Love the fact that Holley is behind your channel. They are now my 1st choice for EVERYTHING.

Man, the smile on your lad's face at the end of this video was worth it's weight in gold. 60 yrs from now, he'll be telling his grandkids about when him and his old man rebuilt his first engine back in '23. That's a legacy second to none. Well done!

That boy will tackle anything you throw at him. Dang good kid.

Been watching your channel for months now and accidentally found this video. Fun to see how JD has grown over the last couple years. I truly appreciate your backyard professional approach and knowledge

JDs Smile at the end of Father and Son 390 V8 build Says It all. Memories that you and he will never forget..Great Job

I have been binge watching for a couple days here,,, and wow,,, JD is an awesome kid.... he is focused on a task,,, he is eager to learn,,,, good son, obviously a great father....

I love your videos! It takes me back to when I had to help Dad get a vehicle running over the weekend so he could go to work on Monday. It was ALWAYS a crunch. But after I was grown he got his hands on a 69 Mach 1. We had that thing singing a tune when he passed. Anyway, thank you for sharing these projects with your son. This world would be a much better place if dads did more of this. God Bless y'all and I can't wait for more vids!

As an ex engine builder from a legit shop it wasn't uncommon to build a $20,000 hemi motor that being said I totally approve of the way you did this engine I wouldn't have done it any different even if I had extra money to burn on it sometimes just throwing the bare minimum at it it's all it's going to take to have a good strong running motor for his car and it's not like he's bone freaking drag car or a race car or anything she's got to be good in reliable for him you're teaching them that you don't have to have a big budget to do this stuff I've hodgepodged all kinds of engines and shit together in my time there's been many times people told me what I was doing was wrong or the wrong way or it's not going to work and there's nothing greater than when it does.

It seriously looks amazing.

that motor looks siiiiick!

Great videos love the father and son working together ❤️

when I was a kid, my father and I always worked on the boat. Boats are now a thing of the past, but that knowledge still sticks with me all these years later, and transitions to other projects. You are doing a world of good for your son. I’m sure he will appreciate it for the rest of his life.

I love, love watching you and your son !

Get er Done on the ole Ford good stuff with your son.

Love these videos, that father and son time is priceless

Back in 1959 engine choices were a 6 cyl. OHV 223 Cu. In.---V8 OHV 292 Cu.In.----V8 OHV 332 Cu.In.-----V8 OHV 352 Cu.In. I would of loved to had a 390 in one of mine. Jd in so lucky to have a 1959 like his, it beats what I had in 1968 & 1969, so much better pickings and technology in today's world than what I had in 69. Wish I had a time machine .

Thank you sir for keeping the old knowledge alive

It’s really cool that you and your son are actually building this car together, he’ll definitely appreciate it slot more and the time you guys spent working on it later. Keep up the good work.

You are an excellent father. I was raised by a single father myself and that's how I got into cars. You should be very proud of yourself!!

Back in 1979 I got an F150 with an exploded clutch, 300 inline 6. The explosion blew the bell housing up and took the mounting tabs on the block with it. The donor engine had been dumped in a ditch 4-5 years earlier and was rusted pretty much solid. It was beat apart, sand papered and reassembled using whatever looked best out of the pile of junk. I got 50,000 miles out of that engine. Had to carry an extra 3/8 bolt and a 9/16 wrench 'cause the starter only had one good mount hole and it fell off occasionally.

It is so nice to see farther and son working together, and he obviously loves it! well done.

Ha ha I love the way little man answers u ya ya ya

I don't know how I missed this series on JDs Hot Rod Ford. I followed the Holey Goat, and Rolled Runner builds, and the Silver Dollar Chevy build but only caught a couple of videos on this build. Great work as always!

That little boy is your biggest fan.

First off I love JD's car, and his engine looks great. You are my favorite car channel now, JD's smile at the end said it all. Great memories Dad!

I love watching you clean up and put back together a used motor! It’s beautiful!

It is awesome that you can walk your son through the whole process! My Dad was a great inspiration for me too!

I believe your mechanical techniques must be a regional tradition. I grew up maybe a couple of hundred miles from you, and it amuses me greatly to see you working on literally the same clapped-out starting material, using the same procedures I did--50 years on. 😆

"May or may not have evaded law enforcement to get there in time" C'mon now it would've been fun to watch the Holey Goat outrun the cops in the night.

Can't wait to see it go!

I love the license plate with 316 on it...

You're doing the right thing for this young man

Love the toad frog music! Swamps are us.!

Love this channel.

Really pretty! Nice work.

