Why two classic car restorations are better than one | Sprinter Camper and Lotus Esprit DIY builds

[@thumbtack40]

This man is so talented and thorough. A brilliant filmmaker too, I’m so impressed. Keep going ✨✨✨👍

[@therealgaragegirls]

The stop-motion is just awesome. I want to start my own KZbin channel. But I'm terrible about just diving into the work--and not even recording it. I can't imagine the time commitment to do these stop-motion scenes. Goodness!

[@ManinaGarage]

Yeeees! Happiness is a rainy driveway in Ireland 🇮🇪 Thank you brother 🙌 That lotus looks fast in pieces 🤣😂

[@iamrichrocker]

the eclectic dude you got the cabinet from deserves an interview and a tour of his goodies..so many vehicles i saw that i wish i could see more of..

[@soupclassicmotoring]

There’s a link in the video to the interview ;)

[@CasaDin30]

You are te most genuine and refreshing thing to ever happen to KZbin. Never change. Love your work.

[@davebarron5939]

The Esprit, this getting exciting! Blast cabinet, nothing like making old parts new again, fixes the car and feeds the soul at the same time.

[@aaronjudt3096]

George, the presentation of the wheel via gloved hands was amazing. A testament to your (seemingly) endless creativity and sense of humor. Loved every minute pal, glad to see the Esprit again too ;)

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Very difficult to make a media blaster interesting, dude 😆

[@Lemma01]

Best music selection of any channel - so much that I refuse to watch these on my phone unless it's connected to decent audio. The visuals are clearly gorgeous, obviously. Just no one mentions the selection of tunes, which really complement both the story and the changes in pace.

[@soulshinobi]

I'm actually quite enjoying the details of what goes into making a simple sandblast cabinet work.

[@adogmcdizzle]

I can't wait to see the Sprinter towing the Esprit! Going to be a very cool pairing.

[@StuartChilds]

Lovely to see the Esprit looking resplendent in it's loft ;)

[@Kenprints]

As a child i wasnt a big fan of soup As an adult i cant get enough ... great content as always george

[@yipyipoman]

I wire brushed and cleaned really well the beads of my old steel wheels and then painted them with several coats put the tyres back on and the wheels it did not go flat for several years

[@tinman7551]

Awesome seeing both projects together 😊

[@noobFab]

Such a smooth seamless flow to the story, which underpins the smooth rich tones of the narration, and is perfectly complemented by the fascination of the stop motion segments… all of which is shot with a film-maker’s eye for storytelling. I think this might be your most ‘cinematic’ episode I’ve watched (and I think I’ve watched them all). Just a joy to watch. As enjoyable as any good docu-soap on commercial TV.

[@dastardlyman]

that thumbnail is amazing. big truck that can be driven on a car license and the best sports car with same

[@schrodingerscat8621]

I purchased a blasting cabinet a few years ago from a company named Skat here in the states. When it comes to working on old cars, it’s pretty much my favorite tool in the shop. My cabinet has a piece of metal stretch cloth that separates and provides a platform for the item you are blasting. That way it doesn’t have to bathe in the media like your wheel was doing.

[@pyroboobysmith359]

I have had a cabinet for years and would not even start a car project without one. I remove my mesh divider for the bigger pieces, so the item is not up in your face.

[@NemoConsequentae]

I suspect this was just the initial test run to make sure it was working before George gets into the finishing details. He was so enthusiastic to get the first test run in, he didn't even bother to remove the tyre valve or wheel weight yet! I'm sure the grid, which he mentioned was missing, will be added soon.

[@malcolmyoung7866]

Noticed the tyre weight missed the valve.. I blame the ‘mixer’… And maybe the whisky…Scottish Not Irish…

[@NemoConsequentae]

@@malcolmyoung7866 The tyre techs would normally remove the weights before the tyre, (based on getting mine done in the past). No idea what was happening there.

[@jasonshull3106]

@@malcolmyoung7866 the Irish invented distilled spirit. JDS in the AZ

[@MTM2711]

Love these. Love them being more regular. You’re an absolute legend and when I see a new video I feel like I have something to look forward to that will be soup for my soul. Thank you and please keep staying stuck in.

