No No No not home made.................Shop made...... you are a professional. No one does better work that I have seen and I have seen a lot. Love the videos and the true life honesty.
Tony, i know you aren't driven by money but I think you are missing a trick here. That front end could be an entire bolt on unit with a little modification and you could make a fortune fabbing and selling them. One of the hardest jobs is the idea, but if you haven't already thought it, I just thought I would suggest it. Love the vid again and I didn't think I would be interested but your initiatives can be applied in loads of different areas. Love it all Tony, you're a star. JOE
You missed your career as a teacher. Bravo. Action-packed and well produced. I could almost see you planning the post-production as you were filming. 👍
I like watching you. I think people get a good idea of how long it takes to build things. I am working my 1960 Thame. 40 years ago I won a first place in customs 4x4 at the Detroit Autorama. 15 years ago it was in a fire. I started rebuilding it 3 years ago. New floor, wiring, interior, new motor and transmission, a little body work. Thanks for all I have learned watching you
Hi Tony, lots of good fabrication tips. The brackets you made from the square and rectangle tubing are beautiful and blend in nicely with the tubing supports. Brilliant job shimming the tube bender dies for the smaller diameter tubing. More practical than buying the extra dies. Crusty is coming along. Thanks for the video!
Sometimes I watch far too much on UA-cam and get depressed - politics, environment, war - and then a new Fitzee video appears and the sun shines again. Thanks Fitzee! You're a national treasure! (I sent one of your driving / tour videos to the NL tourism office a few months ago.)
I need brackets and radiator mounts and all that's available is scrap, a pipe bender, and a grinder! Fitzee: " Hold my beer"...... Loved the video Tony. Great stuff as always!
As an instrumentation mechanic, I learned real quickly that you have to bend a bit more due to spring back. When you take the pressure off the metal has a memory and will spring back a bit. Same with flat metal, bend a bit extra so it is right when it has the tension or pressure is removed.
I have learnt so much from you Tony! I'm in the middle of a build tackling making custom patch panels.. I often use your methods with great success. Thank you!
Great looking job. I'm a gusset guy. I'd probably put a gusset where the two pieces of pipe are welded to the frame rails. But, it's not my car. Thanks for the video.
Exactly what I kept telling my TV while watching this video. Again, wonderful work and ingenuity from Tony, with clear instruction. Being an Ontario boy with East coast relatives and growing up on CodCo and 22Minutes, I wonder how much of the dialogue people in other parts of the world scratch their heads over. :-D
You have one of the best intros on the tube. When you say "stick around" it is always going to be a good one... You have to know you are one heck of an inspiration to other fabricators cause Fitzee has probably already done it.
You encourage me to do my V8 first generation Honda Civic. A lot of what you are doing will make it easy for me to get ideas. Always enjoy your videos Tony, thanks.
Well Fitz, I must say, that was a genius idea, man, you cease to amaze me, I was thoroughly impressed with the level of product you produced afterwards. Ya can't expect better than that my friend you really can't. Car is coming along great.
That's awesome brother the way you can think about the problem then solve it. Incredible gift you have. Great way to help others figure this stuff out. Ty 😊 🙏
I'm retired motorcycle mechanic, but now I seem to be an amateur fabricator, making all sorts of things from new and used materials. I've learned a lot of techniques watching Tony and what I've learned will be put to use when I get started on my vehicle project.
Tony, I used to paint small white circles on the floor then took a plumb bob and center points and clear paint over them for locator points and took a book and made notes for measurements since I did not have a 'leveling plate' also I had marking points on the floor and my frames for stand placement as well...... time to time I'd just redo them or scrub em off as well for a new car but NOTES BOOKS/PADS ARE KEY!......
Smart how you thought it through so that you can easily remove things to work on it and do maintenance in future but have it all together so you can run it !!! NICE !!! not like car are built today have to take them half apart to do anything even simple things like change a headlight bulb ! Very impressed GREAT job !!
Heck you could even do the same bow set up against the firewall, and have removable stretcher pipes from front to rear. Make them like a removable ladder rack rear bar. Give yourself a little extra protection in the event of a front end Collision. Great jobTony!
