Was passing time on youtube and saw this neat video. The amount of thinking outside the box is impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96qlW8-vgYs
If you find a neat video vehicle related post it up for me to pass some time with.
Brad
I found this fun to watch - except for the damn commercials in the middle of it.
How about a $6000 factory paint job on your new NSX?
Sacrilege almost as bad as the 20B swapped FF5 Cobra I want to build... someday.
not a new idea.
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15114522/1973-chevrolet-corvette-4-rotor-experimental-car-archived-feature/
A new series of videos made by steveston motor company. Whether you think a vtec swap is cool or criminal, these guys do make good videos. (I posted the second in the series because the first is a short intro to the project without any actual work)
I do like these guys video's, they're not full of angst and stupidity, and they doo good work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4BTlB90D0&vl=en (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4BTlB90D0&vl=en)
Asembling a Rolls Royce Trent engine.
First engine I worked on was P&W JT4 Turbojet on B720. What a difference 60 years makes.
Bucket of bolts vs a work of art.
Quote from: tsumini on May 07, 2019, 09:45:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4BTlB90D0&vl=en (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4BTlB90D0&vl=en)
Asembling a Rolls Rouce Trent engine.
First engine I worked on was P&W JT4 Turbojet on B720. What a difference 60 years makes.
Bucket of bolts vs a work of art.
Very cool. It is only ever that clean and nice once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1WjLis7Yyw
Cross betwen 1969 Mustang and a Ford GT. Very cool. Amazing amount of work though.
not sure where everyone lands on the subject of the N600. I'm a fan, and this is pretty cool.
Love the ending "music"!
Quote from: Willie_B on June 23, 2019, 03:57:53 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1WjLis7Yyw
Cross betwen 1969 Mustang and a Ford GT. Very cool. Amazing amount of work though.
That is nuts, did they chop the top on the 69?
I think restomods are cool. Taking a classic style and improving everything about it that was lacking, power, brakes and handling.
Apparently, the track might've been
just a little bit slippery... but each driver thought he could handle it.
From this year's Goodwood, Mini Marcos battle with a Lotus starts at 2:30.
A mini-documentary (see what I did there?) on the history and the future of the Mini.
I listened with a critical ear, and unlike most news stories, I don't think they got any of their facts wrong.
I'm not sure I fully understand the context – something about stealing exam papers – but this tribute to the Italian Job is very well done. Somebody spent awful lot of time and effort on this .
Fun, I wonder whos "house" they were at?
I had not heard of these guys before. Looks like they're catering to California owners by only using older Minis in order to pass that state's draconian and stupid laws.
That's where Tiffany Holt got her new classic/vtec (in fact I think she bought the blue one with the flag on top in the video). I sat next to Tyler Gildred at the MMEMW in Snowmass last summer - he's a great guy but their cars are really spendy.
I think the Karmann Ghia coupe is one of the prettiest car designs ever. But with Beetle underpinnings it never was a true sports car.
Just add Porsche! And you can hit the autobahn at 260 kph! About 160 mph. :-\
It's an interesting build.
Had to widen the track just a smidge, didn't they? Fun stuff!
There is actually a lot you can still do to a KG with the more standard 4-cyl "bug" engine that will get outstanding performance without going "full Porsche" like they did.
Quote from: MiniDave on March 30, 2020, 03:25:16 PM
Had to widen the track just a smidge, didn't they? Fun stuff!
Yes, but the body looks pretty damn stock. They didn't go crazy with wheel arches or a spoiler or an air dam or anything like that. Sure, it is lowered and has wide wheels, but that's about it.
Great video! Am I the only on who thought about the ice and snow creating rust in that Mini when watching that? Love the ending credits with "thanks" to Sir Alec Issigonis. 4.gif
Where can I sign up. Let's do a winter CMU drive. Just no campgrounds.
So, we'll all stay in the Mercedes? :D
I thought the waiting for the tunnel door to open part was interesting.....
All you southerners will have to come way up north to find that kind of ice and snow......they used to run a big national scale rally in Missouri every February.
Holy Crap, there is a French version of Wheeler Dealers called......
Wheeler Dealers France! ;D
It's complete with a tall mop-headed mechanic - a French version of Edd China.
Sure, it's all in French, but the taking stuff apart and fixing it is the same in any language.
Interesting lift! 77.gif
Like Edd China, cleaning parts is not part of his motis operandi
Pretty cool race. No doubt there are some future F1 drivers in there.
What names do you think you will remember?
I think you're gonna like this one. I sure did.
I am always in awe of someone that can draw/paint. My mind just does not work that way. In this video Chip Foose draws an updated Jaguar E-Type coupe. I don't care for the final product. It is just how he can draw it all out and layer the drawing to show the details. Same when I see graffiti on passing trains cars. The colors and style and layers just boggles me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zue5wcYBB2A
Lots of Mini modification going on here. A bit of racing too.
Quote from: Willie_B on May 13, 2020, 06:54:26 PM
I am always in awe of someone that can draw/paint. My mind just does not work that way. In this video Chip Foose draws an updated Jaguar E-Type coupe. I don't care for the final product. It is just how he can draw it all out and layer the drawing to show the details. Same when I see graffiti on passing trains cars. The colors and style and layers just boggles me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zue5wcYBB2A
Chip is an amazing artist and I love watching him work, but I also didn't care for his final result....he said he was modernizing the car - bringing it up to date but all I saw was slammed to the ground with enormous wheels.The things he talked about - the exhaust for example - he wanted to cut out a section of the body and tuck the exhaust up into it - but that's where the spare tire is so that would eliminate most of that trunk area. Interesting that he moved the tail lights under the rear bumper - just like they did with the Series II cars but he used Series I lights. I appreciate his gifts, but this one just didn't work for me.
