This is the BEST how to do video with clear and concise narration and why and how something is with the objectives explained. I have never seen this before in a training video. NEVER. Proper marks and kudos to you on that alone. You would think that this man is an educator or training professional. He never loses his cool or becomes frustrated on camera. His calm demeanor and likeability make him a youtube star.

Your attention to detail is fantastic, I especially like the way you show us panel welding in great detail. I am restoring some farm machinery with lots of panel welding needed . Your tuition has helped!

You're spoiling us..really enjoying the voice over and the progress of the project!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you mr loops!!!!

Just getting into these videos after seeing your cars on Hubnut. Great commentary superb and precision work. And it is a croc sander!

First class Christmas holiday entertainment Pete. Looking forward to the next episode. Cheers

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

anytime colin

I have watched your previous two restorations and your speed has increased dramatically! I suppose after the other two cars you have gotten a lot of experience. You must know these cars better than anyone!

nice welding skills, the patience to make them fit well is going to show on the end product, very impressed

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Jus!!!!

I like your attention to detail and double checking everything. Love the flat wheel and your welding technique.

bramble looked great mocked up keep up the good work. the frustration at the end was great

Great work pete,really good the way you commentate over your work, you have come a long way since your swampy days, and your attention to detail and the quality of the work is probably at a higher level than ford themselves back in the day. All the best to you for 2019 .

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Ken

Coming along nicely Pete

Keep up the good work. Already imagining what it’ll look like when finished

Someone at Ford should watch your videos and pay some cash as regonition on the things you do! I got huge respect over the hours you do and filming all it! And in a very entertaining way too! Cheers Mate!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

you are welcome Ollie ill keep filming!!! for you, Pete

Cracking work lad most people would have ran a mile when she first came out of the dip.I was always dubious about dipping cars.But I since learned that shot cleaning a shell only really gets rid of rust and filler.The dip will disolve everything back to good steel.Enjoying all the videoes.Welded many years and was always proud of my holey jumpers and t-shirts.Great series.Well done.

Excellent work as always Pete. Smashin 👌👍

Hi Pete your welding skills are getting better every episode well done

Looking good !! I spent too much time welding rusty Cortinas and changing void bushes when I was an apprentice.... I thought they were sh*te at the time, but now I'd happily swap some of the over complex modern junk for some nice old fashioned Fords.... :o)

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

easily done, at the time, they were everywhere and there was nothing to compare it to. now look at the grey/white euroboxes with computers and people lost in space drivin em, all hooked into the internet, all eco friendly, jeez we lost our way mate, its all gone. i just wanna lock myself away and pretend it aint there, one day theyll ban my cortinas from the road, in the meantime im gonna rip it up while i still young (ish) LOL !! thanks for your comment !!!

great vid, looking forward to next one, more patience than i have chap.

Great watching you make all the bits come to life. Thanks for the detailed commentary.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

you are welcome Andrew, looks like the commantary really works. I never see it as detailed but i guess it must be!!!!!!! i like that. and thank you for taking time to watch. Pete.

well done pete ace work love these cars

Nice job. Yes in deed, starting to take shape. I really enjoy this part of the restorations. Cutting, welding, clean up. Keep up the great work!

Thoroughly enjoy all your video's Pete especially the technical side of bodywork

This is truly excellent. If I was a millionaire (I'm not) I would ask you restore my car. If you have this much passion and attention to detail to restore what is arguably a fairly unremarkable car good on you. (I do absolutely get it by the way and this will probably end up being the best in the world). I like the way you don't chop the video down and show exactly what you do. Its facinating to watch with a brew! 👍👍

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

J Boy wow thanks for letting me know what you thought, i like the idea of bein sat down with a brew, made up you like the films. Pete

Love and devotion , wow brambles looking sweet.

Nice job Pete 👍. Looking forward to episode 7

Looking good Pete,coming along nicely,well done happy new year

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Ed!!!! HOWS IT GOIN, YOU ALL READY FOR NEW YEAR??? thank you for thumbs up, hope you ok, let me know what you up to, pete

Just coming to this on this episode now the welding and bodywork skills are fascinating, well done

The front is shaping up nicely, the rear looks more daunting. You can do it!!!!

