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Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
These Are Lesser-Known Automotive YouTubers Our Readers Say Deserve More Attention
Earlier this week, after taking credit for inventing modern automotive YouTube, we asked you, our dear readers, which smaller YouTube channels you thought deserved more attention. It would have been awesome to be able to make a list of channels with fewer than 100,000 subscribers, but we ended up moving it up to 200,000 just to make things a little easier to pick. That doesn't mean that all of your recommendations were big channels that are already making good money, though. One channel had a mere 89 subscribers at the time of writing. Sadly, there were far too many suggestions to ever possibly include on this list, so we're going to take a look at some of the most popular answers. You get a dozen automotive YouTube channels that you may not have heard of. Smaller YouTubers get more subscribers. Everybody wins here. Read more: These Are The Dumbest Car Myths Alanis King deserves a lot. She does a great job and should get a shout out from her former formerly of Rich Rebuilds has a tiny channel called Box Eclectic but he hasn't put anything out in 3 months. I wonder what's going on there. You know her. You love her. She has her own channel now with just under 32,000 subscribers. Go ahead and give our old pal Alanis a follow. It's been long enough that you can forgive her for her pizza take, right? Suggested by: Travis James Homebuilt by Jeff. He is an Australian firefighter who does a bunch of cool builds from absolute scratch and does absolutely everything himself from welding, to paint, to upholstery. The videos go into exhaustive detail (hundred+ hours on builds). His most recently completed project is a 1970s Alfa Romeo GT he stuffed a Ferrari 360 engine into. If you love the idea of rescuing an abandoned 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 and then shoving a Ferrari V8 from a 360 Modena into it but don't want to put the time, sweat, blood, tears, tetanus shots and money into doing it yourself, why not watch a man named Jeff to it so you don't have to? Home Built By Jeff has about 210,000 subscribers, but anyone who can pull off a project like this definitely deserves more. Suggested by: Neal Richards Soup Classic Motoring - uses a lot of stop motion photography. Currently restoring a Lotus EspritRetropowercars - weekly updates on all the projects going through the shop. They also have video series that cover individual cars. Car videos don't necessarily have to be loud, fast or exciting. Sometimes you just want to relax and watch some comfort content. Personally, I lean toward fish keeping videos in those situations, but Soup Classic Motoring is a fantastic option if you want your car content to be chill, too. Plus, the quality is far too high for the channel to only have 141,000 subscribers. Suggested by: redromelogic Also check out Bruce in Oz, possibly the most Australian content you've ever seen, He specializes in bringing back to life old dump trucks, graders, etc. Many of them with big Detroit Diesels. (965) Bruce In AUS - YouTube A true master of his craft. Bruce likes to work on big, old trucks, and he also just so happens to live in Australia, so his channel is a little different than what you'd expect here in the United States. That also means he has access to vehicles we never got over here. You'd think getting a supercharged, two-stroke Detroit Diesel V12 running again would have been a ticket to more than a million subscribers, but he doesn't even have 75,000. Yet. Suggested by: Frank Spencer Tom Voelk with Driven Car Reviews with Tom Voelk. Fantastic Content. Excellent Production. We're back to more straightforward new car reviews here, but there's always going to be room for people reviewing cars. These are longer videos than what he did for the New York Times' "Driven" series, and it doesn't hurt that he's a pretty nice guy if I do say so myself. 190,000 subscribers is definitely a lot more than a lot of channels have, but I bet we can get those numbers up. Suggested by: CharlesKDavis Crucible Coachworks; they're building a custom aluminum body and V8 swap on a Boxster chassis. Unlike the Australians you've seen so far, Crucible Coachworks is a build channel, but they're a little more focused on custom fabrication. You might even learn a thing or two watching them work on their cars when they were supposed to be entertaining you, but that's certainly not the worst thing in the world, is it? Suggested by: chibaman Oliver Pickard; he and his dad are building a custom, Honda powered, GTM kit car bodied car. Basically a super kei car. And they're doing it all in an old barn/shed somewhere in France. I liked this suggestion so much, I broke it out into its own separate answer even though it was technically part of the previous comment. Also, who doesn't want to see a father and son work on cars together? And only 15,000 subscribers? We need to fix that ASAP. Suggested by: chibaman Maybe a weird one... but THE WIND TUNNEL channel on youtube has virtual races on iRacing where they pit cars against each other that would normally never race, i.e. Indycar vs. LMP1. Not car reviews