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...
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...
I'm finally going to rebuild this dang old hemi, but part of the delay is that I'm freaked out about just taking it anywhere. I checked out...
I've got this Dodge 413ci engine that was running just perfectly for a long time. Then last year it wouldn't start one night. Figured it wasn't...
First, some (somewhat outdated) pics of the problem: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 This car had a semi-"restoration" at some point in the 80's, and...
Before... [img] After... [img] That's what driving around with a leaky transmission will do. It was REALLY fun getting it out,...
I'm almost finished installing this new wiring harness in my Chrysler, just a few more simple things to get hooked up and it should be done. But...
First, story time... skip to the "ANYWAY..." part if you don't care [img] My car had been sitting since about February, without more than a few...
I came home this weekend to get my car, believing all I needed to do was permanently hook up the alternator and bolt the front seat down and I'd...
Driving back from Wisconsin last night in the dark and rain, I spotted a '57 fin sticking up over a hill next to the road. The place is...
I finally got to pick up my motorhome this morning, and it ran and started fine and everything. Well, after I parked it at home, I wanted to move...
Second problem I've got is the electrical part of the alternator. The alternator is a 55 amp externally regulated thing from a '63 Chevy (I...
Two questions/posts at once! First thing I need to do is get this alternator running. I've never had to fit a v-belt before, and I have no idea...
This is rather o/t since the problem is on my '78 Dodge pickup, but I figure it'd apply to any car with a driveshaft, so what the hell... For...
Went to this show today after I saw a flyer for it at NAPA, it was put on by the First Fifty club and is apparently the 34th annual show. I'm...
Well, completely to my surprise I don't seem to suck at sewing. I got a bunch of dark green vinyl remnant for $3 a yard, 54" wide that's the...
This guy has two of these up on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34208&item=2467867310...
I'm mainly focused on the interior of my car right now since it's in such lousy shape, including all the upholstery. It's in good enough shape...
Once again I'm totally jumping the gun regarding my car, as I have so much I have to do to it before I can realistically do a trans swap, but it's...
I'm repainting my dash, and as usual the spraypaint came out really crappy. It winds up being full of tiny little airbubbles and stuff, and I...
I finally got a mig welder (flux core for now), and it's a reasonably good one too, it's a Craftsman, it's the same as this one but without the...
The other day I found a car I'm interested in, it's an incredible deal, but it's just about 2,000 miles away in northern California. I got a free...
The other day my mom's nice late model car died completely, so she drove my car to work (despite that it still has hot-starting problems). It got...
I've been dealing with this starting problem pretty much all winter, I have no idea how many times I've had to jumpstart the car but it's WAY too...
http://www.therodfactory.com/3wcSnpshts.htm This is a pretty typical $100,000 "turn-key" billetmobile '34 fiberglass Ford. I was looking at the...
My speedometer went out last week (I assume it's the speedo itself, it was making scratchy noises for a bit, then it started shooting up to 120mph...
I just got in the mail the 55-amp Delco-Remy GM alternator I bought off ebay on Monday. The problem I'm having is that I'm PRETTY sure it ISN'T...
A couple months ago I rebuilt the WCFB on my '55 New Yorker, which fixed the running problem it was having. When it got cold I successfully...
I got my SUPER-CHEAP (saved about $200+) Powerflite rebuild kit a few days ago. I was going to rebuild it myself, but today I broke my...
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