Cutting Out The Rusty Floor From The 1932 Ford "DeLorean" Roadster

[@MartsGarage]

"small victory mindset". Wise words, Matt.

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU MATT AND BROOKVILLE FOR RESPECTING THIS 32 FORD ROADSTER AND GIVING IT A NEW LIFE AGAIN!!!

[@DuckReach432]

The roadster pick-up's first tyre chirp! I can see why you weren't looking forward to all that. Not just the mess, but a day of cutting and destroying old metal instead of crafting and fabricating. Still, imagine if you could go back in time ninety years and speak to the guys on the Ford assembly line who built the car. Tell them their car is going to be around and getting customised in 2022. I'd like to think they'd enjoy that idea.

[@charlesherrick7400]

Like the old "how do you eat a elephant...one bite at a time" story.

[@marksaunders2398]

Love it when a guy wears his daily clothes in his workshop

[@kenimhoff6475]

I am glad I am not the only one who thought the car was out of gear when trying to start it. You guys are the real deal and didn't edit it out. I love watching you work!!!!

[@motorfreaknew]

It is always a pleasure to see when starting from a rust-eaten bodywork you can build beautiful Hot Rods! 🤩🤩

[@MrGixxer1300r]

The little model A roadster truck and the Scroll coupe will always hold a special place in my memory. Both are great classic builds that are on their way to being very sorted rides.

[@1936fordcrazy]

Thanks for showing the process it helps me not be so overwhelmed with my project and gives me ideas on how to tackle it. Keep up the good work guys

[@IronTrapGarage]

Glad these videos are helpful Scott!

[@johnkranz4004]

Very nice Start Matt and Steve

[@markthomas9604]

Wow. I don’t think I’ve seen one rotted much worse then that one. Keep plugging away. Makes it that much more sweeter when your finished.

[@ralphhammond8398]

Hey guys, when you see these hot rods on the road all done you just don't realize how much work went into building them..good job....Ralph..enjoyed the video...

[@jakleo337]

They are doing something like this to the battleship Trxas down in Galveston.

[@chrispiazza7487]

Hi Matt, thanks for taking the time to answer my question from you last posting. Yup. perfectly clear as to what is going on with the car now that I've watched today's video. Thanks!

[@IronTrapGarage]

Glad it helped!

[@anthonycarty9433]

Hello Matt and Steve , making steady progress on the roadster but it's got to get worse before it gets better . You seem to have a dedicated camera person , I take it it's not Mike ( far too busy at the warehouse ) any introductions , they're doing a great job . Keep on keeping on .

[@stevenautumnmyers6329]

Amazing progress lookin forward to the next up date

[@matthewfocke5360]

A gem in the making. Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelguinn5736]

Morning Matt & Steve!! think y'all have your work cut out for you on this one...be safe!! God Bless!!

[@johnclauser7392]

Wow... Matt. Lots of work thanks for sharing that

[@joealbert7773]

Finding stuff inside the door is interesting. I found the nuts for the windshield slide and other small pieces inside the door on my Model A.

[@frankjamann5671]

Hey guys doing a fantastic job, didn't realize that it was that rusty. Great that you found hidden treasures and don't forget you can sell the old floor on ebay under precious metals! Thanks for the video

[@michaelwillette5738]

Hey Matt! Great work as always. You make it look easy. What to cut. What to keep. But you know your '32s. Hope you didn't find too many mouse mummys! Those were probably earlier in the disassembly. Coming along...

[@mrnobody6573]

Wouldn`t it be easier to use the forklift to move it? That`s what you got it for. Have you ever considered getting you own sandblasting setup, it would be great for de-rusting the insides of bodies & odd shaped parts? A tent made of plastic sheeting to contain the sand to a small area & blast away.

[@davidjenkins1958]

To do your own sandblasting creates a lot of mess, you basically need a separate building or heavy fully enclosed canvas tent, I know his neighbors would not be happy, plus he would need a huge air compressor that would carry the volume of air that is required to do full vehicle sandblasting. Even to get one of those dustless blasting setups creates a lot of mess and requires a large air compressor for the volume of air.

[@nboldrini]

he already has one.

[@IronTrapGarage]

The forklift was waiting on a starter to be rebuilt. I have a blast cabinet and a small spot blaster. I use them when needed. Not looking to have a complete blasting setup for the reasons mentioned by David. Rather send large items to be blasted professionally

[@guillermonieri4203]

Thank you.

[@thomasst.martin3308]

I am really curious about the added sound deadener. Way back when, at least at the drag strip, all the factory sound deadener got scraped out to reduce weight. Cleaning that stuff out could drop over 100 pounds. Looks like Brookville could be your new friend. That body is a lot of work. Can't wait to see it all come together.

[@deanbrunner261]

Gonna be better than new. And good for a other 90😱😱

[@shotsrodder]

Doctor Matt calling Doctor Matt we have an emergency rot removal operation in process and your assistance is needed in the garage 😂

[@squidgameisaliarisawnosqui5341]

Can't wait to see this project finished you guys are good great video ty Steve

[@1BSARoadRocket]

Matt, you should be wearing a good dust mask or even a respirator when doing this kind of work. I've been wearing 3M N95 masks with the one way exhale valve and after a day of doing work like this the white mask more often than not turns brown. All of those nasty particles that make the mask look filthy would have ended up in my lungs had I not been wearing the mask. Metal, welding and autobody work can be just as damaging to your lungs over time as being a smoker, maybe worse so protective gear is a must!

[@kombibatuta]

Nice job

[@shotsrodder]

Nasty job guys take five 🍺🍺 you should wear a respirator while dismantling the body 😬 that’s a lot of dust to inhale.

