Your little buddy is learning a lot from you that is good he will remember you when he grows old wonderful this world needs more people like you thanks
What a find. Whippet's are excellent cars. This one deserves restoration. Antique cars are like real estate: "They're not making them any more". I'm a Willys guy (Restorer) and I believe the engine is a Continental design built under license by Willys Overland. While extremely advanced for the time, the water jackets were extended to produce the famous "Go Devil" engine of WW2 fame. You have a treasure. The Elcar now has a Buddy.
I saw this older gentlemen and his wife sitting in a 40's willys it had a chop top red with moon wheels and white walls with skirts on it I fell in love with that little car the way he had it done. I always seen them hopped up high in the front like a gasser. The way I saw it made me change my mind on how the way a person could make anything cool looking. I heard Chip Foose once say he gets paid to do something tottley unessery to a car and make a living at it. I understood what he meant a car just gets you from A to B people spend thousands of dallors to make a car truck look cool everything Chip Foose does to a car most has a functional part that work's
A friend of mine had a Whippet. It was a good running, fun car. He sold it a few years back. Yours looks very solid... considering it's a 1929. I bet with a little tinkering, it could be running, and driving. Great find!
Jonathan you really find some rare and unusual cars. I am an early American car buff, and now I have discovered two makes that I never heard of since coming upon your channel a couple of weeks ago. The Whippet and the Elkar. I plan to watch all of your videos and am looking forward to more new discoveries!
Ваши американские ретро и классические автомобили такие классные. Не то что наши советские автомобили, нечего красивого в них нет. Я лично мечтаю о такой машине.
Awesome, Reminds me a lot of the 1929 ford pickup my dad had when I was little. Dad inherited it from his sisters husband ( Uncle John Wilkes) when he passed away. We use to ride it around on the farm and back through the woods to the country store that was a couple miles from our house. I can still here that chugga-chugga- chugga-chugga sound the engine made . Looking forward to the first start :-)
Good find, from memory the whippet engine is sleeve valve but i could be wrong. Looks almost complete, hope we see this car run and drive one day. Rat rod?? NO WAY MAN!!!! Plenty of others for that, clean it up and gentle restoration. FAR TOO GOOD TO BECOME A POXY Rat rod!
That could be a very neat street rod! If you want to reshape the wood steering wheel try boiling the wood in ammonia. Very effective in softening the lignin in the wood. you should have a form prepared to clamp the wood around yo get it the correct diameter. I would glue up some 2x material and band saw out a form, then use a nylon band clamp to hold the pieces in position until the wood has cooled and dried. I seem to remember my Grandfather bragging on a Whippet engine. If I recall he said they made one with piston shaped valves instead of T valves. They were especially smooth but suffered from the poor quality oils of the day. If yours is of the right vintage for that motor I can not say. Good Luck!
That a neat car. Years ago I new a woman who told me she drove a whippet across country with her I year old daughter. She was a great old gal. Her name was Nell.
What a beauty!! Met a guy in Ontario Canada that made one of these into a rat rod. I don't know how you find these! Wow!! Just hard to believe! Really love watching your channel!
i bet that was sheer torture for you, you with all those rollbacks!! neat old car, it has good bones. cant wait to hear it fire up! great vid! take care!
Nice old car, I'd probably just restore slowly, love rats and heck whatever you want to do I watch, but she deserves another chance I think. Easy to say when your not financing it though I understand that. Thanks for sharing, thats another great find!
I would love to find a Whippet. My grandpa always talked about his first car which was a Whippet he bought in Athens Tenn. for $65 dollars in 1937. I spent my childhood listening to countless stories about my grandpa , his brothers and all their Shenanigans while running around the dirtroads of Tenn. in his Whippet as a teenager. Sadly they always had the same ending about him choosing to sell his Whippet to help with supporting my great grandmother and his brothers and sisters after my great grandfathers passing in his early 40s from black lung disease. I am going to find one to tinker with myself hopefully.
