He's probably not afraid to show exactly how he does it because he knows very few people, if any, would devote the same amount of effort as him to accomplish something like this. Amazing.
I can say, you are the most talented and hard- working person. I am from Russia and back in 1980s we had as TV programm called " you can do this" about incredible inventions and car designs made of crap in their garages . Look at one of those named PANGELINA. Big respect to you. And such a tasteful car you got.
Great tutorial!! I have done this for years (twenty years ago) doing some of the cars I made. I also taught this stuff in my restoration classes in Lee and Hillsborough counties night school vocational programs. You did a great job of explination of the process. It is refreshing to see you NEW guys doing what we did back when. You are keeping the spirit alive that I thought was dying (or REALLY dead). Thank you.
I saw your interview with Jay Leno and test drive of one of your creations... It was amazing and you were so humble about your skill and vision. The combination of German design was so wonderful, a combo of Porsche, Mercedes and VW... Like Jay said it's great to see a young man keeping the old skills alive, the hand building of sports cars.. it's great to have cars that can do 200 mph but there's nothing like building something from the ground up and listening to it come alive.. keep up the great work and God bless you..
Chris, thank you so much for taking the time to record and share this process, and also coming back here to answer questions. As I commented on (I think) your Instagram post, I'm really looking forward to watching this build come together.
I was a pattern and mold maker for the RV industry. This is how we did it before CNC machines. We first created a build table, then created profiles based on dimensions and design lines, then you fill it in with tje correct radius' and general shape. Add filler blocks, then start filling with Bondo and clay. Primer. Rough sand (36 grit) and straighten lines.2nd prime and final sanding, wax it all up, then build the mold off of it
the way that the tool and the craftsman shape the metal reminds of how the knowledge and wisdom of the craft shapes the 'material' of the mind as well... making the mind's eye an ever increasingly more refined and capable tool as well... the mind-heart-consciousness-memory-recognizer is the greatest too ever...
Your building skills are only superseded by your design work! This car should go into full production so more people can enjoy it. Keep up the fantastic work.
Hi Chris, amazing work, learning to shape metal is on my bucket list. I am a cabinet maker and luthier. I would recommend to you purchasing a large edge sander and bandsaw. It would make creating your buck much faster. Thanks for sharing your work!
Congratulations!!! you've been promoted to my top 5 Hero list.... If you had an apprenticeship and I was 20 years younger I would jump at it!!! Great work... Very inspirational... I wish I had your talent and knowledge!!! Keep at it!!
Chris!! Nice of you to share this video with us!! Hoping that "some day soon" you get some financing to get a larger facility & talented staff to make more of your cars. They are truly beautiful creations that should be the collector cars of the future..
Great video Chris, I use a 6" thick 8x4 sheet of polystyrene to cut shapes out on, it supports the plywood completely without interfering with the saw blade
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That’s brilliant 👍🏻 I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you!
Outstanding work. You are truly a visionary on design and fabrication . I think if you had a CNC machine and computer doing the bucking frame in metal , your labor would be minimal . But having make this car by hand truly takes an artist. Love your video
SUBSCRIBED: Just came onto RUNGE car build site by accident, as I was looking up “making rounded fenders”. Very happy and to be a part of the viewer build. Learning to work metal is a complicated art form that we all know is extremely difficult. Hoping to learn as much as I can and apply as I will be attempting a Porsche 356 Coupe steel body. But you have me thinking about aluminum. Thanks for the instructional videos. VintRestGarage
Brother you're doing beautiful work. If an old broken down fabricator can I offer you some valuable advice? Build yourself a frame jig and get out of the floor. It don't seem like a lot today but all that crawling about in the floor will destroy your back and knees. Outside that.... you're the man
Well done! I'm a fiberglass man if I were there we would make that a mold and filled the ribs with foam . Shape in and sanded it and start a car company! Good luck dude!
Awesome work Chris. Your cars have real soul and character. Takes me back to the days before I started designing my cars on computer. Must admit I would struggle with the hand drawn templates today. I'm so used to drawing every curve in Solidworks now.☺and of course CNC router instead of jigsaw and belt sander.
