The Jalopy Journal
Well, we hear plenty of customer horror stories anymore. It is nice to hear some good things for sure. Me & my dad went to the Streetrod...
I need the help of somebody with some experience shooting PPG DP90LF. I am using this on my Brookville rpu, so it is all clean new steel. I am a...
Hello guys. Well, I am almost to the point of getting a top stitched up for my rpu. My problem is, I don't know anybody to take it to To me, a...
Well, I am going to get the exterior door handles drilled & mounted on my 30/31 brookville doors, and have a stupid question- On stock Model A...
Hello guys. Well, I need a little help from anybody that has a 30/31 model a roadster door that has outside door handles for me. I am adding door...
Well, after my earlier chassis powder coating problems, I am thrilled to say that I again have a roller, back in black:o I did not go with a clear...
Well sh#t! I was making great progress on getting the rpu chassis bolted together for what I thought would be the last time. We got the front &...
Yeah, chrome won't get you home, but it will make you smile:D We got the front end hung, & I really think it's looking alright. I did make a...
Well man I can't even tell you how excited I am! Friday I picked up my frame & 100 other things from the powder coater, and I am thrilled at the...
Well I am happy as hell to say that I have finally struck the last weld on my rpu frame! I finished up the last few things, some frame related,...
Well my pop's made a couple of great improvements on his modified. At the Turkey Run, he picked up a 2-carb set-up to replace the 4-barrel. I...
Well, after some much needed b@ll-busting from our own Gregg P, I made some progress on the rpu! Attached represents the previously mentioned...
Well I made a ton of progress on the frame in the past couple weeks. The first problem that I had to tend to is shortening my frame. Now that I...
Well we really made some great progress on my rpu this weekend. My next obstacle was to finish stiffening up the cowl area, as well as coming up...
Well I got one more hurdle jumped in getting the rpu body done. I had to get the tunnel & tranny hump done. I was really dreading building the...
Well me & my dad make some more good progress on the rpu. I really wanted a swing pedal in the rpu, as I thought this would feel better than a...
Well I am finally starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel on assembling the rpu body. Me & my dad have put in a lot of hours in the...
Well we got some more done on the rpu in the past couple days. I got the firewall cut out for the bell housing, and another crossmember for the...
Well I really am thrilled with the progress me & my dad made this weekend on my Brookville rpu body-we got a ton done. We got the doors aligned...
Well we got quite a bit done on the rpu. The doors are now hung and bolted on, so it was time to start channeling it. I gave it lots of though as...
Well I made a slight detour on my rpu build in the last couple of weeks, but I am real excited about it. I got most of the major fab work done on...
Well, granted, it's not groundbreaking progress, but it's still forward progress. Today I got the radiator(yeah, it's aluminum, but you won't know...
Well I had a really great day today on the rpu frame. I eliminated about 25 c-clamps & vice grips holding things on, and got them finish welded...
Well I guess I couldn't make myself wait to start cutting up the 49'. Honestly I needed a slight break from the rpu, so I decided to do a little...
Hello guys. I was wondering if somebody with a handy tudor 49-51 ford could give me a measurement..... I need the measurement from the front...
Well my brother called me at work, because he knows that I am looking for a flathead for my model a tudor. He said that there is a 49' ford...
Well after I built my rear nerf bar last week, I was gonna build a spreader bar for the front frame. But the more I thought about it, I decided to...
Well after the recent thread about nerf bars, I have really wanted to build one for my rpu. So after work, me & my dad gave it a go. I used 3/4"...
Here's a little tech on how I built the frame horns on my rpu. The first step is to cut out a shape that you like for the side profile out of...
Well we had a really great weekend of progress on my rpu. Last week I got my 40' ford steelies, and dropped them off to the powder coater. They...
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