My mom used to use Folger's coffee cans (when they were still made of metal) to draw arcs for various things. I made smaller curves for my 19 window sills using an old Jim Beam bottle. Happy days!

Liking it! Thumbs up for your style. That patina matches spots on my truck surprisingly well. Keep up the good work

Very nice you and your son playing and havin a good time. I like the music playing in the background while you're workin. It's fun to see ya havin fun. TFS

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+MostlymoparIH thank you

@mostlymoparih5682

8 жыл бұрын

:> )

@randybingham281

7 жыл бұрын

MostlymoparIH O

Looks good Ken, be sure and don't knock any rust off , please. Careful, careful

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Rusty “rustyglovebox” Glovebox haha.. I'll do my best!

It's really coming along nicely....great stuff Ken!

Beautiful Project Man ,

those fender extensions look great love that copper!

Love the Rat Rods.and the pickin & grinin,You seem to have fun along with hard work on your trees,,Keep up the videos...🏁

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

7 жыл бұрын

thanks for stopping by!

It takes a real man to have a shop CAT. Love it!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

7 жыл бұрын

you know it!

@misterpolytech

6 жыл бұрын

When you live in the country, rat's & mice in the shop can be a real problem... Like you find them living inside seat cushions, nesting in air box/ air cleaners & all kinds of shit.

WILDWOOD FLOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Havent heard that song in forever. It was the first song i learned on guitar a few years ago, automatic like

Your work is amazing!!!!Thanks for sharing....

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

thanks for taking a look

coming along nicely

One thing that looks really nice on a rat rod is a flashy engine, firewall & engine compartment contrasting against the natural rust/ paint patina of the fenders/ body/ hood...If done right, it can be really sharp; kinda hoping you ended up doing this w/ this ride; love the bed you fabbed on this one; really cool!

Looks like a lot of fun too !

love the way you cut the fenders and the scientific what you cut out the drive shaft hole looks like it will do the job just fine

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+DriveShaft Drew with a name like yours.. you should know! hahaha.. take care m'friend!

Well, you know one thing for sure, it won't bounce any higher than what it will be when it is sitting on the ground, or you will have lots of other problems a whole lot more serious than a driveshaft. Looking good Ken. Be careful you don't hurt yourself with those diggy doo moves to the music.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+The Shade Tree Fix-it Man Bernice taught me those moves lol

@TheShadeTreeFixitMan

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr Now that is FOO FOO.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

The Shade Tree Fix-it Man oh you think so? well.. show me your best moves.. and we'll see bout that. hahaha.. yeah.. thats right.. I'm calling you out.. haha take care George.. :)

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+The Shade Tree Fix-it Man but be careful and dont break anything.. hahaha.. jus kidding :)

@TheShadeTreeFixitMan

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr That could be a problem...

If you let that sheet metal just rub slightly on the drive shaft it'll make really cool siren noises as you drive down the road. It'll only heat up a little bit and it's way better than sticking baseball cards in the spokes.

That's really looking awesome Ken. :)

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Peek thank you Josh!

I like the gas can guitars. and I love the Wildwood Flower.

Looking real nice

Those "Stink'n Crickets"! he-he. It's look'n real good, Ken. Get'r Dun.....

Love it!

That thing has some metal shaped like beauty. I can't get stuff like this here. My country was extra poor before- not much of the cars to survive the teeth of time, and then when converting to normal country there was "metal rush", when everyone just grabbed metal things and sold it for scrap. Lots of even good working machinery went to scrap then- metal was worth more than production machines which had no job due to economic crash. All old cars went too :(

Sure looks like Fun!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+east coast lowlife ;)

that thing is lookin gooood. makes me want to go out in the garage and work!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+JJT113 DO IT!!!!

@JJT113

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr would love to but no heat out in the garage. just purchased a old mobile home furnace. as soon as it is here its getting installed. it gets cold out there. especially when your laying on the concrete!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

JJT113 I hear ya brother.. I grew up working on everything right out in the dirt. laying under an old rig in the snow and mud was not fun! and that cold concrete just sucks all the heat from yer body.. glad you got that furnace coming! :)

@JJT113

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr and just picked up a 57 chevy truck! it's gonna be a good summer.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+JJT113 alright!!!!

Nice build

I kept saying to myself, self why is he cutting the tailgate? then I woke up and said, What a wicked cool Ratrod your building. lol cheers my friend

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+udizzy1969 well..I checked and the driveshaft seems to take the shortest route from the tranny to the rear end and the tailgate is right in the middle.. hahaha.. j.k. thanks Dizz

definitely looks like fun... if the driveshaft is gonna be at all visible why not use something like a piano leg, or barber pole! haha you know something catchy and different. Just throwing ideas out there!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+thedriver02 well... the only time the drive shaft will be visible on this rig is if you're laying on the ground under neath it looking at the bottom of the truck..same as your drive shaft mannnnn! lol but hey.. I did see a guy who painted his drive shaft like a barber pole and ran it through a clear plastic tube so you could see if from inside the cab.. so.. see.. your idear is a goodunnn... just not for my particular application :) thanks anyway Bro!!

