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Coachbuilding a Buggati Atlantic aluminum body at the Pro Shaper Class
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hi good evening it's Ray from Pro shaper
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Workshop we're looking at Scott's
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Bugatti atlantique it brought this from
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all the way up from
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Waco Texas drove it uh with it behind
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his uh Dodge Ram pickup he had a trailer
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he made a it's an open trailer he made a
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wooden box for it he built this frame
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for this Bugatti we'll do a little bit
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of detail shot of the frame in a minute
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and loaded this up as a wire form that's
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welded right on the frame
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uh he learned about the wire form from
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my video channel my YouTube channel
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prior to that he was using a plywood
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buck that he foamed and then surfaced
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with the plaster which was a long ordeal
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and he was going to use just profile
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gauges to make all the panels until he
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had a conversation on the phone with me
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and then he purchased a 13-day class
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which starts at the four day class which
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was the September class and he got a
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Little Help From a few people in the
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September class to make these panels and
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uh first thing we did is make paper
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patents but we don't make the paper
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patents like everybody else we I I call
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them Proto flexible shape patterns we
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slice them and tape them up and that
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will give you the initial information to
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start the panel and then once you get
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the panel rolling maybe up to about 80
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percent of development or so then you
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can start fitting it to the wire form
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and the wire form will tell you exactly
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what you need to do just like the
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flexible shape pattern tells you exactly
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what to do but we can't do a flexible
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shape pattern on this because we don't
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have any surfaces he's going to bring
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this back he's going to be here for an
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additional I think four more days after
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Wednesday Wednesdays is last day he
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bought a 13-day class and he's so he's
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got two more full days to do detail work
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on these panels and then he's going to
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have four more days and leave Monday
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morning Sunday will be his end here at
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the class
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and he's had help from a couple people
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and a little bit of help here and there
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from me I always just give you verbal
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guidance at the class pretty much if I
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have to I'll do Hands-On but I did very
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little Hands-On most of this I'd say 80
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80 of all these panels have been done by
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Scott he has his own English wheel he's
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taken a bunch of other classes but he
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learned a ton here and It sped the whole
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process up he just told me he would
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probably take another 20 years to to
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finish this car and he's the same age as
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me he's 72. so it was quite possible it
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would have been a project that maybe
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never got finished but now he can see
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this project actually coming to uh an
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end and and be completed and all these
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panels will need to be welded there's a
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few little spots that need to be picked
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up yet well let's I'll give you a I'm in
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a little scooter here my little uh uh
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creeper sit down creeper and I'll scoot
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around and show you some of the panels
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that are on the con now and a lot of
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them have the flanges on them already
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he's tipped all the flanges and fit them
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really nicely to the the wire form this
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is the first panel he made here and then
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this panel here was started by a guy I
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believe Paul was his name only came for
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one day
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um I might be wrong on that it might
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have been the next panel and then he had
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to tune it totally
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and then there's another panel this
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third panel I think I worked about I did
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probably 40 percent of the development
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on that third panel and then we have the
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over the door panel which was done by
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another student for the poor day class
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but uh he's a 13-day class guy he works
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at Enfield Restoration in Connecticut he
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had very little experience and he's
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doing really well and he did the four
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days and then he's coming in here and
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there when he has time to now Scott
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rolled out this door skin the other day
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and you can see how nice a job that is
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it's a very low Crown panel and it's
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almost Flawless the lower rocker panels
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and stuff are pretty easy they have a
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little bit of shape or area development
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in them and then he's got this cowl
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panel
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that we just did I helped him out a
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little bit with that
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uh one of the advantages of a wire form
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is uh there was a flange around the
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windshield and it has a a tight radius
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if you clamp it all down with vice grips
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and we put these little protectors so
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you don't bite into the into the metal
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you can clamp it down support the wire
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form a little bit by bucking it up Scott
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actually held the the wire form with
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some wood to give it a little substance
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and then I just took a nice body hammer
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and a torch and you heat the metal up to
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400 Degrees where it's got a flange and
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you can Hammer form it right on the wire
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form it makes really short work of
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really difficult little detail work
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and you see this above the door panel
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that Tom had done
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so far we've just got probably about 95
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percent development maybe 90 development
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it still needs the flanges to be put in
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and he's going to be back Sunday and
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maybe he'll complete that
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um