Necessity the mother of invention ! Well Done ! Makes it seem easy , yeah right . Lots of experience to come up with a work around to make this work . Your camera shows a very detailed picture . What Camera are you using ?
Thats Bad ass tony. I like how you made the tabs. Now i learned something i can use on my prostreet to redo my radiator hold down thanks for the tips. Tony. Keep the tips coming
Splendid work Fitzee. Nice to see a real builder. Using a computer is as fake as it can get. A real builder is in fact a builder, not a CNC worder. Keep doing what you're doing. You have it right!
heled my dad build a 55 ft ALL steel sailboat in our backyard about 30 years ago. We bent each of the 10-15 ft ribs by hand too. Love to see your ingenuity.
Brilliant work, as always. I like how you walk us through your process, showing before and after when fabricating a piece, for example. You're a good teacher, Fitzee!
HOWDY TONY, BEEN WATCHING ALL YOU VIDS LAST TWO YEARS AND HAVE PICK UP SOME WIELDING TIPS. LOVE THE IDEAS YOU HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT THINKING AND PLANING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WORKS AND SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. SUMMER TIME HERE IN AUSTRALIA 🌴 🇦🇺
That's the way to do it reusing stuff and put one piece on it at a time and figure out what is it interfere with and what is it clear love the project love the videos please keep it going
Great Video. I’m restoring my 87 Suzuki Samurai and I’ve wanted to make a flip front end . These tips will definitely help out with the fabrication. On a side note I might have to plan a road trip to watch when the Corolla makes that 1st pass down the strip. Thanks for the tips. 👍👍👍😎
Exceptional conceptualizing and initializing of the front clip mounting brackets...its amazing what the mind thinks and sees...just a thought maybe u can flat bar strengthen the upper intercooler bracket tubing...leaving it open.makes it a.weak spot ...just my thought but you must have something in mind there👍👍👍
Really great video Fitzee love this little car project your doing I have done two Hillman Husies myself ,watching you do this car I want to mar another little car project truely inspiring to watch you work small car big power true Hot Rod!
really great info and example of fit and fitment for functional use . Fitzee wish i could have met you when i was in Newfoundland might have never left . i have done custom work for many many years and im still learning . You sir have a great mind that overcomes very difficult problems while maintaining form and fitment . Bravo keep up the great work and you stay were your to i will come were your at.lol your Pal Kel.
Excellent work and terrific outcome! As you said, you didn't know what the solution was going to be. But as we learn we realize, nothing to it but to do it. In other words you just have to get started on it, Break it down to one thing at a time as you often say when making patch panels. Could not have turned out better!
Just a bit of advise with that type of bender from a lot of experience. Set the needle to zero with the pipe firmly clamped in the die and pulling gently on the bender handle to remove all slack. That will give you an accurate reading. Also every diameter and wall thickness as well as material type will have different spring back. 4130 will always be more than 1080. The U clamp doesn’t really keep the tube from slipping. That’s the pinch bolts function. Check out the fabrication series for a really in depth lesson on using that type of bender. He gives great tips as well for calculating length of tube needed and distance between the beginning of bends.
No No No not home made.................Shop made...... you are a professional. No one does better work that I have seen and I have seen a lot. Love the videos and the true life honesty.
When I'm feeling down about how one of my projects is going, I watch you do things for awhile and always come away encouraged to keep trying. Thanks.
I do the same thing when I feel down with my truck resto watch fitzee good to go
Great content. I am in the same stage on a 1971. O et coyote project. The radiator and inter oiled Monte are great
same
Tony, i know you aren't driven by money but I think you are missing a trick here. That front end could be an entire bolt on unit with a little modification and you could make a fortune fabbing and selling them. One of the hardest jobs is the idea, but if you haven't already thought it, I just thought I would suggest it. Love the vid again and I didn't think I would be interested but your initiatives can be applied in loads of different areas. Love it all Tony, you're a star. JOE
You know things are getting serious when Fitzee gets out the welding helmet! Wee Corolla is looking good!👍🇨🇦
Your not wrong, he looks likea proper welder in this one 🤣😅
You missed your career as a teacher. Bravo. Action-packed and well produced. I could almost see you planning the post-production as you were filming. 👍
I know what you are saying, but Fitzee isn't a teacher, he's a professor.
