Wow, thank you! I appreciate your comment. However, I do understand, that the more I know things, more I realize that I am at the very beginning of my journey with metal works. I like that 31 other people have appreciated your comment as well !!!!!!

Danke für den Kommentar. Die Armen müssen einfallsreich sein

Yes, there was a 0.5 gap, but still when grinding it flat, the remaining weld was very thin....I had to grind a deep groove to fill it up again with full weld, knowingly risking it to be warped like hell... But luckily it was manageable...

Thank you very much! The wooden bending tool was a result of me not wanting to hammer it and then english wheeling it, because it would stretch the arch, hence distorting the curvature...But in the end, its would not have made any difference since double welding warped the piece anyway.....

...or insanity. But thanks for uplifting comment.. Much appreciated.

Ihan loistavaa. Tuo puristintyökalun tein sen vuoksi että en halunnut tuota bumerangin muotoista kaarevaa muotoa vasaralla hakata koveraksi, silloin olisin joutunut käyttämään Englanninpyörää, joka taas olisi venyttänyt peltiä. Pelkäsin että bumerangin muoto ei enää sovi ikkunan kehykseen. Siksi tuo kovera muoto piti saada jollain muulla tehtyä. Lopussa sillä ei juuri ollut merkitystä sillä tupla täyssauma joka tapauksessa laittoi osan kieroksi jota piti puoli tuntia hieroa takaisin omaan muotoonsa... No tulipa tehtyä..

Thanks Yes, unfortunately my MIG skills would not be adequate for the top seam... lets see what I end up doing with that.. I don't want to buy a TIG welding machine to just to try it out here....Bit of a dilemma...

@@GT1900garage I know exactly what you mean. These jobs are always about trying to not let the money run away from you. Maybe there is some kind person in Finland who could lend you a TIG for a week or two?

I appreciate that! I think I have s***load of subscribers...I was expecting few friends to follow...

Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure, if you have missed the point here: In this series of videos I am doing a MY dream car from my childhood, for ME. Car could have been way better condition to start with, I admit. So my options were: 1. Ditch the car = Loose your money, don't have the car at the end 2. Do the car = Loose some money, but have a GT at the end 3. Do the car, and have KZfaq channel to document the insane project = Gain back most of the money, and have the GT at the end. So for ME it is worth it. Big thanks for the praising comment 😅 Stay tuned for rest of the episodes..

Спасибо за комментарий, да, мы уже на стороне победителей, но с верхним швом все еще большая проблема... После этого посмотрим, насколько я уверен в себе.

May I suggest the KZfaq videos of Carter's Auto Restyling, from Saskatchewan, in Canada. The presenter has a very idiosyncratic style, but is an excellent body worker and is currently working on a truck where he has a number of long seams to weld on the 'chopped' roof.

Oh, that was a good point. Yes, mistakes make the drama...

I WISH ! If the car would have been free, I would have bailed out ages ago. I paid a way too much for this, so only thing I could do is to finish the project. But, I would like to have some conversation with the seller though 🤣🤣

Thanks, well 630 hours done an 22 episodes with average length on 20min. That gives roughly 1% of the work is visible to the audience. Thans for this comment this was fun...

Thanks for uplifting compliment...

Thank you. And thanks for views !!!

Much appreciated! Hartelijk bedankt. Groeten aan Nederland

@@GT1900garage hahahaha...you know your foreign languages as well. Very good!🤘

Thanks for the comment. Appreciated

Yes, it is always a soothing thing to watch someone else dealing with bigger problems. I do also have couple of soothing channels where I could go and fill up my confidence tank !

Thanks, this is quite a learning process for me....

My humble apologies. I try to improve in the future episodes.... 😂😂

Thanks.. NICE SPITFIRE... subscribed !!

Thanks for the super compliment..

Hah, trying to avoid hammering with that gizmo, to avoid distortion..But then I had to re-weld it so.....

Thanks, although I would spice this up a bit with a ability to weld properly....

Thanks for the comment. Reason for leaving out the counter end scene, was that I think that I am not done with this part yet.. I will show how much time it took, after welding is done... Thanks for noticing it tho...

Thanks for the comment and being a regular viewer. Currently working on putting parts made in previous three episode together....some overwhelming challenges...

Thanks George.. Nobody is too old for learning new stuff. I appreciate your comments and views....

Thank for the comment and views !! Would like to have you back for next episode...

Thank you, much appreciated.

Thanks, yes, there is nothing sane in this project. I tend to agree with your statement myself...

Very soon! Might be success or failure...we'll see..

Not a better reward other than being a boost or inspiration to someone else project.. Go for it..

Thanks for the comment and views...

@@GT1900garage Please. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

Thanks for the comment..Hopefully yes, and hopefully it will be around in after another 50 years.

Thank you for the comment, and views !

