The Jalopy Journal
Do you mean tach drive Distributor??
I had a 70 Dodge Charger BB/4 speed with a Hurst pistol grip shifter that came out of the floor about 3'. It was so big and heavy that sometimes...
When I decided to try painting, I bought "How to paint your car" by either Paterson or HP Books (can't remember wich publisher) BUT it was the...
Have you checked the drum diameter? If it's past the Max O.D. the cups could be working towards the ends of the wheel cylinders causing leaks. You...
No balast resistor is used But you will need a new coil for electronic ignition. Pertronix sells one for use with their set up.
I would go with the SBF. It's a no hassel swap, theirs lots of after market stuff for it, you can make as much HP as you can afford, and it's...
Due to the limited size of available radiator space and the cooling needs of the Cad engine, I would stay away from the normal pratice of mounting...
Have you tried Eastwood?
Got forced into retirement by Boeing in 2003 with 18 years in so they wouldn't have to pay out the price jump at 20yrs. I didn't mind as the...
Theirs quite a few hotels at the exit just east of the Swiss along I-5 about 1 mile away. We stayed there last year and they had rooms available...
Convertables in Washington make life interesting!!
Give your local NAPA store a call.
I ran into the same problem with a truck housing under a 53 Ford Sedan. I finaly decided to cut the brackets off and weld new ones in. Once I...
Try using bulk gasket material. I got a rool from my auto parts store and have used it for things like that. The stuff I got was in a 12" by 24"...
Not quite a Shoebox. But I have a 53 Ford sedan with a Chrysler torsion bar front end on a rectangular tube frame section. It was a lot of work to...
Snow.. ops.
A few months on the fine, fine roads here in downtown Seattle knocked out all the bondo on the lower quarters of my 53 Ford. In places where I...
We have one car and two bikes so everything is a full time driver. We get a lot of rain but very little SNOW so it's not that hard, just wet.
Just looked in an old Motors Manual and it covers adding a few drops of light engine oil at each tune up.
I used to have a 63 GMC 1/2 ton also and had to get in inspected in WA state to register it. Upon inspection the inspector got the head inspector...
Heres my 53 four door convertable. Used to be a sedan but the roof had major cancer so I chopped it off.
I have one too and if i'm not mistaken the outlet (carb side) needs to be hooked up to a carb for it to work. The pump runs all the time and...
I had the same problem with my 53 ford when I first got it running. I had 351M and was using a Maveric 6 cyl radiator because it fit in the stock...
I put a 351M in my 53 Ford sedan but I clipped my so that's no help. Could you notch the crossmember and box it back in for clearance?
He had one of the more succesful drag racing teams of the mid 60's - 70s. He either owned or was sponsered by an auto parts chain and raced out of...
The old 6v systems used a reostat switch (variable resistor) to regulate fan speed, but I don't think you can get away with that on a 12v system....
I can't think of anyone on the board that wouldn't like to have a kitchen table that looked that GOOD!!
I cut the rusted out top off my 53 Ford 4 door earlier this spring. I had hoped for a dry summer to design and build a nice looking top. I hadn't...
The party zone.. For those that know him, Buba doing the usual.
Nobody has mentioned yet that BEER counteracts all the bad stuff from oil and gas and Nitro IS actualy GOOD for you!! Iv'e been mixing Nitro &...
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