I’m watching an artist here, not a fabricator. What a joy it is to witness someone handcrafting replacement panels that blend in perfectly with the surrounding structure. This is a dying breed of craftsman so let’s appreciate what we’re seeing here.
6:00 I love the explanation of what you’re doing, how you’re approaching the problem, and why. It’s much better than just a time-lapse of watching you work. I like to learn and understand what’s happening. Thanks for taking the time to do that and I hope to see more of it in future videos. 👍
The panel you repaired with the bead rolled bit and the bracket, you welded the bracket upside down. I do enjoy the craftsmanship displayed though. And yes, wear a welding helmet instead of Colin's safety squints!
Coming from generally dry Australia, it never ceases to amaze me how much rust cars in the UK get! Amazing work to chop it all out and return the car to something close to original condition. I do wish that you would use some eye protection though when welding!
To be fair, if you didn't have access to a garage to store a car, wasn't driving said car for many many years, and it was in a country with weather like the UK, after 25-30 years nearly every car, even newer ones today would look similar D:
Must be the mountains of rock salt we cover the roads in as soon as it gets cold enough for a decent frost...and this comes before the 2mm of snow shuts down trains and planes etc....🤦♂
The first couple of patches I saw you make -- I was like --- that is solid journey man welding ==> until you did the final steps and it was almost indistiquishable from the rest of the part. That's when it was clear I was watching some master work!
@@yorkshirecarrestoration To be fair I loved working on cars in the past but body work was never my strong point and as I liked Fiats and the old mini's rust was a big issue like Alfa's they left the factory already rotting.
It's so satisfying to watch! I'm working on my rusty miata, and your videos really help. But don't you ever get stressed how time-consuming it is? After a day of working on my car, I'm always like, really... this took me so long?
Killer work! Can’t wait to see how things go and what the final “rust bucket” full line is!!! I’m a bit worried about your eyes. Glad to see you at least close them!
Hello from Canada I recently found your channel . Great content and it’s great to see a family business that’s having fun. I recently acquired a Mazda 5 from my son ( that’s what parents do buy their kids car at above market value). Anyway it has the Mazda cancer rear wheel wells. So I purchased the replacement panels and took it to my local body shops for estimate and repair. To my surprise all three do not want to do the job. In fact one took me it’s about 9 hours work minor rust . However they can make four times the profit on insurance jobs so it’s not a profitable for them. It’s not a craft in Canada that’s why the wreckers are full of late model car here in Canada.
We used to own a car with maybe half the rust in its key parts, but one final bump sent it into a dramatic slump - so bad the rear door wouldn't open. Wedged in the frame, the door itself ended up keeping the whole car from collapsing! I would never have guessed how extensive the damage to Colin's car was before you removed all the external panels and laid it bare. I'm surprised he hadn't met his own last bump in that thing!
The soundtrack on your videos are fantastic add that to the content and you have some of the best relaxation viewing around. What you achieve is simply amazing.
Happy new year guys. Thanks for yet another inspirational video. They should make this mandatory viewing at high schools - some of the next level work ethic you guys have might rub off!
Love your work guys and I do much prefer the video when you speak and explain little things , just bough a Kemppi Trigger mig welder which I’m hoping will get me started fixing my own projects
Excellent job 👏 buddy I love to watch you and Ryan do your fabrication you guys are the best in the world 🌎 it's a privilege to watch you guys work I hope you guys and the entire team have a super awesome new year 🎉
Love to watch the work!! Did notice how you put the bracket back on in the opposite position it was originally in though, doubt it'll make any kind of difference since it's just holding lines in place.
It's almost magic. There's some measuring, cutting, welding and filing - and then the primer goes on and it looks like there was never anyone there. Houdini would be proud !
