Cleaning Out The Rusty And Crusty 1932 Ford Forgotten Hot Rod
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- Last week we dug through the 1934 Ford Tudor that we pulled from the Larry Schroll Estate. Today we are going to take a closer look at the 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe that we pulled the same day. The 32 was purchased by Larry in 1963 as a project and it never got completed. He bought the car basically in its current state, the only major changes he made was the addition of the Oldsmobile J2 engine and 4 speed trans. Larry was an amazing record keeper and kept meticulous notes about what the car originally had when purchased. He also kept photos of the car from the day that he purchased it. Matt is super excited to buy one of his bucket list cars and get it back on the road. Let us know down below what you think of the 1932 Ford 5 Window!! Salvageable
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I'm 71, and I can tell you for a fact - that guys who built Hot Rods in the 1950s and 60s usually pieced together their creations with "whatever works" junkyard sourced parts and scrap metal, as well as a great farmyard find i.e. old cars and parts. Farm auctions too were a good source for old non-running 20s & 30s coupes and roadsters. Chicken feathers and two inches of Chicken Caca all over the car didn't hinder the sale.
My Dad was a hotrodder, and so were the young guys that lived next door. No one had unlimited piles of cash to build a street rod or a hot rod. Car guys back then helped one another out with advice, fabrication, parts sources, cars for sale, barn and farm field discoveries ( which were numerous in those days ) and welding jobs. Not everyone had a welder of their own.
Two blocks down the street there was a service station with double service bays. The owner was into stockcar, midget car and modified-sprint racing at the oval track speedways. Typically that place was the scene were throngs of young guys hung out and also brought their cars for some type of work where the car could be lifted in the air. Behind the service station was a high fenced dirt lot filled to capacity with broken-down cars, junk parts and racing cars under tarpaulins and old parted out Indian and Harley motorcycles and Cushman scooters.
The area that I lived in was a woodsy small village next to a river. Someone somewhere within earshot could be heard with a loud rampaging hotrod blasting down a street - shortly thereafter followed by the wailing-screaming sirens of police cars. Thrilling days for all involved, I'm sure. Unless you were caught, faced a judge and lost your license for 6 -12 months - then the "Lone Wolf" grin turned to a frown! The word always got around who was BUSTED hard!
One day as we were returning home from a downtown shoe shopping spree for us kids, a chopped top three-window coupe painted in dark gray primer went flying by us, and we about jumped out of our skin because of the horrendous roar.
Dad, not amused, exclaimed: "Jesus Christ, that stupid asshole is going to kill himself or someone else with that damned death trap. I've looked at it, and it's a mess. Crazy ass thing doesn't have front brakes! "
Then up ahead we saw a cloud of smoke and dust. There in the middle of the intersection sat the coupe stalled out trying to restart.
Dad again commented, "He's damn lucky he made that stop, or he would piled-up into the VFW hall!"
The coupe fired up - and speed off to the left across the bridge to whereabouts unknown. We made a right towards home, and just as we completed the turn, a police car with the rolling gumball on the roof, but no siren came to the intersection. He was trying to discern which way the hotrod went. Then he turned right - and the hotrodder had gotten away.
Haha that’s a great peek into how stuff was back then! Love it!
Cool car and square roll bar. Pure honest traditional hotrod. It doesn't get any better.
Hell yea! People spend a lot of time trying to recreate this stuff!
I actually love that you are still stoked on this project and that you have the skills and abilities to fix it up right. From everything you've done in this past, this will be a pretty rad hot rod as well.
Thanks man! I love saving this old stuff! It just takes time and money! At least I have time right now! Haha
In the early 60's I had an Olds powered 1955 Studebaker Commander Coupe. I tried quite a few transmissions in it. The Olds you have has a Olds selector transmission. The bell housing is different than one where the Cad\LaSalle bolts up to. That was from a 1950 Olds, probably a little rare right now. My favorite transmission was a 1937 Buick floor shift transmission. It has a torque tube tail shaft housing. You take the guts from the transmission you have and put it in the 37. Most of the tail shaft housing bolts fit but you do need to drill and tap one bolt hole. You might have to plug one bolt hole, I can't remember. You may know all this but I'd thought I'd share some old memories you might be able to use. Love what you do. Hot Rodding has turned into something a high school kid can't really afford to do. Hot Rod magazine is filled with big buck cars and muscle cars go for quite a bit as do new high performance cars. Glad you are helping Andrew, maybe its not over yet.
