The Jalopy Journal
TRJ is an historical resource for us too. Lots of real info and not rehashed Google search shit. I for 1 think its awesome that our chosen life is...
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Call me sheltered, uninformed, a heretic, I've never seen the movie. I like the car but it never bumped my rev limiter like Jake's does.
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I'm late to the party, but here's some woodgrain again. The brown is a 35 Packard 12, the reddish is a 34 3W. This is raw, I'll post next week...
It's official, I'm permanently affected by your work. Clearly you can "see" things that matter vs shock value. So good...
Any vinyl sign shop can make you a mask. You "weed out" the stars either before or after. Nobody mentioned intercoat clear. Spoiler alert, it's...
Not real easy, but can't you just crank in an extra degree or so of caster? The added effort on steering is only initial, which also makes...
Just so you know if you end up doing them solo, they can't be a super-precision fit, they need a little slop in em to aid centering when closing....
Trunk, door and glove box locks were NOT THE SAME KEY UNTIL THE FUCKIN 70S!! This is one of those nails on a chalkboard things to me, just like...
I tried, the upward spear should be a giveaway but it isn't. Kool af but I can't find a thing to match. Era, I'd say no newer than 33 due to hood...
Well rather than take the socially conforming position I prefer that in something this old with no collapsible column and other considerations I...
Full disclosure, my belts are there for others as I won't wear it. If I'm gonna get whacked in it I'd prefer not to be the 2nd item on steering...
He (Eaton) ended up here in Motown as one of the managers at the late Detroit Dragway. We had an annual driver's meeting at my shop back in the...
I spent 2½ years in crash and safety at a major OEM services company. Learned a lot, even got a trip to a crash test at Ford (anticlimactic even...
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