What a great video. That is so cool you guys got it running again for his 70th birthday. The car looks great! I was so mad when picked up the other engine and showed all the damage from shipping! I hope you got some money back from the shipping company.
Thank you! In the end it all worked out great, but unfortunately we were not able to get anything back from the shipping company. There was obviously an extreme lack of care by the shipping company.
Hi from Australia. Just a wonderful job. When I was a kid in the 50's cars of that vintage were running around everywhere. I laugh when you young blokes see the dimmer switch for the lights, on the floor, & don't know what it is. Also some of the cars had little foot pedals that you stamped your foot on to start the engine. Just wonderful to see people getting them on the road again.
Thank you! Yes, the starter button was in a very odd spot in this car, it was above the dimmer switch, almost behind the clutch pedal. Took us a minute to figure out that that was the starter button. We had a lot of fun building this car, thanks for watching.
I love to see these old vehicles brought back to life. It helps us see into a bygone era. A bit of living history. Thank you very much. God bless! Tony
Someone talking about random things while you are trying to focus on making a video is so relatable. Great video and true to life in a home garage. Looking forward to seeing more.😂
That is awesome! That engine sounds brilliant, tbh, it is far better to have gotten the original engine running, ok, you sent a lot just to get the missing parts, but sometimes it is for the greater good. You can still sell on the bits you don't need, although perhaps the original rocker gear will turn up - these things do! I was not clear about the front wings, where are they? And why was the front grille assembly a different colour? A lovely car, I think the old boy was a little overwhelmed, a great job, be good to see more of the car when the front seat squab is fitted, the wings re-fitted and seeing what it can do on the open road. Thanks for sharing! Greetings from the UK!👍
Thank you! Yes we will definitely keep our eyes open for more parts to possibly put that other motor together as well. We are currently searching for front fenders, my buddy had thought that they had them both in storage, but when he looked they only found one. The front clip is a different color due to a fender bender back in the day, and after repairs they had left it in primer color.
Blessings 🙏💞 keeping them going for folk that grew up driving them is the reward i appreciate what you done 👍 great content ❤️ and you deserve a cold 🍺 for that 👌🍀💪🤞✌️
Nice job guys! A pointer from an old mechanic, Never leave the key on for any length of time, if the car is not running. You'll fry the points, and probably the condenser.
What a beautiful car to get that running after so many years. Imagine trying that with a new car. It would be scrapped by the time 67 years are over. Love the car love the channel
What a very beautiful and sweet old sedan. I hope your talent and skill's get noticed and your membership, subscribers multiply in number. Gotta love those Older classics. Great looking interior as well! Enjoyed watching the engine work to get it up and running again. Duel spark plugs! WOW!
Great job! Loved watching this one! Some major challenges there...would have made a weaker guy quit, but you pushed on, overcame and delivered on your commitment. Hats off to you! 👍👍👍
Thank you! A huge motivator for me was the fact that my buddy was ready to throw in the towel especially when the motor showed up the way it did. And I just kept telling him “don’t worry, we can still pull it off on time”, so in a way I forced myself to make sure we got it done.
wow! I thumbs up'd as soon as I watched the 1928 news paper find. To have one from that long ago that is NOT a reconditioned one is very cool! It's like a time machine! The car is very cool as well LOL. It's a time machine as well! Thanks guys!
Thank you, I’ve had a few responses on the torque and most of them are right around 60-70, I plan to retorque them as well. I ended up going .012 on the valve lash, might be worth opening up a tad more to .015 like you said to see if it makes a difference.
@@brianbloom1799 thank you! We couldn’t believe how easily it fired up. Seemed like everything to do with the motor was a shot in the dark, and it all just came together.
To clean that tank , you can pull the fuel gauge float, drop a piece of chain in and slosh it around. Works really well. Love your channel, nice to see these old cars go udn udn again.
Hi there mate yes some people got no idea fuckwits it's made it hard hope it works out made . iam new fan of the show mate from down under Australia 🇦🇺 mate
Just subscribed. Great video. Sometimes hesitant to watch the long ones due to slow action and all talk but this one was perfect. Very enjoyable as a gear head. A Packard would be nice if not yet done. Also partial to the foreign roadsters.
