The Jalopy Journal
For about a year I've an annoying issue with the roadster. The '52 DeSoto Hemi has an (increasingly occurring) stumble accelerating right off...
Just before we headed for Florida, I had replaced the plug wires and distributor cap on the DeSoto 276 in the roadster, and adjusted the choke....
My buddy Mike brought the roadster down to Florida from Michigan with 2 other cars, we picked it up this morning at Salt Works Fabrication. Good...
Back in the days of my youth, early 80's I built this '56 Caddy. Started with a Sedan DeVille with a stuck engine, I shortened it, whacked off...
Just like the geese and cranes gathering in the cornfields around us, the roadsters are getting ready to fly south for the winter too. This year...
The last time we drove the roadster was to the Gilmore Museum for Relix Riot the third weekend in August. It rained on and off, sometimes...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Beautiful day here in SW lower Michigan, I got the Impala out and wedges myself in the roadster for the first time...
My 70th birthday present to myself was a set of Torque Thrusts and new tires for the Impala. I have wanted a set of these wheels, on the right...
Well, I THOUGHT I had the plan for the trek to Florida for the winter (see my "Snowbird Impala" post), but plans seem to change with the weather....
The w/s wiper motor for my Impala is seized. I have a shop manual but decided it's beyond my HAMB-handed skills to take it apart and put it back...
Laid up the past two weeks after hip replacement, with nothing to do but think of stupid things and worry, I've come a decision: We're taking the...
I've been struggling to get, and keep, the taillights working in the Impala. I've cleaned all the sockets, filed the edges of the deck lid and...
We had intermittent showers all weekend, which hurt attendance, but didn't dampen anyone's spirts or water down the quality of the cars at the...
This coming weekend is the "Relix Riot" at the Gilmore Car Museum, I'm getting ready![ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
This spring I got our sons wagon out and tried to roll the (manual) rear window down. It jammed, I went up and down a couple times trying to get...
This spring I had a new, VERY expensive, aluminum driveshaft made for the '52 DeSoto wagon. The "old" one (only three years old) was smaller...
Never mind, video won't load and I can't delete this... It was me leaving cruise night at the Gilmore without a burnout or crashing. Ripping...
I've posted a couple threads about the '62 Impala we got last fall, with the little bits I've done to it since we got back to Michigan, but it...
Last fall I bought this '62 Impala SS, drove it for two weeks and left for Florida for the winter. I've always loved these cars, had a '62 Sport...
When I was younger, I kind of scoffed at the "grey-beards" towing cars in an enclosed trailer to car shows and rod-runs. Now, I'm AM a...
Winter is over here in the Sunny South, the roadster is loaded up and ready for the trip back to Michigan for the summer. It's actually hard to...
The change of seasons doesn't mean quite the same as it used to for us, since we became "Snowbirds". It's always summer (or at least late...
My wife has never liked the pearl white accent color I used on our '52 DeSoto wagon. In truth, I don't really care for it either, I used it...
A childhood of Saturday morning cartoons left some serious imprints on my brain. Here's one that has stuck, although the lesson may not have......
When we came down to Sarasota last fall we brought the '29 with us, in our enclosed trailer. I don't like trailering a car, for lots of reasons,...
My pals Mel, Scott and I classed up Cars and Coffee at UTC last Saturday. The only hot rods there out of over 500 cars. Topped off the morning...
Not to rub it in to my friends up north, but winter here in Sarasota doesn't suck. This a Red Silk Cotton tree just around the corner from our...
Last night was a pleasant surprise. We've gone to a couple big cruise in's here (Sarasota), and while I like cars in general, rows of new...
A couple days ago I was unloading groceries from the trunk of the roadster, and a guy walked up the driveway and introduced himself. He said he...
My resolution this year? Drive the roadster more. Also, drive the Impala more. Also, drive the wagon more. It's gonna be tough to...
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