Pain in the Rear! | Barn-Find Porsche 356 Restoration | Episode 19

[@TheJohnTwist]

I think Dom and John should have their own show on the BBC, better than 99% of the programmes on it.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@simeonwootton8708]

I must have missed that 1%.😊

[@TheJohnTwist]

Repair shop!!!!!@@simeonwootton8708

[@mennovanrij9334]

Where to start: no not on the Beeb or another channel. Why? Well, one a day like this, correcting mistakes, and 50 trial-fitting moments will be edited out. Please stay on YT and keep on making these highly educational videos. Where to start: I am só glad that you guys made a mistake. I often think I am the only one... this gives me energy for the upcoming week when I am back in my shop tinkering with my Saab 96. Then, the 356's colour. I really hope you'll keep it that colour once it comes to painting. An absolutely magnificent colour. I can't wait to see the next episode!

[@tomthumb3085]

The beeb couldn’t afford you.

[@jonhewitson1681]

Hi Dom, I've got a 1965 356C SC which I restored myself. I'm soo late to this party! The tabs between the inner and outer rear panels are there to retain the wiring harness. Before you put the outer panel on, remember to look into finding a way to fit the little captive washers that hold the badge on, when it is all welded up, and you fit the Porsche badge, it should be held on with tiny retainers that go over the badges pins. Once the inner and outer panels are together, its probably impossible to get your hand in to do this! Don't ask how I found this out.

[@richardraby6266]

Nice to hear from the world of wisdom john and Im sure that Dom. will be delighted to read your comments.!

[@MrLouis356]

Ahh, that's probably why mine have been filled and I haven't got a rear badge!

[@peterhofmann8292]

Dom & John thank you both for another super interesting video, 17 min to sum up a whole day of work congrats to both👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@macbilling6410]

Fantastic work by you both. What a mate to have in John. Well-done you two

[@GrahamWP58]

Never mind David and Jays touring tool shed it should have been Dom and John's builds. Great as usual Dom see you next Sunday

[@Sako85]

Another great video Dom, it's difficult for "normal" people to appreciate the exquisite satisfaction felt when an item like the engine compartment lid fits like a glove, after hours of hard work.

[@chrischallis4240]

Hi Dom and John. Thanks so much for continuing to share this 356 restoration with us - keeps me sane in this crazy world of ours..!

[@ArsenPotentier]

Don't beat yourself up welding lockups = learning curve Dom.😊

[@markbadger3946]

Dom, please use ear protection when using cutting wheels and grinders at the Repair Shop. Protect your hearing before you develop ringing in your ears! Nice work on the the 356.

[@PhilG0BVD]

Great work guys, Jon is a true friend which is rare these days. Loved the video and the banter and sharing your knowledge.

[@peerless67]

Blessed to have a friend like John

[@blacksquirrel4008]

Great, patient work. I don’t know Porsches but my 2CV has some small, seemingly pointless tabs in similar locations which were used to move the body around on the assembly line. Also, could you please paint a yellow apostrophe in the Doms (sic) Set Design sign? :^)

[@melsvanammers4412]

Great project and some good progress Dom! Love your video's. The 2 plates you are referring to are for mounting the overrider guards to the chassis. Hope this helps. Keep on the good work😊 Best regards Mels (currently restoring my 1959 356 Convertible D)

[@deliawolfe]

I understand your caution about fifty test-fittings of the rear panel. However, I have to give you much credit for the amount of time spent reconstructing the rear chassis legs -- because if those were rushed and improperly aligned, fifty test fittings of the rear panel would be far too few. Carry on the good work!

[@chrisryan9986]

Your patience and attention to detail helps me during the stubborn portions of my own projects. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@jughtful]

Loving this build Awesome sauce !!!

[@mickwilton7750]

Great video look forward to 5pm Sunday evening every week looking good

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks 👍

[@user-vt9fi7fz1k]

Regarding those two tabs, when the bride and groom depart on their honeymoon, the string of tin cans are attached to those tabs.

[@robertwatson8033]

Luv your videos, Dom. It's always a treat when Honest Jon shows up. Just brilliant!

[@riaannel2766]

Now we can how mighty strong those Dom spotwelds are, well done

[@stephenlines9431]

Hi Dom, loving your 'impossible rebuild' of your Porsche 356. Just came across Jonny Smith on the Late Brake Show (KZbin) driving the numero uno Porsche 356 (how scary would that be?). Some amazing shots of the interior, two-part rear deck (this was a mid engined car originally), split screen, gorgeous wheels and hubcaps. If you've not seen it, check it out - that car is SO together. As you are smashing the impossible rusted bodywork, thought you might like some inspiration on finishing details? The pedal car bodywork is equally awesome. Just keep fixing stuff please! Thank you, thank you, thank you. John's a star too!

