The Jalopy Journal
Pinstriper40, you make a lotta sense, all your points are good. Are you sure you're only 27?
That's the look I want and the Antique Motorsports wheels are the ones I'm considering. Do you know anybody who runs them? I would powder coat...
Sorry Mac the Yankee, forgot to mention I'm near Mount Joy PA. PM me with the dates you'll be in the area and if we're home, you're welcome to...
I have a good set of Chevy disc wheels but I can't imagine them running straight and true at any kind of speed. Or getting them anywhere near...
Anybody have any experience with the 21 x 3 aluminum disc wheels that are listed in an egay store? I can't find out anything about them or find...
Failed at posting pics but that's no surprise, I suck at computer stuff. I'll ask my wife to try. Thanks for the wheelbase suggestion. I'm...
Metropolitan Restoration Services, Harleton PA. Bought a couple frames there this winter and got the tour. I was pretty impressed and they...
Do something every single day. Even if it's only 10 minutes spent pondering the mock-up, do something.
My 15 year old granddaughter is a sweet kid but has some learning issues, so doesn't do well in school. I picked her up yesterday in my track...
I'm closing on 70 but not done yet. But, I am determined to finish one before starting the next one. 31 Ford tudor (avatar) - about 1% left to...
I have a steel 37 Simca with great sheetmetal. Didn't touch it yet, still gathering parts. It will be street driven with occasional passes in...
Mount Joy PA
Here's one with a happy ending. Back in the mid 70's I stumbled on a 1937 Simca (exactly the same as a Topolino but made in France) at a...
Freebird22's complaint may have some validity but it's silly to waste your energy beating a horse that expired so long ago. Geez.
Anybody who digs up a 7 year old thread just to bitch about it has too much free time.
The first summer our roadster was on the road, we averaged 1,000 miles per month going nowhere. Now we just say "the roadster needs to go for a...
I'll be 70 in October and can't see as good as I used to plus I'm too shaky to weld good, so I farm out the heavy stuff. And an increasing amount...
A friend did fab work on a 3 of my projects on the following basis ---- He worked at least 8 hours per week on my stuff. I visited every week...
Keep your thumb under the lever so you don't accidentally bump it on anything and cut the piece you only wanted to heat.
Back in 1962 when I was 19 and celebrating a street racing win by playing around on the curvy road back to our hangout, I rolled my super clean...
I put radials on my avatar because I drive it in the real world and I drive it like a real car. The car and tires were new just over 2,000 miles...
My problem is I have too much room to store them On the road - 23 track roadster model A tudor (avatar) 26 Ford roadster (restored)...
She has no interest in my garage adventures but loves riding in them and never bitches about what I spend or how many I drag home. We're...
What I didn't run over was a big pile of metal banding, the really heavy 2" wide stuff. I was in the middle of three lanes surrounded by traffic...
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