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, after removing the 389 they have a great option in their recently acquired 331 Caddy engine. That’s hot rod greatness and we love it!
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.
Video Description:
The engine bay of the 1938 Ford Convertible is empty, and the Caddy runs well, but we need to clean off the years of oil and grime from the Caddy block and transmission. Once Steve gets all the gunk off, its time to work on creating a transmission and engine mounts!!