[@Ecosse57]

pretty interesting and unique details to this one! i still don't understand how the gullwing doors work tho.

[@konradweniger3141]

That looked like a job for your hyster forklift with extended forks to move that body?

[@TheTubeTube2]

Love you guys - Iron Trap Garage, bastion of sartorial elegance! And such interesting vids

[@lamarw9901]

What are the plans for the Tudor in the driveway thatwe keep seeing in the backgroud? Yes I can see why you weren't looking forward to this. The joys of hotrodding, doesn't matter the age of the hotrod.

[@IronTrapGarage]

The Tudor in the driveway is for sale. Shoot us an email if you are interested

[@lamarw9901]

@@IronTrapGarage Thank you but I was hoping to follow along on a new project as I have a 31 tudor that my father started working on in the 70s. He finished the chassis with a Corvair front and C2 Vette rear but progress stalled when I was born. I have been working on my own projects but hope to finish it one day. Love seeing the progress on these old hot rods. Thank you for the response.

[@knutbkristiansen]

Nice work buddy

[@brucehorner936]

Did you try a test fit with the floor for the DeLorean roadster?

[@shartne]

Woowee that is a pretty rusty rotten bottom. It is going to be a chore. Your just the guy to fix it.😬😩

[@thechevyscrounger]

does it have a sub rail that goes under the door

[@tdeje]

Looks Overwhelming !

[@johnbernstein1127]

Wow! That looked fun!!

[@black88coupe]

Good job fellas.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Looking good!!!! 👍👍

[@AJStarch]

Is the Hyster not running? Seems like it would be easier to move the body around with vs messing around with the trailer.

[@IronTrapGarage]

We were waiting in a rebuilt starter. Once we got it home we started to have issues with it

[@henryg683]

Coming along nicely!!! Can’t wait to see the future progress on the metal work!!! Matt I’ve been wanting to ask where you get your old tire sizes from I’m needing a set of wide whitewall tires for my 48 Chrysler and wondering where to find them and figured you’d be the person to ask!!???

[@IronTrapGarage]

Any of the antique car tire suppliers. Googling your tire size should give you results.

[@whotknots]

I wonder if the spray-on coating was to dampen vibrations in the body skins at high speed? I imagine in their day it was probably never envisioned that the old 'jaunty jalopies' would be playing footsie with speeds of 100mph or maybe even higher and they are not what could be called aerodynamic by any stretch of the imagination.

[@kyleforeman4543]

Wow looks interesting, will be watchin

[@steveclark4291]

I love pick up roadster

[@johndownie9385]

Considering you have just doubled the garage size you seem to have less space than before

[@IronTrapGarage]

We mainly keep only finished cars upstairs. A couple cars downstairs are being worked on that will shortly live upstairs. I just have a lot of stuff!

[@michaelandcarolblackburn103]

Awesome

[@kendudash1342]

Any advantage to going this route over simply taking all the body panels apart and attaching them piece by piece to the subframe? Currently I am doing a Model A piece by piece but it all came apart easy. Later models had more panels welded together correct?

[@IronTrapGarage]

Depends on the car. Both ways work just fine

[@nboldrini]

It might be interesting to some folks what the total weight of rust is that you ended up removing.

[@JustinPaul1st]

Start up.could be.float level or timings a bit out...that sorta backfire

[@Dagrond]

I would guess that the carb has a bad accelerator pump

[@stevenkarnisky411]

It's a start! Too bad that car sat under a leaking roof all those years.

[@steveclark4291]

Moon the supervisor dog !

[@stephenhammer7357]

where is your hearing protection, ?

[@IronTrapGarage]

What?

[@handyhippie6548]

now you need to engineer an external freight elevator on the wall of your shop not set into the hillside to make going from up to down easier. come snow time, it will be a pain going out and around. a detached, complete forklift boom from a junk forklift, mounted to a steel frame that uses an electric hydraulic pump with platform operated solenoid valves to actuate it, and a platform mounted to the fork plate would be the easiest and cheapest way to make it happen.

[@IronTrapGarage]

If I was spending your money I’d do just that!

[@lewislewis4917]

Surprised you did not use your forklift to move the cab around instead of hooking up to a trailer

[@IronTrapGarage]

We were waiting on a starter to be rebuilt.

[@steveclark4291]

I have a question did you send a private message to me ? I ask because I have had stuff happen from other KZbin channels that caused problems with my computer ! I don't want to go through that kind of stuff again ! Thank you ! Just a yes or no answer would do !

[@IronTrapGarage]

We don’t send private messages. Good chance a fake account is phishing.

[@steveclark4291]

@@IronTrapGarage okay thank you !

[@JohnSmith-sf8gj]

I feel like this has become the 32 channel.....

[@IronTrapGarage]

I’m missing the problem…

[@shotsrodder]

You almost ate that windshield frame Matt 😬 slow down bud

[@dennisschickling2249]

Wow I'm #1 #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

[@gregkarlstrum6970]

Wow!

[@dennisschickling2249]

Nice Work. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

[@andrewbaluk1663]

careful with that sound deadening, its has an asbestos look to it.

[@MartsGarage]

Hey Matt. What's with the weird notification about being selected for a prize?? Something fishy going on? I can't see the replies here but could in my notifications...

[@IronTrapGarage]

No idea what you’re seeing…

[@MartsGarage]

@@IronTrapGarage Have sent screenshot to your email.. Can't see any sign of it now but it is in my notifications. Mart.

[@IronTrapGarage]

There’s a KZbin channel that’s replying to comments with our logo, but a different channel name. They are trying to scam people out of money

[@edwardwerick2420]

A dirty, nasty, ugly job! So glad it's behind you.

[@cowfrank]

I think I would've flipped that over.