The Jalopy Journal
well a sbc in a ford is sacrilege IMHO, but it's your car, don't listen to me and do whatever it is you want to do with it :D
sbc in a ford is sacrilege! :mad: I'm sticking with the flattie in mine
i've had mine just over a year. started by surveying what needed to be done, and discovered many problems. Unfortunately with restorations or...
well the pictures came thru quicker than I thought they would, and I gotta say it is not good news on these things. Have some buddies who sort-of...
Here's a pic i took about 2 weeks ago. Decided to get her outta the garage and into the fresh air while I attempt to remove the cracked (and...
well after spraying all of the exhaust manifold bolts with PB Blaster every day for the past 2 weeks, I finally decided to take a crack at them....
Forgot to mention last week, but I noticed (what seems like) smoke/exhaust pouring up thru the oil-fill... oh joy, blow-by... I spoke to a local...
hmm... i could probably take my jacked-up cap and try that one first...
Beautiful car... well done, sir!
The stock caps will not work for these new wheels (I tried), nor are they the same as the new caps I got. The new caps are smooth baby moons,...
Well a little more work has been done over the past few weeks, as I'm starting to scramble to get it road-ready for the Frankenmuth Auto Fest...
well for a little update, I finally have something to report: The exhaust is not fitting quite as well as i hoped, a quick lesson in "bolt-on...
@nowaxn5 I saw that this year at Autorama Detroit. Absolutely beautiful! Can't wait to get mine looking like that. @tobias1954 This is strange,...
Mine is a '48 Deluxe (as marked on the front of the hood), but it does have the 2 visors, 2 ash trays in the inst. panel, the clock, the horn...
I know this is probably horrible of me to ask, seeing as I own one, but what is the difference between the Ford Deluxe and Super Deluxe? I am...
Well the wheels are in the paint booth this week, new caps (baby moons) have been ordered and look great on the smoothies (minus 1; dented so it's...
Well after some searching I found some smoothies that I liked from Summit, so I gave in and ordered 15"x7", and with Summit's speedy shipping (and...
Well tire shopping has been a lot more frustrating that I originally thought it would be... I have had several suggestions on switching from...
Whoa man has it been a while. The holidays get me so messed up and pull me away from spending time (and $$$) on the car... Anywho I have replaced...
Well there hasn't been much to report since I started to get her tuned. Turns out the exhaust has more leaks that the Iraqi Navy, and as such I...
well i'm back from the garage after making a pit-stop at O'Reilly's (which suprisingly, they had a 6V coil!). I threw out the old one, switched in...
ok now that i'm done laughting, i can thank you for the words of wisdom and go grab some parts from my local parts shop...
plugs are brand new and gapped. one of the first things i did since I couldn't get her started at all. thanks though! and thanks to Bruce and...
well this one happened to be in the glove compartment when i bought the car. lucky for me i guess as C&G wanted $60 for it! Well i'll-be-dipped!...
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