Swap Meet Find- Insane Homemade Dirt Racer Walk Around
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- We had a lot of interest in the Yellow Speedster/Dirt Car/Yard Cart, so we figured we would show you the "finer details" of the car. We use those words very lightly because there are some absolutely insane modifications that will surprise you! Let us know what you think we should do with it, we love your suggestions and input! Thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our builds and adventures!
If you shorten the steering column, the entry and egress might work better. Then a roll bar and some kind of wind screen would be useful looking. Finally, a plywood drop in seat would be more comfy. Do consider making it complete and functional. It looks like a blast from the past. Bo.
So your butt hole is supposed to grip that stud and keep you fastened in the car ? Wouldn't seat belts work better ?
The new swap meet ride! Pull a tiny trailer behind it, and, 👍👍👍
People would lose their minds! -Matt/ITG
And the problem is?
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Brilliant
You need an aviator cap and goggles and you're good.
I like the off set adjustable engine. For racing anticlockwise and clockwise race tracks. Good idea, all the best from UK
Cool looking contraption..just needs a Briggs & Stratton engine, mower deck etc.
You might be surprised just how many home built dirt midgets had that (lack of) build quality back in the early days. Modern racing rules were written in blood over many years.
Ofcourse, a V860 would make it a midget. As would 12" dia wheels. I was not thinking!!
Finish it off and go play classic midgets!
@@ldnwholesale8552 yea I wasn't feeling the 19" wheel idea. I was seeing midget.
It would look great mounted in the corner wall of your shop!
Matt, it looks like they were trying to build a midget race car 12" wheels were used. They must have had some knowledge of midget based on the mounting of the steering box and the radius rods. If you want you can buy fiberglass body components to make it look similar to a kurtis Kraft. Definitely make a raised front cowl toward the cockpit .
Thanks for the input Gerry, I agree with ya! I hope to get time to tinker with it later this summer once I am done the rush to put the Free-T together! -Matt/ITG
Cool fun project!
I like your idea of doing some work on it to cosmetically complete the original owners vision. Great project!
Thanks Don, gives me an excuse to look for some more parts when I'm out hunting for stuff. It'll just be a "someday" project if someone else doesn't want it for themselves. Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
When you first sat in it I thought "It's an adult sized pedal car!".
Get it running/driving. No frills
Subbed just so I can see what all you guys do to this car, awesome stuff here.
Love you channel man! You guys inspire me! Keep up the good work! I'm looking to buy a frame from a friend of mine and its setup similar in the front end. Its round in the front like that but done neater haha. With a suicide mount like that. He's got all the front end stuff brand new. I've had the itch to build one for years! I've got a fiberglass body for a 27 t roadster I picked up for next to nothing. Think I'm just gonna go for it haha. It will be flathead powered for sure!
yard art
NNNNNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!
that is a art from the old days...lol
That is why people come here. his kind of stuff is a lost art.
As a kid i had access to piles of Popular mechanics mags going back to before WW2 . They often had articles on how to build little dirt cars like this. And this looks to have been started to fit in with three quarter rules. I think the oldest mag i had ,had an article on building one using a Chev Four. A great engine to find would be an Essex Four ,those were the engine of choice for those who knew how good they were . Big cars sometimes used 1/2 a Hispano Suiza V8 aero engine.....V8 60 speed gear is far too expensive and always was, which is maybe why the car was never finished. Then again, a Simca Vedette V8 (French V860 ) might be a nice choice.
Thanks or the history lesson. We love hearing these stories! I'd say it would be more appropriate with a hot four banger in it. But who knows what we'll do with it. Time will tell! -Matt/ITG
Hotrod Dave here,hey iron trap,a 50,s refrigerator door would make a good replacement hood for the racecar.I had a 50 fridge door on my 31 ford cowl ,fit like a glove.You,d have to narrow one for your car ,but the curve is the same,length too!
Haha not a bad idea! I have the tools luckily to make one that fits perfect from flat metal. Just need the time is all! -Matt/ITG
Sorry Matt but Bad Impulse on this one, I don't see a build coming out of it. Maybe a WTF Yard Art Car.haha Put the Free-T together please so we can see how it is going to look. I'm sure it will be KILLER...
