BOSS XC Custom Engine Bay Fabrication | Road To Summernats Top 60 #08
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Welcome to the eighth instalment of Road To Summernats Top 60 by Astill Design. Please subscribe to our channel if you haven't already.
Join us as we get BOSS XC built and finished ready for Summernats in January 2022. Here we will cover everything about the build. What's great about this first episode is Howard brings you up to speed on what's been done to get the car to this point.
Enjoy! And don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes.
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Its like watching an artist at work.
Just chipping away
This car is better than factory..exceptional work 👍
Thanks Mick
Thanks for your time Howard, I remember Rock Solid from when I was 18ish. I'm a Holden fan and had a LS Monaro when I was 16 years old. I also have had numerous cancers in my mug and lost half my schnozzle from a mis-diagnosis. It's rebuilt from parts of my ears. It's all good now. Love your show and love this build. Look forward to every episode and show it to my old man. Blows his mind what your doing to this car. Thanks mate🖒
Thanks Shane, Glad he hear the Old man likes to what as well. Cheers H
I'm late on board but loving this show. The detail and education is brilliant and I bet it inspires a generation of car builders!
Welcome, few hours to go through.
That engine bay is going to be a winner 🏆unbelievable job 👍🏽🇦🇺👌🏼☝🏼💪🏼🍻🔨
Thank Greg, I like the way it’s coming together
i remember your "ROCK FALCONS' .they were great cars.i still have the street magazines at home.
yes its been an awesome journey
Great message about skin cancer Howard 👍
yeah got to look after ourselves
B9 first caught my attention but fantastic work & great video!
thanks
Another awesome video. Learning so much. Thank you again Howard.
Keep pushing the skin cancer awareness.
Thanks mate, will do
The strut towers look 'right' .The best thing about these videos is giving everyone such an appreciation of the work in custom cars .The amount of work to achieve the subtlest detail is massive ,look forward to watching each week especially in lockdown . All the best mate.
Thanks mate hopefully you will stay along after lockdown
So everyone who owns an X Falcon has just walked out to the garage with a tape measure in hand after watching this vid lol 😝
Love your work and I get something out of every vid you do…thanks for taking the time to do them…cheers 🍻
Good one Tex, it all comes down to experience. I have been caught out so many times in so many areas.
Is it just me , think your towers look like Ned Kelly’s helmet . Love them 👌
Yep warriors from 300🤔
Coming along nicely. Vacuum metallization on the headlight buckets, don't touch with bare hands if you can help it.
Hahaha 1/2", that explains the panel gaps on my XE Ghia Rebuild. what a shocker. 😊
Thanks for the tips!
Have been a fan of your work since I was a kid mate.. I'm now 45 and just waiting on winning the lottery so I can get you to build me a AC Cobra.
In the meantime I look forward to watching every new episode you upload.
Goodluck with your skin treatment, sending positive & healing energy yourway.
Thank Steve, always wanted to do an AC cobra, You better hurry up through Im not getting any younger
Your 100% right about the skin cancer from welding or just from the sun in general
I always have gloves long sleeves and a hood even just for one tack
I always told the apprentices to look around the workshop floor only old guys in fabrication are behind a desk
Yes never can be too safe
Great vid the xc head lights look good , thanks for sharing your skin treatment aswell 👍
Thanks Steven, thought people should know the outcome if you don’t cover up.
@@AstillDesign its a good reminder for ppl
I totally agree welding - you need to cover up no
good getting. Worst Uv burn I get is from welding!
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Your a nice Bloke and very generous with these video’s. I’m a big Ford fan and looking for a XA ,XB, XC coupe to buy. After your recommendation I also now on the lookout for a factory workshop manual. Great show. Thank you. Just subscribed
Thanks for your kind words and welcome
Attention to detail is everything when building a car like this. And Howard has this is bucketloads.LEGEND. Can't wait to see this finished. It will be XClent. To use a line from Mad Max from Goose, Shut the gate on this 1 Maxy it's the Ducks Guts. What is the link for the Astill Top 60 shirts mate ? lik
bit.ly/3xyIaIb
@@AstillDesign Awesome.👍👍
Love your show and look forward to every episode
Thanks Tracy
Always interesting to watch a master at work, another great episode.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Howard been a fan since the early days I really enjoy your channel and have let all the boys know about it and to check it out and subscribe to help you along and tomorrow I’ll be putting a post up on ticktock for your channel and I’m looking forward to getting my merch . Awesome channel mate love the content and the lawn pawn 👍🏽🇦🇺
Thanks Chris, the channel is really getting some traction now.
Amazing to see the insight and skill required when building a car to such high standards. Thanks for sharing your incredible amounts of knowledge and skill
Glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up idolising your builds as big posters on my wall. Happy to be able to subscribe and watch you work now. Good luck with the treatment.
Thanks for the support
Really looking forward to these videos each week now, keep it up mate. Best wishes for your health Howard 👍
I second that!
Thanks mate
Thanks for another round of education and entertainment, Howard. Imagine the amount of work in putting those workshop manuals together - the writing, drawings, diagrams and numbers. And all without a desktop computer for the layout - it was done with typewriters, letraset, pens, rulers, scissors and glue.
Yeah I always wonder how they designed every single part for a new model.
Another great informative video. With a good reminder for everyone to look after them selves
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Howard. I'm just wondering is there a reason you didn't use the empty space inside the fake strut towers for anything? Maybe the ecu or relays ect?
