The Jalopy Journal
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This weekend they had a small show and swap meet in Greenville, South Carolina at a Hot Rod Shop. A decent crowd showed up and to top it off two...
An update on where to get Meal Flake Vinyl. I was in a warehouse the other day and got the tour. Anyways they have a selection of colors and it...
X2, Couldn't have said it better.
Is this ever interesting! Automotive Engineers seldom take the PE. test to get certified. That falls in most cases to Mechanical Engineers who...
If you do that then many of us that may know a few things will never get the read what the so called experts have to say. Without their tutelage...
Yes I find that interesting also. My Great grandfathers cousin John Edison Sweet designed the "straight line engine" and the "micrometer caliper"....
Mine has a variable speed control on it.
That's your opinion! and I haven't go the slightest idea what the hell your talking about. "pretty soon every Hot Rod is gonna be a 69 Camaro"?...
Copyright doesn't enter into it and never has. The printing on the box that the parts came in may have been copyrighted but if the company went by...
I purchased my Consew forty one years ago when I was manufacturing motorcycle sidecars. I used it to stitch up hundreds of upholstery's. Later...
We still have air in the shop just no air DA.
I noticed that no one mentioned anything about an electric Da. I've used DA's for over fifty years. In 2006 when I was doing some design work on a...
This is the one I had in 1967. I drove it from Massachusetts to LA pulling my new Lemans. I painted it the same color as the new Lemans. [IMG]
It's been at $3.13 at Spinks for the last three weeks in the Upstate of South carolina.
Take this information in the spirit that it's given; from real world experiences. Back in the late 50's when I was a kid I helped and worked on...
Little T in my driveway. When my full size T Is completed it will go to the head of the line. [IMG]
One more story about Hydro Locked. Back in the 1970's and into the 80's I owned and drove World Class Hydroplanes. We raced in what was called the...
This is very common in some forms of racing. When I was running Super Modified circle track race cars with injected engines any time a car spins...
Hi Tommy, Take this information in the spirit that it's given; from real world experiences. Back in the late 50's when I was a kid I helped and...
In memory of Dean Jeffries: Another sad day for everyone but one must admit that it wasn't a life wasted. For those of us that grew up in the...
I'm reaching out for some help for a friend of mine. He's an old Hot Rodder Drag racer from the late fifty's into the Sixty's. Today he's in his...
That's one of the best things that I've read in a long time. I know what that's all about because back sixty years ago my Dad taught me how to...
During this time in history Bardahl owned of sponsored an Unlimited Hydroplane, Indy race car, Unlimited racing airplane and assorted drag and...
I was with my Dad many a time when he was flat towing his jalopy race car back in the late forty's and early fifty's so I new the program. When I...
When I built Little T for parades and car shows I stitched up diamond pleats. [IMG] Someone asked about what machine someone used. I purchased...
All of us are always looking at saving a few Dollars, so does anyone have Speedway's latest up to date code number for free shipping for orders...
I've seriously considered using a Packard engine in my T Bucket. I had three 56 Packard's in the early 60's. You could pick them up for three...
I'm with you on this; I've been a master modeler for fifty years starting out at General Motors and I wish it was as easy as has been written....
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