The Jalopy Journal
In the 1970s my neighbor was the chief of police who, the night before this pictured race, thought it was a good idea to test run his extremely...
I worked at a service station in '87, and I saw this happen one night during the graveyard shift. I heard this ungodly scraping noise coming down...
Nah, that's my old (then new) 700 Interceptor -- ya heard that right; 700, not 750! A de-stroked V45. By 1984 ailing Harley Davidson had...
My 1970 Lemans Sport after swapping out the stock 350 for a '69 GTO 400 -- and GTO hood. About those gold Cragar SST's... I liked them at the...
Not a stranger, but my neighbor the late Pat Ganahl liked sneaking photos of my car. He'd see me across the street from his house at the park, or...
I wish I had time to speak to him that day, but I felt like I was intruding, so I made myself scarce after drooling all over his prize coupe. I'm...
I see people making the case for the importance of having a panel fuel gauge, can't say I disagree, and yet all I can think of is the time I did...
Meanwhile, by sheer coincidence (or mystical force of the universe) the guy who bought V1 is also a stripe loving guy who only decided against a...
Judging from the crazy stories my fighter pilot dad told me of his adventures flying shiny Air Force jets in the 1950s, I've always assumed...
I was an immediate fan of this car years ago when the car was not yet built and the stripe paint scheme was just talk. I was thrilled to see...
The late Pat Ganahl once told me a compelling tale of one of the the '55's from this film. I believe there were three '55s used in the movie; the...
A nagging vapor lock issue inspired me to take my one bay-mounted gauge (fuel pressure at the carbs) and relocate it to be driver line-of-sight....
Warts and all. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I was sad to see it go, but happy to know where it’s headed. [ATTACH]
The first skydiver friend I lost died in a car crash driving home from the drop zone (yes, sober). More recently an old BASE jumping buddy of...
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