Restomod AUSTIN ALLEGRO Metalwork Complete!
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Episode 182
Nat does a solo tour this week, taking in completion of the metalwork on the first of the two Allegro projects, amongst others.
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The cad nerds were awesome. It takes a team of very talented individuals to make a company like Retropower work.
When I win the lottery I'll commission a fleet of Retropwer cars.
The alternator issue is now “rectified”, that’s a great unintentional pun. 😂
Was going to say the same thing!!!
Loved Luke and George’s slot !! They were naturals - great info they shared too. Love it !
Your sand blasting ,hot zinc spraying and high zinc epoxy primer regime cannot be bettered .Fifty years painting cars qualifies me to agree with your fantastic foundation for a long lasting paint job .
The astounding perfection seen in these cars and the great honesty with which even stupid little oversights like the missing ground for the alternator are reported are both amazing and make these videos so great to watch. I truly love the depth and details we get shown. Cheers from Germany- Jo
☕️ in hand best part of Sunday night checking on my cars 😂🤔 we can all dream 🇬🇧🙏🏻😂😂
There just isn't enough puppy content on this channel
Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. Great stuff
It’s my favourite part of Sunday evenings too.
It’s everyone favourite part of Sunday evening !!!
Should have 10x as many subs. Brilliant as always.
Not having had the possibility to zinc spray my hobby builds, I've used a cavity wax to treat all areas where nuts, bolts, clips and other hardware could possibly break the paint. I squirt just before tightening the bolt or fitting the hardware and another one after.
As always admiring your team's craftsmanship and learning from every episode.
Legends, top work as always! Thanks for putting in the effort to produce the content.
Nat: your best video presentation to date. Great content as always.
The font used for the allegro makes the A of Austin look like an R, so it says "RUSTIN". So much for the zinc metal spraying!
You are right , it does 🤣
My thoughts exactly.
Wasn’t there a brand of paint called Rustin’s back in the day?
Watched a video on the red Opel GT resto mod you did . Fantastic restoration work .Shame it didn't have a LS6 motor although the Vauxhall motor is a great upgrade .
Owned a few Opel GT,s and they are a very pretty car .Also owned a Stienmetz A series Manta with the fabulous looking IMSA box arches and the straight 6 Monza engine which was the same as the 4 cylinder engine with a extra 2 cylinders .
That ending felt very mythbusters!
You are correct it is a substitute for a Jag rear end .It's a Street Rod rear end .Wisbech engineering UK make some fabulous Jag IRS rear axel upgrades including lower arms .I have got a Wisbech engineering modified Jag IRS under my 40,s Chevy .
Re Interceptor. The rear diff cage on a Jaguar moves quite a lot as the suspension moves up and down. Does the diff as fitted move enough to compensate? I would suggest as what Lister did to the V12 XJS with the radius arms. Have longer ones and fit the front end in towards the middle in line with the lower arm pivot bolts. (lynx did that with the D Type with solid mounted diff)
Another fantastic update as always. Well done George and Luke - you are both a naturals in front of the camera
Awesome video tonight, cheers!
I would love to have an autofocus on your rust prevention treatment. I genuinely love the deeper looks into zinc spraying in these episodes, but it would be nice to have it all out into an autofocus with your processes and reasonings/examples. The small asides of doing door sills, window frames, was an eye opening use for the spraying. I am looking to go through my own Classic and farm equipment when I am in the off season and would love to have the autofocus episode to look back on and reference.
Also, I see you have a water style filtration, any reason or explanation on the advantage of it? Maybe a walkthrough of how it works?
I would still love any advice on how to put a Classic on a rotisserie. My body isn’t what it used to be (both the Classic and me) so I would like to do repairs and zinc spraying at a reasonable working height.
As always, thank you so much for sharing your amazing craftsmanship and breadth of knowledge!
Just seen the video and on the mk1 Escort. You can see fire in the carbs so one of the inlet value is not closing fully on spark.
Should have the cad guys talking on camera every week! Adds to the video!
And while you have Kaiser in the shop before you hand it over can you do a road test video showing how it runs what it sounds like etc et cetera and maybe a tour of all the gadgets
The cockpit on Kaiser is so big Jamie could probably use a drone 😂
Superb stuff as always. What shows are you guys attending this year?
With the undercoat mk1 escort, you should make a nice air box, and install a MAF. Feed both the MAF and the 4 individual throttle positions into the engine management.
It should be wild to tune.
🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎☮️🍀☮️
18:48 onwards, must have lots of valve overlap to get flames in the intake trumpets 😳
Doggo for the win
29 mins 40 sec. Doggo!
👍👍👍
Washing machines live longer with Cal gone😀
Haha, you mean 'coffee machines' ? 😂
Continuing with punter’s puns today we’ve experienced Nat bytes.
With regards to the upper rear coil over mounts,,,, you’re dead right they don’t look as though they’ve got any spare capacity at all. As you say there’s loads of room to make a really good upgrade on them 🔧🔧🔧🔧
Mark's lovely, but where's Gaz at lately? Did I miss his departure? 🤔
He makes the tea now 🤣
Love the Pink Pig on the wall of the CAD Den 👍
P.S. The state of that desktop underneath it!?! C'mon 😂
There are two Allegros here, but neither of them are Jonny Smith' s restoration. Very cool workshop though, well done.
