Shows a lot of humility when you have all the mechanical knowledge but are willing to listen to an old timer. Paid off for sure getting this car running.
They were chopping, channeling, sectioning, z-ing, boxing, and every other "ing" that you can think of, in the 1920's, on Model T Fords, and other less common makes. However, that takes nothing away from the coolness of that car, and the fact that it exists in it's original form. What a gem! 🙂
At least you guys have a concrete floor. Back in my younger days we crawled around in the dirt or grass. Wrench on the weekend so you could get to work on Monday.
S*** y'all had it better than I did I used to have to lay on top of freaking gravel.. and good luck finding anything if you dropped it, but I'm a fat cat now I got a garage with a lift. 😂🤣
Dang, you guys had it easy. When I was a boy the ground was lava and we had to put down pillows just to get around. If you drop something forget it because it turned into lava. I lost so many friends to the lava. It hurts just thinking about it.
It always puts a big smile on my face to see these beautiful vehicles being brought back to life. I'll have a much bigger smile when I win 🏆 the 37 Knucklehead, (haha 😄 I can only dream and hope). Thanks for keeping these wonderful pieces of history alive.
Dude you have got to have about the coolest job ever. There's an inherent satisfaction and great sense of pride in being able to repair and or restore old vehicles of any type to working condition, and this is apparent with you from the look on your face 95% of the time.
Really neat old jewel your dad found! Some time shortly after the first car started rolling down the road, fifty years before this one was built, some one was modifying a car to be "more what they wanted". And get two horses in the same county (or two cars!) and there will be a race- nobody likes to lose, and the losers tended to seek a way to go faster! Shocking, but that is what motorheads have always done on two wheels as well as four! Now they play with monster tires and six wheel drive to boot! But this car, largely unmolested since it was built, is an awesome survivor- a tiny bit more size than your beloved MC's but no more complex, really! You did great on starting it- you brought the bag of tricks your dad used well for decades- I am surer today that he sees his museum well cared for! FR FR
Just wanted to leave a comment I’ve been through your museum a couple of times I absolutely loved it keep leaving these cool videos on TH-cam I love watching them unable to get down there very often I live in Michigan hopefully I can visit one day soon
Cheers to the peeps like Matt that keep these old beauties running. I hope I never get too old to enjoy the adventures of an internal combustion engine.
Matt, until you positively I.D. the transmission, it may or may not have synchronizers. A 32 Trans, generally had synchronized 2nd. and 3rd only. But of course it may have had several transmissions over the decades. Either way, even with synchronized, it helps to double clutch and slow, deliberate shifts. To shift into first while still moving, you have to clutch and then match the r.p.m. to the spread of the ratios, or like most just come to a complete stop. Actually if you are matching r.p.m. to the spread, the clutch doesn't even matter. Example, if there's a 300 r.p.m. spread between 2nd and 1st, provided the vehicle or wheel speed stays the same, pull the shifter into neutral, raise the r.p.m. 300, and the transmission will go into first gear like butter, clutch or no clutch. The tricky part is if the vehicle speed increases or decreased while you're doing this. INCREDIBLE PIECE OF HOT ROD HISTORY, THAT GUY HAD VISION !!!! T.S. RACING
Looks like an english sport sedan of the thirties...many fords were modded to look like english sports cars in the thirties...Clarke gable had a brand new 36 roadster chopped and channeled with door cutouts made to look like an english sports car...Elvis presley drove a roadster hot rod in the movie Lovin you...said to have been built in 1936...according to hot rod and custom magazine the oldest photo of a hot rodded and customized ford was a 1934 roadster chopped and channeled with V windshield...taken in 1935...cheers guys ...love your work and dedication...P.S.i have picture offf the internet of two girls driving a channeled thirty two roadster ...taken about 1938...
The pre-war guy that comes to mind when I think of that era is Harry Westergard, but I don't think his documented work goes back to 1932. Interesting and way kool kustom kemp! I'm fixin to come down and visit in November. Cheers!!
It's always a blast when you can keep and save a part of hot rod history, I own an inherited my dad's 54 Chevy he bought brand new as a base model he went straight to work doing the typical 50s custom work French headlights French tail lights the usual rounding of hood corners and trunk corners fender skirts all the good stuff he said he completed it in 57 only thing I've done to this car other than keeping alive and the way it was was a 12 volt conversion got to love old cruisers in hot rods
Was fortunate enough to be at the museum right before closing time and see the car run at first I thought it was ZZ Top and a new car or an old one in this case your beard has went through me
Hey Matt a baby nose bulb works good to prime a hose and what fuel you pull out can prime the carb..... Ain't it just ain't it 😎 I had an old Fiat back in the day with dual Weber's that would bleed back over night so I would use the nose bulb it ran to good to fix the issue....like sucking snot.... lols 😎
You were working on this when we were down there, unfortunately we didn’t get to hear it run but you were close. Absolutely love coming down to Maggie area and seeing all the sights.
