The Jalopy Journal
We've made a bit of progress over the last week or so. I've figured out what this bit of wood it. [IMG] It is the bar that goes across the car...
Progress was made on the car this weekend. With Jim out for awhile I enlisted the help of my father to do the woodworking in this car. His hobby...
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While Jim is busy dealing with his wife's illness. I have started to tackle the wooden side of this build. No progress yet just trying to nail...
Looks like 28 -48 Merc / Ford rear with Hydraulic brakes all have the same roller bearing. now the Differential has a tapered bearing in it not...
Looks Like a Model A rear axle bearing to me. http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_model_a/catalogsearch/result/?q=rear+axle+bearing&x=0&y=0 Though...
It's been a little bit so I wanted to get you guys an update. No much happening on the old girl lately. I took advantage of what looks to be the...
Clayton, We tossed the Idea of a step around. We've got a few ways of doing it if we need too but we want to get out and running first see if it's...
We were able to spend a good bit of Saturday working on the Project! The first thing we did was reevaluate the exhaust pipe and hanger. See the...
As Jim has mentioned he's been a busy lately. But I've been trying to keep moving things forward. Still dreaming of a test drive before the snow...
This weekend we felt the first cool brush with fall weather. With the seasonal change there were some chores to do that kept us out of the garage...
Statements like that are never good when followed by silence. Hopefully it's only something minor. I was just starting to root for the Winnfield!
I'm glad everyone is enjoying the show..... In this week's episode we have some special guests and some crazy Hi-jinks from the regulars. All in...
Just when you think we may have given up again.... we Post proof we're still not that smart! We have been working on buttoning up the rear end....
daddio, For this the nickel plating I picked up a kit from caswell. It came with the nickel sulphate and additives premixed with distilled water,...
With Jim tied up this summer progress has been slow, but it is progress. We tried to install the Steering Column but found that it would be too...
It's all about the journey.... Life gets in the way, but it's all part of the journey. Most of us here are in the same boat. Keep going!
As we're going through parts to get the drive-line laid out in the car we found that we're missing part of the U joint cover. Here's a picture of...
olskool, It looks like most of the problem is in the hinges. We pulled the bottom one about the time we took the photo and found it bent quite a...
Thanks for the nice comments guys. As for the Boards.... I'll leave that for Jim as they are his toys to explain. We've ran into a bit of a snag...
So over the weekend we were able to get this thing back into shape as a roller. The First step was to make a spring spreader to get the rear...
We replaced the Body blocks as we bolted the body on the frame except for the rear blocks. They took a little persuasion to remove. When they were...
Jerry, I have a seat to make soon too. And sir if mine looks half as nice as yours I will be a happy boy! Looks Great! CBB
Clayton, The Exhaust location has been a bit of a debate between the two of us. and has even been moved up closer to the car by a couple of inches...
Graham, Our engine isn't quite as hopped up as your but it's not stock by any stretch. The Texas T Dizzy with all the fixings should be here...
It's been raining here for pretty much the last 2 weeks. So we took some time to work on a few things that need buttoned up before we put the body...
The bed-liner was painted on to fill some of the pitting on the frame and give us a UV, Chip resistant coating for the frame. We'll find out about...
It's been sorta quite here for a bit. We're waiting for a few parts but started getting the rear spring and Shocks in place to work out some...
With the Hamb down for a few days I wanted you all to know that we're still here and pushing forward on the project. We have gotten the...
It would have ran longer this time if I hadn't adjusted the fuel back too much on the Carb. Now that we know it'll will run we'll get her out side...
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The Jalopy Journal
