I think most people watching this appreciate your astonishing skill….. that level of craftsmanship is equivalent to an artist in my mind…. Awesome 👍🏻

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :) we do appreciate the support and knd words :)

@dancarter482

10 ай бұрын

@@yorkshirecarrestoration Should be out in the drafty barn tackling my '98 Merc bus - _MAJOR_ restoration project but relaxing with a brew enjoying craftsmanship time-lapse with chill-out soundtrack . ... .. It's _not_ procrastination; it's _education_ !

Wow you guys are good, lovely work first class fabrication,good practices, I did this work for 20 years and you are the best I have seen

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you David the support is appreciated :)

My heart sank for you when you stripped the paint off the outer sill only to reveal more filler and another patch; and when you removed that, still more rust on the inner sill that needed to be cut out and replaced. As always, you got on and did the job thoroughly. It would have been nice to see the car primed up, but sometimes time runs out on you and we all need some sleep - even Ryan.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

We do work long hours 6-7 days a week haha but we love our jobs :)

Hope you Ryan and lads are well Steve what a transformation bud now solid and last another 20 years ! 👍🏻👏👏👏👏

I could watch these vids all day! Awesome job 👍

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Dave :)

You chaps work ethics are a credit to you and an inspiration for others.your dedication to every job is inspiring ,I'm sure all of us watching would tip our caps to e. Incredible skills on display

Wow, lovely job on a lovely Opel. Greetings from South-Africa!!😊

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, hello south Africa :) 👍

You guys are just amazing! The level of skill but allso the way you solve problems are second to none. Not scared of any rust😂😂😂

You see there are people out there that do it properly.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Nice to see the Manta nearing the finishing post Steve 👍👍 That's a lovely motor and much better for your work on it! ....Cheers.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you we do appreciate the support :)

A great watch again Steve .

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thabk you :)

very impressive steve

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve :)

To remember those beautiful 70s colors... Orange green brown.... 😂 Those old enough know what I mean 😊

That is some great fabrication you can see why they rotted so many panels welded together in that sill and quarter panel

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Yes lots of layers.

Awesome work. When I read Opel Manta, I had hoped maybe it's the A and not the B. Still is a fantastic built and restoration. I used to own 2 Manta A, one in Germany in 1992 and the other in the UK in 1997 - 99

fantastic work steve. good to see the man with the exceptionaly large biceps operating the bead rollers

Discovered the channel yesterday afternoon and have already binge-watched the entire Opel Manta resto. The level of skill and attention to detail is top-drawer. I've managed to maintain my old Renault Clio Sport myself, but if it ever needs fabrication work, I wouldn't hesitate to give you a call.

Wow, rhat was a lot of qork right there, qith so nany compkex pieces/shapes to fabricate from scratch....true craftsmanship & a pleasure to watch! 👍🔥👍

You make this look so easy making your own repair panels, makes me want to do my own on my mg midget, very inspirational!! Top work👍

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

You should :) 👍

Please... wear a mask when you're sanding that filler! This one takes me right back to the eighties :)

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

I did neal :) almost forgot though :)

Stunning.

Coming along nicely 👍👍

Looking good! Thanks for the videos guys.

Looking great, nice work.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Love watching your work, that opel is going to be cracking once it's finished, and what a great colour too!

Pure genius love watching you work!

Brilliant as always

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Luv the videos Steve,been watching since day one keep um coming,brilliant!!!had to laugh at about 27.47 into this video,I was there with my other half and shouted”come on ste we’res the mask”and then you stopped looked at the camera,then had a mask on and put your thumb up”…..other half was laughing so much,I had a good laugh to.Been doing a lot of welding work lately for family and friends…and with watching your channel over the years use the same stuff.Keep up the good work,very informative stuff my mate.Paul Lancashire👍😉

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Haha thank you :) beleive it or not when I started sanding with no mask all I could hear in my head was all our subscribers saying "Steve Mask" hence why it reminded me :) so you were right :)

@CampervanAdventures

10 ай бұрын

@@yorkshirecarrestoration lolol keep the videos coming my mate,your channel is going from strength to strength👍😉

Awesome work boys another amazing video

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Paul :)

Brill job as ever Steve,

These fellas do fantastic vlogs. I look forward to each video they do.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

And we appreciate your support :)

Really appreciate you thinking about keeping us minions happy😂😂 Gonna drop you an email about 2 projects for discussion. Cheers for the vlog guys!