Thanks for the sub. And appreciate the positive feedback! There is a good chance there will be a rare foreign roadster coming to the channel in the future.
1:15:41 The Father with the 70th birthday said "That car has 591,000 MILES on it." WOW!! That's INSANELY AWESOME!! They really "Don't make em like they used to!" Amazing!
That car doesn’t appear to have done that mileage.I own a few 1930’s cars myself and there are tell tale signs of very high mileage and that car looks too good. It’s a very nice car and was well worth saving.
@@Rustwrangler The channel "Coldwarmotors" and his mates up in Canada might know, there's some giant wreckers yard up there he's been saving thing from.
wow Len...that looks awesome...and im not sure in the beginning why you were upset about the new motor arriving issues...you ONLY needed push rods and rockers!!! you got em....that revive is soooo cool
Thanks, yea we technically got what we needed with the new motor, but we were hoping to be able to just put that motor in the car, either way, I’m happy with the way it went because it now has the original motor in it.
Needs front fenders. Hope you guys can find some. Would love to see it with skirts and white wall tires. Maybe even lowered some. But that's my opinion. Other then that it looks great!! Would make a great looking bomb and has a great start as one. Keep up the good work. You now have a new subscriber. 👍👍
Thanks for the sub! We may have found a complete donor car, so we can snag the fenders off of that, but we’ll see what shape it’s in, we may be able to do another will it run on the donor as well.
Imagine the day that car was brand new. The world was much different. I wonder if that motor has been out before in the past. Like we do these days. One thing different is new cars today can not sit in the weather those amounts of years. They would be way too far gone to do anything with them. The metal used back then was way different than today.
Yea, they definitely don’t make cars with quality metal anymore. As far as the motor being out before, I’m not 100% sure, but there was a new piece of metal welded on the front of the frame for one of the engine mounts.
Did you ever get the correct torque sequence or torque specs for the head? It's always a good video when you're learning something as you go along. Great job!
Thank you! No I never did hear back from anyone on the torque specs for the head or on the correct valve lash. So I set them where I thought they should be.
Good to know, not sure on the moonshine, but apparently this car drove all over the United States and has a ton of miles on it, at the end of the video during the reveal, you can hear the owner say how many miles are on it.
That’s is technically what we ended up doing, we used the rocker arms and pushrods from the donor motor to rebuild the original engine. But if we found more parts, we would definitely rebuild the donor to have as a spare.
You should retorque the headbolts after bringing the engine up to operating temp, start in the middle of the head ,and work out in a circular pattern good luck! good video!😃
Hey guys, just wanna mention please be careful blowing out brake dust like that, is not good for ya. It probably has asbestos in it! Stay safe and good luck.
I had a 1948 Ambassador. Loved it! The overhead valve sixes all have 7 main bearings. All the other American made sixes had 4 mains except Hudson Terraplane which had only 3. I have a 1950 motors manual which covers this engine. I can supply specs if needed.
Don't be mean to the girls let them get in there too... it adds to the content, geez I just subscribed 10 minutes ago, kudos for working on old stuff brother, I've built a lot of motors but never a Nash
Haha, thanks! This is the first Nash I’ve worked on as well. A lot of what we do is in the evenings, and sometimes the wives will join us, but we joke around a lot too, all in good fun!
Bad Chad just bought a Hudson truck from aguy that had a bunch of Hudson cars and parts. His buddy Jim knows a lot about Hudsons and may still have parts also
Earned yourself a new subscriber. Long-form content, no silly music, no clickbait bs. Spot-on.
Right on! Thanks for the sub!
What a great video. That is so cool you guys got it running again for his 70th birthday. The car looks great! I was so mad when picked up the other engine and showed all the damage from shipping! I hope you got some money back from the shipping company.
Thank you! In the end it all worked out great, but unfortunately we were not able to get anything back from the shipping company. There was obviously an extreme lack of care by the shipping company.
@@Rustwrangler Does that mean the shipper sucks. Let us know who they are. Save others a bunch of money and heartbreak.
There's a lot of ways you can spend you days, but doing something meaningful is the best way to spend your life. Be well
I completely agree! Thank you!
