Rolls-Royce Corniche | rebuilding Steering & Door Lock | Classic Obsession | Episode 30
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2023
- Gary is back on his Corniche Convertible. After a rear brake calliper refresh, he sets about completing the list of jobs which include a steering column rebuild, fitting a new freshly painted bonnet and a new door lock solenoid.
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This is a great example of why working on classic Rolls-Royce cars can be such a pleasure - easy access - easy install
And you can apparently sit full weight on the front wing without leaving an Glute sized indentation in the metal
Keep smiling Gary as your work and channel is brilliant.
Every time I watch this channel I am amazed at how much Gary manages to do in his two car garage. This is professional work at its very best!
Gary, I have to tell you, it's criminal that more people haven't subscribed to this channel. First, the editing, music choices, and the camera work is top-notch. You can see what's going on and it's always interesting. Second, you're a true craftsman. It's a joy to just watch you work. Third, you have an uncommonly broad and deep skill set. Where did you acquire all these skills? (This might be a worthy video to just introduce yourself and how you came to be doing this sort of thing). I worked in a detail shop some 30 years ago, and there are few people who have the detailed skills you do. It's one thing to do a multi-stage polish, and it's another to know exactly what products you like and to do it wet. You clearly know what you are doing, but you're also an intuitive mechanic, and I'm guessing just the product of years of tinkering with cars. And that paintwork? I don't know many home mechanics who could paint a bonnet to that standard. That bonnet is Rolls-quality. Kudos to you.
Love how your daughter is involved Gary, car maintenance is one of the greatest gifts you can give a child. I learned through my late uncle back in the seventies and all the skills learned are transferable into general life as I found later in adult life. You are going to have so much fun in this beauty now the warmer months are here.
Well Gary i would think everyone in the world who owns a rolls will be coming to you for their service and repairs! Excellent workmanship mate!
What a beauty, I'm so pleased with the quality of your hard work in maintaining your Rolls Royce
Patience is a virtue, at it shows here
You make it so easy when we all know it's not. A great watch as always. Thanks for sharing.
Love this channel - together with Harry’s Garage and Tyrrells Classic Workshop, you guys are filling a huge void and I can’t thank you enough. The fact that you recently took on two of my favourite cars in the Lotus and Porsche only increase the appeal.
You obviously derive great pleasure from this work Gary.
So impressed with your work Gary, the videos are getting better and will be an archive for owners, we all need to do this to our era cars, the Shadows, Bentleys, etc.
You will have the most well sorted Corniche on the world!!!
Much appreciated Bob. Be in LA later this month. Regards.
@@classic.obsession If you ever visit Las Vegas, look me up! I will pick you up in the Phantom anytime!
Every time I watch Gary weave his magic on his cars ( incredible talent) , I can’t wait to get into my garage and fiddle with the cars in my small collection . I would love to be able to take any of the jobs that Gary makes look so easy and stressless.
Fabulous channel Gary , can’t wait for the next instalment.
I feel like you, when I drive my 84 Corniche, it just makes me smile! Such a high quality build, with supreme comfort.
The look of the Wood, the smell of the Connolly leather, nothing like it in the world. So sad for me to see the interiour of the new RR‘s. Tons of plastic everywhere, and no wood, with those ridiculous stars in the headliner. Henry Royce is surely
Spinning in his grave!😕😢
Heart in my mouth with that bonnet moving about on the stand. Just love how mechanical everything is. What’s beautiful car.
Another perfect job
You are the best Gary
That corniche will long 50 more years
Seing you work makes my weekend
The car has come a very long way from the day you got it. It's very nice to hear your daughter is in to cars too, what a great thing to be able to work with her on projets. Looked like the dog was keen too.
Thanks again Gary, the car looks outstanding. Hopefully the weather will be here soon to enjoy it!
Thanks Gary for another great video , off to bed 1.30 am in new Zealand. 😊
Another great video, Gary. More, please, with the ginger English Rose!
Nice work. I like the fact that you tools and and equipment look well used.
