The owner just made history. A full video of the extent of the massive rebuild. Even the original is improved. Whatever it is costing, the result is easy sell and or satisfied result. Fantastic job on what most would consider a basket case. I know the effort involved as i had to rebuild two inner arches in sections, and floors and inner sills on my Barchetta. Panels no longer available is the worst reply to any enquiry. So much admiration Steve!
Absolutely brilliant Steve totally awesome video and craftsmanship the Rs is in amazing hands.you never leave any stone unturned fantastic work as always ❤
This is a joy to watch, you must enjoy your work,because you are so conscientious When you have finished this will be concourse Watching you replace so many small but important parts, has given me a new appreciation for how well this car was designed in the 60s, compared to its predecessor the Anglia, it is light years ahead,and still a very usable car on todays roads
Back in the day, when I was repairing rusty cars for a side job, all the panels were available from Ford Competitions department. I used to have a copy of the AVO repair manual to work to.
I've seen those laser cleaners come with a welding head. They are absolute mustard at welding thin metal with very minimal distortion and actually quite quick at welding. Much quicker than picking at it with a MIG. The only thing is that the metal must be perfectly clean and with virtually no gap to fill. If you have some spare time with it you could offer a cataract removal service!!!
Loving the new music, very Zen, suits you. Maybe you could remind us which disks you are using on your grinder if they are flap or slit etc. That new machine is earning its keep now!
Mates rallied these locally in the late 1980's/1990's. i was mainly mechanical(I was a RX3/$ person, not clunky old piston engined cars back then) but my shed had a permanent floor framing jig and permanent pulling points laid out for repairs, amazing how quick you can replace a side, front or back when you are cutting up complete cars for parts. So much wasted. Nothing much rusts badly down here(Tasmania) but escorts were prone to it regardless.
Great work as always Steve, even though you have made that near side inner tub mint. I would of sent you one if we had known how bad it was. Never mind it’s done now 👍🏼
Hello 👋 Steve good buddy 👍 you have pretty much built that car it's going to be like a new car again, do they use a lot of salt on the road over there in wintertime to cause so much rust? They use salt here and also put on calcium and it's severe on vehicles..t take oil and I get under my trucks before winter and I put it in a pump up sprayer and I spray it in every orfice in the chassis on my trucks because usually on those box frames they use on trucks they rust from the inside out .very good video buddy tell captain yorkshire I said hello
You accomplished quite a bit in this video made some definite improvements on this wheel house.great video,great job.just continue on doing what you do best.😎😎😎👍👍👍
American restorers has it easier, way thicker metal on those rods/muscle cars and what have you not. Everywhere else we're working on what amounts to nothing more than mallable paper. This channel serves as proof of that. Master class as per usual Steve! 💪
Caught up on the full playlist for this one, great work!! Although there looked to be a fair bit of rust pitting in the osr inner tub, plus all the fabrication time going into repair panels ... would it not have been easier to fit a pair of inner tubs as you're this far into it? 🤔
Question: a couple of videos ago you used a special kind of wire-wheel-thingamajig, 10-12 cm wide. It gave a great result with what to me looked like little effort. I was expecting you to use it again on poor pitiful Patches but you used 320 instead, why? Was it in preparation for all signatures at the car show or is the metal too thin? Is thin metal the reason you will only sandblast the inner and undersides? It seemed like a great tool for saving time and effort and prevent from inhaling a lot of dust if it can be connected to a shop-vac with good filtration. I've used that system for all my tools since 2003, I finally realized the importance of dust management when I got kids. For me, it turns out that it was too late, but Ryan is younger than I was back then so for health's sake, he shouldn't cover himself in dust and whatnot over and over again. There's a limit to how much only a face mask can protect so use both masks and control dust.
When you repair and cut out sections, isn't the repair suppose not be visible? I mean seamless so that you really can't tell a repairs been made in the first place?
