I watch your videos the same way each time: You reveal the rusted horror beneath the panels, I think that it’s too far gone and feel bad that you’ve put so much effort into an unsalvageable car, then you astonish me by repairing the unrepairable. It will be better than brand new. Your videography skills are first rate, too.
Agreed, Alastair, phenomenally good production values and I think the car will be even better given the meticulous care and craftsmanship. A joy to watch.
Thank you both for uplifting comment..This episode fixes were dancing on the rose petals compared to last two episode builds...Simply put : I hated them...therefore this episode was more fun to do...
I’m beginning to think you have rebuilt, the whole car, where have you not found any rust? I don’t know what I’m more impressed by your craftsmanship with the car or your craftsmanship with the videos. I am in awe of your work.
Your obvious skills in cutting out/reparing all the corroded panels on this car are matched by your cinematography skills in presenting this restoration. Thank you, it's a real pleasure to watch. 👍👍
The time lapse at the beginning was fun. But to watch a craftsman working with his hands and hand tools manipulating metal into perfect shapes is amazing. And you really weren’t surprised to find rust under the quarter panel, were you?
Thanks for the appreciation. Honestly, I think the "skeleton" was far better than expected. Only negative surprise was the vast amount of brass soldering used in the door lock panel. It basically ruined the edge.....
Just when I thought that it couldn't get any worse, it did. Magnificent work, as always. Best wishes and thanks for the effort you make to let us all share your progress and admire your skills.
Thanks again for the comment George, But to be honest, I tend to agree with Garys comment below. I think it was surprisingly solid, although the brass soldering has ruined the door lock panel edge....
Glad you enjoyed it. Past couple of episodes has been rather complicated builds, so editing has been rather straightforward. To this episode I wanted to have some bling bling in the visuals...
Good sense of humour and choice of music, real heavy metal work / music. Man! You are a master of rust elimination and you must have the patience of an elephant! Waiting for the next video!
I bought the car, paid s**t load of shipping it from Germany. I had two option, ditch the project and lose the money, or finish it and have an Opel GT in the garage...so I decided to finish the car...
i've watched all your videos...and i enjoy and appreciate it - lovely how your clips are cut !! but in general it shows what a person you are :-) a person everyone should have as a friend or neighbour.. paint the GT goldmetallic 😊
Glad it helped. Only issue would be the seam between quarter panel and the top lid of the "boot". I had the luxury of no need to worry about that, since I need to make it new anyway..
Thanks for comment. I have had a few weeks total break from the GT project, but now I am back at the garage. I try to get next video out early next week...
Talent off the scale. Dude is an artist through and through. The bit with the hand tuning the radio station and dusting off the table is the detail in content and video production that should be appreciated.
HAH, appreciate. I had a six second empty gap in my edit AND I needed a transition between zen mode --> speed mode. So i decided to try this trick, filmed it as a last take of the episode, 30 minutes before releasing the video..At midnight.....It kinda worked out ok
I thought about not commenting, it would seem I could only repeat what everyone else is saying, but I hear it helps the channel and algorithms so here goes. I am simply in awe of your fabrication skills, ingenuity, video production and final results, just breath-taking. I watch a lot of YT, I have a staggering 241 subscriptions nearly all car restoration related. You are the best home-garage restorer, no question. We are all very lucky to be able to go on this journey with you.
You're the best! Thanks Bob for the comment and boosting the algorithm. And I don't know if you have noticed, but I decided in the beginning of the project, that I comment back every comment I receive - still doing it because these comments are truly fuel to the motivation... So keep commenting...Appreciating all regulars, that have followed the whole build....
Believe me, I have had similar thoughts... But the reason is ; it was too expensive to just let it be....I have to finish it and enjoy the outcome when ready...
Well, art is what artist thinks of art...If this is art, this would be the mixture of picasso and local dude with three paint cans but only one brush...
Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪. Meine Hochachtung und Respekt!!! Du bist genial und großartig - eine fantastische Arbeit 👍🏻👍🏻🤙🏻. Ich bin sehr begeistert. Nette Grüße aus Lübeck - Travemünde,Ostseeküste , Torsten ps. Ich liebe Opel .
what a nice start to the video and incredibly beautifully made, you work the metal as if it were made of paper. really great to watch how beautiful it becomes 👍🏻🙂
Wow, I've never seen anyone skin the rear panels. This series is as fascinating as it is horrifying. "Oh, so that's what's under there! ... Oh my god, there can be rust holes all the way under there?!" The guys on the Opel forums are loving this.
