Never mind what Suzy thinks, Ivan! The "outdoor" episodes are great but I find the autopsies on the old cars and engines utterly fascinating. Please don't stop them.
I love anything in a man-cave, restoring and building stuff from cars to bikes, boats to furniture, watches to locos. All the stuff they used to show on TV but never do now.
The midget Offy is half of a Miller 181. Bugatti purchased a Miller straight eight in the mid-1920s when a car came over to run some of the big races. The Miller was "inspired" by the 1914 Peugeot so it was only fair that Ettore got a close look at the inside of a Miller. So many design features spread that way. Miller's "draftsman" started off with the Buick bugs back in 1906 or so and Leo Goosen was still designing Indy motors in 1970s with features derived from Miller 8s..
I’m a Fabby (over 40 years) from the wine country in Northern California U.S.A. I love watching you taking things to bits continue doing that with all your stories!😊😊😃
I love the shop videos the most, but it is the combination of those along with the trips and outings that make the channel so great. And as always, the videos that feature all three of you are best. Cheers!
Carl Rogers has a great UA-cam channel. 👍 Thanks for the video. I have an issue of Hot Rod Magazine from the 1950s where they disassembled an Offy engine, and I've been fascinated with their construction ever since.
Years ago Smokey Yunick in one of his articles stated just how impressed he was with the Offenhauser engine design,each bit doing exactly what it should. I always wanted to watch a detailed disassembly and reassembly. Lo and behold, Ivan John and Suzy offer video and commentary with a lifetime of experience added to the ironmongery of the engine. For me,a real joy to watch this.
You're right, but I think that for every one of those restorers there must be thousands of ordinary enthusiasts (like me) who will probably never see this sort of stuff close up in the metal and who are very grateful to heroes like Ivan and John for revealing all this wonderful magic to us.
I have been meddling with mopeds/ motorcycles/ cars/ & everything mechanical since is was a nipper. Still at it at 72yrs young. Brilliant work. Always watch the video's. Well done. Wish I had as many subs on my channel. Keep up the good work Ivan / John/ & of course the lovely videographer. Steve.🙂🙃😉
SO MUCH EDUCATION there is so much knowledge in that workshop its off the scale thank you All Ivan John & Miss Suzy for making all this engineering available to us all loved it.
I love this episode.. I’ve had friends that have owned both Millers and Offy’s but I’ve never seen one taken down.. and the comparison to the Bugatti was cool too!
Thank you All for showing us the 'innards' of the Offy Engine. I used to love watching Midget car races and always wondered how they got so much power/speed from the 4's.,and why they didn't have starters.
Great video, Ivan. I didn't get bored once! I know people who work on restoring Offys and am astonished at what can be done to get them working after they have been blown to bits. That crank case you said had been welded up, which is as you said very common for a vintage race engine. I saw one that the case had been broken in half with some pieces missing and it was welded back up and made to run again. Aluminum is very workable apparently. A truly amazing engine design.
Whether to be in the shed "wacking" something, taking it to bits or out on a field trip in Portugal, France or Goodwood it's all a great experience for me! I do like all things technical and you have managed to put that side of it across no matter where ye' be!!! Cheers, Paul 🤓
Absolute mine of information.So much skill and determined engineering all in one video. Please let this be a record of how things were, could be and should be for future "hands on" people.
That is a Lot of lift. Yes, we do watch these all the way through. Mr. Chickadee and Engels Coach Work are two more channels worth watching for “process.”
As always..a delightful video watching you problem solving and working things out without manuals or looking at You Tube videos..just real engineers who know what to do, to improve, modify, chuck away and who can tell good and bad design In a glance. I just wish many of my old friends were here to watch..I know M neighbour Bill would have been watching you on continuous repeat…you would have got on together in an instant..he was a Rolls Royce aero engineer and stripping a Merlin engine would have just been a days work and then doing something else tomorrow. I’m at the NEC on Sunday so will head to your Stand just in case you are there! Brum Brum indeed! 😃😃😃Richard
Ivan. Please tell us more about John. Is he retired or do you employ him. Did he work for you before you retired. How did he learn the trade. His skill seems to be invaluable.
Another absolute tops of a video, they are the highlight of my viewing week. Thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge and experience. As we all say … looking forward to the next instalment.
National Treasure. He stands as an ambassador for England, head an shoulders above the mincing aloof posh lot, and that cesspool in government. He heals my broken relationship with that nation.
Hi guys and gals. It's wonderful to see inside a piece of functional motoring artwork. What sort of a rev range do they work in? How hard can you rev the things before they go "pop"?
Carl Roger ' curved roof is very clever . Regarding the Offy Engine ,what a super little crankcase .Looking at those cam buckets with the radius edge I wonder if when looking at those cams and the lift ,maybe the radius of the cam followers might help overcome the need for ramp cams to prevent the cams from wacking down the followers to the detriment of the valve train ? Great site and as a 90 year old ex mechanic (even older than You Ivan!) I can relate to Your thinking and methods Mate !