Some good progress and high quality work. I’m sure you’re proud of how its turning out!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Gaz im real happy

@soundmangaz6833

5 жыл бұрын

Pete C I’ve a feeling this one will be my favourite of your cortina’s

Nice one Pete, coming on a treat. Getting loads mate. 😁👍

I do much of the same work on my Cars.......And coming soon will be sectioning in the entire rear Uni of My Dads 61 Chrysler.....The parts are coming with a Plymouth like Cold War motors is working on.....Keep up the great work! Love seeing folks save cars that other wise would have been sent to scrap!

Excellent videos your coin a superb job on that cortina can't wait to see it done look forward to these videos keep em coming bud :)

Nice job Pete .

Hi Pete. looking good mate. perfection at it,s best.Keep these vid,s coming. hopefully see you at N,E,C at march

some amazing progress pete! so glad your saving such an iconic car! mk3s my faves of all time! many ppl wouldnt of even attempted this so full credit to you, really loving the series, commentry is great and detailed, cant wait to keep following the progress

You are doing an awesome job, on the car, that would have been a lost case.

nice video....teaching me alot...thanks and keep this on please

Fantastic job!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Sterling for this. glad you liked the film, ive started filming ep7

Coming along very nicely Pete

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Shah, appreciate that.

when we spoke at Eventcity in September you said Bramble could be a 5yr project,,with the speed that youre going at the repairs shes gonna be ready in 12 months !! consider my cap well n truly doffed to you Pete.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!!! yes its flying

Cracking work Phil , I've a cavalier here that needs a dog leg doing if you want mate 😉

Bloody hell. Amazing workmate!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks !! ! ! !! ! !! ! !! ! !

Impressive work as usual Pete. The shell really is poor but you are flying through it. Easily the number one Cortina channel, keep up the good work!

You ain't hanging about in this one Pete. Happy new year mate.

the progress on Bramble is amazing mate, can't wait for the chance to see the car in person

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

i hope to have this done in few years

Enjoy the videos keep them coming Pete.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Derek no probs im made up you liked the film!!!

Well, what can I say Pete, amazing, just amazing!!! I love how you rebuilt the front end plus every thing was spot on at the end, you are very talented in what you do. So much so you have inspired me to get a new mig which should be here tomorrow, I have a non car related project I've wanted to do for a couple of years so thanks to you I will be getting it done, cant wait for the next instalment.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

bloomin eck John, youre welcome matey!!!!!well the filming is underway for next part, the shell is just riddled and a lot would say beyond, but its so rare, prob oen of the rarest spec mk3s, it has to be done, whats your top secret project John?? im intriqued!! plus a question for you, how did you find the channel?? did it come up as suggested watch? all the best pete

@JohnWD40TC02

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I like the 2 door mk3's, had two of them back in the 80's, one was a yellow 2.0L then a couple of years later I had a black 2.0XL with a bored out engine. I build and race large scale 32cc rc petrol cars, to date I have 7 of them so I want to make a strong shelving unit to house them all then put it on wheels, I'll need a fair bit of box and angle steel, hence the need for a mig. Found your channel via a youtube search for cortina restoration and yours was at the top of the list, oh I'm on episode 30 of Ruby, watching about 2 per day, fantastic!!! totally hooked!

Good work Pete . Spot welder sounds better than AC/DC (in my opinion!) . Garage wall at 34:14 looks nice ! Wishing you a happy , healthy and peaceful New Year .

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanj you Peter good spot on the wall art at 34.00 used to have the real deal turning up for photo shoots (friend is pro photgrapher), well i hope for peace I really do, you have to find peace, its there, turn off phone, meditate, work out, help others, but help yourselff, stay tuned, focused, think positive, manage time, embrace even the rain, the rain is good if you do a 5k run, it cools you down and feels fresh, i dunnoi, i like to keep positive, its tricky sometimes, i get depression, it comes and goes, i will keep going. the show must go on.

@peterbarker6249

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy : good advice Pete . Your projects obviously help you , and through your videos you help others . I for one find them interesting , inspirational and , most of all , enjoyable . To be human is to be vulnerable , there's no shame in that . Keep up the good work .

Well done Pete it's coming on well happy New year to you and your family.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Col!!!!!!!!!!!

Back in the day, I could buy MK3 Cortina in good nick for 150 quid. changed days I always liked the MK4.

