The Jalopy Journal
Smooth roof, different color trunk louver panel- is the body 'glas? Not a critique, still wouldn't kick it outta my garage.
Resto Rod heaven. Some beautiful rides.
A lot of the problem is the acoustics. Most of those Pomona fairground buildings were built during the depression by the WPA, and while I'm no...
I suspect battery technology is largely at the whim of sales b.s. I have always bought Sears Die Hards just for the convenience of quick no-hassle...
We've all seen the way-out customs and concept cars that really were not meant to be actually driven, but rather were exercises in design. You...
I could do that, thanks, I'm still in the area, but its been so long(37 yrs) I figure the station has gone thru multiple hands. I just figured...
Its 1974, the California Kid was a recent TV movie, Jacobs and Chapouris are all over the Rod mags, and I was hot for chopped '34's. An ad shows...
Great nostalgia, thanks. The Squires charity show article was especially interesting to me, my late brother was a member- I have his old satin...
Eastwood has their own butyl sheet deadener, same or nearly same stuff as Dynamat apparently, but Eastwood branded, cheaper.
Olds Rocket - '57-'58 371 with J-2.
All slushbox '56 T-Birds came with 312 engine, sticks had 292. Most non-Bird '56's as I remember had 292's, not sure if the 312 was special order.
I just got an autographed picture from Cha Cha a few months ago at a speed shop car show in Chino, CA. Understand that she is no fan of the movie.
Everyone probably remembers the Opel GT, the mini-Vette lookalike sold thru Buick dealers. The rare A/C was a trip. Everything that usually would...
'40 Ford juicers are an upgrade for most anything older.
I'm looking for a pair of '46 drums for the rear of my coupe, and the local NAPA didn't have them listed on the 'puter, counter guy said this...
The genesis of the codes against parking on non-paved surfaces is to keep cars off front lawns, turning neighborhoods into billy-goat acres....
They were the first things to go on my '57 Ford in '61, they had been around a few years by then. However, at least in SoCal, wide whites, or...
'57 Ford Fairlane 2dr HT. Nosed, decked, shaved, black on black with chrome reverses and baldies, tube grill, '58 Ford back bumper, Cad-LaSalle...
For those of you who work on carburetors, what is the single most troublesome feature of both the Rochester Quadrajet, and the Stromberg WW?...
A few years ago at the Big Bear meet there was a flawless, black I think '57 Chevy with a big block Ford, 428 Cobra Jet maybe- I really don't...
In the current (September) issue of Hot Rod Deluxe there's a pretty informative article ("How to Rebuild Vintage Seats at Home") that might help a...
Sure looks like the one that was in my Dad's '59 F-100.
Seriously though I've heard some tough engines through flowmasters and I really don't like the sound. It's too hollow. To my ear it has a weird...
It was MOST POPULAR HOT ROD MOTOR. Sheer numbers make it the most popular (DUH!!) which make the flathead and SBC the winners A valid point,...
Also a product out there called Koolmat I read some good things about on a Vette board. Not sure of its pricing, tho. www.koolmat.com
Paint and rust are at cross-purposes. Rust, in particular, is not a destination, but a journey. You won't like where its going if you "leave it...
Cut up my first car, a '57 Fairlane, for scrap. It had one crunched front fender. I did pull the fairly fresh Y-block out of it for my Dad's '59...
My brother had a baby blue '58 he bought new from Leo Rule Olds in Compton. He called it the "Chrome Ghost," even back then. He claimed the J-2...
I have one in my '51 F-1. As stated, they were essentially the equal of the V-8's, about the same HP, might have had a bit less torque. Of...
The thing about having old cars around, is that you can't spend them. If you weaken and sell one, blow the dough on whatever you'll never...
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