Every time I watch one of your videos, I say to myself: well, this time something is going to come up. well no, there are even more to remove! but the work is just incredible honestly👌
You continue to do a wonderful job. Isn’t it amazing how this work can be done with limited tools, creativity, and planing? I had no idea how deteriorated the car was when you started. All cars rust. Some makes and models more than others. I knew these cars were prone to rust, but you are rebuilding a lot of real estate! Awesome work. Very creative approach.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I kinda knew what I was getting into when I started . But honestly, the condition of the car has been FAR worse than I expected (and hoped for)
Something tells me these won't be good surprises! As an aside, I welded in a patch piece above the pedals where the fusebox sits in my GT today (last owner hacked it up and I was dreading the repair). Boy oh boy do I have even more respect for the work you're doing on your GT! You did not pick an easy car to fix!
Thanks for the comment. Yes, one tend to appreciate others efforts only when they have first hand experience too.. I DID know what I was getting in to when bought a GT, and still stick to my previous testimony ; I love every minute of it...Well, actually couple of previous episodes, I truly hated the window vent fix... But still... And your GT color is still stunning..
Such craftsmanship. The quality of your work, in the execution and outcome is outstanding. Far, far better than many of the ‘professional’ car restoration channels on YT. Even the editing, choice of background music makes your channel one of the very best. Looking forward to the next instalment.
I appreciate that. Well in this episode I have a "mood swings", hence there is some peaks and valleys in the musical score. Generally working with this car is "approaching zen state", therefore the music usually is more ambient and moody. But sometimes I just like speed up videos to +500% and let it all out !!
I watch fascinated. I spent a span of 10 years off and on removing layers of rust on a 78 Datsun 280z. I applaud your tenacity and talent. I shared to Facebook.
Anyone else remember back in the beginning when it was purple and orange and our hero only had a goatee?! I only wish all that fab work was done in the 3 minutes of the heavy metal; realtime. Cheers! 🤘
Thanks for the comment.. I was also a 10 years younger back then, and that was only a year ago !!! In this episode I had fabrication moods from slo-mo ambient chill --> all away to +500% speed with metal !!! Hope my music choices reflected those moods !!!!
Thanks for comment. I have had a few weeks total break from the GT project, but now I am back at the garage. I try to get next video out early next week...
Your work is so impressive to watch.definitely one of the better fabricators for working in a home,garage shop.great job,car will be better than it was new.great video as always.just continue on doing what you do best.😎😎😎👍👍👍
@@GT1900garage That is the reason why so many painted car corpses are for sale, a restoration of quality like you do is too much work for 99% of all people.
Hi! Haven’t heart from you for quite some time! I hope you haven’t given up showing us your progress on your car or even given up the project! I love to see your videos!
Hi, thanks for the comment. I did have few weeks of total motivational break, but now I am back in garage. I have had some issues with doors, and some replanning required there. Also I have some updates with engine and gearbox, and got some new tools to the workshop. So lot of progress, but on many different fronts...so making a good episode is bit more challenging and time consuming this time. I have about 14 minutes ready from episode 25, so hopefully I am able to release it within a week or so... Thanks for the comment and stay tuned.
@@GT1900garage I have been looking for a of Solex overhaul kit for a Opel 1900 carburetor in my piles of parts, which I bought years ago and hoped it would fit to an Alfa carburetor, which it didn’t! If I find it I will send it to you! It is nothing special but a nice Solex box, if I remember right. It will turn up one day. Looking forward to your news and keep up the good work. May I ask what you do for living? I always wonder when you say that you never worked on an English Wheel and so on!
Wow, thanks. Regarding the carb set, please send me an email to gt1900garage(a)gmail.com I work as a purchaser in mining industry, this is my first ever car restoration project at this magnitude. I did my mini few years ago, but it was a easy task. This is something else...
It’s astonishing just how far you are taking this, and I’m glad I get to see it here! When this is all said and done I wonder what percentage of the original metal will be left, I hope that's what you were saving the scraps for.
