HEMI Jensen Interceptor Restomod Metalwork Progressing!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Episode 171
We welcome a new team member and a new piece of machinery to the workshop! Progress on the Hemi Interceptor continues apace and we catch the latest on all our other projects.
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Sad to hear that Leaping Cats have gone, they are just up the road from me, I`ve been there a few times to fix some of their machinery a few years back 😢I`m a CNC machine tool repair guy if you need any help with your Mantech Router and getting to grips with it just give me a shout 👍
Thank you for the recommendation of our JP901 saw.
In 1970, one of my classmates was collected from school by his Dad driving an interceptor. Life for me changed forever on that day..🙏
Fantastic! We're glad to have helped. :)
Best polyurethane company in the EU by miles, superb quality and customer service thats second to none, Kind regards from Spain
Thanks@@Abigailrp We try!
I joined the Fire Service in Durham County in 1975 and we carried Cengar saws as part of the rescue kit for RTAs. Good to see that Cengar are still going!
I remember selling them back in the 80s! And Tigair, but they weren’t so good iirc.
Thank you @@GuyChapman we are still in business and our range has expanded
We are happy to still be going too! We are always researching and developing new equipment.
Somewhat to be expected but still great to see Cengar follow this channel 😊😊 please report on any spikes in sales after this 🎉
Those copper anodised accents for "Project ONE" looks the dogs danglies 😎.
Yes, - superb!
the whole car..
polybush is the best polyurethane company in the EU by miles, superb quality and customer service thats second to none, Kind regards from Spain
So glad for Matt! Welcome from a keen spectator and follower of the stunning work, coming from Retropower! Wish a successful and enjoyable, new career!
Tony in Cape Town, SA
To avoid confusion, we should call one of the Adams "Gibbo" from now on. That'll straighten things out. 😁
On waterless coolant if you search youtube "why is evans shite" there is lengthy explanation by "The workshop" channel on exactly why its absolute rubbish for cooling an engine including tests with thermo couples etc to show how bad it really is. Md evans uk asked chap to stop posting his information and tests but was unable to stop him as his information is all true...
@5:36 "Anybody seen my croquet hammer?"
Glad it's back to being Retropower *Uncut* rather than *Cut*!
You may wish to acquaint yourselves with Penrose struts which can be damped , pressure adjusted and valved for both extension and retractive force. You do fine work. Well done.
There's nothing I enjoy more on a Sunday evening than absorbing the fine fine work of (Retro) =vehicular bespoke jewellers masterfully creating the purest one offs. It's also a great reminder to start my week with a more 'anything is possible' attitude. Thanks guys 👍🔥
Here's a question for Nat - you mentioned that you specified a particular shore grade of polyurethane for those subframe bushes, but what are you choose that particular value? Is it experience or somthing a bit more scientific?
After just finishing a full resto, I considered using waterless coolant for the anti corrosion benefit but I just wasn’t sure of the cooling and higher temp aspects.
I ended up using a high quality anti corrosion coolant and demineralised water and will make sure I change it at the correct intervals. I’ve had the car in slow traffic on a 33 degree day (I’m in Sydney Australia) and had no overheating issues so I’m happy with the choice. Thanks for all the great content, cheers.
I’m very impressed with your professional videos. You speak on a level where everyone can understand what you are doing 👏👏
Agreed and same goes for the camerawork, especially the in between shots of stuff and car bits are often done with some smooth camera motion which looks great and is (as I know from experience) not that easy to achieve. EG the last shot smooth pan over and down into the escort engine bay 👌
The Jensen Interceptor is one of the most beautiful cars ever made IMO.
Yeh ☕️in hand feet up warm and ready for my fix of retropower boys 🇬🇧👍🏻😉👏👏
Cal, I reckon the biggest advantage of waterless coolant is that from my experience the worst engine damage is caused by rapid loss of coolant by burst hoses, pump seals etc. With waterless there's absolutely no pressure in the coolant system, other than circulation pressure, within the operating temperature range meaning that hoses, seals will maintain integrity. The small rise in baseline operating temperature is insignificant, and in some cases beneficial.
You chaps dont seem to approve of using plastics in terms of body filler and that's fine, but what about employing a shrinking disc instead of the spot welder?
You might not need rely on all that lead. Cheers!
Nice CNC router! That's again right up my alley. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
You'll be breaking a few tools in the next few weeks, but F360 is really good for toolpath programming, been using it for 7 years.
I think you will get up to speed using the CNC router very quickly, Fusion is ace to create tool paths, even complex 3d paths can be made quickly. Drawing the model is more difficult but the 3d scanner has you covered! Try to order the right tooling for soft materials and play around with feeds and speeds and you'll be making nice parts very quickly!
OMG THOSE ARE ALL GORGOUS CARS and your work on the Camaro is amazing !! Cant wait to see the finished Jensen too , and as for the waterless coolant it never rusts out any of the parts :)
We've tried the waterless coolant and werent impressed. The best coolant is plain old water, but that would cause corrosion so you have to make it not quite as good by putting antifreeze with corrosion inhibitors in.
