That would be cool, turning that into a tanker truck. That's amazing, seeing the parts loosening up and beginning to function once again after all these decades. Love seeing that old stuff being given a new chance at life. Nice work Jonathan.
Ok. That tanker idea would be killer!!! Alternate logo would be whiskey of your choice. But then you would have all the town drunks following it around lol. Looking good Jonathan!!
i'm thinking the barrel is ment to go under water, that's why it would be bowed out to keep it from crushing, the eye on the bottom would be tied to a mooring on the ocean floor or lake floor, the upper eye was what you would tie unto, thats my guess
Hi.I've been watching your videos for a few months.I really enjoy them. I'm in CA. and up in years.You remind me of me as I was growing up,taking on any project and doing things the way I saw it as being done(my way).Keep up the GOOD videos
That's great that you got that old Model T engine to move the cylinders and valves that well. That's the great thing about Made in America the older stuff still works great.
Hope you had an enjoyable 4th. Of July.. That would look cool with that tank saying standard oil on the side of it. if a current-day engine set that long there is no way you'd be able to bring it back to life like you can with this old stuff from back in the day. That's when made in America really meant something.
Jonathanville. Love it. That motor probably got cranked over frequently by visitors to the garden center. Great way to keep em free. Looking forward to hearing this one run. Mart.
As usual, your video was both entertaining and educational. Thank you. As for the barrel, I hadn't the faintest idea, but mooring buoy seems to make sense to me. Either that or someone's homemade wrecking ball. Lol
Being the restorer guy that I am, I'm liking the original "T". And since I'm a 71 year old Willys and Studebaker guy I've always got a soft spot for your Whippet , Bullet Nose and the Golden Hawk. I can't forget your Elcar and the hair dryer (Franklin). My friend has an all original unrestored beautiful 1917 T Touring that we tool around in. Look into Rocky Mountain brakes for a little safety. Great stuff my friend stay safe.
That was nice of the man to send those things and I loved the video I have great respect for a man who has been told you can't do that but he does it. Happy 4th.
You have such a great setup! I’ve worked on cycles & cars my hole life & I wasted my shoulder delivering keg beer. 17 surgeries later my left arm doesn’t work anymore.my dads 88 & has a 1974 convertible Vette that needs a lot of work. I sit & watch your videos & wish I could do that again. What I’m getting at is you don’t know what you have till it’s gone. I really enjoy all the neat projects you do. Keep it up cause I’m watching everyone! Thanks
I’ve built several hot-rods, and done the fancy correct everything restorations a couple times over the years, cars, pickups and old Harleys. Now that I’m in my 60s and thinking retirement, my wife has it in mind that I should devote my time fully to gunsmithing since there is much less heavy physical labor required. I have at least one more car build left, an “all black era” T speedster, then I’ll expand the gunsmithing and stop the idea of more vehicle projects...... unless something exciting catches my eye..... slinging wrenches is a sickness, from which I don’t really want a cure. Like many of us, I’ll die with grease under my fingernails!
It's a belcher cooling system as I was always told. We have a 1947 Greyhound bus that sat for 50 years so I know what you're going through. Everything was stuck on it. Keep up the incredible work!!!!
🤔 The ants on the pistons is odd...I knew they put lead in that old gas back then, but I didnt know they had *ANTS* in it!! 🤣🤣🤣 Great video as usual Jonathan 🙂👍
Thank you for another interesting video Jonathon. I hope you realise how much pleasure they bring me and I am sure many other people. This is by far the best channel on UA-cam. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
The barrel is a float for a submarine net. They used a lot of them, and suspended a heavy ringed net and stretched it across harbors and fjords to keep submarines out during WW2. I understand that they were plentiful at the time, and are sumwhat rare today. Before you make any changes to it, check and see how much it's worth. Could be a lot to a collector.