Thanks for comment bro. I am saving ALL the pieces coming out from this build, even the smallest shreds. Mainly to summarize the final count of removed metal, but also they will be visible in the later episodes, one way or another....I see that your Sonet project has a new episode out, I saved it for the late night entertainment..I had a Saab Sonet poster on my wall at the 80's, about same time I found out that Opel GT is kinda cool two seater sportscar...
@@GT1900garage I’m glad to see you keeping track of them all. Actually I'm kind of jealous. I plan on keeping my scraps too but I wish I had thought of tracking my hours. For a project that's going to be a big chapter of my life I wish I hadn’t just jumped in so fast. I’ve really enjoyed turning rings on my lathe recently, I think I’ll make one out of all the pieces that fall off, and some pieces of the original leather will end up as decorations on a jacket.
Yes, I had thought of these things because when I was doing the Mini, I thougt that maybe I should have kept all the original metal, and keep tracking on the time spent on the car. Then I thought that - in next project. Well, this is my next project..
I think the little Corvette will better then at factory. I know this car from my time in the Opel workshop. I hope this car gets a colour from the seventies.
Wow, that first minutes of wonderful stop-motion animations really blew me away ! Thank you for entertaining us with all these efforts. Must be very time consuming. But it´s worth it. I guess your audience very much appreciates these animations. They create a certain mood, i don´t know how to describe it. For sure it´s pure art when the tools start to move their own way. I love it. Oh, and for all the metal sheet work, you just again found the perfect score to create some emotions. As always, i must admit. Your taste of music really matches with mine. Whether it´s Jazz or Shred Metal. Had to say this. Finally if i had to name anything in this episode, that leaves a little question mark to me, then it´s this: i feel there is kind of a hard break between the first minutes of animations and the second part. Somehow i miss the bridge between those parts in terms of story telling. But never mind, just sharing my feelings when i watched this episode. Unbelievable how many hours of hard work already spent for this old GT. For sure it´s gonna be among the best of all still existing ones. Do you know any totally rust free GT ? Is there a brand new one in the Opel Museum ? This report from Auto, Motor und Sport seems to show some excellent cars from the factory museum, at least the number plate gives a hint. GG stands for Gross Gerau, the region which Rüsselsheim, the home of Opel belongs. www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/oldtimer/opel-gt-opel-commodore-gs-e-und-opel-manta-gsi-der-opel-sport-bund-der-70er/
Thanks Oliver for the comment. I agree with you... there should have a kind of bridge between intro and verse. But on the other hand, the mood change from "automatic" to "manual" was done by drastic change of music... I think there are some completely rust free GTs but they have no road time what so ever...I think even bringing GT outside, will start the oxidizing process....
@@GT1900garage Thank you so much for your reply. To be honest i was really afraid of having offended you with my comment. And of course, the change of the music indicates quite clearly there is a new chapter starting. Just wanted to raise a little constructive debate with all due respect.
You know what sucks about this video? The fact that I can't give it more than one thumbs up. I believe this is truly your best video/production to date. The opening sequence of the tools moving and the removal and cleanup of the rear quarter panel is top notch. Kudo's for the excellent video production. Second, and not less than the first, is Kudo's on the quality work once again. I'm in awe of what you're doing and I believe as time goes on your subscribers will continue to go through the roof, not because they care about the Opel, but mainly because they are watching a true craftsman at work. My hat's off to you sir. Well done; I'm a fan.
Great work, engineering and attention to detail. I am very much enjoying and looking forward to continuing to follow your progress on this build. Keep up the great work.
I've been waiting for another excellent video , those little mice you have for the animation are working hard again ..lol. superb workmanship..❤ from the UK
HAH, Yes, those thin cotton gloves tend to work poorly with welding.. I already have 8 pcs of right hand gloves, left ones have evaporated 😂 Very well spotted...
@@GT1900garage I would assume leather welding gloves would be too bulky and pricey to replace. Maybe some inexpensive leather driving style gloves would better suit? Probably not as cheap or pliable as those coated work gloves.
As per usual your dedication to this project is awesome, as are your fabrication skills. These videos really show the horrors that lay behind the panels. On the bright side, you've past the symbolical number of the beast in the hours you've already past on this GT. Just saying 😜
Oh dear. Oh DEAR! OMFG! So much rust damage! And this is only the rear right side. I hope that the other parts of the bodywork are not as bad, but I don't really believe it. All the best anyway and I hope that your stubbornness ultimately leads to you being able to enjoy driving around in a great Opel GT.