A very insightful and informative film. You made very short work of it - only a few days. I have a few questions about the buck process. Do you always make a wooden buck and then an aluminium tube buck, or is it a question of you deciding which type to make for that car? I guess I'm asking if you make both for each vehicle? Then I'd love to know why you make the tube buck at all? Is it purely structural or is it also acting as a shape guide? Finally, and this is the question I'd really love to know the answer to, how do you attach your panels to the chassis / tube buck? I imagine there are different techniques for different areas of each car, but do you ever weld the sheet to the tube on the inside?
This is inspirational. Huge thanks for taking the time to share in detail your process. I am eager to watch this project progress and unfold. Keep up the amazing job 👌👍👌
Is this guy in Minnesota? On Jay Leno's Garage he said something about a Porsche car club in Mn. Seeing the car is cool enough. To see the build go from cardboard to wood to the whole thing is amazzzzzing!!
Did you make the chassis? What engine and trans did you use? How many man hours at this point? What is your windscreen made? Did you form and make it? I like your use of the hose to generate true flow body lines. Door skin & foam has be used in home built airplanes for years. Check out the EAA. Or the kit SD-1 or the MINI-MAX. Both can be seen here on TH-cam. I have purchased a turn key vw engine, rebuilt trans, ever part ..down to the last nut & bolt; to built a dream body for my next project , not a kit. I currently own a VW sandrail. But I think it’s time for something for street! Please watch SandRail vs Rock buggy here on you tube. Thanks, MAKE STUFF DON’T BUY
I am great fan of your work , really impressive also informative you have inborn talent keep up the good work , it gives us inspiration & knowledge for own personal development !
Very cool, Mr! I've recently gotten into metal shaping as, like many of your viewers, have wanted to build a car from scratch for ever! Keep up the good work, buddy! Paul Whiteman, Great Britain.
@Runge: Dude, keep practicing, you'll get good at this. LMAO. Just kidding! Bud, this is really badass stuff. That pocket rocket's gonna be sweeeeeeet........can't wait for your follow-up vids. Keep up the awesome work! Cheers
Ive been watching your progression over the years. I watch your videos over and over, in awe. I assume the person who commissioned this build had a big influence on the design. This one doesnt have the vintage attributes of your others. It is beautiful and love your work! FF04 is my fav though :) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THESE VIDEOS! ! !
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Thank you for taking the time to watch! This design was actually one of my own I had drawn in 2016 and then worked out to more of a final rendering in 2017. A customer saw the rendering and said lets go for it. The chassis was built at a race shop and is really advanced compared to my classic chassis on the previous builds. FF004 is available for purchase!!!
RÜNGE CARS There isnt ONE aspect on any of your builds that I'd change, the designs are breathtaking. As for FF04, I thought it sold a long time ago...? Im sure I'd be $100k shy :)
This man is amazing he really nods his stuff and so well explained I can’t wait to see the metal being shaped on to the buck love it it so far larrysullivan in London x
Love these videos and this channel! No drama, no clickbait, just great hands on informative content and beautiful designs. When building the buck do you move the chassis outside the shop to get better views of how it's coming together? I recall seeing a vid of Ed Welburn (former VP of design for GM) and he talked about putting the clay models outside so the designers could view them from all angles and distances even up to several hundred yards away. He also mentioned parking normal cars near them to see how the designs looked in the real world vs inside the studio.
I added you to a playlist on my channel, I been wanting to build something like this since I was a kid, I will build a similar car different design in my garage to
He's probably not afraid to show exactly how he does it because he knows very few people, if any, would devote the same amount of effort as him to accomplish something like this. Amazing.
This is the same process as model plane building but on a larger scale. It isn't difficult once there is a little experience.
It’s just that most of us can’t, because we’re just to damn busy working our lives away...
It does bodywork as it was done a long time ago, nothing secret
Showing this might even make some people go into those kind of career
Yes, also this is a dying art, coach building. Its some serious skills that takes yrs to master.
He would love it if more people did what he's doing. I think that's why he puts so much effort into teaching.
When I searched for making cardboard mold for fiberglass, I did not expect to find something like this! So sick. Bravo!
I can say, you are the most talented and hard- working person. I am from Russia and back in 1980s we had as TV programm called " you can do this" about incredible inventions and car designs made of crap in their garages . Look at one of those named PANGELINA. Big respect to you. And such a tasteful car you got.
