Matt, I always think back to when you were so frustrated filling all the rust holes, how you struggled and how you worked through everything, seriously well done. You’ve coupled that with taking us along as you actually enjoy using it, it’s very cool to see and to take part in from our homes! Great job brother, a brilliant effort in every respect!

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, yes it was a bit of a slog.

@ronwhittaker6317

2 жыл бұрын

your among the best bubby the build touched me for real

My word that thing takes the bends so well and just seems to pull out of the corners with real guts! Looks like it’s great fun to drive. Fantastic credit to you Matt.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@markholroyde9412

2 жыл бұрын

It should do, its an all out race car with no interior and weighs nothing. LOL

A bloody beautiful car you built, mate. An absolute gem that you can play with. Awesomeness. Only thing I would've done is add a turbo for a bit more phooaaaarww when you want to Knight Rider the M3s etc😁 Much respect from 🇿🇦

Christ! Them old side-valves are faster than I remember. Recon he's got a special air filter or something.

Nice track, superb build!

You created a beast of a car with the Mongrel. A real old school racer.

Loving this Matt, felt like in car footage of old school touring car racing! Nice to see you enjoying the fruits of your labour too!💪🏻

Nice driving Matt. The Mongrel sticks like glue to the track, very good cornering. The M3 out accelerates you on the straights and so it should because it has a huge engine by comparison, but you can out-stick him in the corners. Ditto for the Yaris. because of its turbo. Nothing to be ashamed of there mate, that's for sure!

@fredericrike5974

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking there was a license plate on the back of the Yaris? For an MOT compliant car that thing was pretty quick! Matt is shaping up to fully make the Mongrel fly! FR

@sash328

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they say that the Yaris GR is the new Lancia Delta Integrale :)

Glad to see you out and running so well after your restoration and fabrication. It looks, sounds and runs and handles well.

Wow, thanks for that. My first car was a ford pop like this but with a three speed and a side valve. It was a 1952 and I was 11. we chopped it about a bit too. loved that old car.

The fact that you have the cornerspeed to keep up with those two is an outrage - well driven and what a fantastic machine :)

Watched every episode of Mongel build...would love to have it on Xbox Forza...great job !

Love Cadwell Park, went around it a few times on a trip to the UK from Australia. I always tell people back here what an absolute awesome track it is.

That’s a very nice looking track. I was having a days of thunder flashback when you came up on all that white smoke!!

Wicked I love the sound of it on song. Fair trek out for a track day only ever watched BSB but looks awesome in a car 👍 top job Matt

Great choice of track - I love Cadwell, had many a race there. Usually ended up in the scenery or on fire, but such a gorgeous circuit. 6:17 - next job, make a Ferrari-style gate for the gear stick 😁👍

that took me back to the 70s and racing my sidecar at Cadwell, you did a great job building the car

Brilliant Matt. I've just binged the whole Playlist, All 97 videos at the last count. You certainly have some great engineering skills and your perseverance in the face of adversity is admirable. Things we have in common: I had a 100E in the '60s; I worked at Cadwell Park on several occasions in the '70s; I was a centre lathe turner on a lathe identical to yours in the '90s. Keep the videos coming. They're very informative.

Such a great project, quick and well balanced and beautifully built. All round just dead impressive. I hope you really enjoy it.

Bravo Urch, what a drive sticks like velcro in the corners and passes like the wind!

After watching your highs and lows of the whole mongrel build, it’s fantastic to see a first class end product, much respect to you. Great driving too 👍👍👍

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Darren

Looks like a great day. I had a bit of an off there in 2003 - still can't remember it. Great circuit - the mini Nürburgring...

You find a good line most of the time and your breaking isn't too bad, well done that man.

Now that was ace.. Awesome driving too. My Dad raced hill climbing back in the 70's ,driving a red 60-61 Ford Anglia with a super charger, Harewood mostly and some over sea too. keep up the great racing...

Talented- Metal master- patient & polite..wow..you set a mighty high bar 🎈

Matt, your cars are proper Artisan pieces of art....but,BUT!!!!! When you take them on track, they are 1st class bloody flying machines!!!! Big salute to you Matt, thanks for sharing your skills on here. And man you can drive too!!!

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Mate! It's great to see you putting your hard work to the test 👍 Legendary track, lucky boy!

You are as good in driving as you are in mechanics ! Respect !

Nice tidy lap Matt. Well done :) Suits the Mongrel perfectly. When I was 16/17 my 'home' every weekend, as I lived at Ulceby 10 miles away. Where my love of F1 Stock Cars was born. I have driven the whole track, but not in 1 go, and mainly in my road car.