I watch your videos the same way each time: You reveal the rusted horror beneath the panels, I think that it’s too far gone and feel bad that you’ve put so much effort into an unsalvageable car, then you astonish me by repairing the unrepairable. It will be better than brand new. Your videography skills are first rate, too.
Agreed, Alastair, phenomenally good production values and I think the car will be even better given the meticulous care and craftsmanship. A joy to watch.
Thank you both for uplifting comment..This episode fixes were dancing on the rose petals compared to last two episode builds...Simply put : I hated them...therefore this episode was more fun to do...
That opening scene is worth an Oscar reward for best film! 👌
Thanks, It was laborious but fun to do...
This has turned into one of my favorite channels.
Appreciated, truly...
Agree.
I’m beginning to think you have rebuilt, the whole car, where have you not found any rust? I don’t know what I’m more impressed by your craftsmanship with the car or your craftsmanship with the videos. I am in awe of your work.
Thanks for the comment. Yes. I think there is NOT A SINGLE panel in this car, that does not require some level of rework.
Your obvious skills in cutting out/reparing all the corroded panels on this car are matched by your cinematography skills in presenting this restoration. Thank you, it's a real pleasure to watch. 👍👍
Thank you for your comment. Appreciated...
Your attention to detail is incredible. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for the comment.. Appreciated.
The time lapse at the beginning was fun. But to watch a craftsman working with his hands and hand tools manipulating metal into perfect shapes is amazing. And you really weren’t surprised to find rust under the quarter panel, were you?
Thanks for the appreciation. Honestly, I think the "skeleton" was far better than expected. Only negative surprise was the vast amount of brass soldering used in the door lock panel. It basically ruined the edge.....
Just when I thought that it couldn't get any worse, it did. Magnificent work, as always. Best wishes and thanks for the effort you make to let us all share your progress and admire your skills.
I actually thought wow that's quite solid
Thanks again for the comment George, But to be honest, I tend to agree with Garys comment below. I think it was surprisingly solid, although the brass soldering has ruined the door lock panel edge....
Same ! The video title was a clickbait, "surprise" could be positive surprise as well...
I’m really enjoying this build brother, thanks for taking us along. Beautifully edited and presented, great skills. 🙏🏼
Glad you enjoyed it. Past couple of episodes has been rather complicated builds, so editing has been rather straightforward. To this episode I wanted to have some bling bling in the visuals...
@@GT1900garage you fully achieved your goal sir.
Superb.
Thank you for your reply. 👊🏼
I especially love the moments when you combine metal guitar/music with your skilled metal fabrication. Rock on 🤘
Thanks, although, not all my audience like heavy metal...I think it spiced up this episode nicely.
Good sense of humour and choice of music, real heavy metal work / music. Man! You are a master of rust elimination and you must have the patience of an elephant! Waiting for the next video!
Thanks again! I think I have patience and pace of an elephant...
No one in South Africa would even consider trying to save this car . More strength to you . Loving the videos
I bought the car, paid s**t load of shipping it from Germany. I had two option, ditch the project and lose the money, or finish it and have an Opel GT in the garage...so I decided to finish the car...
i've watched all your videos...and i enjoy and appreciate it - lovely how your clips are cut !! but in general it shows what a person you are :-) a person everyone should have as a friend or neighbour.. paint the GT goldmetallic 😊
Awesome, thank you for the comment. I think the paint will be one of the original 70's colors...
Thanks so much for doing this. I need to replace a right rear quarter panel too and it has been intimidating. This helps a great deal!
Glad it helped. Only issue would be the seam between quarter panel and the top lid of the "boot". I had the luxury of no need to worry about that, since I need to make it new anyway..
I look forward to every episode, what perseverance, compliments
Thanks for the comment and kind words..
You are greatly missed in Australia. We are waiting excitedly for your next video. We hope that all is well with you.
Thanks for comment. I have had a few weeks total break from the GT project, but now I am back at the garage. I try to get next video out early next week...
Talent off the scale. Dude is an artist through and through. The bit with the hand tuning the radio station and dusting off the table is the detail in content and video production that should be appreciated.
HAH, appreciate. I had a six second empty gap in my edit AND I needed a transition between zen mode --> speed mode. So i decided to try this trick, filmed it as a last take of the episode, 30 minutes before releasing the video..At midnight.....It kinda worked out ok
I have no more words to describe the work.😮 Just congratulations.👍
Thank you so much 😀
Was für ein Künstler
Danke !!
