Body on Frame: With The Tesla Powertrain Installed, The Jaguar Body Goes Back On The Frame

[@kyleb5518]

I love your presentation method and sense of humour, it’s the perfect mix of This old tony and Bad Obsession Motorsport

[@Heidegaff]

In the meantime, I am going to get the funk out!

[@papalazarou5428]

That's what keeps me coming back. I am a sucker for a dry sense of humour 😁

[@mortenstjernholm6404]

ditto!

[@nikovbn839]

A man of culture ^^

[@MarcelEnglmaier_1]

Check out zak freedman. Same exact style, just electronics. Love this stuff!

[@DrieStone]

Watching Matt do stuff with his background: "Shit, this guy has way more knowledge and experience than I do, I'd never be able to accomplish anything like this." Watching Matt do sketchy stuff just like me: "Shit, this guy is just as dumb as me."

[@SuperfastMatt]

An old manager once called me the dumbest smart guy he knew.

[@RustOnWheels]

One cannot simply obey the rules and innovate. 😅

[@brianwilless1589]

No need for profanity.

[@TheMrtMts]

Just the two of us and the algorithm. This and BOM are the best entertainers on youtube. Crazy engineering and good humor. Go Fast Matt is going places👍

[@rkeil3145]

all hail the algorithim!

[@GunFunZS]

You will also like Wesley kagan then.

[@TheMrtMts]

Yeah, Wesley is also good

[@TheMrtMts]

@@kjdegraaf Bad obsession motorsport

[@evilutionltd]

If This Old Tony did cars, this is what you'd get. That's why I just subbed.

[@richardschofield2201]

Speaking of which, not seen that old chap in a while.

[@manulius]

After reading comments, this explains why i'm hooked.

[@macberry4048]

This reminds me of the old Rich rebuild videos where he was using jackstands and a kitchen knife to work on his Tesla

[@motymen]

he fixed his tesla using jackstands kitchenware and his right flipflop....

[@macberry4048]

@@motymen I'm glad I'm not the only Rich rebuilds fan

[@FeralPreacher]

Outstanding sense of humor. Love the sarcasm. Well done, Matt. Came for the creativity, stayed for the joy of watching the build. Thanks for sharing.

[@gardreropa]

Loved the whole episode and the humour, especially the so appropriate "salsa-esque" music during the footage of getting the frame under the body.... One step forward, two steps back! Very nice touch! Keeping fingers crossed and looking forward to future episodes! Cheers from Slovenia!

[@pablopicaro7649]

I would suggest making some strong hooks in the Ceiling (strengthen structure with long stringers in attic first) then hang the Body from the hook ceilings.

[@HeLliShSiN]

Man, your prayers to the algorithm work! Your videos have been suggested to me BY THE ALGORITHM and I've just watched 12 of your videos non-stop. You do know how to make good videos, you are funny and you really make great content. Keep it up! This channel is awesome and I cannot wait to see where you get with your vehicle builds!

[@elijahherman]

This channel's subs after this build series: 📈📈📈

[@tienenaar2295]

Such a shame the episodes are so short but I know you are working alone. I think even if they would be 30min to 1 hour they would be fun to watch with your funny humor spicing things up.

[@WileHeCoyote]

JUST the 2 of us! ;)

[@mikeincinci]

As long as the DMV isn't watching....

[@johnmoncrieff3034]

This is going to be the coolest stealth mobile when it is finished! Classic lines of the old Jag with the performance of a Tesla! I envy you Matt!

[@macberry4048]

I can't wait until someone steals his idea

[@edumaker-alexgibson]

@@macberry4048 I sincerely hope to.

[@HarleyPebley]

I've done a couple body/frame swaps. Always just lifted the body high enough to roll the chassis under it. First time with just a floor jack, 2 12' 4x4s and a bunch of material to support the 4x4s with as I jacked it up bit by bit. Then I discovered camper jacks. A trip to the local rental yard and it made the job so much easier.

[@miguelm8947]

Love the Oceans Elven transition vibe! 63 rear, 37 Front

[@Derpuwolf]

Algorithm better be impressed by the fact that I just watched the whole playlist for this project, and will likely watch your other playlists too!

[@alsavage1]

Those HF dollies are perfect for things like transmissions and storage totes, roll 'em under the workbench to store, easily roll them out to access. Never put anywhere near 1000 lbs on one; we did that ONCE. The "tires" went flat. But they're a great buy for lighter stuff.

