The Jalopy Journal
I was reading about the invention of car radios. The article said radios were the invention of a couple of guys from Quincy Illinois in the early...
I was watching a video last night of a pretty young guy who was explaining differences in machining metal. He spoke natural english but when he...
Guess how old? Guys that listen to the 60's on 6 your cheating. A couple of hours ago the host on 60's on 6 (damn, I forgot his name) said he...
I'm building an old Desoto hot rod with a Dodge truck frame with a 383 and torqflite transmission. This is a project I bought that that a lot of...
[IMG]I have a '38 Desoto stock car. It is built with a late '70's dodge pickup chassis (383 I was told) automatic. It has a good title for both...
I was getting ready to pull the engine out of a 65 series Chevy truck for a hot rod project. I drove the truck home a couple of miles. It didn't...
Mr. Chevy and Carried Away (hauler) have been invited to attend the GNRS in the 60 year tribute to the Tri Five Chevy's, I hope it is O.K. to say...
After a couple summers of runnin' the crap out of the 235 in the hauler, the motor died. No major noises, just died. Checked gas....got gas....
Guys ask about how many coils to cut to lower their cars. A couple years ago I lowered the front end of my '55 Chevy probably an inch or more....
I apologize for the slow posting but here's few things I found interesting this year at SEMA. The next time I go I hope I will be able to spend...
Getting Mr. Chevy's hauler back on the road has been a two year project. I had a thread here somewhere that eludes me now so I will start a new...
I see occaisionally truck owners trying to find a better place for the gas tank, especially in '55-'59 G.M. trucks. They either put them in the...
Rebuilding my '55 Chevy 1 1/2 ton truck. All new factory replacement wiring. Everything works, lights, horn, radio, etc. What's annoying though...
Kelle & Kevin just moved into their new shop and discovered they have some stuff to move out and decided to have a garage sale. Everyone in the...
I like to read even though most of it is done here on the H.A.M.B. but another post made me wonder, how many published authors frequent the...
This is an off shoot of another thread, I hope this is the right forum prefix. This involves a car that is damaged in an accident. Great...
I'm sure this has been discussed before but a search didn't help me. I want to buff the lettering off a tire sidewall. Has anyone had any...
The Snake & Mongoose are in St. Louis this weekend, maybe more, at Ronnies in sout county. Just saw it tonight, very good. Hey, we got FREE...
I'm pretty well done building the exhaust stacks for my truck. They are 14ga. polished SS welded to a 1/4" SS plate at the bottom. I mig welded...
I just got my 235 running with a Fenton 2x1 intake and carbs. I built 2 Rochesters and modified and jetted them according to recommendations from...
I went to my buddy Roys today to get a wolf whistle, some custom dash knobs and a few chrome accessories. Roy was telling me a story I have to...
I was at Mr. Mazooti's hot rod shop last week. He had a reproduction of a poster for the first NHRA meet held in Illinois. Pretty cool, I want...
I'm going to be running split exhaust on a stock 235. I'm going to try it first without mufflers. I figure 1 3/4" will be the size pipe to use...
I have been coating my cast iron kettle for years with vegetable oil, works great, keeps it from rusting, BUT, did you know it is good for...
I will have to replace at least one of the bucket seats in Mr. Chevy's car hauling truck. The material I need is a white metal flake boat...
I need a little help from stovebolt experts here. I'm putting a remote spin on filter on the firewall. The oil coming from the block, (higher to...
I have a small shop, several weeks ago I was doing some tack welding with my mig. Yes, I know you are supposed to be in a well vented area but I...
A night or two ago on American Restoration the guys get something stripped by dry ice blasting. A search on the web brings it up but mostly for...
After years of trying I finally bought the 1 1/2ton Chevy truck that hauled the gasser "Mr. Chevy". I have been documenting and disassembling the...
Many of you have seen the '55 Chevy gasser a buddy of mine built back in the '60's. I bought it 5 years ago and cleaned it up to display. It has...
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