Lost In Suburbia 1936 Ford Slantback - Sitting for 30 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Matt received a call this Friday evening about a 1936 Ford Slantback that was for sale on Long Island, NY. The Ford was being sold by the estate of the man who had owned it for the last 30 years. Here is the crazy part, the car needed to be picked up that Saturday (the next day), which is also St Patricks day. Matt hooked up the trailer to the truck and raced up early morning to potentially buy it. The garage the car was kept it was over grown with weeds and the roof above had collapsed long ago. Matt had his hands full to remove the car from its current resting place. The 36 was in the process of being made road worthy before it sat forgotten about in the shop. We are glad to have saved the car, and hope it gets back on the road! Do you think it was a good purchase? Comment below with your thoughts!!
*Car Was Been Sold*
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For Matt primary task is to get this old buddy (motor) on the road running condition which is his passion in restoration of antique cars..........money is secondary.......We can see from his cheerful face that every time he gets a new old junk dead car, he is Happy and will try to get them back on the road running again..........!
Matt, I've chased tools , equipment and machinery for over 40 years and have been the same filthy old garages, sheds and barns with that foul stench of moisture ,wood, insulation and trash rotting away inpermanating into your clothing and curling your nose hairs. I learned early on to keep a pair of overalls and gloves in my truck just for those such places . My Dad left a 36 Ford at the pier in Norfolk Virginia when he shipped out on the aircraft carrier Hornet in 1940 (CV8) . Of course when he finally returned to that same pier in 1945, it was gone. I look forward to this build .
Wow great story 👏 and in my heart your 💓 Dad is a hero 💙 for searving on. the Hornet.. thanks and take care..
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Puts perspective on how I value my time, when I’m reminded that someone else may be enjoying my hobbies someday....
Yes, one day in the future, some guy will be touching your dream car, we need to be respectful and stop calling these cars “scores” as they were once someone’s dream. Respect those who came before us, just as we want respect from those coming after us.
Just like a dog with a bone digging those doors open! It prooves our dedication and passion for old cars!
I am SPEECHLESS! No mention of a purchase price so i think it was a STEAL! Top video Sir!
Thanks for watching Colin! -Matt/ITG
Back in 1980, I got desperate for grocery money for my kids and sold my 36 Ford 5 window coupe for $250. It had a mint body except for the fenders. Crazy
Hey David...now you say crazy....but back then it helped you feed the children...I have been a single parent father of two for more then 10 years...times were tough like yours...I had to sell a pre war tractor which I had restored to better than new condition....they smelled I needed money and gave me less than what the spare parts were worth....The same evening I filled up the car,drove with the kids to Walmart, bought food for us and the dog -gave each child 50 bucks-bought myself a pair of jeans and some work boots, drove home,fixed a good meal and watched tv with the --kids.Next-- day I brought the kids to school , payed insurance, taxes and the power bill- drove to McDonald's where I enjoyed a coffee and an apple pie.... money gone....Funny...my friend is called David,too...he called-just 2 hours ago....asking whether we eat lunch together....Well-yes....we will.....David,I wish you all the best...! Roger
I remember back in the early 70's there was a guy up near Metamora that had a very fast 36-37 Ford coupe with a 327 365 hp small block...think I remember the car being green...the guy did awesome paint jobs in his garage!!
If there was a front bumper you would of basically bought a complete 36! I was certain after the first look that that car was a mouse hotel then you mentioned the Racoons.......LOL! It's a good thing you saved the 36 because it looked like the building was about to fall on top of the car! I hope you do a follow up video on this car & do something cool with it!
WOW!!! What a great score!!! The possibilities for that vehicle are endless!
Great score. My dad always loved the ‘36s. When I was about 8 I asked him why. That’s when he told me “I used to have a ‘36 Fordor, black with green apple pinstripes and green apple wire wheels.” My 8 yr old mind was blown, knowing my dad had a ‘Hot Rod’! “Where is it?!” I asked hoping it maybe belonged to a friend, now, or maybe it was parked at a relatives...He told me he sold it. “Why??” “Well, when your sister was born, I had to pay the doctor bill.” I blurted out “Oh MAN, you should have kept the car and sold my sister!” Hahaha!
we can not find a car in this shape in canada. would love to have that.
Great find, reminds me of some finds I had in the past. Ta
Good work Matt. I personally walked away from car because they were trapped by junk and trees way back in the woods.
Very neat. Been repainted at one time though. That probably helped preserve it. I look forward to seeing what you find & how easily it runs.
I hope your channel grows to the point where this can be your main gig.
This came true :)
Great find....but it also saddens me a bit....imagine...the family didn't care a bit what the old man took interest in.You can tell-the old man was on his own...Now that he is no more,lets clean out his shit and make tidy $$$$...But at least the old man would love to see that his old sweetheart is taken care of....
