I love it that the engine bay is so clean and orderly. Reminds me of modded show cars with hood popped open where you can simply admire the clean engine bay.
Love the Panther! I feel it still looks modern and mean. This museum is a really nice place. Australia is such a beautiful country. Must be nice to have a job there!
I would hate to see Steve fix a Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engine, only because, Workshop Wednesday would be all over in a minute. An absolutely bloody brilliant mechanic. BRAVO ZULU and Bar to the team at AA&AM.
That Maybach V12 should be in an art gallery - How beautiful is that Panther in motion? Great work from the guys who treat their engines like their kids!
Great to see that Panther tune up, it was a master class. It is amazing to see the talented technicians that find their way into the show. The mind boggles where these skills are acquired given the rarity of these vehicles. I could watch this all day. Also a big shout out to Jason, Beau and all the gang at the Oz Armour Fest 2024, I was fortunate to attend and thoroughly enjoyed a lap in the Stug IV. Our driver was the very famous Beau. Wow what a thrill, it was to be taken for a lap in the Stug by Beau, thank you Beau, I loved it. Also I am a big fan of the show and the restoration work being done every week. I think that the chance to rub shoulders with the guys in the show is a real treat. Thanks for another great event and for being top guys and girls.
I was cringing watching them kneel like that, when I work on aircraft and even at home I use a piece of 2” thick shipping foam cut to whatever size I need. Your knees will be hurting a lot later in life if you don’t take care of them now! Loved the tune up.
I watched Bruce's channel when he got the panther! Nick, Phil and Steve definitely know what their doing and Nick and Phil did a great restoration. The Panther is a inpressive tank its a shame we didn't get the chance too see this beast in the UK. I've been too tank feast at bovington museum it's a shame your so fare away even though I have family in Aus! I would of love to come your to your tank feast and see your collection. Looking forward too next week's video and to see tomorrow's additional one.
Cool to see Panther stuff. Also cool to see all the armor driving around. Then I remembered the dust in my eyes and the inhaled dust from driving the tank trails.
When I was younger, I had to learn about adjusting the Vacuum on Triple Weber's on a Charger, I ended up using a vacuum gauge like the "Stethoscope" you used to monitor vacuum, Tricky stuff & Pain in butt, BUT recently I noticed they make "Kits" for Motorcycles to adjust quad carbie's, with 4 Vacuum gauges in a rack, MAYBE something similar could help with your Multi-carb engines to get them synced up ...
Tuning and balancing sidedraft webers(needed a case of jets), setting manual points, adjusting valve clearances and timing(not magnetos) these were all skills we had to have in the 1980's just to get to work and fang around at the weekends. Nice to see these skills are still there.
It speaks volumes that all the team can make even the mundane tasks interesting to watch. Nice one Steve I wouldn’t have thought tuning relied on so many balances but explained in a logical and simple way 👍🏻
Chuckled at 11:51. Sounds as if Steve can't decide to laugh at the odds of dropping the flashlight or cry. So many times working on my first car, literally in my Parent's backyard and dropping a small bolt or nut down into the grass and crawling under the car in search of it. About that time I decided Dad was right and the grass needed mowing.
True old-school mechanic cred for Steve with the old hose trick to balance those carbs. Guess it works on old German tanks as well as old Japanese motorcycles! Nice work once again, Kurt!
I was trying to figure out where I knew Steve from, turns out he was my TAFE coordinator when I did my mechanical apprenticeship! Small but great world! He is incredibly knowledgeable, love the videos guys keep it coming!
The day when Kevin hopefully begins to display some of his collections of history is going to be a grand one. Not just the armour but the sheer amount of history that man has collected throughout the years is bonkers... No museum in the world could've done that! I truly hope he'll eventually open a museum like he's said throughout the years, but I fear he'll never get it "finished" for it to happen since he's not exactly slowing down acquiring stuff... But hiring the twins to work for him was a great move because they have a lot of knowledge restoring armour and Kevin has enough tanks alone to restore for the next hundred years or so... ;)
The Twins have so much knowledge about tanks and other military things. Makes my day watching and they ars there is a treat. Stay safe and strong everyone.
