BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: Ford Mustang - Shelby GT 500 restoration | HD Documentary

The Ford Mustang is the icon of the American way of life on four wheels. Powered by an 8-cylinder engine, the classic still has the image of unbridled power and freedom. The US car legend from the 1960s is alive and well. The demand for perfectly preserved examples is high. The V8-Werk, a classic car smithy in Pirna, Saxony, specializing in pony cars like the Mustang, makes the dreams of automotive nostalgics come true.
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[@WayApp]

This documentary is a treat for both car enthusiasts and documentary lovers. Highly recommended!

[@patrickrooney5130]

What a fantastic place to work in. They do a brilliant job. We'll done guys.

[@Gilbertajallecruz]

This is probably the BEST looking one out of ALL of them!😍 the BEST colors on this car in my opinion are that green in the beginning of video and the very uniquely beautiful dark candy apple red metallic, such a dream car💯🫡

[@cobra3289]

A pleasure to see real professional work on these cars. A far cry from the reality shows restorations in the us.

[@trutacgear]

They are pro but every fucking single american brand is fake like there country ..!

[@mikeferstar]

Great Documentary! Beautiful Mustangs in various models. The staff has great knowledge and experience to deal with an American Brand. It also shows the german mindset of strict adherence to specifications and performance that at the end will lead to perfection.

[@hubriswonk]

When I was a kid in the 70 and 80"s it was fairly common to see Shelby's on the road as daily drivers. These cars were fairly cheap and easy to find and it is crazy how expensive and popular they have become today! They can still be found in barns, fields and garages generally forgotten or the original owners are getting old and their kids will sell them. Even wrecked rust buckets are going for outrageous amounts!

[@ZappakeR]

You could male a killing trawling the countryside for wrecks and old cars, then restoring them and selling to collectors or offering a price to the owners to restore them. All you need is appeal to their nostalgia.

[@tuffguy428]

I'll disagree that Shelbys were 'fairly cheap' back in the day. I bought my 68 KR in 1972 for 2000 dollars as a regular mustang may have gone for about 1200 dollars. That's a huge difference when minimum wage was a dollar ten an hour.

[@KeithTurriff-jl4cy]

I love Mustangs I would love to own one.

[@martymcgrogan]

This was really enjoyable and well-done!! Thanks!

[@Napoleon5436]

I love this car. It's my dream to buy it. this restoration you have done is extraordinary.I enjoyed watching it. Great video. thank you very much

[@danvasse8075]

Impressive and extremely professional with knowledgeable technicians. Excellent!!!!

[@davidreed6776]

"We Germans are more meticulous" ? Of course...V8-Werk is a top-notch specialty shop. Here in the US, any specialty shop is equally, if not more so, meticulous with restoration of classics. Kind regards from the US.

[@dragangurdulic8793]

San svakog mehaničara bio bi baš ta posao...2 auta godišnje restauriraš u jednoj velikoj radionici okružen velikim majstorima radiš mehaniku dio po dio sve 100%.Nema žurbe momci,samo kvalitet se broji!Moj večni san...Uvek je falila čistoća,urednost kvalitet 100%Momci svaka vam čast.

[@tanmysammy6295]

Always on the best documentaries🇰🇪

[@louvega4016]

Awesome program

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work Thank youu

[@filename3094]

Seems like a cool place to work. Everyone's pretty chill.

[@maureencora1]

My Two Favorite 1960s Cars are 1964 C2 Corvette Sting Ray & 1967 / 68 Fastback GT Mustang.

[@hhottechnologies2651]

The "camshaft" at 24m is a Rocker Shaft. The camshaft is deep in the block below the pushrods.

[@interestingstory2498]

Dodge Charger, Pontiac Firebird/Trans Am , Chev Camero , and Ford Mustang is great muscle American Car. This Mustang was restored by German Technician is fantastic product.

[@DFox-ud3gx]

My first car was a 1965 mustang orgional color like a forest green with a stripe running on the rocker panel GT 350. This paint had lots of primer when I bought it. It had a nice 302 cubic inch motor, T-10 4 speed , and a 4:10 rear I loved the Hurst shifter in this car. She ran pretty fast.

