Gapping The Aftermarket Trunk Lid For The Sweetheart Roadster

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  • Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025

Комментарии • 82

  • @ilikethemoldercars
    @ilikethemoldercars Год назад +4

    I just had to comment, I'm really liking the looks of this roadster. The dual headlights on each side go together with the tail lights... Brilliant and unique!

  • @62_C10
    @62_C10 Год назад +8

    amazing what a difference the gaps made!

  • @johncarapiet3758
    @johncarapiet3758 Год назад +1

    Being of an age when these kind of cars were first done, I have to say you are spot on. Thank you, first rate job.

  • @billtaylor5853
    @billtaylor5853 Год назад +5

    Love the attention to detail, love the custom touches.

  • @barryhickman6911
    @barryhickman6911 11 месяцев назад

    As someone who has only recently found your channel, I love everything I have seen you do to these wonderful cars! Your attention to detail is outstanding ! Another GREAT video. Congrats!

  • @charliepc56
    @charliepc56 Год назад

    That Sweetheart is my favorite! It's just perfect all the way around, and a all Matt creation! Those headlights and tail lights are the greatest, and I could go on and on! Even the name, ( Sweetheart Roadster ) is perfect! Great work, Matt!

  • @chuckschultz7028
    @chuckschultz7028 Год назад +2

    Wow! So much patience and skill on display.

  • @randomyank7777
    @randomyank7777 Год назад +1

    Awesome job on it , Matt ! Love the Sweetheart roadster , definitely has come a long way . Glad you could get some "quality time" in on it . Lots of projects , never a dull moment . Have an excellent new year !

  • @Ecosse57
    @Ecosse57 Год назад +1

    it's a trip to go back and see how this car started out. i love custom rods.

  • @steveclark4291
    @steveclark4291 Год назад

    Thank you Matt for the update on the Sweetheart Roadster ! It's starting to look awesome !

  • @stevenkarnisky411
    @stevenkarnisky411 Год назад

    Your body work gets more and more impressive with each build, Matt. Details make the car better and better!

  • @motorfreaknew
    @motorfreaknew Год назад

    Hi Matt! Is always a pleasure to see you at work!👍👍👍👍

  • @andrewslagle1974
    @andrewslagle1974 Год назад +6

    The car really looks great Matt. Happy New Year to you and your family and the guys .

  • @AndyGeesGarage
    @AndyGeesGarage Год назад

    I like that this car is a long term project and you are going one step at a time to make it right.
    So many RUclips projects are bang it out in 2 or 3 episodes, drive it around the block and on to the next one.
    That can sometimes make those of us with long term projects feel a bit inadequate lol
    Love this hot rod, my favourite era is late 50s early 60s, and that you’re showing is the long road it takes to actually do them right.

  • @garyhughes9199
    @garyhughes9199 Год назад +1

    Nice work Matt. I'm kicking myself for not being in the garage right now. LOL Roadster's do get my heart pounding.

  • @raymondserafin9396
    @raymondserafin9396 Год назад +4

    Great job as always loved that roadster but wish it was in my garage

  • @steveM1341
    @steveM1341 Год назад +1

    Gaps look amazing!

  • @stevesimons6333
    @stevesimons6333 Год назад

    Much better fit for sure. Good work as usual. It will soon be time for paint compared to when you started.

  • @atticautos484
    @atticautos484 Год назад +1

    Excellent work on a excellent rod.

  • @gerrymilidantri6457
    @gerrymilidantri6457 Год назад

    Amazing craftsmanship Matt nice job !

  • @garycamara9955
    @garycamara9955 Месяц назад

    Looks like one of the decklids my daughter and I cut louvres in at Verns. We made decklids for Brookville.

  • @hankhessig6586
    @hankhessig6586 Год назад

    Wow from the videos I never really noticed how far out it was. Great Content Matt!

  • @garycamara9955
    @garycamara9955 Месяц назад

    58 Chevy Bel Aire tail lites. Look cool!

  • @leeroyholloway4277
    @leeroyholloway4277 Год назад +1

    Wondering why the distortion in the quarters wasn't addressed first. ...but you got it done, that's all that matters.

  • @MartsGarage
    @MartsGarage Год назад +1

    Steve makes a great stick man.

  • @perrystevens8074
    @perrystevens8074 Год назад +1

    Matt, can you show how the water will be managed on the deck lid... washing, rain, driving...etc.

  • @TrendsbySterling
    @TrendsbySterling Год назад

    Nice work as usual Matt!

  • @johnkranz4004
    @johnkranz4004 Год назад

    Nice job Matt

  • @steveM1341
    @steveM1341 Год назад +1

    Dig the "gap" music :)

  • @allanrichards3752
    @allanrichards3752 Год назад

    Happy New Year to you all at Iron Trap Garage. This sort of work takes ages to do properly but for me it is just so worth it. I have seen so many cars at shows where they look great until you look more closely and the panel fit and gapping is not good and spoils the car. When it is done right it makes for a really smart looking car. On the boot lid maybe an adjustable rubber bump stop at each bottom corner might help align the boot lid and then help with the latching. I appears on the video that the boot lid does not have much torsional rigidity. I would take as much time as it needs to get that latching just so otherwise it will bug you later.

    • @IronTrapGarage
      @IronTrapGarage  Год назад

      Agreed I have rubber bumpers sitting in a bag in the car to add in the corners for just that. Great minds think alike 👍

  • @lawsonclark2466
    @lawsonclark2466 Год назад

    It's a great skill to know how to tig weld.

