Aw man I guess I made it to EZ lol =) Congratulations you got it

​@@What.its.like. It was, especially for us Baby Boomers who remember it.

Great song back when I was a freshman in college. Had it on 8 track in my big '66 Ford.

It’s still a great song =) years later

Awesome information =)

@jpaulson, thanks for that bit of trivia !

"This is no place for a convertible!" Then, he steals Don Knott's 56 Ford convertible.

Wasn't "Greased Lightning" a '47 too? & What's the difference between a '46, '47 & '48 Ford. I've looked & I'll be damned if I can find one.

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Yes, I remember that scene now that you mention it. He was pretty rough on that car but it held up pretty well.

@@8176morgan 😄😂

That part about he wood bumper and promissory note was super interesting. Thanks for that!

@@josephgaviota A similar shortage of parts happened during the Korean War (again, chrome being an issue). Many believe, that’s one of the reasons the late 50s cars were covered in chrome.

@charles dalton great comment =) Great choices as well

True kaiser and independents made a killing with their new designs it was all over once they caught up tho (when the big 3 made new post war designs )

@@What.its.like. My dad was sent a notice that he was getting drafted during WW2, so he sold his nearly new '41 Ford. The draft board then decided he was exempt. The only car he could find to replace the Ford was an old Chevy people has been keeping chickens in. Needless to say it was a big come down and they never could get rid of the smell.

Crazy story thank you so much for sharing that what a great memory =)

Awesome choices =) the fleetlines are awesome and the sedenettes.. those are my favorite

I love the grass roots I was going to use the first line of temptation eyes Born too late lol

Thank you it means a lot it really does have a lot of opposition this past week.. grumpies lol I’ll bring back grumpy at the end of some episodes I don’t wanna be negative I’m glass is half full happy go lucky type of person lol

@@What.its.like. Terrific review, Jay...

Thanks it means the world to me =)

@@What.its.like. NOT Grumpies. Just Better Informed Information To CORRECT Guesswork And Incorrect Assumptions. You Need To Look Up The Actual HISTORY And FACTS About A Vehicle, Instead Of Just Reading Off Brochure Specks. You Also Probably Didn't Know That The 1949 MERCURY, Was Actually Suppose To Be The 1949 Ford. But The Executives Thought It Was Too Big And Too Heavy To Keep Competing With The Other Lower Priced Vehicles. So They Came Up With The Cheaper Shoebox Style Ford Instead. One Quick Give Away Is A Hood Prop Rod Used On The Ford, Where As SPRINGS Held Up The Heavier Mercury Hood. Much Better Investigation Could Be Helpful, Instead Of Simply Reading Off Sales Brochure Data...

@ Dave mckolanis clearly you don’t watch these much more information than what is found it, OH wait I FORGOT to TEXT every OTHER word IN all CAPITALS it GETS the POINT over SO much BETTER. What information wasn’t covered ?

Glad you dig this episode thank you so much for sharing all that insight =) great choices

@Eric Ruud Better Yet, Look At How Quickly Communications Have Advanced From Land Line Telephones Of The 90's, To Smart Phones That You Can Call Up ANY Information Or Video Reports On The Screens INSTANTLY. In My 70-Year Lifetime, Technological Progress Has Advanced By Leaps And Bounds Indeed. Unfortunately The Mindset Of A LOT Of People Remains STUCK In A 19th Century Mentality...

Awesome added information thank you so much for taking the time to add all of that =)