I thought about not commenting, it would seem I could only repeat what everyone else is saying, but I hear it helps the channel and algorithms so here goes. I am simply in awe of your fabrication skills, ingenuity, video production and final results, just breath-taking. I watch a lot of YT, I have a staggering 241 subscriptions nearly all car restoration related. You are the best home-garage restorer, no question. We are all very lucky to be able to go on this journey with you.
You're the best! Thanks Bob for the comment and boosting the algorithm. And I don't know if you have noticed, but I decided in the beginning of the project, that I comment back every comment I receive - still doing it because these comments are truly fuel to the motivation... So keep commenting...Appreciating all regulars, that have followed the whole build....
Thanks so much for an outstanding restoration . I look for to each and every episode.
Thanks, stay tuned til the bitter end...
An absolute pleasure watching your craftsmanship 10/10 👏🏻
Thank you for the comment..Appreciated.
It's simply breathtaking how you work the metal...I'm just speechless every time I watch it💯🔝👌🏼👏🏼
Thank : You !!
It is a pleasure to follow each step of your steel repairs. 😀
Thanks for the comment.. I hope people will be interested on the build even after bodywork is done....
Watching the unthinkable being done. Truely amazing.
Thanks, compared to previous two episodes, this was a piece of cake...
Un travail remarquable et de longue haleine pour restaurer dans les règles de l’art cette Opel GT ! 👍👍👍👍❤
Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire, j'apprécie votre avis
First vexing. Please god I hope you have someone to pass those skills on to. Wonderful!
I hope so too! Thanks for the comment. Maybe I will pass on the experience with a thought: "buy a car where you can find factory made repair panels"
I find myself muttering, "no way, why does he bother? its a lost cause". but i cant stop watching.
Believe me, I have had similar thoughts... But the reason is ; it was too expensive to just let it be....I have to finish it and enjoy the outcome when ready...
I am one minute into the video and already amazed and excited about your build. Great editing / animation so f’ing cool!
Glad you liked it...it was fun to shoot...
Now you are what I would call a true metal worker! 🎸🤘👍
Thanks for the comment...glad you liked it 🤘
Some sort of art!
Well, art is what artist thinks of art...If this is art, this would be the mixture of picasso and local dude with three paint cans but only one brush...
Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪. Meine Hochachtung und Respekt!!! Du bist genial und großartig - eine fantastische Arbeit 👍🏻👍🏻🤙🏻. Ich bin sehr begeistert. Nette Grüße aus Lübeck - Travemünde,Ostseeküste , Torsten ps. Ich liebe Opel .
Vielen Dank für die positiven Kommentare. Ich hoffe, dieses Auto bald zum mitteleuropäischen GT-Treffen zu bekommen ...
This film is a piece of art, and the carmaking as well!
Thank you ! appreciated.
what a nice start to the video and incredibly beautifully made, you work the metal as if it were made of paper.
really great to watch how beautiful it becomes 👍🏻🙂
Thanks. I've tried to do origami from a paper, metal is easier material..🙄
Wow, I've never seen anyone skin the rear panels. This series is as fascinating as it is horrifying. "Oh, so that's what's under there! ... Oh my god, there can be rust holes all the way under there?!" The guys on the Opel forums are loving this.
Thanks for the uplifting comment. I am as horrified as many of my viewers are... every new rust spot is a challenge to me...
Every time I watch one of your videos, I say to myself: well, this time something is going to come up. well no, there are even more to remove! but the work is just incredible honestly👌
Soon my friend, soon.. But before that... I need to do some dismantling...
Wonderful, thank you.
Thanks again Otto, and again, love your alter ego..
I hate that the video's end so soon. I could this for hours You do amazing work
I wish I had the stamina to do weekly releases, but I simply don't... So we have to stick to what we have 😂
I love watching this guy mad skills unbelievable skills 😎
Thanks for the comment, Appreciated.
Impressive skills!
Thank you ! appreciated.
So goooood.
The time you spent on the job + the time to produce your video = Congrats !
Thanks for the comment. Appreciated. This episode was more fun to do the fabrication, hence more fun to do the video editing as well..