Not a bad buy if you have fun and it brings you joy! I pay money to property taxes and utilities I'll never see again that exceed this.. at least it'll be fun to look at no matter what lol. -Matt/ITG
Matt the lil racer is cool hang it from the rafters til ya get some free time thanks from Sean in Vermont
Good idea! -Matt/ITG
bonnivle salt flat racer!
would've been fun try to get gas brake and clutch pedal in there. then try to use them when racing
I think it was intended to be a sign or mascot or something like that. Can you imagine trying to shift that thang? That thang was NEVER intended to be drivable. Maybe a kid did it thinking it might go. Who knows, maybe it's George Barris's first car ever when he was just 12 years old.
I've seen similar advertising mashups, catch your eye if you don't get too close.
They did use in-and-out gearboxes that you didn't shift in these cars a lot. Just put it in gear and go. Usually push started. Not that I don't disagree with you. It was too cool to pass up regardless haha. -Matt/ITG
IronTrap Garage Yeah, it’s a cool piece of history no matter what the original purpose.
@@IronTrapGarage Don't get me wrong, I love it. I'd a grabbed it too. I just feel it was on top of someone's building as a sign, or some kid with lot's of model building experience built it...
There are quite a few of those sitting in The Museum of American Speed here in Lincoln Nebraska, if you ever get a chance, it's well worth the trip to see.
That's on my bucket list of places to visit as far as old car museums go! Just need a swap meet to go to for an excuse to visit! -Matt/ITG
Cuz actually I would like to almost build one of those and it would be cool to see how to do that
Model A wheels and tires 👍🏻 and a flathead 4
Hell yea that's my thought! I'm gonna start hunting for some this summer. If I could find a runnable four banger I'd be in business. Shame I practically gave a few away last summer! -Matt/ITG
It is a flathead V8.
James Hurst yes that’s correct. I suggested a flat head 4 (four) cylinder
IronTrap Garage I’m in lower NY and I see them listed regularly. Good luck!
I think put it together and get it going.
That bolt you pointed out at the end of the video, I think it is to hold you in if it rolls. lol.
HAHA! Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
One qustion. Any idea on if the rear axles are just cut off or are they shorten? Very cool project.
The rear wheels are connected and didn't fall off when we rolled it so I'm guessing they're also shortened but I can't be sure. I need to dig into it further one of these days. -Matt/ITG
I know im late but had to comment as race car or whatever that was ginna be id have to say no
But making it into go cart would be cool and it would draw a lot of attn. Sitting at a booth at a swap meet definetely worth making into a go cart
******Challenge Scott Newstead of Alberta, Canada ( he is seen here on TH-cam on his show called COLDWARMOTORS ).******* Scott has been piecing "slowly" together a "period " racer, like yours, on a dare [ in that he wouldn't spend more than $5.00 to complete it because all the needed material (only) would be leftovers from other projects]. Each of you could rival your opponent's methods on your shows, then race somewhere mutually agreed upon in "The CanAm Speeder Oldies Challenge"
Haha that's a cool idea for sure!!! -Matt/ITG
This would look cool with a banger in it!
Agreed! -Matt/ITG
Knock your eye out with that thing kid! Wow what a death trap!!!!
TROG
It would be fun to see you put it together and get it running
Agreed! I just need time and/or help to get it going. Too many irons in the fire! -Matt/ITG
Take the motor and trans out and enter it in a soapbox derby...
I was really hoping you guys got it for TROG its definitely one of my bucket list items
Haha it wouldn't be a bad one to run! My problem is the time to make it into something! I'd gladly sell/pass on to someone else to do that with! -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage wish I could but the wife would be pissed being that I currently have plenty of projects going on between 4 older harleys, 72 Newport, 50 Hudson, 36 Oldsmobile, and finally a 48-54 Dodge Route Van
It would be great to know the history of this car, if it was ever raced, or a project that was never completed. Why someone would fail to complete the welds is hard to understand. The words "death trap" come to mind.
I bet it was a prop for the front of a shop. Not meant to work.
just start over
How much did they pay you to take that away?
