Restoration of a wrecked supercar chassis that took 7 years

[@ldno3747]

7 Years, and still likely to be finished faster then Binky.

[@FieroFats]

What I came to say. No matter how long it takes, you can be confident that it's faster than Project Binky (which I also love).

[@qwerty754840]

Wonder how much they get off patreon for doing nothing but the odd post saying they’re still at it.

[@slartybartfast5368]

Binky is dead a buried surely……

[@esolthailand7439]

Funny how after all those years of true excellence, Binky just went like that at the end.

[@brianbob7514]

Apparently they are making a custom tac and Speedo for it and fell into sone weird time warp and are now going to produce them when they are done or something

[@Trevver]

Take as long as you want, George. I’m dreading the day when you finish and there are no new videos from you. They are so relaxing with that combination of stop-motion, voiceover and soothing music. Several minutes of bliss. Fantastic!

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Has to be fast now, for so many reasons

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Ayyyyyyee! That was an unexpected surprise! Thank you Soup. I’m a long time lurker, watching your projects 😁 I am very much looking forward to the lotus driving out from its restoration workshop!

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Mutual lurking going on! The Esprit will have to levitate/fly/free fall to get off the mezzanine first... but I'll sort it :)

[@blu73]

Big up Geoff Croker, his channel is awesome!!

[@mcdick]

His stuff is Restoration Porn with capital letters. And some great humor in the mix.

[@skipper_mtb6644]

These two are the best out there!

[@jamesmcgee7723]

Geoff has the same attention to detail as George. I could watch all day.

[@alexjackson9875]

I can't think of another KZbin channel, let alone an engineer/car channel, which demands you to watch every frame. Sumptuous, cinematic excellence (and although I'm a software engineer, I do work for a 6 time Oscar winning VFX company). The Merc resto compilation is an extraordinary work of art and should be shown much more widely in other media and venues.

[@be3325]

“Dude, axial play...or the ditch at sunset if I time it right”! Your videos are so enjoyable! Keep it up for another 7 years!

[@yukiotakata]

I swear George , your videos a therapeutic to me.

[@dan725]

woaaaaa you gave a shoutout to the Rover man Geoffrey Croker! You two are my favorite automotive restorers ever!!!

[@the1masao]

Making the spring compress themselves is the most safe method that I have witnessed on KZbin. Well done!

[@AlteredCarbons]

i've been watching some car builds at this point for 6 years. a guy rebuilding a Triumph GT6R, but its 100% custom LS engine, custom everything really. and he's building it with bis pops in basically a small 1 car shed, with basic hand tools no less. then binky finished what, a year or so ago, honestly that one sorta hurt to watch it finish. miss it. then you rebuilding this lotus which im not even a lotus guy, but i LOVE the way you present it with the stop motion, time and dedication to it. plus all the cool builds along the way... and honestly if you had a 2nd channel where you just read children's books with that buttery smooth voice of yours i would listen to every freaking one... but word man keep the builds up and im glad to have been able to watch you

[@jonathank7221]

You sir, are one hell of a storyteller. Watched every single episode with great enjoyment (and a few giggles).

[@bobdoug8]

Congrats man! So exciting to see the Esprit taking centre stage. Can't wait to see you driving that baby and the smile on your face. KEEP GOING! 😊

[@thelandshark8103]

Great project George, a little bit of advice if i may, if youre going to use the car through the winter i might be wise to consider painting the stainless trailing arms, salt and stainless do not play well together. Im restoring a suffix B range rover and your channel gives me motivation to keep going with it, even after i find more rust, and more rust, and yet more rust. Keep up the good work.

[@WilfredZweverink]

As always, my heart skips a beat when I see you have a new video on that white thing. Thank you good soul..

[@user-lc7jb3ux6f]

Congratulations on reaching your "wheels on" milestone! Love the humour. Strange you should mention G Croker - Also enjoy his dry humour. Must be the silliness of Landrover/Rangerover classic restorers (of which I'm one)

[@rbgosling]

SO satisfying to watch that chassis assemble itself in stop-motion!! Can't wait to see the engine work, you know that's my favourite bit.

[@robertedwards3551]

Between this and the Nekkid Watchmaker my evenings are sorted!

[@ducktape138]

I’m up to 15 years of weekends on my project. You’re helping to keep me motivated. Keep going!

[@tobyz.3452]

Love your videos! Great work on both the videos and the rebuild. Back in 1971 I bought a Lotus Europa. Its been a Love/Hate thing ever since.

[@EntropiaGuitars]

I'm following along for a few years silently, but this video - dude, it's rolling. What a moment. I'm down in Cork cheering along! About to start making my own YT vids on a diff topic completely (Guitar building), and your channel has been seriously inspirational. Not just for workmanship, but story telling, perseverance, upskilling yourself ... amazing journey so far George.