[@NemoConsequentae]

It has been said that 'a change is as good as a holiday', and this is an excellent demonstration, George! A blasting cabinet & an ultrasonic bath are 2 things I would want when doing a restoration. We had a small ultrasonic where I worked a few decades ago. It was fantastic at getting gunk out of all sorts of places & things. At one point I even took a few motorbike carbs in that couldn't be balanced & ran them through it. They came out & were good as new afterwards! No trouble to balance then. The blasting cabinet is a great tool for getting all the surfaces, nooks & crannies cleaned, and is great prep for painting too!

[@malcolmyoung7866]

I bought and ultrasonic cleaner etc . Worked fantastic.. For about an hour… the transducers were merely glued to the stainless bath.. disappointing and no comebacks as I had waited more than 90 days before usage..and no warranty after that. I will fix it.. just need an R Tech welder and some stainless stuff… Transducers bought a sit on my shelving unit amongst the other stuff that awaits placement in (hopefully) the correct place within the appropriate project.. whichever that is ….

[@tolontolon5538]

yay the espirit is back that car is gorgeous

[@CR-di1lg]

Nice tool and nice to see the profile of the Lotus again

[@jeton924s]

What a start of the year with George’s video,awesome video like always best wishes for this 2023 George!!

[@kmet2000]

Nice job again 👍👍👍 Get a concrete steel reinforcement mesh offcut somewhere as internal table and convert an old hub or something to a rotary table. A quick upgrade well worth doing. Been there, done that. For my next project I am now building a wet blasting conversion. Lives a really nice satin finis on aluminum 😉

[@caspar2937]

Awesome work once again. Looking forward to the Esprit, looks like that build is picking up pace again. Nice!

[@stevendavis7079]

What a transformation from rusty white to shiny coffee brown. Top work fella

[@v8will]

I'm envious! Bucket list restos right there!! Thumbs up from an equally wet Co. Antrim

[@213davidhunter]

Got a blast cabinet 2 years ago from a Polish company, delivered for €569. It's a side loader, they had changed to a front loading design and these were on sale. Saved me a fortune! But I could do with a tandem compressor. It's in it's element at about 110psi. I think I need larger bore piping and a bigger mist separator to increase flow. Works great with Applied fine crushed glass. The filtration system is getting old, may go down the cyclone separator route in the future. Anyhow, it really helped me out and continues to do so.

[@jasonshull3106]

Thanks George.

[@bushmanPMRR]

Its great to see not one but TWO projects progressing but I must say, I'm still intrigued by the colour choice for the Sprinter! Just got my own RRC through the dreaded NCT and my wallet is now in dire need of a defibrillator!

[@jezbon4717]

Good work as usual George. Great to see the Esprit coming back into the picture too!

[@dan725]

YESSSSSSS!!! GUYS ITS A NEW SOUP VIDEO TODAY! HAPPY 2023 Y’ALL!!!!!!

[@juansanz9207]

You got good value with this cabinet!

[@amineel1708]

Nice work . Real magician . One of the best channels 👍

[@stanelder9995]

Greetings from South Florida, I see you are enjoying a typical winter in Ireland - know it well! Looking forward to getting back to Ballymoney later in the year!

[@AlteredCarbons]

loved the video my man, always fun to watch. i used to do some small media blasting, stuffs tedious but man they come out looking good

[@GrandThriftAuto]

Great stuff! I bought a cheapo blast cabinet last year and need to pimp it up a little. I was planning a video on that but you’ve beaten me to it 😁

[@soupclassicmotoring]

🙈

[@rivenmotors7981]

Good to see you to ring in the new year. Nice score on the Blaster!

[@frankunderwood8357]

Yeay, no more rusty rims. Good job sir

[@antking8847]

I built a cyclone vac system very similar for wood working projects - I found I needed internal reinforcement of the barrel so stop it collapsing. Just a word to the wise in case you suffer the same. Great work mate - keep it up

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

Awesome , great score, great video

[@aaronhall4741]

BTW love your work and filming got so many friends watching .

[@andrewgrace4410]

Great work George

[@LittlePixelTM]

Looking forward to the episode when you time-lapse heat-gun all the grey bumper plastic! :) great work. Those wheels will look great with the mini-moons :)

[@Dave-Huston-Dublin]

Love to see more with the W211.

[@benjireid798]

Good to see you back mate!

[@stephengirling7859]

Can't wait to see those wheels and caps.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Me neither. Hey, any spare rear calipers? 😋

[@stephengirling7859]

@@soupclassicmotoring There may be a tenuous connection there somewhere but not enough to qualify for a discount. I was the one hidden away in the attic:)

[@michaelsmall9321]

What a treat.