Probably one of the best videos you have made. Really like the detailed information etc. just got to save some money up now so I can get the polo booked in I emailed about 😂
Is the bracket in the wheel arch been welded back in the right way? Asking as at 2:00 the open side of the slots were facing the suspension turret but when the bracket got welded back into place at 11:57 the open slots were facing away from the turret
That's great work to get the comment count up Steve! - not only does intentionally welding the bracket on upside down stop the water pooling on top of it but is a top way of upping the interactions! 😉😅
Guten Sonntagmorgen Vera & Christian 😊 Well I’ve really enjoyed all the LR Discovery videos on a Sunday morning with my brew lol 😂 But now the Queen is a completely new challenge and hopefully will keep us all entertained throughout 2024 🤩 So until next week I wish you and all of your family a Frohes Neues Jahr from Stevie 😊 And as always big hug and kiss for Vera 🤗😍x
this car is like the opening sequence in Fifth Element where they completely reconstruct the Perfect Being from just the hand lol. i feel like these guys could take a flake of rust and rebuild the entire E30 from just that
I'm loving all your latest projects, I'm really I awe of the skills you both show. I must apologise to Craig!? Apparently for some reason I called you Alex!!?? I'm looking forward to all you have you show in 2024. Happy New year YCR team
May I recommend getting a Dremel for parts like at 15:30 there is an attachment that pretty much gives you a 3" long grinder, it's just a bit bigger than a dentists drill. The discs for it are only about an inch and you burn through them like a pack of hobnobs at break time. But it is a really invaluable tool that can't really be replaced with an air tool that has a chunky hose on it or a somewhat unwieldy saw
Have the boys at Yorkshire car restoration ever taking on a job they were unable to do because it looks like I'm witnessing magic here🤯 is there any think yous can't do when it comes to restoring cars???
2:30 e 28:35 I don't know what the bracket is for but it is welded in a different position, on the contrary the holes in the bracket were towards the back of the car now they are towards the front
Hello Steve! Love your videos! how about a special about the different tools you use to remove certain kinds of rust. There is this chisel, this rolling nail thingy, and the more common ones, would love to learn which one is used best depending on location or rust
In terms of metal thickness, it's not that critical to match thickness exactly. The thickness is going to vary across any panel because of how stamped panels work. As a panel is stamped it will stretch depending on how far the part is deflected so you'll have 1mm in some areas 1.2 and 1.4 in others. As long as you are not heavily off it is not going to impact the total car integrity. In fact in many cases doing full welds around a section, and even in the middle of a panel, will end up with that area being stronger than the factory (which usually just uses folds and spot welds to attach things) and the welds are going to generally be slightly thicker. Also unibody cars have much less dependance on any one area, the total panel distributed the forces. In body on frame cars this is very different, making changes to the frame can have very large impacts to a car's structural integrity.
I am in awe of the skills and dedication and thank you for it: truly masterful. But I can’t help thinking that the hours in this car make it uneconomic to repair???… I love classic cars but even so ….. I guess the answer is that we all love our cars and to heck with the expense …..
hell yeah love these videos, love how you take the time to answer some questions and even go back over when missed filming things keep up the good work guys
Well Steve once again you’ve smashed it. Incredible insight into how to restore a pretty rotten vehicle. So enjoyable to watch and it’s true,you can’t buy experience and you guys have got it by the bucket load. Can’t wait to see the next one but in the meantime have a great new year 👍
Whatching this video , and some others , im wondering if its in general a good idea to cut open such complex closed multi layer sections and then make weld it in so many points. Especialy as we dont have a possibility to aply primer or any other protective coating from inside.
My only groan. When you are pointing 👉 things out with your gloves . It's hard to tell which bit you mean . You Need a pen or something like that for pointing out stuff tob cutting or welding in 😊
the first bracket you welded back on was put on backwards, though idk if it matters... the change wasn't mentioned so i figure it was missed, and not on purpose.
16:10 What brand of air do you use plus make of blades?? I've and air saw i (attempt to) use at work and frankly it's crap, cuts out whilst trying to cut. Probably serves me right for a Machine Mart Clakes one!! 😂😂😂
Fantastic watching you fabricate and weld. Have you been using Colin's Safety Squint? Do you have any videos where you have filmed an Assessment of a car before committing to work on it?
I’m watching an artist here, not a fabricator. What a joy it is to witness someone handcrafting replacement panels that blend in perfectly with the surrounding structure. This is a dying breed of craftsman so let’s appreciate what we’re seeing here.
thank you very much :)
The great thing is it's being captured on film, so there's still hope for the upcoming generations to learn how to do things properly. 😊
6:00 I love the explanation of what you’re doing, how you’re approaching the problem, and why. It’s much better than just a time-lapse of watching you work. I like to learn and understand what’s happening. Thanks for taking the time to do that and I hope to see more of it in future videos. 👍
Bracket time! The boys at Bad Obsession Motorsports would be proud.
I’m enjoying the little bits of explanation as you go, Steve. It’s a good addition to the always enjoyable experience of watching your work
we are trying to improve our videos all the time for viewer experience :)
The panel you repaired with the bead rolled bit and the bracket, you welded the bracket upside down. I do enjoy the craftsmanship displayed though. And yes, wear a welding helmet instead of Colin's safety squints!
yes we know, easy fix :)
Coming from generally dry Australia, it never ceases to amaze me how much rust cars in the UK get! Amazing work to chop it all out and return the car to something close to original condition.
