SOUPED UP 1932 Ford V8 ROADSTER gets a Rebuilt 276 Cubic inch Flathead Install and FIRST START!
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- FRESH REBUILT 3/4 race 1946 ford Flathead! Let's warm up this 'ol heap!
bored, stroked and relived should make this roadster boogie! Come along as we install and fire it up for the first time!
Jim needs to read an anecdote from the electric repair book as a weekly featurette, truly wonderful
They could start a whole spin-off show dramatizing them! Ha.
Thinking the same thing. I now must find a copy for myself.
Absolutely true!
A "lorgnette" is essentially a pair of eyeglasses on a stick, usually with a spring loaded mechanism that would unfold them at the push of a button. They were worn on a chain around the neck and used almost exclusively by women so as not to spoil their looks, makeup and hair.
But as Clyde Darrow said. You can take this car and get up to ninety mph straight out of the showroom and it won't even overheat.
Ya just can't beat the sound of a flathead V8. Nothing else in the world sounds like it. Awesome job guys. Keep up the awesome work.
Nothing sounds like a flathead. They have their own sound. One of the best sounding V8s ever made. Even if they rarely broke 200 hp in full race form. Great video as usual guys 🍻
Great show guys
Awesome content! This is so interesting to see how it used to be done! Keep up the super entertainment!
Who knew in 1932 the V8 would become the iconic engine of North America. Well. Everybody, because that thing was awesome!
Thanks guys. Love the knowledge and old tools that you actually use ..
That was a nice sounding engine. Great Job on it. Love that you are doing this with some original parts and tools.
Uncle moved the family to Dearborn Hgts. Mich (from Trawna) in the 50's, ran a mould making business in Detroit. On our annual visit, was always gobsmacked when we drove by Ford World Head Quarters & the famous Uniroyal Tire. Thats when I knew I had what Scott calls the Sad Bastard disease. That motor is just purring.
Sweet lite duce coup you don't know what I got she is a little hot rod! Thank you ALL stay safe
How To Find A Short--it sounds like a screenplay that was a made for TV drama. All that's missing is Jack Webb's voice in the background! 😆 Keep bringing in those incredible survivors guys!
Cant beat old school technology.
Great videos. I’m always disappointed when they end. I wish they were longer.
I really enjoyed watching the engine going in. The Model A is the coolest of all of Henry's Fords. The shop is very nice, and you guys make fixing old cars look easy. Cheers from KCMO.
Matt + Jim, I truly appreciated seeing this "hopped up" install in a stock bodied 32! These were the kind of projects I grew up with in the late1950s. My friend Frank built a 51 Ford flathead with 11 to one Edelbrock heads and dual Stromberg 97 carbs. He left the body stock but dropped the rear a tad and added skirts. It ran strong, sounded great and looked fast. Another guy I knew, nick named Hayseed dropped a 53 Old's V8 into a 39 Ford coupe that was bone stock outside. A true sleeper in those days. The engine was too much for the starter (or battery) so I gave him a push-start with my 51 Plymouth and when it fired I thought I had hit reverse 'cause that car got really small in a few seconds as it streaked away in a roar of straight pipes! He later drove that car from Baltimore to Florida and back. Thanks for the memories!
Great video, and you guys have an amazing shop. Watching these ‘old time’ mechanic’s tasks is a breath of fresh air. My dad hitch hiked to Detroit, Michigan to work as a 15 year old tow truck driver and gas station mechanic in 1942. Later in about 1944 he was drafted and became a U. S. Army motor pool mechanic.....Gary in Port Huron, Michigan
What a great running and sounding engine! Nice work!
I would kill to take a ride in a car like that it's so cool. Imagine what Bonny and Clyde could of done with a car like that back in the day
That's not that far reach of a goal. A lot of vintage car owners are more than eager to show off either what they bought or built so talk with some owners at a car show about their cars and if you get a really friendly one theres no harm in dropping a "golly I'd love to get a ride in one of these _someday_ _sigh_ lol
Much better at fixing autos than the original Laurel and Hardy.That distributor cap assembly may be what gave the idea for the 'Alien creature' that clamped on faces.It sure brought that memory back to me.Thanks for demonstrating the original tools and techniques for the old autos.
Story time at Strong’s 🤓🧐🤨💪😎👍🏻
I love the show it's like going back in time.
That's a really beautiful 32 Ford yes I'm envious.
I'm a little stoned so hopefully I don't forget could you reprint those old books or instruction manuals on those old beautiful Ford cars or trucks, our is there b.s copyrights.
The reason why I say this is so history doesn't get lost!
The flathead V8 totally changed the industry .
Even though it was the Great Depression , Ford continued to invest...
I think the next big revolution came with the small block chevy's..