Thanks Steve, I can only imagine the Panther driver mechanic would have given a month's salary for a magnetic torch. Great episode and also great to see the twins in Australia. Cheers
Great podcast, good crew, couldn't have a better bunch of men , always cheerful, motivated, dedicated, these men appear to really like their job. They are very good at restoring these vehicles . It's the high point of my week to watch these men at work. Well they are Aussis what can you expect from them , just good stuff !!! Can't think of any other proper compliments for them. I just like them, and what they do!!!
Workshop Wednesday never fails to amaze me. This is one of the coolest German vehicles, and you guys did a great job! 👍 Once again, thanks you guys for making my Wednesdays.
A tip: We old Army mechanics would use an old foam chair pad with a canvas cover to kneel and lay on to work on a tank engine. Goes a long way to saving one's old bones. Love the Maybach eye candy
Enjoy watching/hearing Steve work. I bet watching the Fest crowd's smiles gives him a good, warm feeling inside. That Maybach in the Panther sounds perfect after his tuning!
11:50 - every Tanker's nightmare come true! You're just lucky, mate - Torches weren't magnetic back in the Day ;) Respect to Steve - a Master Mechanic is the most important Tool in the Shop. Canada Salutes!
Incredible condition of that engine bay is a testament to the restorers. Thank you for bringing us these very interesting videos. Spectacular collection of AFVs at the end 👍👍
Seeing you guys rebuilding these amazing artifacts regardless of their previous uses is both and engineering and collaborative effort that reminds me of when we used to build paddock bashers in the 80's.
@@neilperry2224 Yes I see your point and I doubt you are the only person so thinking. From my reading of history - and there is always more to read - some tanks had two engines and these engines were used as gun towers, generators for things like search lights - that would be an interesting project for Oz Armer - fun on a winter afternoon - and general static power plants. When Russia and France took over territory at war’s end vast quantities of metal and power units were taken and used or melted down. If you are old enough you might remember the Morganthau Plan which was to turn Germany into an agricultural subsistence state. No industry whatsoever. Huge quantities of industrial equipment were redistributed around Europe. Very little came to Britain as she was busy seeking her own industrial survival and failed over the next 40 years. This was in part the cost of paying for three wars WWI, WWII and the Korean War made worse for the UN Allies by the Labour Government selling jet engines to the Russians. To top that off we had to pay for every French and American factory on the Continent that we bombed! Do not ever believe that the victors have an easy victory. Britain and the Commonwealth, to whom we are ever grateful paid a price in blood and gold over the 20th century that many people have no idea of and it has lasted nearly three generations!
@@glynluff2595Hey. Careful there. The Morgenthau plan was a midwar theoretical. The Marshall plan was the reality. No doubt large numbers of Maybachs were scrapped ,along with airplanes,alloy,steel,anything capable of being repurposed.
@@paulmanson253 Ah yes with that in principle I agree. There was still great pressure by some of the four occupying powers to strip Germany of everything technical and industrial. The Western Powers only really desisted from the Morganthau Plan because they needed German military might to assist keeping the Russians behind the Iron Curtain. Churchill himself said there was little way the conscript army of Britain would fight another war in Europe. It was amazing really that they sent so many men to Korea. The result today is the poor response to obtain military recruits. No good looking to us old buggers with walking sticks we did our turn as volunteers. What is interesting in Germany today is to visit many of the craft and engineering museums. First old people look at the tools of our fathers and grandfathers many of which still have places in our workshops and secondly there is often the most wonderful display of what one can only describe as folk mobility post war. So many people with the idea of carting the whole family in a car the size of a bread bin!
Having a workshop Thursday, missed yesterday's which is unusual for me but busy with other things. Love the engineering, layout and though that went into the design of this tank. The twins experience and the diagnosis and thought process of Steve's mind makes this so educational and interesting, brilliant, love it .👍
So impressive how that many of your armored vehicles are working versions and not just static versions. I really enjoy seeing and watching the teams work on these vehicles. Well done 👍🏻
That was awesome, Steve is worth His weight in Gold ,finding a dead hole and Tweaking the carburetors is in easy thing and balancing the air flow by ear it pure experience ,and she sounded great when he was finished giving a tune ,the show was just brilliant and you mates worked your tails off to make it that way
Great diagnosis on the Panther engine. It sounded fabulous on the drive by. Good news about Workshop Thursdays too! And, that was great film from the weekend. Many thanks.