I'm absolutely in love with that lil car! Its amazing how well that car has held together for close to 90 yrs. May I ask what you gave for it and how you found this gem? Looking forward to more videos. I agree with you on borrowing things.....try to make it bette, if able. I am the same way (hate to borrow, but if I do, fill the fuel tank, wash the truck, even replace a tire). It's just common courtesy to show "thanks" for the lender's kindness. Thanks for the video Jonathan!
When I was 8or9 my uncle Vern restored a Whippet. Painted it fire engine red and put in a black tuck and roll interior. I was enthralled by it. I think he put a flathead Ford 8 in it if I remember correctly. He promised me a ride as soon as he got the brake parts he needed. I didn't see the car ever again, he traded it for a 68 Charger, I never forgave him.
The rat rod craze has ruined so many original cars like this. This car is oozing with history. Sure, it needs a lot, but just fix it mechanically then do the minimum to make it roadworthy enough to tool around the back roads. The car would be a major spectacle wherever it goes.
I just picked up a 29' Whippet Roadster. There is a lot of wood in these cars, but they are very easy to work on. Yours is in much better shape than mine it. I am still missing the top irons and trunk lid.
*@**4:50* My Grandpa would holler at me too. Something about the heat & humidity- Southerners don't think or move very quickly. That changes when you move up North.
Willys-Overland Whippet Four Doctor's Coupe. That's a pretty unusual body style for those as they tended to have more workaday bodies. The modification to the boot/trunk floor immediately behind the seat suggests it might have done some time as a bootlegger's car. I think the engines in those are an early incarnation of what became the famous Go Devil engine in the WW2 Jeeps...
My grandpa had a Ford Model A modified similarly during prohibition... Only found out after he let slip it was at the bottom of a local lake, and a local diver brought it back to the surface after he died. The trunk was still full of mason jars with their lids rusted off from when it fell through the ice some time in the 30's.
Ya another good one Jonathan u will have that up and running in not time. Glad u managed to get to the show i no you were looking forward to going there. Keep the good things coming great video as normal. All the best from Andy in UK
Yeah...that dude had no problem watching you work your butt off on that come-along. I don't mind someone not helping as much as them wanting to hold a conversation with me while I'm trying not to pass out. Thanks JW!!
wow full of antifreeze in the radiator and no leaks that's amazing . That four banger Willys engine doesn't really look to bad either. That would make a great project vehicle for sure. Hope the cost wasn't too expensive since you had to drive to south Carolina to pick it up. Thanks for letting us see it.
Greetings Jonathan, Never have seen anyone ratchet a car on a trailer so fast.You must of had your Wheaties for breakfast. Nice car. Elcar is quite cool also. Keep the Vids. coming/
Johnathan, great find. I hope it becomes a driver. it is way more complete than my 29 Whippet six. I have pretty much a shell that has had parts cut off the bottom. they probably got used to fix a car more like yours. but what I have is better used as a rat rod than this one.
Isn't it a shame how the D.O.T. works? Even though you're not on a Business Tow, you can't haul for Personal Business. I bought a Warn winch for my car trailer a few years ago, it was the best thing I ever did. Cool find man! If I lived closer to you, I'd definitely help you on that Come-Along!
Great find👍. No offence but I would rather see a build on THIS car rather than the drag car. Don't get it twisted.... I like the drag car but this car is much more interesting. It doesn't matter to me which way you go on this car,original or rat rod it. THIS build will be very interesting. Take care my friend.
I think I would, if I had the car and the money, take the time to restore this old girl. She is rare and hard to find and she would be a fun car to restore
Your little buddy is learning a lot from you that is good he will remember you when he grows old wonderful this world needs more people like you thanks
That is a GREAT car! I'll bet it was a pretty snappy ride back in '29!
UA-cam needs a love button for stuff like this.
Nice find Mr. Johnathan keep the classics alive👍
I agree - it's too cool to rat rod. Great barn find! Nice vid.
What a gorgeous piece of history right there. Get it road worthy, clean, drivable, and as original as possible. Sweet little car.
What a find. Whippet's are excellent cars. This one deserves restoration. Antique cars are like real estate: "They're not making them any more". I'm a Willys guy (Restorer) and I believe the engine is a Continental design built under license by Willys Overland. While extremely advanced for the time, the water jackets were extended to produce the famous "Go Devil" engine of WW2 fame. You have a treasure. The Elcar now has a Buddy.
