Repairing an Old Repair! Fixing a Broken Rear Crossmember on a Model A Ford!
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The Rough Roads of Rural Saskatchewan have broken the Steel and Spirit of 1930 Model A Ford! We dig in and get to grinding away the ghost of repairs past!
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Using old school equipment to fix old cars is just soooo cool! 😎
Old tools. old cars, and two young Guys carrying on the traditional ways repairs used to be made.. GO STRONG or go home.. Love the repairs and videos
In current money, that 1939 grinder, for $66 would cost nearly $1,400!
Does Matt's belt really say Hottie??? Bahaha that's awesome
I love how the body tells a story of the frame. That it was driven around for a good bit of time with a damaged frame.
You know in all the years of watching CWM videos and now your own, I don't think I've ever seen Jim or Matt upset over anything!
Always a joy to watch
So enjoy your videos. And learn things from you too. Like how to grind properly at an angle. My dad (born 1910) always spoke so highly of his Model A. My sister recently passed, and as I went through the pictures she had saved were a number of Model A roadster pictures with Mom and Dad as they were dating in 31/32. Thank you. If you are interested, I could make copies for you. Take care.
Thanks for the lesson on proper frame repair! I've had good luck patching my frames with jb weld and short strand fiberglass. With a little undercoat the repair is nearly invisible, but I think I'll try your approach next time.
Cat hair works great 👍
Don't forget the duct tape. It comes in many colors to blend into whatever you are patching.
That only works on old GMC trucks
Love to see you guys using lead on some seams or dents. A nearly lost art. If anyone was wondering this is why a lot if the cars from the 40s were called lead sleds
Inherited one of those grinders in the father-in-law's tool chest. Bet that G.D. thing weighed 25lbs. Love the hand held grinding wheel. Thats got a 1950's high school auto shop (industrial arts I think they called it) safety film, written all over it. I'd be diving for cover. Great show gentlemen.
Oh yeah..🙂
Thanks for the update guys!
Hope you’re having a good day.
If the antique auto restoration videos ever fail, you guys could always specialize in a exercise channel... You guys were really getting a workout getting the rear spring out!😆
Great job guys! love the old school stuff!
Love the show, love your shop, and what's cooler than old cars. You guys are great too, and so quintessentially Canadian, it
reminds me of the McKenzie brothers. It would be hilarious if you started saying 'eh' a lot more often. 'Good day, eh'
Far and beyond my most favorite show!
Great video as usual guys but I 'm not sure about that belt Matt LOL
Nice work, but I wasn’t keen on that old grind stone on the end of the flex drive, if that stone cracked you could lose an arm or an eye, with no guard on it.
We take safety seriously, as he fires up the wheel of death. 😂
Don't know why you do not have at least 100K subs. Like #8.
If they were putting fart cans on rice burners they'd have over 100k. This wealth of information goes over most heads.
Awesome videos
One thing to note here ,
When using grinders etc in the shop, a person should use a curtain to keep debris
from getting onto other vehicles
Keep 'em coming !!!!
Especially when that vehicle is a gorgeous old Lincoln lol
you are so correct. I managed to spray hot grinding swarf ontyo my wife's Lincoln NOT GOOD
Great preservation with the good old and proper tools.
Matt, Jim, love the show.
The old tools you're using are awesome. This model A will be fantastic. Glad you sold the Chevrolet.
Looking forward to the next video! Cheers from Ohio
Another awesome video showing that all the progress is still based on vintage tools that still work today.
Guys you are marvellous! Everything from Matt’s old school broken leg to the tall engineer’s cap… those 1930’s tools 🛠 and Jim’s gleaming A-frame… what could be better? Nothing! Thanks again chaps, Scott was so right to point us towards Strong’s Garage.
Great info and demonstrations of 'old school tools' that are relevant today too. Danged Model A's aren't all they're cracked up to be...?
Surprised to see all the grinding and sparks beside Jim's uncovered Continental.
