Abandoned Barn Find Ford Crosses the Country It Helped Build [Incredible Story]

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Abandoned Barn Find Ford Crosses the Country It Helped Build [Incredible Story]

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Crossthread Garage & Salvage

Күн бұрын

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@abrdds Жыл бұрын

A kid that listens?? Cool... a channel I must watch... love her truck❤🙃

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement.

@santabubba50 Жыл бұрын

You are a lucky guy… your daughter wants to spend time with you working on an old truck…. Nothing better. Definitely looking forward to seeing more

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Couldn’t agree more…God is good. And there’s definitely more coming.

@jdbargeron1 Жыл бұрын

This is the sort of content that I really like! No cussing and fake drama. Just a dad and his kid building memories... and a cool old truck. Definitely subscribing! 👍👍

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks JD! God bless!

@kenbeitzel9168 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. It's great to see your daughter involved in restoring the truck

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 much more to come!

@stevephillips1867 Жыл бұрын

I wish more young people girls and boys got into old cars and learning how to do it all. Engine rebuild, body and paint. Drive it with pride.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Steve. K8lynn and I just wrapped filming our next episode; rust repair, welding in cab corners, filling holes left by molding and emblems we removed. K8lynn did it all. New episode should be ready to publish Monday.

@maniestrijdom7271 Жыл бұрын

That standing storie , well i have owend my 46 ford 1/2 ton for 25 years , so it is standing for 1/3 of its life waiting for a rebuild , you go girl ! and finish this one

@morewithles Жыл бұрын

New subscriber! Glad I found your channel! Family oriented car channels are great! 👊👍🙏

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the sub.

@brettjones5041 Жыл бұрын

awesome family mechanical content.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brett!

@oldcars5547720 Жыл бұрын

If it were mine I would rebuild the flathead, the front end and anything else necessary (brakes, clutch, rear end, et.al.) and drive it. You should be able to find a new grill. Kaitlynn has good taste. She will be so proud of this when it is finished. You should build and long, wooden bed for this and put urethane on the wood. That could be a beautiful truck someday. I am not a patina guy. I would paint it candy apple red. Kaitlynn is the star of the show!!! I would strongly recommend trying to find a shop manual for this truck and a post war Motor's manual to learn how to rebuild the carburetor and everything else.

@davecody5997 Жыл бұрын

Way to go young lady!!!!

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks. This has been a lot of work, but a lot of fun too.

@kevinherbert7564 Жыл бұрын

Super awesomeness 😊

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@skipstein744 Жыл бұрын

Great find! Onward!

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks Skip! We’re pretty pleased with it.

@THROTTLEPOWER Жыл бұрын

Very cool!!!!!! 👍👍

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We appreciate the encouragement.

@DaSoulmann Жыл бұрын

K8lynn had me laffin at the intro... thanks I needed that 😅😅

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

She makes us laugh every day.

@ronniepapepape1629 Жыл бұрын

The truck is a definitely a special truck from the pre-second World War era.

@barrysaunders853 5 ай бұрын

Your kids are so nice!

@ShawnMarang Жыл бұрын

Great video and such a great truck with a cool history. My grandfather worked for the CCC. Looking forward to seeing the work on the truck.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@davidpayne2880 Жыл бұрын

In the early 70s I bought a 1941 11/2 ton truck that had brass plates riveted to the dash showing the shift pattern, the max speed in each gear with 45 mph in 4 th. Also a large data plate riveted to the glove box cover. It was removed when the Army sold it to the civilian market. Those trucks had ford flat beds with stakes with 1x4 with 2 on each side and on the rear. The radiator is split with a water pump for each bank of the engine, there was no crossover except at the upper radiator tank. The spark plugs are located above the piston next to the valves. My truck was a civilian model as the bed was bolted to the frame while the military ordered ones carried the spare tire horizontal above the frame behind the cab with the box bed on extended supports. The civilian bed was 791/2 inches wide so Ford did not have to put one the cluster of 3 lights on the front and rear. They are required on any truck or trailer that are 80 inches and over. A well tuned flathead is a very well balanced and quiet running engine. My "41" had the same tow hooks, was painted with zink chromate primer under the orange paint. Our 15 year old grandson asked if he could buy it as he wants to restore it. We sold it to him for $1.00 so that he can have actual Army truck that was produced as a civilian

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the rundown on your truck. Interesting to hear other people's experiences with these 1.5 ton '41's.

@meh-canics9628 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it! More content like this coming soon.

@suegoss8600 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing a part of our History!! That means a lot to me!! Keep up the great job with your daughter!! Enjoyed this video, first one!! Thanks again young man !GODS BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😁😁😁

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Sue. If you liked this one, you’ll love the rest of our content. Just a dad teaching his daughter to be independent and self-sufficient. Thanks for the support.

@stuartcampbell6195 Жыл бұрын

Just subscribed an looking forward to watching you and Caitlin fix the truck up its a beauty greetings from a set Merseyside uk

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub and the encouragement!

@billgaines8207 Жыл бұрын

That was an awesome story about the 41 Ford I take my hat off to the people that work for the ccc much respect for them another awesome video brother

@Xthreadgarage1984 Жыл бұрын

As always, thanks Bill.

@billgaines8207 Жыл бұрын

@@Xthreadgarage1984 you're welcome

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill. Appreciate the constant support.

@peterschepman5492 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your time with your daughter and about her truck

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

My privilege. Make sure to subscribe, the whole channel is about me teaching her to be a shade-tree-mechanic.