Yep I’ve read the old articles about the Buick trans but they’re harder to find than a lasalle! I have some lasalle stuff so I may go that route. I also have the 50 olds bellhousing too.
Brilliant,put together by a couple of 15 year old,s that probably bought it for nothing,,no car lifts,no welding equip ,just thrown together,love it
My thoughts too. A 'beautiful' example. It is, what it is. One very cool Hot Rod!
Raising the Titanic, the hot rod version! A lot of enthusiasm went into building this car originally, haha. Can't wait to see it come back to life....eventually.
The best part about this car is that it's a 32 you won't find another one. Lucky find.
There are more out there. He was lucky to find one "around the corner" from him.
My neighbor has an all original 32 3 window, one owner, was purchased new by his father, with original title still. He won’t sell it and said he will let it rot to dust, just to watch people’s faces. Makes me sad but it’s his car.
@@vilheim11
That sucks. If he doesn't give a crap about the car, he should get rid of it. He's just being a dick killing a piece of history. Hopefully, the car will last longer than him.
@@vilheim11 Haha what a troll. I'd ask if I can wrench on it for him.
Gday from Australia, great to see an old hotrod saved from the crusher. Would love to see the Olds engine restored from the inside, and leave the outside rusty. Looks fabulous in there. Keep them coming..
Matt, if anyone make it run and be safe, its you. I will be watching every episode.
Thanks Jack!
Hey Matt & Co. I remember seeing cars like this back in the 60's when I was a kid, this is how they did things back then, just remember, this is what you paid I'm sure alot of $$$ for, once you change it, it's gone....I realize you want to make the car safe & driveable, I would try...& keep the mechanical's as they are, using the same parts if possible, the motor & trans are repairable. I truly believe the car is in very capable hands. You definitely have alot of projects going. Best of luck to you & your crew....Build on Dudes!!!
Ohhh cant wait to see more on this car! I love the look of it so much!!
It’s got a great look!
wow the things i though that i forgotten about,the things people did in there garages back in the day.and they usto run,i love it.keepp up the great vidoes.
Today- " Oh, can't do that 'cause it wouldn't be safe"...
Years Ago- "Well, the rear axle tore off the perches... But luckily I've got some bubblegum and bailin' wire"...
Looks like the center trans mount on my 59 Ford truck repurposed for a front engine mount.
the sketchiness of this ride is surpassed only by it's rarity. it's a testament to the things you do when speed is your only concern. wow!
That is a project...lots of parts and creativity will be needed. Enjoy the journey!
".... I donno ... I'm kinda a beginner... but leaves down in the carburetor is a bad sort of sign..." Love it!
This is the perfect project car for you, Matt! Welcome to the '32 Ford Owners Club! Yours is a crusty specimen for sure, but rebuilding it will give you the opportunity to focus on just about every aspect of rod building that viewers might encounter in their own projects. So many of today's magazine and online "builds" are done around reproduction chassis, suspensions and bodies that the true nature of hot rodding has been lost to a great extent. This car will give you a chance to rebuild a hot rod the old school way using recycled components as you have in your previous projects. Every time I see you working on the Sweet Heart Roadster I think about how little of it you've actually been able to re-use. Hopefully this 5-window will prove to be a better bargain...but somehow I have my doubts. It will, however, make for many episodes of excellent video! Keep up the great work. Carry on!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CAR!! ....I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS ONE COME ALIVE!!
Thanks us too!
If that car could talk-wow-what stories it could tell-good luck with this project!
Thanks for watching!
