Very cool seeing you using the old tools.i still have a few old tools from my teenage years and from my grandpa.if only the tools could talk about their history.glad I found your channel.love tri fives
Congrats on the win but was curious about your channel so it was good that DD posted it because being watching a few and just love it. Probably what sold me was your collection, I mean a 55 2door and a 57 NOMAD 🤩 oh and not forget the Chevelle, I was sold so now have another sub and looking forward to more videos and as for your grandfather's tools you would be surprised how many of those you could use
Thanks for the sub man. I appreciate the kind words. Glad you like the collection. The '57 is a sedan delivery, not a nomad. Common mistake, but there are some differences between the two. I do use many of my grandpas tools every day. Some I may never use, but I will always have. The cool part is I think about my grandpa every single time I go to that tool box, that's worth more than the tools inside to me.
Great video and you were talking about air shocks tearing up your trunk! They did mine as well. I bought a shock bar from classic Ind and worked out good. I like your sadan Delivery. My brother has the same car. Thanks for a good episode.
Slowly but surely I guess. Life gets in the way of hot rods, at least for me. Yeah I sure love having all those tools, and I really do think about my grandpa everytime I go to that toolbox, so that is super cool. Thanks for watching!
@ Montana Garage that's really cool you got your Grandpa's tools! I have recently purchased a old car project too. It's a 1951 Cadillac that my late Great Great Uncle owned. He had a cool story to his life. I just discovered your channel. I'll subscribe and see how your project has come along.
@@MontanaGarage if I could get your email address I would love to share this story. I have thought about starting my own channel, but just can't bring myself to do it. I like my privacy I guess.
@@wadericker4795 Email address and other cool info is always in the video descriptions just so you know but it is montanagarage55@gmail.com Thanks for sharing!
Ah, the benefits of having a strong young'un around for moving chassis! I just had my 14 year old grandson stack the better part of a cord of firewood ... cost us some money, but well worth no exhausting myself!
Back years ago when I was a young boy.my uncle owned a body shop. I remember he would cut a top off of a wrecked car. All he had was a cutting torch and would braze the top from another car on to that car. There wasn't no stick or mig welding. He would cut quarters off and braze others on. That was the way he worked. He would do like your grand farther, make what he needed. Ronnie.
Thanks for watching and commenting Ronnie. I think it is super cool how they had to make do with what they had back in the day a bit more than we do now days. It is pretty cool what was accomplished with far less resources than we have. Figure it out, and make it work. I try and be a bit like that, but I wish I was capable of more of the things your uncle and my grandfather were. I'll keep working towards that goal.
@@MontanaGarage I wish I would had helped him when I got older. I helped my farther sand and tape up cars when I was old enough to do something. Ronnie.
Just came across your channel and project. It reminds me of what I'm doing now. I have had my Nomad since I was 18 and I still have it and my Nomad was built the same month I was born. Now I'm building a California framed Nomad from a regular wagon and I'm grafting in a roof to my firewall and fab all the metal or piece in what I can buy. Your stearing is worn that is not normal. My Nomad has a stock box with G60s on the front and it is hard to park at shows but it will build up your arms. On this new car i'm building I'm going power assist with A CCP 500 box to make it more cruiseable. I'm also going 2"drop all the way around full disks front and back with air bags on the front and air shocks to assist in the back. I'm also going a hydro boost system because the area around the booster is hard to find the dip stick on the early SB. Good luck with your build. I'd love to show you what I have so far if your interested.
Wow, sounds like a sweet nomad you're building. The old "armstrong" steering would build the arms. Planning on keeping mine that way for now. Sounds like you got some cool plans for yours. I'm always interested in seeing other builds. If you have a way to share some pics I'd definitely check them out.
Put bearings in place of the bushings in your idler arm. (It's a kit) They call it "poor man's power steering". It will help your "armstrong" power steering...
Put bearings in place of the bushings in your idler arm. (It's a kit) They call it "poor man's power steering". It will help your "armstrong" power steering...
Each truss up there should be able to support about 200 to 400 pounds so if you run a bar across six or seven you’re easily have enough weight capacity.
@@MontanaGarage Use some jack posts or even wedge some 2x4's under the trusses on the side of the car away from the wall. I used to pull engines and transmissions like this,
some of the 90 degree open-ended wrenches would have been for getting to rocker arm bolts on the heads of the older style engines kinda like what we have crow feet wrenches for now
Yeah I should have explained that. The battery is most likely dead, and I stole the radiator for the '55 build. I'll make a dedicated video of the DDSS car soon, doing a bit of work to it and driving etc. Stay tuned!
Very cool seeing you using the old tools.i still have a few old tools from my teenage years and from my grandpa.if only the tools could talk about their history.glad I found your channel.love tri fives
Thanks for watching man! I love them old tools for sure!
pro tip : you can watch series on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.
@Adrien Rudy definitely, been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself =)
@Adrien Rudy yup, I've been using flixzone} for since november myself :)
Liked and subscribed, that’s what I wanted to do. Guess I’ll be living vicariously through you, keep the dreams alive, Dave!
Thanks a bunch Dave. I appreciate that!
Congrats on the win but was curious about your channel so it was good that DD posted it because being watching a few and just love it. Probably what sold me was your collection, I mean a 55 2door and a 57 NOMAD 🤩 oh and not forget the Chevelle, I was sold so now have another sub and looking forward to more videos and as for your grandfather's tools you would be surprised how many of those you could use
Thanks for the sub man. I appreciate the kind words. Glad you like the collection. The '57 is a sedan delivery, not a nomad. Common mistake, but there are some differences between the two. I do use many of my grandpas tools every day. Some I may never use, but I will always have. The cool part is I think about my grandpa every single time I go to that tool box, that's worth more than the tools inside to me.
