Another round-up of the week at Retropower, featuring Project Kaiser II, the ongoing (Morris) Minor Threat and Mustang builds, a freshly Raptor coated Mk2 Jag, and the return of a very special Chevette rally car.
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@SocietyUnplugged3 жыл бұрын
This is so much better than regular television...
@tismeDenis3 жыл бұрын
This is the real Saturday evening of Britain's got talent ;) feet up, cup of coffee & big screen = it's a yes from me ;)
@mausplan38903 жыл бұрын
well, in fact I do the same thing from Bangkok.
@alexbrown19953 жыл бұрын
It's a sunny Sunday morning in Australia. But I am drinking a mug of proper strong Yorkshire black tea :-)
@mattstanbridge3 жыл бұрын
Brit in Sydney, 85 inch TV, 8pm Sunday, reishi tea, it's calming, I have trouble sleeping. I find this car stuff fascinating, wish I could do stuff like they do.
@bpr503 жыл бұрын
@@alexbrown1995 It's Sunday night for me and I just finished my cup of proper strong Yorkshire tea. good stuff
@alexbrown19953 жыл бұрын
@@bpr50 Eh by gum!!! Just having my morning mug of proper strong.... :-)
@JUDEEDWARD3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Car restorer/motorcycle restorer/modifier by trade and watching these updates I sit humble at the feet of masters of my craft, I learn from every single one of these videos.
@chadderton3 жыл бұрын
The videos never disappoint. What a treat on a chilly and wet Saturday night!
@kingdong79813 жыл бұрын
Fantastic watching these updates. As us the public, you don't need to tell us anything you are doing on a weekly basis, but you do and it's really interesting. Thank you :-)
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it means a lot to hear comments like this 👍👍
@armaniruben31353 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be so off topic but does someone know of a tool to get back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the account password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me
@everettira89143 жыл бұрын
@Armani Ruben Instablaster =)
@armaniruben31353 жыл бұрын
@Everett Ira thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@armaniruben31353 жыл бұрын
@Everett Ira it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thank you so much, you really help me out !
@tomjohnson30263 жыл бұрын
22mins of retropower, kids can sod off its my time now. Amazing work as always, nice to get more details on the projects.
@peterstokes86313 жыл бұрын
These weekly updates are so much more enjoyable than the slick produced videos with all the music etc, thanks for taking the time out to do them.
@brianbob75143 жыл бұрын
thanks for the look around the shop, greatly appreciated.
@dartmoormancave3 жыл бұрын
Saturday nights are so good...weekly updates from Retropower and Bad Obsession... petrol head heaven... Thanks guys. Really great & fascinating viewing. Like the Shove-ette too...
@Retrobeemer3 жыл бұрын
Despite my having the engineering knowledge of utterly butterly I love these updates. The Chevette is epic.
@gazzafloss3 жыл бұрын
Love to see your progress updates on all your projects. Retropower is certainly a workshop full of talented and skilled engineers and craftsmen, thanks for sharing.
@andyfairchild23833 жыл бұрын
Love that Chevette! My Dad worked at Vauxhall and used to Clerk of the Course for the staff race club meetings. Vauxhall used to give him a car for the race weekends, usually a Royale or Senator. I’ll never forget his face when he arrived to collect his car one weekend and they’d given him Penti Arikkala’s works DTV HSR Chevette. What a car that was!
@chrisgarside79743 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the weekly tour which has now become a real weekend treat. Many thanks for taking the time to put this together!
@micheltebraake79153 жыл бұрын
When customers come back for maintenance and minor repairs, you've done it right. But we see that coming back every episode, your good work!
@marty34693 жыл бұрын
I like your weekly snippets of what's going on, the Morry is the one I like due to the crafted flares etc. Top work guys 👍
@yokel_honda3 жыл бұрын
You chaps are very lucky to have each other. You’re a perfect personification of being greater than the sum of your parts! I’d like to think that if I had a bother, or even a mate, who was half as talented as me, our achievements would be equally awesome.
@seanoconnor57373 жыл бұрын
Lovely sunday morning browse around the workshop. Well done guys.
@delewan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the continued enthusiasm for producing these! I'm sure with all the work you have this might sometimes feel like a distraction, but I love seeing them, and it's a great way to kick off my week.
@radders503 жыл бұрын
The hardest looking Morris minor I’ve seen for a long time 😎 nailed it !
@neilius10153 жыл бұрын
Having a Retropower and BOM weekend...awesome...
@leighharron3 жыл бұрын
All amazing stuff, thanks for sharing these videos. The colour on Utah looks great
@rodneymounsey41683 жыл бұрын
Sunday mornin, a new vid drops from retro power, a nice strong up of coffee a walkthrough with Nat and this maddening covid lockdown world doesn’t seem so bad! Thank you.
