Creating a 5000 Hour Handcrafted Masterpiece | The Chris Runge Story

[@muumarlin1731]

An amazing way for father and son to spend time together. Really rare these days, and beautiful to see!

[@johncunningham2023]

im 35 and my dad bought me a 85 blazer when i was 16 with one exception.....we work on it together. put a new motor in it, lifted it and new wheels,

[@Nova-m8d]

That custom car is amazing, seriously. I'm not sure he knows about the Figur G15 Sheet Forming machine. I get it, he's stuck on the lost art retro machines but the Figur G15 machine can form every part on his car in this video. He might have to slice the parts in the CAD software but he's already slicing parts here so it's the same process, slice, tig. The point is the process is faster because it's digital CAD and parts can be tweaked on the computer before building.

[@-MacCat-]

Kudos to FXD for sponsoring Christopher and Finigan Rünge and producing this nice video about them.

[@tonycarter240]

I built a Polished Alley Roof for my 32 Oldster that was so much work. It would be so much more work to build an entire Polished car. Beautiful work.

[@Rowganlife]

dude..i blacksmith garden hose hangers lol.. you are incredible at this, and i LOVE it!

[@royunderwood7514]

I’m a furniture maker and your statement of pursuing perfection leads to a loss of soul but pursuing excellence opens up the soul in the work rings so true for me. Your work is truly beautiful. Really great video edit also.

[@-MacCat-]

Much the same ideology as wabi-sabi. Deeply rooted in a realistic approach to life in general.

[@longsleevethong1457]

Look closer. It’s pretty rough around the edges…

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@longsleevethong1457 No its not. That is what hand rolled body panels look like.

[@longsleevethong1457]

@@piccalillipit9211 lol…nah. Porsche 356 among others were hand formed.

[@BP-xe7dw]

You can not but admire the excellence and craftsmanship. The dream that becomes reality. Stunning.

[@snakeeyes5638]

You guys have my respect. Old school craftsmanship. 💪🏾

[@nat9909]

Those cars will be collected hundreds of years from now. People won't even remember what they are. They will just know that they are amazing sculptures.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Nice video. Every old car was built with these techniques. A showcase of a lost art form. Good work.

[@frankbohm7880]

Cars great designs obviously over the top but what is the best is you and your son together making it all. Bravo

[@JustinTheMan369]

That is the most beautiful car I have ever seen in my whole 40 years. It tickles all of the right parts of my brain.

[@DonJuan-up2zt]

Really? I see a goofy ass design.

[@ryand4533]

@@DonJuan-up2ztMaybe because you’re goofy 🤷‍♂️

[@DonJuan-up2zt]

@@ryand4533 your got offended because I said car was goofy? When you're done peeing, do you wipe your pussy back to front or front to back?

[@mokenistic]

@@ryand4533 🤣🤣🤣🤣one OF the best and funniest real answers in the world.

[@mokenistic]

I second, I am really seating here in Atlanta shaking with inspiration and you won't be surprise I will take this very Runge first in my collection before any Pagani Zonda.

[@dans7759]

Beautiful work! 😍

[@marineforces3214]

thank u , finally some one who knows what it takes to make a car ❤️😀

[@MotionSimBuilders]

Incredible !! The time, the skills , the craft ... Nothing better than hand made !! Great edit work too. You guys need to sponsor and release more content !! 🔥🔥🔥

[@FXD-Workwear]

We've got more in the works!

[@igordewit7357]

Cool...your kid has picked up the bug!! Tha5 surely leads to true mastercraft ... Fantastic!!

[@gorillafunk725]

This hearkens back to the seminal days of the motor car. Where many of the horse drawn coach builders. Turned to car chassis building. To keep their buisiness alive. If I had the coin. This is what I would seek to buy. Literally art you can drive. Very cool

[@scottyskydog]

A dying art! He’s truly an artist!

[@Parnelli1963]

I so admire this type of craftsmanship. Beautiful. Simply beautiful!

[@imGeistevereint]

Glückwunsch, das scheint ein nettes Leben zu sein, dass Sie sich da in Amerika aufbauen konnten. Gruß aus DE.

[@fortheloveofthehotrods]

That’s great storytelling!! Chris is true visionary with spectacular craftsmanship skills!!

[@dieternugel1745]

What a project. The car and the finish looking great. So many skills, so many ingeneering and imagination. Chapeau and respect from a old petrolhead. Just great.

[@seanhamilton5449]

Man, imagine if this guy collaborated with machina labs in LA, using their “roboforming” process to make all their body panels on a project car.. could be a crazy business idea. Smarter everyday covered their workshop, and it’s mind boggling. Still respect the man made detail and precision though!

[@thecaptain7411]

Absolutely excellent.

