Welding In Our Handmade Chassis Rail To Mat Armstrong's Classic BMW E24 635 CSI & Finding More Rust!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Mat Armstrong's E24 is starting to come together! We get to welding in that handmade chassis rail section we made in the previous episode and finally got some structure back into the car. We also made 2 more floor section panels and got them seamlessly welded in.
Next was that front chassis rail section, and apart from nearly setting fire to the car, we managed to remove the top section to reveal a grim sight! Its bad put it that way! We have a lot of work on our hands with that front chassis section but we are certainly up for the task.
We have collected a crazy amount of rust from this car already and we haven't even broken the surface yet! There are many many more episodes to come on this beautiful classic and we would love for you to follow us on our journey of turning this from a scrapper into a show car!
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Ryan. This is probably not the first time I’m going to say this.. You Sir are an artist. Your fabrication skills and welding is pure genius. Well Done Sir.
I would 100% agree
Real skills on display here
Literally unreal Ryan. I swear blind after spending a day working on my V70R renovation, it was a treat to see this video. In fact, I’ve had it on loop for hours! Mind bending and beautiful craftsmanship with a very soothing soundtrack. You guys rock; the best channel by far on UA-cam.
Every success you guys get is deserved.
Impressive work.
This M24 deserves it (with a manual tranny mod!).
Nice music choice too. (The Ambiantalist, man!).
A real pleasure to watch; thanks for that.
Incredible work, you’re a true craftsman!
Quality work yet again more filming more clips keep up the humour 👍👍😂😂
Sterling job brother, one heck of a rust bucket,looking forward to cing what it looks like when done!Gl!👌👊🙏🙏🦾🦾🦾
Question why have not acid dipped the complete shell, surely that would be quicker and highlight the problem areas.
Why not media blast or chem dip the car, instead of grinding away at individual work areas one by one?
9:22 the romanian welding mask
Unsure why you didn't just dry ice the whole undercarriage vs. using the wheel?
Just wearing ordinary safety glasses will prevent arc eye
As always, dedication and quality metal work, Ryan. YCR is deservedly gaining great viewer support and acceptance, for the interesting and no nonsense approach to their task(s).
couldnt agree more!👍
Can't wait for the finished article
There is as much if not more enjoyment in the journey for me.
There's nothing more therapeutic than watching master craftsman at his work.the music really suits it also!!
I've been watching since the earliest videos and I'm still impressed by how you guys can fabricate something that basically isn't there and have it fit afterwards. I'm also impressed that the car was able to move around on its own wheels without just folding in half... but I wish you'd move that lifter to somewhere with a bit less rust hole next to it!
Wow you can see just how much steel moves when you weld it, great work as usual. You guys must go through a ton of those steel sheets and disc's
Was coming to comment the same thing - with the time lapse it's wild to see how much it expanded and contracted
Yeah it's hard to see when you're doing it, but the sheet metal moves around a lot when you fettle with it.
I like to put max possible heat in my welds for proper bonding, but, when pro's say to cool down your sheet metal welds asap, they mean it, for good reason.
@@ToreDL87better not to quench with water as this causes embrittlement and micro cracking.
There is still alot of work that needs to be done on this project. Alot of rust..can't wait to see the finishing touches and how it turns out. Kudos guys
At 15:22 ish what was the stuff you were brushing on then spraying before the repair pannel was put on? Just primer? Or something else?
I’m guessing the spray was “etch prime” and the grey paint is primer, presumably zinc based.
Craftmanship is a rare thing to see these day's. Years of training. Good to watch.
Great job, just spent 14 months on my RS mk1 doing the same. Remember use your mask or you will be blind at 60.
This shit isnt repair work... Its art.
Its going to be a nice car when done, and don't want to sound cheeky but I you going to give us a cost breakdown of everything I just think time and labour it would probably be cheaper to buy a better car but on the positive side with your skills and mat's money you are saving a classic car well done 🎉
How much are you charging my Armstrong for the welding what you’re doing Mr Matt Armstrong keep up the good work and let me know 😅😅😅
This is just Art! Incredible skills and amazing results, just sublime great job
I love the CAD designed (Cardboard Aided Design) templates.
When you fabricate and replace the parts, is the steel different ( better) than what is origianly on the car, or has that not changed ?