per se, but oddly entertaining to watch and I find myself engrossed with those videos. Just because a channel doesn't work on or review cars doesn't mean we don't have room for them on this list. If you want to see how cars that would never race each other stack up, subscribe and help push this channel over the 31,000 subscriber mark. Suggested by: TF2345 Autoautopsy. Keeping Saabs alive and a few other tidbits sprinkled in. There is still a strong Saab community and Autoautopsy has great content. I like Saab content. You like Saab content. Follow Auto Autopsy for more Saab content. And with just under 97,000 subscribers, I bet we can get them to 100,000 before the end of the month. Suggested by: Rick Zack from Shooting Cars - not only are his reviews informative and consistent, but he comes across as an endlessly cheerful guy who is very down to earth. Even if I'm not into the car he is covering in that particular video, I make a point to watch and support him. In a sea of negativity in the world today, his positivity is refreshing. You had me at the first video shown on the page being about Malaise-era SUVs and minivans. 177,000 subscribers is a lot for this list, but it's still pretty small compared to the channels with more than a million. I bet we can get Shooting Cars a little closer, though. Suggested by: KM@PG SteinFab Garage is awesome, if you remember Haggard Garage he's like a slightly more grown-up, knowledgeable version of that. Silly but fun to watch. Rainman Ray's repairs is also great, a former dealership tech that started his own shop and knows how to fix anything and be entertaining while doing Cars is run by a Florida Car salesman that has reviewed everything from econoboxes to old school Ferraris with a sharp biting wit and a seething hatred for the weather and the animals around mention to Mazzei Formula since he doesn't post often but he builds some of the coolest cars I've seen. Currently working on a Superlite SL-C racecar powered by a five-rotor Wankel. These are several great suggestions, but I especially want to shout out SteinFab Garage because the guy who runs the channel is named Colin. Sure, he may spell his name wrong, but us Collins have to stick together and occasionally help one another out, especially when one of us only has 67,000 subscribers and deserves way more. Suggested by: Daniel G Me! And you know it, Collin! A channel so bad it can only get better! Hey, I said people could plug their own channels, and that's exactly what Kamil did. Plus, he spelled my name right, which always helps. If you recognize the name, Kamil it's probably from his Hooniverse days, but now he has his own channel with an entire 89 subscribers. Surely, we can at least get his channel into the triple digits, right? Suggested by: Kamil K Read the original article on Jalopnik.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
This NA Miata Gated Shifter Conversion Kit Was Inspired by a Ferrari
If you have a first-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata, here's something you might not know: you can buy a gated shifter for your car right now. The conversion kit is from a brand called Minottek, and at the moment, it's the only product the company sells. Minottek is the work of Ryan Conforti, an NA Miata owner who was inspired to design a gated manual for his own car after experiencing a shifter with a gate for the first time. As he tells Road & Track, it all started with a drive in a Ferrari 360. "I work for a company that produces parts for exotic cars and I had the opportunity to drive a gated Ferrari 360 Spider," he says. "Everybody's always talked about how amazing and romantic the gated shifter really is, and I understood it, but it wasn't until I drove it that I realized how much it adds to the driving experience. The tactility of changing gears, hearing a click, and watching the shifter slide into the next gear. It brings a whole new joy to driving..." "I saw it as this pretty sort of object of Italian heritage, but there's more beneath the surface. There's more past the pretty face of a gated shifter staring at you. I thought, immediately, 'I would want to have one of these in a Miata.' It's a coveted experience, and I wish more people had the opportunity to use one." Creating one meant going to work developing the tech for his own example of the ultra-democratized Japanese sports car, a 1995 NA Miata ( which, as it so happens, was his first car). The work started with a series of 3D scans. "I have some background in product design and engineering, so I sort of had an idea of where I wanted to start, which was 3D scanning the stock shifter in every single gear position," he says. "I took those scans, overlaid them on one another, and I was able to extract exactly how long each gear throw was at any particular height on the shifter rod. From there, it was really just making a gate that surrounded those dimensions." Conforti built his first gate, then revised it more than 30 times to nail down exact dimensions within a tenth of a millimeter. His goal was the determine the dimensions of the transmission's internal gating, then shrink them by a couple percentage points to give a satisfying click after every shift — but without allowing gate forks to encroach