The Jalopy Journal
True, and the American Flyer track is getting hard to come across. Have a couple of AF sets that are a little newer, with Corvettes and the hand...
I bought the correct headers from Red's for my 51, and took it to a muffler shop. He bent up custom pipes in a flash. My advice, take it to a pro...
These are some of my favorites, early slots from AC Gilbert's American Flyer. Promised all the thrills of real stock car racing. Flathead powered...
If it's outside here it has snow on it.
Cool. I love old slot cars, have a bunch, but none like that. Nice.
Welcome Joe, and I'll have to check my atlas to see where Saginaw is located. Come on down to Ada for our 13th annual car show, June 22 in...
If Eugene says "Hey", I better, too. A warm welcome from the home of Eugene Vik.
Very nice. Here's mine.
It makes a sweet combo. Cornhusker helped me out for my 51 Ford.
I'm a lucky guy. I have a wife of nearly 37 years who loves it all. Fast boat rides (with the exception of the 16' Glen L Missile with the 383),...
Day I got my driver's license in the summer of 1967. Dad let me take his new 67 Pontiac Executive Wagon for a spin. Headed out of town and floored...
Freakin' snowing here and 25 degrees, record snow on the ground for this time of year. . .waiting for the flood. And that's the good news.
Add another WOW! Love it.
My dad was president of the Norman County Agricultural Society for a number of years in the 1960s. The Chitwood show was a hit for several years...
I put lap belts in my 51, and wear them.
Talkin' 14 below here tonight, still have 2 feet of snow on the ground.
I used Red's Headers on my 51. Fit and finish was very nice. Then took to muffler shop and had custom system fabbed up.
Sweet, I've got four Arctic Sleds.
In high school, I had a maroon 61 Tempest. 4 cyl, 3 speed on the floor, nice front bench seat! Came radio delete, I installed a radio with reverb,...
Like it.
My 51 Ford.
How awesome of your dad! I had a ton of fun with my jet black 240Z.
As a publisher, would I publish it? Sure thing. Before you submit it, polish a little, and include a photo or two of the couple with the car, and...
Welcome from a couple hundred miles north.
I remember that commercial. Wow, that dates me.
Publisher of a small-town weekly newspaper and printing business that has been in my family since 1882.
My dad had Chevy or Poncho wagons with snow tires, sometimes he'd put on the chains, and that worked pretty well until you plowed into a really...
I couldn't get 10 feet out my shop today. Not certain if my 4-wheel drive could get out of the yard.
Blizzard warning here in Northern Minnesota starting 6 a.m. Sunday morning. Some 12 or so inches predicted, but the winds are going to howl, and...
Thanks Wizzard. This was an amateur build over the span of nine years or so. I had plenty of time to think of what I wanted in a design, and did...
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