Forgotten Hot Rod Reunited With Family After 50 Years!!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Earlier this year Matt was able to track down the man who originally hot rodded the 1934 Ford Tudor that Matt purchased from the Schroll Estate. Barry Skelly had modified the car in the 1960s and it was his pride and joy, but due to an expanding family he was forced to sell the car and never saw it again. Matt has been working hard through the summer to get the car back on the road and had planned to meet up with Barry. Unfortunately Barry Skelly passed away August 11th of this year and he was never able to see the car. Barry's son and daughter are coming to the garage today to take a look at their Dads long lost hot rod. Neither of them have ever seen the car and we can't wait to see and hear their reaction...
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Matt, this shows your character, by including the family and the good memories. My hat goes off to you. Best video ever.
Thank you so much Alden!
Matt, that's the best thing you could ever do for these people. I really like the way you guys have looked after this family's history. Excellent job guys. 👍
Thank you so much Michael!
This is the kind of story that restores my faith in people.
Thank you Dale!
That was so cool to see the family there and riding in the car. Giving the 1 off drawing to them was awesome.
Wow Matt. Made me cry a bit. I love my family, too. Cars have always been a focus .. in every branch of our family. You can tell this family was also very close. God bless them all. God bless their dad .. and God bless you. What a great moment. Thanks for sharing it .. with all of us.
Thank you so much for watching Jamie!
The smile on your face as you drove the family around says it all.
...and THAT is what makes ITG distinct from every other channel in this hobby. Well done guys!
Thanks Matt! We’re trying to keep it truly “reality” tv. No fake drama, unrealistic deadlines or faked builds. This is what the hobby is really all about to us! Thanks for watching!
Well done, Matt. Very well done.
The most beautiful Ford EVER. THE 34 FORD!!
That was awesome of you to give them the painting! You are an amazing person MATT!
Just right. Sittin here tearing up and my guys are comin in the office askin what the hell is the matter with you? My only response is "You wouldn't understand". Matt, you restore my faith in your generation.
Thank you so much! It was a bittersweet day and we’re so happy the family agreed to let us share it with everyone.
Awesome! What a great thing to do Matt! True Red Blooded American. 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍
That is very nice of you Matt to roll the red carpet out for your special guests. You are the man.
It was the least we could do!
What an Awesome thing to do! Thats a memory they will never forget!
love the enthusiasm in that kid
I don't understand why anyone would thumbs down this video, You did an excellent job on the restoration of the vehicle, Then to have the family coming see you, And experience the car, and share memories, is a great way to compete the project. Great job, keep up the great work!
For me it was just another hot rod build. But with you bringing the family in for a memorial of their dad made this a special car for me also. I think your a special guy. Thanks
The producers on TV couldn't write a script this good. We'll done ITG you are the "bee's knees"!
Wayno
That was a great thing to give the family the painting.
MATT ,, WHAT A WONDERFUL THING YOU DID .. WHO IN TODAYS WORLD WOULD CARE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIME TO HONOR A FAMILY AS YOU DID HERE ,, GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND .. THATS A KEEPER SHOW .
Awesome! You made a grown man cry here. 👏
Smiles all around. Matt you made this a great day for so many including viewers. And you even got dressed up in clean clothes, what a special day. By far your car channel is the best, you really get it.
Thanks so much!
This is what the car hobby is really about. Thanks for taking all of us along .
This is cool. Very good of you. When I was 5, I was devastated to find out my dad once owned a ‘36 Ford.... but he had to sell it to pay for my older sister’s birth a couple years before I was born. I remember telling Dad I wished he had kept the car and left my sister at the hospital!! Lol
Hahaha I bet that conversation happened a couple times here too!
It is a common story. I sold a full fendered 34 Ford roadster in 1990, a year after my first son arrived. That sale took a big chunk off of the mortgage. That's life.
I was smiling the whole time! Such a great ending to the series. Thanks guys for taking us along!
Awesome tribute to the family Matt, very thoughtful of you.
You will never know what you did for that family Matt, your a great man with great character.
Matt you’ve got to be the classiest hod rodder around, your passion to find the history of the find, find the owner, clean up the car to perfection and share your experience with all of us is unreal. The topper was giving them the picture which was amazing. Thanks! Kevin
You've done the "CAR and the family Proud" Con/Grats!!!!!
Your a good Man Matt. The young guy will end up with that painting one day and will have stories to tell his children/ grandchildren.
Boy if the older fella is his son he couldnt deny him. I think it is so cool that you brought them over and spent some quality time with them. R.I.P Mr. Skelly and I hope he is looking down with a smile.