Man that sure looks like fun! Makes me wanna go out and git goin on mine again. lol Weather has been good and I'm startin to get the bug again. Ol brown wouldn't have even notched it! HAHA!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Military Chevy he would have just let the drive shaft chew its way through the tailgate until it had enough room to function.. haha

@militarychevy711

8 жыл бұрын

1963impala2dr Brown Style. HAHA!!!

looking good....what a dancing machine!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+tertessa Gene Gene the dancing machine.. remember him?? haha

@tertessa

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr I sure do...The Gong Show!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

tertessa we dated ourselves now lol

coming right along ken . nice!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Lori Lloyd thanks

Thank you for the video

That driveshaft is gonna make a nice arm rest. The cup holder will have to be elsewhere though I think.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+MrHevyshevy yeah.. I "might" put a cage over the driveshaft haha

Id be in trouble if I had a shop like yours. Id be in there all night long lol. Only the weather keeps me at bay outside

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+ShawnCFarm funny you mention that....the other night I went out there at 6 pm.. cranked the music.. got in the zone and when I regained consciousness, it was 6 am! lol

I remember a story that my high school sheet metal teacher told me on how they used to get the green patina on new copper roofs back in the day.... they would pee on the new copper and it would turn green....

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+C.C. Lapew hehe.. yeah a few people have said that

You want foofoo - wait till you see whats goin on my 57 truck - when I was down visiting Jeff last month, I dropped off a whole box full of chrome things. :D

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Talisman1957 hey.. you da man! foofoo has its place :) just not on my rat rod.. haha.. shhhhh dont tell anyone but my 73 Chev truck was a "frame off" job back when I did it and "shhhhhhhhhh" again, dont tell anyone but I even "PAINTED" the frame!! shhhhhhhh!!! hahaha..

With all that precision body work you could probably make some pretty nice shiny rods! Of course that would be too easy then!!!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Rodney Erdmann precision?? me? ha! my impala is shinny. I guess I had a week moment. haha.. hey man, thanks so much for tuning into my channel..

It Sure Is Fun! It's fun for us too!

" just getting a little step closer. little by little, its coming together." Is that like "Inch by inch is a cinch"??? I must have told a dozen people that saying since you educated us with it last week. Besides enjoying your "How To" videos on Rat Rods and various other interesting and clever topics, sure enjoy your music as well. Thumbs up on all fronts!!!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Pappa Bob man I really appreciate you being such a long time and loyal subscriber.. but please dont take any of these videos as a "how to" I do not claim to have any knowledge to impart.. I just "does what I does" haha... ever see those bumper stickers that say "dont follow me, I'm lost" take heed! haha

@pappabob29

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr You're far too modest!! Just watch "most" of those "1963impala2dr" videos to prove my point. The ones that DON'T prove my point only do so because they provide pure "entertainment" instead of craft, knowledge, skill, and work ethic direction. Those bumper stickers belong to other people like yourself ------------- with a good sense of humor. BTW, all that shop decor and Bernice "hangin out" is "shop Foo-Foo" as far as I'm concerned. Jus like lookin at a "well dressed" motor!! LOVELY!! ;o)

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

Pappa Bob ok ok.. I admit I have trouble accepting a compliment.. so.. I'll take the "work ethic part" haha.. thank you.

Looks awesome do far

you might , if'n you haven't already planned one , think of making a driveshaft loop , all I can say is 454 , and your foot , you might sling that puppy sometime , and they are not fun when they either come inside to say hello , or dig into the road , also they make a very long slip yoke they used in full size vans , with the suspension travel , you might find one very useful when you get to that point ... you do know that thing has to be able to make it to maine to torment that rpeek fellow ;)

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+towrecker way ahead of you Dawg.. I already have the driveshaft cage built. in the 60s my brother lost the front U-joint and when the driveshaft dug in, it flipped the 49 Ford end over end when It dug into the pavement..... but thanks for all the advise.. you certainly ARE full of it! hahaha

@towrecker

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr I also did a flippity flip down the drag strip because of a drive shaft , destroyed my 1970 Oldsmobile ramrod 350(w-31) , I had a loop on it , but one of those prefab jegs ones , well it let go , one less rare Olds left ;(

Damb! I really like that music.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

Жыл бұрын

damb? haha.. never saw it spelled that way lol

keep the vids commin!!

you remind me of my family,we do things the old way,we build hot rods and have a lot of fun on the way its amazing what youcsn dp with a welder and a folgers can lol

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

7 жыл бұрын

thats right!

the lines are great,,

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Mustie1 there have been a few things that just worked out that way. along with the warped tail gate that follows the curve of the cab perfectly lol. who woulda thunk it

Hmm, that young man looks a lot like you Waylon... I've found that urine is a great patina agent for steel. It works on copper, brass, and bronze also, just takes longer. :D You know how I know. LOL

Cool

That cat needs to catch that cricket that is making noise at the end of you vid ,, the cat is slacking lol

Looking good! I like your marking device. A better name for the coffee can maker could be "Scientific Coffeeca", it's also a good name for a tool or a magazine. Are the bed doors still going to be functional?