Great demonstration of engine evolution, It's always good to see Ivan and John working together. Nicely filmed and I liked the still shot cutaways so we could see wha tyou were talking about.
I needed some jack oil recently but none of my local hardware stores carried it. After a bit of googling, I found that the characteristics of motorcycle fork oil would make a great substitute. Since you have a bike in the shop, maybe you have a bottle about somewhere ( I did ).
I believe the transmission is Model A Ford. 1930 1931, with a different shift tower, could be to fit the midgit size car. The drain bolt and the fill bolt look the same as does the two bolts on the back holding the part's in. Does it have part # anywhere? or is it repop?
Can Ivan tell more about his sack trolley, J L Burton stories etc please. Any of those interesting objects in the workshop, maybe a ‘tour’ of the shed and various ‘tales of tools’. All fascinating to many. Thank you for such special work.
Some have suggested a Ford Model A gearbox. If you do an online search you can find many images which should enable positive identification if it is a Model A.
Miller made the 4 cyl 151 cu in engine in the 1920s for hydroplane racing. When Miller went belly up about 1930, Offenhauser bought all the tooling figuring he could develop that 4 cyl and make a go of it.
There is big Offys for the 'big' cars and the 110 for midgets. Offys ranged from 93ci to just under 150ci for midget engines over the decades and the Big Offy ranged up to 255ci for Indy cars. Or 3 litre turbo. Two different engines the same design. For Sprintcars they were up around 270ci. But Chevs became the engine to use by then. The speedcar engine got to from memory 130ci after being outrun by VWs as well as Sescos and Chevy11s This in the early 70s. From my distant memory dirt oval twincam engines were around 2 litre, pushrod engines were 2.5 litres, s/c engines were around 1800 pushrod only. This in the early 70s, now I think is still similar but maybe not with all the specialised race engines that cost a LOT
On another subject Ivan.... do you realise that people are trying to rename the Midget Pub in Abingdon... as an owner of a 52 TD, like yourself I find this outrageous, how can anybody really find this offensive.... if you have time, Ivan, please sign the partition to stop this nonsense if you feel the same way...👍...
Never mind what Suzy thinks, Ivan! The "outdoor" episodes are great but I find the autopsies on the old cars and engines utterly fascinating. Please don't stop them.
Damn straight, we all want to be "the fly on the wall" in Ivan's shop. Never miss a second.
Or every quarter of an hour… and hour… 🤔😏
Absolutely want to see every second of taking this off to bits....-John
I love anything in a man-cave, restoring and building stuff from cars to bikes, boats to furniture, watches to locos. All the stuff they used to show on TV but never do now.
The midget Offy is half of a Miller 181. Bugatti purchased a Miller straight eight in the mid-1920s when a car came over to run some of the big races. The Miller was "inspired" by the 1914 Peugeot so it was only fair that Ettore got a close look at the inside of a Miller. So many design features spread that way. Miller's "draftsman" started off with the Buick bugs back in 1906 or so and Leo Goosen was still designing Indy motors in 1970s with features derived from Miller 8s..
I spend hours finding ways to do something because of my hand tremors. Watching John is great knowing someone so skillfull just gets round too. 👍
DR John in the shop, can't go wrong, great!
I’m a Fabby (over 40 years) from the wine country in Northern California U.S.A. I love watching you taking things to bits continue doing that with all your stories!😊😊😃
Am I allowed to say "BRILLIANT" for every vlog? What a team.
Well done Suzy for asking the right questions arising in the viewers mind! Thank you
I love the shop videos the most, but it is the combination of those along with the trips and outings that make the channel so great. And as always, the videos that feature all three of you are best. Cheers!
Carl Rogers has a great UA-cam channel. 👍
Thanks for the video. I have an issue of Hot Rod Magazine from the 1950s where they disassembled an Offy engine, and I've been fascinated with their construction ever since.
Years ago Smokey Yunick in one of his articles stated just how impressed he was with the Offenhauser engine design,each bit doing exactly what it should. I always wanted to watch a detailed disassembly and reassembly. Lo and behold, Ivan John and Suzy offer video and commentary with a lifetime of experience added to the ironmongery of the engine. For me,a real joy to watch this.
These are the kind of episodes i love the most. Stunning.
I’m sure these videos are invaluable to restorers now and later in time, so informative, Ivan you are the man
You're right, but I think that for every one of those restorers there must be thousands of ordinary enthusiasts (like me) who will probably never see this sort of stuff close up in the metal and who are very grateful to heroes like Ivan and John for revealing all this wonderful magic to us.
