In today’s video on the 1938 Ford Convertible, the front end gets lowered to match the rear so it has the perfect hot rod stance!
In a previous video we shared the 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod that the guys at Iron Trap Garage found stashed away in an old garage, gave a first wash, and discovered had a seized engine. But lucky for them, they had a bitchin 331 Caddy they scored that would work great after some firewall massaging. Then the rear axle to get some love cause this thing was not good, and they lowered the rear in the process. If you missed any of the previous videos in this series, use the link below to check them all out.
You have to think that if there are barn finds of all kinds that still show up today, not all of them are going to just be regular driver cars. What I mean by this is that some of them have to be hot rods too, right? I realize that you’d think most of the hot rods would keep being passed along, but I know I’ve got projects that haven’t seen the light of day in 10 years, so it is conceivable that this same thing could happen to other folks hot rods and that we’ll have barn find hot rods too. And that is exactly what happened with this 1938 Ford Convertible. It hasn’t been on the road since 1973 and is a hot rod that had an engine swap and more.
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Video Description:
When we swapped in the rear end into the 1938 Ford we installed an @oldyankeespeedco reverse eye main leaf spring, and it is sitting perfectly. Today we are going to do the same to the front end! To make the process easier, Mike pulled some spare parts from the warehouse so Matt could assemble another front axle on the bench. This way the 38 could still be moved until the swap was ready. Matt and Steve get to work building the axle and swapping it around. The final product is amazing!!