A magnet make pulling those keepers like really really easy bro!

You guys are killing it! Living the champagne life on a Schlitz budget!

JD is so proud, thanks Dad.

Pole barn with an EXIT sign... now that's a first for me haha Ur lil dude gettn smart!! Makn me jealous!!! Love yall!!

I built my 394 ci bored 390. With my son 30 years ago, my son was about your sons age. I ported the heads and let him assemble them. I lightened the stock crank and rebalanced it polished the rods and peened them, lightened the forged pistons and we put it all together with an aluminum intake and a 236@.050 cam and took it to the dyno. It made 488 ft lbs and 503 hp at 6300. The compression was 11:1. It still runs beautifully with that solid cam. The 65 Galaxie it’s in only weighs 3600 lbs. That thing is still spooky, it will burn the tires through first, 2nd and moves in 3 rd on street tires. 30 years and it still runs like a champ, no leaks no blowby.

Reliability is so much more important for a " legacy build, father son projects build much more than engines and cars, they build memories and life experience. This is the true value of projects like this, teaching the care and prep of assembly, those little details end up being lifelong knowledge that applies to everything in life💯

If my father was alive, he would be laughing so hard at you ragging on Ford. All good fun! Great to see you working on the car together. Making great memories and maybe an okay motor when it's all done. :)

Im a boomer and i see absolutely nothing wrong with the way you do things. Love your content. You are hilarious and love the time you spend with J. D. ❤❤❤❤

The valve seat lapping location is perfect I've laped alot of valves in my day beautiful, love the way you and your son work together reminds me of me and my dad.

Your a stand up guy! JD has a awesome father (dad) wish all guys were like you are with their kids…..keep up the good work guys!! O..JD your gonna have a sweet ride! Love watching your channel !!

Looks great!

Kids gonna be real proud of his car come driving age

Oh of course one more thing I have to say!! It is definitely awesome to see your 11 year old boy out working on car and truck stuff for sure!!! I’m pretty sure he is the only 11 year old that I have ever seen do as much as he has done on his 390 Ford engine!!! Usually they would definitely get really bored in the first 20 minutes!!! As long as you teach him the Wright way he might just be better then dad when he gets older!!! Definitely an awesome 11 year old!!! He would rather be out helping dad on Vehicales instead of inside playing video games!!! I definitely always wanted to be outside also when I was younger!!! I remember being 12 or 13 and working on a 1972 Chevy truck that my dad wrecked and told me he would help me rebuild it!!! 2 years later he still hadn’t started to help me so I started in on it and was able to do just about everything myself other than the farmer that was renting pastor ground across the road from my mom and dad he had stopped by to help me flip the box over backwards and off of the frame!!! I wasn’t quite tall enough to get it to go all the way over!!! I remember trying and trying and trying and I just couldn’t make it happen because of my height!!! Lol!!! Plus those older pickup box’s are definitely heavier!!! Lol!!!

It’s awesome to see you wrenching with your son.

Wow this a great series and when this gets dropped into that great looking car this will be CAR HISTORY👍😀❤️🇺🇸 Thank you for this it brings back such great memories

So killer you have your son involved! Lessons he’ll never forget

Whether the polished turd runs well or not it's looks great and your son was a big part of the build, and that is what matters. Teach them young. 👌👌

Reminds me of me learning to work on cars in a pole barn speed shop. My best friends Dad drag raced at a small 1/8 mile track. We built a S-10, Monza tubbed out, and Malibu in a pole barn in the early/mid 90’s. 👍🏼

Nice work!

JD's confidence is growing before our eyes. What a great series.

Just finished up watching the holey goat uploads now im watching this series and I do say you working with your son is priceless did this with my father best times ever while it lasted . Your teaching him well man ...RESPECT God bless love the channel

JD is a lucky kid to have you show him how to work on and fix cars. Too many kids today don't have enough to do so they get into trouble. I did the same with mine and now we have great memories from when they were younger. We still work on projects today. Right now we are getting the 1972 Gran Torino that I bought years ago then passed down to him back on the road after sitting for about ten years. I am helping his twin work on his 95 F150 short bed. It will be nice when its finished.

Glad to see ya getting hem out in the shop

Best of luck on your china wall cork gaskets. May theynot leak on you when it is back in the vehicle. It's nice to see you getting the young one into cars.

I am a mopar guy but dude you got to show Ford a little love. Ha!

That's great spending time with your boy !!

It was awesome to see you and your Son working together looking for too see JD hot rod running.