Whatever floats your Moke.
Interesting, I was looking for a hull under the Moke something like an Amphicar but it looks like it's more of a pontoon arrangement with a tunnel hull. I don't know that I would want to be as far offshore as they were in the vid!
I like the Salvage Hunters Classic Cars TV show. It's kind of like Wheeler Dealers but It focuses more on little cottage industry shops handling modifications to the cars they buy than the actual mechanical repair of them.
Here's one with a Mini Pickup.
Mike Brewer helps build a brand new Heritage Mini bodyshell.
Interesting right-side inner wing panel! I've never seen one like that before -
Maybe that's for cars with A/C?
Mini racing! Long video too!
Quote from: John Gervais on May 21, 2020, 05:09:01 PM
Interesting right-side inner wing panel! I've never seen one like that before -
Huh? The one shown at 4:40? Looks identical to the RH inner wing of my '88 Mini. One big hole for the big fresh air hose as it bends into under the under wing area up to the dash and a bracket welded on it to hang the washer fluid reservoir. I think it's typical for the Mk. V (post 1984) and later Minis.
I think he's talking about the vents, like for a radiator.....I seem to recall Jap spec ones being built like that. Or maybe MPi's since the rad is in the front, to give more airflow out from under the bonnet?
Actually, I think they did a left-right mirroring of the shell in the static logo shot. Those are actually the radiator side slots.
I had a 1991 Japanese spec Mini at one time (1275 SPI based) and the right side inner fender was the normal one. The fan for the a/c sat in the regular big hole for the fresh air intake for the heater on cars without a/c - no slots.
Quote from: MiniDave on May 22, 2020, 07:39:36 PM
I think he's talking about the vents, like for a radiator.....I seem to recall Jap spec ones being built like that. Or maybe MPi's since the rad is in the front, to give more airflow out from under the bonnet?
I'm not seeing what you guys are talking about. Can you point me to it? At what time stamp do you see vents in the RH inner wing?
It is in the still shot before you even start the video.
I think you're right that the pic is reversed, I see no mention of a right hand ventilated panel in any of the parts listings from either Spares or Someford.
Ah, thanks for explaining, I kept watching the video looking for a strange panel. Yes, I think that is a reversed still photo. The shirt in the photo has lettering reversed too.
That was a good watch. Definitely makes me want to choose Heritage panels for my car.
Quick question though - is the front badge on this Mini stock or owner creativity? I haven't seen it before.
Quote from: ADRay on May 23, 2020, 04:32:46 AM
That was a good watch. Definitely makes me want to choose Heritage panels for my car.
Quick question though - is the front badge on this Mini stock or owner creativity? I haven't seen it before.
Isn't that a boot lid badge (script)?
Quote from: ve9aa on May 23, 2020, 05:32:55 AM
Quote from: ADRay on May 23, 2020, 04:32:46 AM
That was a good watch. Definitely makes me want to choose Heritage panels for my car.
Quick question though - is the front badge on this Mini stock or owner creativity? I haven't seen it before.
Isn't that a boot lid badge (script)?
Yup. Absolutely. It's a boot badge for a Mk I from about 1962 (when they started officially calling them "Minis" up to the intro of the Mk II in late 1967).
Quote from: John Gervais on May 21, 2020, 05:09:01 PM
Interesting right-side inner wing panel! I've never seen one like that before -
Maybe the photo is flipped. The writing looks backwards, but can't tell for sure.
4 man crew coming back from Bulgaria last night/today. One guy filmed me landing in Baltimore apparently.
That was cool to watch. 4.gif
Approach sure was lumpy bumpy......
It was a little turbulent below 8000 today.
My receptionist (office Dori) and I just watched you at work. She said you have nice hands. ;D
Quote from: Jims5543 on May 27, 2020, 12:52:31 PM
My receptionist (office Dori) and I just watched you at work. She said you have nice hands. ;D
Man hands ;D
Quote from: 94touring on May 27, 2020, 01:28:10 PM
Quote from: Jims5543 on May 27, 2020, 12:52:31 PM
My receptionist (office Dori) and I just watched you at work. She said you have nice hands. ;D
Man hands ;D
She said they look soft, I think she wants you to touch her. Want me to ask?
Quote from: Jims5543 on May 27, 2020, 01:31:20 PM
Quote from: 94touring on May 27, 2020, 01:28:10 PM
Quote from: Jims5543 on May 27, 2020, 12:52:31 PM
My receptionist (office Dori) and I just watched you at work. She said you have nice hands. ;D
Man hands ;D
She said they look soft, I think she wants you to touch her. Want me to ask?
You gotta post pics of Dori first.
Wicked cool! 4.gif
You look rather relaxed and quite casual. Heck, it seemed you could have rolled down the window and had your arm resting on the sill.
Ever think of putting a piece of black tape over that pesky dashboard warning light?
Quote from: John Gervais on May 27, 2020, 03:28:45 PM
Wicked cool! 4.gif
You look rather relaxed and quite casual. Heck, it seemed you could have rolled down the window and had your arm resting on the sill.
Ever think of putting a piece of black tape over that pesky dashboard warning light?
I did open my window before leaving to reach out and clean bugs!
Classic coverage of racing in Australia in 1965. Minis racing with Cortinas and Studebakers (!).
