The wood work on the Murray and Briggs wood framed bodies is a bear but every time I close a door on my sedan I hear and feel that solid sound. Then all of the frustration it took to get the wood dialed in is justified. You do fine work. Thank you.
This is truly a great series. I’ve never seen how one of these went together. I knew wood was used but I didn’t realize how much wood was used in these old cars. Very cool build series. Thanks again for sharing this journey.
@@claytoresto i like planes and cars what ever you have to show us all yes please I follow you 💯 from 🇨🇦 #YSW respect back to you for all of your hard work and dedication 👍
Excellent work! I would guess that your "bad day" equals an excellent day for most of us hobby restorers. This old model A has definitely found the right person for the job! Thank you for the video!
I grew up as an airport kid helping my dad with his antique airplanes. At fly-ins around the country I found an appreciation for not only the aircraft lovingly restored, but the wonderful people who took the responsibility of "Caretaker" seriously. I always loved cars growing up and seeing what it takes to keep them rollin'. I'm enjoying each video and see your quality workmanship in every episode. I wish you would include your contact information. Keep on building!
When I look at you, I find it hard to believe that you have been at this for 44 years, then I look at the results of your efforts. Thanks for showing the whole picture, lumps and all. You've made me realize that I'm not a failure after all. Thank you!
We've all been there. Doesn't matter how much experience or time you have in your craft. There will always be days when nothing goes right. Personally, I think you're too hard on yourself. Love the content!
Outstanding… I thought I was the only one that had days like that when you got two left hands and no thumbs and nothing goes right because your not thinking right. Great video. Thanks
Excellent work again! Great recovery too. Anyone can make a mistake, but not everyone has the skill and self-confidence to dig themselves out of a hole. 😃👍
Great work and I'll watch whatever restoration you would like to do. Appreciate the clear explanations and straight forward practical approach you have.
Glad you are back making videos, A start to finish project like the Model A is a great idea. Just so you know, no small detail is to trivial. I want to see it all.
Love the level of transparency in your builds. I don't care if that car takes years to assemble as long as its documented the way you are doing it. I have built a Model A Woodie and it is a lot of work. What you are doing is a highly polished and meticulous method of restoration. That is what will get me to a much higher level of quality. Thank you
I'm in awe of your craftsmanship. I sincerely appreciate how candid you are about mistakes even after 40 plus years in the trade. It gives me hope and encouragement on my weekend projects to keep moving forward, and a reminder to pause, take a deep breathe and ask yourself what am I doing wrong. I hope you get enough views to hire that editor. PS. those guys standing around weren't on the clock were they :)
I'm happy to hear you're getting motivated. And yes, I pay this guys by the hour and unfortunately I cannot charge my customers for every hour they work.
Love the show and your work is amazing and I love how you will save just about anything no mater the shape it’s in just like the Ford we have the same mindset where we both believe that all these beautiful old girls deserve to be saved.
On gas tanks. I have a 68 Chevy C10 and people freak out about the tank behind the seat. Being the cab is pretty much the strongest part of the truck, if you get hit hard enough to rupture the tank you're not going to be around to know about the fire anyway. Lovin' this stuff, keep'em coming.
Hi, Mark....thought I was the only one to have a day like that working on a Model A! All kidding aside, truly enjoy your videos and straightforward way of making things happen, they are inspirational as well as informative. I love airplanes too, and have worked on them as well as cars over the years, though being retired I no longer have the means to enjoy airplanes. From seeing your professional techniques on cars, I’m sure that your efforts on airplanes will be first class as well, and I’d enjoy seeing them. Regards, Don Kinney
It’s amazing the steps we will take and then realize how easy it could have been if you just stepped back and thought about it for an extra minute lol. Those brain fart days are always the days that seem to not be at our best lol I can see why you originally went the route you did tho. Those rivets had no accessor the back side. That was probably what was going through your head when you first looked at this job.
Oh man, it's getting better and better. Not only you have ton of material from other restorations, but also planes. Regarding this weeks video, I had similar "tunnel vision" in my current restoration where one day at the end of work I just cut out the repair I've made and went home angry at myself for not doing it two pieces like logic dictated. Instead "on paper" it looked doable in one piece, but not when it came to fitting it in. It looked so bad that I've just cut it out. I guess that's human nature. Anyway, great video as always, and keep 'em coming!
Well thanks for sharing your "Screw up" with us to 'maybe' prevent someone else from doing the same. I am enjoying this series even tho I don't have the skills or the tools to do any of this work. But I do have a '30 Model A Town Sedan so this is interesting to me.
Love the videos. My two favorite things, antique automobiles and aerobatic biplanes. All time favorite has to be the Pitts, all the way through the radial engine Pitts 12. The Skybolt is a beautiful airplane also. Several years back a friend completed an absolutely beautiful Skybolt.
Love your videos, always excellent content! Mainly a car guy here, but would watch your plane restoration videos just to observe your workmanship! Great job on this Victoria!
I feel your pain. I have a 1940 Buick with side mounts and I may have to remove the wheel well that holds the spare tire in order to fix a dent in the front fender. Their is no way I could do this repair without doing so.. The space is to small to get a Dolly in. For the Love of these CARS.. Love the video It would be nice to have some How To videos , I also Love vintage airplanes. Thank You for your Time in making the video.
