The Jalopy Journal
14-1-06, been stripping the "rat black" off today so hopefully people will finally see I'm building a traditional 60's rod NOT a 2000's ratrod!...
Well we probably dont get this penatrol stuff here in New Zealand, so for the NZ and Aussie guys KEPHOS made by Henkel? is the shiz, its got...
Not really stupid but things i and mates have hung from rear view mirrors are, at 16yrs i had 4 teeth pulled so they got hung on a leather...
Hey there DickiesChick, nice to see a younger girl getting involved in rods and customs, any particular cars taking your fancy? As? 32s? 50s Chev...
There was an article in American Rodder on it years ago-didnt realise how much you could stick in a A roadster trunk and still have room for an...
Been there done that too-fully sideways in a Tbucket with no 'belts or 'bars under braking is scary as hell. went home got on the phone and...
Duct tape is my friend:D Not too many roadside repairs here. Headlights went on friends Tbucket one night while we were doing 100mph! -very...
Thank for the help guys, cough**customers '70 Camaro**cough, wont be burnin' leads any more.:)....and the lawns will be short again....
Does anyone know if NGK make a shorty type spark plug to suit SBCs, I have some headers that run close to the third cylinder on each bank. I need...
The 50s Mercedes look way cool lowered in black with some nasty V8 power replacing the inline original engine- think German staff car with V8...
Yep I used to work in a classic car shop, one of the panel guys got a well gone MK2 Jag and converted it to 2 door and chopped it about 6inches...
How long is a piece of string?:D
umm errr probably shouldnt post any more pics cos that one was "borrowed" ;) from a magazine , PM me an email and I'll see what I can get you....
I'll be folowing this thread too, as I am in the same situation. 30 Tudor to be chopped channelled but not filling the roof, yet? I have a book...
Hey cool tudor, reminds me of this one, belongs to a friend of mine, runs a 348W Chev motor. Note the holes everywhere-you cant see the visor and...
23yrs, I would have to say, full car, only things I didnt do myself was final paint and the upholstry was not complete before I sold it. Started...
Ok those pics dont look too bad-way better than what I thought merging a coupe and a tudor- but why go to all the effort just pick one, coupe,...
...a bit more now than when its leaving two black marks in a rooster tail of sideways smoke as it passes their gate in the future:D Keep the...
I don't think you can have too big a brakes for stopping power, what they are getting at is the weight of the discs and callipers, they, the...
Wow, lots of learning the 28-29 and 30-31 differences, i have also heard the late 31s share parts with the 32 model Bs -some have no visor,...
Chuck Taylors, a book-"The All American Hotrod-the cars the legends the passion" and a Rich Chenet Hotrod Calender. My gifts to me yet to come...
Flamed chopper, flamed hotrod, flamin' ugly shirt..... Phat car, Phat bike, Fat F*#ker... "My black flamed shirt is in the wash/laundry" YEAH...
Seeing the 46 Vin post thats up at the moment has remined me I will be needing a VIN for my hotrod soon. I need some help with either finding one...
Inbetween rods at the moment:( , wish I could be out burning up the streets, might just have to go down to the garage and sit in the project and...
Someone once said" Its better to burnout than fade away" You burnt out(your trans and tires) and that memory will not fade away (for you and...
Being a "new guy" to hotrodding and only having been collecting/reading magazines for about 17years(I have a stack that would be 6-8ft high of...
.....or carfully use a dent puller/slide hammer then file/sand smooth, tough luck if they were coated or chromed you'll just have to re coat/chrome.
Ok so the guys above say that the crome on knobs today is crap, easy solution scratch them up a bit(so you know they have been rechromed...
Ahhh if only I could wind back the clock to when you advertised...and I think a green card would have also helped:D says 5yr mechanic with...
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