SHED RACING - Maserati 300s Build 

Maserati 300. "It's a good old thing." Man you are the master of the understatement.

A great surprise to stumble upon this video. tHanks to all the made it!

1:20 "by then I was having trouble with the Council....Ferraris and Bugatti's on the lawn" LOL typical council!

Hahahaha, 'you can have a go at me if you like".... that's priceless 😅 Love it !!!

I always thought the Maserati 300s and the Aston Martin DBR1 were the two most beautiful cars of their era. What a great replica!

An amazing bloke and he's so down to earth and matter of fact with it. He just seems to be a bodger like us but it's on a totally different level.

Exchange and Mart, that brought back memories. Loved just browsing the paper version back in the 80's, especially the wrecked sections trying to find a bargain.

A very interesting video from a very likeable down to earth chap who knows what he's talking about

Brilliant as usual Ivan. I'm so pleased you have found someone to carry on your videoing as you are without doubt the most watchable guy on 'RU-vid'. I'm an old guy of 76 who still enjoys playing with cars. I only do a couple of days a week at my friends garage in Guildford but work on some really lovely cars, mainly old Lotus's.

Love it, what a great job Ivan. I have often thought how wonderful it would be to create something like a Ferrari 250 Testarossa replica. Nice to see someone actually do it.

Ivan, thank you for sharing all your interesting stories with us, I look forward to every episode. Josh is going on holiday? I’d like to come and muck about in the shed with you guys for my holiday!

That Maserati is a lovely looking car - better than the original timeless shape .

Hey! Happy to see Ivan back on sharing his builds. looking forward to hearing that Maserati!

So pleased this has come up on my feed. I checked back on Ivan's Shed a few times, but never knew about this one. Lovely car, and, as usual lovely content.

Because of you Ivan, I took on stripping my engine doing timing chain, injectors, fuel pump………….basically now rebuilt the whole bloody thing! Totally enjoyed it. Wasn’t easy. You inspired me and made me want to do it. Now I want to do another 🤣. Thanks Ivan 👍.

I found myself being entertained by Ivan with this fascinating 300S story at 3am. Ivan, you are a born raconteur! Great listening. I reckon that body is prettier than the originals and I prefer the detail work. A truly lovely swoopy classic mid '50s sports-racing body. This is by far my favourite car channel. Ivan, were you anything to do with Dutton Cars in the '70s and 80s?

I love Ivan's old school approach to cars and the quality of his work. I look forward to more videos. Please get a lavalier mic though, so that us old folks can hear what is being said.

Ivan you've done some fantastic work on some beautiful cars in your life, keep on telling us about it. Thanks for the many interesting stories, which in your case are great experiences from a classic era.

Ivan sir, you are a true gentleman..... I suspect you may have known my father back in the 60s, Roy Hogg..... he was a Friend of another amazing gentleman called Bill Hodge, who lived at Eton Wick, his forte was jaguars....... I love every video, and I'm stunned that you don't have more subscribers......

Very nice car .

Ivan as an observation of the car which is brilliant, the rear vents actually do more than aesthetics, they actually reduce the air pressure in the rear wheel arch due to the low pressure at the back of the car sucking the air out. Modern car do this for aerodynamic down force, have a look at the Rear of a Lotus Evora 410 sport. May be not to the same extent on the 300, but they have the same effect.

Thank you Ivan, Smiles all round.

So good to see you back on RU-vid! Wonderful old Maserati, too.

WOW JUST Magnificent , :-) What a Gent

What a beautiful Maserati, such fine lines. Like your boot give a handy bit of space for carrying spares.

You can show as much of that car as you want to.. I'll watch it all. The body work is what dreams are made of.

Great video Ivan; genuinely my favourite RU-vid channel, I enjoy every story and insight and look forward to seeing more very soon. That Maserati looks just right and not too shiny, just as they would have been in period; can't wait to see you drive it!

Competition for Tyrell classics channel....both 12/10...👌

The 300S was a fantastic race car. I saw Bill at Thompson Raceway mid 50's and that thing would really sing. What teenager would have at that time not been impressed, and still am today..These multimillion dollar cars today were unobtainable then, but saw them all that the Glen, Cumberland, Sebring and Laconia etc. when they were really racing. You did a fantastic job on that special you created.

Hi Ivan, Mic from Australia l thought you had stopped making videos just found Shed Racing very please to see your still around. Would love to meet you one day, dont ever stop really enjoy watching you. Thanks Mic

I must have missed this change of channel name and was just thinking this morning that I missed Ivan's interesting vids, and here it is!.

