The Jalopy Journal
Wicked chop! If you're going with gasket mount (glue in looks too street-roddy for my taste) then get hold of that first - there should be generic...
Thanks for the offer - we do have a number of shops over here importing parts and I'll go with that route first. Great to know there are other...
Thanks guys - I'll look into it a little more....
Ok thanks - so what do you recommend?
Thanks for all the feedback guys - much appreciated! I understand that the heads are probably the weak link right now, but I think I'll stick with...
I'n not a painter but have sprayed matt/satin clear a couple of times. I really struggled with 'stripes' no matter how careful I was with overlap,...
Thanks for the reply - The motor already has 7009P 11:1 pistons, BRC knife-edge ally 6.2 rods, Sig Erson R278/1 13.5 lift cam, and 11-89 Crane rev...
Thanks for the reply. You asked a couple of questions that I've been knocking around in my head: Right now the car runs a 307 (with 305 heads,...
I have a worked over 350 which I am looking at fitting to my avatar roadster for Kalahari Desert Speedweek this year. My engine guys (I don't know...
The scratch-built body..
I guess there is a difference in the naming, where I am bolts use the codes: 4.6; 8.8; 10.9; 12.9 as a measure of strength
Are the spring 'cups' riveted to the lower A-arm (as they were on my '47)? If so you can drill them out, make up spacers - about3/4" should work -...
Rinsing it with a strong solution of soda ash ( and letting it dry before filling) should inhibit rust for a long time unless the bag is getting...
I have no preference for square or round, but recently made some with a 2" band around the outside (ie some vertical height) instead of just top...
I've had good luck pouring boiling water over the centre so as to heat and expand it without damaging plastic, in combination with pounding on the...
Not sure, I think around halfway. (I didn't watch again -videos take forever to load where I am...)
These don't really qualify as wild, and a bit pointless really besides to say I made them. It was fun....![ATTACH]
Thanks Dick - kind of what I thought, though I'd wonder how one would arrive at the numbers especially when coupled with a full system. If there...
Thanks for the great write up Gimpyshotrods! Maybe going slightly off the topic: In this video on the building of Chris Rusch's 30 Sedan [MEDIA] I...
Nice work on the firewall! 31 Vicky, Kent White recently showed a method for freehand working on a Pullmax type machine over on Allmetalshaping:...
He seems to have good stuff at great prices, but unfortunately won't sell to me as I am in Africa and have never used Ebay. Understandable I guess.
Most of my metal shaping tools are handmade - I'm even making my own body hammers now as the good stuff just isn't available here. As stated David...
Cruising around Hakskeenpan at last year's Kalahari Desert Speedweek with my girlfriend's son.[ATTACH]
About 10 hours and way under a hundred bucks in these - beads were done on a Pullmax type machine, but they could just as easily be chased by hand..
I'll be watching - going to do some myself soon..
Sorry Doc, I don't. It left my shop in bare metal about a year and a half ago - haven't heard how it is going (he has been busy on the project for...
Started with the purple fibreglass monstrosity, job creep turned a slipping gearbox into a complete new steel body and extensive chassis mods....
I have a little more than 1/2" on my roadster - it'll touch under hard cornering (I'm going to fit some 16" wheels soon and will adjust the...
My two, and my girlfriend's son in the back of my old Fleetline..
I did the same on the roadster in my profile pic (but with coils instead of the buggy spring) and it drives great. I did have to add a panhard bar...
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