Saving 3 Mazda Cosmos - Remaking Floorpans & Bonnet

[@eurohubert]

you easily are the best metal worker I've come across on KZbin, truly a beast!

[@notevn]

Thanks but I am very beginner level

[@TheosEpicVideos]

An expert is someone that has made all the mistakes. By the time you finish these cars, you’ll be an expert for sure. Unbelievable work!

[@tonynightingale4400]

Hi your ingenuity is exceptional.......as Plato said......necessity is the mother of invention .... greeting from the UK..

[@notevn]

Absolutely , it really is, amazing what you can make out of scrap/things lying around to get things done.

[@MrOddman85]

I dont know how much money you make doing this stuff but you definitely deserve more🤣

[@notevn]

Haha not much and that would be nice, maybe when my skills improve.

[@AlfOfAllTrades]

@notevn What you are doing here is excellent advertising. Impromptu problem solving, creative and getting seriously good results. And then of course the bitching and moaning about the little imperfections that needs planishing after 80 grit reveals marks that most metal shapers would deem unworthy of a second thought. You are building quite a reputation for perfection this way. I would have absolutely no issue whatsoever handing over any car of any brand to you for metal restoration. I am seriously impressed with what you do. You are far better than you think you are. Great work!

[@DustyMacsGarage]

​@@notevnwhen your skills improve😅 learned a ton from you already bro!!!

[@andrewdunbar828]

If anybody knows of any Japanese KZbinrs restoring old JDM stuff like this I'd love to watch them too. I don't care about the language barrier.

[@yoesomite2199]

it took me 5 attempts to make my door skin for my Alfetta sedan, But the last one is great. I can fully sympathies with you

[@notevn]

I hopefully can get it in the next attempt, if not, like you I'll try again and again haha.

[@dalelittle3889]

You are one of the best true metal workers.

[@deepestdub]

Really enjoying this series. It feels like we are on a jouney of discovery together! Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see this progress.

[@notevn]

Welcome aboard the cosmo express 🤣

[@amxen1]

amazing work man. my brother at Yorkshire car restoration has just bought a cosmos for restoration . its gonna be some work

[@notevn]

Haha Cosmos popping up everywhere

[@amxen1]

@@notevn not sure about everywhere as there is only about 1000 to go around when made but i get what your saying

[@jameshendrix8217]

Your doing an amazing job. As a suggestion , I found that making templates of the hood profiles really help full. This way you can creep up on the shape and use it a guide. Wray Schelin has really good video's on this.

[@notevn]

Yeah I really need to do more profiles for checking, I did succeed with the bonnet on my second attempt at it, added the shape first till it sat naturally on the car before I added the flange, I haven't actually posted it, might order a bonnet latch and add it to the next update video for my car.

[@ADudesRotary]

❤ watching you bring these cars back. I feel for you having to do rework, but your persistence pays off. Keep posting I'll keep watching 😊

[@enespeno1203]

❤Cosmo Rescue ❤much appreciated. Thx 4 sharing

[@type64jj]

Great work ! If you pre stretch your beads with the english wheel or hammer you will be surprised how much quicker the job goes and limits the distortion.

[@Drift13Creations]

Havnt watched yet... but I already like it.

[@TVtwarn]

Mate that’s incredible

[@Alex_S11]

Great work good that some one is doing something about little cosmos :)

[@13btcapella]

Awesome work, really enjoyed that video. Nice to see the thought process and attention to detail. Makes me feel better about my own shed OCD 😅. Keep the videos coming, I'm looking forward to the next installment.

[@adinlouw]

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Your creativity is inspiring.....caveman dimple die here I come

[@pankake2724]

You are the man bro keep up the videos 🤙

[@vickturorteez]

Always doing really amazing work dude.... You make it seem easy

[@vzrman]

Really glad I came across your channel your skills and attention to detail is insane, thanks for the videos!!

[@notevn]

Glad you like them!

[@MrMov41t]

Best content on the tube atm ❤

[@InertiaEFT]

Amazing like always. You have much more metalwork skill than most bodymen I've seen in the trade. Even the ones in the resto shops. Thank you for not drowning out any part of the video with music. I see others here recommending cam setups so I'll give my own 2 cents: I'd love to be able to see the entire process mounted from either your head, shoulder, or chest. Then sped up through the "boring" parts, back to normal speed when you're doing something or explaining something. I don't know how feasible that would be, but that would be ideal in my opinion.

[@maaattholmes]

Crazy how you manage to get that done

[@proautojapan6152]

Thats a sick little ute man 👍

[@mackaman1964]

Fantastic demonstration of how you do metal work

[@jamesbeggs2334]

Mate, you're brilliant. Amazing work. Loving your vids. Just 1 lotto win away from getting you to do my 808.