Hope they don’t Rat Rod this on.
"They're not making them any more" ...and then everybody and their dog makes rat rods out of them.
I saw this older gentlemen and his wife sitting in a 40's willys it had a chop top red with moon wheels and white walls with skirts on it I fell in love with that little car the way he had it done. I always seen them hopped up high in the front like a gasser. The way I saw it made me change my mind on how the way a person could make anything cool looking.
I heard Chip Foose once say he gets paid to do something tottley unessery to a car and make a living at it. I understood what he meant a car just gets you from A to B people spend thousands of dallors to make a car truck look cool everything Chip Foose does to a car most has a functional part that work's
My grandfather had a 29 Whippet. Thanks for sharing this with us. I have a 1930 Model A , but everyone has one of those.
Great find.I had a 1926 whippet delivery truck back in the early 90's.Lost it when business went bad.Sure do miss it.Nice to see you save it.
A friend of mine had a Whippet. It was a good running, fun car. He sold it a few years back. Yours looks very solid... considering it's a 1929. I bet with a little tinkering, it could be running, and driving. Great find!
if nothing else Jonathan your getting a hell of a work out in your right arm lol! The Whippet looks pretty solid, nice score
Closest I ever got to one of these was an aluminum hub cap my father in law had for one. Nice to see the whole thing.
Great buy! Can't wait for that first start.
Cool car, keep her original as possible!
Jonathan you really find some rare and unusual cars. I am an early American car buff, and now I have discovered two makes that I never heard of since coming upon your channel a couple of weeks ago. The Whippet and the Elkar. I plan to watch all of your videos and am looking forward to more new discoveries!
Johnathan turned into Jay Leno so slowly we didn't even notice. :-) Very nice old car. Never heard of a Whippet before.
That's flipping gorgeous! I'd keep it original as I could.
Ваши американские ретро и классические автомобили такие классные. Не то что наши советские автомобили, нечего красивого в них нет. Я лично мечтаю о такой машине.
Hi Kathy and Johnboy glad you too made it safe getting your car looks nice.
That thing is pretty darn cute, like to see you restore it too! all the best!
It was nice to hear that you got away for a day with you wife. That is a very cool car and definitely makes me think.
She looks like a runner!
Jonathan needs a portable winch for Christmas. Another great save. Thanks.
Awesome, Reminds me a lot of the 1929 ford pickup my dad had when I was little. Dad inherited it from his sisters husband ( Uncle John Wilkes) when he passed away. We use to ride it around on the farm and back through the woods to the country store that was a couple miles from our house. I can still here that chugga-chugga- chugga-chugga sound the engine made . Looking forward to the first start :-)
Neat! A Whippet isn't as rare as your Elcar, but still unusual. You have brought another one into the light! Yay!
Thanks.
You are always full of surprises!
I'm usually the kind of guy to say "rod the hell out of it" but for this old girl, with most of her original parts, she deserves a restoration.
Great looking car, love the old ones,
Good find, from memory the whippet engine is sleeve valve but i could be wrong. Looks almost complete, hope we see this car run and drive one day.
Rat rod?? NO WAY MAN!!!! Plenty of others for that, clean it up and gentle restoration.
FAR TOO GOOD TO BECOME A POXY Rat rod!
That's awesome, I love it. Needs to be a survivor, even if some is none original.
Jonathan, please do NOT rat rod that classic. It deserves a full restoration. It would be a real shame to hack it up.
dxradio33 I agree this is an epic find. But since it's made by such a dependable company I'd hate to see it sit in a museum. Driven but not rat rodded
Agreed !
Still one of the coolest cars you ever saved!
That could be a very neat street rod!
If you want to reshape the wood steering wheel try boiling the wood in ammonia. Very effective in softening the lignin in the wood. you should have a form prepared to clamp the wood around yo get it the correct diameter. I would glue up some 2x material and band saw out a form, then use a nylon band clamp to hold the pieces in position until the wood has cooled and dried.