Have to add...when I was all in love with old hotrods in the mid 70's and got a union job and all I wanted was a 32 or 34 Ford I had my grandfather and my father who went with me to look at cars such as this when they were still a running vehicle. They both would be disgusted and point out the welded behind the corn crib on a saturday morning pieces of angle iron,butchered suspensions and absolutely unsafe running gear and brakes. Took me a few years before I realized that all I fell in love with was butcher work from an era gone past that I thought knew how to build cars. I thnak them to this day for steering me clear even though I was pissed off at the time. Doubt those cars would have killed me because I'm not that stupid but they would have ended up broken and unsafe and I wanted to drive to work. Old school hot rods doesn't mean they aren't cobbled garbage with a paint job and an impressive engine "Arc Welded" to the frame.
You are very lucky to find these 2 gems
What ever you do it will be right can't wait for more videos
Thanks for watching Joe!
Back in the day , 1957 Ford rear end and 58 were narrow housings that people used in Hot Rods
A buddy of mine had a 1931 Ford P.U with a olds in it in 1963 and I believe he ran a 57 Ford rear end in it .............He still has the 31 only now it has a 351.Ford in it and a T.C.I frame etc under it . The cool thing still left from the early 1960s is the custom done seats and door panels it really takes you back to the Rod and Custom mags , the way the cars were done then.
I believe at about 1966 ,it still had the Olds in it and a front clip from a Corvair ......I know when we re-did the car in 1996 he asked me to help him remove the body and the thing I noticed was there was no Ford Model A front drop Axle in it and he told me it was Corvair Spider that he and his brother fitted under the Ford frame which was boxed , all work by these guys was first class not a butcher job ......This Ford PU won local Car shows back in the day .
He is a small guy and told me take it for a ride I am 6.ft and no way could I drive one of these.
He laughed and said that is why I told you to take it for a drive ..............your not worthy he said and Laughed .......I did too. and said guess not I'll ride in the back
Was waiting for the crank bolt to snap. Steel is real.
I like that you plan on keeping the old school hackery, people tend to glorify early hot rodding builds and this will show the way it really was :)
Lol, that was interesting. I'm not making fun of you at all. Just the way things work out sometimes. You have the know how to bring it back. I see you pulling the body to better understand the frame and drive components. When I saw the 1/4 20's, it took me back to one day I was using my father's '47 Jeep to clear the driveway and all of a sudden the body just started coming apart where my father had bolted it together with 1/4 20's. Such I life and love watching and listening how you explain about how you approach the 'snags' you encounter along the way. Thanks for sharing.
That will be an awesome project.
well at least you can't drive it as is, as it's a scary death trap!!, though you gotta love the sketchiness!!
Hell yea!
I like the idea of staying with the Oldsmobile platform engine to keep the 3 duces. I keep up with you pretty close and will stay tuned to your videos. You are doing a great job👍🇺🇸🤙😃
Thanks for watching
Old school hack. Gives me hope for my project.
You definitely have your work cut out for you..... BUT....the car couldn’t be in better hands. I look forward to the updates. Trevor.
Thanks Trevor!
I was in this garage about 20 years ago. The owner let us in but didn't want to sell anything in the building. We bought two cars that were at his mother's house. A 59 Elcamino and a 36 Ford 2 door sedan. Complete small block chevy that his brother was planning on putting in the ford in the 60s. The hot rod sat outside of his father's house when he went to Vietnam. It sat there until the 80s when he had to move it. If I remember correctly. He was a really nice guy.
Thanks for the insight Scott that story sounds about right from what the family told us! If it hadn’t been stored outside it would have faired a lot better but at least it was stored indoors after that.
The world's coolest car! That's what's up!!!
The rear end is a mid 50's to early 60s Olds rear. Was very popular with the early drag racers. Noticed it had spacers/adapters on the axles. Original bolt pattern is 5 on 5" if I remember correctly.
I totally agree! That's not a ford 8" rearend. GM rearend from the same time era as the engine.
@@andrewevans1658 Yep.
57 and 58 were the latest narrow ones, 59 up were wide track. as I remember. I hunted down a bunch of them way back.
I’ll run the numbers but I think it isn’t as beefy as an olds rear and it’s 5x4.5 bolt pattern. I’ll double check here soon!
Wow Matt, two words come to mind.....Yard Art!
Not quite.
