The Jalopy Journal
Oh it's this thing I found burried under stuff that apparently is entirely filled with cuts of beef!
[IMG] Well it took three full days, but the garage is clean, organized and the car is ready to be worked on!
I spent about 4 hours out there today. pulled most everything, including the car, into the driveway. Set up some good work spaces, and storage...
It's been a while since I've posted anything here, but after a long detour from fabrication I needed some inspiration! 4 years after I stopped...
Patch Panels=http://www.blackcar-llc.com/pontiac.htm I pulled my two door hard top out of a junk yard in the spring of 05. It was put there in...
There was one factory 59 pontiac el camino made as a concept. But it never went into production. To make one, out would use a 59 pontiac wagon,...
Next year we are taking my car dammit! I only have 1 year to do what Jonah did in three months. Thanks for a great time Axle and everyone else...
Show them my mail box. Or all them damned cool skate boards!
Or is there any contact info for this company? I mean, if the price is comparable why not have a custom one?! Shit, then they can leave the nasty...
How far in was it sank and what was done about the wiper posts being in the way? Or maybe they weren't in later years... mine is a 59 so it might...
Mainly because of the cost. Few people here have custom windshields made. Pretty much big name builders who can afford to spend an extra $5,000 on...
Well I guess I'll look into finding a company that gets glass from over there. Though the place I was going to pick up my glass from is here in...
noname, the only part of my glass that needs cutting is the lower corners. And there isn't a compound curve there. The only place where it's...
are they making glass windshields from these fiberglass molds or plastic ones? because it's illegal here to run a plastic windshields. Granted for...
pick up a farmers almanack to find out about the weather.
I've done two shows and am now working one one more, possibly even a fourth. I've discovered that you want to cater to the cars and their owners....
this is one of the only constructive suggestions I've gotten when it comes to fitting the glass!
I would never sink the windshield because a half inch below are the winshield wiper posts. So in order to sink it you have to move those, then you...
Did they tilt the windshield or sink the windshield?
It's going to be a while still until I am ready to put glass in it. I have a lot of other little things to take care off first. The body still has...
I've commented back on a lot of guys who suggested I sink the windshield. Each time someone says it I cringe a little bit thinking about how much...
I made a round rod perimeter template of the window lip, then chopped that, then used it to reference the glass to assure that shape could be cut...
no one builds a merc like Sam. no one. why try? Sorry that my photoshop skills aren't best, but... I'd screw all rules and traditions when it...
Mine would be the early 60's replacement panel for my 59 pontiac, picked it up for a grand total of $100 bucks. Perfect fit and my quarter no...
The base is yes, but the window is completely surrounded by stainless which is screwed to it. Where I'll be cutt and welding is on the stainless...
With my wing windows, I plan to cut the forward side of the wingfree from the bottom of the wing window frame, then I'll cut the top loose from...
I noticed the lack of wing windows. But I don't think he could channel the pillar to get the windows to come up, because they are still tilted a...
that car was in one of the magazines a while ago. The guy who built it went through 9 windshields to get it right... They kept cracking on him. I...
Well, I welded my doors shut today and took the dive. First thing I did was break off a corner of my old windshield and made a round rod...
Someone mentioned that earlier and I explained to them that it's handy for not cutting the glass. But you had better hope that you never crack a...
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