Repair looks 👌👍👍👍
Another great tech session
It's a pleasure to watch you work and interact with each other. I wish I had a shop like yours close to me that would work on my '38 Ford.
It never ceases to amaze me what you find under older cars.. Some farmer needed to keep his/her car on the road and they used what they had.. Certainly not Henry Ford's "better idea".. 😉 Another quality episode 👌
I really like those rear tires on the a chassis brings back some old memories
I'm sure glad to see you are using the health and safety equipment!!!!
I doubt if any of the plastic power tools made today will be used 90 years later. Excellent job
Matt, your belt is killer!! Lmao!!
I dig it fella's!
What a great video boys. I love how you use period correct tools, equipment and techniques. Outstanding content, keep it up.
Matt and Jim, been following you since inception, wish I lived closer, Florida USA is a lil bit South, however I totally enjoy your work and wish I lived closer, I so enjoy what you guys do. Love the old tools, and seeing you use them. You would have to chase me off, I love this stuff. I can remember a few of these cars on the road when I was. Kid, Grandfather had a yard full of them. Kinda wish I could go back in time and save them, he was a Ford / Dodge guy. Keep up the great content, love the channel. Cheers!!!
have you ever welded with an old 220v, ac only stick welder? difficult to make a good looking weld. how about gas welding for body work?
yesterday, on my way to the range, I spotted a guy in a 1 ton pulling a trailer, on the trailer was a '56 Continental, what a beauty
Excellent video you guys. I've never seen a flex shaft grinder before, that a super neat tool!
Nice belt Matt lol!
Great 👍 content
I always knew that a Model A frame was flexible, but that was amazing when you were taking out the rear spring. No wonder the body cracked. Would there be any benefit in snugging up all the rivets? Brilliant work and excellent presentation, can’t wait for the next vid.
you arte right David,...it seems like it should be rigid not willowy
One thing for beginners to watch out for is where the sparks from the grinder flies to. There is a video of a guy grinding and the sparks landed in a waste can, setting it on fire. Sparks can also damage paint on cars sitting too close. Those power tools were pretty expensive when new. Add the prices for both and you equal the monthly pay for an individual. When my dad got out of college in 1927, his MONTHLY pay was $110. His dad's pay, a union railroad engineer, was $200/mo.
I thumbs up for this content
Love the old tools.
Lead like in Jims Lincoln.
Great video.
I worked one summer as a teenager working for a plumbing company. The company had a full time master tin smith. We used a lot of 50/50 solder fabricating water tanks.
Yes to cover other autos-hot chips will stick into paint and ruin the finish-very sorry you did not protect that Black auto....the rest was pure magic!
Tig welder! Shouldn’t you have gas welded it? Just to stay with the theme. 😁
Imagine how much oxygen and acetylene was used back then making repairs to A bodies and frames. I might invest in a face shield when using that grinder wheel.
Just a quick question guys...how many times have you nailed your shins on those running board supports?
Enjoyed the video and the repair using vintage tools. Is the preservation potion a trade secret? that finish looks great.
First a session with Sierra Ferrel...Tune in the walnut uppstairs. And over to Strongs garage in the right mode, after a looooong days work😊😊😊
Nice job Boys....... Good as Used.
Nice work!!!
I will be honest though....I cringed when the sparks were flying and an unprotected car was in the 'landing zone'....
I had windows get pits into the surface quite a few decades ago (which I STILL kick myself for) and since then, make as much effort as possible to protect glass if and when I do grinding or welding.
Those white wall mudder's are the Bee's Knee's. Very very cool classic tire. 👍
Love your channel
Nice job guys as a ex welder fitter here you did an a decent job on that crossmember. Looks good.
Nice video Matt and Jim, enjoy seeing how far we MAY have advanced in 90 years. Great educational video LOVE IT
Good job
Hey Matt, glad to see that you're getting around much better. Loved to see the old Sioux grinder in use, I used to work on those back in the 90's when you could still get parts.
