The Jalopy Journal
So this is going to be our build/re-build thread on the new pickup truck that we bought. I went down to Pittsburg, KS to pick it up from a guy...
Long time no see . . . . went through a lot of things and finally got a cool ol' car . . . er, truck. Picked up a 1953 Dodge Pickup truck on...
So I've been sitting there thinking . . . you watch the shows on TV . . . the build team descending on the unsuspecting mark's car and voila . . ....
Found a shared garage / work / storage place in Kansas City . . . here's more info on gj:...
Perhaps a little verbage that says "NO CAR QUESTIONS!" in this area for the description, or perhaps a sticky at the top to re-direct our more...
Here's a few pics I took from the past Christmas holiday. I guess photos are in my blood as these oldies from my great-grandfather can prove....
I fondly remember my first time . . . nervous as hell, wondering if I was doing the right thing at the right time . . . was I too quick or not...
Maybe I'm just stupid . . . . or have such a car (1962 Buick Speical) that nobody wants it. I dunno . . . any ideas on how to make my car more...
Dodge Job Rated Trucks clipboard from my grandfather's first job . . . neat old bit of history that my uncle was showing me this past turkey day....
Ok, this has been a long week . . . hopefully it ends soon. Last week, Ford Windstart quits starting . . . had to juggle cars . . . went up and I...
I was visiting my grandmother and uncle this weekend . . . spotted this cool old tool in the workshop. It's still good as new and was pretty...
http://www.jwharris.com/images/pdf2/SIB.pdf I caught this in another forum . . . anyone have any experience with this? It sounds interesting.
I've got things adjusted so it's firm right about at the carpet on the brakes. Does that sound right? I don't have the residual pressure valve...
Can the forum software give you an RSS feed by area -- like only classifieds section? I love the integration into my web browser, but it would be...
Son's going to be 13 in October . . . I look back on my misspent youth and think of all the cool things I shoulda/woulda/coulda done. My son has...
Ok, I've asked a question or two here and there . . . but things are flying by on the forum and I imagine most people aren't seeing questions....
Ok -- first round . . . no proportioning valve, no residual valve . . . we'll see how this one goes first. I'm going to hope that it's close...
Dunno why I bother sometimes . . . but has anyone ever put a disc master cylinder with drum brakes all the way around? I went to a dual master...
Ok, I should know better . . . but after a tour of all my local auto parts stores, I wound up sadly empty handed on parts for my brake conversion....
Could someone measure how high your brake pedal sits? I want to double check new setup. Just measure from floor board to pedal at rest -- and...
So I've got a Ford master cylinder and a GM bolt pattern. The Ford one is just a wee bit too small on the width. I'm thinking of cutting the...
Looks like we might have some weird off-topic stuff . . . . hope someone's keeping the front porch light on and the shotgun beside the door. :)
Ok, so I've been sitting on this Buick Special ('62 - 215 V8) for like . . . forever it seems like. I got it started up and moved into position...
THE H.A.M.B. Statistics -- I'm noticing that this site doesn't have the Active members number like the garagejournal.com site does? How many...
Ok -- it's British, the design is from the 1960's . . . it's not quite that old though, but it's going to be a fun little project that at least...
Obviously my car's too much of an orphan to get some love here, so if there are any Buick fans that have some high traffic, low BS sites they'd...
http://www.atomicindustry.com/?p=22 -- another interesting read from Ryan . . . . makes you think if HAMB is a power to be looked at from the...
What exactly are these wheels? They (were) on a '61 Ford Falcon (4 on 4 1/2 pattern).
After watching someone just get jumped for posting on the ratrod term . . . what about a handy glossary and "cardinal sins to avoid" type thing?...
I know we're a swell bunch of guys/gals on here, but in thinking about alliance stuff and cars for sale/etc... we're not really spreading the...
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