Thank you Gary for another fabulous episode. The quality of the camera work just gets better and better.
These Rollers look so much more classy and statesman-like than the ones that followed them with the squarer headlights.
Yes, I have to agree with you. I hold no interest at all in cars made by Rolls after this period. I'm sure that many others will also agree.
I read that the aesthetic they now follow can be described as 'Brutalism'. They do look 'brutalistic'. I wonder why they went from the more 'posh, stately' look to their current incarnation?
Great work...always enjoyable to watch.
What a pleasant watch, relaxing music, beautiful car, I still have my blue Matchbox RR Convertible love it - Gary a sincere joy to watch all your videos- a lot of time and effort , very well put together 👍
Morning Gary - My favourite vehicle of yours - gotta say the existing paint job on the bonnet looked great at the NEC but the new paint job looks like glass and really smartened the car up - superb job ! I love the way that you tackle every job - calm, collected and quite confidence and really inspires me to carry on doing our motor. Look forward to the next show ! keep up the great work ....Cheers Stew
Amazing how knowledgeable you are at fixing your Corniche!
Always fun to watch you working on your car! Thanks for the upload!👍😊
Hello Gary I purchased a "town cap" to use when parking overnight to remove the mascot for avoiding theft..I use a 4mm combination wrench with an Allen key cut down to a short straight plain hex shank to fit behind the radiator shell and turn the securing hex screw quickly to remove the mascot... And I had all the cushions of my Corniche underside the bonnet replaced.... as the others degraded so much it looks. lovely..
Lovely Corniche 🫖🇬🇧🫖
Another great vid Gary, loving the detail you go into when you are carrying out your work.
Excellent that Gary 👏👏👍
. I’m Watching from across the water (Connahs Quay ). Great format , Very relaxing and interesting . Thanks
Saw the Roller yesterday, stunning 👍
The size of that solenoid, Brunel would certainly approve. Great video again.
You're clearly a very experienced master tech and painter. The kind of person you want at your dealer when your car goes in. Excellent attention to detail, and fantastic car!
Gary you have the patiense of a saint (sorry for my spelling i am dyslexic).
Great video Gary. 👍🏻😀
Such a great looking car!
Absolutely love the detail and the obvious desire for incremental improvements. First rate content Gary. Great to see the family in on the obsession too! My two girls have shown more than a passing interest in my cars, but, we'll see if that continues as they get older........
Another top video Gary. Can't wait for the next episode.
These videos are a pleasure to watch - just what the doctor ordered after a long day. Cheers!
I'm saving this till later 😊
Your going to need some full time help soon with three cars on the go at the same time. Great to see a father and daughter working on projects together. When my family grow up a little more I would love them to be doing the same.
Gary, you always make it seem so easy, but I know from my own experience that it is not always easy. I just like the quiet way you get on with the job with all the self-assurance and confidence that you know what you are doing. It would be great to know how you were able to develop your skills.
I so wish i 😢 had someone to work on my cars like this, one can dream i guess 😂
You have done a fine job on the Rolls Gary.
I remember years ago talking to the chauffeur to the Governor of Victoria (Australia). He didn't use a cutting compound on the vice regal Rolls, he just mixed some baby powder in with Porzelac wax which gave it the right amount of cut. He must have had a fair bit of time on his hands as all of the vice regal always looked immaculate.
Superb as usual, thank you and please keep them coming.
As a note, I would always solder wires even though they are crimped, as crimping has the ability to corrode causing intermittent failure.
That’s why I shrink sealed them..
I solder - but never crimp! Crimp just adds stress to soft copper wire - which work-hardens just by vibration and movement
it jusst gets better i love this car and your channel lovely vice in workshop the car looks great
Awesome episode!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Gary
Made up you decided to include your daughter in the video
It’s about time we had some glamour on your channel
Just need to back it up with the 928 progress
😉😘
Lotus still do that thing with the paint to indicate fasteners have been torqued up.
I love the nice steady pace . Good job, keep posting 🙏
Great car great guy, keep the videos coming very interesting to watch.