Awesome job on the 34 Ford, and it was really awesome that you had Barry's son daughter, and grandson out to see it, and have a ride in it! It was really good of you to give the family the drawing of the 34 Ford! 10 Thumbs Up!
Wow, perfect ending to this chapter of its life. Now it gets to live on and make more good memories.
Very nice Matt! You couldn't have done it any better with the car and how you made the connection with Barry and his family. This is a big reason why I have been watching this channel from the start and why I will always watch. Your actions speak volumes to your character content. Matt, Kate, Mike, and Moon....You guys are the best!
Thanks so much!
Thanks to you, and Larry for not doing much to the car, the family was able to connect to their father and grandfather in a way few of us can. In all aspects we are just caretakers of what we surround ourselves with. The fact you want that responsibility of that to someday go back to Barry's family speaks volumes of you as a man. An excellent video to say the least, one that will be hard to duplicate.
The right thing for all parties. A great day in a crappy year. Happy is good.
Matt just earned his spot in heaven. Great video thanks for sharing.
You are a good man Matt!
Great job Matt. I knew Barry for years from Race-O-Rama to the Grove, Lincoln, Collectors Toys and Hobbies. I guarantee you he is smiling like you were pulling off your property with his family.
He was a well known and liked guy in this hobby that’s for sure! Thanks for watching!!
Matt that was so kind of you to have the family over. Giving them the drawing of the car was a great gift and keepsake. The fact that you're doing this for the love of the hobby and not the money makes you a successful person regardless of what's in your checking account. A big thumbs up to you! ~Pat
RIP Barry, Wish you could have been there !!!
Hello ! From minot north dakota. Matt what a wonderful job! I've followed this car from the time you got it uncovered, beautiful, just beautiful! An AWESOME thing you did to keep the history of the original builder's alive as well as the family's, the picture gift was just mind blowing the family will treasure it always I'm sure. I hope that family watched the episodes ,or that ITG ,might have made them a copy of those episodes,can't say enough ,WELL DONE IRON TRAP GARAGE !
cherryred hot rod what a perfect name
an example of how folks with a passion, a love of a hobby are salt of the Earth..good and decent people who love to share..well done Matt..
Matt...I love this video...was fighting back tears the whole time(Sshhh don't tell anyone). Man you can be proud of this one...lot of thought and time went into this project...you hit the nail on the head...the Hobby needs more young guys like you to fall in love with traditional Hot Rods/Customs...Thank you for what you do.
Well done! thanks for sharing this beautiful story of a beautiful car. The car truly is "CHERRY"!
A truly fitting end to the rebuild of the 34 Tudor Matt and Mike. It's was great that the family was able to see and ride in the 34 Matt, their reaction was priceless.💖💖👍🍻
The grandson gets it and was into it, would be cool to see him take ownership if you ever sold it.
Awesome video, I can't get this smile off my face.
Great ending to this story. This is one happy car and Every time you talk about it or show the car you get a smile on your face. From the minute you got in the car you had a smile on your face and so did the family. I bet they will smile most of the way home talking about that car and the art that you gave them will keep putting a smile on their face. No matter what happens to this car when your in your 70's like I am and think about it you will have a smile on you face. No matter what you do or build from here on out , you will never have a car that makes you as happy as this one. Thank you for bringing us a long . In doing what you have done with this car you have honored it and yourself .
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Freaking awesone to get his family there to see the car. Would love to get a older car and do what you do. Love all the old cars and how you are preserving these classics!
Thanks so much for watching!
Matt, with all due respect, you are a man of great worth, and this video is a blessed moment. A tip of the hat. 👍
Matt the 34 turned out amazing. You are also a amazing person bringing this car back into these people lives.
Hey Matt. You clean up well.
Love the 34. Love them Big front fenders. You did that car justice.
Awesome. A+.
What a crazy small world. I used to live in York PA and I had Lisa Mulroy as my Kindergarden teacher over 20 years ago. So crazy!!!
This is my favorite video yet! I think the grandson might be the next hot rodder in the family 👀😎
Matt thank you for taking us all along for the story, ride and series!
Yes, well done, this is the best way to pay back the family. Top drawer Matt. Cheers
Thank you Matt, what a classy end to the saga of the '34.
That was the sweetest car video I’ve ever seen, yes it made me cry.
We were tearing up the entire day!
So awesome to share that history with Barry's family. It was hard not to smile through this video. You did an awesome job on ol car and bringing it back to life.
As the nephew said you did it justice.