Thanks a lot !!

Yep, that was my response as well.. I knew that there were some hidden in the C-pillar, but still it was a worth of audible Oh no! Thanks for the view and comment..

Thanks of the compliment...

Eagerness and maybe patience. = illusion of talent...

Thanks, trust me mate; This corner is nightmare.....in next episode i try to put all these parts together. Aaaaaa'not an easy task🤣😅

Thanks, but still half way there...

Thanks a lot. Stay tuned for the bitter end...

Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar. Es scheint, dass das Auto noch in einem solchen Zustand ist, dass noch stundenlang Material vorhanden ist.

Not there yet. Still needs to be welded in... But thanks for the comment..

I would LOVE to see that... do you have project pictures online?

Thanks for your reply. I bought the Slc as a parts car for my SL. Eventually hadn’t the heart to break it as they are starting to get rare. I haven’t started restoration yet but hope to do so in the next 12 months. No pictures unfortunately right now as the car is stored remotely The back window is quite large and Is quite curved at the sides. The panel between the window bottom and boot lid seems to be 95% paint. It’s the make or break panel for the restoration so I have to make the face of the repair panel before the rear window comes out as it is likely to disintegrate when the window is removed. You are an inspiration to me to at least have a go at it.

Sounds like a good plan. I would assume that there are repair panels for the C107?

Enough said. Thanks again for comment and views...

Thank you very much!

Thanks for the comment. Hmm, to be honest I was several times on the verge of desperation with this part. Especially since I had to constantly ensure that glass will fit... Still not sure about will it fit. Time will show, after all welds are done...

@@GT1900garage Repair around set glass is either simple or very challenging. A 3” section of pinch-seam is simple. A full or even partial perimeter is a nightmare. And it’s not just the glass but the trim work! Getting gaps right. I sometimes put a layer of electrical tape on the trim and use it as a guide. I can do this work, but I am not a professional. Same as you. But I’ve rebuilt many cars. Today I was making support panels with dimpled/flanged holes for a ‘63 race car. Glass channel repair? Never again I hope. Keep at it. You seem to have the patience of Jobe! You are doing excellent work. A beautiful car will be your reward!

Thanks for the reply. I think the main point is the patience..everything else runs smooth if you are not in a hurry... As I was with the C- pillar.. Paying only attention to the curvature and continuation of the C-pillar line, I totally missed the boumerang shaped area at the back side of the C-pillar. Hence it was warped 5mm off. And that is 5mm too much..

Thanks a lot! Still half way there with this part. Lets see how it ends up...

Thanks for the visit. Stay tuned for next episode.. and more to come

Thanks for the comment. I have reached the age that I have ability, and self control to choose when and how much I spend time the garage.. Which is pretty much every evening....but only few hours at the time.. I kind of like the sofa as well....

Thanks for the comment. Many people do not appreciate the greatnes of Opel GT. I appreciate the ones who appreciate.

Heh, funny....Inappropriate, but funny. Thanks for the comment.

Danke für den Kommentar. Manchmal muss man innovativ sein und sich etwas Neues einfallen lassen. Normalerweise ist es sinnlos, aber manchmal funktioniert eine einfache Idee am besten.

Thanks. Stay tune for more episodes.

Thank for the comment. I think it is not that unique, but maybe i have slightly more patience than me 15 years ago😀

Tusen tack......

Thanks for the comment ! I truly admire the outlook of Volvo 1800ES, beautiful car. What kind or car that is for restoration? I mean, GT is one of the most difficult cars to fix, how is it with 1800ES?

@@GT1900garage the Volvo 1800 is a massive pain to restore . It was originally a British designed body , and they like to weld everything, including the front fenders . So very few things unbolt . There are also a lot of areas inside where mud collects and rusts. I try to chemically remove most of the rust , I want to upload a new video next few days where I show the pump system and chemical mix that I use. Some areas are completely gone , so I have to weld in new ones like the front cross member and rear fenders .

@@AndySomogyi ok, thanks for info, I did not know that! Surely would be interested in seeing the pump system…

OR.....OR, you could be happy as Barbie... I think I would be happier driving around already NOW with my GT, instead of tearing it down to pieces....

Thank you very much! Yes. kinda stretched my own limits there....

Hah, this was my attempt to bend this narrow strip evenly, without hammering (and English wheeling) it. I tried to avoid distortion, but in the end it did not matter since the piece was warped with double welding...

Nochmals vielen Dank für den Kommentar. Stück für Stück lernte ich, wie sich Metall verhält, wenn es anders bearbeitet wird. Dieses ganze Projekt ist nur ein Lernprozess

dunno if I tackled it yet, welding is still to come...

Kiitos itsellesi katsomisesta ja kommentista...

Thanks again. Always a nice to have a comment from a KZfaq colleague..

