The Jalopy Journal
From my experence, they rode rough, steered hard, and quit whe the ignition got wet. I never heard of the "pilot house style". I always think of...
Hey Dick Ferry, I only have couple of snap shots of David Ezell #16, from 58 or 59, both black and the other white coupes that were the Guy Donald...
Hey Ski, Just a hi from another fellow that hit the tracks from Valdosta, Waycross, Jax, Lake City to Barberville. Full of my favorite memories....
Welcome to H.A.M.B. from a fellow that has stomped where your shoes have stomped. I hung around the race shops and worked a few machine shops in...
We have enough scooter stories to tell that would fill a book, without starting to touch the rod era. Me smoking up the barber shop would be a...
In 1961, we were painting my 54 Ford Mainline 239 in the booth at the body shop where I worked parttime. My buddy and I were giving it the last...
Sorry to hear of the loss of your dad. Mine left twenty years ago and I know he is still watching over my shoulder. You were both blessed to...
Hey Kevin; I'm still digging, its hard to stir the pot after 45 to 50 years ago, Here is an e-mail I got that might be a pot of gold on...
Hey Kevin, here are a few numbers and people that may be a help ( directory is 10 years old) George Collins, Jax Racing Historian home...
Fernandina Beach is on Amelia Island and there was another old air field there probably only a few miles of where you will be meeting near the...
Another thought just crossed my mind, I'm in my mid-sixtys now any that seems to be a trend with my head. I live about 40 miles from the...
The local dragstrip of that day was "Thunderbolt Drag Strip" located outside Orange Park towards Green Cove Springs in Clay county just south of...
I knew John Schooler and lived about two miles from his shop and home. He died probably 30 years ago. His wife used to work with dad at the Naval...
I have that same bottom box and I bought it used in 1961 for $25 with a few tools and a hein-warner floor jack. I never knew what year mine was...
I was an inspector at the first safety inspections in the state of Florida in 1968, then in Jan.69 became a fleet mechanic/inspector for the phone...
With a water supply tank in the trunk, you can run the wet exhaust and splatter the tailgater behind you. It may give a hot spray blast, and...
Welcome to the H.A.M.B. You'll find now that you will not have any spare time for we will keep you occupied. I started being a NASCAR fan in...
I believe that the "Outlaw" car was stripped and the body/chasis was burried behind the Petty shop in NC to have the car out of sight.
Welcome aboard! Was your 57 Chevy ever raced by Coo Coo or Sterling Marlin? Is Columbia still home of the annual Mule Day in TN? Your art work...
Welcome on from a GARHFA (GA. Auto Racing Hall of Fame Assc.)member. If you stop in at the poolhall get Gorden Pirkle to send me a fresh...
Time to open the valve covers and look at valve action. Could be worn cam lobes or posible broken valve spring. Fix it, it is a great engine when...
With the "Cash for Clunkers" now going on, just think of all the fine junk that will be sent to scrap. In a short time, no motors or...
Best I remember the diaphram pressure plate uses the the short bearing hub and the "three-finger" Borg- Beck pressure plate requires the long bearing.
Back in the early 60's, I saw NASCAR racer Wendell Scott with his Ford jacked up and changing engine bearings in the pit. It was a 1/2 mile dirt...
Smokey was the best of the best for his time era. It was Junior Johnson in 69 and Lee Roy that made the rule changes in NASCAR with the out the...
Welcome to the H.A.M.B. I was raised in Jacksonville, FL from 45-78, then moved to Alabama. I've been on the mountaintop from 78- now next to...
54 Ford Mainline 239 for two years and advanced to the senior year with a fixed up 55 Chev. Bel-Air hardtop(#1 fun car).
I had a 64 Corvette with both tops in great shape from 71-73; bought it for $1600 and sold it for $1650. I thought I was doing good at the time....
I worked about 10 years as a mechanic for Southern Bell up to 1978 in the company garage. When trucks and cars were surplused out and put up for...
This always is a big show and has been an annual event for probably over 25 years. Friday & Sat. are big on the swap shop items. If you happen to...
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