The Jalopy Journal
I was talking so someone on the 4th at a party and he mentioned using a Tremec TKX in his OT Chevelle. He said it fit with zero floor pan...
I'm going rack and pinion on my '59, I have everything... no turning back. My buddy with a shop has volunteered to help and we'll have a lift....
I had my M20 freshened up 2 years ago, new countershaft gear set, good used input (2.52 1st gear), converted to 1" shaft, all new normal rebuild...
I exchange PMs with Bruce, last answer was Oct 26th and today I gave him a poke. He was fishing in NC, I know he was heading home shortly after...
I posted this separate from my blown up M20 post. I could grab an eBay special for around $1200 or so, which can be a pig in a poke. One lunatic...
Driving the Ford to the gym about an hour ago, came off a light did a quick 1-2 shift, going for the 2-3 shift and it jumped out of gear hard. It...
I got a PM from Bruce. Apparently his wife's son was hit by a car at an accident scene in Florida and is in the hospital, brain swelling, broken...
I've been known to miss a shift now and then in my Ford and am considering a rev limiter, something simple. I have no MSD box, just a GM HEI...
How about a post on things you hear at weekly cruise nights. I think the local mental hospital must bus some of their patients in for a field...
I'm bonding a teardrop 'glass scoop onto my Ford hood. Yes I did do a search but most posts were old and I'm looking for the best technology. I...
I'm gathering parts to do the rear springs in my '59 Ford and I ran across some parts that are not part of my car, there is nothing between the...
Yes... I did a search and browsed the Alliance vendors first. I'm looking for an online source and prefer someone who can get it right the 1st...
I had a massive heart attack on 10/1 about 9 at nite. I did an alignment on the Ford at a friend's shop earlier in the afternoon and it put me...
Finally got the insurance straightened out (Hagerty thru my local broker), sucked it up and went to DMV. Always a bit dicey with an out of state...
I've had the car for almost 2 years and I'm going to be insuring & registering it soon. Paint is a far way off, just want to drive it and get it...
I bought a 50 SF roll of Fat Mat Rattle Trap sound deadener, put some down on the floor of my '59 last night. Figured I'd do it before I get the...
I had the parking lights for my '59 Ford all set to install, wired up with new sockets and new Dorman weather-tite connectors, 3 wires to be...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I had 3 sets of parking lights for the '59, cherry picked the best 2. I was going...
As promised, the mud dauber nests that came out of my Ford. Some were in the heater plenum, some under the dash up high. Like how one was wrapped...
My wife's brother had stopped by a few weeks back while we were working on the Ford. He likes old cars, watches all the shows on TV (and believes...
I'm looking for a source of something like the pedal linkage in the picture. Without buying a $250 kit. I already have the Wilwood master, slave,...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have a couple of wires on my 355 that are close to the exhaust manifolds and was wondering if this 500F rated sheath...
I'm using an early Chevy II oil pump and pan on my newer 350 with a 3.48" stroke. I figured I may run into a couple of things.. and I did. One of...
I have aluminum heads, intake and radiator for my Ford. Heads and intake are Dart products. I'll be needing a bunch of plugs to fill unused ports...
I'm looking at a Pertronix Flame Thrower distributor, P/N D104600 and was wondering if it requires an external coil. Any help is appreciated!
I'm looking at roller rockers for my 350 Chevy... actually now a 355. The Comp Cams and Lunati aluminum ones I like are around $260-290/set of 16....
I'm looking at SBC HEI distributors and see there are a ton of choices out there. I'm trying to keep it simple and reliable. I see the Accel...
I'm taking my 350 Chevy into a local machine shop soon. The block is a 2-bolt 3970010 casting, heads are 882 (76 cc) castings. I was talking with...
This is a 1974 Chevy 350, a 3970010 casting, number K01-27-CMJ that tells me it came in a police car with a 4BBL carb and TH400 automatic. I have...
All the glass is done and the doors are 100% complete, new channel, new vent rubber, etc. Inside garnish is painted and so is the dash. Found a...
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