My favorite automobile is the Auburn. I like the style and fantastic design. You have done superb work on this beauty.

@claytoresto

Жыл бұрын

Then you'll enjoy my next series which is on a 1935 model. Stay tuned.

try heating the punch with a propane torch to melt a hole in the frame to body gasket. Clean hole with no loose threads as the plastic heals with heat. I use this method to seal the edges on cheap home floor matts.

@claytoresto

6 жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea. I learn something everyday. Thanks.

@kevinstephenson3880

4 жыл бұрын

Try a Hot knife. They are available at some hobby shops and art supply stores. They make very short work of webbing material. Enjoy the videos! Keep them coming!

Restoring priceless wheeled art to perfection. They look and run better than new. Very impressive.

When cutting that belt do it the other way round. Put the punch in the vise and then hit the belt with a soft face mallet you take less of a bite at it and cuts so much cleaner and faster. This is how we do thick gaskets for steam engines.

Nice work, and your filmmaking just keeps getting better - really liked that shot from atop the crane. Bravo!

thats a great idea using seat belt webbing. I made a thing 40 plus years ago to cut holes in stuff like that.Called a punch plate it's two plates, a upper and lower. the lower is made from a piece of railroad car spring,about 5/8 thick . the tiop is mild steel. .The material to be cut goes between the two plates and a punch is pressed on the shop press through the holes,making a hole in the material. My punch plate has about 20 different size punches ,made from hydraulic ram rod material. I use for everything from neoprene sheet at 1/2" thick, conveyor belting,canvas, nylon, metal inset gasket material and so on. you need to make one too,easier than struggling with a hole punch. :-)

Awesome Awesome Awesome love watching when it’s done the correct way! I really enjoy watching your channel, and I have nothing but a smile at the end of the show!!!

Try heating up the punch with a torch ,hold the punch with vice grips . The hot punch will melt the webbing like butter. And give a non unravelling hole.

Outstanding workmanship! Enjoy you videos very much. Thank you!

So beautiful. You are a lucky, very talented man. Thank you for sharing your work.

Showing how an engine mounts on a dyno is something you don't see that often. It was a thoughtful touch, and I appreciate it. Of course, that's just a minor feature of a fascinating video. Keep including those details!

You make it look easy, but then again if it was easy everybody could do it. Lots of expertise and patience. Thanks for another great video. Take care.

WOW! I have never seen a shop that clean! Nice job on the Auburn.

@richardkryston2990

3 жыл бұрын

his in-house machine shop is like candyland to an old school machinist like me... and only heaven knows how many dollars' worth of good equipment to "play" with! 😁

You & your crew do great work and make wonderful videos. I like that you showed how much work it is just to run the engine on the dyno. Keep the great videos coming and keep up the great work! Thanks again.

@richardkryston2990

3 жыл бұрын

the nice thing about the extra effort he puts in to breaking in and testing the engine is that when he's done and hands the keys back to the owner, that car is ready to . i've seen other shops do really pretty cosmetic work, but when the key is turned the engine sounds like a shaking coffee can filled with rocks and plumes of blue smoke coming out the tailpipe. if you're going to own a car like this, DRIVE IT. i'm in agreement with Jay Leno, but Mark Clayton is the man i admire more. (who cares if you wear out bits and pieces? as long as men like Mark are around, anything that was manufactured once can be duplicated for replacement. if you've got two or three hundred thousand to sink into a car that might not sell for that much at auction, you've got the money to pay for more than one restoration.)

Thanks for the new video. Excellent as always. Keep up the good work.

A nice video, What a Grand car...Thanks for sharing.

What a spectacular job you are doing guys, looking forward to the next installment

@richardkryston2990

3 жыл бұрын

if i knew about editing video recordings, i'd volunteer to edit all the terabytes of recordings he made for minimum wage - working 80 hours a week (without time and a half for overtime, even) just to get them done.

perfect harmony work guys and girl . SAVED ANOTHER ONE !

Beautiful, even in pieces!

@claytoresto

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Totally enjoying the car stuff videos. It's like .. wanting to go to work / NO .wanting to go play . Keep the videos coming

@claytoresto

4 жыл бұрын

More to come!

Hi Mark, I see I have been beaten to the heated punch and steel hole plate for holes in the webbing, so I'll just say how much I am enjoying watching your videos. You have a fantastic facility and business.

Enjoyed

Thanks for sharing these videos..

Good job , so much hard work, yes I know last week I replaced Nissan Y62 Petrol chassis

Take a shot every time he says "jib-crane".... Great work guys!! You have another subscriber.

i'm wicked impressed

Wow, just wow. I love this so much, I think I missed my calling!

