Drastically Changing The Look Of 1934 Coupe "Beautiful" With Simple Upgrades
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The 1934 Ford Coupe known as "Beautiful" is getting some upgrades. I know a few people are worried we are going to chop and channel it, but all the changes we are making can easily be fixed. Matt has had a set of 16" Kelsey Hayes bent spoke wheels in his stash for the right project, and "Beautiful" could use different wheel with a little rubber rake. The headlights at some point were converted to sealed beams, but they look horrible and need to be changed out. The few easy upgrades made a huge difference in the look and still allows the car to be returned to stock. Let us know what you think in the comments down below.
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There is no doubt that it has become one of my favourite RUclips Channels. It a joy to watch, well done....
A left handed! He is in his right mind. Great workmanship .from a fellow southpaw.
Hi, Matt,Mike, Great Episode. Totally agree with the 'grandson' philosophy.
Gentle period upgrades are what this car deserves.
Sort the wheels and stance, dust over the paint, then..... like all kids, lets make it go faster.
Keep up the great work, love from Reading UK.
Looking Good Matt, My Pop had a 1935 in 1961 with the original paint he's standing by it in a leather Jacket with a Duck tail slicked back hair cut. He was a Cool Dude in a loose Mood!! :) I Grew up around beautiful old Fords Chevys and Drag Racing. I lost him 8 years ago and miss him everyday. I love to see you Guys Keeping alive these old Cars. I live in Linden Michigan and I'm a 3rd Generation Auto worker. Love cars and Trucks I have a 84 Chevy 4x4 4 speed from Montana. Short box she's tight and solid. Got my son a 79 4x4 4 speed from the same Guy. His is a 3/4 ton long box but sets high from factory and looks Cool steely white rims. We put a G.M. 4 bolt crate motor in his.
I love to see you guys work on cars it's great especially when you guys have two lifts and you're working on the ground
Hi Matt and Mike,
liked your handy work with the flapper tool. I have made 1 using an old file, I use it to stretch and shrink hitting the metal the same way you showed but using the textuer finish of the file face to pull the metal. give it a try
Keep up the the content, Luv it
How about hand lining (pinstriping) the wheels, to relieve the darkness. A little contrast in maybe a cream color would go along way IMO. Maybe I'll see you at Hershey. My friends are there, having flown in from Israel! If I can find the time...
Great changes, you got the eye and the plan, Keep pressing on.
Headlights are not an improvement, just get rid of the sealed beams in the original lights.
14:40 Back when bumpers actually bumped.👍2 speed RE...perfect. Look'n GOOD..
Love the Ford logo headlight lenses...the little touches count for a LOT.
Bob
So clean, still stock but - stock custom era correct. Too Cool.
Looks great guys, but like 32's it's hard to change perfection. Thanks for the video
Hey Matt and Mike
The Tires and head lights made a great change to Beautiful.
I personally do not care for the grill guard attached to the front bumper, but it is not my car.
Hot Rod Gray primer on the fenders making them all one color might look good rather than the multi-colors they have now.
Polishing the hub caps should look good also.
I think they are stainless steel so you have experience buffing.
I love the sound of this car starting.
Those flathead Ford starters have a very distinct sound.
Work Safe, Be well
Looks great
Nice improvements.
Very subtle but oh so effective changes.
Looking good, though I am not a fan of that original brown paint colour. The headlights are a big improvement
Looking Good
Awesome guys. My kind of resto. I approve 💯 🎯👍🏼
Looks cool
Matt and Mike can you show how to adjust the new headlights?
I think it looks really good
Do the rear tire always look farther forward in the fender on those cars? Looks good so far, little changes make a big difference
All I can say is it is looking good i n the neighborhood. Just for info on engine oil pressure I had a 58 Chevy with the348 engine and I changed to the oil presure gauge as it has the idiot light and found the pressure was like 20 lbs stock/////
Awesome !!!!!!
does look better now cool. love the head lights. oh gee is two more behind this one of this car video cool see yeah. oh forgot the wheels they look awesome also. good looking lil car.
why you tearing it apart when she took the time to keep it in tac? where do you keep the chevys ? cant wait until you cut the dash out and weld it to the front bumper , is this your first build ?
If I were young again I would love to find an old '30s body and put a slant six engine and its transmission in it. Wouldn't win any prizes or races but would be fun to do.
Huh! I didn't think they had those impact absorbing bumpers until the 70s!
Love it looking Awsome 😁😁💟
How about a dropped axle. MorDrop was in business for more than 70 years before Marty sold(or tried to) the business about 10 years ago.
