The Jalopy Journal
Guess I can post this now since it happened sometime between 1971 - 73. You guys can wear me out all you want but all I was doing was watching and...
Found a '67 sunroof bug in the woods behind a friend's house and probably should have left it there. Just a body shell on the pan, it wasn't...
If you drive the car enough it'll get patina on it's own and you won't have to fake anything.
Rest easy and godspeed, Doug.
2-burner radiant heater with an 80 gallon tank. Walls are insulated reasonably well, and I staple plastic over the windows in the winter....
Flipped through a copy at Barnes & Noble, put it back and bought the new RJ. I dunno. Maybe it's time to start making "Bring Back Rod &...
Maybe I didn't explain myself too well. The OP should try finding a title agent local to him, in SC if that's where he is. I was able to...
Did you get a bill of sale or any previous registration paperwork with the truck? If there is a title agent in your county, it may be worth...
1984: A good friend (who is longer with us, sadly) was driving my old Caddy through the desert southwest on some godforsaken two-lane highway at...
Holy crow. I can't believe a guy (gal?) in charge of an automotive print magazine was dumb enough to shoot him- or herself in the foot like that....
I'm walking both sides of the fence. We buy a lot of PPG materials (CARC and white zinc primer)from the local supplier, so I get the same...
Damn.
The McMullen '32, the way it looked circa 1965. Alternate choices would be Phil Cool's orange roadster, Gray Baskerville's car, the purple '32...
Holy crow. Don't think I'm trying to bust on guy's dedication and craftsmanship, but Christ, for all the work he put into this model (and the...
At work I use a Devillbiss "Starting Line" HVLP for big flat surfaces, and a cheap HF high-pressure gun for stuff that has a lot of contours /...
Mazooma, you need to write a damn book. Seriously.
That was some funny shit right there. :D I had to learn the hard way. Had some wheels done by a shop that has since shut down. Less than 2...
The local Hobby Lobby has a....mediocre, I guess, selection of models but at least they still have them. Remember Autoworld? Holy cow, an...
Mix up an over-reduced batch and shoot some test panels. See if you can get the flat effect you want that way.
Kills me to say so, but I used to be as bad as anybody else, wanting the cheapest price on everything and damn where it was made. Maybe being...
When I still lived in ATL, one of my rocket surgeon neighbors cut down all the trees between my shop and his house. Then he called the county...
We all get emotionally involved with our cars, even though our common sense tells us not to. Without seeing good clean pics it's tough to...
Dean - I remember Monogram used to make an A RPU kit very similar to yours, in the pic w/ the Americans and whitewall piecrusts. Was it...
Me and a good friend made the trip out to CA via 66 in the mid-80's, after reading an article about it in Rolling Stone. All we had to go on...
I've seen one of those before. Didn't they make a version with a dragster, or maybe it was a dune buggy? Seems like it was at either...
Seen Hot Dog on a TV show laying out flames freestyle with just tape, not drawing them out first or anything. Doing this while being interviewed...
My current gig runs until 2015. The company hasn't been getting many new contract proposals due to all the military budget cutbacks (who'da thunk...
400 for solid colors and / or single stage. 800 for metallics, especially light colors like silver or that stupid pea-green pearl you see on...
Small parts I use either SEM or Dupli-Color etch primer in rattle cans. Bigger stuff I use PPG Shopline epoxy (less expensive generic version...
Oh man. This dude I know didn't believe me when I told him that. He believes me now. 5-Star still makes a black acrylic lacquer primer,...
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