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Hot Rod I thought about putting a rumble seat back there and have the doors open but.. there is really not room for a seat... so...no, they are mounted solid to add rigidity to the structure but I guess I "could" make them functional so I could walk in and take a look at the radiator haha

The truck is really coming along Ken. Enjoyed you and your sons playing too. Are you gonna start selling videos of Lean to line dance with Waylon Wire? lol

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRedneckRailRoad you bet! LOL

Question, are you going to fill in the cut on the old tailgate wall with some sheet metal once you have it all hillbilly engineered? The details you are going through are incredible. Love watching what you are going.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+1JawsJr stay tuned :)

I've just got my fingers crossed that Matt hasn't thought of buying a Mazda MX5 (Hairdressers car)..Those shoes he had on were a real worry...lol

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+ZIGgassedUP well...if he does.. i'm sure he'll paint it up all girly like fingernail polish.. hahaha.. (actually he just emailed me, he thought that nail polish remark was pretty funny) haha.. as for painting his shop door.. I told him to stick with "pastels" .. ya cant go wrong with pastels hahaha..

Oh man! splendid work Cooter. Orange pumpkin engines?

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+cutworm59 yes sir Jeb.....gonna look like halloween round here!

@cutworm59

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr I love everything about it. Hard to tease you about it. Sorry.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+cutworm59 you hate them ugly rear fenders.. remember? hahaha

@cutworm59

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr They grew on me now. I like em. Working on acceptin the purgola thing. Only been 2 years......

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

aw brother... you're not required to like it.. I like it and thats all that matters..... them Fenders are like you.. they sorta grow on ya after a while.. like a wart haha

i aint sure how i missed this video .... but i'm still laughing !!! :)

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+chevahaulic why... whatever could be funny about this! hahaha

looked like old Sparky was helping you look for your air leak. Did he find it? lol Keep up the good work.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Clay Carnes he was giving it a cat scan

I love this hot rod. reminds me of Johnny Cash song I use to listen to when I was a kid. "I got it one piece at time and it didnt cost me a dime." Youll know its me when I come through your town I m gonna ride around in style Im gonna drive everybody wild Cuase I ll have the only one there is around what model is it? well its a forty nine, fifty, fifty one, fifty two, fifty three, fifty four, fifty five, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty eight, fifty nine auto mobile ! Its a sixty, sixty one, sixty two, sixty three, sixty four, sixty five, sixty six, sixty seven, sixty eight, sixty nine, seventy Automobile!

What car is that? It looks so nice!

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

its a RATROD thanks for watching!

Was that a frog I heard in the snow bank ? that looked like a rat hole ya cut in the back of the truck.

maibe you can use a two piece driveshaft , that way you dont have to notch it as far realy like the wide look from the front

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+watahyahknow hey man....I really appreciate you watching and offering a solution.. now if only there were a problem hahaha, a carrier bearing in a 5 ft driveshaft? na..I dont think so lol

Now I know what foo foo means ha. That truck is sure coming along nice now. I thought you were going to weld the back part of that truck to the cab I guess not.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+fruittreehugger1 no sir... if you've ever owned a ranchero or an el camino, you'll know why... ;)

@orchardtvchannel

8 жыл бұрын

I love el camino's but never owned one so what are their issues ?

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

when its one solid unit, "any" noise at all from the bed resonates through out the cab. not that I'll be hauling anything but the bed is mounted solid to the frame which will no doubt generate some road noise. I dont want to hear any of that so they are separate and the cab sits on rubber bushings..

@orchardtvchannel

8 жыл бұрын

Oh interesting. I would of never thought about that happening but makes alot of sence. So how are things looking your way in orchard sector ? There forecasting + 10 celcius here this coming week that makes me nervous.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

fruittreehugger1 same old thing here.. gets up into the 50s and people get excited... understandably so.. but usually it cools off and the degree hours level out. no bud swell yet.. but if it happens. they could certainly get nipped! a nurseryman here in his 80s told me about 30 years ago.. "Ken, there is no such thing as a normal year" haha.. I think he's right.. just an average of the extremes..

always wanted to play a Rat Guitar

cool

To get aged copper can you not get and old hot water cylinder and cut that up to make the parts ?