I believe I've seen a picture of this car with the original drummer on a musician's history documentary, the statements made was that this car was his calling card..... musicians from the 20s and 30s are today's Legends
What a great car. I love the custom roof. Is that green leather or is it an early vinyl? Easily the best customized car done at such an early stage of automotive history that I have ever seen.
Looks like an old gangster car . Especially with the suicide doors. I'll have to get back up there one day so I can see everything you've added to the museum. I'm 60. When I was young a friend got hold of an old chopped Tbucket his grandfather built when he was young in his 20s.
I didn't at all realize that your dad was Dale of Dale's Harley Davidson in Mount Vernon Illinois. My dad has lived in Mount Vernon his whole life, bought bikes from Dale's, raced flat track Bultacos and Husqvarnas, and had friends that worked at the dealership.
I believe that Mr. Cloves bought a rolling chassis from Ford and built it up from there , rather then starting from a complete car . This would explain the title being dated 1934 , it was titled when it was finished .
That’s what I do to prime mechanical or vacuum fuel pumps is run it on starter fluid, if it doesn’t start after a few seconds something is wrong usually
This is crazy my grandma and grandpa and my mom all grew up in Chestnut Illinois and my grandma and grandpa used to follow the Tiny Hill band around I'm sure they've seen that car
In 1931 my dad got a speeding ticket in Dayton, OH in a '21 ford Model T, it had special made pistons and a frontanac head...91 mph!! he said a motorcycle cop caught him with a Henderson bike and the cop had to use beeswax on the drive belt to catch him.... I saw the original ticket in 1977 when dad told me this... in all fairness the only thing modified on that car was the engine... I have driven several original "T's " but never at 90 mph!!! wouldn't even try...
It’s amazing to me a car that’s almost 100 years old starts right up after cleaning the tank and freeing the cylinder heads. That’s when we used to build stuff to last, for the every man to work on. Good things cars can’t be fixed by normal human being these days because kids today hardly any of them ever picked up a wrench before much less fix their own stuff.
Shows a lot of humility when you have all the mechanical knowledge but are willing to listen to an old timer. Paid off for sure getting this car running.
They were chopping, channeling, sectioning, z-ing, boxing, and every other "ing" that you can think of, in the 1920's, on Model T Fords, and other less common makes.
However, that takes nothing away from the coolness of that car, and the fact that it exists in it's original form.
What a gem! 🙂
Probably the coolest car I've seen on TH-cam in 5 years. You are one lucky steward of the old stuff and thanks for the show and tell Matt.
No matter how much a guy knows, there’s always an old timer that knows just a bit more!
So true!
At least you guys have a concrete floor. Back in my younger days we crawled around in the dirt or grass. Wrench on the weekend so you could get to work on Monday.
You had it easy. When I was a boy we didn't have any dirt and we had to hang a car from a tree and work on while hanging on with our fingernails!
We had that soft and powdered dirt about 6" thick.if you dropped something it would disappear and good luck finding it.
S*** y'all had it better than I did I used to have to lay on top of freaking gravel.. and good luck finding anything if you dropped it, but I'm a fat cat now I got a garage with a lift. 😂🤣
Dang, you guys had it easy. When I was a boy the ground was lava and we had to put down pillows just to get around. If you drop something forget it because it turned into lava. I lost so many friends to the lava. It hurts just thinking about it.
Absolutely amazing! Never knew this car existed, thanks Matt for bringing it out!
Goes to show. These guys can breathe life into just about....anything !
That's a rare piece of automotive history. Great job Matt and Chris 👍 and crew for getting the old girl up n running again.
Thanks for watching along!
It always puts a big smile on my face to see these beautiful vehicles being brought back to life.
I'll have a much bigger smile when I win 🏆 the 37 Knucklehead, (haha 😄 I can only dream and hope).
Thanks for keeping these wonderful pieces of history alive.
Dude you have got to have about the coolest job ever. There's an inherent satisfaction and great sense of pride in being able to repair and or restore old vehicles of any type to working condition, and this is apparent with you from the look on your face 95% of the time.
Super cool car, great job getting it running again and seeing the daylight.