I have been watching this bad ass little car since you started building it. Love the way it turned out great job.

Wow! What a tricky circuit. The little Mongrel is on rails. Great driving. Must have been loads of fun. 😊✔👍

Dude, that's a kickass little ride! We saw how you put her together, on another level man!!! Great job!!!

Loved Caldwell when I went. Extra special in a car you built. Well done!!

Great stuff Matt, that gnarly Cadwell track (where I usually watch bike racing) was the perfect home for the mongrel....So much faster around the Mountain and Hairpin areas than anyone else!... Thought that bloody Toyota was never going to get out of the way!! 😄👌

Matt all that hard work has paid off glad you are getting to enjoy it great job.

Looking pretty well sorted and predictable. Thankyou for the ride along, very enjoyable.

Flying mushy pea, certainly keep up with those two in the twisties, just their extra grunt to pull away on the straights. Good to see you having fun with it.👍

@petelattimer6808

2 жыл бұрын

true BUT if those are the daily drivers of the owners, you dont know if theyre pushing to the limit or not, plus theres also the fact that the mushy pea is set up solely for track use (suspension etc) whereas those 'dailies' are probably set up as they left the factory.

@clivewilliams1406

2 жыл бұрын

@@petelattimer6808 Not only that but the mushy pea must have a better power to weight ratio than the other vehicles. The lightness of the vehicle certainly must help in the corners. The real test would be against other similar track orientated machinery in a Clubman's race.

@billgaytes6845

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like mushy pea could do with a couple more horses as that M3 just has the legs on him.

@clivewilliams1406

2 жыл бұрын

@@billgaytes6845 The mongrel ought to have a similar power to weight ration as the M3 but being lighter will be more nimble through the bends especially as it has MX5 underpinnings and should be more torsionally stiff with the roll cage that should assist the handling. Maybe its the human interfaces that are different?

Yes, it's great to see you out on the track after all the work you put into the Mongrel

OMG .. All the hard work, sweat, tears, frustration, dedication and skill was worth it !! That looks like so much fun !!! WTG !!

Wow, driving through the smoke was like flying IFR or through IMC without instruments. Amazing driving Matt!

Pretty decent lap time my good man 💪 wee bit more power and them inclines will be a doddle👍 thanks for sharing the video of Your time at cadwell 🙏

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Awesome! great lap and great build. I wish I found your channel ealier! Greetings from Paris, France

Sooo good to watch The Mushy Pea in action.. all those hours of effort .. brilliant to watch and it has been a really enjoyable journey.. I wear the T with pride !!

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark

Top job on the car, and a top gun behind the wheel...wowsers...😳

Great car and really good cornering. Thanksmatt from Grmany. 👋

I put a lotus Cortina engine matched with an escort box in one of those, with Cortina 315 front struts to give me the disks and an escort rear end. Man, that car could fly. Good to see you are having fun.

Terrific driving skills on a fantastic circuit. Well done.

My favorite track. Thanks for the reminiscences!!

What a machine!! To think how far you have come with the mongrel Matt is amazing.. I reckon had you of got past the 46 and the GR you’d have pulled a gap on them.

Una puesta en marcha sobre la pista genial, a quedado niquelado, un abrazo compañero desde la Comarca de la Verá.

Que gran trabajo , me gusto mucho la manera de reparar el auto , excelente trabajo de carrocería y adaptación del chasis, buen tiempo en tu vuelta , saludos desde México

That was brilliant to watch. Great driving skills keeping the mushy pea on song like that. 👍

That looks like a fun circuit!

Spent many a happy hour at Cadwell, less tan 10 minutes from my house, great video!!

fabuloso ,man and machine in perfect harmony . Truly awesome machine you have created .

What a terrific little race car and driven like it should be! Great vid mate

Fantastic driver skills and also great footage. My old man used to race Cadwell park regularly on bikes. Still, if you're in a car or on a bike, it's the same skills. Fair credit to all featured :) Ok, so I just watched the whole video....that last lap when he had an open run....phewwww! Man and machine in harmony. I'm going to ask my dad what his fastest lap was....will post ^^

Mushy pea is a weapon! Specially with Matt Sena on board! 😉Great stuff mate 👍🏼

@mrwolsy3696

2 жыл бұрын

Mushy pea rules!

I like the ashtray retention, an important detail.

you got it flying in the corners, wow, nice job

1. this guy definitely knows what he's doing. 2. what an amazing track!