@upbuild43973 жыл бұрын
Another very enjoyable episode 👍👍
@quinningtons3 жыл бұрын
That must be the ultimate ‘shove it’, kudos to the owner and you guys
@mattnoyes77293 жыл бұрын
Love all these projects but especially Utah...great to see it being expressed in metal and now paint from the original design sketches and drawings. It's going to be a very special car.
@johngreenaway57363 жыл бұрын
These updates are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to make and share these projects.
@chrisclark48133 жыл бұрын
These are really great videos, thanks for taking the time.
@mickdixon29423 жыл бұрын
Loving these more frequent post. Hats off to you guys!
@dougiegray99313 жыл бұрын
One of the highlights of my week as well, something decent to look forward to. I’m a 65 year old Scot living in Canada everything that you do tugs on my heart strings. Keep up the excellent content. 🏴🇨🇦👍
@petermcelvogue75213 жыл бұрын
Nice one guys all the projects are moving along nicely
@stu4rtp3 жыл бұрын
Great video format, please keep them coming, they are fascinating
@JerryMotorsport3 жыл бұрын
Morris is looking awesome and the boot hinge sounds like something we need to see to fully understand. Exciting to see Utah progressing.
@oisinkenny42013 жыл бұрын
One of the best episodes on KZfaq. Keep it up ❤️
@davidmgazda74533 жыл бұрын
Brill i love the updates and how you explain what your doing and WHY your doing it. :-)
@-MacCat-3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for yet another well delivered and enjoyable update.
@jeffharrison52653 жыл бұрын
Wow, you guys do awesome work!! Wish I had the $ to have you do the restoration on my 72 Jag XJ6. Love this video format.
@peterpurpose3 жыл бұрын
This week presented by the more handsome brother.
@1ocean5153 жыл бұрын
Awesome builds and incredible fabrication skills. 👍
@peterwall98963 жыл бұрын
Stunning work simply stunning 😍
@stevepearce66893 жыл бұрын
These are the best videos on you tube !
@Sumphuka3 жыл бұрын
Evening guys. You've got to do long-form videos showing the work happening at some point. Love these, keep em coming.
@gabechiplin81403 жыл бұрын
Another excellent summary, thanks for taking the time.
@jryalls3 жыл бұрын
You guys need to get Jonny Smith round from The Late Brake Show for a Colab. This kind of stuff is right up his street.
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
We know him well. Infact we were going to be involved with his Allegro.. don't think he can afford us though 😂😂
@jryalls3 жыл бұрын
retropowercars Haha! Yeah, I thought you may of already been aquatinted.
@-MacCat-3 жыл бұрын
'Cheap, quick and "she'll be fine" ' meets 'Planned to the nth degree, perfectly engineered and flawlessly executed'. That would be an interesting attempt at collaboration. 🤔
@catlee80643 жыл бұрын
Side opening Minor boot lid, swings out with a soft closing electric latch.
@renomacca19673 жыл бұрын
snap
@marty34693 жыл бұрын
Good idea Blackadder !
@Rovinman3 жыл бұрын
Very nice idea, but it wouldn't work on my cars boot, right angle type. I keep banging my head on it !
@mooney00863 жыл бұрын
The Morris is going to look 👌🏻, I need to see that wing being fabricated. I’m too invested in it now
@bpr503 жыл бұрын
Yes me too. Would love to see you make it on the wheel and your new shrinker
@mancaveproductions003 жыл бұрын
That Mercedes is a work of art..
@archibaldchimpin3 жыл бұрын
Best part of the week
@johnnysmith8633 жыл бұрын
All cars driven on Scottish roads in winter should have the underside zinc-metal sprayed, epoxy primed and Raptor'd! Fancy starting a mobile service for this?! Haha.
@iainf3 жыл бұрын
Everyone loves a chevette or a Shuvv, shuvv, shuvv it up yer (insert expletive) or if it’s a Kaddette shout your motor has ‘k- had it’ -oh man we had so many good chases all over town as a kid shouting abuse at these cars. How I wish we could go back to that easy carefree time. Great episode.
@renny48613 жыл бұрын
Great update guys, cheers.
@donfinch8623 жыл бұрын
These vlogs are good. Cheers
@punkbloater3 жыл бұрын
Always interesting and entertaining, thank you.
@FeeeshEP33 жыл бұрын
That muffler on the Chevette gets me excited!
@yamahattr60063 жыл бұрын
Just found you channel love it
@froggy01623 жыл бұрын
That Morrie would have been even cooler as a low light front end. But still pretty damn cool!