[@s_sstryker5982]

Best documentary on my favourite car. “Ford Mustang is my dream car! “

[@monanaa1289]

Mine too💕

[@taroon588]

beautiful finish

[@rgbigdog]

The narrator needs to learn what the parts of the engine are called. He called the push rods tappets and the rocker arm assembly the cam shaft. Beside those two mistake this was a very entertaining video.

[@morimorimori1908]

23:48 Those are the rocker arms not the camshaft. The camshaft sits in the middle of the block beneath the intake valley.

[@gusshackleford8370]

These krouts almost had me thinking it was a 427 sohc freak shelby until i watched instead of listened!

[@utuberme1]

@@gusshackleford8370 *krauts

[@gusshackleford8370]

@@utuberme1 ha. Yeah i was pretty drunk when I watched that!

[@oldbloke204]

General Motors 454?

[@budwickman446]

He called the push rods, "tappets"...

[@user-mx8nr3sp6n]

As an American, I love vintage German cars. It's nice to see Germans loving vintage American cars. Mad respect, Germany.

[@mrbob4u495]

The emotional value one invests in a Mustang far exceeds it's fair market value. I feel the same for my '05 GT Ragtop. This was a lot of fun to watch.

[@rickwallace5582]

Hey Funkie! The cork gaskets on the under side ends of the intake should be THROWN AWAY. They tend to be pushed out over time and a big leak results. First sand both mating surfaces with coarse sandpoaper resulting in deep scratchs giving teh RTV a good gripping surface to adhere to. and then clean them with brake cleaner and apply a 1/4 inche plus bead of "right stuff" on both ends of the block, then a thin coat on both sides of teh water passages only. Installing teh intake should be done equally and drawn down equally. Google "ford intake installation" for teh procedure , I`m too lazy to type out the entire process.

[@burnmedina]

amazing restoration,,,👍👍👍👍

[@pinoybricks1275]

This is incredible! I’ll take this car over any Tesla model currently available in the market.

[@dennisramstein28]

Careful Fritz with the "we don't do it like in America. You get cars from us that have had only backyard mechanics wrenching on their high school ride that was gifted to them by their bachelor uncle. If we sent you car with an equivalent 100,000 Euro rebuild, we'd match you at every nut and bolt...and with better paint.

[@wormfood868]

All you need to do is go to SEMA to see tons of more expensive cars with terrible build quality; unfortunately the attitude of "git 'er done" is just as, if not more prevalent than "do it right" when it comes to US modifiers and restorers.

[@dalepaul8540]

Second name seems rather fritz like😂 and what makes you think the paint would be better

[@mirsb9634]

great work

[@VegasRT500]

Those 1968 Shelby GT500 are awesome!

[@andreking7138]

That was pretty good.😊

[@johndavies8613]

Ned Nice Job !

[@enrico110]

Looks up torque for camshaft sprocket and tightens rocker arm shafts with that torque. 24:04

[@myclassiccarstory]

The whole installing Wilwood disc brakes up front with drums in the back has me questioning everything right now. Only reason I can think of for this is because the owner just doesn't have the funds to also install the rear disc brake upgrades. Normally you would do disc brakes on both front and rear, especially when upgrading to a 4-piston front brake caliper. Other than it looks like they do some terrific work and have a passion for American Classics.

[@vurs9197]

In my country, some people do that to have the rights to a collector's plate. Don't know if it is the case in the video.

[@benjy6358]

put into account other country laws too..rear disc brake barely make a dent in the budget for that level of restomod..

[@imonaroll9502]

Old brake experts frown on rear disc brakes. They have always told me rear drums have more surface area contact so I approve of the drums.

[@cobra3289]

Its normal to have discs in front and drums rear, nothing to question.

[@myclassiccarstory]

@@cobra3289 You are correct but normally you only see that setup on a factory car with factory parts. Usually when someone spends the money on a higher end disc brake kit for the front they will also do a disc brake kit on the rear as well.

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Did quite a few of these cars,, wonder if the shop is still open and how they're doing...

[@cabininthewoods7326]

The '67 GT 500 is a very desirable collector item, with tge police interceptor motor. Im watching a youtube series of someone in Texas rebuikding one on his own . Steve McQueen tried to get that car back from the man that bought it from the studio. It sold recently for $7 million, and the man had the letter McQueen wrote to him asking for the car.

