The Jalopy Journal
My first and only chop was on my daily driver 63 Ford short bed pickup. I was working between two van customizing shops. At the time we were doing...
An incredible amount of fabrication going on with all of those vehicles.
53/54 ford headlight rings are a typical one to be welded to your fenders for the frenched look. Prior to welding them on you need to take your...
Mark, there is one dream rod car you own I haven’t seen since you bought it only a few years ago. Might you know the car I’m referring to? I...
My Chrysler benefited from an insulated gasket. Still not as good as when cold but better
I have shot the Lil Daddy Roth flake with mixed results. I did it on my steering wheel for practice and by the time I had adequate flake coverage...
When I was an engineer I bought my first “fun car” a 1953 ford Victoria, black with white top. That was my daily driver. It convinced others to...
Glad you had the opportunity to drive a dune buggy. My high school cars were a Karmann Ghia and an ex-racer 60 sunroof bug with a full roll cage I...
Whoever designed that had a very good eye for details. From the side view, I especially like the rear skirt shape where the angle matches the...
I say, who doesn’t love a big Chrysler!
It’s a shame that you don’t like patina as your 55 looks perfect. The heaviest rust can be neutralized then the finish can be protected with a...
From Life magazine 1968 [ATTACH]
My C-Body, 1968 has drop spindles that use Lebaron brakes and were supplied from https://www.fatmanfab.com/. They were for B-body cars and I...
We just had a bee hive removed from our garage. $900 As you can see from my avatar, I love a big CBody . I’m surprised you don’t see the big wagon...
Not sure if you have finalized on gauges yet, but on our 1970 MGB I suffered with the stock smiths gauges for too long. Reading many many gauges...
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