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StrikerChris

posted on 4/1/19 at 02:50 AM Reply With Quote
Alternatives to Binky?

Well maybe not alternatives, but things to watch between episodes?
I found this series , its probably the first one I've found that I've watched more than one episode back to back in a while. Ok its basically just an engine swap but I get very bored working permanent nights, and if you skip the first 5 minutes of each episode I haven't found it anywhere as near annoying as most of the american stuff out there.

Anyone else found stuff worth watching? Obviously I've exausted most of the tv shows wheeler dealers etc

Oh and I think they've done one about turbo'ng an mx5 that might interest afew on here

Chris

[Edited on 4/1/19 by StrikerChris]

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Slater

posted on 4/1/19 at 07:07 AM Reply With Quote
Chris

I don't have access to youtube at work, so can't send you the link, but if you search for V8 stealth beetle, you should find a great series on a guy based in Cape Town who builds a V8 into a standard beetle body, quality of the design and engineering is excellent. This series is 2nd to Binky in my opinion.

I will edit this post later with an actual link.

ETA here is the link

V8 Stealth Beetle Linker

The kits are available for $18,500.

Keith

[Edited on 4-1-19 by Slater]

[Edited on 4-1-19 by Slater]





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theconrodkid

posted on 4/1/19 at 09:34 AM Reply With Quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpr2nbqAvHk





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Myke 2463

posted on 4/1/19 at 09:36 AM Reply With Quote
Try Homemade Indy Car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7r7unCu4bE





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Slimy38

posted on 4/1/19 at 10:08 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
Well maybe not alternatives, but things to watch between episodes?
I found this series , its probably the first one I've found that I've watched more than one episode back to back in a while. Ok its basically just an engine swap but I get very bored working permanent nights, and if you skip the first 5 minutes of each episode I haven't found it anywhere as near annoying as most of the american stuff out there.

Anyone else found stuff worth watching? Obviously I've exausted most of the tv shows wheeler dealers etc

Oh and I think they've done one about turbo'ng an mx5 that might interest afew on here

Chris

[Edited on 4/1/19 by StrikerChris]


Oddly enough, just before I clicked on the link I was going to suggest Mighty Car Mods!! It's a little childish in places, but the one thing I really enjoy is that these guys aren't running off a mega budget like some of the other shows. OK they do have some sponsorship now but they don't even rely on Youtube payments that cripple so many other shows. Over Xmas they did a 'movie' called turbos and temples, and I thoroughly enjoyed their trip across Japan. I never knew Japan had a 'classic car' scene, but a couple of places they visited were crammed with the sort of machinery that would make any old timer drool.

The other one I'm watching at the moment is 'This Old Tony', he's actually a hobby machinist rather than a car guy, but the stuff he makes is really interesting, and the way he does his videos have left me laughing out loud.

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obfripper

posted on 4/1/19 at 01:57 PM Reply With Quote
Have a watch of Retropower's mk1 escort build for Gordon Murray.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSiG7oNXC6w

There's 9 episodes and things are nearly wrapped up, so probably a few more to come.

Also search for colinfurze on youtube - engineering and entertaining in equal amounts.

Dave

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StrikerChris

posted on 4/1/19 at 08:04 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks for all the suggestions,I'll bookmark this post for myself.
I'll just add that I got all the way through to episode 11 lastnight in work,and once the guys mate turned up in the later shows I did find it a little childish!,and the shamless plugs for their ecu supplier..... but found the ecu big interesting even with the name dropping

Obfipper I've been onto retropower for a while,partly because they built my mates chevette and partly because you can't have missed it if your into your cars.

[Edited on 4/1/19 by StrikerChris]

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UncleFista

posted on 4/1/19 at 09:55 PM Reply With Quote
Skid Factory is a youtube channel where they fit turbos/engine swaps etc.

If you've been watching Mighty Car Mods you'll recognise some faces





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HappyFather

posted on 5/1/19 at 03:29 AM Reply With Quote
SOUP Classic Motoring (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9I7RgD0i7JZ58CK17kKHQ)
You have an Irish guy trying to restore a Lotus Esprit, a Range Rover and doing a few other things. All on a shoe string.
Definitely not the engineering quality of Binky, but entertaining none the less. The filming is very good.

