It’s finally stopped raining where I live, and the sun is now setting late enough to actually enjoy the evenings and get garage work done with the door up. Time to get your jalopy project running and think about what shows, races, or road trips you might want to hit this Summer. It’s also an [...]
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Spring has Sprung…
Posted on April 5th, 2011 by Jive-Bomber
Filed under: Tech
Filed under: Tech
Winner, Winner… A Cheater’s Dinner…
I think the bastard cheated. Oh sure, Matt claims to be from Riverside and he “says” he created those bumper guard taillights from scratch in the comfort of his own shop… BUT, I’m certain he’s actually from Detroit and works for one of those concept creation shops. I’ll bet he had millions of dollars worth [...]
Pick The Winner: $1000 Baileigh Tech Week!
We all flew into Boise, Idaho late last night and met in an abandoned airplane hanger. All of our tech editors as well as a representative of Baileigh were there to discuss the top-10 nominations for our latest tech event. We chose Boise as these meetings in the past have gotten rough and word on [...]
The Baileigh $1000 Tech Week!
It’s been a while, no? I don’t know that we’ve had a tech week in the past 6 months or so… But here we are and it’s time fellas. Baileigh has stepped up as a sponsor and they aren’t messing around. In fact, the winner of this event will get themselves a $1000 voucher to [...]
Hints from the Model Garage… Part II
Due to popular demand, Gus is back for one more round of helpful hints to help keep your jalopy on the road. Today’s advice has some gems like a home-made continuity tester, fashioned from a metal flashlight. There’s also practice bits about keeping the anti-chatter rods tight on a flathead, and how to prevent your [...]
Hints from the Model Garage…
There was a time only a few generations ago, when it was much more common to fix it or make it yourself when it came to the automobile. Paying a mechanic was the very last resort when you just didn’t have the specific tools, or the job required more than one person to fix. This [...]
Hidden Tunes Via An Ipod
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I was itching to get some tunes into my daily driven ’39 Ford Sedan. Installing a simple stereo in an old car is easy as pie, but this car presented a challenge of sorts. See, the ’39 still has the original interior and wood grained dash and come [...]
Top Dead Center According To Bruce Lancaster
So I’ve heard the mark on a Flathead crank pulley coordinates with top dead center. I’ve also heard at times that it coordinates with 2-degrees before top dead center and yet other times I’ve heard it coordinates with four degrees before top dead center. I’m fine tuning the timing on the new motor in the [...]
The Flathead Rebuild: Part 3
There is nothing rational about trailering a car 2000 miles to Northern California, pulling the motor, rebuilding it, and then trailering it back 2000 miles – all in the span of 10 days. There are so many damned variables working against such a timeline that I thought it best not to go in thinking rationally [...]
