The Jalopy Journal
I put a 70 318, with a 71 a833 4 speed in my 36 Plymouth coupe. Took it out for it's shake down run, got some questions! 1) My mechanical oil...
looking at a 1935 Plymouth coupe w/rumble seat nearby, the sheet metal is good... BUT! there is no frame! What year frame of Plymouth/Dodge...
I bought a 47 Ford COE a few years ago, and am just getting around to it now. Even a few years ago I had a heck of a time finding coe...
Starting to collect parts for my '47 cabover. The truck in general is pretty crunchy (rust) but even crunchier than the rusted body is the...
WOW... Did a search for auto transports, got some random site, so popped in my info, gottah start somewhere... Of course my email then gets...
Pair of 40-41 Pick-up front fenders got these before I knew what the differences were between these and car fenders. They were actually sold to me...
Hey Guys... I've liked the results I get with an epoxy primer sealing everything, bare metal, old paint, repair areas etc... BUT! Every time...
I have two of them, one in my coupe on a '46 side shift trans, and the other on the bench that will hopefully replace the one in the coupe which...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is the smaller Pontiac, a fairly complete car that's quite solid. Motor is stuck. Frame is excellent!...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is a rather interesting slanted back (and to the right) "A" pillar chop... Lets start with the...
I have a stripped coupe that is very rusted,the raingutters are bad, the cowl is bad, no floors at all, but the roof is good. I just picked up a...
So I put in a suggestion related to hot-rods and the recent glut of popular ( AND fantasy filled) hot-rod related audio/video entertainment, and...
I've searched through HAMB for plans of these wooden parts and have seen several posts where someone has developed them, but then each post seems...
On my AV8 I have '40 wishbones, with a model a yoke and ball, and '46 socket (top and bottom) with a '37 rubber yoke ball. The ball seemed very...
I've always had pretty good luck buying cars sight unseen... very lucky in hindsight...my luck ran out. Found a 40 ford coupe on Craigslist...
Quote from my Insurance company: "This is considered a KIT CAR not an original 1931 Ford coupe so let me look into this a little furthur" trying...
After hours of searching the web about how to wire a signal stat 700 with modest success, (a 5 wire signal switch) most have given up and gone to...
its in a 41 Chev in Baltimore CR... I've never seen anything like it![IMG]
Here are a few progress pictures from a ratty body to a body that's a little less ratty (not a RR). Its still sitting too high for my taste, and a...
...about Us old men and these old cars... While I was walking through Hershey a few weeks ago with my brother and nephew, I noticed the prices...
Some guy at hershey had a panoramic photo of what looked like 10 or 15 ford roadsters with the builders listed for each car, it was a decent size...
Got a Fr"A"nkenstien coupe body, some time in it's poor life the trunk and rear of the cab area was cut off and then welded back on, sortah, it...
It's an aflliction! Damn Craigslist all to hell! So I'm minding my own business innocently looking through Craigslist, and I see this ad for...
Got a question, it's been 30 years since I've played flathead! the oil supply tube, does/should that get removed before hot tanking? what about...
Found this at a near by antique indoor flea market. It's a cast iron Wilcox bead roller.. damn thing weighs a ton. the asking price is $350...
I picked up a rolling frame, engine and axles from a 1946 Ford that had been in 30 year storage up here in the rust region (Maine), for my AV8...
I want to put a nailhead in a 41 Studebaker Champion coupe: The question is which nailhead: A baby nail head, with Alum heads and intake,...
I sold my Plymouth to a great guy and he was taking great care of it! It seems the rear lag bolts on the drivers side sheared off of the wheel...
Have you guys seen these yet, the first few shots had me fooled. If you have been alerted sorry, if not check 'em out...
I was just watching American Pickers, they were at some guy named Dannys farm ... and the camera flew by what appeared to be a 32 ford! The...
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