The Jalopy Journal
how do you charge for your work? by the hour? what sort of rate? a friend has been charged $800.00 to do a bicycle. 8 hours @ $100.00 an hour. 2...
not even sure where I got this or why. thought maybe someone could ID it by the headlight plugs, the pattern on the wire, the covering of bunched...
cleaning out 27 years of junk in my shop so I can retire some day far far away from the Bay Area. :) I think the air cleaner is a 1950 or so...
just bumped some antiquated ads and then posted a 1949 Chevrolet door without going to the parts section. I don't see how I can delete it....
1949 1950 1951 1952 CHEVROLET Fleetline 2 door drivers side door. this door is from a 49- 50, WILL FIT 51-52, only difference if any is the trim...
this is from a 49-50, 51 52 may have different trim holes. no guts except the door locks. good straight door with a small bit of rust down below....
I have 7 posters for the NSRA Western Nationals in Pleasanton from 1986... $15.00 each plus shipping. 17 X 11" [ATTACH]
SOLD!!! :)original 1950 Chevrolet banners with some staining and two have some holes, condition as seen in the pics. hard to find in any...
Dave Bell Antique Drags poster from 1982. $40.00 plus shipping, will be shipped in a tube, no frame [ATTACH]
these people were friends of my parents in the early 50's. The photo was taken in Oakland California some time between 1947 and 1955 judging by...
"Two Cool" Dave Bell T shirt probably from the 80's. size large, measures 23" across and 27" down from the back of the collar. $20.00 plus...
I heard this was coming up but could not find the 2023 dates in my google search. if they have more than one I'd like that date also. it's a...
this would have hung in the dealers window or inside the showroom back in 1948. measures 53" x 38". these were folded originally and there is...
a good 10+ years ago I bought a set of 1956 California license plates that were either NOS or restored, guy said he paid full price and then found...
be there or be square. [ATTACH]
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pretty sure this was the 18th annual show. I have probably gone to the last 8. these shows are 90% finished cars, these Bomb guys do not mess...
this photo is from the Niles California Group on Facebook. Niles is a cool part of Fremont California that has not been destroyed by time, it is...
since everything has been cancelled I thought I'd post some Bakersfield pics. I posted these in 2006, but the thread has since been...
saw this on Facebook, no contact info given, if you see it call Oakland PD., and hope they care. it was on the "Nor Cal Car Shows" Facebook page...
I seem to have developed a strange fascination with the items you would find in the New Car Showrooms back in the days before everything started...
bumping this 2018 thread just for shits and giggles. 32nd year for the West Coast Nationals, I have only missed one:) ..... of course I was a...
I'm more interested in the heat one since my last 1949 Chevrolet had so much heat not escaping the engine compartment that my dash board would be...
if you live near Fremont and have nothing to do the annual "Hot August Niles" car show will be going on on Niles Blvd tomorrow. I try to go every...
Went out to Gambino Customs in San Jose this afternoon and took a few pictures. lots of good stuff out there. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
this is the "Mopar Alley" Mopar show at DeAnza College in Cupertino. they used to have this in Fremont where I live and I have gone to most of...
I am looking at some engine compartment parts that were powder coated that will not match the parts I want to paint. will this stuff come off...
I bought my 49 Chevy in 1976 and in all that time never saw one with a bull nose for the hood. never saw one for sale, never even heard of one....
putting my 1949 Chevrolet back together and I have a couple coffee cans full of hardware. I thought I would try on of these tumblers to clean all...
not sure where this came from. I parted out a 53 many moons ago, but that didn't have a grill or anything so I think it may be from something...
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