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Can you imagine any of the modern car manufacturers courting todays customers in the same way as Ford magazine and cookbooks? Anyways, my dad and...
Back when I was daily driving my 1953 Ford Victoria I occasionally had to borrow my dad’s Toyota minivan. During those exchanges he always had an...
My C-Body just gets used as a regular car and when first purchased to replace my totaled 2-year-old pickup was my daily driver to my engineering...
As the title says “the ultimate hot rod motor”. I believe each of us has had a car with a small block Chevy, but how many have enjoyed something...
The striping brush is a neat touch. I really like your new ride!
Great story and photos
Your wife is right about the whitewalls. Put in a request for some photoshopped wheels, whitewall width and hub caps on the photoshop thread.
I love the photo of your dad leaning on the hood!
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/plush-and-padded.1089992/ Here’s 62 pages of ideas for a cool custom dashboard. I’d upholster it if...
I like the center opening hoods. Great color choice too.
I bought pearl white by the yard when I purchased my interior set from Legendary Interiors. Not cheap though. https://www.legendaryautointeriors.com/
Rdoty has a thread going about rewiring his 1963 Chrysler imperial over on the Garage Journal. It features some new components and tools you might...
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-all-you-can-eat-scallops-thread.1263295/ Not sure if the car you mentioned is in here, but should...
Awesome car! Thanks for providing the thread and collection of photos.
If you have quality leads for the repairs with estimates, that will improve the prospects of selling to “non-car guys and gals”.
what side trim is on this car?
Damn! That’s cool!
We had a 55 Olds 88 bought new. They had it my whole childhood. My folks sold it when I was 15, so I never got to drive it. That should be a cool...
Thanks for the write up! The before the chop the door and window frame look much too short for the hood length. After the chop the car looks so...
I shaved the side trim on my second car ( I had completed my junior year of auto body repair). When I graduated and bought a new car I frenched...
Maybe it could be taken over to the “Fabrication” section of the Garage Journal. No traditional rules there if I understand correctly.
That was an amazing video. Hopefully new fluids were part of starting that old engine. I wonder how many hours and cost of materials were involved...
Found this old thread mentioned on the “ only el Camino thread”. Did this ever get finished?
CARtoons for me [ATTACH]
An amazing bit of woodworking!
Love your project! Don’t apologize for the pink. At least you were brave enough to go with a color. Most around here use flat black and think that...
There’s nothing like rebuilding a flathead ford v8 as I did in my 1953 Victoria. I smoothed the block and put a mild cam in it. Other than that it...
In Ryan’s recent post of his favorite five cars I noticed that everyone who posted their five favorite with photo of an example, 99% of the cars...
WOW! I’m lovin your imaginative take on this custom! I also modified an Imperial square wheel for my off topic avatar car. It had cracks in...
I noticed as each member has replied with their likes it has been interpreted as “what original car design is your favorite as a base to start...
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