The Jalopy Journal
So I had a free weekend to work on the shoebox, ground back most of the welds on the sail panels and got some epoxy on, tacked in drivers B pillar...
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Chucked on the 53 Merc bumper for a mockup, made a few filler panels for above and below window and started to finish weld in the sail...
So I picked up some fibreglass replica foxcraft skirts this weekend off a mate and chucked up on for a test fit, biggest thing I learned is that...
If anyone is interested in anything more interactive than this forum to follow my shittyford build, then you can also follow my Youtube channel...
Picking up a '53 Merc front bumper this week to test fit. Needs narrowing 2" but will hide cuts behind the mini dagmars/bullets. Should add some...
Haha youd be surprised. Couple of years back it broke down and was picked up by a recovery driver who said how much it looked like a Stude Sent...
Few updated pics of the (slow) chop progress[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my SM-G930F using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Been a while since any updates. Sold the flathead and built a Y block for her, then started to.chop the roof, slanted B pillars, 3"/5" front to...
Customised the 3 rib skirts to extend them 4", fitted my caddy caps and 6.70 15 firestone wide whites on, dropped the rear further on 4" blocks...
Mine as it stands now[ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my SM-G930F using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
This is where we are at now. Forgot to update! Getting there. Paintwork is rough at moment just to keep the rain off metal[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]...
I really like this, 4 doors but with 2 door side profile, kinda like an old skool kustom version of the mazda rx8 with the tiny suicide rear...
By early and late i mean 54 vs 55 (off the top of my head) ebu vs ebv. Ebv have standard sized cam bearings and interchangable parts, but they are...
If you see my 50 sedan build thread youll see that being UK based meant most of the sheetmetal parts were too expensive to be worth it so i fabbed...
There is an early and a late 239, the later one can interchange most parts with 272/292. I have one, its a nice baby Y Sent from my SM-G930F...
Paint all finished, just need one more bit of front trim needing to be sourced, and need to finish off the peaking/nosing of the hood over the...
Nice moody rolling shot taken by a mate on her first proper 20 mile run out to a local cars and coffee today. Didnt miss a beat[ATTACH] Sent from...
This is true. I have a long term strategy to build an Av8 using this engine i built myself. So i have a Y block ready for this to free up the...
Haha you got it. Speed equipment over here is rare so costly! There are more specialists now who break these engines and trannys which helps but...
I like that idea Sent from my SM-G930F using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I will probably remove it and drill a hole in the bolt and do the same one day Sent from my SM-G930F using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Back home the jury is split on the new paint job. I personally think it looks nice, like a kid in the late 50s bought a US Army staff car from...
Was just a simple safety thing as in photos, set screw acting as a pin passing through slam panel and held in place with a nyloc nut. Ill carry a...
All running and driving now and getting some miles on her. Hood now aligned, after having to remove hood frame and adjust, weld on some missing...
Wiring is coming along ok now. Car is fighting me as now the fuel system has developed a blockage, despite cleaning the tank feed pipe out off...
Well here we are, final few days before shakedown, wiring up with a 12 circuit loom from a UK company called Down to earth...
The chrome itself was much worse, came up great with some alluminium foil polishing, old chrome is great! The side trim i have taken the dents out...
All the front chrome is back on, some is a little dented but not too bad[ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my SM-G930F using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I have a local UK built harness, 12 circuit 12v negative ground to go in as i converted it to 12v earlier in the year. Sent from my SM-G930F...
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