[@MultiDesignGuy]

Awesome work the LOTUS I speak for many no doubt …I cannot wait … those control arms maybe box them they look spindly?

[@RestorationApprentice]

Super excited for the future episodes!

[@andrewchristopherdunne]

Fab stuff as always George. Keep up the good work.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

💪🏼 HYN23 Andy, nice to see you, dude

[@adamboardman1969]

Trick of the trade so to speak but if you find that you start to go through screens on the blaster you can put strips of tape over the new screen and tear it off when it starts to get hammered from the media revealing fresh clear vision 😊

[@htownblue11]

Me thinks an obsessed swordsman just got a heck of a sharpening tool in his shed. Things should be getting fun soon!

[@richardhasler6718]

Happy New Year George, great video as ever from SCM.

[@hussainjamal1990]

،really excited for that w124. ❤

[@osblog9501]

Спасибо за ваши видео и такой хороший канал!!! Интересно смотреть!

[@Richard_Cunningham]

A fantastic surprise 🎉🎉🎉

[@RESTORATIONRESCUE]

Another great video! Keep it up man.

[@jaminthevanuk296]

Great work grafta .mike scotland

[@tareq7922]

Great to see more videos coming! like and then start watching

[@soupclassicmotoring]

thank you!

[@rogerturk6223]

That media look like it’s had it’s day , crushed glass is cheep but doesn’t last that long. ALUMINIUM OXIDE ABRASIVE cuts very well!!

[@Rattus-Norvegicus]

12:32 POV mode, engaged. 😘

[@edvardfranke]

Thx you

[@johnjoseph911]

In your shoes I would have to get the esprit boxed off! It’s up there with your Range Rover as a perfect design.

[@JMBecool62]

malheureusement je ne comprends pas grand chose, mais videos toujours aussi sympas a regarder! si un jour je passe en irlande j espere que tu auras au bon plan pour un B&B !! bonne année

[@mobiledevto]

Channel should be called 'Everything But The Lotus'

[@cryoburned]

Would recommend using a whip hose on the blast gun instead of using the quick connect inside the cabinet

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Have to do something about the in cabinet setup generally. Will get there eventually

[@malcolmyoung7866]

AWESOME George.. My cabinet is one of those ‘chinesium’ knockoffs works OK… better when Jed is working on it. Ear defence and face mask highly recommended although your extraction system a bit better than my shop vac… Jed only work the sand blaster when he is not ‘languishing’ on the floor under something with the needle scaler… some say I am too soft on the lad… maybe.. either way he can’t hear me swearing about his ‘slow work rate’ over the noise of that compressor… or shop vac… OR BOTH!!

[@muniman9527]

George, would you not consider painting the bumpers on the Sprinter same color as the van?

[@rcpmac]

George! The lower left corner of the rear cargo door. WTF? 0:42

[@therealgaragegirls]

This is sooooo me! 😅 Two projects are better than one. And what's better than two, you may ask? 😂😂😂

[@ZeGermanHam]

Little else is as satisfying as media blasting crusty old parts and making them look new again. That said, I've been around enough blast cabinets to know that this one is going to leak media everywhere during use.

[@jasonwishart6800]

A grate inside the cabinet will make it easier to use.

[@aaronhall4741]

We have a local company , chemical dip , hand finish then , powder coat , prime, colour , clear , 200GBP on steels that size . and will take off and put the tyres back on , they run 24 hours a day .

[@mattn6368]

Nice work George! What blasting media are you using? I bought a similar sized cabinet last summer and it's the best investment I've made in my workshop. I wish I bought one years ago. Had to make a significant investment to upgrade my compressor at the same time to run it, but both the compressor and cabinet were worth every penny as it's made proper in-house restoration of old rusty car parts a possibility without having to pay third parties to blast stuff for me.

[@valentin.garcia]

I need the blasting guru's to help me find a working airgun and media to make my cabinet blasting please! Tryed 2 guns and 4 sand but neither are removing the paint from my rims :(

[@adamwort7160]

I thought for a moment you are putting a lotus esprit body on a sprinter floor pan, ive come up with a cunning plan Lotus esprit limo on a sprinter, ok bonnet for engine might be a problem 🤔

[@AlteredCarbons]

dude Soup.... that porche at 1:02 , got any more info on it, that thing looks sooo bad ass. i wanna see more of it. wide body looks good on it

[@soupclassicmotoring]

iirc it's a fibreglass body made by a crowd called Covin

[@paulwestlake4278]

I used a similar container under a cyclonic thingy, the vacuum collapsed it, but being bloody minded I beat it out again an installed a pressure release valve.