Great video and you were talking about air shocks tearing up your trunk! They did mine as well. I bought a shock bar from classic Ind and worked out good. I like your sadan Delivery. My brother has the same car. Thanks for a good episode.
Nice. I built a shock after after it got tore up, and will be adding one on the rebuild. Thanks for watching!
Good to see the progress Brad. Tell your wife I even sent up a quick 🙏🏻
Haha Ken. I think I actually do a pretty good job of helping her out. Thanks!
Got it: fab up some brackets, ebolts, straps, shackles, chain falls, coors lite....ready to go
I skipped the Coors Light but that definitely sounds like the way to go. Good luck. Feel free to reach out with anything I might be able to help with.
Nice work! Giving me some ideas. I need to get mine on a rotisserie after it's officially a 2 door.
Hope they're good ideas.... Thanks for watching. I'll check some of your videos out soon. 👊
How's she coming along? Cool that you got to keep your Grandpa's tools 👍😎
Slowly but surely I guess. Life gets in the way of hot rods, at least for me. Yeah I sure love having all those tools, and I really do think about my grandpa everytime I go to that toolbox, so that is super cool. Thanks for watching!
@ Montana Garage that's really cool you got your Grandpa's tools! I have recently purchased a old car project too. It's a 1951 Cadillac that my late Great Great Uncle owned. He had a cool story to his life. I just discovered your channel. I'll subscribe and see how your project has come along.
Thanks a bunch man. Good luck with the project. I'd be interested in seeing pics and hearing more about the cool story of your uncles life.
@@MontanaGarage if I could get your email address I would love to share this story. I have thought about starting my own channel, but just can't bring myself to do it. I like my privacy I guess.
@@wadericker4795 Email address and other cool info is always in the video descriptions just so you know but it is montanagarage55@gmail.com Thanks for sharing!
@@MontanaGarage you have 3 emails either waiting on you or on the way. Enjoy.
@MontanaGarage so what did think about the story of my uncle Ted Allen?
Ah, the benefits of having a strong young'un around for moving chassis!
I just had my 14 year old grandson stack the better part of a cord of firewood ... cost us some money, but well worth no exhausting myself!
Yeah, it's always nice to have a strong teenager when you need help. Thanks for watching!
Back years ago when I was a young boy.my uncle owned a body shop. I remember he would cut a top off of a wrecked car. All he had was a cutting torch and would braze the top from another car on to that car. There wasn't no stick or mig welding. He would cut quarters off and braze others on. That was the way he worked. He would do like your grand farther, make what he needed. Ronnie.
Thanks for watching and commenting Ronnie. I think it is super cool how they had to make do with what they had back in the day a bit more than we do now days. It is pretty cool what was accomplished with far less resources than we have. Figure it out, and make it work. I try and be a bit like that, but I wish I was capable of more of the things your uncle and my grandfather were. I'll keep working towards that goal.
@@MontanaGarage I wish I would had helped him when I got older. I helped my farther sand and tape up cars when I was old enough to do something. Ronnie.
Just came across your channel and project. It reminds me of what I'm doing now. I have had my Nomad since I was 18 and I still have it and my Nomad was built the same month I was born. Now I'm building a California framed Nomad from a regular wagon and I'm grafting in a roof to my firewall and fab all the metal or piece in what I can buy. Your stearing is worn that is not normal. My Nomad has a stock box with G60s on the front and it is hard to park at shows but it will build up your arms. On this new car i'm building I'm going power assist with A CCP 500 box to make it more cruiseable. I'm also going 2"drop all the way around full disks front and back with air bags on the front and air shocks to assist in the back. I'm also going a hydro boost system because the area around the booster is hard to find the dip stick on the early SB. Good luck with your build. I'd love to show you what I have so far if your interested.
Wow, sounds like a sweet nomad you're building. The old "armstrong" steering would build the arms. Planning on keeping mine that way for now. Sounds like you got some cool plans for yours. I'm always interested in seeing other builds. If you have a way to share some pics I'd definitely check them out.
Put bearings in place of the bushings in your idler arm. (It's a kit) They call it "poor man's power steering". It will help your "armstrong" power steering...
Put bearings in place of the bushings in your idler arm. (It's a kit) They call it "poor man's power steering". It will help your "armstrong" power steering...
Interesting video. On the tools, it's not whether or not your will use them. It's if you ever need one, you have it already.
I agree Leslie. Thanks for watching!
Nice work , your "" are known as Truss Chords."
Thanks for watching! 👊 What are the truss chords?
Each truss up there should be able to support about 200 to 400 pounds so if you run a bar across six or seven you’re easily have enough weight capacity.
Yeah I'm not an engineer so I just went with I think it should work, held my breath, and it did. Thanks for watching and for the info for the future!
@@MontanaGarage Use some jack posts or even wedge some 2x4's under the trusses on the side of the car away from the wall. I used to pull engines and transmissions like this,
@@johnkubicki5806 Thanks for the tip John!
some of the 90 degree open-ended wrenches would have been for getting to rocker arm bolts on the heads of the older style engines kinda like what we have crow feet wrenches for now
I think you're right about that. Thanks for watching!
LOL the first cordless drill no batteries needed funny but true
Haha thanks man!
I did it with a habor frieght engine hoist cemet blocks and 10' 4x4 lumber and no help
Nice! I've seen some info on that method. Glad it worked out for you, and thanks for watching.
the steering shaft divet wuld be a breaking point incase headon collision
So it is designed that way? Cool. Didnt know that. Thanks for watching and commenting!
How come you didn’t just fire up
Yeah I should have explained that. The battery is most likely dead, and I stole the radiator for the '55 build. I'll make a dedicated video of the DDSS car soon, doing a bit of work to it and driving etc. Stay tuned!