There's nothing better than waking up on a Saturday morning to a new video from George. Heading over in a bit to work on my friend's '88 XJS, and this was the perfect inspiration.

Adding Lightness is great. I would have considered replacing the shift rod with a thinner walled Cromoly version rather than all those holes which will probably lead to rusting. I am very pleased to see you getting back to this project.

I’m simultaneously excited to see this finished and dreading the end. Beautiful work as always.

I'm sure Colin would approve of your adding lightnessing.

When you're adding speed holes I imagine you vacillate between mad scientist laughter and intense "careful now" moments. Great episode George.

Today I am building an air dryer for my compressor using physics and chemistry to dry the air. Videos like this remind me why I continue to pursue perfection. Arrrrrggghhh. That washer is on backwards!

Chassis is becoming a work of art. Nicely done.

I'm sure the late great Colin Chapman would be proud of your methods of adding lightness. Lotus raided the Triumph parts bin for the steering and suspension on the oringal Elan.

Loving the rebuild and deeply impressed with your attention to detail 😊 Photography is equally impressive !

The first production car to show off it's wonderful. cutting edge, rack and pinion steering, was the 1948 Morris Minor.

It’s almost going to be a shame to mount a body on that chassis…….what a work of art!

Chassis is looking absolutely ✨beautiful✨ George

I too have an 80's rare fibreglassed vehicle, which i'm sympathetically rebuilding, unfortunately it weighs 4 ton.🙂

George (I just clued in that your name is George) I have been following you for some time now. The videos are just so well done and funny enough, crazy relaxing! Look forward to every new episode!

This is getting exciting

Lightening the wedge! Great to see more Lotus content again. Thanks.

Again a great video about your resto story. Interesting to see that the rack looks the same as on my 1970 Lotus Seven. I totally dismanteled mine and after polishing the main assembly could not resist to let it galvanized (chrome). I fitted grease nipples to the flat plates. I was thinking about the quick ratio parts offered by Burtons but finally decided against this as the standard parts work great.

It's great that more is now being done about the problem of rust blindness. 😂

Much awaited, much appreciated excellent work as always from you.

Awesome video as usual. Interested to see how that drilled rod feels when in the car. I would think, with that much material gone, that is going to flex more... could improve the feel, or make it worse! Looking forward to the next video!

Dude… I hit like before the video started.

Drillium! A fine idea for your extra-effort work on your fabulous Lotus.

Wonderful. Soporific music, relaxing narrative, creative and interesting visuals. What's not to love?

Perfect video to ease your way into the weekend.

You never cease to amaze me with your commitment to this (and other) projects, but your willingness to tackle build elements, like the brake lines and this drilled linkage, are a testament to your dedication and determination. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch, your commentary often makes me smile and I always look forward to seeing the next instalment of your endeavours. Be well, stay safe and always do what you enjoy. Thank you for sharing.

After restoring the Esprit I recommend you go into film making. Great video as always, George.

Great content George. Excellent lighting and editing. I have missed your vids and it inspires me each time to complete mine to such high standards, I've never managed it though. Keep em coming.

George Great content as always. What a journey you and us as spectators are on

Great video George. Surprising how lightweight that whole rack is.

OMG your production value is off the charts!

So glad you're back on a regular upload schedule. Good for me, good for the Lotus and probably good for you too :D

wow One of your best videos George! Everything about this. I was wondering what the fish bowl was for in other videos. For me is the small projects that are the most exciting. Kinda hope you don't finish this BTW. Forever project indeed. Plus I likes the history wiki info detail part too. I just learned about the only part that is still on current cars that was used on the first Henry Ford cars. And go...

AMAZINGNES!!!

Beutiful work yet again. Do you have a podcast version o these videos, as the audio is sublime.

Got an email from Patreon saying that GK had ‘done something’ and that I needed to watch. Anyhoo a couple of three days later I bounce into KZfaq and here he is having ‘done something’ so I may as well watch this here. I will defo ‘bounce’ onto Patreon though as no doubt he’s ‘done something’ else on there.. currently say in an Amazon on the wifi.. feeling the need to melt stuff and break parts, tools and maybe a few fingers but alas, I have another three shifts before I get back home .. and stuck into my own ‘projects’ .. latest ‘drive’ is on Moby Dick had to weld the chassis at a shock mount on the rear.. that would have been unheard of when I started following George.. however it’s a weekly thing and two welders is the minimum that anyone who claims to work on their ‘stuff’ must have otherwise do you actually work on your stuff. Cheers George.. BTW. Dare those the original steering rubber boots refitted?

NICE RACK M8.

That linkage is looking interesting. Sure you aren't making a Bond car, George? It's looking a bit like you're building a suppressor for the concealed machine gun!

Lotus Leggera, yes.

I have Burman gearboxes in my vintage Ariel motorcycles. Not great, by today’s standards sure, but still reliable after 70-90 years.

Super cool steering rack and way to produce this part. Kinda sad you decided to file off any imperfections, especially the fleshing is something youd never see were those two seperstely casted parts and then joined together. But its your car so you do you, have fun ;D

I'm a fan of polishing the steering rack too, but in all honestly I'm a bigger fan of future-proofing, rust protection, etc. Personally I would paint it thoroughly to protect it, and protect it further in any other way I can - especially if it's an old car Although if you paint it you'll be adding back the weight you removed by grinding down the extra material on the rack :D every gram counts

Спасибо

I love that you are adding lightness into the car by drilling brackets and rods. Have you thought about replacing some with carbon fiber. They even sell flat sheets and rods that you can cut to replace the sheet metal brackets. I'm sure you want to keep it period correct but I think even lotus would have used it if it was available.

Yuhuuuu!

Evolution of language. "Tie rods" was a term only Americans used when I were a nipper. Everyone else called 'em track rods. Hence track rod ends. Funny how times change

Shiit ...NOT FIRST...George hellloooo!!

Triumph racks are darn nearly as good!

When can we perhaps buy posters, the green lotus versions?

Yes, in Alfas, Burman steering cases are well known, but for cracking badly. Poor alloy.

While you're building this, have you thought about getting hold of a home zinc plating kit? Because for stuff like the rack mounting brackets and all the nuts and bolts it wouldnt be a bad idea. Even if you plated the brackets and then painted them it would last longer.

Are the Esprit shift rods steel? Is aluminium an option? They are aluminium in the Europa, but they are straight in the Europa.- perhaps the bends necessitate steel.

The silicone bushes look lighter then the rubber bushes,, Include them in operation slender ?

Excellent viewing as always. So is the weight saving more than a good s**t?

best chassis you get is a lotus no one did or does suspension geometry like lotus

You can't be serious man. YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS.

Don't TIG weld in a T-shirt. You will have sunburn on your arms!😎

Find someone local in aviation with access to brushable Alocrom 1200 and give the aluminium a golden sheen 👍

WiffleShifter, let's gooooo!

Nice weight off jobs

Chassis is starting to look beautiful, just don’t drive it once you have finished the car, it will get mucky very soon!!

Self lubricating 👺

making thermite in that bowl?

Hmm .....not sure about those rods, the solution could turn out to be worse than the problem.

It's fun to watch Georges decent into madness. You could drillium the shit out of that chassis, just saying🤔

Will you be installing variable electric power steering?

your content is the opposite of mat armstrongs content lol

Any plans for new shirts?

:o)❤

Am I too early?

again the same timestamp @ 06:40: removing the numbers? oh no, not again..

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