1929 ROADSTER PICKUP FROM JUNK PART 5

[@mten8965]

Jonathan! The cat is the star of the show. She seems like she's in charge. I like that cat🐱😎

[@kevintucker3354]

I don’t know about y’all, but I appreciate the cat scan on every video.

[@georgew.morrowiii118]

You have a solid plan and an interesting collection of parts. I’m looking forward to this project coming together.

[@johnapel2856]

I always liked those wheels. I'm glad the frame passed the initial Catscan. And you are going to have to try harder to screw up the motorcycle seat. It looks ok to me. Thanks! Meow to Ninja Catscan and Woof to the dogs.

[@carlh1602]

Jonathan, thank you for posting and sharing your talent with us. Look forward to your build videos ALL THE TIME! Keep making them the way YOU want. You rock!

[@robertwells1650]

Rims are going to look great once they are cleaned up and painted. Looking forward to more videos on this build.

[@THESNAKE8]

Mr.Jonathan you're alot of the reason I started my own KZbin channel. Saw lots of successful channels but they were always perfectly edited and filmed with very expensive equipment. You made me feel like I could just be myself with a camera set to record, and do stuff with a vehicle and be confident! So thank you!

[@gizzo123us]

The cat checking for cracks in the frame !!!

[@gertraba4484]

I'm sure the kitty will find even the most whisker thin. Ones!!!!!!!

[@shotsrodder]

She’s preparing the frame for the build. You have your own shop cat 😂

[@duncanfrere2656]

Nana's detailed inspection of the frame is confidence-inspiring. Once she signs off on the boxing and lengthening, it'll be body-mounting time! Looking forward to that Buick 8 and trans sitting on the frame. Great build! Thanks for your channel. Stay safe!

[@joeromanak8797]

My dad was an antique car restorer so I have a little bit of a soft spot for vintage original but I won’t shed a tear for that Plymouth that donated the front end. That one might be scrapyard worthy, even by your standards. I love what you do and always look forward to the next installment. 😎👍👏

[@gertraba4484]

OMG. JW. You can build just about anything out of scrap and yard. Tows.....truly a metal magician. And. Motor medic rolled into. One!!!!!

[@marygarner5249]

JONATHAN CAN MAKE SOMETHING AMAZING OUT OF ANYTHING PS CAT IS A STAR AND SHE KNOWS IT 😁

[@asteverino8569]

Really like kicking the iron to see what can be done, fudged or made to work. Great ideas come from this. Keeps me on the edge of my motorcycle seat. 👨🏻‍🏭 👨🏼‍🎓

[@garymccord4277]

Love the wheels, like the General had on Dukes of Hazzard.

[@briandufty5081]

Didn't they fall of. Car up ground up faster..

[@ibleedsilverblack8100]

exactly what i thought when i seen them .

[@bobbosco9378]

Dukes had the type with fewer fins. Jonathans are more like the A-Team ones.

[@ibleedsilverblack8100]

@@bobbosco9378 didnt say i said thats what i was thinking .

[@100Aces]

Dukes had 10 fins and Carroll Shelby center caps

[@private6643]

JW, good vid. I bought a brand new set of Western wheels identical to yours put on my 1976 Ford E100 van, I bought new and customized. Love the project. Keep up the great work. You amaze me! To make it look easy takes a lot of skill, knowledge and effort.

[@henrydunbar397]

The metal tag on the diff cover often means a posi-trac inside so you might want to take a closer look at that rear end. Really enjoy your automotive ingenuity and your videos. Keep them coming.

[@crackertracker1176]

Man, that cat likes being around you, a good thing and it adds to the something videos too. my two cents

[@1979gmcummmins]

Love those wheels! I have a set on a 77 celica gt. I applied grease with a small paint brush on the raised portion of the wheel I didnt want painted. Painted them and the wiped the grease off. They come out nice!

[@tedbownas2748]

That's one sociable cat. She likes your voice. Soon as you start talking to the camera, she comes running. 😂

[@mikej.2975]

If I didn't know better the roadster truck has been moved a little, have you been driving it around again. Finish it first Johnathan then drive it. Ha, ha,. Loving it....

