Elbow Grease and Determination No CO$T Restoration! 1931 Chevrolet Barn Find! Lets Have Some Fun!

We showcase how to improve the looks of a project car that awaits a restoration with simple and effective methods! Your wife and neighbors will be eating their words when they see the gleam coming off of your latest find pulled from the barn!
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[@mardyfisher693]

Like a couple of mothers giving a lost orphan in from the woods his first bath in years. Such gentleness and love.

[@johnneild3914]

Matt and Jim's greasy flips giving Dean a run for his money cheers from the UK

[@ruicorreia9179]

You guys should bring Scott in for a episode of dent fixing on that Chevy, that would be cool

[@philipdecatanzaro1822]

Whoa careful. You may entice Scott into buying it.

[@CarterAutoRestyling]

Wow I had no idea that a classic automobile could be restored at such a reasonable cost! The tips in this video are sure to save me tens of dollars on my next vehicle overhaul. I was especially impressed with the glass repair. Will this method work on tempered glass too? Also, can you please do a video on restoring the glove and cement bag next? Those artifacts are a piece of history and deserve the same care and attention as the rest of the car.

[@jimc1401]

I know your elk your the type of person ,hoping to buy it cheap by buttering them up with soft words. Then add huge value with that famous porcupine body fill that you do then sell it so you can retire and ply your trade in Hollywood. P.S. every one go to Carter's channel to see the porcupine technique

[@bernieneufeld4297]

I think the glove and bag should be passed over to their archeology dept. Given the amount of time spent on that '48 fender, a few time and money savings tips from Strongs Garage should benefit you greatly.

[@glennnickerson8438]

I saw this guy on You Tube in Canada (I think they were nearby Matt and Jim) who showed how to repair vintage glass just using body filler. Worked pretty good as long as you didn't try to move it!😆

[@gogogeedus]

@@jimc1401 I didn't know he had an Elk,he's got some cats.

[@gogogeedus]

@@glennnickerson8438 or look through it!

[@robertahrens9481]

You should get Scott to come over and ruff some of those dents out in the fenders seems like he does owe you a favor on that cylinder repair

[@alexanderdereski4069]

Keep this up and you two will have one of the top asmr detailing channels around...

[@bernieneufeld4297]

Red rubber tubes were muchsought after and valued when we were kids. It is the best rubber for a slingshot.

[@marcjones4393]

I think it’s time for a Strong Garage T Shirt and Hat for sale.

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

She's pretty solid for her age and how long she was parked. Certainly worthy of some love

[@briantheoldjeepguy6793]

Hi there! That's a sweet old Chevy, well worth someone putting it together. Matt, you are brave playing with those ancient electric tools. I've been zapped hard by too many of those! After the Level One Tidy it's too nice to be a true greasy flip. Keep up the good work! Stay Safe, Stay Well & Stay Warm!

[@barrykochverts4149]

Somebody's been picking up a bit of Coldwarkian dialect, eh?😁

[@TheDavidcrockett]

Thought i seen it all tell you glued that windshield together. Now thats a greasy flip if ive ever seen one lol.

[@Roger-hq1yt]

Dean would be proud!

[@deanbrunner261]

Hello from Memphis. It's been a long winter but it looks like Springs around the corner. Thanks for the great content. That old Chevy is a great starting point for a good project for someone. I hope they don't chop it .

[@paulbennell3313]

Now the new owner can see properly what they're working with and it'll be a lot more pleasant to work on.

[@MartsGarage]

Thanks fellas for a fun watch. Ok I promise not to ask for credit.

[@darrenbrisson4336]

That's where O.J left his glove hahahahahaha 🤣 😆 😂 😅 😜 🤪 🤣 😆

[@wesleypulkka7447]

Thanks to Matt and Jim the old Chevy is way closer to the road than the crusher! Nice save!

[@billywird]

Interesting when a car is cleaned up and it shows that this car was probably an original tan or light brown with black fenders and was repainted in that two toned green setup. I could not figure it at first as to why the fenders were black but painted over green until you guys cleaned off the firewall to reveal what was probably the original color. My grandfather had a 33 Chevrolet and that car was probably not all that different. Course my Dad drove the car as well and he even taught my aunt to drive using that car. They traded that car in on a 1940 Chevrolet that was used but had only 2000 miles on the odometer (the 40 was also a trade in). My grandfather was looking to buy a new car (he was looking at a Studebaker) as he realized that we were going to get into WWII and new cars would be scarce. But this Chevrolet was advertised at 750.00 and they got 50.00 on a trade in with the 33 Chevrolet and in typical car salesman fashion they tried to sell it back to my grandfather saying it would be a good car for the kids to drive (he wasn't buying that). My grandfather paid cash for the car and the dealership sent an office boy down to the bank with my grandfather's bankbook and the transaction was handled and the family did not have to do anything but drive the 40 Chevrolet home (Granddaddy parked it in 1961, he bought a 56 Chevrolet used from the original owner). My Dad of course relayed this information to me and my reply about the transaction that it was a 1940's style debit card. And of course the whole family went down in their Sundays best to buy this car. No flip flops short pants and baseball caps in those days. Of course this was shortly before we got into WWII so Granddaddy had a reliable car to use for the duration and then some.

