The Jalopy Journal
I cut the caddy hood apart and mocked-up the front end (I'll post pics tomorrow night when I get back home). It really changes the look of the...
Due to the high jag content, we had talked about britsh racing green. Right now, green isn't doing anything for me. The Auto Union thread...
I also played around with the rumble seat idea some more. There is room to do it. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I did more work on the rear of the body. It took a lot of fitting, but I finally got the tubes ready to weld. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] And...
I jumped in with both feet today. I started wleding the spring boxes in solid. First though, I tapered the front edge of the boxes down for a...
I got my other spring box put together and started looking at how to anchor the top links and came to the conclusion that I needed more beef in...
You wouldn't happen to have pictures would you? Does anybody have any guesses as to how to hold a spring tight enough in the middle so that it...
I decided to try and see how the stock jag rear suspension fit. It fits better than I thought it would. I don't think the springs would have...
So now that it starts to look like a car....what are you supposed to do? Tear it all apart and work on the frame. Did I mention that I...
The door cut out didn't seem quite right. Played with that some more. Drivers side seat has been cut back 6 more inches or so. This is what we...
Half a roll of masking tape fills in the open spaces. Seat back still needs to go back. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
A few more. If you didn't notice, I am on my dad's computer, logged on under his logon ID. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Did some to the cowl today. Dash is gonna be high (33" from floor in center). I should be able to get away with a 4 inch tall windshield. or...
Finally made it back with a camera. Here is the seat. I added two inches of soft foam to the seat back and four more inches of soft foam to...
Ended up covering the seat in cheap black vinyl. I got impatient and did it the no-sew way. Here is the seat. Good thing it is...
Started working on the bench seat. Made new seatback and bottom out of sheetmetal. ....and started covering with foam [IMG]
We bought them yesterday morning. They look really good. There are no blemishes that I can find. We got lucky, the front wheels are actually...
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Clunk.
I finally broke down and signed up. I found out about the HAMB from my son Richard, who goes by Flipper. He keeps all of his junk in my...
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