The Jalopy Journal
Dad and a couple of my uncles, before the war. Country way of making a little extra money, he hunted from horseback, but the dogs did most of the...
What happened to Specialty Cars? I ordered lots of parts from them.
Dad had a 34 V-8 Ford before he had this (36, I think); He said it was the first car he owned that would run 100 mph. Said it would go a lot...
Out of the same garage as Wooley Booger. 426 Wedge crossram. [ATTACH]
Ran a bigblock Mopar wedge. [ATTACH]
Rule book. TransAm racing- must fit under stock hood.
Street Freak. No class id or numbers for the tower to keep up with.
Well, there is more than one. [ATTACH]
Now. why do I have a vision of a baby blue 455 Rocket running through my head.
It's not really hard to put brakes on spindlemounts for full sized ford spindles. Anglia spindles are a little lighter and I don't know if I would...
I saw this posted above. It never ran as a gasser, always an altered. [ATTACH]
Funny, I probably posted the Chuck Finders picture 50 times in the last 10 years. And here we are having the same discussion after all this time....
Anyone know who owned this? Pretty sure the picture was taken in 1954. [ATTACH]
After Jerry passed away, his widow sold it to one of his friends. It's still in the Lawton area.
Might have already posted this. If I did here it is again![ATTACH]
I guess the car is kind of off topic, but back in the 70s I'd throw these in the back of my car when I went racing. I'd drive to the track (30...
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Keith Fox at the Texas Thaw [ATTACH]
Kind of limits your options if you limit your parts to vehicles original manufacturer. I pick what I think is the best parts that will work for...
A little off topic, but years ago I bought a set of Moon gauges (including 3 5/8 tach) for my 56 Ford pickup project. I bought them right before...
Yes. Do they still sell them new? I've got a couple in the box sitting on a shelf in the shop. Just looked and it looks like Bosch still sells them.
I hooked this one up for a customer. It was all pre bent and bolt on which is nice sometimes. [ATTACH]
KISS method. [ATTACH]
Local racers John Blackerby and Erril Simpson. Simpsons's 61 had one of the first 4o9s that I ever laid eyes on. The Olds engine in the roadster...
A friend of mine talked about going to Green Valley for a big meet years ago. He said when they got there the whole place was under water and...
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