The Jalopy Journal
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Here’s how I did the seat foam. First I take some measurements and how much lean back I have in the seat of my truck. I drive 90 miles a day just...
Decided to take a short break from the metal work and build a seat for the roadster. I used 3/4” ply with some T nuts glued into the wood for...
Man that’s a pretty serious engine, congrats and look forward to the revival!
Dynabrade is what you want for pneumatic tools. I have both a straight and angle die grinder from them and they are just better all around. Quite,...
What a day! I cut the chassis off the table and got the front end under it for the first time. It’s really taking shape now! [ATTACH] Cut in...
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Thank you, channeling a car definitely brings out many obstacles to overcome.
The pedal setup is from Rjays speed shop, very nice unit. I purchased the master cylinder and slave cylinder from Rockauto. They are early 60’s...
Here’s what has been going since finishing the floor up. Due to the angle of the rails being pinched so hard the F100 steering box needed the...
Headers came out really nice
@The37Kid It is a steel Brookville body
First I needed to build a new flange along the bottom of the firewall to give myself a target for the trans tunnel to land on. This was made from...
Thank you, when I first saw the sectioned rails on a channeled car I thought man this is genius. You get the look but can still sit low in it
Picking away at the tunnel this week, with the transmission pretty much inside the car it was definitely a challenge to keep it fitting tight...
Had a nice productive day, made up some more floor bracing and skinned both sides up to the toe board area.[ATTACH]
Made up the rear sub rails out and of some 1/16” plate bent 90 degrees and plug welded them to the inner wheel wells. Skinned the floor with 18...
I would love to have a chrome firewall in this! Unfortunately it is pitted from end to end and my sheetmetal work always requires a bit of...
I have personally seen two 9” failures, both at the track on slicks and both were stock pumpkins. They both broke the pinion support. As the car...
Car looks great @gonzo, those first pictures are the car in the bed of my old truck. You did a great job saving that chassis, it was quite the...
I was able to make some new sub rails by bending some 18ga over the edge of my table into a Z and then using the shrinker / stretcher to match the...
This is what the stock 87 up “spider” looks like. It bolts down in the valley and the fingers simply keep pressure on the center of the link...
That’s a really nice car, I like the olds in it also. That must have been one serious engine to turn 106 mph in that car.
I’m looking for a 35-6 roadster/ Pheaton glovebox door if anyone has one or knows of one for sale I’d appreciate it. [ATTACH]
Firewall was a bit of a challenge, after sectioning it 6”s I had to fix a bunch of cracks, fill holes and transition the beads into the lower...
Beyond impressed, your work is over the top!
The easiest way to make the 32 frame “fit” width wise is to place the body on the floor and trace it. Then place the 32 rails so the points you...
Dash is awesome, deck lid looks like it was born there nice work man
Wow that’s very nice. @F-head would you mind sharing how to do the tuck wire in the foam? When I made my first seat I tried to get that roll of...
Wow what a great car, love all the fab work.
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