Building Custom Hairpin Batwings For My 1931 Ford Model A Roadster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- We are finally back on the Sweet Heart Roadster after a summer full of mechanical work and wiring. The last big project we finished up was building the custom filler panels for the hairpins. The next step to setting up the front end of the SHR is to build Hairpin mounts or "Batwings". Matt's idea is to take the front portion of the wishbone and yoke section and graft in the Batwing to make a custom mount with an old school look. The finished project looks killer and really has an old school cast look to it. Once chromed it will look like it was done back in the day and blend in with all the other old chrome on this car. Let us know down below what you think of the Custom Batwings!
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The fabricated forgings are a terrific piece of detail artwork. Back in the day, engineers and designers took great pride in castings and forgings that looked just right. Nice work, Matt!
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"chrome the frame"...made my weekend.
"chrome the frame" - i.e. Matt's volunteering to prep it for the chrome!
They look 50's futuristic if that makes any sense at all. It's cool to be the kid at the play ground with the one off stuff. AWESOME job. People at car shows will be scratching their heads.
Haha thanks!
Looks awesome! Super beefy too!
Great fabrication!
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The wishbone mounts look Great!!
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Hey Matt, the sweetheart roadster is coming along awesome!! A models always have a bit of a soft spot with me and i am super stoked to see you working on the roadster again. Keep up the amazing work!!!
Well I learned something new today. Thanks Matt.
Good to see you back in the saddle producing the best in the business as we've all come to expect 😉 👍 👌
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Excellent fabrication. that grinding and smoothing is perfect. Good work.
Man...I really like the way you made those...they look factory...well...Custom.
Thanks Jimmy!
Time, patience, imagination, skill-full application = IronTrap all condensed for our entertainment, thx
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Wow those came out nice, you can't even see a weld seam! Great job, I enjoyed this one a lot!
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The final product that you created looks amazing... if I didn’t see this video I would have thought they came that way from the factory.
Pretty awesome! And no one else in the world has a set of these. Great Work!👍
Those things you welded came out looking like factory made after you were done grinding and smoothing out. Awesome video Matt. This is the car when I first discovered you on TH-cam, so I’m excited to see this build but I love all the other project cars you have too.🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
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I was worried at first, then I seen you hammer the extra piece over and weld it in. Turned out awesome. Nice work. 👍
Matt, before chrome please check the tie rod and drag link clearances with your new spindles. When building mine, I had to remake the batwings to allow for additional clearance. Nice job, Doug
!!! Glad you got back to the batwings!!! By far my favorite piece of car sculpture I've watched you create. 👀👍🏻 Totally awesome.
Those wishbone mounts look amazing!!!!
Thank you!
Matt beautiful work, the finished product looks amazing, hand made by a real hot rodder. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
Thanks Kevin this stuff is fun to make!
Turned out awesome, Matt. Realy nice work!!..... And yes, it's way more work than split wishbones with Ball and socket 😁
Worth the effort to be different!
@@IronTrapGarage that's for sure 👍
Bat wings turned out great! Cool to see the old tin. Garage looks period.
Wow.... very nice results 👍👍👍👍👍
Hairpins look great mounted up. Very nice.
You seemed bummed at the start of the show. I've never seen the method of combining the front of wishbones and bat wings before. Pretty ingenious. When you were finished the piece looked like it was cast. Impressive!
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Horse shoe nails are mini wedges and re excellent to align parts, you can tack over them and grind off the extra part of the nail head.
gonna need a second garage for all the shiny and finished cars now haha
That’s the hope! Haha
Thank you for the update on the Sweetheart Roadster ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you maybe doing next ! Doing well here in Kansas .
Love workin on my project more in the winter
Great job on those brackets, by the way when you were welding the brackets I could smell it. 73 Ed
Looks great and functional af.
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I know from watching you guys the cars are a lot of work. But I need a 30’s Ford so cool Steve
Thanks Steve we hope more guys start building these early cars!
Love it yes
Good stuff, glad to see you back working and on the roadster. The hairpin brackets look so cool.
Looking Great !
Matt, those "Batwings" look terrific! Just like factory, and they'll look even better when they're plated! Keep up the good work! Always following your channel, great stuff! Thank you for sharing and have a safe and wonderful day! JP JR. Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. :) :) :)
Matt Remember that you need that angel so that your wheel travels in a 3 dimensional arch
That bracket looks cool Great job
The mounting points haven't changed so it doesn't matter what angle the hairpin sits at as it'll all work as stock anyway.
Looks great Matt
Very nice batwings! :)
GREAT JOB MATT!! THOSE PARTS CAME OUT AWESOME!!
Awsome timing i was just searching how to make hairpins and batwings last night thanks
Matt, Lookin Good! If your steering is not going though your wish bone you should and the rounded nub like is at the rear of your wish to the front pieces you made today. Think about it !
Definitely will tune that up some as I get further long in the project
Wishbone mounts look bad ass
I'm looking forward to your winter project progress! Great stuff as always. You've been a great inspiration.
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Love the look great job. Like Henry Ford said, It's just nuts and bolts.
Nice work. Im over here in Oregon and I am working on a model A and the guy at napa said have you ever seen iron trap garage? I said yes. You guys are very well know out here on the west coast. Keep up the good work.
Wow that’s crazy! Glad to hear! Thanks for watching!
So good to see this car getting work done again. This is probably my favorite of all of them. Off topic but what happened to Andrew ?
