The Jalopy Journal
[ATTACH]I sent HRC&C dimensions for a Packard flange. I guess you could just use the stock Packard exhaust for a pattern. Here is a photo of the...
I made my own on a Bridgport. Not a big deal. You could check with Jack Vines to see if he has some V8Packard on here or the otherway round. I do...
l ways wondered why they called him "Terrible Ted, My limited experience with Ted was always pleasant and fun. Plus they gave me a break on parts...
[ATTACH] It wasn;t famous. But it was mine
At the time I was working in the Components section at the UAL overhaul base in South City. Doing calibration. Prior too that I had worked for the...
Some sales guys came by the shop where I was working in the early 90s. They had a bar or steel welded to a bar of aluminum using friction welding....
5/8 body lifters are pretty common. When I converted my 32 Plymouth to OHV I used new International Harvester Red Diamond lifters. They were for...
Your throttle plates should be closed. It sounds as though they are hanging open for some reason. You need to understand the foot feed controls...
Well it has to be getting air from somewhere to do this. Is your carb closed? Did you at least remove the aircleaner and look? Otherwise it would...
Back before most here were born, "Milled and filled" was sometimes heard at bench racing sessions. Referred to welding in combustion chamber to...
If it came with the smaller damper it probably was balanced with the smaller one. In which case I would run the smaller one.
I was going to write about using a hose to locate the source of the noise. But Squirrel beat me to it. Which brings me to point #2. Listen to...
Not me. I was just pointing out to 6sally6 that you were right about the intake and exhaust being on the same side of the head. How did you read it?
Look at the head laying on the ground to the left. Notice the intake port between the exhaust ports? Feeling a little silly right now?
Back in the dark ages, several guys in the same shop class as me cut down their original column shifter linkage and mounted it to the floor boards...
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal