The Jalopy Journal
Here's how we start things off here in Phoenix.... With dragsters in the middle of the neighborhood and "shutting down" public roads....
My luck has run out. A big old crack developed in the cap on the DuCoil I'm running on the 31 Cabriolet. I know how rare they are and I'm hoping...
I have a 401 Buick Nailhead sitting around with a 671 blower and the keys to a machine shop. I'm really at the "bench racing" stage and wondering...
Back when I posted the thread of digging out the 31 Cabriolet hot rod, this little car some of you spotted in the background caused a bit of a...
Left a wheel bearing part back home and hoping somebody is traveling out to El mirage between now and tomorrow. We wont be running until sunday so...
Spending sometime in Los Angeles this weekend. Don't think sneaking off to El Mirage or CHRR will make the fairer Flores all that happy so I'm...
We continued the thrash and are making more improvements to the #3663 XO/GCC '36 Buick, in hopes that the Salt stays dry. Who else is planning on...
We've been thrashing pretty hard to get the car ready for Speed Week. I'm just going to start dumping pictures of the work we've been doing and...
Not too much to say about this one so I'll post a bunch of pictures. Any history or info anyone can offer would be welcomed. We dug it out...
Thanksgiving morning we meet up at McDonalds on Central and cruise south until we reach the top of South Mountain. McDonalds is closed that day so...
I'm going to cut and paste most of this that Bryan posted on another forum, mostly because there are a bunch of pictures. A bunch.... Enjoy, Nick...
So it looks like we're finally going to make it to the great white dyno. I have been assigned the position of "crew chief" on our PRO/XXO 1936...
Happy birthday Chip!
Hey guys. Wondering if anyone is heading to Phoenix from the San Diego area and has room to haul a LaSalle transmission with them. The folks that...
I heard you guys are into old hot rods...HA! This car was stashed behind about 25 engines/blocks, a 4 ton table, in between a couple Buicks, and...
A little bit of history on The Scrambler Dragster. [IMG] [IMG] The Scrambler Dragster was built by Lowell Roemer and...
Been having some electrical trouble this week with my '64 F100. Had a wire short at the ignition switch and replaced it on Friday afternoon....
I was givin this old tach the other day and was wondering if you guys knew anything about it. On the back it says Medallion Instruments Made in...
I recently got my F100 "back on the road". Rebuilt engine, with all new parts. 14 gallon stainless fuel tank mounted in the bed with all 3/8"...
Found this gem today while clearing some junk around my office. Its a 1966, but I think because the design carries over from previous models we're...
Lookit me gettin' all excited and misspelling thread titles.....:D Its been well over a year since I removed the engine from my '64 F100......
I'm sure many of you will recall the theft and recovery of the '37 Ford Panel truck recently here on the HAMB. If you're not familiar catch...
I found these old photos on my lunch hour today. They are about 4.25" x 2.5", much easier to look at on the screen then in person. I thought...
Kinda un-official and pretty well un-organized, Some of the local west-siders have decided to meet up at the GCC swap this weekend. Stop by and...
Man-O-Man did we ever have options of stuff to do here in the Valley of the Sun today. The Bomb Squad CC picnic, the B-J and other auctions, and...
Hey boys, the band and I are traveling to San Diego for to play a gig and I'll have about a half day of free time on Sunday (1/16) morning. Any...
Well guys, I had the day off and they let me get in their way over at Blake Machine today. Nothing too exciting yet, ported and polished one of...
13 months.... That's aparently how long it takes to find a job these days. I woke up today infuriated about a lack of funds for not just my...
Hey guys, I got a letter from our HOA stating I gotta move the my project out of the driveway. No rant here as I've gotten away with it sitting...
With a day off on my hands and my engine off to the machine shop, I thought you guys might like to see what I found today at my local scrap yard....
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