The Jalopy Journal
Ì run a 3.70 gear in the 9 inch in my avatar roadster. Have a 76AMC Pacer Trans in It. The transmissions is really a Ford full synco 3 speed with...
Just my 2 cents worth. I am 76 and slowly working on an ot 68 El Camino that has been in my family since my dad bought it on April 4th, 1968. I...
All backwords. Albert Champion started Champion Sparkplugs. When William C. Durant started General Motors, he wanted a vertical monopoly....
Bring a tape measure up to Tehachapi as you can measure my Wescott roadster body to your heart's content!
I wire the excite wire to the accessory buss, if I don't have an idiot light. Many many years ago I learned that wiring the excite wire to the...
I used to be a dyed in the wool Champion guy. Then I ran a chassis dyno at a Ford dealer for several years. We did diagnostic reports for...
I used Magnum Axle hair pins. They have poly bushed ends on both the batwings and the frame anchor. It will allow enough deflection to...
I am 76 and have been doing this since I was 14. I am retired now and have lots of time on my hands. I can't do things as easy as I...
As a rule of thumb, and because I didn't do it as a stupid kid, make them stop and steer before you make them go. I used to make them go...
You might want to get a hold of the Hermans at H & H flathead. I talked to Mike at the GNRS because he had some Riley things on display. When...
Last summer I was on the way to a local cruise night. I pulled into the and backed into a parking space. As I got out, I noticed a father...
Years ago, when I worked at Douglas Aircraft, double sided tape was known as "supervisor tape" because it was two faced!
Just a short reply about turning brake drums . 060 oversize. That came into law many many years after the early Ford, lincoln, and Mercury were...
I have a Lincoln SP 135. I taught auto mechanics in a prison here in California before I retired and wanted a 110 mig. I asked the...
Here's a fact not many people know or want to admit. The Ford C4 and the GM T350 are cousins. The designs are both conceived by the same...
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