[@markeholbrook]

Use what you got, you got a 32 grill, Ralph had one on his. I'm loving this build, I know it's going to be nice.

[@jamesbennett44]

Simply amazing. What is more amazing is in a few more videos you will be walking around it with your camera, going well I got to get the wiring done finish up a little welding which is not a problem, and then I will get the tags. Then off to the races again. I could watch a thousand guys build up a hot rod and have. Look I bought a running model A, took it apart, sent it out to be stripped and restored painted to be delivered back to my shop for a mere 10 or 20 grand. They might build or modify the frame some. Then out it goes for paint. Then they start opening up boxes of the latest and greatest front ends, rear ends, crate motors, electronics, etc. thousands of more dollars. Did I mention that the upholstery has been sent out, too, add a few more thousand. By this time I am thinking wow, you could build a nice house for that around here. Then for the finale a whole team of people descend on the build and work 2 nights straight with them in all actuality it is one big long ad for performance parts. No unique motors, unique builds, I was watching some of the whippet videos again. It was toast. It is in restorable condition now, or at least where it might be considered for restoration or to be kept around a while longer. Once again I pontificate and apologize if you find it boorish, but I find it comforting to know that for just a few years more these vehicles or motors are going to live if just for a few more years in running condition. Every time you register and tag one it is a like watching your team win.

[@jeffreylevin1266]

I just looked up the Ralph Mouth pickup. I’d forgotten it after all these years. Now I get what you’re doing. Awesome!

[@rockettcustoms6266]

Malph

[@virtuestreams2616]

Love the outtake at the end-🤣🤣🤣! This is probably going to be the coolest project of the bunch in terms of uniqueness and nostalgia; I like it!

[@John-wy1iz]

My wife and I love how you create things out of nothing! Don't worry about the haters who say you never finish anything, They are the ones who never try to do anything! Arm chair quarterbacks! We look forward to your Videos! Thanks for the education and entertainment!!! Would like to come meet you some day when we visit our daughter and family that lives in Asheboro !! JP

[@chrishorbatt3504]

Dont like the wheels, dont like the rear, but you are one awesome fabricator! When I first saw the doors and bed a couple episodes back I thought you were nuts! Awesome work, way more than I would have tried or had the vision to see what they could become.

[@waynegilling6048]

haven't seen too many later Chrysler cars on the show, I started using their front suspension with the torsion bars in 1957 or 8, used the frame back to the rear of the mounts for the bar and that allowed me to use the steering box as well. I also started using the front end from the Mirada (Canada) a bolt on cross torsion bar set up with the complete steering and suspension on a small sub frame held on with 4 bolts. I think that system was used for quite a few years from the early 80s.

[@deanbenson6879]

Love the Catscans! Quality control. Built my first vehicle at 14...a 39 Dodge pickup that everyone else gave up on!

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

Well, the frame is solid and from the looks of Scott you are going to have a good driving position. Love the turbine wheels. A mix of old and new. I can't wait for the next step.👍👍

[@debeeriz]

a spring with no eyes is a sprng

[@joeromanak8797]

debeeriz - but a donut with no hole is a danish.

[@RatdogDRB]

Those old turbine wheels are tough to find/get out in my neck of the woods, and go for a pretty penny. I like 'em... and agree, a good sand blasting/paint and exposure of the face of the fins would be very nice looking... m'be even a polish on the face of the fins. Good stuff Kemosabe.

[@joeestes8114]

Great video! I bought a used rearend for my 51 project and the gear oil had leaked out so it was junk. Can't wait to watch you do some uhpolstery work!

[@glenn6229]

I believe those wheels were made called ET Mags, I boughts a set of them in the Seventies for my Econoline Van.

[@shfr1747]

I had some then too . Mine were called Turbos made by Aunger . It was in New Zealand.

