The Jalopy Journal
P is for Twin Cities/St. Paul MN Assembly Plant.
"There seems to be a severe lack of information regarding these old Thunderbirds..." You're not looking in the right place......
Can't argue '40 to '41 Ford - at least '41 to '42 was an improvement; '40 to '41 Chevy I'd say was the opposite effect, with the '40 being...
^^^Strangely enough, I think that bathtub Nash grille and the front fender/headlight mods kinda work when compared against fat-fendered post-war...
I'm curious if the carb base for the '61 375hp engine is tilted or level. I "think" I have a '60 352 HiPo intake with level mounting base - worked...
Can you clarify - or be more specific - as to what kind of tile you're looking for? Tiles held in place with mastic/mortar with grouted joints,...
54 speedo unique to 54. 55 speedo head & AstraDome is same Bird and full size but scale is different between them 120 mph for full size and 150...
You do realize '63 Galaxies rank up there with '40 Fords as two cars that were virtually 'perfect' right out of the box, right? And yes I'm biased.
Thanks for reminding me I have got to get my "man cave" organized, dammit.
I think they're fixable, too, as I'd hate to write them off or relegate them to the parts box. Breaking up the refinished carbs to trade bases for...
I need a pickup/utility vehicle, but given I've got 2 '63 Birds and plenty of parts for a few more, that one's too much of a project for me. Heck,...
I have been piecing together a 390 T-bird tripower setup since 1983 for my '63 T-bird, which I got a few years earlier. It started with finding...
I have a 30x50x12'-high pole barn plus a 2-car garage at the house for the daily drivers. The barn (no concrete floor yet, and still...
Rotted out front crossmember. When it turns to mush the fronts of lower A-arms have nothing to hold them in place.
Isn't the Bobby Darrin custom in the National Transportation Museum in St. Louis?
Where did you find this list?
I remember in the early '80s a gearhead friend mine, who was a few classes ahead of me, had big parties at his farm place off the highway just...
I cannot wait until fads like faux "patina," flat black and rat rods finally fade into obscurity. But then again what abominal trend will take...
YAY! Now I may have to rearrange my work schedule to get there on Friday.
Tuesday going down, Thursday afternoon/Friday return. Big question is when I leave 'rillo and whether I drive 11+ hours straight to get home after...
Good suggestion. Great Bend will be roughly the half-way point, and if I spend the night there on the way back then I'd try to find the strip on...
Thanks to COVID, I'm road-tripping to project sites instead of flying these days, so that means take time to "smell the roses" (or the feed lots...
What's the engineering/part numbers on the tags? List them for help with ID.
There are several threads on the Ford Barn about supporting Flatheads with cast integral bellhousings and how the cantilevered weight will create...
I may be heavy into '63 T-birds, but I started out with a black/red cloth interior box-top 500 in '79 that got the "XL clone" treatment by me -...
Did they make a 2-door full-size wagon like Ford did in '60-'61? Blown apart as far as it is, a four- to two-door conversion would be real...
We were supposed to tour this collection as part of Vintage Thunderbird Club International's International Convention in Portland in mid-August....
Dammit - you've got Deluxe window garnish moldings. A full set of those and a clock are the last things I need set to convert my Standard tudor to...
I thought the original swan necks were mounted in place of the short cowl trim piece. I know people say the passenger side mounted this way is...
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
