will remove every skerric of rust in 2-3 weeks. Only problem is you need a big tank of it for large jobs (like a chassis) and you need (after rinsing with water) , to treat it with a phosphoric acid product. In Australia we have ‘metal prep’ which leaves the metal with a cleaned bronze like appearance. You ought to try it one day with some rusty object you want cleaned. Essentially the iron oxide is eaten by bacteria that live in the dip! Best wishes John

It's great to see as you step through the process Richard, just the amount of minute detail that goes into a perfect restoration. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next.

the owner picked a great car. I looked away when you went to the sandblast shop, in the UK the body would more likely than not have holes rusted out you could fit your hand through. ❤👍👍👍👍

Perfect video. thanks. I would have loved to watch the entire process of metal bodyworks from the other cies... Maybe next time. Do not hesitate to post more videos!

Love the rotisserie for the chassis👍🆗

Keep checking to see if ep 7 has surfaced.. Great build.

Coming along nicely. If only i had a bigger garage!!

The Jag is coming along very nicely! I’m looking forward to seeing you get it back on the road!

What a cracking restoration, well done to all involved. looking forward to the rest of the series.

Wow, she's looking great, Richard. Cheers from the UK.

Hi Richard, just coming back to your old videos as I am doing the same steps on my XKs Thanks so much for this profound documentation. Is the XK150 finished yet and handed over? Can't wit to see the grand final. One remark to the paint: An acquaintance and fellow car fiddler, restorer of many XKs was befriended with Lofty England, who lived in Austria not far from here, after he left being fed up with British Leyland management. He asked him on what paint they used on chassis. He said, black satin. But it was not consistent. They ordered paint in large tanks and sprayed what ever ran out of the tub. So I guess you got it quite period correct. Chris

I thought I’d missed an ep, l can’t wait to see it together.

What a beautiful restoration ... awesome!

Nice video Richard. Really like your explanations and tips. What a beautiful car this will be when completed! 👍

Beautiful job. Great to see.

Actually, there is one thing that car is missing: having me around the shop enjoying your work! It was so nice for my wife and I to actually meet you last summer while working on your XKE. Certainly a highlight to go to a place and see where the magic happens. It will be lovely when it's done--and the owner will have a video series to validate the restoration!

Exciting watching, well done.

Absolutely Stunning Rich.

Hi Richard. Just checking in to see if all is well with you and yours. It's been a rough few months for everyone but there seems to be a glimmer of hope . Let's hope so. Well take care and stay safe.

Great work...what a pleasure to watch and learn. You should have way more subs...Cheers from Down Under !

Great stuff Richard. It' s a no brainer painting the chassis and suspension components. So many choose powder coating 😨😨😨. Wow ! Jason really got on with the shell. I guess there was a time lapse between the sand blasted view and the painted view. The overall condition of this car is fabulous. Poor Dave at classic car cave would murder to have his 150 in this condition and the 140FHC that l restored 25years ago was terrible ! Oh and did l see a certain "e"type in the closing sequence! Thanks Richard . Take care . Nice snippet of Chopin.

Wauw, worth waiting for anyway! Quality work!

I see you went with Owen rear leaf springs. Glad that worked out. I think they are the best. Nice progress!

that body is actually in great shape all considering...

Would have been cool to see some of your painting the suspension components Richard. Very entertaining and informative as usual. Greetings from Rotterdam!

Really like watching the vids. Amazing work. Thanks

It's going to be too good to use!! Have to say-Nice work and very sound car.

What can I say. What a fabulous job. I just love your video's.

It looks great!

Très gros travail !! mes respects ...

Already on its way to being beautiful again

Such a joy to follow the program of this project. Chopin interludes make it even better!

jag was never affraid to pile the lead in , thats how they got such nice sweeping lines. I doubt he will use lead to replace the old stuff as modern fillers works so well. plus some of the paint companies won't guarantee their products over lead as some people don't clean the flux off properly.

Really enjoying the series. My only gripe is, I wish you'd show more work fitting the parts. I guess your limited on time restrictions. But I like to see the details on how you fitted them. I used to live about half a mile where Jaguar used to make the bodies and other parts, at Castle Bromwich. So I've always loved Jags.. your work is really good. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.

Beautiful.

More awesomeness!

The way you said Salisbury 😳😂 haha but the chassis is looking good

Richard, I wish i was as far along as you guys from a body shell point of view, As you know we have a running & driving chassis on our XK 150 but my shell was in such bad condition compared to your customers car. Hopefully i can get a few of your viewers to watch in on my videos as your bodywork is done and we have so far to go with ours lol, Cheers Dave

I bet your glad you marked the torsion bars as Offside and Nearside change depending on which country you live in ;)

All the concurrent specialist work is moving this along nicely. i do empathize with the owner who will be under this car with a toothbrush and degreaser after every outing. These restorations can go downhill fast if they aren't constantly detailed back to pristine.

