There's a few similar channels I follow from the US. What I love about RP is a couple of blokes, stood there in front of some astonishing craftsmanship and engineering genius and it's all understated expalainations in a pair of knackered jeans with a brew in hand. Those US channels (gawd bless 'em) are all, "AWESOME MAN" and fist pumping high-fives and every little achievement is like putting a man back on the moon. . Give me the Brits anyday.
And the yanks always invariably start with "hey guys what's up". That's usually my cue to stop watching, I figure if someone doesn't know which way is "up" they sure won't know much at all.
It’s 99 degrees today here in Fort Worth,Tx. Actually much cooler for the past 5 months. It’s been hotter than it’s been since I moved here in 1998. Should be in the low 90’s starting tomorrow!
Thanks for the quick lessons on the English wheel. Very interesting. Churchill is going to be a cracke4. Allegro sill design was scandalous back in the day. Never occurred to me. Temperatures would affect painting booth. Thanks for the video lads
Look at the Colin Furze shop tips video about a month ago and he shows a genius method for a slip roller stop that's just a piece of angle iron laid between the rolls. It was sent to him from a fan. Dead simple and acts a fixed pivot point for the smaller end of the cone. He also shows it again in his latest video.
Is it me or am I the only one that waits until the very end incase Cal forgets something, as he walks away from saying Goodbye, to then be reminded from Jamie there was something else and he comes back?
First off Ive just binged watched your entire video library and absolutely love what you and your team do and I can't wait to see the current projects progress. Just a quick thought/comment from my days as a car audio installer at competition level about the risk of running audio cables of any sort with looms which could (not always) cause interference, you have the perfect opportunity to run them seperate. Keep up the amazing work, all the best from a pom living down under. Oh and if you can get one of your clients to get hold of a G60 Rallye, I'd love to see what you could do with that👍
Cal, for both commercial and domestic HVAC, as well as for car AC, I found that a system blow down with nitrogen, then a pressure test on nitrogen followed by a release to zero and vacuum immediately there after both tests the system and the dry nitrogen will carry any last bit of moisture out of the system. It just about completely eliminated leak problems after., as well as assured that the water and the acids that will create are well and truly out of the system. FWIW, I'd check on your operating temp; -2 degrees is about four degrees (my system) below freezing- an evap coil running at that temp will freeze up with water. Your outlet temps should be almost fifty degrees- 52 degrees is about where all factory units are set up to and where your charge balanced is designed to run. That's 52 degrees on my side of the Pond- almost 17 degrees where you are. That's the "theory" in the books and the one that worked for my for a career. Negative degrees is freezer territory and requires built in defrosters and all to work in a continuous system. Pretty sure you mis spoke- or you would have heard about it from someone long before me.
As a person that did custom exhaust systems for 25+ years, when you said that you were working om the Jag system for more than a week I was flabbergasted. 90% of the systems that I built were done the same day, If anything took longer than 2 days it was because we did not have the parts in stock.
Love the Bodyshop lads always make themselves known in daft way , 40yrs in the Bodyshop as apprentice , foreman , manger and owner they are simply the best for taking the mick .........must be all the fumes ?
Hope Tom doesn't get sun burnt on his bare arms when big-welding, plus I am impressed with his ability to basically to free weld without learning on something for control, impressive stuff 😎
What I would love to see, is if a client of yours would be mad enough to do the Allegro project, but 4wd with a turbo k20 or k24 on the shell of the Honda - E, that is my dream build right now.... Would be incredibly expensive tough with all the engineering that would entrail.