What a great find, on top of all your other great projects
Wow that GEM is going to be great!
Can't wait to see you tear into that one!
Love the business with the back window , those who play must pay lol !
Lucky S.O.B. Been looking for a long time for something like that that has the title. Titles seem to be a lot more rare than the cars. Willing to take it off your hands if you want. Lol, enjoy the build.
I don't get why that's such a big deal. Just steal the ID from something else and say it's rebuilt. Is the VIN bound to the frame or the body?
@@lobmin Here where I live the title is the important piece. You stamp whatever the title reads into anything you build. Now its as per title. Otherwise you have a rebuilt/remanufactured title issued with current date
We have been using PB Blaster for loosen up bolts and when did window cranks hood hinges door hinges window regulators best stuff I found on the market
I can see another free T type project in your future. It's too good to walk away from and too rough to leave alone. Once you get going, there won't be any stopping you. You only get to do one 32 in your life, so might as well do it right. You won't stop until it's perfect. It's in your dna. Good luck and keep up the great work.
Thanks Richard. I actually sorta want to retain the “weathered old hot rod” look on this one and repair the rust and poor work and put it back together as a crusty old hot rod. Least that’s my plan for this week haha
It's great to see how they did it in the past. This is industrial archeology. People certainly weren't so obsessed with safety back in the day.
Built fer 'Gow'! Less-so, fer 'Show!
Morning Matt and Mike , I always love 32's. This one is a holy mess . I know that back in the old days you worked with what ever you had or could get and that's what is was. Put some wheels and tires on it ,blow out the dirt and put it on the shelf for now.😊
Hahah that's kind of the plan we think!
@@IronTrapGarage by the way what about the bolt for the bead roller.
Pull the oil pan and the heads before you totally give up on the motor.This project is definitely body off. Love it!
Maybe for a future project, have to weight to pros and cons.
Had a 40 pickup that was built like that, that’s how they did it, really crazy.
Yep not that I was too surprised! It can all be fixed!
@@IronTrapGarage Mostly replaced, by the look of that mess.
I'd love to see a teardown of the engine. Just to see the carnage on the inside of the block!
Might be better off boring that J-2 and rebuilding it with hardened seat heads ! Any motor he buys he will have to pull the heads & install hardened seats anyway so as long as the block & heads are not cracked in that paid for J-2 just rebuild it from scratch and know for sure what you got .
@@hydroy1 Why does he "have" to have hardened seats installed? Just run lead substitute :)
@@lobmin With no lean in the gas anymore if you don't install hardened seats in the exhaust seat of the head, with the current unleaded gas we have today that has no lead in it to keep it from burning the cast iron in the exhaust valve seats , it will beat the cast iron seat out in about 1,500 miles . ( been there done that with Olds Rocket motors a few times ) So if your going to re use any of the factory cast iron pre unleaded gas heads today with our unleaded gas your almost forced to install hardened seats , OR just plan on new valve jobs every 1,500 miles. I never had any luck with any brand of the lead additive ( yes I tried Lucus as well ) the valve seats still gave up in very short order on all of my Olds Rocket motors plus that stuff is veeeeeery expensive ! One of them deals pay now, or pay later but harden seats in a Olds or Pontiac pre 1973 are a must if your going to really drive the car . I had to learned that the hard way. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !----- P/S Rebuild that J-2 if the block & heads are not cracked , bore it +.030 with new 10 to 1s & molly rings, grind the crank .010/ .010 or what ever you need, recon the rods with new bolts get it balanced, new oil pump, get a new cam & lifers ( 472 lift & 295 der on 110 centerline is best of Olds rockets---- AKA W-30 specks ) use a turbo 350 trans with a adapter and a ATI treemaster converter plus 373 gears in rear and have fun. You can thank me after you lite them slicks up kickin in the 3/2s in like nothing . :)
That crossmember is the rear engin mounts. They bolt through the bell on trans.
I cranked one that had water up to the top of the distributor hole. Drained 15 gallons of water out of it and pur fresh oil in.Got the thing to turn and fired it up. Its running better and better every time I crank it up.
