The Jalopy Journal
I fired up the hemi last night for the first time since I've had it back from the machine shop. I have a Hot Heads GM manual adapter on it with a...
So I'm finishing the body work on my '32 Ford sedan tonight, and I'm thinking of tools that may help in certain areas. I know everyone makes their...
I have my 291 DeSoto hemi on the dyno right now, and as you know time is money and I'm trying to use my money wisely! We finished up for today and...
Went to Bischoff Engine Service today to watch my 291 get fired for the first time. Pretty nervous watching it, but it should be able to be tuned...
I'm getting ready to finally chop my '32 sedan and I was wondering if any company made a special tool to remove the nails in the body wood? I...
Well, as some of you were following the old build thread: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497401 I was building a Brookville...
Finally my turn, I thought it'd never happen. I have known about this car for about 3 years now, as well as A LOT of local people, it's been an...
I stopped by the shop the next morning after the party to pick up the rest of the steering parts for my roadster and snap a few pics....
I'm doing the body work on my '32 Brookville body and I'm trying to get the correct shape of the bottom of the wheel well. They're pretty crudely...
My dad found some shots of a few of his cars he had from around '60-62, right when he was in high school. He was always a Ford guy when he was...
I'm getting ready to dyno my 291 DeSoto hemi and the final part is to get the fuel setup finished. I'm using the Stromberg 3/8" banjo fittings...
I thought I'd throw up some pics of the DeSoto hemi build for my '32 roadster. It started life as an S22 291 Fire Dome. I wanted a mean street...
We just picked up a '29 Tudor sedan from a fella, and for some reason who ever had it before him removed just about every screw from the car. Well...
I need a '32 body measurement, more really, a roadster, but I suppose any will be close in this area. I have a Brookville roadster body and a...
I'm picking my '32 roadster body up tomorrow from the guy who was metal finishing, he also modified the cowl to resemble more of a '36 cowl and...
So I decided to make a build thread for the roadster. I had the car almost to a roller point as in my avatar but a good friend of mine made me an...
I just picked up a Ronco/Vertex magneto for the DeSoto hemi. I'm going to send it out to Spud @ Fuel Injection Enterprises to have it gone through...
With all the other hemi threads we've been talking about lately, I wanted to start this one. I changed directions with the 291 DeSoto hemi build a...
As the machine shop is finally wrapping up the hemi build, I'm wondering about the rockers themselves. I've done a bunch of reading on here and it...
I'm looking for pictures of the upper hose setup on DeSoto hemi's with with the Weiand 4x2 setup. Since these engine have no water crossover, we...
The machine shop is finishing up the 291 DeSoto hemi and I'm trying to figure out what is safe to spin this to? It's a mild build, .060 over 10:1...
I'm using an original column drop and ignition switch in the '32 and I was wondering about running 12v instead of the original 6v. The whole car...
I just picked up a pair of early Lincoln 16x5's today after the long search. One is perfect, the other is... well in need of some major work. The...
I'm looking for a place that can restore a set of 50's Stewart Warner 'wings' gauges for me, oil, water, amp, fuel. The gauges and glass...
I was sitting around thinking tonight about different wheels for the '32 and about backspacing with them. I was wondering if anyone knew if the...
Here's some more pics from the Rolling Bones open house. Overall we had a BLAST there. I'd first of all likes to thank the Bones guys, Ken & Keith...
I just picked up some SW 'Wings' gauge for the roadster and I need to find senders for them. I know they're 6 volt, the oil pressure is a 0-80,...
I have been getting all my suspension piece for the '32 ready for paint lately putting in too many man hours for one day haha. I had everything...
I was looking through some craigslist ads today and stumbled across a Model A rolling chassis a guy had. It was local, I didn't have anything...
I'm rebuilding a '53 8BA, first flathead I've ever really gone completely through, and I'm checking all my clearances. I MIC'd everything I could,...
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