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+ian pym where do you get those?

@ianpym3953

8 жыл бұрын

off a plumber renewing someones heating and hot water system or from scrap yard.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+ian pym i see :)

Are you gonna put a seat in the back? That`s looking great.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+buck tooth bettys boyfriend I wanted to but I studied it real close and there just aint enough knee room.. so.. I've come up with another plan for that space

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+buck tooth bettys boyfriend i like your youtube name.. haha

@bucktoothbettysboyfriend11

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@bucktoothbettysboyfriend11

8 жыл бұрын

1963impala2dr cant wait to see it done.

Really cool project and build. Love it all. But I do hit pause and put on my eye protection when you are cutting and grinding; wish you would too. Not trying to be a wise guy, I just worry that's all.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+GunPilot yeah.. sometimes I do that too..LOL often I'm reminded, depending on which tool I'm using and which way the sparks are flying.. always when i'm underneath looking up.. but then sometimes I forget.. "sigh" i guess I'm not perfect darn it :(

@MrGunPilot

8 жыл бұрын

I've been lucky over the years too, avoiding serious injury. Just w/in the past several months I've had two friends lose an eye to "tinkering" in the garage. Eye's are important tools.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

GunPilot yes sir! and I do try.. and I never thought you were being a wise guy.. appreciate the concern.. if you are a tinkerer like me.. you got to build you one of those air vises.. I use it almost daily

@MrGunPilot

8 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely look into the air vise option. That is an ingenious idea. Thanks!

What happened to that truck right there that I look at I was watching in that video cuz I really like that truck will call

Hope you still reading your comments......after you got all famous-n-all......snicker..... Ken! being as I owned a '57 Cadillac Hearse I always marveled at just how you did it!?! I got a QUESTION for you; @ 11:03 what's with the "Left Handed Monkey Wrench" and the mouse/RAT trap sittin on the runnin board? (WTH?); wat you call dat tool and wat it for?

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

3 жыл бұрын

well, I do try to read all the comments....but I'm certainly not famous, I'm just a tiny little minnow in a huge ocean of whales. I answer comments when I can but sometimes there are 3 or 4 hundred on one video and I just cant sit and answer all of them but I do GREATLY appreciate them! as for your question.. I'd have to go watch the video to see what tool you are referring to and I have a Dr appt.. so I cant right now. but thank you for watching my ol' friend.

Lets Pick :-)

Is that play Johnny Cash truck one piece at a time

****. Random comment alert. ***. Maybe I have been watching your channel for too many years...maybe how I view metal has been skewed by your artistic creations...but when you show the base of the tailgate 7:42, all I see are bunnies. Mmhahahaha. Time for bed I suppose. Goodnight Gracie.

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+yourbeekeeper look again! the one in the middle is a bunny, the one on the right is a squirrel, the one on the left is a toucan

@mechadrake

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr no, it's bunnies for sure!

I know what you mean havin to turn down the "fun" to hit the rec. button poor Matt...he sure does leave himself wide open see ya

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Brid chvtruck well.. he laid into me pretty good on his last video.. hahaha.. but yeah.. he had them foofoo shoes on and all.. hahaha..

Details..

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+rpeek takes a lot of time..

@rpeek

8 жыл бұрын

+1963impala2dr Yea, you're right down to the tiddly bits on it. Good thing you like doin' it ain't it.. hahahaha...

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

rpeek love it!

I take so many medications if i was to take a pee on it it would more than likely go green and rot away lol

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Andy Coakes wondered what was wrong with you.. lololol jus kidding :)

yea but that's chevhaulic lol

LOL @ 12:23

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+XboobtubeX sometimes when I'm wearing my nice outfit.. I just cant contain myself

What year is it

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

2 жыл бұрын

40

old caddy metal is real metal not a tin can

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+wile coyote yes sir, I can weld on these rigs

I am also building a rat rod. love your work . was wondering if you are from wv that's were I'm from look me up on Facebook Daryn Hammons

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Daryn Hammons I dont do facebook but do you have a youtube channel? I'd really love to see your build :)

@1963impala2drWaylonWire

8 жыл бұрын

+Daryn Hammons p.s. oh.. no, not from wv

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@RockyXTV

8 жыл бұрын

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@militarychevy711

8 жыл бұрын

Rocky X TV Awesome! What is it? lol

@RockyXTV

8 жыл бұрын

Military Chevy Well Military Chevy you win a brand new!....... uuuumm, crap. I didn't think this thing through. lol

@RockyXTV

8 жыл бұрын

Military Chevy WAIT I know, you could check out my channel and maybe subscribe!.... Is that a prize? Probubly not. I could always use another subscriber though....Hint.....Hint lol

@militarychevy711

8 жыл бұрын

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