That is one excellent job that car will be better than one ford put together keep at it mate very entertaining 👍👍🎄❄⛄

More entertaining than anything on that box over Christmas. Bloody good work friend. I took on a mk 3 in the 90s. Needed a fair amount of welding but a house move intervened. It was a '73 saloon. A bit of a rarity I thought because it was an "L", but finished in the dark metallic green often seen on GXLs. It was the only saloon I've seen with a front bench seat and longer gear lever. Always regretted not saving that one.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Ronan, yes its rare as it was L VERY VERY rare to have bench seat, UBER rare that !!!! the dark metallic is either ONYX or evergreen, possibly fern green but that was lighter colour Ronan, i really appreciate you seemed to like the films!!! makde my day and makes me want to film more, so many postive friendly people here on you tube, thanks, Pete

@johnstephenson7385

5 жыл бұрын

Much better than Christmas TV

@TheHorsebox2

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy we love everything you do. Just keep going bro. Thanks Pete.👍

@GrahamParkinEntrepreneur

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy I served my Auto Electrician apprenticeship at Pye Motors in Lancaster when it was on Parliament Street, started in 1978. I bought a Cortina L reg Mk III trade in. Original colour was Yellow, it had been badly sprayed Red. That had the vinal brown interior with the front BENCH seat with the old umbrella handbrake. The handbrake didn't work so I decided to remove the bench seat and the old umbrella handbrake and fitted 2 front Black velour seats out of a GLX and a floor handbrake. Being an apprentice I used to spend all my lunch break taking bits off cars in the scrap yard across the road from us. I swapped the L dash for the GLX dash and fitted and wired the 4 gauge centre console also from the GLX I ended up retrimming the car with GLX Door Cards etc. I even sprayed the brown metal dash panel Black, nearly gassed my self in the car with spray paint fumes lol. The silly things you do when your a kid lol. One of the apprentices bought my special Cortina, mind you he also bought my Special MK I Escort off me previous to the Cortina, One of the treatments I did on the escort was to fit the gauges out of a Corsair GT the speedo and rev counter went in the MK I dash binnacle and the temp, fuel, oil and amp meter out of the Corsair went between the 2 circular face vents it looked so cool lol. I then got my first loan and bought an MK II Capri L in black that got the special treatment also lol.

Amazing.

Doing a fab job mate

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Marlow

Love it.

Did you have a nice xmas its nice to have a break it lets you get a better on the job ahead ; great job pete

Looking great Pete amazing progress.... 2019 will be a good year for you and Cortina City I'm sure.... :)

How on earth can you get into trouble playing AC/DC you are educating your neighborhood with great music

hi pete car is going good i see hope to see more soon. part are get hard to get here .i will hive my car start soon .i still work on my shop .bay the way your shop look good.

Either you or the spot welder likes one certain Aussie rock band! A good choise!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

lol which band!??????? l;ol must be men at work

Getting proper stuck in now mate. The brambles are gone but not forgotten!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanking you Morris!!!!

Looking awesome so far bro although that battery tray seamed to have a personality of it's own, lol. Hope 2019 goes well for you and family.

Love your videos. when I finish the e36 3 series ls v8 swap and restoration, I’ve been inspired to do a concourse on a classic. Maybe a mk1 Granada? Keep up the great videos.

Looks like its flying together! mad mike will be watching these with envy!! as you know by now cleanliness is key to a proper weld. I started to just use (zinc) weld thru primer on one side of the panel, due to the fact it interferes with the weld to much, if you just put the zinc on one of the panels (the side with the holes in it) you have a clean surface to plug weld to, but you will still have one layer of zinc sandwiched between the two panels, or don't use any and then just wick some into the seams with a paint brush after its welded or and use compressed air blower to blow the paint into the seams. There really is no perfect way! just food for thought.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks, yes I thought of the same, just paint one side, ive started doing that and its workign out good, wait till you see EP7, as theres some serious panel work going on!!!!!!! pete

Just a little leaning towards ocd about detail, but thats whats needed to get the perfect finish, the front is looking great!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

gotta love a lil ol OCD Martin!!!!! keeps the wolf from the door!!!

Doing a grand job !

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Kevin, appreciate your comment, glad you enjoyed, im on with part 7 soon!!!! happy new year Kev, from Pete

@kevinb897

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy can't wait to see the Finnish car ! Happy New year to you !

@kevinb897

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy ps I worked on the mk3 right up to the mk5 cortina at the Dagenham stamping and body plant, the underbody and engine bay is the same on all model's !

@kevinb897

5 жыл бұрын

My e-mail address is kevinvoyager@ntlworld.com

The sublime sounds of construction. End result? A hand -built Cortina, and probably unique for that. Great video, any more poetry planned?

