I rebuilt my workshop, sold the Duetto, and hit 35 000 Subscribers (Update and Q&A)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- It's been 84 years since my last upload. So it's time for an update on what's been going on.
At the end of last year I finally completed the Duetto Spider project and sold it. I took some time to totally rebuild my workshop into a more film-friendly space.
I also want to say thank you to everyone who's subscribed lately, 35000 subs is wild!
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Excited for the collab where you come over and redo my workshop! Thanks again for offering that 🙏🏻
Ronald you and Jethro are one of my reference ytbers for classics! Im thinking of rebuild my grandfathers 190 sl and i have been gathering a lot of knowledge from you guys só thank you a lot!!
I’ll just add it into my road trip itinerary 👍
You all prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow lost the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.
@Ramon Avi Instablaster =)
Holly crap he’s back people..... he’s actually back 😂
Ditto
I’m back! And I’m back for good!
@@JethroBronner We also would take You being back for just a strip, and deeply graceful, too. Thanks for sharing!
I'll never forget the beauty of my old Super Guilia 1600 . The Italian cars of that era are marvellous .
Happy to see you uploading again
Sounds like we are into the same cars! We own a '66 Giulia Sprint GT. We also own a '65 Porsche 356C, a '67 E-type, and a '69 Dodge Super Bee.
That’s a great collection, all bases covered.
@@JethroBronner that was the plan!
Love your workshop improvements. I am the same, that I hate taking time away from the builds, but improving the workshop pays off in the long run. Being more productive and having an organised space in invaluable.
And boy do you have some projects going on!
Hey Jeff, any classic motorcycle projects you'll add to your 110 project list? 😅👍🏼
An organized Shop Space is the Best Playground for your Cars!!!
You got that right!
Wrapped up my degree at 35 after 11 years off and 17 years on and off. If you want to get an engineering degree later on you can. If and when you want to go back you’ll find it more enjoyable later on when you don’t HAVE to do it. Enjoy your videos and I’m grateful for the Weber DCOE rebuild video forever. My 240Z thanks you.
I'll second that. I got my engineering degree at 55. Don't wait THAT long. Granted, it was still a good thing. You're helping motivate me to clean up my garage/shop.
The best TH-cam mechanic is back! Great...and I thought your shop was tidy before!
Yeah now it’s real tidy. It’s a much better environment for filming.
Jethro’s back!
I think I’ll take a break from work now.
I’m an Engineer. They would have trained the intuition and ingenuity out of you and taught you to follow the rules.
Absolute destruction for the creative and explorative mind. You have to really fight for a role that allows you that.
100% Agree, about to finish my degree in mechanical engineering, and I feel like I've learned more about machines and construction from my part time job fixing roller coasters and carousels at an amusement park. University will only teach you math and highly specialized topics, which all becomes irrelevant if you don't know how to connect that knowledge to the real world. I don't regret taking a degree, has it opens a world of exciting job positions, but I think hard work and dedication can and will teach and inspire you a lot more than a degree!
Glad you're posting again, Jethro. Your obsessiveness for detail is still great vlogging. 👍✌
Favorite colors are Charcoal gray exterior. Red leather interior. Wheels silver or black or body color, or a combination of all 3. Great Channel! I admire your achievements with the Alfas!! Dont stop, Ever!!!👍🇺🇸👍
I'm so glad I found your channel. I've been an Alfa fan (more like a nut) since my mid-teens, and I've just turned 76! I bought the last new 2000 GTV sold in Phoenix. A '74 model that I purchased in January of 1976. It was on the small Alfa dealers 3 car showroom floor. I had that car until 2013. I'm enjoying your projects and your approach and appreciation of Alfa Romeos in general and the 105 series in particular. Thank you!
Welcome aboard! Thank you! It must have been amazing to buy a 105 new.
Hi Jethro, thanks for the content. You do a wonderful job producing and editing it all. I just wanted to say that I 100% agree with you in regards to maintaining and using classic cars. People seem to forget that there is an environmental impact in producing new cars. Especially with the plastics and other materials being used today. I wouldn't be surprised if a well maintained classic has less overall environmental impact for the life of the car, than some of the newer EV's being produced?