[@MasChingonCustoms]

This was beautiful 😢 poetic,artistic, creative and raw. This is what I wish social media and technology should be used for. Losing yourself to find yourself in this chaotic dance we call life. Life is a roller coaster that people don't truly understand when your someone that loves and desires to create with your hands and your soul. I'm an ol school motorcycle guy and car enthusiast for the Life of me. One too many wrecks makes it difficult to bounce back and follow your craft and that becomes death while being alive. Long suffering and dreams start to slip through your fingers and grasp as life itself feathers away. Life is short indeed. Still chasing dreams out of Chicago Illinois and it's wonderful to see people living them out especially when they're passing it along to their next generation and family. Much love to the father and son and to those who haven't quit on their dreams. It's the journey of getting there that'll be memorable ✨️ nothing happens over night. Tools are expensive and I once told someone if I won the lottery with the taste in tools and machines that I had, it's be gone in a day!!😂 great loving video and story. I needed this 8/4/2024 🙌

[@RichardBarnett-hs1qy]

This is high art! Functioning sculpture worthy of Henry Moore and Brancusi.

[@oscarwatcher99]

I thought Chip Foose was awesome. But you are in another league. Amazing talent.

[@ARCOFJUPITER]

He's essentially recreating what Lamborghini and Ferrari did back in the day....the pursuit of excellence in hand crafted cars.

[@MrDKPro]

Absolutely amazing design, no words!🤘👍💪👏👏👏

[@davideloi9176]

The most beautiful thing to me: he's doing this with his son, and he is doing it with his father

[@1620GarageAndFarm]

amazing skills and amazing car build.

[@20vtechnik]

Incredible determination, vision and skill. Simply awesome!

[@bthomasx]

I love the cars and the artistry of the build ……Excellent

[@scottyskydog]

Beautiful craftsmanship! Exquisite!!

[@longsleevethong1457]

Ummmmm. Look closer. That car is pretty roughly finished. I like it and it’s cool but look at the finished edges. There are exposed welds and slag. Those mirror mounts and rear clamps shell clamps are absolute garbage. The plastic windows are warped by the rivets used to hold it in…

[@Abrora77]

Hi to all! What is peculiar about Christian's Philosophy is the tribute to good old classic technologies of coach building and craftsmanship and attention to up-to-date approaches seasoned by modern techniques. I do respect guys like Mr.Runge who can get benefit from skills and knowledges of all ages. Bravo!!! Wish you all the best in expanding the horizons of unique cars fabrication!

[@johnbridgestone9633]

Wow that was very cool, incredible workmanship, I think it's cool that you are teaching your son how to do, what you do, great father son bonding and you get a career out of time spent working and learning, and even if you don't build cars like your father, it give you great understanding of what it takes to build a car like this, you might just design them, good luck with everything, you guys do great work.

[@nicksmith8557]

It's no looker but the work that went into it is phenomenal. Well done.

[@nomis3045]

What do you mean not a looker? Obviously not a petrolhead. 😢

[@nicksmith8557]

@@nomis3045 hmmm...... obviously not a sighted individual. The proportions are aesthetically challenging from several angles.

[@nomis3045]

@@nicksmith8557 indeed. As I live in Clacton aesthetically challenging proportions are always a topic that is furiously debated 🤣

[@user-qu9ix3pz9o]

​@@nicksmith8557I agree. Didn't know how to phrase it myself, but you did it in a very respectful way.

[@bobcannell7603]

My father was a panel beater. That name hides astonishing craftsmanship. He could create wonderful shapes from a flat sheet of metal. Using mainly hand tools. Perfect shapes like mirror smooth symmetrical aircraft propellor bosses. When he retired he was the only man left able to restore coach built hearses in the county. Now we import those skills from India and Pakistan where they are still widely practised.

[@ZenekBambalina]

jesteście najlepsi super odcinek pozdrawiam wszystkich miłośników aut

[@brianl7695]

In so many cases, it is never about the destination so much as it is about the journey. Well done!

[@matawherolloyd236]

great art, craft, engineering, vision and passion

[@therainforest4314]

I absolutely love and totally agree, your mention of your car having approximately 350 hp and the car weighting in at about 17 hundred pounds. What a breath of fresh air in thinking, compared a 4000 pound 800 hp Mustang, Challenger, or Camaro, sports-tanks.

[@ValentinSerrano-nj4dc]

Looks like the old Le mans racer but just enough new touches 🤯 excellent job

[@LevelCyclery]

chrome car...the story,..the build and the aftermath,,,,,Graceful.

[@m.h.3689]

simply amazing

[@jamiebizness1]

Beautiful. Amazing work

[@KendrickCreates]

This is magnificent. My commission would be this as a Spyder!

[@joshthemediocre7824]

5000 hours if roughly 210 days +/- a couple...To start something like this and finish it in the same year is so impressive, it's something a person like me can't even imagine because nobody is born with these skills, maybe the eye, but not the skills, that takes a long time. This guy is a rock star.