We've all been there - always gets a bit hairy when there's a bush involved!
I need to run rubber conduit in the door hinge of my classic mini (speakers and c/locking wires) what do you recommend I use and where to get it? Great work guys! 😅😅😅
The single shear rear damper top mounts are not going to be anywhere near the static load limit, but they absolutely will be a low cycle fatigue limit! The mass (or corner weight) is pretty irrelevant because damper loads during extreme bump (say hitting pot hole or kerb) can easily be 10 times the corner load. At that point, the 1/2" bolt absolutely will elastically deform, and that for a single shear bolt, will put a bending load into that bolt. Worst case is that the threaded shank (min dia) experiences the bending stress, and this will be a sharp corner (as the thread form cuts into the base dia) so a huge stress concentration will be formed here. So this is absolutely where the static calcs are pointless and doing a dynamics / bending load analysis should be done instead! Of course, the best option is doing exactly what you are doing, which is to redesign the top attachment into a double shear arrangement where all you need to do is to ensure the tightening torque and hence clamp load is sufficient to avoid dynamic slip in the joint 🙂
So many jobs done well. Just the having a custom center console is a little off-putting to me. Rather a more bare-bones interior. Perhaps just carpeting. To each his/her taste.
Nice smile Bobby
Little by little the cars take a step further.
Always enjoy your videos I have a question if you can help I am in America I own a Jaguar XJS 1995 Convertible getting parts is quite difficult for this Jag where do you get your Jaguar parts thank you Andy Allen.
I'm surprised at the finish of the carbon fibre on the inside of the Escort boot lid, doesn't look up to your usual high standard.
What's going on with Churchill 😔 missing my weekly fix of jag beauty.
Isn't that an Opel Manta/Ascona indicator stalk in the Mk1 Escort?
All in one
Probably, -I seem to recall they used one on Gordon Murray Escort, because the Opel/GM one combines a lot of functions in one unit.
Nice to hear from the CAD Lads and how they work their magic 🪄
While watching the Allegro I got a sudden flash! If BriLeyMoCo had gone for a threebox El Aggro, it would have been a pretty cool tool. Did they miss a trick?
The alternator has been rectified. LOL 😅
Stooooooooooooo !
Out of interest when a customer takes delivery of the finished car do they get a full parts manual for the car to detail which parts are custom and a part number relating to a RP part number so it can be replicated and which parts are from another OEM source for sourcing of wear parts or to further upgrade?
What kinda surface does the zinc metal spray leave, can it be painted over just the same for a good finish, say on the inner wings ? thanks
It’s okay for the engine bay but not for the exterior panels. You’d end up sanding it all off to get an acceptable surface so it’s a waste of effort to do it.
@@timc5969 Cheers, Tim
Re the alternator, did the exact thing with my BMW E30 318is. 😢
Have you kept the E30 Greg? ( I love them) ..
@@philtucker1224 oh yes, this only happened late last year 😎
@@gregfoord5784 very nice. I had a very beautiful 4 door 323i in bright silver back in the mid eighties. Went like a jet fighter.
I'll still say it I would have cut the shell into four quarters and made it fit the Chassis it would have people thinking it's still an Allegro but its bigger than I remember I believe you could have done it yes new screens front and back but they can be made its a lot of money for a small car
Having widened a car by 10mm down the middle I would not say it's easier as making glass that does not have any optical issues is harder than bodywork. I have done roof chops too and would say it's easy to stuff up as you have a car that appears disproportionate, hence sectioning of the body.
CAD bigger 4k monitor x2 trust me
It's a shame you made the Interceptor's radius links' totally wrong, because they are beautifully fabricated and installed.
As I've told you before, you NEED to have the forward links' ends in line with the axis of the inner wishbone's mountings - you've even got those nice, solid box structures to tie into!
As it is, to minimise binding from the conflicting arcs you're going to need to have so much compliance, it's barely worth having them at all.
I wanted to leave back after 9/11 wish I had to old now at 71 telling my daughters and grandkids get out ASAP.
I don't like the looks & positioning, of the Camaro's front numberplate. Far too square and sits too low, on the face. Make the whole car look narrower & higher, than it is and/or supposed to be...
I don’t like that Camaro.
I like most of your cars, but I’m sorry, the Camaro does nothing for me.
When are you going to take a car to Sema or similar.? You need to expand your reach.
You've done your time in trenches.
Time to take it big....
Most sema builds are an absolute joke.
Whole episodes on UA-cam channels are based on how crap those builds are.
Why associate yourself with a non domestic market and spend the money shipping a car that will almost certainly be damaged by dock monkeys.
Retropower is in the U.K. so it’s quite unusual to want to show in the states. (RP don’t own their own builds so I guess a lot of their American customers may take their completed cars to Sema as a result)..
I suspect many of these performance-built cars will probably feature at the Goodwood festival at some future time!
Wow! The time lapse filming of the 3D printer creating the steering column shroud was mind blowing!
I hope many of the American classic viewers appreciate the Camaro - as personally, I haven’t seen a nicer example. Absolutely immaculate work…👍