  • @brianrhodes237
    @brianrhodes237 Год назад

    Thanks Matt, Please record how you repair the top of the rear panels.

  • @gregsly1247
    @gregsly1247 Год назад

    You're an artist sir. Great fab work 👍👍

  • @garysoykin2783
    @garysoykin2783 Год назад

    Very cool nice work matt

  • @shotsrodder
    @shotsrodder Год назад

    You gotta love the suspenseful music 😂 nice job Matt

  • @aaronwhite4884
    @aaronwhite4884 11 месяцев назад

    Incredible work Matt! I love the channel!! Your OCD must drive you crazy 😂

    • @IronTrapGarage
      @IronTrapGarage  11 месяцев назад

      Haha I have weird OCD only about certain things and there’s no rhyme or reason to it. Thats the real frustrating part! Haha

  • @BrunoWiebelt
    @BrunoWiebelt Год назад +1

    looks much better

  • @matthewschneider2089
    @matthewschneider2089 Год назад

    Dude!!! Thank you!!! I learned something today!!! Great video!!! ✌️

  • @kw535075
    @kw535075 Год назад +1

    That takes alot of patience! 😂

  • @MrMadkaw400
    @MrMadkaw400 Год назад +1

    Old school trick as to get a plate section f on a rear van door and use It it was already reset

  • @Jemini553
    @Jemini553 Год назад

    o happy new year to all there

  • @richb419
    @richb419 Год назад

    Hi, nice work! those louvers look great but they sure are a pain to finish. on my car I spent many hours of tedious labor to get them acceptable.
    the license plate would look much better if it's let in about 1 1/2 inch to accommodate a light.
    Rich

  • @NotempoT
    @NotempoT Год назад

    Love these videos. When you said that you're going to do some license plate modifications, I was like uh oh. It's probably too late, and I'm not sure what you have planned, but can a car be over customized?

    • @IronTrapGarage
      @IronTrapGarage  Год назад

      It can be over customized but the license plate mount will be subtle and flow with the rest of the car I think

  • @TrashcanGarage
    @TrashcanGarage Год назад

    Saw Steve in the background still installing the firewall in the convertible. 😂 Nice work on this roadster. If I recall, didn't you take that lid off another car you bought over the summer? It may have fit that car better.

    • @IronTrapGarage
      @IronTrapGarage  Год назад

      It didn’t fit that car at all either.

    • @TrashcanGarage
      @TrashcanGarage Год назад

      @@IronTrapGarage 😂 I should have known. Thanks guys. 💯👍

  • @kalinagoedge2777
    @kalinagoedge2777 Год назад +1

    I know the job was frustrating, glad you didn't flip your lid.

  • @Jemini553
    @Jemini553 Год назад

    do you have a color theme for the coupe the car is looking great

  • @HarryJensen-b6c
    @HarryJensen-b6c 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Matt, Loved the video but I have a question… I understand how you gapped the outer trunk lid but what about the inner panel? Did you cut through both, weld up the outer panel and then go back and weld the inner? I’m at that place on my 30 Model A Coupe and I’m not quite sure how to proceed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    • @IronTrapGarage
      @IronTrapGarage  10 месяцев назад +1

      Yes cut through and welded both

  • @steveclark4291
    @steveclark4291 Год назад

    Matt did you use wedges on the other side to keep the trunk lid from sliding over ?

  • @Dannymurmaid
    @Dannymurmaid Год назад

    Love those tail lights! What are the from?

  • @joedyer8824
    @joedyer8824 Год назад

    Just wondering Matt do you do your body work or send it out

  • @PeterLee-zn3jl
    @PeterLee-zn3jl Год назад +2

    PS...be sure to put a good drain in the trunk..! Lol

    • @danontherun5685
      @danontherun5685 Год назад

      PS...be sure to NOT put a bad drain in the trunk floor, negative pressure over the trunk lid sucks road dust in. No fenders, no top, its raining hard.... go for a drive... Lol. Seriously though I would have tossed the louvered lid.

  • @daleskidmore1685
    @daleskidmore1685 Год назад +2

    Do you think the guy who louvred that trunk lid ever used his louvre press again? Ha ha. Looks 100% better.

    • @IEchuckie
      @IEchuckie Год назад

      The louvers look great. Why would you ask that question?

    • @_randombob
      @_randombob Год назад +1

      Iffen he did it on a bead roller, I don't think he would

    • @daleskidmore1685
      @daleskidmore1685 Год назад

      @@IEchuckie Robot.

  • @Grampalele
    @Grampalele Год назад

    Please tell me you are planning some clever, trick rear deck lid prop. A car that nice deserves better than a wooden stick....

  • @PeterLee-zn3jl
    @PeterLee-zn3jl Год назад

    Punchingvthatvmany louvers likely stretched the skin..lol
    Good work...good luck..
    Lookin shiny...no paint is a good look for that rod

  • @sergueiothonucci1638
    @sergueiothonucci1638 Год назад

    😃

  • @rolandtb3
    @rolandtb3 Год назад

    Not perfect but better.

  • @dennisschickling2249
    @dennisschickling2249 Год назад

    Nice
    #STAYSAFE
    #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

  • @donhoughton271
    @donhoughton271 Год назад

    Koo

  • @gordonstroup882
    @gordonstroup882 Год назад

    I have never liked louvers, no matter what it's on.😝