[@Matt_Vanepps]

Takes a jab at Americans and their craftsmanship while being employed by a company solely because of German’s desire for American craftsmanship.

[@Eren-da-Jaeger]

Let me give an example; it is like how a genius faces difficulty talking to a dumb, similarly redoing the low end craftsmanship is difficult for highly talented craftsmen. Germans desire my a ss

[@barriewright2857]

You said bro TRUTH.....! .

[@imonaroll9502]

I would never take my car to a shop that has clean shop manuals. 😂

[@imonaroll9502]

@Phillip Banes to each their own.

[@imonaroll9502]

@Phillip Banes what I was trying to convey is not to take your car to a new mechanic. To take it to experienced individuals.

[@tialkr9071]

My fav car ! 😍

[@XxSpartan617xX]

Is that the voice of the guy who does the narration for Kurzgesagt?

[@joshuamittie791]

I bought a 2011 gt recently and it has yellow adjustable koni front rear and rear adjustable panhard. it's lowered on factory wheels 19s 150k miles brembo package manual I bought out of state didn't get to see it. It drove bad darted tramline pulled. Took to local tire chain for alignment and said something bent go to collision shop. They said looks good go to race shop for pro adjust setup.after reading up, well i adjusted top of shock to center tower it was off to one side completely both were passengers side .there is just a large nut that wont fit through factory hole in ahock tower so it is up against metal with a set screw through the side of nut to lock it, it was finger tight tower brace front and rear bushing all original in rest of suspension i don't know if I need factory seats or open the tower so nut fits through after I centered by eye and turned one wheel toe in a little it's million times better but not right but don't know where to take it but need to get it atleast ready for setup i feel sorry writing on phone and not the best at punctuation

[@frederique.michelle.louise]

The BOSS 302 a special series of 302 cubic inch Ford engines, in the Bullit Film starring Steve McQueen, this 300 HP like the Mustang was never supplied by Ford, it is for these reasons that all traces of the brand have disappeared from the many cars destroyed during the filming, a collector will tear his hair out 🤗

[@Wooley689]

Bullitt mustangs were 390 Gt cars.

[@frederique.michelle.louise]

BOSS 302 Cubique inch cylindres usa soit près de 5 litres

[@hj179]

A Factory for Complete Restoration. Excellent!

[@Stickybutton]

Do they retain the restrictive 4 speed with at least a 6?

[@restorationofdirty]

my dearm car❤️‍🔥🥺💞🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Inferno45]

The mustang isnt a "myth" its a legend

[@c431inf]

Nice

[@pamanthanos9742]

another dream cars

[@ozahmed4523]

Do Germans like other muscle cars too? I used to own 2 Camaros and 1 Firebird. Always been a GM guy. Now I'm in Ontario Canada With a 2 door Cadillac ATS with a 2.0 turbo 6 speed manual (plus some hot rodding), and it is like a modern muscle car on the highway!

[@thomascassler4406]

aahh , henry ford was a german ! may he rest in peace !😀😀😀

[@ridalagouiter6724]

I need to work there

[@donlunn792]

First Mustang I saw was one being used as a course car at Brands Hatch.”UK” This was 1963-64. The course commentator was looking at the Mustang.And the driver was hanging the rear end out on every corner.The commentator being the cool guy he was! (Not) Said “We’ll he’s hanging out the rear end of that course car. But! I suppose you have to hang,the Mustang. OOh! Cringeworthy. But it was a revelation to see this car as a young man of 18 years old. Beautiful Car. There was also a Cobra,which dominated its race. As a young apprentice mechanic, Seeing two fantastic cars in one day was something I will never forget.

[@danwalls8466]

You never ever use the cork end gaskets on the intake manifold! Use RTV.

[@bigblocklawyer]

Depends. Corvette judging requires we use rubber china wall gaskets with GM tabs on the ends of the intake. If you're building a car to drive everyday, rtv is fine. If you're restoring cars for judging, we build them the way they were, not how we wish they were.

