Apparently they are making a custom tac and Speedo for it and fell into sone weird time warp and are now going to produce them when they are done or something
Ayyyyyyee! That was an unexpected surprise! Thank you Soup. I’m a long time lurker, watching your projects 😁 I am very much looking forward to the lotus driving out from its restoration workshop!
Take as long as you want, George. I’m dreading the day when you finish and there are no new videos from you. They are so relaxing with that combination of stop-motion, voiceover and soothing music. Several minutes of bliss. Fantastic!
I can't think of another TH-cam channel, let alone an engineer/car channel, which demands you to watch every frame. Sumptuous, cinematic excellence (and although I'm a software engineer, I do work for a 6 time Oscar winning VFX company). The Merc resto compilation is an extraordinary work of art and should be shown much more widely in other media and venues.
i've been watching some car builds at this point for 6 years. a guy rebuilding a Triumph GT6R, but its 100% custom LS engine, custom everything really. and he's building it with bis pops in basically a small 1 car shed, with basic hand tools no less. then binky finished what, a year or so ago, honestly that one sorta hurt to watch it finish. miss it. then you rebuilding this lotus which im not even a lotus guy, but i LOVE the way you present it with the stop motion, time and dedication to it. plus all the cool builds along the way... and honestly if you had a 2nd channel where you just read children's books with that buttery smooth voice of yours i would listen to every freaking one... but word man keep the builds up and im glad to have been able to watch you
Great project George, a little bit of advice if i may, if youre going to use the car through the winter i might be wise to consider painting the stainless trailing arms, salt and stainless do not play well together. Im restoring a suffix B range rover and your channel gives me motivation to keep going with it, even after i find more rust, and more rust, and yet more rust. Keep up the good work.
I'm following along for a few years silently, but this video - dude, it's rolling. What a moment. I'm down in Cork cheering along! About to start making my own YT vids on a diff topic completely (Guitar building), and your channel has been seriously inspirational. Not just for workmanship, but story telling, perseverance, upskilling yourself ... amazing journey so far George.
Congratulations on reaching your "wheels on" milestone! Love the humour. Strange you should mention G Croker - Also enjoy his dry humour. Must be the silliness of Landrover/Rangerover classic restorers (of which I'm one)
Absolutely love this channel and Lotus project. Curiosity to learn new skills and hone them to excellence is just a wonderful thing. Congrats on all the progress you have made thus far, and well wishes for the road ahead. Looking forward to seeing more.
I am amazed at how much negative camber you have achieved at the back end, that’s proper low-rider territory. Regardless, it’s always an absolute joy and a pleasure to get your updates, the world sets itself straight every time, thank you.
I recently bought a zinc plating kit from Caswell and absolutely love it. It's extremely useful to have when dealing with rusty, unobtainable parts. Zinc plating is relatively easy. Love the videos!
Exciting stuff! After delving into the depths of time’s toil, you have her rolling fresh and ready for a rebuild worthy of some serious applause, and plenty liquid reward, be that either the flammable kind we, or the cars, enjoy.
I wanted to share a useless comment on me starting my first ever restomod (restoration, rolling restoration) on a cg125. And once getting to the electroplating process it gave me an excuse to share that i guess ill be taking advantage of this process and idea you mentioned and shared for my project. Always loved watching your therapeutic videos especially for the process of doing as much of everything on your own. Cheers!
What a huge accomplishment! Im three years into my restoration! You have got great progress and make it seem so simple even though its not. Keep up the great work.
4:05 another answer is cold blueing! I experienced the same agony of indecision when it came time to bolt clean stuff back onto my '87 saab 9000. Works wonderfully. I use it mildly diluted into a small bucket so parts can soak in it rather than being applied with a cloth or brush. I can get a rusty fastener off the car, wire-wheeled, cleaned, blued, and back on in less than 10mins now. Of course, more time in yields better results, firstly a couple of rounds of the blueing-washing-drying cycle means a thicker and more even coating of the new oxide layer. Secondly, curing in oil overnight really toughens the coating up. No need for any fancy oils, I just have a curing bucket with some motor oil from one of the service interval oil changes that came out nice and clean. To success!
Yeah buddy! Rolling (ish) around on its gorgeous speedlines! The courageous spirit sallies forth with the pressing of the ball joints. Happy for you George!
as a project owner, I much appreciate you keeping the mistakes on tape and sharing your experiences! might saves us viewers a bit of trouble in the future
I finally came up with a name for this style of video: Auto Build Journalism. By including all the mistakes it is like old school reporting where the news worthy points of interest are centered on mishaps or missteps. You are gonzo reporting on the ups and downs of a car restoration. All that is needed is some kind of drug fueled hotel scene where we hear you wax on about the wave that broke in the west sometime during the Nixon administration...but I also admire a subtle Simpsons reference right out of the gate....monorail monorail monorail! Cheers!
