The Jalopy Journal
Rodders Journal Eighty issues from Number One (1994) to Number Eighty (2018). All bought new by me. All in excellent condition. Sold as lot...
I remember they stopped racing for a plane to land. circa 1956
In the late 1950s I drag raced my C/A 34 coupe with 265 sbc. I ran Montgomery NY (a NASCAR dragstrip ! ) and Old Bridge NJ., a very short strip...
Upper hose I put on when built in 1988 was NAPA 8344. Needed to replace in 1995 but no longer listed. Browsed rack and picked NAPA 7511....
I got the hose. I'd first gone to Advanced. They had no info. Wasn't in their system. They let me go in the back and browse the hose rack....
I put an SBC in my 37 Ford about 30 years ago and now want to replace the lower radiator hose. I have the Gates number from the sticker that was...
Local Melbourne, FL, cruise brought out this Barris-built coupe. Just out of decades-long Florida storage. New owner believes 327 is original to...
I recommend Jeff Tischler https://www.paintwerksbyjeff.com/
My HRM collection starts in 1953. I gave up when they started writing about drag boats, go-carts, and worse. Maybe I'll pick up this issue at...
The postcard people solved this problem. They would advertise a rare postcard for sale and the bad guy would copy it and then advertise the copy....
I made the dash A/C and radio panel from a radiator cover from the house. [ATTACH]
I wish I could help. My pictures of 1954 drag racing at Linden NJ don't show your car. Neither do my pictures of drags in Woodbine NJ in...
They were flathead V12
I was a flagman in the late 1950s. I had a red flag and a green flag. I would point a flag to the first car. He would nod that he was ready....
Hot Rod Memories Don Montgomery I think a series. I have one from 1991 The All-American Hot Rod. Stories, photographs, artwork....
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In Bill Toboldt's 1952 book "Fix Your Ford" he says: If the generator and regulator and electrical system are in good condition but it is...
The tube axle was only used on the V8-60 in 1937
I changed from std Rams Horns with angled output to 2.50" Corvette Rams Horns several years ago. The 2.50 dump straight down. I have...
I don't know if it's a 32 block. Head mounted water pumps continued for several years after 1932. I don't know if later blocks were the same....
[ATTACH][ATTACH]. Two rare flatheads I saw at the Turkey Run. One is a 32 roadster with the original 21-stud flathead. The Eddie Meyer...
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This happened to me on the 34 sedan I had in high school in 1956. At the time I had the heater out to fix a leak. This left a large firewall...
Several years ago I wrote and posted the history of the New Jersey Timing Association. I included pictures of some of their drag racing venues....
[ATTACH] Rear wheels are 15" ×7". They are Ford from the early 1970s and were put on cars with big engines that did not get alloy wheels (Most...
Further north in NJ we didn't differentiate the various kinds of "mooning". -- e.g. windows up vs. windows down, etc. They were all moons. But...
Graffiti was accurate in some cases but not in others. Drive-in hangout was accurate. Always full. Attracted cars from distances. Sometimes...
From 1937 Ford sales brochure. I belive 1937 brakes were the same as 1936. [ATTACH]
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