The Jalopy Journal
In the early 50's a friend gave me an old copy of Hot Rod Magazine. That did it for me. First car was a 34' sedan basket case that my parents let...
Just installed a Ignitor III in an old Mallory dual point dist in my sbf. I really like it so far but only have 2-3 k miles on it. Starts good...
Old hell, at 60 he was just a spring chicken!
Dang missed it. When was the reunion ??
AOD if its a streetcar. I just replaced the c4 in my 40 sedan with an AOD. Very pleased after 30 k miles. The AOD is a bit fatter but the overall...
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66 with a 40 sedan daily driver
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I just put a Pertronix Ignitor III in my old Mallory dual point dist. in my 351 w. Works great so far but only about 1000 mi. on it . Time will...
All that knowledge and ability and only 29 years old!! Happy birthday Doc. Ron
I had a faulty ignition switch that caused this very problem. When the key was turned to the start position the voltage to the dist. went to zero....
I haven't but I saw my friends truck on the side of the road one day. Left rear wheel about two feet in the air, right rear on the curb balanced...
I just bought one from Edlebrock. Turns out its MDF, could have made it for about .05c.
Plant was camouflaged to prevent bombing by the Japs.Check out the cars.
Lots in the Dallas news on ths recently. Heads need to roll .Check out the story below, I was amazed at the size of this operation....
They walk amongs't us and they vote too.
So would you expect to see any drop at all ? Has to be some due to resistance in the cables, solenoids, connections. How much, I dont know.How...
Last thing I did was add the new ground cable direct to the starter bolt. No problems yet but I haven't driven it much either. My have to wait...
Hot Rod Magazine and Devils Bowl Speedway off Buckner Blvd. in the early 50's. Also Joie Chitwood at the state fair.
Starts ok when cold. Timing is about 15 deg btc initial. I tried retarding it once when it was screwing up. Didn't seem to help so I don't think...
Good idea, got a yard close to me, I'll check it out. Thanks.
I would expect some drop due to the large amount of current even a standard starter draws. The ads for some of the gear reduction starters say...
I have just added a 1/0 ground from the batteries to one of the starter bolts. Each battery grounded to the frame at the rear. Battery (-)'s...
Both batteries are grounded to the frame at the rear. Block to frame at the front.Connections look ok tho I haven't actually removed/cleaned the...
40 sedan w/351w sbf, stock,edelbrock 600 carb,hei ignition. batteries (2 optima) in the trunk.Batteries are about 3 yrs old. 2/0 cable to the...
posted a day too late.
Keep the AOD. Check out the link to Baumann. Lots of good info on AOD's and many others. http://www.becontrols.com/products/aodcat.htm
Back in the day (56,57) I had an olds in a 34' sedan. Trans was a side shift cad/lasalle adapted to the stock torque tube and rear end. I sure...
Monkey blood ,must be a southern thing ?
Agreed, to have this much knowledge he must be at least 200 years old !:)
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