Yeah I think a classic from the 60s, maintained, is more carbon friendly than a new EV over the course of its life.
I second your opinion on "The Innocents Abroad." Then again, I'm a sucker for travel literature.
This book has had me laughing more than any other book, and it has such insights about history and life.
He's back!! Thank goodness-we've been worried and its not like we can pop over and tap on the glass and say "Youhooo-JB you allright?"I still suffer from garage envy-I did a refresh in the heat of last summer but while its better, the garage is tiny and 120 years old so I'm redoing the smokehouse for long term storage-its where my 4 motorcycles slumber.. Good for you
Books?-Look for Jupiter's Travels. I bought it in the 90s. A Londoner's tale of 35,000 miles on global journey on a Triumph motorcycle. Just imagine trying to build a charcoal fire hot enough to heat and straighten a connecting rod in a village in the middle of the Sudan desert.
Ok I’ll have to find a copy of that book. Travel in Africa on a motorcycle is right up my alley
Much as I like the 105/115 shape, I once saw a Giulia Sprint GTC drive past and I realised it was the only one. Given your area of expertise and the scarcity of the 105/115 convertible - that would be car to bring back to life. My own Alfa history is quite limited: I owned an Alfasud in the late 1970's (just before the rust set in) and I did many happy miles in my mother in law's 1973 Dutch Blue 1600 Guilia Super - a wonderful car.
Hello Jethro, your history is very simillar to my. Fortunatlly I finished Engineering study but early years were exactly like yours so I understand you very well... Please visit POLAND during your trip to Europe, my country it is called "Europe car workshop" with a lot of very good specialists of restorating old cars. We also have a quite big community of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts so you can count on us during your pass through our country, everyone will help you in case of any problems, I think you can even feel here more safety than in Scandinavian countries and if you want to visit deep north it is also easy to go through Baltic See to Scandinavian countries. You can feel VERY WELLCOME:)
I completely agree about your opinion about the environment. Even a restored car uses less emissions than a brand new.
Agree about the 916. Had one new and used it as a “works” car for a few years, travelling all over the UK. Blasting through the glens of Scotland in sun and snow was a real treat. Replaced with an S2000 which was another treat!
Wow those are both great cars. Scotland is definitely on my list of driving destinations.
Hi Jethro, I have watched your channel on a regular basis because like you I am an Alfa lover. I own a 42 years-old Spider and a 1959 Fiat 600, both well restored and drive a modern Giulia on a daily basis. My favourite car of all time is the Alfa 105 and precisely the GT Junior Scalino (step nose). Looking forward to see the full restoration of the GTV which I am sure it will be amazing. To finish I want to point out that it's great to see someone as young as you being an expert on working on such cars because nowadays it's a dying skill. Keep up with the excellent work. Bravo!
Good to see you back J....enjoy your talking and discussion of your shop rebuild. Thanks Jethro...Jim from Ky
Thanks 👍
Glad to see another upload from you. I kinda was worried to never see another video on this channel again
I was starting to worry the same thing
Your roadtrip planning to the Pole circle, make sure your heater is working all the time, isolate your car the best you can, and number one Winter tires good luck and nice trip, greetings from The Netherlands
Hi Jethro, nice changes on workshop. Best order i've seen.
Piece of art all together, clean and waiting for best use.
My favourite colors are blue pervinca with brown interior.
Almost to 50k looking forward to it!!!
It was a delight to hear from you again. Interesting are the amount of interests we have in commun, and not only about Alfa, books, and classic Honda motorcycles!
Perhaps doing the Fial 500 would be a good idea for now.
Regarding colours, what about the Alfa pine green with a brown interior?
I love Pine Green. I almost painted my Sprint Gt that color. It came down to Bluette vs Pine Green
Good to see another video and great to see the garage updated. Every update for your support center will carry you on for a very long time. Shops are always in a period of construction and expansions. You think its a storage section, but eventually it becomes part of the workshop. A very long time ago just after high school I had rebuilt a 58 MGA 1500. It was mess in 1972 and a lot of mechanical rebuilding, rings and valves, transmission and brakes, leaking gas tank. Dents removed and repainted Brittish Racing Green with Oxford Red leather and black carpet. It wasn't a fast car but a lot of fun to drive and participated in local rallies and Autocross events. Just a bunch of old cars and fun. Keep the videos short and the music low, actually music is subject to personal taste, for get the music.