Some people like apples-some like oranges. My family just ain't car guys. The stuff I 've got is their inheritance. I'm 75. They live on the east coast-I'm on the west. I'm selling off a lot of my collection. When I want something -I step up. When I want to sell something - i get lo ballers & vultures. Want to give me 10 cents on the dollar. I can guess what they'd do to my family. Buy my 33 3 window garnish moldings for $10 and laugh how they got over -haha. I'd rather cut them up with a torch! I had a friend who had a junk yard. Got a stainless roof 57 cad. Couldn't get anything for it, so he crushed it! I couldn't believe it when he told me. I understand now. I can't take it with me, but I can make sure you don't rape my family. Would I take a torch and cut them up? YOU BETCHA!
As Mark Walker pointed out, the guys who owned the car were a mixed bag. One seemed focused while the other seemed to find doing manual labor out of his reach.The father [who died] seemed to be the only bright light.
Great find guys...you HAD to grab that one before the family just scrapped it. We picked up the cheap Harbor Freight winch and a snatchblock for our trailer. You should have a 12 volt pin on your trucks trailer harness to run power to one. Sure makes recovery and loading a lot easier. Looking forward to seeing you getting the 36 fired up. Thanks for posting.
possibly my all time favorite car, the 36 Ford.
Nice find Matt. My first car, when I was 15, 1962, was a running, driving 1936 Ford, slant back 2 door Victoria. I paid a school acquaintance $45 for it.
I’d be the last guy to give you a hard time about buying this. It would be foolish not to. I look forward to hearing it running, and seeing it cleaned up. I even like the search for $hit-stained treasure inside. Great find!
I would be there even earlier LOL
your one lucky man finding sweet deals like this... like they fall out of the sky for you or something
Great find, the body looks solid this will make a great project for some one. The interior may be the biggest part of the restoration. You all take care and be safe.
Nice , you guys always find cool stuff . love it...!
Man, that car is beautiful! I think I have a new bucket list project. Some day!
"Monte Carlo junk" I resemble that remark!!! LOL
Being in New York that monte carlo ss is like gold, lol. Surprised it was in your way.
Wow, what me and Powerball could do together!! What a great find.
I do not even BOTHER with trailer lights ... I just keep a couple cheap sets of those magnetic tow lights, even when they break it's so easy to fix them because you can do it inside while watching TV :) LOL
Nice model. Please keep it original. Happy restoring. It looks like my 1940 Opel Kadett cabrio-limousine. : )
Sweet I love it. You would think if they knew they had a dead line they would have cleared all the crap out of the way and got the doors open. Hope you got them to knock more off the price for all the digging you had to do. Youve got to be making Jay Leno envious.
And l thought l had junk to move to get my car outta my garage. Good thing you had SOME help.
Y’all always have the coolest incidental music!
Thanks man!
Matt you and I share the same DNA must as our love for these Antique carz is Identical lol man I can't believe the Ford Coolant Hoses today's rubber 3 yrs and its all dry rotted any way thanks from Athens Vt
I'd buy it off you Matt if I was local to you...what a great find.
Awesome find man! What a cool looking car!
Ever think of say... taking the headlight section on the fenders of a 39 ford or merc and welding in some new sheet metal over the headlight openings then setting some big old torpedo headlights on top of the fenders like an early thirties coupe. Maybe fab up and put a heart shaped [style] grill and make up some slots [hand make a grill withhin the heart shape like that one grill you have]. Big grill, hand made but lean back twoard the split windshield a bit. So it'd be like tall profile to look straight at it. Do you have one of those rolling presses for sheet metal [haven't seen you use it]. Those things are great for transmission tunnels and eyeballing certain radius-es.. even hand make trim bits. Deliberately show riveted poop sometimes for the Road Warrior / Steam Punkish Road warrior kind of deal lol [nah just brain farting there] lol Anyway, I thought I saw an English wheel in your shop.... do you have a hammer die [power hammer I suppose] because you can make your own heads for those to enable you to fab up bits to replace some of the Swiss Cheese bits on the fenders of that 39 Packard [hope you do that one [cool car that]... maybe fab up your own chassis and notch them [big notch at wheel / axel areas] so you can slam the car down at shows or for a slow low ride for sh#ts and giggles]. Wish I lived close to lend you a free hand once in a while but I'm old and up in Canada lmao Just love watching what you and your friends are doing. Also dig the stuff Dylan McCool does at his place although I'm more interested in the elder 30's [20's to 50's] cars. Always wanted to build a really stupid T-Bucket to hoof around in or a 41 Ford pickup [love the trim on the hood for the 41]. Anyway... carry on there! Lovely stuff. Your passion for the old flat-heads is admirable. They do have a dependable aspect to them you seldom see in other motors and to me have a compforting sound to them [Dad had a 54 Pontiac with a new rebuilt flatty in it that my Grandfather got my mom and Dad for the car when I was Born. The body was a rotten mess in the end but the motor I'm sure would still turn over if it weren't junked in the 70's lol Fond memories from when I was very young]. Early hours brain blek here. Apologies ahead of time but wanted to tell you how what you're doing is appreciated is all ;-) Well done and keep up the great work :-)
I want to buy it, contact me...Jerry 909-754-1094
Neat find...but im more interested in finding out what the fate was for that black monte Carlo g body?
