Nice to see old school entusiasts, willing to open the doors and give a glimpse of their business'. Warren still loves his job, it's shame there are not more to follow on when he's gone.
Just when Iam full of myself and I believe that I can restore a car , I get put in my place by watching and learning of guys like Warren. His craftmanship is spectacular . Tip of the hat sir.
Warren..."They oughta built it right the first time !". Golden. Personally I like the orig imperfections. Some Brits, and Americans, today buy old houses in France and obcess over getting everything Perfect. Like, "How do you get the soot stains off the firebrick ?" Eventually there's little left that's original and no patina. Gary, you should come to South Carolina, USA, and meet my friend Junior. Mostly a Mercedes shop. Has a pretty big vintage-older Merc collection, and a few million $ in parts stored everywhere. And... he's a true character.
👍 Truly an unique collection of some very rare vehicles indeed. I just wonder what will happen to them when this Keeper passes on ?. Some of these examples should be protected and displayed in a classic car museum !!....
Great video Gary. Incidentally, I serve my apprenticeship at Elliots of Reading in the mid 80's, the company was still there until the early 90's, during the war they also built gliders and mould for the mulberry harbour used during D Day, They became joiners and shopfitters after the war, they had metalwork shops, plating shops, joiner shops the whole works was on a 5 acre site. Some of the old boys who were there when I was, had been worked the same bench for 50 years including the war years.
Fascinating to see Donald Healey's early cars and I can see where the grille shape of Austin Healey 1004 came from, although apparently Donald Healey wasn't happy with it on Gerry Coker's design for the 1004. Amazing workshop with some very talented guys.
Hey Gary - Hope yoyu are well ! Two great fella's talking motors - a great way to spend 40 minutes viewing this. The knowledge that Warren has is unbelieveable and that business he has is just fantastic. Looks like a real life tardis - so many different rooms and workshops - its a just wonderfu thing to behold. i'd love to walk for a day in that guys shoes. I just found the whloe thing so interesting and the craftsmanship is on another level - I missed my vocation in life I think 😞id be happy to be just a tea boy in that place. Thanks for doing this one - again very enjoyable . Cheers Stew
Thank you, Mr. Mavers, for touching upon the problems of time schedule management between clients and restorers. This is probably why you have taken the route of doing so much of the repair and restoration on your projects yourself. I too am looking for a good Barn where I can set up shop when my project is finished... thanks for sharing!
Hi Gary. Great video as always. The 'other' motorbike you talked about, whilst looking at the Ariel, was the Velocette LE, known colloquially as 'noddy bikes'. Many people believe that the term came from the Enid Blyton books of the same name, but this is not true. It actually came from when the police used them in the fifties and sixties, when police officers were required to salute senior officers. This would have required taking the right hand off the handlebars, so was deemed as unsafe. Therefore, the constable was allowed to just 'nod' at his superior.
Loved this video. I'm a Healey lover. My very first car was an Austin Healey 3000 MK2. I was 20. Drove for a few years and then restored it. All my mates were driving rusty mk1or 2 Escorts. I used it every day as my daily drive. I sold it to build and run a Rally Car. The car is still on the road and in the Colour I had it painted. A non standard colour. I wish I still had it now, but rallying became my job for over 20 years. If I'd kept it I'd probably have worked in a job I didn't enjoy.
Amazing Gary! Like someone else has said, just when you think you know what you are doing when it comes to restoration, along comes Warren and his set-up and blows you away.
I am 79 years old and had to learn to tig the hard way doing my SM. Now completed I have sold the tig welder on vowing never to do that again. I will stick with mig and stick!
Interesting video, all the beautiful cars, such precision and attention to detail, you didn’t mention the modern car in British racing green Rover 25 it id honoured to be in such company. What is it’s story Gary?
Fabulous Video Gary. Sent you Instagram Message too with an invite to my Porsche event of 120 cars and we have a 928 GT Manual in Guards Red coming ! Be nice to have two ! ❤
The problem with aluminium bodies was they either had to be hand beaten or pressed but the presses were as used for aeroplanes with rubber faces which had a life of about a thousand uses before replacement. At that time steel was on issue by Ministry of Supply but aluminium was not as there was a surplus.