I completely enjoy watching your video programs it's always professional and clean.
Inspirational
Brilliant. Given how many very different, very specialist things you tackle -- from mechanics to body/paint to high-end and complicated convertible tops -- with confidence and great outcomes, curious if you might do a video sometime on your background and how you mastered such a broad and diverse bucket of specialist skills.
Another great episode Gary. Yes I'm sure it makes you smile driving it, but just don't look at the fuel gauge!😅🎉
another nice video,thanks
Great work 👍👍, i'd rather watch you sorting out things than me trying to sort them ie the mechanical side . I'm a painter and just got a DB7 in for rust spots and dents but as you know taking anything off an old car can turn into a nightmare .
I know what you mean Jim. I have the spanner holes in my garage walls as evidence!! Regards.
@Classic Obsession - Gary Mavers I'm sure you only work on your own cars right? So wish knew and had someone like you, as my cars are just parked up 😢 no one to look after them 😢
Wow Gary, I’m impressed by your ability to work with black paint…I’ve got an entire car that could use this treatment - interested? Love your work…thank you
Great video as usual,the content and relaxed atmosphere and music,a pleasure to watch,thank you 👍
Really great content which is both informative and entertaining.
Many thanks for posting and great car by the way !
Absolutely beautiful car......you make these repairs look easy, as long as you take your time....also, just watched you in an episode of Vera.....you make a great bad guy !!!....lol....cheers !
Your channel is good enough to be on Motor Trend or Hagerty. The same viewers that enjoy Harry’s Garage would enjoy your content. With some clever marketing I am sure you could have similar subscriber numbers to Harrys Garage or Hoovies Garage.
Lee's trumpet playing has improved 🎉
Yup... 700-800 MM socket extension, possible cursing to force frozen bolts off... nice video as usual.
Now I keep expecting a Mustang GT390 to show up now and again, it's your hairstyle that reminds me a lot of Steve McQueen in Bullitt (in a good way)
Enjoy your videos a lot, great cars, great attention to detail , I don't know if it was the camera, but when you were driving and talking, there sounded to be a lot of rattling noises inside the car?
Gary please come and detail my Jag bonnet 😊 great video
I hate taking door cards off motors - the shit I have gotten into fails description!! You make it look easy!
Nothing ever goes back as it was originally. When I removed my dash, bits of wood and rolled up paper fell out, used as packing by people assembling the car back at the factory. Now I hear wood creaking against leather on long journeys.Hand made cars!! Regards.
Fantastic video Gary ! But we’re did you get the sun from !
Great video, did you try the door latch before you put the door card back on? Amazing job on bonnet, it would have driven me mad... great job with the rack, n ice to see you think outside the box and use the tie rather than a clip... !
if the red wires were wrong then it would be simple enough to reverse them on the switch wouldn't it.
@@ianmontgomery7534 Of course... great video, hope there are more on the RR.
Another great video. Recognise The Elephant in Woolton near the end.
You must take young pills! What you do reminds me of the stuff I did 30 years ago - now I just drive ‘em as is.
India, God bless you, you help your Father with is cars
If a Rolls Royce (pre-BMW) weren't full of Lucas parts, I could almost see buying one considering how cheap they are on the second-hand market. It's very impressive how they considered redundancy in safety.
From Sydney, Australis. I'm now 67 yrs old . I have owned 3 Jaguars in my lifetime kept for many years and in my ownership racking up huge mileages. ALL 3 have been FLAWLESS, totally FAULTLESS and all full of LUCAS electrics.
My first as a 19 yr old a LHD 1965 4.2 litre MK10 only affordable as a LHD car in Aust' it had become a "lepper" as on july 1st 1976 ALL LHD car were to be de-registered and banned from our roads . 15months into the 18months prior to the ban I bought a really junky one to provide all the RHD componentry to do the big swap with my just retired industrial engineer grandad during mid-year uni break.
I wound its miles speedo with a drill to Zero and put the kilometres on aside as we were still using miles. So it 52.000kilometres on it when swapped to RHD & i put 153.000 extra miles on as an RHD car, it saved my life in a terrible multi car and 2 bike accident.