[@joriskoning6841]

Dom, the tabs are for the rear overrider suppport tubes for US bumper cars

[@simonspencer2855]

That sounds like a sensible suggestion. The US laws reference bumpers was always bigger and rubberised. Remember the MGBs and the Lotus Elans?

[@bleizbreizh6264]

Fabulous progress! I love this era of car, built long before the monotomy of automation when raw craftsmanship created beauty.

[@ianbendall3116]

Loving this 356 series, can’t wait for Sunday evenings.

[@Bob-rn5ho]

Nice work, lot of work fitting pattern parts.

[@mechanoid5739]

Hey Dom. Why don't you put some adhesive heat shrink sleeving over most of the length of the electrodes of the spot welder. This will help stop it from shorting out on other parts of the bodywork when welding.

[@StephenBoyd21]

This really is a labour of love. When it is eventually finished, it will be a thing of beauty.

[@davidgoldsmith5800]

Great work guys, tabs look like a later addition for either body work dent pulling or other fitment. Dont look factory fitments.

[@worldofrandometry6912]

Nice work. I'll 'keep tabs' on your progress.

[@bobgibson3516]

Dom! Thanks so much for making this content. Love the way you and John take the time needed to make such a careful restoration. 🙏

[@Qspecialman]

Terrific job lads, all the trial fitting is worth it in the end, you know it’s right. I know we are all looking forward to the next video. Have a good week.

[@shallayne1]

Just what Sunday nights were made for ❤

[@ilquadrifoglio]

Practicing about 50 times to do it right the first time… That’s the way to get the professional results you’re looking for! 👍 Keep up the good work!

[@richardedkins8856]

Don't you wish that you could spend every day working on your Porsche, Dom? I loved the video. Thanks.

[@DominicChineas]

I wish!

[@anthonynash2899]

Well done guys, good start we are on the way,👏👏👏👍🏻

[@superbear617]

This is getting exciting! How about splicing in a few "before and afters" next time? Thanks for the outstanding video!

[@DominicChineas]

Great suggestion!

[@johnvaluk1401]

Thank you Dom for the video. Another great one. 356 coming along nicely. Look forward every week for these videos on the 356. Take care Cheers!

[@davidgibson7234]

excellent episode…. nothing wrong with an abundance of caution… great work…

[@MarkHinton-zm6gg]

hi from Australia. the tabs have been used to pull the rear panel out after an accident.

[@jasonupton6588]

Awesome work guys it almost looks like a car again at the back definitely looking forward to the next installment

[@graemebrown7691]

Great Dom. Looking forward to seeing it at the Revival this year

[@bobt3374]

Hi Dom & John. A great start to the re build so well done.

[@DominicChineas]

Many thanks

[@rjay4197]

I love it! The humour, banter, solving problems and the suspense of yet another project. I cracked up at “Goodbye Jon” at the end. 😂

[@SilverWrinkly]

Me too. It reminded me of The two Ronnies "It's goodnight from me and it's goodnight from him".

[@bobfrankish8883]

Great job lads, very good video Dom. At least you know 100% that your spot welder works!

[@DominicChineas]

It definitely does!

[@Steve-bo6ht]

Oh Dom she's going to look absolutely incredible can really see her starting to take shape a real credit to both yours and Johns fabrication skills

[@davidravenhill6920]

Great video Dom , always enjoy watching you and John working together as you always seem to have fun together while you are rebuilding your car . Good to see the progress being made 😊

[@jozsefizsak]

I guess I'm getting invested in this because I was nervous throughout. It looks good though, so I can relax until next week. 😉

[@user-hr1ys7lp6i]

Excellent work Dom - great to see it coming together & trevors excellent panels fitting up - keep the videos coming 👍

[@bruceyoung1343]

Has John never had a haircut in his total life being. His laugh is contagious. I so love his laugh, yours too Dom. That was a fast 18 minutes

[@paulm.8554]

Great work lads! It was great to see those spot welds going on at the end.

[@tomthumb3085]

Great progress guys. You’re going to end up with a car that’ll be better than new. Keep on plugging away at it and all of a sudden, it’ll be done. Thanks for sharing.

