All Aluminum 427 Cobra build part2
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2024
- Watch part 2 of the all-aluminum 427 Cobra build as we put together this iconic car piece by piece. Don't miss this detailed look at the construction process!
Matthew makes loads of progress fabricating panels for the all aluminium Cobra body and I try my hand at narrating :) enjoy! - Авто та транспорт
Amazing work from both of you! It's videos like yours that make me miss being a fabricator. Nowadays I still build stuff but my medium has changed from metals to code. One of the biggest things I miss about welding/fabricating is being able to hold or touch the finished product and that special sense of accomplishment that comes with building something from raw materials with your bare hands. I'm happy I stumbled across your channel and I've subscribed. Thanks for posting all your videos that I can live vicariously through your work. Cheers fellas.
Awesome progress Matt, enjoy your holiday Danie 👍🏽 Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. I'm really enjoying my time off 😜
Great to see young talent carrying on the art. Very impressive skills!
Thanks for pointing out how long it takes to do a panel. I don't feel so bad as a rank amateur taking weeks to do one simple panel when I only get a few hours each evening and weekends to do it trying to learn as I go.
I used to work for a company named Chautauqua Manufacturing in Sharpsville Pennsylvania where we made fiberglass replica body’s for the Cobra and many Jeep Models.
Incredible craftsmanship, Matt! WELL DONE!
That's very professional 😮
Fantastic work and progress, so impressed and can't wait for the more detailed continue. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Wow, that's a lot of progress - well done!
Thanks!
Welcome to Australia Danie. I spent my day on a farm 3 hours from Sydney run by 2 really nice Saffers from the Free State. They came here and kindly brought their farming knowledge with them 15 years ago and sound almost like me now (except when they break into Afrikaans). Good people.
Love watching the process of shaping metal mate. Keep it coming.
Good to know we're representing (in a good way 😂). Thanks for the feedback cheers!
Wow - excellent
What grade alloy are you using, look forward to following your progress
It's 5754 in a 1.5mm thickness
Great job will you be building the chassis and showing how the body gets mounted ?
Thank you. Unfortunately in this series we are only focusing on the body fabrication. We'll make a series in future about chassis and mounting.
Hi Danni could you still make this on your smaller english wheel? Does it make a big difference in saving time etc. I bought a wheel but havent un packaged or assembled it yet but i know it is not as large as this one matt is working off of.
It's definitely possible to make it on a smaller wheel! You just might be limited in how big you can make some of your bigger panels.
Thanks for the reply @@2_stroke_taylor
Hi Danie and Matt, I noticed that you are supporting the AC only in the middle . The nose and the rear end are much heavier and is sagging then . It will affect your door gaps. I have a shell from a famous company in Durban and mine flexes a lot.So make sure that you support the front and the ass end.😂🇿🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Interesting that you should mention it but we also realised it will need to be braced before before final assembly.
@@BroughBuilt ,I am fabricating the chassis from 100x50x5 rectangular tubing .It is a bit of over engineering but at least it won’t flex too much. I am using an E36 complete front end and for the rear I use the E39 rear end.The complete cradle,diff and control arms. Much easier but next time the chassis will be aluminium with the same components.
It looks so easy but damn it is a lot of elbow grease.The AC Cobra is a nice design but what a about a VW Karman Ghia ?🇿🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
My brother would agree with you that it should be a Karman Ghia being built instead of the Cobra👍👍
@@BroughBuilt there is too many people building Cobras. A Karman Ghia with a V8 in front and a Jaguar EType engine bonnet.
Which company made the fibreglass body shell, that you're using as a pattern?
I believe it's a KCC body
@@BroughBuilt Kit Car Centre in Boxburg! A buddy of mine built a Cobra, using their kit in 1987. He used a Ford Essex V6 as a temporary motor, while waiting to get a V8, but it was still incredibly quick. Tony Martin's Backdraft Cobras differ quite a lot from the original design & are more suited for racing.
I only started noticing the differences with closer inspection, but yes they are actually quite different. We are however going to change the design on our build a bit to make it more unique
Ja Danie, we also had a beautiful country but it was destroyed by the 11th plague. If there was only a way…….😏
Was totally looking forward to this but…not enjoying this as much as the e-type, way to fast with time lapse. Hopefully you guys will go back to the slower mode. My old brain can’t take it in like this!
Thanks for the feedback. We are busy making very detailed videos of every technique. This one is just a "introduction" of what to expect in the series
Phew thanks, really do love your work. Regards John
Sorry I did mean d type