A like and this for the algorithms
Looking forward.. good job
Awesome work guys. You brought me back to when I was a little boy watching my late Dad perform his craft. I could and did watch him for hours at a time, and I continued to do this even as a young man. I often wished I learned more from him, but life happens and can take us in other directions. Enjoyed the 1941 Lincoln profile as you worked. Many thanks guys, and as always, I look forward to more. Cheers!
Loving all the content! The cars the tools the shop and two great hosts! I really appreciate you guys taking the time to showcase all this history!
I see that Jim was struggling with loosening nuts. What would you use (other than heat) to free them up? ATF wasn't around, neither was WD-40, Kroil, Gibbs or any of the other brands.
Led work is a true art. Very cool tools. 😏👌
Excellent old tools certainly lasted the test of time, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones
Great job and of course a little paint goes a long way. These cars are so simple, now would be a good time to do a video on the shocks. Thanks for the video.
I hope it was as much fun to make this video as was to watch it. Well done sirs.
Absolutely fantastic !!!!!!! I only wish your videos were longer and showed more, can you do some unedited videos ? anyhow keep up the awesome work !!!!!
Another great video thank you. Don’t forget Mr. Safety also uses ear protectors 😅
Looks like bolth you're frames are on the mend!
that grinder was interesting, but a big, unshielded grinding wheel? Yikes!!
Nice episode. Was Matt really wearing a belt with studs spelling out "HOTTE" @ 10:42? I find that funny for some reason.
Hotte is his surname. Why's that funny?
@@upscaleshack Even without the name a studded leather belt has a fruity vibe. Matt's oblivious (and obviously not gay) so with the "Hotte" part it goes from questionable to hilarious instantly!
I wonder if my old '30 coupe will show up in your shop. (1964 when I was in high school)
Hello! Love the work you guys do, what is your “preservation sauce” that you put on the frame? I’d love to use some myself!
I'd love to use some ON myself!
Probably boiled linseed oil ,turpentine & Terebine (dryer)
Proper job, gents! Cheers!
Sweet work guys! Making it look easy.
This is like Coach's Corner with wrenches instead of hockey sticks..
Very good video thank you for the video
Hiya Matt and Jim
omg sparks are flying in and on the lincoln!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, that old stone grinder looks like something Fred Flintstone might have used. Old tools are fine but I'd be opting for modern safety gear.
What is your "preservation sauce" that you are using? Is it a home-brew or something commercially available (woolwax, fluid film, etc.), a few others in the comments have questioned as well. Thanks for posting the videos, great work.
Great videos guys. As you repair vintage cars, using vintage tools in a vintage shop. Can you apply for historical/heritage funds? Like a working museum?
Anywho, keep up the great work.
That grinder looks like something a Deranged Dentist would use ! 🤣
Great as always!
I know its way cool to use old tools as I myself have. I even dedicated a shelf in my tool box for just old tools that soon became its own chest as people knew I liked and then sold or gave me tools they dug out of the dirt or just where ever. All said and done, that flexible head grinder with a price shown in the book was to me just a very overpriced semi dangerous tool as stones did fly apart. For demonstration is cool but for me, its going on a shelf to remind people we have gone on to better and safer ways to just do something. Just think if they had known how to make a Tig machine back in the day.
Great job guys
And tell Scott I need two more fury to shirts.
All the discussion of the A had me thinking of Bob and Doug McKenzie. If you'd left that cracked member it might have stranded someone on the road, and they'd have had to call CAA for their A, Eh?
Nice work!
If that black auto was mine in the shop, i would be pretty upset at those sparks,stone, etc hitting the body???
That was a very nice repair. Blends right 👍 n. What is that marvelous liquid that you used to preserve the frame if I might ask?
In the nanny state we live in the OSHA people probably had kittens watching you use that non double insulated disc grinder that originally had no safety ground and that non guarded, unreinforced flex shaft grinding stone conjunction with tempered glass safety glasses.
I have part of one of those bars I used to play with.Don't know why they kept saying Id get dain bramage...?
What's in the cups Fellows?
Was that a period correct tig welder that you Used?