@sarelwagner10993 жыл бұрын
Amazeballs still, keep it up!
@TheJimtodd3 жыл бұрын
lOVE YOUR WORK SIR
@billsheehy16603 жыл бұрын
Brilliant content, thank you
@TheRealFLX813 жыл бұрын
Loving those videos and all the projects you are working on look ace. If I surprisingly inherit a fortune one day, I will let you guys work your magic on my Fulvia Coupe. :D PS: I wonder why you didn't put the boot latches of the Minor in the back, on this car a rearward opening bootlid would probably be more practical to reach into the boot, wouldn't it?
@frankirvine3163 жыл бұрын
The Chevette looks like a lot fun I had one many years back just as a fun/play car,and it had 1.8 Toyota Twin Cam,Weber carburetors & 5 speed close ratio gearbox with a LSD Lot of fun & a wolf in sheep’s clothing👍
@deankdx3 жыл бұрын
could you do a video of how you make/made that morris guard? i really like the way it's explained and thought out and think it would really help people understand that making panels is an option if none are available to even repair.
@TheLRider3 жыл бұрын
Love that Chevette.
@simonlloyd75573 жыл бұрын
The Moggy is coming along nicely.. May i humbly suggest that the front edge of the wing echoes the contour of the bonnet, and that the headlight 'tunnel' follows the horizontal plane of the bonnet? It appears to raise upwards to the headlight..this could be how it was originally but also the angle of the camera, or distortion caused by the lens. The cylindrical headlight section is quite problematic because it needs to be sympathetic to the front and side profile of the car without spoiling the harmony of the worl already carried out. The way the BMW Mini Cooper R53 blended s similar shape into the wing/bonnet area is aesthetically very pleasing, but the Moggy presents even more challenges.
@mentaldogmark3 жыл бұрын
Lovely chavette, my first car was a Corvette 1.3 would love to have kept it to be restored.
@philtucker12243 жыл бұрын
Well said Sir!
@odl213 жыл бұрын
Love stu welding with no helmet :)
@roadracejoe3 жыл бұрын
Excellent 👌
@notoldclassic30073 жыл бұрын
You should rename that Minor to Major, its a work of art
@teamjdb3 жыл бұрын
Is it majestic? A Majestic Major? No it'd need a V8
@jonathancairns42063 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! And just in time as I'm making an anti roll bar for my project car. Do you know if those ARB blades are commercially available or custom made? Thanks!
@tomgruitt65633 жыл бұрын
I’m amazed every time.
@jazzytinker39263 жыл бұрын
Would really like to see the projects that are under the tarps
@sammo3033 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video as usual. Seems to have been a week with some head scratching and deep thinking! Do you find that with your experience you can run through options for things like the hinges and usually tend to land on an obviously favourable solution quite quickly? Is it sometimes hard to pick between different options when they're all a bit sub-optimal? Do you ever worry about spending lots of time thinking and not actually finding a solution? I can imagine that thinking time can seem like a bit of a distraction with so much physical work going on around you.
@andymallinson94473 жыл бұрын
Cool as usual.......
@TheDoosh793 жыл бұрын
Blimey, nice Shove It.
@stephent11173 жыл бұрын
Will we get to see a drive of the Cortina ?
@paulstandeven85723 жыл бұрын
Will we get to see a drive of Gordon Murray's Escort?
@jryalls3 жыл бұрын
Those Mercs 😍
@bigbird21003 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍 are we gonna see your new shrinking toy in action please!
@rowdygimly15303 жыл бұрын
I actually cant wait to see the Merc,dunno why I,m not a merc fan?
@paulkippax45303 жыл бұрын
Great to watch..whats happening with the yellow Imp?
@toggenation3 жыл бұрын
I hope you have apprentices to pass on these amazing skills to.
@colster33 жыл бұрын
Hi guys, I was thinking about the Morris. The video showing the car in profile and the headlights look very forward. Would Harley Davidson V rod headlights be of any use? They lay back a little bit. Cheers!
@richardhintonracing3 жыл бұрын
What new equipment is on your wish list. In house vapour blasting, in house powder coating with oven. In house bright nickel plating , rolling road and mapping equipment , water jet. Outside steam and high pressure covered washing bay . Final polish and car hand over brightly lit carpeted room
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
More or less exactly that list lol. Thanks so much for the mugs 😁
@richardhintonracing3 жыл бұрын
@@retropowercars You are more than welcome . Now no better youtube channel on this subject anywhere. Combination of quality workmanship with a human level weekly story.
