The Jalopy Journal
In CA smog check for 1976 and newer. If you do an engine swap on 76 and newer smog check has to be to the engine. 1975 and older. Who cares? Don’t...
In-n-Burger is a company has no franchise stores. Starts is employees at $15.00. Never saw a pissed off employee or one with an attitude at an...
I’m going to be a smart ass. How are you going to build a race car if you can’t fix this one?
On my ‘46 Ford coupe with a 283, I used an early ‘70 smog pump bracket, it mounts the old style external regulator alternator up high on the...
Check with John at Big M Auto in Williams,CA. An hour north of Sac on I-5.
1982 on CA 101 just south of SLO. Driving my ‘46 coupe. Coming back from a run to Reno. CHP pulls me over. Ask me do you know why I pulled you...
Depending on what the shop charges per hour. Shops here in sunny Calif. charge $125-up per man hour. So figure about $600 for parts if the wiring...
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Who’s going to the Dry Lakes Hall of Fame, Gas Up in Buellton, CA on May 4?
Sounds like a dead battery
I have a Ford Galaxie T-10 with a BW R-12 overdrive on it. It was developed by an old hot rodder named Tom Beatty for another old hot rodder named...
I had a pair of ‘51 CA commercial plates restored by MoJo Art Works. $80 per plate. Totally happy with them. He also did a couple of small repairs...
My 46 Ford coupe has the original trans with an old Cragar adapter to the 283. I used a 49-50 Merc pressure plate and disc. Also the release...
A amp meter in a Ford back in the 40’s was an induction meter meaning no current flowed through the meter. Worked on magnetism. In fact all 6 volt...
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