The Jalopy Journal
Street Rod Nationals, 1977, at the KOA west of the city. I'm a couple days early, so I wander out of my tent, through the scrub trees, towards a...
Just be ready to sell in the pouring rain and wind. Shelter can help draw people in or keep them out, so plan for ways the strolling shopper can...
I put a 49-51 pitman arm on my Saginaw box and it's been working for 30 years. Very nice fit, no slop at all. One of the mags years ago talked...
I sold a 425/409 to a guy in the late 70's that put it in his 51 pickup. Steering box was the only issue regarding installation, but it had a...
Washington charges on the basis of the Old Car Value Guide, without the deduction for non-original parts. When I registered my 41 Chev flatbed,...
I saw one on Fordbarn that was an unused fresh rebuild, with everything to bolt in, for $600. Fair if as advertised, out of line if it wasn't.
Redmond Jr High School, ninth grade, in the hall getting ready to go back to class. Tom Steeler had a radio in his locker and said "Somebody just...
They have the long stroke crankshafts everyone seems to want, and there is always value in a good, complete, Merc flathesd
Dave Mahelich had a nice, black, A coupe with a built banger and Buick wires that he parked when he finished his maroon 32 2-door with the 327, 4...
The 300/340's are good engines, just watch the heads in '64. That was the year of the aluminum head on the iron block, and they had head gasket...
I've seen very nice trucks for $15K lately, finished completely with about anything you want. Sounds like he's fishing to me. There are a lot of...
I'm looking for a power steering box that would replace the Vega box in my 32 pickup. My left arm has some strength issues, so power steering...
In 1976 (about) I bought a 47 Ford convert out of a wrecking yard in Toppenish for $175. I think it was an old Yakima car, and it was lowered both...
A 420 Duesenberg engine was pretty exotic. DOHC 4 valve straight 8, up to 400 hp rated w/blower. 1946 was the time those type of cars weren't very...
I've had several 4 door tanks and they fit the other bodies just fine. Having that cover over them keeps them straight, so that's always a plus.
I have a 53 Merc front bumper that a guy in Michigan wants, and while I've taken it apart (11 pieces), three pieces are oversize by a lot. Since...
I've done both and enjoyed them both. The real issues that I see are: Time: :o you have the time to devote to getting the car done to the level...
My '55 Chrysler New Yorker had Mopar seat belts in if from day 1 (we knew the original owner). They were probably an option then, as I haven't...
My first car, a 50 Chev business coupe, that my grandmother had been driving for years.
Redmond, WA? I was born there and spent my first 45 years there, watching it go from a small farm town to a Microsoft campus. My conversion...
A friend asked me to bring my truck to a show he helps sponsor a couple of weeks ago (I hate park-and-sit events), so I put "display only-not in...
Ive had old Chev's from Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado that all used engine numbers as the VIN on the title, so...
A friend of mine has one that looks stock except for the wheels and a few inches of lowering, and it looks great. Personally, I'd leave the wheel...
The real key is firewall position and seat placement. The seat can go back a long way once the package tray is gone, and leave the firewall as...
I started my 41 Chev truck last year after it was parked in the summer of 1954. The oil in it looked good, so I drained it and found that it was...
I looked all over for a m/c for a 50 Chev last year and $135 is not bad. NAPA had them for over $200 and most everyone in the old car business was...
In the late 60's I worked in a Chev dealer as a lot boy, and I drove the used cars home at night to test them out and let the shop know what to...
1976, three of us on our way to Tulsa from Seattle-my 37 pickup, a 39 Chev sedan and a 38 Buick sedan. We pulled off the highway south of Salina,...
They run drag races at the airport in Wendover, often on the same weekend as Speedweek. You may try to contact someone there and see what they do....
I like the GM backup lights from the 40's through early 50's. Bullet shaped chrome housing with their own base, rigged on a switch, glass lens,...
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