The Jalopy Journal
Many newer cars are painted with an attractive, nearly milky color. Is there a term for this kind of paint? Without a word to describe this paint,...
The aluminum timing gear cover either needs a bushing to fit a stock plunger or Donovan uses different parts. What do I need to make it work?...
I have two axles to choose from. Number one is a dropped Model A. Number two is a stock 1932. Engine is a Cragar B in Model A frame mounted as a...
Shopping from the classifieds is risky enough but when the program is configured to limit comment from someone spotting something bogus and...
I decided to step up and get the latest book by Vern Tardel with publisher, David Fetherston rather than a former partner, Mike Bishop. I held...
Looking at a pre-war 239 but want to shed a few pounds of iron. Are the earlier aluminum intakes equal to the later iron? I have a genuine...
A common practice but apparently not a simple search. The engine is 59A in a stock chassis, with 59A manifolds. Who makes a good set of pipes with...
Looking for a source of REVERSE EYE main leaf for the rear of my Model A. Thought I had seen one at Speedway (leaf only) but current search only...
'32 Ford pedals have become pretty pricey for my project and am looking for an alternative floor mount pedals for K-mount application. Looking at...
I have a non world class t5 with an S10 4WD tail that I want to adapt to my Model A rear torque tube. Is anyone now selling the adapter for this?...
Have a couple of 8BA style cams: one is an EAB and the other is EA. Are they similar, same or what? The EAB shows up all over this site, largely...
I really like a solid sounding car but am concerned about the bad effects of condensation. Are the popular products effective at preventing rusty...
Bought a 59A flathead powered '40 coupe a couple of years ago and am just getting around to tearing it down. Been under a Valley carport roof...
I think of myself as really being out there, yet have not yet seen any of Carpenter's coupes that were not factory samples. Didn't give it too...
I bought a cheap Ansen intake manifold for My A. Seems that it is cheap because the ears were broken off and repaired with some of that "miracle"...
I have a pretty nice 60 on an A chassis. The three bolt carburetor flange just begs for something larger, besides the unneeded greater expense of...
Has anyone noticed that the replacement trans bearings come with thin snap rings? Alerted by a Model A guy that the difference existed and...
Looking for verifier to handle some title issues in southern California. I and friends are DMV disasters. Thanks, Fred A
I haven't had a '40 Ford in decades and that was when the Flathead was waaaay out of fashon. Sure there will be those revisionists that will claim...
Just bought a pre-war Ford with a full floating rear axle of unknown origin. The wheel pattern is 5 on 5. I need some wheels to make it a roller....
Picked up an early flathead intake that I hadn't seen before, a Thickstun that was not the common PM-7 or the pre-war hi-rise. Only numbers looks...
I have some old-new Firestone wide whites and white is way wrong for the car. Plan on turning the white in and painting it black. What might be...
Trying to install the 3 piece K-Member in My Model A frame and find that the crossmember will not fit between the rails without a bit of trimming....
I know I asked about this before but came up zip, but am haunted by the memory of my dad putting a column in his '39 Ford after the war because it...
In the sixties and seventies I was a repeat customer to a cam grinder in south central Los Angeles on Santa Barbara(now MLK). Think his name was...
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Looking for a good way to hold up the back end of a V8-60 in my A, and thought of the F1 trans crossmember as a light duty solution. Was talking...
The red roadster pickup was on the August '63 Popular Hot Rodding with two couples and an orange surfboard. I learned to drive in that car in '59...
Bought some pedals at Long Beach without being sure that they were truely F1. The pedal bracket is a 21C number while the pedals have the more...
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