The Jalopy Journal
My upholstery guy just dropped off the Tonneau cover. Man, it finishes off the interior nicely! I think the cars about done. There are just a few...
Sold the wide Belair rear quarter trim panels for $106 bringing the price down to 3258.90.
Sold the rev limiter chips from the MSD box on E-Bay. Total down to $3364.90. Transformed my battery to look like a DieHard . I used some black...
Got the car licensed last Monday and insured on Friday. Did a few passes up and down the street and headed for the local car show in the park on...
The interior is nearly done. Just have to get the rear seat tonneau cover done and it's about ready. Still looking for some old school seat belt...
I got the roll bar tube back from the bender and welded on the rear supports and cross bar, and painted it gloss black. I think it turned out...
Two more things off the list. I rounded up some 3/8 plate and cut some traction bars out. These will be like the Bill Thomas bars used on the...
I suspect some of you out there are wondering why I didn't use a Pontiac rear in the car like the original had. I've used Pontiac rears before,...
Finally, some progress. I was given a Dana 60 a few years ago. It's a weird one out of a Chevy truck I think, so it has a strange panhard bar...
I believe it says on the can you can reduce it 10% with acetone. It makes a big difference.
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I started on the exhaust last night. I got most of it done. Will still need some clamps and hangers, but it's good enough for now. I incorporated...
Work is getting in the way of accomplishing much lately. I'm doing stuff that doesn't show now. I finished the fuel system. The original car used...
That night the Magazine guys met in the hotel lounge and compared notes on the cars and tallied up the scores. Somehow I was able to overhear most...
Saturday morning we go to the Good-Guys show in Phoenix. We are led to the front and center to park our group. Once again, we were treated like...
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