The Jalopy Journal
That's a great pic of Bill! After just getting home from a visitation for a true gearhead legend, friend and a helluva guy from my hometown, I...
I'm at a loss for words. We had a great visit walking around the Greenfield swap meet in early September, discussing what's been going on with the...
More like going from Pertronix 1 to Pertronix 3. Or "trying to build a mnemonics device from bear skins and stone knives."
Trying to get my new phone to like the HAMB
I was using my laptop, which runs Windows 10, has access and logged in to the HAMB all the time, to try and change it. I kept getting a window...
Soo, I get a new Android phone and want to get my HAMB working on it. Go to log in and can't remember my old password - I stay logged in all the...
Wish I had seen this sooner. I knew Gary had health issues a few years ago when I ran into Liz and him at an event and they mentioned he was...
Can't say I've ever seen a center trim panel like that without blank-off plates for the radio and heater controls. I suspect a one-off...
I seem to recall from a couple of people who were attempting to buy the "Italien" from Don Chambers (before he sold it to the guy from Duluth who...
Jim, trust me - been there, done that, have the awards and scars to prove it. But someone has to step up and move the ball forward. I enjoyed...
Not so fast, Stan - end result of discussion at the table early yesterday morning between the Treasurer and Jim Snyder was that because we were...
He was already there in line at 3 this afternoon. And he wasn't the first in line, either...
Manager at the Event Center set out several years ago to raise rent on the facility - that's why parking fee came about otherwise we couldn't...
The heated buildings are opened up for the public at 7 - outside areas and the unheated buildings typically are open before then.
I'll just drag out all the crap I've been taking down there for the past few decades that doesn't sell, set up my tables and my lawn chair in my...
Junk yards like there used to be around here have virtually disappeared or dried up. U-pull-its don't count. While there may be some small ones or...
Hotrod428: address would be nice to have for those of who aren't clairvoyant
The 'kits' that are out there really are a mixed bag - some better than others, and most aren't that great to begin with. And virtually all of...
Holy ancient thread revival! Was there a comment or question to go with this, magoozi?
As they say, "Pictures or it didn't happen," and in this day and age of cell phone cameras there's almost no excuse to have a few to post or link...
Wasn't this from around Minneapolis in the early 90s? I seem to remember seeing it at a Vintage Thunderbird Club International regional in...
We learn from our mistakes?
Waiting for 430...aka Boat Anchor/Torque Monster day (take your pick...)
62 and 63 Galaxie 500/XL 'boxtop' hardtops C-pillar (including the 4-door HT XL in '63)
That looks like Bill Boyer, one of Ford's designers who was involved with Thunderbird design from the beginning through the '80s. I had the...
Manual brakes and no brake booster on a '63 Bird? Uh....N-O! '61-up all 'Birds had power brake boosters standard. The length of the push rod and...
[ATTACH] When your coil craps out on the way home from cruise night, take a few pics... [ATTACH] And when the road's closed, take advantage of...
Let's see, two '40 Ford tudors (but one was a Deluxe and the other a 'Standard'), three '63 Galaxie hardtops (part-owned '63-1/2 XL, '63 500...
Had a 56 Imperial sedan with a buddy of mine right out of high school in the late 70s. Sat on a lot off Hwy 275 near the viaduct on the east end...
Congats - 50 is big! This would have been the 40th anniversary for the club I was a charter member of. A few members held on after I left the area...
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