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, but in this video it is getting the first bath it has had in decades and they are going to see if the engine is seized or has any hope of living. If not, they have options!
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.
Check out the whole save as the IronTrap gang pulls it out and takes a look at it for the first time in a half century!
Video Description:
The big mystery of the 1938 Ford Convertible is if the drivetrain is salvageable. When pulling the car from the garage we could not get the transmission out of gear and we had to drag the car the whole way. Matt and Steve’s first goal is to see what is keeping the transmission from shifting, and if the rear will spin. Once that is all working, we can check to see if the Pontiac engine is seized, and give the 38 its first wash!!
