The Jalopy Journal
Hi-I have a tach drive Mallory dist. and a Moroso mechanical tach;my question is, is there an adapter for the tach cable to go from the .104...
Hi-Would anyone have a picture of the earlier T-K decal-the one before the bowtie decal? If so,could you post it here? Thanks Doug Schriener
Hi-Question for anyone with old Mallory catalog? Have an electronic ign. magnetic pickup # 614-not a Mopar Ford or Chevy.Can anyone give a hand....
Hi-That cap and rotor looks an awful lot like the Mopar dual-point that came on the 340's in the Swingers and Dusters-just wonderin'
Hi-I'm trying to finish my jalopy 8BA and have a dual groove crank pulley with no timing mark. I had the front cover off and had the timing marks...
A great Pontiac racer, a great Jr. Stock racer;one more from the Old Guard gone;there'll be plenty of old drag racers to greet him!!
Hi-Question for the ford flathead guys.I'm putting an 8BA in a '39 Ford coupe ,,running a dual carb intake and don't think i have room for the...
Another of the Old Guard gone.RIP
Hi-This is the kind of stuff I could read all day-As far as tracks out there,I can name 11 dirt tracks operating within 2 hrs. of my home in...
Hi-Absolutely do something with it-fix it,it's cool!!!!
Goodson Bros. from North Carolina-Blown 312 COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good to have ya back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi-He was also pretty good with the 4-jet Rochester on my 283
Hi-The YL is a small housing distributor that uses a regular cap rather than the Double Life YC that came with a flat cap that was a 3 piece...
I'm wondering if Mallory ever made a YL dual point for a y-block-I know they had the YC and ZC but am wondering about a YL.Any help appreciated....
HI-Yeah I have seen a fuel pump leak oil out the small vent hole in the pump-not common but can happen.
Keep the pics comin'-Way cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi-There is a school of thought on a dirt track car that said you were busy enough as it is,no time to look at a tach. Drag car yes.By the...
I had a bad day at work and this makes it a whole lot worse.Liked his posts-a class act.We will miss him a whole bunch. Doug Schriener
I'll be darned-He built a damn good torque converter too!!!
Hi-I got interested in the cars from southern Minn. 'cause a lot of them ran with the old Minnesota State Stock car Association out of St....
Cool-I have heard at one point the Thurmers had a FI setup on the car-Fairmont Speedway in Minnesota has a bunch of pics from back in the day and...
Hi-Isn't that the old Thurmer Bros. Body Shop car from Jackson,Minn.?Great car from a great racetrack.Keep the racing stories coming...
Another great racer gone.
Thank you loudbang for these pictures-I ended up with this car -raced 10 years O/SA-I'm sure Jeff and Richard Wood would be tickled to see this...
Squirrel- I think you're correct-a friend of mine ran one in his Boss Mustang and it resembled the one in the pic.. Doug Schriener
yep,that sucker is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi I was taught to pack some grease in behind the bearing-ya don't fill the hub,just a layer of grease behind the bearing.
The dual plane intake is a damn good design even today
Hi-The teapot can't be half bad-it was the carb on the blown 312 in '57.
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