Mate love watching your fabrication work and craftsmanship 👌 Awesome job 👍👍
You guys are magicians, honestly.
I’ve watched twice. I’m almost overcome with emotion because you guys exemplify all that is best about the analogue world I was born and brought up in.
No hiding from poor workmanship. High level skills and attention to detail is all over what you do. I think it’s in your nature & character.
Why the emotion? Well, because the digital world doesn’t give a shit about things like this. Click & here’s a new shiny bauble. An illusion of work done. Most people have no idea how physical things work any more. They don’t even realise how distant the last two generations have been shoved away from the real world. I look at my garage full of tools, new & very old. I have my wife’s grandfather’s old bench vice. I think it was made in the 1930s, in Birmingham, where I was born, the year my dad was born. It works perfectly. When I die, it’ll go in a skip. I know no young men who have any interest in any of it. Ball joint breakers, bearing pullers, presses, ratchet sets, modified tools I’ve made over decades to do a job for which the original manufacturers had a special tool which was never retailed. All in the skip because the current generation has absolutely no interest or use for any of it.
There’s even a little distain when I try to explain why I think this history is important. They don’t get it at all.
I very much do. Thank you for sharing your art with us.
Oh, one last thing makes me angry, though I do understand economics. I’ve been around business transactions where for example the lawyers mostly drew up what’s called “boilerplate” language. There’s an irony. It means “standard” & in many transactions, the other side is good with that. Nevertheless, after a few weeks work, mostly done by junior lawyers, they got a fee of $10M for “papering the deal”.
It’s not hard for them and no special skill required, though I acknowledge you do need to know what you’re doing. I get why they can charge so much & mostly it’s because that’s the going rate, a % of the topline deal value.
But I contrast that with how little we as a society value highly skilled manual trades these days.
I wish the economics were more favourable because I feel certain lots of young men would get tremendous fulfilment from learning & applying skills like you show.
Off the scale fabrication. Immense. An artisan at work. 👍💪🏻😊
This amazing work! I can't believe you have the energy or enthusiasm to do all this to a pile of rust lol, can't wait for the next video 👍👍
Great work, nearly ready for paint 😊🇮🇪
with more and more cars that had sooo much work done, that it's not worth giving away/selling, mat probably should get a bigger garage and start being a car collector :D
to ycr: nicely done! very few shops invest that much time in one car!
A video that made up for the fact it's the end of the weekend !, that chassis rail replacement piece was a beautiful job but it looks like more are needed , I think you'll need a bigger bot to hold all the bits you're going to have to remove
Got to love seeing the gt3 finished and straight after being able to come watch you video
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Hi I'm just curious why as to you aren't doing the media blasting/sand blasting the whole car, then doing all of the metal work fabrication afterwards??? I'm wondering why you're working on the car this way?
Thanks 😊👍
It was funny to hear."we have to open this to see what's underneath.." Easy answer... MORE RUST!!
I don't think the "Mat Armstrong's BMW" box is big enough for all the rust removed from the BMW.
This video has jusy made me look up welding courses near me
That’s just terrific.
Ryan. This is probably not the first time I’m going to say this.. You Sir are an artist. Your fabrication skills and welding is pure genius. Well Done Sir.
This reminds me of years ago wkrking on old vauxhall novas. Small holes just turned into major plating jobs. Chasing rust for days.
It would be great if for each video you could just let us know how many man hours have gone into that particular 20 minute YT segment. It looks on face value countless hours but it would be interesting to see what time is consumed versus progress made. Great videos BTW
great video really enjoyable keep them comming guys, amazing work
There's almost nothing left of the bl car and if I see what you make of it... it's really beautiful. You have got hands and skills of gold. I am a straight guy, but will you marry me 😅
I’m not often truly astonished by the level of skills a person possesses , but this time I’m absolutely blown clean away. I’m a first time viewer of your channel and immediately hooked. You are nothing short of a magician. Your level of skill and ability in metal fabrication and application are truly remarkable. Actually I don’t have the vocabulary to do you justice with an adequate description in praise. Absolutely fantastic. You have a lifetime viewer here for sure.
Also has anyone else noticed …… give Ryan a Kent twang and he’s a very close resemblance to Dean from Saving Salvage!