Congrats on 35,000 subscribers!!! The shop looks amazing. I have a shop in Florida waiting for me to retire (a year or two) ...and get busy on my collection of vintage cars, motorcycles, trucks and scooters. Great videos!!!!!!!!!! Nice job on the shop. Dave from Long Island, Ne York. Peace.
Hey good luck on all the projects Dave. I hear Florida is beautiful, I’ll have to visit sometime.
Great work Jethro. What a difference your revised and re-organised workshop is now. Re colour combo, Bluette and/or Blu Hollandese with tan interior. Alas my Giulia 1300 TI is red, but at least the interior is tan leather. I had it retrimmed.
You inspired me to rebuild my 1985 bmw e28 and I loved every single moment working on it and I just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration and for all the knowledge that you are sharing in your videos it really help me. Thanks for everything keep it up and you will succeed am pretty sure.
Great to hear! I hope you have lots of good times with that car
That shop...that is not a work space, that is an art exhibition!
Great to see you are back.
Welcome back!!!!!. We missed you 👍
Thank you!! It's great to be back
The Porsche 356 and the Beck 550 spyder are so beautiful and worth the money for the experience of driving.
I'd love a 550 Replica, I think it would be so much fun.
Great that you are back! Was worried! Time well spent! Great Workshop!👍
Thanks 👍 It's good to be back
@@JethroBronner I wish I could build my workshop like yours! I'm just too busy right now. I probably would have a " never- never corner" too!😉
Envy your workshop!
Very nice clean up 😃
It WILL make all other projects more enjoyable 🤠😄
That's the plan!
Thank you to keep us updated. Your absence was justified, good idea to improve your garage and workshop. Your blue 105 should be preserved and no restored, just focus on structure integrity, that means de-rust where it need it, weldding. Keep the good patina, good treatment and paint with lacquer. Restore the mechanics and electrics and the interior maybe just a refresh. Its only my opinion. Hugh ambition for this year and good to see and hear about you!
Jethro! Welcome back! It's been far too long. Slightly obviously, my favourite colour scheme is from my (favourite Alfa) 74 Berlina 2000: Brick red/brown with ivory interior, with that slightly rare bucket rear seating...A bliksem to keep those seats clean, but well worth the looks. On a side note, my Alfetta GTV was a kinda gold with ivory interior.
It's been too long! And I'm glad to be back.
Good to see you back Jethro. Blue with Brown is beautiful
Good to see you back mate.
With much respect, for the “old car/long road trip” preparation, fresh brakes are a great idea. (Lesson from a 10,000 mile trip in a ‘67 VW van.)
HOLY CRAP! WELCOME BACK MAN!!!! Was waiting for this for months! Thank you! Binge watched your stuff over the Christmas holidays!
Blue on Blue would look awesome 👍 my dad had a MK4 Ford Corrina in a baby blue with a black vinyl toof, along with blue seats and carpets and a wooden dash. Looked beautiful
I love Alfetta GTV. Had a 79. The facelifted GTV6 was something sexy for the 80's though,.
2 words
“ Very Satisfying”
As a American with a poorly behaved 66 fastback mustang, can confirm, allot of fun to drive around.
Thank you Jethro! 👍🏻
If mustard yellow is the same as yellow ochre, that's my vote (the colour of our family Giulia Super back in '71). Not sure about black interior, a little gloomy/claustrophobic/monotonous - like yourself, I prefer tan. Congrats on the workshop, it's going to repay you with faster progress with your builds.
We have missed you. Welcome back!
very good job on your workshop. thats also the ideal size for my requirements!
Good news: you are back, shop much improved & mind organized!
New flash: 35K's just a start; 1 video/week = 100k subs probably in 1 year or less.
Happy news: Jethro likes Blue on blue on blue (see google images for my (stock): Alfa Montreal bizarre blue on blue interior
Sad news: the Duetto is gone...moving on.
