The Jalopy Journal
Thank you Mick, Elcohaulic, 54delray. Mick, was great catching up on Sunday. I take inspiration from "Plush and Padded" and appreciate you, and...
[ATTACH] This thread has been inspirational as I've been sewing up the interior on my 47 Sedan Delivery. Thanks to Mick and all the hambers that...
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Thanks KB. Yes, fentons. I built the start of the exhaust, split into glass packs. It was a pain to thread the needle from the fentons down,...
Thanks Marc I am running the standard 3 on the tree trans, but coupled to a truckstell overdrive, which gives me 2.94 when in o/d, vs the stock...
Nice write up Ryan. I carry Rays funeral service booklet in my club jacket as a reminder of him. I met Ray when I started hanging out with the...
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Thanks Mike, alls well with me and I hope alls well with you? I looked around for you and your blue model A roadster :) didn’t see it so figured...
Some photos from our show a week ago. We had a really good turnout and the weather was perfect. Combined with the live blues and good bbq what...
Back up before the weekend. Guys typically start turning up around midday. Right now the weather forecast looks good, not a scorcher and not too...
Good point Jon! I'd like the OP to find liberty and post some info on the build :) cheers ricki
Just an fyi, the glass bowls also fit other models of Holley carbs. I have some that I plan to put on a Holley 1920 dual carb setup that I have...
I have a 49 Chevy (car) and there is a mount at the front center of the engine, 2 side mounts - 1 on each side of the rear of the engine or front...
So I missed my goal by a long shot, but not for lack of commitment and finally I did take it for its first drive in the weekend. Drove it to the...
Hi Everyone Its coming up really fast and this might be late notice, but the Misfits are plowing ahead with our yearly show... The annual...
It sounds like you are trying to remove the tube from the diff head? If so, from memory on doing this to my chevy, you need to take off the diff...
Thats a cool looking roadster, congrats on the find and being able to park it next to the pickup. I look forward to seeing it out and about one...
Cheers Greg, me too! We can line up your coupe and mine for another comparison. I'm looking forward to seeing yours down a little :) Thanks...
Thanks KiWinUS ex Ashburton. I am ex Dunedin, loving the old American iron and of course the price of petrol :)
Hi all Time for a quick update. I pulled the 216 and last weekend I got the 261 bolted in place. Its a stock full pressure 261 from a truck,...
If you buy a new starter, keep in mind that there are different ring gears for 6v and 12v Chevy starters and they need to be correctly matched....
1928 Model A Roadster for sale H&H engine (fairly new) 39 Ford Trans No Leaks 12 volt conversion Rumble Seat A lot of trick stuff done to this car...
Congrats Tim. Great car and story. You are both lucky and the right caretaker for that 32. Looking forward to following your update posts. I...
If your going, I'll see you there. Weather forecast looks good, sunny with a high of 74. I'll post some pictures after the event. Now I am off...
Hi Everyone Its almost that time of year again... The annual Misfits Midwest & BBs Lawnside BBQ, Blues Cruise (show) is on Sunday October 2nd,...
They were ok with the 1 cut coil I had, but I can't say how they would go if the car was dropped more. I still have the wheels as I like them and...
Thanks everyone. I am really happy with how its turning out. Yeah, the seats just squeak in to the hamb friendly era. But they were the vision...
Thanks. Theres a lot of time, (mainly cause I am slow and everything takes me 3 times as long as it should, then I redo it!), in making the seats...
I figure its about time I posted a basic build up post on my 49 Chevy Sports Coupe Deluxe. With all the recent posts about truckstell overdrives...
I have a 49 coupe, original rear end, 3" lowering blocks. With a stock rear end and 3" drop, you cannot run too much offset from the outside lip...
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