I like watching you. I think people get a good idea of how long it takes to build things. I am working my 1960 Thame. 40 years ago I won a first place in customs 4x4 at the Detroit Autorama. 15 years ago it was in a fire. I started rebuilding it 3 years ago.
New floor, wiring, interior, new motor and transmission, a little body work.
Thanks for all I have learned watching you
This project is coming along great tony! So much freedom in a scratch built car
Fitzee The way you can visualise the end part and fabricate it out of scrap is fantastic. Experience!! Beautiful work.
Hi Tony, lots of good fabrication tips. The brackets you made from the square and rectangle tubing are beautiful and blend in nicely with the tubing supports. Brilliant job shimming the tube bender dies for the smaller diameter tubing. More practical than buying the extra dies. Crusty is coming along. Thanks for the video!
Sometimes I watch far too much on UA-cam and get depressed - politics, environment, war - and then a new Fitzee video appears and the sun shines again. Thanks Fitzee! You're a national treasure! (I sent one of your driving / tour videos to the NL tourism office a few months ago.)
I need brackets and radiator mounts and all that's available is scrap, a pipe bender, and a grinder! Fitzee: " Hold my beer"...... Loved the video Tony. Great stuff as always!
Hi Fitzie, you hope tips were good?
No. They were - as usual - excelent 👍👍👍
Man, you rock 👍
Another great episode loaded with good tips. I love the "use what you got" approach. Thank you Tony
Brilliant! If that is the pipe a guy has to work with, adapting tooling to make it work is what a true craftsman does.
As an instrumentation mechanic, I learned real quickly that you have to bend a bit more due to spring back. When you take the pressure off the metal has a memory and will spring back a bit. Same with flat metal, bend a bit extra so it is right when it has the tension or pressure is removed.
Generally 3 deg extra on my bender with similar sized pipe
I have learnt so much from you Tony! I'm in the middle of a build tackling making custom patch panels.. I often use your methods with great success. Thank you!
Great looking job. I'm a gusset guy. I'd probably put a gusset where the two pieces of pipe are welded to the frame rails. But, it's not my car. Thanks for the video.
Exactly what I kept telling my TV while watching this video. Again, wonderful work and ingenuity from Tony, with clear instruction. Being an Ontario boy with East coast relatives and growing up on CodCo and 22Minutes, I wonder how much of the dialogue people in other parts of the world scratch their heads over. :-D
You’re a genius , I love the way you think . Excellent lesson was given here , thank you and God Bless !!!
You have one of the best intros on the tube. When you say "stick around" it is always going to be a good one... You have to know you are one heck of an inspiration to other fabricators cause Fitzee has probably already done it.
great metal work with excellent communication and video editing skills.
You encourage me to do my V8 first generation Honda Civic. A lot of what you are doing will make it easy for me to get ideas. Always enjoy your videos Tony, thanks.
Amazing. I love your style. From what most consider scrap, you turn it into gold. Definitely going to be a desirable machine when done.
Top-notch DIY Tony. I could watch your content for hours. Oh, I just did! As always, the tips were good!
You are a fabricating genius! I have learned so much from you! Thank you!
Well Fitz, I must say, that was a genius idea, man, you cease to amaze me, I was thoroughly impressed with the level of product you produced afterwards. Ya can't expect better than that my friend you really can't. Car is coming along great.
Great craftsmanship Fitzee. Came out amazing. Such attention to detail and functionality. Nice welding too!
Always enjoy your videos Tony. She's coming together. Love the channel. Keep On Keeping On Brother!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Frickin amazing! That was a superb piece of engineering and fabrication! Thanks for showing us how it is done.
You are one of the best i have seen , building a good reliable structure and frame without any major plans ahead.. love that build.
That was some top of the class work you did. It made all the sense they way you did it piece by piece and the result is a joy to see.
excellent the fab work was very creative and the whole thing looks great, the way you cut the brackets from the square tubing is genius
Awesome. Makes me smile watching. Thank you for the videos.
