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captivating visualization of DIY restoration.
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That’s really awesome, I am enjoying the video. Thanks for forwarding it. That said,
1) Although I enjoy the video, I do not enjoy it in a carnal fashion. I am pleased, however, that you have found such satisfaction for yourself.
2) I am fairly certain @JC220 would start off though by first smelting his own iron ore and create his own sheet steel.
1) Although I enjoy the video, I do not enjoy it in a carnal fashion. I am pleased, however, that you have found such satisfaction for yourself.
2) I am fairly certain @JC220 would start off though by first smelting his own iron ore and create his own sheet steel.
While I didn't feel movement in my loins, it was pleasing to watch, insane amount of work to capture an insane amount of work. I would like to develop body restoration skills like this, it is a frontier I have never ventured into. Need a lot of time, garage space, and yet another round of tools.
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Thanks for the video - very interesting to watch the way they made that! Yes I do similar work on some cars of mine like the 220CE (PS that will be back in my owners thread very soon- welding needs finished!)
But that cadaver is a little too crusty even for me.
They did do good work there and proving they could bring that beast back. But a little too much welding at times - can they not get any new panels at all?
And on from that, is my only reservation about such projects. The welds are the weakest link. Aka you can paint the front but the backsides are very prone to rotting from the inside out if not treated with hot wax injection or similar. So longevity is a concern check back on that car in 3- 5 years and that will be a real measure of the workmanship.
You guys know me too well at this stage!
I wonder how he's doing the stop-motion video. Neat stuff. As the 2nd comment opined: "A ridiculous amount of work went into filming this ridiculous amount of work."
But putting that much effort into resurrecting a rotted out Rover... wow. He must have insane amounts of free time. Doing all that with a $99 gasless welder just makes it more crazy.
But putting that much effort into resurrecting a rotted out Rover... wow. He must have insane amounts of free time. Doing all that with a $99 gasless welder just makes it more crazy.
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Asked and answered by the insane man himself in a video titled "How to make your car restoration take twice as long."
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"I tell you what... that's a face for radio."
ROTLFMAO! Totally my opinion of the 123 chassis.
Dude, these videos --- the stop motion, the voice over, the narration explaining how things are put together --- this is like Oscar-grade stuff!
Indeed. Oscar mentioned in the video that he does this gig full-time now. Does YouTube pay enough to be able to make a living these days? I thought they changed their payouts recently so that unless you are getting millions of hits, AND crank out videos at least weekly that get millions of hits, you will still be existing off Ramen.
Off topic but this also applies when you have too many Benzes
Steak dinner this weekend or 24x Iridium spark plugs?.... spark plugs it is
