The Jalopy Journal
It is cold here and the car is up on jack stands so I do a lot of thinking. This has nothing to do with HA/GR bgut are any of you old enough to...
I am still recuperating from the last back surgery and am not looking forward to the third one. The great news is that my friend and machinist...
Jim Brissett lived next door to my wife's folks in Eagle Rock, CA. Jim actually lived with his mother and took care of her. Jim and his brother...
I run it like I did with old 58 super stocker, come out at about 3000 and go down slow on the trottle. In 1958 and 1959 we had to run treaded...
Four banger, first off make a motorplate that bolts to the GMC or Chev stovebolt. Then bolt your normal Explosion proof bell housing to the...
I am laid up and didn't race but I heard that Todd Martin's car went 11.36 at 117mph over the weekend. That is not bad for a 50+ year old GMC...
I ran a flathead powered dragster in 1957 that had a toploader 39 trans with a 40 Ford rearend with 411's. I broke many transmissions and one...
Just got my new Hot Rod Magazine and Rocky has a nice feature piece in there about the Eagle Field Drags. This guy is the next Mickey Thompson.:DRoy
Also The car has went 11.43 in the quarter this year.:) Roy
I have now gotten the Jimmy to run 7.23 at 97.80 mph.:)Roy
Nitrious is for people who don't know how to build engines. :DRoy
I retired from the fire department and I can tell you that all the stress can be managed. When you come on the scene and some one is screaming my...
I still think it is crazy to put old cast iron flywheels on these or any other car that is going to run at high rpm. A GMC is made to run no more...
I was going to add that also not bad for a 20 year old with a 56 year old engine. Roy
I have a bad back so I can't drive my car but I asked my grandson, Vince, if he wanted to drive and he said yeah. We showed up at Tulsa...
Harbor Frieght sells a small camera probe that you can look in cylinders. I don't know why you couldn't have a do it yourself colon inspection.:p Roy
Go on line and order Patrick's catalog. He is out of Arizona and his catalog will tell you everything about Chevrolet sixes. I know Cliffords has...
Now that is some serious tin work. Is he running a 261 Chevy? Has he ran a timed run yet? Roy
Butch are you out of the cast yet? That car is going to really attract a lot of attention. We are going to have 3 races in August so get that car...
Oh yeah I forgot that Rand Man was there with his new FED but had the misfortune of put 4 rods to the east and 4 rods to the west with exit holes...
Well the start is in the books. I wish we had more cars but it seems that we can't work all the gremlins out. Larry and Jacks new car is really...
I'm preety sure it is a Seagraves fire truck engine. They were an engine that was made off the defunct Pierce Arrow car engine. They had a bad...
I think all the SDRA guys run L-78 Cokers and we blow them away regularly. I come out at 1800 rpm and sometimes it goes up in smoke, sometimes...
In my old racing days the term was loose is fast.:D Roy
I'm trying too figure out how you guys are running a cage like that at NHRA tracks. I am adding about 50 lbs more steel to my cage to meet NHRA...
All wife's memories are better than ours because they can remember things you said 40 years ago mostly that they can use to make you feel guilty....
Your Saginaw 3 speed with OD is a desirable unit for the Hot Rod crowd and is weaker than a straight 3 speed. You should be able to trade and you...
You guys down under never have snow so why is there an off season. By the way there is still snow on the ground with more to come. It is supposed...
It is the stuff that I have to change from last year that has me worried. The car drives like you are going down the interstate now. I just want...
Now that Tulsa is going NHRA I would like to know what you guys and gals are able to run. Do they limit you to a couple of events a year or could...
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