The Jalopy Journal
$650 will get a 100% made in America forged 4340 crank, Howards Tracksmart series. If you know where to look you can get them in the $450 range...
80s toyota 4x4 mini trucks. Since you're in Colorado go to Jim's Yota Yard for a used one at a decent price.
Looks like possibly a Toyota 2F inline 6. Basically a metricized chevy 6. Been a while since I messed with the yoda motor but man-a-fre made parts...
Using an old vacuum 4wd selector valve without checking for crud. Of course it sent something through the motor leading to three cracked pistons,...
"I bought the V6 version instead because it handles better" Said by one of the guys that works at the local autozone every time he came out and...
That's the damn near mythical Ram Air V, very rare and mucho money. http://www.wallaceracing.com/RAV-story-page1.html here's an article on it...
Me and my dad have purchased quite a bit from Skip over the last few years (carguy1960 is the ebay username used, just placed another order with...
Believe thats called diamond dust, usually people ground up mirrors to make it from what I'm told. Don't think anyone does it anymore due to...
Drive my warmed over poncho 400 all the time with no problems. A 455 would fare no differently, just more stroke and larger crank journal if...
Never had a problem with the BGs on my father's OT cars. I'm sad to hear another business went down, hopefully he can rebound at least enough to...
[IMG] Toyota Sea Foam Green. I'm painting one of my OT vehicles the same model as the above picture that color. Reminds me of a decorative toaster :p
Rockcrawlers have been using balancing beads forever to balance their tires (usually out of round anyway) since not many places are keen on...
Saw an Edelbrock 60's Pontiac 6x2 that was essentially two manifolds with 3 crossovers between them at the swap meet today. If I didn't have 70's...
It all comes down to the material quality as already mentioned and what kind of quality testing is done when the finished product comes state...
I'd give it a shot, I'm not exactly a video friendly type (usually a cigarette is hanging from my mouth and I swear a lot if something goes wrong)...
My dad and I had a different version of a father/son project. While he worked on his OT Chevelle, I worked on my OT Trans Am; if I had any...
Awesome! I always take a look at his place when I drive by because of the killer stuff he usually has sitting out and damn near died when I saw...
Hey was that down in Littleton like 2 months ago? I remember seeing what I think was that killer custom in the driveway of a guy in my neighborhood.
My dad always had big blocks so my childhood was full of riding with him while he'd give them hell. My favorites were his blown big block '70...
My current neighbor is a former drag racer and works out of his garage. In fact, my entire neighborhood is full of different car guys because it's...
On my Miller 180 it's just two lugs sitting in the same area as the wire spool. I'm thinking that's your problem since you mentioned just...
I'm with 64Cyclone, I actually really like how they look. Guess it's another one to put on the list of "shit to build someday if I happen to find...
I'm really sorry to hear that man, I have no idea what I'd do without my mom around to encourage me and tell me that even my shitty work is good...
I once made the mistake of thinking "ya know, it can't be THAT hard to upholster" and now I'm legally required to stay at least 150 feet away from...
God, I've been staring at those pics of Brian's finished chop job on that A for who knows how long now and I'm just in awe at the quality of it....
That's really slick, suprising that the holes lined up even. I'm still having trouble figuring it out as well since I've always thought the...
There are young guys into the classic stuff but it's sadly not like it was. I know a couple other guys into vintage tin and one of them is on here...
I'm thinkin' a fauxsmobile on one side and a cadillac on the other then split the engine paint with caddy blue and olds green right down the...
'78 Trans Am with a Ram Air III headed 400 that I started working on when I was 12 after my dad decided he didn't want to DD it anymore. Learned a...
Thanks for the warm welcome! Mike, it'll be satin black and white with red chevy truck rallyes and chrome trim rings (I know I know it's...
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