The Jalopy Journal
It has been awhile since my last update... life has been happening and it is really putting a damper on my hot rod building time. But, some...
I was... Sketchy ride in the flatty powered '30, 4" wide bias-plys, no wipers, no defrost, no hood, couple inches of standing water on the road...
Was there today helping set up Billy's Anniversary 32 sedan. Will be back in the morning with the '30. Will post up some pics tomorrow Chappy
On the Kent Narrows on the way to Jalopyrama today. Not me, not my picture, not my car. From what I understand everyone is fine. So sad....
My buddy got this at Detroit (basement) last year... he didn't get up off the glider one time to solicit a vote...lol [ATTACH] [ATTACH] All the...
FWIW I like the sound of my Porters Chappy
Had my dad's nickname put on the dash of my 30...its the only pin striping on the car. I just told the guy I wanted "Link" in cursive on the dash...
My dad and my graddad... Early in my life my mom's dad built race cars for the local dirt track scene... early 40's cars, narrowed and sectioned....
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Supposedly a one owner car. Not sure the year 59? 60?... Those tail lights are just cool... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Early Mazda Miata seats have a pretty flat track (easily modified to flat), have head support, intigrated seat belt,, are not hideous to look at,...
One moon eyes decal in the passenger side 3/4 window on the '30 And this one...... [ATTACH]
Over the last 15 or so years worldwide governments have started cracking down on "hazardous" elements in manufacturing (Google RoHS and Weee...
As I sit here waiting on an alignment on my OT hauler I figured I would start in on the trans up build post. Let me first say that this is my...
My spray bomb job on a slightly OT car I did before my A. Chappy 2012-01-11_13-13-18_294 by Chappy444 posted Jul 6, 2018 at 7:56 AM...
I was looking to buy a trailer/car hauler and was quoted a minimum of 14 weeks for delivery... and the price was 25% higher than it was at the end...
Nice, My buddy does a similar thing using a piece of 2" or 3" angle iron as his base jig. Chappy
Next up on the build is some front end parts. We decided to go with a 33-36 non dropped axle. We can use a low spring or forward mount if we need...
Well... the "Plan" as of right now is to have the P12 T finished by the week before Speedweek... Load it in the trailer and drive the 33 hours to...
@Son of Omar , Thank you so much for the history. Like Squablow, I to would like to see you get the car back it would but a great great chapter to...
Just picked up four 8' pieces of 3/4" square tubing ...just under $50 Chappy
After getting the heads on it was time to have a good look at what I was going to do about water pumps, crank pully, generator, fan, distributor,...
At this point we are heading in to summer, we are locked down, but we have a vision/inspiration, a challenge, and a crushed goal. We also have a...
1923ish Ford...Part touring car, part roadster... part????
During the time i was doing research I kind of fell for Isky's T, I had always appreciated its place in Hot rodding history but the more I looked...
The inspiration, the challenge and the goal have been set. I am really excited to get this project off the ground and then Covid. I am not going...
A little over 2 years ago I started kicking around the idea of a Model T roadster build. Just some loose ideas and a fuzzy vision of a finished...
Agreed, I try to count my blessings daily. Hasn't been as easy this past year but I managed. I tried to take advantage of the forced down time...
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Another vote for Kilmat Used it in my 30 and my buddies 32 Chappy
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