Oooooooooooo Yeaaaaaah The CROC Is back!!!!! ABSO Brill Pete. DOWNTOWN!!!!!!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

just oooo yea boy HI Maz !!!!!!!!!! what you say to a night out ASAP???? or quiet drink in a boozer? ill drive down??? let me know??

@jusbox9654

5 жыл бұрын

Pete C A drink DOWNTOWN sounds great but not anywhere near Wagamamas lmao!!!! Drop us a txt👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

love the kitten input

Looking good sir

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Steve

Excellent banging at 19 minutes. Superb...

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

boom lol

mate..for concave...think of entering a cave..so you're going IN...so if it dips in...it's concave 😀

I hired a spot welder, which also tripped the ring main power socket circuit. To overcome this problem, I then wired it in with thick 10mm cable, to the electric cooker circuit, which had a 45amp trip. (I'm not an electrician, so try this at your own risk)

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you, i think glenn (electricia) has addressed this and suggested changing the type of breaker .

@rottenbot

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy try a D curve, that should do the trick

Happy New year pete

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

A L L the B E S T Paul!

you do amazing quality work, but I cant see how you can even come close to being able to break even on one as rough as this bramble bee was.

hi pete car looking good

maybe that front panel is a catch all, designed so it fits mk3,4 and five?, ive seen that with mini panels, one for all versions and modify it to fit. is that little widget on the battery tray to support the corner of an expansion bottle, or washer bottle, i mean it might not even be used on your car, but if the same panel is on all models, it could be off the 2.3 ghia or any model really.

In regards to pads V discs on grinders: I'd be inclined to use a grinding wheel to take all the weight out of welds initially... Then change to a grinding pad to finish up... 👍 It's up to you...

Zintec metal is galvanised coated smooth grey finish, just clean up the area your welding, the normal metal rusts in hrs if not treated, with zintec last years, best thing is to look it up? Good luck with the project.

@todddenio3200

5 жыл бұрын

be careful not to breath the fumes from welding galvanized metal. it is extremely toxic.

seems to me when it had the front end damage might of been a three way and this was the car in the middle, it was later on when the mk4's were out and they only had mk4 parts so they made it fit that or it was all they had left in the spares bin

Do I hear the sound of the mighty AC/DC and back in black in the background? 😍

top work there, can I just say something about my experience with spot welding and i'm not criticizing your work I worked for many years in a sheet metal work factory doing spot welding ,and I found the best welds were to have the welder on high amps and have the timing/duration short as possible because long durations burn up and over heat the tips , also the tip shape is very important and needs to kept in shape [regular cleaning and shaping] I found the best size/shape at that the welding tip be tapered down to 6mm flat at contact area for both top and bottom tips, this was on flat sheet .8 mm material , not sure if you can regulate adjust your amps on that machine ? the one in the factory was adjustable both on time/duration and amps, as I say i'm in no way condemning your welds they look fine just giving you some of my experience .

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks duggy!!! i can adjust duration but not amps, i find if tips are clean and metal clean it seems to take well

nice to see under the battery plate/ panell.and the mountings.i need to remove mine ,,to klean up..to be shure nothing bad is happing on the underside..hope to just drill the6 top welds..and carefull bend it aut to klean and paint..and bend it back..and redo top velds..have the engine inn..so no Space for horensontal drilling

Good to see your taking health and safety seriously. Does your camera man, also wear ear defenders and face mask, when videoing your weld grinding?

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

I asked him to, I ALWAYS have spare masks and ear defenders and ALWAYS warn people when enterign the unit. I know Andy reads the comments (my camera man) so he will confirm !!! One think i wont mess with BREATHING, HEARING and EYES

@livester17

5 жыл бұрын

I usually turn up at Petes in flip flops and Shorts Malcarper. :-) seriously though a lot of my photography is done on Construction sites, high altitudes and manufacturing facilities. I often have to submit RAMS (risk assessment and method statements) I actually wear a set of custom made ear defenders made from a cast of my ear drums from a company in Stockport called Universal dB

Hi Pete, loving the work. I understand Wigan College has a good Media course, perhaps you could enrol Cortina Kitty on the camera module to help things along? Although you may need to edit out 'bottle-top football... 😉. Btw what was that little metal tang for?

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Alastair, thanks, I think the metal tang was the battery overflow drip tray, a little tube that comes out of battery lets fluid leak out and i think this bracket catches it out of the tube, just a guess

Thanks for the video Pete, she's looking bloody awesome!! Is there a modification or design 'enhancement', other than rusting issues you would change about the MK3? I know you're aiming for an original as possible look, but with your years of experience, what would you change?

