The Jalopy Journal
Check fuel pressure at carburetor! 97s like 3.5 p.s.i. (2 kp) is max. A needle/seat situation. Nice progress on the tub. (I just bought another...
No such number found on Amazon OR Rock Auto... Still searching. NICE sedan there... I had a candy blue one in '59, near identical to yours. The...
Prayers sent your way...
Glad to hear you're making progress, Danny. Brenda is supportive, like my wife Joey. We are blessed in that sense. (But you had way more Deuces...
Extreme seizures such as this one: 1. Remove all manifolds, int. & both exh. 2. Lower engine into garbage can, flywheel end first. 3. Fill...
^^^^ This, on my O.T. '91 M-B 300SLR. Shortly after replacing alternator AND battery ($$$$) a miss was detected, under load. It was at night, but...
In '62, I had a very rapid '56 Ford, discovered Goodies Speed Shop had cards of black line drawings of car silhouettes about 1.5" long. They were...
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You seem to finish each step before going ahead...Most do a 'rough-in' that's hard to correct as they come back around! Really like the way you work.
Thanks, @OLLIN! ...A breath of fresh air... Royalty free, yet!
Speaking of bullet holes... LOL My original tub has bullet holes from small bore, (.32 cal.?) in 2 doors. Driver door has 2 bullet holes, (.45)...
Years of seeing pics and the real thing hint these 'cracks' are merely 'fissures'. BUT, absolutely have block examined as @Bored&Stroked...
In the business since 1957, I was never an 'amature'. Immediate entrance to the Apprentice Program, I.G.O.A. I was, an AMATEUR (note sp.) model...
Whew! What a journey, just one door! They surface this way sometimes, usually a 'Surprise!' I just found my missing slap hammer, about to start...
My great Uncle read a couple of (more like a few!) threads on our HAMB, remarked how "It's remarkable how you young fellers use exotic machinery...
Truck is stunning. Keep the moustache.
I got my F100 in '72, 'theft recovery'. No taillights, all the glass was broken out, tuck-n-rolls slashed, but the thieves had left a chrome...
O.K., in the '50s (when I was young and $$ wise) we went to Tijuana and got cars upholstered. There was a 'service' offered by 3 shops I knew of,...
Ha! When I had my shop I had a customer that desperately needed me to build an engine for his 318 Dodge wprk truck. I was swamped with hot rod...
Young know-it-all kid comes by, drops a couple of names. Was wearing a 'PHAROAHS' jacket... "Come over and look at it before I make some mistake?"...
Thanks, @chop&drop. $26 the pair, GREAT pics. Shipping zoomed to $39, Judas Priest! Well... I got the shape. Tomorrow will be cool in the A.M......
Younger brother's '50 Merc got a '39 Ford tranny because of this problem. (short tranny required a 5-foot+ driveshaft) Tranny mainshaft was '50...
Hope you found it with that loose flange bolt... Something I have done since the 'flathead days' is replace the flange bolts with studs, USS...
Thanks, but seen those... The ones I need are about 2.25" tall, shaped like a 'tombstone, or reversed teardrop. They are straight with the 5/8"...
Hi, guys. Awhile back, one of the 'heads' posted some brackets he had found by an early Ford parts vendor. These are the front frame-to-brake hose...
Early Fords had ballast resistor under dash, drivers side. Pre-'46 they had that stamped steel resistor on top of the coil, at the front of the...
@hillbilly4008, it's pronounced like Cow. Great uncle Bill let me know this, he was a veteran of Muroc dry lake racing. Some old hot rod movies...
The India guy has gauges from the Prince of Darkness... I'm talkin' about more Lucas gauges than I knew existed! I have a T bucket I'm going to...
My old '46 Ford club coupe ran Joe Reath's 1958 hemi (out of his rail) with a Hansen 671 pump on the street and never a problem. (I suspected a...
Sandblast that flywheel, new ring is available. Warm up the new ring and drop it on. Holes in block can be welded with nickel rod, (more...
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