The Jalopy Journal
A six penny 6d is little more than a brad
They were invented by Oscar Ulysses Zerk and have always been called Zerk Fittings
I have a complete set of SIA and Hemmings Classic Car magazines until 6 years ago when I quit subscribing. I am in the Waco Texas area. Free to...
The most enduring automotive myth, Morgans do not have a wooden chassis
In 1957 my folks bought a new Ford Country Sedan. Very soon after a manifold cracked and was replaced bt the dealer and it cracked again in a...
In 1957 my folks bought a new Ford Country Sedan with a 292 V8. In a short while it began making a loud popping sound. I asked why is the car...
The old myth that will never die. During WWII gas was rationed by your importance to the war effort. The ration board did not care if you drove a...
Why is that a suicide front end?
You need a Dog Bone Hub Puller, not a "pulley"
No soup for you. I'm souping my supe job with triple carbies a Mallory dizzy. Maybe some rims, we'll see but I'm saving up for a big slip daddy....
How many times can we say "Old School" in one page? We have a winnah!!
Why does he think out of balance drums are causing handling problems? Seems unlikely to me
Fart in the plug hole and quickly toss in a lit match
Interesting radiator, still looking for the grill
Were you close to OJs house?
Good old three finger lid. ten bucks then off to the liquor store for some ZigZags and munchies
Whooo Boy. Here we go
All of the British wires that I have seen are splined
So many names that I remember from Poly. I was supposed to ride with Danny Meek that evening but my bike was on the fritz. I'm glad I didn't have...
About 10 years ago I was looking at a vehicle on EPay and in the description it said it had a 350 Chev with hrmi cut heads. I will admit that I...
Indeed. I never expected to be in my mid 70s. The timeline might be flawed but the story remains the same.
I encountered Dutch twice, once at Dave Ekin's shop in North Hollywood. he was striping an antique motorcycle for Harrah. This was in about 71. It...
OICU812
An old guy in our neighborhood had a crane like that. His dad built it, probably in the 50s. no wood. A piece of railroad track sunk int the...
Nash distributor??
Chevy and Olds heads were often swapped onto T blocks but it requires a lot of work so it was never common but not entirely uncommon. There is a...
I worked on British cars for quite a few years. They are almost universally 12 DC volt positive ground. I must have switched a hundred of them to...
The MGB and Met suspensions share no parts in common
POS
Exactly. Here's a heads up for you. If these are the sorts of things that insult or piss you off, you are a congenital asshole looking for things...
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