All looking well, Johnathan you are a busy man.domed pistons first thing I noticed. Congratulation on the garden. Thank you for the update Central California watching
Snot hard to imagine a model T pickup hauling those tanks around the shipyard for assembly. Historically accurate WW2 channel.....nice. Thanks Jonathan.
The tank looks like a mooring buoy for boats.One hook for boat and other for rope or chain to weight on the ocean floor or lake bottom.The bolt that's cut off was probably tied to the weighted end of the buey.
Jonathan thats a very ideal for the tank on the back of the roadster as a tanker that will be cool looking ,,your garden doing better then mine ,,,my grand dad had one of these 23 roadster with crack start he called it a Jaw Breaker at times since if it back fire when you start it and the crank handle pops you in the face ,,,,thanks for the great video ,,,,,,,
The weight of that barrel ought to give you about a 50/50 weight distribution and let that little “fuel truck” ride like a Cadillac. I love the sound of those off set firing 305 V6 GMC. A friend had one in the 1960’s in a Panel Delivery 3/4 ton. It would cruise 85 to 88 MPH flat out. I wish I had one now.
My '17 had the water jacket packed full of rust and mouse nest stuff, too. It took a long time to clean them out-the best plan is to take the freeze plugs out and clean out the areas behind them. I used a small pencil-type magnet to pull a lot of rust flakes.
The domed pistons look like stock iron ones.check the top for an over bore stamp. The barrel looks like a buoy, but I was trying to figure out how to make it and all I could come up with is to make it with a roller and then expand it with pressure. The expansion looks the same on the side and the ends. I guess you could spin that shape, but it would not be easy. Glad that you got a workable T engine. The body and fenders look pretty sound. Nice find and a great video!
I know what you mean by seeing the ring past the piston. I’ve had some smoky Briggs 1/2hp engines like that. Hard to kill those engines. They will run while leaking all the oil out!
It's a float buoy for a net or a cable of some kind. The cap would be used to add seawater for ballast to make it float higher or lower. That's a cool piece.
Jon use your pressure washer to blow all of the crap out of the water jacket from the inlet side. Just swedge it down to a smaller hole to put your nozzle on with a clamp.
Looks like an anchor bobber for a barge used during bridge construction Jon . I do like the idea of a tanker truck or even better because of the area you live in a old moonshiner truck
Dead Ant, Dead Ant... Now you got me humming the Theme to: The Pink Panther! :) It's amazing how well Thermosiphoning works! I believe the Model-T is the most Registered Classic/Antique Car (meaning, there are more Model-T's registered, than any other Classic/Antique Car). If you take 50% Transmission Fluid and 50% Acetone, it will make a KILLER Penetrating Fluid. The garden looks great!
I read somewhere recently that there are nearly a million model T Fords still registered for highway use in the US. (Total not broken down by original / modified, just total number of cars)
Maybe you could get Lisa Douglas to make you a head gasket from hotscakes batter, did you ever see that episode of Green Acres where she did that? also I don't know how well versed that you are on the Model T planetary transmission but my cousin told me that when he was redoing the one in his '24 coupe that the bands in them were made from cotton of all things.
You are a magician getting those lifters working. I really would like to think that barrel is for making popcorn lots of popcorn. You fill it with corn and some oil hang it over a fire and knock the big cover off and the popcorn shoots out like a cannon.
great video! with you on the PB blaster, friend and I revived a 47 jeep that way. that tank may have been presure formed? was obviously for "service fluids" of some kind. when I was a lad, most farms had such tanks on tall legs for gravity fueling farm equipment. Can't wait for next back hoe video and update on Straight 8!
89 in the shade... yikes XD. Thanks for making this video, I've been thinking about getting into model T's, but haven't been able to found a group of people interested in it as a young man.
