The Jalopy Journal
Well I don't think that running trans fluid through the carb is the answer,Have you checked to see if your getting a good shot of gas from the...
I use to work with a guy who raced dirt bikes back in the 60's for Husqvarna he was friends with Keenan Wynn the actor who also raced a Husqvarna...
I wear a welding jacket and button it from the neck down glove's and a hat no matter how hot it is outside for all welding,I've seen guy's with...
They have the mock up block in the car,front cross member was notched out and he installed the engine mounts still a lot more has to be done,but...
Now that the kid's are grown and out of school,only 2 live at home but they both have jobs,we have some extra play money,I do a lot of side work...
I've been buying Snap on tools for over 35 years,I had a few dealers try not to warranty tools,one was for the chrome peeling off a line wrench...
I was telling my father about this blog here and he reminded me about something that happned in 1968 at the auto show,it was held at the...
Back in the 60's We had this alley mechanic that lived at the end of the block,he worked on everybodys car on the block,he had a 57 chevy gasser...
I raced an injected bbc on alcohol I used twice the fuel ran cooler and faster than I did on racing fuel the pill's and nozzels were twice the...
I caught what could have been a bad situation,about 7 months ago we had a power outage what happned is half of the house was out I thought it was...
I have a modine hotdog 55,000 btu it cost me $450.00 25x30 garage insulated and Sheetrocked double steel insulated doors it stays about 65deg.the...
It's under construction as we speak,I just want to get the chassis ready so I can get the cash together for the trans and what ever else I need...
Yeah that is a Hemi powered 55 but that has a stright axle,I'm looking to drive this car,if I wanted to do the power tour I would be able to not...
Does anybody knowhere I can get a parking brake cable made at thanks..
I took the 55 to a chassis shop today,their going to notch the front crossmember,install engine mounts,trans crossmember,install rack&pinion...
well what I think I'm going to do is find a mock up block of a Hemi the plastic one's with the tran's and go from there and see if it can be done..
What I ment was the inner fenderwells or would they have to go,would I have to modify the front crossmember,and sell the hemi and build a bad ass...
Why don't you do a starter draw test see how many amps your drawing,then check timing,then dwell, dwell effects timing once base engine is set you...
I bought a 55 chevy 210 project car,the hard work was done (body work)it's in flat black but it's back togeather,I bought it no motor or trans was...
I got quite a list going,a friend of mine has done almost the samething,but he went to mostly dragstrips and a few cruise nights,but he was not...
I'll be there July 6th
I'm planning a 3 week trip out to California and the start of the trip will have me in the L.A area and by the end of the second week I have to be...
I was working a second job at a local tire shop years ago,and had this Jamacian guy come in for an alignment, I finished the car he...
Stokes still owns it, he's there every day, I see him all the time, I still live down there on Wallace
The drum look's like it's running true, put a dial indicator on the axle,or put the wheel on a spin balance machine check the runout.
It was Mike Marinan where I got John I don't know but anyway Dick told me about Mike. I remember when your family lived on 43rd place near Union.
there is a differance in powder coating ,the drylac is used by most powder coater's that isn't uv friendly it will fade, but talk to the guy's at...
I'm looking for some one in the Chicago area to do some striping on a bike for me contact me at grumpaharley@att.net
Dick sold the 55 I think it was 1967 or so, he bought the 66 GTO Don Gay's old car after that. The guy who bought it let it sit in a garage what...
I was talking to Dick Stokes he told ne that his partner in his race car's John Marinan had died and his family had had his head stone engraved...
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