@ Steven A LOT Of Word Salad There Steve Boy. Simply Put, Ford, Chevy And Plymouth Kept Virtually The Same Body Styles From 1942 When Auto Sales Stopped Because Of WWII. After The War, They Only Made Completely Different Wider Front Ends, (That Looked Almost Identical In Appearance To One Another With Horizontal Grill Bars), After The War, And Didn't Need To Change Much Because It Was A SELLERS MARKET To Keep Up With Demand. With Customers Needing To Replace Their Worn Out Pre War Cars. However The Big-3 Needed To Come Up With Something Better After 3-Years Of The Same Old Re-Runs In 1949, (Eliminating Fat Fenders And Down Sizing Humpy Hoods), Leading To Wider Bodies And "Slab Sides" Giving More Interior Room For Growing Families With The Baby Boom. Most Cars Didn't Get Into "Swing" Pedals Until The Early 50's, When Automatic Transmissions Became More Common, To Accommodate Women's Hatred Of Shifting Gears. Because 1940's Cars We're Still Mostly Standard Shift With A Clutch, Where Floor Pedal Mechanisms For Operating It Was Closer To The Bell Housing. The Horsepower Race Began In The Early To Mid 50's, When The Roads Got Wider And Better To Push Around All That Heavy Steel Weight. 45 To 50 mph Was As Fast As You Could Go On The Windy And Hilly Roads In My Pennsylvania Area, Without Leaving The Berm LESS Roadways And Hitting A Tree Or Rolling The Car Over... So A 100hp Engine WAS ENOUGH Back In The 40's...

@@davemckolanis4683 A 100HP engine was pretty cool anywhere back then. Sad chassis dynamics kept everything exciting. Word salad? Should have tried some of it. My point is, why was the entire world building the same thing in design, when it clearly wasn't practical? The whole world, I am not talking about isolationist America. It was the same thing all over the world, and no, Europe never copied the US in cars. A different place and market, with different roads. Suspension was better because they had to up their game, handling was better because it had to be. Live rear axles were abolished soonish, et cetera, and this applied to motorbikes and aircraft as well. Yet despite that, the car bodies were stupid and impractical boxes which pinched in near the feet and opened up just under shoulder height. It wasn't even attractive .I'm in Australia, so I have been driving since 13, old paddock bombs, which started out as cheap base models of British cars. Driving around on a muddy, slippery field gives you a lot of idea about chassis dynamics and how to control cars when they lose traction. I don't know what your problem is mate, I was commenting and asking some pretty simple questions, which nobody has picked up on.

@Eric Ruud Gotta agree with you there on engine development and the driving forces behind it. Australia is the same area as the US, but with 28 million people, mostly hugging the coastline. Back decades ago, we had goat tracks between major cities, which would make drives between Melbourne and Sydney a 12-hour affair straight through. This was pushing hard, but we have freeways now which link most of the East coast together, so the drive takes around 8 now straight through. We are among one of the few countries which consider that to be reasonable. Years ago, if a good party happened 4 hours away, wed load the car with people and head out. The British and Europeans won't understand that, because they would pass through 3 countries in that time. We first got all the Fords imported, and they were popular, and more rugged than the GMH product. If anything a few miles outside a city, turns to potholed, rutted dirt corrugations; it had to be built tough, and the motor also needed to be easy to fix. For all the similar reasons, we needed the American products, especially for families. Farmers would get a Land Rover with aluminium panels and zero amenities.

@@user-en9zo2ol4z Australia Is NOT America. Nor Is It Europe Either. Europe Was A Bombed Out War Torn MESS After WWII. And In NO WAY Was It Able To Quickly And IMMEDIATLY Start Plunging Head Long Into Auto Manufacturing. People Were Barely Surviving On Enough Food To Eat, And Needing Cities To Rebuild. And If It Wasn't For America's MARTIAL PLAN Assistance To Get Europe Back On It's Feet, Their Development Could Have Dragged On FOR YEARS Longer. You're Living In Your Own Australian Unscathed Dream Ideas Mister. Start Watching WWII Films Of What Went On And Understand The Recovery That Had To Take Place Afterward. I Worked With A Fellow In The 1970's That Was With The American Occupation Forces That Remained In Europe For A Few Years After The War Ended, Telling Us Stories About It. And By NO MEANS Did People Have Extra Money To Spend On Cars. Even America's Car Manufacturing Was Still Hampered By Raw Materials Shortages And Delays, With Families WAITING FOR WEEKS Before The Car They Ordered Arrived At A Dealership. My Dad Kept Driving His 1939 Studebaker Until 1951, And He Had A Steady Employment For Our Family All Through The 1940's. It Was A SELLERS MARKET Just To Try And Keep Up With The Car Demand. That's Why The Cars From The Big-3 Producers Remained Pretty Much The Same From 1946 To 1948. And Our Industries Weren't Destroyed AT ALL. I Suggest That You Get Up To Speed With Your History Kiddo...

