Morning from Iowa I'm an old school body and fender man .I'm so happy to see someone doing old school yet .PS IM 80 STILL LOVE TO WATCH YOU YOUNGER GUYS LOVING AND DOING A LOST ART ,👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I see you like Buicks I tried to blow one up on the way to the junkyard but it would not blow the engine was just too good I told also Michelle to paint her car hot pink her sand rail
Hey Merlin, I had once wondered what a Hot Rod built by you and Macay would look like. Now I know, and so far I like it ! You've built it with the old school look that I grew up with. I would say it is the correct way to build a Hot Rod. I am totally surprised that it is happening alongside the Buggy explosion, but what a cool surprise. Thanks for a great Sunday morning viewing. Take Care
That is a sight for sore eyes. That is the way I learned bodywork in the 1960's. Everybody just migs it these days. Hopefully some of the younger guys will watch this and decide to try it. Hard to believe you are still doing it that way. Thanks Makay.
Nice work gentlemen it’s always a pleasure seeing y’all going back old school with the oxy acetylene torch welding the body back together with a coat hanger!
Good to See You Mr. Merlin’s Old School Garage, I appreciate you taking the Time to Share Your Work with Us. You Sir are Living the Good Life, God Bless You Fella’s. Watching from South Central Pennsylvania, Lord Willing One of These Days I’m Going to Shake Your Hand before He Calls Me Home. Keep It Safe Out There Fella’s
Love my Sunday mornings watching MOSG . Its the adults version of 60 years ago waking up on Saturday morning to watch old cartoons. I love it when you get into your Dr Frankenstein to start a new creation or to bring back alive a motor thats been sitting for decades. Looks like your running out of room at your museum of history ? Your driveway !
I’m in and paying attention.. in ‘64, I was 9 and my older brothers, were chop, channeling and sectioning, 1/24 scale model, of of a 1934 Ford pickup truck. It was candy apple burgundy, and kinky. Had rat rod wheels, and never once left my mind. You are currently ‘the embodiment if that year of my life.🙏🏾
Don’t chop it, it’s all been done before, way too ‘70s…🤣 I was waiting for a coat hanger to go into that hammer welding on the back quarter - just love gas welding. Did tons of it in my 20s, but that was over 50 years ago. God bless you both Merlin / Mackay Greets from Romania ❤️🇷🇴
Wow, you two accomplished a lot in a short time. It is great to see a friendship last for so long. Merlin you have a great friend in Makay, he is a real hard worker.
Starting the SR-71 Blackbird's J58 Engines - AG330 Start Cart The AG-330 Start Cart was originally equipped with Buick wildcat 401 cubic inch V-8 engines developing 400 horsepower. There were two Buick engines mounted tandem side by side with automatic transmissions. They were coupled together with a steel woven drive belt to drive a vertical shaft that was inserted into the starter mechanism on the bottom of the SR-71's engine. On engine launch, there was one AG-330 Buick for each SR engine. For the first-time observer of an SR-71 launch, the engine starts in themselves were almost indescribable. For one thing, there were no mufflers on the Buick engines. As the Buick RPM was advanced, Flames almost three feet long erupted from the side of the start cart. It truly sounded like the beginning of the Indianapolis 500. Combine that sound with the steady increase of SR-71 RPM to engine TEB ignition at 3,200 RPM and then idle aircraft engine speed as the Blackbird comes to life. Author: SR Admin / Categories: Engines / Rate this article: 2.7
I would love to spend some time in your shop with you two to learn this stuff. I have done lots of car stuff but watching you two, and being in my 60"s I realize I don"t know near enough. But mostly I admire your friendship with MCay. That is really rare. And "crawin around the floor"...I believe it's gettin further down every year. Thanks for includeing us in your build.
Its really good to see someone using the traditional old school hammer welding with a torch, this is something the new generation hotrodders know nothing about.
Looks like you running out of space…… 2 years ago….. you are the best… one project hunting the next one…… and Merlinsky in the middle of it…. Enjoying projects and life…..
