The Jalopy Journal
Its been a few years, many things flow under the bridge. Sally, my lovely girlfriend and wife that Ive known since 1968 passed away with...
New rules here in Texas as of Sept.1st...I'm currently focused on a 31 steel roadster sitting on a 33 frame, it does not have a title..All you...
This was the company contracted by General Motors to do all their glass work specifically the Corvette..Studebaker later hired them to do the...
Before WWII, stationed in Laredo Texas in Heavy Bomber Flight training school, there wasn't much else to do but hang out in the motor pool garage...
the fee to transfer a title for a car I bought in 2009 into my name was 800.00!!!..yes, I waited too long ,that used to not be a big deal..you...
In 1962-65 you could sit down with a car dealer, discuss all the options that were available for the model that you were interested in, come up...
I'm taking in my 85 Chevy Pickup with a 91 engine, my warhorse, towpig and best thing I've ever owned..I live in Hays County near Austin Texas..I...
Guy here is advertising a really nice looking 64 Buick Wildcat two-door hardtop Sport Coupe for a fair price..He sez it has a 7.3 liter 452 cubic...
Anyone know of or seen the stash of stuff in Eldorado Kansas? its known as Hot Rod Bail Bonds..A friend of mine passed through there on the way to...
Anyone have any info on the 500+ ci White Giesel truck engine?..They took a 500 Cummins diesel V/8 and converted it into a gas engine for some of...
We're all familiar with the new(new to me) lead-free gas that turns to varnish and stinks in a matter of weeks..Today I had a tractor truck go bad...
I like the look of a smooth 55 Chevy one-piece bumper turned upside down and wanted to go that way on my 48 Cadillac..a buddy said he had a...
Recently came dragging home a 29 Model A "Leatherback" five-window coupe, its kinda the first "vinyl top" it has metal sides and door frames and...
I'm kinda new to the old Ford stuff, ever since I saw Bleeds old white 34 Pickup I knew I had to build one..So, my new pile of stuff is a complete...
If you find there are no friendly,vacant,cheap(maybe you're broke) places to stay when you get to Austin, call me..Sally and I will put you up for...
I shook hands onnit so its a done deal, really the biggest trade of my life..I got a complete 34 Ford Pickup, all the sheet metal,extra set of...
If I had that grille I could finally rest easy, satisfied that I had everything..Will the guy with the 33 Pontiac that was parked at the motel at...
I've saved some glass, I can remember what some of it is by marks,decals,etc. but on some of the pieces the markings have worn off and I can't...
new ride has manifold pressure guage..it is an unhamb 71 Avanti II with four barrel 350 Chevy..where should the normal pressure be? if it falls...
Can anyone on the HAMB tell the tale of how they got to 200mph on a budget? I know it depends on the class, car/engine combination..OK lets say...
Found a very straight 51 Lincoln Cosmopolitan 4D..no engine,trans,windshield or title, cheap..since I can't find a Mercury much less afford one,...
What is breaking the hydraulic lifters clean in half in our fresh Cadillac (68-69 472) engine???..OK, we first drilled up decent oil pressure,...
The 48 Cadillac sedanet build at Crushproof...we wanted to keep it as much Cadillac as we could..I had an Eldorado 500 V/8 I had saved out of a...
fired a fresh 472 Cadillac and had practically no oil pressure..traced it back to two stock hydraulic lifters broken horizontally clean in...
Sally and I are planning our dream vacation of a lifetime, hopefully a month in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania..We want to take in any rodding...
I'm just full of stoopid questions...rainwater will get past the driprail, down the sideglass, past the gasket/felting and collect in the bottom...
A buddy of mine calls me up and is all bent out of shape about the "rare" 57 Chevy two-door stationwagon he found..sez it is a sedan delivery with...
last year at a show here in Austin I saw a little T rod powered by a Toyota aluminum block Hemi head V/8 and in a magazine here lately a 31 by...
A few days ago a buddy confided in me about how unhappy he was with a shops progress on his car, he got a little emotional about the possibility...
Now, with everything I drive a big V/8 and not better than 15 mpg, its starting to cramp my style..I have an 89 Honda Civic that I fixed just to...
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