You sure have a way of simplifying making brackets with what you have laying around. Thanks for sharing.
As always, the tips were good. Thanks for sharing your skills with us Tony.👍👍❤
Great progress on the car. So many useful tips and tricks! You’re the best Fitzee!!!
That's awesome brother the way you can think about the problem then solve it. Incredible gift you have. Great way to help others figure this stuff out. Ty 😊 🙏
Being a racer and an amateur fabricator myself (and an ex-bodyman at that), I love that project of yours. Keep up the good work!
I'm retired motorcycle mechanic, but now I seem to be an amateur fabricator, making all sorts of things from new and used materials. I've learned a lot of techniques watching Tony and what I've learned will be put to use when I get started on my vehicle project.
Tony, I used to paint small white circles on the floor then took a plumb bob and center points and clear paint over them for locator points
and took a book and made notes for measurements since I did not have a 'leveling plate' also I had marking points
on the floor and my frames for stand placement as well...... time to time I'd just redo them or scrub em off as well for a new car
but NOTES BOOKS/PADS ARE KEY!......
Job well done ! my friend, Your video is so great to watch, because you make them simple and easy to learn , Thank you Sir.
Smart how you thought it through so that you can easily remove things to work on it and do maintenance in future but have it all together so you can run it !!! NICE !!! not like car are built today have to take them half apart to do anything even simple things like change a headlight bulb ! Very impressed GREAT job !!
Masterful. Love the stand alone rad intercooler mounting
I was thinking why not use box iron tube but the round tube looks absolutely perfect. You nailed it yet again!
Heck you could even do the same bow set up against the firewall, and have removable stretcher pipes from front to rear. Make them like a removable ladder rack rear bar. Give yourself a little extra protection in the event of a front end Collision. Great jobTony!
The tips were good! Very creative solutions. I can’t wait to borrow some of those tips!
Thanks! Merry Christmas to the whole crew at Fitzee's Fabrications. Always look forward to your metal fabrication videos!
Merry Christmas to you snd yours and thank you
That was a really cool mounting setup for the front end.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You are a genius. Very inspiring to me for sure.
Necessity the mother of invention ! Well Done ! Makes it seem easy , yeah right . Lots of experience to come up with a work around to make this work . Your camera shows a very detailed picture . What Camera are you using ?
My phone.
Thats Bad ass tony. I like how you made the tabs. Now i learned something i can use on my prostreet to redo my radiator hold down thanks for the tips. Tony. Keep the tips coming
Splendid work Fitzee. Nice to see a real builder. Using a computer is as fake as it can get. A real builder is in fact a builder, not a CNC worder. Keep doing what you're doing. You have it right!
That's some great Fab work on this one Tony, great tips as always and I love those rad mounts, strong and simple, nothing beats that
Tony never fails to amaze!
Je dois avouer que tu es un vrai artiste rien à voir avec certains bricoleur du dimanche
Nice Job. I got some good pointers from this video as I get from all your videos. Thanks and stay warm up there.
Tony, great to see the bender st work. I'm really enjoying all your projects. Thanks
That was time well spent making the die shims, that $500 can be spent elsewhere. Thanks for sharing the tips and experience.
Great job Tony, nice to see you doing some fabricating and working things out. The tips are good as always.
heled my dad build a 55 ft ALL steel sailboat in our backyard about 30 years ago. We bent each of the 10-15 ft ribs by hand too. Love to see your ingenuity.
I can hardly wait to show this one to my buddy tomorrow. You make it look so easy. Thanks Tony.
Brilliant work, as always. I like how you walk us through your process, showing before and after when fabricating a piece, for example. You're a good teacher, Fitzee!
Thanks for all the great videos. I’ve learned so much and am inspired to work on my projects.
Merry Christmas from Dallas Texas!
Excellent display of a skilled craftsman. Always a pleasure to watch and learn from.
A lot of progress in this episode. A lot of figuring. I like your brackets.