I was stationed at Fort Knox in the very early 80's and they were testing the Abrams there at that time! I remember being on a road march and a platoon of M1's would roll past at 40 shaking the ground so bad that we had to get into the ditch! To think that the panther and the Tiger 1 were lightweights compared to the Abrams at 71 tons.
Magnetos, points, flywheel markings and float carburettors used to keep planes in the sky once upon a time. Would anyone trust their life to that now? I had enough trouble getting it right with two cylinders on my old Norton. Eight chokes on a 12-cylinder doesn’t bear thinking about! Much respect to you. I must get my HL-230 in for a service before the discount runs out.
Lovely video! I may hate wars, but I do love military equipment from a pure technical and aesthetic point of view. I also love to see talented people restore old vehicles! Very professional video as well, thanks!
dead as a door nail, but a door nail might just have more continuity - i know for years i drove a military vehicle that blew one particular fuse on the ignition, correct size, so i wrapped it up in bako foil, in the field fix, worked a treat, never bothered me again great episode Steve, nice work, it all looks rather complex, a need a teacher like you to show me the ropes truly epic episode and great to see such a variety of vehicles running without fault
Wow, this is great. In the years that I've been studying WWII vehicles I've always wondered when someone would ever make a video about tuning the engine up on one. I assumed once someone makes one it'd be on something common like a Sherman variant, but seeing it done on a rare Panther is a real treat. Truly fascinating engineering and just as much impressive. I never thought I'd see level 6 heat-range NGK plugs coming out of a 23.1L V12 SOHC engine from a German WW2 tank. I've always wondered how hard spark plugs were to come by on these. Now I know that they're available at my local auto parts store for $6 a piece, lol. Apparently B6HS plugs are most commonly used in Yamaha outboard engines. Who would have thought?
Absolutely fascinating video, I remember back in the day when I was a motor technician tuning twin carb engines with the "special tool" a length of rubber hose, it's the best way to tune multi car engines, as long as you know what you are doing of course, The Panther engine is really something special & started on the button, loved the way the engine bay is presented, a very special historic vehicle, actually all of them are, but the Panther is just a little bit magical👍
Tuning a Panther to run in the climatic conditions of Northern Australia has to be a real challenge. I don't imagine there's anywhere in Germany that gets anything close to your heat and humidity. Also, I never knew the Germans used red zip ties on the Panther. I'm a little amazed none of the rivet counters who complained about the nyloc nuts on the Tiger appear to have noticed.
Best sounding big cat I've ever heard well done Steve .Actually we don't seem to have any down here in Warwick Qld to Listen to .Ill go play with my 1968 Vw Beetle air cooled 4.Its just not the same no matter how much i squint at it .Well done all of you .
Absolutely magnificent depiction of all the hard work and detail which goes in to keeping this unique collection of military history alive and roaring! I can't wait to visit AusArmour fest next year!
Beautifully done, Kurt and Steve! Wish I had a JagdPanther to take you up on the tune-up offer! Keep up your dedicated work from your dedicated fans back in the USA!
Steve has a talent for putting the camera in a spot that gets you into the work without making you feel sick from constantly moving.
I have SO much respect for the twins! Awesome to have them present. Such a font of wisdom to call on.
Same they have so much knowledge about all this
Steve's a natural at telling the story.
No drama.
Clear and concise.
Calm.
Able to fit into tiny spaces just to show us what's going on.
Not to mention being able to tune ancient v12's by ear. I hope that man gets paid his dues in full!
I love it that the engine bay is so clean and orderly. Reminds me of modded show cars with hood popped open where you can simply admire the clean engine bay.
I was going to say. That engine bay probably wasn't that clean when it left the factory.
Indeed, I wonder if the red oxide is correct.
I like it...
