The Jalopy Journal
Hey, picked up a tunnel ram for a 392 Hemi yesterday produced by A.I.U. and found very little on their history or production runs. Was told there...
Acquired these and the story goes came off a Willy's drag car in the very early 60's and replaced by aluminum or magnesium wheels. They measure...
Anyone know what happened to 31Vicky with a hemi, lasted posted August of last year. I was reading an older post and he had commented, then it...
Hey all, Had a 700R4 rebuilt with performance upgrades. $1200.00 in hard parts alone ( TransGo, Sonnax, etc...). Installed the transmission,...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Have good pedal when the vacuum pump isn't running, it's a separate unit from the engine, kicks on at 16lbs and off at 22lbs. As...
I'll start this off as more of a heads than rant, I think... In mid January I ordered a complete chrome / stainless front tube axle kit from TCI....
Howdy, dealing with my first reverse flow water pump on my current wagon project. I will be installing the heater control valve into the heater...
Anyone have a source to get PPG DCX61 hardener ? I have two gallons of PPG 2021 clear and need the hardener. Tried online and the only source I...
Ran into a problem I've not had before, the -6AN female line fitting won't seat properly to seal on the male -6AN, both are aluminum and the male...
Found this going through old boxes and from the color of it assuming Mallory ? Whats the extra plug wire port about ? Measures 4 1/4" where it...
I'm going through all my 392 Hemi stuff, from a mid 60's nitro set-up and already knew it was a cool blower with an Isky blower drive on it. So...
Need some assistance / help. Trying to put front door glass in a 1965/1966 Bel Air wagon and need a sequence / order of assembly. I have a service...
So I recently acquired a boat load of exterior trim for 1965- ??? Pontiac full size wagon and or full size 4 door parts. I can I.D. most , but...
Anybody have a paint code for a 1965 Impala ( interior ) black paint. Outside is called tuxedo black, interior as in dashboard and misc. other...
I recently had a Hilborn Fuel Injection original order form looked up for my 2 Port Scoop 671-GMC injector. It's says it was purchased at Midwest...
We lost another one last night, "groundpounder" AKA Jim "wildman" Watson. Jim was a talented fabricator , welder, dirt track driver and hot rod...
Just a quickie question, I'm replacing all the window channels on a 1965-66 Belair wagon. Old ones are long since gone. Were the original channels...
Thought I'd share a photo posted on FB of the latest out of Hollywood Hot Rods. I saw this in bare metal about 65-70% complete last March. I...
Just heard Emil Milano has passed, RIP and Godspeed Emil.
Just a quick question and hopefully answer. Did a search and found zero. On a 1957 Chevrolet manual steering box, does the pitman shaft bottom...
I'll be heading out to Chino , CA March 17th-23rd 2016 doing the vacation thing. The only plans as of now are the NHRA and Petersen museums. If...
Up for grabs is a 1932 Willy's Overland that was built here on the HAMB. Car has only 640 miles on it since completion. Everything on the car is...
I believe this column to be out a early Riviera. I can't get the directionals to self cancel on it . What activates the self cancels ? Thanks.
Here's wishing everyone good luck in Austin as the flooding gets worse. I was there 2 weeks ago today and a lot of where I was is now under water....
Hey all, I'll be in the Houston Texas area for about a week this coming week. Please clue me in what to see while I'm there, the sight's and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anyone know who was the manufacturer of these aluminum 4 bolt main caps? They are from the early to...
I'm converting an old art deco heater from 6 volt to 12 volt. The motor I acquired is a 2 speed ccw rotation 3 wire set up ( 1 ground / 2 power...
Everyone's favorite coast to coast traveler hits the big 75 today. Happy Birthday you old gnome....:D Scruffy
So 3 years ago I bought a 4 in 1 SW gauge cluster from Speedway part # 665-336ACY. I finally got to install it and was going to wire it up....
Happy thoughts and wishes to everyones favorite globe treking gnome. Happy 39th for the 35th time. Here's hoping for many more years and miles...
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