The Jalopy Journal
I'm using a 5/16 line to match the fuel pickup in the '68 M- - - - - - tank that I put in my '29 Model AA. Not sure what filter to install and if...
I'm too thick-headed to use a camera and photograph these little devices for spreading a reverse-eye front spring, but I can describe it. Cut off...
Knowlege is power. Once you know the facts, you can remedy the issue. Who's smarter? You or an inanimate hunk of iron? It revealed information to...
Great idea and a nice look. Lots of ways to skin a cat here.
My best friend and next-door neighbor when I was growing up began driving his dad's '57 DeSoto four door when he turned 16. That 341 was a torque...
The Aristocrat dash adds two more holes for gauges. Those responding to this thread will show you some examples, I'm sure. There is an issue you...
I'm 75, too, been working on my '29AA for nearly 50 years and hope to have the engine in the frame and running in by June 6, the 50th anniversary...
I've been preparing, routing and securing battery cables, a transmission cooler and lines, painting a few body parts and generally getting things...
Chemical burns can damage your eyes, too, and they can happen when you least expect it from sources that you could never anticipate. Some 30+...
That's a phenomenal turn-around. It gives me hotrod fever. I've got a goal, too. I plan to have my hotrod fired up and running in the engine by...
A hotrodder is the personification of "I've got a better idea and I think I can fabricate it." Tardel just shows you decades of experience in a...
My '29 standard coupe that I drove in college. Looking back on it, I should have bought my neighbor's '57 DeSoto and pulled the 341 hemi out of it...
I just crimped my battery cables in a 20-ton press using a fluted easy-out as a die to squeeze the crimp into the terminal shank after doing the...
I'm going to crimp battery terminals and eyelets to 1/0 welding cable. How can I do that, and with what crimper? I also am considering cutting...
Structo, too. My inoculation of the gearhead virus came when my dad (who had no mechanical experience or training) took apart the engine of our...
Steve's got the right idea, and while you're at it put in a Ford AOD transmission to get a nice overdrive for cruising economically on the...
I can faintly hear Nelson Riddle's score already.
So, Atlas couldn't help you? Man, that's horrible. Things are getting so precarious these days that if you don't pull the trigger on stuff, the...
Yes, three thumbs up for Summit Electric. Uh, I may have overcounted. It's funny you should mention tractor starters. I thought your starter...
Esophageal cancer, tumor removed July 2020, radiation, chemo, had two kidney stones removed while recuperating, got shingles again while two tubes...
Tightly roll sheets of foam and stick them inside the coil springs, then wrap the springs in burlap. Stiffens the springs, helps hold them in...
Last spring, while I was rebuilding my AOD, I listened to Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Michigander and The New Pornographers. This spring, while I am...
I resumed (after an eight-month hiatus) assembling my 351W and my AOD (thanks for the assist, Saltflats) in preparation to a start-up/run-in I...
Our '41 Pontiac Torpedo behind sister Pam, Mom, me and dog Honey in the foreground around 1951 or so. It was Sunday and we were about to drive 40...
Our family car in the mid-50s was a '52 Henry J, so seeing that front grille brings back memories. I've seen those Henry Js with Buick nailheads...
Those seats look like they were rescued from the private party room at the local topless bar. Don't be shining the black light on them!
Hard to flush, even with a plunger. Ever think of adding more fiber to your diet? Oatmeal helps.
I think Atlas made my spring about two years ago, maybe three. I broke the old one trying to reverse the curve and got too close to one eye while...
Tim, I had Atlas Spring & Axle Co. in Wichita make me a new front main leaf spring for my '29AA and it cost me a little over $100. I was delighted...
What's necessary? Fuel level, oil pressure, water temperature, voltage. Wanna speedometer? It's on your cell phone. Wanna tachometer? Clean the...
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
