The Jalopy Journal
I finally finished up a Vat60 project. In the end it only needed a thorough cleaning, a little paint, and a new indicator light - Axman Surplus,...
Thanks Bob for wood template trick … I planed down some oak cut some templates tonight, still need to trim to account for the slight taper of the...
Thanks Anthony/Kiwi/Warhorse for the feedback! Will take your advice and work it cold and slow and patiently :)
Thanks Anthony! That was going to be my plan. What about using heat? Any benefits or just more potential for amateur to screw up? Or just...
Looking for some advice on best path forward. I need to straighten out a bent up stainless-Steel 50 Merc grille. I decided to remove the bracing...
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[ATTACH] My grandfather’s T parked in front of the “newly” erected WWI memorial at Summit Ave and Mississippi River Boulevard, Saint Paul. [ATTACH]
Upper Levee / Saint Paul … I remember it well! My father worked as a pressman at West Publishing just on right of the photo. Was a great auto...
Picked up a multimeter/dwell meter last summer. Last month found a rusted up Craftsman tool box in curbside free pile. Sandblasted/painted and...
To the right was a GC Murphy’s Dept Store … Spent a lot of time as a young kid in their model car aisle and comic book section
Just back from a walk with the pup. Spotted these 2 Plymouths only a block apart. Very nice 40 coupe and really like the hubcaps on the...
Looks like the Iowa … My father in-law was a sailor on the Iowa during the Korean War and said they would sometimes fire those 16 inch guns all...
I remember walking across the old high bridge a few years before it was torn down. The walkway was just 2x6s, and as stepped on one it snapped in...
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On my 50 the only wiring that ran through the headliner is the dome lt.
Put a 3-speed Indy Hurst in my father's 50 Merc way back when. I assume would be the same as 50 Ford?
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Agree, I love chopped Mercs but glad mine has survived unchopped ... When I was kid in the 70's it seemed all the Mercs were chopped sleds at the...
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2 door coupe to truck custom 1970 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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The gray steering wheel - heavily cracked throughout was done early 2000s with just JB Weld and Duplicolor Spray Paint The white one done about 3...
Not sure I'm much help as I swapped an S10 T5 mounted to an Oldsmobile. As such I did not have an issue with trans length, however did need to...
Hennepin Ave looked a lot more interesting back in the day!
My Grandfather’s graduating class of 1919 photo from the Modern Automobile and Tractor School / 2512 University Ave, Saint Paul / Building now...
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