The Jalopy Journal
Haven't been here much for the last couple years. Frankly, been too poor to screw with cars, and it's just easier to forget about 'em. Except,...
So, I was taking my 4 new ebay-score cheap tires to get 'em mounted on rims for my '53 Customline. I decided that I'd pull the rims and take 'em...
So, I had this idea to make a sand-cast aluminum part, and took a similar one to a foundry my buddy recommended. Short story long: I need help...
Been in the planning stages of an early hemi project (aka sitting and thinking 'cause I'm out o' money)... Had been thinking of going '50's...
Here's a question: what bellhousing will put a late '30's "top loader" Dodge/Plymouth box behind a '54 Chrysler? I've heard from multiple people...
Does anybody here have pics of this car? It ran at Bonneville, Muroc, and Rusetta. There was a young kid who worked for him polishing castings,...
Got a call from dad, who has obviously got too much time on his hands... He asked me if I could post up a request for 320 buicks that had...
My pop was saying there's a car he would buy if he could get floors and rockers put in (done right) in western WA. Anyone around here do this...
So my dad up and buys this little '39 40 series coupe. Pretty nice little car; dual intake/exhaust, and seems to run fairly well after tinkering...
I was looking at Dad's '39 Buick Special that had real weak spark. '41 dual intake & dual exhaust - otherwise stock. Anyway... to get to the...
Been gathering parts to build a new engine for Lulubelle, the pickup. Got the shortblock pretty well sorted out, and am going to assemble with a...
I stopped in at the machine shop today. Talked about er-working connecting rods for a 383 which failed due to excessive RPM. In hot rodder...
I was toying with the possibility of putting a hood scoop on this truck: [IMG] So you know where I'm heading with this project... I'll probably...
Well, today I went to the machine shop. HAMB'r FEDER was kind enough to steer me to a shop. Went in and dropped off block and pistons; seems...
Does anybody know of a good automotive machine shop in the Seattle/Puget sound area? Gotta' be someone who has torque plates for big MoPar, and...
H.A.M.B. members Tomslik and Dvanecek. Last summer, I was brave/optomistic/foolish enough to bid $50 on a pair of MG bodies... 700 miles from...
Okay, I got a cheap-ass question for the HAMB faithful. I went out & scored a couple of these old Wilwood calipers; look like GM copies to me....
Just the other day, I was thinking that it'd be real cool if someone would compile a list of HAMB members who'd be willing to help someone out if...
So, I wanted to put cheap/available (I already have lots of 'em) wheels w/ 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern on the Chupacabra's '46 Ford sedan front axle....
... a thread about a month back on some giant old pre WWII fabric-covered speedster? If I remember right, it was from Australia or New Zealand...
Well, I've got a question for the HAMB faithful. I picked up a '46 front axle assy (complete w/ tie rod and wheels!) from Orcas Tow....
After spending 90 minutes or more googling different permutations of "rev/rpm limit/limiter/limiting diy/schematic" and etc. I couldn't find out...
You ever have one of those weak moments on ebay? I did. Item # 4649675810. So now I have not one, but two MG TD bodies to get from Colorado to...
Time to kick down with chippin' in towards the bandwidth here... time to clear desk space. This is a NORS Cloyes fiber cam gear purchased in the...
Does anybody know how the first spindle mount wire wheels came about for drag cars? Did someone just run across a commonly available hub that...
I'm in the planning and parts-gathering stages of a no-buck (almost) low powered drag car, and am going to have to choose frame material pretty...
I've got a problem, and thought with the amount of people here who manage personnel, there'd have to be some good advice. I've got an employer...
About a year or two ago, I went out to look at some marine hemi stuff that I guy had put on ebay (which didn't sell). Most of it was junk; but...
I can't get the cars from the street to the garage, because there is a giant mud pit where the driveway should be. Anybody in Seattle/Lynnwood do...
have to keep a few packs of these in the car for your passengers: Brief Relief, 4-Pack Model: SKU: F-604-100 Brief...
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