5 Years into mk10 ownership and by then with earnings of a young doctor I bought a rare long wheelbase series 1 xj6 a special order car at almost 5 yrs age it had 18,200 miles on it , I sold it to a friend in December 2012 with 190,000 miles on it , flawlessly reliable.
Sold xj6 as I had just acquired a 1967 mk10/420G from the estate of an elderly doctor who had just passed away , it had just cracked 50.000 miles from 1967 to 2012, 45 years. In my decades ownership I have added another 40,000 miles to it, with zero issues at all.
My Mum's Jags , she bought new in November 1961 a mk10 in 9 years she put 240.000 miles on it and it worked perfectly , we never broke down in it as kids . To replace it she ordered a 1970 w111 Mercedes 280SEC 3.5 v8 full size convertible. As it was CHEAPER to buy as a NEW CAR than a fully stocked Jaguar mk10/420G, the giant jaguar was an extra $5,000 on top of the Merc's $11,750 back then.
Mercedes/Bosch reliability was like 1% of the prior Jaguar , for 17 months it gave mum unbelievable trouble, our local Merc & VW dealer(s) were twin brothers she went to school with & grew up with and helped her as much as possible. The car had 3 engines in 17months the first 2 blew head gaskets at the 4.000 mile mark, the Bosh electrics for the convertible roof's hydraulic ram control went berserk so one side had a fight with the other tearing the fabric roof apart and bending all the frame bars too. PLUS it kept on sending batteries flat all the time BOSCH electric for you -- JUNK . As a Lawyer she took M-B Aust to court and they had to pay her out of pockets , and buy it back what a dud, AND I always smile when I see some poor sucker has paid some huge amount for one of these.
Mum ordered a new 1971 420G/mk10 it cost $17,000 new and kept it until early 2000's when it was struck by a drunk in a truck and damaged beyond repair. So I gave her my LWB XJ6 to drive until 2012 when dad turned 90 and stopped driving , then mum drove his car as it was easier for him to get into .
As an aside, in 1957 & 58, General Motors Holden recalled all the FE & later FC Holdens and STRIPPED them of their FAULTY, FIRE inducing BOSCH wiring harnesses, and replaced them with LUCAS. My very first car was a hand me down 1958 FC Holden in 1973, I kept it for years as a spare, Its Lucas electrics took me to some of the most remote places imaginable in this vast country never letting me or my girlfriend down on 2 occasions in the peak of xmas uni break we didn't see people for 10 days !! we were so remote. in 1986 I sold it to a young intern he was looking for a reliable car to get him to work at odd hours as traversing the city in the middle of the night can be hard on public busses & trains. That young intern Richard is still a mate now in 2023, and he still has the old LUCAS powered Holden it's still working perfectly all these decades on.
I’m just waiting for some pigeon to crap on it…..🤦🏻♂️…..an then immediately stomp over to the gun cabinet 😆
surely you could have invested in a hoist by now??
Typical old school British engineering
9:46
Gary, I love ya but what is that rattle in the Rolls?
Interesting to see when you took the door card off, the original leather colour was blue and it has been colour sprayed to its now colour.
Hi Alan. No, no trace of blue anywhere but the car was originally gold. Regards.
@@classic.obsession Hi Gary. I think you might have misunderstood what I meant. @1:35 after you have taken the main door card off, you can see the remaining card which accommodates the door handle etc, that the top of the leather near the over spray is clearly blue. It is actually more apparent @1:41. Cheers
I am impressed.A Scouser with a car he actually owns.That must be a first.I knew two guys from Liverpool.Nick Carr and Rob Steal.🤣🤣🤣
Gary you really are brilliant you can put your hand to anything but the music does let the videos down sorry mate
Thanks Robbie but the music is a gripe as you can only use free UA-cam music otherwise it costs fortunes. It’s just a bit of fun really and quickly shot on my phone but appreciate all your comments. Regards.
@@classic.obsession sound Gary 👍