The Jalopy Journal
My kid wants to run my old pick up at the upcoming drags,the flyer says run what ya brung on friday night.its not fast maybe 14.0 sec. my question...
check with abs brakes or master power brakes, i did a 51 chev p/u and abs had a sweet bolt on set up for the original axle. good luck.
the glory years indeed!its hard to watch modern drags with out falling asleep after being around it 68-72.
bump
next weekend!
there just around the corner, april 12-13 2013 anybody going??? went last year and had a blast! put on by niffty fiffties i believe,they do a...
r.i.p. Don Gay, remember seeing him run when i was a kid
i guess the track name changed over the time it was open, in the late sixties and 70's it was Houston International Raceway. when 45 had a grass...
as a kid i was there every sat. night with my brother in law as he rad a orange 64 impala and around 69 he started running a dragster,ran that...
look at the core support at the bottom,bad about rusting there. look close at floor braces and inner rockers. check the tail pan good . i dont see...
thanks Bret, ill get that adapter. this car is stock motored so i guess a salvage yard tranny will be ok, or is it best to get a rebuild unit and...
i have a customer that wants to run a 5 speed in his 55 ford car with y-block ,it has a 3 spd with o.d now. i havent done a 5 speed swap so...
green to coil negative,black to ground,yellow to key power, blue to dash lights. thats how id do it.
use the tool! ive seen the crank bust just forward of the first main with the wood and hammer method .
s.o.s. pads work ok,ill use them with westleys if there real grubby
my heart and prayers go out to them ,hope they raise alot. i know where their comming from.
im so sorry for your loss,ill have you in my prayers. my daughter we were told would only live 3 years but just turned 10 . hug em and love em...
if i wanted it it would be super rare and cost thousands but if i was selling it it would not be worth sh%t
one of the best reasons to buil a coupster is about 6'' or more room.and me being 6'5" i need all the leg room i can get.plus the doors are longer...
my moms uncle's 59 chevy p/u ,i still have it and teaching my boys on it.
the 3 times in my life i needed or wanted their help they said they couldnt help me or just didnt show up. the rest of the contact with cops has...
looks like a good show, some sweet rides and scoots
to de-chrome a part they reverse the chrome process . as far as copper plating they use it first in the chrome process... copper,nickel,chrome....
your in my prayers brother,none of us are promised tomorrow . may the good LORD JESUS CHRIST live in your heart. GOD BLESS YOU.
refers to a fast car in the 40's i think
binders=brakes
showboat,all show no go
my old man would call a junker car a "rolls can-ardly" he would say it rolls down one hill and can hardly get up the next. thanks for this thead...
may pops,baloney skins=wore out tires
"rowin and goin" driving a 4 speed
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