A true race of "stock" cars - street tires, no modifications, and no rollbars either!
Quote from: 94touring on May 27, 2020, 01:54:04 PM
You gotta post pics of Dori first.
I don't know what is more funny, the comment about Dan's hands or this! LMAO!
I saw this exact car back in St Louis in the early 1980s - it was parked behind a repair shop. I knew back then what it was (from Rob Goulding's "Mini" book) and that it was kinda rare, but who coulda guessed these Mini beach cars would be crazy money now?
Hey, how about making a '60s Formula 1 inspired car out of an old Boxster? Pretty damn cool.
The engine sure sounded good! Sounded very much like an F1 car of the era.....wonder if he's going to build a body for it?
Quote from: MiniDave on August 20, 2020, 09:31:35 AM
The engine sure sounded good! Sounded very much like an F1 car of the era.....wonder if he's going to build a body for it?
It sounded epic. I think a body will be challenge, but it looks like the builder could handle it.
Ooh. Just found this follow-up video that explains a lot more about the build.
Those two were fun to watch. Thanks Bruce
This is insane. Watch at the 5:00 mark.
500 hp in a toothpick boat! 77.gif
The level of detail on this build is amazing. Everything looks "correct" to scale.
Imagine if a Mini was built like this.
Quote from: BruceK on August 22, 2020, 07:57:20 AM
This is insane. Watch at the 5:00 mark.
I like how calm the dude driving the boat is the whole time
Quote from: BruceK on August 30, 2020, 05:27:19 PM
The level of detail on this build is amazing. Everything looks "correct" to scale.
Imagine if a Mini was built like this.
Kind of like BMW did with the Mini, except they screwed it up.
A look at a white and black Mini (the best color combo! 4.gif ) driving around Japan. Nice heel and toe work too! No English subtitles on this video, but hey, nice cinematography.
I didn't think they sold MPI's in Japan?
At least it didn't have a distributor......so maybe an SPi/MPi mix, with SPi injection? I haven't looked at an MPi injector setup, so I don't know for sure what it looks like, but that looked like SPi to me.....but on MPi I think the injectors were right at the head, in the intake manifold rather than above the throttle body like an SPi?
That single lane concrete road in Indonesia with the Leyland Innocenti 1000 was interesting - as was the red/green color combo even carried thru the interior. I wonder if that was an aftermarket thing or Italian factory colors? Also, A/C on the Inno 1000? That was a surprise.
I think the white and red Mini in Indonesia probably came from Japan and was dressed up to look like an earlier Innocenti model. As you know the Japanese are as crazy about Minis as we are in really love customizing them and making them retro and unique.
As to what was available in Japan MPI / SPI, I think all years of Minis were always available in Japan up to the end in 2000 - many privately imported throughout the 1970s and 80s. It just became more of a formal import effort when Rover made extra efforts to add air conditioning to the cars in the 90s. The advent of air-conditioning in Minis was really done to cater to the needs of the Japanese market.
Somewhere I have a 1990s book from the "305 Club" in Japan. (305 referring to the Mini being 3.05 meters long). It has a lot of historical photos showing the Japanese embraced the Mini way back starting in the early 60s and raced and loved them since early days.
The Japanese spec Minis of the 1990's were always SPI. However, when the MPI came out in Europe , the Japanese spec Minis got the MPI block but remained SPI intake. They also retained the side mount radiator to allow for the a/c.
I don't recall an engine bay view of the Indonesian Mini to tell about the a/c. I did see a accessory fan clipped to the dash in front of the driver and thought that might be what the narrator was referring to as a/c.
I'll have to watch that video again to see.
Edit: Watching it again, there is an under-dash unit of some sort where the heater would normally be. There is not enough of an engine bay view to see the other a/c components. I do like how she uses a panel board to make a picnic table arrangement in the open boot.
Thanks Michael. I didn't know that about Japanese market Minis. Now I understand what Dave was referring to.
On the Indonesian car did you see the little diorama the owner set up on the rear parcel shelf?
I did see the diorama. I thought it was a nice touch.
Crew of 4 coming back from Europe today and the captains retirement flight. I recorded the water cannon salute.
That looks cool with all the light reflections too. Nice that his retirement is being recognized like that.
That must have taken a lot of work!
Much racing entertainment to be found below.
The Rich Rebuilds channel on YouTube, which has focused a lot on Rich learning how to deal with wrecked Teslas (and Tesla corporate) has now changed focus and Rich is looking at a classic Mini. Kinda funny to get a non-Mini person's take on things (apparently the doors on classic Minis are quite thin – amazing! ;D ).
It even has the Weber carb! I noticed he did not use the choke when they actually got it to start - probably not used to a manual choke.
It did act as though the carb had been re-jetted for the engine as it ran smoother than the Mini Van I had that came with a Weber installed (the one I changed back to an SU carb).
I wonder if that's an aluminum head or just painted silver?
It's also a Hydro car, and it's still "up" after sitting since 2012....for some reason I thought only the S had hydro. must be wrong....
LOL did two blocks and a u turn over and over. didn't get above 25 mph. didn't take a corner at 50. missed all the fun.
I didn't see him get out of 2nd gear lol.
Car's not registered or insured, so he stayed very close to home.
Quote from: MiniDave on October 04, 2020, 06:04:59 PM
I wonder if that's an aluminum head or just painted silver?
It's also a Hydro car, and it's still "up" after sitting since 2012....for some reason I thought only the S had hydro. must be wrong....
