Popular Post GTK Posted August 27, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) Sorry men, been laying low. Actually been taking time out to do life things and get back to normal, didn't mean to neglect everything. Busying away in the background too and there is progress on the Esprit that'll go live real soon Mark I'll do my best to beat you to the finish Ant, you looked after me for a long old while despite having your own projects demanding time and cash flow, I'm always grateful for that! EDIT; I bloody forgot! [Esprit next!] Edited August 27, 2019 by GTK 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suddabym Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 Awe. Some. 1 Quote Sudders and Dany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 I don’t know whether to congratulate you on your dogged determination, your single-mindedness, or your video production skills. Ah, sod it, I’ll say congrats on all three. Astonishing work. By the way, I can also see a career opportunity for you making blues-based, Deep South, juke-joint and bar room ads for Jack Daniels, with a road-worn desert-burst Les Paul and a Fender Twin. 1 Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmagnet477 Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 @GTK I've been watching you progress since day one. Even without all the other 'side projects' (🤣!!), what you have achieved here is nothing short of amazing and truly inspirational. I can't believe you did what you did with such a shite welder lol To see all the Range Rover work condensed into 1.5hrs of Video must make you wonder where nearly 3 years has gone. Given my own personal battles with my project and knowing how low you can get - I WILL come to Ireland before I die and buy you a lot of Guinness. I'm really glad you've taken some time recently for your own personal stuff - if this compilation doesn't add multitudes of subscribers to your channel then there is no justice in the World. Good on you mate - keep it up Ant 1 Quote Is the price for that bit in Yen or £? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 Mesmerising George. 111/10, couldn't take my eyes of the whole video. Epic work. 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Dan E Posted August 29, 2019 Gold FFM Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 George, that is brilliant, I am a quarter of the way through, I think I need to find someone who can sell me a couple of joints, Dark Side of the Moon playing and a very nice Chablis sitting in the sun. I am going to save it for Saturday now. #wheredoyougetajointthesedays i assume Margate @Chillidoggy? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GTK Posted August 29, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 It's supposed to inspire you to fix car things, not get binned on a Thursday eve. Wait what am I saying? One and pass Dan... Thanks lads, couldn't do it without TLF [Bibs] and you know what this means don't you... it's Esprit time 🤘🏼😎 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Dan E Posted August 29, 2019 Gold FFM Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, GTK said: It's supposed to inspire you to fix car things, not get binned on a Thursday eve. Wait what am I saying? One and pass Dan... Thanks lads, couldn't do it without TLF [Bibs] and you know what this means don't you... it's Esprit time 🤘🏼😎 Haven’t smoked a joint in 25 years and I don’t want to put @Sparky out of work, when I say out of work I mean trying to get him to stop drinking gin and to sort my TE and him to do it not wearing shorts which is proving an issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTK Posted August 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 So hard to get good help these days 😋 Just so long as @Sparky isn't donning crocs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 He'd rock a pair of crocs. I emailed every major UK car magazine and website I have contacts for yesterday about the vid, I hope some of them have picked it up. 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTK Posted August 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 No way! I have to start referring people to TLF as my representation. Seriously. Nobody better to tell you to f'off than Bibs smoking a cigar 🤩. Jalopnik picked it up again, made my day seeing it on there, and the chaps at MotorPunk [good guys] did a bit on it too. Have gotten a good pick up in subs, a long way to go still but it feels great to have a little traction. Thanks a mill dude. PS - No one 'rocks' Crocs. http://www.jaketindle.co.uk/man-buys-crocs-immediately-admits-ive-given-life/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted August 30, 2019 Gold FFM Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 I'm at that age. As I admitted at the last Xmas bash, I have been a worm and failed miserably to read this thread. I've been a bit busy with cars and gin, honest. So as soon as I finish my Summer workload, I'm going to settle down to this for the winter. Looking forward to it! I'm more of a binge watcher anyway; too impatient for serials. 1 Quote British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyT Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Did that include Octane @Bibs? If not, I'll ping it over to my friend Sanjay, about time I caught up with him anyway...(assuming he's still there, that is) He expressed interest in doing a piece on mine as & when I got it sorted, but as I'm not quite there yet.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 I did email Octane but feel free to yourself 2 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 BIG congrats to @GTK for 527,000+ views in 5 days! Looking forward to this tipping over 1m shortly, so well deserved 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmagnet477 Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Now 533k views and an uplift from 9,800 subscribers to over 21k! It must have been my tweet to my 45 followers wot done it 😂 Seriously though - good stuff @GTK - just hope this doesn't start a pattern of you disappearing for months at a time, coming back with a monster episode on a quarterly basis!! GL 2 Quote Is the price for that bit in Yen or £? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM skiing Posted September 2, 2019 Gold FFM Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Brilliant video - cannot believe the work that has gone into both the car and the filming - looks fantastic.... Looking forward to the S2 with a surf board on its roof as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTK Posted September 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 PS - my boards won't fit on the Esprit 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted September 2, 2019 Gold FFM Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 2 hours ago, GTK said: PS - my boards won't fit on the Esprit 😕 Yeah they will 👍👍 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTK Posted September 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 My more conventional board is 9'6" and relatively light. That might go on with a soft rack, but soft racks mark paint. My most fsvoured weapon of choice [the one on the Vogue in the vid thumbnail] well that's affectionately known as the 12ft of Justice. Esprit's are 13ft long. Even if I could tie it down securely enough, the wind would get under it and flip the car 😄 So no Bo Selecta fans then? 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmagnet477 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Go @GTK - would love this to top 1m views. 668k and counting (+25k subscribers now!) I've only watched the video about 854 times - come on the rest of you, try harder! 2 Quote Is the price for that bit in Yen or £? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GTK Posted September 16, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Back on it! Someone commented that the reg is fitting when read as EVER TEST, I've always read it as EVEREST though, either way I've a mountain to conquer 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM tomcattom Posted September 16, 2019 Gold FFM Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Great viewing as always. Glad to see you breaking out the tent and working on the Esprit again. 1 Quote Norfolk Mustard S4s #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfrost Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Awesome George, So pleased you are now back at it with the Esprit, That chassis was in such good condtion rust wise, such a shame those bodge it and scarper merchants cut those section out to repair a coolant leak ! Top Marks to the Shot blast guy, he did a fantastic Job, and great news about your new patrons and the new welder, really looking forward to seeing the repairs on the chassis. Good luck and looking forward to the next video, nothing better like seeing Esprit bare chassis and bodyshells during restos 2 Quote A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comem47 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) George, did you investigate chemical dipping vs blasting? Years ago remember reading some discussion about warping damage, but not sure which method it applied to. I still have a sandblaster lying about that I used on various chassis parts of a non-lotus car , long before I got my Esprit. (which needed no body work thankfully) I find it hard to shed tools and you were wise to part that work out . Of course my compressor being only 2 HP probably was the biggest problem. Even though my old S2 is long gone to its current owner I will be following your current project with familial interest. Great stuff !!! . Keep up the good work! Edited September 16, 2019 by comem47 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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