on a solid gear change. "I made 30 revisions," he says. "That goes to show you that you can't get it perfect just off [stationary 3D scans] alone." "There are centering fulcrum bushings and springs that locate the shifter rod within the transmission turret. Those can sort of sit and act differently, depending on which gear you're actually in. Then, of course, that varies while driving, the actual fulcrum bushings move slightly while driving. I can't accommodate for that sort of thing [while scanning] — it was just a good place to start and get me into street testing. That's where most of the refinement took place." The driving portion required the help of two other NA Miata owners, both with unusual builds that allowed Conforti to stress-test the gated shifter under more extreme conditions than what the average Miata would see. "My roommate actually has a prepped drift car, a drift NA Miata. It's also street-registered, so I installed the kit on this car and I had him handle all of the 'donut and burnout testing,' as we like to call it." "I would just give him a revision of the gate, he would go out and drive it for a couple days, do a few burnouts to make sure nothing was rattling, and he really took care of the abusive side of things to make sure that everything would hold up and not vibrate or rattle loose," Conforti says. While the drift car owner handled cases of extreme, torturous use, another friend offered a car with another problem to solve. His car, a lifted Miata build based on a particularly well-loved example, had more than 200,000 miles on the odometer. "That car in particular is very special because it has original motor mounts — original to the car, 200,000-mile motor mounts. It was absolutely crucial when developing the kit, because it really demonstrated the maximum amount that the shifter could possibly move in a Miata," Conforti says. "In the event somebody had a car with 200,000-mile motor mounts, I wanted to make sure I accommodated for that." "At the end of the day, we learned that the transmission could move up and down almost 3/8ths of an inch while driving with worn mounts." Conforti has since finished the process of designing, developing, and producing gated shifter conversion kits for NA Miatas; now that he's done it once, he knows he can do it again. He notes that the Miata's transmission is part of the car's structural rigidity, a unique complication that makes it a bit of a "worst case scenario" for this kind of conversion. Since most other sports cars don't opt for this solution, other kits going forward could actually be easier to develop. That means he has to decide what to do next: "The NA [conversion kit has] garnered a lot of attention, so the NB is the natural progression," he says. "Eventually, I would like to do it on the ND. I've also had a number of requests for a BRZ, GR 86, S2000. These are all cars that I'd really like to do, because now that I sort of have a formula down, a recipe, I can apply it to more cars." This conversion kit is unique among many similar dreams, in that it actually became a product available for other owners to buy and install themselves, but Conforti sees his work as repeatable by anyone. He closed our conversation by offering advice for any other car owner with a dream project in mind: "If there's any wisdom or inspiration I could impart on somebody that's interested in making car parts, I would say buy a 3D printer and learn how to do a little bit of CAD. Make parts for your own car, and some day you may be following in my footsteps."You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Jannarelly's Art Machines Reveals $1.3M Ælla-60, a Ferrari-Based Retro Supercar
Read the full story on Modern Car Collector Automotive designer Anthony Jannarelly has introduced the Ælla-60, a striking new supercar that fuses vintage styling with modern performance. The first offering from Jannarelly's new company, Art Machines, the Ælla-60 is a bespoke restomod based on the Ferrari 360 Modena, featuring a manual transmission and a limited production run of just 60 units. Officially unveiled in late January 2025, the Ælla-60 is powered by a tuned version of the Ferrari 360's naturally aspirated V8, now delivering 473 horsepower. While its underpinnings remain Ferrari, the vehicle's bodywork is entirely reimagined, drawing inspiration from classic 1960s sports cars. The design features flowing lines, exposed front wheels, and an aerodynamically sculpted cockpit, offering a dramatic departure from the original Modena's styling. Each Ælla-60 will carry a price tag of approximately $1.3 million CAD, which includes the cost of the donor Ferrari. Jannarelly, best known for designing the W Motors Lykan Hypersport and the Jannarelly Design-1, has infused the car with a purist approach—eschewing modern paddle-shift transmissions in favor of a traditional gated manual gearbox. The car's name, Ælla, is a nod to a medieval king of Northumbria, reflecting its blend of historical influence and cutting-edge engineering. While the vehicle enters the growing restomod market, it stands apart with its near-total redesign and unique philosophy of blending classic aesthetics with raw mechanical engagement. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