If you get some free time? Where exactly do you get that? Hmmmm (On a scale of one to IronTrap, what do you think of the car dollies you are using? Must have? Buy cheap or buy quality, Home Make?)
Haha yea I don't have much of that free-time thing these days! Those cheap dollies are ok for lighter weight stuff like this, but don't work as well for heavier or more complete cars. I have a bunch of sets and the hydraulic Eastwood ones are my favorite, but they need the tires to hold air to work correctly. Building a set can be the cheapest if you have a scrap yard to source the parts, but you will spend a lot of time building them and for me the time outweighs the money I'd save... or do what I do.. put it off forever until you find a set for pennies at a swap meet or flea market haha. -Matt/ITG
Finish the project
Flintstones racer... LOL
If U give it away count me in. Lol. I would revise the car and make safer and do TROG with a warmed over Flathead 4 and Race it. Could be COOL.
I can't give it away.. but I'd sell it if you wanna buy it and do that! -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage Very tempting. Ill see what I can do. Thanks
I'd like to see it finished earliest run under its own power maybe a new motor I do massive burnouts
Burnouts would be a good activity with it haha
I don't think it ever made its first run...
I don't think so either haha. -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage
Hey man, keep the videos coming, I passed my three month PET (cancer check up) scan...
put a 4 banger in it and get sideways in the dirt!
That is a definite front runner for an idea haha. Who wants to donate a running Model A drivetrain?! -Matt/ITG
Build it. With more class.
the kingpins should be ok.
I just notice JUST HOW thrifty Matt really is . Those toes even though they probably provide
great air conditioning they are really UNSAFE .
Put her on a post in front of the shop Old style advertising!
That's kind of my default idea. I tried to convince Kate to let me put it on the old Metal Clothesline post in our front yard of the house that's cemented in the ground but she didn't seem as excited as I was about the idea haha -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage She'll see the light Matt. Jewelry, a visit to her favorite spa , and expensive dinner & evening with lots of drinks should work ! Lol; Oh You Young Guys ! LOL
Haha! I usually go the "Easier to Ask for Forgiveness" route myself.. but I like to take chances! haha. -Matt/ITG
I want to know what you paid for it....... 😎
We said in the last video on the Rhinebeck swap. $550. Thanks for watching. -Matt/ITG
Midget Racer.
I got a pair of boots ill trade you
I'm just a poor young kid that can't afford new boots. Maybe I should start a gofundme? Or an Amazon wishlist for everyone that wants to help out a young kid just starting out?! -Matt/ITG
I know how hard it is to break in a new pair totally get it
Just giving ya shit man. Keep the videos coming
ls swap lol
i like it i would finishes it and it was builded for speed not comfort
Very cool. Model A wire wheels and skinny tire then make it a burn out car! Listen to Mike.
Burn outs are always fun! -Matt/ITG
Ya guys that's a fairly poor attempt at a vintage Midget race car. The V/8 60 and tire size are required by the rules. Those old Midgets had any number of engines used like boat motors, bike motors or anything that met the displacement rules. I do think u may have found one that is beyond fixing but u guys never cease to amaze me. I may just have provided fightin words for u to take it on!
Haha I think I've proved with the Free-T we can bring most anything back with enough stupidity and time! -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage I realized how stupid that was after I said it! Do as u choose but u guys have nothing to prove to me. U guys constantly impress me.
That thing is cool! Work some of your magic on it, build that V8 60 with the long chrome exhaust running the entire length, it would be a bad little car! And that bolt you were sitting on keeps you from sliding around on the crossmember lol
Matt - Mojo speed shop and lounge
I hope you put it up as a future project, love to see it finished. Can't have enough projects just never enough time or money.
Put it together for parades, and advertising. Thanks for the video Matt and Mike.
Put 16" inch wires on it with 8.25's on the rear, & 6.00's on the front, Then Stuff a 59 AB Motor in it with a 39 tranny. Re-Weld & Fix What Needs Fixin, Then a Period correct , weathered paint scheme complete with Lettering, & Vintage Decals, kinda like what the guys from Turnin Rust do, but not that extreme. Just make it look like an old racer that's been sitting for many, many years.
