Dear youtube, I’ve been watching this type of content every day for several years and you waited until TODAY to recommend this channel to me??? For the love of….yes… I want to see an Esprit restoration! SUBSCRIBED.
The Minion was pretty neat! Great to see a realistic approach to a restoration, not adding weight with something to make it look good without actually adding any engineering strength.
Love all the stop-motion filming, the attention to detail and the humour. Then a dog wanders in and completely steals the show! You've got to love our canine companions!
Your drive shafts and half shafts brought back a few shivers from my days of working on my 60 and 70's Triunphs and Rovers. Really cool cars, but those rusted in U joints were a whole other story.
I've been bouncing between current videos and older ones. First, you're a genius with your production. Full marks. Second, these Lotuses seem like they're made out of tin sheet and glue, which makes me very nervous. Third, when I realized that this Esprit likely weighs what my Mk 1 Golf GTI weighed, with nearly twice the power...I've loved Guigiaro's origami designs, the '74 Golf, '76 Esprit, '78 M1 and '81 DeLorean (well, some are better than others), but my torso is too long to fit in the Esprit. Still, I'd love to do what you're up to, restoring a Mk1 or Mk2 Esprit. Cheers
Very satisfying seeing that bearing race come off once you finally managed to get it moving. And I'm glad you mentioned about getting paint on the machined surfaces, you had me concerned there for a moment - I hope that stuff comes off again easily enough without risk of damaging the surface underneath. Finally, I'd argue that my Excel was the last design that Chapman was involved in - but it could be argued that it was an update of the Eclat (which pre-dated the Esprit) rather than a totally new car.
It’s amazing to see the quality of the welds and metal work on that backbone frame. I’m trying to put myself in the shoes of the worker that made them.
I've been engrossed with watching your videos. Stop motion up there with hagerty. Difference is, you seem more relatable and so, what tools would you consider absolutely necessary? You love your welder, but you got me thinking, I've yet to see you deal with stubborn bolts. (I have rusted stud bolts on my E86 exhaust flange) I'm only swapping out the prop centre bearing... If I end up stripping suspension set ups put and de rusting and coating them we have you to blame. Love your work. 👍
In every close-up shot I found hair in the epoxy finish....turns out it was one of my hairs on my screen. Great job on this restoration, I enjoy your dedication! Cheers!
Chapman probably said paint adds weight 😀. In this case nature removed some weight from the chassis to balance it out. Nice to see the project getting some attention. It seams we both had a similar hiatus on our Esprit restorations. Great video as always!
This was the first episode I watched when it was released after a few weeks purging through all the old episodes. Feel like I have been on a journey. Looking forward to future episodes.
So nice to see the (Lucas) Girling brand logo on those brake calipers- my first employer out of Uni in 1985 - and they also sent me to the US (I never came back!)
1. How have I missed this excellent series? 2. The S300, S4s (after the first 30 cars or so), and the V8s have a plate installed over the shifter hole to eliminate that channel section. It makes a meaningful improvement in chassis stiffness. I had a fabricator work up an insert for my early S4s but the factory used welded in nuts. I'll look for my old pics.
Is the plan to try & reuse the bearing? Having put that much heat into it I'd suggest that's a bad idea as you've most likely impacted on the heat treatment. Regular process for removing those is either oxy & heat until it softens & loosens it's grip or I tend to grind the inner until it's very thin & quick tap will split the inner & you can just slide it off. You do need to be careful not to grind into the stub axle though obviously. Given the time & effort I'd personally always replace the bearing if it's removed but that's just personal choice. Great vid as ever.
The bearings are nearly as common as rocking horse shit. If the bearing is savable then it's what you do. I've been buying up Austin Tasman front hub assemblies as they use the same bearings.
I've been subscribed for a long time and kinda thought you had stopped or were just slowing down due to home/work stuff. I'm pleased to see you back, your workman ship is very good and your voice is very relaxing to listen too.
After some similar work on my old RX-7, I just said eff it and applied Rust Check over the clean and painted unibody. Not pretty but didn't want any rust back!
