A cutting mistake, a welding fix and a genius hack

Watch me measure once and cut twice. Also a brilliant hack for how to remove that rubber sound deadening / insulation from your car's interior.

Chapters:
00:00 In this video
01:11 How to remove sound deadening the easy way
04:10 How rusty is the floor?
06:04 Stopping the car falling apart
07:08 Measure once, cut once
08:57 Cut twice
11:29 New metal

[neiljarvis]

Cool, that panel was a "Fitzee cut'n butt". I take it that you are using genuine drmmel cutting discs, my ebay ones turn to dust in about 5 seconds.... if I attached a damp aldi digestive biscuit it would probably cut better. That repair looked good, you are right about grinding the welds, the most likely outcome is thinning the original parent metal and the repair peice.
For it's age it's surprisingly free from rust. Coming along nicely, enjoy watching your work.

[martinwhite]

As a fellow Matra owner ( 89 Espace Quadra ) just wanted to say how much I am enjoying this series. Shows what excellent work you can do with basic tools. It also motivates me to get on and start work on a rusty Mini that I have lurking behind my workshop. Thankfully it looks a lot better in the rust department than what you are tackling. Not having salted roads mean cars have lasted better in New Zealand than in my country of birth.

[davejones]

Nice to see some new metal going in! I find that quite a motivational boost when new bits are welded in

[FranzHuber-rg]

This chanal and the Irish Esprit Stop Motion guy (soup) are my absolute favorites! Filmwise the soup guy is a bit better, but you easily catch up with your humor. Love your series, honestly. Greetings from a German lotus owner.

[Kapil-Patel]

Very clever trick to remove sound deadening 😎 and nice result with the panel. More great progress on the restoration. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽

[martysprojects]

Annoying when that happens, we've all done it. Keep up the good work. Cheers Marty's projects 👍

[benc]

Wow. Well done! Those pieces fit perfectly. Also your welding has got much better than when you repaired your Honda Aerodeck (which was fine, I don't mean to be critical, but this was really much more like it).

[TK]

Nice work as usual.
Plumbing pipe freezing spray also works. I've seen this done with dry ice too but that's not always easy to get hold of in the UK.

[ivanfernyhough]

Your repair panels you have made are very impressive.your doing a great job.dont see many of them nowadays.i remember at school one of the other pupils parents having a red one.late 70s early 80s I woukd guess.

[spitfiretrading]

Well done young man, coming along now slowly but surely! Keep the faith...

[danielrussell]

Well done Martin great work as ever on the rancho and those panels are brilliant considering they are hand made and the originals were pressed from steel sheet (my dad was a press operator years back) so glad it is coming along and you can see the work you have put in already great tip about the freeze spray will have to look for some! All the best Daniel

[fhwolthuis]

Nice job, Martin. I love it that you work so thoroughly. That freezing stuff is a good tip!

[endoxr]

I keep an old wood chisel to use for the bitumen sound deadening stuff

[tomwinch]

I'm loving this series, your metal folding is so impressive and your explanations really great.

Plus this is a car worth saving

I've got a Mk1 Rav4, which needs a bit of welding by the rear sill. The Rav4 triggered the (crossover) SUV movement (which has gone way too far - the isolation they provide from the 'dangerous roads' is just encouraging driving that makes them more dangerous!), maybe not something to celebrate!

I'm wondering if the Matra Rancho was one of the inspiring factors in the Rav4 ... is it uni body or is the rear half chassis rails?

[edgarbeat]

Keep chipping away your doing fantastic work. Been a while. Gave a like also.

Wish i knew about the chill spray. Removing the bitumen from my vw 412 was soul destroying.

[michaelbyrnes]

I like your anvil has a square hole in it do you have any dolly’s that slide into the anvil.. what thickness steel are you welding back into the car .8 or 1 mill

[benday]

A little set back handled with much sang froid.

[Roverjoe]

damn wish i knew about that freezer in a can, i spent hours chiselling away at my sound deadening 😂

[TheDistur]

This is much like eating an elephant. One piece at a time.

[andybtec]

Nice work. I can't stand having the handle on my angle grinders