Prepare to see all the lovely restoration work on the Mercedes W123 get covered in crud. To support the channel visit www.georgekarellas.com Thank you :)
Absolutely love all your videos , and am now re-watching them. Love the humour and self deprecation which is very endearing. Once Ive re-watched the Benz being re-built ill be going back to watch the Rangey build which I first watched many moons ago.
I've grown to love the W123 and find myself drawn to watching your transformation of this lovely car. My regular car is a 2007 Golf and maybe my last 'modern car' I hanker after a useable classic and the W123 is that car. Thank you for great videos 😎😎
This series feeds the soul, I do not know how to properly explain the feeling but your videos are so special and your production a ahead of its time... I am safe in Namibia , Africa and yes your video made it all the way here LOL
Not one to comment to ANY video, by ANYONE, and I usually watch youtube on my TV, but I must. I do thoroughly enjoy your work, and deeply appreciate all that you must go through to make them.
How I wish I had your skills and ingenuity. Not to mention garage space. I still dream of retiring at 55 and spending the rest of my days learning how to take apart, clean and restore old Mercedes.
As a guy slowly but surely building a car channel, the amount of work you put into your production is absolutely mindboggling . I literally cannot wrap my head around the stop motion video and how you pull it off. It is inspirational and remarkable.
This is like a Zen class for the motor mechanic. I seem to remember in 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics' that a workshop manual started with the words 'First get a peaceful mind'. Quite. Thank you so much for the peaceful journey, I look forward to the next episode.
I always forget how much I love this channel, then a video comes out and I want to pour my heart out into the comments section once I've watched it. That's Soup magic.
Cant think of a better way to start the weekend, than watching that beautiful Merc go back to life bringing you and all of us joy while drifting on the grass. Thank you George for never letting us down!
First off, you're the only channel I get legitimately excited for. Cinematography A++. 23:43 - I've always leaned toward the tighter side on the principal that you can always replace bearing cheaper than you can replace a worn spindle hub.
The end of this took it from great to wow. I totally understand. I spent the early 90s ripping around fields in Buckinghamshire. You simply cannot get a life or period like that back. But for just a few seconds, I was there again. Cheers.
What I do when rebuilding suspension is leave everything loose, lower the vehicle so it sits on all wheels, bounce the vehicle up and down to settle everything and then tighten it all up when it's sitting on the ground.
Yeup... I was going to comment the same thing. BUT I would add to roll the vehicle a bit as well. Just like in the video, you want everything to be "neutral", including any side load on the tires. As for the bushing, it's ESPECIALLY important when you have the rubber type bushings that are in direct contact with the chassis (inner or outer is non-moving). The suspension movement results in the rubber bushing being twisted. IF you tighten it up while the vehicle is in the air, and the suspension is in full drop, then when placed on the ground the bushing will be "over twisted". This includes shock bushing as well.
Cheers for the fine technical work done. Made me remember time ago when I dismantled EVERYTNG absolutely in my 1972 300D . I added a second line of shock absorbers inside the front springs . Rebuid absolutely everything and now finishing paint and final adjustments of diesel injection pump and injectors. Nobody helped me to even tight a bolt . Bleeding hydraulic clutch and brakes was a test of creativity and produced a simple pipe and bottle device to pump pedals and later press the bleeder screws.
Not only it's amazing to see my dream ride being treated with incredible attention to detail, it's also captured made beautiful to view in a incredibly captive way. Nothing but respect man! Nothing but respect!
Haha you got all that new paint dirty at the end, looks like too much fun! Did you wait to tighten the suspension until it was at ride height? I think the bushings will bind and get chewed up if you tighten everything while on jack stands. Great work though! Smoother then the cream in a twinky.
The Cobra is a fine piece of work the precision and time the engineers put into making this vehicle is amazing. Thanks for the video the W123 is an epic automobile.
As the song says ‘first love stays with you forever’ hope the drifting brought back memories. Thanks for the films making me realise I can restore my own vehicle. It helps build my confidence.
