The Jalopy Journal
What an awesome story! Your car already has a cool history and will only get better as you turn it into your own hotrod! And what a great starting...
With the new year also came new milestones, the biggest would be finally getting my truck set on its wheels and tires for the first time. What a...
It’s been a little while since my last update, but first, allow me to apologize, I know my last few build posts were all involving HAMB no-no’s,...
Thank you Mike! Hope the show was fun, I can tell we would stop and stare at the same type of car ha! Fun fact, If you look in the background...
How did I just stumble upon this.. Early Chevy, with a hemi, and you’re in Mesa?! did we just become best friends? (YUP!) killer build! Did a...
Back for round #2! I decided my plain tail gate was just a little too boring and needed some louvre therapy. Taking what I learned from my hood,...
Looks like it was a great turnout! Fingers crossed I’ll have my truck on the road and be able to join in next year!
thank you! It’s going to be a fairly hot 241, .030 over, 10.5:1 comp pistons, roller cam ground by the late great Donnie Johansen, probably will...
Much appreciated I did not know that, I will be cleaning them off asap! It only took Coker tire 3 years to get me these beauties, the last thing I...
Hey all, Happy New Year! Well it’s been a long 3.5 years since I started on my project and still have a long way to go, but today was a major...
Yea I was surprised he didn’t do that, it was obvious to me after my first 2 test louvres weren’t lined up very good and the light bulb clicked to...
Haha you got that right, I’ve already figured out how I’m going to hold it down, should look pretty neat! Very true, but I will admit picking up...
CrustyChevy beat me too it, that’s the video I watched definitely will be running this hood! It was just some cheapo’s from Amazon but I noticed...
I sure hope so haha! Thank you Thank you Nailed it, I want the chassis and drivetrain to look like clean and new, but then have the body be old...
Yup that’s the one!
Appreciate that! Thanks! And first I would cut a slot with the thinnest cut off wheel I could get. Then I have a center line mark on my die, and...
Thankyou! Thank you much! I knew I wouldn’t have the capacity or space for a full size press, so I was very excited to see someone get such...
I had to dig out my hood to help me ensure I was mounting my grill shell at the correct height by matching up the body line. Good thing I did...
Wow, I can’t believe how fast this last year has gone by since I started this build thread. Hope everybody is having a great year thus far! Work...
Another super cool addition to my collection was this Weiand Drag Star 6x2 log intake manifold. Complete with carbs, linkage, and instructions!...
With the seat installed it was was time to move onto the next major milestone, steering. I had purchased an IDIDIT shorty steering column because...
had to fancy up my lift post, can’t wait to go nuts on my hot rod when it’s done. [ATTACH]
it was the middle row, all the far back seats I tried in mini-vans, suburbans, jeeps, etc were all too narrow and none of them felt comfortable...
Hope everyone had a great holiday and a happy new year! With my cab floor frame done I could move onto mounting my seat, I had no idea the amount...
I know I only wish I had thought of it a month ago ha! I’ve searched for that picture/ issue for years without luck, then I read in someone’s post...
Ha! Oh man thank you so much!! That would definitely explain why I could never find it in any of the ‘97 street rodders I came across. I swear my...
Alright need a little help, who’s got a solid Street Rodder collection from the late 90’s? I’m searching for a specific Dave Bell illustration of...
I have a weiand 4x2 that someday I hope to make streetable for my 241, but so far I’ve heard that will be a challenge. I also have the offy 3x2...
Haha truth be told, this was done over 48hrs, measure and marked cut lines at night, go out for 30 min and make my cuts during the day, weld...
Thank you all for the positive feedback! I know this is probably common sense for most builders, but thinking back to before I started this build,...
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