The Jalopy Journal
I think Chadwell still has one of those EH fuel injectors . . . . .
Make sure the vacuum line to the distributor is on the correct side of the carb, driver's side I think. I had something similar going on once...
Had a flat bed trailer stolen once . . . . . , 7,000 lbs of gravel in it for two years, tires were flat, tail of the trailer sunk 6" into the...
Friend of mine is working on this one . . . . .
One of the best non-traditional goo removers I have found is the orange air freshener they sell at Wal Mart. Thin, white / orange aluminum...
Thanks for trying to get these kids away from video games and such. They may not know there is a "whole 'nother world" going on around them....
FWIW . . . . The Citrus Air Freshener I get from Wal-Mart will remove the glue from price tags and such . . . . . . . .
Years ago, watched one of our local paint wizards (Brewer) flake a car. Went and ran the palm of his hand over the flake before he cleared it...
This may be why has been for sale for 2 months . . . . . There are plenty of marine big blocks that have been put into cars, should not be a...
I think you mean "Gibbs Brand" spray, not to be confused with "Joe Gibbs Racing Oil" I think someone here on the HAMB used to peddle it. I...
I know that most every Army Post or Air Force Base had a "hobby shop" where the guys could work on their own heaps. The airbase here just closed...
. . . . . and a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide and enough shop rags or paper towels to soak up all the blood . . . .
Saw this over on the DuckusCrapus site. Maybe some HAMBers can help this guy out . . . . Posting this for someone else.... Hello, I need...
There is somebody up in Memphis that is a crankshaft crook and has been for 30+ years. You send your crankshaft in, then they tell you it is...
Knew a guy that ran some 90/10's on his '55, the dirt road he lived on killed them and almost him. They would jack way up on the washboard road...
I have been using this service for several items lately. Blocks, trans, heads, and such. Got to be clean and dry. Plenty good service if you...
I always wondered where the actual "strip" had been in OKC. The covered grandstands in the background were for the half-mile dirt track. The...
I guess it explains me. And I finally learned . . . . , if you see something you like, if it fits, and if you can afford it, you had best get it!!!
A few photo of my friend's '34 Ford Phaeton undergoing a rebuild here in Texas. This car came from one of Al's friends in KC, MO back in 1973....
For all of our race friends who use nitromethane. . . . . , when they quit offering for sale anything but 70% back in the '50's (it was primarily...
Uhhhhh . . . . did I read this right?? Not "solid" lifters on a "hydraulic" cam by any remote chance?? Take care, K
Dang . . . . . , this gettin' a bit hairy!!!! FWIW . . , Back in the day, spent my time as crew and traveling with the quickest and fastest Blown...
If they are truly "chrome" rings, this is what the old time nitro guys would do to seat those hard-faced rings (they used Bon-Ami I think, before...
A PCV system will keep the oil in the motor (I know . . . , not traditional but effective). Will also help keep oil from going past the valve...
/\ /\ /\ /\ What he said!!! /\ /\ /\ /\ Pretty sure that the "151" is the old 350 horse 327 hydraulic grind. Great street grind, but remember a...
Think I remember checking into tinted Lexan with Regal Plastics or one of the plastic suppliers in Dallas.
Mom (a school teacher, mind you) goes out and trades in her 327 Impala in on a brand new (at her Hot Rod son's urging) '66 Pontiac Catalina 2+2...
Chet Herbert solid lifter cam for my friend's 301 Chevy. 300 degree - .450 lift (did not know about "duration @ 0.50 yet)!! Started selling...
/\ /\ /\ /\ What he said . . . . My Heat Exchanger shops use these to drill heavy 70 ksi steel vessel shells. And the Cool Mist (air / water /...
Magnesium Dana 60 for my '65 Plymough match race clone . . . . . . Found a nice one up in KC a while back . . . . . , now I am happy!!!
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