'Thanks to decades of oil leaks, the area where the engine was, and behind it, that's solid.' The British car ownership experience summed up in one sentence.
This is what serving two masters looks like. Music/sound is dudes first master. The car, the new master. And they’re both fighting over him and ripping him in two. And I dare say, it’s fantastic viewing. I’m confident our man will make it all work in the end.
Is it hideously immature I still get a giggle every time I see "I wish my wife was this dirty" written by finger on dusty cars? It does? Don't care, it's still funny 😀
@@jason3898once you've owned a rusty old car and had to pay someone to weld it multiple times, the motivation for keeping the road dirt off the paint and metal is all you need to clean it. Washing a car is still boring though. And it only gets dirty again.
I love the way you just do your narration as a spontaneous brain flow, without worrying about a script or using the right words all the time. It sounds like your personality.
Don't let your dreams be just dreams! Just do it! If you're this far in, best to go all in and cover it all! Hopefully, with that nice full coverage of paint, it won't ever need to be stripped down to this point again and it'll last another half century!
Nice mini. Spent my youth watching these, though my dad was a Midget and Sprite guy, at the racetracks of north east USA. Today, I'm the chairman of a large old MG Car Club in New York, and many of our members have minis of all shapes and sizes, pickup trucks, vans, wagons like yours, and some Cooper S's too. There's even a few with the steering on the wrong side like yours!
It's a smart idea to clean the project every few stages. Keeping on top of dirt is good for you and for the project. It's kinda like a recess in school.
Solid pace for this kind of work, kudos for making it interesting. Don't bother with the wood the bogey is great as is, can't wait for the final result.
When using a caulk gun for the sealant, instead of making beads and pulling away go the other direction. Push the nozzle into the sealant, not only will this push it into the crack so you dont have to do it with your hand like in this vid, but it naturally produces a really nice flush finish.
When I rebuilt an old 1968 Ford Torino GT that I got for $50 usd was from NY so had so much rust under the car that I literally had to do like you did and replace the whole under carriage only I had to fabricate it myself. I did like you and put the protective paint but a friend of mine does the truck bed protectors and offered to spray the coating under the car. Was the best investment ever. The engine that I had rebuilt I had as black high temp engine paint then anything that attached to that was Ford Red and anything on the red was chrome. Car looked amazing and sold it for 12K I did not make much of a profit as the engine and transmission even though needed to be rebuilt was stupid expensive.
Watching this makes me want to start working on my own mini again, which is sitting in bits in the back of the garden. Sadly I need to finish my house renovation first. It is really nice to watch this project!
I don't understand those people who... finish projects! Projects are not for finishing, I think the prime spot for a project is around 80% complete ^_^
Great work but JEEEEZ dude, put the guard back onto the angle grinder when using cutting/slitting disks unless you want a horrific facial injury. Google "grinder accidents" to see why. Some lovely welding going on. Ref the square that you welded onto the wheel tub area with the hole cut out, you might want to check out Fitzee's Fabrications channel on YT for his "Butt welding sheet metal the easy way." where he demonstrates his famous cut-n-butt method. He tacks the new patch on, then cuts along the edge with the angle grinder at a 45 degree angle, so that the new and the old panel meet at well, 45 degrees for a perfect flush finish.
I'm generally a very anti car guy, I've used a bicycle for transport for most of my adult life and moved to a city where public transport meant I could even let go of my van. But minis are special. Mini is a historical design marvel! My aunt's first car was a 66 mini, her second was a 68 Mini Cooper S. So I had the coolest aunt on the road. And Mini has always held a special place in my heart Isignolis was a fing genius! A car that takes up barely the space of 2 bicycles but could carry 4 people and run on the smell of an oily rag, even beat V8s in races on tracks like Australia's Mount Panorama circuit. A rusty mini is a tale of survival and you are Victor Frankenstein keeping a piece of social history alive for the kids (and your passion, too obviously.) Did I say I love this?! Cause I do!