You continue to do a wonderful job. Isn’t it amazing how this work can be done with limited tools, creativity, and planing? I had no idea how deteriorated the car was when you started. All cars rust. Some makes and models more than others. I knew these cars were prone to rust, but you are rebuilding a lot of real estate! Awesome work. Very creative approach.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I kinda knew what I was getting into when I started . But honestly, the condition of the car has been FAR worse than I expected (and hoped for)
Nice job and fun video to see👍
Glad you enjoyed it
It must take forever to do the stop-motion stuff; but it's cool and totally worth it. Ray Harryhausen would be proud!
Thanks, well. Yes, but it is big fun... Is that your Gremlin ? Love it...
@@GT1900garage Yes I own a Gremlin. :)
This video is a piece of art!!! Stunning work!!!
Much appreciated.
It's amazing what you're doing, you're rebuilding the car 😃👍 I'm thrilled to keep up the good work💪💪
Apparently I am... stay tuned til the bitter end.
Something tells me these won't be good surprises!
As an aside, I welded in a patch piece above the pedals where the fusebox sits in my GT today (last owner hacked it up and I was dreading the repair). Boy oh boy do I have even more respect for the work you're doing on your GT! You did not pick an easy car to fix!
Thanks for the comment. Yes, one tend to appreciate others efforts only when they have first hand experience too.. I DID know what I was getting in to when bought a GT, and still stick to my previous testimony ; I love every minute of it...Well, actually couple of previous episodes, I truly hated the window vent fix... But still...
And your GT color is still stunning..
Another very interesting episode. I am deeply impressed by your creativity, skill and dedication. Once finished it will be an amazing car.
Thank you very much! Surely hope so...
Such craftsmanship. The quality of your work, in the execution and outcome is outstanding. Far, far better than many of the ‘professional’ car restoration channels on YT. Even the editing, choice of background music makes your channel one of the very best. Looking forward to the next instalment.
Wow, thank you! Appreciate your comment.
Man I marvel at your work . Great stop action videos But when it comes to music I guess we like what like
I appreciate that. Well in this episode I have a "mood swings", hence there is some peaks and valleys in the musical score. Generally working with this car is "approaching zen state", therefore the music usually is more ambient and moody. But sometimes I just like speed up videos to +500% and let it all out !!
absolutely brilliant...the craftsmanship and the stop motion animation...genius
Thanks Matt again for views and comment, Appreciate regulars !!
You make great video effects. It was unbelievable what bad condition the car was in. 👍👍👍👍
I am getting used to that feeling...nothing surprise me anymore..
I watch fascinated. I spent a span of 10 years off and on removing layers of rust on a 78 Datsun 280z. I applaud your tenacity and talent. I shared to Facebook.
Thanks for the share...I HOPE that mine would be done faster than 10 years...
Perfect, like we are getting used to 😂
Thanks for the follow and comments...
Incredible Video 👌🏽👍🏽... Great skills & work 👏🏽!
Respect from Germany 😉
Thank you 🙌 Glad you liked the videos and the project itself...
Anyone else remember back in the beginning when it was purple and orange and our hero only had a goatee?! I only wish all that fab work was done in the 3 minutes of the heavy metal; realtime. Cheers! 🤘
Thanks for the comment.. I was also a 10 years younger back then, and that was only a year ago !!!
In this episode I had fabrication moods from slo-mo ambient chill --> all away to +500% speed with metal !!! Hope my music choices reflected those moods !!!!
Absoluter Wahnsinn, ganz tolle Unterhaltung.Danke.
Vielen Dank. Ja, so ist es.😂
Super skills 👍👍👍
Thank you 👍
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Bravo pour refaire les formes des tôles tu est le champion
Merci beaucoup, j'apprécie le commentaire
You sir are a true artist!
Appreciated.
Good work👍 awesome editing, and Effects 👌 keep up the good work👍
Thanks, glad you liked it...
Amazing as always sir ❤❤
Thanks for the comment, appreciated.
Looking forward to another installment!
Thanks for comment. I have had a few weeks total break from the GT project, but now I am back at the garage. I try to get next video out early next week...
Keep going! This is so motivating and inspiring
Bonjour from France 👋
Merci beaucoup !!
Your work is so impressive to watch.definitely one of the better fabricators for working in a home,garage shop.great job,car will be better than it was new.great video as always.just continue on doing what you do best.😎😎😎👍👍👍
Thanks for the uplifting comment..Appreciated.
Excellent body work great animation.
