1939 Ford Junkyard Hot Rod Revival - Ep. 12
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2019
- Now that the frame is all cleaned up and nicely painted, we need to turn our attention to the suspension and drive train. The main goal of this project is to keep things as basic as possible so unless it needs to come apart, we are going to keep it assembled. Matt and Brent work on taking apart the front and rear axles, removing the springs which we are swapping to a set of reverse eye springs by Old Yankee Speed. We are also ditching the front axle for a drop axle out of Matt's collection. Next item to look over is the transmission. With the mount being busted off Matt wanted to give the internals an inspection and replace the mount. We are really excited with how quickly this project is moving and can't wait to be driving it!! Thanks for watching and be sure to comment below with your thoughts on the 1939 Forgotten Hot Rod
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I'm glad to see you did end up doung a body off frame restoration.
I did it with the 62 Chevy pickup I owned when I was in the Coast Guard as an AD3 in charge of Miami back in 1979/80 Airstation's Ground Support shop. Since I was in charge I was able to work on it on weekends.
My Chief was so impressed he had me do it for him a couple of times.
Very impressed by your clean garage floor, where I used to work there was normally half an inch of dirt embedded oil and grease.
we try to keep it as clean and organized as we can. We 3-4 projects being worked on at a time it can get overwhelming
The sage wisdom you are providing all of is is worth millions! Thank you!
Thanks Joe!
Enjoyed this episode. Learned the reason the ‘39 transmissions are desired. Never knew why they were the one.
Thanks Gerald, that was a super simplified description but the basic idea is that they had improved synchros that made the car easier and quicker to shift. Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
I do like how we get to see all that work in a very short time
Basically a weeks work in 17 mins 👍👍😍😍
Haha yep tv magic!
Really great to see a young man getting his hands greasy and learning about REAL iron!!! Good for you!
Don't worry we'll get him covered in tattoos ASAP just to piss you off.
Brett is a full fledge motorhead and works in a body shop working on old cars during his day job and comes to hang out and work on antique stuff at my shop from time to time. He's really into this stuff too! -Matt/ITG
Good lesson on what to look for on the transmission Matt, thanks. Always good to have extra parts laying around that will work on your project. You must have great neighbors or no neighbors to say anything about all your stuff. I have to keep all of it hidden so they won't complain but it's worth it to save the old stuff....
I do have good neighbors but I also try and keep it all fairly hidden for the most part.
What a process taking the front suspension apart! Well Done!
Thank your for sharing the process and your knowledge.
Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
Thank you Matt for the videos. I am working on the same model as I am watching your progress.
Thank you!. I look forward to these videos.
Thanks for watching! -Matt/ITG
Another awesome video guys, you make it seem easy to take those old springs apart great job.
Loved the info on identifying 39 gearboxs,it's something else I've learned watching your awesome videos....👍
Hi Matt, enjoying the build series.. Pre 39 was still synchro, but it was constant load synchromesh. 39 up had the IMPROVED synchromesh. You can tell instantly by looking at the synchro sleeve, big slope to one side is later (improved) synchro, almost even slopes with a small step is earlier synchro. Enough blabb from me, keep up the good work and carry on. Mart.
Thanks for the info. I sort of "generalized" for him. I appreciate you teaching me something, I'm certainly not an expert by any means! -Matt/ITG
Just adding my reply from the previous video on this one in hopes that you will see it! -
No need to have them all look like show cars... The Free-T is gorgeous, but I would never want to drive it for fear of damaging it somehow! What you're doing is perfect, IMO. You're giving new life to otherwise forgotten classics and one by one saving these marvels of American engineering from getting crushed or rotting away into oblivion and all-the-while preserving whats left of these functional pieces of art and their history for future generations.
Thanks so much! Yea we're just making this one a driver!
Great work.
Nice tip on the 39 detents
Loving these videos too, keeps me connected to the old car world until I can afford a project of my own, best to you man!!
Thanks so much for watching! -Matt/ITG
Makes me wish I still had my '30 A coupe from my high school days. I can afford to, and have learned enough to fix it now ...... 50+ years later.
Great video as always! Thanks for the tech on the '39 transmission. I learned something..
1932 is the first year for syncros, also 1928 is the first year for floor shift, model a
19 40 is the first year for floor shift 1939 is a better syncro and shiftier tower that is why it is so desirable
Nice work guys. 👍
Lovin this series. Enjoying and watching the struggle to get old parts apart. It keeps me from feeling alone in the world :)
Haha you're not alone Pat we're all in the same boat! -Matt/ITG
Thanks for your videos and watch those old springs they have been known to cause a bad tooth ache or broken nose on certain days, leaf springs or a piece of chain will make her lay in a curve better in second gear with a load of shine , Freddie out !
i heard a lot of old mechanics saying how dangerous those springs could be when removing same. the way these kids do those springs is great, slowly taking the "boing" out of them on disassembly.
