The Jalopy Journal
Retired layabout
Retired, but busy with a honey-do list
I got such good response from the altered I posted a couple of weeks ago I thought I'd post a bit of garage art again. Plasma cut 18 gauge steel....
Never posted in the art show before. 18g steel with a plasma torch
I've been wondering the same.
Although it is not a 50's-60's song. This is my most procomp drag bike. They all get song names.
1967 Camaro RS. Bought it for $1000 . 210 hp 327 with a powerglide for school and a 60 ranchere with the mighty 170/6/ 3 speed to tow the chevy...
My paint guy took one look at my Henry "J" and told me to bring him a ten pound box of 100 dollar bills and then we could start talking about him...
Mustang II was built from '74 to '78 and are identical to the Pinto and Bobcat arms of the same vintage. The only difference that I know of was...
My local track is run by a club and I'm on the board of directors. If you came to me and asked that let an 11y.o. run, you would get told that a...
Read his stuff for years..... Thanks Max
Mustang restoration parts vendors sell all kinds of leaf springs that fit. 4,5,even 6 leaf. Reversed ey and mid eye springs too. All kinds of...
I don't care what he started with, I just thought that the thought and fabrication that went into this were great.
Check out the ride this guy on a vw board made for his kid http://usimports.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5683 That's a work of love
I love living in a small town! Traffic conjestion is when the beer truck is parked main street making a delivery to the bar. You have to take...
I remember him from the short track. Nice guy. Always kind of quiet when my pit. I'll be watching Jason and Brian to see the progress. So...
Pay attention here. SUE. If he survived and ever wants to own anything, you need to have a legal judgment against him. This will be on his credit...
Welcome to a bit of heaven, I'm up Deadwood way
Welcome to the "J" club. I have four of the little bastards... all '51s No they didn't come with 394 Olds motors, but a 500 'Cad will fit with a...
I've got the same "D" ring release on the car I'm putting together right now. I mounted mine by welding a short piece of tube into the shoulder...
Check out e machine shop. You can down load a 3D cad program to design your parts and all they ask is concider them to do the machining
I hung out with Jerry Hanson some (Courtney Hanson from HP TVs dad). As a hoot he brought his tall wing Chapparall to Minesota dragways and ran...
Deadwood is home for me. Could do a HAMB style get together at my shop
What spoke count?
Tires limit the hook, but someone will figure out how to run a slider and get around a tire rule. I've lived by the saying " If your losing, your...
Always liked Firebird. Nice track
Worked as a civilan contractor on a AirForce base. If you bought a used car ,you had 30 days to present it to the air police for a drug dog check....
I'ts good to be King!
I'm not telling. If I did, you would just laugh at how bad I got screwed
Best description of "the Look " I've ever read is Whitepunks The classic slingshot shape has the engine, tires and rollcage as the three focol...
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