[@notajp]

I believe Fenton also made that style wheel too. ET normally cast their logo into the back side of the wheel.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Only Ford/Marc used them from what was told to me by a friend who works for Ford in the parts dept.... They used them from late 70's to mid. 80's..they called them turbine wheels

[@glenn6229]

@@scottm.franklinnc7942, Yes Turbine Wheels by ET, There are some Vintage Center Hubs on Ebay for sale

[@shfr1747]

@@scottm.franklinnc7942 in new Zealand we didn't get them new on cars. They were sold as accessory Mag wheels. My first set were 15x10 rears and 14x8 fronts, gave me a rake on the car I had put a big block Chev motor into. 😊

[@TheTraakon]

Big fan of those wheels. Nice buy. I look forward to seeing how they turn out.

[@79tazman]

You can have a posi just weld the spider gears together that's what I did to my old truck rear end worked great and really affordable

[@daviddonaghy7568]

79tazman That makes a locked rear end, not a posi. And Jonathan likes to make turns. With a locked rear end, the inside tire spins when you make a turn.

[@brentcrawford7609]

My dad had a set of those wheels on a 1977 dodge shorty van with no windows in the back. it was orange with some cool stripes and he had them painted like your talking about in the lows they looked really good on that van.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

I have the same wheels on my Jeep , I love the old turbine wheels ! ..Great work , Looking awesome ! ENJOYED

[@brianregner5209]

Hey Jonathan, awesome job on that motorcycle seat. Frame looks good and so do those wheels. Keep it up and take care!

[@Dwayne7834]

Slowly gathering parts. Going to be another JW creation. It’s going to be great. Thanks for sharing.

[@dansmith9442]

Hey Bud! Get that cat of your videos! Just kiddin man I've got 2 and they follow me around everywhere If I'm in the shop or garage working on cars or trucks they're right there with me along with ducks and chickens. Those wheels were called Vector wheels and were sold by American Racing in the mid 70's. I put a new set on a 72' Vette in 1975. Love your videos man.

[@brandonfloyd6321]

On atv/motorcycle seats i buy marine material and put in a pillow cover and put in dryer and it makes it stretchy and you dont have to sew or worry about wrinkles. Only have a few seconds to get it stretched and stapled tho. Lol liking the pickup.

[@snoopu2601]

Oh yeah I remember those rims they don't make them any more. I remember my friend's mother had that style of rims on hers red Chevy van with a small egg shape bubble window in the back when the van craz was in. Even my father bought a big Chevy van and tricked out the inside. He took it in many trips into Mexico down Baja California along the beaches really fun time's.

[@DennisMurphey]

Way to go guys, it is truly shaping up. Rear end makes sense and the front axle was not going to be used on that truck, Beefy too. I can't wait to get a sense of the proportions and wheel placement etc etc . Its a damn good looking potential. could you consider a removable hard top? chopped 32 top like that unbolts and converts from Coupe to Roadster? room for a 5 window! Thank You for posting, the camera is working great.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

I think those wheels are going to look really good once they get cleaned up and painted good. Not quite wagon wheels but they will fit for a pick-up truck for sure. I had some on a Ford F-150 and they turned out to be really good wheels. They always held true when they were mounted with good tires. I had some pretty expensive radials on them from Pirelli that were high speed rated tires. Those tires lasted 40K miles before I had to get rid of them.

[@robinjocaldwell1449]

Still watching & loving your work! A friend in PA Robin Jo

[@brentharrison4970]

i think it is amazing , how you make something nice out of junk , my hats off to you , thanks i learned allot from whatching you

[@scottsmith3381]

Love the old school wheels look awesome the whole project is amazing nana is a star

[@toosavvy3504]

You have QUITE a 'rummage pile'! Love to see a scattering of parts .... meld into your vision, like you are a Wizard of Weld. You are da'Man ;

[@shfr1747]

Ive still got some original Turbo Mags as they were called. Usually shiny on the top of fins and Black or Gold paint down the sides. Some painted there own red , blue etc , myself i liked the black.