All Mini saloons had hydrolastic during its run. It was a big selling point - whether they were a plain Mini 850 or a Mini Cooper, or a Cooper S (or an Elf or Hornet too). But hydrolastic was never fitted to the long wheelbases (estates, Vans, Pickups), or Mokes.
https://9gag.com/gag/a5W5gjO (https://9gag.com/gag/a5W5gjO)
Quote from: tsumini on October 07, 2020, 06:52:17 PM
https://9gag.com/gag/a5W5gjO (https://9gag.com/gag/a5W5gjO)
Thanks for that, I just had breakfast..........
Did you hear in the short F2 clip where he called out LeClerc and Giovanazzi's names?
I prefer clips like these to seeing them wreck!
Quote from: BruceK on October 27, 2020, 06:31:29 AM
Some fun watching.
Definitely a couple of stained britches moments.
I posted elsewhere on the site about a full-size version of a model like this which just sold on BaT.
But this one is more table-sized.
Holy crap that's well done! I wonder if the £66,000 it sold for even comes close to what it cost to build that?
Rather than muck up other thread.
This is the Kyle Carpenter superbowl Ad.
This is Kyles Instragram, he explains it was 30 degrees out when he filmed the commercial. If you look close you can see him shaking from the cold. All the scenes with Kyle are filmed in Sylva NC in Jackson County where I used to have a house. Pretty cool to see that town featured.
https://www.instagram.com/chiksdigscars/
Here's a video that clearly explains how rotary engines work. In short, they get spinning really, really fast until the rotor just disappears and magic takes over.
We've all seen those terrible Matthew McConnahey Lincoln ads, here's a better one.....
No thanks. Looks like a sport for skinny people.
https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/10158042667728951
We may not like serving our robot overlords, but at least it will be entertaining watching them dance on our graves.
I could see a whole army of these rooting out terrorists, or going after murderers.....
But I was mostly impressed with how far Boston Dynamics has come with these and with Spot, the robot dog.
Hyundai must have thought it was worthwhile too, since they bought the company recently.
Quote from: MiniDave on December 29, 2020, 09:11:39 PM
I could see a whole army of these rooting out terrorists, or going after murderers.....
Oh, you think they will be used for good on
our side? Just as likely they could be used against us, or against anyone for that matter. The targets don't have to be 'bad guys' like terrorists or murderers. After all, China, for example, is developing 'super soldiers'.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/china-has-done-human-testing-create-biologically-enhanced-super-soldiers-n1249914
Sure, these are humans and not robots at all. But it illustrates the push for new tech to be used for military purposes. Same as it always was.
Cool video, it's pretty amazing what they can program a machine to do these days.
As to Bruce's comment, I'd say it's probably very likely to be used against us at some point in time. One only needs to look at the draconian measures taken in the hard lock down states with this power grab virus thing. People are arrested and jailed for things like tying to open their businesses so they can do such terrible things like feed their families, pay their utilities, etc... all the while those same states are letting people out of prison in droves.
It's all scare-mongering and I'm a little surprised you've fallen for it Bruce.
Big Bad Russia is no longer a threat (they work thru our political and on line systems instead, which to me is far worse.) so the military has to find another bad guy to "save" us from.
I don't buy any of it.
And my comments about rooting out terrorists were tongue in cheek, but I see I forgot the smiley at the end of my sentence, my bad.
Although it's clear that these could certainly be outfitted with guns or bombs and they'd be hard to stop.
I do wonder what Hyundai was looking for when they bought Boston Dynamics tho, and why our staunch 'mrica First, wall building, evangelical Christian Republican senators would allow a foreign company to buy a US defense contractor......
Let me remind everyone keep the politics off my forum. I let the covid thread go on for too long and will just start deleting full threads to save myself the time of weeding through comments. Things acceptable to discuss would be cars, hot women, alcohol, hot women, and man stuff like motor oil.
Quote from: 94touring on December 30, 2020, 09:50:55 AM
...Things acceptable to discuss would be cars, hot women, alcohol, hot women, and man stuff like motor oil.
Okie dokie.
See how easy that is!
Hyundai has always been pretty big into the tech side of things so it's not too surprising they would be interested in the robotics side of things. Japan would have been another likely suitor but they have been pretty independent in that area for quite some time already.
If I had to guess I would say they are probably looking at even more automation in the auto building industry. These types of robots could potentially be direct replacements for some of the things they still currently have humans performing that the current robotics just can't yet do.
The auto industry is already fairly well automated but these types of robots could potentially make it nearly 100% automated. I would guess the cost is still pretty high at this point, but they have to be getting a lot closer it becoming cost effective. They also have pretty ambitious plans for the driverless car market which I am sure plays into it as well.
What I'm curious about is whether Boston Dynamics will continue as an entity in the US, and whether they will carry on with developing android like robots? They have decided to go ahead and sell the Spot dog-like robots to the general public now - which is a reversal of their previous policy of only selling to military and police units.....
They have always had a unique perspective on their robot development, not going down the usual road of robot assemblers, self guided rolling carts and such and developing anthropomorphic robots, mostly under DARPA grants. So is Hyundai going to get access to all that technology or are they heading off into a new direction?
Tech - not political, Dan.
Maybe a hot girl robot is next? ;D ;D ;D
Yeah that will be interesting to see how it pans out, I am not all that familiar with Boston Dynamics short of they do all the cool "real" robot stuff, so can't provide much input there. I would have to assume all the stuff they have learned over the years as far as the autonomous stuff goes would port over pretty well into the autonomous driving arena. For a figure north of 1 billion dollars I would have to assume Hyundai expects to get access to at least most of that but who knows.