Thank you so much I’m glad you think this episode you got it that is the name and a tune somebody just beat you to the title though

Doesn’t it though hahaha

Awesome =) Glad you dig this episode

Thank you =) glad you dig this episode

Hahaha that was the point all along other key words dig check this out and totally lol

@@What.its.like. lmao !

Thank you so much for watching glad you dig this episode =)

It was an absolutely gorgeous car. =) A 46 has been on the request books for a long time don’t worry we’re gonna come back and probably do a 46 in the sedan I wanna try to hit multiple body styles as well.

Great choices That you so much for sharing that story =) what a great memory

WRONG ASSUMOTION. Ford HAD TO Come Up With A Better Replacement For His Out Dated 4-Cylinder Engine, To Push Around The Heavier All Steel Cars That The Customers WANTED And WERE GETTING From GM And Chrysler. Henry Had A 19-Year Run With Virtually THE SAME Model T, And Already Had Another 4-Year Run With THE SAME Model A To 1931. It Was The Depression Years With Sagging Car Sales, And He Needed A Different Product And Power Source To Boost Sales In 1932. THUS, The V8 And Continuing Body And Car Appearances To Keep Up With The Other Car Makers. The Two Piece Front Fender Was For A LESS Expensive Side Damage Repair, Instead Of Removing The Entire Fender, Wiring And Grille Attachments...

@@davemckolanis4683 sp.'ASSUMPTION'. We are all entitled to our opinions Sir. My info about the 1932 Ford V8 being rushed into production came from a history of the Ford Motor Company written by William Clay Ford. Warts and all, it is an excellent read. The '32 and I believe '33 Ford was offered, as a lower cost option, with an improved Model A 4-cylinder engine. You are correct that Henry Ford felt sales pressure from Chevrolet and Plymouth. Good day.

@@michaelabernathy7013 You Can Find MORE Information About Henry And His Stubborn Attitudes About The V-8 On Line To Update You If You Wish. A Brief Update For You Here. From 1922 To 1928 Henry Became Interested In An X-8 Radial Engine, Like What They Were Producing For The Ford Tri-Motor Airplanes. But It Had Oil And Cooling Problems For An Auto Applications. Chevy Was Coming Out With A New "Stove Bolt" Six Cylinder Engine, (And Not To Be Out Done), In 1928 Henry Had C. James Smith Start On A Shorter Length Single Cast Block V-8. Pirating Ideas From Other V-8 Engine Makers, But They Were Manufactured In Several Sections. Even Though His Son Edsel And "Cast Iron" Charlie Sorenson We're In Favor Of A 6-Cylinder Engine As Well. Unfortunatly Henry Hung On To His INSISTANT Old Ideas TOO LONG. Like The 19-Year Run Of The Under Powered Model T, Still Using Mechanical Brakes Into The 1930's When Chrysler Had Hydraulic Brakes By The Mid 20's, And Still Using Singular Leaf Spring "Buggy" Type Suspension On Ford's Until 1948. So He Had 4-Teams Working Independently On Their Own Versions Of A V8, With Henry Butting In, That Actually Dragged Down The Development Of A Better Collaborative Effort Engine. After Another 4-Year Run Of The Hardly Changed Model A, (While The Competitors We're Offering Yearly Changes And Upgrades), In 1932 Ford Came Out With The 4-Cylinder Model B, And Also The Model 18 V-8. But Unfortunatly USED USED THEIR CUSTOMERS Of Their Model 18 V-8 Engines As Their Testers, Instead Of Perfecting It With Factory Tests. Resulting In Early Problems Like Overheating, From Running The Exhaust Gas Through The Block. It Helped The Engine Warm Up Quicker, But Also Caused Overheating And Even Block Cracks. So It WASN'T So Much A Case Of "Rushing" The Engine Into Production; But Rather A LACK OF FACTORY TESTING To Ensure A Reliable New Engine At The Beginning. In Fact My 1950 Mercury Flathead That I Own Has Better Engine Improvements From The Stock Version. With Dual Exhaust To Remove The Hot Gasses Quicker Out And Away From The Engine Block That Should Have Been Standard Equipment, My Installation Of 160° Thermostats To Keep The Engine Water Temperature Cooler, Colder Spark Plugs To Help Dissipate Head Heat, And Fiber Mount Blocks Under The Carbonators To Avoid Fuel Bowl Gas From Boiling. But It Can STILL Vapor Lock When Left To Idle For Too Long Of A Time. Because The Fuel Pump Is Located On The Top Of The Engine, With The Fan Sucking Radiator Heat Inside The Engine Compartment And Trapping It Under That Dome Hood. So I Carry A Couple Extra Gallons Of Water In The Car To Pour Over The Fuel Pump To Cool It Down If It Vapor Locks. LOTS OF NEW CARS Can Have Problems Or "Bugs" In Them That Surface After They First Come Out. And The New Ford V8 Happened To Be One Of Them...

