The Jalopy Journal
The '51-'53 engines were offered with both Fluid Drive and conventional standard transmissions. The fluid coupling had studs that protruded...
Yes. 1965 and that's Gary Forish's Olds-powered '33 sedan behind mine.
He's burned his place down multiple times to collect the insurance.
Well, that's what everyone I know calls him.
Correct. and Dodge and DeSoto hemis had fewer interchangeable parts as well. The Dodge was the shortest of the three hemi families while the...
....and all those three-digit priced books are all pre-owned. Mine were leftover new books still in the original CarBooks shipping boxes. I...
They're ALL spoken for as of ten minutes ago.
Back to swapping. The '51-'56 cams are nearly identical. They can be swapped HOWEVER, you should look for the '56 cam because it uses a single...
I used to work for Tex Smith as a writer for Hot Rod Mechanix and Custom Car as well as selling magazine subscriptions and how-to books at car...
One of the bolts fell out of his converted 340 MoPar high volume oil pump conversions and I lost oil pressure climbing a hill in Maryland on the...
Rebuilding a hemi should run you about $5,000.00 The cranks for all of the '51-'56 engines are the same The intakes manifolds for all of the...
You're joking, aren't you. You actually trust that Jewish Lightning guy?
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I just spoke to a longtime friend who made a bunch of these Cadillac, Buick and Hemi mounts years ago in his metal fab shop. Those of you that...
I got ahold of Peter and he's still making them. They're identical to these Hurst mounts. Send me a PM or an email and I'll get you his cell...
That's the Chrysler floating power mount that mounts to the front cross member in the center. To use this, you need the correct bell-housing with...
But that's a side-mounting system, isn't it? The Ford system is a front mount system with a motor mount placement system similar to the Chrysler...
They were made to align the through-bolt with the stock flathead mounting holes in the front crossmamber so all you'd need to source is a set of...
I'll try and see if I can contact him. COVID put a real damper on his company and I don't know is he's still doing them or if his company is...
Oh yea, forgot about Sabby's car. I re-wired it after his long time friend Lenny Biondi acquired it after Sabby's passing. The other car,...
I wonder how many of those cars at '74 St Paul are still on the road. I know of 2 and Dick Carroll's, if he still has it, makes 3.
Has anyone experienced any flooding issues with the new Big 97 Strombergs? I just put a pair on my hemi and, right away, one of them started...
Smaller holes are easier to patch with a suitable band-aid metal patch simply soldered over the offending spot. (like the hole worn in my Dodge...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92382895@N07/albums/72157715524322751 Sorry for the delay. Wound up in the hospital for a few days. Acute...
Just got word from my Safety Division boss that Burlington has, indeed, been cancelled. The state shut down all events.
Got there on Monday, helped Dennis O'Brien set up his booth on Tuesday, went to the cruise at Mike Linnings Tuesday night, judged New Products on...
I don't waste my time in these tent cities. The tents create horrible shadows that no amount of post-editing can remove. Give me a couple more...
Another Ex-DECie. I started in WFO in January '73 and wound up getting "downsized" in DAS 29 years later. I grew up in western Mass and didn't...
Speed shops were everywhere back then. I worked for Speed Products (wholesale speed equipment distributor in Springfield, MA) for a couple of...
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