Good job on what you got done in just a couple of days. I dropped my LT1 out of the 97 Trans Am a couple of years ago and the 4L80 out of my truck six months prior to that so I have an appreciation for how you made it look so effortless. Looking forward to seeing you driving down the road. It will be one wild ride. Thanks for the video.
this video was next level awesome, watching you and Makay working your socks off on the model A, i truly enjoyed it from start to finish. thank you so much for sharing Merlin
I love classic, antique, hot rods, original, With that said, I never thought. I would like your channel as much as I do period treating ground up build. It's amazing. I love it
WOW!! That's one cool project!! Watching you design and build-as-you-go is very interesting. Love watching you and Makay work!! Looking forward to seeing what the rest is going to look like.
My dad used to use clothes hangers all the time working on stuff like exhaust. As a kid I thought it was so cooo to see him weld stuff with cloths hangers
Good Sunday morning to everyone. And thanks Merlin for sharing 🛠️🔧🔨🪛 Just a thought . This old world is full of uncertain times and evil through it all Jesus Christ is the answer ✝️🙏👍
Great Show t really enjoy watching your guys build a hotrod from the ground up. Never witnessed something like this. Thank you for taking the time to film and share it!
My input on this awesome project, DO NOT CHOP THE TOP now that it's on the chassis its just looks the part as a stock coupe I think it will attract more attention and realise a bigger return with unchoped top
I haven’t seen anyone doing oxyacetylene welding on UA-cam. First welding I ever did in Highschool way back in ‘81 was oxyacetylene. We didn’t use baling wire though. 😉 You and Makay accomplished an awful lot in a week. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You guys are so good, I thought you were going to finish it! I'm glad you didn't! I wish you would show more content so we could get more videos of this Hotrod build! It's a real door slammer! Catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
"I put it in here for some cray reason and now I can't remember what the crazy reason is and I hate it" Literally me with my 4Runner 😂😂 Can't remember why I bought it but boy do I hate it now
That transmission is a Jetaway, also known as an ST300 or super turbin 300. they have a variable pitch torque converter and actually have very little in common with a powerglide. You can put power to it and switch it between high stall and low stall. I have one in my 1965 Oldsmobile with a 225 v6.
Morning from Iowa I'm an old school body and fender man .I'm so happy to see someone doing old school yet .PS IM 80 STILL LOVE TO WATCH YOU YOUNGER GUYS LOVING AND DOING A LOST ART ,👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Am 83 from a large Iowa farm family originally. Love fixing and watching others fix stuff.
I’m 35 from Iowa and love working on the old stuff. A buddy and I are driving to glamis with some ‘74 heavily modified Honda Z50s
Hello everyone I'm from NW Iowa and the old stuff is the best
Hello fellow Iowans. NE Iowa. 40 miles North of Dubuque. 👋
I see you like Buicks I tried to blow one up on the way to the junkyard but it would not blow the engine was just too good I told also Michelle to paint her car hot pink her sand rail
Words that would never be spoken around Merlin's place:
"Man! I'm bored! There's nothing to do around here!"
🤣🤣🤣❤️😊🔧🔧🏁🇺🇸
It's really nice to watch you and macay work together. You two have got a lot done in 5 days. Very impressed.
Hey Merlin,
I had once wondered what a Hot Rod built by you and Macay would look like.
Now I know, and so far I like it !
You've built it with the old school look that I grew up with.
I would say it is the correct way to build a Hot Rod.
I am totally surprised that it is happening alongside the Buggy explosion, but what a cool surprise.
Thanks for a great Sunday morning viewing.
Take Care
That is a sight for sore eyes. That is the way I learned bodywork in the 1960's. Everybody just migs it these days. Hopefully some of the younger guys will watch this and decide to try it. Hard to believe you are still doing it that way. Thanks Makay.
