The Jalopy Journal
My name is Kenny Baker.AKA the "Chopper" I used to be on here quite a lot. Life has thrown me a couple of curves.. The worst was I was diagnosed...
I am back at work after a session with Cancer,having experienced chemotherapy and several surgerys I am doing well and my shop is open full...
THAT is a pic that Classic Truck Magazine used in their article on that red '62...It is real and I have a second one ['62]now that is under...
HELLO, BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WAS ON HERE......i HAVE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. ENDED UP HAVING BLADDER CANCER AND WAS TREATED...
Very nice work efabman, I actually was intending to be of help to the orig poster posting what I thought was good info.
I thought that was what I just showed a 24" joint irregular butt joint welded with a mig..... you can post something yourself if it would show it...
Mig welding has such a bad rep and for what I am not sure......it is precise- it is strong. it will weld when the back side is dirty-rusty...
did you unscrew the two bolts at the bottom of each vent window's glass channel?[the one the door glass slides up and down in]
Whats wrong with most mig welds is they are done"cold". by that I mean they are a zap that does not penetrate usually,OR they are gobbed up with...
HRP-, Its not only reading with me and others [at our age],It's writing as well...... I even tend to leave off the last few letter in my name when...
I can't make myself even read em for free at the grocery while my wife shops.....its not the sort of input/material I find interests me any...
Wonderful Ideas ,well executed with the newer platform's mechanics and technology to end up with a great performing car.....we are very lucky to...
There is no bad time in music just bad artists using pitch correct as an instrument...... and Aaron will make that truck into a piece of...
This Buick is one I have chopped,...... 3" FRT 3" REAR 3" REMOVED FROM REAR OF ROOF ABOVE GLASS.
Im not laughing,I have one just like it I am doin for myself...[glass 5w].......a guy can want all day long but if it aint in the finances, it...
I wouldn't know for positive sure but since the old six was a lot longer than the small blocks we used to install would bet no need to modify...
Here is my way of a cheap but effective repair..... I cleaned up the wheel with a wire cup on the drill.I used "Icing" the hardener activated...
A new unit is a great deal, spring for it and save time and effort.......used is ok on some things but actually A/C is not one of those...
thanks guys, all good info........ On the tank /choice subject, the gas we have now with the alcohol is capable of absorbing and creating moisture...
Hi Chopolds,good ta hear from ya,Never heard of that sealer,wonder where it is available? My concern is also that in a manufactured tank they...
THANKS 325w, the plate seems to be real solid and fits well, with all 12 screws in place-I guess it all boils down to the sealer being REALLY gas...
I usually have some hair brained solution for a way to do almost anything that you are not supposed to do, but I finally painted myself into a...
I believe that is a big truck rails also.....that would make it amost a1/4" thick as opposed to about 1/8" on a car frame in '32- '34
Also we need you to figure how to splice that 12 feet of welding wire that is in the hose when the mig runs outa wire ......onto the new roll!!!!!!!
Heres a scenario for you...... maybe the money was actually not given to anyone at all,just smoke and mirrors and the good old buddys in...
are the front end of each frame rail rounded off[model A] or cut "square" off?[others]
That could pretty much describe any major awards at any show in the country..... the problem with having one winner is it creates a lot more...
An acquaintance of mine [Ron]was at my shop and was relating he had got back a Martin guitar he had long ago given his mother in law in Arkansas...
a member contacted me about parts I am looking for in the classifieds,[which are rare here and even less a possibility in the UK]...... he is...
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