Really neat old jewel your dad found! Some time shortly after the first car started rolling down the road, fifty years before this one was built, some one was modifying a car to be "more what they wanted". And get two horses in the same county (or two cars!) and there will be a race- nobody likes to lose, and the losers tended to seek a way to go faster! Shocking, but that is what motorheads have always done on two wheels as well as four! Now they play with monster tires and six wheel drive to boot! But this car, largely unmolested since it was built, is an awesome survivor- a tiny bit more size than your beloved MC's but no more complex, really! You did great on starting it- you brought the bag of tricks your dad used well for decades- I am surer today that he sees his museum well cared for! FR FR
And this is why I love Maggie Valley. It's a magical place.
I met Matt today. What a genuine dude. Thanks for the hospitality today Matt! ~ Pat-IL
Matt your the best, I miss you making videos. Been praying for you and your museum, hang in there pal
That thing is awesome!
Outstanding... Hats off to the man with the plan that did the trick...
Just wanted to leave a comment I’ve been through your museum a couple of times I absolutely loved it keep leaving these cool videos on TH-cam I love watching them unable to get down there very often I live in Michigan hopefully I can visit one day soon
Cheers to the peeps like Matt that keep these old beauties running. I hope I never get too old to enjoy the adventures of an internal combustion engine.
That is a COOL RIDE man. A good clean & a polish & your ready to roll.
That is one sweet peice of hot rod history 🤘awesome .
Such an "HONOR" to be given.
Very cool. I was just at the museum, the whole place is great.
I wish I lived in your area, I would spend days at the museum.
Glad to see you keep your dad's love alive.
Matt, until you positively I.D. the transmission, it may or may not have synchronizers. A 32 Trans, generally had synchronized 2nd. and 3rd only. But of course it may have had several transmissions over the decades. Either way, even with synchronized, it helps to double clutch and slow, deliberate shifts. To shift into first while still moving, you have to clutch and then match the r.p.m. to the spread of the ratios, or like most just come to a complete stop. Actually if you are matching r.p.m. to the spread, the clutch doesn't even matter. Example, if there's a 300 r.p.m. spread between 2nd and 1st, provided the vehicle or wheel speed stays the same, pull the shifter into neutral, raise the r.p.m. 300, and the transmission will go into first gear like butter, clutch or no clutch. The tricky part is if the vehicle speed increases or decreased while you're doing this.
INCREDIBLE PIECE OF HOT ROD HISTORY, THAT GUY HAD VISION !!!!
T.S. RACING
Great job. Thanks
You guys not only have one off bike's but cars too just awesomely cool Dale had the eye for some very off the wall thing's
Looks like an english sport sedan of the thirties...many fords were modded to look like english sports cars in the thirties...Clarke gable had a brand new 36 roadster chopped and channeled with door cutouts made to look like an english sports car...Elvis presley drove a roadster hot rod in the movie Lovin you...said to have been built in 1936...according to hot rod and custom magazine the oldest photo of a hot rodded and customized ford was a 1934 roadster chopped and channeled with V windshield...taken in 1935...cheers guys ...love your work and dedication...P.S.i have picture offf the internet of two girls driving a channeled thirty two roadster ...taken about 1938...
That car is so cool and the long front end choppers actually started in 1910 but there's only a few pictures of them.
The pre-war guy that comes to mind when I think of that era is Harry Westergard, but I don't think his documented work goes back to 1932. Interesting and way kool kustom kemp! I'm fixin to come down and visit in November. Cheers!!
Cleetus and your dad arent the only ones smiling brother!!
Very nice old car Matt 😎👍
Thank You Matt for another Great piece of history 🙏🇺🇸
Very cool car and loved the video. I visited the museum in 2019 and loved it. I need to do a return visit soon.
It's always a blast when you can keep and save a part of hot rod history, I own an inherited my dad's 54 Chevy he bought brand new as a base model he went straight to work doing the typical 50s custom work French headlights French tail lights the usual rounding of hood corners and trunk corners fender skirts all the good stuff he said he completed it in 57 only thing I've done to this car other than keeping alive and the way it was was a 12 volt conversion got to love old cruisers in hot rods
Was fortunate enough to be at the museum right before closing time and see the car run at first I thought it was ZZ Top and a new car or an old one in this case your beard has went through me
thanks for sharing ... very impressive
It would be the bomb to visit the museum while they’re doing stuff like this. Damn.
Hey Matt a baby nose bulb works good to prime a hose and what fuel you pull out can prime the carb..... Ain't it just ain't it 😎 I had an old Fiat back in the day with dual Weber's that would bleed back over night so I would use the nose bulb it ran to good to fix the issue....like sucking snot.... lols 😎
You were working on this when we were down there, unfortunately we didn’t get to hear it run but you were close. Absolutely love coming down to Maggie area and seeing all the sights.