********** Jonathan, I could be wrong but Ithink you'll discover that your "barrel" is in fact not a barrel at all but a HARBOR BUOY. If my recollection is correct (from having lived on the water), about 6 to 8 of these bouys were chained together then stretched across the mouth of an estuary, a private harbor or even a Yacht Club to keep other boats from entering or leaving a contained area. These barrels look huge on land but in water they're small looking. That barrel shape was a dual purpose. 1st - in case something like a boat's bow or side planking bumped into it, the blow would be glancing and 2nd - the shape was condusive to resistance of caving in from a blow. The thickness and reenforced edges tells me this was designed to protect against pretty good side vessels ( like ship sized).
Fun stuff, bet that'll fire right up once back together. The tank at first I thought we were looking at new fender metal, or a rear deck lid for something, heh heh.
I wanna see that gmc v6 go through the absolute torture that this 95 year old FORD engine has gone through and still be savable without a rebuild and *RUN* like this one.. a true testament to rock solid engineering
I believe that is an old gasoline tank that was behind the old stores and was used for the old glass top fuel pumps that would gravity feed into the fuel bowl, they were above ground when they first started putting them in retail spots.
Everyone that walked by that " yard art" turned the crank handle, that's what kept the pistons free !
Paul Ganser
I know I would have......
@@MrPaige222 me too
good point
@Charles Thibault when he turned the handle before he took the head off I honestly thought it had no internals
I think its gonna run!
Nothing like kicking back and watching a Jonathan video
That would be cool, turning that into a tanker truck. That's amazing, seeing the parts loosening up and beginning to function once again after all these decades. Love seeing that old stuff being given a new chance at life. Nice work Jonathan.
Ok. That tanker idea would be killer!!! Alternate logo would be whiskey of your choice. But then you would have all the town drunks following it around lol.
Looking good Jonathan!!
when I see Jonathan W first start I click so fast I put myself back into yesterday! Love that Model T. Thanks for sharing as always!
That model T engine is a perfect donor for the '24'. Your garden looks happy! Thanks again for your time.
That could be a mooring bouy from the Navy sometime around 1920/1940
it would have been riveted back then, it wasn't until after WWII that boats started to be welded.
Victory, and Liberty ships where welded. They where built for the war effort. The first welded vessel was built in the early 30’s
i'm thinking the barrel is ment to go under water, that's why it would be bowed out to keep it from crushing, the eye on the bottom would be tied to a mooring on the ocean floor or lake floor, the upper eye was what you would tie unto, thats my guess
Agree 100%
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*I had not thought of that. I have o experience with such things.*
@@nomad7412 Agree!
I agree that's what I thought immediately
Great videos brother, getting me through all this damn pandemic! Keep up the good work.
I really enjoy watching you work on those old engines great stuff 👍
Hi.I've been watching your videos for a few months.I really enjoy them. I'm in CA. and up in years.You remind me of me as I was growing up,taking on any project and doing things the way I saw it as being done(my way).Keep up the GOOD videos
Thanks for sharing your adventures Jonathan!
That's great that you got that old Model T engine to move the cylinders and valves that well. That's the great thing about Made in America the older stuff still works great.
Hope you had an enjoyable 4th. Of July.. That would look cool with that tank saying standard oil on the side of it. if a current-day engine set that long there is no way you'd be able to bring it back to life like you can with this old stuff from back in the day.
That's when made in America really meant something.
Looking forward to the work with the backhoe and anything else you're working on. Thanks for sharing...
Model A cement mixer is my vote.
Very cool video and projects! Keep the great videos coming!!!😎😎👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️
Jonathanville. Love it. That motor probably got cranked over frequently by visitors to the garden center. Great way to keep em free. Looking forward to hearing this one run. Mart.
As usual, your video was both entertaining and educational. Thank you. As for the barrel, I hadn't the faintest idea, but mooring buoy seems to make sense to me. Either that or someone's homemade wrecking ball. Lol
Absolutely Jonathan! I always am waiting for your next video , I enjoy them all thank you very much !