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Haha its no probs at all Dave :)

Morning Steve. It’s just magical watching you fabricate those panels out of sheet metal and a sharpie lol 😆👏🏻👏🏻

Great video. You make this look too easy. Keep up the great work

Great work !

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :) 👍

Amigos, excelentes trabajos de calidad, insuperables...saludos desde MEXICO.

Excellent repair Steve. you make it look so so easy. Warmest regards from Ireland as always.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :) ah Ireland not too far :)

@GeorgeEI7KO

10 ай бұрын

I was over your direction 2 weeks ago. I was meeting up with some bike friends in Pickering@@yorkshirecarrestoration

Had a P reg coupe in the same colour back in the early 80’s with vinyl roof and sun roof.

You know it’s getting late in the day when Ryan turns up for his shift!

Great job as always guy 💯

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Richard :)

@richardmitchell2274

10 ай бұрын

No worries That is outstanding Steve and Ryan , gave that car another 20 years on the road now 👍💯

Good work! Greetings from the Netherlands.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you and hello the Netherlands :)

Another masterclass! PS Ace tunes again

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Haha thank you :) it is hard choosing music :)

brilliant job exhausting just watching you

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Haha thank you.

It's gratifying to see projects getting near the end

AWESOME VIDEO AS ALWAY'S and im really looking forward to bringing my Mk4 Astra Gsi to you guy's so you can see what you can do with it.

Always blown away by your ability to piece together multiple layers of body work that have just disappeared into dust. You use upol for weld through Dave who is building a MK 1 escort Mexico has been running a long term test on weld through & Halfords with its high zinc content seems to be the most resistant to the moist welsh climate

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Yes I have seen that thank you, upol seems to work well for me as it's harder to flash off, guess it's all down to what temp you weld at or how long you stay on the trigger :)

Looking good Steve! One question- if you are using fiberglass filler on the top side to cover pinholes, couldn't they rust out from behind if you don't use fiberglass filler on the bottom side of the arch also?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

We treat and protect everything from the inside as well with Waxoil etc. It's just protecting everything as much as you can from both sides. Can't do more than that :)

@jeffhammond8969

10 ай бұрын

@@yorkshirecarrestoration understand, I guess you just edited that part out in the video😁

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

@@jeffhammond8969 nope it hasnt been done yet , its after all the fab and paint is done, its the last thing after everything but just before a clean, and we don't edit anything out , we sometimes choose not to film stuff if we don't think anyone wants to see it, due to past viewing experience.

Thats artwork👌🌹

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Great work your definately the beez kneez , i would have liked to see the line join pressed in between the rear qtr and sill but thats just me a bodyman for 47 yrs . Get the bog out and shape it in lol.🤣

Super!👌

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Wonderful skills as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111

Brilliant work 👍🏻

I had a astra 92 k reg i welded and welded and welded it till it was eventually done it passed i nearly was blinded by the arc luckily all ok then 2 months after the bloody gearbox seized in reverse. 😢 Great bulletproof 1.7 isuzu in it though got 90 quid for it.😅

I love it and the colour . Top job being done . I bet the quality of the metal is better than the original .Which means it will last for years

Cheers from Guam USA. Great job as usual. 👍

Great work as always Steve 👍👍

Love this car. You’ve certainly worked your magic on it Steve ❤

Nice and fast work Steve👍🏻

I like the effort in returning it to its former glory. Looks great. I noticed you didn't put the seam in where the rocker and the rear quarter meet. Is there a reason you didn't build the inner rocker and lap the quarter over the top as it should be? More curiosity than anything. The car looks brilliant regardless.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Nope no reason.

Very good work. 👍

Amazing work. Out of interest, what settings do you use on your welder for this type of panel work?