Yep red oxide it was....
Love Workshop Wednesday
Steve’s always great to watch.
Love the Panther! I feel it still looks modern and mean. This museum is a really nice place. Australia is such a beautiful country. Must be nice to have a job there!
Thank you all so much. What a truly wonderful display. If Im in better health next time. I will be there. You people are amazing. Well done.🇦🇺👍
What a beautiful Tank.
always look forward to Workshop Wednesday, always interesting
Steve to the rescue again! When persistence pays off! Seeing all the vehicles Steve crawled around in ruining so well, a true professional!
A magnificent display of rolling armour. I could watch that drone footage for hours.
I would hate to see Steve fix a Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engine, only because, Workshop Wednesday would be all over in a minute. An absolutely bloody brilliant mechanic. BRAVO ZULU and Bar to the team at AA&AM.
That Maybach V12 should be in an art gallery - How beautiful is that Panther in motion? Great work from the guys who treat their engines like their kids!
The Maybach is beautiful. Having helped restore a Panther, I find this one amazing. Great job, mates.
Great to see that Panther tune up, it was a master class. It is amazing to see the talented technicians that find their way into the show. The mind boggles where these skills are acquired given the rarity of these vehicles. I could watch this all day. Also a big shout out to Jason, Beau and all the gang at the Oz Armour Fest 2024, I was fortunate to attend and thoroughly enjoyed a lap in the Stug IV. Our driver was the very famous Beau. Wow what a thrill, it was to be taken for a lap in the Stug by Beau, thank you Beau, I loved it. Also I am a big fan of the show and the restoration work being done every week. I think that the chance to rub shoulders with the guys in the show is a real treat. Thanks for another great event and for being top guys and girls.
love seeing and hearing such an old engine still running
Thanks for doing this show.
This is my fav youtube subscription. Wednesday is my fav day. Thank you very much AAAM
Great Video, Some tilers knee-pads might help crawling around on that Panther Deck ...
Gonna feel all the aches and pain when older 😅
I was cringing watching them kneel like that, when I work on aircraft and even at home I use a piece of 2” thick shipping foam cut to whatever size I need. Your knees will be hurting a lot later in life if you don’t take care of them now! Loved the tune up.
Just what I was thinking. My old knees would be screaming in protest! 😂
I watched Bruce's channel when he got the panther! Nick, Phil and Steve definitely know what their doing and Nick and Phil did a great restoration. The Panther is a inpressive tank its a shame we didn't get the chance too see this beast in the UK. I've been too tank feast at bovington museum it's a shame your so fare away even though I have family in Aus! I would of love to come your to your tank feast and see your collection. Looking forward too next week's video and to see tomorrow's additional one.
Woohoo Workshop Wednesday's!!!!🎉
Cool to see Panther stuff. Also cool to see all the armor driving around. Then I remembered the dust in my eyes and the inhaled dust from driving the tank trails.
When I was younger, I had to learn about adjusting the Vacuum on Triple Weber's on a Charger, I ended up using a vacuum gauge like the "Stethoscope" you used to monitor vacuum, Tricky stuff & Pain in butt, BUT recently I noticed they make "Kits" for Motorcycles to adjust quad carbie's, with 4 Vacuum gauges in a rack, MAYBE something similar could help with your Multi-carb engines to get them synced up ...
Yeh, Workshop Wednesday. One year I will get to Aus Armour for real
I was a mech as a young man. Steve makes me feel like I slept through some classes. Great work. Great teaching.
Steve and the Twins. What awesome talent.
Tuning and balancing sidedraft webers(needed a case of jets), setting manual points, adjusting valve clearances and timing(not magnetos) these were all skills we had to have in the 1980's just to get to work and fang around at the weekends. Nice to see these skills are still there.
Petition to have Workshop Wednesday, Tour Thursday, and Steve Fridays!
It speaks volumes that all the team can make even the mundane tasks interesting to watch. Nice one Steve I wouldn’t have thought tuning relied on so many balances but explained in a logical and simple way 👍🏻
As a mechanic, I can appreciate the time and effort it must take to keep all these old machines in running order. Well done!