Wow a blue on blue Montreal, that's a real beauty. I'll try get up to 1 video per week. I've now dedicated myself to the channel, so I'm on it full time.
Thank you for coming back! I found myself watching all the previous videos over again which was fun too. But I wondered how the project were going. It is very understandible too considering all the time, costs and effort is going into rebuilding a car and make videos at the same time.
always worth waiting for. Cheers Jethro. FYI: my first car was a used 1979 Alfasud Super 1500. Lots of work but I loved its mechanical and engineering prowess. I had access to a welder back then as well....so that helped (wink). I thought i might like another so i looked for a Ti or Sprint recently, but here in Canada there is very little chance of finding anything like that . Maybe one will pop-up in California, Arizona or Florida and I'll see if I can rekindle the love.
They're getting difficult to find in Italy too right now, the last one i saw was a sprint being sold in the midst of a restoration project and the price was suspiciously low so... Be careful
Warm welcome and good to see you again .....God bless you dear.😊
I discovered you, your lovable Alfa and your great adventure only a few days ago. I was really impressed with the passion you have for Alfa and accurancy that put in your work.
I want to congratulate you on the epic adventure across Africa to northern Europe with your lovely Alfa. You have been very brave, now in history and in our heart there are also you and your Alfa.
If I had known about your trip I would have waited for you north of Milan to visit the Alfa Romeo historical museum in Arese. But it will be for the next step .. 😉
I know that the passion for the Alfa is a deep affection and your manifestation makes all Alfisti proud. An infinite thank you for showing this love for the Alfa.
(thanks also your Father for trigger you the car passion 😃)
Unfortunately my English is poor but I will try to follow you anyway.
A big big hug.👏👏👏
Good to see you again Jethro ! Musta paused fifty times to see details of your workshop reno - bellisima ! Q&A's are always great insights.
great update of workshop - same project I think about for years also...thank you for the insights - also like the idea of the 67 mustang fastback in primer grey - if you want
the material for it - have something like that in the back row of my projects waiting. cheers from south of Germany
26:53 The Sprint was right here on my doorstep in Gordon's Bay wow!! I grew up in Alfas... owned quite a few myself.
Thanks for answering my question about brakes and suspension.
I think you've set our minds at ease to do such an upgrade 😁👍🏼
Good to see you back posting videos again mate
Love the idea of buying things that are built to last. So many things are cheaply made and don’t last at all.
H.V. Morton's A Traveler in Italy takes you back to 1960's Southern Italy with historical insights...
I'll get myself a copy, thanks for the recommendation
I love this book, and all of H.V. Morton's books. They are of a time, but they are great reads.
Nice to hear your voice again!
Now, onward and upward!
Favorite color: Le Mans Blue, by a mile. Two on Sunday. Brown interior. Second fav: Blue gray with a red interior.
Very cool video and channel, glad to hear You are also a 916-series fan.
Yes I am! I think they're great cars, and they look cool too.
Thank you. I'll be there to your next video.
AT LAST!!! Good to have you back Jethro. Nice going on the shop remodeling.
Nice workshop!!!!!😍
Love your builds, keep them up.
Thanks, will do!
Glad to see you back, the workshop looks great now. Looking forward to your next series.
It's great to see you back. Wow! I've been "forced" into reorganising my basement which is rather large. Over recent years, the water table has risen and instead of 3 days of pelting rain, it now takes a day of drizzle to flood. Ugh. I've got to clear the walls, (benches and shelves all round) for interior drains to be dug. The sort out is a job which needed to be done but jeepers! Still, progress is good and I am enjoying the reorganisation.
HE'S BACK!!! Yay
And I'm back for good
Waaaaaaaaw very beautifull, greetings from Belgium!!!!
Very thoughtful answers to the Q&A! Really agree with you on education...despite a ton of letters after my name everything of value I’ve learned has been picked up in the real world.
Outside grey and blue leather is nice. My Lancia Thesis had this combi
Hi Jethro, thanks for the sharing.
Big and more clever workspace now, more productive .
