The Jalopy Journal
Selling my much loved car, Faye the Chevrolet. Not interested in trades. She is a 1951 Chevy Styleline Deluxe. I've done A LOT of upgrades to her...
Hello! My turn signal assembly on my 51 Chevy died. I bought one of those aftermarket ones at York and thought it would be an easy install but I...
Hey Gang! My hubby's 53 Buick Special needs a clutch. We're trying to order the parts that we need, but we have no idea what the series number of...
Hey Gang! The Mobtown Greaseball is this weekend! It's the 10th Anniversary of the Greaseball and 50th Anniversary of the Karb Kings....
Hey Gang... Yeah, I know it's been ages. I've been too busy tearing up the roads to be posting much, but there comes a time when all hot rod...
This past Sunday was a special one. I spent an entire day working on my car for the first time in months. It was time well spent and was...
I went to work last Friday and my boss calls me and my assistant into his office. We take the walk across the street and he says "Thanks for all...
If a magazine wants to use your photos, is there a release of some sort that you send with them to protect the way they can be used? Someone...
In August I did a pin-up photo shoot with Viva Van Story, for my own personal entertainment. I did a half-day which nets out two "scenes" and a...
I've been promising to send pics of Faye in her current state (after lowering, new hubcaps, and new engine) Here she is... doesn't she sit nice?...
At about 6 pm last night we successfully fired up Faye's new engine. Tonight she goes in for exhaust and after a little bit of valve adjusting and...
And as soon as that *%@$#% part gets here, we'll be firing her up! Here's some pics on the stand and bolted in. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I bought a Trans Dapt spin-on filter adapter for the 327 I'm putting in the 51. The instructions for the assembly say that you need to re-use the...
Hey Gang, I'm heading to El Paso on business tomorrow and will be there through Friday (noonish). Anything fun to do there? Stacey
I took Faye out last night to the Night of 100 Elvises. This was the second time I've driven her any real distance since having her back together...
I HAVE BRAKES! YAAAAAY! (details later, but i'm done for the night!) Stacey
Well it's been a few weeks and my brake situation is still not resolved. Here's the original thread....
I need some help with having something shipped from there, contact me if you think you can help out. Stacey
With vintage ad, no less! And yes, S.O.S and brillo are my preferred method of cleaning white walls. [img] This ad is from my favorite...
Here's the specs from the recent front end alignment we had on Faye. The steering is tight (won't return), and from what we can tell, the caster...
Well-- we're finally at the point where we're able to road test Faye a little and the gremlins are now cropping up little by little. We're still...
Hey Gang, I have two 5 1/4 speakers for up front, and two 6X9's in back that I want to mount without cutting my car. Any ideas (photos...
My car hates me, and I'm starting to hate her back. We attempted to take my car for alignment and exhaust Tuesday night, and after heading out...
We bolted my hood on today and the prospect of stretching these springs up to where they need to be is a bit frightening. It's a lot of distance...
A bunch of folks in Baltimore want to come up for the show on Saturday. There are 6 cars total and everyone wants to know how early they need to...
Dad asked me to post some pics of this headlight assembly he got at a flea market. He's trying to figure out what it's off of, and where he might...
I just tried to reply to your PM but it says you can't get anymore until you delete some... In a nutshell... THANKS! That's awesome And... if...
We started Faye today, she runs and sounds awesome :D , but now we're having major carb problems :mad: . I have 2 linked Carter YF's on an...
I pulled the pan on Faye tonight and removed the oil line from the pump to the main galley. Just as we all feared, there was a plug installed for...
I sent the photo to Tom Langdon who said many fascinating things... here's a recap. #1... If my engine was converted to full flow, the "mystery...
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