Seen untidier engine bays on sports cars. What a beautiful piece of machinery.
Chuckled at 11:51. Sounds as if Steve can't decide to laugh at the odds of dropping the flashlight or cry. So many times working on my first car, literally in my Parent's backyard and dropping a small bolt or nut down into the grass and crawling under the car in search of it. About that time I decided Dad was right and the grass needed mowing.
No, you needed some concrete poured...
thats one way to learn that will stick to ya
Again this shows the true skill of your staff
True old-school mechanic cred for Steve with the old hose trick to balance those carbs. Guess it works on old German tanks as well as old Japanese motorcycles! Nice work once again, Kurt!
I was trying to figure out where I knew Steve from, turns out he was my TAFE coordinator when I did my mechanical apprenticeship! Small but great world! He is incredibly knowledgeable, love the videos guys keep it coming!
These guys work for Kevin Wheatcroft now and the Wheatcroft collection
The day when Kevin hopefully begins to display some of his collections of history is going to be a grand one. Not just the armour but the sheer amount of history that man has collected throughout the years is bonkers... No museum in the world could've done that! I truly hope he'll eventually open a museum like he's said throughout the years, but I fear he'll never get it "finished" for it to happen since he's not exactly slowing down acquiring stuff...
But hiring the twins to work for him was a great move because they have a lot of knowledge restoring armour and Kevin has enough tanks alone to restore for the next hundred years or so... ;)
The Twins have so much knowledge about tanks and other military things. Makes my day watching and they ars there is a treat. Stay safe and strong everyone.
Thanks Steve for holding up workshop wednesday.😊
I spied three of my favourite tank types. Two Pzkfw IV, a Tiger E and a Panther. So amazing to see them all roll around. Fantastic work.
You guys do amazing work. And I figured that flashlight was gone forever, sacrificed to the hull monster.
Loved seeing some aspects of that Panther engine in detail. That's a pretty awesome collection of running vehicles you have there!
Thanks Steve, I can only imagine the Panther driver mechanic would have given a month's salary for a magnetic torch. Great episode and also great to see the twins in Australia. Cheers
Great find Steve! Love your work. Such a simple thing but people skip it cause of the low chance of it happening
Great podcast, good crew, couldn't have a better bunch of men , always cheerful, motivated, dedicated, these men appear to really like their job. They are very good at restoring these vehicles . It's the high point of my week to watch these men at work. Well they are Aussis what can you expect from them , just good stuff !!! Can't think of any other proper compliments for them. I just like them, and what they do!!!
Fascinating video
I never had such a deep insight of the guts of a Panther Cat! It is insanely interesting! Thank you guys so much!
Workshop Wednesday never fails to amaze me. This is one of the coolest German vehicles, and you guys did a great job! 👍 Once again, thanks you guys for making my Wednesdays.
Great work! I'm happy if I can synchronize the two carburettors on my old BMW motorcycle.
A tip: We old Army mechanics would use an old foam chair pad with a canvas cover to kneel and lay on to work on a tank engine. Goes a long way to saving one's old bones.
Love the Maybach eye candy
Steve is a legend, especially for embracing the video side of his new line of work 🙌
Very excited for the Wespe.
Hope they also add it to Warthunder. Soon (tm).
Nice pfp 🤝
Thanks Nick and Phil!!!
Enjoy watching/hearing Steve work. I bet watching the Fest crowd's smiles gives him a good, warm feeling inside. That Maybach in the Panther sounds perfect after his tuning!
The talent on staff at the museum is top rate.
Wonderful intro, Kurt! Give the customers what thay want 😆
Even by modern stAndards the Panther is a beautiful tank. Great job on the restoration!
11:50 - every Tanker's nightmare come true! You're just lucky, mate - Torches weren't magnetic back in the Day ;)
Respect to Steve - a Master Mechanic is the most important Tool in the Shop. Canada Salutes!
Incredible condition of that engine bay is a testament to the restorers. Thank you for bringing us these very interesting videos.
Spectacular collection of AFVs at the end 👍👍
I am amazed each time by what they where able to build back in the 1940. And also how nice it looks/ fits together.
