I'm going to have to try this. I started making the panels for my Riley Brooklands in aluminium and over cooked the first one. Got one spot I over stretched I think. I am out of practice and I never had that much practice to start with! It's good enough to start making the other panels and gas welding it together but then I will need to tweak the shape before permanently attaching it to the timber frame.

We'd call this a mutt.

Step one: Buy a traction engine

Интересный механизм на низкопрофильной резине👍👍

Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Much appreciated ☺️👍

Is that trevor?

really well filmed - just excellent just watched it over again -- i know a bit of the feeling - as i own a G20 here stateside , but Like that - and as I said excellent cinematography

Love this! You’re an artist too!

What a superb video... Lovely country setting too 😊

Is it for sale?

I was just reading a novel where a man in 1924 Ireland bought a Morris Bullnose. I googled to get a look at one. It's a beauty!😍

That's one of my favourite wheeling machine tricks, how you can smooth out really lumpy hammer blow stretched panels and they come out perfectly smooth with very little effort.

Very interesting, thank you. I found your channel looking for aluminium welding tips. I have done if before, a few years ago on my Austin 7 but need a refresher for my new car, a Riley. To build the body for my Riley I modelled up the chassis I have in CAD then turned that into a 3D model and then designed the body on top of that until it looked right. I used superimposed photos of real cars all overlaid on top of each other to get the shape correct (no two 'originals' seem the same!). I then sectioned the model to get the profiles for the different frame stations. I was then able to print those out 1:1 and glue them to ash then then bandsaw them out. The frame is complete now and the car mechanically complete, am about to start on the aluminium panels hence the need to remember how the heck I did the gas welding on the last one!

Cool, that sounds good. And, it's ripping ass.

excellent video!

So you got rid of a working Maserati engine to put in a Ford??? Why not an air cooled Volkswagen? Work harder!

Cool

Can this same process be used on newer aluminum body cars and trucks?

Is that standard gearing? Is revving quite hard however has great road speed for a single ag engine?

Very helpful!

I thought as soon as I saw this. That looks like Bernard's place.

A mechanical marvel! And the wonderful people who keep them running! They are loved! 😊

What flux do you use for aluminum welding?

10/10 for for getting in there and doing it. mig/tig suppliers should buy this video to promote the modern electronic machines. 100 years ago it was all done with Oxy acet, so it can be done and you become a true craftsman when you master this skill

Incredible piece of equipment. I have a scale model very similar to this tractor. Looks quite dangerous to operate but man is it a work of art. 👍💯

Greetings, I work in the educational design department at Allstate Insurance. We are trying to reach out to see if we can use this video as part of our training. It is really good. Please let me know! Thank you.

You do a great job at what you do, but your video tells me that you really do not know what the dollies are meant for and should not be for educational videos. You get the job done, just not the correct way.

You weld my my grandmother! 😂🤣 Actually, my grandmother didn't weld, but anyone who knows WWII history will get the joke.

Im not sure what lenses your using but the manufacturer of the didymium purple lenses i use told me that the cobalt or didymium lenses alone ate not sufficirnt eye protection for welding. Thry said yo back them up with the standard green lenses. I use either a #3 or #5. Edit: I see later that you said you're using a special aluminum welding lens. 👍

What a beauty. Very inspiring. Can the cables be cut to length? Would definitely be worth a part II.

I hardly have seen any traction engine this much fast !!

All the signs of heaviness, sturdiness, and might is prevalent.

Thank you for the detail. Best regards from Lisboa.

Have owned gas welder for decades, nice to know I can do aluminum with what I have, Just need an English wheel.

Hi Gasolini, hope this finds you. I'm with the Piper Owners Club and was wondering if you're known to us? Could you reply to this comment please, thanks.

Great video beautiful country side 👍🏻

Hey look! It’s Trevor the Traction Engine! 😃😂👍

Good lesson

how many phones have ended up in the firebox?

Well, these very, very old brass-era cars are just marvellous..😊

That was art in the best possible way - impressive skills!

Meravigliosa

Wonderful condition, miself is driving a Ardea for 23 years. A very good car. Hermann from Vienna.

So many places where you could lose a finger or even get dismemberment! Truly impressive bit of machinery. You wouldn't be able to sneak up on anyone driving one of those! 😂

Thanks for the incredible informative video, I have a hammer but I don’t have a dolly, what I can use for alternative? Cheers

So where do you warm your tea? 🤣

These very early cars were not only engineering marvels of their time but also works of art. The generous use of copper, brass and bronze adds to the beauty. I’m sure in some instances the use of those materials was required by manufacturing limitations but beautiful none the less.

Being a hot rod driver heading all that metal would scare me lol. Whenever we hear that something’s broken or about to be real bad 😊

I love this

This thing is humongous