Fabricating Hidden Body Bracing - 1933 Ford 3 Window Coupe

[@dennisblain7039]

Hey Matt. A little trick I used to teach in my Maintenance training seminar was to take the hole saw and drill thru a sponge first and then you can soak it with cutting fluid. That way as you cut it pushing the cutting fluid out from the inside onto the teeth of the saw. When you are cutting thru thin sheet metal it also acts a s a slug ejector. (For this to happen the saw must be filled with the sponge.

[@garyburgmylifeandtimes6354]

Looks like you broke the tube bender in very well for its first project. The work is meticulous but very critical to get the structural integrity of the car set. GREAT JOB!

[@henryg683]

That’s amazing looking Matt!!!! I wasn’t worried when you were bending the pipe because the electrician had you covered there with his bending experience!!!!!

[@terrykeithley6183]

Matt, the 3-window is comin along great. That bar really helped, the ole body is super solid. Stay safe, c-ya fri.

[@timstull1355]

Mike should be a master at pipe bends.. He should know all the take up formulas..!

[@glenmccall8854]

I follow all of your videos. BEST one so far, for my needs. With 25 pre-1950 cars, we find week or missing wood frequently. My '39 Packard Hearse has wood problems at the lower sections of the 4 front doors and both A and both C pillars lower sections. (No B pillars) From the windshield back, the entire body is wooden with sheet metal literally tacked on. Thanks for taking us through this. More would be most interesting.

[@kenimhoff6475]

Nice job Matt/Mike. I did the same thing on my roadster. I didn't have a nice bender like yours. Had to go with square tubing and a lot of pie cuts. 👍

[@michaelguinn5736]

Morning Matt, wow! That East Wood bender is pretty nice!! The 33 is coming right along....be safe! God Bless!!!!

[@peterparlane3035]

Spot on "Fabricator Matt" always better to sneak up on the final radius. For a first time effort. NAILED IT. 👍🇳🇿

[@mikeslattery8715]

I, Like the way you guy's Check and Re, check you're work. Very good practice!☝️👍😁😉⚡☝️

[@danielpancu9841]

Great work... old scholl... forever... thanks, for beauty cars.

[@TheDiamondback73]

Does she still feel like a "Holy Grail" build? I sure hope so!

[@matthewfocke5360]

Your wife's support of your business is wonderful. You are a fortunate man. Peace and happy holidays.

[@jimschafer9196]

Cool job great fit. ... back in the day late 70's I worded swing a friends 4X4 shop he had all the measurements I world follow his layouts and fit cages into jeeps, bronco ect weld them up it was a way tp help pay for my 66 ford bronco 351 Winsor. top loader 4 speed with power steering conversion. It was a great experience.

[@milwscruffy]

Knowing the radius of the shoe helps do the math. Cardboard templates help out greatly also. Steel prices are crazy right now, so keeping oopsies to a minimum helps.

[@ronaldheit196]

Matt, Mike, you guys are awesome. It's neat watching you guys take a pile of discarded or forgotten junk and turn it into a cat pretty much everyone would love to cruise in on a weekend night on/at their towns main drag, bar or hangout.

[@johnbuckley2182]

What a great way to support everything behind the scenes. Thanks for the videos. Please keep them coming.

[@harrycatrell1471]

Thanks for sharing, Guys! The coupe is coming right along! 'Excellent job of forming the framework for the bracing! Enjoy your Holiday Season! Be safe!

[@pappabob29]

Less than 90 degree bends are very difficult to determine the overall length (where do you place the bender shoe to end up with the correct dimension @ 75 degrees)!! I'm sure Mike's experience payed off there!! Nice job!!

[@kevinbarrett9615]

Seasons greetings to you and yours, Matt you sound like you have a cold l hope you get some rest over the holidays.

[@Carl09of09]

Looks good, Merry Christmas to all of you! 🎄☃️

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Another tool to make life easier. Great job!

[@NathansMoparGarage]

It looks good. I was waiting for you to play some ZZ top when you were working with the red car in the background.

[@kennethstaszak9990]

Are the uprights crooked or is it an optical illusion?

[@dougzera1487]

Nice job Matt and Mike 👍 And now it’s 💪

[@frankjamann5671]

Great job Matt, it's becoming a desirable car again. Thanks for the video

[@mikeslattery8715]

Awesome, workmanship Matt!

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thanks Mike!

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Handy gadget you've got there. Amazing how much easier a job can be when they have the right tools...

[@dombutler7685]

Nice work,I like the way this is turning out!

[@gordonhenagar6652]

looks strong, great job guys, enjoyed the content.

[@t1259sw]

Bending tubing is very easy, it's all about the radius.

[@AndyGeesGarage]

So when do you start building a tube frame for a streamliner to take to Bonneville ?😉 There are charts so you can calculate distance between bends.

[@kyleforeman4543]

Great idea,that will make a big difference an u got too learn a new machine..looks like a great investment tool..

[@guillermonieri4203]

Great idea. Thank you.