@ an experience I've always found tedious and sometimes, frankly, risky AF around some of the idiots out there. Not to mention, the minimum average cost of car ownership in Australia is $10000/year (NRMA figure), if I were an "N+1" bike nut, I could have a brand new, custom built bike every year for that money. Instead, by not owning a car, I can afford my home studio, a decent hobbyist workshop and a house in a nice street, all on my retirement fund income.
its cool to see someone doing a difficult thing, that looked like a lot of work but it was inspiring to watch you do it,, i say just paint the visible bits and save yourself the trouble !
here's a tip to help finishing time: while those plug welds are still hot take a wire brush and give them a little go, it will clean them up perfectly and take away the nearby paint, make for a better job and less work after
Thanks for all the effort you put into not only the projects but also the videos. You really make building Synths or restoring a car!?!? completely achievable. Keep being amazing!
I watch/follow both Music and Car Repair channels and this is the best fusion, its dream come true. Great footage and Commentary. Cheers Sam your one of the best!
The screwdriver - most feared tool in an MOT inspector's toolbox. Guaranteed to make any mini owner sweat 😆 "Is that rust? Is it a hole?" *Jab jab* "It is now"
The Car is looking awesome I am glad you are taking your safety and others serious in my country we have some cars you shouldn't walk next to let alone be let on the road
Heavy grit Flappy Disc and you will never go back to grinding discs for spot welds again. Great work!! Done a lot of Mini fabrication years ago takes me back, Is that Toy Division or Joy Division lol!! Good stuff!!
Tip for when grinding spot welds in corners, like on sills, clamp a piece of scrap metal on the non welded bit so if you slip with grinder you don't damage the surface of the new metal.
When your favourite music channel morphs into your new favourite car channel: "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one." IMO leave it black with visible black paint on side. It'll add to look of old car that was repaired, but not very well. Worst case: You can always respray it later.
Once again it made me think of the age old question "How much can you replace from a thing and it still is the same thing that you started with? 😅😁 Impressive progress!
You don’t know what your doing Saaammmmm. Man I love this channel you are so inspirational. Keep up the good work! Yoga dog walkers wear green tops and black pants so. Yoga dog walker look for the win! White wall tires of course cause their athletic shoes have white in the soles.
Nice work. Rather daunting to most. The patina look is waay more cost effective but perhaps the wood should go back on for full effect? (if it's all there)
I can't help paraphrasing Baz Luhrman here: "An old car is a form of nostalgia. Restoring it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth - but trust me on the sunscreen."
GREEN ALL GREEN UNDER OVER INSIDE AND OUT like you said Sam you never had so as you always say just do it do it anyway may as well that way you tell that story in saying😅you "did think you wouldn't but did" @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER thank you for being you Wes
when I was 18 years of age we did own a 1960s Mini-CopperS mega flanged guards original wheels done very tidy black center brushed aluminum edge of the dish, chrome nuts with appropriately very wide tyres to fill out the wheel arches British Racing Green Paint Colour "Black Vinyl Roof with A Elephant Skin style finish" super supple when new lovely to touch extremely durable we had the original wooden steering wheel hi-gloss + dashboard & glove box cut from on peice of wood hi-gloss long range extra petrol tank with the floor lever to swap to the reserve heater levers on dash to have warmer than toast tootsies tap floor foot hi-beam lights noby switch and the magical push button prime water windscreen water squirter washers she went took corner as hard as you like flipping through the four speeds jumping found it was better to take off in second to jump into third before bearing every other car to the next set of red stop lights basically a two speed that way other drivers don't expect your going to wind-out so fast before taking off in third we are in Australia so we drive on the same side of the road as you Poms @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
interesting reading Miles per gallon (US) to l/100km Conversion Table / 25 mpg is 9.4 l/100km copy paste An October 1965 registered car could have been manufactured as a single-tank car. The twin tanks were not homologated in time for the 1966 Monte-Carlo Rally and twin tank homologation didn't happen until about March '66 (that's from memory) and one might guess that twin-tank production would have started in late 1965. If the OP's car was made in, say, mid-'65 it could have sat at a dealers for a month or so before 1st registration. It is right 'on the cusp' of twin tank production. A Heritage Certificate will give the actual production date and it may be possible to identify the date of first twin-tank manufacture. However, twin tanks are desirable in a genuine 'S' due to the high fuel consumption of around 25 mpg if driven as an 'S' was intended to be driven. www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/235495-cooper-s-twin-tanks-or-not-twin-tanks-that-is-the-question/
two separate rear tanks we had in our 60s Mini-CopperS was built in behind the rear guards. each tank with its own key lockable petrol cap seen on each side of the vehicle and need to be filled independently to fill.
