The Jalopy Journal
I have AAA now a days.
With that small engine I think a standard transmission would have more get up,and go. Long ago Rod and Custom dropped a Chevy 4 in a 33-34 using a...
Nice to hear about parts that fit.Too much of the stuff offered today doesnt.
On a 283 your looking at 1.94 valves if you do a head up grade. Dont spring for 2.02 heads.The bore wont allow them.The cam is up to you,but Ive...
If you look at 32 frame rails the rear rises.That drops the back of the car.You can cut the rear cross member to flatten it,and remove the...
Channeling lowers the body. Zing lowers the chassis,and that brings the whole car lower.To me they go hand in hand.A stock unZ"ed model A sits...
If you just have to have a late rear axle Measure up Toyota Pick up rears. They are 6 lug,and posi is likely on a 4x4 truck.A Tacoma might be a...
I believe the center section is the same to about 1964-ish.See if a posi was an option at any point.With a 235 I dont see the need for posi unless...
Your car....your rules,but I couldnt cut up such a nice car.May be a dual carb,and mill the head,split manifold. I like to work with stuff other...
Compare photos of the 59, and 57 Chevys.Wheel well openings are very close.If you were going to try making them you might be a head to start with...
Ordinary repair shops for daily drivers in Calif are over 125.00 an hour.Its getting to the point you have to build your own car,or be a millionaire.
I like the commercial grill too. Thinner. That one has a bit of repair needed,but it beats 800 bucks for a solid one.
Theres an adapter for that.Theres one right now on e bay for 259 bucks if you want to see one. 32-48 to 49-53 transmission adapter.
Not Flowtech,but I put aftermarket 2.5 ram horns on my 350 in my 55 Chevy. 2.5 pipe all the way back.Runs nice.Only on 6 months,but no leaks so far.
Figure out your rear gears. If your running something like 2.73 with an Automatic its a highway cruiser. 3.90-411 would really wake it up around...
Theres one on Ebay right now for 140 bucks.
I made the mistake of buying a nos sector because the price was real cheap.It was for the larger truck,and was 15 percent larger than the half...
What condition is that engine in? I would run it on a stand to get some idea. That engine will cost more than a Chevy,or Ford sb to over haul.You...
Should bolt up to the back of the bell housing.Even if the spline count was different changing the disc is easy.If the rear yoke had a different...
57 was first posi. If installed in a 55-56 the axles need to be shortened 1/8 inch.
Henry Fords.....If you think you can,or you think you cant, your right either way.
If your using post 35 ends Speedway sells the tubing by length,and threaded.
What survives is the result of construction method,and popularity.A car that was popular when new will always have a following look at the model...
If by chance you can find tips in .023 perhaps you can drill them out to .030.You might try running a 1/4-28 tip in to a steel 1/4-20 nut,and see...
look on Ebay. Several listings.
It may well be the 55 Chevy im working on now,but if I stick around long enough I have a clean T coupe title that I would like to see back in action.
Been 10 years since I put a S10 T5 behind a SBC so Ive forgotten some. I bought a aluminum spacer plate,and shortened the length of the tube on...
I have been lucky.There have always been other rodders around. In 1959 the big kid up the street had a 30 Ford coupe with chrome reverse rims.By...
As said earlier avoid Hoffman group parts. Names like Johnny Law are the tip off. China made to no real standard.I tried their customer service...
55 or 56 Chev. 57 up had a drain plug on the bottom of housing.
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