Nothing like 'building' the car twice! Nothing but RESPECT Chris! 😎🏆🏆💪
Great tutorial!! I have done this for years (twenty years ago) doing some of the cars I made. I also taught this stuff in my restoration classes in Lee and Hillsborough counties night school vocational programs. You did a great job of explination of the process. It is refreshing to see you NEW guys doing what we did back when. You are keeping the spirit alive that I thought was dying (or REALLY dead). Thank you.
i will never look at a cardboard box the same way, thanks for showing your passion
I saw your interview with Jay Leno and test drive of one of your creations... It was amazing and you were so humble about your skill and vision. The combination of German design was so wonderful, a combo of Porsche, Mercedes and VW... Like Jay said it's great to see a young man keeping the old skills alive, the hand building of sports cars.. it's great to have cars that can do 200 mph but there's nothing like building something from the ground up and listening to it come alive.. keep up the great work and God bless you..
Chris, thank you so much for taking the time to record and share this process, and also coming back here to answer questions. As I commented on (I think) your Instagram post, I'm really looking forward to watching this build come together.
This video demonstrates what an artisan can do with relatively simple tools and materials. Bravo!
wow ....almost speechless your level of skill... i would expect you to be 65 years old . Absolutely incredible sir
It would be a great thing if the world had a lot more of this type of car craft and creativity in it !
These videos are so much fun to watch. What talent and old school technique. So great that you have a market.
I was a pattern and mold maker for the RV industry. This is how we did it before CNC machines. We first created a build table, then created profiles based on dimensions and design lines, then you fill it in with tje correct radius' and general shape. Add filler blocks, then start filling with Bondo and clay. Primer. Rough sand (36 grit) and straighten lines.2nd prime and final sanding, wax it all up, then build the mold off of it
the way that the tool and the craftsman shape the metal reminds of how the knowledge and wisdom of the craft shapes the 'material' of the mind as well... making the mind's eye an ever increasingly more refined and capable tool as well... the mind-heart-consciousness-memory-recognizer is the greatest too ever...
Fascinating process; I wish I were a young man again to get into this kind of work. Thank you.
Your building skills are only superseded by your design work! This car should go into full production so more people can enjoy it. Keep up the fantastic work.
Hi Chris, amazing work, learning to shape metal is on my bucket list. I am a cabinet maker and luthier. I would recommend to you purchasing a large edge sander and bandsaw. It would make creating your buck much faster. Thanks for sharing your work!
I love your work. Thank you so much for showing the processes. You are the man
This is super cool. Modern technology car, built using the old coach builder ways. Amazing!!
Thank you for making this video,and for the cardboards use, brilliant
Congratulations!!! you've been promoted to my top 5 Hero list.... If you had an apprenticeship and I was 20 years younger I would jump at it!!! Great work... Very inspirational... I wish I had your talent and knowledge!!! Keep at it!!
just awesome Craftsmanship old school.... feel in love instantly. Awesome Design of your Cars and they actually grow during building.
Chris!! Nice of you to share this video with us!! Hoping that "some day soon" you get some financing to get a larger facility & talented staff to make more of your cars. They are truly beautiful creations that should be the collector cars of the future..
Fantastic work, very good, amazing too. I am building for many years a Jaguar e type with lots of welding and make parts for her.
brilliant & hardworking young man !
young american should be like him and less social media
This is some old school engineering right here. The same way old Jags, and many other sports cars were built...!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC Thanks for posting.
Great video Chris, I use a 6" thick 8x4 sheet of polystyrene to cut shapes out on, it supports the plywood completely without interfering with the saw blade
That’s brilliant 👍🏻 I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you!
Well done man! You should be really proud of your job !
Outstanding work. You are truly a visionary on design and fabrication . I think if you had a CNC machine and computer doing the bucking frame in metal , your labor would be minimal . But having make this car by hand truly takes an artist. Love your video
Excellent video! Exactly what I was looking for.👍
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Just came onto RUNGE car build site by accident, as I was looking up “making rounded fenders”. Very happy and to be a part of the viewer build. Learning to work metal is a complicated art form that we all know is extremely difficult. Hoping to learn as much as I can and apply as I will be attempting a Porsche 356 Coupe steel body. But you have me thinking about aluminum. Thanks for the instructional videos.