[@glennnickerson8438]

Digging thru an old car looking for treasure is the best part of of bringing a car home. I have a friend who bought a 36 Plymouth 3 door that was used as an egg delivery truck. As he cleaned it out he found handfuls of old change from the 1930's and 40's. The value of the change brought his initial purchase price way down!😎

[@outcastprojects6733]

Strongs less than greasy flips!!!

[@barrykochverts4149]

More like Dusty Flips, or Mousy Flips😁

[@richardingraham6264]

There is an old saying in Maine, USA. "Nothing lasts as long as a temporary repair"!

[@matthewfocke5360]

Cool time-warp experience!

[@briquetaverne]

Hi Guys: Why not reach out to "Kyle Carter" (Carter's auto restyling) and invite him down to stay with you fellows a bit in order to hammer out those fenders and other minor dents to the Chevy. He does such excellent repair work with a minimum of materials. I'm sure you could barter stuff for his services as he's always looking for stuff for his projects (including his "36 Chevy")

[@gogogeedus]

That thing will definitely go faster now! it will glide through the air like grease lightening, until your alarm goes off.

[@TheDocrock100]

Excellent as always

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

I hate to say it, but just that bit of cleaning makes it all the more appealing to repair and fix up. Nice Job!

[@curtcooper9447]

The old Chevy arcology was fun thanks 😊

[@albarrett1566]

Wow! I’m so excited to see this Chevrolet preserved ! I have to admit the patina is striking . Be nice to find a steering wheel Center and taillight. Maybe a front bumper . Great job fellas, keep on keeping on😎, Deano

[@Anne6621]

a restoration is ok a hot rod is ok but a preservation is totally where it's at and massively cool

[@bernardreeves5028]

That's the way to do it, and it's all I did to the body of my 'sat in a barn since 1970' 1928 Chevy. So cheap and now it gets more attention at shows than most of the big money 10 years of restoration shiny ones! 👍

[@danobrien3109]

You fellas are doing that car a great service. Where are you fellas out of, I here a bit of Canadiana in your voices.👍🇨🇦

[@barrykochverts4149]

They hail from Alberta, eh?

[@danobrien3109]

@@barrykochverts4149 thank you, it’s my first time seeing them.

[@Roger-hq1yt]

Canadian eh!

[@ihrescue]

Thanks guys. The Chef is looking good.

[@pedrodelacabra1855]

very chill 👍

[@mikehammons389]

Love the videos keep them coming Jim tickels me

[@zaraak323i]

Oh yeah!

[@LegendsWorkshop]

Wow, I love that brazing setup with the pilot light and the hanger shutoff! Also, this episode was great - what a transformation. It's so much easier to imagine what it can be. A truly nice, original and unusual car. I'd have it in an instant if I was in the market!

[@Gerk8]

Nice clean up on the old Chev. P.S. Windshield World has nothing on you guys!

[@lesterreed9948]

Nice job on clean up, good idea drinking Tom Horton coffee before you started. Really enjoying the show.

[@scottnyc6572]

The old dustpan actually matched the color of the car.That was a nifty old snow brush you threw away.Looking forward to seeing what happens with this lost but found treasure.Job well done!! Thanks!!

[@richxts1357]

You both have a "Belt Slippin'" and a few teeth missin' out of your cluster gears, but ya went and gotter showroom clean and ready for da road I muss say. Lookin' forward to hearing the old girl fire up and seeing her do a few burnouts! No brushes or Power Washer was used on that beauty. Old school cleaning. Thanks for the video and keep em' comin'! Just messing with you both!

[@johnhillside9105]

I read something about Chevrolet and Indianapolis, Indiana a while ago. Indianapolis was the home of Parry Mfg. Carriage. This Co. decided to build a new factory for a new automobile. This car had a Buick engine. A new manufacturing plant across the White River from the Parry Carriage Plant was designed and implemented. 1930's financial depression closed the Parry Automobile Mfg Co. But 1931, Parry let go of the new plant and the manufacturing plant of new and grand design went off to Chevrolet Automobile Mfg. Co. .