So glad your back on RU-vid Ivan, you should write a book on your life as it's been amazing so far 😎 keep em coming pal 👍

It’s a lovely car Ivan....the coupe you began with looked good too....the only pity is that you couldn’t build both.

Magic! Thank you Ivan and co.

Fascinating as always, never knew this was going on so near to home (I lived in Harrow), I do remember an old boy in Kingsbury with some interesting cars and bikes, an Aston Martin DB2/3 an MG and a strange and rare Renault Gordini R8, he also had a Scott Motorcycle. All with engine mods, some amazing creations from basically a shed. Your Maserati creation is beautiful, looks right. Would be good to hear it driving if you get the chance.

Ivan, Glad to see you back! Very interesting story and looking forward to the next installment.

What a beautiful replica, and dare I say probably better built than the originals, although I also know you are too modest to admit to that. I also hope that all the people that have contributed to that build over the last 35 years get to watch this. Bless you Ivan 🙏 p.s. - I used to work for Piper Cams in Ashford Kent back in the day, did you ever use any of our stuff then?

Good to see you back Ivan. was hoping to see you at the Magic Wheelers AGM, hear you were double booked! But we had a brilliant day there, and thanks!

Very interested in the Maserati build .Taylor and Crawley held the dealership along with Chipstead Motors back in the '60s and as Mike Taylors "sales mechanic" ,after His accident at Spa in 1960 .I saw a few of the original 3500gt cars . I really liked them other than 6 actual head sealing rings with a normal gasket round the edges of the block/head . These did cause a few problems .resulting in the odd cylinder pumping coolant out of the exhaust ! .Regarding Your headlamp nascelles ,the Company in question was in fact White Ellerton who did indeed did all of our perspex work for Us my time at Lotus ,mainly for the Elevens .I had a few trips over the big old house wher the genius worked moulding the perspex parts in what was two of the bedrooms quite a fascinating procedure in those days too. Being a good few years older than Your good self ,I find the way You go about your business shows how the jobs were done back in those good old 50s and 60s so many thanks for the "new venture" (Shed Racing) I look forward to seeing the Seven out on track later too .

What an amazing car this is and you Ivan are an inspiration to all to get involved with classic cars. Your subscriptions are growing rapidly and I absolutely love the channel and I personally think that it's the most interesting on RU-vid to do with cars, thanks for all of your hard work and dedication.👍

Ivan thank you for a very entertaining story of how you built this lovely car I’m new to your channel but it fells like I’ve known you years ,you remind me of an old friend that taught me everything mechanical how to fix ,rebuild ,make etc great channel will be waiting for the next addition 👍👨🏻‍🏭

Great to see you back on line. Changing to old subject, I followed the building of the 2 cylinder mini engine. Didn't know such a thing existed. You then found a 2 stroke mini engine. What has happened to that one. I'm sure there are many like myself who love to see the process of rebuilding that one.

So glad i found you again i have just looked the last 3 you made> lets hope you can get your other videos back.

Is there any chance of you being able to get all the videos of the old channel & having them re-uploaded to this one?

So glad to see you back. I was wondering what happened. Looking forward to more adventures, now on Shed Racing. Great!

Good stuff, I look forward to part II. I could listen to you talk for hours. Take care.

Great to see you back Ivan,your reminisces are great.

ive been waiting and waiting to see another video with ivan on clockworkmovies just to find another channel great to see you

Great stuff, Ivan!

Many years ago,in Australia I was poking around in a shed at the back of a Workshop an old mate was running. The shed had been a blacksmiths forge in the 1800's and had the usual old stuff laying about in the dirt floor. One of the things laying there was head off a six cylinder engine .I asked my mate if it was a Jag ,"no" he replied,"its a maserati 3500 head,the rest of the engine is here too..." ! In the dirt and so on . Anyway the whole was retrieved so 30 years later by a dealer here in Brisbane and it was the same the 3500GT donor car in the vid. Interesting to note that Jay leno also has one. They have gone from virtually Worthless to quite valuable.

Great video and what a beautiful car that Maserati is.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing you give those cars a good thrashing that they deserve.

Shared as much as i could..so pleased to see you back.

Thanks, Ivan, Great to see you continuing with the vids.

Thank you for an interesting video. Beautiful car. I always respect a man who tells you how other people helped him to achieve a result like this.