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the roof panel is close that was done by
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Andrew Ward who's a professional coach
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Builder and we just didn't have a chance
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to put it in tonight it still needs a
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little bit of work around the edges and
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down around the windshield and a lot of
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flanging that has to happen on it so but
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it's really close but you can see
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in 11 days
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he has
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pretty much half of the cockpit
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totally finished except for the welding
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and then the middle Metal Finishing in a
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little bit of uh flanging that still has
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to happen on the panel so there'll be
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all the panels will have to be trimmed
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and then tacked and then take them off
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and you can tack them right on the wire
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form so everything stays in alignment
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it's such a really nice system and uh
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you know Scots really come to appreciate
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the value of the wire form it's just an
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amazing tool and a lot of people are
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reluctant to try a wire form because
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they think a wood bucket is so simple
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and that's what they see is wood bucks
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wood bucks wood bucks wood bucks well if
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you compare direct direct to direct
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direct comparison between wood buck and
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a wire form you will and work with them
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you will actually see the advantage of
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the wire form it might take a little
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longer to actually make it all perfect
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Scott had the advantage of how having a
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full surface buck that he had made with
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the plaster spent a lot of time gooping
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on the plaster and sanding plaster and
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then he took the profiles off of it and
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those profiles enabled him to do the
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wires
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so he knew all that already he's been
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boat building through the years and
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everything he's really a skilled guy he
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follows directions really good and
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that's super important if I give you
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directions don't go off and try to do
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something different
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uh unless you verbally describe it and
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if you describe it and it sounds better
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than what I I use as standard practice I
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will change my mind in two seconds
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that's the way I operate
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but most of the time I've made every
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mistake in the book and I I know uh
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what's the best way to to do a
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particular tasks and he's just on a
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beautiful beautiful job on this when it
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gets all welded together I mean this is
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quality that is as good as any really
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accomplished metal shape or anywhere in
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the world would uh there would be lucky
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to have this kind of quality I mean the
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panels are all super high finish and uh
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you know I just said to Scott I says
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where else can you take a class where
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else where else in the entire world can
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you take a class bring a project such as
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this Bugatti and make these quality of
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panels use all the the tools that I have
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and my knowledge
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for as little as a hundred and twenty
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five dollars a day that's what Scott
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paid to come up here and learn what he's
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learned and uh I think he's going to do
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a magnificent job on the rest of the car
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I have full faith in him and uh I just
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want to give you a little quick uh
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interview with with Scott is Scott here
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and Scott I just I know you didn't
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really want to be interviewed but but I
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saw this coming he started coming he
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said so uh well you're just give a brief
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overview of your experience here so far
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that I haven't covered
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well it my expectation was that I I
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would come and be able to to actually
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build the panels onto the onto the wire
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form
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and have them at a quality that was
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acceptable or better and um so I've I've
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been I've been surprised this is really
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my first time doing anything this large
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I've done a few small projects but but
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nothing this large and I and I've really
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come to appreciate the
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um the wire form and the fact that you
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don't need a a whole massive Shop full
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of tools to to make these these panels
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and they're a couple of them are pretty
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complicated so
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this is all garage work with uh you know
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with with a a little knowledge and a
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little practice and good guidance
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um this is all very doable
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so
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I
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this is probably my my first time here I
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have I have plans for some other cars
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that uh when sis gets a little further
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along I'll probably come back and and do
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another one but I'd like to come back
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and maybe build the part of the
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wireframe here rather than do it at home
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so I'd like that to be part of the
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experience too yeah well you're always
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welcome here Scott you're a real
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pleasure to have at the shop everybody's
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enjoyed your stay here and we've still
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got uh uh a whole week here to follow up
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so uh we're gonna get a lot done I guess
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so
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so this is Ray from Pro shaper Workshop
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remember to subscribe give us the
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comments uh don't comment about when am
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I going to get the Porsche panel done or
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when am I going to get the Healey panel
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done those are on the back burner we're
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working on the Bugatti we're working on
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the Studebaker Future car uh make your
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comments if you're going to make your
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everybody you know about brochapa
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Workshop in Charlton Massachusetts Ray
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thanks for watching
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