[@jacoballred7689]

I've got a scrap metal collection and my neighbors want me to clean up my shop yard. Although, I can sell the junk and have some pocket money. But I need to clean up anyway.

[@billl9988]

The cat is cool camera ham and the car cool to .🤣

[@andrehaltsonen7789]

Really love the way it’s coming together, especially considering that it’s made from stuff laying around, wish I could do smth like that myself

[@rdamp2374]

Jonathan my brother had a 1978 Ford Granada the rear end axle housing weld broke off at the pumpkin they wear known to do this.

[@stevejohnson7165]

I could watch 20 min. Of your cat. She is a star.

[@georgew.morrowiii118]

No views and 27 likes, with just one minute online. That statistic speaks for itself.

[@harryweyer2174]

George W. Morrow III she I came of three minutes back was no views 14 likes and my three comments,this shit is gold,gotta start me a channel.

[@Rebar77_real]

They(youtube moneybot) pay and charges for ad time on views so are very strict on tracking how much play time counts as a view and what gets counted by the moneybot before updating(like after the length of the video eh). Likes don't matter, and neither does being first(besides an achievement for a McDonald's application), so likes get updated faster. Make sense? Likes do matter to the popularitybot and gets the vid recommended more based on them. This is all info from an old Tom Scott video if you need to look up more. Have fun.

[@dougmiller7520]

One of the best channels.all your videos are great.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Those "turbine" wheels used by ford / Merc. from late 70s to mid. 80s on crown vic's, Granada's my granddad had them on his new 77 F150..

[@coleyounger6872]

The nice thing about wheels is that you can always try something different later.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 All I can say over and over again is: Simply fantastic! Very well done. I love the rims and the axles. Additionally I especially love the fact that you use what you have respectively was a cheap buy. Please kindly allow me a suggestion: Sandblasting aluminum rims destroys the surface and the structural integrity (if this is the correct word). There are definitely much better materials for cleaning aluminum rims (walnutshell pieces, glass pearls etc.p.p.). Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

[@StreetDrive64]

He don't actually sand blast with sand. He uses coal dust.

[@harrypotter4309]

Like the wheels. Look tough and correct for the era of rodding you always aim for. I wish I had the parts and materials resource that you have.

[@michaelguinn5736]

Jonathan, I pretty much agree & like everything you do, but this one time....I hate those wheels, never liked them from day one, but you probably will do something to them to make them look great, I like your idea of sandblasting & painting them, can't wait till the next video....

[@ervingoertzen7233]

Cat is just trying to grab some top billing! She is a star lol !

[@keithkrause3386]

Great ideas, the plan is coming together Jonathan W. "Keep on trucking".🤣

[@Tiger351]

Thought that was an 8.75 rear end, heaps of those over here in Australia. Ratios here were 2.78, 2.92, 3.05, 3.25 and a rarer 3.50 in the 1 ton Falcon utility, Posi (called limited slip here) was also available for them and you can still get clutch packs for them over here.

[@vicmabus1532]

I always liked those wheels.

[@MrBrombomb]

The wheels look like they came off of the General Lee from the Dukes Of Hazzard. I believe they are made by American Racing. They will definitely look sharp on this new build.

[@johnhansen4550]

Video and Audio are both good- don't worry about it...love you watch you turn swine into pearls! Great ratio for cruising..

[@DegenerateFabricators]

It’s gonna look great with the turbin wheels. I’m not a fan of roadster pickups but I love your ingenuity. The reason your channel deserves more viewers is you Use whatcha got and if you don’t got it ya make it.

[@wesallen4228]

You made quick work pulling front axle. I like those turbine wheels. Nice.

[@blk77sunshn]

Great video J.W.! I love the wheels, the remind me of the ones that came on mid '80s mustangs, they were 4 lug though. She's coming together faster now, nice to see the frame taking shape. Ninja the catscanner is still on the job earning her keep! Looking great, keep the momentum going and keep safe!

[@johnscott2849]

She wants to be a movie star.

