The Jalopy Journal
Any updates Mark? [Edit:I found your other thread... but it also stops on Oct. 5....
I'm in.
I so hope this is still the wrong place for such language.
I was looking at some earlier video and pictures of the fabrication of the radius rods and front bumper and put together a couple-minute something...
If you saw this video, you know I ended-up putting some back in... but I was at 3-1/2 out of the top when done and then stretched the windshield...
^^ Thanks for following. You know it hasn't been without its challenges but as you can see from the response it was worthwhile. I'd say he's been...
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Well played! I just tossed one of those for the side window. ' was saving it for 4-5 years and the next thing you know it's a template. I have to...
Happy to ! The saw is only "slightly repurposed". It's a standard, hand-held tile saw just like a regular circular saw only smaller (4" I think)...
I made a cardboard pattern and pulled-out the old glass cutting saw to cut the windshields. There was a very slight difference between the two...
Try this this this or this but by no means should you try this or this.
The rear window surround support structure needed some attention so I rebuilt the bottom half over the last couple of days ago and gave the glue a...
Glenn you lurker! :D While you're thinking about your options, you might want to take into account that the front frame horns have the same arc...
WOW! Great to hear from you! You've been missed. With yesterday's work complete, this thing is one investment in rubber away from going down the...
' cut about 3" out of the original hydraulic shock links: [IMG] welded the lower mounts to the radius rods: [IMG] and finished the front...
If you recall back to Feb 2013 when I was raising the windshield after the chop, (on page 3 of this build) I showed there was no defroster: [IMG]...
A couple of nights ago I told my wife I was going out to garage for a few. "I shouldn't be long.", I said. It was pretty cold and I didn't feel...
^^ That was Saturday & Sunday. Tonight, after I got home from work, I sat down to finish rebuilding this thread. (All the previous images and...
It was 18F outside (and in the unheated, detached garage) this passed Saturday, so I stayed inside and started rebuilding this thread to keep my...
Construction of this little quickie forge can be found around April 2015 with the fabrication of the radius rods. It's just got a supply of...
Beginning of the front 'bumper'. Once they're made, this piece will go between the two front nerf bars and carry the bottom grille shell lines...
I had to cut-down the passenger-side wind window just like the driver's side but the cast housing for the gear-drive on the vent window crank was...
Vent/Wing window frame and mechanism installed along with the front window runner: [IMG] There may not be glass in it yet, but at least I'm to...
' spent a little time after work this evening finishing-up the driver's side vent/wing window: [IMG] [IMG]
The hold-down lock for the radiator cap on more modern cars is rolled to the outside of the neck. On this '36 it's on the inside and the...
Continuing on with the gauges we built a couple of 49 Chevy's $3 Voltage Regulators, one for the stock 6V fuel gauge & sending unit and one for...
Afterwards we pulled the headlight dimmer switch: [IMG] It was well oiled (inside and out) from being exposed to who-knows-how-many-years of a...
Back to now: I know a lot of folks shy away from ammeters, preferring volt meters for reasons discussed on other posts, but I don't have a...
Here's a quick recap: Back chop [IMG] Rear wheelwell treament and 4-door turning two. (4-door doors are shorter than 2-doors so the fronts...
But now the column pokes right through some of the unseen support bracketry for the gauges. The fix - in my mind - was to assemble the separate...
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