Being the restorer guy that I am, I'm liking the original "T". And since I'm a 71 year old Willys and Studebaker guy I've always got a soft spot for your Whippet , Bullet Nose and the Golden Hawk. I can't forget your Elcar and the hair dryer (Franklin). My friend has an all original unrestored beautiful 1917 T Touring that we tool around in. Look into Rocky Mountain brakes for a little safety. Great stuff my friend stay safe.
That was nice of the man to send those things and I loved the video I have great respect for a man who has been told you can't do that but he does it. Happy 4th.
Great work.
For the tank since its not big, paint DuPont Nitro Glycerin on the side
I think that's a float for an anti torpedo net. I did an image search for "anti torpedo net float" and some images that look just like that displayed.
You sir are spot on. After some research I think you hit the nail directly on the head.
@@jonathanw4942 Very cool you got your answer so fast.
Those heavy Eyes Were Meant to hold some weight
Very good! The shaping makes sense now.
Anti submarine net. It closely resembles ones used in Darwin Harbour WWII. How did it get here?
Love your channel look forward to seeing your videos thanks for sharing
Brilliant, just shows they built the old stuff to last, i reckon you'll have that running in no time
You have such a great setup! I’ve worked on cycles & cars my hole life & I wasted my shoulder delivering keg beer. 17 surgeries later my left arm doesn’t work anymore.my dads 88 & has a 1974 convertible Vette that needs a lot of work. I sit & watch your videos & wish I could do that again. What I’m getting at is you don’t know what you have till it’s gone. I really enjoy all the neat projects you do. Keep it up cause I’m watching everyone! Thanks
Your "daycation" will really pay off if that engine works out.👍 Good update Johnathan.😀 Thanks for sharing.
Love what you do on getting old Iron going again
Loved to see the these old engine's brought back. Little bit at a time the starting to lose up. Can't wait to hear it run thanks for sharing.
Another running old engine. Thanks for sharing. By the way fried green tomatoes are great. I think grilled green tomatoes are just as good done right.
A 1926 T is my project this summer, so keep the T stuff coming. I need all the help I can get...:)
I’ve built several hot-rods, and done the fancy correct everything restorations a couple times over the years, cars, pickups and old Harleys. Now that I’m in my 60s and thinking retirement, my wife has it in mind that I should devote my time fully to gunsmithing since there is much less heavy physical labor required. I have at least one more car build left, an “all black era” T speedster, then I’ll expand the gunsmithing and stop the idea of more vehicle projects...... unless something exciting catches my eye..... slinging wrenches is a sickness, from which I don’t really want a cure. Like many of us, I’ll die with grease under my fingernails!
Hi Jonathan. I can't wait to see that Model T running. I like the tanker idea. Backhoe update ok. Ninja cat scan approval. Thanks Jonathan.
Thanks again for all your work and sharing with all of us! love your channel. Kudos
It's a belcher cooling system as I was always told. We have a 1947 Greyhound bus that sat for 50 years so I know what you're going through. Everything was stuck on it. Keep up the incredible work!!!!
🤔 The ants on the pistons is odd...I knew they put lead in that old gas back then, but I didnt know they had *ANTS* in it!! 🤣🤣🤣 Great video as usual Jonathan 🙂👍
Thank you for another interesting video Jonathon. I hope you realise how much pleasure they bring me and I am sure many other people. This is by far the best channel on UA-cam. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Always nice to see a fellow model t owner
running on its own always tells the tale
The barrel is a float for a submarine net. They used a lot of them, and suspended a heavy ringed net and stretched it across harbors and fjords to keep submarines out during WW2. I understand that they were plentiful at the time, and are sumwhat rare today. Before you make any changes to it, check and see how much it's worth. Could be a lot to a collector.
Outstanding garden!
Yeah, man, I love fried green tomatoes. Hope you had a happy 4th of July.
