The Jalopy Journal
Year ago my wife wanted a Mini Cooper and I thought she was talking about one of the 'old' ones and that was cool but right after I started...
Sold all of my 70's stuff several years ago but kept my 66 Belvedere 2dr post.....and BL is to get it going again. I know it doesn't qualify for...
Will have to keep this in mind when I go to paint mine.....looks good!
Imo, a go cart that's running 115 mph needs to be balanced. After all, how much rpm is that small diameter wheel/tire turning at that speed? If...
When I was a lot younger, I built houses and even tho this was in the Houston area, things still could get lousy with below freezing temps, light...
No but I have plenty of leaves! Need to get rid of a few trees.....
No one drives my cars as hard as I do so if one screws up, I know it's nothing that they did unless they failed to pay attention to the gauges....
Many years ago, my wife and I were looking at a restored 70 Hemi Challenger at a local show and we were the only people looking at it and the...
Like mentioned earlier, some may not like to drive their hot rods to shows. I got tired of them many years ago and quit going to them with my car...
Two trailers, first one had a solid wood deck. When I was dumber than I am now, I used to dump used oil on the wood thinking it would make it last...
Cool pics! I went to my prom in a 66 Belvedere....but it wasn't all that old in 69 :D
Yup, the dog ships parts but I'm one that will never use them....
Does the vehicle sit for extended periods of time or driven every day?
I know I'm probably going to step on some toes but the 8" isn't exactly a strong unit. I've seen stock 289's trash them and 289's don't have much...
I like to hoard money but so far, I haven't been too successful......
What's the deal on the Cuda? Shaker hood setup....Hemi car? I sold my 71 340 Cuda about 6 years ago and have been kicking my arse for it ever...
At almost 60 years old with a 1500 sq ft garage with a 25x25' carport out back and a 14x25 storage building with a loft that was down the road....
Yes but I have a small machine shop and can do precision work....if you're thinking about doing this by hand, I would suggest not doing that....
That material is one of the reasons why the TIG process came into being and here's what I think is a pretty good vid about welding it. It also...
The old style TRW/SpeedPro pistons are thick on top.....and heavy. I ball end milled 200 grams out of each of a set of TRW flat tops for a 440....
Yeah, it's showing signs of deterioration and it's time to change it out. Do they salt the roads there in the winter time?
An engine that is locked up because it's been out in the rain will most likely not be locked up if it's kept wet. As it gets more and more rust...
I like to give my engines what they want. Don't know what the 'book' numbers are for the 392 but I have always tuned by how it runs and not what...
I roll up my hoses when I mow and that's about it! :D
I doubt both bars have the same rate anymore (how old are they?) so measuring the length of the both doesn't hold much water. Measure from the...
I have no idea how old they are but they look pretty old! :) Thanks, I'll contact him.
Thanks for the reply. Also, I suppose I need to advertise them on a site that caters to the midget racer crowd and not on this site because I...
I have 5 old Halibrands and am pretty sure they were for a midget racer but really don't know anything about them. The are all 6 hole with a 5"...
'Power tapping' is taking a chance if you do it without using a tapping head but it can be done successfully if you go slow enough. When we tapped...
Tapmatic tapping head....here's a whole page of them. Not real cheap but worth it if you have to do a lot of wrinkles.......
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