How much was the asking price? Thx
Looked like they was two of those Monte Carlo
That was a cool adventure video. The 'ol girl looks to be in pretty good shape.
Great find! My dad had one and I remember riding in the back to car shows all over Minnesota and Iowa pulling a small camper. The video brought back good memories!! Can’t wait to see what you do with it!
I live on the fish ( L.I.) in Nassua county. At least in Suffolk there's a little open areas. You did well - remarkably rust free - considering the ocean isn't that far south
Wow, right around the corner
Good find good video thanks
Just makes you wonder what else is hidden in any of the hundreds of thousands of abandoned garages and barns in this country.
I can’t wait to see if how well this baby cleans up brother.
Top job guys
8:10 the ghost in the WINDOW!
Very cool find but I was tired after viewing all the extensive rake action and had to take a short nap. Looking forward to the clean up episode.
Nice find! Clean all the junk out, power wash it a couple of times, paste wax and buff the exterior, pick up a set of seats out of an Escalade and fabricate a sliding canvas sunroof like the early Beetles had. And switch to hyd brakes. Repair or replace whatever needs fixing, but leave an 83 yr old survivor intact.
I love it! As soon as it rolled out of that shit hole i was in love!
Awesome!
Amazing find 😎
Nice score,glad to see you younger generation have a heart for collectables... how's things in Philly these days..was stationed at the "ship yard" ( I did hear it's gone? )from 82-86 spent 10 more yrs a cross the river in Sicklerville wrenched buses in Berlin,raced at Atco. then headed back west to Idaho ... just to come to NC..lol
Hey Scott! Philly is good, but we spend most of our time scouring the countryside for old cars and don't go into the city too much unless a car shows itself haha. Sounds like you had plenty of time to get around the area in your younger years! Thanks for following along and welcome! -Matt/ITG
A friend had one like this, deep candy apple red w/Corvette engine. I think it may still be in Flemington, NJ.? Sharp car!
Nice find Matt! Don't let Mike talk you out of it! I like the accessory turn signal on the rear. Awesome score on the dropped axle. Are the front fenders early repop glass units or do they just have white primer on them and the paint is all wore off? That '36 would make a cool tail-dragger '40s build. Nice work guys.
Love slant back sedans good fine Matt. Dam I would have cleaned out the front of the garage before you got there
I like it you need to keep it up and get it running
I know where a 41 Mercury long bed pick up sitting in a bar is at. Thing is solid, on high ground. The place has been abandoned since 2000. Owner died in a drunk driving wreck. It's been sitting since 71.
We'd love to document dragging it out if the current owner would sell! Let us know! -Matt/ITG
@@IronTrapGarage it's on sand mountain in Tennessee, look on Google maps fer a barn with a giant fading Tweety bird on the roof. That's where she is. It's still abandoned. The local neighborhoods use the land fer a private dump.
I love old cars that have less than 12 wires in the entire electrical system.😂😂😂
Wow what a find....
That is pretty sweet, I’d be getting it running, and enjoy it a bit, before you sell it.
What a find.
Oops I think the rear bumper is upside down. Very nice car 👍
Yep It's Upside Down!!
That is a nice car.
Wow that’s sweet as. Would love to see you hold onto this one, and see what you do with it.
Good to see Moon again I was worried !
is suspect that when you pass away (years from now) your survivors will have a similar task ridding themselves of your 'treasures'. such is life... :)
That is awesome.
Gangster car. Love it.
Hi matt did you do any work to the 36?
It is now over here across the pond in England and is up for sale which I'm thinking of purchasing, I wanted to know if and what you did or was it sold on before you did any repairs?
Cheers Warren
This is what it means whey someone says "wow, you're lucky" !! Uh-Huh!! No notice, getting up at the crack of dawn, driving through New York during "parade day", digging through 30 years of litter --------- alone, cleaning out 30 years of animal feces. Unfortunately, most "opportunities" are like this. Almost never "convenient" !! But, BOY ARE YOU LUCKY !!! 😉😉😎🤠👍👍👍 Anxious to see how this one cleans up.
Great find!
