The Jalopy Journal
Doing Spring cleaning in October and we have a complete disc brake set up for a 66 GTO. We will not use four piston GM calipers but wonder if...
My nephew makes glass cars; a TBucket, 32 Roadster, and a 34 chopped 3 window. I had them do me a one off 34 with the ugly cut off and a stock...
Hell, that guy is a master craftsman compared to the one that did a front clip on a 50 Ford pickup we got in. Had a 455 Olds torque monster that...
No help with roadsters but we did two cabriolets for the same customer. Tan one is bone stock Henry and blue one is a HAMB unfriendly modified....
A bit off topic but Chisenhall (owner of Vintage Air) ran his 53 on the salt at 200mph with the air conditioner blasting out cold air. No record...
My favorite was a lady saw the Texas plates on my 37 Buick sitting in a grocery store parking lot on the Iowa-Minnesota border and asked if we...
I don't know if Sears offered a pickup conversion kit but my Dad had a Montgomery Ward one in his 35 Ford 5W coupe.
My Dad's first ride was a team of mules and a farm wagon. Before WW2 we still used mules for fence building/mending as you could put all the tools...
We have a rotisserie so it makes the job easier. Use a squirt bottle filled with gasoline and burn till coating starts to bubble, scrape and sand...
Jerry Bryant of Princeton, Texas has a chopped top 32 Cabriolet with a strong 296ci flat head in it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I bought a brand new long block Olds 215 back in 1967. After sitting under a table in my home garage for 50 years I sold it to a customer that...
Nice work. Includes the trans cross member and floor pan braces. We did a 57 Golden Hawk which no one had headers for and it was before they had...
Whether it's on the back of the transmission or the pinion yoke a drive line brake is much more efficient than a drum or disc brake at the wheel...
Did a 39 Std about 40 years ago and my nephew still has and drives it. Was done when the "smoothie" craze was in so all trim gone. Used a sbc...
Wife had a 60 Ambassador that drove good and rode good but did not have a-c which is a deal killer in Texas. The elderly couple that managed the...
Have a chance to pick up an unfinished project with a Poli-Form glass body. Any comments on quality of Poli-Form? Thank you.
FUCK TRADITION, give me the brightest LED's I can buy.
I wanted the 59AB heads and short water pumps for fit/looks and the 8BA modern style distributor. Discarded helmut style distributor and timing...
My advise is TO LEAVE IT ALONE body wise. I have a 39 Deluxe I built during the "smoothie" era and it's looks are crap compared to yours. Hated...
I think my nephew told me his 63 Falcon Sprint convertible gets 25mpg but it does have a Thunderbird Turbo Coupe 4 cyl turbo charged engine. Does...
32 Plymouth 3w. [ATTACH]
To hell with the POS Ford. What's the story on the Hudson in the background.
Rotisserie is home made from cotton wagon axles, telescoping pipe between axles, and 3/4T spindles/hubs for rotating.
With body on frame panel alignment can be worked on. Buick deck lid fitted: [ATTACH] Door fitted and vent windows deleted: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Top and bottom boxing plates welded to rails and ground for looks: [ATTACH]
New floor and recessed fire wall: [ATTACH] Frame rails laid out and plasma cut: Frame rails laid out and plasma cut:[ATTACH]
Never too much bracing to assure panel alignment and then onto rotisserie for floor pan work: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Rough to start with, much rust, no floor, and butchered frame: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Couldn't find Chevy deck lid so...
How have others done the left side engine exhaust on a 346 Cadillac flat head?
I took my nephew under my wing after his father (my brother) died when he was 8 years old. Our project was also a Falcon, a 63 Sprint convertible,...
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