Hi from Australia. Just a wonderful job. When I was a kid in the 50's cars of that vintage were running around everywhere. I laugh when you young blokes see the dimmer switch for the lights, on the floor, & don't know what it is. Also some of the cars had little foot pedals that you stamped your foot on to start the engine. Just wonderful to see people getting them on the road again.
Thank you! Yes, the starter button was in a very odd spot in this car, it was above the dimmer switch, almost behind the clutch pedal. Took us a minute to figure out that that was the starter button. We had a lot of fun building this car, thanks for watching.
Accolades to you and friends to accommodate this Gentleman ❤❤what a great effort. Was a joy to watch you and see it happen !!
Thank you! The way it all worked out was more than worth it! We had a great time working on this beautiful classic ride!
I love to see these old vehicles brought back to life. It helps us see into a bygone era. A bit of living history.
Thank you very much.
God bless!
Tony
Thank you Tony!
Those cars from the Art Deco era are so stylish. Love seeing this type of work.
Definitely, thank you! There was so much style on these older classic cars.
Looks good for been stored outdoor for 63 years
It wasn’t always outside, it was stored under cover for the majority of that time, and got moved out to make room for something else at some point.
Always amazed at the talent, intellect, skill, genius, etc., of guys like you who can do this kind of stuff.
Thanks a lot! Appreciate that.
Just found your channel....great video! Have subscribed so bring em on!
Thanks for subscribing! Got a ton of projects lined up.
Great job bring this old Nash back to life!
💯👊👍💕
Thank you! It was a blast to work on!
Never knew Nash was doing OHV engines pre-war - Sounds really good!!!
Nice work. I commend your patience and dedication!!!
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Someone talking about random things while you are trying to focus on making a video is so relatable. Great video and true to life in a home garage. Looking forward to seeing more.😂
Thank you! We had a lot of fun hanging out and working on this car.
AWESOME GUYS! AWESOME. Great Job.
Thanks a lot! Was a super fun project! And the reveal to the owner made it all worth it!
That is awesome,glad you got it running again…
Thank you!
Great Video...great information.By the way, your wife is definitely a keeper. Loved the faces she makes. Great job on an old Nash.
Thank you! That’s my buddies wife, they’re the ones who made the Nash birthday surprise happen.
That is awesome! That engine sounds brilliant, tbh, it is far better to have gotten the original engine running, ok, you sent a lot just to get the missing parts, but sometimes it is for the greater good. You can still sell on the bits you don't need, although perhaps the original rocker gear will turn up - these things do!
I was not clear about the front wings, where are they? And why was the front grille assembly a different colour?
A lovely car, I think the old boy was a little overwhelmed, a great job, be good to see more of the car when the front seat squab is fitted, the wings re-fitted and seeing what it can do on the open road.
Thanks for sharing!
Greetings from the UK!👍
Thank you! Yes we will definitely keep our eyes open for more parts to possibly put that other motor together as well.
We are currently searching for front fenders, my buddy had thought that they had them both in storage, but when he looked they only found one.
The front clip is a different color due to a fender bender back in the day, and after repairs they had left it in primer color.
Well said, "the old boy was overwhelmed"
Blessings 🙏💞 keeping them going for folk that grew up driving them is the reward i appreciate what you done 👍 great content ❤️ and you deserve a cold 🍺 for that 👌🍀💪🤞✌️
Thank you! I agree, it is quite the reward getting these old rigs back to the folks that grew up with them. Having a 🍺 as we speak! Cheers!
Enjoyed this with my Sunday morning coffee.
I could possibly come up with some of the missing parts here in Oregon .
Thanks for watching! Do you have a set of front fenders?
I do believe I have a right side but it ruff
@@Rustwrangler I would like to talk on the phone about parts for this project.
Great job Guy's and Lady!
Thank you!
Nice job guys! A pointer from an old mechanic, Never leave the key on for any length of time, if the car is not running. You'll fry the points, and probably the condenser.
Thank you! Had the same comment on another video as well.
¹11¹1¹11@@Rustwrangler
I love your wife making faces 😂❤ in the background! She is so cute and delightful!
