The Jalopy Journal
So I have a 68 327 that was rebuilt and I had it in my 32 sedan eight or nine years ago. I had gotten the car running in the spring and worked out...
Last week John Whaley a hot rodder from Pierre South Dakota that I got to know over the years died while driving his model A sports coupe to my...
I’m surprising my wife this afternoon bringing her new hotrod home but it’s bittersweet. When my wife was a teenager her mom surprised her dad...
When I was 20 years old I bought my first hotrod project a 47 Ford coupe. Growing up I was pretty handy but building the 47 left me scratching my...
I know Steve is known for more of a who’s who of muscle car mopar knowledge but he knows old mopar stuff also. I just read he has a serious brain...
Last summer my dads high school buddy from Wellington Kansas(just south of Wichita) gave me the teardrop part of this little trailer. Originally...
Just got back home after an 1145 mile trip from my home in Black Hawk S.D. To Regina Saskatchewan. My pops and I went up to see our Canadian...
Been somewhat busting ass on my pops and i’s father son T roadster project. I’ve been doing all of the fabrication and it’s getting down to little...
I post this on my build thread but thought I’d share it here. My pops and I are knee deep in a father/son 26 T roadster build. We both like...
So it looks as if I’m the next in line having problems with these guys. Ordered parts damn near two months ago, my card was charged for damn near...
This last December my father in law Dan passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was a good man and a good husband and great father to two...
Today I had to get to the barber, I was starting to look homeless. Todays weather here in the black hills of South Dakota was in the low to mid...
I’m a trim carpenter by trade but I’m also a jack of all trades in the residential building realm(shameless pat on the back).Today I set some...
The wife and I went to a weekend run a few hundred miles from home a few weeks ago. While there a friend and his dad showed up with their 33 ford...
So today after I got off work I was sitting on the front porch when my 16year old daughter comes home from her job. I asked her how her day was...
We went to our first weekend run in a year and and a half to Gering Nebraskas rock and roll fathers day carshow. It was great to spend time with...
today we went out for our first little show and shine. It’s a kool story, a high school kid put on this show and shine for his senior project in...
Went to the season kickoff of our local cars and coffee yesterday morning. When I left for town it was 41 degrees so it was a bit chilly but it’s...
So I was thinking the other day I don’t know if I could build a car with out the H.A.M.B.. Or any of the other kool sites like ford barn, p15 d24...
Unseasonably warm dry weather in western South Dakota this week. My back has been giving me fits and the weather is beautiful so why not take the...
Today my 19 year old son Brooks got his first project, a 63 Rambler 550 2 door post. Plans are a 68-327 that is sitting in the corner of my shop...
I thought I had better get a fire extinguisher in the single seater and there is no room to put it so I made some oak brackets and mounted it to...
Went on a little few day vacation to visit the snowbird in-laws down in Mesa Az. Living in a cold climate you rarely see an old hotrod in the...
I use mine I just dont walk on it.[ATTACH][ATTACH] So we have had the dreaded treadmill in the bedroom for years not being used except to hang...
Saturday we went to a small show in Custer S.D. The wife and I had walked away from the car and had walked about a half a block when I needed to...
I was down at my folks house the other day, my pops had dug some old photos taken in 1968 im guessing. Pops is holding me in front of the 28 model...
So I'm building a single seater with no parts newer than 1950. I'm needing to start figuring out pedal location so I need to get a master...
I like the look of a bit wider wheel out back. I went to my local u pull it today and kicked around and found a set of steel wheels. This is what...
First off I,m an old Ford nut, every hot rod I,ve ever owned has been a Ford. My current project is a single seater that at this point has...
So a few years ago I had my 61 rambler wagon on the for sale side. So out of the blue about a month ago I get a private message from a guy that...
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