The Jalopy Journal
Oh, and I named her Rosebud after the Sled in the movie "Citizen Kane" from 1941. Orson Welles is one of my inspirations. I made the stencil from...
It rolls!!!!!! Pushed it out into the driveway for the first time today. I need to find a Block of uninterrupted time to finish up a bunch of...
Oh, and I figured I would fill that hole in the firewall where the heater hose thing was. I did it really quickly but it came out OK I guess......
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Hey guys. Thanks to those of you still following this whole saga. I'm back in California for a couple weeks since Thanksgiving and made a little...
Here's a few more. McCullough supercharger and Navarro heads. Looks pretty cool to me too...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I guess he built it using a bunch of leftover parts he had. I didn't make it this year to RPM nationals but Ill look for some more pictures on...
This roadster made its debut at the rpm nationals yesterday. Pretty cool and different. I guess it got a lot of hate [ATTACH]
It was pure luck that it fit like that!
So I got my hood ornament in the mail. Sucker is bigger in real life then it looked on Ebay! We'll see, maybe I'll find something cooler... We...
So, I went to auto zone and bought the little assorted spring pack they sell. There were some that were too big, and some too small. I ended up...
I sold it to Marcus Edell up in norcal in 2010, and from there it went up to Tacoma? Then I heard it was in the south, like Mississippi or...
I am waiting for my buddy Adrian to dig out some model A front bumper brackets from his messy ass back yard. I want to run a front bumper as well...
Spreader bar is in. You need front and rear plates in California. I have some little goodies I want to run also [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Some other good ones I've seen and heard about are guys using cake pans for recessed license plates, also I saw a guy use those cup shaped drawer...
That's cool. I've heard of guys using those to make belly pans on hot rods. I believe the jesse lopez coupe used one on the grill somehow.
She's doing better thanks for asking, dislocated hip, but she's already walking around with a cane and driving again. She's a good sport. She...
Oh, and I made a front spreader bar for the frame horns, It looks like I have to take off the radiator shell again though in order to put it in...
The hood was kind of a pain. I needed to put a little blister in the hood where the carbs go. I was going to use an air scoop thing from a vintage...
I finally got around to finishing up the hoodsides. It was a sh@t ton of welding and grinding, and hammer and dolly work. It's far from perfect,...
Another update. So, my mom had a bad spill in early July, and I came back to LA to help out. She's doing a lot better now, and work slowed down a...
[ATTACH]Rockstar just posted this one on Instagram. Really unique looking traditional hot rod Spell check changed Rickster, to Rockstar! Hahaha
Whew! Just made it through all 234 pages!!! Lol. I'm feeling super inspired now with all the cool cars in this thread. I'll probably need a new...
Ha! I'm totally going to recreate this picture once I get my steering box and rear-end in
Is this the one that was in Northern New Mexico for a long time?
My buddy Danny @supercruiserstudios on Instagram made some of those stickers. They look just like the picture. If you don't have Instagram, DM me...
I just did this too. I had to lift the body up real high to take the rear and spring out in one piece. I did mine 16" because the 2x4 comes 96"...
Actually, since I'm here at my computer now. Here is the stencil file I made if anyone wants it. Royalty free! ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That came out amazing man!
Man, glad I found this old thread! I saw the chop video on YouTube a long time ago. You nailed the proportions! I'm building a 40 coupe and I...
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