The Jalopy Journal
I bought a diversion 165 before I retired. I ordered a pedal from ebay for it (a heavy duty one unlike the plastic one that is with the 180). I...
Well I looked up the 2nd annual Atlanta pop fest. and there were aprox 600,000 people there.
I was at an old stock car track a few weeks ago in Byron (Macon) Georgia. Went to a David Allen Coe concert and a Dukes of Hazzard convention....
Take some good shoes, it is a large show. You know that the show goes on twice a year. In November and Feb. If you are comming from far away you...
You need hardened seats put in the heads because of the un-leaded gas. New cam and springs a must as said. Mike
We used apitong on military semi trailers for years. As long as you do not paint the wood (as with most woods) it will wick the moisture out the...
There is a willys conv. at FDR's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. My best friend said that if it were a coupe, he would steal it and...
My brother-in-law had his 65 Chevelle used in "we were solders" shot at Ft. Benning. It was an 4 door sleeper that looked like it just left the...
I saw on of these Chinese radiators a few weeks ago at a local shop that sales on ebay and started a local store. Had a radiator on the wall for a...
The brake fluid will jell up. The military has been using silicone brake fluid for years. When it first came out, we had all type of trouble with...
My aunt Martha lives in Oatmeal. She has a ranch named "Snug Harbor". It is on the circle road just behind the Oatmeal can and church. First ranch...
Bump for the A.M. Will be missing the show this year, got the car ready for nothing. Going to the "Old drag racers" reunion in Panama City,...
Tybee island is alway good. Spankeys has a great menu and great prices. I use to eat there every wed. night when I lived in Savannah. Stingrays...
I lived in Laurel MD and visited Capital many times. A lot of old classics racing there. Even had some cool tow vehicles. Remember a lady dragster...
Love the old pictures. I like to look at what is in the background. Looks like a cyclone in the first Falcon picture. Looked at on of Frank's...
I was wrong, That willys in the picture is Larry Blakey. It was cream and had a matching cream open trailer. He is being inducted into the...
No, it was a candy apple dark red car named "Mr Wild One" The driver was Fred McGowan Sr. He was co-owner with Winiferd Johnson. He sold his part...
Reynolds has been my home track since it opened (except while I was in Iraq, Detroit,and Maryland). We even hold the record for having the only...
Did not know but the Drag Racers reunion is in P.C. the same weekend. Have to toss a coin and see where to go.
Hope that the southern sling-shots will be there this year. We have an S&W front engine dragster kit that we are going to build in the near...
I came last year to watch, car still had a few bugs and my father has been sick and so I have had little time for myself. Got the new cam and...
I have 2 u-joints on my steering shaft since my steering is almost in the center of my car. Use quality u-joints from Jegs, Summit, ART (applied...
Love the car! My first car was a gift from my grandfather back in 1968. It was a custom 300 the same year as yours. It was green and white with...
My "T" is different being a drag car. I am 6ft tall and weigh around 325+ and my rt foot and accel. pedal is on the right side of the transmission...
Know what you mean about "groundhog day". I was in IRAQ in 2005-2006 in southern Iraq. Sand and dust everywhere except when it rained. What a...
Kind of in the same boat. Dad had his colon removed about a year and a half ago. He is 86 and diabetic and has a kemo seed inplanted every 6...
Bought a diversion 165 (Miller) around christmas and paid about $1300 and bought an aftermarket foot pedal for another $150. This made my purchase...
Phenix is still going, not much but "grudge" racing and "Dirty South Outlaws" not a place to take your family for an outing. In the late 60's, we...
I worked in Warren and lived at Selfridge AFB for a while in 2005. I was told to go just past Flint to Frankenmoth(spl) to kill a weekend. Town...
Do not know where you are in Flordia, but Clements Porting Service in Columbus Georgia does repairs on aluminum heads for some of the leading race...
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