HOWDY TONY, BEEN WATCHING ALL YOU VIDS LAST TWO YEARS AND HAVE PICK UP SOME WIELDING TIPS. LOVE THE IDEAS YOU HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT THINKING AND PLANING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WORKS AND SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. SUMMER TIME HERE IN AUSTRALIA 🌴 🇦🇺
That's the way to do it reusing stuff and put one piece on it at a time and figure out what is it interfere with and what is it clear love the project love the videos please keep it going
Looking good! Looking forward to se it running down the road this summer
So many good pointers. Thanks for going into so much detail. Great videos!
That is a slick setup Fitzee!
Great Video. I’m restoring my 87 Suzuki Samurai and I’ve wanted to make a flip front end . These tips will definitely help out with the fabrication.
On a side note I might have to plan a road trip to watch when the Corolla makes that 1st pass down the strip. Thanks for the tips. 👍👍👍😎
You are a great teacher. I’m learning a lot. Thanks.
Great video, Tony! That little car's starting to look pretty good!
🙋🏼♂️boa noite Tony muito obrigado por compartilhar Deus abençoe vocês aí ok 👍🏻🇧🇷
figuring out and making that radiator support setup is the fun stuff with your own projects
Exceptional conceptualizing and initializing of the front clip mounting brackets...its amazing what the mind thinks and sees...just a thought maybe u can flat bar strengthen the upper intercooler bracket tubing...leaving it open.makes it a.weak spot ...just my thought but you must have something in mind there👍👍👍
Fantastic video Tony! Glad to see you are getting more acquainted with your new pipe binder. Can't wait for the roll cage videos!
Nice work Fitzee. An extention on the pipe bender handle would make it easier to pull. That's a great idea for shimming the die.
That turned out awesome. Way to think ahead for working on the car, I did the same thing when I raced. I could pull my engine out in 30 minutes.
Really nice work Fitzee , we’ll done!!
Fantastic job Mr. Fitzee!
This was art. I am always so impressed by your vision and creativity.
Hey Tony, always enjoy watching you work!:) Thanks for another great video! I always learn something:)
loving this build mate keep up the good work!
try packing the tube with wet sand , hold it in the pipe with a packing rag each end should help the pipe distortion
Excellent job on that fabrication... Looks like its going to work just fine!
Great work as always Tony. Merry Christmas.
Really great video Fitzee love this little car project your doing I have done two Hillman Husies myself ,watching you do this car I want to mar another little car project truely inspiring to watch you work small car big power true Hot Rod!
really great info and example of fit and fitment for functional use . Fitzee wish i could have met you when i was in Newfoundland might have never left . i have done custom work for many many years and im still learning . You sir have a great mind that overcomes very difficult problems while maintaining form and fitment . Bravo keep up the great work and you stay were your to i will come were your at.lol your Pal Kel.
Magnificent fitzee....the rad support of ole toy takin shape yes indeed....🙂👍🙏
Excellent work and terrific outcome!
As you said, you didn't know what the solution was going to be. But as we learn we realize, nothing to it but to do it. In other words you just have to get started on it, Break it down to one thing at a time as you often say when making patch panels. Could not have turned out better!
Well done great work
Thank you for the Video
Greetings from Germany
Take care yours Frank Galetzka
Just a bit of advise with that type of bender from a lot of experience.
Set the needle to zero with the pipe firmly clamped in the die and pulling gently on the bender handle to remove all slack.
That will give you an accurate reading.
Also every diameter and wall thickness as well as material type will have different spring back.
4130 will always be more than 1080.
The U clamp doesn’t really keep the tube from slipping. That’s the pinch bolts function.
Check out the fabrication series for a really in depth lesson on using that type of bender. He gives great tips as well for calculating length of tube needed and distance between the beginning of bends.
Fantastic fabrication u are a master and ty for teaching me so much god bless
Very good Looks good and solid well done sir Fitzee
Very nice placement - used the space you had and solved the issue - and it looks damn fine
Awesome build very creative. You have given me some insight on my current project. The tips were good. Thank you
Great for me seeing the pipe bending as I'll be doing the same for my project car very soon.
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I was looking for a way to do that. It was so simple that way you did it. I tend to overthink stuff. Thank you!
You are so resourceful. I love the fish mouth technique!!!
Another fantastic video. I just keep learning!!
Your a real genius fitzee great work
@@commietube_censorship_sucks The spelling police.