Coming along, looking good!
Another great video! You are really moving along.
Thanks Jonathon! -Matt/ITG
1st Trans is 39 Deluxe with late synchro, 2nd is 37-39 with early synchro, the main shaft is not chipped but factory with those reliefs for oil lubrication to second gear and sliding gear. Great series of videos.
I've never seen that before... the way it was like that it seemed odd. I guess I never had one of those apart before. Learn something new everyday! Thanks John.
Love the videos! I ‘m Chevy guy at heart! But I love old cars no matter what they are , I like what you are doing!
Thanks for watching Bob!
Cheers dude!
Keep at it...
Nice to see more vids on this car. It’s gunna be great.
Thanks for watching Scott!
Hey Matt I grew up in Boyertown and brother has a 36 Chevy Sedan up there for sale. I believe it is priced right so if you or anyone you know is interested please reach out to me. The car has a solid metal body and comes with 3 different 6 cylinder engines. Great seeing all the stuff from Boyertown and surrounding areas. Keep up the great content.
Hey You Guys! I am enjoying the process on the 39, one word of advice, wear ear protection! not even $10,000 worth of hearing aids sound as good as natural ears.
Thanks for the tip, we do appreciate the concern. -Matt/ITG
i hope you give shop tours sometime- i dont get back to boyertown often but would love a walk through
I allow visitors on Sundays for "Sunday Service". Shoot us an email if you ever want to come visit.
Your making good progress Matt. Gonna be a roller in no time.
Thank you Jim! -Matt/ITG
your shop is so awesome, i am extremely jealous
Man you know your early ford shit without a doubt
I'm still learning myself, but I know enough to find good deals at swap meets! -Matt/ITG
Nothing wrong with that
those vise must been from the 39s trunk O_o
nice work !!
Love the series. Ever heard the phrase "lift with your legs, not your back"? Oh to be young again.
Might be why my back hurts all the time! haha
now at age 64 with a messed up back and chronic pain, i wished i had listened to the old timers to work smart and not hard, lifting with my legs and not my back. young ,stupid, hard headed and didn't want to be called a p#####. skinny as a bed rail. 6'3" tall and a lightweight at 125# in my youth. took too many stupid chances back when. now 64 after 5 hernia repairs, a chronic back problem and disabled from it, i advise the youth to work smart and not hard. i tell them you'll pay for it in your old age if you don't.i worked 33 yrs in chronic pain using help from others, hand carts,forklifts, chainfalls, leverage.etc to accomplish my goals until total disability at age 57 grounded me.
Matt swings a hammer as good as me. Stick to welding. Ha Ha. Love watching the videos. Keeps me grounded on my '31 phaeton project.
It was a pain to swing at the awkward angle not blocking the camera. I constantly have to weld, hammer, etc. in weird positions to keep from blocking the camera. Not to make excuses I did have some crappy swings on this one! Haha. Thanks for keeping me honest! -Matt/ITG
Awesome 👍
I believe mac's sells new gear internals to replace the broken pieces in your parts trans.
I really like all your videos. Working with the old stuff is great. I was wondering where you get the music for your videos. Really cool tunes.
Back in the day the ‘39 transmission and hydraulic brakes became the basis for many hot rod builds.
Yeah. Ford hung onto mechanical brakes until like 38 or 39. Many other mfrs. switched to hydraulics in the early thirties.
Yep 39 was the improved transmission and hydraulic brakes.
Nothing like a bfh to work on your car
Better get it gathered up for the snow fly's ( I hate snow) glad I live in Ga. !!!
You're right! I'm trying to get it back as a roller by end of October if all goes well! Just gotta get moving! -Matt/ITG
enjoyed the shop talk part. good info for everyone. Where do you get extra leave for the springs?
I have a stash on the side of the building from all the cars I take apart. Always good to keep spare parts! -Matt/ITG
Nothing like a good $25.00 table.
Haha hell yea that thing has paid me back big time!
nice video
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I really got fooled on this one having this mu ch to work with. I love the heck out of those early style models with so many configurations. Dad had parted a zephyr out for the engine. I gathered parts not knowing till today what I had my hands on the one year only synchronized transmissions. I did have quite a few and swapped them four open drive shaft rear ends with transmissions. I went through a lot of them and had boxes of gears and good stuff to builders. The Zephyr drove in and went out on a scrap truck before I knew it was happening so my fault for moving slow and dad for killing a rare car. Far be it from nice but it did drive every day till dad got it just for the engine, sadly I had engines that could be started on the ground and hear run... some in half frames with the phony gauge clusters. I bet money I had the largest at the time collection of them cause my dad bought out a old out of business ford dealership and parts in the boxes still wrapped in the grease paper. You have my undivided attention
j adore
The safest & easiest way to remove a spring is with a spring spreader that can be as simple as a modified C clamp & a hunk of pipe or as expensive as a $140 Harbor Freight fine-china porta power.
