The Jalopy Journal
Anyone in the Houston area remember this car? I cannot find the two or three pictures I had of this car so here goes with a word picture. A friend...
The economic downturn was really evident at the Decatur Swap this past Thurs-Fri-Sat. We arrived Thursday at noon to find a lightly filled...
Hope all rodders in the Granbury and Cleburne areas are OK after the big twisters that hit them tonight. God bless you folks and your friends and...
This is an article I wrote for a book project I'll likely never finish but it is good information. Windshields are one of the most expensive...
In a local pick-your-part junkyard the other day with my son getting some little parts for his late-model Mustang and then went back in the corner...
Gates manufacturers fuel hose for filler pipes. It is sold at most CarQuest, O'Reilly's, NAPA and other parts houses. It is usually sold by the...
There was an old custom in east Texas near Nacogdoches for sale in the mid-70s. It was a cover car on one of the little books. A 49-50 Ford coupe...
The 30+ year old Decatur Swap Meet is this week at the Sheriff's Posse Grounds outside Decatur TX. The best swap meet of the first part of the...
For those of you who like an early looking larger cap on a plain wheel with a 5 on 4.5" pattern take a look at the Ford Police/Taxi wheels and...
Got a dash of rain her in the Houston area yesterday, less than an inch in most places, just over a 1/10th here in Pasadena. First measurable rain...
Information I dug for many years ago in original Chevy Parts Books: Front Doors: 33 ALL Passenger except convertible 34 ALL Passenger except...
The Decatur Swap Meet starts this Thursday through Saturday at the Sheriff's Posse Grounds just outside Decatur TX in Wise COunty about 40 miles...
Thought some Houston Area HAMBER might be interested in this. I get these notices every now and again. First in quite a while with cars. One is a...
The Toronado-based Jeffries car was built for a Houston oilman named Meacham if memory serves. It was extended in front, shortened out back,...
at the antique Ford parts store: "Hi, what can we do for you?" "Anybody here interested in buying a 1940 Ford DeLuxe Tudor sedan?" "Uh, yeah, I...
You know the one, he's got a few old cars laying around rusting into the ground and won't sell anything because he's gonna fix them up someday or...
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree by Edward A Ryan Under the spreading chestnut tree a stubborn auto stands, And Smith, and angry man is he,...
Has this car ever surfaced? Is Lynn Yakel still living?
Well, according to my source still in the aftermarket auto parts business, TOMCO has gone under. They were the suppliers of carburteor kits and...
I'm thinking there should be RWD bellhousing adapters from the factory for darn near any modern 4 cylinder FWD engines? When Chrysler introduced...
When I started in the old car hobby and then the business, the most desireable rear Model A rear spring was the A-5560-C low crown 7-leaf spring...
My thanks to Charles(Sealed Power) for resizing these pics so I could share them with you. I picked this up in Elsik's Auto Parts in Pasadena TX...
Picked this up at Elsik's Auto Parts in Pasadena TX in the mid-70s. Sorry the decal hasn't survived well, they don't you know. The car is a 57...
If you buy a car with a title, the #1 priority should be to make SURE that the TITLE and the CAR match. That means the VIN or serial number or...
Sorry guys, I just don't get the "traditional" idea of a car that has a 100-point quality "restoration" of a hotrod chassis complete with...
My favorite was shoe-polished on the windshield of a really nice early 60s Chevelle style El Camino around the corner from our house. "Don't even...
How many here have seat belts in their early rides? Less than 100% is not enough. A belt for every driver and passenger should be a...
Any one going? It starts this coming Thursday through Saturday. Atop Petit Jean Mtn. at the Auto Museum Grounds near the Rockefeller Farm and...
Around the corner from my house a young guy is building a 26-27 lakester style roadster. I question his use of a stock Model T front axle and...
Back in the Golden Years (the 70s) I was driving down a street here in Pasadena TX and saw an odd car sitting outside a scrapyard by the curb....
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