Hot girl robots might be cool....
Quote from: cstudep on December 30, 2020, 12:18:13 PM
Yeah that will be interesting to see how it pans out, I am not all that familiar with Boston Dynamics short of they do all the cool "real" robot stuff, so can't provide much input there. I would have to assume all the stuff they have learned over the years as far as the autonomous stuff goes would port over pretty well into the autonomous driving arena. For a figure north of 1 billion dollars I would have to assume Hyundai expects to get access to at least most of that but who knows.
Hot girl robots might be cool....
It seems to be a booming business.
https://www.rt.com/sport/484358-kazakh-bodybuilder-sex-doll-marriage-coronavirus/
Well now, that's certainly interesting LOL. Once married I wonder if she gets half his stuff if it doesn't work out?
This video was shared with me. Its a pretty cool look at one mans experience in WW2, he even has a beer named after him! These are the hero's we should look up to, and I do, as posted several video's back, Kyle Carpenter is also a hero of mine. He jumped on a grenade to save his fellow troops.
"The Prisoner" starring Patrick McGoohan has been airing daily recently on the tv channel CHCH (Ontario, Canada) station.
Here in NB we get it on Bell TV via satellite (ch 1057 1pm locally)(AST)
I am sure it must be airing elsewhere concurrently--do a search.
A bizarre SciFi/psych thriller/spy / technodrama, it can barely be described. A beautiful resort town in Wales is featured in every episode as well as the infamous Mini MOKES and other strange vehicles and electromechanical contraptions.
A few more episodes before this current run of 17(?) shows is over. Been many years since I've seen it (on the web) and I don't think I've seen them all. Ya snooze , ya lose !
Be seeing you...
Mini/MINI owner:
I tried to watch this series a couple of times and to me it was boring, nothing but talk....and those strange balloons and stuff.....
Maybe now that I'm *ahem* older, I'll have more patience with it.....I'll probably have to watch it on You Tube tho......
It's a car!
It's a boat!
It's a van!
It's an 850cc powered RV!
It's a 6-wheeler!
Crazy Mini.
Well that is certainly interesting.
guessing top speed somewhere in the range of 20mph flat out ;D
Yeah, it would be useful for B Roads only with that RV. Holding up a long line of cars behind it.
I noticed that one side seems to be permanently open, I wonder if there was a canvas or tarp or something that went over that.
Wow. Loved it. Especially the helicopter.
1965 Austin Cooper S. The S stands for shed.
I remember when Walowitz and Koothrapalli did this on the Big Bang Theory a few years ago, and now there's a studio locally that does it. I find the likenesses pretty realistic!
3D Printing headers out of Inconel Metal.
Now that is cool. I would love to have access to one of those 3d laser scanner things.
I am going to guess that entire process is probably not "reasonably priced".
Isn't this a drift car?
So all this money and tech to make a car that slides sideways and makes tire smoke? I never understood "Drifting" as a sport.....
But the technology sure is interesting.....
I was a little disappointed they still had to weld it all together, what's the advantage to doing the 3D print if they can do the same with a welded up from scratch version?
Still not quite Star Trek's replicator, but getting there..... 4.gif
Aside from the cool factor, I would guess the 3d printing method is a bit faster - start to finish.
Once you have a 3d model, it's a pretty simple process to 3d print it.
I don't know, it sounded like each piece was taking 24 hours, and there were a lot of pieces. And wasn't that why they made a second set the regular way?
Quote from: cstudep on January 28, 2021, 10:17:19 AM
Aside from the cool factor, I would guess the 3d printing method is a bit faster - start to finish.
Once you have a 3d model, it's a pretty simple process to 3d print it.
Definitely NOT faster. The process is certainly not at Star Trek replicator levels yet, but I see the main benefits being that you can make the individual parts like the collectors and the complicated bends all in one piece, and there is less welding overall. With improvements to the lasers and a larger printing platform, you could theoretically print out entire engine blocks and heads. It will be interesting to see how far they can take this tech.
By faster I mean the guy specifically working on the car. The time spent printing it was done by someone else, in the mean time the guy who might normally be working on creating that concoction...could be doing something else.
I guess I was thinking about it kind of like time spent at the machine shop. Ultimately it's time "on the project" I guess, but while your block is sitting at the machine shop for a month, your probably working on other things that you could not have been had you done all the machining yourself.
In the end it's still pretty neat either way, it's cool to see the technology of 3d printing advancing beyond just plastic stuff.
You know those horrible news stories about huge bus crashes overseas? I think I might know why.
Jiminy crickets!!! This is some crazy ass driving!
I'm never going to ride a bus in Bangladesh or Indonesia!
Yep, pretty ridiculous....but kinda fun too!
Could make it a mini transporter.
Quote from: Willie_B on March 07, 2021, 10:55:20 AM
Could make it a mini transporter.
Maybe this is what I need 8.gif
Did any of you guys watch that Indonesian/Bangladesh bus video I posted above?
Quote from: BruceK on March 07, 2021, 03:30:14 PM
Did any of you guys watch that Indonesian/Bangladesh bus video I posted above?
I just did. I wonder why they're in such a big hurry over there?
Quote from: BruceK on March 07, 2021, 03:30:14 PM
Did any of you guys watch that Indonesian/Bangladesh bus video I posted above?
I watched it shortly after you posted. I thought the Philippine bus drivers were bad when we lived there, but these guys seem worse.
