I was reading the comments of another of your videos where a fella said you reminded him of Ron Covell. Ron comes across as a lovely, understated, highly talented, gentle soul and is a pleasure to watch. I gave it some thought and I agree with the likeness. All the best from Western Australia.

Don't you worry about the length of your videos, as far as I am concerned they can't be long enough. I love watching your videos and I think that you deserve a whole lot more viewers. To my humble opinion your YT channel is far underrated. You make high quality and very informative content. I just enjoy watching your videos, it's far better then what cable TV presents me. You are a normal guy, and real, and it is not an act and it is without all the drama. And if people think that the video is too long they can fast forward or even skip some parts that they don't like. That's the nice thing about youtube, it puts the viewer in control, and the viewer doesn't have to endure all the repeating stuff and cuts while the viewers are watching, like the viewers have to endure when they are watching cable TV. Cable TV is destroying itself by making it unbearable to watch. They went for the money and forgot about the people. Big thumbs up from the Netherlands !!

Over engineered & half the weight! I love it!

Check off another box with a gorgeous, half the weight, stiffer part...I'm really enjoying this...just marvelous!

This has given me some more confidence to attempt making a custom hard top for my Triumph Spitfire, thanks for all of the tips!

The foam core is an excellent choice. The only possible improvement would be to make your own webbing out of the foam to A.) reduce the number of holes you need to drill to allow for resin impregnation, and B.) further stiffen the part by creating more places where the inner and outer surface are bridging together. But on a whole, there is no such thing as overbuilding when you're dealing with custom car stuff, there is only how stubborn you're willing to be about achieving the goals you set out for. You may have used more layers of carbon and more foam than you strictly needed to, but if your goal was to never need to worry about those panels being strong enough ever again, then I think you've done a great job of it.

You're a national treasure, man! This is absolutely satisfying to watch, so I can only imagine how it must be to have done it myself! Revel in that for sure!

Joel Marsh is, IMO, the greatest custom carbon fiber Creator. Great attitude, tremendously creative, and perfectionist. Like your vids and glad you hooked up with my fav.

This hood will never rust either! great work.

Well done lay on the bed after you he’ll of a stressful week and smiled when you fitted the hood and the vendors. Had that darn yes man well done looks super cool.

Looks fantastic!

I'm not a car guy, but I love watching you work through the process on each mini-project. Kudos!

I was actually just thinking about how you were coming along on your project this morning... Great to see you checking some items off of your list. Love your videos!

Another tip is "phenolic microballoons" it's not as structural as "fumed silica" but it is 100 times easier to sand and to mix it like a putty. really enjoying your videos keep up the great work

I've been really enjoying watching these carbon fibre panel videos. A lot of people don't do this cause it's not cost effective really, but you got the right idea - doing for the experience and learning opportunity. Good job

great job, front end shot looked fantastic.

your project do your thing .. if you are happy with it that is what matters .. good thinking and excellent work .

The first front end shot got me pumped to see how far you are now. I can only imagine what it would feel like for you as it's your project! By no means did you over do it. You've thought and planned it out, asked for help from several experts and learned from your mistakes. Job well done bud. Your videos have helped me a lot with my starting process, and my third test piece was my first successful resin infusion piece. So thank you for all the knowledge that you've shared from your own experience and that has been passed on to you. I am looking forward to my own custom motorcycle projects knowing that I have lots of great information that you've shared. Keep it up!

Awesome. Can’t believe the outcome. Beautiful..

I love your music selection. The soundtrack is its own character in these videos. :) I just finished the mold for my C6 hood - thankfully, the original hood came out without issue - and getting ready to do the layup for the new hood tomorrow. Wish me luck.

great work again, the mighty Volvo is coming along nicely. regards Peter

Loved this 2 part series !

I've been following you for a while now and have watched most of your videos. Its very inspiring watching you progress so much and seeing all the tips and tricks you pick up along the way! 🙌🙌

I made CF hood for a BMW M3 e36, it is probably a bit larger than what you have here, outer skin 3 plies of 220gr/sqm twill CF, inside ribbing was a 100% copy of the original metal frame, same 3 plies overall with extra 2 plies and some kevlar in places where the hinges will bolt on to and hood latches go wet layup and vacuum pressed both parts using full bags (much more reliable than just covering the mould, I highly suggest you use that to avoid problems with air leakage through moulds) , used 2 part semi elastic polyurethane glue to glue the 2 parts together, the hood was for motorsport rally application, plenty of rigidity and strength for that means it would definitely work for street application - finished weight 2,5kg + final paint job, just to give you a perspective of how overbuilt and overspent on materials you have your hood here, 7,5kg is A LOT for such a part overall the technique was very good, I'm not a fan of infusion though, the resin has thinners in it, so less strength, have to use quite a lot of it, it makes sense for some parts, but these hoods are way too simple and small to take advantage of what the infusion offers, just not worth the extra time and materials

I'm jealous it came out just like you envisioned it

Thank you for these videos. I have an unusual car build and this may be the only way I can get carbon body...at a reasonable cost.

