OT: Made By Hand
01-15-2011, 01:28 PM
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OT: Made By Hand
Enjoy 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBrQ5qd5w8
(That's part 1 of 5, the other parts should show up in the 'suggestions' list)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBrQ5qd5w8
(That's part 1 of 5, the other parts should show up in the 'suggestions' list)
01-16-2011, 10:42 AM
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its funny to watch this, and then think about the boys at ferrari slapping their cars together with bailing wire and glue and painting them out in the courtyard.
Would be nice if the 993 was made this way as well.
Would be nice if the 993 was made this way as well.
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01-16-2011, 01:15 PM
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Nice find, thanks!
The complete disregard for any safety concerns is pretty funny. Are those guys twins working on putting the center tunnel in? No wonder these cars were expensive, everything was done by hand and the labor time/unit must of been very high. While "hand crafted" is cool, it also means that each part is custom adjusted to fit. Did you catch the bodies/doors are adjusted so they fit?
In the second part, they use a wooden stick to hold the body on the rotisserie, and the guy sprays primer with no mask at all.
Not something you can do these days, that is for sure!
Cheers,
Mike
The complete disregard for any safety concerns is pretty funny. Are those guys twins working on putting the center tunnel in? No wonder these cars were expensive, everything was done by hand and the labor time/unit must of been very high. While "hand crafted" is cool, it also means that each part is custom adjusted to fit. Did you catch the bodies/doors are adjusted so they fit?
In the second part, they use a wooden stick to hold the body on the rotisserie, and the guy sprays primer with no mask at all.
Not something you can do these days, that is for sure!
Cheers,
Mike
01-16-2011, 09:25 PM
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Having owned a '62 356 S90 much like those cars shown in the vid, I feel comfortable saying that, even adjusting for the passage of 35 years, the "mass produced" 993 (Even with OBDII) is today, 16+ years old, a much better automobile that the 356 was in its day, brand new.
At the same time, every time I think of that "handmade" silver-over-black "bathtub" howling down the street as it sucked air through those twin carbs with the open air filters and the noise from the headers bounced off the buildings, I can't help but grin.
I'm glad I've owned cars on both ends of the air cooled spectrum.
At the same time, every time I think of that "handmade" silver-over-black "bathtub" howling down the street as it sucked air through those twin carbs with the open air filters and the noise from the headers bounced off the buildings, I can't help but grin.
I'm glad I've owned cars on both ends of the air cooled spectrum.
01-17-2011, 12:17 AM
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Yeah, all that lack of eye protection made my stomach hurt.
Thanks for posting this, Jason. It's really cool, even if it is "OT"
Thanks for posting this, Jason. It's really cool, even if it is "OT"
Nice find, thanks!
The complete disregard for any safety concerns is pretty funny. Are those guys twins working on putting the center tunnel in? No wonder these cars were expensive, everything was done by hand and the labor time/unit must of been very high. While "hand crafted" is cool, it also means that each part is custom adjusted to fit. Did you catch the bodies/doors are adjusted so they fit?
In the second part, they use a wooden stick to hold the body on the rotisserie, and the guy sprays primer with no mask at all.
Not something you can do these days, that is for sure!
Cheers,
Mike
The complete disregard for any safety concerns is pretty funny. Are those guys twins working on putting the center tunnel in? No wonder these cars were expensive, everything was done by hand and the labor time/unit must of been very high. While "hand crafted" is cool, it also means that each part is custom adjusted to fit. Did you catch the bodies/doors are adjusted so they fit?
In the second part, they use a wooden stick to hold the body on the rotisserie, and the guy sprays primer with no mask at all.
Not something you can do these days, that is for sure!
Cheers,
Mike
01-17-2011, 01:35 AM
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Thanks for posting this Jason. Those metal fabricators were certainly skilled artisans and craftsmen. The skill required to form uniformed body panels on the english wheel. I recently observed a guy here roll a replacement section for a 356 Speedster where it was quite mesmerizing watching a flat piece of metal transform into a perfectly curved replacement part. That must have been a summer intern amongst the skilled workers in the video slapping on the bitumous seam sealant!
