The Jalopy Journal
DocWtason, is that a Commodore grafted into an EK, or an EK grafted onto a Commodore? Either way, why would you do that? It's not even cool....
My flywheel ring gear is stripped and the starter end plate is busted. Parts are a bit hard to get here at times so I was thinking about the...
Sorry, I didn't think when I said thanks man. I thought after "might be a lady". Got to take my son to cricket now and wont be back for 4 hours....
Thanks man, I really appreciate you taking the time to makie the call so quickly. I might hang off with them for the moment. Maybe he can call...
Hi guys. I need a bit of help locating some parts for my 54 Dodge (I'm in Australia). I found a site called Andy Bernbaum Auto Parts Inc. who...
Thanks KEW. as far as I could find out the engine was from a Chrysler Royal AP2 or similar. Anyway, not going to buy it as it is only a block,...
Lets hear your customising tips. Particularly late 50's - mid 60's. I'm building a custom 54 Dodge sedan (I know, 4 doors!) & I always have this...
Cheers, I worked that out 5 seconds after I posted. What a DH! Anyway, thats a cool car. I looked at a Fish shop coupe once. It had a dark...
Hey man. What part of SA you in? You should take that to Uraidla, 1st Sunday in December. I hope to have my Dodge back on the road by then....
hey man. cheers from the Adelaide Hills. You can find a lot of good stuff on here and some guys are really helpful and ready to bend over...
thanks mate. Will check it out
We currently use SW07 and were looking to update some time this year. We were told that Dassault are trying to sell SW so they can invest more...
Can anyone identify this engine? Engine number is 2B18456, possibly prefixed with KEW). The old guy who has it reckons he had the same type of...
Here in the deep deep deep .... south (not as far as the south pole) we love American cars, drag racing, and even McDonalds. Not that fond of...
BBT... Anybody?
Anyone got any suggestions for a good cam grind profile for a 230 inch flatty? I intend to give the engine a .030"/.030" combo off the head &...
Don't forget that this is a sacred moment for all of the allied armed forces that fought back then. Yesterday (our 11/11) all of our junior...
Some nuns went on a visit to the zoo. They were looking at the gorillas when all of a sudden one of the gorillas grabbed one of the nuns, spun...
What's the definition of the bravest man in the world?? The man who comes home drunk, covered in lipstick and smelling of perfume, then slaps...
Some kids were sitting on a doorstep in a village in Italy listening to stories from an old man. "children, you see that bridge, I built that...
Does yours have the Autolite or Lucas distributor?
I'll email Andy & get a price for dizzy cap. My plugs & points have not arrived yet coz he put the wrong post code on the package. Simple mistake.
I saw you had a health scare on another thread. Hope you are coming along well. Good luck.
I just checked out that site. Man they got everything. Was it easy to get the parts to NZ? BTW, I watched the movie the other night, The Worlds...
Thanks man. Is it the screw on lead type? Say, how is the old girl going (the car that is)?
Does anyone know if a dizzy cap from another engine fits the distributor on a Dodge 230 flathead? I'm having trouble getting bits for my dizzy...
I gave my car a name the day. I called it "hey you bastard, why wont you start". It got a little offended, gave it a tune (not motzart), and it...
Show us a picture of the back. It could even be off a 60's Euro bike like an Ardie or something. It has a similar styling to the smiths cycle...
By the style of it I would have thought it's from a pommie car, but then again, most of them used Smiths instruments, me thinks. Maybe it's from...
I forgot to ask; does anyone have dimensions for the bellhousing bolt pattern? I want to fit an auto but nobody here makes an adapter kit (or...
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