I have been meddling with mopeds/ motorcycles/ cars/ & everything mechanical since is was a nipper. Still at it at 72yrs young. Brilliant work. Always watch the video's. Well done. Wish I had as many subs on my channel. Keep up the good work Ivan / John/ & of course the lovely videographer.
Steve.🙂🙃😉
Hi Stevie from one of your followers 👍
@malcolmtill hi malcolm. I hope you are well. Love watching Ivan at work.
Steve.
SO MUCH EDUCATION there is so much knowledge in that workshop its off the scale thank you All Ivan John & Miss Suzy for making all this engineering available to us all loved it.
Offy's are beautifully engineered things.
I love this episode.. I’ve had friends that have owned both Millers and Offy’s but I’ve never seen one taken down.. and the comparison to the Bugatti was cool too!
Thank you All for showing us the 'innards' of the Offy Engine. I used to love watching Midget car races and always wondered how they got so much power/speed from the 4's.,and why they didn't have starters.
Great video, Ivan. I didn't get bored once! I know people who work on restoring Offys and am astonished at what can be done to get them working after they have been blown to bits. That crank case you said had been welded up, which is as you said very common for a vintage race engine. I saw one that the case had been broken in half with some pieces missing and it was welded back up and made to run again. Aluminum is very workable apparently. A truly amazing engine design.
Watching bits being torn apart is why I'm here! Cheers from a shed in Iowa
Ime with you Ivan, I much prefer watching you tear down or rebuild something in the engine, than a trip to France etc. spot on.
Ivan, you are correct, I love watching you and John in the workshop. Fascinating and educational. Excellent 🙂
Thanks Ivan for showing the inner workings of the Offy.
What a treat to see this fascinating engine torn down! I'm very much looking forward to hearing it run.
Spot on Ivan I enjoyed that staircase build … check out the shepherds hut he is building
For. Me I love the workshop videos most
Watching every second of these "lump of old iron" videos.
Loving these.
Yes, it was a worthwhile video and the section explaining the evolution of the Miller, Bugatti and Offenhauser engines was priceless. More please.
Whether to be in the shed "wacking" something, taking it to bits or out on a field trip in Portugal, France or Goodwood it's all a great experience for me! I do like all things technical and you have managed to put that side of it across no matter where ye' be!!! Cheers, Paul 🤓
We came for the workshop action. Brilliant content and camaraderie from all the team. Well captured Suzy. Thanks for taking the time to share. :)
I'm with Ivan, I want to see the workshop episodes with the stripping and diagnostic work.
Absolute mine of information.So much skill and determined engineering all in one video. Please let this be a record of how things were, could be and should be for future "hands on" people.
Always interesting to see people at the top of their game doing what they do. It's why people watch the Olympics.
brilliant video every one , what a piece of kit the offenhauser is keep them videos coming have a great time at the show
"Whacking" or as we termed it in aviation - "a technical tap"
Ivan you are magic, I was flagging but the end was worth it, that was a long strip, much longer in time than this video, great stuff.
That is a Lot of lift. Yes, we do watch these all the way through. Mr. Chickadee and Engels Coach Work are two more channels worth watching for “process.”
I could happily die in a workshop like this!!
Such a wealth of knowledge.love this guy .😂
I also love Carl Rogers
We’re obviously men of taste.
Hello,in the future.try using ice spray to cool the crankshaft 😉
In addition to all the knowledge, i love the problem solving demonstrated by Ivan and John. Thank you for these videos.
I love this sort of thing , So interesting
I'll watch every second of anyone taking apart ANY Miller, Offy, Drake, Novi, Indy Deusenberg, G.P. Peugeot, etc. ESPECIALLY if it's Ivan and John
Great work team. Enjoy the NEC.
As always..a delightful video watching you problem solving and working things out without manuals or looking at You Tube videos..just real engineers who know what to do, to improve, modify, chuck away and who can tell good and bad design In a glance. I just wish many of my old friends were here to watch..I know M neighbour Bill would have been watching you on continuous repeat…you would have got on together in an instant..he was a Rolls Royce aero engineer and stripping a Merlin engine would have just been a days work and then doing something else tomorrow. I’m at the NEC on Sunday so will head to your Stand just in case you are there! Brum Brum indeed! 😃😃😃Richard
A great time in the shop much enjoyed.
Agree Ivan love seeing every bit of your videos more detail the better!
Great video, never too much info in my book. Love it. Many thanks for sharing
Ivan.
Please tell us more about John. Is he retired or do you employ him. Did he work for you before you retired.
How did he learn the trade.
His skill seems to be invaluable.
Carl Rogers - great lad, superb work
I'd like to know more about John and Suzy. They are such a valuable asset.
just popped down the "offy" for some beer and shed racing chill out
Another absolute tops of a video, they are the highlight of my viewing week.
Thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge and experience.