If waterless coolant was beneficial wouldn’t car manufacturers use it ?
CNC router will be excellent - Dark Aero have made great use of theirs building the Dark Aero 1. The ability to mock up dashes and centre consoles in foam will save a lot of time.
Although I have no personal experience with waterless coolants, I have heard (probably on Jay Leno's channel), that their heat transfer capability is lower than water's. Their great virtue is being non-corrosive, so they're ideal for collection cars that spend more time sitting than running. They don't eat the motor.
The fillers on the Camaro are beautiful, but their symmetry is worrying. Murphy's ability to cause confusion is almost unlimited. Sooner or later, if fillers are even faintly similar, someone will put the wrong fluids in them. Do you have a way to prevent that? (Different shapes for the caps, flip vs screw caps. or WHY?) The history of aviation is replete with incidents of mistaken fitting processes, despite continuous evolution of attempts at precluding them.
What are thoughts on 2024 ban by the EU on chrome plating and could you possibly let your viewers know about this, it is total madness i do not what to go all environmental but how are wheel bearings and such things going to work good grief Charlie brown.
I look at aspects like the waterless coolant in this manner; if its so damned good, why isnt it everywhere. Ergo, its not and its for masking underlying issues.
I have had the misfortune to buy tools which I was not aware were made in china ,and not only did they not work very well they didn't last very long so I wasted my money. I am not saying all Chinese product are like that but these were I try not to do that anymore I give items a bit of research first!
Fecking hell chap make a new cage i wouldn't trust them welds at all love the project stay safe peeps 🇬🇧
I can't help but think project Kuma needs another black tank at the front drivers side to match the other side to make it more symmetrical?
That pause every week while making coffee. Why not start filming at the stirring stage? 😅
What is the tool being used at 2m45s? Is it for shrinking the metal?
Can there be a super cut just featuring Mark? 🤪
..still no Churchill color , oh man…
Nice shot @ TRT 08:51 Jamie! 🙌
When I was converting US cars to righthand drive all of the AC fittings we used were premade with an expansion to accept the aluminium pipe, Simply braised the joints like a copper gas line. I can't remember the manufacturer but you might not have known about that approach. I hope that helps.
Ned, on the price of good tools; what should we expect? I mean, there are two zeros in the name and we haven't even asked the price! A "tool truck guy" in my dim past strapped that on me when I dithered over his baubles and bangles. Hello, Matt; you look to have some of the talents that make this place what it is; if you show a hand, I'll bet they would let you try your hand as some of the rest. Nice work on the door, Tom; back when I knew that tool guy, I was working for a dealer in New Orleans flogging that very car; every one we took out of the Free Trade Zone had some of the sins you and Matt are remanufacturing for. The Big MOPAR engine was bullet proof, or nearly so. Most folks who buy a 2200 kilo sports car aren't serious drag racers.
You mentioned the local “speed shop”; Summit Racing. I bet you thought it was named for a local mountain? Not so, as this area of NE OHIO was formed by glaciers quite some time ago. The shop is named after the county where it’s located. Really enjoy the podcast. Keep up the great work! Joel CoLlins
We use cnc routers for model making (mostly wood, various model making filled resin materials up to Aluminium… one thing I know it’s always a bit too small 😂😂. We are using it mostly in 2.5 D (various heights of contours, pockets, holes etc) when using it to do full 3d it becomes rather time consuming.
Waterless coolant, no. Coming from a Bike Endurance racing background and having worked in extremes like Qatar and Suzuka with heat and ridiculous humidity any need for anything not involving pure de-ionised water is just glossing over poor application.
When TIG brazing the joints on your vehicles, do you have any problems with intergranular embrittlement or intergranular cracking. I have come across this when brazing thin steel with the oxy-acetylene process.
Thanks for Retropower Uncut
If waterless coolant ran the engine significantly cooler, or if (wc) was a better heat conductor than a typical anti-freeze mixture, I guess it would probably have some merit. (I’m not sure why using water is supposed to be bad?)🤔
As always enjoying your weekly updates.
On the topic of waterless coolant. I used it in my 74 E-type for a couple of reasons, but mainly because the heads are prone to develop hotspots, which leads to evaporation and subsequent valve seats dropping and head warping. Needles to elaborate on the consequences of either.
My real life experience of waterless coolant saving my engine, was when a fuse had blown. A fuse that supplied both the fans and the temp gauge. After about 10-15 minutes in slow moving traffic the reality dawned on me and I was able to get away and on to the motorway, get up to speed and cool the engine somewhat. The end result was that the engine was saved, but based on the subsequent oil smoke on overrun, one or more valve stem seals must have been damaged.
To add to the saying, little things please littel minds, whilst greater fools look on.....