This car is going to be a major hit at shows! Are you putting the spare back on? Its less "cool" but also looks nice.
Is this going to be for sale at some point. How do I contact you? Thx!
I know it's Matt's car. I know I don't have any project that old. I KNOW I don't have Matt's wallet. However, I do see this as going backwards. 1934 Fords are like crack to hot rodders and have been forever. A find like this one simply is not going to come along very often. The supply is all used up. You could chase around looking for one like this your entire life and never find one. I'm glad it can all be reversed, although it never will be. I just do not understand the obsession with lowering it. The factory stance looks just fine to me. People are commenting like its a tall T or something. Weird conformity from a group of people that claim to be all about individuality. I suppose that compared to others, Matt is about the best caretaker it could find at this point in history....I doubt it will have a LS installed.
Good golly "MISS CONNIE" you sure do look fine!!!!!!
Question--- how come you name most of your other cars after their previous owners ??? But not this one.
Something about calling it after a "FEMALE "
Not a fan of the headlights. Wheels look good.
QUEDO SUPER....
beautifull car ;-)
Don't worry what other people think about what you do with it,let's see their car!!!! Build a low buck 50s Hotrod! That's what makes you happy! Who gives a shit what people say! Build on!
Personally I like it better than one that’s fully restored! Looks good
Worried about “paint loss” on the fender after the hammer and dolly work? You’ll fix that I’m sure.
PS a 34’s look is with the larger lamp, don’t mess with perfection. Just replace with correct originals!
I, too, would paint the headlights body color, and do some wheel detailing. Looking good, guys!
Hey Matt, Tom here. I went to high school in the fifties. I drove my blue 46 ford club coupe with rear seat but a few of my friends drove 33/34s and we all sought to make our cars clean looking. No disrespect but please - loose the over rider. That was old man stuff back in the day for the rear bumper so you could get that occasional push start Everything else looks great. I think we would have had our wheels white, but I am a Calif dude, maybe things are a little different in your neck of the woods.
The bumper accessory bar is screaming for some old club badges mounted from your many picking travels.
Great decision on the 34! Looking forward to the "HOP UP" as the kids used to say, in the day....Keeping the value! Subbed, and always a thumbs up!
Thank you for the dent repair, it was killing me!
I'd have put that piece of leaf spring back on in the new front bumper. I'd also be looking at some small engine upgrades too. Like dual exhaust, maybe a pair of carbs, etc. Nothing major, just give it a little more "get up and go".
I’m amazed that you guys got the bolts and nuts apart without lube 😎
Before I comment on the overused .. almost cliche' "patina" fad .. ... I'm gonna' look in my garage and see what I have !!
OH YEAH !! NOTHING !!! 😎
Man, does that coupe look good !! Also great process of hammering out those dents. These are all of the reason I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD to your uploads. Thank you fellas.
Great car. It's getting better and better. I can remember seeing such cars on the road. Back in the sixties they weren't so rare. I bought my first car, a 1929 Ford 2-door sedan in 1965 for $60.
I love the period upgrades, but would paint the headlight buckets.
I love the work you did and it looks great. Now with that said I'd have kept it all original. It's not like you don't have any hot rods hehe. Ok that's just me. Enjoy your channel
It's really coming along. Originality plus a few upgrades will make this a great old car!
I'm loving this work, Matt. Here in the UK one would never find a US 30s Ford in this state of preservation (ie. period mods and make-do repairs). I like the headlight and bumper changes, and you resisting the temptation to 'bling' the wheels and body. l'm thrilled you're going to put a Columbia Sky-drive axle onto it (l have a non-functioning Columbia on my Allard Special). It would be great if you could do an entire session on how the Columbia RA works, what and where the operating mechanicals are, and what it does to the revs/ratios when it's engaged in each of its modes. Please go for it!
The history of the car deserves to keep it as original as possible. Not many barn finds of this age and so few of them are complete, with a verifiable history.
If I were collecting a car, it would be this exact car. Its breathtakingly Beautiful.
I've absolutely no doubt it's gonna be a sweet ride when you're finished.
It'll turn heads even if you don't paint it back to its original color.
I'd like to see a nice two tone paint job on it myself.
Then I'd deserve the name Beautiful.
I'm a bit disappointed that you're changing the originality of this car.
Originality? It didn’t have an original front bumper on it as it was..