Why not put a flathead together out of common parts, and make it run and drive. You could take it to a local drag strip, and have some fun without going real fast, maybe take it to some car shows in rough, but running condition. Do a quick build series on this car showcasing, fab, engine/drive train and 50s/60s building methods to bring in views and new subscribers. This would be Iron Trap cool.
Wow mate I wish that I could ship it over to me in Australia as it would be something cool to get in and rebuild on my TH-cam Channel and love your channel as well mate.
Wayne
Hey Wayne. We could gladly ship it over! It wouldn't be too hard to strap it to a pallet and send it over! If you're serious I'm sure I could accommodate packing it to ship ;) . Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage I would be mate but I haven't got the budget to be able to afford the shipping cost mate that's what buggers me up with my channel at the moment .
@@IronTrapGarage hey mate yeah I would love like me watching what you guys have been doing is making me want to build something old school like this and well finding the old V8 flathead part in Australia I wouldn't have a clue where to fined them parts but yeah me it is cool and be sweet to build it.
I live in Brisbane and was once a member of a US club where owners of early dirt cars got together for track days and so on. The varity of engines was pretty staggering ,including evinrude outboard motors. NZ has a great vintage speedway thing going and drivers from NZ were racing in the US before WW2. Here in Brisbane I've met quite a few different blokes who raced decades ago and some still have their cars which are very similar to this one. Sir Jack Brabham started off in Dirt midgets ,racing in NSW.
@@Mercmad hey mate that's cool yeah I'd love to get there and have this to build but yeah like my earlier comments my channel just hasn't got the budget to pay for shipping so I'm trying to work out how I can do it and I'm keen really keen
Complete it and race it on the beach with the Riley. RAD Indeed. ...Newk from Kentucky
Build biggest tallest Engine racing slicks on the back and call it unsafe at any speed 👹
Ya, put the Riley in it!
Tempted but I wanna put that in a street car I think so I can enjoy driving it! -Matt/ITG
Take it from where it is to what it wanted to be- and make a YT to catalog the before and after! The Riley sounds cool, but boo cou other things will want fixing before it's a safe driver.
Yea I'd rather save the Riley for a street-driven roadster or something I can use more.
Someone has started to build a speedway car. Very crude but basically what they often were 50 years ago. Though basically a useable thing. Needs a proper rear spring and 16" wheels with suitable tyres and run in second gear. So then needs a clip or chain to hold the gearbox in gear.
With those baby tyres I suspect they wanted to use top gear.
Thanks for the input. I agree with you for all points. I'd probably run an in-out gearbox if I was to make it into something. I think I know where a few are stashed in an old garage.... might need to make a visit..
Looks Fun.
I'm sure I can find a a stray puppy or two let's talk
No we're onto something! Haha
The first time I seen this thing the first words that came to mind were "Drake knuclehead".
You know a lot about this junk 🙂 but it's very cool stuff. Also love the videos
When you're an old farm boy you have to use what's behind the Barn, pa will be unhappy if you use the new tractor for parts. I've seen quite a few contraptions like this in my day and time.
Haha that's exactly it! Neat relic for sure. -Matt/ITG
You should contact the Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, NC. They love early home built stuff there.
Not a bad idea! -Matt/ITG
It is very cool! I know you have many projects but this would be really neat to make a race car. Hang on to it and display it as is until such time you can start working on it. I would love to watch the videos.
That was my initial idea Roger. I need to dig up some Model A or 16" wires wheels this summer to put on it. Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
looks like a tractor grill
Matt you got to strap a cinder block to your rear to make that front spring flex. Lol.
Haha that might help a little! LOL! -Matt/ITG
Hey buddy I've got a brand new litter of kittens you want to trade
I do love me some kittens! Add a puppy or two and we're even! -Matt/ITG
How about a little HAMB dragster type of deal?
That's a killer idea. Would be neat to make it an old down and dirty dragster! Maybe add a square rollbar like they did "back in the day" haha. Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
Paint your logo on it ,and hang it from the rafters !!
That's usually the first idea for anything like this lol. -Matt/ITG
Fix and go race it!!!
Just need time/help and I would! -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage If i was closer to you i would get the welding all done for you and help with all the rest.