All looking well, Johnathan you are a busy man.domed pistons first thing I noticed. Congratulation on the garden. Thank you for the update
Central California watching
Other than a mooring bouy I don't have the foggiest idea , could have been used between towing lines .
I like your videos. Show us how you do the work. Very interested.
If I could only watch one person on UA-cam it'd be this man right here.
love your channel. My guess is that your tank was an anchor bouy possibly for a dredge. Lifting eye on top anchor eye on bottom.
I like the tanker idea. That would be really cool to see.
Garden looking good! Damn I say was Woodrow Wilson president when that thing ran last! Gettin there.
Awesome idea for that tank!!! Hope to see that happen
Snot hard to imagine a model T pickup hauling those tanks around the shipyard for assembly. Historically accurate WW2 channel.....nice. Thanks Jonathan.
I can't wait to see more on this project.
Hope u had a great weekend and 4th of July love the model T.
I don't know much about Model T engines. Model A's and on up I know a little.
Lots of good stuff coming.
Thanks, and Meow to Ninja Catscan.
I’ve seen where fuel oil and petroleum were in those and that was used to load onto boats and ships. High quality steel right there! Love it!
Im a wrecker driver as well and i work at a scrapyard here in texas im come accross some good deals but also working on a project i started years ago
Great video thanks Jonathan.
I was in a mean mood, but that cat scan joke just changed my attitude, love the ride man, thanks.
The tank looks like a mooring buoy for boats.One hook for boat and other for rope or chain to weight on the ocean floor or lake bottom.The bolt that's cut off was probably tied to the weighted end of the buey.
Looks like a buoy from the size of the hook on it. Thats a nice old T!
Jonathan thats a very ideal for the tank on the back of the roadster as a tanker that will be cool looking ,,your garden doing better then mine ,,,my grand dad had one of these 23 roadster with crack start he called it a Jaw Breaker at times since if it back fire when you start it and the crank handle pops you in the face ,,,,thanks for the great video ,,,,,,,
Enjoy your videos very much happy 4th. Nana running a c.f. scan
Kool.
Love your videos keep up the good work
Thanks for the video!
Jonathan , those are stock model T pistons , made of cast iron. They had about a 4 to 1 compression ratio. Gary from Raleigh
The weight of that barrel ought to give you about a 50/50 weight distribution and let that little “fuel truck” ride like a Cadillac. I love the sound of those off set firing 305 V6 GMC. A friend had one in the 1960’s in a Panel Delivery 3/4 ton. It would cruise 85 to 88 MPH flat out. I wish I had one now.
Tanks for the video Johnathan .
My dad has a 1920 Ford center door. You have a lot of good parts there! You should be able to get a good engine going, good luck!
My '17 had the water jacket packed full of rust and mouse nest stuff, too. It took a long time to clean them out-the best plan is to take the freeze plugs out and clean out the areas behind them. I used a small pencil-type magnet to pull a lot of rust flakes.
The domed pistons look like stock iron ones.check the top for an over bore stamp. The barrel looks like a buoy, but I was trying to figure out how to make it and all I could come up with is to make it with a roller and then expand it with pressure. The expansion looks the same on the side and the ends. I guess you could spin that shape, but it would not be easy. Glad that you got a workable T engine. The body and fenders look pretty sound. Nice find and a great video!
Can't wait to see the engine run.
I know what you mean by seeing the ring past the piston. I’ve had some smoky Briggs 1/2hp engines like that. Hard to kill those engines. They will run while leaking all the oil out!
Neat to see a Model T engine that much apart, first time for me. It sure turns easy, I bet it'll be a runner, when the valves are freed up.
Amen brother turning wrench's and eating fried green tomatoes 👍
Great luck on that motor yeah it looks real good. D
It's a float buoy for a net or a cable of some kind. The cap would be used to add seawater for ballast to make it float higher or lower. That's a cool piece.
lets just say that tank is a tank from a fuel truck , and you should use it as such , I like where your mind is going !