This chassis oiling, could easily be replaced with the 9 or 12 lbs low expanding polyurethane foam. This would strengthen and seal permanently the steel frame and of course quiet the ride....The 9 or 12 pound is also known as closed cell and totally repels water for its life time...protected and with steel frame to adjhere to as long as the frame is set wiring pass throughs intact the foam actually adds a good bit of security

Torsion bar front suspension and rack-and-pinion steering; just like a Morris Minor. :-)*

Having purchase a 150 DHC which is in bits and 30% of it missing i have found your videos superbly helpful not just me but the body shop as well. My question is i have the book xk150 explored but what manual is it that you refer to and where can I get one please.

Mesmerised, that's me

C'Mon no excuses more videos

I'm surprised you used the rebuildable lower ball joints. I put the sealed XJ6 units on my E Type and it sure makes for an easy repair. I do like the originals from a "this is how it was done" aspect though.

👍👍👍!

Michael, very learnfull to me, because I have to restore one XK150, but where can I buy the set bolts and nuts for the suspension. Do have a new chassis to build on. Greetings Frank.

So no fluid film in the cavities? Anyways, looking forward to the rest of the build... 👍🙂

Use dry ice to cool the bearing race. Gives a touch more wiggle room

Hey Richard, Hoping everything is OK over there given the issues we all have at the moment but just wondering when are you going to move this on? I've been following you avidly but its all gone quiet.

Hmmm....Offside and Nearside. Depends which side of the road you drive on right? So are these torsion bars specific to non UK markets?

So much easier to mount the engine and gearbox onto a rolling chassis, then lower the body into place. Getting the long assembly of gearbox attached to engine (as in manual) into that narrow engine bay risks damage.

Please can we have more episodes soon!

Hello Richard. You and your team are doing beautiful work. Are you going to leather wrap the rear springs? That 3.8 puts out a lot of torque. Will you stay with the moss gearbox, or upgrade to a 5 speed tremic? Cheers TL.

Good thing you didn't find 5 or 6 different colors, you would have had a hell of a time painting it.

Quick question have you ever used Por15 I think this is really great but would love your thoughts.

Forgive my ignorance, but what does that long torsion bar do?

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Are we going to see more on 150 restore

Stuart Macneil of Coventry auto parts, can I buy a set of bolts and nuts of the suspension? Did not see it.

Are you going to under coat the like the factory did? It looks to good as it is in this video.

In California the salty air is enough to cause cars to rust.

Nice work, but where is rest of the EPs?

Hi from the UK, are most of the Jag parts available in Canada or do they come from here?

"Its lookin lovely isnt it!' Chassis looks like its off a russian tractor! Those poms knew how to make em agricultural underneath....

Will EP7 ever arrive.

Has episode 7 vanished into the ether.I'm 76yrs so try and make it before doomesday please.

What has happened to episode's 7and 8 etc.Have I just messeď up somewhere.

Not much sound deading of the frame and chassis 🤔

cad plate why no passivate

Unable to locate Stewart McNeil

Nothing for Months ???,are you guys OK ???

What's up, did you loose your RU-vid mojo?😉🙂

A most commendable and laudable job .However it is clearly evident from our views of the most intimate and intricate nooks and crannies of the skeleton of the chassis, that there was little pride in the accurate abutting and the quality of the welding to the frame and its range of bracketry and' luggery ,' during fabrication 60+years ago.To be frank, it is nasty, tacky looking workmanship ,which when exposed in all its nakedness, is an affront to the purist's eye .Those who have restored a Phantom 11 (not 3),or Bentley Mk V1 chassis in preparation for original or recreated bespoke coachwork for show purposes , as this XK150 is purportedly destined ,will know the cruciality of having a frame, hidden from the discerning eye though it may be ,which matches the beauty of an externally finished creation of impeccable appearance : A gilded silk purse sitting upon a somewhat pocked porcine ear ? Bristol ,AC, early post war Alvis ,and Mercedes 300 Adenauer chassis, to name but four, did not fall into this fiscally dictated practice. , As has often been opined on the products of Bill Lyons, since the Blackpool days of the Swallow bodies on the Austin 7 chassis, vehicles were built down to a price, and inevitably the aspects of build which were not readily visible were the first components to suffer .His cars were not acceptable to the British vintage fraternity until quite recently for this reason. I cannot help but feel that here was a unique chance to cosmetically enhance the underpinnings of this undoubtedly beautiful looking car ,and potentially commensurate with its eventual impeccable coachwork. However I was impressed by the injection of rust preventative into the box sections ,a procedure I perceived as vital on the post construction box sections of my Maj Maj special some 15 yeas later

i appreciate your videos and all the tech tips. 12 commercials is just excessive. thumbs down

The dashboard should be replaced with a custom burl maple panel...not that alumonium ...