@@davemckolanis4683 2 thumbs up Dave! I like Justin's channel in part because he hits the highlights of the kind of info you just provided. Peace.

They are super rare I’ve only seen a handful in person I think the Mercury’s are more common but I don’t remember seeing one of them..

But doesn’t it look like Chex mix lol Great choices =)

@@What.its.like. Yes, I grew up with Chex Mix and still buy it in packages. (Used to be made at home).

Thank you so much for sharing all that information I really appreciate it I never really thought of the bottom of the scale but yeah that could definitely be an issue if you were too short. I watch Doug DeMuro a lot he’s 6 foot five I couldn’t imagine being that tall.. there would be a lot of cars that you wouldn’t be able to drive at that height.. The fact that he owned a 2006 era lotus Elise at one point is crazy because that is the hardest car that I’ve ever gotten in and out of. I was going to do an episode on one.. need to find one I can drive super interesting car.. really hard to get out of

@@What.its.like. I think the easiest way to go with the Lotus race cars, is for a tailor to measure you, and then the car is built around you? The Brits are really big on their convertibles, yet their weather is always shit. Maybe they only drive these vehicles when it's sunny, with the top down, The only reason I can imagine.

Looks can be Deceiving

Glad you dig this episode =)

Great choices Glad you dig this video =)

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Thank you so much for sharing that amazing story what a great memory =)

Seems like you grew up in a Ford household. All three of those cars were great looking in their design. It was certainly hard to outrun a Hudson Hornet as they were the undisputed champion of stock car racing in their hayday.

Tr 4 is coming eventually =)

@@What.its.like. YAY man.

Sweet =)

Awesome information =) Great choices

Awesome information thank you so much for sharing that =) Great choices

I have a "47 Ford Super Deluxe coupe [street rodded]. I was told that the change in marker lights happened in mid 1947.

Great choices =) discussion episode Friday is gonna get pushed back to Sunday I have something really special on mine but I just need some time.. lol 48 Pontiac woodie coming today =) And is almost like déjà vu. Lol

That’s awesome those are super hard to find now what did you think of the sportsman that your dad had =)

Had a 47 woodie wagon

@@What.its.like. I have photos of it. Wish I had it now.

I was going to include the footage I thought it was a 46 but they’re virtually the same.. That’s one of my favorite movies of all time

Haha yeah I’m not a smoker either those are great place to store change lol

I thought that was crazy it didn’t show up on KZfaq like it showed up on my computer screen it was almost too bright on my computer screen and it looked almost too dark when I watched it on my phone.. But it was definitely there

Great choices you got the song somebody just beat you for the title

Great choices =)

Sweet =)

I have to agree with @jeffrey

Sweet great choices =)

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Would depend on a few things like final drive ratio what transmission tire size

Yeah buddy you got it somebody just beat you for the title though

Glad you dig this episode I move things around a little bit in this one because it flowed better that way =)

couple of things to consider: 1) the 1946 Ford convertible was available with the V8 only.....2) the 6 was a decent performer in its own right, but the vast majority of Ford buyers bought Fords because of its perceived ( and demonstrated) V8 performance advantage over Chevy and Plymouth....

Honestly if I was buying a car I would buy it with a six cylinder because the V-8 is prone to overheating, happens more than most owners would like to admit.

