100% the best DIY car build on the inter web! Your parents must be so extremely PROUD! I downloaded the series to watch on long flights during Covid. I just wrapped it up this morning. I echo others in thanking you for allowing us along this journey. An intern at Space X now an engineer in aviation, that’s so incredibly awesome. I really liked how you recognized having the tools and support your family has provided. Still, it takes “true grit” to see it through. I wish you all the best and I hope you will allow us some insight into you next journey in California.
So amazing to see you build this car from scratch! Watching you take the test drive is beyond words. Thank you for teaching what aluminum is good for casting. Your Dad must be so proud of you❤️🙏 What an awesome pleasure it is to be able to watch you build this roadster. Thank you😊 It’s coming alone really, really well👍
That's right you young guys never drive standard anymore. Learned and took my test with 4 in the floor. Lol. I remember my dad replaced my grandmother's transition with manual so he could drag race her car. She was so mad. Lol but he tricked out the engine also it went from family car to really loud dragster almost over night lol. Him and bunch of his friends did it in just couple days. My grandmother still drove it to get groceries she would put on the racing helmet for laughs while she drove it. I think she secretly loved it. Or it could have been to protect her ears. Lol it was one of the loudest cars I have been around. Put most Harley-Davidsons to Shane. Lol. That was done late 50s early 60s. They had the car until the late 80s. I was only around the car from the 70s on. To me I'm sad it's gone it was a big part of our family. Huge story piece. The raked the front also.
Hard to believe how far you’ve come since building your tank. Your speedster is amazing and I’m sure your family is so proud of all you have accomplished.
I can see this guy working for NASA one day he has the SKILLS!!!!! Too build a car from scratch he is very very skilled/talented, he built the chassis the body and ALL the parts to make it all work he even hand made that steering wheel!!
Have been following this build from day one and all I can say is you have done an outstanding job on it Young Man. Thank you for taking us along on this trip and for your showing us and explaining the hows and whys of some the things you have done such as the aluminum casting and machining.
Love how proud your dad is. This is an amazing build especially with all the handmade parts you have made from scratch. Keep up the great work. Perhaps use bronze sleeves on the clamps.. McMaster Carr.
great job really nice period correct design on the throttle linkage. i do have a couple of comments. make sure you can get your foot under the throttle linkage to pull it back in the event of a jam and make sure you have some way of preventing the engine from moving incase you break a motor mount. chevy actually came out with a safety cable for the left side motor mount back in the late 50's because motor mount failures would cause the throttle to jam. throttle cables came shortly after. the car looks great congrats
I see early VW Beetle DNA in that gas pedal, and your linkage is nearly identical to the Giulietta Sprint\s set-up. Very clever gas gauge. Excellent video. Thanks.
The bar running across the front of the firewall is how it was done on Austin 7s too. And you remind me I never got around to trying lost foam casting. I haven't done any for a few years now. I did experiment with 3D printing wax and doing lost wax casting but its tricky to print nicely.
My dad taught me how to drive on a 1931 Studebaker Dictator. It had the smoothest straight 8 engine you could imagine. He told me if I could learn to drive on that I'd be able to drive anything. I suspect you are now in a similar position.
amazing car build and an amazing house your parents have! i have been following this from the beginning, cant wait for the finish product! Cheers from Norway!
Great job sir. Make sure NOTHING can bind that linkage, back in the day when I was racing cars I had the throttle bind up on the fire wall with the engine wide open going into a turn. I got the worst crash of the season trophy but my car was totaled.
😁you know, even though you will most likely continue changing and modding this vehicle for as long as you own it, I really believe it is one of the most beautiful vehicles that I have ever seen. Fabulous work sir !!
Watching thus car being built and test driven is amazing. Watching your attention to detail such as scarfing the rod joints shows that you are years above your age in detailing and experience. Can't wait for the next video. There are well worth the wait when you where at college.
You might want to consider adding an oiled bronze bushing into the aluminum blocks on your firewall so the metal rod won’t seize in there. Good work as always.
I hope you are enjoying your internship in Boca Chica. As a kid in the late 50s and early 60s it was a deserted Beach play ground. I have enjoyed your time you have shared with us in the building this boat tail speedster.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your smile while you are sitting in YOUR CAR. One of a kind. Unique. Thank you for the video. Hope your job is the bomb. Looking forward to the next video. May you and your family have an awesome Merry Christmas. PS You could make the pedal rollers larger to stop the pedal travel and not need to add anything.
2:06 - It would be interesting to see some of your sketches; that bellcrank had dimensions before you started cutting the foam. 9:57 - Interesting discharge from the spherical end! 11:29 - Looks a bit fragile.
Great video. I would suggest use of nylon bushings for the throttle shaft to mounts. Nylon is a self-lubricating material and would be better than bronze bushing. Then again, there are bronze bushings that self-lubricate also.
Bronze looks better and is period correct. For as much movement as there will be, it doesn't really matter which is the best, it's which one looks the best.
I love your work throughout so many different disciplines. Just thinking a cast throttle pedal would look really nice and make the issue of a mechanical stop easy. Keep up the great work.
🌴 As always I’m surprised by your ingenuity and craftsmanship , it’s a joy seeing your creation coming to life and all the hard work paying off, are you going to be running it on the street or just on the track ? Wishing you and the family a very Merry Christmas 🎄
I love to see the complexity of the car grow with your skill. And I must say that it is a pleasure to watch your builds. P.S. what happened to the tank?
Great build! been following for quite a while and you do excellent work. I was going to ask about the aluminum you use to cast parts but you explained what type and why, thanks. Keep up the great videos!! Thank you.