Its easy enough to reverse your own spring eyes to save a few bucks. Are you fitting a seal in the back of the torque tube to stop diff oil running down the torque tub and oil soaking the rubber mounted center bearing? Only really needed if the car has a nose down attitude.
How to reverse the spring eyes?
Love those wide five wheels!! Are the Merc brakes any different from the Ford of that year?
As far as I know they're the same! First time having a 39 Mercury so this is all a bit new to me! -Matt/ITG
The first of the hot rods was the '36 Ford in the late '40's to late '50's and a few sprinkled into the '60's, followed by the '40 Ford in the mid 50's into early '60's, followed by the '49-50 Ford in the late fifties into early '60's. Then the muscle car era began with the '64 GTO. Young guys were no longer interested in those early V8 Fords, they wanted a muscle car. The tri-five Chevys were popular in the '60's. '
Wow so violent. Smashing his finger. Lol
Matt how long have you been doing this restoring cars because it really looks like you know what you're doing man you do excellent work real thorough really good work....👍 Jose
Matt when I saw you at the gasket goons car show you told me about the gear ratio number on the bottom of the banjo. The number I found on my banjo is 941. Please go over this in a video on your rear when you get to it. Thanks Roger
Divide the large number by the small number and that's your gear ratio. Looks like a 4.55 to me. REALLY LOW and possibly out of a v860 vehicle or a truck originally with that low ratio. Not too good for street use unless you're looking for drag racing on a short track! Hope that helps. Thanks for stopping by to visit at the show! -Matt/ITG
So who is the jazzy guitarist you used for the first song?
Great episode Matt, I to see the Sweetheart Roadster in the background, does this mean your going to revisit that project soon ?
Hey Gerry, YEP! I pulled it off the lift to start working on it regularly this fall/winter. I'd like to have most of the metal work done next summer if all goes well! Just gotta the shop organized/cleaned up for winter.
Nothing like the smell of 80 year old gear lube to make your day. Ray
burnt gear lube
Yea takes days to make that smell go away! -Matt/ITG
Whats the name of the "Grooves" you guys are playing in the background?
Glad you now have a watch dog 9:16 Lol.
Haha that was Moon scaring the neighborhood bunny rabbits and birds out of the yard. His favorite past time!
@@IronTrapGarage I'm not going there with a name like Moon. Lol
In the end can you put modern wheels on it but use that drive line?
We'll be using the original wheels.
Introduce your Mini Me. Share him with us. Make him the everyman doing his best to keep up (fake it till they catch you). The personal journey you two share will only add to the experience. Sorry if this sounds meta but if the work is true, the brotherhood will only strengthen. Oh, wait...
Never mind. You already started doing it around 8:45 Great shit. Can't wait to see where this goes.
Side note: ...I might have a pro take a swing at your logo. Surely, you don't mind?....
This is one of my friends Brett. He's actually a body man and painter by trade.
@@IronTrapGarage Cool. You were sharing knowledge with him and we got to watch. It would work both ways when he "learns you" to paint. . Solid TV.
👍🏼👍🏼🖖🏽🖖🏽😊😊
Hey Matt, was the separate hub & wheel thing a Ford thing? Or did other cars of the period do this? Thnx
Not sure if it was done by others, but this is common this era Fords.
IronTrap Garage, just wondering, in case other makes used the same standards, so more swaps would be available. Kinda like how some muscle era Fords and Mopars share same lug spacing pattern etc. How do Hot rodders get ‘modern’ 5-lug, ‘centered’ mag wheels to work with these old suspensions?
Oh I understand what you mean. I'm not aware of any other makes that use the wide five pattern like this car has but sprint/stock cars still utilize this pattern so you can get replacement/new wheels made from that world. Alternatively you can just swap a set of 40-48 Ford drums onto the 39 Ford spindles and you can use the standard 5x5.5" Ford bolt pattern if so desired.
IronTrap Garage, thanks for the info! Never have noticed that wheel pattern before... I mean on big trucks yes, but not in a passenger car.
I see what the problem is why you needed so much heat and beat to get apart. It was used too much when new. Lol
When it complete
1932 is the first year for syncros
Wish you would credit the music you use.
I would like to have a copy of one song in Ep. 4
I would like to work with you guys
Im really in for old cars
Im a old car lover
You guys are really cracking on with this rebuild. I'm curious as to why you don't strip the parts right down, clean them back to bare metal, check for damage then prime and repaint?
Gear oil is the worst smell ever, burnt gear oil is so much worse than that!
I would rather hear an air chisel than the music