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Thought I recognised the plate... I sold it to you then!

While most patch=panels for my Beetle are available cheaply enough, there have been a few odd locations that some fabrication has been required. And there's certainly some satisfaction in having accomplished it oneself. I was very impressed with the tube anvil and will probably make one up in the near future. Thanks for the idea!

"A windscreen and a service away from MOT, so that shouldn't take me more than a couple of years"...........oh yes, I know that feeling !

We had one of the „super rare“ Quadra version in the same colour blue. It was the car of my childhood, I loved it. It kept up with my cousins GTI on the twisty‘s.

Just watched your video, great job, very satisfying re-creating metalwork panels even better when they fit, just subscribed. Cheers Marty's projects

The worst aspect of BL wasn’t its cars it was the bloody appalling management

great skills but as to is it worthwhile ?-also could you not make a former that shape and try to press out a duplicate?.

A few years ago I went shopping for a project car, had my heart set on a Beetle and that's what I ended up with, but along the way I was offered an Elite with a nicely engineered Rover V8 conversion. I've always been a fan of the Lotus Elite and wished my budget and workspace had allowed for a second project. Great vid, thanks!

Lovely job.👍

Brilliant review im thinking differently about these cars now

I have always liked the looks of the TR7, inside and out. It was one of the little sports cars I wanted when I was a 14 year old boy in 1978. The TR7 was on the list with: Fiat X1/9; Porsche 914; Mazda RX7; Opel GT. I have never driven one, though. At the age of 15, I was basing my opinion solely on looks and my imagination of how powerful and fast they were. I ended up getting a first generation VW Scirocco which sorely disappointed me with its 70 hp, and made me wish I had mom and dad's Chevy Malibu station wagon with its 305 V8, 140 HP, and 250 ft-lbs. The Malibu felt like a rocket compared to the Scirocco.

Did you ever complete the accord aero deck mini restoration, I recently found it however seem to have come to the end of the trail. I am keen the se the completion of the o/s/r wheelarch repair.

great video. im working on a car with rusted out fenders and there are no commercially avalable patch panels, this has given me some ideas about how i might go about fabricating some

really made that look easy. sweet panel build.

An innovative use of common shop tools.KUDOS!

I wish I had just 1% of your skills and patience.

I had a Princess for two or three years in the copperish colour and loved it. It did most thing well, not to mention the hydro gas suspension which was a pleasure. I don't know what all the criticism was about I had a 2.0l HL which did a decent job.....a motorway comfort cruiser and a stylish family car in its day.

Great job

Nice work. 👍👍 Very nice process. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend. 👍

Only just stumbled upon your channel--late to the party per usual. Subbed & liked. Thank you for sharing & teaching!

Novice?

How much was knopfler for the music lol - fab dog obvs 😂

Amazingly Brilliant! Thank you for sharing this video. Greetings fron Madang, Papua New Guinea!

Great job. I've done lots of this and the only thing I do different is weld the pie cuts from the back. Less grinding and more weld thickness makes the piece stronger. Thanks for the video I enjoyed it.

Nicely done with the simple tools approach 👏

Nice work a pro job.

I can't believe you made such an interesting video about the history of the Matra rancho.

I made something very similar to that about 5 years ago for my Puma 1.7....still going very strong. Still very satisfying when I look at the pictures of that panel and all the others that I made. Now that battery angle grinders ar a thing, you can salvage panels and part panels from scrapyards too....and they dont need to be from the same model or even make. Its a well trodden path to fit LH peugeot 206 front wheel arches to the RH rear arches of a ford puma because there was no replacement panel available......also still going strong 5 years later. Great video. You have no idea of what you can achieve untill you try!

Thank you. Educational and inspirational.

Excellent job sir, and even better I've learnt things

Wow, awesome work!! Good luck with the project - it'll be awesome when finished, for sure!!

Nice work Martin, it's a fascinating process and really good to see how it can be done with simple tools.

Aaah the Rancho, ahead of its time ... and the iconic car from La Boum .. yeah I know, shows my age

This is extremely inspiring! 👌🔧 Thank you and greetings from Sweden 👋😊

Nice job. You had to say though, "how hard can it be?". Oh dear. . .

I guess you’ve confirmed my oddness, because I, too, found (watching) you create and paint that panel satisfying. Please keep up your fine work.

This appears to be a chassis modification, how will you get this past the inspectors?

Wow great job! You're getting rather good at this.

Nicely done.

Haven't seen a rancho in years.

Fantastic work again.

The gift of making it look easy! Enjoyed this 👍

Nice piece of work. I remember making a new Scuttle panel for a Mk2 Transit about 30 years ago in exactly the same way……it’s something that requires a little thought but you’re right, it’s oddly satisfying

Great job but very time consuming

Wow well done Martin that’s some real skill on display and a panel which looks like it was pressed like the originals were great to see excellent craftsmanship on display hope you are keeping well Daniel

Excellent job Martin. You told me the other day you were afraid of electronics, well, metal working is nightmarish to me. 😅

You're barking, but that's a skill. Fabricating that from a sheet, respect.

spoilt by awful background relentless intrusive repetitive background noise turn it off,

Superb skills Martin, well done

Nice work, that's the same method I used to make front valence repairs to the Firenza. I also tried pressing out a panel using a hardwood form, a shot bag and a large lump hammer. That wasn't very successful unsurprisingly.