Great work always looking forward to the next video 👍 your bead roller could do with having a wheel fitted instead of a crank handle, have seen someone else fit a steering wheel

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Thank you and yes we are currently looking at options to upgrade our dead roller atm :) 👍

@johngibson3837

10 ай бұрын

​@@yorkshirecarrestorationhey up mate that work was beautiful stand proud did wonder about no dust mask but then got the thumbs up, why two welders I realise different jobs please explain

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

@@johngibson3837 we have 4 welders its just whatever one is available at the time :)

@johngibson3837

10 ай бұрын

Thanks recon I have overthought a bit of time lapse

Brilliant workmanship as always on YCR

Steve, wish you would indicate some idea of the hours you have put into the work involved in these episodes. I know this does not take two minutes to do and I appreciate the awesome work you do. Keep up the great videos but please share the time involved as it would help us relate to what’s gone on 👍

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

If I get the time I will but it's all we can do making these videos as they are, me and Ryan are streched to the limit just getting g these videos out in the current format and still trying to keep them entertaining. Ryan is working 7 days a week and every hour he has free and editing one 20 min videos takes two days, even the royalty free music that feels right for the video takes hours to find. We are however always trying to improve our videos but it's a slow process as we are very limited on time :)

@deanso67

10 ай бұрын

@@yorkshirecarrestoration i appreciate the time that goes into it Steve, I don’t know how you do it all. It would just be nice for everyone to understand the hours involved as you watch a 20 min video and it’s like by magic all done and I know from doing bits myself it eats up hours. Appreciate all you do keeping us entertained and the craft and skill you have. Keep up the good work you’ve become my favourite channel, I could watch you for hours. Poor old Ryan it’s going to wreck himself if he keeps on at this rate…… but don’t stop him banging out the videos or I’ll get withdrawal symptoms if I’ve nothing to watch as I hardly ever watch normal tv anymore. Anyway thanks for all you do 👌

Why do you and Ryan knock off work so early? 😀 Brilliant work on the car and the video. I love watching these- Thank you

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

He can do more hours than me not but when I was younger I'd have given him a run for his money :)

You make it look soo easy…Makes me think I could do it…😊 You must be a great teacher.

Im no body man but ive seen body filler soak up moisture from cold sheet metal so i thought i would see etch primer before any filler go on to reduce future rust issues

Hello, I really like watching your video, can't I see the video of the finished work?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Yes this car will be painted as well and there will be a video of it. :) keep watching :)

I had a blue one of these , the wheels on this one aren’t the original ones if I remember correctly

Nice and fast work Steve. manta is cool

This is like an art, its a talent to be honest :D

Ha ha that’s gold I was just thinking as you started sanding down the arch out a mask on that dust fibre dust is really awful for your lungs… Then hey presto … not just a mask but goggles too! Love watching your work.

Very nice. But a question: Why don't you use rust preventive paint before you apply the glass-fiber?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

No need, water shouldn't be getting under there fibre glass and if it is no form of rust protection paint will ever stop it rusting. :) 👍

28.09: I usually resolve to hold my breath while sanding.

28:01 I was really getting worried there for a second, thank you for thinking of your health 🙏

Fantastic work as always from you all, I was just thinking where's the mask and you stopped and looked at the camera! 😂

what rechargeable light are you using?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

It's a snapon one :)

The quality and talent of yours and Ryan’s work is amazing. All i need to do now is find a project and rob a bank… thanks for sharing all your videos they make great viewing.

My favorite channel on youtube.

Hi ,new to the channel,you certainly look to be doing an incredible thorough job ,so why cover the number plate ?.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Because they are customers cas and some of them customers don't want number plates showing.

@neilsessions9744

10 ай бұрын

@@yorkshirecarrestoration AHH ok thanks for the clarification

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

@@neilsessions9744 no probs at all :)

If you grinded the welds back entirely flat and the gets hit where it was repaired would that wheel arch come off?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

No it wouldn't but it's always good to leave extra strength and it could produce pinholes depending on the level of the level of skill that is put into welding.

