The Jalopy Journal
I'm building my 63.5 Galaxie and want to go with a Jr Stocker style but really like a gasser or maybe more correctly, a street freak style car....
I searched but couldn't find it. A while back a guy posted about a road trip in (I think) a 60 Chevy wagon with wife and kids. Really cool thread...
Replacing my column and the old column had a 1" output shaft at bottom. New one has 3/4" so had to get two new u-joints and intermediate shaft....
I'm trying to get my car ready for LARS and have to replace my steering column. it had a GM tilt with key that locked up. I was at a car show and...
In my on going effort to de-street rod my 29 I am working on the tilt column. I've wanted to swap it out for a straight shaft column for while...
I just picked up a '63&1/2 Galaxie. I've always liked these cars and ran across a great deal on one. It is a stripped roller but with tons of...
My buddy has had some pretty badass cars. He has a 63 Dodge 330 with a blown 392 and just got a 66 Coronet big inch drag car. I've had some...
I pop down to the Rainbow Cafe for breakfast now and then. The cafe is located in a really nice rural area of So Cal called Rainbow which is part...
So I replaced my headlights the other day and used the TCI shock mount stands. I'm going to do something with the wiring and while I was trying to...
So I am slowly getting rid of all the street rod type stuff on the model A. Got a new air cleaner, valve covers and headlights. Forgot to pick up...
Okay, I've been de-streetrodding my model A and I'm now replacing the mini-truck gas tank with an 18 gallon universal tank. That should give me...
I bought this car about a year ago and have been slowly fixing a bunch of stuff on it. I wanted to build another car but this was such a good...
Okay, so I wasn't able to go to CHRR because I had to sign papers to buy my new house with 3 car garage on a full acre (now I can build my dream...
So I hadn't been to the Bakersfield NSRA thing since 2003. I wasn't sure what to expect with the new 30 year cut off thing. It wasn't too bad....
So I bought this 29 Tudor a little while ago and have been fixing things on it. I think the guy I bought it from couldn't work on it and sold it...
So I went to a fund raiser to today to keep Cruisin Grand in Escondido going. Beautiful weather and a good turn out of nice cars but not very HAMB...
My 29 runs 180 going down the road but heats up to over 200 when sitting in traffic which I don't like. It has an electric fan which was wired to...
I'm not going to post a bunch of photos because so many other did that are better than mine. I didn't pre-register and was a little worried about...
I have a '29 Tudor and am trying to figure out how to lock the doors. There doesn't seem to be any kind of lock mech on the drivers door. I found...
So I bought a neat little 29 sedan, pretty nice clean car and got a really good deal on it. I finally got a chance to start checking things out...
Just bought a 29 Tudor today! It's a runner but will be making some changes right away. Losing the ugly wheels and bolting on a set of Torque...
Had to sell my steel '34 three window a couple years ago because of this BS economy thing. I had to take a 20% cut in pay and needed $ to pay...
So I'm building a little lowboy Model A roadster. Want to run a 4 banger / 5 speed. Want to use a later model motor and try to make it look like...
Been a hot rod guy since the 70's. Had to sell off everything a couple years ago (this economy thing sucks!) but now starting to get back into it.
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