The Jalopy Journal
I've made some decent progress lately. I after I slimmed down both my doors by a good 3/4" I installed some bear-claw type door latches. The...
The weather forecast looks great for Saturday - sunny and 80. Drive your rod or chopper over to Rock Rapids and enter it in the Heritage Days car...
btt If you're around the area, come on over to Rock Rapids this Saturday. If you put your car or bike in the show, you definitely will not be...
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Hey guys... The Rock Rapids, IA CAC has asked me for help on (re)organizing our annual car show. This year will be a bit different in that the...
There is nothing about my roadster build that anyone can't do. I am relatively new to building cars. When I started building my sedan back in...
Alright guys, I'm looking for radiator advice. I have done quite a bit if searching through this board trying to find some info on how you guys...
Here ya go, Paradox. I thought I should post a pic of my description from a couple posts ago.
Since the pics in my 1st post I have completed the welds on the kickups. I have also boxed in the original Model A section of the chassis. I...
I put my posterboard mock-up in the car before I made any decisions with the aluminum. I tried my best to sit in the mock-up seat while it was in...
The last few weeks have been filled with dilemma. The first one started with my doors. I was sick of looking at my thick truck doors. So, I...
The tops of the doors are actually temporary. They were much taller when I got them. I was so sick of looking at them, I decided to make them...
I follow your "fiasco of a "Model A Coupe" build thread". I have used a few of your ideas, too. Thank you for the positive comment.
Thanks for the words of encouragement, guys. It's nice to hear these things coming from fellow HAMBers. It means a lot. I've learned a lot...
Jeff - What type of early Ford stuff do you have? Any bodies? I don't really NEED anything right now. I'm a hot rodder though; I can't pass up...
Over the past couple nights I have been able to fab a partial floor frame with a driveshaft hump. The offset pinion on the Ford 9" made things...
Here are some more pics. I am at one of those points in the build where it appears nothing changes. I have, however, made some decent progress...
I haven't updated this build thread in a while - Probably because I haven't worked on my car much lately. I have been working on body mounts and...
I built some motor mounts tonight. I chose the rubber biscuits from Speedway. I fabricated everything else from flat steel and some 2x2 tubing.
A while back I had some cash burning a hole in my pocket. I had a few beers, surfed ebay for a while (bad combo), and wound up with what was...
I have the back seat from a '93 Camaro in my '31 sedan.
Ya know what they say, "If you ain't dutch, you ain't much!" This is of course coming from your neighbor to the North, Chubbie.
This is a pic of the seat in my '31 sedan. It is back seat from a 3rd or 4th generation F-body.
I'm in extreme NW Iowa - Rock Rapids. 5 miles from MN and around 20 from SD. I haven't been able to fire up my sedan since Thanksgiving :mad:...
hombres - I wasn't aware of the rule book for hot rodding. If you come across a copy, please forward it my direction. Better yet, find a link so...
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