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monkeyarms

posted on 5/1/19 at 07:55 AM Reply With Quote
If you want something a bit different try https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA very relaxing to watch.
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David Jenkins

posted on 5/1/19 at 09:26 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by monkeyarms
If you want something a bit different try https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA very relaxing to watch.


I am totally in awe of Clickspring...

[Edited on 5/1/19 by David Jenkins]






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BenB

posted on 5/1/19 at 02:20 PM Reply With Quote
Yup. Clickspring is great if a slow poster!
I'm liking Acorn to Arabella - its building, just not a car!!!

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ste

posted on 5/1/19 at 05:46 PM Reply With Quote
Tom's turbo garage

Especially his V8 Chevy mx5 conversion

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David Jenkins

posted on 5/1/19 at 06:15 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Slimy38
The other one I'm watching at the moment is 'This Old Tony', he's actually a hobby machinist rather than a car guy, but the stuff he makes is really interesting, and the way he does his videos have left me laughing out loud.


There's always Ave - but not when kiddies are looking over your shoulder, as his language can be a bit ripe! Very funny, often informative, sometimes very annoying... you have to be in the right mood to appreciate his videos...






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ReMan

posted on 6/1/19 at 06:40 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by monkeyarms
If you want something a bit different try https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA very relaxing to watch.


I am totally in awe of Clickspring...

[Edited on 5/1/19 by David Jenkins]

Yes been a=watching for yonks!
Amazing hand tool work and patience far beyond my hands or eyes





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Slater

posted on 10/1/19 at 01:02 PM Reply With Quote
I've just been watching the clickspring series on the Antikythera Mechanisum...... absolutely the best thing I've seen on youtube.

If I'd seen this back in 1985 when I was 16 I would have been a clockmaker for sure.

Quality of his work and the filming/editing is stunning.

Also watched his big wheel skeleton clock series.

Thanks to monkeyarms for posting that one.





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gremlin1234

posted on 24/2/19 at 07:42 PM Reply With Quote
some of the 'hubnut' stuff is good - recommissioning a reliant fox, plus his 2cv, and a skoda... oh and his 'invacar' an old invalid carriage

real down to earth 'amateur' mechanics, but he (and his wife! ) get a lot done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AltA963bNb4

he also does reviews etc.




[Edited on 24/2/19 by gremlin1234]

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gremlin1234

posted on 19/6/19 at 01:34 PM Reply With Quote
just seen this vid
I TURNED MY TESLA INTO A PICKUP TRUCK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKv_N0IDS2A


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Irony

posted on 19/6/19 at 03:43 PM Reply With Quote
Try:

SmarterEveryDay
Real Engineering
Make it Extreme
Really Random Channel
AVE
Alec Steele
TysyTube Restorations
Random Hands

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miskit

posted on 19/6/19 at 06:38 PM Reply With Quote
One I have just come across is Rather Be Welding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6APVM53K0

At first you think "what a twit with no plans, having to keep changing stuff" ... then you start to see him fabricate.. then realise that the lathe he is using - he built it, using a grinder and a drill press

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Mr Whippy

posted on 20/6/19 at 12:17 PM Reply With Quote
Why don't you...

Youtube linky

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StrikerChris

posted on 21/6/19 at 12:33 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Why don't you...

Youtube linky



Because I work permanent nights,waiting for hours, sometimes shifts on end, for the machines to breakdown......

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Charlie C

posted on 1/8/19 at 07:54 AM Reply With Quote
Dohnut media

Mighty Car Mods

[Edited on 1/8/19 by Charlie C]

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cerbera

posted on 2/8/19 at 11:26 AM Reply With Quote
'B is for Build' is entertaining. Workmanship can be a bit rough at times but he's slowly changing his ways as he learns.
Not afraid to take on a big project like rebuilding an Evora (that over here, would've been crushed), scratch build a Datsun 240z with an M5 engine and currently rebuilding a Hurracan (ditto the evora) with a 1500 bhp V8 and manual transmission and carbon fibre bodywork.

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