I do wish that you would use some eye protection though when welding!
glad to see another Aussie here!
@@mayomage5064 Good news! There's another aussie here!
To be fair, if you didn't have access to a garage to store a car, wasn't driving said car for many many years, and it was in a country with weather like the UK, after 25-30 years nearly every car, even newer ones today would look similar D:
Aussie cars get a fair bit of rust themselves, just look at the state of XA/B/C Falcons. Tinworm gets them plenty bad despite the weather!
Must be the mountains of rock salt we cover the roads in as soon as it gets cold enough for a decent frost...and this comes before the 2mm of snow shuts down trains and planes etc....🤦♂
The first couple of patches I saw you make -- I was like --- that is solid journey man welding ==> until you did the final steps and it was almost indistiquishable from the rest of the part. That's when it was clear I was watching some master work!
haha thank you very much :)
Colin could build you a secret underground therapy ward for those BMW and Datsun nervous breakdown moments also a safe place to store Ryan at night,
to be fair we enjoy it :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration To be fair I loved working on cars in the past but body work was never my strong point and as I liked Fiats and the old mini's rust was a big issue like Alfa's they left the factory already rotting.
This man's parrying arc eye/photokeratitis like he's on a Dark Souls no-hit speedrun.
Incredible metalwork, though!
Most Safety Glasses block the UV that causes arc eye, I wouldn't be surprised if the glasses he's wearing are Safety Specs :)
It's very therapeutic watching metal being fabricated.
Have to say that not only do I enjoy the video content, but I also like the music that accompanies your videos chaps
Thank you we really do appreciate the support :)
Is that your son and brother that works with you. You guys are the greatest.i live in states there is no one like you.
It's so satisfying to watch! I'm working on my rusty miata, and your videos really help. But don't you ever get stressed how time-consuming it is? After a day of working on my car, I'm always like, really... this took me so long?
Not only educational but very relaxing to watch, thanks again Steve.
you welded brake line holder on backwards. see at 3:30 and 12:00... such fun! 🙂
Yep see comments below :)
nice! 😀@@yorkshirecarrestoration
Fantastic work as always. (Brake pipe bracket wrong way round, but should still work OK)
yep noticed that after i edit the video, my bad, easy fix just whip it off and weld it back on the right way :)
Oh good someone else notices. I just comment about it so got my answer here. Didn't know if it was for a reason or not.@@yorkshirecarrestoration
@@OmnieStar nope just my head forgetting to brain. :)
@@yorkshirecarrestorationBrian?
Who's Brian?
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😅😋😉
next level. there are only two fabricators i know who go to that level of care. props upon props to you
YCR.., making the impossible possible since...... don't know but I just admire the skill.
Hi Steve. Thank You for that instructive end of year. Try to wear more often a welding mask.
I think the brake line bracket is 180 degrees out, check the start of the vid……brilliant to watch your work. Thanks
Yep see comments below :)
Apologies I’m new to this…still doesn’t detract from your excellent work, love the attitude of saving as much original metal as possible 👍👍👍
I wish my grandfather was still alive to see your work. He was a metal worker/body man. Good stuff!
That big huge green fly press in the background! Maaan that thing looks cool!
Killer work! Can’t wait to see how things go and what the final “rust bucket” full line is!!!
I’m a bit worried about your eyes. Glad to see you at least close them!
Enjoyed the close ups of the welding sequences. Camera work is getting better....🤔😀🇬🇧
Thank you we are always trying to improve our videos for our viewers :)
Amazing to watch, thank you for uploading! I love the way each piece is like a little puzzle that requires a bit of thinking to "solve"!
Hello from Canada I recently found your channel . Great content and it’s great to see a family business that’s having fun. I recently acquired a Mazda 5 from my son ( that’s what parents do buy their kids car at above market value). Anyway it has the Mazda cancer rear wheel wells. So I purchased the replacement panels and took it to my local body shops for estimate and repair. To my surprise all three do not want to do the job. In fact one took me it’s about 9 hours work minor rust . However they can make four times the profit on insurance jobs so it’s not a profitable for them. It’s not a craft in Canada that’s why the wreckers are full of late model car here in Canada.
Crazy Work.
You're doing a great Job
These Cars are so rusty. 16:00 pls close the AC lines...
Fabrication is just on another level. Colin furze actually brought me to this channel and I’ve binge watched loads of videos
I love watching this channel as these guys are real craftsmen , a real joy to watch.
Thank you we appreciate your support and kind words :)
We used to own a car with maybe half the rust in its key parts, but one final bump sent it into a dramatic slump - so bad the rear door wouldn't open. Wedged in the frame, the door itself ended up keeping the whole car from collapsing! I would never have guessed how extensive the damage to Colin's car was before you removed all the external panels and laid it bare. I'm surprised he hadn't met his own last bump in that thing!
