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These are the ones that I like best. A share of stop motion and some mechanics. The music is great, too. Thanks

Not just my favorite automotive channel on KZfaq, my favorite channel.

A tonic for those of us assailed by fast and shouty motoring channels. Smooth slow thoughtful progress with the minimum of specialist tools on accessible classics. Excellent entertainment.

Those U/j sequences must have taken days. Hats off once more.

You've turned DIY into beautiful cinematography. Your filming skills are putting the Yanks to shame. Well done, sir.

The blast cabinet of happiness! Looking good, so happy to see the Esprit front and center again.

My Elite has a very similar rear suspension design. Big tip for getting new bearings in - chuck them in the freezer for an hour and put the hub in the oven - they literally fall in lol. Great work mate. Replacement bearings are getting rare and damned expensive!

Cracking episode. That moment when the stud broke loose and started moving has been a long time coming - looked very satisfying.

Thank you, sir, for your great inspiration. You helped me to get started on my audi. JDS. AZ usa

Yes! George & his Esprit are back... :-) 2023 is lookin good already

This is classic Soup! Love it. Been a long road on this one. Glad to be here

The blasting is so satisfying, the components look brand new

Oh George! You're spoiling us these days, and I love it! Really happy that you've found the mojo again.

Wonderfully shot, George! Thank you for your hard work, your progress is a pleasure to take part in.

You found some real royalty free jerseys this time

Just a everyday mechanical Picasso painting his masterpieces folks…..we are blessed to be witnesses.

Thanks again for your meditative voice and video!

Been watching since the beginning, love the stop motion photography.

It is so good to see that Esprit coming back to life. And the love and patience and attention to detail you put in it. It is just incredible and I admire it. ❤

Seeing the Esprit body sitting there instantly brought to mind Airfix model kits

After a long week at work watching this is like flippin therapy.......keep them coming.

You give me such stoke to clean and polish and preserve. My T1N Sprinter is in need of much rust repair. No alpine windows but she's a beaut still. Thanks for all you share my friend.

Another very satisfying update. I'm getting really excited thinking about hearing it fire up for the first time and seeing it move under its own steam!

Love these videos, especially the Esprit. Artful, therapeutic inspiration & motivation to get cracking with my Lotus Excel and life. Thank you George

One of the most unique channels out there. Amazing work again George. I can’t imagine how long it takes to setup those shots. Us on the viewing side thoroughly enjoy it!!

It amazing how many projects hit a point like this and halt completely never to be finished or touched again because of the time, dedication and commitment restoring an automobile truly takes. Thanks for all the extra work you do to create these stop motion videos, that's adding a whole new level of time , dedication and commitment to the task 💪

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU WIN! Keep up the great work.

Classy pictures, nice project. Congrats

Another new video already 🎉❤ I’m really enjoying the new schedule. 😍❤️

Lotus have to get involved at some stage in this epic project. At least send you some expensive parts you’re missing that they find long forgotten in their stock room.

Brilliant George, just brilliant!

As always amazing Stop Motion! and there's a lotus to boot!

It's a pleasure to mash that "thumbs up" for your work George, thanks for the inspiration!

Loving it. Each one a gem!

Strip the driveshaft down. You don't want to risk getting blasting grit into the needle bearings in the U-joints. If you are really committed to keeping the existing U-joints, strip them down and tape off the bearing surfaces and then rebuild them with fresh grease.

Nice video I especially liked the still picture photography I haven't seen anyone doing it in a long time

That was a Soup ! A total Pickle!

Thanks George, I've been waiting for the Lotus all the time. Excellent work!!

Nice blast cabinet!

Definitely a Lotus frame! lol Looks just like my Europa chassis!

Been waiting so long for more Louts. Love this car.

Keep up the good work mate, you are keeping the classic car dreams alive!

So excited to see this beautiful car is going to get a second life by a person with much love for motor vehicles. We try to be as creative with our Porsches.

Thanks man. These are great to watch.

I've never seen a better candidate for an ultrasonic cleaner... You're welcome to use mine any time you're in Australia ;-)

Thanks for another one George. Removing bushings is a bitch of a job. I don't envy you but it will pay off in the quality of the feel of the car. Cheers Lad!

Great to see the Esprit project on the go again. You know you will have to take it to Sardinia once it is back together 🙂

Great work George. Stop-go at its finest. Not too much and all in context with the build. Keep it up man.

Fantastic, love the stop go, it’s where it started for me!

Thanks again George, love these videos and i still watch the range rover long video from time to time, its a sort of therapy for me!

Another fantastic video

Those bearings are shot...and I was giddy to see the Lotus chassis! Nothing better than the victory of releasing a rusty stuck part without destroying everything. Get a thread "run out" cleanup kit. They have a male and female thread cutter that is less aggressive than a tool and die...but it fixes threads and cleans out gunk without destroying the plate/coating. I'll send a link if you need an example

You are a true artisan in all aspects! Media creation included! Cheers

All around great vid!

Of course you will strip the joints, George. Anything you've half-arsed, you've had to come back to in the past anyway. Keep up the good work!

Plenty of battery tool brands making impact wrenches on par with pneumatic power these days. Probably worth investing in!

Cannot wait to start my Esprit. Great videos 👍🙏

Excellent work as always, can't wait to see it back together as a rolling chassis once again!

