The Jalopy Journal
Actually ... Thats not a bad idea ! Best get on the app store for a speedo ! An pop down town for a suction cup phone holder !! :D Posted...
Cheers streamliner an five oh ! Ive tried to build it breaking the mould. Keeping the stock height roof an diesel ect .. An im jus totally over...
And cheers esgee :) Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
Oooohh makes sense .. But sadly noo not yet .. I need to sort out some sorta cable to go from the type 9 gearbox to the speedo Posted from the...
Yeaaah its definetly working. I watched it fill up .. Took £35 to get it from almost empty to nearly full .. An i dont really know how i...
Got up at 4 in the morning yesterday an was in the garage by half past ! There was a local classic car show on about 3 miles from where i live...
Cheers for all the comments everyone ! ... Hopefully by the end of today .. The car'll be finished ! .. Well hot rods are never finished but...
I'll be honest. I havent got a clue what the wheels are ! I picked them up from a swap meet . All i know is that theyre. 15's .. With a...
its got a manual 5 speed type 9 gearbox in it, with a quaife rally shift lever ! soo should be fun .. apparently the one ive got ..being out of a...
cheers i appreciate all the praise ! im so pleased people are all liking this project ! errm well im trying to debut the car at a local town...
What do you mean you dont understand the diesel engine shit ? thats the exact same reason im doing mine with a diesel engine ? But i want it to...
Yeaah my engines got a turbo. Apparently theyre about 75 horsepower. But if i find it too slow i suppose i could always put a bigger turbo on or...
Cheers everyone for the support ive had so far in this build ! Hopefully should easily be on the road by 3 weeks time from now ! Posted from...
Cheers man !! Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
finally got the car fired up today !! connected a couple of car batterys to it .. one to the glow plugs for about 15 seconds jus to get them hot...
I think it should be alright hopefully .. Its not like ive got a maasive compression big litre engine. .. So hopefully i wont have too much risk...
Cheers man ! Theres still a bit more to go. But im glad people are enjoying it ! Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
Well we think we' ve got about 2 weeks solid work left soo hopefully by may time i'll have a test drive !! Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone...
Apparently ... Well this is what ive been told anyway .. But the guy i got the water trap off builds diesel engines as his day job. An hes told...
An then we carried on to assemble ths rest of the bodywork ! For a little reward the next step was always gonna be to roll the car outside to...
Put all the rest of the bodywork on this weekend ! Its finally a complete looking car again ! .. Had a little bit of trouble with the fenders...
Just a lil update ... We had to take the wheels brakes/hubs off the car to fit some grease nipples in the kingpins we forgot about so thats turned...
took the car for another trip to buckland and had the steering collum put back into the stock position it came with .. because we was originally...
cheers man ! the rear axle came out of a american shoebox ford :)
spent the day making a mock up shifter to use as a template for one im going to get made up at work .. its nothing too technical just a couple...
hopefully soon ! the plan is to get it ready before the 10th of may for a local car show
Dont know why the pics have gone huge on that last post ? Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
after whats felt like a million hours of messing about !! we've finally sorted out the obstacles in the way of letting us progress with other...
The the only problem i can see is getting reverse .. As you have to push the whole shifter down into the casing for it to be able to move to the...
Actually ... Thats not a bad idea ! Cheers for that ! Ill definetly look into it ! Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
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