The Jalopy Journal
Highlander - Yeah we need inspectors to sign off on stages along the build on a hot rod here in Australia. Good thing too - means I'm safe and...
I'm in two minds about this guy...I hear the wankery (wabi-sabi aesthetic) and think he's just doing a DEUS EX MACHINA (google them - they're an...
Noice!!!
Yeah Cool stuff. i dont know if theyre buyin em in from the US or building them themselves but the Japanese have a keen aesthetic sense and a...
G'Day Guys It's been a while since I logged on to the HAMB - but I have lurked a bit over the last coupla years. I'm currently working on the...
What do "traditional" Aussie Rods look like:confused: John Well, we start with some nose art by airbrushing a mural on the cowl of some...
Trailer queen
Biggest traditional rod show in Queensland - the scene is realy small here so cars run from aibrushed Elvis paintjobs to painfully "KOOL" tm...
A friend of mine rebuilt a milling machine and had the original tin tags - instructions,speeds, logo etc that were on it redone by a trophy shop...
Danny i can see your point, salt Lake racers wouldve given their left nut to run a modern engine in their cars - shit theyd happily get rid of...
Heres a question Is a hot rod built in Belgium with 1940's Mercedes v8 and a 1930's French roadster a traditional Hot Rod? What about a 1940's...
IMO if a rod looks traditional it is traditional - that Toyo hemi looks like a trad hemi and the car its in is traditional so then the car is a...
You wrote......." The result is an object, that through a projective process that builds itself towards the exemplary, answers the intended...
Thanks for the leads I'll pass the info on. Steve
Hi Guys My better half is currently in Toronto for work and Im wonderingif there are any shops she could do some shopping for me in - just the...
Im pretty sure the Miss Stickshift roadster has 3 point seatbelts - see last month's Crusin mag or go to Ozrodders.com Steve
This thread really takes me back to my youth in Tasmania - before that prick martin Bryant killed 30 odd people at Port Arthur with an AR15. Soon...
excuse my ignorance but where are the front shocks?
Theyre from US - Limeworks - check em out on their site - theres a integrated turn/column drop unit as well.
Hey Doc Im Tbone on the Ozrodders site - I was plannin onm using one of these [IMG] but that XT ford column sounds waaaay easier. Im...
Hi Guys I got a late model steering column for the roadster project and it looks like shit - and then I saw a Limeworks column and thought...
sounds good.....got a pic?
Looks like this - and no i dont want to cut doors in it - [IMG]
G'day Guys I have got a one piece glass body roadster and as its a hiboy I need to put a step attached to the chassis rails so i can get in and...
After seeing these pics again, Im conviced - gloss black is the new satin
Hi Guys Any pointers on how to hide the headlight wiring etc to tidy up the appearance on a roadster? Cheers Steve
Thanks for the advice - what gauge steel would suit?
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The beads. Also how do you do that wire edge? Thanks Steve
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