As we all say … looking forward to the next instalment.
I just realized you have a tray-top lathe. I made a ton of custom racing parts on one of those. Good machine. 👍
National Treasure. He stands as an ambassador for England, head an shoulders above the mincing aloof posh lot, and that cesspool in government. He heals my broken relationship with that nation.
Your not wrong when you say we have a cesspool in government, I can't imagine Mr Trump having much time for them and who could blame him.
Hi guys and gals. It's wonderful to see inside a piece of functional motoring artwork.
What sort of a rev range do they work in? How hard can you rev the things before they go "pop"?
Watched and enjoyed every second as always Ivan 😊 👍
Carl Roger ' curved roof is very clever . Regarding the Offy Engine ,what a super little crankcase .Looking at those cam buckets with the radius edge I wonder if when looking at those cams and the lift ,maybe the radius of the cam followers might help overcome the need for ramp cams to prevent the cams from wacking down the followers to the detriment of the valve train ? Great site and as a 90 year old ex mechanic (even older than You Ivan!) I can relate to Your thinking and methods Mate !
Absolutely Ivan. The workshop content is the go.
I'd watch Ivan make toast! Especially if Suzie films it.
Every second, yep 👍
Great demonstration of engine evolution, It's always good to see Ivan and John working together.
Nicely filmed and I liked the still shot cutaways so we could see wha tyou were talking about.
I definitely want to see what's inside an Offy engine .
I needed some jack oil recently but none of my local hardware stores carried it. After a bit of googling, I found that the characteristics of motorcycle fork oil would make a great substitute. Since you have a bike in the shop, maybe you have a bottle about somewhere ( I did ).
Enjoyed every second of the video, thanks team
I believe the transmission is Model A Ford. 1930 1931, with a different shift tower, could be to fit the midgit size car. The drain bolt and the fill bolt look the same as does the two bolts on the back holding the part's in. Does it have part # anywhere? or is it repop?
looks to be Model A
Great video and insight into évolution of racing engines. Very informative!
Can Ivan tell more about his sack trolley, J L Burton stories etc please. Any of those interesting objects in the workshop, maybe a ‘tour’ of the shed and various ‘tales of tools’. All fascinating to many. Thank you for such special work.
Thanks for the video, really like your projects.
you are keeping me up late... But i am going to bed and saving the rest for a breakfast cartoon.
Always make your work shop videos!! Tim from way out west workshop is also excellent and if you haven’t watch the peddle car videos
Carl & his father rebuilding the roof on the French farmhouse was absolutely riveting
Don’t let Ivan loose with the camera again Suzie 😹😹😂😂😂😂😂😂
Some have suggested a Ford Model A gearbox. If you do an online search you can find many images which should enable positive identification if it is a Model A.
That was fascinating - where else do you get to see an Offy engine pulled apart and explained in the uk?
Just look at the cam on that!
Wacking with a hammer; known as using a 'Birmingham Screwdriver' around these parts!
Miller made the 4 cyl 151 cu in engine in the 1920s for hydroplane racing. When Miller went belly up about 1930, Offenhauser bought all the tooling figuring he could develop that 4 cyl and make a go of it.
There is big Offys for the 'big' cars and the 110 for midgets. Offys ranged from 93ci to just under 150ci for midget engines over the decades and the Big Offy ranged up to 255ci for Indy cars. Or 3 litre turbo. Two different engines the same design. For Sprintcars they were up around 270ci. But Chevs became the engine to use by then.
The speedcar engine got to from memory 130ci after being outrun by VWs as well as Sescos and Chevy11s This in the early 70s.
From my distant memory dirt oval twincam engines were around 2 litre, pushrod engines were 2.5 litres, s/c engines were around 1800 pushrod only. This in the early 70s, now I think is still similar but maybe not with all the specialised race engines that cost a LOT
👍🇦🇺Interesting Video.
Was gonna ‘whack’ that subscribe button but luckily enough I already had , considering ‘we don't do whacking here’…
So with this engine is the cylinder head and cylinders all one piece???
Yes. It's called a Monobloc engine. Stiffens the crankcase, and no head gasket failures. Just a bit more fiddly to strip.
@@moyadapne968I don't think it was done for strength reasons but more the best they could do at the time
@@psk5746 Bloody Google putting me wrong again.
oh aye, who copied who then ? 😁😁
SUSIE YOUR WRONG SORRY DEAR .
On another subject Ivan.... do you realise that people are trying to rename the Midget Pub in Abingdon... as an owner of a 52 TD, like yourself I find this outrageous, how can anybody really find this offensive.... if you have time, Ivan, please sign the partition to stop this nonsense if you feel the same way...👍...
You have a field ,you have Offy dirt tracker =. Couple of hours with a grader
Viola fun for the old boy racer and Susan in the camera car🤔👍👍🇦🇺🦘