There's no one on YT quite like you George b'y. Your mix of humour, music, conscientious repair skills, versatility and determination are thoroughly enjoyed. Oh, and too late, I've already got my van to repair! Thanks for the video, and the motivation you propagate in people.

That stop motion welding where you caught it before it cooled each time... Genius! I loved that shot! You put so much love into the editing, it's an inspiration!

'Don't add sulking to the list - push on'. Good analogy for life George.

Get rid of the bulkhead. An insulated curtain will be lighter and better for acoustics and thermal insulation and if you get swivel seats for the front you can make the cab more usable when your are camped up!

Looking on the bright side you won’t be short of lighters for a while! Seriously what a massive project this is, I admire your dedication to the cause.

Oh man I got notified a week ago for this video but I’ve been SOOO busy with work that I forgot to watch!!!! But oh man now I’m watching! The editing, music, the narration is just top tier!

So glad you're back at it I really miss the stop motion, some of us can't do that sort of thing anymore so we have to live vicariously threw you, please make longer video's...

This is indeed a mammoth task.. sucks that you have to do all this extra work because of someone else cutting corners. You’re an inspiration!

Thank you George, this was a joy to watch. I have missed your stop motion and this has made my night. Love the space ship hahahahahahaha

You've been gone for so long I was really starting to worry 🤔 I'm so glad to see you back Sir.

I thought of you just the other day-“ I wonder how that van is coming on, or the Lo-Lot- Lotu? - nope can’t say it. But here you are back with another video, a video that brings, me at least, 20 mins of the quiet beauty of work in what is a truly mad world. Thank you fella.

Looking forward to seeing seeing future videos of the sprinter camper. Feeling relaxed after watching and enjoying the spoken word/music.

Always love the poetry in everything you do... Especially your hand drawing talents in this one...

really enjoyed the edits to music and super cinemtography! A classic tale of a quick job mutating into a marathon

A delightful way to start an autumn Australian day. Thank you, George. I really enjoy your style. Oh, and your welding improves steadily. You'll be bloody perfect by the time you've sorted out that van 🙂

You are the most patient Sprinter-owning Irishman in the history of Sprinter-owning Irishmen. If you were editing these videos for someone else it would be dedication enough - that you are also doing the work... Incredible.

Love your videos, I miss the Lotus though

Awesome attention to detail, with excellent video skills to show the full trials and tribulations of a restoration/rustoration project. Great work.

Great to see you back George! That rust sucks but you’ll beat it 🙂

Love ya George, always bring a smile to my face to see you drop a new video. Thanks for sharing optimizm, good vibes, progress videos and general inspiration. You're one of the good ones.

Loved the drawing - reminds me of school text books

Your Stop Frame is worthy of a nomination at some Animation Competition!

Good to see you back on the air!

That three month wait is over finally new soup

My god George, you cannot imagine how your voice makes me feel when i press play!!! Your editing, your skills. I love this channel mate! With all honesty! All the best from 🇷🇴, Cristian.

Oh god, it's been a week that I was watching your old videos and wondering why there is not new ones. thank you so much :)

Generally I look at the thickness of the remaining metal to decide what needs to be replaced. Black corrosion is a sign that the surface has converted in the same way rust converters work. So in fact there’s actually less reason to believe it will return, especially if it’s chemically treated, then liberally coated with rust inhibiting paint. And sometimes patching the bad bits makes a lot more sense in the long run, as well as the short term. But it’s always very instructive to see major restoration carried out. Thank you for sharing.

god i love your videos, one of my fav auto channels and i watch a lot of them!

great to see you back bro great quality as always just wished they was longer.

Awesome video as usual. I would call this rust work a major undertaking and a major victory when you're done. I appreciate your "do it right or don't do it at all" approach.

Awesome to see you have a space to keep out the elements. You've been battling 'em for way too long. Excited for the things to come, keep doing your own thing at your pace. Cheers.

stop motion is back. Love it good work.

So glad you have been able to get inside, makes all the difference. Always enjoy your presentations.