He's got to save time somewhere or he'll be spending eon's on the simplest of strips of metal. On structural it just doesn't matter, add to that all the rust proofing & gravel/chip protection, this repair will be as good as invisible even if you know what you're looking for. Quick Edit: Another thing too, 40-50 years down the line when this car is being restored again, it's useful for the next guy stripping this down to bare metal, to see where work has been done previously, just like it is for Steve here 👌
It's just "zzzzt", it's not bead welding it's continuous tack welds. If you literally don't know how it's supposed to sound I recommend going to welding classes first and foremost, and get an idea how to adjust the welder (though now you can get welders from Kemppi and Esab where you just input steel thickness and off you go).
Not much thought was given to rust prevention back then. Chassis where usually painted after assembly, so the insides never got any paint. I wish to live to see if the modern stuff do any better after 40+ years. 🙂
@@Juntasificationvery true, just a shame as all the cars from the era have the most character unlike modern cars. The bonus is there a so few left so the value holds up. Skills like this chap has are absolutely fascinating.😊
There's nothing like sitting back after work having a beer and watching a very satisfying episode of Yorkshire restorations.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mk1 Escorts were from the early 1970s, not 1980s weren’t they? I remember lusting after them as a kid growing up in the 1970s!
One of the hardest things in life is to make something difficult look easy, this is what I am seeing here. Such a pleasure to watch and admire
The RS has come a long way, the amount of hidden rust is just incredible.
Imagine all the hidden rust on these unrestored Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts at car shows. Considering this one was only on the road between 1974 and 1989 😮
Is it easier to build a new car sometimes? 🤐
This is a craft that is fast dissapering, it is only very special cars where it make sense to do this level of work.
the metal working skills here is just next level, its a kind of thearapy watching these videos :-)
Bringing cars like this back to life must be the most satisfying job ever!!
That lazer rust remover must be a god send not having to sand blast those hard to reach areas and all the mess involved with sand blasting
Love the explanation and close ups of grinding and removing old panels to get back to original metal.
Although the laser did not appear for a long time, it left a deep impression on me! It's so coooool ! !
I understand those lasers are like $75,000 USD
@@AndySomogyi Your idea is so outdated, the laser in the video only $23,000 !
That Laser cleaner is going to be the mvp of your shop.
I just love watching skilled artisans do their craft
It is so impressive
And the paper template that is just gold
The owner just made history. A full video of the extent of the massive rebuild. Even the original is improved. Whatever it is costing, the result is easy sell and or satisfied result. Fantastic job on what most would consider a basket case. I know the effort involved as i had to rebuild two inner arches in sections, and floors and inner sills on my Barchetta. Panels no longer available is the worst reply to any enquiry. So much admiration Steve!
AHH the rs2000 simpler times
Absolutely brilliant Steve totally awesome video and craftsmanship the Rs is in amazing hands.you never leave any stone unturned fantastic work as always ❤
I definitely like your work best. This video also has great presentation, and great information on all you do. You sir, are a metal genius.
This is a joy to watch, you must enjoy your work,because you are so conscientious
When you have finished this will be concourse
Watching you replace so many small but important parts, has given me a new appreciation for how well this car was designed in the 60s, compared to its predecessor the Anglia, it is light years ahead,and still a very usable car on todays roads
Superb welding skills.....a joy to watch.
wow , that laser thingy is a cool bit of kit steve !!
Impressive as always. I feel for the owner as each piece of work shows that the condition of the shell was much worse than it looked. Best wishes.
Superb craftsmanship. Wish I could afford to get my old Volvo restored.At the moment it has "patina".
1970 RS 1600 powder blue ! was my twin cam escort ! round headlight!
Back in the day, when I was repairing rusty cars for a side job, all the panels were available from Ford Competitions department. I used to have a copy of the AVO repair manual to work to.
The easiest way to spot an AVO shell is look in the boot for the axle hump 👍
This will be one solid shell when your finished Steve! Crackin job there bud 👍🏻😉🇬🇧
Nice one Dad. Lovely work as usual.
I've seen those laser cleaners come with a welding head. They are absolute mustard at welding thin metal with very minimal distortion and actually quite quick at welding. Much quicker than picking at it with a MIG. The only thing is that the metal must be perfectly clean and with virtually no gap to fill.