He lost interest and is off chasing girls and working at Walmart. Can’t save them all
great work on the old car you are working on stay safe down by you guys
Nice hairpins. I remember them from the magazines, Hot Rod and Rod & Custom when I was a kid. Very period. I wish there was something that could be done about those frame notches, though. They are total back yard mechanic IMO. I never saw anything like that in the magazines, and to a retired engineer like me, they look slap-dash. Square notches are stress zones and crack centers. I know the frame doesn't carry any load forward of the notches, but they stand out like a sore thumb... or like a hatchet job.
Maybe you never seen any but many were notched that way. I myself even notched a Model A frame the exact same way. Not back yard, I was in a garage. haha I think if anything done different it would be over engineered. I guess I don't see your problem because it's fully functional and plenty strong and safe.
Thanks for the sharing your build a friend from Canada Rob ✌
Beautifull fabrication, and super strong and safe!
Super nice hair pins, very impressive shop tools, that vise you have is awesome
Thank you!
Very nice touch as usual. Keep up the great work. Look forward to seeing much more.
I wss beginning to wonder if you ever were going to work on something again... part of the enjoyment of this show for me is watching how it's done.. brings you back to gene Winfield day and growing up in So Cal. I dig it. I can tell that once your in it, you do too!!
Awesome job as usual Matt 👍
Thank you!
Matt you did a great job every thing looks perfect.
Great stuff Matt. ....How about NOT chroming those bits, but a Black enamel would look awesome against the adjoining chromed components. Just a thought, love from Reading UK.
It would be a different and good look but since he's wanting a retro look, it's just gotta be chrome Chris. :)
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Looks great Matt!
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you rock buddy! thanks for the inspiration.
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Your style is awesome. Looking forward to this build series over the winter. Will be watching in-between snow squalls and plowing.
Wayno
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Hey Matt, and camera man Mike,
Those Batwings are really nice !
I love finishing hand fabracated stuff like that !
It has a quality look about it.
Chrome will blend it with the stainless hairpins and give you lots of nifty little places to polish !
Oh Boy What fun !
Be safe and well
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Very nice work Matt.
nice finished product!!!!!
Great video, the hairpins look fantastic!
Those look really good, like they were cast in one piece. NIce.
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Sweet baby Jesus.........those things look factory Ford when he got done! !
Thank you!
Your vise is a Beast!!! I have a similar model with anvil end but way smaller. Was using it like you to squeeze (a bushing) and broke the acme threaded main screw. I never would have believed it could be broke. I had a new shaft machined to save it. Your garage is a "Dream Garage"!!! Great videos, even Cooler garage/shop!!!
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Thanks for the video, those are some great looking parts.
Nice job they will look great when they are chromed
Wish Bones are awesome great job
Speaking of winter projects, Im just here to casually remind Matt that the Meat Truck really needs that extra Hemi installed in it. 😁
It’s getting sold soon!
Very cool Matt! Love the adding metal, “over” welding and grinding back to make it look like an old cast part. Have a triple carb intake I’ve been wanting to fab up for a Hudson but really want it to look old school and have been wresting with not wanting it to look like I tigged it up last weekend and I don’t know the first thing about casting parts. Thanks
Sounds like a fun project James! This method with some other tricks can really make the parts look like “old cast” speed shop parts!
Very nicely done Matt. Wish I had your skills.
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I think they look awesome!!!
Thanks dude!
Finished up really good, looking forward to following this build.
Great job as always.
great parts build looks super, hello from sweden
Nice. 🤘
Nice job !
Looks great 👍
Really great video. lots of good work done...looks great..
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Parts that have been electro plated require a 1000 deg soak to clear the H2 out of the grain structure of the steel. I had shafts that were chromed for wear resistance and the cam lobe just dropped off.
Always thought the hairpin was developed to allow for the bars to flex slightly...as opposed to split wishbones, to compensate for the slight bind encountered when not pivoting from the center of the chassis, as Ford designed.
Hey Matt, I truly enjoy watching your fab videos, the hairpins & brackets look real nice, I too have access to a mill & lathe as you do, I can't help but wonder what hot rodders did back in the day...I bet that's where the word "cobbeled" came from. Since you were welding cast steel to 1018 steel, did you use stainless tig rod? When I get the mustang back on the ground I will send you some instagram pics of my work...can't wait till you start on the 34....keep up the great work!!!
Awesome work, as usual!
Thank you!
Slick 😎
Great job , looking good 👍👍🇨🇱
nice work job well done
Enjoyed
I love em!
Like everything that comes out of your workshop they look fantastic, would never be allowed here (Australia), everything has to be ADR approved and stamped
Cool 👍
That was the part of building high speed huge horse power drag race cars. Only tool you had was hairy test drives until all alined and the car rode at a dead 15 degree angle down the straight line. For them you wanted a so called 15 degree dog track cause the physics of wheel touque at them speeds and pounds to the ground force it deadly straight you could not hold the steering wheel hard enough to make a straight line. Whach a funny car they run at a 27 degree i think it is.
i have odd sox laying around, Matt has cars ...
very good
Brilliant work; they look factory, I'm guessing chroming is cheaper there than here 🤔
Very nice fab
Chrome the frame? Better take out a second mortgage while the rates are down!🤣🤣 Anyway, nice to see you working on the Sweetheart Roadster or maybe you should change her name to the Lonely Sweetheart Roadster...
If your going to chrome those parts you need to do a heat treat or the H2 will cause the parts to fail.
edward kosol So hydrogen won’t harm heat treated steel? Also, how do you heat treat mild steel? Case harden it?
Edward, Maybe in someone's deep, deep theory but certainly not anything you see here. Actually everything is overbuilt and that takes care of something so totally theoretical.
I really like your vise/anvil, what good all-around tool that doesn't suck. Do you know how old it is?
I think it is 1930’s but i could be wrong! It’s beefy and old!