[@garethbird4259]

Absolute magic George. Best build series on KZbin ❤

[@aliababwa3866]

4:05 another answer is cold blueing! I experienced the same agony of indecision when it came time to bolt clean stuff back onto my '87 saab 9000. Works wonderfully. I use it mildly diluted into a small bucket so parts can soak in it rather than being applied with a cloth or brush. I can get a rusty fastener off the car, wire-wheeled, cleaned, blued, and back on in less than 10mins now. Of course, more time in yields better results, firstly a couple of rounds of the blueing-washing-drying cycle means a thicker and more even coating of the new oxide layer. Secondly, curing in oil overnight really toughens the coating up. No need for any fancy oils, I just have a curing bucket with some motor oil from one of the service interval oil changes that came out nice and clean. To success!

[@deangiacopassi1951]

Nice to see you at the assembly part of the restoration. Good luck.

[@marcusott2973]

Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent work as always from you.

[@stephengirling7859]

Beautifully filmed and presented, as always.

[@philipB31]

I am amazed at how much negative camber you have achieved at the back end, that’s proper low-rider territory. Regardless, it’s always an absolute joy and a pleasure to get your updates, the world sets itself straight every time, thank you.

[@ZeGermanHam]

Absolutely love this channel and Lotus project. Curiosity to learn new skills and hone them to excellence is just a wonderful thing. Congrats on all the progress you have made thus far, and well wishes for the road ahead. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@nickmoniker]

It's hard to believe it's been 7 years already!

[@RESTORATIONRESCUE]

What a huge accomplishment! Im three years into my restoration! You have got great progress and make it seem so simple even though its not. Keep up the great work.

[@ChrisHessert]

Been watching your channel some years. It's got to be a great feeling in such a project as this, to finally begin reassembly. Congratulations!

[@OilNBolts1]

Random parts become the rolling chassis of a classic sports car! Excellent. Top quality video as we've come to expect.

[@bobfrankish8883]

Love the videos and all your work George. It doesn't matter how long it takes, it's what you get out of it. I am 72 now and have coincidentally been working on my project for about 7 years. I am not very well now a lot of the time, and find I am forcing myself to try and get it finished before my health gives out. Consequently, a lot of the time I am not enjoying it, which is not how it should be. On the subject of the electroplating, I bought a lot of new fasteners from BMW for my car, they are zinc plated from the factory. It has been dry garaged all the 7 years and has not moved, and some are already rusting. As someone says, A2 stainless is the way to go if the tensile strength rating is suitable, otherwise I think all steel hardware will rust whatever you do to it unfortunately.

[@caspar2937]

Congratulations George, What an amazing leap towards driving the machine.

[@craigyirush3492]

So good to see this progress, and as always, masterfully shot!

[@Riffrshittr]

I wanted to share a useless comment on me starting my first ever restomod (restoration, rolling restoration) on a cg125. And once getting to the electroplating process it gave me an excuse to share that i guess ill be taking advantage of this process and idea you mentioned and shared for my project. Always loved watching your therapeutic videos especially for the process of doing as much of everything on your own. Cheers!

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

I recently bought a zinc plating kit from Caswell and absolutely love it. It's extremely useful to have when dealing with rusty, unobtainable parts. Zinc plating is relatively easy. Love the videos!

[@stuartofblyth]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! For saying "dampers", and not the misnomer commonly used.

[@bernardmclake3898]

Pet peave of Superfastmatt too. He made an appropriate remark about it in one of his videos.

[@mikemccarthy7375]

I really enjoy watching the progress. So satisfying. Keep going! 😃👍🏼

[@jacobstrand1]

Heyy nice seeing Geoffrey Croker pop up here! Great work as usual George!

[@satanaz]

as a project owner, I much appreciate you keeping the mistakes on tape and sharing your experiences! might saves us viewers a bit of trouble in the future

[@Sharpened_Spoon]

Exciting stuff! After delving into the depths of time’s toil, you have her rolling fresh and ready for a rebuild worthy of some serious applause, and plenty liquid reward, be that either the flammable kind we, or the cars, enjoy.

[@moesizlac2596]

I finally came up with a name for this style of video: Auto Build Journalism. By including all the mistakes it is like old school reporting where the news worthy points of interest are centered on mishaps or missteps. You are gonzo reporting on the ups and downs of a car restoration. All that is needed is some kind of drug fueled hotel scene where we hear you wax on about the wave that broke in the west sometime during the Nixon administration...but I also admire a subtle Simpsons reference right out of the gate....monorail monorail monorail! Cheers!

[@jeton924s]

George I’m leaving my dream with your restoration I can’t thank enough for this

[@geoffbassingthwaighte1644]

Thanks for sharing 7 years of your life with us.

[@chipnerd]

You are doing a fantastic job on all accounts, great achievement in this episode. My hats off for you.

[@Jayneflakes]

Lovely work as always. Thank you for sharing these videos, I appreciate the art and engineering of what you are doing.

[@navion1946]

You better keep that thing out of the ditch, we have 7 years invested into watching you!

[@vincereynard4890]

Well Done! Best channel on UTube. Blimey the Esprit chassis looks "light". And that's from an Ex +2 owner!