If you have some spare time with it you could offer a cataract removal service!!!
Great job and nice to see the RS2000 back again ❤
What a Brilliant job Steve
I’m doing all this to mine but you make it seem so easy top quality work
Good, clear and decisive instructions, great job Steve easy to follow 👍👍😎
Impressed by the work you are doing to restore this fabulous car. Impatient to see the finished car.
Loving the new music, very Zen, suits you. Maybe you could remind us which disks you are using on your grinder if they are flap or slit etc. That new machine is earning its keep now!
Mates rallied these locally in the late 1980's/1990's. i was mainly mechanical(I was a RX3/$ person, not clunky old piston engined cars back then) but my shed had a permanent floor framing jig and permanent pulling points laid out for repairs, amazing how quick you can replace a side, front or back when you are cutting up complete cars for parts. So much wasted. Nothing much rusts badly down here(Tasmania) but escorts were prone to it regardless.
Great work as always Steve, even though you have made that near side inner tub mint. I would of sent you one if we had known how bad it was. Never mind it’s done now 👍🏼
The skills are from another world
Glad to see you using the laser!
Very impressive work
Steve you're an artist indeed - outstanding work as usual.
Good old British Steel!!! How did any cars survive over there???
nice bit of explanation on panel removing big help for people starting to learn keep up the great video's
Man that's a lot of work for such small area. Love your work guys.
Steve, your skills & craftsmanship are most commendable...!
That welding is brilliant, it’s like surgery. The only thing I ever welded took 5 minutes to do….. and 2 days filing to get the excess crap off 😢
As soon as I heard the word 'Laser' I'm like... Ok...I'm in 🙂
Hello 👋 Steve good buddy 👍 you have pretty much built that car it's going to be like a new car again, do they use a lot of salt on the road over there in wintertime to cause so much rust? They use salt here and also put on calcium and it's severe on vehicles..t take oil and I get under my trucks before winter and I put it in a pump up sprayer and I spray it in every orfice in the chassis on my trucks because usually on those box frames they use on trucks they rust from the inside out .very good video buddy tell captain yorkshire I said hello
Hi David. I will tell him :)
You are so talented to be able to fix all these damaged parts . In France we said that you have golden hands (des mains en OR) .
Love watching you guys,so talented brilliant team.
very nice smoth soft skills ;) need you for my VW T4 chears, grettings from Germany ;)
Hello, very nice work. Greeting from Germany City Solingen.
A pleasure to watch. Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Great work Steve.
Nice work
just spotted a Hillman Imp. Will be great if you do a series on that as I'm just about to start body-repairs on mine
Great video as always! I'd be quite happy to watch these if they were hrs long.
Top work Steve
Fabulous fabrication and weLding Steve.
Lovely work.
Metal wizards!
Love your work
Great video and car, ihave 3 mk1 escort mexico.
What is that silver paint what you use?
Weld through zinc primer
You accomplished quite a bit in this video made some definite improvements on this wheel house.great video,great job.just continue on doing what you do best.😎😎😎👍👍👍
This is like Trigger’s broom! What will the proportion of original metal be by the end?!
Are there any updates on this?
Brilliant
Yorkshire Car Restoration: sponsored by Safety Squint Welding Accessories and The Invisible Ear Defenders Co Ltd. 😄
American restorers has it easier, way thicker metal on those rods/muscle cars and what have you not.
Everywhere else we're working on what amounts to nothing more than mallable paper. This channel serves as proof of that.
Master class as per usual Steve! 💪
Masters at Work thanks Steve.
Thanks for sharing, thoroughly enjoyed it.
New subscriber love your work
Great work👍👍👍😎
When you made that dog leg section, wasn’t the part you cut out a double layer? Did you replace that double layer with a single layer ?