VintRestGarage
I can see your passion in your work, congratulations.
What a privilege to watch you work. You are an artist and I absolutely love your work.
This looks so great ... one of the best looking car ever
Can't wait to see the skin/metal on this one. It's already looking beautiful.
Yeah, ... but is he gonna use ready made panels, or shape the aluminum himself ???
Id'e like to watch him make them. !!!
Brother you're doing beautiful work. If an old broken down fabricator can I offer you some valuable advice? Build yourself a frame jig and get out of the floor. It don't seem like a lot today but all that crawling about in the floor will destroy your back and knees. Outside that.... you're the man
You are a legend in the making
Admiral work. Reminds me of my work style some 35 years ago. Very rewarding. Thanks for posting.
Fascinating. Thank you for sharing your mind with us, Chris. Rarely do most people have any insight into the design process.
Well done! I'm a fiberglass man if I were there we would make that a mold and filled the ribs with foam . Shape in and sanded it and start a car company! Good luck dude!
Awesome work Chris. Your cars have real soul and character. Takes me back to the days before I started designing my cars on computer. Must admit I would struggle with the hand drawn templates today. I'm so used to drawing every curve in Solidworks now.☺and of course CNC router instead of jigsaw and belt sander.
Thank you. Can you tell me about the best program for designing?
Chris the detail and time you put into this, it is inspiring. One day I'll get their.
Baby steps
What a piece of artwork !
I like how you explain what ypur doing its obvious you've had alot of trial and error which hones your fabricating skill.keep up the hard work
Super cool Chris!
Also, congratulations on your Jay Leno Garage appearance, that was a neat surprise. You deserve to be recognised like that.
I so admire your skils. Live long and produce plenty.
Hello I like your I too build cars and you have given me new insight. On different methods to fabrication.
CAD = Cardboard Aided Design.
You been watching project binkie lol
ha ha ha, ... nice one, .... it's good to NOT be toooooo serious..... I like Chris' way of thinking...
CAD??....Runge doesnt need no CAD!...lol!
Right I thought 'why not use CAD' but then I thought if you can do it without it, and enjoy the process then more power to you.
Craig Vetter used this line about 1994
Beautiful design and great execution as always.
I really enjoy watching your progress. Very impressive for sure. This is a car deserves to have many more made.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. They're really interesting and inspirational.
You do amazing work, Chris! It's always a pleasure for me to watch your videos. Thanks for sharing.
A very insightful and informative film. You made very short work of it - only a few days. I have a few questions about the buck process. Do you always make a wooden buck and then an aluminium tube buck, or is it a question of you deciding which type to make for that car? I guess I'm asking if you make both for each vehicle? Then I'd love to know why you make the tube buck at all? Is it purely structural or is it also acting as a shape guide? Finally, and this is the question I'd really love to know the answer to, how do you attach your panels to the chassis / tube buck? I imagine there are different techniques for different areas of each car, but do you ever weld the sheet to the tube on the inside?
That thing is gorgeous. I am so grateful that you are sharing your process. I feel like I'm looking at elements from MacLaren and Carrera GT.
Very nice. This is gonna have a much more exotic look to it, instead if a karmann Ghia look. This is gonna be badass when it's finally shaped in metal
Best luck,for You,and Thanks for what You Do👍
You are already a hero in my book! God Bless You!
Truly admire you and your work, you're a great inspiration
Looks like the display of '50s bucks at the Prototype Museum in Hamburg. Well worth a visit, for all fans of innovative wrenching.
Bucket list for me👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome work! Can't wait to see the metal start to flow!
Awesome! Great design work!
Art, real art
Sweeeeeeet Clever use of easily obtainable resources bro, love it. It’s like creating car art! Lol
Thanks for the videos, great tutorial and demonstration on building a buck! Each design and finished car is "A Masterpiece" !
This stuff is so cool. Was super happy to see you posted a new video this morning. Keep it up.
This is inspirational. Huge thanks for taking the time to share in detail your process. I am eager to watch this project progress and unfold. Keep up the amazing job 👌👍👌
Anyone new to Runge's, work should check out his appearance on Jay Leno's garage.