[@rivenmotors7981]

Yeah buddy! Rolling (ish) around on its gorgeous speedlines! The courageous spirit sallies forth with the pressing of the ball joints. Happy for you George!

[@bigfatfreddie3781]

Your videos just keep getting better and better, Cheers for the electroplating bit also, I learned a thing.

[@billbeyer657]

Looking forward to the engine rebuild. You did a brilliant job repairing the frame.

[@iamrichrocker]

even with folks not being able to see these cleaned parts, you will know..that is a good feeling factor

[@discipleoftheword1785]

Thank you bro. God Bless you and him and her and them.

[@Qlyphy]

such a relaxing watch, so well filmed and with a lovely soothing watch... I could do with a nap.......

[@ConwayT91]

I bet this was a real motivating episode for you! It was even to me, just to the watch!

[@ThrottleGrotto]

great to see you still making videos!

[@Mister_G]

Well done - a real milestone!

[@2loudspeakers]

Man you must be feeling good!! 🙂

[@NemoConsequentae]

Great progress, George!

[@OpticalMan]

As ever, a master class in videography, keep up the good work!

[@morgananderson9647]

I dig your videos! The care and craftsmanship are amazing!

[@HowardKelsey68]

Aim for the sunset! I've been to the ditch AND the ditch at sunset. Trust me, you don't want to go there. As long as the windscreen (windshield over here) is clean both inside & out, sun visor is functional and sunglasses handy, the sunset option is the better choice.

[@johnpartridge7623]

Great job George

[@mikwhiting938]

Fantastic. Here's to the next 7.

[@bradcrossman5068]

Great to see the progress Georgie!

[@kmet2000]

What a beatiful day! New Soup episode 👍👍👍👍

[@geniusanthony]

The ditch at sunset if you time it right. Had to comment on that one. On a serious note, thank you for sharing your journey.

[@JJ-wq4ut]

Love it George, really appreciate all your effort!

[@peterwarner8541]

Coming together very nicely George!!!

[@robertdavis386]

Yeah, you're just a guy learning how to do this BUT your work ethic is better than many professionals that I have seen and even (scary part) better than some aircraft mechanics that I have seen. I don't say this about just anyone but I'd trust you to work on my car!

[@ALH1415]

Keep it up George, well done

[@808v1]

eventually we'll get there :) thanks for the videos and effort.

[@nopenopeandnope7050]

Woo! Geoffrey fan here! What will get finished first, the Land Rover or the Lotus? The race is on!

[@christoffer1973]

WOW. Great video! Great project

[@jonathanohagan1349]

Lol, the sunset ditch, brilliant.

[@jasonschofield100]

That electro plating footage 👌

[@curm1778]

I love everything about this

[@lfo2vco]

Well done, I bet that felt good.

[@jn8092]

Bravo George! Keep at it

[@miketriesmotorsports6080]

Incredible work! Keep it up!

[@gaspode505]

Best channel to watch 😊

[@lennym1636]

Another great video...

[@MrToddcalkin]

As a kiwi, having you reference Croker warms my cockles

[@jonboy194]

stay away from the ditch,, at sunset please,,,this is an amazing build

[@rushja]

The chassis is SO flimsy, I love it

[@leoncarlier]

I really enjoy your videos!

[@dereksweeney8776]

George - you can get the serrated washers for the top wishbones - they are Opel parts and can be sourced from Germany

[@PaulRansonArt]

Stunning video as always. I'm always impressed by the level of detail and the stop motion you get in your videos. Bravo - more greasy bits next! - Do you have an ultrasonic parts washer?😃😃

[@peterbonnez]

Looking good....

[@scottcates]

Smashing good video🦾

[@loganmarriott11]

As a Kiwi, I sure felt the desire to ‘want a chip, bro’

[@soupclassicmotoring]

spelt chup*

[@lasskinn474]

pretty stanced out, lookin' good

[@brianmacadam4793]

You could do an entire video on how to create and then how LONG it takes to put together the stop action montages .

[@mgbrv8]

Don’t feel bad about how long it’s taking you so far. You have One Direction forward progress. Heaven sakes at least you’re not like that dang Project binky that milks and draws everything out as long as possible.

[@energyideas]

"That last bit was supposed to stay in my head", snort laughing.

[@garrettlowell7637]

If it’s to be the ditch, may as well be accompanied by a lovely sunset.

[@bernardmclake3898]

Will you be fitting spring pads between spring and spring base on the lower control arm? If none are available, you could make your own from HDPE (the stuff ski and snowboard base is made out of) by cutting the shape out of HDPE sheet, fit to spring collar, heat it up till it gets soft and then put the spring on top of it and push down to get the correct shape. I enjoy your videos tremendously!

[@davidgoodson5645]

Serrated washers can be obtained from any fastener supplier. Better still use NORD LOCK washers

[@gregholley7579]

looking good!

[@john-l4n]

just found Soup. I get the impression He was a fan of the secret life of machines. Take five.