[@notevn]

Thanks mate, I'm one lotto win from finishing my own cars 🤣🤣

[@rxpower3940]

Mate amazing work you should be proud of what your achieving. Stuff the purists your bring these cars back to life with quality workmanship. I’m learning lots so keep the content coming. ps get a camera tripod be great to see you doing the fab on time lapse etc

[@notevn]

Thanks mate, all a learning experience and yeah I will do more time-lapse work when I get a second camera as I use my phone for music in headphones and no music =no work haha

[@rm6330]

@@notevn 2nd phone ftw

[@alistairallan1178]

Your doing fantastic work and your skills are great but you've encountered the same problem we all have. How to form the guttering /channel down the front wing /fender and rear trunk. Alloy bodywork is cut short and riveted to the steel substructure (aston martin etc) steel stuff is entirely different. Check out Brandoli the Italian genius. It's heated up and chased in to a steel frame or buck. Took me years to work out but now it's easy. Cheers

[@notevn]

Thanks mate. I make perimiters of the door/boot opening channels with just the bead roller and shrinker stretcher pretty easily with no buck or hammer form. Can do C channels of any shape and direction out of a flat piece quite easily. I have shown the process in another vid. Will be sure to show more of it when I'm up to the openings.

[@rjnation5042]

F.. king hell your doing an amazing job buddy, these videos are completely a learning experience, I've never taken on a job like this, I've paid a lot of money & I don't mind after watching you work, Rj in NSW

[@notevn]

Thanks mate I'm also learning a lot haha

[@archie_bol8153]

Amazing skills as always.

[@jonojames840]

Brooo keep the uploads coming! Amazing work!💯

[@OtakuGarageAUS]

Always awesome stuff. Thank you

[@TheCrustyCaptain]

More than awsome work. But for the frame, could you not have done it in sections and rewelded, because you don't have a 10 ton sheet press to handle a whole sheet easily. PS, have you popped over to the Cosmo restore on Yorkshire Car Restoration.

[@notevn]

I have recently remade the bonnet reo again as I changed designs, I could have done it in multiple peices but i enjoy the challenge of getting it in 1 piece,makes it more rewarding knowing it was once a singular flat piece of steel.

[@matthewmills2665]

Awesome video as always❤

[@nicktelfer1226]

Mad skills, loving following along

[@notevn]

Thanks mate

[@455asn]

Awesome work mate

[@bradbaker5809]

Unreal bro

[@samdumbert]

What a mission. Love your work.

[@bluestripes1]

love to watch you perservere and get it done! great work

[@brendanlittle7127]

Amazing effort mate. Well done

[@notevn]

Thanks a lot!

[@telekineticaardvark]

This is absolutely fantastic. Fair fucking play dude

[@notevn]

Thanks mate

[@johnmorrow7080]

I was asked to take a mold from a TVR Griffith 500 front end after I had repaired a right off one I also had to make a bonnet mold I thought I was pushing my glassfibre skills as the only glassfibre work I had done was on milk floats for the local dairy LOL .

[@notevn]

Haha I hate fiberglass or filler , the dust and mess it makes is insane

[@ashleyholmes5804]

Glad I found your videos. Very inspiring! Keep it up

[@de240okey]

Cosmo Wizard 👍

[@kyan8503]

Very impressive man !!

[@oiygfdxssfgg]

It looks good

[@stevewalden3814]

Maybe there is a market for "manufacturing" these floor pans and selling to Cosmo enthusiasts?

[@notevn]

I think there might be a few in the future maybe.

[@robertprocter4063]

Gettin' it done 💪

[@keithrx3c]

Always enjoy watching your vids mate, will you be covering the RX-3 coupe in the background when it's time comes?

[@notevn]

Glad you enjoy and yes the rx3 is for my very patient wife 🤣 will get there one day

[@ryanlove5332]

Please build the guide system for the pullmax that you keep talking about.

[@notevn]

Haha I finally made it

[@animal_engineering]

hell yeah bro killing it, your caveman brain is doing a bloody killer job. fucking hell those floor pans are hectic, you done a bloody awesome job they look mint as. cant be many places around that have 3 cosmos in the same place, bloody awesome.

[@proautojapan6152]

Im enjoying your vids 😊👍 wish you post more 👍 What engine is that in the cosmo? 20b? 26b ? Pls do a vid on that. Thanks man

[@nissmoguy]

if you pre stretch the bead patterns for the floor its easier and mitigates stretching warping on the flat areas

[@notevn]

Yeah it would deff disort less but I felt like there was just too many beads in this sheet that it makes marking out so much harder so I chose to deal with stretching surrounding areas afterwards. If it was just a few or I had a plywood guide and was making multiple. For sure would be the go. But I chose the painful and slower method as I wasn't sure how they'd react haha.

[@lonelydriver8971]

is there a reason you're going with metal instead of something like carbon or fiberglass?

[@notevn]

They are made from metal originally so I prefer to replicate them from metal , fiberglass/carbon also requires a good shell/panels to base from, something I don't have haha.

[@damian1601]

What thick sheet metal are these parts made of?

[@notevn]

0.95mm

[@TheosEpicVideos]

Were they made of rust from factory?

[@notevn]

I think made from rust and then stored in saltwater until customer collects 🤣

[@RichardHeadGaming]

Heat shrink or shrinking disk would have fixed that first hood skin no problem.

[@skeeverteats3393]

Is this like 10% of the worlds remaining cosmos?

[@notevn]

Haha there wouldn't be many series 1 left that's for sure. Plenty of series 2 left.

[@johnmorrow7080]

I restored a Lancia Montecarlo 2 quarters 2 door skins and 2 wings they were the biggest heaps of scrap I had ever seen hand made by a blind man also fitted Martin Ropey wings on a mk1 Jag horrible panels .