The paint and the bumpers, and headlights are a nice improvements and its your own parts and newer old iron up grades. Some day it would be nice to have a modern fancy pants paint job put on it with Cragars spokes or even chrome spokes. The bumpers are nice. Dont you have a grill that was in super nice shape I saw in another video of yours. So glad you pounded out the dent in the fender too looks a lot better. Yes it is some good improvements for sure. so far it was free too. If your gonna try to match the paint and spot it in I dont see why not make the fender perfect? Some lead or a small amount of Bondo works miracles with the last little bit. They actually sell some chrome paint you could put on the grill. Rustoleum chrome looks kinda real actually.
The ‘stance’ is just right….
hi matt you need a second tail light
I love the thought and consideration that you guys put into the cars to make them 'just right', without overdoing anything. No full on customs like they did in the 1970s when everyone just changed everything for chromed parts and the ubiquitous candy apple paint job, and that ghastly crimson velvet button down upholstery mania, ugh.
"Beautiful" is looking way better! My '36 5 window had a Columbia 2 speed in it when I got it...never could get the stupid vacuum operated shifter to work. But hey, I was just a 14 year old kid goofing around with his second (or maybe 3rd?)car. A mere 54 years ago...........
My Fathers second car was a 1934 Ford 5 Window Coupe. Always wondered what they looked like and now I know. Heard a lot of stories about that car. It had a cracked block due to freeze damage so he and his Dad replaced the engine with a re-furbished Mercury V8 that had been bored. Dad never walked away from an opportunity for a bit of a race and usually won. Another stunt that my brother and I didn't hear about until we were near 30. That was his fondness for doing a Reverse Spin. Run it up in 2nd gear until you were doing about 40 or 50 and than jam it into reverse and pop the clutch. Dad put 4 transmissions and 6 driveshafts into that Ford. BTW his first car was a gift from his Grandmother, a 1929 Packard Victoria Light Six. Dad traded it off because it cost used to much gasoline. That one was a battleship with "Spring Steel Bumpers". If someone was driving too slow and wouldn't pull over to let him pass he'd put his foot down and Ram them, wouldn't leave any mark on those bumpers.
This one left me wondering what happened to quality in vehicles these days? Here you guys are taking parts off an 87 year old car with a 3/8 ratchet! Even on a car that's like 10 years old, that just doesn't happen anymore! Looks great with the period correct mods. I envy you for this.
I thought you would show this amazingly original 34 more respect. Those headlights are not an upgrade.
Let the master perform his craft-magic
Perfect example of how you can go from fellowship to bitchslaps in just a few steps.
It's Matt's car. Matt's money. Matt's time. If you want to see a 33-34 'shown respect', just re-watch this episode, and then post your own 33-34 all steel barn find and show the world how much better than Matt's rig, YOURS is. God.
This is the reason I question Matt's sanity for even trying to share with the world, his love for this old iron.
Always some haughty bitcher that's got grand pebble beach standards and what have they done to share the love of these icons with the world? Tear someone else's work down, and then stroll out to their clapped out Hyundai and fart can down to the 7-11 for another 44 ounce schooner of brainrot and bodyfat.
I have a 28k mile original Superbird that was dinged up in the nosecone, I watch Matt sometimes to see what tools he's using for metal work. I ain't made of money but I have built a skillset and a few decent rides. I'm diggin' Matt's tinkering with this old beauty.
Why you need to bring disdain down on his work? You might need to watch Hubb McCann put some wisdom down on some cocky boys in the old country store in Second Hand Lions. Get with being appreciative of the good in the world instead of making others consider what an ass you choose to be John Slater.
Patrick Wayne. 👍👍👍👍👍
Your work is at very good level of professionalism. My personal opinion will not count for much, but beige makes this car so much nicer. Probably the little old lady's womens touch.
Tks for the entertainment and greetings from Rome, Italy.
Since you asked us what we thought of the new wheels..
this is what I think. For that color (car), I would have painted them red for a nice contrast with the body color. The black just looks blah...😒
yup, that looks like what a kid would do to grandma's hand-me-down car. next would be those jc whitney exhaust cut outs where you cut the exhaust pipes, and install them with muffler clamps i used to see in the catalog back in the 70's and 80's when they had a crap ton of parts for these cars. you could almost build a complete car from scratch right out of the catalog.
Crazy how thick the sheet metal is compared to anything modern.
You could never smack modern stuff that hard.
Planning on a juice brake conversion? Or does it already have them?
If not it’s something I’d like to see.
In the years that I’ve been doing metal work that is the one thing you learn by experience. You have to have the proper hammers for different curves and contours. Today’s people think 1 will do.
Sure am enjoying the videos of you working on this old girl. You can tell that the old lady that owned the car really tried to take care of it.
