The Jalopy Journal
I really like your '57 I'm a big fan of that body style. In primer with black steelies in reminds me of Thunder Road. KK
Other pic of the '54.
This is my other toy KK
Here's mine petina and all.
this is the driver side mount it's the one that's off 1/2"
These are motor mounts from a '58-'58 Ford with a FE, but the are off by about a half inch. Some told me he thought you need to use the original...
There's no room for headers
Looks nice just wish it fit
And this
I spent the better part of today trying to drop my freshly rebuilt 390 into my '54 to test fit everything before I put the finished paint job on...
This one here's got a lumpy cam in it. He fires this one up at all his Hot Rod parties. It sounds really healthy. KK
Steve's a long time friend of mine. He built the motor in my Shelby replica. He can run at least two or three of those flatties on the stands....
Hey I'm having trouble finding a local custom body shop in the Santa Monica, Venice, WLA, Culver City, Van Nuys, Area [img]. That is reasonably...
I don't know about cheap, but Chuck at "Taylor Made wheels" in South Gate , CA. Builds true to the era O.E. chrome reverse wheels with Buick or...
Hey Troy's a good guy, and quite a talented tin bender considering his young age and all. He's going to chop the top on my '54. So why you...
[ QUOTE ] I think they screwed us all though. Now the goldchainers are gonna want something for the "junk" engines they have yanked from their...
He said that some local kid was susposed to buy the car for 10K, but it never happened. He still has it. He wants to build a cool garage so he...
I was just contacted by the nephew of Ron Dunn. His '50 Ford was the first one to be sectioned. [img] It was sectioned 5 inches, and the...
Where did you shoot the pic of the bottom three window? That Deuce is my buddy Danny's. He inheriteed that car from his dad who originally...
This is how the brack I made attached to the hood. Well that's it, I wish i took more photos and I know I've left something out here, but that's...
This is the foam core template I made to adapt the Ford hood the the Chevelle bracket. I did this by setting the set height of the hood in the...
I had to cut the radiator support to make travel clearance for when the hinge was in the down postion.
I welded the plate in place and bolted the bracket I had to play around with the pitch before setting the angle where I welded the nuts to mount...
Next I made the panel and screwed it into place, prior to welding it up.
Here's how I did it. First I removed the battery mount and brackets, then welded in a new panel to match the drivers side. A cardboard templte...
fully tilted
tilting more...
tilting...
Well it's not pretty yet but it works. Engineered by the seat of my pants. I got the hood to tilt forward with '69 Chevelle hinges. Here's the...
I just shrunk the pics I have today so I'll do anther post on the how to tomorrow. KK
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