That’s my buddies wife, she’s the daughter of the gentleman they were gifting the car to.
What an awesome old car 👍 and what a great opportunity you have to work on it and get it Rollin again 👌
I had wanted to work on this car for quite awhile, it was quite the challenge, but we had a lot of fun working on it!
What a beautiful car to get that running after so many years. Imagine trying that with a new car. It would be scrapped by the time 67 years are over.
Love the car love the channel
Thank you! I agree, newer cars don’t seem to last compared to these old rigs.
What a very beautiful and sweet old sedan. I hope your talent and skill's get noticed and your membership, subscribers multiply in number. Gotta love those Older classics. Great looking interior as well! Enjoyed watching the engine work to get it up and running again. Duel spark plugs! WOW!
Thank you! I appreciate that. We had a lot of fun working on this car.
Wow, what good job; That man was happy!😃
Thank you! He sure was!
Great job guys. I enjoyed the build so much. Keep it up fellas and thanks for the content
Thank you!
Great job! Loved watching this one! Some major challenges there...would have made a weaker guy quit, but you pushed on, overcame and delivered on your commitment. Hats off to you! 👍👍👍
Thank you! A huge motivator for me was the fact that my buddy was ready to throw in the towel especially when the motor showed up the way it did. And I just kept telling him “don’t worry, we can still pull it off on time”, so in a way I forced myself to make sure we got it done.
Fantastic. Gooood times ! Beautiful job!
@@josejunioroliveira8241 thank you! We had a lot of fun working on this car!
enjoyable build - well done fellas
Thank you!
What a great job!
Thank you!
wow! I thumbs up'd as soon as I watched the 1928 news paper find. To have one from that long ago that is NOT a reconditioned one is very cool! It's like a time machine! The car is very cool as well LOL. It's a time machine as well! Thanks guys!
Thank you! Yea that newspaper was so neat to see, and it’s almost 100 years old!
You are a excellent mechanic. I would like to more of your videos.
Thank you! I appreciate that. Got a lot more videos we’re working on so hopefully will have plenty more coming out soon.
Good to see the older cars reinvigorated .
Definitely! Gotta keep these old rigs on the road.
It looks like .015 valve lash and 60 ft lbs torque on the head, so you are right on target. Incredible job !!
Thank you, I’ve had a few responses on the torque and most of them are right around 60-70, I plan to retorque them as well. I ended up going .012 on the valve lash, might be worth opening up a tad more to .015 like you said to see if it makes a difference.
Awesome job! You battled through the set backs and it runs and drives great!
Thank you! This one was definitely a challenge, it’s a little easier on the vehicles that you can still find parts for.
That brings back memories of my Dads 1940 Ford. nice
Awesome, thank you!
Good job guys! Good job 👏👍🏼👌
Thank you!
Guy's What a Great Sounding Engine WOW
@@brianbloom1799 thank you! We couldn’t believe how easily it fired up. Seemed like everything to do with the motor was a shot in the dark, and it all just came together.
Babe Ruth once owned a 1937 Nash Ambassador 8. Love the Nash!! good gob everyone!
Interesting! Thank you!
Congratulations on a fun project, she lives.
I was a super fun and exciting project! Thank you!
Wow nice to see an old girl go AMEN keep it up guys great effort
Thank you!
Looks beautiful. Congratulations. An amazing effort.
Thank you!
I hope he enjoy it. Thanks 😃
@@Santafefrank he loved it, brought back a lot of memories for him.
Good job 🎉🎉
Thank you!
you guys did a great job
Thank you!
Excellent video. Well produced. All info is there. Great job!
Thank you! Appreciate that!
To clean that tank , you can pull the fuel gauge float, drop a piece of chain in and slosh it around. Works really well. Love your channel, nice to see these old cars go udn udn again.
Great idea with the chain, I’ll have to give that a try. Thanks!
Hi there mate that is a very nice looking old car its looks cool with out the Flender on it
Hi there mate yes some people got no idea fuckwits
it's made it hard hope it works out made . iam new fan of the show mate from down under Australia 🇦🇺 mate
Right on, thanks for checking out the channel!
Great work.