Caught up on the full playlist for this one, great work!! Although there looked to be a fair bit of rust pitting in the osr inner tub, plus all the fabrication time going into repair panels ... would it not have been easier to fit a pair of inner tubs as you're this far into it? 🤔
I should of also sent those to him, but it was too late by the time I realised
@@justinsimpson7934 hindsight is a wonderful thing mate, still be an awesome car when it's finished 👍
Yeah exactly
Loving that laser ooohh suit you sir
Question: a couple of videos ago you used a special kind of wire-wheel-thingamajig, 10-12 cm wide. It gave a great result with what to me looked like little effort. I was expecting you to use it again on poor pitiful Patches but you used 320 instead, why? Was it in preparation for all signatures at the car show or is the metal too thin? Is thin metal the reason you will only sandblast the inner and undersides?
It seemed like a great tool for saving time and effort and prevent from inhaling a lot of dust if it can be connected to a shop-vac with good filtration. I've used that system for all my tools since 2003, I finally realized the importance of dust management when I got kids.
For me, it turns out that it was too late, but Ryan is younger than I was back then so for health's sake, he shouldn't cover himself in dust and whatnot over and over again. There's a limit to how much only a face mask can protect so use both masks and control dust.
Charging by the minute 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am surprised by how much you have to work with they were tissue paper to start with and no rust protection 👍👍🇦🇺
Nice BGM selection
I want one 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thought the Mk I was a 60's and 70's car.
It is , my bad :)
1974
Mk1's were up to 1976, mk2's from then to 1981
It’s a 1974 Mk1 RS2000
You are correct. My error :)
Thank you
When you repair and cut out sections, isn't the repair suppose not be visible? I mean seamless so that you really can't tell a repairs been made in the first place?
He's got to save time somewhere or he'll be spending eon's on the simplest of strips of metal.
On structural it just doesn't matter, add to that all the rust proofing & gravel/chip protection, this repair will be as good as invisible even if you know what you're looking for.
Quick Edit: Another thing too, 40-50 years down the line when this car is being restored again, it's useful for the next guy stripping this down to bare metal, to see where work has been done previously, just like it is for Steve here 👌
Can you show us some continuous bead weld at normal speed so as we can see how its done and the sound as well.. please
It's just "zzzzt", it's not bead welding it's continuous tack welds.
If you literally don't know how it's supposed to sound I recommend going to welding classes first and foremost, and get an idea how to adjust the welder (though now you can get welders from Kemppi and Esab where you just input steel thickness and off you go).
sizzling bacon...and they're tack welds to reduce distortion..
Ouch! That fence post was cracking on Steve! Should the maestro of metalwork switch to metal fenceposts?
Whatdo you do for a living? Fighting rust....😄
With all the replacement metal, this is rapidly becoming a 2024 mk1 Escort!
The GoPro must be an valuable tool in the process as you can demonstrate to customers the money pit they have purchased before bringing it to you.
now you need a laser that goes around corners. That'd be the ticket!
How come they tack weld plate on, then cut through some of the tacks? is it to relieve stress on the plate?
A.k.a, "Cut'n butt".
See: Fitzee's Fabrications "Cut n Butt"
Might as well start from new panels and transfer in the good original parts
It’s mad how much 1970s cars Rot, must be the poor quality steel used or the painting process. Banging job though chap. 👍🏻
Not much thought was given to rust prevention back then. Chassis where usually painted after assembly, so the insides never got any paint. I wish to live to see if the modern stuff do any better after 40+ years. 🙂
@@Juntasificationvery true, just a shame as all the cars from the era have the most character unlike modern cars. The bonus is there a so few left so the value holds up. Skills like this chap has are absolutely fascinating.😊
I'm sure this was an icon of the 70's...not the 80's
sooooooooo easy.....to watch
Would a new shell then modified be cheaper?
Delightful metalastic surgery....again....Very satisfying.....🤔😏😏😀🇬🇧
COSMO COSMO COSMO we need it we crave it
I don't like to think of the conversations with the client on this one .....
Mk1 wax surely 1970’s, 1972-74 for the 2000. Mk2 came out 1975 to ‘77. 1980 to 1990 was the mk111
Got a car with subframe mount rust. Fixed motor issue. Sold car. Made $2200
min 3.oo wrong way-min 20.oo the rightway and now it lasts a lot longer.