Dropping Hotrod Steering Arms and Setting up the steering on a 1934 Ford Coupe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- A video showing the procession heating and bending the steering arms, steering hoop and pitman arm on an old hotrod. Running a dropped axle causing the need to modify or "drop" the steering components on an old hotrod.
Rebuilding a long lost hotrod built back in 1962. George Ryan is the gentleman who built the car in 1962 originally built with a Pontiac 389 w a trip power and a 4 speed auto. Sold to his friend and Co Worker (Walter Ash) in 1963 to support his drag racing and other car builds. Walter purchased the car for $800.00.
Walter never owned another hotrod. This was his only hotrod and he truly hated to sell it he said, he wasn’t ever a “car guy” and didn’t have the knowledge and know how to keep the old girl mechanically sufficient to drive.
So he let it go, he ultimately sold the car for $1200.00 to a gentleman named David Shannon of Watertown Mass.
David Shannon owned the car from 1976 until 1984, when he sold it to Brad
Barrows od West Newburyport, Mass.
At that time the cr had a blown Pontiac motor (389) with a hole in the side of the block. Brad bought the car after David Shannon stopped into Brad's garage on day and said "I have an old hotrod, I want to sell...come see it if you're interested."
Following day Brad went to Davids and looked at and purchased the car.
Brad quickly chopped the roof of the car and tucked it in a corner of his garage. Only to pull it out every now again to do some additional work to the when he had time.
Brad was never in love with the 1934 Ford Coupe, so therefore he never felt the desire to focus on it and finish the car,
The car sat until June 19th of 2020 when I purchased the car....
This is where my story begins and im the guy who's going to put in the time and effort to get THIS OLD HOTROD back on the road...doing what its supposed to be doing !!! Tearing up the streets of Massachusetts being one badass hotrod !!
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Camera used Canon Vixia HF R800
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Interesting video. A lot of hot work there . Great to have friends like Joe. Thanks for sharing Mike.
I did this to my 32. I'm amazed that it steers at all now. It actually works great now and EVERYTHING cleared. I heated and bent many times before I got them where I needed them. Hot Rod 101 right there! Nice work guys.
You guys did good, I enjoyed watching the gas axe being used like we used to years ago. Sometimes we need friends to lend a helping hand and friends like Joe are the best. The old Hotrod is coming back to life. Well done both of you.
All the best from the U.K.
Geof
He’s a great guy and very knowledgeable. Very fortunate to have a close and talented friend.
Blast from the past! It's 1958 all over again, good job Mike and Joe!
Thank you,Glenn. I appreciate the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I was hoping it would be a trip down memory lane for some.
Did this years ago with my teenage son as the torch man- he melted it a bit but worked like that for the 24 years I owned that car-
Nothing beats forged steel parts.
Always good to have a buddy to help out thanks again for the video and your time.
Nothing like good friends
Joe has taught me and helped me a lot.
I still remember being told "dull cherry red is what you want for heat, don't melt it kid" LOL. Lookin' good!
Standing by with my 24in pipe wrench and 15in Cresent! Glad to see this vid...a future job for me too!
Good stuff. Nothing burns up time like working on an old car.lol
You’ve got that right. Time certainly does seem to fly by
New camera is looking good!
Wish it had a wider angle lens. But besides that it’s really easy to use and super light.
Lots of work but an awesome job and very interesting to see the whole process and yes I learned something.
I really happy you enjoyed the video and even better you learned something in the process.
Great job 👍👍🇨🇱
You probably checked this, you guys know what you’re doing, and we understand that getting it done is higher priority than setting up for video.... when you set it back on the ground, did you compress the front spring to its “full range of motion” and confirm the tie rod doesn’t bump the bottom of the wishbone? She looks a little tight, from my vantage point a thousand miles away. Keep up the good work! Always enjoy your content, love this car and the channel.
The tie Rod and wishbones move at the same rate. Also we spaced them with a 3/4” spacer between the top of the tie Rod and bottom of wishbone.
At full turn lock to lock there is plenty of space.
@@ThisOldHotrod doh! Of course you are right. Me dumb.
@@IowaMercMan hahaha I’m glad you’re on top of things ! Keeping us younger guys on our toes 👍🏼
Good job boys! 👍
I heard about you from iron trap garage been watching this build like what i see going to be cool hot rod
Should turn on a dime now.Great work!
U guys are f in crazy. I thought I was the only one who uses torches on hardwood floors. Lol. No shit. How close is your fire company
Lol. I kid u not, my shop has wood floors
Ehh ... nothing new. Never had an issue ...but you’re not the first one to tell me I’m nuts. Hahaha.
Are the steering stops retained? Good content!
Yes. They weren’t in but I put in an old set I had after we heated and dropped everything
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