The Jalopy Journal
Getting ready to notch my frame and had planned to cut the boxing plates with my torch. I've been watching videos, reading, adjusting pressures,...
My truck has been on the road for a couple of years and has evolved quite a bit from the stock height farm truck it started as. I had originally...
Seems winter is the season for me to have electrical problems with the truck. (1950 F1) And anyone who has followed my frustrations with this is...
Last piece of tech was chopping the torque tube. Here's the next step - I'm using a solid driveshaft since that's what most everyone has access...
I've been seeing it pop up here and there — Torquefest and now the Hunnert. After it sold I watched it suffer some pretty ridiculous stuff...
Start with this stuff:
So this morning I'm headed to the pick and pull to find some suitable seat belts for the F1. A quick text to Mike (cactus1) to see if has any...
Pretty straightforward operation, but hopefully there are a couple of nuggets for anyone who hasn't done this before.
The idea is basic but hopefully I've explained enough of what I found out along the way to help some of you with your own problems.
Flathead + toploader. Throwout and pilot are less than a year old. The sound is like a dry bearing or bushing a high pitched and varying...
Haven't had a lot of time to work on the truck but thanks to Mike (cactus1) I was able to score a few '49 Plymouth bumpers. I got really lucky and...
I've had the Atlas drill press for a while now. It's a great machine, but even on the slowest setting it's too fast to drill a hole bigger than...
Lowered the back of my F1 (thread here) and am finally getting around to adding shocks. Going with a newer air shock because it's a little...
Just shots of a few cars and random acts caught over the past week or two. Lunch at "the hut" [IMG] [IMG] The ugly duckling as a sign with...
Just curious to know why - it seems like every application I've seen only requires the short ones leaving a lot of threads showing on the long side.
I have removed a few leafs, but with leafs removed from the front along with a 3" drop axle I still had a dumb looking rake. Was originally...
I guess that might be a small lie... I did use a jeweler's torch to weld a couple inches of sheet over at Mike's (cactus1) a few weeks ago, but...
Already had a hopped up flathead, chrome reverse, wide whites and decent upholstery. But I still felt like I was driving a farm truck. Amazing...
Thinking these have a typical application outside of lowering the tie rod for an F1 with a dropped axle. Anyone happen to recognize the shape or...
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I've been running my flathead for over a year with this setup and never thought much about it, but the last couple of oil changes looked worse...
Drove my F1 down to W.O.W. over lunch. Through the doors and I'm walking fast. Muscle cars, Cobras and OCC bikes barely get a first look. With...
Got an old SW gauge panel full of 2 5/8" curved glass gauges from Tuck. And I think nearly all of them are savable. Similar to the one below -...
Hoping to find something specific without having to splice a bunch of stuff together. It's actually pretty simple: I need a 7" long straight...
Overall coolant flows: Out of the bottom radiator tank, into the bottom of the engine through pumps, through the block and out the heads and upper...
Not the typical stuff... These bits were pulled from a French flathead a while back. Just wanted to make sure no one has come up with any real...
Seems like we've covered nearly every kind of welding on most every type of material with everyone's opinions on each thrown in ad nauseum... But...
Can anyone recommend a high quality 12V starter solenoid? Part number or brand or? I don't care if it's made in the USA, Mexico or China....
I had a set of the ebay plans detailing the use of the 46 and up truck 4 speed to make a T5 adapter but never had a close look before loaning them...
Looking for overall length tip to bezel. ID and OD of the bezel would be great if possible too.
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