Derek. Just wanted you to know your videos got me through a Tough time in my life! Thank you and God Bless!

Why? It’s horribly deformed. Can you get it out? Yes, but how much worse can it get. Finding parts? I wouldn’t have a clue 😂 but I bet it’s not easy and it’s going to be expensive. Cars like this are cool because they decided to over engineer everything to gain every possible hp they could, but you need an engineering degree to understand them 😂🤣🤷‍♂️ best of luck. Enjoying the journey

Wtf dude, quit yer crying! Could be an ugly situation, especially with an interference engine if the valve stuck and the piston has hit it, and maybe does on every tdc. If not, it shouldn't be too difficult to pull the valve cover and see exactly what's going on, stick a scope down that plug hole and take a good look to assess the damage, see if the valve is bent or whatever. If the valve is damaged and it's particularly spendy and hard to get, you may be able to have it straightened at a good machine shop, and provided it didn't break a valve guide or a piston you could still be okay.

Just stumbled across this vid, too bad I didn't see it when you started the project. I grew up around several old Triumph TR's, a Spitfire, and a couple old MG's, among lots of other machines we bought, sold, repaired, and modified back in the day. You're talking here about how you will cover the width of the wheelbase with flares, extending the fenders with the ones off your parts car, or whatever, but there would have been a much better way to approach the thing, considering it no longer has any real value as a classic TR3 anyway... I would have had everything measured out and mapped before attempting to fit the body the first time, then split the body right up the center and widened the whole thing, filling the center by about 6" to give it a wider cockpit and make it much more comfortable to drive (I remember well), and still adding some nice, tastefully sized fender flares, so as not to make it look totally bastardized in the end.

Dude, that Sucks!! Cool car, though .

You cuss too much on you so I'm not interested to hear th

Cool car! I hope it's an easy fix !

Loving this build..But its gone quiet..Any More progress ?

Where has vice grip garage been?

Never look a free TR in rhe mouth 😅

Cut it down the middle and widen it to it the chassis.

Hows the el camino going???

Qell i guess this channel is dead now

Maybe it'll make it

Excited for you buddy! Can’t wait to hear all about it!

I love it.

Cool car!!

Hello? You guys still around?

Your latest video is 5 months old. Are you coming back again? You keep leaving us. I watch Derek save that car and now it's been interesting watching you try to bring it back to life in a more finished way. Hope to see more in the near future. Good videos

This is pretty cool. At least I'm learning different way of body swap.

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I knew what you meant....

Dont you think you should remove the junk thats in the van first 🇺🇲

What happened to you guys?

Wheel offset; counterintuitive but, positive is what your Mercedes has, negative offset places the centers of the rims closer to their inner edges, making the track wider.

Who is Soon? And is she good looking?

Just found your channel. Please set up your playlists so we can more easily follow your build(s). Thanks! 👍

Need to be vigilante. Cars parked on the side have bullseyes on them and tend to get hit.

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I would also put in my vote to widen the TR body.

Damn that mf sound clean. Beautiful build, I have a clk500 and that things a beauty I could only imagine that beast.

You have got our attention with the El Camino. You should go right into it. So many of these people are watching you because of Derek and knowing the history of the El Camino and want to see it in a happy place. A proud old runner

Funny watching trash get thrown away twice

YOU USA YALK TOO MUCH

Ahhh yes the joys of project cars road tests. I have broken down on 75 and 85. It's even more fun when it's in a heavy thunderstorm.

Why just why you guys go missing for . Month on end and post nothing the your broke down on the side of the road in a car we know nothing about and have never seen before what's the point your channel is all but dead beat f you can't get in to making and posting regular videos just don't it's just a shit way to run a channel

Hey why don’t we put a LS in this classic…… how original

Seems so similar of a frame and front suspension to my 52 Austin somerset

Lots of advice in these comments, just a shame they don’t leave links to their own videos so we can all go watch how it’s done

I thought Derek would put the 60 elco together watched him bring it home, it looks like it has possibilities, good luck. Can't wait to see it finished

I going to like it when its ready the vgg camino❤

These guys don’t seem smart

Get it Done then

so literally just harness, supercharger , and fuel. Cooling system as well... Not bad

This is a very sad situation someone obviously did Earl Scheib's job on this Corvette as far as repainting it don't allow amateurs to do any kind of restoration on a classic beautiful car like this it's not worth it if you're going to do it do it right as far as paint restorations are concerned

Derek you are so funny 😊

It's becoming so hard to watch DIY videos, because of so much talking 😮

How much did you end up getting it for!?

Is this project dead?

I like Coors Light too