The Jalopy Journal
Well I bought this 60 a couple weeks ago, and started working on it yesterday. I bought this car for the wife, shes been wanting a 59 or 60 Chevy...
Ive been thinking this over for quite some time now, since the HAMB drags actually. And thought Id post this question to you fine folks here. This...
What a week! Just returned home from my second trip to Bonneville in 3 yrs. I think I can speek for the others in our little group that we had a...
Just wanted to see if we could get a head count for Jay for this weekends activities. Jay puts on a nice little feast of BBQ. So lets get a...
Looking for a little more info on this particular car. Such as was this a one off or modified fiberglass body? And who manufactured it. Ive been...
Whats the formula for figureing total CFMs. I have a Hilborn 265-c-8d with 2.050 throttle bores. Trying to figure out much flow this thing has....
Im looking for a gauge panel for my 40 Deluxe. Im going to use a round Stewart Warner speedo, and the matching gauges. Haneline makes a panel for...
Specifically about when did supercharging street cars become popular. Aside from the few factory supercharged cars like the Stude, and such. I...
The 5th annual HAMB Drags was a success....It was great to finally attend with a running car that was capable of making more than one pass....
Got home from my journey to the Salt on Wednesday afternoon. The old 40 ran like a champ all the way and most of the way back, the oil filter...
It's never too early to start talking smack. Ive heard rumblings of some of the matches in the works. So who are you calling out, or who would you...
Well I finally got to put some real mileage on the 40. Last weekend got it legal, took it on a shakedown run that put me at the cruise night in...
I need the door glass for my 40 Ford coupe. Does any body out there deal in glass or have templates? Ive found lots of kits on the web but I dont...
Ok its time to show off those rotund asses. Im starting to get into some detail work on my 40, and one of the areas I'm having a problem with is...
My 40 Ford is nosed and decked,and I'm looking for ideas for latches for both ends. So how about showing off the way you did it.
So this weekend we turned up the heat on Visors, and Regular JD's 32 coupe project. Friday we got together at Visors shop and knocked the cobwebs...
Well here's a few pics of my 40 project. It still has a little way to go yet before its road ready but its getting closer. I did manage to take a...
Up for grabs is a limited edition 1 of 4000, 1/25 scale Hawaiian funny car model. Revell/Monogram. Its comes in a collectable tin and is still...
Got up today with the thought in mind to start on some body work. So I thought I'd start at the firewall, it needs to be painted before the bod...
Today I put the finishing touches on the chassis work...I still need to get the driveshaft made. Finished up the crossmember mods for the 4 gear...
Ive been posting on some of the details Ive been working on for the 40. Heres what the she looks like now. I still need to center the rear end,...
This little tech tidbit is for using a hydraulic set up under the floor. Once again my 40 is the focus but should be able to be used on others...
One of the problems that arise when putting a Chevy engine in a fat fendered Ford is the exhaust. Now if you are running a Mustang II suspension...
Ok I'm running a M-21 in my 40 Ford, with stock pedals. Ive been thinking of several different ways to go with the linkage, but mostly I keep...
Heres a few prgress or lack of progress pics... depends on how look at it. Last weekend got the frontend under the car, and the night before last...
Ok so I got this bright idea that I just needed to paint my 40 in laquer. So Im trying to get the firewall painted so I can get the engine dropped...
well are ya? Im running stock 40 pedals with an adapter for the dual brake res. I have a wilwood master that I was going to adapt to the clutch...
I got the front end in the 40. Its a dropped tube,reverse eye spring, bones are split and am using a chassis engineering trans and bone mount....
Before I got my 40 home I started colecting parts for it. One of the first things I got was a set of fenderwell headers for it. Now That I got it...
I posted last weekend on the project that Ben D delivered but couldnt get pics to post so Im gonna try again. Here she is right after we rolled...
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