The Jalopy Journal
Hi hambers, I was wondering if ther was any of you guys From the Charleston area...I live up here in Wa. state and am thinking of making a...
Hack...that sounds like my story except it was 86 and I had just put $1,200 bones for a blue prolly same color 63 F-85 Cutlass...buckets console...
"AAWWW...NOOO...you don't F*#ck with ROY...ROYS my MAN" as qouted by that very funny black guy that Roy actually seemed to like...man every...
good luck in finding your stuff...I will keep an eye out in this neck of Wa...joe
this is a great thread and has given me some pondering on my own 34-35 with the parrallel front springs...in the one pic with the 1/4 elips as...
thanks Squirrel...you come through again...I'll check it out in the light tomorrow..joe:rolleyes:
I have what I was told was a posi Chevy rearend(10 bolt)...P/n 1375689 installed in my old 35 Chevy truck...I couldn't find any specs and...
I am running a Chevy 305 and probably a Powerglide...then I won't have to mess with clutch and all...my project is in the early stages but hope to...
slix...I think that will be the way to go...did you need to run the brake booster as was shown on that link...my truck should be pretty light...
nobody...I guess guys on the east coast are prolly in bed by now....maybe later..joe
OK..OK I am staying with the straight axle on the 34 and ditching the IFS on the 35 chevy trucks...ok here is my next FNG question...I want to buy...
thats alot of good imput...I do believe you guys are right on about my IFS looking kinda out of place ..but as everyone is one kind of fabricator...
I know how everyone feels about IFS on an open wheel vintage rod...pretty close to putting a honda V-Tec in your rod....but I have a complete IFS...
wow guys ...you guys are making my brain bleed...seemed like it could be simple but nothing that is different usually is...I like the idea of...
I was wondering if anyone has seen or has pix of a straight axle with a rack to steer your rod...I know not too vintage but I like the simple...
this is not really a hot-rod question but sould be...we have really hard water and the sprinklers hit the wifes car. This has created some serious...
sweet...I wish I was half as close as you are on my RPU...can't wait for that first drive...your right screw the pix...joe:D
cshabang...thanks those are some good tips...thats what I was scratching my head on...what to do with the pillars...there was wood that ran from...
thanks for the input guys...here was my thoughts on why I did it this way...I have the good tin off the 34 but the wood was rotted out...I wanted...
thats the plan...just thought that someone might give a FNG a line-out on the right way or wrong way of getting this done...anyway it's too late...
OK guys go easy on me....I have the 34 and 35 Chevy trucks...the 34 is pretty solid with only minor surface rust and a little heavy rust in the...
here is the 10 bolt that came in the rear..and my cousin had a freshley rebuilt 305 that he did some "work" to ..my dad said .30 over with agood...
here is the front clip...quite a bit of bondo...gonna have to use the other fenders
my computer is f#%$^%$g up ...heres the pick of the 35 from WI
I had told the story last week about my dad who was visiting WI for his family reunion and had a brother who had a 35 chevy truck that he wanted...
I just got a call from my dad this morning ...he was back for a family reunion in Wisconsin from Washington state and said he would look for an...
...I got a 34 chevy with a top-loader three speed...is this the same tranny it is bolted to a 216...I have the shifter but it has no knob on the...
I too have been to Albia...back in the early 70's as a boy I lived there for a short time....only twister I have ever seen blew into town...joe
cool cars, you got anymore pix of the RPU with the stacks...pretty sweet truck...joe:D
I was wondering what it would take to get a newer Chevy six to bolt up to my old tranny in my 34 Chevy truck with original 216...I wanna go as...
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