At 17:55 in the video, where you were working on the front header piece, you mentioned that both Briggs and Murray made the Victoria bodies. From what I've found, Briggs did make a prototype Victoria but all of the production bodies were made by Murray.
Impressive work! And thanks for sharing your “bad day”; makes us hacks/wanna-be’s feel less bad about our attempts at restoration. As for the airplane- if you’re applying the same expertise there, I know that I personally would love to see what you’re doing. Looking forward to the next installment!
I always look forward to Friday’s to see your newest video! Yes, working, and life In General has a way of revealing our strengths and weaknesses of character. Overall the car is looking good. Seems you have made some good progress.
Airplanes = YES... I would have cut the center section out of the bracket, left the original rivets holding the bracket in place, and then Tig welded the cut center section of the bracket back together. Replacing those rivets with nuts seemed like a poor choice to me over using the original rivets and the Tig. I laughed when you mentioned the wood framing. Never does a door off a Coach Built Car, even a Cadillac, Packard or whatever, seem to fit another car of the same year and style without some modification. Those Coach Built Cars really were hand made, one at a time.Loved that Auburn "coach built" skeleton door in the video too. Let me know the hours you finally put into to restoring this car. Should be interesting. Thanks for another great video!!!
@@claytoresto ya know its pretty easy to sit back and watch a video and come up with all sorts of suggestions to make things easier after the fact. Seems everyone always says, well I would have done this or I would have done that and I hate to sound that way too... but I will tell you this, I do admire your determination to preserve originality, you just a perfectionists at heart, which most of us who restore cars, possess and understand the genuine love for them and the mind set. Street Rods sure are a lot easier, lol. Thanks again for a great video.
Definitely do the airplane project! Look at it as a crossover project to get more exposure. I bet that will get more attention, and I'm sure a lot of people will stay for the car restoration work. I guarantee people outside of the car restoration community want to see this work you are doing, but they don't know to look for it. I didn't know...it just popped up in my recommendations, and I'm hooked! (Also, a "shout out" from another channel can do wonders....if only someone like Mike Patey could give your project a mention?)
I wish I had the time, tools, and money to learn how to do this kind of work. It must be quite a nice feeling to take on old, beat up car and get it safely back on the road.
Anyone how does this kind of thing for any length of time knows that some days NOTHING seems to "cooperate" !!! When you run into one of those days, you either need to resort to a "stubborn" (more "kindly" referred to as "committed", "dedicated", or "determined") approach or quit. Main thing is to stay CALM !!! Getting "angry" only results in MORE WORK !! Love your "lesson" associated with taking care of the "raked" cowl section. That being "the biggest, fanciest, most expensive, machine/tool is not always the best way to correct a problem. Sometimes, that old slow and deliberate "common sense" use of controlled force method and a ruler turns out to be the best approach. My 29 CC pickup had some of that too. Only it was front to back. Again, no "special" tools. Just leverage to increase force and not move things too fast.
This reminded me of the time I tried to straighten a dent in a piece of chrome over the rear tire of a 51 Ford. It just got worse and worse until it was a piece of junk
Yes airplanes please, I have a DH 82 Tiger Moth nose panel to tackle, the hard part is how many separate panels to make and weld together. I would have used a small cutting wheel to cut the brace panel just past the hole close to the front, easy to get your hand in to use the Dolly and to repair the frame and tig to finish.
Nothing any of us hasn't done, frankly. Love you video's brother. and YES I'd like to watch you restore and airplane! but what about the A-N-P inspection? maybe you are licensed?
Planes, trains and automobiles, something missing here. Could you get a train in your workshop? Now that would be fun. I'm really enjoying your channel. Thank you.
In removing that bracket you uncovered my pet peeve....rust between riveted or welded part. It's a sure bet that there's rust under the passenger side bracket, too. It's also a sure bet that there's more rust between other metal-to-metal mechanical joins and spot welds. Do you address that rust? And, if so, how?
We used to have a Redo-Strip here in CO. It was the best, but they are long gone, so all we have is blasting. And you are right, rust between the panels is often overlooked.
Jeez, this is painfull to watch. I told you months ago to take the bracket off, fix the panel & tig weld a new bracket on. I did this myself back in 2013 to my '31 Slant 160B & it is perfect!
Thanks for allowing us to see you trying to take a “shortcut” that is anything but. Is there a guy out there who hasn’t been guilty of this at least once? I once wasted at least an hour trying to thread a bolt in a power steering rack I’d just installed. I was cursing and sweaty and didn’t want to admit that I’d done things in the wrong order and needed to remove the rack to get access to the bolt.
Very impressive. I like the way you stick to it. Tell me about your rivet gun. What brand and model are you using. I hope you're not using a muffler cutter.
Nice to see some wood frame work - my '32 Packard 902 roadster is a 'burn victim' and I will be replacing all of the wood. Do you put anything between the sheet metal and wood to prevent squeaks? What about when you are welding/leading - any heat resistant material you use to prevent smoldering burnt wood?
After watching the assembly of this car and seeing how much wood is in it, my question is how much concern is being put on wood protection. Years ago, I used something called Wood Life which was a wood preservative. What kind of protection do the lower body parts get?
