Master Mechanics: Canford Classics Porsche Restoration
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2021
- Canford Classics has been in the business of restoring vintage Porsches for well over a decade now, and Alan Drayson didn’t start the company on a whim, either. He remembers being smitten with the marque since his childhood, and he had his first Porsche at the ripe age of 17; a 912 in need of attention, which Alan gave to it in the form of a restoration carried out after his schoolwork was done (and not always after), fueled by his enthusiasm and financed by his part-time job in a local bar.
The facilities of Canford Classics outclass the garage workspace where Alan’s first Porsche restoration took place all those years ago, but while the tools and knowledge have evolved rather dramatically since then, it’s still propelled along by Alan’s passion and respect for the cars. The team of restorers responsible for the thousands of hours that go into each completed project share that drive, too, and the work they put out speaks clearly to their level of talent.
Canford Classics handles everything apart from chrome and powder coating work in-house.
Each restoration begins with a complete disassembly of the car and its driveline, but rather than mailing out the pieces into a spiderweb of outsourcing, you’ll find the Canford engine room busied with machining the valve guides while the bodywork is being painted and perfected downstairs, waiting for its full suspension rebuild from the room next door. In this week’s film, join us on a trip to Dorset to peek into the barn doors of this special operation as we sit down to talk with its founder.
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I can personally vouch for Alan and his amazing team at Canford Classics who have lovingly restored my 1974 911 2.7 MFI Carrera Targa over many years
Restoring old cars to this level isn't about mechanics any more, it's pure art.
Blows my mind how so many talented people can come together, and make this sort of thing possible. Love it!
I met Alan today for the first time and I'm blown away with the level of work they do. Top man and top work 👏
These old cars deserve the special attention that Canford Classics provides . Kudos to them and the owners that keep the cars alive
These are the types of videos keep me coming back. This was excellent, well done.
true
this guy shop is like a time machine, like you step in a '70s Porsche dealer and you buy a Porsche like it brand NEW in that era! amazing and compliments for the dedication to this pleasant "job"
All of this is so worth it, wonderful and admirable- from the original designers and engineers who created the cars, to the uncompromising restorers. I’m in awe and have great respect for all of them. And for our Western culture that made it all possible. And also for this channel that finds and brings these great stories to us.
Awesome. And not in the cheapened, colloquial sense. Cool beyond anything built today. I’d take one of these restored cars over a modern Porsche (even if the new ones are still great cars) any day of the week. Keep up the magnificent work, you’re an inspiration.
Rusty 911" is another great petrolicious video with this guy
Great video. Cool company. Lovely to see the inside of a UK Porsche restoration company with passion.
In house Dyno, down draft paint booth, dry storage for finished vehicles ..... I betcha this fella has an in house upholstery, keeps some spares on storage, and runs a machine shop upstairs along with the engine department.
There used to be a shop on Ashland, MA USA that had that kind of coverage, fully dedicated to Mercedes Benz. I can’t remember the name, it was right along route 20. I was impressed upon visiting it. I think they started as a two bay car garage on Hudson, MA. Eventually they expanded.
My nod to the editing folks at petrolicious. They got it. Keep on churning.
Your work is sheer perfection and art. Cheers from cologne, germany
Just love this. That sort of passion and deception is infectious. We need people like this continuing to set a high bar.
Wow, just wow. If we estimate ~1,500 hours or work times an ultra conservative rate of $100 USD per hour. This build would have cost $150,000. Wowza! This is totally at another level.
Only way I can describe this Amazing workman ship on a scale of 1/10 is 11/10...Greetings from Ireland 😎
I saw canford as can’t afford, I think is a sign
Agree 😢
Not met a poor Porsche restorer yet
😂
Everything Porsche is overpriced
@@GTE_Channel I, respectfully, disagree! It's 50 years of racing, research and development... Someone has to pay for that. Not to mention 70% of their cars are still on the road. I have an 80's car, an 07 and a 15' and they all are over built.
Respect to these guys and Porsche ,which maintains it's heritage like few others do.
A wonderful video. Great company and what a car!
The care and attention to detail is really what you're paying for and the amazing work of the people who put it together.
This is an incredible video all the way through! Porsche is the pinnacle of automotive art and performance in my book. Great to see specialty restoration shops that care so much about these cars that it shows in the quality of work they do.
Got his first Porsche at 16/17. So relatable.
I got my first one at 17
I'm in love. I almost bought a 1972 model 20 odd years ago and passed on it, oh how I regret that now. Still yearn for one though. Stunning restoration by the way. thanks for sharing.
Canford does amazing work. One of the best.
Fantastic work Alan and team at Canford Classics !
Long may it continue.
Is it just me, or the voice is reeeeaaaally muted compared to the music? Had to push the volume up to hear something just to lower it back when the music came in.
It's not you, mixing is terrible.
Same. I went from watching another Petrolicious video to this and had to turn the volume way up.
Now he got some nice classics restored!!!
I love the pursuit of perfecting these cars.
Absolutely amazing operation you're running. Truly something to be proud of. Would love to work for a place like this when I retire.
What a masterpiece. Great work team
Beautiful workspace. Wishing you guys many more years of business!
