Stop motion engine rebuild

[1.8Tquattro]

Hopefully not a repost.

[hipster.]

Neat. Stop motion is such a rewarding process once you're done and see it in motion. Definitely not the easiest thing.

[urogolf]

wow thats so well done!

[barry2952]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

Why 11 months?

[freedomgli]

Triumph Spitfire. Video brings back a lot of memories dealing with crusty old British iron.

[hipster.]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

Why 11 months?

Good question. Only thing I can think of is that this was their first time shooting stop motion. It takes some practice and getting use to, lots of thinking out side the box.

[compy222]

wow thats so well done!

agreed. wish we had a better shot of the whole car at the end. truly a labor of love!

[VR6ix]

Love the trail of left-over parts at the end... well done vid

[SchnellFowVay]

That was very well done. That approached the level of . . . dare I say . . . art.

I have always wanted to buy a junker just to rebuild the engine. But it's the classic issue of, if I buy a 1996 Civic DS with the 108 hp engine and 250,000 miles, will I really want to drive the thing after I've rebuilt the engine?

On the flip side, I don't want to spend the money on a 1980's Ferrari that needs a rebuild, because what if I get bored/arent' able to complete the rebuild

I really should have been a mechanic. This lawyer thing seems way less fun.

[OrangeA4]

had to laugh at the trail of leftovers at the end. Why are there always a couple screws leftover?
Always.

[cramerica]

sofa king cool!

[FACTORYBOOST]

That was very well done. That approached the level of . . . dare I say . . . art.

I have always wanted to buy a junker just to rebuild the engine. But it's the classic issue of, if I buy a 1996 Civic DS with the 108 hp engine and 250,000 miles, will I really want to drive the thing after I've rebuilt the engine?

On the flip side, I don't want to spend the money on a 1980's Ferrari that needs a rebuild, because what if I get bored/arent' able to complete the rebuild

I really should have been a mechanic. This lawyer thing seems way less fun.

1) Buy Civic
2) Rebuild with turbo
3) Drive for 2 months
4) Sell before it blows
5) Profit.

[R3Drew]

Brilliant!

[RacerrRex]

I wonder if he has an old camera where he has to manually go back and press a button to take each picture, or if he set it to take pictures at 5 second intervals

[barry2952]

I believe the format is pictures taken at each step rather than over time.

[SchnellFowVay]

I wonder if he has an old camera where he has to manually go back and press a button to take each picture, or if he set it to take pictures at 5 second intervals

Ughhh, if he was taking pictures every 5 seconds for 11 months . . . .

No. What he did was put the camera on a tri-pod and leave it there for days at a time. At convenient stopping points he staged the shot, and then he took a picture. That's why you don't see many/any people in the shots, etc. Every so often he would change the location of the tripod (thus the Point of View changes).

[koston.]

Brilliant video. I especially enjoyed that time moves faster during the rebuild - you can sense his eagerness to get the project over and his foot firmly planted on the awesome pedal.

[mk_ultra]

nice vid

[PowerDubs]

Anyone know what the 'extra' part at the end is? Made me laugh...

[turbinepowered]

That was fantastic. Good selection of shots, good composition, and the music choice was well done.

I love a good stop-motion flick almost more than I like an animated segment or edited video.

[turbinepowered]

Anyone know what the 'extra' part at the end is? Made me laugh...

Almost looked like it was part of the pushrod assembly? Perhaps from the old junker engine he pulled, those parts were still filthy.

On the other hand, it WAS an old British car...

[Aonarch]

[kraut_pauer79]

I really freakin enjoyed that, at first I thought the engine was maybe out of an early/mid 70's Japanese car. Either way I knew it was old with those little side drafts carbs and that little tiny fan. That must have been tedious as hell do multiple sessions of disassembly mixed with detailed photography. I wonder what program was used to tie it all together? I think the valves doing flips into the cylinder head was my favorite bit.

[redsoxreturns]

Awesome. I kinda wish the video was a bit slower.

[Smigelski]

'In the\ Hall of the Mountain King' was used to great effect! The louder parts were also timed well with the engine going back together!

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No. What he did was put the camera on a tri-pod and leave it there for days at a time. At convenient stopping points he staged the shot, and then he took a picture. That's why you don't see many/any people in the shots, etc. Every so often he would change the location of the tripod (thus the Point of View changes).

That's what I thought too, but more than a few times it looks like parts are 'floating' or leaping into position. I wonder how those shots were accomplished.

[SIR ANDROID184]

that was pretty dope!

[under the radar]

[71DubBugBug]

give people who have never taken an engine apart exactly how much work it its


anybody know what kind of table he uses to keep everything in place?

[turbinepowered]

give people who have never taken an engine apart exactly how much work it its


anybody know what kind of table he uses to keep everything in place?

That almost looks like one of those folding "Work bench" tables you can get at Sears/(s)Lowe's/HD. That and some flat bar clamps w/ rubber feet and you're good to go!

[1.8Tquattro]

anybody know what kind of table he uses to keep everything in place?

Looks like a Black & Decker Workmate


http://www.blackanddecker.com/allproducts/workmate.aspx

[arethirdytwo]

I guess that is where the 11 months come in. That is a two-three day job. He must have literally hung everything from the ceiling no?

[The Kilted Yaksman]

I liked everything but the awful colors it was painted. It looked like it had a nice coat of factory olive still.

[Brendan@bwalkauto]

That was really cool.

[Fritz27]

Extremely cool video.

[bronson75]

It was good enough for Top Gear to take notice:
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/e...ion-2012-07-02

And Car Talk:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/diy-stop-motion-rebuild