Nice to see some machining from solid without a CNC what did she make them on?

I didn't realise the (standard) dashboard was so uncluttered; so that's a good replication of it. I was expecting to see 52mm gauges splattered everywhere, like an AC Cobra. Would be nice to see a close-up (Tacho, oil press, water temp? or is one of them a duogauge?)

So glad to see you back! Fascinating and educational as always :) What a silly boy Christian is, have unsubscribed from the old channel, hope you get your videos from there and pop them all up here :)

Great video as always. You always inspire me to work on my car.

I am so pleased you have got the channel all sorted now Ivan. Good luck & hoo roo Christian and Welcome Josh.... invest in good filming gear and excellent mics. You channel is great for us armchair racers of old. How did the valves turn out on the Samson motor? Did you put the 2 cyl engine in the A30? I just love the humour you have Ivan. Stay safe & carry on....💯👍🏼👍🏼🎯🇳🇿🚘

The Kawasaki z750 is a copy of the coventry climax 1500 4 cyl that was 1500cc & 200hp. Thats the base for most of the japanese engines. When triumph went broke nissan developed the motor into the GTR.

So pleased to see you back on RU-vid. Love your videos.

Mate, that Maserati body is a work of art! Love this channel of yours, watched the video of you driving it first!👍🇦🇺🇬🇧🏁Subscribed.

What a gorgeous looking machine! Can’t wait to see (and hear) how it goes. I love seeing how things like this were made. You obviously made some choices around what would look and be original and what was simply practical to do with what you had to hand. What drove these decisions at the time? Great pic of your old garden full of exotica waiting to be worked on as well - what year would that have been?

Great to see you posting videos again!!

Superb work Ivan.........Dave North Lincolnshire

Just been watching one of your videos on the "old channel" . They are very very good . The Peugeot race car needs a dizzy cap? One way out is 3D print a copy. It's the easy way out for many vintage car parts and applications.

Great video Ivan, cheers.

Josh. Love the music!

Amazing work - thanks for sharing it with us!

Such a beautiful automotive creation. I have always loved the Maserati. One question I have is, what is a.Capri? I remember the old Ford Capris that were used in some rally racing but it seems to me that you are talking about something else. I have heard you refer to these cars several times -- pictures please.

I'd like to see Ivan drive that s2000.

Fascinating content and excellent presentation as usual - really great stuff. Could you please tell us about what appeared to be a pre-war racing motorcycle in Brooklands trim which we got a glimpse of in one of your recent videos? Thank you.

An amazing and entertaining story - cheers!

Great video as ever. I am looking to get into historic next year and currently building a Ruddspeed Volvo Amazon race car. It is great to pick up little tips and ideas in preparation for next year. Thank you. Kind Regards Mark

Great to see you again! I was worried that you had popped your clogs!

That’s incredible

Wounderful ❤️👍

Another great video Ivan! DdI you get your hair cut:-) I’d just say that you could have spent more time on the photos of the car, you moved al9ng quite quickly on them. Fab looking car and I love the old photos. Wow that was a wreck when you first got it!

Mr. Hulot drove a Salmson. ( note poster on upper shelf to the left)

That car is spectacular! It reminds me of a girl I was in love with:-)

Just love this channel.

Nice, looking forward to the next one.

Loving the new channel Ivan 👍😊

What a great car

Great video again, can we see the engine?

great video

Love the videos, keep them coming 👍👍

I was wondering if you could do a video outlining your racing exploits as I am sure it would be very interesting, as it was such an interesting time in saloon car racing and many such stories get lost in the mists of time unless they are documented. Maybe you should write a book!

Lovely car. Great job.... 👍

Looks fun

Mechanical version of Jack Hargreaves...great

looking forward to the Ginetta

Where did you reference the body dimensions from back in the day pre internet? Was it just from photos in a book? Given building a body in aluminium is not a cheap or quick endeavour, you must have had enough knowledge to trust that the limited dimensions were enough?

If the chassis has been shortened, does it still have the original chassis number?

My dad used to get the exchange and mart every Thursday.

Great video Ivan. I’ll be following you from now on. look forward to learning some new tricks. As for a question… we’ll I noticed a old motorcycle in a few of the shots. What’s the story on it and what is your history wth motorcycles? Cheers.

Love this!

The Massarati is a beautiful car how would it be classed if it came up for sale considering all the work that has been done, I am only curios .

Is that an original engine would love to know more about the power of the engine