[@NathanNostaw]

From the restorer's point of view mixing some variety is a good idea. Though from a viewer's perspective, the lotus is the one I really enjoy watching. Not so keen on the van.

[@stevewoodw]

It looks like there's a bit of a bend to the sides where you were putting the hole covers on - did you need to seal up the holes with epoxy to make sure they're going to be able to seal in the media? Also, the rim looked like it would benefit from a wetsand and then some quality gaffer tape to improve the seal - not as good as a purpose designed edging tape but with a bit of heat and glue if necessary it would probably last a year or two. Heat on it would help get the seal around the edge to it's best. I don't think I watched the whole of the video but I saw a guy trying to convert a fridge to a media-blasting cabinet by putting a perspex window in and cutting the holes for the gloves and the air-inlet pipe. This looked kind of crazy to me but when I see people like yourself trying to blast something that is too big for their cabinet, I know they'll see a chest freezer being thrown out and ask a mate who lives in the sticks if they'll think about converting it. Maybe you won't need one of those.....

[@yukiotakata]

GeeeehhorrrrrGGEEEEEEEEEEEH!!! HAVE A GREAT 2023!!!!! OHH EVERYBODY ELSE TOOOO!!!! And, LOOOOOTUS!LOOOOTUS!LOOOOTUS!LOOOOOOOOOOOOTUUUUUUUHHSSSS!!!!!!

[@BidlyBong]

You said there would be colonic irrigation. It's getting so hard to find on youtube.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

👏🏼😂

[@ttt69420]

Sure as hell beats sanding and grinding by hand.

[@stevenharpervw]

what psi do you run the sand blaster at? and where in ireland do you buy media ?

[@soupclassicmotoring]

My compressor makes 145psi / 13cfm and it works fine with crushed glass. I got my media on the off chance from a glazier in Louth but I think there’s a dedicated blasting specialist in Bray

[@neilmchardy9061]

What does the logo on the number plate mean?

[@Shady-Shane]

means it was registered in Dublin.

[@neilmchardy9061]

@@Shady-Shane thanks

[@magnusdanielsson2749]

When is it project burn out and when just a paus? 🤔🙃

[@soupclassicmotoring]

I suppose it’s when you walk away and start a Sprinter project, having convinced yourself that the hours and months of work you’ve done on an Esprit chassis is terrible… When in reality it’s good.

[@TheSoupdragon1968]

What happened to the Lotus??? 😔

[@mediocrefunkybeat]

Your extraction system sucks. Sorry, couldn't resist. Loving the video.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

🙄😆 no one hears a joke in a vacuum

[@dsprts]

Хорошая музыка.

[@jamiec5932]

No idea why KZbin didn't notify me for this one. :(

[@popahontas]

You can "restore" those bumpers on the sprinter with a heat gun, brings out the original color back

[@hydorah]

Nice vid. I think you should really have removed that balance weight and valve from the wheel, George

[@davidstuart4915]

ESPRIT!!

[@terryatkinson899]

You will probably want to do the wheel nuts as well or it will look shoddy 🤔

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Good call, T

[@philtucker1224]

I think new plated ones, or chrome cap covers would look nicer.

[@philtucker1224]

Blasting those crusty wheels was extraordinarily satisfying! - Like making something brand new again from something very old..(I wish we could do that to our own bodies ha ha!) HNY George.

[@joelness]

Who else was waiting for the media blaster to become a sentient stop-frame-animated robot? Arm hole eyes, handle nose, obvious mouth.

[@mr.godfather7]

You can turn bampers black with fire

[@ΔημητρηςΚονδυλης-ο3δ]

Καλη χρόνια με υγεία

[@soupclassicmotoring]

χρονια πολλα και ευχαριστο

[@2tone2thebone.]

Your tip is indeed PINK ! Doesn't sound wrong in the slightest... sweet cheeks 😆

[@aaronhall4741]

killed a lot like that .

[@964cuplove]

Surprised the plasma cutter doesn’t start inside the cutaway section, but instead makes an ugly hole at the starting point…

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Just my inexperience! You can select inside/outside/no offset lead in on the Xtreme CNC but I hadn’t set that cut up nicely

[@pikethree]

A colonic irrigation system ? Hahahaha 🤣