Quote from: 94touring on March 07, 2021, 03:50:38 PM
Quote from: BruceK on March 07, 2021, 03:30:14 PM
Did any of you guys watch that Indonesian/Bangladesh bus video I posted above?
I just did. I wonder why they're in such a big hurry over there?
I dunno. Seems to be a competition among the bus drivers about who's going to get to the destinations first? Grudge matches?
Looked to me to be a competition to see who arrives at the scene of the accident first!
Fire breathing A-series fun. Jump to the 5:00 mark to see and hear it.
It's been at least a decade since these TV commercials first aired, but I still get a kick out of them.
"Say what. What? "
Edd China, everyone's favorite very tall mechanic, has started a new YouTube channel called Workshop Diaries. The first couple of episodes are out now. Seems like a lot of the familiar work he did on Wheeler Dealers.
There's also a Mini in the background of many shots that appears to have a very short roof. I wonder if we're going to learn about that car?
I think Episode 2 is out already too, maybe this should have it's own thread so we can follow them?
Good idea. I'll do it.
Yep, I clean every hole in an engine block before it goes to the jet wash, or before I assemble an engine. The problem with those sets he shows is that you need a much bigger set than he showed, and I need both metric and imperial sizes. I have saved some bolts that my students screwed up in class with one of those sets!
If I have bolts that I'm going to re-use first they get the threads cleaned on the bench grinder's fine wire brush, but most of the time I just use new bolts - the extra cost is just nothing compared to the time it takes to clean all these bolts, and I almost always use new nuts and washers. The only exceptions are specialty bolts that I can't buy new or that aren't readily available. There are a very few of those on a Mini engine or suspension and if I plan ahead I can even get those from Spares.
Idiots + water + cars + lack of mechanical understanding = predictable results.
hadn't heard of this until yesterday. 1:45 and 5:30
Wonder why they call it "grass" racing - they're on the dirt!
Second, these cars look to all be rear wheel drive? It looked like the Pup had the motor in the bed?
How do you say "flying toilet paper roll" in Italian? ;D
First use of the ducted fan principle? I wonder what the goal was, more efficiency, greater speed? But to what end as the design sure limits the rest of the functionality.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ua3fUzsUg&feature=emb_rel_end (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ua3fUzsUg&feature=emb_rel_end)
Yeah ducted fan. link discusses some of the pluses and miuses of the design.
Second, these cars look to all be rear wheel drive? It looked like the Pup had the motor in the bed?
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At about 1:45 there are a load of front wheel drive minis. So it appears like there are some front wheel drive classes at least. Looks like a load of fun though either way!
Not sure what's happening here, but it sure is wacky.
Suspension "torture" track being run by a three-wheeler in the Reliant Robin style configuration - single front wheel.
That sort of track is meant to be straddled (left wheels on one set of bumps and the right wheels on the other), which puts the single front wheel riding the common edge of all the bumps, throwing it all over the place.
A Mini video whose narration would definitely not be done today. I think they were trying to be clever and funny. Still, interesting to see how times have changed.
Here's a "Bugatti" undergoing the same torture test as that 3-wheeler.
At least the three-wheeler held together better than the "Bugatti" copy.
Some Mini pop culture history.
Something doesn't happen much anymore: A Mk I Mini actually seeing some weather.
I thought maybe someone would point out what I said about that video....
Quote from: BruceK on June 27, 2021, 02:18:53 PM
I thought maybe someone would point out what I said about that video....
Which thing? It's not a MKI or there is not much weather?
Not really a Mk I.
I didn't catch that till I saw the interior....what Mk was it?
It was fun to hear him talk about the trip he was going to take all over Europe, he made it sound like he was going to be in some unpaved areas, going north out of Greece.....
I have never seen one of these before....this guy always comes up with the most interesting stuff. No idea where he finds these things! No idea what the difference is between Japan black and a good coat of baked on RustyOleum.....
Quote from: MiniDave on June 27, 2021, 04:35:29 PM
I didn't catch that till I saw the interior....what Mk was it?
It was fun to hear him talk about the trip he was going to take all over Europe, he made it sound like he was going to be in some unpaved areas, going north out of Greece.....
It's a Mk III, but with a bit of Mk I exterior look. Interior is customized.
His YouTube channel all about his Mini is pretty good IMO. I subscribed to it. He really loves his Mini, and I look forward to following him posting videos on his upcoming lap of Europe.
Quote from: MiniDave on June 27, 2021, 04:35:29 PM
I didn't catch that till I saw the interior....what Mk was it?
It was fun to hear him talk about the trip he was going to take all over Europe, he made it sound like he was going to be in some unpaved areas, going north out of Greece.....
I sub'd too. I didn't realize they get snow in Greece, so that was cool.
I think it's a mKIII Mini, but made to look a bit like a MK I....so MK I-
ishI look forward to his trip.
I've watched every single one of this young womans videos the past 2-3 yrs.
98% of the time they are interesting and entertaining, though some of the early ones were rough-ish and not as polished
as the later (more recent) ones.
ITCHY BOOTS
She's a 30something from The Netherlands travelling the world by motorbike. Quite a bit different than other motovloggers.
Give her a chance. She's normally quite refreshing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIs9nkveW9WmYtsOcJBwTg
Quote from: ve9aa on June 30, 2021, 01:18:14 PM
I've watched every single one of this young womans videos the past 2-3 yrs.
98% of the time they are interesting and entertaining, though some of the early ones were rough-ish and not as polished
as the later (more recent) ones.
ITCHY BOOTS
She's a 30something from The Netherlands travelling the world by motorbike. Quite a bit different than other motovloggers.