Strip it down, turf it if its cracked and stuffed, but if it can be saved cool. otherwise offer it up to someone who LOVES a challenge. Hand ball it to the Hagerty dude, Davin! Looking forward to the progress!
I agree with Johnnie it's a "32"
Even though the Christmas present broke on the first day it's still a Gem. A Diamond in the rough!!
And you are just the jeweler to give it new life!!
Think about taking the time to do a full blown period restoration ???
Duces Wild!!!
It’s worth the effort to save it that’s for sure!
Love those 32
Looks like the results of a couple of young guys with a lot of dreams but not a lot of experience with cars. I will be following and IMO- save what you can on the car. It is cool and it has history.
We agree!
The crossmember you found in car was out of a 50 Olds. it was at rear of engine and bolted up to bell housing .
I agree. Those look like GM trans mounts.
I like it! Definitely sketchy but nothing you cant handle i support your plan of keeping in gritty and honest but making it safe an a driver... There are enough "nice" 32s out there. Cant wait to see what you do!
This is the kind of car that one would put on a roof of a building as a sign...
AWESOMENESS, Guys!
It's the dream car I've always wanted your one lucky dog
Matt and Co, you guys got to realize that the pioneers of hot rodding did not have an auto or steel shop or even tools supplier just a few minutes down the road like we do. They often had to make do with what they could find around them to build their cars. Nor did they have the internet to gather knowledge and helpful hints. If angle iron is all they had, then that is all they used.
"Sort of a cross between piss yella and puke green, ain't it?" Under that primer ;). Too cool!
I couldn't help myself with the "American Graffiti" quote. Hopefully that paint cleans up! I tried the steel wool and CLR on my crusty 32 roaster firewall and it works well to remove those stains Matt! Thanks for the tip, the scotch bright is a little too aggressive! "I'm here to pick up the rubbish" is my H.A.M.B build. It has taken me three years to find a suitable crusty grille for my roadster, so I get your grille hoarding!
next time you pull old plugs , I kindly suggest that you just crack the plug a short turn and add some rust buster something similar and spray the threads so you don't rip out the threads. love this stuff I do it my self thanks . Pete stony creek farm Walton ny.
You guys are amassing some pretty desirable cars. Diamonds in the rough you could probably flip as they are fro a substantial profit.
I just am amassing a collection of cars I want to own. Not trying to get them to flip per say more to enjoy and keep.
This will be one heck of a project, but it'll probably be worth all of the toil and effort as a tribute to all of backyard hot rods of the Golden Era.
I think you should call it the TURDY-TOO
HAHAHA I LOVE that nickname!
I like those tail lights. They are from a 1950 Pontiac and have then on my 31 Ford.
Awesome garden art that old hot rod! 😅
Awesome video. I love watching you go through the cars. It's so interesting
Thanks for watching!!!
Enjoyed
Can't wait to see it with the primer cleaned off it Matt! Hope it cleans up well!
Can you do an autopsy on the motor? She is rough as but still a cool old find.
I would have never even tried to turn it. It needs to be torn apart and see what can be salvaged. I thought he was going to break the crank snout off
I like watching what an how you do stuff
You have the start of something really great there, hope do what is good for you.
Well, the plywood looks to be in good shape. What a contrast to the 34, the yin and yang of old school hot rods. Scary to think somebody raced in it. All that said, it made for an interesting video to see how hot rods were once built, not always with safety in mind.
Different set of safety parameters were used then. 60 plus years of engineering and communications improvements as well as a host of materials, suppliers, know-how, and clever 'herberts' on TH-cam showing you how to do it correctly. Don't be hard on the passion Guys of the past. Their passions cultivated your's/our's!
I bought a truck I'd always wanted for big money that I also never saw until it was delivered. The frame was so hacked in the rear that I had to add a replacement 7 foot section. But mine ran.
Wow looks like a lot of work good luck 🍀 guys 👍
Preserve everything you can, EVEN all the angle bars, so you keep the original character of the rod. That way it's a true time capsule from the 60's and very unique compared to other 32's.
We’re going to try and save the old stuff but make it safe. Only change what we have to if it’s really unsafe.