Whoever buys this when it's complete is going to be very lucky. Even the cleanest E24's for sale will have loads of hidden rust.
This must be the automotive version of climbing Mount Everest.
Great skills and pride in work. Brilliant to watch
You guys are at the top of your game master craftsman at your best Mat is going to get back a top class restored classic BMW
My goodness, this series should be called: we fabricate a new BMW E24. What a terrific project!
And than your modest remark: ... apart from this part for which i JUST FABRICATE A new part..... Steel hammering masters 🤩
Nice to see that you show how you protect the inside of the new parts from rusting. Not visible for the eys, but sooo important for the future of your work
Question: Some new bodyparts are square, isn't it from a stresses standpoint better to make them round, or make their edges have bigger radii?
Thanks again for 23 minutes that flew by
first class job fantastic fabrication skills
Hi Ryan thanks for the lesson in red oxide eradication it sure made me chuckle love your sense of humour it’s 😎 cool nice work you are a wizard with metal 👍
Amazing as always. Do you fabricate all panels yourselves? Is that because pattern ones are poorer quality?
Absolutely brilliant work
Nice work. We are restoring my E21. The floor covering bmw used is horrible to remove but it does a great job of protecting the floor. We had to do the floor plugs too. We repaired the edges and got new plugs from classic BMW spares company Wallothnesch.
Ok guys, really enjoyed the last episodes…… then nothing…..did this BMW get abducted by aliens…..! Did you guys get abducted by aliens….. what ! Where’s Matts BMW 😂
Thank you! And we upload videos on this car every Sunday :) so the next one goes live tomorrow 1800 GMT
Amazing channel, can’t wait for Mat Armstrong to promote your channel on his channel so you get all the views and subs you deserve.
Your skill and patience is remarkable 👍
keep going mate you are a dream to watch lol my sons a bmw tech in wheels . 😄
"This old broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time"
Well done darling. Great craftsmanship (based on my 15 months building chassis for Toyota) great attention to detail.
There looks like so much rust, surely you don’t replace everything so what’s the next step once you have done as much of this as you can?
Why no acid dipping before all this?
I love watching your videos but watching you spending so much time sanding back all the crud i can't understand why you just didn't sandblast the entire car after it was stripped as surely this would save hours upon hours of searching for the weak spots and a lot of time when coming to fabrication preparation?
@Roy Fontaine but I've seen it done many times before also even doing the rest of the car would save god knows how much time in the long run! It just seems baffling to me.
Amazing to see such a rusty car be repaired. I really thought this one was beyond saving!
ANYONE know the the product he used on the chassis rail he painted on some kinda primer?
It was a zink based 2k primer :)
Why do they always start with 24 gauge or less and grind it way to 36 gauge because it looks pretty. Leave the metal there!
24 gauge? That metal is far thicker than 24 gauge. We use same as original or thicker. Don't get me wrong it's far easier to leave the weld as it is, but I am careful when grinding down and only go for the weld, except the last but where it get blended. Please remember the weld penetrates to the other side too
haven't noticed it till 17:08 but the guys at YCR must be huge colin furze fans! at least they're using the same safety squint 🤣
I noticed that. I’m in my 60s & am an expert safety squinter!
Good morning Ryan. From the Datsun disaster to the BMW crisp packet lol 😆 That chassis rail fabrication you’ve made should be in a motor museum on show for all to see 🤩
Great work Ryan, the car is coming on well!
Love it how you don’t just fab the outline, but go back and add in other dimples and channels as the OEM did it.
I'm really glad you took interest in this...this hits different than all other vids
Great job, well done.
Is Mat paying for the work or you doing it cheap/reduce to prompt your channel
We are doing it all free of charge
Hi Ryan when will there be new content on the e24 or is Matt going to finish the rebuild ???
Tomorrow :)
Hey luv the vid but it definitely needs a deep clean
Tease!!!😄Comforting to see new metal going on. Nice work.
Absolute artist work is absolute 👌🏻
One of the best pieces of craftsmanship I could possibly watch.
I hope you can pass on your skills to others and you sir are a credit to yourself and your teachers. All the best from ireland
impressive work . but is it worth it on a 635 csi ?
