The Jalopy Journal
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Yes, they are Granada spindles. I picked them up from Auto City Classic Inc. Sent from my SM-N960U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Good to know!
Should be a kewl build ! What's your plans?
That's pretty slick man!
Here we are laying the frame out and getting ideas on where we are going to notch the frame and set the car up for bags. In addition, we are...
It will be close to the avatar, but the car will be all black (as of today) was thinking of painting the same color blue I have on the rims?...
We also made a quick release for the transmission in case we ever needed to drop it[ATTACH]
The Windsor needed to have different motor mounts made to sit in the Merc. I think if we would of build an FE, I could of used the same location...
Now that the drivetrain is gone its time to come up with a plan for the car. The decisions were to install a Windsor and stroke it out to 427...
Long story short...we come back from the show and parked the car. I have a new born son and the ride takes a back seat. I receive an email form a...
The tank had a vent in it and we ran a hose off of it and down under the car. [ATTACH] Sent from my SM-N960U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
These photos are from back in 2008 / 2009 when we put the car together for a few car shows. We really wanted to take it to the last few Hunnert...
Decided to french the license plate in. Bent up little box and went to work. Since I installed a different tank and mounted it up through the...
I found a new gas tank for the Merc………….. well not really, this tank is designed for a 56 Ford, but the new 54 tanks were outrages. It seems it...
I follow this thread too. Lots of good tips and info on this build. Sent from my SM-N960U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I really like the color on this car. Sent from my SM-N960U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I know the feeling when I was younger I had a 68 Courgar XR7 and I purchased two other 68s for parts. When I was done taking parts I needed, I...
Thanks for the links! I love gathering more info!!!!
The car was sprayed with high build primer roughly 15 – 20 years ago. So my first step was either having the car blasted or getting the DA’s out...
I decked the block from the deck height of 9.770″ to 9.734″ a difference of .036″ I am going to be placing the piston .002″ in the hole. The...
I went with a set of 292 heads off of a 57 Y- Block. I also went with a 57 4-Barrel manifold. Since the 256 Y-Block has such low compression I...
I ended up running the 256 Y – Block. The motor was locked up so, I replaced the 256 heads and manifold with 292 heads and manifold off of a 57...
The pictures are a few years old. I got the car back in 2010. I will post some pics of the build up to this date. The car has been together and on...
Was never my intention not to give credit if kevinstang is the original author. I will change the info. I took the info from...
This Mercury Sunvalley had been sitting outside in the Missouri weather for 17 years, before I got my hands on it. Was told the car was once ready...
Real glasstops have 64B on the VIN tag, not 64A. If you’re buying one of these you need to check that out as the plexi tops can be bought and...
I have some 9" Ford rear-end Tech over on my blog https://greaseralley.com/2013/06/11/ford-9-inch-tech/ that has really good info on how to...
Punch and flare an triangle hole in one operation Used in an ironworker or press Works in 16 gauge steel or .060 aluminum Heat treated steel for...
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