Love the videos and all your work George. It doesn't matter how long it takes, it's what you get out of it. I am 72 now and have coincidentally been working on my project for about 7 years. I am not very well now a lot of the time, and find I am forcing myself to try and get it finished before my health gives out. Consequently, a lot of the time I am not enjoying it, which is not how it should be. On the subject of the electroplating, I bought a lot of new fasteners from BMW for my car, they are zinc plated from the factory. It has been dry garaged all the 7 years and has not moved, and some are already rusting. As someone says, A2 stainless is the way to go if the tensile strength rating is suitable, otherwise I think all steel hardware will rust whatever you do to it unfortunately.
Aim for the sunset! I've been to the ditch AND the ditch at sunset. Trust me, you don't want to go there. As long as the windscreen (windshield over here) is clean both inside & out, sun visor is functional and sunglasses handy, the sunset option is the better choice.
Stunning video as always. I'm always impressed by the level of detail and the stop motion you get in your videos. Bravo - more greasy bits next! - Do you have an ultrasonic parts washer?😃😃
Yeah, you're just a guy learning how to do this BUT your work ethic is better than many professionals that I have seen and even (scary part) better than some aircraft mechanics that I have seen. I don't say this about just anyone but I'd trust you to work on my car!
Will you be fitting spring pads between spring and spring base on the lower control arm? If none are available, you could make your own from HDPE (the stuff ski and snowboard base is made out of) by cutting the shape out of HDPE sheet, fit to spring collar, heat it up till it gets soft and then put the spring on top of it and push down to get the correct shape. I enjoy your videos tremendously!
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7 Years, and still likely to be finished faster then Binky.
What I came to say.
No matter how long it takes, you can be confident that it's faster than Project Binky (which I also love).
Wonder how much they get off patreon for doing nothing but the odd post saying they’re still at it.
Binky is dead a buried surely……
Funny how after all those years of true excellence, Binky just went like that at the end.
Apparently they are making a custom tac and Speedo for it and fell into sone weird time warp and are now going to produce them when they are done or something
Ayyyyyyee! That was an unexpected surprise! Thank you Soup. I’m a long time lurker, watching your projects 😁 I am very much looking forward to the lotus driving out from its restoration workshop!
Mutual lurking going on! The Esprit will have to levitate/fly/free fall to get off the mezzanine first... but I'll sort it :)
Big up Geoff Croker, his channel is awesome!!
His stuff is Restoration Porn with capital letters. And some great humor in the mix.
These two are the best out there!
Geoff has the same attention to detail as George. I could watch all day.
Take as long as you want, George. I’m dreading the day when you finish and there are no new videos from you. They are so relaxing with that combination of stop-motion, voiceover and soothing music. Several minutes of bliss. Fantastic!
Has to be fast now, for so many reasons
“Dude, axial play...or the ditch at sunset if I time it right”! Your videos are so enjoyable! Keep it up for another 7 years!
I can't think of another TH-cam channel, let alone an engineer/car channel, which demands you to watch every frame. Sumptuous, cinematic excellence (and although I'm a software engineer, I do work for a 6 time Oscar winning VFX company). The Merc resto compilation is an extraordinary work of art and should be shown much more widely in other media and venues.
You sir, are one hell of a storyteller. Watched every single episode with great enjoyment (and a few giggles).
I swear George , your videos a therapeutic to me.
Making the spring compress themselves is the most safe method that I have witnessed on TH-cam. Well done!
Between this and the Nekkid Watchmaker my evenings are sorted!
woaaaaa you gave a shoutout to the Rover man Geoffrey Croker! You two are my favorite automotive restorers ever!!!
i've been watching some car builds at this point for 6 years. a guy rebuilding a Triumph GT6R, but its 100% custom LS engine, custom everything really. and he's building it with bis pops in basically a small 1 car shed, with basic hand tools no less.
then binky finished what, a year or so ago, honestly that one sorta hurt to watch it finish. miss it.
then you rebuilding this lotus which im not even a lotus guy, but i LOVE the way you present it with the stop motion, time and dedication to it. plus all the cool builds along the way... and honestly if you had a 2nd channel where you just read children's books with that buttery smooth voice of yours i would listen to every freaking one...
but word man keep the builds up and im glad to have been able to watch you
It's hard to believe it's been 7 years already!
