The Jalopy Journal
Howdy all - I finally graduated college and am hoping to haul cars full time again! Enclosed inside my truck, or open on the trailer, or both at...
Thanks everyone! I'm guessing some things have changed since I last looked. The only reason I said new oil pump and BBC water pump was because of...
Hi everyone! I've been gone for like 10 years so I'm kinda rusty... I'm finally around to rebuilding the engine from my '55 Chrysler. It was...
I'm taking my big new box truck on its maiden voyage leaving Saturday evening from Minnesota. On the way out I've just got a hot tub in the truck...
This is great!
One problem with using a "modern" (70's and up) light truck or van frame is that the frame width is usually wider than that of heavier commercial...
You don't have to have a commercial driver's license if your GCWR is under 26,000 pounds but if you're doing interstate commerce with a combined...
AFAIK most or all of the transporters here on the HAMB only do 1 or 2 cars at a time, usually just 1... at $1/mile probably at least 1/3rd of that...
Incredibly sorry about the typo. The point is it's a ridiculous fee: http://www.uship.com/serviceproviders/learnmore/matchfees.aspx
I hauled a car to Phoenix on I-10 in 2007 with my '03 Dodge 4.7 when it was 126 freaking degrees out, and I (unknowingly) had a weak fan clutch...
Uship somehow gets around being considered an actual broker, even though that's exactly what it is... they charge a hell of a lot more than a real...
I was getting pretty depressed up until I found that part. Although he uses the word "imagineered" so much on that page it almost ruined it again.
Hmm, ok, I'll take it apart and check down the holes again. I don't really think I'm touching the nozzle to anything, but it seemed like that...
I'm having a heck of a problem with little Craftsman flux core welder. It's always done this really annoying kind of jerky thing where the wire...
I bet someone's done something to one of those enormous Mack gas engines...
Man, 1200 pounds is definitely diesel engine territory. I bet it'd last longer too with such low compression... of course, it'd get half a mile...
I almost bought a '55 DeSoto that had been totally restored, except when it was on the transporter back to the owner's house from the resto shop,...
I drove PCH from Marina down to Cambria where I turned off to get to Paso Robles for a pick-up. It was SLOW going with a car trailer (actually I...
Well I personally bought the 392 water crossover, BB chevy pump, and adapter kit for my 331 because all together it was still half the price of a...
I'm not sure exactly what the numbers should be but I seem to remember that my Chrysler flathead 6 had extremely low compression stock.
Gilligan wasn't the captain, the Skipper was...
Might have been said already, but those little FM transmitter things are terrible. I paid $35 for an "ipod-ready" Belkin one to use with my...
I believe the NE57 means it's from a '57, which in itself would make it a 392, but you can also tell because it's got that seperate water...
I can't believe anyone here is complaining about engines being loud... You definitely want to go with something smaller than you'd get in an...
I've got one. It'll tack sheet metal together SOMEWHAT, that's about as far as it goes. I think if you converted it to use gas it'd work just...
Are those wheels off a Crown Vic cop car? I have always wondered how they'd look on an old car, with some old hubcaps. answer: really bitchin'
Yeah, be careful with that extra stuff. In the U.S. at least, there's a whole lot of legal crap surrounding "the moving of unrelated goods inside...
What the hell is a power-closing trunk for? I'm trying to think of some kind of funny "dead guy in the trunk" use for that feature but I can't...
I've never understood this either. 95% of the time the person's general location is given away (when posting, or in a magazine article, etc.),...
Yep it's a cool town. The engine's actually at my dad's in Circle Pines, which is right next to Blaine so that'd work great. I can't find any...
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