It doesn't matter, it's a 32 that is not a store bought replica, you can't hurt it any more, make her fast and make her safe. Cheers
Yea man you’re right!
If you have or can obtain a 32 Ford chassis, that might be a better start to this project than trying to save the one the body is attached to.
The existing chassis might be hung on a wall as a perfecr example of how to not modify a chassis for safety.
Keith Haycraft You can obtain practically any 32 Ford parts today as re-pro. Including chassis and any body panels. You can also if you wish get a complete body in fibre glass up to and including rolling chassis
No repro parts on this car. We’ll save the frame under the car. It’s worth the effort.
@@IronTrapGarage good luck with that, you are taking a huge project on there.
Actually, I was suggesting a genuine chassis, not a reprouction, that is not something I would even suggest you use, let alone expect you. I see you as a purist.
Matt
From what I can see the number on the center exhaust port is 16 if so those are J 2 heads as I had them on my 39 Convert B gaser
WOW!! A real Joe Hackenbush build. Scary! I can't see you doing anything except a complete tear-down on that mess. I also note that you are completely out of floor space. Time to get started on that pole barn. BTW The Larry Schroll auction has been cancelled due to the current health crisis.
I should send you some pics of the underside of my model a. My dad used what he had to build his car. Not as bad as yours but still way not what we would build today. Best thing about your channel is your never going to run out of content.
Send us an email, we love seeing old built hot rods!!!
Hey Matt , yes very cool 32/5 , looking forward to see the progress and get it running ! Keep up the good content , love the channel !
We can’t wait to get started on it. Gotta get some other projects wrapped up first
I have been thinking about this awesome '32 find for 24 hours. I think that you have two choices. First being, if you can track down previous owners and get the drag racing history of it, then rebuild it as close to the racing configuration as you can to preserve its past. Second, would be to make a streetable driving car. Five window rods are so cool. However, I saw that the car came with a locked rearend. If you have ever seen or driven a car with a locked rearend they have a turning radius of about 10-15 feet! Great for drag racing, not so much for driving to the local drive-in restaurant. A steerable car is going to need a good solid chassis without the cracks and awful welds, etc. I am pleased that you have acquired this car and can't wait to see how it all comes back to life.
Nice video it was really entertaining
This is more typical of a typical hot rod of the era. One of the coolest setups I ever saw was a 32 5 window with a 40 column with the shifter flipped to the left so you shift with your left hand and it was hooked to a 4 speed and reverse was actuated by a solenoid. I asked the guy why this was done and he said so you could snuggle with your sweetie and still shift.
Haha that’s awesome!
You could call this one George's Axe, lol. I understand why you bought it, it looks sweet. It has been waiting around for a long while, a while longer won't matter.
That motor will make a nice mooring block. I'm thinking its days of charging down the road are gone. The gearbox and bell-housing maybe savable. I thought the chassis was going to be worse. It was worse LOL The rear suspension is just scary. There is probably a family out there that's lucky it never got put on the road. larrys or someone elses. He loved his angle iron. You'd have to start from scratch. it will make a good project. I can always see why hotrods were so much fun to make. i like those 2 x 5/16 body mounts. That battery cable is a bonfire waiting to happen. i'm into offroad racing in buggies like SCORE etc and started off with vw beetles. I'm surprised that i haven't been stuck down by a lightening bolt from the gods at Volkswagen. When I was 16 one of my friends had a 63 Kombi and got given a 51 barndoor kombi for parts but not many of the parts fitted. His Dad was making noise about the eyesore sitting in the driveway leaving rust stains on the new concrete. It cost $50 bucks to have a car towed away then so we were broke kids and we towed it out of town and pushed it down a bank, never to be seen a gain. Now if i had it Id restore it but its long gone. At the time it wasn't worth anything. It was the older model with a gutless motor. Now you could name your price and get it.