@jaggass

10 ай бұрын

I had a hair line cracked on a frame i welded and had to do it again but i think there wasn't enough penetration or my welder was too hot.

28:02 nice one - but it's the wrong mask tbh ... look after your lungs - love the videos - bizarrely therapeutic - love the music and lighting

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

I tried :) and thank you :) 👍

That manta is cool 😎

had one of these and got scrappy to take it away for no money around 1990 😭, it was Berlinetta SR also, pale blue. I never really understood the model-name 🤔 like could you get one that was just an SR or just a Berlinetta? 🤷‍♂

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

I don't really know, what I do know is they are mostly all made out of steel just a different shape :)

🤗👍👏👏👏

Watched a guy - Sylvester Customs - Steve - he does bodywork. I do bodywork all day every day same as you do - I've an Escort Mexico just finished for a customer - rust repairs. That Escort went out with bodywork straighter than George Clooney due to learnings from Sylvester Customs. I had it all primed - somewhere else is painting it - I painted one small bit to see how it would look. Absolute glass.. You'd like his videos - don't care how great anyone thinks they are, what they know, always be learning. I know you're a bright guy - check out a few of Travis's videos - the guy has different ideas to the usual. He can teach even old dogs new tricks that bring extra money to the table.

After watching all the great videos and amazing work that have gone into this Manta, I’m really hoping we get to see the car after paint….. please 🙏

Hi Steve. As usual the devil is in the details.

Normally Opels in the UK are labeled as Opels subsidiary Vauxhall. Why isn’t the Opel Manta a Vauxhall Manta though? Is that car from mainland Europe or Ireland?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

No idea I guess that's a question for others as I am more concerned with the metal the are made from :)

@rtid7538

10 ай бұрын

@Tobi-In9xr @yorkshirecarrestoration It's from the days where Vauxhall and Opel products were sold in the UK side by side. Some models didn't ever get a Vauxhall badge. It's probably a UK spec & registered car. There was a Vauxhall badged coupe version (with a slightly different front) - the Cavalier Sports Hatch. Superb work, and as always, a fascinating watch, by the way!

PLEASE...PLEASE...sort some proper PPE out for yourself and Ryan...and some basic dust extraction whist working. .those dust masks are usless.. I work with GRP and filler, so know a bit or two, and the dangers. Even a Henry with a decent filter is better than nothing...and think twice about using blowers it just moves it on for the next person to breath in !...Ryan is only young and has to spend the next Zillion years finishing the Z !........Rant over....really loving the show....CHEERS

Hey how things if someone was to pay for all expense for return trip to Australia to cut the rust out of and paint a car for me here in Australia there called a Holden Gemini i know that it's a Opel something over there they are a two door four cylinder 1.6

@Tobi-ln9xr

10 ай бұрын

It’s an Opel Kadett outside of Australia.

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Then that would be my first time in Australia so I'd jump at the chance haha :)

@richardschafer1911

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for that it needs a new boot/trunk floor drivers front floor any a couple of penny sized holes in both a pillars it will be probably six months ish and I'd like U and your lad to come as I'd like to launch a KZread channel at the same time I will contact you more direct is there a website I can get your email from oh and my name is Richard S just to let u know this is not a g up I am serious I'm trying to get it sorted to take to Australia's biggest car event Summernats in Canberra anyways I'll keep in touch

good job steve

Down Well done

I love watching your work but I do wish you take care of your eyes.

Do you not wear a welding mask?

@yorkshirecarrestoration

10 ай бұрын

Not when I'm just tacking panels on. When I'm seam welding like in the video I do.

@ronnie8752

10 ай бұрын

Ok thanks for the reply @@yorkshirecarrestoration

My old boss had one of these 3 L jobs. Not to bad of a car. I prefered the Capri 3 L instead. Even MG brought out a MBG GT 3 L but nobody could get insurance for them and British Leyland discontinued them I think.

You stopped at 9pm! What’s the world coming to Like the blue welding mask - youSHOULD wear it more often same for when rubbing

You're knees are not going to forgive you in older age my friend.