As always, my heart skips a beat when I see you have a new video on that white thing. Thank you good soul..
Great project George, a little bit of advice if i may, if youre going to use the car through the winter i might be wise to consider painting the stainless trailing arms, salt and stainless do not play well together. Im restoring a suffix B range rover and your channel gives me motivation to keep going with it, even after i find more rust, and more rust, and yet more rust.
Keep up the good work.
Congrats man! So exciting to see the Esprit taking centre stage. Can't wait to see you driving that baby and the smile on your face. KEEP GOING! 😊
I’m up to 15 years of weekends on my project. You’re helping to keep me motivated. Keep going!
Congratulations George, What an amazing leap towards driving the machine.
I'm following along for a few years silently, but this video - dude, it's rolling. What a moment. I'm down in Cork cheering along! About to start making my own YT vids on a diff topic completely (Guitar building), and your channel has been seriously inspirational. Not just for workmanship, but story telling, perseverance, upskilling yourself ... amazing journey so far George.
Congratulations on reaching your "wheels on" milestone! Love the humour.
Strange you should mention G Croker - Also enjoy his dry humour. Must be the silliness of Landrover/Rangerover classic restorers (of which I'm one)
Absolutely love this channel and Lotus project. Curiosity to learn new skills and hone them to excellence is just a wonderful thing. Congrats on all the progress you have made thus far, and well wishes for the road ahead. Looking forward to seeing more.
Absolute magic George. Best build series on TH-cam ❤
Nice to see you at the assembly part of the restoration. Good luck.
Beautifully filmed and presented, as always.
I am amazed at how much negative camber you have achieved at the back end, that’s proper low-rider territory. Regardless, it’s always an absolute joy and a pleasure to get your updates, the world sets itself straight every time, thank you.
SO satisfying to watch that chassis assemble itself in stop-motion!! Can't wait to see the engine work, you know that's my favourite bit.
I really enjoy watching the progress. So satisfying. Keep going! 😃👍🏼
Love your videos! Great work on both the videos and the rebuild.
Back in 1971 I bought a Lotus Europa. Its been a Love/Hate thing ever since.
So good to see this progress, and as always, masterfully shot!
Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent work as always from you.
Been watching your channel some years. It's got to be a great feeling in such a project as this, to finally begin reassembly. Congratulations!
I recently bought a zinc plating kit from Caswell and absolutely love it. It's extremely useful to have when dealing with rusty, unobtainable parts. Zinc plating is relatively easy.
Love the videos!
George I’m leaving my dream with your restoration I can’t thank enough for this
Your videos just keep getting better and better, Cheers for the electroplating bit also, I learned a thing.
Heyy nice seeing Geoffrey Croker pop up here! Great work as usual George!
such a relaxing watch, so well filmed and with a lovely soothing watch... I could do with a nap.......
Great progress, George!
Thank you bro. God Bless you and him and her and them.
even with folks not being able to see these cleaned parts, you will know..that is a good feeling factor
Great job George
Random parts become the rolling chassis of a classic sports car! Excellent. Top quality video as we've come to expect.
Exciting stuff! After delving into the depths of time’s toil, you have her rolling fresh and ready for a rebuild worthy of some serious applause, and plenty liquid reward, be that either the flammable kind we, or the cars, enjoy.
Lovely work as always. Thank you for sharing these videos, I appreciate the art and engineering of what you are doing.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! For saying "dampers", and not the misnomer commonly used.
Pet peave of Superfastmatt too. He made an appropriate remark about it in one of his videos.
I wanted to share a useless comment on me starting my first ever restomod (restoration, rolling restoration) on a cg125. And once getting to the electroplating process it gave me an excuse to share that i guess ill be taking advantage of this process and idea you mentioned and shared for my project. Always loved watching your therapeutic videos especially for the process of doing as much of everything on your own. Cheers!
What a huge accomplishment! Im three years into my restoration! You have got great progress and make it seem so simple even though its not. Keep up the great work.
4:05 another answer is cold blueing! I experienced the same agony of indecision when it came time to bolt clean stuff back onto my '87 saab 9000. Works wonderfully. I use it mildly diluted into a small bucket so parts can soak in it rather than being applied with a cloth or brush. I can get a rusty fastener off the car, wire-wheeled, cleaned, blued, and back on in less than 10mins now.
Of course, more time in yields better results, firstly a couple of rounds of the blueing-washing-drying cycle means a thicker and more even coating of the new oxide layer. Secondly, curing in oil overnight really toughens the coating up. No need for any fancy oils, I just have a curing bucket with some motor oil from one of the service interval oil changes that came out nice and clean.