Jon use your pressure washer to blow all of the crap out of the water jacket from the inlet side. Just swedge it down to a smaller hole to put your nozzle on with a clamp.
Been watching your videos and your garden is doing good
Looks like an anchor bobber for a barge used during bridge construction Jon . I do like the idea of a tanker truck or even better because of the area you live in a old moonshiner truck
Dead Ant, Dead Ant... Now you got me humming the Theme to: The Pink Panther! :) It's amazing how well Thermosiphoning works! I believe the Model-T is the most Registered Classic/Antique Car (meaning, there are more Model-T's registered, than any other Classic/Antique Car). If you take 50% Transmission Fluid and 50% Acetone, it will make a KILLER Penetrating Fluid. The garden looks great!
I read somewhere recently that there are nearly a million model T Fords still registered for highway use in the US. (Total not broken down by original / modified, just total number of cars)
Maybe you could get Lisa Douglas to make you a head gasket from hotscakes batter, did you ever see that episode of Green Acres where she did that? also I don't know how well versed that you are on the Model T planetary transmission but my cousin told me that when he was redoing the one in his '24 coupe that the bands in them were made from cotton of all things.
You are a magician getting those lifters working. I really would like to think that barrel is for making popcorn lots of popcorn. You fill it with corn and some oil hang it over a fire and knock the big cover off and the popcorn shoots out like a cannon.
great video! with you on the PB blaster, friend and I revived a 47 jeep that way. that tank may have been presure formed? was obviously for "service fluids" of some kind. when I was a lad, most farms had such tanks on tall legs for gravity fueling farm equipment. Can't wait for next back hoe video and update on Straight 8!
89 in the shade... yikes XD. Thanks for making this video, I've been thinking about getting into model T's, but haven't been able to found a group of people interested in it as a young man.
the shape of that tank indicates it was designed to hold some amount of pressure. Maybe some kind of hydronic system expansion tank.
oddly enough, I have valve lapping and spring compressor tools for a model T, yet never owned one nor worked on one :)
********** Jonathan, I could be wrong but Ithink you'll discover that your "barrel" is in fact not a barrel at all but a HARBOR BUOY. If my recollection is correct (from having lived on the water), about 6 to 8 of these bouys were chained together then stretched across the mouth of an estuary, a private harbor or even a Yacht Club to keep other boats from entering or leaving a contained area. These barrels look huge on land but in water they're small looking. That barrel shape was a dual purpose. 1st - in case something like a boat's bow or side planking bumped into it, the blow would be glancing and 2nd - the shape was condusive to resistance of caving in from a blow. The thickness and reenforced edges tells me this was designed to protect against pretty good side vessels ( like ship sized).
Fun stuff, bet that'll fire right up once back together. The tank at first I thought we were looking at new fender metal, or a rear deck lid for something, heh heh.
You are a true master mechanic.
I wanna see that gmc v6 go through the absolute torture that this 95 year old FORD engine has gone through and still be savable without a rebuild and *RUN* like this one.. a true testament to rock solid engineering
Jonathon, them are the original style pistons. Wish i still had a T model. I had 2 1922 models. A roadster and a homemade wood hack truck.
I believe that is an old gasoline tank that was behind the old stores and was used for the old glass top fuel pumps that would gravity feed into the fuel bowl, they were above ground when they first started putting them in retail spots.
Like that cool tank idea in the back of the rat rod🙂 Hi cat 😸 Scan
Just in time before I go to bed!
Great Video Jonathan . For freeing stuck parts try CRC Freeze-Off Super Penetrant. It freeze the rusty part to crack it free.
Funny, I had the same thought of a fuel tanker
That barrel looks almost like a buoy. Perhaps it was lashed to an anchor on that eye and had a fill hole to put a bit of ballast in it.
I love this channel!!!
That's going to make a good engine for the other T . I have no idea on the barrel Jonathan !! ENJOYED