Great video, and I don’t passenger well so top marks there lol 😂 looks like a very good track !

Great vid Matt. Keep up the good work!

Great driving Matt, car is handling well and sounding excellent!!

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

Ahh... the sweet song of the Mongrel! Bit of a handful on cold tyres though ;)

Thst looks like an interesting circuit, thanks!! The car certainly isn't bad either!!

That was a great watch, love the car and a great drive well done.

Impressive for something built in your workshop as held its own against M3 and The Yarris

Looks like you’re having a blast. Good for you man 👊

Man, what a track...like a crossbreed of Nürburgring and a cart track... 8-0 Great driving and great car, all work and frustration pays off now! Thx for showing! :-D

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Brilliant driving skills and mongrel is a killer on the bends. Above average day out.

10/10 Awesome video bro. By looking at the race, M3 and Yaris both have decent raw power pulling away from straight line or corners. It got be the torque.

Absolutely brilliant.... I'll bet you surprised those two. It may be supercharger time..... Then again it might take all the fun out of it..... Knowing what miata's handle and go like....I'd leave it just as it is and enjoy.....

That is a well respectable time, nice one Matt, it's punching well above it's weight, and it looks like it handles really nicely, turns in well, accelerates out well, all in all, a good job well done matey. Pat yourself on the back.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark

@Sennaxm71

2 жыл бұрын

@@Urchfab I always thought that if someone deserves credit, then don't be afraid to give credit when it's due ;)

...my man...that Yellow BMW was hellfire.

that looks like more fun than a person should be allowed to have LOL thanks for the videos

HA - was that left hand reaching for another gear on some occasions? MORE power - MORE speed - soooooooooooooooon. Fun to watch the finished project at speed. Have a safe and nice day all. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a habit of doing that.

What a great car, you did a great job building it . You need to make it a killer car. Put in a Mazda Rotary engine, Lighte, enormous power for such a tiny motor, pulling 10,000 Rpm no problem. You'll scare everybody. Congratulations mate, JOB WELL DONE.

Looked like you had a lot of fun Matt. You have worked so hard on putting the car together I've enjoyed all the videos on the Mongrel. It's a shame I would of pop up to watch as I'm only down the road from the circuit. From Richard

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

I will mention it in advance next time I go mate.

This track terrifies me. 20 years ago I'd would have gone for it, but these days I'm going to have to insist on a a bit more track and a whole lot more of a run off..!! Tidy driving, fella, tidy driving...

Excellent! I'd love to know / see what's under the bonnet.

Onboard camera shots top notch...😎❤️

That hot lap was a great ride!!!

What a cracking wee bus, Love it mate

Awesome as always loved it Matt great job, 2005 BMW M3 E46 Replica thats what I drive 440 RWHP love ya channel mate cheers 🍻🍻KC Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🤝🇬🇧🇬🇧😎🙂👍

The video that gotn me watching the whole build. Many thanks, Matt, you've cheered me up through my last doses of chemo.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear Michael, hope you're feeling better.

@anypoxynames

2 жыл бұрын

@@Urchfab Thank you. Are there any vids on theb bobber.

MX5s have a great chassis and handling. Mine can keep up with a lot of high powered cars around the bends at knockhill but like the mongrel lacks the power and straight line speed. Adding a turbo made a huge difference and the car is probably more capable than my driving skills

Nice one bud, car seemed to be well suited to the track, good vid

well done, sticks like glue in corners, you madly accelerating and the others have been braking for ages. so much hard work now you can reap the rewards

Impressive, you've done an excellent job.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I owned one of these with a side valve engine in it. Yours is much quicker. lol Enjoyed riding along with you.

Looking good. Driving well. The car sounds good, nice torque. Work on that 4th to 3rd shift a bit, maybe it was 5 to4th. Great video.

Just brilliant to watch, keeping up with that M3 and chasing down the Yaris! (Was that James from Driftworks?) Love it

Well done Matt great driving and a good time the others must be angry being beaten by a 100e all that hard work is paying off 😊👍

wish id known you were at Cadwell i would have come it,s quite local to me and my favorite circuit to view Mainly Historic motor cycle racing

Great stuff... I bet you loved that👍🇬🇧

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

I did

Perfect 👌 and a nice bit of driving there 👍

Hat's off to you mate, you built that rusty old car, and now racing it and having fun,Well Done.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Pete

From Serious Stages to serious racer. Well done Matt.

@Urchfab

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate

@roddas26

2 жыл бұрын

@@Urchfab do you know who it is Matt?

Fantastic little Beast of a motor 👍