The Jalopy Journal
I haven’t heard wolf cookie in a long time, but in the fifties it was something you would step on in the woods, akin to a cow patty.
I'll have stuff on a shelf for years and know exactly where it is then I will go through a stage of cleaning up and putting things in a safe...
If you know someone with a lathe, create a drill guide, a piece of 1018 round stock ½ inch larger than the crank and about 2 ½ inches long will...
What ever you use try it on a test spot, someplace on the lens that is inconspicuous.
Those are not air filters but flame arrestors in case of backfire through the carbs. Oil bath filters would slosh in rough water, and when paper...
I have seen poor machine shops forget to put the seal or retaining plate on before they press on the bearing and retaining ring, then press it off...
Manual steering components are designed to apply more leverage and make the effort to turn lower manual steering boxes usually use more turns of...
The easiest and cheapest way to ship them is by priority mail you can ship 2 for $ 18.75 or one for $ 13.45. The best way to pack them is to wrap...
There is a very good tutorial for welding cast aluminum on you tube by Jim Bollinger at DoRite Fabrication. He is an instructor for Lincoln...
When the speculators get in to any collection society the cost goes through the roof and drives the legitimate enthusiast out until the...
My 51 Plymouth had Lockheed brakes with split slave cylinders. The heel of the brake would cam out as the drum rotated and dragged it toward the...
I have a Buick that has the battery under the back seat; it has two little vents built into the top so you can put vent hoses on it. The price is...
That car is a rear steer and uses a tiller like a boat does. The entire axle rotates on a pinion and also carries the engine.
Gary, now you have offended all those people in Brooklyn labeling this as NYC. Actually Washington St between Water St and Front St looking at the...
From the height of the front end it looks like they have taken the engine out and just dropped the drive shaft on the ground.
My friend had a similar problem; the vehicle would occasionally starve for gas. We finally had to drop the gas tank and found a white sock (the...
I have the HAMB app on my Kindle, to subscribe to a thread I hit the three dots in the upper right corner and a menu along the bottom pops up....
Blowouts were a lot more common before tubeless tires were common. That tube doesn’t hold much pressure without the tire around it.
Two things you can do is pull the rocker covers and check the valve seals, if the seals seem intact then slowly pour some Bonami through the carb...
At $14.00 each I think that I will single point them, I'm retired, got a lathe and more time than money.
My son and I am building a thirty’s speedster, probably over 80 percent so far is hand fabricated, the problem, the chassis rails that are titled...
Build yourself some wheel boots and cable them (not chain) to the chassis when in use, also install a Lowjack. I would recommend this to anybody...
One of the problems with the SS was getting the paint repaired after some asshole used a screwdriver to pry off the 409 badges.
Just like any piece of art there is always some scumbag willing to buy it and hide it in his private collection. With cars like this moved to...
Any brokers that want money up front from you, RUN RUN RUN, away from them. Legitimate brokers work on a percentage and will give you a contract...
I had a problem with a Holly rebuild that I got through NAPA, It worked fine for the first few days then kept getting richer and richer, the...
I just took Austinrod’s Poster and added the Pickens County Sheriffs Dept. contact information and I am printing out some old school handouts to...
[ATTACH] The quietest fuel pump instillation I have seen is by mounting it using two exhaust hangers one side mounted to the chassis the pump...
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