Yeah, everything was metal or glass, with a minimum of plastics. Cars had to built more lithe, as in England & Europe, or you needed big torquey engines just to get them rolling. Even the steel used today is HS for high strength, so is far thinner for better stiffness than the past. Everything else is a plastic, just it's coated in leather in the more expensive cars. Plastic rules.

@@What.its.like. V8 Ford's Would Vapor Lock If Idling For Several Minutes On A Warm Day. Because The Fuel Pump Is Located On The Top Of The Engine. Where The Heat Was Also Sucked In From The Radiator, And Trapped Under The Solid Dome Of The Hood. That's Why I Carry A Couple Of Jugs Of Water In My V8 Mercury, To Dump On The Fuel Pump To Cool It Down. The Two Middle Cylinders On Each Bank Of The Engine Also Shared The Same Outlet On The Block, With Poor Escaping Exhaust Heat Out A Single Exhaust System. Sometimes Cracking The Engine Block.

Yeah =) as soon as I find one added to request list

I forgot to mention I flip that image it’s on the same side I couldn’t find the right angle that I needed

@@What.its.like. Ah, mystery solved! I worked in magazine and book publishing for 35 years. There were times images were flipped for a variety of reasons, and most of the time, nobody notices.

By the grass roots =)

I’m 6 foot 2 and I fit in this car good I couldn’t imagine being 6 foot 7 there’s a lot of cars being that tall you wouldn’t be able to fit in

@@What.its.like. I always wanted a VW Beetle but was too tall for the old models! But I house sat for my sister a couple of times and she had a 2000s model I was able to drive and it was fun!

Sweet =)

Now you gave away the ending!!

Great choices =) I didn’t know about sunset boulevard next time =)

@@What.its.like. It is a rough, sketchy recollection of a light coloured drop head coupe. The film was made in 1950 by Billie Wilder, so the times are a close match. You know when you feel like you have seen something somewhere?

@@billolsen4360 Sorry man, it was made in 1950, and it's still too soon to talk about?

Sweet choices =)

Yeah buddy you got it somebody just beat you to the title though

​@@What.its.like. Story of my life! So how does a kid like you know all of these oldies anyway???

I was born way too late man I’m into all the cars and music =) how are you even know almost all the lyrics to all those songs as well.

Sweet =) choices

Sweet.., but is it a convertible? The only new car that I ever bought was a 2014 Hyundai Veloster R spec turbo.. that car was cursed.. but super underrated car

Great choices I technically were a size 36 now I had long Covid for a year and I’m finally just starting to get my taste back I wore size 36 when I started doing this but I lost a lot of weight because I couldn’t eat anything long story short.. lol sort of in between size I guess anyway I should’ve said if you’re a 38 or bigger you might have issue I don’t think the 48s are any different

You're RIGHT. The Completely Re Designed 1949 Slab Sided Shoebox Ford Came Out In June Of 1948. Beating Chevy By 6-Months, And Actually SAVED Ford At The Time. The PLANNED 49 Ford Was Actually Suppose To Look More Like The 49 Mercury. But Was Deemed Too Large, Too Heavy And Too Expensive For The Lower Priced Car Market. So A Completely Different Ford Was Designed And Sold, Becoming A BIG HIT For Ford. Canning The Old Potato Bodies, Fat Fenders And Humpy Hoods Of The 1940's...

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The Dodge what he looks different than all of the other ones we have some Woodie wagon’s coming in the pipeline.. =)

Interestingly, I like the Ford woodie the best. (trust me, with all due respect)

Whatever happened to it did you keep it a long time or quick flip

@@What.its.like. didn't buy it THERE WAS A MAN SCRAPPING CARS ON THE DUMP HE OFFERED ME A TRUCK FOR 35$ I WAS 12 IT RAN DAD SAID WASNT WORTH BECAUSE IT Smokes WAS A 32FORD DUAL SIDE MOUNT V8 ROADSTER PICKUP THEY CUT IT UP

@@What.its.like. I did get a 57 ford convertible for 150$ painted it 99$ drove it for the summer sold for 900$ bought a 66tbird conv 1500$ still have it garaged not run since 86

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Yes classiccarcatalogue.com/FORD_USA_1946.html

There is one coming =) maybe next week

I’m in between sizes 34 in shorts well those shorts and 36 jeans it’s a long story but I had long Covid for about a year and I didn’t eat anything so I lost a ton of weight I finally started getting my taste back about a month ago.. I wore 36 size when I started doing this..