Ned, cherish your metal men; among the several things I still follow into my retirement are new manufacturing processes; it is now possible to make what look like big pressed panels with a robot arm with a hydraulic "muffler tool" on it's hand as the working end and a synthetic molding- like the one Tom made the wheel flairs on- to hammer your part over to shape. It isn't what you and your shop does- I doubt it ever will be- but it says little good for the talents of your guys being taught in schools much longer. From what I have been told, that Jurassic Park of metal machines were each created to achieve some specific effects when used to shape metal. They were designed by shapers more than by engineers, and then given back to the trade to find our what all they could do. If your shop makes it happen better of faster with a process that isn't "in the book" it matters very little against the size of your client's smile when you turn his car back to him. And that is what brings them back, often with friends. I hoping one year soon RP can get a booth at SEMA, here in the states; it is, without a doubt, the biggest car and trade show going today; the cars, the people who build them, the people who make and sell the paint, metal tools and car parts get together for a bout two weeks in Las Vegas. Cal could go "do" the Shelby factory while he's here- or you could spend a month talking to the trades reps. All this by way of saying that RP is well into the zone where the few and the best can be found. And also that whomever says you aren't doing it right hasn't any real standing vs the proven work and methods you develop from daily practicing these arts. It only has to work for you, Cal and the staff- and get those smiles I mentioned. PS; Not all American builders are eat up with the cheesy thing; like every other good thing American TV has cribbed from the BBC, the Discovery Channel has lost the plot with their "massaged" and over dramatized scripting of what were once spontaneous acts has created the "one week to create a world class custom car" myth and the people needed to back it; sadly, one of the effects has been to drive all the "understated" and calm builders of cars that take a year or two to complete out of the visible part of the US side. They just aren't "dramatic enough" for our network "suits" to think they can sell it in the US market. Those people should be keel hauled for what they did to "Junk Yard Wars"- they hyped it, threw little sly things in to start trouble between the teams to increase the drama and lost the original point after a couple of seasons. The standing lists of fabricators and welders had dried up as well.
Guys love the builds and content, but I have noticed all of your builds are still in the shop none have gone back to your clients other than Churchill 🇦🇺😎
Thanks for the tip, ABS plastic plate for the door card instead of hardboard. Now that there will be a wide transmission tunnel in the E-type roadster, will there still be room for the seats?
@@nickbowker5134 What can I say, you're a funny guy.. If your 'joke' is about the cars being built slowly and getting to a $200k Mk1 Escort price point, I don't think so. The bones of the cars are made to ultimate standards (=$$$). I would complain that the cars end up looking very plain and lacking that finishing detail 'sparkle'. I think they need to add a color/design specialist (or 2) to the team. 😂
Hi guys, What’s the feasibility of restoring a 1994 Audi 80 B4 Avant, with a fully new trimmed interior (as its all rather scabby), a conversion from FWD to Quattro and an engine swap from a 1.9 TDI to something with a bit more grunt? I live fairly locally to you guys and have been looking into a restomod for a bit but I’m unsure about the ins and outs of it! Any help is much appreciated, cheers
I have that exact same handbrake in my Sunbeam Imp, and have been wondering - for all the years that the car has been dismantled - exactly how I'm going to get it rivetted back together. I'm probably going to look at making a two-piece interscrew fitting on the lathe that can be unbolted if I ever need to get it apart again.
I was thinking the same, plus bubble liquid, bubbles don’t lie (yes I do mean proper leak detection fluid and not the stuff for kids). Also wondering “vacuum held” how is the vacuum being measured? If it’s via those gauges then it’s time to invest in a proper vacuum gauge. If you’re not measuring, you’re guessing.
With the E30 do you remove the organic stuff via manual methods or is it via pyrolysis? I considered pyrolysis for one of my projects but the sealer is PVC plastisol which apparently can release HCL when burned which I worried would get trapped between seams similar to the problem with acid dipping.
I like some of the old cars like the escort but why doesn't somebody keep the escort as it is and put new parts are the new door locks new door things and air con and stuff like that
Still dont understand why the hydraulic system isn't flushed. In every industrial application I've ever been involved in we have flushed the hydraulic system as standard usually down to NAS 6. Even the oil out of the drum should be filtered before its filled because it won't be clean out of the drum or can.
Please @Retropower, build me a Ascona 400, but with the 400 meaning 400ci of LS power or an Alfa Gulia 510 hp powertrain, could be in a Ascona or Manta A also, but really the one I want is the Opel Kadett Coupe' GT/E with that Alfa/Ferrari engine. Or what about a restomod Lancia 8.32? 458 engine i hear you say? OK, will do after that 100mill lottery cupon goes in.. So many dream builds but only one lifetime.... When think about it, a BMW e28 with that unreliable v10 would sound cool at least. There is a guy here in Norway that put a Viper engine in a really old Opel...
That Pussycat trans tunnel is a fail. When the trans needs removal you will not get it out. Maybe make it removable though that too is a pain removing seats and carpet to remove the trans. I guess it is pommy engineering!!