I think that you are a very special great person. Apart your mechanical job, I like your voice, very nice audio too, the intimate storitelling of your projects and your past life.
Sorry for my poor english...
Cheers from Venice, Italy.
Welcome back Jethro and thank you for this enlightening episode. Made it worth the wait.
Amazing, boet. At your young age, I give you huge credit for what you've done, are doing, and no doubt, will do in the future.
Great to have you back Jethro, the shop's looking fantastic!
Thanks 👍
it's a nice new place for the alfa's and futur projects, it's a pleasure to watch sucht perfect video ! always make with good tastes
Terrific to see you back and eager to resume projects. The workshop refurb looks great.
Pleased to see you're a fan of Paul Theroux. He's a fan and friend of V. S. Naipaul, who has published a few books in the travel genre. Bill Bryson is also very good. Beyond travel, I think Paul Johnson's _The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815 - 1830_ is a must read. If you're looking for something away from Europe and Africa, Mark Elliot's _The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China_ about the Manchu conquest of Ming China and the establishment of the Qing Dynasty is fantastic. _Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China_ by Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann, and Xun Zhou is a revelation. For your engineer, Steven Brindle's _Brunel: The Man Who Built the World_ and for maritime engineering, _Turbinia: The Story of Charles Parsons and His Ocean Greyhound_ by Ken Smith.
Look who's back! Nice QA Jethro! Hope to see more videos from you!
I have a lot shot but not edited yet, I’ll keep things regular now.
congratulations for new workshop ..looks like my kitchen ))) check out the Alfasud Sprint Quadrifoglio Verde, is a pretty affordable little machine going rare. nice F you have also, i have a F and L ....nevermind, i've never been a Spider fan, too ''dandy'' for me )))) the only accident i had travelling Europe with my GT was a hole in one piston, no way to find a piston in Germany, and had to come home followed by a big cloud of smoke. fortunately Greta wasn't yet around, that's why i suggest you a basic engine set of spares (one piston one rod, chain, cardanic cross link etc)
Welcome back! Stick a GTV6 in that workshop soon :) plenty in SA.
Good to see you back fella. Well done on the workshop. Looks the business.
Thanks 👍 It's good to be back
My 1st Alfa was a 1974 Spider bought that year was mustard/black thank you for your channel
Dark Star Safari is a great book, reminds me of time spent in Uganda, though Theroux travels the length of Sub-Saharan Africa. Redmond O'Hanlon's Congo Journey is great, and of course the great J.M. Coetzee who now lives in my town. As far as university educations go, you would be a dream student I can tell you. I think I said in a previous comment that you'd be a great architect.
Yes, oh so brilliant to have you back Jethro for the content and the journey - here is to new projects and refurbished gems that grace this channel and make it so entertaining to watch - totally agree the 916 Alfa's are underappreciated and ae starting to command higher prices in Australia particularly the 6 cylinder model - fabulous cars. Id like to see you expertise on a Fiat 124AC as this is my pinnacle vehicle next to the 105's yet the common issues of rusty bodies is the main barrier as not many left but oh that 1.4 twin cam triggered my love for Italian cars until I pestered my Mother to switch from a Toyota Corona (post a series 1 Celica and VW Type 3 wagon) into an Alfasud Ti 1.2 which just was the nicest car to drive and be driven to School in and reverse out of the garage to wash at any opportunity :)
The workshop looks beautiful.
Great to have you back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's good to be back
Glad you are back . Look forward to more content .
It’s good to be back
You should be accorded an Automobile Engineering Degree from the amount of fine works done on that Alfa and made it alive again......!
Very happy That you are back.
Thanks for the Great content, Keep it up
ah! that place looks dreamy! kudos!
Good to see you back Jethro. The workshop looks great. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to 😎
congratulations on hitting 35,000 subscribers! 👏👏👏👏
Absolutely love it - a real inspiration for a workshop tidy up and reorganisation.
Great to have you back. The workshop looks terrific - having done something similar in mine I really know that one things leads to another, but in the end it's worth it. However keeping it tidy is another !
It’s good to be back. I’ve been working on keeping it tidy. I naturally want to just make a huge mess when I work.