The soundtrack on your videos are fantastic add that to the content and you have some of the best relaxation viewing around. What you achieve is simply amazing.
thank you mark we do appreciate the encouraging comments :)
The skill is amazing to watch. I was mesmerized. Cheers!
You are very clever and skill full doing all this.
Happy new year guys. Thanks for yet another inspirational video. They should make this mandatory viewing at high schools - some of the next level work ethic you guys have might rub off!
Love your work guys and I do much prefer the video when you speak and explain little things , just bough a Kemppi Trigger mig welder which I’m hoping will get me started fixing my own projects
That's fine magnificent looking work!!! I'm excited for the rest and very glad to be here!! 💜💜
Excellent job 👏 buddy I love to watch you and Ryan do your fabrication you guys are the best in the world 🌎 it's a privilege to watch you guys work I hope you guys and the entire team have a super awesome new year 🎉
Great work Steve. I like the explanations as you go along
True craftsmanship.......a rare commodity these days 😮😮😮
Love to watch the work!! Did notice how you put the bracket back on in the opposite position it was originally in though, doubt it'll make any kind of difference since it's just holding lines in place.
It's almost magic. There's some measuring, cutting, welding and filing - and then the primer goes on and it looks like there was never anyone there. Houdini would be proud !
thank you :)
Surgical precision, its like the repair shop,minus the ponytails and crying !!!
Absolutely brilliant skills. I love how you maintain as much of the original BMW material and patch only what's needed.
Im a fan of Colin furze, im a even bigger fan of car related content. Ive been binging all of your videos, and im not stopping anytime soon.
5:03 love this explanation! To the point and it shows more then just a timelaps!
Probably one of the best videos you have made. Really like the detailed information etc. just got to save some money up now so I can get the polo booked in I emailed about 😂
Thank you Steve :) yep polo's can be either good or bad but let us know when your ready :)
You got to get up early to beat the old man! Well done Sir!
Is the bracket in the wheel arch been welded back in the right way? Asking as at 2:00 the open side of the slots were facing the suspension turret but when the bracket got welded back into place at 11:57 the open slots were facing away from the turret
Cheers - really enjoying more chat about what you are doing. Happy New Year!
That's great work to get the comment count up Steve! - not only does intentionally welding the bracket on upside down stop the water pooling on top of it but is a top way of upping the interactions! 😉😅
Guten Sonntagmorgen Vera & Christian 😊 Well I’ve really enjoyed all the LR Discovery videos on a Sunday morning with my brew lol 😂 But now the Queen is a completely new challenge and hopefully will keep us all entertained throughout 2024 🤩 So until next week I wish you and all of your family a Frohes Neues Jahr from Stevie 😊 And as always big hug and kiss for Vera 🤗😍x
this car is like the opening sequence in Fifth Element where they completely reconstruct the Perfect Being from just the hand lol. i feel like these guys could take a flake of rust and rebuild the entire E30 from just that
now that would be a challenge haha
I'm loving all your latest projects, I'm really I awe of the skills you both show. I must apologise to Craig!? Apparently for some reason I called you Alex!!?? I'm looking forward to all you have you show in 2024. Happy New year YCR team
😂 it’s Ryan the son and Steve the dad :)
@yorkshirecarrestoration yeah I had worked that one out I was just apologising
Happy New Year to you all.
What a craftsman 💪🏻
hey mate you put the bracket te wrong way up when you placed it back. thanks for the nice videos i enjoy it very much
yep noticed that after i edit the video, my bad, easy fix just whip it off and weld it back on the right way :)
The impression you made on me is quite profound. Yorshire car restoration.......for the extra miles. Fabulous work.
Awesome work Steve. I can’t even cut paper following a line never mind a piece of steel!
Great that you explain things that might not be that obvious.
May you have a prosperous newyear
May I recommend getting a Dremel for parts like at 15:30 there is an attachment that pretty much gives you a 3" long grinder, it's just a bit bigger than a dentists drill. The discs for it are only about an inch and you burn through them like a pack of hobnobs at break time. But it is a really invaluable tool that can't really be replaced with an air tool that has a chunky hose on it or a somewhat unwieldy saw
Lovely job Steve, looked a mega complex repair at the start but once you broke it down into smaller panels you made it look easy.
thank you Jim :)
Have the boys at Yorkshire car restoration ever taking on a job they were unable to do because it looks like I'm witnessing magic here🤯 is there any think yous can't do when it comes to restoring cars???