[@mrinalyadav4261]

"life is so short you've got to be able to have your soul get fed you know what you're passionate about"

[@OutlawRobot]

Oh my god, You actually build this???? OMG, that like michelAngelo level of craftsmanship, Even Harder with those bends in Aluminium, How can you Mirror Shine those panels after hammering and bendind, Mind Blownnnnnnn ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mauriciomessa7575]

Impresionante !!! Felicidades !!!!

[@bigbadjohn8207]

By far the coolest cars

[@DustySteel]

Wow!! I want to learn how to do that!! So cool!!😎👍

[@josephgriffin1065]

Absolutely stunning

[@erikj.nuveenmddmd6557]

More astounding than the creation is determining a manner to afford to create. Time, materials, and what to charge for this art.

[@patrickallen5781]

Blown away amazing job!

[@SuperLuckyCat7]

Grownup Men creating Beauty is the answer to Worldwide Peace ❤

[@PSDAndre]

WOW, love it.

[@DallasG83]

I bet you dont forget your brights are on when this car is approaching.

[@jarrodpatterson4483]

Absolutely awesome

[@igor_welder]

i love ti!

[@bryantbridgewaters7177]

That was very inspiring.

[@theantichrist4267]

When I win the jackpot , I will be buying a dozen of them 👍

[@piccalillipit9211]

AS A BESPOKE TAILOR of men's historical suits - I approve of this more than words can say...

[@RickBorr]

cool

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

Quality video ❤

[@brunomartin5950]

MAGNIFIQUE

[@drivingdaily582]

Awesome!

[@1234567marks]

Well I just came in from working on my motorcycle, I made 2 aloominum brackets to hold a couple of spotlights, I was really pleased with myself how I’d achieved a double curve etc, I just sat and watched this video, jeeezzzz!, I’m a total amateur 🤦 (Note the American spelling of aluminium 👍).

[@markmarsh27]

Pure Genius. His cars will be ultra-elite Collector's Items a hundred years from now, Stradivarius violins on wheels.

[@nic8810]

Phenomenal skills

[@essentialjudge2279]

You have really grown talent.

[@bittetitte4330]

the shape looks squeezed

[@badbydesign8452]

Since you were young, I bet you knew. It takes core, and you have it. Its rare these days. You love it so much, you would do it for free, but I wont tell anyone.

[@sktona]

Howard Hughes would dig it.

[@SenseMusicGroup]

Ultra danger car :)

[@Curtis1984]

Cute little thing.

[@rosspayne2235]

You must be good friends with the chrome guy😊

[@nonsuch]

I've always loved chrome cars. Doesn't matter if it's real, some other polished metal, or even a wrap... they just look cool to my eyes. It's unfortunate they are illegal in a lot of places due to the blinding effect.

[@tommyriley9550]

Dude you need to brand this stuff.

[@STRAIGHTP]

A M A Z I N G

[@davidgrainger5994]

Nice wheel. Brown and Boggs?

[@warfivevy0neMachines]

Good from far.

[@zigwil153]

A P-51, and a Lotus Elise had magical weekend together... 9 months later...

[@andreynikonov5316]

Бомба а не машина!)

[@carforumwanker]

THis is THE COOL car for real drivers.

[@dmp360]

🤩

[@jamesday1295]

That is a pretty thing

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

peace be upon you sir

[@danhumphrey5755]

Fantastic! So beautiful. Ever wonder if you were reincarnated from a time in the 40's?

[@arielconti3371]

The man still has usable thumbs.

[@serhiishynkaruk6752]

♥♥♥♥♥♪♪ right way

[@mochabear88]

neat

[@raitshots]

👍😎

[@Labergemusic]

I wish I had unlimited money like that guy

[@larrysorenson4789]

I stopped creating custom homes for clients for the same reason that you mention. It becomes a part of you in a similar fashion as having a child. No client I had was capable of understanding that. I would sweat blood for over a year and when the keys were turned over I would never be invited over for coffee or a party. So I quit even though I was the Architect and builder. Now there are many like me who design and build projects for ourselves. And as surprising as it seems, when I must sell there are buyers waiting. It is still heartbreaking when you drive past your masterpiece and see that it is now a lovely shade of shit brindle brown.

[@michaelbradley7529]

I both love and hate this creation. I love how it looks going by at speed. I hate how it looks up close with all the imperfections. To me that doesn't scream craftsmanship, it screams just good enough to work. I idea the imperfections so soul is a cop out. If Jaguar put out this level of work back when they were still shaping bodies by hand, they would have never made it to the modern day.

[@VEC7ORlt]

Not sure why, but this gives me the same vibes as Minority Report Lexus 2054, but instead its 1954, or even 1934.

[@annoyedok321]

Modern sports cars have become stats and bragging rights instead of entertainment.

[@henryknox4511]

Jaguar D type X Porsche 956A