The Jalopy Journal
That's right, one of my bucket list things to do has been digitally done for me! An acquaintance on that one social media site saw my photo of...
I fired the '34 today! . It sounds WICKED. I'm celebrating with a glass of Pinot, reclining in my Airliner seat in shop. I couldn't be happier...
...but she didn't say WHERE to put the tree![ATTACH]
[ATTACH] According to my buddy Jake, there are two things that make, or break, a car. Wheels and stance. This afternoon I lowered the '34 down...
I mocked up the top yesterday on the '34 in masking tape, which is a pretty good approximation of tan Haartz canvas. Today, I wasted some black...
I sat the 283 in the roadster temporarily after fitting the body, and the light grey 2K primer made me think that painting the firewall white...
Yesterday afternoon my wife and went to my buddy Jake's shop, to replace the kingpin bushings in the spindles for my '34. He has a Ford kingpin...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I saw this photo of a fellow's '34, who stripped the bad original chrome, like mine, painted it body color and detailed it....
The 80's. Pastel colors. Heartbeat graphics. Grey tweed. Boyd wheels. Billet. Pro street. It was great, right? In the middle of that...
So, today I spent all afternoon figuring out the Panhard bar for the front of my '34 chassis. Cut the tubing, mocked up a couple ways, figured...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are the bomb, if I do say so myself. I had to clearance the square spindles I have on the corners and lower...
I finally got started on the '34 roadster (an east coast car built in the late 70's called "FlynFlathead" and featured in SR in '83) I bought last...
Made a quick 800 mile trip from MI to CT to get the '34 project home! I'm excited, the car was well represented in the HAMB classifieds, no...
[ATTACH] My T'Bird has been neglected, again. I've been piling parts and tools on it getting the Airlift system under the Riviera. Now that's...
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