The Jalopy Journal
Sorry for your loss, it has been a bad week here as well. My dad fought cancer for 10 years and beat it. Now two years later he was having...
Have been caught to many times coming home from a race night with something falling off a wrecked race car or the trailer but the most memorable...
Thanks for the measurements. I hope to get back working on the model A in the spring and will start a thread then. For now I will watch your...
I like your build and have been contemplating the same thing ever since acquiring my Model A. I repaired the doors and built cab corners but...
On our out of PA and blew the running light fuse in the pickup, dead short left us with only headlights. We figured if we drove faster than...
I aced the written test but was nervous about the driving test for some reason. As the tester and I walked out to mom's '72 Buick dad pulled up in...
Like most have said, cross at Port Huron/Sarnia, Bluewater Bridge, less hassle and not as busy with truck traffic as Windsor/Detroit. Kitchener is...
I worked for a company that made stainless parts for heavy trucks such as tool boxes, steps and trim. After the peices were welded together the...
I had a "70 Lemans with a Ram Air 3 400, auto and 12 bolt with 3.55s but I could not keep up with the 2 fast cars at school, a Boss 429 Mustang...
Check these out, http://www.pros-pick.com/ Thes are very well built quality parts and they are great guys as well.
1960 B61 Mack tandem tractor but dad left the grain trailers at the yard.
Lots of snow and the TV I through out there last night after we lost the Junoir game to Russia.
The infloor heating works great but ceiling fans are needed to keep the heat down so don't forget to wire them in. Receptacles in the ceiling for...
When I was a kid an NHL player with the same last name had the nickname "Spinner" and everyone started calling me the same after I went to his...
Just the chevy rear housing.
Got distracted sorry. I built up the shaft with JB Weld, turn it down and cut a new keyway for the gear clip. There was something with the rear...
I did this about 8 months ago for a friend. The shift bar has to be swapped from the chev to ford to fit the chev housing. The ford output shaft...
We lost one at 60 mph on the highway years ago in a 'Monte Carlo. The front yoke or u joint came apart and it dropped and we caught alot of air....
No, there is not a manual tool for pulling hucks. To see what they look like, Peterbilt cab and hood are assembled with them as well as van or...
I would have to agree with the safety side, but not in full. Brakes, floor, suspension that doesn't bind or steering without large bump steer...
I apprenticed at a local Pontiac Buick dealership and the mechanics worked flat rate so time was money. Gapping plugs took time so many would...
I am the Director of Operations for a medium sized trucking company but a licensed mechanic by trade.
Spinner's Steer n Gear was the name on my shop. I have closed it down for now, better paying gig, but will reopen maybe next year in my own building.
I was told years ago that they were called "suicide knobs" as well by my dad who had them on his trucks. When backing up you could turn quicker...
Just last month, not myself but a youg guy in my shop. Airing up a truck tire laying on the floor not in the cage. He walked away and forgot until...
Had one come out at 75mph. I'm not sure how high in the air we were but it did come down hard. '72 Monte Carlo with a 383 stroker, 400 auto and a...
I had the same question so I checked out what production frame builders are using and that is .120 or .125 wall. It didn't seem to matter if it...
Not that long ago a neighbour a few blocks over and I were talking about this same question. We live in an upscale suburb with lots of BMWs, Benz...
Didn't get to see ZZ years ago and they haven't been up here since but Monday night we saw Alice Cooper. I looked around the hall and thought all...
The neighborhood kids are always inside on their computers or playing video games. Even if they were to come outside their parents would not allow...
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