Give her a chance. She's normally quite refreshing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIs9nkveW9WmYtsOcJBwTg
I agree totally! Her videos are excellent. I have been watching Noraly since the beginning of her travels back in India, some 4 motorcycles and maybe a hundred countries ago. But it's not really about motorcycles, it's about following along with her as she explores the world. Her attitude is remarkable: positive and honest.
And the visuals in her videos are just stunning. Currently she is Namibia, having toured around South Africa for about 3 months, and I think her videos there broke everyone's preconceived notions about that country.
That "Dumb" trip on the minibike is just crazy. I don't care how much I liked the movie, there's no way I would do more than a mile in that thing.
Quite a big undertaking especially as a Woman, my hats off to her.
This is a beautifully done video on the Lexus LFA, worth the time investment to watch and gain a new knowledge and respect for what they did.....
Still believe this will be the next unicorn car. You can still find these next to new for last I looked around $400k. Some day people are going to realize how special this car was and believe prices will skyrocket.
The sad thing is that Toyota has the technology to build this but chose to reskin a BMW to recreate one of the most iconic Japanese sports cars in the Supra.
interesting discussion on how the F1 mass damper or inerters work......and why they will be banned for 2022.
Interesting perspective on the classic Mini from some of the younger generation
Quote from: MiniDave on December 01, 2021, 04:03:53 PM
Interesting perspective on the classic Mini from some of the younger generation
Hmmmm. I'm only about 18 seconds into the video and I've heard a major error. I guess math is hard. "... a production run of just over 50 years". Huh? So, was it 1949 to 2000? Or 1959 to 2010? Yeah right. I stopped the video there. I may try to watch again later.
Yes, there will be more......which is part of the reason I posted it. It's interesting to me to see the perspective of some young guys. They make a REALLY big deal about it being right hand drive, like that is an experience they just can't imagine, and that it is SO unique and problematic.....since it involves adjusting where the car sits in the lane and you have to shift with your left hand (OMG!!!!!!)
If the first guy was chugging up hill in 3rd gear at 35 mph, no wonder the thing felt like a slug.
The second car is an ERA, turbo charged and since it makes 3 times the power of the 998 (?) it was a lot more fun to drive.
But like I said, interesting to hear the impressions of the younger generation on some of this old tech......
#1 question is about driving on right side. Mostly the is it legal one. Best thing I get from the young crowd is they think my breather is my intake cause most have no idea what a carburetor is, let alone an SU one.
Surprised young ones even know how to drive a stick. Lol. Shifting left handed is easy, it was weird steering right handed.
A Mini tour of part of Hammond's new shop.
If you watch nothing else, just watch the first 30 seconds to watch a Mini make a grown man giggle like a little girl.
Interesting WWII training film on submarine diesels of all sorts, 2 stroke, 4 stroke, opposed piston etc.
Sure looked like more than 40 miles to me - you don't kill a rod bearing THAT badly in 40 miles unless you have zero oil pressure - in which case the main bearing part of the crank would have been blue.
I'm sure Austin Powers could learn a thing our two from this driver.
I didn't count - how many point turn was that? 8.gif
It's a 300-horsepower power, under 1,600 lbs, Tesla-powered classic Mini!
Looks fantastic.
I watched that last night after googling ev classic minis. Way better than the anemic 100 mile range one out on the market.
I am not a big fan of converting classics to be but this one looks well executed the only negative being the torque steer but you have to expect that with the hp figures and fwd.
This is one video from a whole series (ten episodes I think) on the build of this Mk I Mini Cooper model. Very skilled maker who really knows the Mini and adds so many details beyond what just comes in the kit itself.
So based upon all the engineering, prototyping, and fabricating done on that 300 hp Mini above, a kit to electrify your classic Mini has been developed.
Wonder what a turn key car from Gildred Racing will run? Their current 500hp rear drive V-6 engined cars start about $150K I think......
The talk about making them reversible seems pointless to me, who would bother putting a gas motor back in? And who would convert a "priceless" Cooper S to electric in the first place when there are so many later model cars?
With that said, it seems a no brainer to make this a rear drive car and eliminate the torque steer and other issues.
This video shows some very, very nice Minis at a show in the UK
But your really should check out the extremely unusual alternative engine at 7:18.
Attack of the vent windows! It's quarter light mania!!
Where those ever factory installed on UK cars? If not that's a lot of door importing from Australia.
Quote from: gr8kornholio on April 27, 2022, 04:17:05 PM
Where those ever factory installed on UK cars? If not that's a lot of door importing from Australia.
Why all those Australian doors? That's because that second video I posted today is from a Mini show which happened in Oz! ;D
I didn't care for the filming in the Brit video. It showed more of the floor than the Minis.
But what about the Harley Davidson V-twin powered Mini?
I noticed a distinct lack of Mokes in the video of the Aussie show - I glimpsed only one yellow Moke in the background as the person walked around.
I did also glimpse a Broadspeed GT looking Mini in the background at one point as well as the Mini Marcos GT.
Quote from: BruceK on April 28, 2022, 05:47:03 AM
But what about the Harley Davidson V-twin powered Mini?
I spoke with the owner of the Harley V twin engined van at the IMM 60 in Bristol UK a few years back.
IIRC he told me he used an Alfa axle as it is rwd. When I asked him how it performed he basically said he had a hard time getting the clutch right and there was a lack of torque with the Harley engine and he led me to believe it did not perform as well as expected.