NAME A CAR PART THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU TETANUS
Your entire car ;) although a lot less now.
I'd name him Cyril 😀
Bluetooth panels
The ground!
I'd imagine the stereo will give you Anthrax. Probably Bon Jovi and Metallica too if you've got a Spotify subscription :-D
This is becoming the Mini of Theseus, i love it
Trigger's car
@@hoagy_ytfc. I was thinking exactly the same thing.
'Thanks to decades of oil leaks, the area where the engine was, and behind it, that's solid.'
The British car ownership experience summed up in one sentence.
quicker updates than project binky at least
🤣👍
Will they ever finish that thing?
@@ASBO_LUTELY its not far off!
@@ASBO_LUTELY Just needs some brackets 🤷
@@ASBO_LUTELY it seemed like they were pretty close to having it finished, but that was like a year ago so who knows.
I think a black bottom looks good, especially with the racing green.
This is what serving two masters looks like. Music/sound is dudes first master. The car, the new master. And they’re both fighting over him and ripping him in two. And I dare say, it’s fantastic viewing. I’m confident our man will make it all work in the end.
*Solomon has entered the chat*
Damn. This 💯 on point.
Could NOT agree more! _so good_
Green only on visible parts broo. I love this project. Its such a great idea to makr in "goof enough" and scrappy. Love this look.
I thought about cleaning my car once. As you said, it’s the thought that counts.
Is it hideously immature I still get a giggle every time I see "I wish my wife was this dirty" written by finger on dusty cars?
It does?
Don't care, it's still funny 😀
I just realized I've had my car for 12 years. Never even thought about cleaning it.
@@jason3898once you've owned a rusty old car and had to pay someone to weld it multiple times, the motivation for keeping the road dirt off the paint and metal is all you need to clean it. Washing a car is still boring though. And it only gets dirty again.
you should sell that intro to all the old car youtubers... probably the awesomest intro to a car project ever!
I love the way you just do your narration as a spontaneous brain flow, without worrying about a script or using the right words all the time. It sounds like your personality.
Don't let your dreams be just dreams! Just do it!
If you're this far in, best to go all in and cover it all! Hopefully, with that nice full coverage of paint, it won't ever need to be stripped down to this point again and it'll last another half century!
Nice mini. Spent my youth watching these, though my dad was a Midget and Sprite guy, at the racetracks of north east USA. Today, I'm the chairman of a large old MG Car Club in New York, and many of our members have minis of all shapes and sizes, pickup trucks, vans, wagons like yours, and some Cooper S's too. There's even a few with the steering on the wrong side like yours!
It's a smart idea to clean the project every few stages. Keeping on top of dirt is good for you and for the project. It's kinda like a recess in school.
A yes, the old "Clamp it, then lamp it" strat.. Works everytime!
quickets! and works ha
Solid pace for this kind of work, kudos for making it interesting. Don't bother with the wood the bogey is great as is, can't wait for the final result.
When using a caulk gun for the sealant, instead of making beads and pulling away go the other direction. Push the nozzle into the sealant, not only will this push it into the crack so you dont have to do it with your hand like in this vid, but it naturally produces a really nice flush finish.
lol
The intro made me realize how awesome an ERA cover in your style would be
I just spent half an hour trying to remember their name :D Should've just scrolled down a bit :D Thanks!