Is this guy in Minnesota? On Jay Leno's Garage he said something about a Porsche car club in Mn. Seeing the car is cool enough. To see the build go from cardboard to wood to the whole thing is amazzzzzing!!
Did you make the chassis? What engine and trans did you use? How many man hours at this point? What is your windscreen made?
Did you form and make it? I like your use of the hose to generate true flow body lines.
Door skin & foam has be used in home built airplanes for years.
Check out the EAA. Or the kit SD-1 or the MINI-MAX. Both can be seen here on TH-cam.
I have purchased a turn key vw engine, rebuilt trans, ever part ..down to the last nut & bolt; to built a dream body for my next project , not a kit.
I currently own a VW sandrail. But I think it’s time for something for street!
Please watch SandRail vs Rock buggy here on you tube. Thanks, MAKE STUFF DON’T BUY
I am great fan of your work , really impressive also informative you have inborn talent keep up the good work , it gives us inspiration & knowledge for own personal development !
This is immensely helpful. Thank you!
Very nice work. Thanks for sharing.
Most excellent! Ill be following right along.
Nicely done. I'm looking at semi-monocoque fuselage construction. 3D rendered for 3D printing. Carbon fiber. This gave me food for thought.
Congratulations, it looks great.
Kudos to you. Your work is exemplar.
What a pleasure to watch
Chris, you're skills are just amazing. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Great video, Man your so Talented, Great Job...!
Very cool, Mr! I've recently gotten into metal shaping as, like many of your viewers, have wanted to build a car from scratch for ever! Keep up the good work, buddy! Paul Whiteman, Great Britain.
This guy is so talented. Wow!
Hi I love the cars you build.
Just found you. Very impressed. Have some catching up to do. Will be throwing comments in. Subscribed and happy
Thank you for posting and sharing your work, inspiring stuff
Maaaan this is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing your process.
Awesome Dude! Great video!
A lot of thinking involved here...Well done.
Your a master. Inspires me to start on my 1919 la France speedster ....
@Runge: Dude, keep practicing, you'll get good at this. LMAO. Just kidding! Bud, this is really badass stuff. That pocket rocket's gonna be sweeeeeeet........can't wait for your follow-up vids. Keep up the awesome work! Cheers
Very awesome thing you do
Ive been watching your progression over the years. I watch your videos over and over, in awe.
I assume the person who commissioned this build had a big influence on the design. This one doesnt have the vintage attributes of your others. It is beautiful and love your work!
FF04 is my fav though :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THESE VIDEOS! ! !
Thank you for taking the time to watch! This design was actually one of my own I had drawn in 2016 and then worked out to more of a final rendering in 2017. A customer saw the rendering and said lets go for it. The chassis was built at a race shop and is really advanced compared to my classic chassis on the previous builds.
FF004 is available for purchase!!!
RÜNGE CARS
There isnt ONE aspect on any of your builds that I'd change, the designs are breathtaking.
As for FF04, I thought it sold a long time ago...?
Im sure I'd be $100k shy :)
ANTIQUE CYCLES
Needed: A Funding Source BETTER Than John DeLorean,
Please.
Very Cool.You can let your imagine run wild!
Wow....I admire, envy, and appreciate your mind and skill set. Amazing. Truly talented.
At 5:25 you used a tool that looks like an adjustable french curve. How can I get one of those? I love how you are sharing the process. Thanks. Enzo
This man is amazing he really nods his stuff and so well explained I can’t wait to see the metal being shaped on to the buck love it it so far larrysullivan in London x
Nice! looks like a fun time!
Love these videos and this channel! No drama, no clickbait, just great hands on informative content and beautiful designs.
When building the buck do you move the chassis outside the shop to get better views of how it's coming together? I recall seeing a vid of Ed Welburn (former VP of design for GM) and he talked about putting the clay models outside so the designers could view them from all angles and distances even up to several hundred yards away. He also mentioned parking normal cars near them to see how the designs looked in the real world vs inside the studio.
Runge Cars Rock!
I added you to a playlist on my channel, I been wanting to build something like this since I was a kid, I will build a similar car different design in my garage to
Me too just my childhood dream ...modified my suv but a total super car scratch build ......