The Jalopy Journal
Not sure it would be considered traditional, but knocked up a new shift knob today.
Installed the meetering control cable, its more of an enrichener than a choke, it opens the main jet to allow more fuel for starting. The original...
Finally back in the shed, spent a few hours turning a big piece of aluminium into a little shiney piece of aluminium. Made the flange to mount a...
Thanks for the comments guys, and yes I was and still am very excited. All of this has happened over the last 5 years. I would work on it, loose...
Went for a little test drive tonight, skipped the stuck clutch and all that. New, 30 year old clutch, just a little stuck, broke free pretty...
Bit of back yard scrapping here, my fiber disk was broken so i made one out of thick leather, and i had to keep the leads off the exhaust so i...
I also made my own leather belt, that stitching pattern is from an old manual from a machine shop for leather drive belts on lathes
I just made the friction blocks for the throttle and ignition levers, made from cutting board material with pen springs behind them, they work a...
Dodge brothers cars in the states were all steel bodies, but in Australia, the bodies were made locally, often by Holden, witch became Australias...
Running boards made from fence pailings and bonnet hooks made with an ocky strap. Not because its cool, because its all i have and its cheap.
I had to make all four of the door catches.
I'll order a chain, about $300, just dont have one yet. I have rebuilt the starter/generator and it is good to go.
It took a lot of cranking and tuning to get it to this stage. I was pretty excited, getting really close to test driving it. This was just over...
The most important modification you can make if you are going to be crank starting a 3.5 litre engine. A pivoting hand grip on the crank handle. I...
Quickly knocked up a front seat so i could sit in the Dodge and make engine noises.
For the first time since i have owned it, it has four tyres that hold air.
I had to do a lot of repair work to the rims, they were in very bad shape. I hammered them straight and cut sections out and replaced it from...
I started to paint things, but I thought I had better test-fit everything first so I just gave everything a coat of Penitrol instead.
The bonnet had rusted away under the tarp after 30 years, but some how i managed to find one for $100, and it's in really good nick. Dunked in the...
The first repaired rim and new tube.
I used a full sheet of 19mm marine ply for the floors.
Really starting to have fun now.
The Magneto was very weak, so I stripped it, checked the windings and condenser. Then I made this magnet recharger. The photo shows just the...
Starting to come together.
There are a lot of parts in an old car, just like building a model.
Stripped everything, sandblasted the chassis and started building a car.
Engine is looking better, all new gaskets and paint.
The first thing was to strip and inspect the supposedly rebuilt enging and transmission. And yes they were fully rebuilt with all new white metal...
Nothing much happened until I built a new shed for the Dodge. Then the real fun began.
The guy I bought the car off of found it in a barn over thirty years ago, stripped it and started to restore it. He sent the engine and...
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