[@somerandomfella]

If I had the money i'd build a carbon fiber bodied Elanor with a few modern upgrades.

[@russcooke5671]

I think I we one on a tv show. I think it was jay leno.

[@tuffguy428]

I'm pretty sure the Bullitt car had the chrome grill insert removed.

[@philipliu852]

@23:49 ummm... that is the lifter accembly not the cam shaft. The Cam shaft goes above the crank.

[@ducky63]

Truly amazing restorations all the same.

[@alanbadilla7003]

@14:04 when he said a General Motors engine, I was about to say "blasphemy" because I thought they were going to put that in the Mustang. sheesh😳😩🤔😁

[@gaijinbaka]

Is that a Hertz model with the gold striping?

[@rickwallace5582]

Swiss laws are stupid. They probably want a single line master cylinder on a 66 and earlier cars too. So what if its unsafe as hell. Im an appraiser and if anything done that upgrades the safety and drivability and emissions of the vehicle, but only changes the appearance of the car as it appeared originally, it is considered an upgrade and given points for the upgrade.

[@JerryVentures]

I wonder if they got sued for building and calling the car “Eleanor” like B is for Build got sued

[@andrewrparken5267]

Haven’t you heard Shelby re-sued the producers of Fast and Furious and won. The judge said. Eleanor could not be copyrighted as it was different in each of the movies and finally it was just a modified Shelby Mustang not copyrightable. The judge watched all movies and was astounded previous courts had not bothered to test the bogus claims against Shelby and others.

[@DonaldHolben]

I came for Mustangs, keep other stuff out lol.

[@andrewjacobson556]

They do this wrk in Germany kickass!!👍👍

[@Kawaii_Life.]

@16:20 I would completely stitch-weld that entire chassis.

[@mfitzgerald130]

Whenever possible ,its best practice to install pushrods back into position exactly the same way and direction they came out , that is, not unless 'all ' valve drivetrain components are brand new.

[@garciabeto760]

can’t wait until new edge mustangs become classics i got one sitting outside in perfect consition

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

I’ve been watching these car restoration shows all day and I haven’t heard any of them address the topic of fuel. These cars are from the era before unleaded fuel which isn’t readily available now. What fuel do they use?

[@wormfood868]

They would use unleaded fuel, since leaded isn't readily available. Lead was added to fuel to prevent knocking and valve seat recession. Modern high octane gasoline takes care of the first problem, and if the head was rebuilt, they would have used hardened valve seats which takes care of the second.

[@marwan8130]

I don't know why Ford company didn't produce a new Shelby mustang with the same look

[@wineguy47]

It is not a Bullet Clone - Bullet had no center console, had blacked out back up lights and a leather wrapped steering wheel - I'm probably missing more.

[@fv1291]

Bullit, not Bullet.

[@fv1291]

It's Bullitt.

[@wineguy47]

@@fv1291 Excuse me ! But what I said about the car is correct !

[@johnsutcliffe3209]

Pretty strange how they are happy to fit Willwood front disc brakes but drums on the rear.

[@hectorherbert6585]

If you look it up ,many modern EU cars have such set-up ,discs in front ,drums for rear...modern drum brakes are actually very reliable and last much longer.

[@imonaroll9502]

I agree. I had rear drums on a 1987 Buick Grand National. So rear discs are just $$$$ fancy upgrades.

[@johnsutcliffe3209]

@@imonaroll9502 I think if you are upgrading the front with dollar fancy upgrades then you are creating a big mismatch to leave the rear standard. Also the performance curve is much more linear with discs and drums self servo and the curve rises very quickly but then flattens. So drums and disc's are never really matched. Disc's look way better and are far simpler. That complex auto adjuster system is not reliable.

[@imonaroll9502]

@@johnsutcliffe3209 drums have more surface area contact. And fail a lot less than discs. Discs warp and are prone to ever heating. What do I know? I learnt this stuff from old timers.

[@johnsutcliffe3209]

@@imonaroll9502 what do I know. I am an old timer🤣

[@Liquid_Cooled]

Yea, we need to do something about those parts made in China.

[@MrHarriskl18]

Damn Wilwoods not Brembo interesting have been seeing Willwoods almost on all aftermarket applications

[@tedfriesen9466]

It became painful to listen to the narrator: calling the head the block; the pushrods were called tappets and rocker arms were called cams.