0:10 You should put up that rusted cross somewhere as an art piece.
Some might say it'll look very... _metal_ up on a wall.
When I rebuilt an old 1968 Ford Torino GT that I got for $50 usd was from NY so had so much rust under the car that I literally had to do like you did and replace the whole under carriage only I had to fabricate it myself. I did like you and put the protective paint but a friend of mine does the truck bed protectors and offered to spray the coating under the car. Was the best investment ever. The engine that I had rebuilt I had as black high temp engine paint then anything that attached to that was Ford Red and anything on the red was chrome. Car looked amazing and sold it for 12K I did not make much of a profit as the engine and transmission even though needed to be rebuilt was stupid expensive.
For not being a welder you did a damn good job welding
He's a much better non welder than my non welding.
Came for the synths, stayed for the minii!
Most musical car fixing :)
I enjoy these. They aren’t so high flying and grandiose. Just more down to earth.
Watching this makes me want to start working on my own mini again, which is sitting in bits in the back of the garden. Sadly I need to finish my house renovation first. It is really nice to watch this project!
everything will get done! at some point! but like you say one thing at a time ha
I don't understand those people who... finish projects! Projects are not for finishing, I think the prime spot for a project is around 80% complete ^_^
Dude that Ameno ERA intro! Nice one!
Thoroughly enjoying these videos doing up/repairing/rebuilding this car ! great stuff
0:30 - Oh no Sam has become an asmr restoration channel. 😂
Great work but JEEEEZ dude, put the guard back onto the angle grinder when using cutting/slitting disks unless you want a horrific facial injury. Google "grinder accidents" to see why.
Some lovely welding going on. Ref the square that you welded onto the wheel tub area with the hole cut out, you might want to check out Fitzee's Fabrications channel on YT for his "Butt welding sheet metal the easy way." where he demonstrates his famous cut-n-butt method. He tacks the new patch on, then cuts along the edge with the angle grinder at a 45 degree angle, so that the new and the old panel meet at well, 45 degrees for a perfect flush finish.
you know how it is. guard broke off and just had to grit my teeth for the rest of that day.
Theseus would be proud
truly a renaissance man
The intro gives huge Bobby Fingers vibes. Awesome stuff!
Paint the whole thing, it's sitting right there on the rotisserie there will never be a better opportunity!
but that will remove the patina. dont wqanna make it look new. thats boring :D
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER In that case do a sloppy paint job. Best of both worlds!
@ indeed! if you look at part 2 youll see how i redo the patina. somewhat sloppy
I'm generally a very anti car guy, I've used a bicycle for transport for most of my adult life and moved to a city where public transport meant I could even let go of my van.
But minis are special. Mini is a historical design marvel! My aunt's first car was a 66 mini, her second was a 68 Mini Cooper S. So I had the coolest aunt on the road. And Mini has always held a special place in my heart Isignolis was a fing genius! A car that takes up barely the space of 2 bicycles but could carry 4 people and run on the smell of an oily rag, even beat V8s in races on tracks like Australia's Mount Panorama circuit.
A rusty mini is a tale of survival and you are Victor Frankenstein keeping a piece of social history alive for the kids (and your passion, too obviously.)
Did I say I love this?! Cause I do!
minis, like all small cars, are born pure of heart.
Don't drive only as a mode of transport, we have bikes, busses, trains for that. Drive for the sake of driving, the experience...
@ an experience I've always found tedious and sometimes, frankly, risky AF around some of the idiots out there. Not to mention, the minimum average cost of car ownership in Australia is $10000/year (NRMA figure), if I were an "N+1" bike nut, I could have a brand new, custom built bike every year for that money. Instead, by not owning a car, I can afford my home studio, a decent hobbyist workshop and a house in a nice street, all on my retirement fund income.
I reckon putting raised text underneath like matchbox toy cars have. Putting the car details and 'Look Mum No Computer did this'.Looking great so far.
