The Jalopy Journal
For Sale / Trade / Barter This is wide open deal folks. We have what I believe is a 1940 Chevy COE cab. It was a Coca Cola delivery truck as you...
Can anyone tell me how interchangable GM B body spindles are? I ask because I would rather do a drop spindle than a lowering (or cut) spring. I...
Not the most traditional of topics but I need expert help and this place is chock full of experts... We have a non-posi 10 bolt that needs to...
I know this isn't exactly hot rod related, but I have asked this question on the Garage Journal and all I get is flak for trying to build it. I...
My brother is renting from a farmer out in the middle of nowhere. The farmer's son had a 64 Ford Truck that was rusting out so he bought a body...
...HAMB style!! It is my obligation and duty as an old time HAMB member to help to spread the word about anything I find that focuses on trad...
Okay, so as I see it a truly traditional hot rod has truly traditional parts. Recently the hod rod gods have been smiling on me and before I...
I am pricing new 33-34 rails. I have searched the internet and I have combed through the HAMB (with the search). I have found some good deals, but...
From what I was looking at here I am totally confused. This thing appears completely original and intact. The valve covers read 327 but it has...
I might finally have to get an avatar... I don't know where this capability will go in the future, but I figure at the very least the HAMB...
Just an FYI, Thanks to the HAMB and whoever it was that posted the SEMA Online membership post some time ago (which I joined immediatley). A...
Okay - the self important A-hole is me. The pic request is my old 50 Buick. The background to this is that I just gave IBM the old...
Here's the bad news - I don't have a pic - just a vague description. I was house shopping (with my daughter riding shot-gun) this Sunday and I...
So let's see if this works. Can't hold back any longer - here's a digital snapshot of my latest....
Been thinking about jumping the IBM ship. I know that a few of you are Mac users - just wondering if it lives up to the hype. No crashes?...
I just thought I'd give the heads up. Iowa Public Television (PBS Digital w/high def.) has a show about a guy with 32 Ford that he's restoring...
Any HAMBers from the Denver / Ft. Collins area? I am coming to CO for a GIS training course at the Telvent/Miner & Miner facilities (just off...
I used the search feature, I googled - nothing turning my crank yet. Surely someone here has some cool pics to share with us. I am looking...
I have a buddy that's working on a truck. He noticed what seemed like a fuel leak when the smell became obvious. So he gets to looking at it and...
I am pretty PC literate. I have a fair amount of experience in several graphically driven softwares. I have Photoshop & Illustrator amoung...
Brilliant. I love talking of the designers from the by-gone eras. They were able to start with clean slates and open minds. They drew on...
My dad's half brother is building one and he asked me if I knew where he could find any parts for it....aside for the obvious (Hemmings, etc.)...
Hey guys, I need some help on a newer Mercedes transmission. A guy I work with has an E-320 Wagon with the 4-Matic all wheel drive system. He...
Had a big reality check last Wednesday. The wifey got rushed to the hospital after a routine check-up. We were forced to have an emergency...
Maybe you all have seen this, maybe not. It's being passed around via e-mail so I have no idea who the author is. It seems to be pretty factual...
I was watching tv the other night and I noticed that yet another one of Boyd's guys was going to throw in the towel. First I thought that I'd...
I was wondering if there was anywhere I could find cross sections of Kelsey Hayes or other old steel wheels. I want to see the back spacing...
I was looking back at some old posts and I saw some trucks/rpu's with the gas tanks in the bed. I saw some that were rounded on the ends others...
When I was in jr High I read this book. It's been so long since then that it has become of unknown name and unknown author to myself. I am looking...
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