Enjoyed it fella's
A lorgnette is a pair of spectacles held up to your face with your hand.
Lovin the speed brace action Matt. Highly underrated tool.
That is so neat how the engine started so easily. Great job guy's!
Just great boys! Eagerly awaiting your Powell project!
Another book that is a manual that is also a good read is “How to keep your VW alive for the complete idiot” by John Muir (air cooled VW). I haven’t had a VW for 35 years but I still have that book because it is so funny!
Some of Your best content Yet Fella's. LOVE a Flathead Ford! Even better a Hot-Rodded one. You Guy's are living the dream as far as I am concerned. Keep the video's coming. 😎👌
I'm usually more up to date with you guys, missed this one. The electrical book was a riot! "If we fix this one, we have four more to fix" Love it. I enjoy your array of antique tools, so great. KR Wilson damn near made everything. I have a few. So nice to see guys using hand tools, (like me) not battery operated stuff. Your shop is nice and tidy too, like that. I've seen so many pig pens, don't how guys can work like that. Used speed handles all the time in the USAF, and I still do. Hope you injury is better by now. Keep up the great work and videos.
thanks Matt and Jim 👍
That's a sweet setup that should be putting out almost 140 I think👍
great intro. had me grinning the entire time! bravo.
Great episode guys! Love hearing a fresh engine rebuild come to life!
Fords rule!
Good stuff boys.
Another GREAT video Fella's!
Sweet !!! 🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧
That 32 is a beauty, another job well done 👍
Well done guys.
Thank you for a great show on a Friday. Nothing is more fun then putting a new motor in and hearing it run, especially a Flathead Ford
Check with the guys at iron trap garage. They have amassed quite the collection of goodies.
Flathead's forever!
Good stuff!
Great job from you guys today. Thanks again fellas. I really enjoy your channel.
Its good to see matt moving around...when i was in my 20s i laid blocks for my uncle...i had broken ankle..he hired a local teenager to bring me the blocks and cement...my uncle worked my ass off...but i learnd a great skill
I broke my ankle in High School messing around with my buddies on a timed run for distance. I got shoved off the track into a rut that rolled my ankle til it broke. I ran a mile on it. 😬😖... then a decade and a half I was building swimming pools for a living, I slipped pushing a wheel barrow of wet concrete on a 2x10. Rolled and broke that ankle again and torn ligaments and ripped some tendons. I worked 3 more days on it til I went to the doctor. As in the past I thought it was just a sprain. Dr. told me he didn’t know if I had a high tolerance for pain or I am just stupid. 🤷♂️😏. He said since he doubted I would use crutches, he put me in a walking cast. Supposed to be on for at least six weeks. After 3 weeks that fiberglass cast was driving me nuts. After a couple EKU28 beers I mowed the lawn and then cut the cast off with tin snips and a hack saw. My now ex-wife catches me with my lower leg all bloody from my hack job. She says I was fn crazy 😜. I guess I am. 😉🤫🤭
I love the look and sound of a flathead but they are so alien compared to overhead valve engines. I wish I had someone like you fine fellows to teach me 1 on 1. Love this content more than a moose loves stomping on tourists 💗
Wow what a car-good job guys!
That car has got the A stamp on the windshield for gas rationing during WWII.
Great video, guys. Informative and humorous.
Love the videos, the banter and details on the manuals and historical context is good stuff.
Nice car. I like how you have some vital parts in stock. Unique for today for a repair shop. The aftermarket has made everyone an instant petrochemist with the marketing of Zinc additive. How much is too much? How much is too little? Please, purchase an oil with zinc that is blended to have the correct amount. Amsoil products have oils with zinc in the proper levels as well as oil for newer engines with greatly reduced amounts or whatever amount is allowed. They have race oils, diesel oils and oils for the typical street rod, which is what the old Ford is. Not only will you be getting proper chemistry, you will get one of the best oils available. Yes, not cheap. Nothing good is cheap. Keep the videos coming.
You guys need a rocking chair in the front room so we could have fireside electrical repair storytime with Jim😌 Flathead looks and sounds wonderful
Nice job on the install lads. Love the old automotive literature and artifacts. Pretty soon it'll be Strong's Garage and Museum.
Very nice it’s nice to see vintage tools used and still work incredibly well . I have a 239 Flathead in my 52 step side that I put back together out of boxes of parts and has run for all these years with minor fixes and oil changes . Thanks for the video and looking forward to the next one . Happy New Year.
Shawn
Very cool!
Electricianitis that's tough to get rid of ! 😮
I recall, in my tadpol days, hearing men say they had to break-in a new engine. My father never had to do that because he couldn't afford to buy a new car. The old farmers probably didn't drive five hundred miles in a year and didn't see any reason to go faster than thirty-five miles per hour!