What I watched looked interesting but marred by too many ad breaks. Not even relevant to the subject matter. I know ads are important to RUclips but this programme had hardly started before the first interruption. Sorry, switched off long before the end. Disappointing.
No idea how this bloke is not in the hundreds of thousands of subs, the algorithms are not being kind! Brilliant vid as ever...
Doesn't have a lisp
Beceause he asks stupid questions
Isn't bl'ck/Asian
The Vauxhall 30/98 is sublime. That's a proper motor car. Like one of those.
Nice to see old school entusiasts, willing to open the doors and give a glimpse of their business'. Warren still loves his job, it's shame there are not more to follow on when he's gone.
Just when Iam full of myself and I believe that I can restore a car , I get put in my place by watching and learning of guys like Warren. His craftmanship is spectacular . Tip of the hat sir.
25:50 "We don't have any rats - cat's fat"
English banter at it's best there 👍👍
thank you for sharing this quintessential english treasure trove of history Gary
Wow…what a guy… that attention to detail and authenticity is just off the scale!!!❤
I just kept saying out-loud to myself, "Beautiful" over and over again. Amazing, Thanks.
Talented chap with knowledge to match. Outstanding assortment of cars that any museum would be grateful to display. Great video Gary.
Thank God for obsessives and eccentrics. May there always be people like that to enrich the world for everybody else.
How lovely this is. The passion, the skill and the stories. What a character. Fabulous, thank you.
Thanks warran 😊
Warren..."They oughta built it right the first time !". Golden. Personally I like the orig imperfections. Some Brits, and Americans, today buy old houses in France and obcess over getting everything Perfect. Like, "How do you get the soot stains off the firebrick ?" Eventually there's little left that's original and no patina. Gary, you should come to South Carolina, USA, and meet my friend Junior. Mostly a Mercedes shop. Has a pretty big vintage-older Merc collection, and a few million $ in parts stored everywhere. And... he's a true character.
Enjoyed that one. So many skills that will be lost to the up and coming generations.
What a workshop! Aged over the years to become this pearl. Thinking this is may be closed someday puts a tear to my eye.
I do appreciate this one. What a nice tour. 😎🤙🌺
This is just the video that keeps on giving! You can't get much better content than this IMO. Thank you Warren
👍 Truly an unique collection of some very rare vehicles indeed. I just wonder what will happen to them when this Keeper passes on ?. Some of these examples should be protected and displayed in a classic car museum !!....
Absolutely stunning cars, what a pleasure to watch as always.
Wow, so much to see! What a commitment to correctness and quality.
Great video Gary. Incidentally, I serve my apprenticeship at Elliots of Reading in the mid 80's, the company was still there until the early 90's, during the war they also built gliders and mould for the mulberry harbour used during D Day, They became joiners and shopfitters after the war, they had metalwork shops, plating shops, joiner shops the whole works was on a 5 acre site. Some of the old boys who were there when I was, had been worked the same bench for 50 years including the war years.
what an amazing place Mulliner Park Ward would be proud
Fascinating to see Donald Healey's early cars and I can see where the grille shape of Austin Healey 1004 came from, although apparently Donald Healey wasn't happy with it on Gerry Coker's design for the 1004. Amazing workshop with some very talented guys.
Hey Gary - Hope yoyu are well ! Two great fella's talking motors - a great way to spend 40 minutes viewing this. The knowledge that Warren has is unbelieveable and that business he has is just fantastic. Looks like a real life tardis - so many different rooms and workshops - its a just wonderfu thing to behold. i'd love to walk for a day in that guys shoes. I just found the whloe thing so interesting and the craftsmanship is on another level - I missed my vocation in life I think 😞id be happy to be just a tea boy in that place. Thanks for doing this one - again very enjoyable . Cheers Stew
Great video Gary, great to see a company taking pride in their work. 👍🏻😀
Another wonderful video ! So many beautifully restored and significant cars. Thanks you so much Gary. You made my day
Thank you, Mr. Mavers, for touching upon the problems of time schedule management between clients and restorers. This is probably why you have taken the route of doing so much of the repair and restoration on your projects yourself. I too am looking for a good Barn where I can set up shop when my project is finished... thanks for sharing!
