The Jalopy Journal
Damn, it was right there and I never got to see it
I was digging through some old boxes looking for something and I found one of the first models I ever built, I was maybe 7 at the time, needless...
that was a pretty decent movie. still funny today
Wow, that's super cool. There's a guy not too far from where I live that fixes old radios, TVs, and vaccums. Walking past his shop in the window...
Well that's certainly.........something..... I do remember seeing a similar finned motorboat for sale somewhere once, although it had a normal...
Well, I wasn't alive to see those, unfortunately. All the junkyards around here are mostly filled with 90's Saturns and the like. There's Corvair...
I guess it's like people say, things are only worth what people pay for them. I guess if people buy them for $400 people are gonna sell them for...
sorry that's all I know at the moment
I heard that the tickets are supposed to be good for 2024 now that 2023 is canceled, but that's second hand information so i'm not sure how...
my friend managed to hit a kickflip on it, but not before getting a massive splinter in his hand
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There was this one *small* hiccup we had to deal with, the terminal snapped off but we drilled it out and put a screw in to fix it as a TEMPORARY...
Yeah I replaced the condenser 3 times before I found a working one
Update: Me and dad installed the new hot coil and the electronic ignition today. (It was never never my idea, but he talked me into it. I wanted...
thanks for the advice. the oil pressure situation resolved itself after I changed the oil. it did used to run fairly well but since the oil change...
Alright well I have to wait until this weekend to put the ignition kit in because he's busy. Anyway, I managed to get it to start up for the...
My grandma (left) standing next to her friend's (right) boyfriend in front of his 1949 Ford, somewhere on the Jersey shore, 1956[ATTACH]
I have a fire extinguisher under the front seat. Funny story about gasket paper, when I worked at a motorcycle shop the boss had me make gaskets...
I can't take it apart right now, because the gasket sealant will rip the gasket apart if I do, and I don't have a spare. I will do this though,...
The power valve looks fine to me but I don't know how to test it. Yes they're all flat. I only used the sealant because I thought it would take...
The carb fuel leak persists. No idea what it can be at this point. New gasket, tightened properly, even put gasket sealant on there and it still...
does that hamper fuel flow at all?
The dice in the fuel bowl, wow I've never seen anything like that before! That looks super cool
This was an interesting read, I scanned it in so my friend could use the file for something. Lots of ads about getting new posters in for the...
Scripto gold mine
That's a knockoff of a Scripto "Vu-Lighter". I have a real one with a guy taking a golf swing inside. [ATTACH] Back on topic, I know a man who...
Here's my bike I ride all the time (because my car is unreliable) 1960's Schwinn Typhoon. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I found those pedals still...
Not forgetting my great grandfather and whatever motorcycle he rode as a cop in the 20's-40's [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (If anyone does somehow manage...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1954(3?) BSA A7. It had been in a barn since 1977 when my dad bought it on eBay from a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not exactly as old as the other ones listed here, but still "old". I picked this up from a junk shop for $30 last...
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