I think you’re doing a great job. I’m doing the same to mine just a heads up when you come to spray the chassis put a scaffolding pole thought the central hole in the chassis like a spit much easier cheers KP
Those are some pitiful welds by today"s standards. When I restore I try to make it look like it was intended and do a little fix if someone was bad at their job. Good to see it progressing. I like the fuzz ball painting trick, Good coverage in those impossible to spray areas. Also impressed by the epoxy primer resistance to brake fluid. Would never have guessed that. A bit of paint then it looks like its reassembly time. Cheers to that.
i was surprised not to see a trail of sandblast sand follow you down the stairs when carrying the chassis....that is amazingly difficult to remove from crevices.
Lotus is grand however I am gagin too see the fun and best bits of the sprinter build......the interrior fitout, I just know its guna be something special and different, not just another Ikea job with added tounge and groove...yawn, but something Origional and farr out maaan. Peace and love from T1N yellow sprinter "Sunflower"
It’s an interesting contrast between this Esprit resto versus Tavarish’s aborted Esprit resto. It might be a tonne of work, but you have to have the bones to start with and a lot of patience. This one is going to be awesome, and I love the artistry you but into editing the videos.
There is a fan blade at 3:45. If you can tell me where to find one, I will become a patron at $5.00 a month for the duration of the project. If not I will consider becoming one anyway.
Hell man, that's a bloody lovely job 👍🏼
Dear youtube, I’ve been watching this type of content every day for several years and you waited until TODAY to recommend this channel to me??? For the love of….yes… I want to see an Esprit restoration! SUBSCRIBED.
If you want a double entendre……I’ll give you one 😂. Great work as always.
Hey George, with all the heat you put on that bearings inner race I would bin it and get a new one. Now is easier than later mate.
The Minion was pretty neat! Great to see a realistic approach to a restoration, not adding weight with something to make it look good without actually adding any engineering strength.
The finest car restore vids in the land, I can imagine how much time this adds to your whole process
You got me at Bender!
Love all the stop-motion filming, the attention to detail and the humour.
Then a dog wanders in and completely steals the show! You've got to love our canine companions!
Aye, Georgie boy! She's looking sweet!!
It’s Saturday morning and Soup Motoring is back!!!! Awesome, pausing to get some more coffee! Happy New Year George!
There are 29 more episodes after this one 22 of them are new Esprit content! Happy new year :)
Again George you've taken the art of restoring cars and turned it into the art of making movie's.
More power to your elbow
Really looking forward to seeing this come together. Not far off now! 👍
Thank you very much for the video
You are welcome
Respect for sneaking Bender into the opening. For the amount of work you’ve done on that chassis, as a bending unit, he is quite appropriate 😀👍
😆
Love the soup stamp on the chassis sir
Finally coming to grips with the paint. Nice.
Thanks 👍
Mint!!!! Add lightness as the engineers said! Jobs done 👌
Really amazing. You have the heart of an artist and the mind of a technician. It's gonna be better than anything Lotus built.
Man I love this channel. You have some of the most creative cinematography!
Your drive shafts and half shafts brought back a few shivers from my days of working on my 60 and 70's Triunphs and Rovers. Really cool cars, but those rusted in U joints were a whole other story.
I love the video, the car, and the music. I really enjoy your content. Thanks for your work
I've been bouncing between current videos and older ones. First, you're a genius with your production. Full marks. Second, these Lotuses seem like they're made out of tin sheet and glue, which makes me very nervous. Third, when I realized that this Esprit likely weighs what my Mk 1 Golf GTI weighed, with nearly twice the power...I've loved Guigiaro's origami designs, the '74 Golf, '76 Esprit, '78 M1 and '81 DeLorean (well, some are better than others), but my torso is too long to fit in the Esprit. Still, I'd love to do what you're up to, restoring a Mk1 or Mk2 Esprit. Cheers
Thin sheet and glue is exactly how the Elise was built.
I painted my calipers on my V70R with green hammarite, never faded or fell of the caliper.
Wow...such attention to detail. Fabulous George.
If a job is worth doing...it's worth doing properly. Can't wait for further progress.
the ball bearing bit was a beauty and to see the good oll 205 ( maybe even a gti), in the backround was another aaahhhh moment. greetings from germany
Very satisfying seeing that bearing race come off once you finally managed to get it moving. And I'm glad you mentioned about getting paint on the machined surfaces, you had me concerned there for a moment - I hope that stuff comes off again easily enough without risk of damaging the surface underneath. Finally, I'd argue that my Excel was the last design that Chapman was involved in - but it could be argued that it was an update of the Eclat (which pre-dated the Esprit) rather than a totally new car.