Brilliant! You must all be very proud of all the effort you’ve put in.
Brilliant, loved every second of this episode. Seeing the HL up close and how it works 👏👏👏👏
Seeing you guys rebuilding these amazing artifacts regardless of their previous uses is both and engineering and collaborative effort that reminds me of when we used to build paddock bashers in the 80's.
Recently reading Ferry Porsche’s autobiography he indicated that over 500,000 of these engines were made by Germany in WWII.
But where did they all go to? There has got be a ship on the bottom of the sea with a load of them in sde a sealed area
@@neilperry2224 Mostly scrapped after the war, I would wager. Maybe even repurposed to generators.
@@neilperry2224 Yes I see your point and I doubt you are the only person so thinking. From my reading of history - and there is always more to read - some tanks had two engines and these engines were used as gun towers, generators for things like search lights - that would be an interesting project for Oz Armer - fun on a winter afternoon - and general static power plants. When Russia and France took over territory at war’s end vast quantities of metal and power units were taken and used or melted down. If you are old enough you might remember the Morganthau Plan which was to turn Germany into an agricultural subsistence state. No industry whatsoever. Huge quantities of industrial equipment were redistributed around Europe. Very little came to Britain as she was busy seeking her own industrial survival and failed over the next 40 years. This was in part the cost of paying for three wars WWI, WWII and the Korean War made worse for the UN Allies by the Labour Government selling jet engines to the Russians. To top that off we had to pay for every French and American factory on the Continent that we bombed! Do not ever believe that the victors have an easy victory. Britain and the Commonwealth, to whom we are ever grateful paid a price in blood and gold over the 20th century that many people have no idea of and it has lasted nearly three generations!
@@glynluff2595Hey. Careful there. The Morgenthau plan was a midwar theoretical. The Marshall plan was the reality. No doubt large numbers of Maybachs were scrapped ,along with airplanes,alloy,steel,anything capable of being repurposed.
@@paulmanson253 Ah yes with that in principle I agree. There was still great pressure by some of the four occupying powers to strip Germany of everything technical and industrial. The Western Powers only really desisted from the Morganthau Plan because they needed German military might to assist keeping the Russians behind the Iron Curtain. Churchill himself said there was little way the conscript army of Britain would fight another war in Europe. It was amazing really that they sent so many men to Korea. The result today is the poor response to obtain military recruits. No good looking to us old buggers with walking sticks we did our turn as volunteers.
What is interesting in Germany today is to visit many of the craft and engineering museums. First old people look at the tools of our fathers and grandfathers many of which still have places in our workshops and secondly there is often the most wonderful display of what one can only describe as folk mobility post war. So many people with the idea of carting the whole family in a car the size of a bread bin!
Having a workshop Thursday, missed yesterday's which is unusual for me but busy with other things. Love the engineering, layout and though that went into the design of this tank. The twins experience and the diagnosis and thought process of Steve's mind makes this so educational and interesting, brilliant, love it .👍
So impressive how that many of your armored vehicles are working versions and not just static versions. I really enjoy seeing and watching the teams work on these vehicles. Well done 👍🏻
Great job guys.
That was awesome, Steve is worth His weight in Gold ,finding a dead hole and Tweaking the carburetors is in easy thing and balancing the air flow by ear it pure experience ,and she sounded great when he was finished giving a tune ,the show was just brilliant and you mates worked your tails off to make it that way
Great diagnosis on the Panther engine. It sounded fabulous on the drive by. Good news about Workshop Thursdays too! And, that was great film from the weekend. Many thanks.
I was stationed at Fort Knox in the very early 80's and they were testing the Abrams there at that time! I remember being on a road march and a platoon of M1's would roll past at 40 shaking the ground so bad that we had to get into the ditch! To think that the panther and the Tiger 1 were lightweights compared to the Abrams at 71 tons.
Another Outstanding video and presentation. The Panther has had an outstanding restoration.
Magnetos, points, flywheel markings and float carburettors used to keep planes in the sky once upon a time. Would anyone trust their life to that now? I had enough trouble getting it right with two cylinders on my old Norton. Eight chokes on a 12-cylinder doesn’t bear thinking about! Much respect to you. I must get my HL-230 in for a service before the discount runs out.
