The Jalopy Journal
Back to the TROG rules you cant run the same car next time...what if you switch bodies?
I was taking apart a 55 Chevy dash board vent cable to use as a truck release for my 52 Merc, when some how I, while getting it unsiezed got the...
I would like to share a story that isnt about me but my oldest boy, When he was 4, I had a 54 Ford 2 dr post for a all year round car, the flatty...
It was 1976 and I was driving in my little Datsun 2dr I had just pulled away from a stop sign and it was a snow covered road I had gone through...
I bought a 65 Ford 2dr post that a a small coupe type roof on it, it also had a 302 King Cobra out of a mustang and a 4 speed standard trany and a...
I am starting this thread to find out the worse trip you ever took in a car, truck or on a bike that almost filled your pants, like accident or...
Well one time at Griffin Motors the owner said to me while sitting in his office " Yeah there's a 53 Meteor that came in and I never check the...
I had bought a 67 Ford half ton back in 85 from a local farmer, I had seen it every day on my way to work for awhile and I liked that year of...
Well problem was when he called the Doc to ask how to remove them , he got scared by the Doc saying if he didnt get all of the tick body out it...
Well there was a guy in Southern Ontario Canada that built a 57 that is a spittin image of this car, right down to the interior, since it at many...
What I cant understand is the talk of a fender mounted gas tank opening being removed. I have owned 5, 52 - 54 Fords Mercs, Monarchs and Meteors...
All in all my friend a good start to a Kool ride...Maybe a nice shop truck for your business!!!
Some times the danger doesnt have to be anything large and attacking.The owner of Griffin Motors had gotten a call from a man outside of Brantford...
In my club we have someone that had two of them ..59 elks and I had always wanted to see one done with a 59 buick front clip on it and I even...
The Griffin Motors I worked at from 83 till 95 was set up so that if someone snuck in to find parts for their popular cars they wouldnt find...
I worked for a man in Kitchener Ontario doing T's and A's and he told me that Model T's were in fact sprayed with a hose what he called a shit...
One hell of a choice in truck and Motor!!!!..beautiful paint too..Once again One hell of a choice my friend!!!!..Bet you cant wait for the first...
Never lost a cell in a yard and this aint about broken body parts or lost tools or close encounters with animals ..But theres a yard on hwy 4 in...
I worked at a yard in Cambridge Ontario, they called me Smokin Roy Boy..and it wasnt cause of my torch handy work...lol...One day at work the boss...
I can remember another time I had the crap scared out of me, I was working at Griffin Motors and I had 2 of my sons with me, I was in the main...
Thanx for all the replies ppl, hope to read more...another one that happened to myself in the yard was when I was cutting up a badly rotten 53...
Brussels Ontario here, I run my 52 Mercury called The Ghoster Coaster...moved here from Cambridge ont....Roy Boy
I thought I would start a thread about things that go wrong at your fav scrap yard..I was working at a yard in Southern Ontario Canada, it was...
1969, well I was 14 , the cops had towed my second car away cause I didnt have a liceince or insurance, the first car was a 57 Chevy 4 door paid...
I think it is one Kool ride my friend...through a gallon of paint at it soon!!!!
The tail lites and rear bumper are 52 Mercury, though he had to by the looks of it reshape the center of the bumper...
I realy like the way it looks man...you will be Kool for sure when your cruizin!!!
Bruce Springsteen..Racing in the Streets also Hot Rod Linclon
Barton Street east and west..Hamilton Ontario Canada...in any thing we found runnin...lol..
I have had people look my Flatty and say ..Look son see theres a hemi motor their the only motor that has the spark plugs on top and when I say...
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