The Jalopy Journal
WOW! you guys have some great looking wagons. I can't wait till We have grandkids, so I can build him or her a cool lowrider pedal car. Here are...
Sweet. Looks great!
Check out the windshield, that I built. Some aluminum channel and plexiglass.
Our friends, Don and Mary Lou, asked if we would paint this peddle car to look like their 29 Ford Roadster. We got a little carried away. We put...
Great score! Sweet ride
66 caddy coupe de calaise Green on green on green. I once had 10 people in it.
Back when I worked on late model cars, I opened a GM parts box that was marked made in china. The next day, I am working on a Toyota, the Toyota...
We had a carpenter doing some work in the shop. I noticed that he would through every other nail back into the box. I asked him why and he said...
I have a set of slightly rusted jag wire wheels. They are off of a 69 E-type You are welcome to them.
Too cool! I've been saving a Jag 6cyl and looking for a car to build around in. I thought about putting it in a chevy just to f#*k with the guys...
These are a couple of helmets we painted to match their Boss Hoss. The missus looks happy!
I get the "why don't you just buy a new car?" But mainly from people that don't know me. I've got a tom boy wife and two grown boys, they get it.
Is it right hand drive?
Wow! Cool pics.
I did frame work for 30 years, My suggestion is to cut the plate loose along the top, well past the start of the warp. Your rail should be easy to...
I flush mine out with lots of water, then I pump in shield gas ( argon and CO2 mix) from a spare welding tank. I let the gas run while I'm...
Thats amazing! I wonder what the cost of living was then as compared to now.
I would not call it a hot rod tune but every time I hear brooks and dunn's red dirt road, I'm 17 again. ( her daddy didn't like me much in my...
The wife started calling me that because I like to put cars together out of spare parts.
This 1948 Kurtis Kraft ran at Bonneville in 1989. The car set a U.S. Midget speed record of 156.902
Wow, what a cool ride! My son and I have been building a 63 Skylark.Great looks and light weight. I have not been able to find a disc brake...
How about the guy that walks up to your fresh build and insists that he knows the car and its former owner.
The best way to get a smooth and even surface is to use the english wheel.
I saw a cool photo of a crosley station wagon. The rear wheel stuck out past the factory fenders. I would like to put a small block in a Morris...
Removing as much weight as possible is great. Leaving the door mounted and latched will help reinforce the body shell.
Hello from Topping, Virginia. I've been in body work all of my life. Dad was a mechanic. I now own a restoration/custom shop. I've been cutting...
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