Thanks a ton! Yes, I assume that rear window vents are pain in the **s when just doing a light restoration...

Thanks! Stay tuned for more episodes.

Thanks for the comment. Some say, that GTs were doomed already in early 80's. Obviously depends on the location...

Merci beaucoup. Salutations à la France

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks, appreciated your opinion..

Thanks for the comment. To be honest, I truly wish to see this car ready at some day... I had to google up Avanti 2, kind of similar vibes with Opel GT.

@@GT1900garage the Studebaker is very interesting to. They would put Chevrolet v8 engines in them. Pretty neat cars.

Thank you! Cheers!

Many thanks! And thanks for being regular on this channel..Appreciated.

Danke !!

Thanks.. Not sure did I already talk to you earlier, but do you have GT project somewhere available online?

Thanks mate.

Thanks, reason for that was that hammering would require also english wheeling for smoothing, and that would cause stretching, hence warping....but in the end, it would not have make any difference....since double welding warped the piece anyway...

Thank you very much!

...or insanity. But thanks for the kind comment.

Thanks for the uplifting comment. HOWEVER; the only (Hopefully ONE and only) repro panel that I bought for this car was used in this episode. The vent grill was a 100€ repro panel, and I was about to ditch it because it was 0,7mm thin metal ... !!!!!!...How can anyone modify and weld 0,7mm panel without accidentally grind it to 0,5mm.... I mean...I saw factory made panels for the GT floors, but left them to the shop since they were thin as....

@@GT1900garage I was restoring (mostly) US cars from the late 50s to the mid 70s for the better part of the laszt 30 years. But I never was even close to what I saw you do at the GT. I could have only given up if presented with such tasks. The nose reshape you did on that GT in another video was stunning. I couldn’t belive my eyes 👍🏻👍🏻🤩 The thickness of the panels is a joke more often than not. I mailordered panels for a 51 mercury. The fenders were like 2.5 millimeters. Each one enough metal to make a modern compact car from. The Floorpans were 0.7 mm. Ridiculous. Almost so thin you couldn’t weld them to the rest of the body. I got a talented metalworker to make new pans for me 😎

TOTALLY agree.. My friend is restoring a DeSoto, and all the panels have like three times thick as my GT... ridiculous..

@@GT1900garage I think fondly of these „immortal“ bodies, I also like a separate chassis in the 1930s style. You can fix and restore cars like that time and again. I did card that underwent a frame not off Restauration in the 1970s just to make the driveable again. And I could redo the car buts and bolts without running out of Original Substance. And seeing how later technological developments - twin circuit breaks, break boosters, etc. - cab be refitted to these cars without looking like much later additions. It just takes time and patience.

@@frankodo3251 yes. The scalability (updating modern tech to the classic original body) is one of the best features of a american classic cars. Mostly due to vast amount on metal and space in between, used in those cars. I have fell in love to small class European cars, they are unique and beculiar (like my Mini and a GT), but they are not as "heavy" as american counterparts .

Yes, I was this close to ditch the whole 0,7mm panel when I received it in the mail... The preformed rib still plays a important role since it is only guide to the window curvature.. It must keep the curve as is...or I am screwed...

Thanks...About 20 hours, and still it needs to be welded in....

Thank you very much! Yes, car will be once more LIGHTLY sandblasted and painted with "submarine" quality of epoxy... I hope it will last..

@@GT1900garage thank you for responding. I was wondering about the inside surfaces. There seem to be many inaccessible places in this car body. I am sure you have a solution on hand. I look forward to seeing your videos.

Wow, thanks for the uplifting comment... thanks for follow !

Thanks for the visit. Some heady duty challenges during the process tho....

Vielen Danke !!

Danke für den Kommentar. Ich hoffe, dass das nächste Video viel Unterhaltung bieten wird. Oder es ist so, aber ob es in Form von Erfolg oder Misserfolg geschieht, bleibt abzuwarten.

Thanks for the compliment...

Thank you...Well. It was not easy...and the worst part is yet to come...

Thanks, appreciate that. However, there is a heck of a learning process going on...

Thanks a lot.. appreciated.

Thanks again for comment. I feel privileged for being regular channel to watch ....

Muito obrigado. Fique ligado nos próximos episódios.

Thank you very much! Stay tuned for more episodes with poor man solutions to problems 😂

Grazie mille... È fantastico ricevere commenti da diverse parti del mondo...

Thanks, Stay tuned for more episodes.

yes, but this was 3cm wide, so less sharp angles ( at least I though)...but you are right...

Hi, spot on. The window frame and vents has been REALLY laborous and difficult task. I decided to simplify my filming and editing within these three episodes....this is constant fitting and trying, fixing and redoing. No time to do stop motion. When I get over this vent panel, I'm gonna get back to my own style. Thanks for the tip, i subscribed the channel.

Thanks for the comment !