The Jalopy Journal
I just looked thru this thread which I started many moons ago. There were a few transgressions, but it stayed amazing true to it's orig intent....
Those were the days. Enjoy!
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Will try and post some photos I found today of this above car as original and under constuction to it's altered and gasser versions. it appears...
I just came up with some pictures I have been looking for ever since I started this thread. These show the car under costruction. Were taken in...
This threads been quiet for some time. I have some photos now. One stock as found in '62 and several others in transition to Gasser, one at...
Perfect location and great weather. Good to see old friends.
Come anyway, Chris has pull. He can get you a private showing with them (GCR) while you are in Spokane.
They are overnighting in Lewiston ID/Clarkston WA the night before.
I should have Bobby Marcum's Phone # this weekend. Maybe he can shed some light on this. The actual measurements of the frame outside of rails is...
Thanks, I'll check into that>
VW transporter box works great as many have stated. My roadster steers like a dream. Incorperate the VW pinch clamp. Mine came out of a very...
Got some measurements. Tubing frame 1 3/8. Cage 1/2, T bars 1"x29 F, I"x31R .Frame 23"W at rear axle. 21"W at f axle. Cont. taper F to R....
The rails are 24" wide. My 1st thought when looking at it was it looks like a "upright roadster frame" The bar tubes look short compared to the...
Here we go. This came with 2 other non down tube cars which were 100" chassis. One of which was a low rail Beck. The other is a Stanton or...
Will try some photos of the ex Phoenix car again.
Got a puzzle here for you guys. This came up in pieces from Phoenix area several years ago. I just picked it up because I am a glutton for...
Anyone able to help out with a photo of an AJ Watson sprint car? . 4 bar pre cage . I am trying to identify a chassis I would suspect to be a real...
I've seen a 32 frame replaced from the firewall forward with the rails from an AA truck and never noticed it until I ck'd the VIN numbers. And...
That's an easy one Blackie. That stands for Jones Engineering Company! On a sad note Levy passed away just recently.
Good East Coast thread.. Went down there in 1956 with our club (Headers of Haverhill). to run the Bernier Bros A comp coupe. I remember a few...
That car just screams old New England Hot Rod. Thanks for keeping it like it was. It would have been tidied up as you have done if it had been...
Three cheap choices for a traditional T. Model AA or model T truck rails. T roadster rails with 2" angle welded to the bottom ala Frank Mack T....
Right on Chris, it's not a car show. It's a flathead reliability run. That's all it was ever intended to be with some additional humor of an E vs...
Anyone remember the "spectator races"?
Kind of a bummer for me to go as a spectator this year. That's what happens when hobbys collide. . To me Blustery's at Vantage would be hard to...
Maybe this year some of us could drive over to the wet side to help them out with their car count?.
I will bet that somewhere in the Hamb world there at least one traditional rod that started off as a cement truck.:D
Very similar to what is now refered to as an "in out box". They were popular in Track roadsters at that time. Not really a clutch,just a way of...
Old fire trucks definately the way to go! Have a 56 Dodge 1 1/2 ton I picked up for a ramp truck project. Was used for rural standby for brush...
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