Raising Junior Episode 1 - Alfa Romeo Gt Restoration (Building a car rotisserie)

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7 жыл бұрын

Episode1 - Bottom's up
In the first episode I introduce 'Junior', a car that I bought as an unfinished project a previous owner started restoring. The car is a 1967 Alfa Romeo Gt Junior, a model that's rapidly becoming a very sought after and desirable classic.
I bought the car stripped down and grit blasted, the previous owner included many new body panels that will be needed to restore the car as part of the deal.
I am carrying out most of the restoration myself with my dad's help, who also happens to be filming. This is a low budget, high quality restoration, none of that one week deadline stuff you see on most Tv shows. Why is this episode called 'bottom's up?', Watch the episode to find out!
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@BadObsessionMotorsport 7 жыл бұрын

Best of luck with your build! Do love the Alfa.

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys, I've learnt a lot of great fabrication tricks from your videos, outstanding series. I feel its better than any other series about cars on tv etc

@VladimirNikolicJolly 7 жыл бұрын

You guys are great too. I love your show. A learned a lot of staff from you. Thanks.

@michaelengels2514 Жыл бұрын

This is about the third time I’m going through your build so far. Great to see what I have to go through. I’ve got a 1600 GT Junior that my father in law gave my son and I bought a step nose that I WAS going to use as repair panels but changed my mined and decided to do that one also. Unfortunately the step nose doesn’t have an engine but my son’s car was complete with its original engine.

@raisingjunior6389 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! Good plan, don't cut up the step nose body as it's more rare than the 1600gt Junior. An engine shouldn't prove to be too difficult to find unless you want a specific engine block code. I bought my car without and engine too!

@robingreen9621 3 жыл бұрын

Having a Step Front Junior myself (But with no garage and limited skills) I'm looking forward to watching your progress best of luck........I chuckled at the Kettle/Coffee/Phone/Magazine clip!

@raisingjunior6389 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, if you started from this video there is plenty of progress ahead in the following ones..

@arthurtua766 7 жыл бұрын

Geoff, looking good. Video production also quite decent. Keep it up.

@stevefenning4004 7 жыл бұрын

Great build thread Geoff. Looking forward to following this one

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, just uploaded Episode 2 a couple of days ago. Time to start working on Episode 3 !

@ravinperera4255 4 жыл бұрын

Well done!

@raisingjunior6389 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks... there's a lot of work left to watch after this

@VladimirNikolicJolly 7 жыл бұрын

Awsome man!!! Good luck, love the car! Keep up a good work.

@RichardLamsdale 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks and good luck.

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciated !

@maltatransit8005 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting Project!!

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, keep watching this channel for more videos :)

@HomeBuiltByJeff 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, good production. I liked the coffee and magazine bit, you got a chuckle from me. Big project ahead of you, that is a lot of rust, although I haven't looked under mine yet :) Subscribed.

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff, your videos inspired me to make a series about my project! Its super rusty but having all the panels at hand will speed up things. This was the first video we ever shot and edited so its a learning curve, already thought of many improvements for episode 2!

@HomeBuiltByJeff 7 жыл бұрын

I look back at my first one and cringe and I am still trying to make improvements as well. It's a long slippery slope. Good luck.

@Rosten 7 жыл бұрын

Subbed for sure. They say that the first impression is the most important, and i must say i was impressed. Good luck with project and the channel!

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive comments! Stay tuned for more, we'll be covering the body restoration in future episodes

@felipeduran8901 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Alfa lover... Happy to see your project. You have a long job to do on it but with love everything is easier. Congratulacions. Forza !

@raisingjunior6389 6 жыл бұрын

Felipe Durán thanks!! We did a lot since we filmed this

@IanB22 7 жыл бұрын

Wow...make big patches panels!

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian, I don't have to make many patch panels because the car came with almost all the new panels needed, however In the next episode I'll need to make a small complex panel which I don't have..I'm working on it this week

@polloloci21 4 жыл бұрын

Wow- that’s a lot of work. Good luck- I’ll be watching. Ciao from Novara

@raisingjunior6389 4 жыл бұрын

Grazie mille! We have made a lot of progress since this video :)

@polloloci21 4 жыл бұрын

Raising Junior I know!! I’m trying to catch up!!! Thanks for doing this

@ScuderiaUsignolo 4 жыл бұрын

Nice rotisserie! (and car :) )

@raisingjunior6389 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, a lot has changed since this video but we're only half way done

@ScuderiaUsignolo 4 жыл бұрын

@@raisingjunior6389 Good luck!

@peterliu5741 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome videos! I am also thinking of starting a project like this and just trying to pick up as much as I can ..

@raisingjunior6389 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we did a lot of work since the first video, it's a long road but an enjoyable one. By episode 14 we covered all the rust repair and currently we're finishing the bodywork for paint. We made a few tools along the way for particular tasks

@peterliu5741 3 жыл бұрын

@@raisingjunior6389 I love the rotisserie . Do you have the specs noted some where? It looks to be a very handy tool for this type project.

@raisingjunior6389 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterliu5741 yes, send me an email on raisingjunior@gmail.com and I'll send you the plans and modications I did. Are you restoring an Alfa Bertone or another model/brand of car?

@FlamerK6 7 жыл бұрын

Subbed!

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We're working hard on episode 2 at the moment

@88Frank 7 жыл бұрын

New subscriber and a great first video. I'd like to do the same when I pick up a project and a garage! Good luck

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Frank Whitham thanks for the comment, the 2nd episode is up too, currently working on the 3rd.

@Dolf260z 7 жыл бұрын

I saw your post on one of Homebuilt by Jeffs video's, i had to come check out your channel. Looks like you are off to a great start. Love the rotisserie. When i made mine, my car was top heavy, i needed a second person for safety when spinning my car, and couldn't spin it alone. I am also making you tube video's on my Datsun 260z restoration, i have 4 so far, check them out! Rudi.

@raisingjunior6389 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Rudi, thanks for the comment, I saw my friend's Spider (a cabrio) on the rotisserie and realized that the centre of gravity will be different on my car since its a hardtop so we tried different height adjustments. I just checked out your channel...nice work!!. subbed. We're going down the same road on different cars. Both are cool classics and both love to rust :D I really like Z cars, they're super rare here as I don't think they were imported offically

@2litrepeter. 6 жыл бұрын

Gday fellas. I came here from the comment on Jeff's channel too. I've just started tinkering with making videos. My build is pretty modest. I've subbed to both of you . Look forward to watching the progress. All the best. 👍😎

@maximealexandre8896 Жыл бұрын

Great vidéos ! Can you share the blueprints of the rôtisserie ? I'm planning to do the samedi job on my futur project car (2000 gtv or 1750 gt). Tanks !

@raisingjunior6389 Жыл бұрын

Can you send me an email on raisingjunior@gmail.com and I'll reply with the blue prints

@rsdza Жыл бұрын

I know this was a while ago, but do you have the designs for the rotisserie? I probably need to build one!

@raisingjunior6389 Жыл бұрын

Send me an email at raisingjunior@gmail.com...I have it saved

@eddiegerlach7121 3 жыл бұрын

I have a stupid question, for sure....but, how did you get the car onto the rotisserie? Or the rotisserie onto the car? 🤔

@raisingjunior6389 3 жыл бұрын

Not a stupid question at all, it was quite tricky! We used Jacks and bricks to lift it the right height, then assembled the large frame around the car. That's the advantage of having the beams bolted instead of welding them