This the fastest restore ish I've seen. Only Sam could pull it off.
Paint the visible parts and coat the rest in thick under-seal, and get a tin of it to paint it on thick with a brush.
I think the black looks smart and hopefully will protect those lovely new panels. Top job 👍
Immaculate aesthetic in that intro, jeezus
My favourite (and only) car repair channel !!!
its cool to see someone doing a difficult thing, that looked like a lot of work but it was inspiring to watch you do it,, i say just paint the visible bits and save yourself the trouble !
The mini crucifix should be on the wall in the organ room at the museum!
Amazing work!!! keep it up
Banging videos, fun to watch an unconventional approach to restoration, probably how i would do it :)
There's Project Binky and there's this.
And I think I can tell which will be in the road first!
Two very different ends of fix a mini spectrum
here's a tip to help finishing time: while those plug welds are still hot take a wire brush and give them a little go, it will clean them up perfectly and take away the nearby paint, make for a better job and less work after
Follow your dream underneath Sam 💯
Thanks for all the effort you put into not only the projects but also the videos. You really make building Synths or restoring a car!?!? completely achievable. Keep being amazing!
it being completely black on the bottom like that, makes it look like someone got one of those cast metal toy cars and scaled it up to full size.
Oh! Man … just keep it! Nice project!! Thank you for share!
I watch/follow both Music and Car Repair channels and this is the best fusion, its dream come true. Great footage and Commentary. Cheers Sam your one of the best!
It goes
Hammer, Grinder, Filler and Paint
Make me the welder I ain't
:)
NOICE
Great update!
Fun video, as always. If you plan on rolling the car due to over-enthusiastic driving, paint the underside green. If not, leave it black 😊.
I like that you combine music and classic car restoration
You spin me-ni round, right round. Like a rot box right round. 👍👍
All green would be nice yes
Awesome to see such a cool little car being fixed, it does make me think of the Theseus's Paradox.
I like how zero computers were used in the making of this video!
The screwdriver - most feared tool in an MOT inspector's toolbox. Guaranteed to make any mini owner sweat 😆
"Is that rust? Is it a hole?"
*Jab jab*
"It is now"
The Car is looking awesome I am glad you are taking your safety and others serious in my country we have some cars you shouldn't walk next to let alone be let on the road
The anglegrinder, oh yes...
Pain is temporary,
Glory forever!
Well, i‘d say… Wintergatan is the direct opposite to this project. ;-)
Heavy grit Flappy Disc and you will never go back to grinding discs for spot welds again. Great work!! Done a lot of Mini fabrication years ago takes me back, Is that Toy Division or Joy Division lol!! Good stuff!!
That's what I use :)
it's looking really good dude
I would suggest painting it all green, but only if you can match the colour perfectly with the top, otherwise it would be pointless. Great job so far!
Please please let it stay on 10" wheels! MiniSport has some 'giant' 4-pot brakes that should be able to stop it filled to max with synths 😅
definitely keeping 10 inch this car would not look nice (or any mini for that matter haha) with bigger :D
Tip for when grinding spot welds in corners, like on sills, clamp a piece of scrap metal on the non welded bit so if you slip with grinder you don't damage the surface of the new metal.
Live your dream, paint is green!!
My vote goes for painting the visible bits green and just doing a proper undercoat on the bottom to help ward off rust.
I’m going to have to get myself open of those ‘electric sparky sticks’, very useful.
When your favourite music channel morphs into your new favourite car channel: "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one." IMO leave it black with visible black paint on side. It'll add to look of old car that was repaired, but not very well. Worst case: You can always respray it later.
You're a beast! That's a *lot* of progress, well done!
The Mini Traveller of Theseus
“Pleasure Flakes” great name for a band !!
Nice work again!
Great job congrats. leave it black..
Coming along nicely.. serious progress in a week !