Thanks for the comment... Appreciated.
Top work on de OPEL GT .But also the editer dit a very good job.
Thanks, from both of us 😉
I really enjoy your Videos Great work 👍👍👍👍
Glad you like them!
You did a great 3D puzzle from Steel - wow!
And I'm still in dismantling state...
@@GT1900garage That is the reason why so many painted car corpses are for sale, a restoration of quality like you do is too much work for 99% of all people.
Hi! Haven’t heart from you for quite some time! I hope you haven’t given up showing us your progress on your car or even given up the project! I love to see your videos!
Hi, thanks for the comment. I did have few weeks of total motivational break, but now I am back in garage. I have had some issues with doors, and some replanning required there. Also I have some updates with engine and gearbox, and got some new tools to the workshop. So lot of progress, but on many different fronts...so making a good episode is bit more challenging and time consuming this time. I have about 14 minutes ready from episode 25, so hopefully I am able to release it within a week or so... Thanks for the comment and stay tuned.
@@GT1900garage I have been looking for a of Solex overhaul kit for a Opel 1900 carburetor in my piles of parts, which I bought years ago and hoped it would fit to an Alfa carburetor, which it didn’t! If I find it I will send it to you! It is nothing special but a nice Solex box, if I remember right. It will turn up one day. Looking forward to your news and keep up the good work. May I ask what you do for living? I always wonder when you say that you never worked on an English Wheel and so on!
Wow, thanks. Regarding the carb set, please send me an email to gt1900garage(a)gmail.com
I work as a purchaser in mining industry, this is my first ever car restoration project at this magnitude. I did my mini few years ago, but it was a easy task. This is something else...
I suddenly realize/remember why there arn't so many Opel from that era around....
It seems quite self evident now, doesn't it?
It’s astonishing just how far you are taking this, and I’m glad I get to see it here! When this is all said and done I wonder what percentage of the original metal will be left, I hope that's what you were saving the scraps for.
Thanks for comment bro. I am saving ALL the pieces coming out from this build, even the smallest shreds. Mainly to summarize the final count of removed metal, but also they will be visible in the later episodes, one way or another....I see that your Sonet project has a new episode out, I saved it for the late night entertainment..I had a Saab Sonet poster on my wall at the 80's, about same time I found out that Opel GT is kinda cool two seater sportscar...
@@GT1900garage I’m glad to see you keeping track of them all. Actually I'm kind of jealous. I plan on keeping my scraps too but I wish I had thought of tracking my hours. For a project that's going to be a big chapter of my life I wish I hadn’t just jumped in so fast. I’ve really enjoyed turning rings on my lathe recently, I think I’ll make one out of all the pieces that fall off, and some pieces of the original leather will end up as decorations on a jacket.
Yes, I had thought of these things because when I was doing the Mini, I thougt that maybe I should have kept all the original metal, and keep tracking on the time spent on the car. Then I thought that - in next project. Well, this is my next project..
I think the little Corvette will better then at factory. I know this car from my time in the Opel workshop. I hope this car gets a colour from the seventies.
Thanks for the comment. I think, if not better - stronger anyway... And definitely it will have 60´s or 70´s plain simple, beautiful color !!!
Your metal working skill and patience is amazing
Thank you. I think both of them have improved significantly during the project...
Amazing job what we can see here
Thank you for the comment...
Marvellous, best videos on CZcams!
Appreciate your appreciation.
Wow, that first minutes of wonderful stop-motion animations really blew me away ! Thank you for entertaining us with all these efforts. Must be very time consuming. But it´s worth it. I guess your audience very much appreciates these animations. They create a certain mood, i don´t know how to describe it. For sure it´s pure art when the tools start to move their own way. I love it. Oh, and for all the metal sheet work, you just again found the perfect score to create some emotions. As always, i must admit. Your taste of music really matches with mine. Whether it´s Jazz or Shred Metal. Had to say this. Finally if i had to name anything in this episode, that leaves a little question mark to me, then it´s this: i feel there is kind of a hard break between the first minutes of animations and the second part. Somehow i miss the bridge between those parts in terms of story telling. But never mind, just sharing my feelings when i watched this episode. Unbelievable how many hours of hard work already spent for this old GT. For sure it´s gonna be among the best of all still existing ones. Do you know any totally rust free GT ? Is there a brand new one in the Opel Museum ? This report from Auto, Motor und Sport seems to show some excellent cars from the factory museum, at least the number plate gives a hint. GG stands for Gross Gerau, the region which Rüsselsheim, the home of Opel belongs.
www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/oldtimer/opel-gt-opel-commodore-gs-e-und-opel-manta-gsi-der-opel-sport-bund-der-70er/
Thanks Oliver for the comment. I agree with you... there should have a kind of bridge between intro and verse. But on the other hand, the mood change from "automatic" to "manual" was done by drastic change of music... I think there are some completely rust free GTs but they have no road time what so ever...I think even bringing GT outside, will start the oxidizing process....
