Great video and informative 👍🏻 Looking forward to the next clip and seeing the progress rather than fixing someone else's "workmanship"

I think Ray Charles (a blind man) could have done a better job on building that tube chassis - make sure you give it a good going over & the hoop you added to clear the driveshaft is just fine.

Awesome work as ever pal, those welds... 😅 surely whoever did those cant sleep at night 😂 looking forward to the next update. 👌

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

I remember your first ones were better 😅

I know a lad who has one of these in his garage, must be over 20yrs now, Harry if your watching " get it done" ❤

You've got a cut and shut 😂 good move removing the welds repair.

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

🤣. I know mate painfull having to do it but needs to be done

@Liam_RBZ

7 ай бұрын

It's all he works on nowadays 😂

I like how you are showing the exact changes and describing why - its a great way to keep the channel engaged - great work. Also I think that the main roll bar has been cut off and moved down to allow the Periscopio drop in the centre (pretty sure I saw photos of it with radius either side)

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yep I've seen this chassis at jp cages with radius bent roll hoop but thats all gone

Those front control arms are a trick, and to get it to line up with the wheel well properly I’ve had to make new mounts. I believe the cabin area was extended to accommodate taller drivers, but that means that this area got compromised. I’d wanted to use corvette suspension on mine but I ran into the same issue and couldn’t get a bolt installed so I needed to make custom control arms. There are a lot of differences between this body and the later one I have that was made by JP… mine is much more refined. I also had to cut the roll bars off my chassis… not because they were in bad shape but because they didn’t match my roofline. Most Countach replica bodies have a drooping front roofline… they pretty much all have some issue in that area. I’ve had my body corrected to match OEM dimensions so the roll cage will get rebuilt to match that. When you rebuild that cage, just be careful to make sure it matches the body and not the parts you’re replacing. 👍

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Yep I feel I'm going to have to go same route as you with the new front arms. Roof bars actually fitted not too bad to the body but as ever we will refine as much as we can

@jamesdeath3477

7 ай бұрын

I've spotted that droopy roof thing on the replicas. What's that all about? It looks terrible. Not like there's so much room in one of those things that you can make it even worse.

@rickmellor

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesdeath3477 the reason the droop is so prevalent is because most replica bodies are copies of copies. Back in the 80’s someone splashed a real car and sold bodies. Guys bought those bodies and made copies of their own and sold them under different brands like Prova, Sienna,Heritage,Armstrong, etc. I’m probably wrong but I think the Mirage was the first. I’m sure other splashes of real cars were done over the years. I’ve heard stories about how the first roof droop happened but I don’t really know. But once they were copied the problem proliferated. I know my car will have parts from several different sources, including real cars, and some parts I’m having redesigned from 3d scans so I can get mine made just the way I want. My car will be an LP400S high body EV with a correct-ish roof. It’s enough to make the purists want to harm me. 😂

@jamesdeath3477

7 ай бұрын

@@rickmellor ...as I commented up there, I like the early cars so much more than the later ones. I'd love a replica of the prototype Countach, but with an Alfa Busso V6, so it still sounds Italian and also so I could afford to drive it. I take it you saw Davide Cironis replica build? It came out really nice. Even Lamborghini liked it, so I don't see why anyone would have a problem with yours. I see what you mean about copies of copies. It's the same with Porsche 356 Speedster replicas. They almost always have the headlights about 4" too high on the wings. Looks dreadful!

@rickmellor

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesdeath3477 a proper v6 can sound really good.

The previous builder is Terry Fox. His has a company he calls Artworkzdesigns I believe. He has legal battles at the moment with a lot of his customers. This is not the first car pulled out of his shed. There are more. He should be banned to build cars, just for the safety of the owners of the car. He also blocks everybody, including me, when you point out stuff that is dangerous. Fun fact, the countach he is driving, he did not build it himself. None of the cars he ever tried to built, are on the road.

@mrb2235

7 ай бұрын

He blocks everybody except those who are sucked in by his false & misleading social media posts. If you speak out or question him, he blocks you. 😂 He has had 1 customers car for over 6 years and taken over 50k off him to finish it and has still not finished it. Furthermore, it was part built by the previous owner when Terry took it on 6 years ago.😮

Great videos ,I also have a Countach build and to save space I put a chain between all corners of the roof and winched it way up above the chassis ,I found it handy to be able to lower it on and off the chassis ,it looks like you may have plenty of workshop roof height ,also bear in mind the engine and gearbox have to be low enough for the engine cover to clear the motor ,I will have BMW V12 in mine and ended up raising the rear quarters 20 mm for it to clear.

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Yep I will try and measure engine cover although we don't have one yet. I did think about winching it up and bought some wood for it however we are abit tied up by health and safety as it isn't just my space

I'd definitely re weld and check that chassis, your hoop works fine the original builder seams like an amateur.

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

I think I'm going to add quite a few gussets both for piece of mind and to give me an excuse to buy a dimple die set 😂

Great video... loving the progress. Good to see the cameo appearance from the metro of course!

