The Jalopy Journal
Who needs a cool project? Installed a 55 grill I had. Clean title. Engine runs and sounds good. No brakes. Recent windshield. 208-816-2297...
[ATTACH] Rotten Leonard's Jalopy Shop has 46 Chevy in the shop, the truck came into the shop that had previously had some work done at another...
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Lots of good info here guys, thank you. Is there a factory locker that works with these like say 9 inch ford stuff? Or are the lockers made just...
I bought this quite a few years back at the end of a swap meet for a few hundred bucks. Really didn't know what I was buying I figured it was...
What are you all using for DA sand paper on bare metal? I've just been using 80 grit nortons from the paint store and they have a very short...
I would just watch for one that is much hotter than the rest.
Here is the backstory of why she was mean muggin in the dragster, my son and daughter when we were building it. Its one of my favorite pictures....
That's my wife.
Thanks for the pictures, i haven't seen that little bobber since it drove away. It was built purely out of leftovers from other projects and...
I guess we're due for a 2 year update, After last post we were unloading the trailer and found that the flex plate bolt had loosened up. So we...
Haha, good one!
Somebody dropped this by the shop the other day cleaning out their stuff wasn't sure what it was off of. [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Thanks, it's coming, just got to clear some stuff off my plate.
That's pretty cool using direct blower pressure in the water tank to regulate the water injection.
I think I've got a pretty nice set of 40 fins up in my home shop if you're interested
I was going to say that too, quick tip from my high school auto shop teacher, just take the MIG welder and weld a bead all the way around the...
Have y'all seen the Jay Leno YouTube (might have been a My Classic car) where he is hot rodding a Stanley steemer, they were on their fifth or six...
Pretty cool looking old tow truck, 55 cab on a 74 C50 chassis, manual transmission and a small block Chevy, runs decent but the brakes need work I...
I just put a set of Hoosiers on my vintage dragster, brake clean on a shop rag took the white off very easily.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-no-frame-model-a-modified.1079177/page-10 Right now it's at 1400lbs with a lot of fat yet to...
Thinking about Steve today, I miss seeing how he would take some random bit out of the scrap pile and turn it into some drool worthy piece. Tons...
Well we pulled the NW vintage dragster out of mothballs for last race of the season, went out to the trailer hit the button and fired right up ,...
Where does the crank come from? Are you fabricating it? or is it from another application?
Yeah with bathroom scales right at 1400lbs with 10 gallons of fuel. The IRS should help loose some weight, and i have an aluminum bellhousing for...
Thats what I was thinking, if you drain the break-in oil and shine a light on it it looks like fine metalic paint. As long as there is no metal...
So what does the 38 or 44 refer to?
I should probably know that.....but i don't [ATTACH]
Seemed to much like summer to cut the car up, so i back burnered the rear end in favor of some other upgrades. When the engine warmed up it was...
If this fails that will probably be the next try:D
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