Project Binky

Hole = new roof. 🤣🤣🤣

It is the gift that keeps giving. I love Binky.

They can’t replace the roof*, it’s the only part of the original shell left shirely?
ANother excellent episode and it’s motoring on towards finishing!

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.*of course they can

Am liking the skid factory references and one tanned hand song once againg had “what the bloody hell you watching?” Comments.

I enjoyed that more than the last one or 3, but it really feels like its dragging and that they are dragging it out. All the early ones with mind blowing levels of fabrication, mechanical problem solving and vehicle dynamics type knowledge were great. The recent ones, yes its imprssiv to see the level of detail they go to but now..well…I’m jut not so impressed by door cards and centre consoles. move it on, get it painted, get it finished!

Get some funny looks from my work mates when I tell them it’s Binky night, love it.

did they tell us what happened to the melted seat?

Little bit more like it. I agree it’s been a bit slow over the last couple of episodes, there is only so much electrical loom and routing work I can watch, but it seems we’re past that phase and heading more towards there finishing of the initial mock up. Then they’ll be taking it apart and prepping it for final assembly. I’m looking forward to the refurb of the engine and transmission…I can’t imagine they’re just going to give the rusty engine and suspension a bit of spit and polish and bolt it in, hopefully it’ll be a full on strip down, refurb and incorporation of a few choice trick parts.

It’ll be really strange to see it finished…

Lord only knows how long that Qvale / De Tomaso / MG will take, there’s about 2 years worth of brackets in rebuilding that 205 alone.

This Makes Me Very Happy.

Hard to find good quality anything to watch nowadays!

New side project

Going to be needing some brackets.

Lots of brackets.

Can only imagine what they’re going to do with this, hydraulic/mechanical platform for the car transport area, for sure. Binky flipfront, times 100.

Seems to be still overweight despite stripping it – makes it look like a non-starter?

[strong]dawson[/strong] wrote:

Seems to be still overweight despite stripping it – makes it look like a non-starter?

Nah, they only want to lose another 300 kilos. I reckon that would be relatively easy. I bet there is 50 kilos to save by swapping the seats out for something modern/composite. Take out those big skylights and frames and replace with ally sheet and/or smaller plastic vents. Then start getting creative with the hole saw 🙂 and start replacing heavy 70’s lorry components with alloy ones (header tanks, radiators, air filter housings, fuel tank etc.). Like bilding a light bike. Save a few grams in enough places, and it is amazing how it all adds up.

That’s what I thought. Don’t think of it as trying to find ways to subtract weight, find ways to add lightness.

Bonus Binky!!

Has it really been 6 years?!!?!?!? :0

Has it really been 6 years?!!?!?!? :0

I know, seems so much more! 🙂

Anyone else also follow Cletus Mcfarland’s channel? It’s the total opposite of this.
I’ve followed it for a few months and in that time they’ve bought a shagged Corvette which had been struck by lightning and in those few months it’s now on its third engine, second transmission, second big turbo, second or third sump and runs 8 second passes on the drag strip.

24 is up

genuine LOL

Admires the Roger Moore eyebrow

Brilliant! Thanks! Bedtime viewing sorted.

The silent response is perfect…

The silent response is perfect…

Yep, loved it.

I’ll admit to not knowing what a charge cooler was/is, I think it’s a alternative to an intercooler, but I’ve no idea how.

I love this series. They are both seriously talented guys.

I’ll admit to not knowing what a charge cooler was/is, I think it’s a alternative to an intercooler, but I’ve no idea how.

I’m thinking it uses water pumped via small radiator to cool the incoming air rather than cooling the incoming air via big pipes and big intercooler (hence why they are using)…? Any mechanics

more bonus binky 🙂

lol @ the lego

And the lifting platform now makes sense 😀

Adding lightness, I wonder what will go in to replace it?

Guessing some sort of cummins turbo motor will go in there. Did anyone else guess the weight of the engine. I was only 8 kilos out with 750 kgs 🙂

They’ve got a mini engine spare…

Adding lightness, I wonder what will go in to replace it?

something requiring a bracket or two. 🙂

they would have made a fantastic 2/3rds of a scrap heap challenge team, though actually being happy with and finishing the project might have been an issue!

Two things are apparent from these videos.

1) there’s a lot of red dwarf references
2) im spotting the red dwarf references

Something turbocharged and 4wd I hope – Impreza escargot?

What did Guy Martin do with that Merlin engine he had?

Obviously a 16v71 Detroit Diesel is the only choice. Nothing sounds better…

Of course, if we want to keep it British, then the Leyland L60 Tank 6 Cyl 750 hp two stroke Engine

Not sure those engines fit the “loose weight” brief but I can’t find a weighted for the L60.

Did anyone else guess the weight of the engine. I was only 8 kilos out with 750 kgs

I went 950 !

1000HP – check.
187Kg – check.

The Rolls Royce Gem.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b1xu1IMr0II/maxresdefault.jpg

Ooh, there’s one on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/153471895152?chn=ps