To success!
You are doing a fantastic job on all accounts, great achievement in this episode. My hats off for you.
Well done - a real milestone!
Man you must be feeling good!! 🙂
Yeah buddy! Rolling (ish) around on its gorgeous speedlines! The courageous spirit sallies forth with the pressing of the ball joints. Happy for you George!
You better keep that thing out of the ditch, we have 7 years invested into watching you!
I dig your videos! The care and craftsmanship are amazing!
as a project owner, I much appreciate you keeping the mistakes on tape and sharing your experiences!
might saves us viewers a bit of trouble in the future
Thanks for sharing 7 years of your life with us.
Coming together very nicely George!!!
As ever, a master class in videography, keep up the good work!
Looking forward to the engine rebuild. You did a brilliant job repairing the frame.
Love it George, really appreciate all your effort!
Great to see the progress Georgie!
Keep it up George, well done
great to see you still making videos!
I finally came up with a name for this style of video: Auto Build Journalism. By including all the mistakes it is like old school reporting where the news worthy points of interest are centered on mishaps or missteps. You are gonzo reporting on the ups and downs of a car restoration. All that is needed is some kind of drug fueled hotel scene where we hear you wax on about the wave that broke in the west sometime during the Nixon administration...but I also admire a subtle Simpsons reference right out of the gate....monorail monorail monorail!
Cheers!
Fantastic. Here's to the next 7.
I bet this was a real motivating episode for you! It was even to me, just to the watch!
WOW. Great video! Great project
What a beatiful day! New Soup episode 👍👍👍👍
Incredible work! Keep it up!
Well done, I bet that felt good.
Well Done! Best channel on UTube. Blimey the Esprit chassis looks "light". And that's from an Ex +2 owner!
Bravo George! Keep at it
I love everything about this
That electro plating footage 👌
The ditch at sunset if you time it right. Had to comment on that one. On a serious note, thank you for sharing your journey.
Love the videos and all your work George. It doesn't matter how long it takes, it's what you get out of it. I am 72 now and have coincidentally been working on my project for about 7 years. I am not very well now a lot of the time, and find I am forcing myself to try and get it finished before my health gives out. Consequently, a lot of the time I am not enjoying it, which is not how it should be. On the subject of the electroplating, I bought a lot of new fasteners from BMW for my car, they are zinc plated from the factory. It has been dry garaged all the 7 years and has not moved, and some are already rusting. As someone says, A2 stainless is the way to go if the tensile strength rating is suitable, otherwise I think all steel hardware will rust whatever you do to it unfortunately.
I really enjoy your videos!
eventually we'll get there :) thanks for the videos and effort.
Best channel to watch 😊
Woo! Geoffrey fan here!
What will get finished first, the Land Rover or the Lotus? The race is on!
Lol, the sunset ditch, brilliant.
Another great video...
Aim for the sunset! I've been to the ditch AND the ditch at sunset. Trust me, you don't want to go there. As long as the windscreen (windshield over here) is clean both inside & out, sun visor is functional and sunglasses handy, the sunset option is the better choice.
You could do an entire video on how to create and then how LONG it takes to put together the stop action montages .
Looking good....
George - you can get the serrated washers for the top wishbones - they are Opel parts and can be sourced from Germany
The chassis is SO flimsy, I love it
Stunning video as always. I'm always impressed by the level of detail and the stop motion you get in your videos. Bravo - more greasy bits next! - Do you have an ultrasonic parts washer?😃😃
As a kiwi, having you reference Croker warms my cockles
Yeah, you're just a guy learning how to do this BUT your work ethic is better than many professionals that I have seen and even (scary part) better than some aircraft mechanics that I have seen. I don't say this about just anyone but I'd trust you to work on my car!
stay away from the ditch,, at sunset please,,,this is an amazing build
pretty stanced out, lookin' good
If it’s to be the ditch, may as well be accompanied by a lovely sunset.
Smashing good video🦾
looking good!
"The last bit was supposed to stay in my head" 😂
Looking good :)
As a Kiwi, I sure felt the desire to ‘want a chip, bro’
spelt chup*
Your amazing!
Love it.
Will you be fitting spring pads between spring and spring base on the lower control arm? If none are available, you could make your own from HDPE (the stuff ski and snowboard base is made out of) by cutting the shape out of HDPE sheet, fit to spring collar, heat it up till it gets soft and then put the spring on top of it and push down to get the correct shape.
I enjoy your videos tremendously!