The Jalopy Journal
Having difficulty finding front wheel bearings that I can see origin. Are Speedway Chinese any good?
Some kits say the calipers will hit the stock 15" rim. I want to keep the steelies and wheel covers. Bolt circle is 5 x 5-1/2" rims are 6" wide x...
I'm going to be looking for a stick flywheel for a 324 Olds . What characteristics should I be looking for? Tooth count? Diameter? Thanks!
Hi, The 40 rear spring is 2.25 " wide and I'm having difficulty getting it up in the 32 rear crossmember. It looks like the 32 spring may have had...
I have a '64 F100 step side Someone put a 300 six in it with probably the largest 4 speed manual trans I've ever seen. I want to update to a...
Are there taller gear sets for the rear axle? I think it's 4:11 now and would like to see 3.50 or so. This car has the torque tube drive. Thanks
Using a model a rear spring on a early ford rear with typical shackle arrangement. This is on a car racing with a prewar group in sportscar...
Aren't the power valves 'sposed to be marked? Where should they be marked for vacuum opening?
I read somewhere that there is an adapter plate to mate a t5 to the stock model a bellhousing. Anyone know of such a thing.....or am I...
I have a set on my engine marked FMA. Cast into the top surface. Has anyone ever compared the performance characteristics of this head to other...
I have a 30-31 B'ville roadster body. Nothing in the catalog to help. Also sent pictures to B'ville 2 weeks ago and got no reply. I have two...
I built my roadster over 10 years ago as I thought it might have been built "back in the day" Unboxed frame rails; who would have done that?...
Going to pull the rear out of my roadster and want to put the seal that keeps lube in the diff. Thank you
Getting my race car ready for an event at Road America in two weeks. (Avatar) Looking at the condition of the raw aluminum skin.......not pretty....
Has anyone picked up where Industrial Chassis stopped with the crossmember legs. They were to connect the crossmember to the rear frame area. Thanks
Just wondering if anyone knows what Ford steering wheels will fit the splined shaft of an F1 steering shaft. The really nice appropriate wheels...
I built the car in my avatar to race in a pre-war race group on road courses. The front end is Model A with 1/4 elliptic springs, split wishbones,...
So , if I replace my model A front axle with a '36 front axle...and not change anything else..How much will it lower the car?
After racing my speedster I feel I need to have less positive camber. More like 0' or a bit negative. I think I just need to bend the axle in the...
I'm trying to determine my un-sprung weight without taking the car apart. Does anyone know? It can be with or without the hubs and drums....
Is he still active on here? I need some distributor help. Nothing from member search. Thanks
Found in a bag of bolts marked "Timing Cover" Stamped metal, .038 thick, looks like heat treated or spring steel. The "U" part looks like it would...
Anyone know if "new" flywheels are available for the 235? I'm getting tired of buying? looking at junk....
I'm sure that somewhere in the past I have seen kits to increase the oil capacity of an oil pan. Lots of "store bought" pans out there but not for...
Putting a new dip stick tube in a 390. In the 66 Fairlane. It's very hard to get the stick pushed in. I used a crows foot on an extension and...
Picked up a set of stock C.I. heads...So how can I tell if they have been cut? CC the chamber? But what is the volume of a stock chamber will be...
I'm ordered some 36-48 shock links but have not received them. Does anyone know what the taper on the studs is? Same as tie rod end maybe? Just...
I'm restoring a 32 ford radiator core surround. That is to say the steel sides that get soldered to the top of the radiator tank and extend down...
I was contacted today by a gentleman connected with the restoration of the Blue Flame Land Speed Record car. He is trying to find a hydraulic H H...
I just took the steering wheel off a '52 Merc. The spring that is supposed to interface with the switch pawl is off and laying inside the hub....
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