[@grendelum]

thought of making your own urethane bushings? you can choose the hardness and even dye them... works well in silicone candy/cake molds for custom shapes like yours. i reckon that weight balance has to be at least 64/36 to the rear... i’d bias it more but those are long boi batteries, i’m curious to see the result ;¬)

[@jamesroche1468]

your dry sarcasm inspires me to be even more meh in life please continue and have my like

[@jasonmiddleton293]

Love love love these videos. The only negative is there's never enough.

[@MisiekCentralny]

Matt, please don’t chop off the roof. This Jag will look best in its original form on the outside!

[@craighearn747]

Rake on this build is what makes it stealth. Your desire to return the interior to classic is great. For the record isolatethouse joints so you don't hear it squeak.

[@GerryBeltgens]

Great program. I am watching this to the finish!

[@mikaelmartin9288]

I agree. The Humour twist is a skill you could get use of when you stop doing this art you are up to now. Cant be more than one of a million with all your skills. Thanks for time of huge of enjoy. Look forward to see the final result.

[@michaelhodgson3833]

Right !, Hello from England, 39 % front, 61 % rear, when complete and you sat in, maybe .....

[@uwekall6281]

The CX also had rubber dampers between frame and chassis, for extra comfort / decoupling

[@hobomud]

This is the coolest project on the Tube

[@nathaniellangston5130]

The Jag is looking fantastic!! You've got a great sense of humor! Keep it up!!

[@exarkun616]

Loving the build so far, my guess is the weight distribution is 44% front 56% rear. I could use me a crack lighter for... for uhhh.. not crack

[@igorschannel]

ah yes perfect timing for genuine content with genuine jokes about how to not get something done the way you want but the way the thing wants it

[@jaredmallard3607]

This is the kinda stuff I hope to be able to do in the future. Looks awesome. Oh and I'm gonna say 78rear-22front

[@onetruebob_tj]

All hail the algorithm! And some props for Matt too.

[@josephssen]

some props.. maybe a jack stand.. actually a two post lift would be cool. yeah. a two post lift to Matt!

[@billyoleary8291]

This is very enjoyable,thank you very much.

[@drakeorion94]

This thing is going to be insane! Can't wait to see it go! Maybe Jay will take this one for a drive too?

[@beet3870]

That would be cool!

[@shannons1886]

Love working through the solutions.

[@stevejohnson1685]

The first thing my grandfather did when he bought a house was to excavate the garage floor for a maintenance pit. The 2nd thing he did was to raise the garage ceiling and reinforce it with steel beams (actually lengths of railroad track - he was a railroad engineer; I never asked him which stretch of track had a 16-foot gap in it). Not gonna guess about the weight distribution. No matter what it is, you'll wind up having to change it :-) Every time I see you potentially impinge upon the battery, I think "this has about the same energy as 15 gallons of gasoline, all ready to erupt in milliseconds". Cheery thought!

[@fargknob]

Awesome job Matt......what a sleeper.

[@andyplage6590]

Jack body up so a floor sheet can be welded in place it will help with some flexing issues especially if u add some bead rollered lines

[@ZtokAutomates]

Is say 55 rear 45 front for the balance. Can't wait for the next video! Great Job!

[@teslasandtruck1040]

Great job Mat you are going to be so impressed with the power of that 980 model 3 motor output. Come down to San Diego and Drive my cobra. You can select rear motor only ,front motor only ,or my favorite both motors at the same time. Great job.

[@teslasandtruck1040]

Oh I’m Teslasandtruck on Instagram

[@violentblue123]

being a Jag enthusiast, I was prepared to hate you and this build. but I dont. this is actually my most anticipated build that I follow. I'm having some thoughts about one of my spare MKII's.

[@justdriving2112]

hockey pucks. perfect body spacers.

[@mikebryant8122]

Your MkV: This is about the state of 1950 British car design that you mention. An uncle owned a '48 Jaguar MkIV drophead in the 1960's. Both cars are essentially 1939-ish tech, due to the war. After WWII, "[Jaguar] production was ressurrected by reintroducing the pre-war range in largely unchanged form. The pre-war SS 2.5 litre saloon, with some minor changes, became the post-war Mark IV." On the 1948 Jaguar Mark V: "In Sept. 1948 Jaguar announced its first new post-war, stop-gap model, the Mark V, which would carry the company’s fortunes for a couple of years. The main innovation was the adoption of independent front suspension, conceived by Chief Engineer, William Heynes." And the giant chrome headlamps were faired into the fenders, somewhat. Quotes are from Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust website. Carry on!

