The Jalopy Journal
Yep, there is a sticker that covers up a screw head in the center of the window crank.
Oil's going down in price per barrel but what about the refineries that turn it into gasoline? Yep, haven't built any new ones in a long time....
Pertronix for 5+ years on my 390 Ford, no issues. The old points plate rides around in the glove box in case it fubars in the middle of nowhere,...
Exactly! Have those in the pic been replaced and where did you get them? Should be a good seller, as these will work for '57 to '64
X2 on these, Pleeeze!
Should be a C-6 but could be a C-4.
Look for older USA made tools at yard sales, pawn shops, etc.. Craftsman tools are still decent and get a list of what you need to friends and...
Years ago when it snowed here the plows would go out and scrape what they could and lay down sand in intersections. For the most part we got...
That show features some amazing talent and ingenuity. It reminds me of well, me, trying to keep all my old stuff running with all of the inferior...
I think it's almost everywhere. A little bit of supply and demand. The supply is finite, (they don't make 'em anymore). That and people think they...
After I posted it I thought that old Fords are probably not common where you're at. Summit can get you a thermo clutch and matching fan. Tell them...
the idea behind a fan clutch is that when the engine doesn't need to be pulling air through the radiator, it disengages the fan so that it will...
Check your gauge. Get two "C" flashlight batteries end to end and run jumper wires to the posts on the gauge. The needle will move slow but should...
I've never seen "swaged" studs used when the hub is on the outside of the drum. Those just press fit. That's the way my old O/T Jeep with Dana...
That used to be the standard on all front drums except Chevrolet. The studs were pressed through the hub/drum assembly and then a tool that looked...
The small line just runs the gas that the carb doesn't need back to the tank to keep the gas circulating and cool to prevent vapor lock. I'd run a...
I like the solid valve covers (no oil cap hole) and the oil fill timing cover. Other than that just a regular 5 bolt bell early windsor.
The last one I worked on I just threw all that old stuff away and used a Lokar cable setup. Back in the day I'd seen engines go WOT when they...
Pm member choptvan, he's here in the Springs.
They don't make this stuff anymore, I grab it when I see it and can afford it.
If that thing is original it has the 221, the first thin-wall casting Ford V-8. Neat little engine that will have the 5 bolt bellhousing and motor...
I had a 1965 American 440H. Found out that the disc brakes, spindles and all from a 1978 AMC Concord will bolt right on. Pretty durable car with...
The horn is a twin to the one on my '60 F100.
Saw a guy tear apart a "just rebuilt" trans that wouldn't run right once that was full of red lint from shop towels. Had a great time cleaning it...
Take off the sending unit wire and ground it, gauge will peg if all is well. Don't leave it grounded long, as this is hard on the voltage regulater.
bump= 1967 to 1972, due to the raised body feature running down the sides of the truck
Location is in Fairplay, Colorado. Get 'em while you can. I hope to go up in a couple of weekends, if I do I'll post a field...
Do you have one of those chrome tiawon water necks? The one on my 390 warped at least 1/4 inch, yep, went right in the friggen' trash. Got me an...
That's the same way I R&R 'em. Should be able to get them at NAPA, pretty common Ford part for a lot of years.
Also a parking lot hangout early Sat. evenings here east of Austin Bluffs and Academy in Colorado Springs, but yep, nothing like Nevada Ave. back...
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