The Jalopy Journal
I have a 1960 Ford F100 with a 223 inline six that was rebuilt two years ago. It was driving great all summer long. I drove to work everyday and...
Thanks for the help fellas! I was planning on building a plywood buck to help with the fab. I will just plan on making this from flat stock.
I've been thinking about putting fadeaway fenders on my 1948 Chevy Fleetline, going for an early custom look. I have seen a few threads on here...
I knew someone on here would be able to help me out! A month back I had to replace the accelerator pump diaphragm because it was leaking and...
Checked the vacuum advance and it is working great. Any ideas?
Nice! Welcome to the fridge club. I love these trucks. I have a 1960. Check out the mooneyes push truck if you plan to go that route. Come on...
I have a 223 I-6 with the clifford performance setup which includes a Weber 38 DGAS. The engine idles great and drives pretty decent except for...
I'm really hoping I'm there this year! I usually get stuck at work that weekend. I've been in the past. It's s great show!
I figured it out! One of the pads on the points came off causing the gap to be extremely large. I looked at this 3 times before I noticed that...
Thanks GreasyKnight, CGKid,and everyone else who has commented. I still have a points distributor but they look fine no burns (I will pull them...
I did some research on the Pertronix site and found that they recommend 3 ohm primary coils on 4 and 6 cylinder engines. I have a flame thrower...
Okay! So I sprayed starting fluid in the carb still would not start. So to me, a novice at vehicle diagnostics, this says it is in the...
I am getting plenty of fuel to the carb. There is a healthy stream of fluid spraying in the carb. The coil ohm'ed out good The plugs are...
The cap and rotor are good. No cracks no burns. I am running a fuel filter between the tank and the pump. The fuel pump is in the frame rail...
I had a similar problem with a 430 lincoln. The transmission would bind right at the firewall even though it looked like there was plenty of...
The only plug that has been wet has been the first plug. My driveway is an incline with the front end facing downward. Could this be an issue?...
I have a 1960 F100 with a 223 inline 6 that has given me problems for a year. -I had the engine rebuilt a year ago. -It has a Clifford...
PnB this is exactly what I wanted to know. I do have a points distributor and I will check the points again. I noticed when timing the engine...
I've had problems in the past with the paint "chaulking" Mine ended up looking real bad after you wash the car. Porknbeaner is right about making...
I'm sure some of the old schoolers or someone with some know how can help me out with this one! I took my 1960 F100 with 223 inline six,...
Wow, thanks everyone! This will be alot of help.
Thanks Special Ed! I have a feeling I'm going to need all the resources I can get on this one.
Well hey little brother! Glad you finally made it to the HAMB!
Hello again fellow hambers. I have started a new project, a 1961 Lincoln Continental with a 430. I have perused the interweb without much luck...
I just bought the entire Gingery series of books for $50 from Lindsay. Ditto the books are the plans..You need to start with the foundry and the...
I've just completed installing new brake lines on my 60 (Ive been all over the underside of this truck) and the only wires running in the frame...
The difficulties that I was having have now been resolved!! They were not related to the rotors or the disc brake parts at all. All of that went...
I bought the CPP kit but I believe they came on large GM cars from the mid to late 70's.
I had a great time as well! I was in the off topic 57 T-Bird.
Thanks all for the kind words. I'm hoping that in the next couple weeks the brakes will be complete. The plan is to get her on the road and then...
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