Sometimes it takes a village to raise a child. Great job guys!
Leave it to Matt. He always gets’m going. I don’t understand with this guy being so young but, I dig it. I’m smilin’ too.
Matt, It’s so freaking cool.
Very cool old Hot Rod
Good job brother
love your museum, would be really cool to see a prewar traditional hot rod section in your museum. it would fit perfectly with the board track racers
wow. when the engine started the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. It sounded exactly as if it was Dale shouting ah hahaa!!
Holy Crap Gentlemen Cletus was the coolest Drummer of the 20th Century. Matt Your Dad was a trusted cool dude too What a day
The bystander had the right idea
I believe I've seen a picture of this car with the original drummer on a musician's history documentary, the statements made was that this car was his calling card..... musicians from the 20s and 30s are today's Legends
Great video guys. Good story too.
That is super badass
AWESOME !!! AND SUPER COOL TO SAY THE LEAST!! INNOVATION BY A MUSICIAN AND I'M SURE HE WAS A COOL DUDE IN HIS DAY LIKE NO OTHER!!??
That car is awesome, you should have it has your daily drive, Matt
What a great car. I love the custom roof. Is that green leather or is it an early vinyl? Easily the best customized car done at such an early stage of automotive history that I have ever seen.
I finally made it to your museum this yr, great place and i am gonna make it back again,
Thanks for coming by!
Looks nice out in the light
Looks like an old gangster car . Especially with the suicide doors. I'll have to get back up there one day so I can see everything you've added to the museum. I'm 60. When I was young a friend got hold of an old chopped Tbucket his grandfather built when he was young in his 20s.
Can hardly wait to see what you trailer with that.
I didn't at all realize that your dad was Dale of Dale's Harley Davidson in Mount Vernon Illinois. My dad has lived in Mount Vernon his whole life, bought bikes from Dale's, raced flat track Bultacos and Husqvarnas, and had friends that worked at the dealership.
Keep on keeping on !
...And you didn't forget your sunglasses!
Very nice car, great job 👍...
Nice to see!
amazing car. I love the headlights those are true ditch lights you can see to the left you can see to the right LOL....😉
That is one cool automobile that's for sure.
it needs some marvel mystery oil in the crankcase and fuel tank🐱👍🏿
Very cool. Old school hot tech.
Brings to mind the song: "Shake, Rattle and Roll"...
Love it, but tell me was it a five window or a two door sedan to start with ?
Mt Pulaski is a town that time forgot and that’s a good thing.
Love the horn
What the brand of BMX bicycle hanging above the street rod? Lol I'm a bmx collector so I notice crazy stuff like that...lol.
Nice would love to own it
That's a cool car man!
Amazing man
Just awesome
That’s a nice car I wonder what happened to popcorn Sutton’s model T
Must have made quite an impression at the Speakeasy !
I believe that Mr. Cloves bought a rolling chassis from Ford and built it up from there , rather then starting from a complete car . This would explain the title being dated 1934 , it was titled when it was finished .
Very cool car. Do you rent it for dates?? Keep the good stuff coming guys.
So cool.
Nice car!
well done
That thing is so bad ass.
That’s what I do to prime mechanical or vacuum fuel pumps is run it on starter fluid, if it doesn’t start after a few seconds something is wrong usually
Very Cool...!
Very Cool!!!!
Great car!
that car is a treasure
Gotta keep an old man on standby in every shop
I bet that 4 cyl was struggling its ass off pulling that trailer behind it . 😂
This is crazy my grandma and grandpa and my mom all grew up in Chestnut Illinois and my grandma and grandpa used to follow the Tiny Hill band around I'm sure they've seen that car
That is awesome
Love the shit out of it!
COOL ! 😎
In 1931 my dad got a speeding ticket in Dayton, OH in a '21 ford Model T, it had special made pistons and a frontanac head...91 mph!! he said a motorcycle cop caught him with a Henderson bike and the cop had to use beeswax on the drive belt to catch him.... I saw the original ticket in 1977 when dad told me this... in all fairness the only thing modified on that car was the engine... I have driven several original "T's " but never at 90 mph!!! wouldn't even try...
The spare tire appears to be on the flat side.
That's old time gangster.
What sort of car is/was it?
It’s amazing to me a car that’s almost 100 years old starts right up after cleaning the tank and freeing the cylinder heads. That’s when we used to build stuff to last, for the every man to work on. Good things cars can’t be fixed by normal human being these days because kids today hardly any of them ever picked up a wrench before much less fix their own stuff.
Next time fill the bowl up so the engine will not crank so much and start and prime the pump.