Spray it green won’t take you that long with a rattle can and more layers of protection the better it’s a good little series you got going
Love the opening chant 😂😂👏
Once again it made me think of the age old question "How much can you replace from a thing and it still is the same thing that you started with? 😅😁 Impressive progress!
Go for the full paint it will help with rust prevention
Just paint the sill edge, this was really well done
Excellent, most excellent.
You don’t know what your doing Saaammmmm. Man I love this channel you are so inspirational. Keep up the good work! Yoga dog walkers wear green tops and black pants so. Yoga dog walker look for the win! White wall tires of course cause their athletic shoes have white in the soles.
do the whole thing!! love the car videos
also 10/10 intro made my day
Seam sealer! 👍 Good series!
good job matey!
great works !
such a pleasure to watch, mate. its gonna be epic when finished.
Nice work. Rather daunting to most. The patina look is waay more cost effective but perhaps the wood should go back on for full effect? (if it's all there)
I like your style M8. Carry on !
That’s the trouble with salting roads in the winter, messes with the undersides big time
greenify all the metal! top, bottom, inside, outside!
I'm starting to debate wether to doodle the whole underside haha
Bloody love these videos 😃
I can't help paraphrasing Baz Luhrman here:
"An old car is a form of nostalgia. Restoring it is a way of fishing the past
from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts
and recycling it for more than it's worth - but trust me on the sunscreen."
nice work!
I'd love to see some elaborate art painted on the underside of the car :P
it is actually the plan but shhhh dont spoil the next vid ha
super cool your broadening out with your content! rad
Rusty Holes sounds like the start of a Depeche Mode track :]
Fair play. I was happy fitting a head replacement on my 1275GT but bodywork went to a learned mate.
We just had to MOT my Merc yesterday - It has been stood for 2 years, nightmare!
But this mini... is giving me the horrors 😅
GREEN ALL GREEN
UNDER OVER INSIDE AND OUT
like you said Sam you never had so as you always say just do it do it anyway may as well that way you tell that story in saying😅you "did think you wouldn't but did"
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
thank you for being you
Wes
when I was 18 years of age we did own a 1960s Mini-CopperS
mega flanged guards
original wheels done very tidy black center brushed aluminum edge of the dish, chrome nuts with appropriately very wide tyres to fill out the wheel arches
British Racing Green Paint Colour
"Black Vinyl Roof with A Elephant Skin style finish" super supple when new lovely to touch extremely durable
we had the original wooden steering wheel hi-gloss + dashboard & glove box cut from on peice of wood hi-gloss
long range extra petrol tank with the floor lever to swap to the reserve
heater levers on dash to have warmer than toast tootsies
tap floor foot hi-beam lights noby switch
and the magical push button prime water windscreen water squirter washers
she went took corner as hard as you like flipping through the four speeds jumping found it was better to take off in second to jump into third before bearing every other car to the next set of red stop lights basically a two speed that way other drivers don't expect your going to wind-out so fast before taking off in third
we are in Australia so we drive on the same side of the road as you Poms
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
interesting reading Miles per gallon (US) to l/100km Conversion Table / 25 mpg is 9.4 l/100km
copy paste
An October 1965 registered car could have been manufactured as a single-tank car.
The twin tanks were not homologated in time for the 1966 Monte-Carlo Rally and twin tank homologation didn't happen until about March '66 (that's from memory) and one might guess that twin-tank production would have started in late 1965.
If the OP's car was made in, say, mid-'65 it could have sat at a dealers for a month or so before 1st registration. It is right 'on the cusp' of twin tank production. A Heritage Certificate will give the actual production date and it may be possible to identify the date of first twin-tank manufacture.
However, twin tanks are desirable in a genuine 'S' due to the high fuel consumption of around 25 mpg if driven as an 'S' was intended to be driven.
www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/235495-cooper-s-twin-tanks-or-not-twin-tanks-that-is-the-question/
two separate rear tanks we had in our 60s Mini-CopperS was built in behind the rear guards.
each tank with its own key lockable petrol cap seen on each side of the vehicle and need to be filled independently to fill.