The Jalopy Journal
I actually emailed Joel from Mercuryland on 8/24/20 and he confirmed it closed down 7 years ago Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Hahaha no those are stock tits Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
[IMG][IMG] Here's our projects, 1955 Cadillac and a 1956 Shasta Compact Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Well it's was a blessing from God that both the Shasta and the Cadillac made it to Austin, to the wedding, through camping, and all the way back...
Just got the cam broken in! Huge milestone for me. I've got a small water leak and some carb stuff to mess with, but hopefully I'll be taking it...
Driveshaft and Linkage is in! Had to lengthen the driveshaft and I notched a bit from the frame x-member just to be safe. Used a lokar column...
Haha the trailers actually all her. But hopefully she finishes soon to help me with the caddy [IMG] Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Yeah we just found out yesterday! I've never won anything like that in my life, we're both pretty freakin excited. The bead roller will come in...
15 days to go until the wedding and I still haven't cranked the engine over, I'm getting a little nervous haha [IMG][IMG][IMG] Sent from my...
Another vouche for car parts machine shop from me. Ryan does awesome work and really pays attention to the details. Did all the machine work on my...
Decided to retrofit a dual circuit master cylinder, while still maintaining stock pedal geometry. Worked out pretty well utilizing stock master...
I may have mentioned that I’m building this car to drive off at my wedding in. The wedding is coming up on March 30th, so I’ve decided not to try...
Thanks man! I actually just painted some test panels a few weeks ago. I’ll be doing the original mist green on bottom, and a dark green flake top....
Progress! All 4 doors in primer and sifted through the boxes of stuff to find the door hinges/strikers/handles etc. Got the Packard taillights...
Both works in progress, but my fiancé and I hope to be driving off in our 1955 Cadillac pulling our 1956 Shasta for our wedding in March [IMG]...
Finally got the body sealed in epoxy primer Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
[IMG] Packard taillights on my 55 Cadillac. They mesh so well with the stock bumper Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Been stripping paint and getting ready for some body work. Small rust patches to do here and there [IMG] Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Haven't been able to make much progress but I did finally mount the rear shocks, paint everything, and now I'm getting the trunk back together...
My wife’s restoring a 1956 Shasta compact right now, and I’m working on my 1955 Cadillac to pull it with. First picture is what she started with...
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Thanks fellas! I’ve been making progress, but mainly around the air suspension. Sounds like that stuff is a gray area to post though
We pulled the Caddy and trailer out to the front of the house to take some pictures. it's pretty awesome to see the car out of the garage and to...
I started watching some random YouTube videos and came across a guy named Ron Covell doing some amazing metal working. I saw him build a fender...
Thanks again all for the kind words. It’s been slow progress, but progress none the less [IMG][IMG][IMG]
Well I got put on a project at work for 2 months so I hadn't been working on the caddy, but finally got some time this weekend to continue. I...
Thanks to all for the input! I was able to hammer/dolly the bottom metal closer to true, and I used a clamp with a reversed arm to spread the body...
I took this idea from someone else here on the H.A.M.B. used 3/16” steel rod and framed the tail light around the groove originally meant for the...
I had a pair of Packard tail lights I felt would fit the car very well. The bottom shape of the light is almost perfect, and the height is...
For the front, I’m using Ridetech shockwaves. I liked the idea of not having to mount a shock somewhere else. They only sell one advertised for a...
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