The Jalopy Journal
When I was in high school I fell in love with the 40 Ford pickup. There was one for sale in the next town over from mine for $2500 but try as I...
One day at the shop I was minding my own business when I got a call from a customer, the conversation went like this "Hey Tim, you need another...
A little while back in the middle of July me and a few good friends were a bit disappointed with the cancellation of F.A.S.T. time trials at Santa...
I acquired this '31 A body about four years ago, found it in the back of a pickup at speed week. Had several different ideas for it but finally...
At last after seven years of pushing pickups on the salt it's time to change up the game a bit. The only way I was going to get my Unibody LSR...
After trying to get my T Roadster ready for TROG the last two years I decided if it wasn't going to make it to Pismo this year I would put...
I have been wanting an A pickup for a lot of years and I finally got one. Before I picked it up I had already bought a 81A V8 core to build for it...
Ever since I was in high school I wanted a Flathead V8, anything would do I just thought they were cool. This was the late '70s and most my age...
I got an email the other day from the guy who runs the Face Book page for LMC Truck, he was interested in my LSR Unibody "Jake" as I had posted...
Music and Hot Rods have always gone together. When I was ten years old I went on a scavenger hunt at a friends birthday party, one of the items to...
I hope this is the "appropriate forum" for this I'm just trying to get the word out about this mans collection. This weekend i was introduced...
Someone offererd me a 1957 F-350 for free! What was I to do? Can't say no. So, I Left Visalia CA at 12:30 am yesterday morning for Las Vegas, NV...
I've read many threads on here that complain about how bad auto parts stores have become. Well I'm here to tell anyone in the central CA area,...
Seems like only yesterday we were there and now we get to go back. :D Who's gonna join me? :rolleyes: [IMG]
Coming up Fast! I've got the new engine in the Uni, still tuning but I'll be there! ;) [IMG] [IMG]
Although he was a bit hard to get along with I still would call him a friend. I met him about 30 years ago and he introduced me to my present job...
I've been wanting a project like this for a while now but one day when I was asked to fix an oiling problem on a Y for Derrek Boling we got to...
I missed the Oct. meet because of a wedding but I'm ready for the year end finale! Who else will be there? [IMG]
Took Elwood to Eagle Field yesterday and had a blast! Good times with Rocky, Carl, Todd, Earl and the rest of the crew. Here's a few videos of...
Here's a little slide show I put together of the "Uni" build. We pulled the truck out of a tomato patch in Stockton in early Oct. 2010 and it was...
I'll be there with the Uni for the first time to make a pass or two. Trying different gears too. ;)
I had a friend of mine come over for a little fun photo shoot with the truck before I take it to Speed Week and get it all covered with salt. ;) I...
If you were a hot rodder in the '70s you knew who this guy was. Deffinitley a local hero. RIP Willie. :) [IMG] [IMG]
At the end of last season the "Yellow Brick" ('57 F-100 E/PP) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=19397&pictureid=210138 was...
I'm picking up my new toy at the end of the month, 1935 Ford Sedan Delivery, I need to see more pix of what it can look like. I plan on open cowl...
Not a "What's it worth" thread cause I'm gonna get it. ;) I guess this will be my next project, it's a 1935 Sedan Delivery (not a panel truck) and...
Anyone who has had a car, pickup or Hot Rod with a Y-Block in it knows that you just have to have a set of ECZ-G heads if you want to make any...
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I have a build thread on this car already but last night I put together a little "Multi-Media" presentation of the whole process and I thought...
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