Thanks! I'd say it is just about perfect. And it's great to see the whole process. It's the best tutorial in mold making I've come across, even if that isn't strictly your goal.

Damn that finish is awesome! Good stuff

You are definitely my new favorite! My 04 v70R m66 is jealous and now wants carbon fiber parts..... Excited to see what you do with the 5 cylinder.... I am looking into building one in the future.

The foam core is absolutely better than trying to use unidirectional strips crossways - stiffness increases according to the square of the thickness. Sometimes the most ingenious thing we can do is easier than what others say would "work better".

You've inspired me to make my wife mad and turn the garage into a carbon fiber learning center lol. I'm gonna make my own custom carbon kevlar widebody panels for my car and see how it goes

Want to take a road trip to Minnesota and build me some carbon panels for my t-bird?? Love the videos.

ThrottleStopGarage you say "Its better to be lucky than to be good",,, well Sir, i do believe that you are VERY lucky and you are VERY VERY good!

This is so cool! Looks really good too!

Brilliant, well done! Must feel great to finally have the front end (mostly) back together! I'm with you on adding the foam core to the bonnet, as you say, over that area it's well worthwhile putting it in. Do some of the fitment issues at the back dome from the difference in thickness between the sheet metal part and the composite part? (assuming there is any). Love the series btw.

Really good job

great work

Awesome work 👏🏽

Great progress and great to see the experience path pay dividends. I really appreciate the level of explanation, your answering a lot of questions both in your video and here in comments and making a big difference. I've been getting a lot of great info from boat restorers like at BoatworksToday, which is great for materials and materials detail, but your videos take it the next critical step, mold making and laying up a part. Keep up the great work. BTW if you talk to compositenvisions let them know their sight is getting flagged by firefox browsers. I headed out that way to take a look and was warned off. Not sure why but if that clears up I edit this comment. Not sure how else to let them know. I'd like to see their product line but can't if its hot like that in a bad way. Most of the time its old sites that use old flash parts or something that makes them vulnerable.

I know you have a lot of trial and error , but you do make it seem effortless lol inspired us to make some of our own parts !

i dont know what to say i'm speechless , man does that front end look great , personnaly even for a race car i would not go to the fleemzy level , foam add a bit of weight but even with that 7,2/20 it's like a third of the stock weight not much aftermarket racing panel can tell to be close to this ratio , i really mean it keep on going you are inspiring

beautiful work as always!

Looks awesome

Well done Sir...Well done!

great video. I learned so much from your channel. I am hoping to make my own custom hood and trunk this summer.

Awesome! Love watching the progress!

Dang bro... sweet work! Likin this stuff, keep em coming. Cheers, Doug

It's a lovely car the Amazon, it felt like driving a tank when I had one (in a positive way). Awesome job, restoring a piece of Swedish history!

Looking really good man. Good show.

Excellent work, keep the videos coming.

Great wee channel! got a love the canadians ay!

Well that has to be a bullet proof hood !! Amazing video !! Question: You mentioned an number of folks at the Composite shop , Did you speak to them to get an estimate on the quantity of material need to make the molds and the carbon fiber material for the the parts? Did you do a video showing close up of the sticky tape pleating ? Are the "bags' meant to be that large or would a tight fitting bag be cheaper and less time to vaccum down ? LOVE THE VIDEOS!! Can wait to see the car all back together and rippin' down the road!! C

Not sure how long you typically have to wait for your hot glue puddles to cure, but when I need to move quickly with hot glue, I use a can of canned air turned upside down so that the refrigerant comes out and insta-cures the hot glue. Now, this will make the hot glue a little more brittle than slow-cooled (tempered?) hot glue, but for a jig like this, it might speed up your gluing time...