Ya know, Your channel and work is a well kept secret. I bet we won't be able to write that in 2020
Nice car in 'decent' shape, especially in our neck of the woods, I'm in west NY. Love those older cars, lol. Thanks for sharing. PS What a job to get that car out. One thing, if it hasn't been mentioned, many times on lawn mowers like that there may be a 'switch' to release the axle so you can roll it around, not always easy to find. Lol, I've lugged a few around until I learned that trick.
I sorta looked for it but this one was light enough we could just drag/lift it. All worked out well. If it was a heavier tractor I definitely would have been in trouble haha. -Matt/ITG
Sweet find. Nice car.
Fingers crossed for the spark and run!
Nice, lucky find. Lucky the wheels weren't locked up too. Engine at least looks like a runner. Hope so.
Before trying to start it, I recommend that the spark plugs be removed and some light oil be squirted inside [couple of teaspoonfuls], and then let it sit for 3 or 4 days. Then turn the engine over a half-revolution [by hand wrench] and squirt another teaspoonful of Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders... and let it sit for another 3 or 4 days. Then..... you can try to start it. By performing this procedure, you reduce the chances of scoring the cylinder walls.... which is good!
That's a nice looking car!
Stay with the grey and black it looks good!
I didn't realize you were so close to me I live just outside of Hamburg P.a
Hi Stephen, That's awesome! Welcome to stop by for a Sunday Service sometime if you're in the area! -Matt/ITG
If you get tired of it I will take it off your hands, Ha, Ha. Very Sweet!
I see the dumpster in front of the house it looks like they’re getting serious
Great find
Heck yeah I’d love to have it I like the old cars. That’s about the only way I could drive her cage I’m more of a motorcycle guy 🏍
Kickass 36!
I hope you got paid for the landscaping, or at least a good deal on the car!!!
"Ol girl has some years and miles on 'er, but she still looks like could get cleaned up for a Saturday night on the town!!
She deserves nothing LESS than a full restoration! Too complete to screw up with resto-rodding or worse.
Just making a driver out of it would be super cool! Get it running, paint the wheels red, put the interior together somewhat, and drive it around town! Fall would be a perfect time to be driving it!
Sweet find! So, besides the cool dropped and filled axle, what other gems did y'all find in that garage?
yea, nice housekeeping in that garage. /s
ooooohhhhh Baby !!! nice score man
was that a grand nationnal in the drtive way?
Motor on the stand. And a donor sitting out back. That would have been my pick.
Nice find! But that guy helping you was useless! Looks like the rear bumper is up side down?
Hotrod Dave here,if it turns ,it can run.
wow they are still out there
I think we need to have an intervention on your buying. LMFAO
Oh man,,Nobody wants to go to Long Island. I'm in Nashville Tn. and bought a piece of machinery there off of ebay and pulled a 18" tailor up there to NY and tried to go through the city to get there and found out they won't let you pull a trailer through the tunnels. I could even hire anybody to ride with me over to Long Island long story short I called the guy and told him to keep the machine because it just was not worth the hassle.
Wish I loved closer to you to buy it ,but I live in oregon .It would cost to much to ship plus the cost of the car 🚗. By the way how much are you asking for it?
Shit the Old Gilson made Toro is worth saving in it's own right...
I like every all. congratulations.
Off by yourself - suggest union hall or unemployment office - often have workers for moving companies... Key in - maybe it starts ? Wow.
I just don't get it........the car sat for 20-25 years, valves open and moisture getting into it and you try to turn it over and even start it.....all I can see is RUST messing up the cylinders ....I would not turn it over even by hand till I took it apart and checked everything out, cleaned it up and put in new gaskets and what ever else it needed ! But its your car and you are the pro ......... enjoy and you have one nice car to start with now .... or who ever gets it has a good car to start with ...just don't say its getting some bow tie engine ! LOL !
Tim Wasson I purchased a 1927 Buick last year that has been sitting in a garage since 2004 (2004-2018 is 14 years untouched) when the prev owner passed away. We rescued the car and after building a new gas tank, clean and flush everything, rebuild the carb and Stewart Warner Vacuum Fuel System/Fuel Pump.....AND after a few long soaks of Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders she fired off the first time we cranked her over!! We did first the vacuum fuel pump due to a vacuum leak at the wiper motor so after capping the wiper vacuum line off the fuel pump would finally draw gas from the gas tank and run!!
Feels great to see her run again and know we rescued the car!!
Next up, a new interior this Winter, the car is too nice to not have a nice interior to match the frame off exterior restoration it had prior to the prev owner’s death!
Pretty amazing really, it would have been a nice car in it,s day, even the tires are still holding air, body looks pretty straight, with some work it probably would run and drive.
I would’ve got that SS Monet Carlo 👍👍 too