The Jalopy Journal
So.... why? It's not like I spend hours in reverse, but I would rather not have my teeth shaken loose every time
A few times over the years, I've taken friends along on a ride to buy a new project; I stopped doing this because it never failed that my...
The O/T rv I bought turned out to be a turd with the exception of the drivetrain. Braving the heat and humidity to hopefully get it completely out...
Now that I have my Holy Grail '63.5 Sportsroof nearly roadworthy, I need to keep the CODE man off my ass and do sumpin' with that Jag monstrosity...
I had my suspicions that the Holley carb on my 289 was causing more trouble than it was worth; I had a spare Autolite 2100 that needed a new...
So, in my recent battle with wiring , I pulled several wiring schematics off the web, and, in comparison with the harness in my car, found...
Swapped in the duraspark system onto the 63 289. Due to some issues regarding previous owners and other hurdles, I've been unable to get the...
I'd like to give folks walking behind the Galaxie the heads up if I'm BACKING up... the PO installed a Daytona brand floor shift onto the Ford...
Watched this last night and, while I was familiar with Goody's 51 Mercury (and appalled by it's destruction), I didn't remember what looks like a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The scripts are off my Starliner hardtop; gold anodized aluminum and still in good condition. The skirts are stainless...
I found this car last year and finally got the bag full of quarters nickles and dimes it took to buy it. It replaces the one I stupidly sold 25...
Kinda like preaching to the choir, right? Not really. I've been working on cars for nigh on forty years and spent almost twenty selling parts and...
What car did you think was going to be "THAT" car for you, and once you actually got one, well; let's just say "she had a great personality".?...
Had this problem back in Virginia, to a lesser extent down here in Souf Cowlina. I'm not gifted with lots of cash, so I often have to make deals,...
Seems like selling certain pieces of suspension is nearly impossible compared with building something around them, so, back to the hammer and...
Selling Jaguar IFS and IRS units, they are no longer attached to the frame in the picture. IRS has new calipers and pads. IFS is modified for...
How "universal" are steering column splines? Were they done to a standard industry-wide size, or are they unique to every manufacturer?...
Picked up a couple of sheets to start building the floorboards, etc on my project.... got to wondering if I might be using too heavy a gauge?...
Cleaning up some of the Jaguar stuff I'm planning to use and found all of the engine mount bolts finger tight as well as two serious stress cracks...
Friend of mine has a well-worn '36 four door that I'm looking at as a potential project; what's kicking it to the kerb for me is the amount of (or...
Complete running 4.2 dohc six and BW auto box. Front and rear suspension from 1974 XJ6. Rear axle has new calipers and pads. Lots of extra parts....
May need to get a Falcon picked up in Columbia and delivered app 100 miles to Charleston, are there any members with good contacts for rollback...
i've sold and given away a lot of stuff through the dreaded craigslist over the past few years, so i'm usually pretty accepting of idiosyncrisies...
i've got a pair of '55 headlight bezels for my '56; they were with the car when i got it; i've been working on the car trying to get things...
this is a factory meowV8 automatic trans dualmeow exhaust car, currently no engine or trans in car; no fuel tank, no wiring harness. do not have...
spent the morning Saturday at Temple's gathering more stuff for my '56; the main thing i was after was a serviceable tail panel. i decided to take...
the radiator support frame and hardware, leaving the core support panels cut to pieces and the lock support bent to hell.... reading other...
i'd like to run chrome reverse wheels on my stock-suspension '56 probably in 15" by 5 or 6" width; is this practical in the sense of having no...
who's got good pics of an FE install on a '56? with manual trans or automatic; up in the air right now on whether to put the previous owner's...
specifically; on my '56 dash gauges; the trim rings had rubber in them and it has completely dried up and fallen out. restoring the dash and need...
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