The Jalopy Journal
That thing has to sound amazing.
Wow!
Hey David, you may not be "done", (they never are), but you have built a beautiful little hotrod here. Seems like our projects constantly get...
^^^^^ Air compressor conversion heads for a flathead V8? Do I get the award Carl.
The drivers used their ties to wipe their goggles.
Just fart quietly and make them wonder where it came from.
Taste like chicken.
For the true stoplight to stoplight experience, please do not prep the track.
Everything below the body looks Model-T.
It appears to be a taillight bracket fredvv44.
Happy Birthday. Celebrate every day they are all special.
That puts a big crack in the cosmic sphere. Damn Carl, we're losing too many of our compadres. Race in Peace to another old Hippie drag racer....
Sorry to say we're going to miss Eagle once again. Had far too much going on lately and totaled the truck last week. We're OK, but it's sort of...
Ouch, with a big "Oh Shit" on the side.
OK Dave, I know about a lifetime in loud environments. Hot rods and motorcycles from 1962, Machine shops from 1964 to 1989, Aircraft from 1986....
No project is ever truly done. The last 2% takes forever.
Have you considered sprint car style headers without the collectors and individual baffles? Tuck them in as close to the frame as they will fit.
Had a '64 Monza with a Powerglide and a '62 Spider with a four speed, loved them both. great looking long-roof.
From my days in vintage aircraft restoration, make parts out of card stock. Easy to cut with scissors and hold together with tape. Measure many...
As an old friend once told me, "you can make it as complicated as you want".
That looks like a boat manifold.
Slot head, not Phillips.:rolleyes:
Corvair with shielded military style ignition?
No piston/valve clearance problems with a flathead.
Pull the pumpkin and carry it into the shop and you take a big part of the time factor out of the job or if you feel adventurous read up on the...
^^^ Lovimg that GN. Has to generate some good sounds.
Just remembered a friend back in the '60s who inadvertently flipped the banjo on his Model-A. Three speeds in reverse is rather useless.
Been a long time since I messed with a Columbia, like 60 years so I don't think I remember all the details, but doesn't the gear section go on the...
Look like Morgans to me.
A little bit of homage to the beginnings of our obsessions,...
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