The Jalopy Journal
Did you get a ford wiring harness or a universal? Some older fords had a positive trigger at the switch. If it's a gm harness the the orange wire...
Nice work. The truck is really coming along. I was looking for one of these truck when I found my 54' Bel Air, actually I was looking at many cars...
I had the opposite problem, mine wouldn't get hot enough. I put in a new 195 deg. thermo and it runs much better now. The needle on the gauge goes...
Yeah I'm a little late to this party. That's a beautiful car and for the price that's an awesome deal. Great score. I have the same set-up, 235...
Don't know how I missed this one. Car looks great, keep up the hard work. I plan to do the same to mine in the near future.
MA and H are very good people. I miss racing at THR. Work has me covered up so I can't make the trips down there or to HMP. I bought my 54' to...
well my little 235 ran on 4½ cylinders, but even more amazed how well she runs on all 6. I had been replacing parts on the 235 because she...
The lady I talked to at the office wanted me to get the car inspected, (green sheet) but at the time I was working 7 days week and I asked if the...
I recently went through this, I didn't need the "green sheet" or aka "vi-30-a". I took a picture of the vin with a digital camera, filled out a...
The test(s) you are referring to are called PMI or Positive Material Identification. Two of the most common are XRF and OES. XRF is demonstrated...
I've had that problem in the past and the only gaskets that worked for me were the MOROSO gaskets. I don't remember the part number, but what I do...
Looking good. You could run the Hoosier Dirt Boss tires or the G60 tire the IMCA guys run, they are DOT approved; but you wouldn't get a lot of...
I believe thats the same company a friend of mine bought a 383 ci Chevy from a few years ago. The dyno sheet he got from them was a desk top...
A co-worker of mine found a place in Houston that sell the internal batteries and re-builds them himself. He said they out perform the Milwaukee...
I never had to grind any of mine, ran as deep as 6.50 in three different housings. Installed the 6.67 in one housing never ran it though, but I...
I have a Milwaukee 1/2" drive that I've had for years, it's the older 18 volt version. I've tossed it around the shop and pits, abused it and it...
Looks good. The wide fives do make a statement. I like to do the same thing you're doing; build stuff with my older, but useful, racing parts....
I had the same problem with my 235. I could only work on it one day a week due to my job and after several weekends, many new parts and...
I'm currently doing the same. I'm replacing the lines with 3/16". Should be fine. I did this on a few stock cars and they all worked great. The...
It'll be fine. I ran a few behind some circle track engines and they held up ok. One engine made well over 500hp and never a problem with that...
The list that Scottrod wrote pretty much covers everything, but I would add something to that list I ran into when I worked in the car audio/alarm...
I'm planning to go Friday, if I don't work on the 54. Going to look for some ideas. Hope to meet some of you guys there.
Thanks again guys for the replies. I searched for a starter at the local parts houses with no luck, so it looks like I'll be purchasing a starter...
Thanks for the quick replies. What about the flywheel? Any flywheel for a 235 will work?
Ive searched the HAMB for an answer, but Im coming up short finding the info. Im planning a job and just trying to get all the info I can...
Beautiful car Matthew. I dont know why you excluded the 53s and 54s; Im guessing the fronts are a little different. I lowered my 54 by...
You could run 67-69 camaro lowers (switching left to right and right to left) and uppers from an impala, year i don't remember, to move them out...
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
