The Jalopy Journal
A friend since childhood (whose late Father is one of the older folks that got me into the early hot rods and flatheads) recently acquired a pair...
Several years ago when I was in tech school, the boxes of old Popular Science magazines was set aside to go to the dump...I brought them home. I...
heyyyy thanks for that, I noticed they have slot car stuff, my grandson's other grandpa will be thrilled when I send him their link!
Hey, thanks for your input! :) The first I heard anyone locally complaining about it was around 2010, Comp cams, they kept sending the guy...
That was something I had pondered, I know it USED to be relatively commonplace...
If this has been hashed and re-hashed, my apologies. I'm old and jaded now, can't navigate TJJ on this phone like the old days with my computer......
man...those are my favorite wheels, hands down, top of my list, always...I KNOW they made 8 lug ones that weren't 16.5", but darned if I can find...
I've been around a while...not on here all day every day like I was at first...but man, I still love this place.
My '51 Ford Coupe...(sigh) It had a serial/vin that if you squinted just right looked like it could be an odd spelling of "hillbilly," last I...
Lost a Clarksville, AR deputy one night while actually going 5mph UNDER the speed limit...an O/T blacked out gremlin with a V8 swap, I could have...
Hmmm...my old chieftain wound up in Oklahoma from what I heard. It had a quickie "get her done so you can drive her" swap done, kept the 316 in...
Did you ever find the clutch pedal assembly you were looking for? I might still have the crazy bits that went through the frame and such from the...
I am wondering if just regular lowering blocks are what you used? It's been a while since I took the rearend loose on my '53 mainline, but it...
I hate to bring up a year old post, but...it's as good as any place to ask my question. Is there a source for the three speed toploader's parts?...
Can't believe I missed the Vauxhall :( [ATTACH]
for real, for real :(
LoL well, I use the duplicolor clear lacquer on guitars....have sprayed it over some pretty questionable stuff and it's held up so far...but...
Arkansas River Valley, on the western end of it. This particular area where I live has the Boston Mountains to the North, and whatever range Mt...
speaking of oddball tools...I've been reading this thread and wondering if the door frame isn't tweaked? Different model car still[ATTACH] I can't...
I'm lucky to still have mom, 88 years young.., . ...she used to like going to Hangin' Dice and looking at all the cars she remembered from when...
I did the search thing, I have better luck putting my query followed by HAMB in Google than I do using the search on here (no fault but my own,...
I went and downloaded the shop manual for kindle from amazon, but there's nothing about these springs in there that I can see! GAH! I guess I'll...
This is what I'm dealing with[ATTACH]
Specifically, the rear doors. How does one disassemble the spring mechanism in order to be able to get the door off the car? I've tried making a...
I hear ya on the cutting new paddles, I've got piles of hardwood 2"x 4" pieces from a couple "palletcaster" builds, been eyeing those for just...
I put this question under "technical" because I figured it's a "how-to" or DIY type thing...and if there's a certain process for rendering it...
somewhere I have photos of this car taken at the Spectacular in Davenport, '98 I believe? First time I had seen that DuPont Harlequin paint......
Leaving out details that would incriminate me if brought up from times past might make this reply/comment seem quite invalid. Let's just say my...
brings tears to my eyes every time I see it...
I kinda wanna go into that antique shop we passed on the right... ...what was antique in '67 would be right up my alley for decor today!
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