The Jalopy Journal
[ATTACH] Bigs and littles on vintage artillery wheels with Merc caps on my Deuce.
I did cut my firewall to install my '64 401. I used a vacuum accumulator tank from an early '70s Firebird, cut it down the middle and welded one...
Yes, but they are closed for Labor Day!
I just installed Bob Drake '34 headlights on a Limeworks headlight bar on my '32 roadster. I drilled a second hole to run stainless cables to...
I flew A-4s in the Navy in the early 1970s. Here I am at NAS Quonset Point, RI, with my dad, loading up on lobsters! Got out during the first...
I dug into the Flaming River and Vega box info and find that many of these arms are "double tapered". I'll check mine and if not double tapered,...
Thanks to all for your inputs! I'll pull the stupid thing and bend it!!
I'm pretty certain that the arm came with the Flaming River Vega box and mounting bracket. The picture quality is poor but there is no evidence...
I watched Neil step down on the moon that early July morning in 1969, as did all of America, and then caught a plane to Pensacola, FL, later that...
The end with the drag link is tapered but the splined shaft out of the steering box is not. It should be a simple removal from the splined shaft...
I'm have just about finished my deuce roadster but notice (rather late in the game, some things just get overlooked!) that the Vega box pitman arm...
You won't be able to fully enjoy the power of your nailhead. I chose a Tremec 5-speed and was lucky to find a Skylark GS 4-speed bellhousing to...
My buddy's car, just back from the Rolling Bones shop where it went for an additional 2" chop and a lay back of the A pillars.:D
Thanks, kingpins. The skirt around the back was the hardest part to fabricate!! I followed the Ken Gross roadster Carson Top as best I could....
Here's a few pics of my Carson top build on my deuce roadster. We used channel to give the upholsterer a place to locate his tacking strips. The...
I cut a spare driveshaft from my '35 woodie in half, fastened a motorcycle exhaust baffle wrapped in stove rope up inside, and ran them just under...
An old carriage house circa 1910. Still has the horse stalls. Perfect man cave for the woodie and the deuce BUT no welding on this floor!!!:eek:
'32 rails, Model A cross members, nailhead, Tremec, Winters QC, Kelsey Hayes artillery wheels. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Can't a local hydraulics shop build one? Or build one from brake line yourself?
Domed AC filter on my nailhead. Someone told me it's an early 1960s Corvette filter, I don't know if that's true.
Congrats on RJ #53. Terrific photos!!!!!
Slow but sure, paint and upholstery left on the punch list. I plan my to have 401 nailhead-powered hiboy on the road by June!
I believe they're Kelsey-Hayes from the 1930s or 1940s, 16" x 4.5". Found 5 of them on epay, one had never been painted!
My Optima is in the trunk next to the fuel tank, The battery mounts to a machined base that holds the battery by the webs on the lower edge of...
Problem Solved! ChopRods was right in that the pedal travel was insufficient and would not allow the dual chamber unit to function properly. The...
Nailhead! I love flatheads, have a 59A in my '35 woodie but I chose a 401 nailhead for my deuce hiboy now under construction. A '34 steering...
Thanks to all of you. I'm going back in the barn to continue working this problem. I'll let you know how I make out. In the meantime, I hope I...
Ah, please school me on that one. Now that you mention it, the pedal throw does seem a little short. I'm using a 1948 Ford pickup truck...
1) No, did not bench bleed the MC 2) No vacuum booster on the car 3) Yes, did pre-adjust the drums on all 4 wheels 4) Yes, they are installed with...
No calipers, these are all self-adjusting drum brakes on the car. Definitely not Cadillac stuff. The rears have the usual e-brake arm where I...
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