The Jalopy Journal
As some of you know, I was really close with Frank (fab32) and I sure have missed him the last few months. Recently his wife Sharon told me that I...
I've been working on my '50 F1 lately and ignoring the AV8 roadster that's been languishing in the corner of my garage for years. Two months...
In early 2007 I had a meltdown on this board. I was in over my head, had no idea what I was doing, and I was dangerously close to quitting this...
I'm putting a 350 in my '50 F1. I looked at the Wilcap setup and it calls for a 168 tooth flywheel and a '50 Merc clutch. I started digging...
I bought a voltage reducer to drop my 12V system down to 6V so I can use my original gauges. Am I correct in assuming the metal strap connecting...
I got a chance to look at a nice deuce tudor today that's been off the road since 1964. Former hot rod, still has the running boards and fenders...
I have a Mercury 8CM going together at a local machine shop. I gave them a rear main seal retainer I had sitting on the shelf and I received a...
It's eleven days till Autorama Detroit and I'm making some good progress on my pickup. I installed a dropped axle from Sid's, lowered the rear...
What holds the oil pump idler gear in place on a 49-53 8CM? I looked at an earlier block and there's a shaft built into the rear cover plate....
The front axle is still flipped and I probably won't run it that way. Most likely I'll go with a dropped axle from Sid's. I lowered the rear the...
My engine builder assures me my Merc flathead will be done by Christmas, so that's good. I've got the majority of the new wiring run and I've...
The front spring perches on my 1950 F1 have me baffled. How does the leaf spring come out so I can get to the rivets to remove the...
I pulled all the suspension off my 50 F1. I want to get it as low as possible and still be able to drive it around daily. The easiest/cheapest...
I bought theses graphite impregnated Teflon seals from Mac's. My engine builder and the shop foreman both told me to get rid of that junk when I...
I tried oiling the cylinders for three weeks but the old flathead just wouldn't budge. In fact the top of two pistons broke off on their way out....
I bought a pretty basic wiring kit a few years ago and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since. I'm going to remove all the 6V wiring from my...
I have a Merc 8CM block and Merc crank that I have at the machine shop right now. When its put together its going into my 50 F1. I grabbed a...
My dad and I went on a 1700 mile round trip from mid Michigan to SW Missouri to get it. Then we took Route 66 all the way back to Chicago. It's...
I was screwing around in my sedan the other day with a buddy in a supercharged Z06. He got on my ass so I punched it (6:30 am nobody on the road)...
Things are kind of stalled on my roadster right now. And truthfully I haven't been too excited about running a 49-51 Merc flathead in a car that...
I asked how to do this a few weeks back and ended up taking the best ideas out of the responses. With the U joint in place I measured the distance...
Since my entire driveline including the torque tube is where I want it, the last thing I need to do is make the driveshaft. This is my plan is...
On Friday night Winfield asks my girlfriend if she'd like to go to dinner? He took her to the Riddler's Ball where she got to rub elbows with hot...
I was going to take my AV8 roadster to Detroit this year but setbacks with the engine (3 different flatheads) put me too far behind schedule. I...
I haven't posted much in the last year or so. I've been crazy busy with work, lots of traveling, and trying to have a little bit of a life. The...
Rich (fuel pump) just gave me this at lunch. We assumed it was a panhard bar of some sort but I can't see how it would mount to a rear axle? It's...
Just grabbed these at an estate sale. Are they 39's? I don't know how to tell them apart from the less valuable 1940's pedals?[ATTACH] Posted...
I don't know much about the 49-53 flatheads. Are these the correct bell housings?[ATTACH] Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
I scrapped the model A wishbones I had and scored a nice set of Fatman's Fabrication bones. They have like 7-8 degrees of positive caster built...
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