[@dannyplanck6498]

It's better than some of the wrecks that I have been known to drive any way.

[@scottnyc6572]

I enjoyed watching this longer video and how well you both work together in tackling a nice sprucing up!!

[@donaldhalls2189]

That rig came out amazing, bit of TLC and it looks quite good, surely someone would like to have it in their collection, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones

[@asteverino8569]

You guys have given me inspiration to maybe wash and detail,(somewhat), my 86 Ford F150. It's been years and I still use it.

[@jovanda8364]

Look good next to Scott s model T cool

[@JAY61ish]

The old girl is a beautiful colour guys..

[@billtorrence8102]

i had a 32 chev rumble seat roadster convertable 15 yrs ago beautiful car dark brown/yellow fenders looked like a fanny may candy......

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Strongs Garage guys. 👍👌👏 Very well done, Sirs! I love nearly everything that is green. Unfortunately I don't have the money to buy this car but if, I would donate it instantly to Scott N. from the fantastic channel Coldwarmotors. Not only because it would kind of fit in very well = he owns one of my all time favourite cars (the gorgeous inside and outside green daily driver Frazer). But mainly because the ol' Model T is sooo terribly slow. If Scott drives the Ford T during summer, for instance to get chips and darts, some of his other cars will never be restored/repaired. 😁 ;-) Please don't get me wrong, I definitely like and do stressless (deccelarated?) driving myself but this thing would definitely make me nervous. Even in such a little country like Germany and even if "the way is the goal!" I'm eagerly looking forward to watch the next video part about this old Chevy. Maybe even the CWM boss will be in the mood to show his dent out magic on the fenders a bit? I would definitely love to see that. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and health in particular.

[@brianmoore1648]

Vroom...🏎️

[@wilenelson1810]

Cool car 😎 🏁🔧🏁🔧🏁🔧🏁🔧🏁🔧🏁

[@kerryrump6028]

I can believe that such an establishment as you have there, you do not have a bucket, and you are using a cooking pot!

[@russdavis1960]

So a 'level 1' tidy' on the 'ol Chev.....NICE!!!

[@billyhord4508]

Bet Scott and Frankers would look good in the Chevy.

[@ronwood7040]

I have all kinds of 31 chevy parts if anyone is interested, engine transmissions, extra headlights etc....Ron

[@TheTubeTube2]

What a lovely old car! I wish I could afford her ❤.

[@joealbert7773]

I was surprised to see the plate glass in the windshield. By 1928 Ford was at least using safety glass in the windshield.

[@dukeallen432]

Great to be able to check out 31 in detail. Scott watching this is going nuts wanting to smooth out fenders I’m sure. Great editing and camera. Cheers

[@barrykochverts4149]

I've got a nickname for the Chevy. You should call it "Le Grenouille", because it's mottled green, has shiny skin and squirts water when you handle it. I'd like to see the studies on key position or lock tooth wearage, up vs down.

[@chrispiazza7487]

You guys rock!

[@johna1160]

Hadn't realized it was a two tone til you polished it. So cool looking. A little Model A DNA never hurts either!

[@craignehring]

Good one guys, a lil love goes a long way

[@tolemykus4805]

Nice!

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Very enjoyable video. What a great car full of possibilities. If you flip the windscreen glass around, the 'repaired' section would be on the passenger side and then you could drive it around safely for years! ✔

[@billtorrence8102]

awesome job guys

[@stephanieluigon5192]

Hey fellas! Dean called from over at Scott's place. He's got an offer on the 31 already!

[@WilliamTMusil]

Hiya Matt and Jim

[@doreenmurnane9075]

Great show thanks

[@brendamcdaniel1958]

Enjoyable to watch. The poor girl needs a good home and lots of love. I think the Chevrolet headlights are bigger than the model A one’s if I’m not mistaken, but it looks great. Good job and thanks for the video.

[@philpapizzo6038]

Just doing a tidy proves its worth restoring. The world needs more restored 31 Chevs. (even drivable would be good) What it doesn't need is an LS motor. I see you have another hand held wire wheel of death. Looks like a starter motor from a 40's dump truck.

[@billleigh615]

I half expected you guys to come out with a hand cranked vac-o-matic from nineteen dickity three.

[@donsmith4465]

Love that.

[@bryduhbikeguy]

That's a Great survivor.I'd wax the exterior,and of course redo the interior,and just maintain it.

[@rustyrobinson8027]

Thanks everyone ❤️

[@phooesnax]

Dad had a 32. Looked very similar. Lost brakes on hill and sold it in the early 60s late 50s Thank You guys!