Lovely video!
I may hate wars, but I do love military equipment from a pure technical and aesthetic point of view.
I also love to see talented people restore old vehicles!
Very professional video as well, thanks!
dead as a door nail, but a door nail might just have more continuity - i know for years i drove a military vehicle that blew one particular fuse on the ignition, correct size, so i wrapped it up in bako foil, in the field fix, worked a treat, never bothered me again
great episode Steve, nice work, it all looks rather complex, a need a teacher like you to show me the ropes
truly epic episode and great to see such a variety of vehicles running without fault
Steve is an Oz national treasure. Iain Tyrrell couldn't have tuned that V12 better!
Outstanding video and presentation.
Wow, this is great. In the years that I've been studying WWII vehicles I've always wondered when someone would ever make a video about tuning the engine up on one. I assumed once someone makes one it'd be on something common like a Sherman variant, but seeing it done on a rare Panther is a real treat. Truly fascinating engineering and just as much impressive. I never thought I'd see level 6 heat-range NGK plugs coming out of a 23.1L V12 SOHC engine from a German WW2 tank. I've always wondered how hard spark plugs were to come by on these. Now I know that they're available at my local auto parts store for $6 a piece, lol. Apparently B6HS plugs are most commonly used in Yamaha outboard engines. Who would have thought?
Would love to see you all working together again on more projects!
Was awesome to catch you on Sunday Kurt! Thanks for giving my brother and I that selfie, was such an awesome day.
Absolutely fascinating video, I remember back in the day when I was a motor technician tuning twin carb engines with the "special tool" a length of rubber hose, it's the best way to tune multi car engines, as long as you know what you are doing of course,
The Panther engine is really something special & started on the button, loved the way the engine bay is presented, a very special historic vehicle, actually all of them are, but the Panther is just a little bit magical👍
Tuning a Panther to run in the climatic conditions of Northern Australia has to be a real challenge. I don't imagine there's anywhere in Germany that gets anything close to your heat and humidity. Also, I never knew the Germans used red zip ties on the Panther. I'm a little amazed none of the rivet counters who complained about the nyloc nuts on the Tiger appear to have noticed.
OH GENTLEMEN....thank you all so much for this video.
Boys with their toys. BLOODY MARVELOUS!!!
The ONLY difference between Men and Boys, Is the price of their toys..........
Whatever you're paying Steve, tack on another 50%, he deserves it, mans a wizard
Perfect trio of knowledge people.love it from the uk Bravo!
So much talent I applaud you guys
I had the pleasure of riding in this beast during Armourfest 2021 in commanders cupola plus a heap of other tanks.best sounding engine on earth
Steve is a real bonus for the shop!! Always interesting to see his work!
Steve’s great at the video part as well as the tuning. Amazingly complex German engineering, as usual. Great job!
Thank you.
We want more! 🙂👍💪
Regards from the Ardennes
Nice work Steve. Worth your weight in Gold. The images of the weekend look truly magnificent in 1080p on a 15" screen!!!!! Its on my bucket list.
Kurt - I love your intro so much; it feels like my weekly breeze of fresh air =)
Brilliant diagnostics and awesome insight, fantastic. Well done yet again boys
Best sounding big cat I've ever heard well done Steve .Actually we don't seem to have any down here in Warwick Qld to Listen to .Ill go play with my 1968 Vw Beetle air cooled 4.Its just not the same no matter how much i squint at it .Well done all of you .
Absolutely magnificent depiction of all the hard work and detail which goes in to keeping this unique collection of military history alive and roaring!
I can't wait to visit AusArmour fest next year!
That engine bay is insanely clean, awesome job on restoration.
Früher gefürchtet,heute heiß begehrt,schön instand gehalten.
Beautifully done, Kurt and Steve! Wish I had a JagdPanther to take you up on the tune-up offer! Keep up your dedicated work from your dedicated fans back in the USA!
That was awesome. Great old school tune! Plug read, & listening to the airflow. Killer.