[@dtstarlingfarms1245]

Cool, simple design. I am picking up a lot of good info for my 33 chevy coupe build. Thanks for the informative video. Love the Alice in chains in the background as well😉🤙🏻

[@xozindustries7451]

I clean the tubing before I bend them, it marks easier and it’s easier that doing it after it’s bent, and it’s all cleaned to weld

[@tomcummings655]

very difficult to put the tubing back in the bender and add more bend-much easier to go slightly past and take some bend back out by hand if needed.Also I always base my measurement from a mark I put on the tubing at the edge of the die-so in your case the long end of the tubing would be coming out the other side of the bender[your left]so on a hoop you end up with-bend,mark,straight section of tubing,mark and other bend.Every bender I seen has a thick book of notes from previous bends for reference!!also a pile of reference bends like you started with.the more you use the bender,the better you will get!best of luck!!

[@Dave-1277]

Matt I have a serious question; are they using a coolant nozzle on that pipe bender for a degree indicator?WTF? Or am I seeing things?

[@volvobrynk]

You are not seeing things, that is in fact what it is!

[@dennissheridan1550]

She's coming along real good, sounds like you got a cold in your nose, take care and Merry Christmas to the whole gang.

[@tooltas]

Tie the seatbelts in to top bar or add roll bar to its give us it that “race car” look

[@robertjean659]

Looks great, that pipe bender is one cool tool to have. Do your own exhausts also. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

[@buchananautosalesllc7855]

THANKS FOR SHARING

[@FUELFIREGARAGE]

Next time you try an make matching bends measure the stroke of the ram you find out it alot easyer .👍👍👍

[@shotsrodder]

Great tip

[@waynespyker5731]

Liked! For smaller cabins one may want to use (2) of 3/4 diameter tubing hoop bars stacked vertical and welded. A third bar (an elongated A or V profile) could be welded below or sectioned into the bottom hoop for lateral bracing.

[@gordonstroup882]

Looks pretty freaking awesome Matt. You guys did a great job on the bracing but I was wondering, is all that going to be hidden by just the seat or is there more panels going in? Maybe something that's part of the upholstery or ? Great show Matt. Mike, you too. By the way Mike, how's your build coming along?

[@charlescashell5645]

It looks like your two verticals are not parallel with each other, wont that be a problem with your devider?

[@anthonycarty9433]

I was looking at that and thinking the same, however I think it's the camera angle. If you look at the line from the fold in the floor pan to the bottom edge of the tube they look to be about the same. Have a safe and happy Christmas .

[@hack2it]

Nice job!

[@jayinmi3706]

And in the next video Matt builds an 8.50 cert cage. lol

[@ronaldheit196]

Hey Matt, anytime you're cutting steel always use some cutting oil or other lubricant. Otherwise your drastically cutting down on the life of your hole cutter or saw blades I use cutting oil machiniest's use from Ace Hardware.

[@pappabob29]

A little known fact that was taught to me by a crew who routinely worked Stainless panels (restaurant supply equip) is to use common lard. With a little heat (always generated by the cutting process) it breaks down/melts and works as good or better than all the expensive cutting oils. Some say better!! Put a little cold glob of it on your twist drill and it runs down to the cutting tip as soon as the bit warms up.

[@sallybrokaw6124]

The best stuff I used was made for Hougen slug cutters used in magnetic base drills. It was in a cardboard tube and really waxy. I used it on twist drills for mild steel and stainless. Never burned a bit up. Al B in Ohio.

[@timlowery7156]

Kinda suprised you used round tubing considering your "original methods" mantra, which I like. Angle iron would have fit right in hahaha. Nice job!

[@garretlee83]

So great!!

[@motorfreaknew]

Hi guys, good job, with your videos you always learn something 😃👌💪

[@phillipbrenckle1930]

Why did u use round stock instead of square ? Great display of talent great videos 👍👀

[@gullreefclub]

Round tubing generallye bends much more uniform than square tubing and tends to weight less. Additionally round tubing does not tend to have the same deformation problems that square or rectangular tubing does when bent which in turns means that round tubing is less likely to collapse in an impact.

[@rickeagle]

Use more CAD…..Cardboard Aided Design for the curves!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍👍

[@mikedavis8165]

Yeah I like it 👍😀

[@mavecobrasil4446]

🙋🏼‍♂️bom dia irmão 👍🏻 🇧🇷

[@jeffreyc6508]

I have not watched all the videos on this build. But guessing but the seat color. Seems to me your going to keep the car green. Question is. new paint? Or rat rod style? Thanks and merry Christmas!

[@bluedog373]

Always a little spring back...

[@dennisschickling2249]

Nice Video. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸 #MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

[@SILVERHORSEGARAGE]

Primo my friend.

[@grosseileracingteam]

I wonder if Mike the elec-chicken was going crazy trying to keep his mouth shut while Matt was bending that tubing. I bet Mike has bent a few thousand feet of conduit in his former life.

[@chuckstith838]

Mike the ex electrician probably has bent lots of conduit and knows how to do it.

[@charlesbutler4755]

omg......what's cheating , some use bead rolled sheet metal , square tubing , you're using round tubing like a cage it all works if you bend it and blend it just right it'll look good matt .

[@johnharms6178]

[@Jeddco66]

how many clowns will fit it in that roadster--