[@davidhannan2911]

Wow! This is a sweet build. Definitely following to see how it ends. 🤓👍

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

A personalised reg. plate I missed out on buying for $70 here was "JAGAZZ" Ideal for a State that only needs rear plates.....

[@Chris21709]

I was worried the project would end too soon, spoiling my entertainment, but now I'm no longer worried about that. :-)

[@derekwallin2624]

Battery is pretty centered I'd go with your 42/58 split.

[@JohnSmith-rf1tx]

As soon as you started talking about putting the body back on the frame, my immediate reaction was, "No way is he ready to do that. There's going to be a whole list of things he runs into where he'll wish he didn't have that battery underneath."

[@andersmolzen7171]

Loving the tropico music

[@timothyshannon5910]

Front 30 rear 70. Perfect balance!

[@farmerbrown3768]

If you get a two post lift get one that does not have cables (hump) on the floor. Get the overhead type that way if you will have a clear area to work underneath the vehicle

[@danielhammond8429]

Im supposed to be rebuilding my 4l60e right now but im very distracted from this series. Great job

[@terencemalik6415]

It's a shame the timber prices are out of hands. With the few logs and a wider garage you'd have handled everything nicely, Archimedes proved it with his levers centuries ago😎

[@celeron55]

Nice project. Having made one EV conversion myself, watching someone make a similar-ish project with basically the same tools and space I personally have but with a different brain is always interesting.

[@masked3207]

“Oooo a crack lighter” favorite quote lol

[@corruptedo1]

I'm loving this build. I couldn't sub any faster after the first episode.

[@thecelicaguy]

Wow good job getting the getting the body on there that was crazy

[@K-Effect]

Cool, I wanted to do this to my 1970 C-10 Chevy

[@boblord8879]

Hockey Pucks make great and inexpensive body spacers

[@jdcarguy1242]

3m panel bond works good for those floorbpanels.

[@purplegravy]

I love that you include the footage that you really should have thrown out, makes for a much better viewing experience! It’s nice to know that you’re actually human and not some super smart cyborg from the future… right? Matt? hello…?

[@SuperfastMatt]

Definitely a flawed human from the present.

[@purplegravy]

@@SuperfastMatt super good to know! thank you.

[@marcschouten3474]

With the hardwood spacers this should qualify as the first electric Morgan. Loving the build!

[@mikebryant8122]

Morgan will sell you an electric version of their ancient trike, these days.

[@marcschouten3474]

@@mikebryant8122 I had no idea. A Morgan 3 wheeler is still on my bucket list but a noisy one. I don’t think I’ll do the Peter Sellers in “The Party” impression though.

[@tommyb6611]

i think larg size wheels will be needed for this vehicle..like over 20" rims, plus some suv tires, with a some sensible tire wall height (not thin rubber band lambo type ones)

[@tychormthorp]

Your videos make me very happy 😘

[@TheKiltedYaksman1]

Wood body spacers would be a VERY British way to go. Of course, Lucas electrics are also a very British way to go, and we know how that works out...

[@lynnzi3d]

Well I know that dolly will hold Very well with ease moving my 450lb fountain ⛲️ main bowl from my garage around through my side gate down the side walk to the grass. A good 100 ft trip 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@J-RallySite]

Since YT doesn't tell me when new videos are available from SFM, I am forced to remember to come back every week or so... Matt - I have literally sacrificed very limited memory space to watch you build this car.

[@SuperfastMatt]

Your sacrifice is appriciated. New video this Thursday at 9am.

[@fullblast9928]

I lifted the body with the picker- outside- using an extension on the arm and a 2x6 thru the open windows, with a bolt welded to the end of the picker that went thru a hole in the 2x6, and if it is balanced ( body back to front)makes it super ez

[@midas61]

Dude, please give up your job and make more videos. I so so love watching these.

[@MikeBifulco]

This is wildly good. Instant subscribe. Can't wait to see more!

[@Whydisable]

65-45. Gimme that crackpipe! :D

[@PetruStrimbeanu]

110 percent? ))

[@Ian-of9oi]

Glad to see things are fighting you. When I build shit it’s a gong show. Good to see if I was an engineer it would still happen only less.