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

wow , great question. I certainly would not alter the styling. In terms of how it drives, no change, im struggling here.......errr...im so loyal to the concept i cant hink of anything, i know that sounds crazy, perhaps the interior light, it was a little weak, but then all cars were, oh, yes, i got it, the heater blower, you have to boost the motor to get decent airflow and noise reduction, so yes heater blower!!!! I have maanged to graft in a high power blower unit and keep it looking factory (on ruby) this mod, funnily enough is NOT COVERED in any of the films, its something i did later on, the heaters and fresh air on Ruby are now howling fast!!! but QUIET, the orginal airflow system (designed bty DELANIAR) was lacking, a fact backed up by press reports in MOTOR magazine. I cant think of much else, but its a great question!!!! pete

I'm also a panel beater and welder, I use zintec metal for repairs much better that standard steel

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Adam, respect mate to any panel beater and welder, what is zintec~? curious and always want to learn. what do you think of braze for cvery small pinhole repairs, just fired the oxy up and its made a great job of plugging some small pinholes, nice finsih, the clean metal loved the braze. I used pre fluxed rods and just fed the braze in, the pinhole vanished, flatted back and its solid. what you think? all the best, Pete, Cortina City

@RW-bi2rp

5 жыл бұрын

Zintec is zinc coated steel, you can leave it lying around in the garage for years without it rusting, it looks like the coating that you have on the shell (after being dipped) has that matt grey finish to it. Its about the only stuff I will use, as adam says, its great.

there is an annoying ringing noise coming through most of the time! i havent been grinding either!! lol

Great vid pete can that panel pressing place make any panels

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Neil yes they seem to be able to make anything !!!!

i welded my triumph stag up and I thought that was bad but I thought your mk 3 was going to b a parts car as it was so bad well done

So this car will be ready for paint late summer 2019 ?

Hey Pete C do you know if express panels do the taillight buckets for a mk3 cortina and if they ship overseas?

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Rob do you mean just the part that holds the tail light? it spot welds to the rear panel? need to know exact which part

@corty1980

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy Yes the part that holds the tail light in

Passed a trailer on the motorway today, and on the back was the remnants of a first generation Ford Mustang. Before watching your videos I would of said it was beyond restoration, but compared to how Bramble was after you dipped the shell it was actually quite decent!

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Chris, if you have the panels and a clean well lit workshop thats warm, you are half way there!!

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Great video how to build a Ford better than Ford,tip rest spot-welder as more heat on tips degrades weld test piece a spot-welder should leave a round centre can't wait for express video .

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Sean thanks, yes i tested on some spare steel sheets, each set of probes before is used and tried the pull test. sometimes you can get a failed weld. thank you for comment. Pete

@bigbird2100

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy I knew you would have tested the spot welds but I had to ask,I must watch the whole video then ask stupid questions my new years resolution 😀

Hey Pete. 👍

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

ey up!!!!!!!

Awesome work Pete your doing a fantastic job followed your last 2 GXL restorations. Really like your full face mask is that by 3m an off eBay? As stripping back underside of my dad's escort rs turbo floor.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Ian!! I got it from local supplier but yes a 3m with twist fit cartridges, essential!!! please dont breath in any of that mess when you stripin back Ian,,,, its a great mask, comy and good seal, and you can wash it down, its realy good, and get some ear protection, its basic stuff its well worth it,,,, in the old days in my 20s i didint think as much about this but as you get older you realsie,,,,,all th ebest, from Pete

Very skilled . Iv been in bed for days with flu . Watching your videos is this your day job or your hobby? Cheers Gareth

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

just a hobby Gareth, mate EVERYONE has had that flu, it put me in bed too for 2 days, tell you what i just lost 2 days, slept, lost track of time, and now its come back!!!

It's taking shape great work how do find the time to do these cars do you have a daytime job pete

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, its a long story, yes daytime job as engineer, electronics, but on call and part time

@Paul-ul7dz

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCswampy i was just wondering if you worked keep up the good work pete great to watch i used to weld cars years ago oxy acetylene nothing on your scale out on the side street patching up anything that needed welding done we saved a few fords from the scrapyard kept them on the road for a few more years i would like to do it again using mig this time but modern day cars don't need much welding not sure about gas or gasless mig