TAKE THE STARTER OUT AND USE A PRY BAR ON THE FLYWHEEL TEETH- you get more leverage = BIGGER DIAMETER TO TRY TO TURN THE ENGINE BOYS
On the Olds motor, the more common to find 1961 to 64 /394 cube Olds Rocket has 1/2 the bell housing case into the block to fit only the Roto Hydrmatic ( Slim Jim ) trans, so I am pretty sure they will not work . I think your looking for a pre 1960 motor. The Manual flywheel & clutch & plate for that Olds motor today might be a problem to find as well. Might have to have your current core rebuilt ! ( Hays clutch / Mr. Gasket co. ) use to do mine . Hopefully you have a 3 finger borg & beck type pressure plate. Make sure to use 3 small alum pads behind each finger of the plate as you unbolt the plate to keep the fingers from warping the case of the pressure plate so you can get it rebuilt. If the pads are not used the case of the pressure plate will twist and your screwed .
I had no idea the back window rolls down in those. I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention or demonstrate it. Cool.
Yea one of my favorite little things on these!
A little history
We could not call up Summit Racing parts in the 60's and 50's
We used salvaged parts from around 48 Ford cars for hydraulic brakes
Early Chrysler wheels for wide wheels
That maybe a Corvair steering gear, they were small and would work
Split the front and rear wishbones, heat and bend them out to frame rails
We could get adapters for the old ford trans to Chevy engine
Couldn't buy much, couldn't afford much
Still remember that 327 Chevy torquing the frame when taking off
Matt, I'm not disillusioned it old school backyard engineering. Typically you like to keep the spirit of the build when rebuilding your old Hot Rod's. I'm looking forward to what you are going to do to make the car safe and dependable and keep the traditional spirit ! We have to remember the kids that built these cars were not expose to technology unless they were exposed to race car/midget sprint car technology. Good Luck finish the Sweatheart firts !
Thanks Gerry it definitely is going to take some trickery to keep with the old school spirit but make it a bit safer.
Wow, that Old's is way cool, please save it.
It’s like my old vw bus, build from “pileiron” ie iron from the shop scrap metal pile😆✌️cool piece tho, really looking toward to seeing it! Classic example of build with what ya got!
Thanks for watching!
Although I know Matt will do a slick job preserving the car, part of me would love to see him restore it.
Yea this one I’m gonna try and repair the bad stuff and leave the exterior lookin like a crusty old hot rod.
Reading through the comments, I see the crossmember identified as 50 Olds. Don't know if has been commented on or not, but the mounts bolted to the crossmember look like 55-57 Chevy stick shift bellhousing mounts. Interesting to know if that was a failed attempt at fabrication, or if it actually worked! Probably NOT a good idea, since the mounts won't handle even the torque from a 327. Drivers side will separate, and bam busted distributor cap and rotor. You need to chain the bellhousing bolt to the crossmember bolt! Never commented before, but watch your videos whenever I got time. Yes, I'm from that era, early hot rods. I had a 34 Ford coupe, originally built in 1955 with a J2 Olds, Cad/LaSalle trans, and early Ford truck rear. Was 327 Chevy powered when I bought it. Still regret selling it! But I bought a house, no money to build the car right. Then lost storage for the coupe, too nice to let sit in the weather. I was not driving it anyhow, it was a death trap, but too nice to wreck. Still got pictures of it if you like pictures of those early rods.
Clean it up good, fix the suspension and build a cool low boy coupe. It’s a 32, it deserves to live!
Agreed!
Ha! The ol pipe hanger tank straps. good stuff! 🤘
How it was done back then! Lol
Hey Matt. Check if you can get the numbers off the rear chunk. Late 50s early 60s olds/pontiac rears are gold, 9.3. I have a 59 pontiac rear in my model A drag coupe. 4.88 gears.
its a 5x4.5 bolt pattern so I believe it's a ford rear but I need to look closer. I at first thought that's what it had!
that thing is scary :D incredible difference in quality compared to todays builds
have fun with it
A flathead would really look good in that!
Now that is grease gun!! From the days when most cars needed lubing every 1000 miles and had 20 grease nipples on the front end. You could do two cars with that monster.
I hope you keep the east coast unchopped channeled look .If the Olds is no good,there's a home for an Ardun.The engine was in a boat? The roll bar looks like it would kill in a rollover,unseamed rolled tube looks to be large electrical conduit.