Brilliant

Sadly, this is not unusual her in Norway as well. I`m into restoring Escort Mk2`s, and has seen this before. On a RS2000 I had to rebuild the complete front end, exept the chassisrails. From the bulkhead and rearwards, I discussed with the customer, and we desided to keep it as it was done there.

There’s an important lesson to bodyshop owners here. Unless you’re charging £25,000 or £50,000, NEVER help people with their classic cars!

I've come to your channel via Barum Engines. I lick what they do.

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I've done many, many of these in my 50 years in the trade and have never lapped them in, and I give a bit more slack than you have.But I think I'll modify my thinking. I also think that opening up the grease track is a very good idea

Interesting.

Nice collab guys🚗👌, Both turn out great work 👍

The best most useful video on KZfaq I have ever seen - period

22:10 Are those Transtec CV joints I spot? I wonder what your thoughts are about those!

Great video (apart from the sound issue of course). One question though, if the grease groove needs to be wider and deeper why don't the manufacturers do this in the first place? Also, is the shallow groove the main reason why it can be so difficult to force grease into the joints when they are assembled?

Very useful video... thanks

There’s a lot of audio missing from the video? Dunno if that’s intentional?

Can’t wait for more episodes…Will help me with my rebuild….. Only disappointment was keep losing the sound ….

Does anybody else lose the sound around 4 minutes to around the 12-minute mark?

Thank you Ross, looking forward to the follow-up videos.

Ooh..this will be topical! wait for all the comments about it being too tight and dangerous etc!

Shouldnt get involved with rectifying other peoples work as anything u do on that car becomes yours now opening a tin of worms

Good job not cheap😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒Cheap job not good😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍just a Chinese saying

This has been ..for a novice like myself..invaluable, the most in depth tutorial out there. Many thanks, excellent stuff!

That is absolutely shocking. This 'restoration specialist' should be named and shamed to prevent others from falling into the same trap.

That’s a total Bodge job

Why is there a bronze Bush and not a bearing on both sides?

For a completed restoration, I would be really disappointed if this is what I was presented with - everything about it says lack of attention to detail. The missing protection in those hidden areas especially means that it would start to corrode the minute it was back on the road ☹

You deserve more than 728 subcribers !

A dog with a new coat.

I'm a believer in the saying that people in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones. Before you ask what I know, I've been doing this for 30 plus years, and I've never slagged off others' work. After all, nobody is perfect, and it's always easy to find faults.

sounds like a newport accent..greetings from barry island

The point is what did the customer pay for the work done and what would you have charged to do the work to your standards if he only paid a percentage of your price he might have got value for money . Minis rust soon after they left the factory the standard of work you are talking of far better then when it was new . As you say body shops repair cars not create show cars

To be honest I think you were, if anything less critical about the quality of work than I would have been. Everything you pointed out was justified and it shows your standards are high. It is a shame the owner didn't get the work checked before paying the bill.

Just started watching your videos , would love a video on brake pipes please

Minis are particularly notorious for being badly restored and botched by chancers.

is that a japan import

Sadly,that is the condition of 95% of 'restored' cars for sale in the UK. Collecting Cars auction site is the place to find them.

Bodgitt and Scarper...finest Rest or Ration....

Everyone's Mum does a Sunday Roast slightly differently . You have to specify what YOU want from the outset , in writing , that way if something isn't done ("of merchantable quality" ) , then it goes back till it IS done, and done properly .Verbal agreements are worth nothing after the event.Too much wriggle room . Too much money at stake . Too much stress for all parties . Find out about the firm doing the work well in advance . Look around - nothing beats word of mouth . See their work . Bottom line : this is a Business Transaction . No sentiment ... My verdict ( for what it's worth ) on the above job : Slap dash / insufficient time / care / pride taken in the finished product . Did nobody inspect it before hand-over, even briefly ? ?

At the end of the day it depends on the budget your customer gave them to work with. I used to sell these Minis when they were new alongside other BL, Austin Rover & Rover vehicles. I still drive one of the very last Rover 75 Tourers & will very soon have to decide to either get some work done to her or move the old girl on. Biggest problem is finding garage's one can trust to do it right 1st time

Had some work done by Ross on my Rover Mini MPI a few years ago - top job and reasonable prices.

appalling paint job and all the other work I've seen DIY job 100 times better than that

Thanks for the run through Ross. Your comment about not getting restoration work done by a body shop has totally landed with me, it makes perfect sense to me now you’ve explained that. I know where I’ll be coming when I need my mini restoration work done. I appreciate your eye for detail and a desire for a job done well.

Alright if you're a millionaire

Obviously not a restoration

They have definitely had this guys pants down, very poor workmanship back street garage comes to mind!

Quite right to point all that bits out, that is very poor work, I’m with you on that one, do it right do it once, that’s why I spend the extra time on my minis to make sure they are right, my first mini I started restoring at 13 which was my first car is in better condition that that, I’m sure you will do your best to put it right or as best as possible without to much work 👍

ok this job mite have been a quick cheap job not a restoration job now look at the job how much would you charge for this work and how much did they pay but i take it your not cheap

I've worked in truck, car and bike restoration, and race build shops. This kind of stuff happens all the time..Yes there is a big difference between a body shop that's pushing high volume insurance jobs out ever day, and a restoration / race shop that might manage 1 or 2 vehicles a month, with customers that have near limitless budgets. You inevitably work with a customer that don't have much idea about what's achievable for the budget they have to work with. Wires get crossed and everybody falls out. A pro shop that's been building it's name for years gets trashed by a bunch of key board warriors, that don't have any idea what the original brief actually was. Or if there was some kind of misinterpretation between the 2 parties First up, what was the customers brief to the body shop.... Did they say, they want it all mint, never mind the cost; and it has to win at all the shows, if so then there is a problem. If they said they'd like it nice, here's the max price, then the body shop did a good job. There's probably another 20 hours work in getting everything sorted out, if it was done pre prep in the body shop. The boot floor's another issue. as is the door. However there was probably one guy doing the main body in one area and another doing the removable part somewhere else. Chances are they were never married up and checked before they were all painted. But that's how body shops that work on insurance jobs operate. Decals on the side ???? fitment of arches...again, what was the brief. As for cleaning under the bonnet /engine bay, if the customer mentioned to the body shop it was going on to another shop for mechanical resto, they probably thought there's no point charging another hour or so to do work that 'll just get re done. I could go on, but you probably get the idea. If you want a restoration, go to a restoration shop and explain what you want..... If you dent your new Ford go to a body shop...

Unfortunately as the old adage goes ‘you get what you pay for’. This would never have been passed by a reputable body shop but would probably have cost honest money to begin with 👍

all valid points , but ,,,, you dont know what the customer actually agreed to , the whole job may have been done down to a tight budget rather than up to a high standard , maybe this is an exceptional job for the price paid ,,, there are two sides to every story.

Name and Shame

Yeah that's shocking mate I restored my mini around seven years ago it was the first car iv ever done did everything myself including bodywork and paint and it still looks like a brand new mini iv allways thought that you can be a great mechanic and a great panel beater painter but if you dont have the eye to know when something looks right then you are going to struggle to do good work

All valid points, most places have no idea of the standard anymore.