The Jalopy Journal
USMC. 1962-1966 including a tour of the Danang area. A salute to all that have and are still serving.
Great pics! Thanks for the post.
Working on getting the latest engine from Taylor with a Winfield head ready to go into my coupe. It's a problem however since the weather has been...
Awesome. Tanks a bunch.
Graduated HS in '62. Drove a 48 Plymouth sedan after selling a 51 Ford coupe. Loved the sound of the flathead in that 51 and at this time I don't...
I like your latest acquisition Zach. Did it come with that running board is that something you custom built? Lot's of potential in that machine!...
A very sad bit of news and I will miss the man. Jay, Barbara and the rest of the crew at Taylor built several engines for me and it was alway such...
Great pictures. Thanks for 'sharing'. Was that show this past weekend?
I change mine periodically but here are the most recent ones I've used. [IMG] '40 Deluxe Tudor with a friends '40 Coupe. [IMG] Recently...
Happy New Year to the banger group. Thoroughly enjoy the monthly meetings and look forward to lots more interesting discussion in 2009.
Great bunch of photo's with a little bit of everything. Looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for taking the time to post.
Congrats on the red timing tag 4-port! That's pretty neat and I'd brag about as well but I doubt I'll ever get that opportunity. So many other...
4-port riley can provide more info but if I remember correctly they started with an F105 drop tank.
Mike, Not sure what the problem is since the pic is visible on my system. I'll try another photo site and see if that makes any difference....
Here's a pic of the lakester (with crew) that the turbocharged banger in msg #113 powered on the salt in 2008. [IMG]
This one showed up in me email. Anyone interested should ask 4-port riley for more info. I believe this banger was used to power a lakester to 145...
Mine is driven at least once a week.
Aw stuff, touched something I shouldn't have and my response was sent afore I was ready! Let's try this again. #1 - 1930 Coupe, banger powered,...
#1 - 1930 Coupe
Well I'll be danged! Did not know Roy was into performance cars! Must have gotten tired of ridin' Trigger. Happy trails Roy!
Great pics covering a lot of different cars. Thanks for taking to the time to post.
Absotutely awesome and thanks so much for posting the link. The video is well done and says a lot about those men and that very cool plane....
Have a look at the following link. http://www.taylorengine.com/
Sorry, but I don't have any successful experiences to share. I've ruined one fan pulley trying to 'persuade' it to separate from the pump shaft....
Lost my mother to what started as skin cancer. She was in remission for nearly 10 years when they found it again. It spread throughout her body...
It just done get any better than old hot rods and old fighter planes!
Another Mesanite here. I generally hit the Saturday night show in the Kmart parking lot, i.e. southeast corner of Hampton and Power Rd. Had a...
The feat is amazing and if they haven't made it passed the 400 mph goal they probably view the attempt as a failure. That little 4 cylinder engine...
Pretty cool find woman! Clean all the big pieces of crud off of it, make sure the 'vital' fluids are good, do a quick tune and see if it will burn...
Pretty neat to see so many 4 banger powered cars running at Bonneville this year. Sincerely hope the interest in running these engines continues...
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