My FIRST Race Car - Ed Smith's 1936 Ford, Now owned 65 YEARS How He Got it, Where he raced it. 

The 1936 Fords were beautiful. I'm especially fond of the 36 coupes, but the whole 36 lineup is beautiful. And this one is gorgeous!

Ed Smith is the real deal..He walks the walk..dosen't talk when working..IS Doing The Thing !!! If you care, study his Ford Y Block oiling lectures..nobody does it better !!

Thanks Straight Ahead ✌😎

Wow, wow! So much more to this car than meets the eye

The sound if this car driving down the road 👏

He's just a wealth of knowledge and does exceptional work. I wish I could have him build my Flathead.

I remember riding in my Uncle's 36 Ford as a child....it would slow down on hills due to the clutch slipping, be it got where we were going!

A very nice video documentation of this impressive historical story. 🏳 🏁

BEAUTIFUL

Thank you for your incredible work here, and thank you for introducing us to this great friend.

I've pulled up my chair and I'm ready to listen to Ed tell a tale.

Ed from Edgerton sounds a bit suspicious. 😂 Ask Ed when they paved the roads through downtown Ed, because those look like dirt roads.

Has Ed ever seen a 283 bored out to 4" bore? I have heard the 283 could be bored to about, 4"-, 4.020" or 4.030" bore, making it a 302 cid. Maybe not handle the power a real DZ or MO 302 the cylinder being thinner. Probably a 280-300 HP , use 6" rods keep the revs under 6800 rpm, even though the DZ could see 7200+ , run a high pressure pump, and slightly notch the rods to spray oil in the wrist pin aswell as the bottom of the pistons. I heard 4" and slightly over bored was possible. It may have been done with sleeves, the cost makes no sense, but the guy owned or worked at a machine shop /auto parts. I don't know if I'd trust a cylinder that is basically just a sleeve pressed in. If it works why not go to 4.185" with a 3" stroke it would be like the Pontiac 303 trans am engine, only it had a shorter stroke , it had to perform better than even the DZ 302, or it had the potential to anyway. It could use 2.250"/ 1.800" +/-, maybe larger valves, basically 455heads on a 303,and calling the 301 Pontiac the production version was kinda cheating. The 301 could been a better engine especially the turbo version, (120hp with turbo) crazy, it could had better heads and a cam that actually opened the valves. It should have made 300 easily , with boost. It would be awesome to swap in a 400with turbo in a car with the turbo 301!haha or even the half of a 389 I would not mind having one of these 4cylinders. Or even the sprint ohc 6 cylinder . Turbo that! With 3x 350 Holley carbs. Using a large plenum, and minimize the pumps use all 3 at a 1:1:ratio. And get a reground cam or aftermarket cam. Run about 15 psi if cool atmosphere..

Did he keep the steering wheel lock in the column? I remember driving a 36, horrendous , couldn't see where you were going at night! and it had chicken wire in the top for an antenna . Looks like the tranny has a pretty aggressive shift kit. He didn't tell that you had to grind a flat in the rear cam bearing if you put a Duntov cam in your 265, otherwise no oil to the lifters.