A rusty Sprinter ??!! Impossible 🤣

I could watch your project all day. I’ve never done something like it but I like your way filming, your relaxed and humorous comments, your skills of course and the way you deal with rust. I always say, like you do to, (in Dutch than) if the metal is still black the rust will come back. 32 years ago I saw my former chief of the local Audi dealer where I had a short job back than, ordering a metal worker to weld a repair panel over a rotten rear wing of an original Audi Quattro. It was pissed because I found it wrong to let a client pay for a serious resto while we actually delivered crap. And from that period on I am a little obsessed to advice people how they can protect a restored object against the elements the best way. I am a custom yacht painter at 👑 Royal de Vries Feadship in the Netherlands for 15 years now and never have to deal with rust. But I really wouldn’t mind because I would find it challenging to do it the best way possible. Maybe something with ocd ore something 😉. I would advice you to seal every seam above and under the floor completely shut after welding, even if it’s primed. Once primed overlapping parts are spot welded together the moist protecting seal of a weld through primer in the than invisible places between the panels will be damaged and broken by the heat of your welds, no paint will come between the seams anymore but water will, and corrosion can pretty much start right away again. The same thing counts for cavities, I don’t believe in hot wax solutions because they can melt when a car is exposed to the hot sun very often. Unfortunately your not able to dip the repaired chassis in a rust protecting bath 😁 like in the factory, well you know what I mean. I hope you’ll keep up the good work with the same determination and wish you all the best.

You obviously have a great taste for comedy as much as you have for cars.

George... ,you're a star!! Great to see you back. Thanks for the new video, most enjoyable viewing as always. The van will give you many happy future trips to make up for all the current hassle. Best wishes from the North Coast 🌊☘️

Hey Soup ! Nice to see this latest video ! Hope you have a great summer & maybe we’ll see you in the fall :)

George,you should spray it with ''Raptor liner'',perfect for a surf truck.

Wow, you got the invisible man to help with the work!

Let's be frank, you don't need to do this work to go touring your doing it because you like it. This is your holiday , you love it..

just incredible work and film making :)

Great to see you back, missed the van, keep the excellent videos coming matey.

Nice to see a proper job. 😎

I loved your rocketship, George! Hmmmm, maybe not the right way to phrase that...

The other rhyme for rust I like is “what you see then times it by 3” for actually how much rust there will actually be.

Welcome back George. Your patience astounds me. If you and Ronald Finger could get together I think you might unleash some kind of unnatural force that banishes rust for good. Worth a try, right?!

Nice troll of your fan base with the design choices. You got a chuckle out of me. Congrats on making progress on the van. Thanks for bringing us along.

Hyey Soup, glad to see you again..hope all is well..anyways..lets fix and restore..

fair play. you have incredible patience. 6300kg train weight is nice too.

You're a straight stud for tackling that lot. Keep on it. You'll sort it.

Bulkhead seperating the rear is the best idea for driving comfort. AC only has to cool a small cab and the bulkhead and cab doors can be deadened and insulated much cheaper than a whole van and a hell of a lot lighter. If done right the cab can be secured seperately to the rear for better security. With my van I have mesh rear windo guards and will have a seperate central lock control, so in the event of theft and/or key theft, the tools in the rear are harder to access.

Amazing to see update from you

I'm truly staggered by the amount of effort you must have put into this video - true, I'm often impressed by the content of your work, but this is something else! I really do feel your pain and can only imagine what was going through your head when confronted by what must have seen like the never ending signs of rot and neglect.. Once again however I take my hat off to you by pushing on through those lonely hours with the angle grinder and having the focus and vision towards a finished product that I have no doubt will be an awesome ride! All that effort and the countless additional time using stop-motion to create something totally unique for your followers is massively appreciated 👍 The safari windows were a stroke of genius, just don't forget to lower it and add the surfboard when you're done!

Another great video. You are a brave and dedicated man, sir. I raise my glass to you.

George was waiting for the thrusters haha you stopped just in time John

Youre so awesome. Wishin ya well, keep it up

Good job fella 👍👍👍

That's why in my corner of the world body shops won't touch rust at all, always too many surprises, but I did give it a go for many years, take care...

As someone who designed B-van campers for many years, we simply used mineral wool and fiberglass insulation in the walls, keeps it quiet without much added weight.

Sean here from Co. Armagh 🇮🇪 just found your channel can't believe I havnt came across it before I've a lot of watching to catch up on 😁 love the editing skills would love to be able to edit half as good as that some day! Best of luck 🍀👍

I like the time-lapse :-)

Beautiful work and beautifully shot...as always!

Thanks as always for your great work and dedication. AZ usa

Welldone my friend great job love the video s

AMAZINGNES!!! The Irish is back wohooooooooooooo!!!!!

