The Jalopy Journal
Lowell Listers Crossfire. This car has been restored. There are a lot of unique features that Lowell came up with to get it to run.
I had a neighbor that was a mechanic at a oil refinery. He was very talented and could fix about anything. As a teenager in the sixties working...
This project was a favorite of mine too. I liked following his progress with the build and really like the finished car.
I remember having a steering wheel in a 57 chevy that was made by Covico. I should be able to find the horn button out in my shop and compare it...
In the mid seventies my brother in law talked me into joining the De. National Guard. It was an assault helicopter unit and after getting to know...
I had a pile of those back in the late sixties early seventies i removed the underground tanks from a lot of gas stations that closed and someone...
My dad had a late forties International panel truck. I have posted on here before about finding it but current owner would not sell. Have always...
Lew Arrington with Brutus and Jungle Jim with the Jungle Jim nova both showed up at Cecil County for about three weeks straight. They would make...
Never take down a fence if you don`t know the reason it was put up.
My first visit to a speed shop was going with a friend and his brother to Joe Jacono`s in Chester ,Pa. His brother was buying a shifter for the...
1972 I had delivered a backhoe to a job site and on the way home I stopped at the speed shop. A guy came in and asked if he could put some stuff...
1968 My friend wants to buy a 55 chevy gasser that a guy has for sale at a gas station about thirty miles from our town. He has already looked at...
1968 I had a call to give a guy an estimate to redo his septic system. I drove there in a stock 37 chevy sedan that I had. Talking to the...
I loved the ride in the 41 ford except the throttle sticking part. I couldn`t wait to go fast again but being twelve it wasn`t going to easy to do.
My first ride in a hot rod in 1960 I had walked to a little grocery store about a mile from my house. I was heading home when a guy that lived up...
Thumper was owned by Gene Carter and the engine was built and tuned by Bill McClay. Won B/S at Indy.
Here in the northeast A&B Speed Shop had a quick jr. fueler and Larry Broga was another.
Mr. C was owned by Joe Phipps. The engines were built and it was driven by Fred Forkner. Fred owned Atlantic Speed Center in Wilmington, De.
1971 I was stationed at Ft. Hood, Tx. Coming home to Philly on leave bringing two things. A ford script tire pump brass tube from an antique store...
"You cant get ahead of Cullyflower"
Who reading this knows Connie Kalitta and can make him aware of Genes problem. Over the years his flying service has aided injured racers needing...
1968 I bought a 57 chevy to run D/Gas. Time to remove the gas tank I pulled out the drain plug and not a drop of gas came out. Removing the...
1966 My friend had just bought a 56 chevy from a guy that had been drafted. We were on the jersey turnpike 2:00 am. He says I`m going to do a...
To have the vision of building this and have it turn out so well shows real talent. Very nice work.
In 1968 the township next to where I lived passed an ordinance that any vehicle parked on a property had to have a current license and inspection...
I guess it was the mandatory set for all shop classes. A guy in our class heated a pair of pliers in the heat treat furnace and threw them on the...
I worked for a sugar company. The township sewer authority was so paranoid about sugar water coming to the sewer plant that they made us put a...
I really liked the Lewis Bros. 58 chevy. Good runner and not a lot of 58 chevys. running at the time. Nice find thanks for posting it.
Contact the antique auto club in Hershey. They can tell you when the car was entered and who entered it. To get the aaca tag it had to be...
The guy was still using it. I pulled over and was looking at it when he came out and asked what I wanted. I told him that the truck had been my...
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