[@DominicChineas]

Appreciate it thank you

[@The_Cotswold_Cyclist]

I used to be indecisive, but now I'm just not sure 😂!! Brilliant progress 👏

[@parttroll1]

Loving the steady sedate pace the Porsche 356 is coming together. Love videos like this so keep up the great work Dom and Jon 👌🏻

[@noonehere1793]

Adding a new level of definition to ‘Bespoke’ with every episode! 👍👍

[@nilo70]

Thank You Dom And John ! I (was) having a difficult morning and watching you guys working today brought a lot of smiles and some laughs 😅. I learned there is a bit to drill out spot welding, and never, never wield while you’re in the the part to be wielded . Cheers From California 😊

[@DaveAMcLaughlin]

Another great video! Thanks, Dom & Jon! 🚗

[@dugaldcameron4208]

I don't have those tabs on my '64C. There were many changes on the 356 over the years, even within on year. Hopefully someone with the same year as yours can check. Nice work as always.

[@GregsGarage]

Great work gents! I need to get back to work on my 356! Too much going on lately with other projects.

[@Mally.B]

Hi Dom, I had the intention of just watching one of your videos on a 356 Resto, Now12 hours later having watched them all, i cant think of any other way i would have rather spent my day. And cant wait to see the rest, keep up the good work.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@paulcunninghamphoto]

Dear Dominic, my mum used to watch the Porsche restoration, she liked you from the tv show, but she waited and waited for new episodes of the restoration while you made new videos on other items like the bike, but sadly mum had cancer that wouldn’t wait for the next instalment for the Porsche and passed on Mother’s Day in March - I find myself periodically looking for updates and episode 19 was 3 months ago - mum was disappointed that she never saw the completed project and it would be good to see more not least as it keeps me close to my mum and friend…

[@adrianmanson2147]

Good episode, showing the true effort something like this takes. Well done both of you!

[@MBANZUKE]

Got to agree this is way, way better than that David Jason, Jay Blades rubbish.! Also what was Dom going to tell us.? "later in the video"......left hanging

[@user-px3dx3vh5v]

Hi Dom & John, please check and correct the height of the engine deck lid acc to the drawing dimensions before final welding of the engine compart .The rear panel position determines this height, if not right you will not have a smooth transition from decklid to outer rear panel.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you yes we did check this, it’s looking good

[@chrisbanks5925]

Great progress.

[@tonychandler6550]

Brilliant as usual guys

[@paulturnbull8860]

Great 356 videos Dom/ John, please keep them coming I have a 356b to restore and its your know-how videos that I will be referencing well into the future. Many thanks

[@KyushaStyleTuning]

Amazing attention to detail. Looking forward to the next episode already. 😎👍🛠

[@martinshepherd6756]

Just don't think about how long Porsche would have taken to build a 356 body from scratch!

[@mikedall9527]

Fab. As usual. The Zen Channel.......for me anyway......😊👍Thanks guys.

[@geoffhalstead1811]

These guys are addictive 👏👍 Doing that ‘test-trim-test’ routine on my ‘35 Austin Seven Ruby, and hoping the last ‘Trim’ wasn’t too much🤬🤗 Thankfully not so far😅

[@mikehowarth6165]

Great videos,guys,marvellous, content,skill,friends together, having a laugh as well,will,be great when finished, regards Mike, Derbyshire

[@heatherpenman636]

🤔🤔🤔 I'm enjoying this series, love it when you have to bach track ( that's life 😂), Im enjoy watching you and John and not forgetting Wendy but also excited ☺️ to see what your upto next.🎉

[@jeffhammond8969]

Just awesome! The shape of the car is certainly coming together. Bet that helps keep your enthusiasm up to make even more progress.

[@ianburkard]

Nice to see it tacked up!

[@johnfields7936]

great job once again, thanks for sharing your experience!

[@tomswindler64]

Nice job,car is coming along nicely.great job guys.just continue on doing what your doing and carry on.great video.😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@grahamtempleton779]

Well done guys, so pleased for you both! I love watching you work on this project. I know sod all about metal and welding etc, but you have inspired me to find out more 😮 Could you do me a favour, though? Your "Doms Set Design" sign is triggering my OCD. Could you add an apostrophe please? Pretty please. Pretty, pretty please ❤

[@SilverWrinkly]

Hi Dom. My wife and I love your videos, but we also both have OCD and the missing apostrophe glares at us every week. Also, while we are being picky, Porsche is pronounced porshu, The u as in shut. Having said that, Dom's chanel is compulsive viewing every Sunday evening.