This is going to be more work than what Matt put in to his GT3. Nuts
Super, well done. Crazy meticulously work, my congrats.
Still buying gas... I would, yeah... if I could go back & get a refund on all the umpteen thousands I wasted on gas bottles over the decades, I would. We're now a fully gas-free zone. Hit one button, weld ahead. 0.6mm flux core for the win. At one stage I had 19 gas bottles on monthly rental... 17 on migs, 2 on the oxy-acet cutting trolly.. Jesus wept - I must have needed my head examining not to have looked for better alternatives. We now have a plasma cutter, all machines wired up to run flux-core & our gas provider can go do one.. I don't even have their number saved on the phone now - it used be assigned a speed-dial. We use ickle Map torches on fastners - they work good too - without the oxy-acetylene bills.. I miss renting gas bottles like I miss having impacted wisdom teeth.
The other "Upside" is I no longer have any of the big manufactures service departments on speed dial either - not one welder in the workshop costs over 220 quid to replace since we switched - our "cost per machine" used run to thousands - often 5k a piece, back when I was youngish & dumb.. At 220 a piece, I barely care if one breaks - chuck it in a skip, get another - not that they break, paradoxically. The 5k yokes were always breaking. I have yet to replace even one 220 quid machine, Go figure. And they weld BETTER ffs! if I could go back a few decades & educate younger me, I'd have a private jet - or be wearing Gucci. One or the other.
May I ask what machines you use for welding, if your MIG / TIG days are behind you?
I don’t weld as I restore bikes and there’s rarely any metal joining required. When there is, I go & see my local metal God, who seems to be able to do anything.
I thought the gas was essential to prevent the molten metal oxidising as it’s being joined. Your current method must get around that problem.
Cheers!
Mike
@@GT380man I use flux-core wire through a boggo mig machine Mike - the core works much like a stick-welding rod, shielding the weld without the need for gas.
Superb work first rate fabrication skills
Lovin the safety squint!! 😂
I wonder if it's more easy to dip in acid to have a clean body ?
I thought that
The bottom two links in the description don't work.
Thanks for that Chris. Now fixed
Oh my goodness Ryan I have been welded to watching this video you my dear friend are a genius ❤️ that chassis rail you made belongs in a museum I've had My eyes welded to this screen watching you work wonders. You guys are the best in the business no doubt about it 👏 I can't tell you in words how much I love this channel ❤️ I know that there is a tremendous amount of work that goes into what you all doing..hey I loved the comment you left me it really made me feel so much better and I hope that my comments makes you guys feel better because I mean every word I was just watching and thinking to myself i was thinking I'd give anything to be right there helping you guys I'd be the happiest ❤️ I'm the happiest when I'm working on something and you guys have taught me more than I can ever repay. 😊 take care my friends much love to you all.
Watching you weld is like meditation. 👍
So satisfying to watch, I could watch it all day 😍 absolutely outstanding fabrication, the attention to detail is incredible!
I love your dedication and enthousiasm, to start and finish such a project. Matt sure knew what not to pick up as a project ;-) Keep it up, and make it a nice restored car.
Looks like there's plenty to do to keep us entertained. The repair you have already done on the chassis rail is really impressive. Best wishes.
Bro. Get a better shell surely?
Love the work btw
Awesome craftsmanship
Superb video, editing, excellent skill !
Tip for grinders - best ones I've used are made by Hitachi ...but not any Hitachi, they have to have Koki - Japan as the place of manufacture --- they are the tops ...very quite compared with most ..very little vibration and run cool ..
Take care of that cardboard box of stuff that came off.... worth a fortune! You're doing well considering Rosco isn't helping out! :)
Dear YCR, couple of things that would be interesting, A workshop tour ..showing us your equipment in a bit more detail, telling us the makes of the equipment , and why you like it over other stuff, failings of equipment ..and why you picked this grinder over that grinder ..what you preferred consumables are ..some more detail on how you use the grinders for paint removal ..cause at the moment all i can see are the blurr of spinning discs ..but not what type if disk - much appreciated ..thanks for great videos .
Still amazing to watch this. Jeez that car is rusty! Amazing work.
Why didn’t you dip the car, is it because there’d be too much gone structurally?