The Jalopy Journal
I have a friend that has an old truck with an FE motor in it. Not sure exactly what it is, or how to tell for sure. I knew the man that owned it,...
[MEDIA] I had a vested interest in this one, as I have couple of 390s and a 360 sitting around. I think you can buy better aluminum heads that...
[MEDIA] Now I know there are many here on the HAMB that know all about grinding cranks , but I was not one of them. I ran across this yesterday...
Way back when, it was common to ask for the Heavy Duty Echlin parts at NAPA for anything electrical, if you wanted quality and could afford it,...
Curious as to what people are using for header paint these days. I went all over town today, and even checked other store's inventories. Seems...
I had put a set of points in one of my old cars the other day and was checking the dwell when my son-in-law came over and asked me what I was...
My 55 was stolen last night . Four door, 210, 235 . From Upstate South Carolina. Please keep an eye out.[ATTACH]
I wanted to see if I could get a recommendation from anybody for any engine simulation programs that you are currently using. With all this...
I'm pretty sure I've got a bad wheel bearing on the RF of the car, but I havent pulled it apart yet. My plan was to order the bearings and seals...
Ran across this old video when NASCAR was still about "stock" cars. [MEDIA] A little background, Crawford Clements was the crew chief on Buck...
Shade tree mechanic has been tossed around as being a bad thing. In the south, at leaat, it was a reality. This chain for a come-a-long has been...
Not sure if this has been posted here or not, if so I'm sorry. Warning: its long. [MEDIA] Just to make sure we're on topic, about the 50 minute...
In a recent thread ( I guess it was deleted) someone posted that the real name for the Vega box was a Saginaw ???. Does anyone remember that...
The generator on my old car doesn't charge the way it should. The light will be on dim, or flicker on and off at lower speeds. It is worse with...
OK, I've been around dirt track racing all my life, so I'm gonna skin my ignorance here about Bracket racing and ask a dumb question. I heard a...
Saw this today on the local Craigslist: https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/5358936914.html Not exactly HAMB material, but nice IMHO. It might...
Looking at the solenoid on the starter, there are three terminals. The large one for the battery, the small one closest to the block that picks up...
If you like 40 Fords, and maybe a few old race cars, this is a good one...this weekend, Oct 24th. Anybody here planning on going?
From the time I was 12 until I was in my early 20's I rode dirt bikes, and I raced dirt cars off and on for over 20 years, and I never had any bad...
I have a cast iron powerglide behind the 235 in my 55 Chevrolet. Reverse quit in it. No warning, no noise...just it was working one day and not...
In the August issue of Hot Rod, there's a writeup about the Modified you helped your buddy Terry with....even mentions you by name....
I would think there has been scavenging parts from later model cars since Henry quit making the T and cranked up on the A... I had a friend offer...
I've been lurking here for a while, thought it was time to do an intro. I've been working on old cars since Daddy would let me help, sometimes...
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