The Jalopy Journal
Over the last 50 plus years I have found a way to replace leaking, I'll call them frost plugs, in some of the darndest, most unbelievably...
As mentioned above: 292 Valve covers held on by 2 bolts in the center of the covers. Distributor at the rear. 352 Valve covers held on with 5...
When I rewired my '50 I grounded the headlights to the radiator support. It doesn't matter where you ground them, as long as what you ground them...
Yes. :)
Duff = NDG
Happy Birthday !! :)
I like Autolite and NGK. My '50 has NGK and my 63 390 6V uses Autolite. Both run very well. I've had way to many problems with Champion to ever...
I suspect you will get a few different choices offered up here. Whatever you use should me an oil that is safe for yellow metals, to protect the...
Yup, I never even thought of a convertible or a hardtop. Same basic car but really 3 different animals where it counts. :)
All good information with the exception of how the original wiring to the rear of the car was routed. The wiring harness to the rear was...
Just been recently diagnosed. Great doctors, treatment started and I'm making plans for the future. Fuck you cancer !!
I've used VHT caliper paint with good results so far. After baking it's supposed to be chemical resistant, most specifically I suppose to brake...
Oops, maybe I'm not either.
The real question is when did I become cool. :)
Right from the very start. :cool:
Good, looks well positioned.
I have a small '63 air cleaner. The '62 and '63 also shared a larger air cleaner that I can't comment on clearance wise. Anyway I have about 3/4...
I just used pieces of steel rod cut to the correct length.
That's pretty much what I had to do with one of mine. With careful measuring you should be just fine.
This the same basic setup my '63 390 6V uses, stock from Ford. It works very well. Obvious from the picture how the progressive linkage works.
The "electric choke" on a '50, or thereabouts Dodge, was a solenoid or electromagnet that served to close the choke when the starter was engaged....
I've got that same Sioux seat grinder; it doesn't get a lot of use, but their not much good if they don't work. :) I'm glad you were able to get...
It sounds like you may have something in the front end that is worn and affecting your alignment. Or perhaps something isn't bolted securely and...
We were on a tour a few years ago. The guy in front of me, I'll call him Tim (cause that's his name), kept leaving his signal light on. I called...
On a stock front end the castor is adjusted by turning the threaded lower outer bushing to shift the bottom of the upright forward or rearward....
It's been a long time but I'm sure the red is high beam. Most cars back then were red for high beam.
After supper one summer evening, driving a big old '59 Ford 4door. 292 and 3 speed out of a '55 Meteor. Threw a "speed shift" into 2nd gear and...
I have Thunder Road, 2 Lane Blacktop, American Graffiti, Bullitt, and Vanishing Point on a hard drive. I watch them often.
Low is cool. A bit of a forward rake is good (for me) too. Up and down and draggin the ground, well ... that's just all kinds of wrong., for me...
In the picture of the two side by side, that copper / brass seat in the hole is a seat for an inverted flare. If I was you I would go to a real...
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