Marcel metal body shop tour - world-renowned coach builder - hand formed sheet metal cars

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • This Shop is one of the best metal fabricators in the world. Right here in Norco CA. He builds custom cars for along with Chip Foose. And many years ago his father built for Boyd Coddington. Come along and see the shop where the magic happens. Tools work in progress, along with all the hand fabrication process, designs. past work. His Father Luk du le Marcel started the business and he now carries on the legacy. TOTALLY amazing Hand made aluminum and steel cars with no presses. just hammers. stump, English wheel, planishing hammer, benders, cutters, and much more.
    #metalwork #fabricacion #cars #racing #dragracing

Комментарии • 49

  • @Handbuilt1
    @Handbuilt1 9 месяцев назад +1

    Incredible workmanship , these people are proper artisanes , not many of them around now a days . It go to show how far one can go with a wooden stump and a English wheel

  • @michaelbell7465
    @michaelbell7465 Год назад +1

    Thanks Mike.

  • @AlsETypeResto
    @AlsETypeResto Год назад +1

    Dude…..it’s Austin Healey and Aston Martin…. thanks, just had to get that out of my system Good video 👍

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад +1

      No, it's 100% original. Of course anything styled from late 50 racers will be similar.

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад +1

      Oops, yeah, that saying it wrong drove me crazy.

  • @mikehammer4546
    @mikehammer4546 Год назад +4

    Wow, world class work ! How special was that, that you got to go to his shop 😎

  • @thomasollinger7922
    @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hi Jimmy. I don't know much about the production ones(356), but certain the racing ones. Some were only .040" thick. And they were gas welded. If you enjoy this stuff, search Christopher Runge.

  • @aaron___6014
    @aaron___6014 8 месяцев назад +1

    4:53, thats a airplane.

  • @thomasollinger7922
    @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад +1

    Luc de Ley is one of the world's top shapers. If youve seen any of Rick Dore's fabulous customs, Luc likely made the body.

  • @ginoperretta373
    @ginoperretta373 Год назад +4

    if you want to see how this stuff is done there is a guy on youtube named Wray Schelin who makes videos about it, the name of his channel is Wray Schelin's ProShaper Workshop,

    • @DanTheManIOM
      @DanTheManIOM Год назад

      That's who I thought of too, hey we got the same talent on East Coast...love Wray's accent...

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад

      Pro Shaper is the best place to take your first metalshaping class.

  • @garyphelps9123
    @garyphelps9123 Год назад +3

    MIKE ITS NOT AUSTIN MARTIN ITS ASTON

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад +1

      100% original. Unavoidably similar to many cars from the late 50s.

  • @aaron___6014
    @aaron___6014 8 месяцев назад +1

    Just visited the Marcel shop today, impressive.

  • @marcumexe
    @marcumexe 2 месяца назад

    Compare what it would cost to build the dies and punch presses to form those parts compared to some sheets of metal and one's experience,
    she is sweet, neat, and hard to beat, Mr Marcel is the Master of Disaster, good work my friend. What I never will be able to understand is how can a painting be worth hundreds of Millions yet this type of artwork pays peanuts in comparison, shouldn't it be the other way around???

  • @ronaldvanzelst7894
    @ronaldvanzelst7894 Год назад +2

    hi Mike, I've been following you on youtube for a while now. And actually find all your movie interesting. also what you show today. How beautiful!

  • @user-ti6po6gg5m
    @user-ti6po6gg5m Год назад +1

    WoW !😮

  • @jagnuts1
    @jagnuts1 Год назад +3

    Mike love it true craftsman

  • @stpaulimdog
    @stpaulimdog Год назад +1

    So is this like a kit car?

    • @aaron___6014
      @aaron___6014 8 месяцев назад

      No, a kit is something you buy and assemble. These are one off cars, like coach built cars but almost everything is custom.

