The Jalopy Journal
The factory latches on my '54 Chevy truck are pretty shot. Rather than replace them with repop parts, I think I'd like to install bear claw...
Tintable, weather resistant, sands easily, compatible with lots of topcoats; sounds like good stuff. Who's used it? Good, bad, ugly? PPG...
Does anyone know of someone set up to sand blast body panels in Camden County New Jersey, near Philadelphia, PA or Conshohocken, PA? I have two...
i've been surfing thru collector car insurance sites all afternoon. i keep coming up against the same road block "vehicle can only be driven...
A local guy who sets up rear ends recommended that I use a 95-01 Ford Explorer 8.8" rear in my '54 truck. It seems like a really good option......
Hang with me fellas, this might get a little abstract... On the back end of my '31 Chevy coupe, I'm moving the leaf spring hangers from...
Here's a garage tool that you'll wonder how you ever did without, especially considering how easy and cheap it is to make. What I made is a...
I'll soon be painting and insulating the floor and firewall on my '54 pickup truck. Theoretically, I'll soon be driving this thing every day, so...
At last year's Hershey swap meet, I picked up a decent looking '46 Ford heater.. supposedly a take-off from an original car being streetrodded....
I'm picking up my "new" SBC from the machine shop today and I'm having some trouble deciding how to dress it. Chopolds helped me mix up a GREAT...
As part of the "winter upgrades" to my '54 Chevy truck, I'd like to replace the TH350 that's in there with an automatic overdrive... namely a...
The last two times that I've used Rustoleum Gloss Black, the second coat has lifted. The first time I thought it was because I wiped the first...
Someone had to have a camera on Sunday! Thx! Ed
This afternoon I tried to flare SST brake line with a KD tools flaring tool set that I picked up from NAPA (about $50). It looks like a quality...
A few weeks ago I picked up a used rebuilt 350 engine from another HAMBer. He's an honest guy, so I don't doubt the rebuild. He could never get...
Guys, The 350 that I'm building doesn't have a woodruff key for the balancer. I called around to the local autoparts stores and Chevy...
Is there any way to identify the year of a A/G-Body front clip? Measurements, serial numbers, etc? I'd like to know before I start purchasing...
i'd like to put power brakes on my '54 chevy truck. it's already got a small block and a front clip; it's too late to save this virgin. anyway,...
After much procrastination, I finally got off my duff and started scanning in my collection of Old Chevy articles. There really isnt too much...
The steering on my '54 Chevy truck feels a little strange.... it's very stiff, and it moves kinda notchy. By stiff, I don't mean that it's merely...
I would like to decrease the width of my rear tires by a smidge. Currently, I have 255 tires mounted on 8" rims. If I were to mount the tires on...
I just picked up a '54 Chevy truck from Grumpy. It still has the tank behind the seat, and well, it smells like a gas tank. I'd like to get that...
Curious what this came from... [img] thx ed
I guess the title asks it all... thanks to a generous donation from the Kopper Kart parts truck, I now have a '55 Chevy truck steering column to...
chopolds and i made a lot of progress today on my '31 chevy coupe. about three weeks ago i posted a thread asking for advise on making custom...
Last summer I visited the Prune Orchard Garage with my wife on our honeymoon. She was a champ about the whole thing, as I spent about two hours...
i need ideas on how to mount a decklid onto my '31 chevy and fabricate a rain gutter. i'm not tied to any idea yet on what i'd like to do for...
Does anyone know of a good exhaust shop in Camden County NJ? I need to have the exhaust fixed on a car so I can sell it... Thanks, Ed
Here's an oddball question for the masses. This swap meet season, one of the parts that I will be looking for is a used vintage blower setup for...
Why would installing a new intake and carb cause my car to overheat? The weekend before last, I replaced the 2bbl intake and carb on my car with...
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