The Jalopy Journal
A lot depends on if the car is a driver or a non driver just how close we get the wheel base etc. If it's a driver and has a 4 post cage I've...
Well this time we have pieced together some more parts ......see if you can tell what has been added and subtracted.....??????
Anymore?
Well here are a few on the ground pics......this will let us set the wheelbase...take some measuring of the radius rods needed etc. also see...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] thought I would post some progress pics.....although I have done rebuild stories on a few other cars on HAMB...
[ATTACH] Short of sandblasting what's any one used to clean them up? HD wire wheel? Mostly rust with a few paint spots....
Bunch more pics to start the initial put together.....trying to figure out what someone else was thinking can be a chore.....it's being fun...
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Well,true to form restoration can lead to a lot of hills and valleys. Thanks to some HAMBers I got the hubs off the rear axle w/o hurting...
I'm not sure if this applys to your problem but if you look up a company called seals-it they make a nifty product that allows you to adjust...
Jack.......I'm in the process of restoring a 1975 nance supermod. I was given the front axle minus any spindles. I was given a few spindles that...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's a 20 yr. barn find.......great racing family kept this and bunches of pics,racing mags,and memories.....
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Well folks.......We did it.....It seems funny to me that I had not ever come across a floater hub assembly with a key......I do remember taking...
Do you mean thompson ct?......last time I was there with my nova we ran on the 5/8th mile track
I have a Q/C with tapered axle and a key........how do I separate the hub from the axle?
Here is a few pics of the barn find.....
Well here goes........Got a visit the other day from the doctor.......no not the family doctor but the racing doc Dr. Dick Berggren...asking if...
SOLD Mallory dual point Chevrolet distributor......BRAND NEW. NEVER IN A ENGINE. Mallory part number 2548201. $75 or best offer. Pick...
There but for the grace of god sit I..............or any of you.......my biggest fear is whats happened to you..........so very sorry
thoughts and prayers.................my greatest fear
actually right now we are getting ready to assemble a drinan/cicconi supermod that belongs to jon gambutti out of new jersey for ISMA racing this...
gee........havent seen the car for a long time.....it sure does look neat
Any interest in a 390 w/428 heads and a edelbrock intake manifold. Also have MSD for it. Lv. P/m
This ones for Ron marcorelle....a Wally Buzzel driven supermod at Lee speedway. This car was raced on the only tri oval track in this neck of the...
Thank you....The car is now on display at the Owls Head museum in Maine
A friend told me gold painted valve covers with the word mercury on them were kinda rare.....anyone know? Thanks
Great pictures Dick..........have not seen some of those cars .........got more?
Thanks for the replys........I think motor and tranny together will be a handful for me so I'm gonna pull the tranny first and then the engine...
I am wanting to r/r the engine and trans while still connected. I'd like to cut the top span of the radiator mounting section to make it...
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