I seem to remember my Grandfather bragging on a Whippet engine. If I recall he said they made one with piston shaped valves instead of T valves. They were especially smooth but suffered from the poor quality oils of the day. If yours is of the right vintage for that motor I can not say.
Good Luck!
That a neat car. Years ago I new a woman who told me she drove a whippet across country with her I year old daughter. She was a great old gal. Her name was Nell.
Glass half full here, I love this car! That's a true barn find!
good to see the 6.0 in the truck working well good to have it now
What a beauty!! Met a guy in Ontario Canada that made one of these into a rat rod. I don't know how you find these! Wow!! Just hard to believe! Really love watching your channel!
👍Looks good for it age. I woud make it a runner and drive it. To nice to rat rod it. Keep on keeping on👍
Whippet good!!
I would love that car. Great find. I'd probably update it to "safe" standards and make it drive-able, but I'm sure it will be a fun project for you.
Go on Jonathan..do it up...have two vintage cars...would be great to see you do this one...
i bet that was sheer torture for you, you with all those rollbacks!! neat old car, it has good bones. cant wait to hear it fire up! great vid! take care!
Those come along's sure make you appreciate the hydraulic winch's,I was down in Greenwood SC Wednesday picking up a Ford Ranchero for a buddy.
I can't wait to see Whippet run and drive. ;-)
I hate it when people rat rod classic cars they deserve better
Nice old car, I'd probably just restore slowly, love rats and heck whatever you want to do I watch, but she deserves another chance I think. Easy to say when your not financing it though I understand that. Thanks for sharing, thats another great find!
I would love to find a Whippet. My grandpa always talked about his first car which was a Whippet he bought in Athens Tenn. for $65 dollars in 1937. I spent my childhood listening to countless stories about my grandpa , his brothers and all their Shenanigans while running around the dirtroads of Tenn. in his Whippet as a teenager. Sadly they always had the same ending about him choosing to sell his Whippet to help with supporting my great grandmother and his brothers and sisters after my great grandfathers passing in his early 40s from black lung disease. I am going to find one to tinker with myself hopefully.
Can’t wait to hear it run.
I'm absolutely in love with that lil car! Its amazing how well that car has held together for close to 90 yrs. May I ask what you gave for it and how you found this gem? Looking forward to more videos. I agree with you on borrowing things.....try to make it bette, if able. I am the same way (hate to borrow, but if I do, fill the fuel tank, wash the truck, even replace a tire). It's just common courtesy to show "thanks" for the lender's kindness. Thanks for the video Jonathan!
Very cool! Would be great to see it restored!
When I was 8or9 my uncle Vern restored a Whippet. Painted it fire engine red and put in a black tuck and roll interior. I was enthralled by it. I think he put a flathead Ford 8 in it if I remember correctly. He promised me a ride as soon as he got the brake parts he needed. I didn't see the car ever again, he traded it for a 68 Charger, I never forgave him.
Fantástico encontrar um carro desse e poder adquiri lo..depois restaurar originalmente.
Please do not rat rod that one.
OMG what a shame to do that to this absolute CLASSIC!
I dont get the hard-ons people have for those, just keep the car as is, geez.
Amen....
The rat rod craze has ruined so many original cars like this. This car is oozing with history.
Sure, it needs a lot, but just fix it mechanically then do the minimum to make it roadworthy enough to tool around the back roads. The car would be a major spectacle wherever it goes.
Super find. I’m seeing Jonathan meets Wayne Carinni and Chasing Classic Cars. Can’t wait for first start.
I used to love Whip-Its back in my day...
I just picked up a 29' Whippet Roadster. There is a lot of wood in these cars, but they are very easy to work on. Yours is in much better shape than mine it. I am still missing the top irons and trunk lid.
Please, Please don't let that car get butchered. It's not like they made a million of them.
I drug home a lot of stuff with my trailer and a comealong. Now my trailer has a winch. Easier to drag stuff home now ;)
ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!! Super SWEET!!!!!!!!
*@**4:50* My Grandpa would holler at me too. Something about the heat & humidity- Southerners don't think or move very quickly. That changes when you move up North.