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Last year we had all the time but no tube bender now we have the tube bender but no time 😂. One day little metro one day

@AutoplasMetro6R4V6

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners it will come.... and I will bring over the red motivation machine this year sometime to give you some more enthusiasm once you get this one done 😂😂

Your car mate, do your own thing ❤

I think the simulated "ride height" is actually lower than it would really be. Hard to say without the full weight and body in place but the control arms should be pointing down just slightly vs. totally parallel to the ground as now... should make driveshaft angles better!

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Yep it's really tricky to simulate everything with only parts of the car together etc. Going to be alot of chopping and changing as we go forward.

@greenkouki

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners Haha I feel your pain! Been there not too long ago with my own project. Excited to see this progress.

Mate awsome work if you ever decide to sell the 6r4 project I’d have in a instant I’ve got a decent metro and a k20 turbo/supercharger but have no joy with the kit

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed I'll ever have to sell it 😅

Good KZreadr like the content and presentation Subscribed

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Thanks appreciate that

Interesting. I like the early cars so much more than the later ones. I'd love a replica of the prototype Countach, but with an Alfa Busso V6, so it still sounds Italian and also so I could afford to drive it. That chassis is interesting. The lower rear suspension mounts....eh....I dunno man....the control arms look as thick as the chassis and it's not reinforced anywhere. It's going to bend the chassis rail.

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

I don't understand why nobody builds the early replicas. I think the 400s and the QVs are so much harder to make look decent. Don't worry we are changing up some bits and we will add some supports in

Looks like the car Terry fox was trying to build for gerald Dunbar

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

It did come from there but this car was being built for Pete

@Spoonersoutings

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners it’s a small world the countach seen 😉

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

And very helpful I've found upto now 😅

@Spoonersoutings

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners I have built a couple over the last couple of years. Have fun buddy

@Thefierofarm

7 ай бұрын

@@Spoonersoutings you are not on FB anymore, do you?

I believe for the best handling results, your arms need to be as straight, or as level as possible at ride height it looks like your hub are too high and need to be dropped lower

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

I think we're going to look at getting the chassis and suspension scanned so we can model it's 3d and design it that way to fit with what's currently here chassis wise

I cant wait to see if those cuts in the frame where sleeved ?

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

I'm going to take an educated guess 😅

Is your garage a makerspace? Driveshaft angles shouldn't be 0° anyway as it wares in one spot. 4° is reasonable 😎👍

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

A makerspace??

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Never really thought about the CV riding the cup in the same spot good shout👌

@UKBUILT

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners Hey, it's a shared space where members rent the use of tools and resources. I am just wondering who owns the other projects and if we will get a shop tour video 🙂

@carcrazy_1

7 ай бұрын

Wish there was a place like that in my area, were people have there own space, and help each other, my 6r4 project also on hold due to the great British weather

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Technically it's like that but we call it a motor club we set up and run for other 'employee's' of the company

Getting some good views on this one! Whats the transmission youre using?

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Yep it's doing surprisingly well. It's from A porche boxster g86.01. Although it's audi made so bolts upto the 4.2

@EnglishCharlie

7 ай бұрын

@TheDIYTuners it's what you want to see! A bit of traction. I've seen that transmission used with an LS engine too with an adaptor.

Just curious is that a Prova Body and chassis ?

@TheDIYTuners

5 ай бұрын

So the body was originally a prova but has been modified for the Lp400 arches and periscope. The chassis artworkzdesigns had built but it will be a one off by time I've sorted all the issues on that

Ioving the metroghini

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Suprised me how big the countach was compared to it yet the wheel base isn't too far off 😂

@michaelharris2997

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners Lol. It deffo could be built as a metroghini then.

Why do people do that? Looking forward to the Metro build and just stops and goes onto something else card just finished it 😢

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it's called real life. The metro is funded by my own personal finances which are lacking at the minute due to a house and the countach is paid for by the owner so makes my content free to produce. We will get back onto the metro I can promise that

@andrewharrison7027

7 ай бұрын

I know it’s real life I was just saying new to your new channel. Nice way to have comment.

@andrewharrison7027

7 ай бұрын

Even though it wasn’t a nice comment you put it’s still nice to see the UK company on KZread doing cars, always seeing Americans doing it

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Please don't think that comment was meant to come accross mean dude I'm as gutted as you to not be doing the 6r4 next it's one of my dreams cars. Also I'm just one bloke I'm not a company this is just my spare time hobby 😅

The chassis went away and was cut by another company not the original build that we did and yeap they look to have made a mess engine and gearbox should be lower with a metal skid pan under it and the engine and I can show you the chassis as done and powdercoated with no chunks out of it or those section cuts in it Jfyi

Need to get Liams engine over to mine and get it forged. Needs to get some 💰 spent 😂

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

Don't think he can move at the minute wallets too heavy 😂

@Bertcustardhead

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYTuners I know that feeling

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

🤣

This is the sketchiest build on youtube right now.

@TheDIYTuners

7 ай бұрын

😂 Thanks