The Jalopy Journal
I've been tolerating a transmission leak from the TH350 behind the Hemi in the roadster since I built it. The garage at home up north has so many...
For the past month or so I'd noticed an increasing vibration with the roadster at about 50 MPH. Any faster or slower, it wasn't there, but the...
Today, for the first time in years, I changed the oil in one of my own cars. The roadster with its little DeSoto Hemi. I dislike this chore, I...
Make all the jokes you want about elderly drivers in Florida, but I've become one and it beats the Hell out of shoveling snow in Michigan. We...
My cars look they're ready for Halloween with their ghost costumes. They're also ready for bed. Kinda sad, but it's that time of...
Beautiful fall day here in lower Michigan, I had the Hemi Roadster and the Impala[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Yesterday I was going to go for an afternoon drive in my "new" '62 Impala. Got in, hit the key, the starter went, "CLUNK". I'd had the ignition...
I've been busy shopping on-line (I'm not actually buying anything yet, just looking for stuff that I'll need next spring) for the Impala. I know...
Last week I drove the Impala to the oil change place, it[ATTACH] s longest trip in over 20 years. I know, I'm lazy but I don't like dealing with...
Every year I put off winterizing our cars and camper until the weather is miserable, thinking, "We'll go out one more time". Almost always I end...
The best thing about having an interesting car is the opportunity they provide to do things, and meet people, we'd never have a chance to do...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] In order to introduce the Impala to the rest of the cars, and acclimate to it's new environs, I let it spend the first night...
I've seen a couple threads about making baffles in the exhaust system, everything from fender washers, tubes with holes drilled in 'em, to...
I went to my buddy Kirk Brown's (AKA "Crafty B") casting class today. Great fun! He focused mainly on making patterns today, which the other...
Does this car look like it's evil? I think it is. I may have recently posted about my struggle with the '52 DeSoto, and (what I thought was) a...
A couple weeks ago I opined that a leather wrapped steering wheel could look appropriate in a traditionally styled car. I'm standing by that...
I know, I know, I hate these, "Why does my car do this?" posts, but I'm stumped. Our '52 DeSoto wagon has an original, but '53 DeSoto column and...
[ATTACH] I cut up some left over material from making a cargo floor mat for the wood floor of the '52 DeSoto wagon and replaced the awful rubber...
I've got Wheel Vintiques wheels and baby moons on the roadster. When I put the caps on, it was challenging to seat them, as they're so thin they...
A couple of early Hemi powered cars at the Relix Riot a couple weeks ago made me realize I needed to step up my valve cover game. I'm at the...
One of my good friends just messaged me and said they're going to part with their '62 Impala, and am I interested. Non-original big block, but...
The roadster, which has Wilson Welding finned backing plates and 45 fin Buick drums all around, made an annoying "Chirp-Chirp-Chirp" noise that...
I've had a tarp up as a divider in the shop since I was painting the roadster three years ago, in order to help keep sanding dust and overspray...
... a Relix Riot that is. This weekend at the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners, MI. I've got our Riot gear ready to rumble....
Today, in between torrential rain and working on the DeSoto wagon, I got some detail things wrapped up on the roadster. The seat tilts forward,...
So, I bought this trailer two years ago thinking it'd be handy to haul the roadster around, or fetch a project, whatever. Since then we now...
We got back from our (trip of a lifetime) Alaska trip yesterday morning at 2 AM, after some recuperation and jet lag recovery, today I went and...
A couple days ago I had cut and buffed the hood top for the roadster. It had some dust nibs, and a bit of orange peel that I wasn't happy with....
I know this has maybe been beaten to death here, but lots of people can't spend $2K on materials or $10K for a complete paint job. I just...
A couple days ago on my "social media" feed, a photo of my '56 Cadillac convert popped up, taken a year ago. I haven't seen, or heard anything...
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