[@CrazyPetez]

I LIKE the wheels you are using. The Car Wizard was working on a silver ‘69 Corvette recently with the same wheels. The combination looked KILLER👍👍👍 as in excellent.

[@jasonbuck1776]

I had wheels just like that on my 85 chevy swb. They were a bluish gray inside just like you were describing. But have seen other colors in them also. And a rear end out of a 4x4 s10 would give you posi or at least limited slip. But it would be kinda low gears.

[@1Chuck4U2C]

Regarding the rear end and the pose-traction , It’s a light car you can weld the spider gears.

[@jameshicks4944]

I loved everything in the video,i really appreciate how you explain everything you're doing in your videos,thanks Jonathan,waiting for more.

[@williamcarey6592]

My friend Tom has built 2 cars with those front ends he used the stock springs that came with the axle. One he made a 29 Dodge 4 door into a roadster pickup with a 241 Hemi with 2 -2’s a Chev 5 speed and a mild cam. It was your kind of car for sure. He sold it almost finished unfortunately

[@Jddvs]

Those rims look exactly like the turbine wheels that came on late 70’s Corvettes. Probably not Corvette wheels but, threw that out there. For a spring, a model A front spring was what we used way back when.

[@richo2895]

Like the wheels and the plan to paint and sand the fins

[@lincolnmaniac]

my 77 ford ltd had a similar rear.....it was not a 9" rear. can't take a pic, mom wrecked it 33 years ago lol. they started using a 8.5" rear around 1980 in the ltd and marquis and town car......it became the 8.8 in 1983. i have used a 8.5" traction lock carrier in a 8.8" housing. it's just the ring and pinion that got slightly larger.

[@CJLeTeff]

Jonathan, caught a glance at a VW van, is it worth anything! Love this build!

[@tedmendenhall507]

Thanks Johnathan, you made my Saturday afternoon.

[@bobleeswoodshop7919]

Thanks Jonathan, I am enjoying the videos!! It’s great when one of your videos come along! Makes my day!

[@letysmallwood5042]

Possibly the cat knows there's no one around so yup must be talking to her, is why she's near you when filming. She loves being around Papa.

[@notsure8041]

I have a cat that looks just like that. She shows up when ever the phone rings. I guess she's expecting a call.

[@krispetersen9595]

Use what you've got, totally agree 😎

[@tombob671]

This is the best car channel on YT

[@micheltebraake7915]

This is another great project Jonathan!

[@camneilsen8234]

Well the cat knows it's only you and it there ,so you're talking to it and it likes the attention lol

[@watchingitallhere]

Nice score on those wheels! They are gonna look awesome.

[@PapiDoesIt]

Love the wheels! I had a set on my 70 Chevelle.

[@arthurdurham5112]

Like the idea of painting the wheels.

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Those wheel are unique, will look very fine on the roadster.

[@morgansword]

I don't know what I am talking about but more asking a question than anything... can you drill a hole on either side of that axle in front and put like a shock hanger style bolt through it so the eye of the spring can go over it securing the front spring in a forced to stay position ... I know that you could weld it strong but would it destroy the temper in that axle.... I am telling you that I really don't know but wished I did. I wouldn't try it myself on something if you said its hairball. Taking shape fast... then I have ideas as done when I see em. Some see scrap and I see possibilities. Take care I had one other broom tail but was scared to mention it but running torsion bars up from either side to that axle and using the torks box idea????

[@kevintucker3354]

The wheels look like factory AMC wheels circa late 70s early 80s Jonathan. At least from the camera angle.

[@mr.c2363]

they look like what came on my new Grenada ESS...BUT THAT WAS BACK IN 78.

[@KitchensMopars]

Hey Jonathan. If you cut the spring perches off the Plymouth front axle? Let me know, I'm missing one. Great videos.

[@mjmcomputers]

I’ve always like those wheels. Should look good on there.

[@kriswright1022]

She likes the sound of your voice while narrating, and she’s a ham!

[@xozindustries7451]

All of the modern rear leaf springs I've seen have a different length front and back, I'm interested to see what you find.