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Excellent. Must be nerve wracking taking an angle grinder to those expensive panels,

[@DominicChineas]

Very!

[@besenzon1]

Amazing work guys 💪💪 Looks amazing 😎😍🤙👍

[@boydsargeant7496]

Great progress guys!

[@georgeclements2742]

I really like the Porsche rebuild series and, personally, I would be quite happy to have episodes of it every week. However, I do realise that other subscribers may not have the same interest and may prefer some variety. Also, parts for the Porsche are bound to be very expensive, and you may need, or want, to spread your outlays.and pursue a less expensive project for a while. In any event, I look forward to seeing what you have bought.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you for understanding! I’d love to keep on the Porsche ever week but I have to do it in stages, financially and also for moral!

[@darrentrotter]

Cracking video Dom. Not done any bodywork to that extent for years. I feel your pain, its so tedious, but you know its the only proper way to do it by hand. If you want it right. So well done lads support your work 1st class...

[@darrentrotter]

Ohh "Goodnight John" 😂

[@stevepickering5866]

When it’s finally done Dom, you and John need to take a road trip in the Porsche to Stuttgart, would make some great episodes, visiting a few old race tracks on the way ! If you need cameraman, I’m your guy…Steve.

[@motorv8N]

Love the series and the camaraderie gents

[@terrytopliss9506]

Looks good boys.👍👍

[@cliveturner4788]

Not a simple panel though Dom….it’s quite a complicated, important panel…..

[@shaunwilmer2358]

Nice to see you doing a slug test. If your pulling a slug of metal its actually welded. There is a table of recommended slug sizes for the thickness of the sheet. I'd add some insulation tape on the bits holding the electrodes, makes sure the arc isn't bypassed when you touch on the panel, can give a bad weld if the energy goes elsewhere. Awesome progress :)

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks for the tip!

[@sandramelville8736]

Fantastic episode as always well done

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks again!

[@ianreppert323]

Dom, after watching the made by hand video, it might be a jig mount for when they joined the frame pieces together.

[@theDevilsJukebox666]

hey Dom / Jon - another great episode, rear tabs - I see your old panel has a central support..and then those 2 tabs either side, my UK 59a which is still intact in this area, never repaired, has x2 support braces, about 2 inches in from those brackets - no central brace ?? i'd investigate your year, see if it's supposed to be 2 mounts or a single central one (the single could have been added in error when repairing the rear) the brackets are also there, no idea what or why, but deffo supposed to be there, no evidance of anything ever having been attached to them tho (i'm gonna take a punt and say to mount rear additional lights (no idea why) but pretty sure mine also had 2 similar on the front inner panel (before it all got chopped out) which i pressumed where for mounting front spot lights, which makes me thing the rears are for the same purpose)

[@Mark-RD350]

Nice job lads slow and steady is the way to go. If I was you I'd prime all panels inside an out yea its taken shape now look forward to the next cartoon.

[@ferguscosgrave7510]

Nicely done

[@judithbarnett2966]

Oh Dom, you tease! Oh Dom, oh no, so sorry you had to drill out this welds. Grr. But hey, such good progress. Fjord Blue - nice colour, I'd forgotten what it had been. Goodbye Jon!

[@dekkb]

The more I watch of you two, the more John becomes 'the cat in the hat' always has a big grin, always up to some mischief while teaching you a valuable lesson, and of course he also has the hat 😂 Quality video as always boys.

[@markdunkley175]

I wish I had your talent, workshop and a friend (who can spare the time) 5:43 to work with. Well jell but love living vicariously 😊

[@redfoxclassics]

That’s a major bit of progress and great to see. Hope you’ve got a proper sense of achievement there cause you really should! I’m glad to see you emphasising how long it all takes. I just spent the whole day in the garage making what felt like glacially slow progress on my current project, and sometimes seeing a neat cut together KZbin video makes it feel like I should’ve managed more, even though I really should know better :D

[@user-qi5ub1pp4n]

Another cracking video fellas,thanks.Not a clue what them tabs are for.

[@DominicChineas]

Same here haha

[@the_chillifingers43]

Great work and progress guys! Look forward to my weekly fix of your channel.. John stop touching it 😂😂

[@larrynixon5979]

Binged watch up to episode 19 in three days

[@SouthpawDavey]

All caught up fingers crossed you tube lets me know next time.