The Jalopy Journal
Supplied air and a full Tyvek suit is about the only safe way to do modern 2k paints. I used to shave once a year for my annual respirator fit...
[IMG] maybe in ‘69, after I blew up my 401 race car engine, and before heading to VN, I picked up this junk yard “Corvette” engine and a TH400 to...
In the sixties, I was given an assigned number to stamp on my 29 Tudor A’s frame. In the early nineties, a CA CHP verifier refused to accept the...
Enough is just a temporary starting size. It won’t be enough soon. I built my shop at 2300sf almost,20 years ago. It was enough for a few years....
My experience is in far Northern California. In early sixties, red wheels on modified cars were common. By the mid sixties, painted black wheels...
A slight radiusing of the wheel well would likely be enough to give you sufficient turning radius and less tire rubbing. I remember that was what...
I was only 70 when this thread started, but now closing in on 78. This thread is old.
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Is Sid’s still in business? I remember he sold to his able assistant a few years back; but if they are still going, I don’t think you could do better.
The roadster is the quintessential socal hot rod, but most of the world does not have socal weather, and most hot rodders wanting to drive a lot...
I have the same question, wanting to mount a 392 on deuce rails with a 29 coupe body. I just want to keep the upper firewall piece uncut (gas...
In Yreka, back in the sixties, was Oberlin Road. South end of town, two miles east, and over a small hill, was a marked quarter mile. It was a two...
Even a very old tank can present an explosion hazard when cutting. Dry ice in the tank to displace oxygen is an accepted industrial practice on...
[IMG] From 2008 to now, Crower U-fab style manifold 10,000+miles [IMG] front air cleaners poked through the hood until I found a 52-54 Mercury...
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