The magic guys awesome 👌
Just subscribed. Great video. Sometimes hesitant to watch the long ones due to slow action and all talk but this one was perfect. Very enjoyable as a gear head. A Packard would be nice if not yet done. Also partial to the foreign roadsters.
Thanks for the sub. And appreciate the positive feedback! There is a good chance there will be a rare foreign roadster coming to the channel in the future.
1:15:41 The Father with the 70th birthday said "That car has 591,000 MILES on it." WOW!! That's INSANELY AWESOME!! They really "Don't make em like they used to!" Amazing!
I couldn’t believe it either, apparently it was driven all over the United states.
That car doesn’t appear to have done that mileage.I own a few 1930’s cars myself and there are tell tale signs of very high mileage and that car looks too good. It’s a very nice car and was well worth saving.
😂 that is #bullshit a 70 year old isn't going to know the milage of an 85 year old car that's been sitting for 60 years 😂
@@scootersonlyrepair6773 it was his fathers car, who bought it new back in 37
Great restoration, I like just the way it is
Thank you, we were extremely happy with how it turned out!
Amazing work👍well done and keep going💪
Thank you! Got plenty more lined up to work on.
@@Rustwrangler hurry up 😱🤪👍💪
Wife' tennis shoes are so cute 😂 where trying to make a production here! Ha ha
😂 we had a great time working on and hanging out with our wives on this one!
Wonderful car you guys done a great job, brother
Thank you!
Well done guys.
Thank you!
Great project, congratulations.
Thank you!
Its a great feeling ain't it bud and what your doing for old guy he won't forget probably leve it to u hopefully
The couple helping me out in this video are the ones that made this happen for their dad, and he in fact will be handing it down to them.
There's one of these for sale in new Zealand here well done great job
Thank you! We are still looking for parts, so if it’s a restorable car, hopefully it’s online.
@Rustwrangler sorry I've put you wrong its a Buick not a Nash 39 there's 2 29 Nash for sale
@@Rustwrangleryou do realise where New Zealand is? 😂😂😂😂
@@Mercmadyea, but for a good set of front fenders, we would be willing to have them shipped over.
@@Rustwrangler The channel "Coldwarmotors" and his mates up in Canada might know, there's some giant wreckers yard up there he's been saving thing from.
That is great some body kept up on the maintience
Good job.
Thank you! The family tried their best to keep it in decent shape.
Nothing short of amazing
Thank you!
Years ago that purple colour was a beautiful colour on that car
Yea I’ll bet it was! We had a hard time finding a color that was close for the wheels.
Y love the sound of the car engine, an uncle of mine used rto have one. Very beutiful.
I agree! I didn’t expect it to sound as good as it did.
NICE JOB AND HAPPY 70
Thank you!
What a great show.teally interesting 👊🇿🇦
Thank you!
Keep more coming!
@@richardtruesdell8289 will do! Have quite a few cars lined up to work on.
wow Len...that looks awesome...and im not sure in the beginning why you were upset about the new motor arriving issues...you ONLY needed push rods and rockers!!! you got em....that revive is soooo cool
Thanks, yea we technically got what we needed with the new motor, but we were hoping to be able to just put that motor in the car, either way, I’m happy with the way it went because it now has the original motor in it.
When you talk to your audience what a better shock on your microphone
???
Needs front fenders. Hope you guys can find some. Would love to see it with skirts and white wall tires. Maybe even lowered some. But that's my opinion. Other then that it looks great!! Would make a great looking bomb and has a great start as one. Keep up the good work. You now have a new subscriber. 👍👍
Thanks for the sub! We may have found a complete donor car, so we can snag the fenders off of that, but we’ll see what shape it’s in, we may be able to do another will it run on the donor as well.
Thanks!!
Imagine the day that car was brand new. The world was much different. I wonder if that motor has been out before in the past. Like we do these days. One thing different is new cars today can not sit in the weather those amounts of years. They would be way too far gone to do anything with them. The metal used back then was way different than today.
Yea, they definitely don’t make cars with quality metal anymore. As far as the motor being out before, I’m not 100% sure, but there was a new piece of metal welded on the front of the frame for one of the engine mounts.
Good look wid the old car..From Jörgen in Västervik Sweden.