Hi George just had to say, I just recently bought a 1982 280E automatic and came across your videos and trying to catch up with them all, it's excellent to watch someone do work that keeps me interested through out. thanks for the great videos keep up the great work if ever you find yourself in the Midlands when all ever becomes normal as such kettle will be on 👍👍👍
Your work is incredible, I have recently been gifted an 85 300D Turbo Diesel, it's so difficult for me to watch this and not want to restore mine with the same care, thank you for your videos
Seeing you grass drift at the end was epic. Choked me up a bit. Dakar Ralley was their playground back in the day. These cars are incredible. Almost sentient.
I seem to be doing all the same things to my Mk2 Golf right now, only I snapped a bleed nipple in one of my callipers and butchered one of my copper brake pipes. Not a clever day for me today but watching this made me want to carry on and get it right. Thanks dude.
Loved the animation on this video. You don't see that on any other RU-vid video. I used to rebuild master cylinders on various cars. Just hone them with sandpaper and slap new seals on them. Never had one I had to pry the reservoir off. Just give it a good yank. I always hated those clamps on the spindles. Some don't open so are hard to turn off and on even with the bolt loosened completely. I lost a new bearing on my 123 because of that. These cars are tanks and will run forever with a bit of maintenence. Now I wish I still had mine.
@@soupclassicmotoring Remember that they will expand as they get hot. That is the reason for the back off after hand tightening them. Good luck with the car.
Lovely to watch your work. Next time you have to clean holding tanks or even a fuel tank put a cleaning cloth in it and chase it around with a air hose, it always come clean. Regards Billy
Don't ever change! Your style is so different from everyone else. The voice over focus much more on the wholesome experience of fixing something dear to you, yet your visuals educates better than anything else I've ever seen. Ten thumbs up!
So glad you used that music for the final field drive. That music is Soup Classic Motoring! Keep up the good work big man! You are a inspiration to the rest of us!
Excellent to see a fresh SOUP update again, as always. I'm going to need all of the inspiration in your finely crafted videos for the latest acquisition here that's been off the road almost as long as I've been alive; an old Barker bodied Lanchester LD10. I've never worked with aluminium body panels, separate chassis cars (EDIT: oh wait, there was that Renault 6), or wooden framed bodies, but if SOUP has taught me one thing its that you should always take on a challenge because you never know what fun you're going to have until you do.
great video, always a pleasure to watch. An old timer told me once, never pack bearings to the brim, always leave a little room for movement for initial roll.
These are a truly great Auto. One for the history books. Excellent and simple in design ..the first truly "modern car " pioneering a few features still found in todays cars The old benz is still a great quality vehicle there was a station wagon version too ..its rather rare
Sublimely hypnotic and deeply satisfying! My G.P. says I should watch more of your videos....it's great for lowering my B.P. Superbly photographed in stonking high definition and exquisitely narrated, ah the David Attenborough of the classic car world, you obviously know the W123 species inside out.
That was a great moment seing you enjoy the car in this field after all this work. That was the best place to really take advantage of all the suspension work!
You can grease bearings by hand as fast or faster then a packer. Put your index finger through the top of the bearing and pinch it with your thumb. Slap it quickly on your other palm and rotate as soon as you see grease pop out the top of the cage. Once you get the hang of it, you can have it done before someone even has a bearing installed in the packer. Love the build!
Hahaha. That made me laugh. "Ok babe, pump the pedal a few times then hold." -"OK IM HOLDING!" *bleed valve sucks in air* "What happened, are you holding?" -"Yeah, I stopped pumping." "Ugh." I basically bought speed bleeders after this.
@@soupclassicmotoring I'm glad you find it funny, but it wasn't a joke! I put a little lipstick on my pressure bleeder and curl up next to it at night...
I opted to finally buy a pressure bleeder after attempting it once with my wife.... while she read a fashion magazine in the driver seat. Bleeding process was a disaster.
George, love to see your content, brilliant work as usual. So glad to see you back. I have to say I am anxiously awaiting either more Lotus or the Jag Rebuild!
My man. That has got to be the best automotive video I have seen in a long time. Your attention to detail and calm narration are top shelf! I have the same car, same colour and need to do a myriad of repairs. Thanks for the brilliant video. Cheers.