@@GT1900garage Thank you so much for your reply. To be honest i was really afraid of having offended you with my comment. And of course, the change of the music indicates quite clearly there is a new chapter starting. Just wanted to raise a little constructive debate with all due respect.
And that's how you get better at it with every piece done.
Slowly, but eventually all the small things will be done, and we are close to complete metal work...
Another great video. Billiant editing too!
Thanks, looking forward your next installment
You know what sucks about this video?
The fact that I can't give it more than one thumbs up.
I believe this is truly your best video/production to date. The opening sequence of the tools moving and the removal and cleanup of the rear quarter panel is top notch. Kudo's for the excellent video production.
Second, and not less than the first, is Kudo's on the quality work once again. I'm in awe of what you're doing and I believe as time goes on your subscribers will continue to go through the roof, not because they care about the Opel, but mainly because they are watching a true craftsman at work. My hat's off to you sir. Well done; I'm a fan.
ALSO, digging the metal music and the pop stuff is ok too. More metal please... lol.
Thanks for the comments. I am doing this to myself, hence I need to know that there are nothing left undone...
Great work, engineering and attention to detail. I am very much enjoying and looking forward to continuing to follow your progress on this build. Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much!
Top Video. Top Monteur. Einfach nur Klasse👍
Vielen danke !!
Wow, you really put a lot of effort into this vid, well done
Thank you , appreciated.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for sharing! Very best wishes from France.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful and very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for commenting...
Amazing work. Thank you for this series. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the comment...Appreciated those who stay with the whole series..
Wow, amazing work. Lucky GT.
Thanks, I surely hope so she is happier now than with previous owner...
Fantasttic work mister!
Thank you kindly!
I've been waiting for another excellent video , those little mice you have for the animation are working hard again ..lol. superb workmanship..❤ from the UK
Thanks again! yep, this episode was fun to do....
All you do is give this car love and it never wants to love you back! :) A-mazing work!!!!
Couldn't agree more! Hopefully she will respond at the end and feelings would be mutual...
Always amazed and always surprised. Awesome.
Thanks for the comment, appreciated !
Amazing attention to detail.
Thanks! Glad you liked it...stay tuned for more.
You're gonna need 10 more pairs of gloves by the time this project is done! Nice progress so far!
HAH, Yes, those thin cotton gloves tend to work poorly with welding.. I already have 8 pcs of right hand gloves, left ones have evaporated 😂 Very well spotted...
@@GT1900garage I would assume leather welding gloves would be too bulky and pricey to replace. Maybe some inexpensive leather driving style gloves would better suit? Probably not as cheap or pliable as those coated work gloves.
Yes, fireproof cloves are way too bulky, but on the other hand; I kinda hate these dozens of burn marks on my left hand as well 😉
Epic struggle of man vs machine, machine gets hammered into submission. Love the 666 reference.
Well, I have won few rounds, not the whole match... 🤘🤘🤘
As per usual your dedication to this project is awesome, as are your fabrication skills. These videos really show the horrors that lay behind the panels. On the bright side, you've past the symbolical number of the beast in the hours you've already past on this GT. Just saying 😜
Yes, it is kind of surpassing the threshold of being lured to the dark side..
Oh dear. Oh DEAR! OMFG! So much rust damage! And this is only the rear right side. I hope that the other parts of the bodywork are not as bad, but I don't really believe it. All the best anyway and I hope that your stubbornness ultimately leads to you being able to enjoy driving around in a great Opel GT.
Thanks for the uplifting comment... appreciated...
Fantastic.
Thanks for the comment...
Genius, nuff said.
Thanks for the few, but meaningful words.
What a nice surprise !! Part 24 😊😊
All yours! This one was more fun to do than previous two....Hope you liked it