The Jalopy Journal
Better than the last couple, but not good enough to renew when my subscription runs out. I think I’m finally getting used to life without magazines.
My wife and I were talking about this at the local cruise get together in Northwest Tucson last Thursday. The average age of the customers at the...
The early Falcon and Mustang six cylinder cars used a completely different axle assembly with a 7 1/4” (?) integral carriage not related to the...
I use State Farm in Michigan for my drivers and a couple of older “Collector Cars”. No issues, but no claims yet. My agent retired and the new...
That’s not correct, as Chrysler offered the rare and fragile Pont A Mousson four speed in the early sixties, before their in house NP four speed...
I’ve always, with a few exceptions, had to use a slide hammer or a spare tire with a chain passing through the wheel opening, some slack in the...
An oil filter wasn’t even standard equipment on the 265 sbc when it was first released in 1955, although it was an option.
I like the crane adaptation. Just remember that the lift rating assumes a typical wheel spread a car would have to distribute the load along the...
I had a red and white 55BelAir hardtop-California car, back in the early- mid seventies. Loved the looks, but, frankly, it was a rattletrap with...
Try using an impact wrench instead of a hand ratchet. The rapid pulses sometimes break the rust bond in the threads.
Chevy G van?
Since Robert Peterson departed from the scene many, many years ago, Hot Rod seems to have passed to new owners every five or so. There’s not much...
Lots of confusion here. True, Hurst may have made the horseshoe type mount kit that hung the engine by the front bolt holes, and then used the...
That’s how my pickup is set up. I won’t drive mine until I fix it, so it is parked until the project reaches the top of the pile. It’s...
I hated that kit when I was a kid myself. Bought it for the roadster, if I remember correctly. Traded the roadster several years later, but...
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The Jalopy Journal