The Jalopy Journal
Here's mine, factory 390 auto car work in progress. Car was very rough but had good bones. Has a Crites frontend.
Blackout, I read this post at just the right time, because I just did a shakedown run in my 63 galaxie under similar conditions yesterday...no...
36 horsepower? Hardly worth it no wonder they didn't last. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Most all of them had Hamilton Standard hydramatic variable pitch props on them. I attached a picture of FiFi, the only air worthy B29 bomber left....
It just so happens I was in town (from Ohio) checking out sun records, Beale st. , etc. And saw this last night in the hotel room. I went today...
I fabbed up the last piece I needed for the quarter panel and tacked it in. Everything came out exactly how I wanted and I couldn't be happier....
Finished welding the new rocker in last night. Looks great, and only one more panel to go on the passenger side and ifs done! Well at least that...
The rocker inners and outers came from classic fabrication. They are pretty accurate but not 100 perfect match. The ones on ebay _suck_. They do...
I love the colors. Are you running factory steels or going with something bigger? Remember the factory steels reverse easily and look killer. The...
Alright, tonight I installed the passenger rocker and rocker top. It was relatively painless, most of the work was planning and cutting, as usual....
If you haven't decided on brake pedal setup, checkout my 55 olds build thread. I used a manual transmission vega pedal setup, removed the clutch...
That's right, to keep water out of the blower box, from behind the wiper motor and from rotting the joints between the upper cowl panel &...
Today marks 1 year ago I drove the olds home on a dolley. It was uneventful, except when it dropped into drive and the transmission was driving...
You would be correct. Olds hoods from this era are notorious for it. The framing is not strong enough and over time it bends the tabs that weld to...
Thanks, me too! I flip OT cars in the summer time also, except im using the money to get a house. Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
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