The Jalopy Journal
Quick shot
Got the car done and on the road, drives great. I'll see about posting a few pictures, maybe a video soon.
Motornation hmm, I just subscribed and was really looking forward to sitting in front of the tv to watch some cool shit. after about an our of...
Here's some pictures of the progress, I'll be sure to take a few more
Painted the frame and engine, left the body in primer planning to run it for a while before painting. I'm going to wire it up next week and hope...
Any input on rod relocation, seems to look a little better to me it follows the body a little
The guys at Old Soul Hot Rod Shop did a bang up job on the floors, trans tunnel and a bunch of other key details. I punched back in and got my...
What size tires you runin man?
The plastic wrap worked great
Heading to see the guys at Old Soul Hot Rod Shop to have a few things done
That's Winters nostalgia quick change, with ford 9 drums all from winters for about $3300 not to bad
Well I'm not sure what that windshield came from, but I got 20 bucks for it at a swap meet
Thanks Jesse, I knew exactly how I wanted this car to end up, but I know my limits in both time and fabrication perfection. Every great...
Getting a feel for things
Giving the shifter a smooth curve
.it's called a chain fall, but it lifts things up.....
thanks guys, update, i just carved up some white oak body blocks today and messed around with the seat, tomorrow i'm finishing up the wood work...
I did one a while back using repro wood then had my interior guy make a canvas top that buttoned on so on nice day I could unsnap it for a Sun...
thanks for all the ideas guys
I like the idea of using softer metals for the sake of removal, the next question would be is the balance going to be changed?
sorry I don't have any pictures at the moment although i'll try and get some up soon. My feeling is it's welding question that doesn't really...
I just had a pair of 40 ford wheels blasted and upon completion they turned out to have quite a bit of rust pitting. It seems they had been...
Still have to fill the top
I think I've just about got the dash blended in
thanks for the encouragement guys, i'm hoping to punch back in on the dash and maybe mess around with the radiator and shroud soon. good to see...
Just about got the dash in the way i thought worked best, need to blend the outer edges to sort of give it a factory feel. I won't really know...
Tig welded the ends back in, probably could have done it all with a hammer
The inner fenders are repops I modified to fit the sub rails, I'll see if I can find a photo
punched in on the tail this evening [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Right on.. I got the idea from California Bill's hot rod manual it's got a rough image
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