The Jalopy Journal
Sorry, I couldn't get the video to attach to my thread, so I deleted the paragraph I'd written. Will try again later when my computer whiz gets home.
I need some help identifying which knob goes where on a '40 Ford dash. When I bought this car it had an aftermarket dash in it with Stewart Warner...
I'm in the process of getting the exhaust system built on my '40 Ford and I'm wondering how far to extend the tailpipes. If I remember correctly...
I recently cleaned out my father's garage after he had passed away and found this device in his tool box. Dad was an old school Ford guy and life...
I went to the garage today to install my newly painted '40 Ford dash. This car had an aftermarket dash in it when I bought it so I didn't have the...
On a '40 Ford coupe there isn't what you would call "weather stripping" for the quarter panel window, as far as I can tell. The weather stripping...
I'm wondering who might know what size the garnish molding screws are for a '40 Ford, and where to purchase them also. The originals were thrown...
I am taking the garnish moldings out of my '40 to a hydro dip business in order to have them wood grained. The moldings were originally chromed,...
I briefly went to high school in Altus from 1971 to late 1972. There was a guy a couple of years ahead of me who drove a yellow coupe, fenderless,...
I need to sandblast the window garnish moldings on my '40 Ford and need to get the vent window apparatus out of the way. Can the two be separated...
I went out to crank my '50 Ford this afternoon for the first time in a couple of months. It fired right up but immediately vomited a mixture of...
I bought a windshield seal for a '40 Coupe from Dennis Carpenter and enlisted a friend's help in installing my new windshield glass. I used a...
I'm mounting the body on my '40 coupe and am planning to buy some stainless bolts and washers to secure the body to the frame. Can someone please...
Forgive me if this is a duplicate post - I keyed my question earlier and hit the button to upload it but haven't seen it since, so here it goes...
I'm planning to make my first attempt at making my own fuel lines this week and have a filter location question. I am running a normally aspirated...
Should I use silicon tape or any other type of sealant on my brake and fuel line joints, or do they simply go together dry? Any advice would be...
I recently converted my '50 Ford from 6v to 12v. I put a rebuilt starter on it, converted the generator to 12v, etc, and the car has started very...
I realize this is a stretch, but here goes anyway. I have a rear seat that I can't yet identify. I bought a project car a few years ago that had...
The rear end came out of a Taurus and is not positraction. There are too many lubricants to choose from, figured I'd ask the HAMB world. Thanks...
I need to buy the grill package for my '40 Ford Deluxe Coupe. I spoke to Bob Drake yesterday and had them to give me the price for an entire grill...
Roughly a year ago there was a rather lengthy article here on the HAMB where the author talked at length about growing up in a household without a...
I have a 60 gallon Craftsman compressor that's about six years old. Last week it quit building air pressure. It still runs, motor sounds normal,...
I was driving through Clayton, NC today and I saw what appeared to be a fat fendered car sticking its nose out of a storage building. It was rusty...
Some time this weekend I hope to be mounting my '40 body onto my "good" frame. The body currently sits on an older frame that a friend of mine...
I'm planning to use the stock bench seat in my '40 Coupe, but I need to replace the seat adjuster/floor bracket (if thats the right way to say...
I bought this car about a year ago and have spent the time since just getting it running again (it had sat in a shed since 1973). Well, it runs...
I need to know how many pieces of weather stripping are on a '40 Coupe's doors. Its been three years since I took the car apart and for the life...
I have a '50 Ford coupe that will be painted silver once I get to that point in the build. I'm trying to decide what color to go with for the...
A friend of mine has a '34 Ford sedan with the original transmission in it, but missing the engine. He plans to put an 8BA in it at some point in...
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