Keep up the great work..absolutely love the E-Type door card.
Congratulations to Matt joining the team. 22 yrs in his previous job goes to show commitment and skill. .
Nice to see you investing into new tooling going in house.
The way forward 😊
Cal, hear hear on the waterless coolant.
It does do what the makers claim, namely not boil and contains no water to corrode components.
However, straight ethylene glycol is not as effective as water at either absorbing or releasing heat.
There is data out there on trucking fleets where the engine suppliers need to raise the switch on point for the cooling fans to prevent them running all the time when using waterless coolant.
I'm certainly with you, I see no need to make any of my vehicles run hotter than originally intended.
It's a fairly simple affair to maintain a healthy cooling system.
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Can we have a look at the range rover at some point please
Is there no limit to your developing CNC expertise? A while ago I think Ford had a way of making cylinders heads by reducing the design to lots of layers which were then assembled on dowel pins and clamped together and heat treated to diffusion weld the layers into a solid mass. Maybe some out there can add more to this?
I used waterless coolants and found their viscosity was lower meaning you needed to have extra pumping effort to keep the flow. That and the expense has meant I don’t bother with them. Not needed unless the cooling system is close on the limit anyhow.
The Jensen has been my dream car since i was a young apprentice 1968 when i saw one out side my work place.
I want to see a cross over, with BOM, with regards to there new line of switches. And your take on them.
I like them. Watch this space
As a long term loyal BOM fan, " watch this space " Is a prerequisite and a term that both delights and fills one with dread.
Perhaps an unusual question, but do you have a colour code for the bronze cam cover?
I use a Nederman sandblaster it uses a vacuum built in to the head and does not require a room being filled with material. They make one the size of a shop vac and up to oil rig spec.
Huzzah!!!
C6 Corvettes have a push button release on the door, but a cable release handle between the seat and the sill.
Tesla manual door release on model 3 and y are not hidden on the front doors but the rear doors the cable sits behind the door card/panel.
Try Vevor for the A/C tool
If they make one, you can guarantee someone makes a reliable one 😢.
@@vogs72 I’ve bought a number of their specialty tools and they work fine
just 2 small questions, will Kumar's carbon bonnet be staying in a raw state or painted body colour, Also getting very excited to see Churchill in final paint, What colour will it be going though?
Bonnet painted outside, visible weave inside
Have you done a ford Capri restomod?
That Range Rover looks a bit lovely
Is Jamie going Rabbinical?🤣😂
Silly question....
Why use carbon fibre for panels where fibreglass is cheaper n lighter? Are you using carbon for any structure? If not then why not G.fibre ? 🤷♂️
Just for stiffness and, in my experience, stability. The cost comparison is negligible compared to the cost if tooling which is the same either way
@@retropowercars thanks for replying. Don't change the format. 👆🏻
Wow
like 260 !
Waterless Coolant, aside from the lower freezing and higher boiling points, there's no oxygen in it so there's no risk of corrosion and the entire cooling system runs at a much lower pressure because it doesn't expand as it heats up, so less chance of any leaks from hoses or anywhere else in the cooling system.
Let's face it if you're a keen enough motorist to commission a bespoke car from Retropower I'm pretty certain you'll keep an eye on your gauges.
All fair comments, thanks
Always thought it was more useful for classics, REPs are basically new so less of risk.
@@rachnmat4080 actually it's use by many race teams, the engine will be cooled in exactly the same way it would be with a traditional water antifreeze mix, the advantages are that it doesn't expand when it heats so your cooling system is no longer under pressure and there's no oxygen in it so there's no possibility of corrosion, yes it's expensive but as long as you're leak free there's no need to change it.
If you car is constantly overheating then there's something wrong with the system, faulty fan thermostat, faulty fan, clogged radiator, broken pump etc.
"it's use by many race teams", in your second comment, is not a true representation of cooling system approach at a professional level.
Real race teams use cooling systems up to 100 psi with deminerialised de-ionised water. 100 psi raises the boiling point of water to 168 degrees Celsius. Oxygen on its own is not going to exist in this environment. High pressure high temperature cooling systems remove the two main issues of localised "hot spots" and cavitation.
Cooling systems are required to deal with the heat the ICE inefficiencies are unable to turn into work from fuel. Low pressure low temp is the wrong direction on every level.
@@rachnmat4080 I have no idea why you have made this reply to me. I suggest you read my comment again.
Those Jensens are so pretty. Best looking car not made by Aston Martin, in my book.
Same design house (Touring SpA , Milano)
A few people that have had or have both say the Jensen is a better car!
Re: Waterless coolants: I did not know they had a higher boiling point, my understanding was for the benefits of corrosion protection, particularly in old iron blocks that are probably sitting around un-run for large parts of their life. I've seen blocks eaten through from water based coolant sitting and rusting it's way through from the coolant passages out.
Jay Leno, for instance, says he keeps waterless in all of his cars for that reason.