So glad the family got to come and enjoy the hot rod!
You did a great thing today for those folks! Made me smile and cry at the same time!
I don't even know you guy's (only on TH-cam) that made me teary eye's. GOD please be with that family for the rest of their lives.Great job my friend Matt.....
So cool to see this bringing back memories for the family. This is what it’s all about!
Guy rly sounded like 20 yrs old when we heard him on video. What a great story and ty guys for letting us be a part of it.
Matt this really pulled my heart strings and the most bittersweet show you ever put out great to see the happiness you brought to the family great job as usual you really rock!!!!!
Matt, this is such a rare, once in a lifetime achievement, to have all your hard work appreciated and enjoyed by the original family. That was wonderful that you gave them the original painting of the car.
You knew this car was very special when you found it.
You'll have so many more memories to make, in the coming years you'll own the car.
Best wishes to you and yours!
Thanks for sharing your excellent restoration videos.
Matt you really enjoy what you do , but your love of connecting the people with the car of that time is your great's love of all ! I can see you just can't wait for that happen . The 34 was the best of all ............................
So cool how many emotions cars can bring out in a person. Also gotta add how cool would it be to get a call 30 years near the end of life to feel like a kid again. So cool
I'm speechless. Straight pipes are perfect. UUUUUUUUUUUMM baaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
You did it justice.......Sometimes 4 words can say it all. I got a tear out of that myself. Good job young man. There were miles of smiles inside that car during the ride.
Thank you for watching!!
This car has landed exactly where it needs to be. Great job!
Great to get the back story from the family. Now that that you have given it a second life, a new saga begins. I hope that you write it’s history down to preserve it with the car for the future.
I keep a folder of stuff for each of these cars now to keep the past, present, and future history we have in one place!
Well done ITG crew and a great tribute to the heritage of this vehicle which will now be extended in your ownership.
Way to go Matt, You and your family and friends did a very good thing for that Family,what a nice thing giving them that Drawing👍👍🇺🇸
Great video !!! Giving the picture to the family was a really cool gesture
It’s the least we could do!
You did a wonderful job did a wonderful thing for the family
Great job Matt, we know there are two ol Hot rodders looking down with big smiles...I would love to see what they are driving up there, Maybe your next video???
Memories are priceless. Great job Matt!
That was great! 👍👍👍👍And you even broke out a new pair of jeans for the occasion ! 😄
Yes I did!
One of the best videos of all car videos I’ve ever seen. And I’ve watched thousands of videos.
Thank you Billy!
This is why I love you guys..... makes me wonder if my grandfather is watching me restore his Jeep ty Steve
Total bummer that Mr. Skelly passed away! He would have been over the moon with how nice you've brought this car back. So very glad his family got to visit it. It's stories and history like this that truly bring these vehicles back to life. Priceless!
Beautiful car, beautiful family, beautiful tribute. I love animals and old cars. Stories of either can give me a king sized lump in my throat. Thank you Matt for doing this. I’m just a faithful lurker, but I hit the like button even before I watch, so that I don’t get caught up and forget. 👊👍☮️
WHAT AN AWESOME TRIBUTE TO BARRY AND HIS FAMILY!! ...THANK YOU MATT!!!
You could see the joy and happiness on their faces during the visit! I how you try to research things and nothing is more satisfying then the approval of the family!
Matt, you did so much good for this family, and these days it feels good to see people loving cars and caring about people! You brought tears to my eyes! Thanks for sharing and congrats 👍👍👍👍
You are one hell of a good guy Matt! To give them the picture is an amazing gesture on your part. I had tears in my eyes and I don't even know them.
just watching this got me all choked up
The ultimate ending. Enjoyed the ride.
I think it is great that you had the family experience the car. I do believe you are an awesome advocate and carrier of the torch for hot rodding. I believe the spark was truly passed on with the ride. Thanks for keeping the dream alive.
It's awesome that they got to reunite with the car. Hats off to you and everyone who helped out. Very much enjoyed watching the entire series of this beautiful 34 Ford.
It's a beautiful memory that they will have forever good on you for allowing them to have that and for you to give them the print of it
I have come, just from watching your vids, to expect your generosity, towards the family. Bless you Matt! Really brightened my morning.
Very fun episode. Matt, you're a gentleman and a scholar!
Awesom car , nice of you Matt taking them on a ride in the 34 /regards from Norway . Love your videos
What a great story. To see the family light up when they saw it was a real joy. Good job! Great story.
It just doesn't get any better than this Matt. Well done, sir !!
Thank you for watching!