@jagvette13 жыл бұрын
Love the look of the moggy , by the way if you either of you phone you mum or wives can they tell which one it is you both sound the same :) Can't wait to see Utah Finished as I am a Jaguar MKII owner
@richardhintonracing3 жыл бұрын
Door fit and flexibility in door hinge panel, nothing like stiff enough and poor door handle and door catches were always a weak point on all Morris Minor 1000 cars. Doors dropped very quickly. Austin Maxi/1800/Marina door handles both interior and exterior were a vast improvement at the launch they were called zero torque door latches bit of exaggeration perhaps but a vast improvement and appeared on Lotus Esprit amongst many other cars
@MrKeyboardCommando3 жыл бұрын
Well, Nathaniel, I'm relieved to see you've had the good grace to read the comments section, and even reply, where deemed appropriate. This is in stark contrast to the ChaiWallah (sacked) who singularly neglected to do so with last week's video‼️ Shame on him.🤨🤨🤨
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
Im not sure the videos capture the true terror of my tea making abilities if you deem me worthy of ChaiWalla status 😂😂
@MrKeyboardCommando3 жыл бұрын
@@retropowercarsI was just being kind. Honestly.🤬🤬🤬
@Phantoman3 жыл бұрын
Why no love for the yellow HImp?
@mgbv8man23 жыл бұрын
love the Morris but how much? Will it be six figures?
@AliasHSW3 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntiTpq-I2repaH0.html this morning in anticipation of the vlog. It’s a visit to the shop
@baldypel3 жыл бұрын
What about a bottom hinged boot lid a la Taxi on the Morris ?
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
It's too big, you wouldn't be able to reach the boot as it'd be in the way of your legs. Sideways was discussed....
@stevepearce66893 жыл бұрын
Is this the most structural strong Morris 1000 ever built ?
@teamjdb3 жыл бұрын
Has Stu got some very trick specs or self-dimming eyeballs?
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
Auto dimming eyeballs installed at birth. The man isn't human 😎
@froggy01623 жыл бұрын
I still want to know what happened to the Ro80...
@andrewstuart21273 жыл бұрын
yeah me too some info would be great
@alanblair89333 жыл бұрын
Hello Wondering about the Raptor system, is it used on the underside of Chevette ? I was looking into using it on my 110 Land Rover Defender and heard that it was not as tough as what people think, when it is damaged the water gets underneath then the raptor starts to peal off. scratched Is that something you have found happening ? Great program, only just found you and I am looking forward to watching the moggy progress. Thanks.
@alanblair89333 жыл бұрын
@Bob Fleming Thank you, think I will give it a try.
@eugenecussen37353 жыл бұрын
Moris: make the boot hinge down flat? ;-)
@gregnovak00703 жыл бұрын
The lower portion of a Morris Oxford dash works perfectly for additional switches in a Minor, have done it on mine. motorbase.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2007/05/31/fs_fs_1956_oxford_dashboard.jpg
@michaelgunning3473 жыл бұрын
Life racing ecu and no watts linkage ?
@cosmo98823 жыл бұрын
👍😎👍
@johndavey723 жыл бұрын
Is Stu' a retired kamikaze pilot when it comes to PPE? (welding at 14.30) ! I thought the Merc' would be mechanically tough as old boots . So why the Jaguar rolling gear and the LS? engine. Regarding the Vauxhall, How you get that much power out of a normally aspirated engine is amazing . It appears to be dry stumped? And the Morris MX5 is coming on well. All very clever stuff and you've definitely captured a niche market. Enjoyable as always. Thanks .
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
The Merc stuff is essentially a 50s design and not great. Weak diffs. Horrible camber change at the rear due to the weird central pivoting axle, kingpin/trunnion front end. Basically we decided that for a 430bhp car with adjustable ride height that needs to be reliable and handle well it's wholly unsuitable
@johndavey723 жыл бұрын
@@retropowercars Thanks for that . Makes sense.
@uliwehner3 жыл бұрын
on the minor front fenders, would it make sense to have the detail to the doors be an open vent to help exhaust underneath?
@retropowercars3 жыл бұрын
We did consider that but decided it would look too "racecar" and we're trying to keep it a little subtler than that
@uliwehner3 жыл бұрын
@@retropowercars fair enough
@2ToneWalt3 жыл бұрын
You should have made the minors boot lid open from the top, that would have been different.
@burlatsdemontaigne61473 жыл бұрын
Old pictures always show people perched on the boot floor of the car having a cup of tea with the lid acting as an umbrella as the rain lashes down.
@10zoll3 жыл бұрын
Naaaa The Bootlid from the Minor is much bigger than the Mini Bootlid and the Mini "extern accessible glove box" is already very tricky to load if you want to put heavier stuff in it.
@johnnytenjobs3 жыл бұрын
Rallying tests components like nothing else it seems. The benty anti roll things are interesting.