  • @vayabroder729
    @vayabroder729 Год назад +2

    I’ve heard about that guy. Dominic Chinea on RUclips manufactures the new Ranalah English wheels and he’s into all that stuff. Fascinating.

  • @metalbones
    @metalbones Год назад +1

    I remember around 2012, a ‘32 Ford was shipped to our shop, from Marcel, for the SEMA show, it was just the hand made body and rolling chassis, no interior, the best thing was looking up under the roof and seeing the heat zone from tig welding the panel, it was steel, one sheet corner was at a 45 degree angle to the windshield, I always wanted to ask him about that, I saw it finished at SEMA, the doors were flush mounted, it was widened and lengthened.

  • @rollingsculpture2413
    @rollingsculpture2413 Год назад +2

    Truly incredible, I particularly like Delahaye/Auburn style cars in the photos, absolute works of art!

    • @DanTheManIOM
      @DanTheManIOM Год назад +1

      truly rolling sculptures here... you should get to the Auburn museum if you have not yet already....

  • @jimmywilkinson9190
    @jimmywilkinson9190 Год назад +1

    Hey Mike ! The stump is to throw bean bags on it takes the shocks of the pounding ?

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage  Год назад +1

      yea i think he just puts the metal on there and starts pounding. like a shrinking dolly.

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад +1

      When he hammers into the bowl carved in the stump it forms a tuck(big ripple) in the metal, then when he hammers the tuck into the bowl it shrinks the metal.

    • @jimmywilkinson9190
      @jimmywilkinson9190 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@thomasollinger7922 the original Porsche were hand made ?

  • @metalbones
    @metalbones Год назад +1

    The red one is a Drake arbor press, with a small one on the back

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage  Год назад

      yea all the tools I would like if I had a bigger shop like that.

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад

      The blue "C" shaped machines are Eckold shrinkers. Pretty much Luc's primary forming machine.

  • @eubanks8085
    @eubanks8085 Год назад +1

    This shop brings back so many memories of all the years I was an Airframe mechanic.....he is definitely a master of his craft

  • @JourneymanRandy
    @JourneymanRandy Год назад +1

    Very nice shop. That guy is amazing.

  • @sashas8168
    @sashas8168 Год назад +2

    I remember watching American Hotrod and Marcel's did a lot of cars for Boyd. The Alumatub stands out.

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage  Год назад +1

      Yea His dad...now he has taken over. Great guy I will be there again on the next open house.

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад

      Master metalshaper Craig Naff was also at Boyd's. Craig built the body on Cadzilla.

  • @charleslawrence7194
    @charleslawrence7194 Год назад +1

    Amazing! A ture artist.

  • @jasonburkhart1632
    @jasonburkhart1632 Год назад +1

    I remember old tv show boyd had. These guys did aluminum body for him. Amazing work

  • @hughsmith7281
    @hughsmith7281 Год назад +1

    Great shop!

  • @rickybeasley3374
    @rickybeasley3374 Год назад +1

    I'm laughing this guy talking clearly has limited nolage of cars, he's calling an astin Martin ,a Austin Martin 😂😂😂😂

  • @jedschleisner8960
    @jedschleisner8960 Год назад +1

    Only in California do you get that kind of talent! Not that there aren’t artisan else where. It’s the clients and the car culture there. Very cool stuff! Thanks Mike!

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 Год назад +2

      Check some British ones on the Dominic Chinea channel on RUclips.

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage  Год назад +2

      @@vayabroder729 yea there are several overseas. but probably one of the best around here.

    • @thomasollinger7922
      @thomasollinger7922 10 месяцев назад

      You also have Ron Covell, Lazze, Matt Salamanca, and others in CA. And at least a dozen or more spread around the US. Metalshaping has a made a resurgence with masters like Kevin Masson, Mike Wagner, Jeff Fournier, Wray Schelin and others(myself) offering classes.

  • @douggrenard91
    @douggrenard91 Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing this man's work.