What a great episode!
What a lovely bunch of cars. Thanks
Excellent content as usual , well done Gary .👍
Hi Chris here from Hampshire. Great video. Gary you now know your next project. Build a sports car from scratch !!!
Another great video Gary ! Looking forward to the next one already !
Hi Gary. Great video as always.
The 'other' motorbike you talked about, whilst looking at the Ariel, was the Velocette LE, known colloquially as 'noddy bikes'.
Many people believe that the term came from the Enid Blyton books of the same name, but this is not true.
It actually came from when the police used them in the fifties and sixties, when police officers were required to salute senior officers. This would have required taking the right hand off the handlebars, so was deemed as unsafe. Therefore, the constable was allowed to just 'nod' at his superior.
My brother owned one , very quiet machine , the police used to creep a out on them to sneek up on criminals , Imagine that these days !
LE Velocette was the motorbike you were thinking of.
Loved this video. I'm a Healey lover.
My very first car was an Austin Healey 3000 MK2. I was 20. Drove for a few years and then restored it.
All my mates were driving rusty mk1or 2 Escorts. I used it every day as my daily drive.
I sold it to build and run a Rally Car. The car is still on the road and in the Colour I had it painted. A non standard colour.
I wish I still had it now, but rallying became my job for over 20 years.
If I'd kept it I'd probably have worked in a job I didn't enjoy.
Really interesting so much information and details,as we have come to expect from your videos
Encyclopedic. Fantastic.
Very interesting,great video Gary.
Excellent and interesting video 🚘🚙🚗👏👏👏👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️
Awesome as always Gary. You also seem to have met your match on the banter front. Very witty
Great Gary 👍 been waiting for a new video!
thank you,,, thank you... thank you!!! wonderful.
Wonderful. Well done.
Amazing Gary! Like someone else has said, just when you think you know what you are doing when it comes to restoration, along comes Warren and his set-up and blows you away.
So much beauty thank you🍀
What an incredible collection of vehicles. Wonderful.
An EPIC video, really fascinating.
That is excellent.
Great to see but how did you not talk about the one off MGA twin cam fast back which I last saw when owned by BOB in Pontefract. A fab car.
Lovely
Fabulous 👌
What a man,what a service. Did he show you how to Tig weld thin 40 year old alloy !!!!
I wish!!
I wish!!
I am 79 years old and had to learn to tig the hard way doing my SM. Now completed I have sold the tig welder on vowing never to do that again. I will stick with mig and stick!
Incredible.
Great video thanks for sharing
Amazing!
Quality channel this.
Great shop,great work,great work,great video ,thanks again Gary..top marks
Brilliant- thank you
Interesting video, all the beautiful cars, such precision and attention to detail, you didn’t mention the modern car in British racing green Rover 25 it id honoured to be in such company. What is it’s story Gary?
Fabulous Video Gary. Sent you Instagram Message too with an invite to my Porsche event of 120 cars and we have a 928 GT Manual in Guards Red coming ! Be nice to have two ! ❤
Thanks Mart.
🤘😎🤘🇬🇧
Warwickshire built, by using aircraft scrap or duraluminium
An old gent with a lot of unfinished projects, a bit of rationalisation needed. That aside an enjoyable little wander into the past.
The problem with the manufacture of aluminium bodies was
The problem with aluminium bodies was they either had to be hand beaten or pressed but the presses were as used for aeroplanes with rubber faces which had a life of about a thousand uses before replacement. At that time steel was on issue by Ministry of Supply but aluminium was not as there was a surplus.
What I watched looked interesting but marred by too many ad breaks. Not even relevant to the subject matter. I know ads are important to RUclips but this programme had hardly started before the first interruption. Sorry, switched off long before the end. Disappointing.
Garry - if you want the quirky panel gaps then just buy a Ferrari..!