Thank you Jorgen!
Nicely done!
Thank you!
A GREAT CAR
greaat work well done
Thank you!
Old motor don't even have blow by good work boys
We couldn’t believe it either, it’s amazing that it runs that well!
Did you ever get the correct torque sequence or torque specs for the head?
It's always a good video when you're learning something as you go along. Great job!
Thank you! No I never did hear back from anyone on the torque specs for the head or on the correct valve lash. So I set them where I thought they should be.
Awesome!
Good job
Thank you!
You can iron the pages to make them flat. Medium iron setting 🎉
Will have to try that, thanks!
I just liked and subdue your channel, my grandmother always had a different ride to school because her father drove her in Pierce Arrow ⚡
Nice! Thanks for the sub! Our grand and great grand parents definitely had vehicles with style compared to these days.
Way cool !!!
Thank you!
We need bloopers 😂🤣🤣🤣
😂 we’ll see what we can come up with.
@@Rustwranglerdo a reel of bloopers!
@21:07 the air is full of atomized acetone!! wow!
Don't think I've ever seen a 600 lb. motor shipped on such a flimsy pallet. What was the seller thinking!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Subscribed
Lauri!!! 👏🏻
Oh man…. I’m a shit show 😂
@@LauriL-11😂😂 I thought you did fantastic, star of the show really. 🙌🏼
You may already know this but white vinegar is good to remove rust. I wonder if that car ever run any moon shine? Lol.
Good to know, not sure on the moonshine, but apparently this car drove all over the United States and has a ton of miles on it, at the end of the video during the reveal, you can hear the owner say how many miles are on it.
I’d love to hear those stories if my grandpa was running moonshine 😂
He did put over half a million miles on this car driving it all over the US.
Perhaps rocker arms and push-rods from another engine could be similar enough or could be modified to fit, allowing a rebuild of the original engine.
That’s is technically what we ended up doing, we used the rocker arms and pushrods from the donor motor to rebuild the original engine. But if we found more parts, we would definitely rebuild the donor to have as a spare.
You should retorque the headbolts after bringing the engine up to operating temp, start in the middle of the head ,and work out in a circular pattern good luck! good video!😃
Thank you! I was thinking that would be what we should do after bringing the engine up to temp a few times.
Head bolt torque is 65 lb/ft
Looks like the start button hits when you push the clutch in
Hey guys, just wanna mention please be careful blowing out brake dust like that, is not good for ya.
It probably has asbestos in it!
Stay safe and good luck.
Yea, definitely should have thrown a mask on when I did that. Thanks
Mt Ranier in the background!!
What a beautiful and reliable Motor, not a shitty flathead as in almost all other cars from 1937.
I agree, I still can’t believe that motor ran as well as it did.
I had a 1948 Ambassador. Loved it! The overhead valve sixes all have 7 main bearings. All the other American made sixes had 4 mains except Hudson Terraplane which had only 3.
I have a 1950 motors manual which covers this engine. I can supply specs if needed.
Hp is 95 at 3400 rpm
@@WebbSummers These engines are able to run a Million Miles, if you often change oil. Great!
Kool car Rust
Thanks Steveo! This one took awhile, but was well worth it!
@@Rustwrangler yessir buddy
Don't be mean to the girls let them get in there too... it adds to the content, geez I just subscribed 10 minutes ago, kudos for working on old stuff brother, I've built a lot of motors but never a Nash
Haha, thanks! This is the first Nash I’ve worked on as well. A lot of what we do is in the evenings, and sometimes the wives will join us, but we joke around a lot too, all in good fun!
@@Rustwrangler yeah sorry I didn't watch enough, the girls were in it later story of my life LOL love what you guys are doing
Yeah guys… don’t be mean to me 😂
We were just having a good time.
I knew a guy back in the late 60's who ran a Nash twin ignition six in his dirt track sprinter . Not the fastest race car but he had fun . 😅
@@Mercmadif it was as fast as this Nash, I’ll bet he didn’t win too often! Lol
Bad Chad just bought a Hudson truck from aguy that had a bunch of Hudson cars and parts. His buddy Jim knows a lot about Hudsons and may still have parts also