The Jalopy Journal
I've known about this car for almost 50 years. It belongs to a guy I went to high school with. It's a '32 3-window that was run as a drag car back...
I was having coffee with my old gearhead pals and the topic of mid-50's Oldsmobile Fiesta hubcaps came up. Some guys remembered them with a...
I need help. I'm trying to determine the origin of the Iron Duke in my modified. Are there numbers on the thing that may identify it and, if so,...
My coffee buddy, Art, who is building a kustom '51 Merc, will be in the area the first week of April. Any car events happening up that way ?...
I've never seen one like this before. Anybody know where it came from. I'm planning on replacing it with a Schroeder midget wheel....14", same...
Has anybody here ever used this kit ?...
I had a guy tell me he thought my car (the green one) was built by Zipper. Then I found the photo of the black one and noticed a lot of...
Does anybody know the correct procedure for doing this ? I understand there's a bit more to it than just turning the center cam adjusters such as...
I've been designing and gathering parts for one like this. When I saw this for sale I decided to buy rather than build. That will allow me to get...
Back in Jr. High (mid-50's), in metals class, we had a block of a white substance that you rubbed the heated soldering iron on to prepare it. I...
I have a non-computer pal who's building a '29 Ford 2-door sedan. He wants a steel roof on it and is wondering what newer car roof tin he can use...
It's been laying around here for over 40 years. It's a little dirty and slightly dog-eared but not ripped up or anything. Someone cut out one...
We were tearing down a stuck 425 ('64 Wildcat) and broke a piston. Anybody have an extra laying around ? :D
I believe '58 Chevys had the 2-piece driveshafts and they were smaller in diameter than the regular one-piece shafts used in other years. Any...
I have two CAD drawings (Autocad r14 "dwg" files) that I need converted to "jpg". Can anybody help me ? One is around 230 Kb and the other is much...
Who's the guy in Minnesota that can drop an early ('40 ?) Ford axle about 2 inches ? Titus maybe ?
Frank's hot rod Jeep. Built like a T-bucket only with the Jeep look. It should be on the road soon. That's a 427 Chevy up front. It's a...
This looks like a nice unit to me. :)...
Something about custom cars at Noon CDT and again at 6:00 CDT.
About a week ago I was laughing at the California guys who were whining about getting an inch of snow (which no doubt is gone by now). We didn't...
If I had a machine shop...... :) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130084080599 Convert these for street use by...
I just had a visitor. He has a friend who bought a nice '32 Ford 2-door sedan and he plans on building a street rod out of it. It will be...
Does anybody here have photos of folding roadster top bows from those years without the covering ? I obtained this setup from an MG and I'm hoping...
This young lady going from Washington to Florida had here entire operation stolen near Kansas City, MO. Let's find this for her ! :mad:...
A late-model Corvette, sitting at a red light behind a '57 Chevy, was rearend by a '59 Chevy travelling at a high rate of speed. No survivors !!
I've been searching but not having any luck. There was a thread recently that discussed this. TIA :)
Here are a few that I stumbled across this morning. Might be a HAMBer or two with some loose change burning a hole in their pocket....
Sort of a Jay Leno story. :) More importantly a "real hotrodders" story. http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/3475911.html
Who was the HAMBer that was helping folks with re-sizing photos (jpg) or sketches (gif) to be used as avatars ? TIA
My chatroom buddy, George (eagle12), is a newby on the H.A.M.B. He's still learning how things work around here. We both were sprint guys and we...
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