I love your videos. Thanks for the tip about the rivets.

Yes, these vans are notorious for rust. Good luck with the rest of the work. But you’ve done of most of the rust. Check every sill. And don’t forget under the sound deadening.

Soup before bed!

From the first time I luckily discovered Soup Classic Motoring, I have been a distant fan. Oh, I like and subscribed alright, but depending on which type of “tube” you’re watching on, you may be limited on your ability to get notifications and submit comments as I was. That’s because I watched these on a large screen TV, which best shows the incredible attention to detail that you put into all of your work, certainly not just your automotive repair, but obviously shooting and editing. I am downsizing in my old age and now viewing on an iPad, which now allows me that ability of comment. But its about you George. And how to reward your massive effort. Comments, sure. Telling everyone about the channel? NO question! Becoming a patron, most likely after I get my finances sorted, and that’s coming soon. Merk???Where is it/? I’m all over that sh_t!

At 4:22, in the right-hand bottom of the screen is the image of a ginger cat - praise be to Jesus

This channel is AMAZING!

Just love your videos thank you so much 🚗👍😊

Man you have the patience of jobe That added work would give me the vom…..

Really great video. Can't wait for next 1

man, was laying in bed the other night going thought my sub list and was like "damn wonder what soups been up to" checked and ya didn't upload for 3 months . glad to see ya did today

I feel your pain, I own a VW T4 so know the tin worm nightmare. At least you are capable and have a good long term plan 🙂

Highlight of my week😁

Love the drawing of the spaceship you are an artist as well great job 👍😂👌🏻

Nice to get a new vid George! That rocket concept for a camper looks like it's going to be the new black for sure :P

YAY! I've been waiting patiently!

Welcome back.....

You are an absolute beast!

Alway great videos but never enough

Love your work George. But the more of your videos I watch, the less inclined I am to ever move to a country that has snow and road salt! I just can’t get over how badly rust affects vehicles where you live.

As always great video 🇧🇼

Gutted for you, I can’t stand people bodging things up. Looking forward to the next episode, when is it? Next week right?

Good energy !!!

Ahhhthe timeless gift of one worker’s laziness acorn sprouting up to be a giant Oak Tree of work and hassle for the next man. A tale as old as time.

Great to see it coming along, George. There's lazy, and there's _smart lazy._ The person who did the windscreen was the former. Half-arsed job leading to a lot more work later. You are the latter; do it properly, a bit more effort now, but _nothing_ to worry about in the long run, so less work overall. Hope it doesn't hold any more surprises like this for you!

I liked the rocketship thing…lol

I had a 95' 312 sprinter, and i never welded so much sheet metal in one vehicle than that one. I restored the entire van, and renewed EV-ER-YT-HI-NG!!!! Then i drove it for 7 weeks and then it got stolen in front of my door, and i had no ensurance against theft, because i never thought that someone would steal a 23 year old van.

Next time you''re doing this, George ( :-) ) - grab your air-hammer & make sweet love to all that Merc sound deadening Flame-O-Matic they glue to the floor. Cunningly enough, it lets water seep in under itself, out of sight, whereby new, sexier rust forms, under the sound deadening, what for continuing the saga further down the road as you bask in the non-rustiness of everything. I know this as all that ^ is sadly far too familiar a sight due to doing this stuff for a living/penance. I have one to do later in the week where the owner is opting for the "Let's fix the windscreen area properly before the nice man glues in a replacement screen" - and a very wise owner they are too. Love the video btw - very cool effects. Plus laughed - which is always a bonus. :-)

Fantastic video as ever. I am converting a 03 MK6 Jumbo Transit myself. I know some of your pain!

Great video. How’s the Lotus doing?

wow, I don't know how I got here so early but I instanly clicked play and then...I saw this episode is only 20 min long :( why? oh whhhhy? :( I could easily watch 3 h straight of this pure automotive gold! :)

Sorry about the van, but it’s great to see you back :)

"Cardboard Aided Design" That's a good one! :D EDIT: Right after that one...LOL!

A botch job on my Chevette resulted in both inner wings been rotting and good chunk of the passages a post too. Looked mint when I got the car 16 year ago but soon the truth was revealed and the car was just parked up but good news is I found a welder who is gonna take on the task and save the old girl.

Ignore my comments on your other videos from last night. I was absolutely fucking hammered.