The Jalopy Journal
Who makes good repro's? Roodlieb? Brookville Roadster? Do any of them have the folded over edges, like the originals? I'm trying to decide if...
Like the title says. I'm working on my Coupe, and it needs everything. It needs patch panels for the cowl, the 1/4's, the rear wheel wells, the...
I started this 10 years ago. But clearance issues and lack of money stalled it. Couple of weeks ago I decided to take another look at them....
I'm looking into something for a racing engine. How hard would it be ( and how expensive ) to have a layshaft made to run in place of the...
Never had one in a engine before... So what do I have to expect? A big pain in the ass for a street driven vehicle? Leaking antifreeze all...
I took the Blower Motor out of my '28. The Engine is great, and the blower is too, but the cooling has always been marginal. And it has gotten...
I'm looking at a Greek Coupler for a C4. ( I'd use it in a T5, but I checked the splines ) The Diff I'll use is not a regular one, so I cant...
I got a car on the road a while ago, and now I'm working on getting the new car bugs out. This car is Off Topic for the HAMB ( look for it on...
I want to build something that needs to be insulated. ( a distributor test rig ) I have an old distributor machine, probably from the '50s....
... or Ford Popular... [ATTACH] Its running a 1600cc crossflow Ford engine, with what looks like a Wade blower. I've got some questions,...
I had to calculate this at school once, but thats a long time ago. So hopefully y'all can help me out. I know that if you have two U-Joints in...
There was a Spammer on that thread, I was deleting their posts, and somehow the whole thread went... My appologies. Not sure what happend...
I just bought a Penco Supercharger. There is some Info about it in the Pat Ganahl Supercharger book. Its the smaller 70 cubic inch...
How do I trurn a regular sheetmetal brake into a radius brake? I've seen it done on the HAMB. Pretty sure it was Kiwi Kev... Are there...
When I worked on a Bonneville racer we had a schematic for the Fuel Injection setup to make it work in a Turbocharged setup. It was developed by...
A friend of mine is putting together a V12 Lincoln. He has the valve guide tool ( a bar with a forked end) for the Flat Head V8. But it doesnt...
This is a Model A Vicky that was changed from a leatherback to a steel top years ago. They used parts off another Model a to do it ( probably a...
Another " whats it worth" Thread... Sorry about that. But at least its not disguised Spam for a Classifieds Ad ( its not in the...
I'm dialing in the carbs on a engine. The engine is a used engine that had a bit of waterdamage from sitting unused, outside. The bearings,...
A couple of questions for the UK, Oz and NZ Hot Rodders. A buddy of mine ( here in Arizona ) wants to build his Model T as a RHD. He knows its...
Is there a trick to getting the base off? I got a Tach Drive base that I want to put on my non Tach Drive Mag. I have the little screws that...
A buddy of mine bought 4 of these on Ebay. But the seller forgot to mention that some of the drilled & tapped holes were messed up. [ATTACH]...
Not really a Tech Thread ( forgot to take more pics of it ). But I did shoot some of the finished result. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
This question comes up all the time... What to use to on an engine that is rusted stuck. Water. I've used it before on engines,...
Can somebody please help me? I need to know the width across the body. Measured at the beltline, at the doorjamb of the 1/4 panels. I'm...
How hard is it to change a magneto from clockwise to counter-clockwise rotation? Or from counter clockwise to clockwise?
My latest installment in my Billet Is Uncool series....:D :D I built my Roadster with a steeringwheel out of a '40 Ford. [ATTACH] I really...
I'm using a '53 or '55 Ford Truck column and turnsignal switch in my '28. With a steering wheel out of a '40 Ford ( convertible, although that...
I had not worked with this stuff before. But I'm building a car right now where the ground clearence is going to be tight, so I bought a...
A friend of mine has a '29 Chevy with a '33 Continental 6 cyl in it. I'd like to help him find a company that can supply him with bearings for...
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