[@robertjones7695]

Lethal plate glass windows were an original feature!

[@tomtheplummer7322]

I always believe when I’m I’m soldering plumbing or electronics use more flux than I think and less solder than I think and let it flow, because the bigger the glob doesn’t make for a better job. 😏🤷‍♂️

[@billywird]

Well of course when you are soldering metal like that regardless of the type the metal should be sanded shiny and tinned and of course the solder will flow better and you don't have to gob it on. When i was attending an air conditioning course years back the instructor showed us how to solder copper connections and if you clean the metal up good with sand paper (no wire brushing) and clean it up good and apply your flux (You don't blow on it either), when you heat the joint up the solder will just get sucked right up into the joint. It gets tricky soldering up metal and takes a certain touch gained through time.

[@pillipino3788]

A great relaxing video :)

[@mrgreezy1]

They don’t have water hoses with spray nozzles in Canada??? There is 2 of you but it only takes one hoser to operate a hose. I’ve never seen hosers hand dust a car with wet rags ! But hey, like I would tell an 8 year old, it’s the effort that counts. 💯 love from the U.S.A. ❤️🇺🇸

[@charleykeenan6171]

Awesome job as always! Love the preservation aspect of this kind of episode.. Great work!

[@MichaelSteeves]

I've seen lots of barn find videos where I cringe at the horrible state of cleanliness of the car when they are busy with mechanical repairs. I'll bet it is a lot more fun to work on a car with a clean interior and engine bay!

[@labrd41]

OJ Simpson had a glove like that.

[@kencarney6667]

You guys remind me of cold war motors the way you bring 'em back to life. Like you, Scott would find these old cars and get them to run again. Are you regular mechanics, or do you do this for fun? Either way, I like what you're doing and take great delight in watching you here on KZbin.

[@fitzspike]

Cool car dudes!

[@edmonk4912]

This Chev is an ol' beauty. You should have put the remains of that bag into a frame and hung it up

[@fromthewoodshed]

Liking those greens a lot, oh but you missed a bit on the drop down window in the rear, apart from that, perfect detailing.

[@davidwiggins3451]

Pretty incredible transformation once you vacuum out the dead rodents and tidy up under hood. I hope that the new owner will preserve it or put it back to original. The roll-down back window with the shade is a lovely nod to a much simpler time. Love the inline six in a sea of 4-cylinder Fords (even though I bleed Ford blue) from that era. Very nice tutorial on what a few hours of scrubbing, polishing and cleaning will do for something almost 100 years old. Thanks for sharing this.

[@GBodyJames]

super cool rig!!

[@Bigsinglecoils]

What is all this Pebble Beach madness?!

[@jamesthompson8008]

That was pretty good actually, it came out a lot better than I'd thought. Matt - glad to see you getting around a lot better, man! Great job guys

[@bbrut3332]

Good job of cleaning and doing some basic repairs. The new owner will now have a good idea of the true potential of this rare Chevy coupe.

[@brianfalls5038]

All in all that old Chevy still looks to be in pretty decent shape. Nice job on the cleaning and detailing. So far as building it? If I were to own it then I think I'd try to keep it in it's original condition. Get it road running and put some clear coat on it and keep the patina.

[@46GarageUSA]

The Bob and Doug McKenzie channel. GREAT WHITE NORTH TAKE OFF AY

[@mikemullay5622]

It looks like Chevy bodies had a lot more wood in them than Model A's of the same period.

[@kendallsmith1458]

Thought you were giving it a start when you jacked the rear!

[@grandpaseed]

1931 Chevrolet

[@darrenbrisson4336]

You have to make a t-shirt that reads YEAH! in 4 inch tall yellow letters on a black shirt Jim says yeah like I say fugde you know I mean lol!

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

I wish it was a dependable Dodge be worth having. 🤣💯🇦🇺👍🏻I’ll Dodge the Chev are you ever going to get a MOPAR to work on . Scott would be proud of yous an maybe come over more often 😂. 👍🏻

[@karlh6700]

I hope that whoever gets this makes it safe but otherwise keeps it as is.

[@mysterj1]

Awesome! I have been hoping your channel would do a start from ground up restoration project...you guys are awesome!

[@hotpuppy1]

Maybe have Scott bump out the dents and touch up the brazed old crack fixes. Body looks pretty good over all.

[@stevecard2247]

For a moment there, I thought a rat was going to jump out of that old glove and bite Matt's nose and you would both scream like 13 year old girls again. Nice job on that old Chev. It really is surprising how good some of these old cars can look with a little clean-up.