[@tylerdurden4006]

Obviously they are better than the originals bcoz car technology has kinda advanced since then. 🤷‍♂️

[@wormfood868]

doesn't have anything to do with technology; it's hundreds of hours of skilled labor on an individual car rather than being put together on an assembly line with much looser QA standards.

[@Sockpoppet]

in 30-40 years, they'll also be restoring S197 Mustangs.

[@SuperDirk1965]

A 6 cylinder engine is always in better balance than a V8. Especially a cross plane V8 like in American cars. A flat plane V8 comes close but is nut as well balanced as an inline 6.

[@mikeyy1011]

I'm actually surprised they are building an "eleanor" and not getting sued....

[@cobra3289]

People build eleanors all the time, they sell the kits worldwide, Why would they be sued?

[@mikeyy1011]

@cobra3289 for the longest time there were copyright laws and ppl would lose their cars. Luckily this month that copyright law was won by Shelby which will allow anyone to build them and call them elanor. Good news for sure 👍

[@kevinwoolmer5478]

The most coveted stang was the 67 500,the only year multi carbs were offered. And the shot of the parts in the trunk when he says "camshafts" lmao,c'mon be a little more accurate.

[@jtllodra6600]

General motors engine?

[@tuffguy428]

Pay attention.

[@peterschmidt7543]

This better than factory original… ? This clip is fairly good for “stage 1” Mustang fans. ..Ok we need them too.

[@rickybobby7276]

When you go so far as to remove the original imperfections the car is no longer original.

[@linusromey561]

Great video, but the narrator need to learn some basic terminology. The rocker assembly is not a camshaft. Pushrods are not tappets. Torqueing the rocker assembly to the torque specification for the cylinder head would likely bread the bolts.

[@karloyu3484]

❤️❤️❤️

[@wsuperman444]

Kinda makes you wonder how those Europeans get so many old whole and wrecked mustangs from the States.

[@summercab5185]

Perfect for young people, regardless of age, he he he 😂.

[@summercab5185]

Young at heart ….or I wish I was young.😅

[@frederique.michelle.louise]

J'oubliais les convenances d'usage, toutes mes félicitations 👍 pour ce reportage hommage ♥️ à la voiture de la secrétaire qui avec toutes ces options qui doubles pratiquement le prix, la transforme en diablesse.

[@Twobarpsi]

I own a GT500!!

[@abdulsassi320]

Germany are experts on machines no matter what the cars nationality they have the cure for it the machines masters end of discussion

[@armandopatane5343]

Most interesting= beautiful cars though = Jacksonville beach Florida

[@mylanmiller9656]

Most Collision repair was done by local Shops that were paid by insurance Companys. The idea was get the car back on the road as cheap as posable, A bucket of Bondo was order of the day. The cars were only worth $2000 they were not infested in $3000 in repairs. I seen lots of Mustangs that were not Drivable after poor body work.

[@dragangurdulic8793]

žalostno je kada neko celi taj proces stisne u 50 minuta i ne prikaže koliko je u stvari posla i kako celi postupak funkcioniše iz prve ruke.celi serijal dokumentarni bi trebalo da se napravi o tome.

[@timdennis2193]

Who wrote this.. they actually installed the pushrods followed by the rockers when building the engine.. not the rubbish rhe narrator said..

[@cayman9873]

Too many ads to watch

[@merlepatterson]

30:14 🤔

[@ParentBeater123]

@kurzgesagt voice cameo 👀

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Nobody does cars like the Germans, new or restored.

[@tonyharry7613]

Số một thế giới 🏆

[@stephenfoster9009]

Always wanted one , still don’t have one

[@Scrmnegl77]

I love how foreign is importing US for the craftsmanship…

[@NewsBroadcasting]

so they put GM engines into them?

[@wormfood868]

No, they said the GM engine was for a different car.

[@richardgagg8588]

They refer to it as a big block V8 ??

[@writetomeontelegramappwelt4565]

👆👆

[@VladTepesVEVO]

For Euro standards, anything larger than 6.2L (379 CID) is a "big block".