@richardkryston2990

3 жыл бұрын

i know i did. but, pushing 60 years old, i'm just a bit long in the tooth to start learning a new trade. he's been doing this forty years, he's said. i wish i could have been there at the beginning...

Great to see,thanks!

I really enjoyed your excellent video ... for the future , won't you consider giving details of engine power / torque from the Dyno as well ? - so interesting to see what these old motors can produce after your meticulous machining and assembly.

I just had a knee replacement and the hospital gave me a 2.5 inch Cotten belt that they use to put around you when you first stand up and walk . It would be fantastic welting and could be died black.

My father used to put punches in the drillpress and have them turn. Also, one can apply constant pressure until the cut is finished.

To put holes through the webbing heat the punch tip

Amazing work. Probably a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway. How does one get into restoration of motorcars such as Auburn or Packard?

when you are using a wad punch, find a hardwood block and use the end grain, works a lot better. Like what you do, I am a bit for away to give you a hand tho. Jake.

so how much HP and torque did it make?

When a job like this is completed, do you leave the modern fuel filter and Carter carb on the vehicle, for driveability, or do you have to swap all of the original equipment back?

@claytoresto

6 жыл бұрын

We have the original carburetor, but I'm sure the owner will only use it for showing. It was a terrible carb when new and Auburn only used it for the one year.

Instead of cutting or punching holes in the seatbelt material that goes between the frame and the body, could you heat up a drifter punch and melt the holes instead? I think that seatbelt material is made out of a type of nylon?

Is your shop in California ?

Why not heat the hole punches to melt holes into the webbing? It would seem easier and the threads of the webbing would not fray ... Just a thought.

Perhaps a drill with a small hole saw would work better than trying to punch the hole thru and i would burn the frayed edges to stop getting bigger, just a suggestion.

Since the leaded fuel these cars originally used is no longer available, do you employ a modern valve treatment to accommodate unleaded fuel or do the owners add that lead additive to their fuel?

@claytoresto

4 жыл бұрын

Both. We have found that the cast iron blocks harden with age. But hard seats are never a bad idea.

Do you have any newer videos? I seen all of them , I really enjoy them

@claytoresto

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry. I am finishing my house and shops. I have decided to put my place up for sale and things are not done. Working 16 hour days to get things tidied up. But i'm not quitting restoring cars (and doing the video's). I'm planning on building a new facility on my families ranch. I want to move further away from the city. I'll get back to the video's

@vermontjeff2535

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear , like I said I really enjoy watching your videos.

What was the output on this straight 8 on the dyno?

@984francis

5 жыл бұрын

RR would say "adequate"😁 I'd like to know too.

Specifications on the engine?? Just curious. Nice job.

@claytoresto

4 жыл бұрын

It's an 8-98A. 98 HP. I have fled the whole restoration and will get a story put together soon.

7:36 A TRICK TO PUNCH THE BELT ..... USE AN ELECTRIC WIRE WELDER ..... THE CUT IS CAUTERIZED, WITHOUT DRAGGING, THE CUT IS CLEANER

@richardkryston2990

3 жыл бұрын

someone else suggested just heating the punch with a propane torch, but your idea's good, too.

try this when you are punching holes in webbing...punch into the end of a block of wood not into the flat side

very nice, high quality work here. but why is the engine painted gray? I thought 1931 Auburn engines were dark green. am I wrong about that? I'm sure that 1931 8-98A Auburns did not have optional chrome wire wheels. 1932, yes. 1931, no. That's why I painted the wire wheels on my 8-98A. And I don't believe that black with silver trim was among Auburn color code schemes for 1931. A small thing that could be a big thing; I don't see a fire arrestor on the Schebler carb throat (original was inside the opening, I think). maybe it's there and I couldn't see it in the video. can be a fire hazard without it. I suppose your customer might have wanted it finished way you did it. But a shame to put all that good work into a car, roll it out on a field and have the folks who know Auburns tell you it's not right.

@claytoresto

5 жыл бұрын

I showed it at Auburn this past September and it won best Auburn. Around 40 speedsters were there this year (the year of the speedster). Jay Engler judged it himself. Yes the engine is the correct green I bought the paint from Stan. On a speedster you could get anything you wanted as far as paint, chrome etc.

So where is the promised next episode?

@claytoresto

4 жыл бұрын

I need an editor. The car is finished and won Best Auburn at the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Festival in the year of the speedster. Just needs to be edited

Your videos are amazing, and now I hear you i both channels, HoweverI would suggest you get rid of the background music. It's just annoying.