She's a real door SLAMMER,
My quote of the week right there,
Aren't they all? 😂❤🎉
I see Makay is an expert at CAD Not computer aided drafting but Cardboard Aided Drafting! A true master.
😂
Great job man. Merlin, your daughter is a very good editor and we absolutely love the choices of music. Love watching
Nothing beats a great show, thank you Merlin.
You guys are amazing craftsmen, I think ol' Henry Ford would be very proud of what you are doing. Thank you for showing us your work.
Magic from Merlin and McCay .. priceless!
You and cousin Paul (Fabrats) are my favorite UA-cam peeps !
Same Here. Paul and Merlin are good folks, I always enjoy the videos where they get together on a project
Agree, but add Chad from Chadsfab too
And the new kid on the block, Howlin Wolf garage and don't forget Rory Irish.
Great way to start the day, watching a Merlin project come together.
Nice work gentlemen it’s always a pleasure seeing y’all going back old school with the oxy acetylene torch welding the body back together with a coat hanger!
Pretty sure I could have sat and watched those to build all day!
Merlin living his best life Makay too. Love this build. Glad you video everything. So it lives on for future builders of old school knowledge
That was a shit ton of fine work for one episode...merlin & McKay !! I can't wait till next week!!
Good to See You Mr. Merlin’s Old School Garage, I appreciate you taking the Time to Share Your Work with Us. You Sir are Living the Good Life, God Bless You Fella’s. Watching from South Central Pennsylvania, Lord Willing One of These Days I’m Going to Shake Your Hand before He Calls Me Home. Keep It Safe Out There Fella’s
You need to wear a dust mask when you’re grinding all that rust that’s gonna kill your lungs
Merlin you are amazing at everything you do so much watching! What a great show of awesome workmanship! Can't wait till the next video!
Merlin.....it looks like you need some more stuff in your yard! LOL. That was good maneuvering to get that into the garage. Keep up the great content.
I love watching you work Merlin, you and Macay work like a well oiled machine ❤❤
"MEMORIES"......of times long past. Lovin this video Merlin.
Love my Sunday mornings watching MOSG . Its the adults version of 60 years ago waking up on Saturday morning to watch old cartoons. I love it when you get into your Dr Frankenstein to start a new creation or to bring back alive a motor thats been sitting for decades. Looks like your running out of room at your museum of history ? Your driveway !
You must have taught Robby all he knows. You sure are a joy to watch on these old hotrods. You must be relation.
I’m in and paying attention.. in ‘64, I was 9 and my older brothers, were chop, channeling and sectioning, 1/24 scale model, of of a 1934 Ford pickup truck.
It was candy apple burgundy, and kinky. Had rat rod wheels, and never once left my mind. You are currently ‘the embodiment if that year of my life.🙏🏾
Merlin, You ARE a real craftsman.
Dont you just love when projects come together, parts finally get off the shelf and or reveal more floor space... Always a Good Day.
Sunday morning coffee watching a new Merlin video, so great 👍
Don’t chop it, it’s all been done before, way too ‘70s…🤣
I was waiting for a coat hanger to go into that hammer welding on the back quarter - just love gas welding.
Did tons of it in my 20s, but that was over 50 years ago.
God bless you both Merlin / Mackay
Greets from Romania ❤️🇷🇴
😊🔧❤️🏁
A real pleasure to watch you 2 work/banter, awesome good stuff, from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada😉👍
Wow, you two accomplished a lot in a short time. It is great to see a friendship last for so long. Merlin you have a great friend in Makay, he is a real hard worker.
Merlin it is a pleasure to watch a skilled person work their magic.
"And that's how it's done, Robby Layton!" 😂😂😁😁🤘🤘
What a yard full of diamonds in the rough!!!
Starting the SR-71 Blackbird's J58 Engines - AG330 Start Cart
The AG-330 Start Cart was originally equipped with Buick wildcat 401 cubic inch V-8 engines developing 400 horsepower. There were two Buick engines mounted tandem side by side with automatic transmissions. They were coupled together with a steel woven drive belt to drive a vertical shaft that was inserted into the starter mechanism on the bottom of the SR-71's engine.