Foam core is ok, no pblm. Concerning infusion process, think about honeycomb soric 2mm that is better for the flow of the resin Moreover it lends better for curved shapes. By example a Porsche 914 front bonnet including the skin for the lights (it was for a racing car) dims130x112cm using gel coat + fiberglass 200g/m2 of short strand + 450g/m2 of fabrics on the outer side of the part to avoid printing of the honeycomb cell pattern + 1 layer 450g/m2 of fabrics = 6.1 kg. At the end you'll use less reinforcement and resin, so you save weight. Nice job.

Perfect!

So, stock arm fasteners can just be glued onto carbon/fiber just like that? Most excellent!

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

Wow.. nice build sir. And i love your Mighty Car Mods "chopped" banner/flag🤗🤗🤗

Keep up the good work 👌👍👍👍

nice work. thanks for the technique.

good job!

Dude I love your work!

Almost didn't want to hit like. Was spot on 420

I really love You’re work. I have à amazon that i’m bilding in Sweden. Have always dreaming of a T5 amazon. Good work 👍

i love this channel!

I love it, over engineered that’s what us home builders do! Don’t listen to the naysayers, they generally aren’t brave enough to even give it a try 👍🏼

Polyester resin shrinks a considerable amount when curing, likely causing your fitment issues.

Great job you do, I learn alot. Tnx👍

Can you move the center of the cowl down instead of messing with that beautiful Hood? That metal would be easy to work with. Thanks for the videos!

Great job! I don't think you have over or under done it either. I am doing research into creating all new carbon panels to replace my plastic ones on my little smart car project. Very helpful, thanks. Have you seen ez composites videos on KZfaq? Also very useful

The music so classic cracks me up 🤣

Love your videos. Giving me confidence to try something like this on my own--a one-piece flip-up hood and bumper. My only question is: Why that particular model of Volvo?

Love the MCM flag in the back :D

Great video. I have a 1966 impala. Can you make me a trunk lid?

Smashing.....Not quite sure how you did the fittings, were they just drilled and glued?

Good stuff..I'm doing bonnet and fenders on mine sometime this year..can you make doors with working windows? Keep up the good work!!!! I watch the aussie guy allso ...seems to do it with one hand behind his back,he does build race stuff so it's to a different requirement but similar process...🤔🤔🤔

Do you mind sharing where you found your fasteners

I am just curious. How theese parts act in accident? It is old car, and crumpling zones where not available then, but what happens when you colide whit carmade that kind of material?

Good day what kind of epoxy resin that you are using please tell me the name of the epoxy and the type thank you

1:54 that tool is genius!!!! Would have saved me so much time building my miata’s viper hood 😅 What is it called? Where can I get it!! Please answer

I just wonder how much total cost that u hv to come up for all those fiberglass molds and the carbon fiber parts for all body parts u made..

New viewer, so I apologise if you've talked about it in a previous video... But what is that glorious tool you used to get the contour (to then transfer to paper)? And where can I get one? Great videos BTW!

I love all your videos. Have watched every single one. I am sure this has been answered many times, but I probably keep missing it. Are you using polyester resin still for the mold making? How do you deal with the fumes if you are? From my research, it sounds like you can actually use epoxy resin with the fiberglass veil. Is that correct? Thanks for the info :) Looking forward to making some more of my own carbon fiber parts this winter. I made a splitter and wing for my autocross car a few years ago.

Making separate pieces vs all one piece/ pros and cons.

great video very informative, i am currently planning on making my own carbon fiber hood but do not have a mold, that is the hardest part in my opinion. part of me wants to use the original hood but i do not want to damage it any suggestions?

will it satisfy stiffness or can we drop in stiffness?

You could have done all this with carbon fiber vacuum infusion. I understand you are trying to make it look factory

what font did you use for the number 59 in your thumbnail?

22:16, isn't that sort of scary, though? I guess the hood isn't attached that solidly anywhere but the hinges, but is there no possibility of it cracking when you go around a corner? Maybe old cars on frames don't bend that much, I don't know... Oh, btw, it came out beautiful! thanks :)

can't you pack the hood up on the mount instead of building it up with fairing compond?

How much for materials for the hood amd the fenders?

Hi, what are the name of those bolt female threads shown at minute 17?

hey its me again! what did you use for flanges? i couldnt understand hehehe maybe i´m just too tired!

“Kitty hair” is called mar glass

Chopped.

One he'll of a lot of work for gust so little weight gain it's not worth the time work or the money

What's your BIG HURRY in your printed notes a blink of the eye and it's gone ?..😨

Go ahead and make me a 240 hood and fenders :)

Well done, thanks for sharing