The Jalopy Journal
well they are black finally, just gotta finish inside the roof and then i can set it back on the frame. here is a few pictures
yep that was it!! pictures dont do it justice.
well as promised jack who originally built my dads ford sent us a few pictures of the car back in the real early sixties. he wrote us a nice...
well after thinking i was going to have to sell it, work picked up and im back on the wagon again. got all the prep work done and last night got...
the fellow hamber that owned the car when the hood went for flight still has the hood hung up in his garage, i dont know who all sighned it. you...
well got the ford out and decided it was time to help dad move the grill back in the cavity, got it moved back about 4 inches boy now the car...
well its a small world, me and dad got up and took the 51 to steve's auto restorations open house and saw some cool stuff and some old hot rodding...
thanks mondo it was great meeting you and getting the ford out for the first time it was a great day, great people and a all around good time....
thanks for all the posts next comes the ugly interior its done in a grey tweed, they even took a 65 chevelle console and covered it in tweed. got...
thanks tim did your dad ever sell the 56?
yeah dads pretty proud of that red thing, thanks for posting the pictures with the bashed hood, dad will love that.
well dads been workin on the ford made new lens for the tail lights got rid of the ugly metal mesh and the old ugly blue dots. tap plastics here...
heres my madwagon
i made mine into air cleaners for the cross ram on my nomad.
the x51 is one of my all time fav's growing up in portland i got to see that car a lot when corno had it. here is a few pictures of my dads...
heres some more pictures after the car got a rub out, removed the 3rd brake light and installed lic plate on body again. getting ready to change...
well dad and mom got there ford home early guy picked his car up and dropped the ford. guy was totally happy and his car looked and ran great. as...
dad and mom get there car saturday, one more day!!!! ill post pictures
dad didnt chop or section it he bought it with the front end wrecked, it was originally built with quad lights, from what i understand the car...
hey bigtumtum the impala got a lot of work, but as we all know you do one thing and ya gotta fix ten other things to make that right. it started...
well its funny how things come back around, my dad and mom owned this chopped and sectioned ford back in the real early 70's. as with most things...
happy b-day rik thanks for the non stop joy we all get from your pictures!!!!!!!!!!!
looks good all cleaned up
hey if pop rivets and screws it will work
hey meatball, its funny how these turn up, i posted on here a couple of times about marvs car to see if it was still alive but no response and...
i just talked to my dad and the guy who bought it from lonnie was from georgia, he had some car dealership, dad stayed in touch with him for a...
well i better chime in after marv built it, alan mock had it then after that lonnie gilbertson had it and painted it candy red, lonnie sold it at...
love the go go green butch, looking good i feel the need for more pictures!!!!!!!
well i have russ meeks sectioned nomad that he did when he was working for gene back in the day, not built by gene but close.
along time ago a guy who built my muncies told me to run gear oil but to put some automatic trans fluid in with it, he had been building them...
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