The Jalopy Journal
Here are some photos from the reliability run on Vancouver Island last weekend. 13 cars braved the 37*C (98*F) heat to make the 207km run from...
The Few Car Club of Vancouver Island invites you to our June 26 reliability run. Open to 1965 and older traditional hot rods and kustoms. A 200km...
Up for sale is my 1953 Ford F100 survivor pickup. This truck was originally the Modern Motors shop truck from Calgary Alberta. When I got it, it...
Can anyone identify this banjo steering wheel? [IMG] [IMG] Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
The car is a 37 Ford, but has 39 brakes on it. They were working great, but the wheel cylinders were leaking. So I replaced all 4 wheel...
1965 Chevrolet 327 Block, bored .030 over (336cid) Scat Small Journal Crank Scat H Beam Rods SRP domed Pistons 12.5-1 compression Dart Iron Eagle...
1941-47 Ford Tailgate. Not perfect, but decent. Has one crack in it, and some rot along the top rail on the inside. Perfect for a beater, or take...
Old Chrome Windshield Frame for 1937-39 Ford. Has hinges, decent glass (one stone chip), some rot in bottom. Not for a show car, but would look...
I'm resurecting 53 F-100, that at some point someone swapped an early 9" in to. It needs all new brakes. I'm using my 64 F-100 (was my daily...
I've got a stock 28 coupe in the shop right now, someone at some point did a juice brake conversion, and it did not work. Removed everything, put...
Just a small BBQ put on by the Clutch Poppers Car Club, deep in the heart of the Edmonton River Valley, underneith the famous High Level Bridge....
A friend of mine brought these by the shop the other day. Any idea what their off of? [IMG] [IMG]
Hey, I have a customer who is looking to use the new stewart warner wing gauges in his 26 Roadster which is staying 6 volt positive ground. For...
So were building a 39 pickup at the shop right now, and the rear fenders are real tough. We started fixing them, however we have a slight problem....
Because it is so damn boring in this city and there is nothing else to do...... Frogs mouths [IMG] Maund Forward [IMG] Maund Backwards [IMG]...
On Sept 24 was the Alberta HAMB meet in Red Deer Alberta. Red Deer is about an hour and half south of Edmonton. Each city participating had their...
For those of you who follow our weekly Clutch Popper Wednesday thread, you may remember a few weeks ago we were stripping a 79 Ford pickup to use...
So the tranmission in my 64 F-100 started making some bad howling noises yesterday towing a car home from the Drags. What kind of transmission...
So on Friday Charlie and I loaded up everything and proceeded to head to the town of Evansburg, 94km west of Edmonton, for the Lone Wolves River...
I have an 8BA flathead in my roadster and it keeps killing spark plugs! I've tried two sets of Autolite 216's, a set of Champion RH10, and NGK...
Allright heres the deal. Right now I have a set of old Offenhauser heads on my roadster. A few months back number 1 plug hole stripped out. I put...
Hey, So a customer of mine wants to put a 348 in his 50 Buick. The straight 8 blew up and he has a great running 348 sitting at home. He would...
Well I got my first story published in Canadian Hot Rods magazine. Well I shouldn't say first, I've done a few tech articles in the past, but this...
So my daily driver 64 F-100 has let me down. It has no spark sometimes, weak spark sometimes, and then great spark sometimes. It will fire up...
Old man winter did it again. What an asshole! http://www.globaltoronto.com/Buildin...051/story.html
I started this thread a few months back on the Canadian Rodder forum, but thought I would share it with you guys. I'll start from the beginning...
I built a set of headers for my roadster today, but I dunno, I think they look funny. Is it just me or do they actually look weird? Their only...
A few months back a gentleman named Ted Kucher came into the shop and asked if we would be interested in building a rolling chassis for his 32...
Hey Everyone, Just a reminder about our open house on July 17 here at LG Kustoms. Our two main focus points on this open house are, one being...
Bought these a few years ago at a farm auction. $7 for the two of 'em. Only two though. Question is, what are they? They are 14" A friend of mine...
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