The Jalopy Journal
For 30 degrees increase the spring rates by 15% for the same vertical load
So, Jag axle, good ride, easy to narrow, good range of ratios, looks great chromed, comes with disc brakes, and just about ever type of locker...
Depends on how much wieght is on the rear end and what angle the shocks are at. For a wieght of 1350lbs on the rear of the car with the shocks...
Sorry no pictures, but a 275 tire will sit better on a 10 inch rim than a 9, 9 is the minimum recomended rim width for that width of tire, It's...
Measure from the back the cab where the bed will start back to the center of the rear axle, times that by two and round it down to the nearest six...
If you park a K series BMW on the prop stand, the cylinders are angled downhill the wrong way, plus in order to make the thing fit a motorcycle...
I see no great problem in taking a motor who's normal aplication is near vertical cylinders, and converting it to run with the cylinders near...
Living also in a rural area found no one kicks up a fuss if I have a couple of old station wagons and a caravan parked out the front, each is...
Question is, if a whole load of wild Seventies Kustoms are re-appearing, are we looking at the start of a seventies kustom revival ? Is wild and...
Well no, I would largely argue that the oversized engine in outdated frame was started by people like Count Zborowski, and the lower stance is...
Yeah it's a crazy size for an engine, the Count was completely mad. The last car he had built went even further, 27 litre Liberty V12, that one...
There is a danger that we just start to argue the defintion of 'hot rod' here, I was prepaired to accept that we are talking about taking a car...
I can think of at least one example where the same block has a bypass on early versions while later have the bypass plugged. I can only see it a...
The earliest example of 'Hot rodding' is probably Count Zborowski, who in 1920 had Clive Gallop modify a 1907 Mercedes to take a 23 litre Maybach...
Is Charlie Ware still making spares for those little Morris Minors in Indonesi ? I saw his place one time out there, seemed to be little more than...
Rubber diaphram required, Fluid is thus sealed from the outside air, while the space above the diaphram is vented to outside. Try looking at a...
Could be a long ole build then Dawie ? I still like the diagram of the hydraulic system, but then you know I am a big fan of oil under pressure.
Agree that tabs which hang down from frame to connect hairpins need to be beefed up, The rest of it, who knows, motor mounts look a good long way...
Yeah, I an't see why you can't add packers between the arm ends and the axle, probably limited how much lowering you can get this way, plus if you...
The first time we took a body off and found how little torsional stiffness there is in a stock frame scared me enough, I have voted for boxing the...
You just got to love chain drive axle stuff, has a odd little charm all of it's own.
Amazing what you can do with very little, I tend to use the same half dozen good quality wrenches over and over, I have bought a few things off...
James Greene, The 'Wild Child' of Wild Child customs has been known to post under the name PromisingMarvels, fairly legendary guy.
Since the thing that makes bias ply one end radial the other feel wierd is caused by the differing slip angles, good weight distribution will...
I think it's fair to say that yesteryear's were more likely to be designed by Engineering backgrounded staff, where as the look of a car became...
Great being an Engineer, if you slogg your guts out and get the job right no one remembers, But when it all goes wrong, even if it was not your...
Sorry guys but blame the bean counters for every bit of what ever you see as a poor engineering be it now or back when ever. Fact is that back...
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