I'm super impressed the talent 🔩🔧that these guys have is of the charts 😲👏👏👏
Unbelievable skill!
What attention to detail ⭐️
thank you :)
You are an. ARTIST! great stuff.
thank you we appreciated the kind comments :)
Yorkshire men dont wear welding helmets! Great work guys.
Another great video. Hopefully at the end you’ll tell us what the total cost is 👍
Amazing fabrication! 👏
2:30 e 28:35
I don't know what the bracket is for but it is welded in a different position, on the contrary the holes in the bracket were towards the back of the car now they are towards the front
we know , back to front easy fix :)
tidy job mate class all the best in the new year
Than you and the same to you :)
Hello Steve!
Love your videos!
how about a special about the different tools you use to remove certain kinds of rust.
There is this chisel, this rolling nail thingy, and the more common ones, would love to learn which one is used best depending on location or rust
In terms of metal thickness, it's not that critical to match thickness exactly. The thickness is going to vary across any panel because of how stamped panels work. As a panel is stamped it will stretch depending on how far the part is deflected so you'll have 1mm in some areas 1.2 and 1.4 in others. As long as you are not heavily off it is not going to impact the total car integrity. In fact in many cases doing full welds around a section, and even in the middle of a panel, will end up with that area being stronger than the factory (which usually just uses folds and spot welds to attach things) and the welds are going to generally be slightly thicker. Also unibody cars have much less dependance on any one area, the total panel distributed the forces. In body on frame cars this is very different, making changes to the frame can have very large impacts to a car's structural integrity.
absolutely amazing work boys, but I have to say but the time you finished I'll be more stealing that car than what there is in Colin tunnel
11:55 you welded the bracket backwards ;) it was flipped 180° originally
Like the description of what you're doing nice bonus
I am in awe of the skills and dedication and thank you for it: truly masterful. But I can’t help thinking that the hours in this car make it uneconomic to repair???… I love classic cars but even so ….. I guess the answer is that we all love our cars and to heck with the expense …..
hell yeah love these videos, love how you take the time to answer some questions and even go back over when missed filming things keep up the good work guys
Thank you we do try to improve our videos :)
Well Steve once again you’ve smashed it. Incredible insight into how to restore a pretty rotten vehicle. So enjoyable to watch and it’s true,you can’t buy experience and you guys have got it by the bucket load.
Can’t wait to see the next one but in the meantime have a great new year 👍
Awesome work stevo
thank you for the continued support :)
Whatching this video , and some others , im wondering if its in general a good idea to cut open such complex closed multi layer sections and then make weld it in so many points. Especialy as we dont have a possibility to aply primer or any other protective coating from inside.
Have you looked into E30 Garage? They produce and sell a lot of replacement panels
My only groan. When you are pointing 👉 things out with your gloves . It's hard to tell which bit you mean . You Need a pen or something like that for pointing out stuff tob cutting or welding in 😊
Crackin job there Steve ! 👍🏻😉👏👏
thank you dave :)
Will do
A bodywork surgeon !👍
Wow, so much work, and much more to go!
what i like about this videos is, that there is no bare hands on bare metal touching almost at all.
Sharp edges make for regular glove use haha
@@yorkshirecarrestoration for me it's just how fast can metal rust when touched by bare hand. :) but i agree, sharp edges aren't fun either
Also.. I haven't finish the video. but did you weld that thing on backwards? At the 12min- ish mark?
I wonder wot the invoice is gana be at the end 😮
Like listening to my dad explain summat love it
the first bracket you welded back on was put on backwards, though idk if it matters... the change wasn't mentioned so i figure it was missed, and not on purpose.
See previous comments 😁
16:10 What brand of air do you use plus make of blades?? I've and air saw i (attempt to) use at work and frankly it's crap, cuts out whilst trying to cut. Probably serves me right for a Machine Mart Clakes one!! 😂😂😂
we use just regular breathable air for the compressor not that bottled stuff :)
Fantastic watching you fabricate and weld.
Have you been using Colin's Safety Squint?
Do you have any videos where you have filmed an Assessment of a car before committing to work on it?
Fab work Steve happy new year to you all
thank you and happy new year to you as well :)
Thank you guys
Very impressive
Thank you great work indeed
great work and editing, thank you
thank you :)
what a work... how much does it cost to repair evrything? and will the car be as resistant as it originally was?
Hey YCR, love this series! How long in real time does it take you to complete the progress shown in one video? Is it about one days work per video?
Massive thing I hate about your videos is that they're not uploaded more frequently. I am hooked lol. Beautiful craftsmanship!