It's turning out so nice and I absolutely LOVE that you stamped your logo onto it. I may have to start doing that with my own projects.... :)
‘Tis a thing of beauty Sir !
It’s amazing to see the quality of the welds and metal work on that backbone frame. I’m trying to put myself in the shoes of the worker that made them.
I've been engrossed with watching your videos. Stop motion up there with hagerty. Difference is, you seem more relatable and so, what tools would you consider absolutely necessary? You love your welder, but you got me thinking, I've yet to see you deal with stubborn bolts. (I have rusted stud bolts on my E86 exhaust flange)
I'm only swapping out the prop centre bearing... If I end up stripping suspension set ups put and de rusting and coating them we have you to blame. Love your work. 👍
Huge respect from a big Lotus fan..
Never a dull moment with your work George. Cheers man!
Little did he know, but he was beating the drum of the Lotus Kraken - unspeakable misery is about to be unleashed from the sea!
Noooooooooooooo! 😮
As always George brilliant camera work!
In every close-up shot I found hair in the epoxy finish....turns out it was one of my hairs on my screen. Great job on this restoration, I enjoy your dedication! Cheers!
Chapman probably said paint adds weight 😀. In this case nature removed some weight from the chassis to balance it out. Nice to see the project getting some attention. It seams we both had a similar hiatus on our Esprit restorations.
Great video as always!
Well done, George, a very satisfying stage of the work! :-)
think Eno and Ferry..Moby would approve of your music selections in video..
You make a great Video George 👍
Got home from a long day to my favorite restoration progress video! Thanks George!
Lotus as tuning fork, sweet
This was the first episode I watched when it was released after a few weeks purging through all the old episodes. Feel like I have been on a journey. Looking forward to future episodes.
Exciting stuff. Getting closer to assembly. Well done :-)
Nice to hear you get a shout out on the RetroRides Podcast, George 👍
Aesthetic are each pictures you filmed. Great !
Easley one of the coolest car guys on UA-cam.
You've come a long way, baby.
Liked before even watching.... just wounder how many did the same...
Another fascinating instalment. 👍 Good call on the paint finish.
very high quality epoxy from Novol, and its very nice to use
So nice to see the (Lucas) Girling brand logo on those brake calipers- my first employer out of Uni in 1985 - and they also sent me to the US (I never came back!)
1. How have I missed this excellent series?
2. The S300, S4s (after the first 30 cars or so), and the V8s have a plate installed over the shifter hole to eliminate that channel section. It makes a meaningful improvement in chassis stiffness. I had a fabricator work up an insert for my early S4s but the factory used welded in nuts. I'll look for my old pics.
Love this Chanel. Incredible work. Thank you. 🙌🏼
Much appreciated!
Is the plan to try & reuse the bearing? Having put that much heat into it I'd suggest that's a bad idea as you've most likely impacted on the heat treatment. Regular process for removing those is either oxy & heat until it softens & loosens it's grip or I tend to grind the inner until it's very thin & quick tap will split the inner & you can just slide it off. You do need to be careful not to grind into the stub axle though obviously. Given the time & effort I'd personally always replace the bearing if it's removed but that's just personal choice. Great vid as ever.
The bearings are nearly as common as rocking horse shit. If the bearing is savable then it's what you do. I've been buying up Austin Tasman front hub assemblies as they use the same bearings.
I agree, it was heated until blue, the heat treatment is gone. Bearings are expensive for these cars, but not unobtainable...
Fabulous work, and film-making 👍.
Esprit chassis a surprisingly tricky thing to paint properly - fair play. Keep going, you're keeping us going!
I've been subscribed for a long time and kinda thought you had stopped or were just slowing down due to home/work stuff. I'm pleased to see you back, your workman ship is very good and your voice is very relaxing to listen too.
Welcome back!
As always, amazing attention to detail and a pleasure to watch.
Imagine the look on the next owners face when they see who restored the chassis ❤
This is getting very exciting! Well done George!
