The Jalopy Journal
In '62, I had a very rapid '56 Ford, discovered Goodies Speed Shop had cards of black line drawings of car silhouettes about 1.5" long. They were...
Hi, guys. Awhile back, one of the 'heads' posted some brackets he had found by an early Ford parts vendor. These are the front frame-to-brake hose...
After seeing a metal lock box in a recent hot rod build thread, I was intrigued. My '27 T Touring will have no glove compartment, and other than...
Cabin fever drove me to do it. Actually, my '55 F100 drove me to the Save Mart 5 miles away, to pick up some ESSENTIALS! That was the excuse,...
Anybody else having a problem with 'Search'? I select a subject, hit 'search', and the page comes up, for 2 seconds. Then it whisks me to the...
Santa Clara, 1953. I was 11, on my '49 Hawthorn 26" balloon tire bike...Spotted what looked like a hot rod, parked up the block. I got closer, saw...
I've bought many cool cars, but always lusted for the elusive '55 F100. Ever since '53, trucks were new and I was 13. My cousin came over with his...
Watching footage from NASA, Spacex Falcon Heavy rocket launch, deployment of satellites. When satellite #9 separated, wife Joey exclaimed: "Look!...
Done an exhaustive search for an excellent thread I read on prepping '46 'bones. Author chopped off the hangers, then proceeded to thin down the...
My mate in Australia said he heard that Elmer Snyder has passed...Any truth to it? Hope it was just a rumor...
Have to say this, to all my HAMB brothers and sisters: HAPPY TURKEY!
I was about to have my pal Brian (sign painter extraordinaire) paint the name of my shop on the doors of my truck... Cool thing to do, as it draws...
Just got my new 4 spoke Bell type wheel from Reid's Rod Parts, inc. , look 'em up. They have 3 spoke, too. Just under $200.00, they are located in...
Couple of years ago, it was mentioned that someone was reproducing a copy of the '37 Ford tube front axle. Yeah, I know about 'Super Bell' and...
1955. I was 13... It was late afternoon, almost evening in Santa Clara, I was working the 'cool look' at the Mission Creamery, the local high...
My beautiful young wife surprised me with a set of Vintage Auto Meter gauges today, UPS drove up and delivered a set of black-faced, beveled glass...
My two buds and I were car crazy, the year was 1953. Honk, Hop Up, R&C all fit inside our schoolbooks, so we were getting a first rate education...
In the day... No self respecting rodder would be caught with a (much less a pair!) fog lamp on the front of his car. On the HAMB, it seems like a...
For the life of me, I can't seem to find Chip's (Gotlouvers) avatar to send him a PM. Isn't there a list of members? Please help.
Lately, I've been seeing flathead cars with the old chrome biscuit caps over the rubber biscuits, under the water pump mounts. (searched Chassis...
Don Hampton's (HAMPTON'S SUPERCHARGER SERVICE) '34 Phaeton was stolen from his home garage or shop within 5 years ago. Anyone ever hear anything...
Some years ago, there were some posters by an artist about the time Robert Williams and his wife were first popular. One had two frames, first...
Some years back, I had some '50 Merc wheels I reversed, and fitted them with tubeless radials and '50 Merc Ash cans. (newbies call those 'dog...
Jumped in my '55 F100, drove up to the stop sign 2 blocks away, slowed, truck pulled hard to right. Then...BANG! Right front dropped a little,...
Searched all over the HAMB, couldn't find anything. I have 3 of my '27 Ts all apart, am removing rivets from body/subrails. I've heard there...
My son ran across an old O.T. Pinto that has a large painted-on SCTA logo on the hood. Along the front fenders it is lettered with 'CALIFORNIA...
My '55 F100 burned up the Mallory fuel pump Sunday. (no fire, just an electrical failure) Not far from home, so I nursed it here with a tank...
I was looking around the HAMB yesterday, and stumbled upon an ex-Early Times member with a scrapbook. He had some pics of a rusty body ('27 T...
I've been in the brake business for years. I used to reline all brake shoes myself, from rolls of Bendix lining, remove old rivets and burn off...
My neighbor a few years ago inherited a '37 Ford woody from his late father. He and his teenage son drove it a little, then parked it and cleaned...
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