The Jalopy Journal
End of the road..... took it's maiden voyage today to my buddy's house via back roads (no windshield). It ran great, drove straight and rode like...
Welded up, a little grinding and it's good as new. Just waiting on the latch striker, dove tail and window glass to call this door done!
Thanks!!!! It's really cool to be able to start it up and pull it out of the shop. This weeks work was mounting doors. I bought a set of United...
For the first time since the early 70's this truck moved under it's own power. I turned it around in the court and will pull it back into the shop...
Boring stuff today.... mounted the battery in the gutted below-the-seat fuel tank, mounted a fire extinguisher (you have one in your car, don't...
Column drop is done.... pretty happy with it. Fired up the engine a couple days ago and bled the clutch slave cylinder. As soon as a wayward u...
I picked up an old flathead con rod from Vern and made a couple plastic spacers to mount the column. It's coming together....... [ATTACH]
Got most of the truck wired, gauges in and started on the floor. Reused the bottom piece but had to re-cut the toe board. I first made a card...
I was gathering these parts for myself before getting sidetracked and invested in another project. I have more photos available. Asking $4000 or...
So Nunattax, which county is rebel county?
Got the gauges wired (except for the speedo) and made a steel panel for the dash. I don't know what I want to do with it yet so this will suffice...
I haven't got a clue.....
Got most of the wiring done and it doesn't go fast when you try to do it right. I wanted to keep the firewall clean so I mounted the starter...
Just sayin that I had 3/8 studs seated but didnt like the look. Any harm in making them 3/8?
In the words of Inspector Cleudeau, 'Not any more'. At the bottom of the bore they were 3/8-16, the tops were a mess.
My truck is coming along..... like a big model kit with much of the fab work done. Exhaust took hours to refit (all I did was take it off and...
I hate body work cuz I'm so crappy at it. I always sand it too much and you can tell right where my work is. After many hours over a few days of...
I posted the ebay link for it..... https://www.ebay.com/itm/20-Ton-Pre...265634?hash=item1a3b03f862:g:--oAAOSwqYBWpQHN
Recuperation from eye surgery has been slow and new meds are sucking the energy from me but I've been working a little bit at a time. The chassis...
Indeed, it would be cool! I was at a friend's house about 30 years ago and it was sitting in his field full of garbage. When I mentioned I could...
Brakes are bled and working, steering rack is mounted...... engine is next. Won't be long before I have a running chassis.
Got back into my shop and spent a few hours putting my truck back together. The brakes should be in and bled this week. Once I lined up the rear...
Took a short vacation with my bride, rode the City of New Orleans from Chicago to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. While there I had a detached retina...
Back from powder coating a week and a half early!! Anxious to start putting parts back on. Pushing for road worthy by June..... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Going together for the last time. Can't wait to get the frame back and get it up on its wheels. [ATTACH]
Off to the powder coater...... back in two to three weeks. [ATTACH]
Finishing up the frame for powder coating by notching the frame for the front spring (lowered crossmember), the steering mount and a few other...
It took me a year to put it together but only three hours to strip it down. A little welding and it'll be off to the powder coater. Lots of pieces...
Big step forward to take several back. Pulled my truck out of the shop to get the front end aligned. The same guy who got the kink out of the...
Going to get the front aligned next Friday so I have to get the chassis work done. Finished the brake lines, plumbed the clutch, installed a...
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