Beautiful video
These cars have such nice clean lines!👍
I almost didn't watch this but I'm so glad I did, for me its your most interesting video yet. Thank You. 👍
Amazing, near perfection, as the comments . Thanks .
Awesome video and history.... i love it! This guys really loves work in porches
Genius ! Good to see such dedication in today’s throw away world 🌎. Your work is remarkable, thanks for sharing. Rick 🇺🇸
Beautiful work, just stunning......
Best job in the World!!!
It seems an idyllic existence, but I am sure it has MANY headaches along the way. The craftsmanship lifestyle seems to very appealing. What an end product!
Petrolicious do a nice job romanticizing the profession. I promise you it’s harder work than it looks
Excellent video and company, in house control is a great asset. Thank you for posting.
Beautiful 😍
Beautiful...
As good as the old films.
Just wonderful, spectacular restoration - I don't think I could wait 12 months for my car to be ready, though in retrospect I'd be glad I did!
Thoroughly enjoyed this and the Ferrari one!
That was beautiful
beautifully executed work!
awesome garage & video love it
Amazing video, with beautiful music and fine camera work.
I remember cars in period. Never that shiny, never a clear coat originally. Other than that, their work looks to be top shelf.
Great description of what it really takes to restore a classic Porsche. I'm must start looking for an old 2.4S or 2.7S..
Beautiful Werk 👌❤️
Great!
Cool video
This just might be the dream job for mechanics..
Depends on the guy running the shop. Ask me how I know 🤦🏼♂️
Excellent
Excelent! 👍
Clearly very nicely done. Clearly. :-)
Nobel work. There is no substitute.
Then theres also Mike's Restorations, awesome content in concours level
Splendido.
Everything comes with a price ... but i love it ...
Brilliant…
I see a Porsche I click
Best channel for a car enthusiast❤️❤️
Also checkout Hagerty. their time lapse videos of car restorations are top notch.
@@PracticalJoker19 thank you ❤️❤️
WWWOOOWWW!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Beautiful, at those hours quoted the bill for doing these has got to be scary ;)
Tell me about it ...... just done 12k on a full bare metal paint and a mate of mine did 25k on an engine rebuild.....they aren’t cheap to do properly but as the restoration place i took it to said...it won’t need doing again......told the otherhalf 5k for the paint I’m not that stupid lol
It takes a special type of person to spend that amount of money on a 2.4S.
bravo
Shorts and t-shirt. My kind of workplace.
Really nice work. Makes you wonder what kind of quality paint and fitting work you get out of your local shop for a classic car that is substantially less hours. This level of craftsmanship doesn't make economic sense for most of us! Unless we can DIY as much as possible.
Beautifully filmed and lovely music. Petrolicious are it's best.
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Whats is the offical colour/colour code for the 911 with the plate "792 ALJ" in the video please.
its a dream
👍❤️
Sounds like a pretty expensive place to take your car to but definitely worth the penny
Love that gemini blue. Should have ordered paint to sample when it was $8,000 instead of $14,000.
Thanks for the video although the sounds levels good do with some tweaking.
Ok, i really loved this video. Excellent editing, however the audio mix down. Yikes. Voiceovers were too low and music was in the red. I found myself either turning it down or turning it up. Regardless, I enjoyed the video. How much do these restorations cost if takes a full year?
Anyone know the music at about 8.30 into the clip?
Great video... audio mix is a bit crazy... got my hand on the volume to turn up for dialogue and down for music.
I can't even imagine how much it costs to do a restoration.
I need a Porsche. Well, I need one 911 of each gen. plus a 718 GT4.
Factory Porsche part prices fluctuate weekly. It's 150K+ in the US to do a complete restoration on a air cooled Pcar, Labor rates are $110 and up. Porsche is probably using the Ferrari Classic game plan. Just type in Porsche Classic, press search and select your country. The bespoke companies that can do it inhouse are the only way to go...unless you can do it yourself. (Pelican)
curious I have not seen the video yet but the beginning reminds me of Jordan ... The music I suppose .. Anyway! Where are you, greetings
Is it best practice to tighten lug nuts with an impact wrench @4:38? I assume he will follow that up with a proper torque wrench...
I think we can safely assume they know what they’re doing.
Gun used to get the wheel nut on a majority of the way for speed and then is torqued correctly hand.
The only way to treat old Porsche 911
This is almost like old Petrolicious. Almost.
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Is the music in this video from you?
Petrolius takes pride in every aspect but bother telling who’s making the music
Nice work, lots of hours go into that. Too bad they put the wrong side mirror on ... The Durant mirror is not the correct one for a '72 (oelklappe). Should be a rectangular sidemirror.
Clearly
Take a shot every time he says Clearly.
Ohhhh, thats why the Oilchange on my Targa took 11 Months and cost 10x the price I paid in order to aquire the Car....
Maybe learn how to change oil
He’s the guy that has or had the rusty 911 Targa
Clearly.
'Any marquee of cars being restored'!? He must mean marque
I noticed this.. and ‘Foosh’ for the word Fuchs (Fox in German, pronounced similarly).. get it right if you’re such a ‘specialist’
That’s how the Brits pronounce it numbnuts
Yish the audio levels are all over the place.