The Jalopy Journal
Me with my first car. 1954 [ATTACH]
My old shubox sat a little low. I could put my foot on the front bumper and bounce it up and down 'till the crossmember hit the asphalt. My old...
I wanted a '50 Pontiac forever and when I found one locally at a price I could afford I bought it. Was a pretty nice car with all legal paperwork...
Sorry to hear of your dad's passing. That coupe sure looks fine! I've had many shubox fords in my past but none so nice as yours. When I wired...
When G.M. bought the Oakland car company in '31 they used some of the Oakland flathead V/8s in some of the 32 Pontiacs. I have no idea the...
In the car in my avatar I used a 57 Pontiac engine [with '73 GTO heads...factory pushrod guide plates, hardened valve seats and 1.96" intake...
Wow, Mike. Super pretty!
My old dentist did his office to look like a '30s dental office including a big, heavy cast iron overhead light. I sat in the antique dental chair...
My dad bought a new '64 ranchero with a 260, V/8 4 speed. It was a Dagenhiem trans but was a floor shift.
Mine's sitting and waiting for spring. It's been too cold in my garage to do anything on it but the weather guy says next week it'll be in the...
Yikes! And I thought I paid a lot for my Steve's quarters, decklid and taillight panel at $4400.
Bought this 50 Ford Crestliner for $50 in '64. Yanked the cracked engine out of it and built a '53 Merc motor for it. [Father/son project] The 4...
My old '41 Poncho[ATTACH]
OMG! I'd forgotten about that video. It appears it's been copied so many times the quality went away. Thanks, Tim
Ahhhhhh. Chris! So sorry to hear this but a good lawyer may be able to help you.
I gotta buddy who use to let me store my sedan delivery in his pole barn over the winter. I'd put moth balls inside and under the hood. In April...
I was just out for a little Sunday drive with my sweetie. Driving my trusty 57 Pontiac down Burnside street in Portland. I'd just changed engine...
My bel air hardtop was that awful light brown and white. Had it's original 235/3 speed overdrive. Had a few light dings in the body. Old...
Those are cool trucks. As far as a name: One of the guys in my little home town in Oregon had a dark blue 50 Merc 2 door and he used white olde...
Chris......I dunno how you do it!!!! Man, the good stuff just falls into your possession! Congrats.
My concern would be with a PCV plumbed into one carb or one runner, it would be running leaner than the other ones. I suppose you could use...
Great thread! I lust for a 39-40 coupe.
Fuckin McFail, maaaaaaan. Too cool
Who doesn't love a 33-34 Ford coupe??? Looks great in black!
When I started on my 34, 5 window it was to be my final build. It was at the top of my "bucket" list. I made no deviations from what I originally...
When I bought the body for my 34, the top had already been cut off........ Ended up with a 3.5" cut.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sold it at the Fremont swap meet a few years ago. Wish I'd have got the guy's name but I didn;t ....
Oh man.......I don't even know how many trucks I've had. This is about 1/2[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Such nice work!
I have a "wheelers SCTA " Plaque on my 34...bought it at a swap meet for $20. Sometimes I feel kinda like a poser because I don't belong to that...
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