💪🏼🙂
your videos is like some sort of meditation, relaxing,calm and chill) keep doing,what you're doing)
Thank you. Will do!
amazing dedication to perfection or just plain old OCD hard to say, best car videos on You tube for sure respect mate
Hiya again! So glad to see more Lotus progress. This stuff tickles my fancy.
After some similar work on my old RX-7, I just said eff it and applied Rust Check over the clean and painted unibody. Not pretty but didn't want any rust back!
I think you’re doing a great job. I’m doing the same to mine just a heads up when you come to spray the chassis put a scaffolding pole thought the central hole in the chassis like a spit much easier cheers KP
Now there's a man who knows how to work the shaft.
😚
One soup classic Lotus content fix, intravenous please
You are so thorough! I wish u had ir in me to be that thorough. I'm so impressed.
You don’t want that wish, it’s a pain in the hoop 😆
It's looking great!
Nice
Go you...back on form...fair play x
Amazing videos
Good day everybody,george,geORGE?,GEORRRRGE!GEOOORRRRRGEEEHHH!!! yeah...Looooootus!!
Looking good 👍 pressed speed holes not an option? Could be the 250g you’ll be looking for at the end🤪
Some great progress, looking forward to the new video!
Thanks 👍
awesome
Those are some pitiful welds by today"s standards. When I restore I try to make it look like it was intended and do a little fix if someone was bad at their job. Good to see it progressing. I like the fuzz ball painting trick, Good coverage in those impossible to spray areas. Also impressed by the epoxy primer resistance to brake fluid. Would never have guessed that. A bit of paint then it looks like its reassembly time. Cheers to that.
You can only be as good as you are at any given moment 😙
@@soupclassicmotoring True. The '70's was a bad time for quality- except for music.
Like Ratarossa's Ferrari BB, I think this car is going to be better than the day it rolled off the production line.
grate
It's interesting to see that the original Lotus welds are, in fact Seagull Shizen.
Makes it easier to replicate for someone like me 🤩
Nice!
Great watch!! What are those giant Q tips called fellas ?? I NEED some of those
The boy at Delta Autobody call them bobbles
Cool project.😊
On which century you will be ready with your Lotus restoration?
Is there any way to get some epoxy on the inside of that thing, like a paint equivalent of those Waxoyle nozzles on a line?
11:30, show more of that Pug... :)
Dude. I’m now officially embarrassed to own an S2 Esprit. I may throw it away! Good job.
I’ll take it for parts! 😋
Hey George box those control arms !!
a tuned chassis?
Loving the build 👍
Was that a 205 GTI in the background ?
T’was. Very clean too (now that the Delta team have been about it) 💪🏼😆
@@soupclassicmotoring I do like 205 GTI’s
Is that a pug 205 @11:17? 😍🥰🥰🥰
A very minty one
Be sure to turn your volume back UP in time for the opening riff!!!
i was surprised not to see a trail of sandblast sand follow you down the stairs when carrying the chassis....that is amazingly difficult to remove from crevices.
It was meticulously blown out and vacuumed a few times over. The only thing we forgot to do was stand it on its end!
@@soupclassicmotoring You did all the right things...you almost have to have a couple of people shake it in the air to get it all out.
Lotus is grand however I am gagin too see the fun and best bits of the sprinter build......the interrior fitout, I just know its guna be something special and different, not just another Ikea job with added tounge and groove...yawn, but something Origional and farr out maaan.
Peace and love from T1N yellow sprinter "Sunflower"
Thanks Sunflower! The Sprinter is making a reappearance in the coming month!
03:00 To remove an inner ball race ring: put it in th fridge, nick it with an angle grinder, split it with a cold chisel.
Wacka Wacka!
Better as from the factory!!!
I thought the gong sounds was an opening scene to some jungle of cars scene.
It’s an interesting contrast between this Esprit resto versus Tavarish’s aborted Esprit resto. It might be a tonne of work, but you have to have the bones to start with and a lot of patience.
This one is going to be awesome, and I love the artistry you but into editing the videos.
Patience is the key, it comes by default when a project is personal ;)
have you consider platinf some of these parts instead of paint?
There is a fan blade at 3:45. If you can tell me where to find one, I will become a patron at $5.00 a month for the duration of the project. If not I will consider becoming one anyway.