The Jalopy Journal
I also used a Vintage Air unit with defrost in my car. From looking at their pics, the case is the same with or without defrost, only the holes...
Ok, back to some basic mechanical stuff, we’ll leave the electrical for a bit. Does the starter work? Do you know for a fact that it does? Seen...
Several years ago, I was big in air cooled VW's. I was known by a lot of people in the area as "the bug man". I had several parts cars in...
Glad I'm not the only one who hates Atlanta! Had to go through there multiple times a week when I was running stuff to the Carolinas. Never a...
Rule of business #1-You must make a profit to survive. All of our onshore manufacturing has been put into this position by our very own...
Uhaul doesn't sell much, but they do sell stuff from time to time. Where do you think the old trucks and trailers come from? They're not stolen,...
This is used a lot by the counterfeiters to shed attention from themselves. If their product is priced the same or just a little lower than the...
Another vote for Borgeson. I changed out my generic joints with a pair of Borgeson, all the slack disappeared from my steering. Even the DD shaft...
X2 on the SOS pads.
Here’s an oddity… 70’s Ford Mavericks had a 3/8” fuel line on the six cylinder cars V8 cars got a 5/16” line. Doesn’t make much sense, does it?
The trucking industry got hit hard a few years back with fake counterfeit Borg Warner air system parts. The parts were good copies, but slick...
I forgot to add: Installed height was the same as the Goodyear it replaced. Runout was the same. Absolutely no difference in size. Different...
When looking for tires for my ot pickup, I found that two different sizes can be almost exactly the same size. Pickup came with 265/65, according...
I’m using the stock 1/4” pickup on mine. It comes out of the tank, a piece of rubber hose connects that to a fuel filter that has stepped tubes,...
With me, it was space, or the illusion of it. Before I went OTR trucking, I collected up some parts, mostly cast off stuff from other buddy’s race...
Went to a small swap meet at a car show a couple of weeks ago. Was mostly 60’s cars stuff or drag car parts. Nothing I couldn’t live without....
I was talking to a couple of guys at a Walmart service center recently. They were telling me Walmart has gotten stupid on their rules, they won’t...
Lots of clusters were still 6 volts up into the 1970’s. They just used a transformer to drop the voltage back down from 12 to 6. Ford did that, as...
I mailed a front bumper for a 72 Maverick one time. Wrapped some plastic on it, then wrapped it with brown paper and tape. As long as it fits in...
If the coil has the resistor built in they are usually marked “ built in resistor “ or “ no resistor needed”. Yes, if there isn’t some resistance...
Bob, I’m afraid that describes a bunch of us, we wish we’d found something or did something a while ago when we were younger. My problem wasn’t so...
It looks like the one my old man traded in around the fall of 1966 on a brand new 1967 Custom 500. I was 7 years old so I barely remember it, but...
My list is not even a snack to most of yall, but at least I was trying! 26-27 T sedan 46 CJ2a 36 Ford pickup, no bed 47-48 Ford coupe 38 Chrysler...
Cob has it right, it makes a difference how big you are in the electronic sea. My forum, link in signature below, is still very small compared to...
I’m thinking more 9N than 8N. My 8N has a 5 or 6 bolt center, the 9N has a wide 5 type hub IIRC.
Glad I slept late…
Is this just drivers, or do parts cars and/or cars that were projects that never seen a roadway under your ownership count? I’ve owned several in...
I put a set on a 67 Ford pony car. They were Teed together, filler hid under bumper. It would raise the rear end so high the u joints were making...
I knew a guy that had a 56 4 door that had three different keys! Each door was different than the ignition. But it was put together from junkyard...
Neat. Promotional give aways are almost a thing of the past. I’ve got a few key rings around here somewhere, I’ll have to dig them up and get a pic.
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