On engine launch, there was one AG-330 Buick for each SR engine. For the first-time observer of an SR-71 launch, the engine starts in themselves were almost indescribable. For one thing, there were no mufflers on the Buick engines. As the Buick RPM was advanced, Flames almost three feet long erupted from the side of the start cart. It truly sounded like the beginning of the Indianapolis 500. Combine that sound with the steady increase of SR-71 RPM to engine TEB ignition at 3,200 RPM and then idle aircraft engine speed as the Blackbird comes to life.
Author: SR Admin / Categories: Engines / Rate this article: 2.7
Thank you , great car, a lot of memories for this old guy. Re living my youth thru you.😊❤👍👍
Thanks for taking us subscribers along for the ride. Merlin doing magic work. Love the channel. Keep up the great work. 👍✌️🤙🤙😎😁🍀🍀🍀🍀🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🪄🪄🪄🪄🪄🪄🪄
I would love to spend some time in your shop with you two to learn this stuff. I have done lots of car stuff but watching you two, and being in my 60"s I realize I don"t know near enough. But mostly I admire your friendship with MCay. That is really rare. And "crawin around the floor"...I believe it's gettin further down every year. Thanks for includeing us in your build.
Good morning from Indiana, I truly enjoy watching You and McCay working on your projects. Very talented.
Its really good to see someone using the traditional old school hammer welding with a torch, this is something the new generation hotrodders know nothing about.
Looks like you running out of space…… 2 years ago….. you are the best… one project hunting the next one…… and Merlinsky in the middle of it…. Enjoying projects and life…..
Your a machine Merlin,, as for McKay,, he’s the coolest dude in the shop,, most entertaining 🇦🇺
Love watching the build. You always make it entertaining
Good job on what you got done in just a couple of days. I dropped my LT1 out of the 97 Trans Am a couple of years ago and the 4L80 out of my truck six months prior to that so I have an appreciation for how you made it look so effortless. Looking forward to seeing you driving down the road. It will be one wild ride.
Thanks for the video.
You two are a joy to watch! Your communication and work ethic is spot on!
A real door slammer! I love it!
this video was next level awesome, watching you and Makay working your socks off on the model A, i truly enjoyed it from start to finish. thank you so much for sharing Merlin
I love classic, antique, hot rods, original, With that said, I never thought. I would like your channel as much as I do period treating ground up build. It's amazing. I love it
WOW!! That's one cool project!! Watching you design and build-as-you-go is very interesting. Love watching you and Makay work!! Looking forward to seeing what the rest is going to look like.
You make it look easy. The awesomeness increases.
Also the camerawork on the time lapses has improved a lot. Was great to see.
My dad used to use clothes hangers all the time working on stuff like exhaust. As a kid I thought it was so cooo to see him weld stuff with cloths hangers
Awesome!! Nice old school hot rod❤️ keep McKay busy!
Awesome build, look forward to watching to the end. Also love your back ground music
That Right There Is What You Call BUILDING A HOT ROD If There Ever Was & One Great Job GUY'S THAT'S A Real Piece Of ART 👍👍👍👍👍
Damn Merlin, those rags were a fire waiting to happen. Lol. That mouse was a Green Mile Mouse. 😂 American graffiti yellow 😊
Good Sunday morning to everyone. And thanks Merlin for sharing 🛠️🔧🔨🪛 Just a thought . This old world is full of uncertain times and evil through it all Jesus Christ is the answer ✝️🙏👍
Hey Merlin McKay… That’s going to be so awesome can’t wait to see it do Burnout’s love it…O nice hair cut Merlin 👍💪🏻✌️☮️
Mormning from NY Small town !! Great work Merlin and McKay Looking really sweet cant wait to hear it run.
Great Show t really enjoy watching your guys build a hotrod from the ground up. Never witnessed something like this. Thank you for taking the time to film and share it!
