The Jalopy Journal
If you want an automatic, read no further. Real hotrods have 3 pedals. The usual 350ci Chevy (73 block, 4-bolt mains), mostly stock (2100 mi...
The short list - Hiboy coupe, 4” chop, 455 Olds, Muncie, Ford 9”. 7K miles since total build. Overview – This is not a “streetrod” – I built it as...
I see lots of really bad flooding in Austin TX on the news this evening. Wondering how our Boss is doing. Everything OK for you?
Wow, mid-Feb and here in the Tulsa area, gonna be 72º! A few of us on another forum are getting our rides out and cruisin' down to Mexicali...
I have a '30 Model A Coupe, 4" chop, and am having some challenges putting the door glass in. As I understand it, the door top is supposed to be...
I have been trying to describe to some friends a wheel that was only briefly on the market about 30-35 years ago. It was one of my faves, but...
Working on a '30 Model A Coupe, but this question may well pertain to other cars of that era. I'm an amateur working with simple tools, so if this...
I have recently built '30 A coupe, highboy, fenderless, 455 Olds/Muncie/9inch. Lots of squeaks and rattles yet (it is a Model A after all), but...
A local guy had both of his cars stolen from his shop last night. If you have any leads please let me know and I can pass them along and get you...
I've been running the brakelines in my project last couple of days, and two questions came up. Neither really make any difference - I'm just...
On another thread, a guy was lamenting that he could not find a real tree, and decided to build one himself. It prompted me to thinking.... I have...
I hesitate to ask this, because it's not traditional, but I highly respect the opinion of HAMBers, and I'm betting somebody has looked into this....
I seem to have made myself a lot of trouble by choosing to put a 455 Olds (starter is on the left) in a Model A coupe, with a 4 spd, and...
I'm building a chopped '30 A coupe. Just wondering if I'm the only idiot who bangs his head 3-4 times every work session getting in and out of a...
Some time ago, I read a thread with pix about somebody's Model A coupe with a dandy design for a removable steel top insert. Used some cool...
I'm building a '30 Model A coupe - hiboy, no hood, with a frame that is swept 4" in the front. We had a '29 radiator shell on hand, so I mocked it...
I'm building a '30 Model A coupe, on a custom frame, with a 455 Olds and Muncie. Because of where the engine/tranny will mount, I have some pretty...
Boy, do I feel stupud. Simple little problem, and I cannot for the life of me figure this out. '30 Model A coupe, trying to remove the outside...
Greetings from Oklahoma. RE the title of this thread, I've actually been here for a while, as "Olds215". Had that engine in a '29 A CCPU that I...
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