The Jalopy Journal
Thanks for all the compliments guys. Not really sure why, but it has been a struggle to make any decent progress. Anyway, last week i took my...
Didn't get too far on my wishbone mount, but this will give you an idea of what will be happening. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The idea with...
Another thing I did was fill and re-drill the clevis for my clutch Before: [ATTACH] During [ATTACH] And after...one of those "awe shit" moments...
So this weekend I decided to knock out my pedals. With the way my steering box went, I was under the impression this would be a struggle. Turns...
I pulled like 3 or so. I'm actually a little worried about the stiffness. I may need to back out my shackles a bit because they may be binding....
Haha thanks bro. Smashed the shit out of my thumb last weekend...sack has been safe so far
Thanks guys. Car has about 5" out of it.
Correction, looks like i got it from Mac's
Ya I think I got mine from sams vintage ford
love where you are putting all the fuses and relays. I might have to copy that with my coupe since we all know how limited these are on under...
Thank you so much man! Been working on it pretty steady now. I think the build thread kind of adds some accountability. My welds? wow thank...
Since i was still waiting on some parts that would allow me to drop the motor in, i decided to get my column knocked out. While these F1 columns...
Thanks man! If you remember my coupe from anything it was probably the time I went to leave the starting line but stalled it and then my battery...
Sorry for the lack of updates, even though it's hard to tell if anyone is even following. Nevertheless, the motor ended up looking just how i had...
So i figured I had pushed this back enough...it was time to really give this motor a good cleaning. The wife needs to park in here at night so...
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Got some more done today. Look at that zero turn radius: [ATTACH] Here's the rear end [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And it's a roller, wheels are...
When I measured everything it looked as though my radiator would be VERY close but it was going to work. If I need to scoot it, it won't be by...
I'm doing that on my 30 coupe. I have a build thread in here "anti-nowhere coupe" check it out and message me if you have any questions
Next I put my front spring together then test fit my spindles. My buddy Bryan at Deluxe Speed shop did an awesome job getting my kingpins all set...
Thank you all for the comments. This weekend should yield some pretty good progress. Yesterday I got my drums and shoes back from our guy here...
Thanks guys. I haven't posted in a while. Glad to hear there's still people on here lol
And that basically leaves us to where we are at this week. I bought a cool old drill press too, but this week i am focusing on assembling...
I decided to try something a little different on the frame. This stuff was recommended to me by the paint and body supply place. One thing i...
This rear leaf spring was so crusted with grease, it just sat around for a while before i even wanted to mess with it. Brake cleaner didnt really...
Cleaning my backing plates up [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Man is that a full stack... [ATTACH] Thats better [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When i first got my car I had ordered an axle from Kohler Kustoms. The ironic part was that by the time it arrived i had already started on this...
Brake time. cleaned up my drums and sent them out along with the old shoes to be relined and contoured [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So after the major fabrication was done i took a little break, and decided to hit it hard at the end of the year. For how nice this front end was,...
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