Good to see you got it out. To make it easier I would recommend installing nuts on both ends half way to protect the stud threads. Then heat the area of the A arm that the bolt goes directly through, not the areas to the side of it or the rubber bushing. Then while well heated, a few sharp hammer blows on each end of the stud with the nuts in place. You might see it start to move, then apply the pulling treatment as you did. Obviously what you did worked, I'm just suggesting time savings or additional techniques for others watching who have more stubborn parts.

Great to see progress on the Lotus George.

Every episode is worth the wait, amazing patience and great content.

So satisfying watching the blaster do it’s job

As always, a great video. Great to see the Lotus well under way again. I would remove the UJ's, blast and add new ones to avoid getting media in the bearings. You are going to such detail would be a shame not to cover new unions off. You can use the Vice if you cant get access to the press. Best of luck.

Keep up the good job, Yes it will take a lot of time, but when done, it looks like a bucket of gold. Did all the suspension myself 2 years ago on my 85 Turbo Esprit, and had to cut the stud, as the treats on the stud where gone, but was able to save the hubs.

Well done on getting that pesky stud out George!

Love to see Esprit videos!!

Oh boy, I have some subframe modification coming up to keep my beloved DD from rusting in half-I hope nothing is as stuck as that control arm bolt or else it's going to be a bad day/week. Nice work as always George and it's great to see progress on the Esprit!

Your last video made me go at get a sandblaster! The transformation on the calibers was so satisfying...

As usual am absolute please to watch. The effort that goes into the editing not to mind the actual work is to be highly commended. Well done George

Never ever sand blast a thread ,think about it and you will realize why, great video

Threads are a spiral inclined ramp. You will ALWAYS get more torque by greasing threads so that they slide against each other rather than binding. The grease will not impair holding ability, but it will allow more torque per given input, and will prevent siezure later. Good video !

George - You do realize that once the Esprit is finished you will have to compile a stop-motion supercut of the beginning to the end so we can watch the whole thing in one go!

Nice work! Keep her lit!

Thank you very much for the video great work

This car never gives up! Cool sound track 😎

Great stuff as ever 😊 By the way, WD40 is fairly useless as a penetrating fluid for jobs like this - Bulldog BDX is the absolute daddy; I’ve also had some good results with Screwfix No Nonsense penetrating oil which is a chunk cheaper (though you’ll use more of it).

Awesome work!

Beautiful video

George, you shouldn’t blast bearing seats. Also you can use the old bearing outer races for driving new ones in or for next time you need to drive one out, just remove a few thou from the outside with a lathe or emery paper whilst rotating it in a drill. Like the other comments I would strip, clean the UJ’s block up the holes and then blast clean. I’d recommend powder coating for long term protection of the suspension parts. Keep up the good work.

I eventually got around to checking out your channel at length. Great stuff and loving the editing. Mark from next door to Gareth.

Love the time lapse

Really enjoying these videos.

Love your stuff, thanks for the video!

The longer it takes the greater the joy when a hurdle is overcome - especially if it involves a blowtorch or a lump hammer ;) Enjoyed the close up stop motion and the details you are capturing

Still mesmerizing, fascinating and calming. Long may you post.

Great job, and, as always, your music choise is esquisite 🤌

Much awaited, much appreciated excellent work as always.

This chassis is a work of art in its own right

Too cool. Making progress

I won't lie. The thing holding me back from building my dream is the sheer undertaking of it. What I want to do is so aggressively ambitious. It would REQUIRE that I learn CAD, 3D Printing, and a little bit of material science, as well as require me to source a space to do the work, all the tools necessary, and the patience to keep with it for the long haul (I think it would take me every bit of 6 years to accomplish).

Sometimes you wonder just what is stopping things coming apart 😤 but persistence pays off 🤗

Great work, as always! Enjoyed the video!

nice to see the Lotus again!!

Bravo.....a torque multiplier wrench.........mustard.....cheeers.

Love your tenacity. Be careful blasting those bearing seats, though. I don't suggest it at all. Keep old bearings around. The races make a wonderful drift for seating new ones. Steady as she goes. Easy does it. And don't break anything.

discovered this channel and am captivated by the stop motion work.....especially on the Esprit!! I also appreciate your honesty about getting ''restorers block'' (just the same as writers block)

Very good chapter. Greetings from colombia

Great progress there, George! Personally, I'd strip the driveshafts so make sure I can get into the interior parts of the yokes properly, but with the parts in hand you might be able to see ways to to that without the extra work. Back when I was an avionics tech at the airline, we used to have steel bearings in aluminium housings that were an interference fit. This was the benefit of aluminium having a higher thermal expansion ratio than steel. To get them in/out we would put the housing with the old bearing in an oven at ~80C. Then we could pull the bearing out (which was in a plugged hole so only accesible from the one side), using a tool that fitted the inside that we had put in the freezer. The new bearing to go in was also in the freezer & went easily as a slip fit into the hot aluminium housing & once cooled held as an interference fit.

Thank you for this episode! Budget friendly super car restoration is why I'm here. I wouldn't recommend to blast aluminum with such heavy grit media as it roughens up the surface to much. Glas beed or vapor blasting would be better but isn't exactly budget friendly. In the last years I rebuild an incredibly grimey VW 16V engine and found off brand sand soap hand cleaner from my local hardware store to be incredibly effective alongside with hot water and a stiff brush. It's a strong emulsifier that breaks down oil and grease with ease. The sand inside helps alot with scrubbing. Plus it's skin friendly and doesn't emits toxic fumes that make you feel dizzy. It doesn't remove oxidation of course but left a really nice, grey patina on said engine parts. Looks clean and tidy but not shiny new, perfectly for an imperfect car that doesn't look either.