@dstdrummer Жыл бұрын

Cool truck! Teach her right brother. I’m originally from NEO. Down in Daytona now. Enjoy the build, and cherish the time spent together!

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@JosephThomas78 Жыл бұрын

Wow her room is a lot cleaner than my two boys who share a room, girls really are cleaner!

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

😂

@jameschism1457 11 ай бұрын

I noticed that the instrument panel in that truck is from a 69 to 74 Ford van. Cool truck!

@Xthreadgarage 11 ай бұрын

No, that the 41 instrument cluster.

@Lecknye1961 Жыл бұрын

Back in those days they paint it all trucks green and that’s a beer Can gas cap. You must be watching Morski.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

I do watch mortski, but the oil can says STP oil additive on it. If you cracked that can open and drank it it probably wouldn’t have been the first can you opened that day. 😂

@Lecknye1961 Жыл бұрын

@@Xthreadgarage well, OK I couldn’t see that good. I watch Morski to I just recently found your channel.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

@@Lecknye1961 Thanks for watching. Glad you found us.

@theboom7380 Жыл бұрын

Are you kitten me right meow? Haha! I love the cutaway edits Steve! Keep up the great work both of you!

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks Shane. Appreciate the encouragement,…and the support.

@donaldwelch4755 Жыл бұрын

Kaitlin you have something to be very proud of. I have mixed feelings keep it original or updated the drive train

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

A lot of the decisions about what we do will come from pulling the motor and seeing if it’s original and/or rebuildable. We really like the patina on this one. It would be hard to cover it up. After all, it took 82 years to look like it does.

@donaldwelch4755 Жыл бұрын

@crossthreadgarage1984 . Very true would be awesome if you two was able to get that flat head going there's nothing like the sound of a flat head

@nevinhough2683 Жыл бұрын

I have a 48 Chevy Panel 1ton (LW) with a clear title. 3rd owner too. any title on something 70+ yrs old is rare.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Gotta love some old Chevy Advanced Design vehicles. My late-‘47 ratrod is my pride and joy, other than the family of course, and it has a clean title that matches the data plate on the drivers side lower A-pillar.

@ronrusling2113 Жыл бұрын

This came across as a recommended video and I enjoyed it very much. Just subscribed and looking forward to seeing what the two of you do with this piece of American history.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@graemeburr6463 Жыл бұрын

Good to see your daughter getting into this sort of stuff. You are right about Z's there are lots of good ones out there....there has to be as they are our future. That's a later 8BA type flatty that first appeared in Ford trucks in 1948 (cars in 1949). Down here in NZ this would not be a "pre- war" truck as we were in it from 1939. The FOMOCO plant here stopped producing cars in 39 and switched to munitions, Bren gun carriers, but kept producing some trucks. I will watch this build with interest and have subscribed.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. We’re doing some on the fly learning about flatheads here, but intend to break this one down and identify what type or series it is and whether it is original. What gives you an indication it’s an 8BA?

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Btw I’ve got friends in Napier on the North Island, where are you? Might be in NZ before the end of the year for work actually.

@graemeburr6463 Жыл бұрын

@@Xthreadgarage I'm in Lower Hutt 14km north of the Capital Wellington. It is an 8BA because the water necks in the heads are at the front. The earlier ones with 24 stud heads had the water neck in the centre of the top of the head. Also it has the distributor on the side while the earlier ones ran direct off the cam at the front of the engine.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

@@graemeburr6463 Thanks for the lesson. I knew it was a 21-stud and that there was a 24-stud version, but didn't know any other visible differences existed. I'm a bit of a muppet when it comes to flatheads, but I suspect by the time we're done with this one she'll be alright.

@landrover90 Жыл бұрын

Great backstory and history lesson for an Englishman. I wonder if that new deal would float nowadays in a similar situation? I'd like to hope so. It's also kinda weird to hear '41 mentioned as pre war though but for you guys I guess it was.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@jefferyhamilton8099 Жыл бұрын

Hi say body swap it on to a modern 1 ton Dooley chassis shorten, the narrow the flatbed should make a nice truck

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

I did a cab swap of a ‘54 Chevy onto a 1-ton dually a few years ago. K8lynn and I were just talking about this again last night. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@yayoib49 Жыл бұрын

About the CCC and Trucks , There was a CCC Camp by Rib Mtn Wisconsin they Did Conservation Work , When WW 2 Started everyone Left and the Trucks were left Sitting at the Deserted Camp , what Happend to the Trucks I have no idea , The Army must have taken them , they Ran the CCC

@ronkemp9528 Жыл бұрын

I think you should drop it too the ground and put a step side box of some kind on it.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Don’t threaten me with a good time 🤙 😎

@ronkemp9528 Жыл бұрын

@@Xthreadgarage lol

@stevelong2108 Жыл бұрын

If I could send you a picture of the 41 tonner me and my dad built, might give you some ideas

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Would be happy to see it. You can find us on Facebook and message us there, or…our email address: crossthreadsalvage@gmail.com

@davidpayne2880 Жыл бұрын

You just filled in some of the missing information on my "41" ford. The military used 6 cylinder engine as they had better low end tourqe. So my assumption on my truck being Army. Is probably wrong as I do not have that tag in the cab. Have a great time working together. We had a granddaughter living with use. I was getting ready to change the oil and filter on my 1961 F100 4x4 pickup. when Raeli slid under neath and wanted to do the oil change. She had just finished 6th grade. She has been able to do work on her own cars to save money and have some knowledge to spot the systems that try to cheat young women onto pairs. She is 21 now and does take care of her car.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for letting us know.

@Xthreadgarage Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for letting us know.