Bonnie and Clyde made one of these 1934 car fly, right off a bridge at 70 mph, Cool car, Clyde sister called these turtle back car
What a COOL car!!! You are pretty darn good with the body & fender tools!! It is amazing how you can transform an old car with TLC!!! Columbia rear ends were the "Hot Set Up" back in the day!! My dad told me stories of a 40 Ford he owned with one. I guess it was very popular to run them. If I lived closer I would work for free just to be around your COOL garage and projects!! Beautiful is Beautiful!!
'Back in those days' cars could not make it to a 100,000 miles, or even close, without major engine rebuilds.
I'd go ahead and paint the fenders and running boards dark grey or black, then "age " them a bit. That chrome spare tire cover has a home now, too! looking good!!! It's amazing that you get a 33-34, then it starts raining 33-34 stashes!!! Nice that the personal parts store is growing! Keep up the good work!
I like your plan. But would lose that push bar thing. Actually, Mike made a good point when he said it looked better without bumpers.
California still doesn't have state inspections. Except for smog, but even that isn't state wide except for when registering.
If it were mine, I would brush it the correct gray. Some cold beers out by the lake. 1 panel at a time. Sand a little, clean and brush..
Hey Matt how are you doing I’m doing OK but this is your friend Dennis Fain I like the free tea although the car you do but I like the free tea the most and the sweetheart roadster next time you buy a parts or whatever at the swap meet and I know you and we’re going to work on his truck car but I would like to have a carSimilar to the sweet heart either sweetheart roaster or the free thing or something like he’s going to be doing Dennis
Morning Matt!! hard to recognize you without your hat on! Everytime I see this car it reminds me of the 33-34 that my dad wouldn't let me buy back when I was 15 years old(63 now)..truly enjoy these "how to" video's, I really didn't understand the reason behind a slapper hammer until now!! Thanks!! I agree, I don't really care for the head lights...The stance looks great!! Be safe, God Bless!!
Now you can buy whatever you like!
Dad could see how much it would cost him to “let you buy what you wanted”
What did you drive at that time?
@@c50ge I didn't have my drivers license at the time, I still remember what the guy wanted for the body, chassis & front/rear axles...$75, had a 300 inch Desoto Hemi, I highly doughbt he would have donated to the project....long time ago...God Bless!!
those bumpers do protect from parking lot damage. cars without bumpers get damaged madingly
It’s is getting better each day! We are following the updates! Good luck.
contact chasing classic cars Wayne Carini about his childhood, "Barn with a car hanging from the ceiling" parts parts and maybe more
Matt, I like the chrom headlights -without sealed beams- better than the later ones. I also think you got the stance just right with the big 'n littles & Kelsey Hayes wires. The Columbia rear will be a real improvement! I hope you don't slam this car, like the others. Nice job on that big dent!!
Looks awesome. Not 100% sure but the new front bumper might be upside down..
Hi Matt!
The old "boiler" looks a lot better! I'm all for a complete restoration back to almost complete original.
I had a 1948 ex-police car with a columbia 2 speed, and a bullet hole in the left rear fender.That rear end really worked well and I liked it a lot. That old car would run like a raped ape!
Love your videos!
Best Wishes, and GOD BLESS!
Gary
Hi Matt,
Just a suggestion, but maybe you should change the name from "Beautiful" to "Beauty".
Maybe just use those blue tooth turn signals, to run them while you are driving and then take them off, at shows.
Not sure I can agree with that "over ride" thingie on the front bumper. Not a big deal, it unbolts.
What a big difference. It looks bad ass. The car was always cool, but now it has attitude.
🙂👍1934👏👏👏👍👍
PUT '34 headlights on the car !!!!!! just ridiculous !!!!
They make a new shortened headlight stand to lower the headlights. Its been around since the 50s.
You people have done a really great job so far. What colour is the final product?
Just watching you take out the dents and was thinking, Matt and metal have a special bond!!! Lol between welding, stretching, hammering, bending, etc. you definitely are a metal man. You always get into the zone working with it. True fabricator
Looks great! Keep it as original as possible. Not many like it around any more.
friggin looks great. i like the black wheels with the headlight buckets. also glad you're keeping more in line with what a young average guy might do in the day. dual smitty's would sound nice too.
I LOVE IT!!!! I LOVE THE UPGRADES!!!!! IT LOOKS TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!! PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!! PERIOD PERFECT UPGRADES!!!!
Looks good, needs a right side tail light.
I think they only came with the left from the factory.
@@87mini only on Standard Deluxe had 2,plus cowl lamps