The stickers are the best part at the end The stickers at 5 Hp per Sticker Dalton Nice @Pole Barn Garage

I'm going to throw this out there, I'm only 1:25 in so far, but listen when it comes to that lapping compound, it's like magic. It starts off at a very rough grit, and as you go it thins out, it almost gets wet with oil as your lapping, you lift and reseat the compound and drop it back in and now you're up at a finer grit. That stuff is pretty amazing and it works SO well. I had to do the valves on an 04 Honda Pilot 3.5, ha the camshaft blew the bearing out (ugh) of the head.. that was fun! I thought my timing belt broke.. nope, well I mean it did but not because the timing belt was bad, it was lack of oil up there on the cam.. anyway.. yeah that lapping compound is amazing for like $5.99!! edit: One other little thing, and I know you know what you're doing, clearly.. but whenever I replace a valve spring and its keeper, after I take the puller off, I tap it a couple times with a hammer. Hard. Make sure those keepers are in place. ONE TIME I had one pop out, and man if that happened inside a closed engine.. uh.. it would probably be really really bad. Catastrophic one might say.. so that's a tip my old man taught me many many moons ago.

I love how JD has evolved on camera. He used to look at you have three heads every time you would make a wise crack, now he adds to said wise crack or dishes out his own.

I watched all your videos you and your son videos are the best good job you guys keep up the good work 👍

Fantastic!!!

JD will be one of the few young drivers who knows how his vehicle works. He will be able to help the uneducated fellow motorists or laugh at them for allowing their car to break down.

Love what you're doing for that young man. This will stay with him.

Tap the valve stem with a small Hammer so the keepers seat

That distributor is way to nice for that motor LOL @Pole Barn Garage

Here's to the real mvp of this video.. that flimsy engine stand somehow holding it together as you guys pile parts on.

The engine is coming together. And think your son being involved. Wii make him really appreciate your work as well. Thank you for sharing

Another great build love watching your videos

It matters big time!😮

Outstanding work you guys are doing!! I can't wait to hear that turd run.

Your son is awsome.

I have a 67 cougar with a 390 4 speed the motor has 234,000 miles, will be doing a rebuilt soon, I have all NOS parts I've been collecting for 35 years. thanks from north California

Thanks!

You could put a bubble top hood scoop, like the thunderbolt on the Fairlane's!

Well, love the father/son vibe you got going on. I hope after all your hard work on her, she runs as good as she looks. Boat anchor to bad ass. Looking forward to the start up.

Looks good. Let that gasket sealer harden up after you put it on then set your intake down & your China walls will stay

Wow! JD's ride will be spiffy! Right on!

you are a great Dad.

I ain't gonna lie, I'm kinda liking the way JD's engine is coming together! Good job guys!

Also, after getting the valve keepers in, lightly hit the end of the valve stem with a plastic tipped hammer to fully seat the keepers. As long as you have a even, unbroken line in the middle of and all around the valve face, you should be good to go

Im just happy to watch you both 😌

On all the diesel motors that I build when leaping the valves I put the compound on and stick the vale in and stick the cordless drill on the stem and spin it with the drill makes a real good job!!!

I know that your approaches are not always "conventional" or "good", but I like that you demonstrate that pretty much everything can be fixed with a hammer, hacksaw, rubber hose and screwdriver. :) I will likely never completely rebuild an engine but I like to think that in a pinch with enough time on Google I could figure it out. Watching you go through the process helps with building that confidence and reduces the intimidation factor by about 63.6%.

I cant wait till my boy is old enough to teach him the right way to do things lol. Keep up the the videos there great

You did it the right way. You want a nice pattern all the way around the valve. The ideal spot is just above the center portion of the valve seat on the valve.

I have asked that question ❓⁉️, Good morning and dying to see the fruit and work of the labor and waiting for you and the parts.

Have to be in shape to crank them out in the 70's and early 80's. Did it for 40 years

First rule in engine building. Those cork end gaskets go in the garbage. A nice silicone bead from 1 head to the other squishes beautifully when the intake is installed.

Hope it runs as good as it looks. Good Job JD.

oooo yeah....FE intake manifolds. The work of Beelzebub...! Make sure you've got the rocker bolts in the right holes. One each side is cut back to provide the oil way to the heads. If you put a full bolt in those holes you wont get any oil to the top end.

Pretty good ol man. Done good 👍

Nothing beats the old Clam shell clamp valve spring compressor. Now you know why the aftermarket aluminum intakes for Ford are so nice.. they are light..

Engine looks Million times better then it did when you both started Nice Dalton @Pole Barn Garage

Looks pretty good guys