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As a life long car lover, I would love the car to death, but I am 72 and would never have the funds to buy it. Mike Fifer , Las Cruces NM

I bought right handed aviation snips to cut some thin gauged steel because I didn’t know any better. Walked away with messy edges, frustration and bandaids. Thank you for showing me the beauty of tin snips, Mr. Covell.

I've been searching for an hour to understand exactly how left/right handed snips function and from this video it finally makes perfect sense. One of the two blades is always the waste side and one is the good side. As for left/right labels, whether the waste blade is left or right depends entirely on what angle are looking at the snips. But we call one left-handed and one right-handed just as a convention to distinguish them as chiral objects. It's not that the snips magically can only bend the metal only on one side. In fact depending on the precise angle you hold the tool it will bend both sides in varying amounts. The key point is that when you hold the tool at a good angle you can have three nice things happening all at once: 1) you 'zero out' the deformation on the good side so it is straight, and 2) the good side will miss the pivot even though it is straight 3) the waste-side metal will deform and move away from the pivot. So not only does the right tool angle give you a clean cut but you won't have to fight the material as you push the tool deeper in the cut. All the funky bends and curves in the tin snips are carefully put there to let you get great results but you need good technique.

I had a droor full of Rod and Custom, Hot Rod , Car Craft, Custom Rodder and other car magazines by the time i was 13 or younger, i am 57 now and remember seeing your work and the cars it inspired in many of them. Thank you for bringing back fond memories of the legendary cars and builders of the past sir.

Wow ,,, forty years on and its still bang up to date , so clean and so fresh , I hope it goes to a great home.

Thank you 🌹👍

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Magnificent work Ron! I appreciate your teaching style and thorough description of the tools and process.

Beautiful work and great explanation Ron!

Thanks again, Looks really good still. Fred

What an absolutely fantastic piece, thanks for sharing!

Have you contacted Bruce Canepa?

Yes ron that is probably the best proportioned roadsters youve ever built

Hello Ron, where is part 1 & 2 please

Someone tell Jay Leno about this

Can I ask how much it cost the first owner to build this thing?

Very nice Ron! 👌 she's a beauty!

Hello Ron, there is a camper dealership named Terry Town in Grand Rapids Michigan that has an incredible car museum made into it. He buys rare, exotic and expesive cars all the time. Its nothing to him to spend a million at an auction once a month or so. You should give them a call. Your car looks amazing too by the way.

Greets from Finland. That's beautiful craftsmanship there. I sincerely hope it gets good home in some public location. I very much dislike rich people buying very special vehicles to their private collections. It would be nice for mere mortals to see vehicles like this in person to marvel them.

I remember the car in the magazines! This car is wonderful!

At 4:11 I see one pedal. It's beautiful just like the rest of the car. But where's the brake or accelerator pedal ? One of them is missing.

🇬🇧 That is one beautiful work of art. I only wish I was 50 years younger and had loads of money.

Wow, if only... Such a beautiful example of engineering and craftsmanship.

That is beautiful. Sadly a bit too far for me.

It's so very sweet, love the details. Hope you find a good buyer that honors your wishes and shows it to the people. Cheers Ron, very nice indeed. 👍💪✌

As much as this is an ad it is more of an adoption call too. Master Ron, keep em coming (the project reviews not the sales if it can be helped OFC)

This vehicle is a witness of years of accumulated experience, engineering, skills and fine craftsmanship. The brain and body outcome of Ron Covell. Thanks for sharing Ron

Stunning art, Ron.

Nice work Mr Covell

There are ashes and rare but shining diamonds. Ron and his work will go into history as one of those rare nartural (not synthetic) diamonds.

That is one sweet looking ride. Ever thought of doing it for a living?? Seriously Ron, that is gorgeous.

It is an amazing work of art Ron, well done!

Incredible.

Covell is one of the only people that could put an ad on youtube and have me watch it voluntarily.

You should be getting a call from the Peterson soon.

Ron... Nice Car!! You really do beautiful work!

Simply incredible work. Your skills are amazing!

A work of pure art and genius. Mr Cover, you are a national treasure!

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I like this car

Wish I wasn't poor I'd love to own a car I grew up seeing in the magazines. Total work of art! 👍👍

I would love to buy that much awesomeness but sadly I can't come up with the 2.8 trillion asking price... 😉👍 Ford power baby, worth every penny! ✝️🇺🇲💪

"Mechanics Special, Old Man Driven only on Sundays. Don't low ball me buddy, I know what I got!" 🤣

Gosh I wish I could afford something like this! What a piece of history!

Sweet!

This work of art leaves me without words… Awesomeness Extreme!

wow a very beautiful car!!!

Typical Ron Covell, rolling art. I would love for Speedway to add it to their museum. They display their cars, but some also get driven and taken to shows.