My input on this awesome project, DO NOT CHOP THE TOP now that it's on the chassis its just looks the part as a stock coupe
I think it will attract more attention and realise a bigger return with unchoped top
Amazing! I really enjoy watching this stuff. I learn so much 👍🏻
14:59, I had a "moon-eyes" sticker given to me 30 years ago, by the driver, in Nevada, when I worked there.
Gonna be sweet great work guys;)
That Buick Wildcat looks like it would fit good in my newly acquired 63 Ford Ranchero
Good morning from Chandler AZ🌵
This reminds me of my days wrenching on the ol' "L.T. Juan" With a good polish and porting of the heads and intake, you can make some decent power.
If you haven’t done it already you should box the frame to handle the extra power and flex. It appears that you have though.
Nice to see a form of hammer welding. Last time for me was in the mid 70's. Still have the 29AA Ford that I worked on then back then.
What I wouldn't give to have all of Merlins knowledge and skills. Awesome work Merlin and Makay.
Hour long video
That’s what I’m talking about after church and lunch I’ll finish this 👍🇺🇸
That is fine ingenuity to use your custom sheet metal brake for forming the floor pan!
It's coming together. Lots of different skills going into this build. It's going to be a cool cruiser. Have to keep eyes out for it when in Havasu.
Yes sir it's gonna be sweet the Dynamic duo Merlin & McCay
It is so nice to see torch welding and not tig welding.
Awesome work. My old man talked about channeling hotrod in the Late 1950s. Glad to see how it's done!
Those Buick V6 wildcats are crazy fun in a little puddle jumper Luv
Awesome project! Really shows that people can do this stuff with minimal accuracy and minimal tools.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
I think Merlin is the HOA president for his neighborhood
Looks great. Now that it's channeled,I'm not sure about the chop. Personally liking the way the body looks now. 👌🏻
I think you’re right I don’t think I’m going to chop it now
MORE TOYS! Merlin u need 5 acres and mega barn!
Love seeing these old cars brought back to life.
I haven’t seen anyone doing oxyacetylene welding on UA-cam. First welding I ever did in Highschool way back in ‘81 was oxyacetylene. We didn’t use baling wire though. 😉
You and Makay accomplished an awful lot in a week. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You guys are so good, I thought you were going to finish it! I'm glad you didn't! I wish you would show more content so we could get more videos of this Hotrod build! It's a real door slammer! Catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
I worked at a bumper shop, when cars had bumpers just out of high school. We would save our uniform hangers for brazing cracks in the bumpers.
this brought back memories first form of welding i learned in school
Great Content and Recovery of your hot rod
Have a Great Day 👍
Thanx for sharing your experience and knowledge 👍
Merlin is welding B.A. Baracus style, old school!
Truly old school, awesome work.
Awesome build I so enjoyed watching you and Makay working together! Love the old model cars can’t wait to see it run and you doing a burnout!!
Love this, old skool all the way!
The best editing on UA-cam without a doubt whoever’s doing it needs an award for awesome Ness❤
"I put it in here for some cray reason and now I can't remember what the crazy reason is and I hate it"
Literally me with my 4Runner 😂😂 Can't remember why I bought it but boy do I hate it now
No joke that is going to be someone's dream car.
Coathanger, the old school wire of choice for welding!
Nice job making something out of left-overs. Should be a handy little car when it's done.
Enjoy your show hope to see you on your birthday. Good show as always thank you kindly.
Merlin is there any chance you could list the music you use during your videos. Love the music you choose, reminds me of the days gone by. Thank you
Robby is getting the biz today
Love the build CAD (cardbord aided design) and yes done after WW2
Can't wait to see it driving around Lake Havasu!
That transmission is a Jetaway, also known as an ST300 or super turbin 300. they have a variable pitch torque converter and actually have very little in common with a powerglide. You can put power to it and switch it between high stall and low stall. I have one in my 1965 Oldsmobile with a 225 v6.