Another great video Thanks Keep on keeping on cheers .
Absolutely incredible! What a beautiful engine. Thanks for sharing the history, both in the process you guys follow, and the printed material you share.
Carn't believe how easy it is to work on that flat head in the car - compared to what we have to deal with today - zero access.
Awesome guys.
Excellent content, been looking for a site like this!
Nice , that Ford could burn some rubber.
Reminds me of the Red Green Show that use to be on in Canada.
Fantastic video, thanks fellas! I’m really enjoying your work, as a proud Patreon member, I encourage everyone to become a patron and support this channel.
No wonder all the old Chevys fell apart; the repair manuals were too boring to read! Gm should have hired Jack Steele to write for them.
That '32 sure is neat!
Nice job. Cool car.
Awesomeness 👍
Great engine, sounds really nice!
More hot roddin!
V8? I don't think they'll catch on... Cheers gentlemen!
Back in the late 80's early 90's my buddy worked for Lincoln-Mercury and the Capri's had a low end knock problem in the 5.0's due to increased bearing clearance for better fuel economy. Ford would ship a new 5.0 with everything on the engine ready to run. He could do an engine swap in under 2hrs. A couple of those engines ended up in different friends trucks and they ran fine for yrs if you didn't hammer on them off the line! 😆
Good work guys and not a lorgnette in sight!
Love “Iron Trap Garage”for early hot rod action..
Take a look if you get chance.🙂
SWEET!!!
You might check with George Asche of Venus PA USA. He’s a Chrysler flathead 6 guru. He may have the finned head and intake you’re looking for. Not sure if he’s still alive but his sons may still be running his business.
Love a nice 4" by 3-5/16" flatty. Ran one for ages in my roadster but banged it out to 3-3/8 for my sedan. I need to put another 3-5/16 motor together. Love the early Ford content, and enjoyed the sparky's literary style! A great episode, guys, it's always a pleasure to drop in at Strong's. Mart in England.
I hope those "coffees" are 80 proof!!
Ah! 'Walley Cleaver' dreams gone 'Eddy Haskel' wild.
Matt, Jim, love the show. How about those flathead engines. Awesome job.
Not to nibby but I'm really anxious to see that 1955 Powell on your board of upcoming projects. Can't wait. Cheers from Ohio
Hey, Jim; have you decided what color you are going to paint the Lincoln when it is finished ? I have been following Scott as he works on it.......I wish I had his talent, I think he is amazing. And watching you guys when you put the sleeve in the motor......absolutely captivating watching it done with the old-time tools that would have been used in those days. Fantastic videos.....keep them coming.
Yeah yeah, the ford is nice, but how did that guy make out chasing down the Rolls Royce's electrical fault! ;)
Great job . But I noticed the green Chev is still there 🤔if it was a Ford or MOPAR she be gone before I meet you 😅. 👍🏻💯🇦🇺
I would like to suggest moving ‘classic bedtime stories with Jim’ to the end of the video moving forward
That 1932 Ford with a V-8 is a model 18. First eight.
Way cool car and a nice flathead it’s got to be running lean, it really needs that second carb. Good luck and thanks for the video.
the the latest C8 corvette contains software that prevents exceeding about 4500 RPM for the first 1000 miles. a modern method of enforcing the "dont exceed 45mph for the first 500 miles" warning in the ford users manual. for what is probably the same reason.
Flathead's Forever! ❤️
good 👍 🦸♂️ 🦸♀️ fellas47 v8 installed 👌 and broken in love 😍 it
When did you record this video.? Scott was freezing his block heater off in minus 32 temps 🥶yet you're in shirtsleeves! 😀
They do have a heater in the garage.
orsome vidioes - it¨s a pleasure to watch you work in your old shop and with the time correct tool¨s ! - How is it with your lift ? I mean, is there some safety features ? I seem too recall some horryfying stories of mechanichs that died under the lift. Happy New year too you ! ps. hope that your leg sune will be okay ! Greetings Jens from Denmark.
Sweet car guys ,do you have a ford antique car club up there.? Also what did the early cars use for snow tires?
They used to use Nokian Tyres which I believe came out in the 1930s.
i believe they used chains
@@BMPellogia Or skis up front and track in back.
@@johna1160 yes, but very very rare.
👍Australia!!!💚💛💯
For the love of god what was wrong with the Rolls Royce?
.125 over bore? I assume that is .0625 on the radius? that seems like a ton of material to take out of a cylinder wall. Thanks for the videos!
Don’t leave us in suspense or suspenders! What was wrong with the Rolls lights?
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Marked safe from the rich lady's stick.
So what's the difference in max speed with the upgrade?
Who is the figure on the rad. cap?