Access would have been difficult, all the wiring is FG in original locations
Great show again , glad your looking after yourself , skin and waistline. You have produced several great cars from your workshop which tonight we saw a few glimpses of its size. A suggestion for future shows how you fit all your gear in the space . Hoist , welders , work benches, metal folder, tool chests, parts washer , English wheel etc etc , thanks take care and stay well.
Will look into that for you, workshop tour
i run XC head lights in my HQ with a HJ front as well i notice they tend to rust in side the housing as i have other pair i bout new about 25 years ago ,,, The Boss is shaping up nicely as well . Grow a beard that protect your face from the sun rise and wear a cap look after yourself stay Cool .
Cheers Bud
Loving the work mate.
Cheers Mate,
Thank you Howard for another great episode. I hope your skin repair all goes to plan. 😊
Thanks mate, going to plan so far
Another thoroughly informative and entertaining video from you mate, and great advice about looking after your skin considering the country we live in and that a lot of blokes have a welder in their shed! The treatment looks to be working well!
thank mate, glad you are enjoying it
I like your precision and the time you put into your projects. Very nice. I have had a few cancers on and in the old melon too with the last one being in my brain which has knocked me around a bit. But if we keep tinkering we will keep going. Good videos man. 👍
Thanks mate, and keep well
Loving the channel mate, keep up the great work and all the best for your health!
thanks mate
Great update, good to get some description of the heat shrinking process.
Good luck with the face, I'm day 10 on the cream now and it's not a lot of fun!
Cheers Bud
Howard, you are a master craftsman. Love your videos. Good to see your face is getting better too mate.
Thanks 👍
Patience= Perfection.
2 Thumbs up from me. 😉🙂👍👍
Aim for success not perfection.
@@AstillDesign 🙂 perfection is in the eye of the beholder buddy,
Me thinketh it's perfect via digital imaging😉🙂👍👍
Hey Howard, another great vid in the series. On a side note, have you experienced that the Falcon Workshop manuals are better detailed than the Fairlane version? My ZH manual doesn't have nearly as much detail shown here in your XC falcon manual.
Can’t say I have seen a fairlane manual, but it might be an add on to the falcon, like the GT with XY
@@AstillDesign might sorce the falcon manual and compare. Thanks mate.
Great work mate more importantly you look like your loving what your doing can't wait to see it finished 👌👍
Yes, it’s a pretty good life.
Hey Howard I hope you get better with you’re condition and love you’re work as usual mate ..
A work in progress
Hi there Howard. My wife and I are merely strangers and fans on your channel. We both appreciate you creating awareness of skin cancer, especially through something like welding which people may not be aware of
Thanks Tony
I’m gunah make a slapper
go for it
Glad your ok howard
yeah all good, bit of a service. Thats all
I never knew you could get skin cancer from welding, Im definitely going to make sure I cover up more now, all the best with your health mate. Engine Bays looking great !
Cheers mate
Pretty soon this sort of work will be lost & will be such a shame, look forward to seeing your videos, stay safe & keep up the awsome work Mr Astill👍
Fortunatly there is growth in the shops with young blocks doing this sort of work.
I remember when my dad was doing his FJ in Broken Hill, he heated up and bent a old file to make a flipper 👍
Yep, the file edge can be used to lift the metal but I never mastered that.
Just subscribed, loving it. The_red_xe sent me here 😎🤙
Thanks for the sub!
@@AstillDesign Thanks for creating awesome content!
Another great vid Howard as usual. 👌 Always look forward to your weekly upload. Hanging out for the panaelvan vids 👍👍 Also good luck with the treatment. Looks like the right side of your face was worse than the left, that sun coming magnyfying through the drivers door window maybe. It good to see you getting ahead of though 💪
Yeah is an ongoing maintenance thing
Loving the build videos 👍
The big fuse box becomes a focus point due to the size. We should be looking at the strut towers but i fear it will hide them. Are you planning on having a fake one one the other side to match? Or could it be flipped so it's on the inner guard and not the engine bay?
Have a look at the other episodes and the this week at Astill Design video and you will see it all. Yes matching on the other side for washer, power steering and radiator overflow bottles
Oh shit. I had no idea welding was UV. I have been welding in t shirt and shorts for years. God damn. Are my arms going to be cancer?
I doubt it, but be aware just like being in the sun too much.
@@AstillDesign thanks mate.
👍🏻👏🍺
Cheers Tim
What are your thoughts on the Hare and Forbes 3 in 1 machines, I'm thinking of buying the small one.
Hi, it pretty basic but that’s all we have for guillotine and folding
@@AstillDesign Cheers seems to do the trick for you guys!
Great shout out on the skin cancers Howard, the terrible Australian curse, no matter where you live or grew up
Thanks mate, unfortunately too many people don’t share the story so people just go yeah yeah.
Am I allowed to ask how much this project will cost or is that a rude question?
If you need to ask if it's a rude question, you probably don't need to ask 👍
@@SYNiC77was just showing respect 👍🏻
@@MisterAjxr6 all good mate. More than I could ever afford I know that much 🤣
@@SYNiC77 cheers bro 👍🏻
I see the other day that XBOSS had 30,000 hours, Tailspin had 15,000 hours. COBRA 400 had 2500 hours, The pioneer coupe back in the day had 5000 hours, My mustang had around 4500 hours. so somewhere between $200k and $3M if you had to pay for all the hours, Cheers Howard