The Jalopy Journal
Sometimes missing bolts/parts is beter than finding pieces under the car with no idea where they came from
I have a set of Norsemen (made in USA) stainless and they are awesome. Around $90 on Amazon for 29 piece set. Well worth the cost
A little bit of everything from David Alan Cole to Dave Brubeck. Some Do-Wop for variety
Robert You did a hella fine job on the BBVS car. Glad to see it off to a new loving home. Thank you for posting the build
I’m anal about my tools and know exactly where everything is. Nothing strange shows up and nothing disappears. T-shirts on the other hand seem...
Congratulations on the great find, especially with the cache of period correct speed parts and wheels
Not sure I’m in the right place, you guys are a bunchof weirdos! While some march to a different drummer I got caught following the tuba.
I have trouble finding my tool since I put on some extra weight
I’ve NEVER done dumb stuff in my shop. [ATTACH]
Roger Garten at Fomosa
Thanks for sharing and thank you for plans to restore it.
I’d never belong to a club that would have me as a member
I’ve had good luck with the Harbor Freight free with coupon LED’s. Angle is adjustable. I double-back tape two near the chin of the helmet. Just...
Took a welding class at the J.C. Way back when in hopes of learning arc welding. A whole semester of running beads with a torch. Always had a...
I’m in
Always remember that important day. Thought my parents were evil because they made me go to school before the DMV trip. Took the test in the ‘53...
Nice bird...I ran a ‘60 Falcon with Hilborn injected Pontiac power back in early ‘70’s. Lotta fun
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] sitting in a tow yard near Philo, Ca. Pretty much all there
We have 2- 22x22 garages. One for the wife’s car, her lawn mower, Christmas stuff,etc. mine is stuffed full of two projects, Storage racks of...
Put in a new Brassworks radiator about 8-9 years ago. Still looks and works great
Lost another hero
70 and counting. Not mature but getting old
Thank you Dan MacPherson for the research and sharing yourwork with us. Grew up in Orange County but was too late for the airport. Damn near...
Usually just the voices in my head saying “you dumb shit, why did you do that”
Yup, tow bar for me. “Race car in Tow” Written in shoe-polish on the rear window. Down the freeway through LA traffic we went. Why spend $$$ on...
Several times my Summit order would be slightly under the $99 free shipping mark so I would add a tee shirt (good shirts and cheap). A friend...
Subscribed West coast guy here and not familiar with that car but I have always wanted to do a restoration of a FED Good luck! Half the fun will...
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Nice maiden run. Car looked great off the line
Another fuel pump issue Back in the day I-5 from the grape vine to Stockton was pretty much empty road with no services for miles. Had a Ford...
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