The Jalopy Journal
I was wondering what caused the sudden spike in views of a grainy photo of the front suspension of my old '37 Chevy pick up in my Picturetrail...
Glad to hear that your Essex is behaving better. Cool ride...enjoy your Summer's cruising.
Can you build a dropped steering arm for your spindle that will lower the front of the drag link enough to make it level? Below is an extreme case...
Grand daughters require a whole 'nuther approach. Mommies tend to get pretty "testy" when they come from Grandpa's shop dirty, injured or...
Sweet. Better go buy some lottery tickets. Luck is SMILIN' on you!
If you are going to mail order try Amazon.com. Look up the part number at Summit or Jegs and search Amazon for it. The Holley 37-119 renew kit for...
An avid fisherman who was retiring in six months from the refinery quality control lab where I worked would daily blend two quarts of outboard...
Flatty + McCULLOCH =
$1800 is a good price. I paid $1900 at a local Pontiac dealer for mine. The L-82 cam is slightly lumpy at idle, especially if you back off the...
I am getting SO tired of rat bots in black primer and red legs!!!:rolleyes:
[IMG]Huh? What was the question? I forgot already!
I'm old enough that the cars I started messing with were not OLD cars, they were just USED cars.[IMG]
OR just make your own.:o [IMG] Back in '70 a tech inspector at Alton Dragway commented that it looked like a concrete block.
Ridge Runner Ram close up:
Joshua, I apologize for side tracking your your great Vintage Sprint Car Pic thread with tether cars. Thanks for all of the pictures and info...
Black with silver wheels...KOOL? When I was a kid I discovered that my dad's 8n Ford made a pretty decent wheelstander with a two bottom plow...
Very handy. Thanks for posting. I now have it bookmarked.
Buildy, can't thank you enough for posting the photos of Edmund's 1/4 scale masterpieces. Does anyone remember the once popular sport of "racing"...
I HAVE to play your ShakeyPuddin55 videos on YouTube 3 or 4 times a month. Awesome car!!!!!!! I'm glad that the Pinks crew was impressed enough to...
Hey, that's what I called mine just yesterday when upgrading the 1157 tail lamps to 2357s. First the left side "high beam" quit, then later the...
I built this one back in 1976. Check out the dual CB antennas. :p It is definitely not a stand out. You will probably get more ideas of what NOT...
A couple more cars and the gentleman that drove them. My good friend Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" and the M.A. Brown #44. [IMG] Chuck at...
[IMG] http://www.mrchevynut.com/default.htm No info on paint.
Gotta love a Tri Five with ALTITUDE! You nailed the gasser look. Now days all you see are '56's that are 2" off the ground and rollin' 20" hooptie...
Ryan, Thanks a bunch for sharing the video. I "wasted" a big chunk of my youth racing at Alton Dragway (IL) in the late 60's. Got to see all the...
Joe Tx, Ask them how they are going to bend your axle first. I put '54 Chevy spindles on a '37 Chevy pick up axle and the different king pin...
Here is the opposite end of the scale from 4-pot's beautiful work. A counterman at the welding supply asked what brand cut off saw I needed new...
meatball, In these high tech days of cut coil springs and dropped spindles my little '55 reflects the era in which it was originally built (1982)....
Great story, nice find. The memories that you will experience while working on this project...Priceless!
Keep up the "good fight". With scrap prices so high it is becoming very tempting to send any "iron" to the crusher.
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