Making Custom Trunk Hinges for the 1936 Ford Roadster

Making Custom Trunk Hinges for the 1936 Ford Roadster
In this video I am forced to make custom trunk hinges for the 36 roadster. frustration and a touch of anger sets in as the trunk still doesn't open!! I get it eventually haha. we also work on the roadster pickup and Joe delivers the motor!

[@CarterAutoRestyling]

I definitely felt your frustration with that trunk lid. Hinge geometry can be such a nightmare! Nice work getting it all sorted out though...and yes Canadians are all crazy!

[@RACGARAGE]

Thanks brother! You guys are nuts for car parts lol

[@curbmassa]

I think the hinge problem lies somewhere in the realm of the pivot point being roughly on the same horizontal plane as the attachment point on the deck lid. Playing with a scrap of wood 6``long laid flat on a table and looking down on it, first make it parallel to the edge of the table. Make a mark at each end of the wood on the table. Hold the right end in one spot and rotate the left end up. Note that the left end of the wood is moving closer to your pivot point, relative to the left hand mark. Next, drop the left down of the wood a couple of inches and make another mark. Rotate it again and note that the left end is moving away from your pivot point. It`s a crude demonstration for sure, but it will be obvious in about 3 seconds.
Really outstanding work in every clip. I wonder if we will ever get to see any of the cars you finish and send off to be completed.That would be cool.

[@VwRosstorations]

Great work man…👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@michaelguinn5736]

Morning Travis!! if it makes you feel better, I had one of those days last Saturday, I couldn't do anything right, I had to walk away from it...man, you can definitely tell your buddy is from the east coast(Lol)!!

[@tkirkwood3366]

That is good old fashioned ingenuity. Great job

[@tradrodsandcustoms]

You need a rosebud for the new torch! Much better for heating and bending

[@billyself2743]

I’ve been watching your videos and I like watching you. You do good work where I’m a old man and I’ve been working on since I was very young and I wish you were around where I live I would try to get you to work on my 33 but I’ve about got the metal work done now but you do great work

[@ricksalmon4916]

Do you know how many times I’ve lit my torches with a Bic lighter? Hahaha!!!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very cool and very clean design there. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making God Bless.

[@MF-rn5os]

White flathead living life on the edge LOL. It does look good though

[@floridian7143]

Thanks for sharing!

[@greghapp1681]

Would like to see how you did the taillights, looks pretty cool.

[@pappabob29]

Curious what happened to your Model A, 5 window coupe that you put the flathead in?? Sometimes you just need to take a break from this stuff because it sure can get "overwhelmingly frustrating" !!! Was just there working on my project a couple of weeks ago. ;o(

[@johnkelly6942]

With the long mustache and running the torch you look a bit like D-Day from Animal House (consider it a compliment!)

[@michaellatour6752]

I see my fire pit is NOT getting done LOL

[@punkinsgarageandpaint8299]

Do you know where to purchase door and trunk seals? Also if I get it I want to convert the trunk lid to a rumble seat. Could do a video talking about how to do that?

[@francisrizzo1529]

I was wondering if the factory body gaps were alot bigger than how you setup the trunk channel and that's why it was hitting (smaller gaps = no good dead goes unpunished)... Looking forward to hearing that flatty chugging in the RPU.

[@richardwyatt8979]

Easiest solution for the steering is using a F1 steering box with a Model A flange welded to it. I believe the Tardel book explains in detail how to do it. Mounts to the original frame holes and give a much quicker steering.

[@johnkranz4004]

Travis nice job on the trunk and the pickup is coming along nicely Motor looks good Is he a motor rebuilders and we’re can we find him

[@michaelhallas6450]

Very Nice Work

[@davidgomez5052]

Just asking, is the trunk lid have an edge that could B binding with the drain channel

[@mattlee007]

great job... beautiful question how do you stop the bare metal from rusting ... boiled linseed oil??

[@RACGARAGE]

Thanks! And I don’t do anything

[@frankschwartz7405]

>> question how do you stop the bare metal from rusting?

[@B61mod11]

Can you put a link in for the music you're using for the background? Thanks

[@johnnyrocket7922]

What is all that writing on the grill on the roadster pickup

[@punkinsgarageandpaint8299]

I have a friend that has a 36 that runs and drives with flathead. I'm considering buying but I know nothing about flathead and I want to daily it.

[@billyporter2195]

Ask Matt Iron Trap 😁

[@steeltree-fabricatingandcu3796]

The shape of the hinge doesn’t matter really
Make a wood Mach up
You need the deck lid to lift straight up for a second longer make flat wood plywood templates to get the timing right

[@fueladdictiongarage7048]

👍🏻🍺

[@garyf2245]

thats neat great vid sub an like

[@michaelasher8084]

You need to take and bend the skin over your inner panel' Then your trunk lid will open and shut like ya want. It's that outer lip on your trunk lid that is keeping the hinge from working properly.

[@RACGARAGE]

That’s how 36 decklids are designed

[@bobludecke]

use a F 1 steering box ,

[@RACGARAGE]

I have before. Don’t want to this time

[@clintonstevens1285]

if it was easy everybody would do it

[@ACE-gk5gi]

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[@jre1939]

Doe you sell your paper templates. Would like to build a 32 ford coupe but have no car to get patterns from