My goodness,getting that vehicle on the trailer with that come-a-long gave your arms a workout,great find tho,lots of potential.
That's a really cool old car. The rat rod side of me would update the running gear and leave it like it is with a small block engine
Whippet into shape!
Hey Jonathan, we built a portabble windh from one we bought at Harbor Freight. Works alot fast than hand crank.
Awesome find.
Willys-Overland Whippet Four Doctor's Coupe. That's a pretty unusual body style for those as they tended to have more workaday bodies. The modification to the boot/trunk floor immediately behind the seat suggests it might have done some time as a bootlegger's car. I think the engines in those are an early incarnation of what became the famous Go Devil engine in the WW2 Jeeps...
My grandpa had a Ford Model A modified similarly during prohibition... Only found out after he let slip it was at the bottom of a local lake, and a local diver brought it back to the surface after he died. The trunk was still full of mason jars with their lids rusted off from when it fell through the ice some time in the 30's.
tickled pink again to see you score the whippet, it looks great to me as a fairly complete car, by the way enjoy hearing the birds in the back ground
Man you come across some cool stuff
Love the comment on the steering wheel!!!! Tried to turn itself back into a stick!
Ya another good one Jonathan u will have that up and running in not time. Glad u managed to get to the show i no you were looking forward to going there. Keep the good things coming great video as normal. All the best from Andy in UK
that's a cool little car ive never saw one of those before, that car needs to go back original if possible.
awesome ole coupe JW
A nice companion for the Elcar.
Yeah...that dude had no problem watching you work your butt off on that come-along. I don't mind someone not helping as much as them wanting to hold a conversation with me while I'm trying not to pass out. Thanks JW!!
Fun stuff hope you bring it back keep her going
Sand that thang down real good, paint it red and black, I think it would look really good..
What a find! Great car for maybe a project for a road worthy vehicle, would be fun.
That was a slow and painful load up, can see a portable electric winch on your xmas wish list this year!
Beautiful Car!
wow full of antifreeze in the radiator and no leaks that's amazing . That four banger Willys engine doesn't really look to bad either. That would make a great project vehicle for sure. Hope the cost wasn't too expensive since you had to drive to south Carolina to pick it up. Thanks for letting us see it.
I wish there was still stuff like that in Connecticut
You need an electric winch .....Great find guys !!
This is one cool old ride!I bet you get a little carried away doing repairs and end up with a solid old car!
Awesome find JW.
Wow! Great find !
Your just the man to work on that baby. It will make some really nice interesting videos to watch and enjoy.
Man, what a cute car :)
What a cool little car 😎😎😎
Greetings Jonathan, Never have seen anyone ratchet a car on a trailer so fast.You must of had your Wheaties for breakfast. Nice car. Elcar is quite cool also. Keep the Vids. coming/
I have always wanted one of these!
Johnathan, great find. I hope it becomes a driver. it is way more complete than my 29 Whippet six. I have pretty much a shell that has had parts cut off the bottom. they probably got used to fix a car more like yours. but what I have is better used as a rat rod than this one.
Way cool ! Wishing i had one like it! Thanks really enjoy your videos.
I can see it being restored by a Whippet fan. The paper trail is so often missing.
Looked like you were about to sweat on that come along haha!!
Isn't it a shame how the D.O.T. works? Even though you're not on a Business Tow, you can't haul for Personal Business. I bought a Warn winch for my car trailer a few years ago, it was the best thing I ever did. Cool find man! If I lived closer to you, I'd definitely help you on that Come-Along!
That sure lets u know how good you have it with a roll back
Great find👍. No offence but I would rather see a build on THIS car rather than the drag car. Don't get it twisted.... I like the drag car but this car is much more interesting. It doesn't matter to me which way you go on this car,original or rat rod it. THIS build will be very interesting. Take care my friend.
I think I would, if I had the car and the money, take the time to restore this old girl. She is rare and hard to find and she would be a fun car to restore
looks like a good project
Half full! That's a high boy in the making. Buick engine to keep with the Willys Jeep thing. Nice!
Sweet find, there is a lot to work with there