The Jalopy Journal
I'm thinking about raising the front of my 55 Pontiac 860. Do 55 Pontiac and 55 Chevy spindles interchange? What about any of the other steering...
Been a while since I was around here. I have been thinking about building a 55 Pontiac old skool hot rod for my dad. He is a Star Chief sort of...
Has anyone thought about this or actually tried it? I have this wild idea to try the Mercury dash in my 56 2DHT Victoria. I love the way the merc...
This has probably been covered. Sorry for asking again if it has. I was looking at some of my old model cars today and wondered in this world of...
Ok so I have this 56 ford project car I am doing up like a gasser. I already have all the speedway axle and frame rails I want. I have a useable...
I've seen a couple sets of these go through ebay over the past year or so. What are they? Does anyone have an old ansen catalog with them in it?...
I bought this as fitting an old Mercury engine but I want to make sure. There is a casting that says HARVEY Aluminum on the back side and a...
Any recommendations for companies who do weldup and offset grinding? Does anyone actually do real welding on cranks any more? A big name local...
I love the whine of a gear drive timing set. I'd love to have one for my old lincoln engine. Does anyone know which companies I could contact who...
How do you go about hardening old billet cam blanks from 5 years ago? Some of them were pre hardened and called Endural but many are just...
I have an old decal with a black widow spider on it and the letters B.S. What company was this?
No trucks and not the OD. What was the fist year for a true 4 speed in a Ford or Merc? Was that a toploader?
I'm doing a restoration on a pickup and I need to find some place that does work on wing vent glasses. Some time ago, I was reading about some...
I've been looking around for a car sofa.....like the back end of whatever the favorite model is. Only problem is, I can't find one I really like....
I need someone who can make a repair panel for the trunk of my 56 Ford car. I can cut a decent pattern out of what I need out of my parts car but...
When did Spalding start making distributors and when did Grant buy them out?
Is an ACC-560 Blue Streak coil a 6V or a 12V?
I'm still trying to figure out what kind of coils I'm going to use with my Spalding flame thrower. I've narrowed it down to Mallory Flash Fires...
OK, thought about running a cable drive tach. I have not found a style that I like. I don't know if Sun even made a cable drive...if so I have...
It looks like I'm going to be using a cable driven tach since I'm using a Grant flamethrower ignition that has the hookup for the cable. I need...
When did the first offering of the Ansen "Sprint" style wheels occur? I know they were marketed as a cheaper alternative to the big names like...
I'm just starting to the mockup on my car and trying to determine what is going to be too high or not high enough. Right now, I know for my...
I want to send my 6 97's to a reputable, well known shop to have them rebuilt. Actually I'd like to find some place that could chrome em and build...
I've always wondered what the story was behind these type wheels. Why more than one company marketed the exact same wheel Like American Indy, U.S....
Is there any way to make a zoomie style exhaust and have some sort of baffling in each pipe to quiet them down for street driving? It would be...
I was thinking about what kind of radiator to use on my project when I was thumbing through a HR mag from the early 80's. Back then, guys used to...
I've got an old Beacon Line crane. Basically just a big round pole that bolts to the floor and an I beam arm that sticks out 90 degrees about 10...
Are there any Eelco "collectors" here. NO...I don't want to dig up all that claptrap about the modern "Eelco" . Please refrain. I'm talking about...
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