[@salamander5703]

Would be a good idea to put in a roll cage or some reinforcement - that cross piece that had to be cut out would have stopped a lot of torsion and bending in the chassis and now the battery box will be doing that job, so some help from the body would be useful...

[@SuperfastMatt]

I might do a quick CAE analysis to see how bad it is compared to before. Would be interesting

[@Suffering_Jetfan]

I am guessing 38%Fr / 62% Rr, before the brake system and steering column go in. As is.

[@SuperfastMatt]

Yo David! You won the crack lighter! Shoot me a message (Go to my channel, then "About") and let me know where to send it.

[@BillBryant4]

Oh, yeah, Matt... a cost breakdown would be VERY useful... thanks

[@VaderDart]

You are satisfying the algorithm.

[@125spectrum]

Too small, too low, no car lift garage is the mother of invention. Really enjoying watching you working things out. P

[@NoxiousPluK]

Amazing as always, thanks!

[@SanojBerg]

It got the engine, the bigger part of the frame, and most of the cabin in the back but basically nothing in the front. So I guess there should be quite a lot more weight in the rear, maybe 74:26?

[@We-R-Racing]

Flippen cool man! We are building two Lotus 7 replicas, but have a 3rd chassis... wonder if we could do an electric setup for that... pity we don't get Tesla in South Africa, but we probably could get a Nissan Leaf....

[@mannycweiss3053]

with the two 4x4 ratchet strap trick, you should've tried clamps, steel clamps or TWO long nuts/bolt combo's

[@h-j.k.8971]

I used Jaguar XJ 40 seats on my MK4, they´r fully electric and heated and the covers have the classic Jag piping. just saying.

[@Count_Smackula]

Another great video! 72-28 R-F is my guess.

[@cannonroberts5129]

You can tell that is an engineers hard hat, it looks brand new even though it’s 3-5 years old.

[@MrCptnawsm]

A trick you could try to get the right look in the rear is lower the suspension and compensate that with higher profile tyres.

[@SuperfastMatt]

I was thinking about this. It's a nice idea because I think it would also look better with taller tires.

[@oliverfereday7720]

58% Rear, 42% Front

[@mat_specular.0]

You should put a Tesla style frunk in using the space under the hood.

[@ChrisHillASMR]

use a bracket to join the wood ends together and plop a post under the joint, second bracket on opposite side, should be fine then.

[@cristianfederico2411]

Hey Matt I was wondering what kind of work you did at Tesla.

[@SuperfastMatt]

Mechanical engineering. Specifically vehicle prototyping. Mostly at the design studio.

[@jmac7658]

Love your videos. Keep em coming!

[@ark_dd438]

Hello from Russia!) Awesome project! Watching you)

[@chrischambers4513]

Nice work! My guess is 59 rear 41 front

[@krazed0451]

62/38... Can you ship crack lighters to Australia?

[@Heidegaff]

Boy, I can't wait to see that thing slide around. And by "that thing" I mean "the body", and by "slide around" I mean "on its own, completely detached from the frame at the first sharp turn".

[@ThatCivilGuy]

You need to channel the body over the frame to eliminate the “jacked rear” appearance. The old body’s sit really high naturally, all the hot rodders channel, section, and chop the bodies to get that hot rod look. I’ve been wanting to do a similar electric powered build to my ‘32 4 door. I’m looking forward to watching your build!

[@fishermandave2962]

Music upgrade quest completed, your reward: I'm happy

[@lannysanders6043]

love this project.

[@FordGranada75]

The Jag-stands.

[@SuperfastMatt]

Gah! how did I not think of this...

[@TheJeffcurran]

Good one Matt.

[@fredericrike5974]

Matt, for a real, bona fide, diploma on the wall engineer, you have a real affinity for sketch. Actually, using the engine hoist was a very good idea. Within the hoist's capacity and design- Archimedes would have approved! I could see you driving it down the street, no front fenders, hood, radiator or back fenders-On M' Gawd!!! I did manage to keep my chair from going over, but it was funny, huh? Merely a couple double double handfuls of small, insignificant details to work out! To that I say-- Remember the engine hoist! Your personal petard! Congrats- huge piece of work and step for Jag. Have you named the beast yet? SuperfastMatt's Obsession, SMO for short? FR