To me the amazing part about this Mini was not the before/after comparison, but the fact that this is a daily driver Mini, 40 years old, that lives in the UK near the coast and it's in pretty darn good shape!
You can tell the owner really loves her car.
It must live in a garage or shed to be that rust free.... 77.gif
I was wondering how it didn't have any rust but she drove it all over.
Anybody else watching the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed livestreams? I'm really enjoying seeing so many different types of cars running. There's everything from ancient Grand Prix cars to Baja trophy trucks to experimental electric cars to Ferraris to old rally cars to Le Mans racecars to Ford Raptor pickup trucks and more running up that hill.
Here's one of the numerous videos of this year's festival Oh, some of these livestreams are 7 or more hours long, so I'm watching therm on YouTube on my living room TV and just fast-forwarding to parts I wanna see.
Interesting video. If that 9X had replaced the Mini I don't think anyone would fall in love with it like people do with the classic Mini. It would have been just an automotive appliance.
Well, the Mini was originally supposed to be "just an automotive appliance".
Fate decided otherwise and the Mini became so much more than an appliance.
Edd China, of Wheeler Dealers fame, tackles some some regular Mini maintenance items on his Mini-based Outspan Orange car. It's a nice refresher video if you haven't performed these maintenance items lately.
I'm guessing he was bumping the starter instead of rolling the car in fourth gear to adjust the valves because they didn't want to change the camera setup?
That and it was up on the lift?
The timing thing was confusing.....22* @ 5000 rpm? I wonder if that was plus 10* static or something, cause I normally set mine at about 32* at 5K.
At least he got the order right - valves, then timing and carb last.
I'll bet he doesn't drive that thing over 50 mph, it looks like the chassis is about 1/2 the length of a regular Mini!
Did anyone else notice that the carb on the Outspan Orange appears to be turned around 180* with a gooseneck between the carb and the intake?
I think this short video may sum up driving a Mini in the rain.
Ha! :-\
What made me laugh was that the wiper dropped forward onto the edge of the bonnet and stayed there - did not fly off the car.
I've had a windshield wiper quit and walk out when it was needed most before - just like in the video. That's what cracked me up. Of course it really increased the performance of the remaining wiper as the wiper motor only had to expend half the effort.
Mine are brand new and act like that. Turned on quick for the inspection and all kinds of wiper crazy happened.
Quote from: MPlayle on September 09, 2022, 03:42:06 PM
What made me laugh was that the wiper dropped forward onto the edge of the bonnet and stayed there - did not fly off the car.
I've literally had that happen lol
What they do in Switzerland - in the rain!
What a great variety of cars! I think that DeTomaso P72 sure is tasty. Looks fantastic and sounds incredible.
This weekend Don and I went down to the new Ozarks International (?) Racetrack to watch the vintage cars run. I did not have the turnout I was expecting - usually there are at least 200 cars at one of these, some tracks have way more than that even - but holee crap what a cool track this is!
We got to take some laps at lunch time and wow what a cool track this is. I really wish I would have had my in car cam with me, but the vids I've seen on You Tube don't really show just how steep these elevation changes are.
this track has it all, tight turns, long sweepers, roller coaster sections, on camber, off camber, hairpins - you name it.
This short vid is only to show that you can watch 4 sections of the track from one spot!
It's the only vid I took all weekend, if I find some of the ones that were taken by our "group" in car, I'll post the links here.
This video in a Porsche probably gives the best view of just how steep and roller coastery this track is - I SO want to run this in a classic Mini!
Here is a live stream from Laguna Seca
Mini vs Mustangs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=363hyI5fdd8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=363hyI5fdd8)
Now that is is not live, it looks like the link goes to the whole day.
Minis and Mustangs are the last hour
Who knew they had power windows in Minis in the 1970's or 80's, eh? 71.gif
Me likey ! 4.gif
Wonder what he used for motors. Seems like they're even strong enough to snap/lock them shut. :D
From the shop in Japan that has the bulkhead plate and ball joints.
https://classicminisjapan.com/products/electrics/rear-quarter-window-electric-kit/
$335 plus shipping. Cool but I can just reach back.
Mini factory build video. But unlike other early 1960s Mini build footage you may have seen, this shows how later model Minis were being built at Longbridge in the mid-1990s.
Ran across this incredible functioning relay computer from the early 1950's Japan. For an enginerd like me this stuff is fun to watch!
Definitely a major brown pants moment! Not sure how traction was lost, but holy crap that Mini did some fancy moves. Anyone know whose Mini that was?
A side note: How can you witness that event unfolding in front of you on the road and not say a word? I mean I understand being stoic but that's just crazy. Personally, I'm A LOT more vocal than that. If I stub my toe, within a nanosecond I immediately express my surprise and thoughts quite out loud using lots of colorful descriptive language! I would be providing play by play on the Mini spinout on my dashcam!
That's how I enter all highways :steeringwheel:
I saw this vid the other day on facebook or something and someone said black ice, but I didn't see any snow around. Maybe temps were below freezing though. The roads were wet looking.
Wow, good thing the other cars had the traction to slow down.
The way it just breaks loose you have to feel there was something on the road that caused the loss of traction. Could have removed the audio.
The owner of the car posted in a thread on GRM, he says it's a 300 hp Honda mounted in the back, and that he hit a small patch of water right when the Vtec kicked in, once it went around he was just along for the ride!
That and I'm sure he went straight to a store to get some new pants!
Video coverage of the 2023 Goodwood Revival races are showing up on YouTube now. Many livestreams.
Incredible old racing cars, including Minis! Hours and hours of coverage.