Sweet =)

I think it's because when we say things like, "I need to fill the gas tank," everybody knows what we mean.

That sounds like a really cool episode automotive literature.. words and why we use them =) I’m honestly not sure why we call gas and you call it petrol.. I think it’s because the magical process that happens in fuel injection/carburetors in the liquid turns into a gas I think that’s why we call it gas because it’s an actual gas when it’s being used.. But honestly it’s just speculation

@@What.its.like. No it is never a gas, both carburettors and fuel injection atomise the fuel, even LPG must be turned to liquid by a regulator and then atomised. I think the key may lay in the term 'fuel', I get fuel when it is running low. You see when you see a diagram for a cracking plant, at a certain level you get petrol, way above bitumen and diesel, kerosene. The higher up the cracker, the more refined oil becomes. LPG is another thing which is a hydrocarbon but not as energy dense as petrol. But both are way more energy dense than batteries can ever be. The only significant issue with LPG is that a pierced tank doesn't explode or combust. They instead Bleve "Boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion" A very uncommon event. The same would happen to a propane tank that was burst. Although Propane has even less energy density, like it makes a difference? But your organisation responsible for automotive lubricants and fuels is called "The Petroleum Council of America. You should be able to buy petroleum jelly? Great for battery terminals. to keep away the green stain of death.

@@billolsen4360 No, you know what you mean, and most if not all Americans know. The rest of the world realises it is a liquid. And, the Petroleum Council of America should probably have a say? That is why I keep asking, because over the decades, nobody has provided an answer. So your name is Bill, and we don't need a reason, but a fundamental chemical is being misrepresented by its phase state, so that is confusing, especially when nobody knows why.

Your comment wins I’m going to share it at the end of today’s episode =)

@@What.its.like. Thanks. I just needed to rant for a sec. Keep up the great content.

I rant at the end sometimes =) lol

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Sweet choices =)

I can definitely see that I would consider them homely but I’m not a fan of the 41.. it’s very eh after the absolutely gorgeous 40 model but I honestly like the 39 better the standard version.. lol

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I was always told that those were over riders bumper guards have rubber those aren’t rubberized so they don’t really guard the bumper

@@What.its.like. Perhaps You Should Check ON LINE To See An Actual Picture Of An OVER RIDER, That Are Mostly Used On Larger Trucks And Busses. And Even Larger Heavy Truck Front "Bull" Guards, And Massive Modular Front End Guards. I Ordered My 1979 Chevy Pickup With Optional Front "Bumper Guards", (Incase I Needed To Give Another Vehicle A PUSH), And They Came With A Black Strip Pad On The Face Of Them To Avoid Scratching The Guard Or The Other Vehicle Being Pushed. And If The Bumpers Still Didn't Have A Good Match, I'd Use An OLD TIRE Between The Vehicles. So The Rubber Pad Idea Must Be Terminology Used And Applying To TRUCK Bumpers. During The 1920's To The 40's, Car Bumpers Weren't The Same Height From The Ground, And Would Sometimes LOCK Together When Parking Close Together End To End On Streets. You're Likely Too Young To Remember That. And The Added Bumper Guard Would Help Prevent The Locking OF Bumpers Going Underneath The Other Car Bumper. But As The Bumpers Became Wider, Those Added Bumper Guards We're Eliminated. Until Today All That Exists Is A Plastic Covering Over a Hidden Metal Beam, With A Thick Foam Pad As A "Bumper". You Should Also LEARN To Use Periods And Capitol Letters, So Your Comments Sound More Sensible. Instead Of RAMMING Words Together Incoherently...

www.mgmagicclassicmotorparts.com/bumper-guard-overrider-mg-replica-each/ That’s what I was told the over rider is they seem to think the same