The Jalopy Journal
Possibly? I didn’t have any issues when I painted the underside of the hood a few weeks ago. I normally keep anything silicone away from my shop....
Hi Guys, Tim with a T - Thanks for the wet sanding suggestion, I will try that. I have some progress on my 32 to show. Just painting, nothing to...
chevy57dude - sorry about the loss of your father last July. Its tough to lose someone so close, especially when you share the same interests. He...
Great build thread! Car is turning out great!!! And you have a cool dog!! Keep posting!!
Hi Guys, Tim & Tim - Thanks!!! nrgwizard - Glad you like the details, I have learned immeasurable information about Hot Rods from guys posting on...
Thanks patsurf & Tim. Hi Guys, I made a little progress on my 32 project. A friend came over and we sprayed 1/2 gallon of paint. Some parts for...
Hi Guys, I started to get the grille shell ready for painting. I decided to see if the grille fit nicely into the grille shell prior to painting...
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I don’t want to high jack your thread cmusser but do you mind if I ask a 3 W question on your thread? is a 32 3 window the same? I didn’t take my...
Hi Guys, Algoma - Thanks for the kind words! Rocky - your slide arms look nice! start polishing them and offer for sale! I spent the day seam...
Hi Guys, I finally finished the steering wheel & steering column. The steering wheel is a 1958 Chevy steering wheel that came with the car. It...
Thread Re-Start !!!!! I am once again back on my 32 3 window project. I retired for the 3rd time so I now have time to get back at it!!! This is...
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TORQ THRUST WHEELS, American Racing, Unrestored Original Set of 4 matching American Racing, Torq Thrust 15 x 8 ½ with 4 ¾’ bolt pattern. These...
If it’s the intake gasket letting vacuum suck the oil into the head, does it get worse if you stuff a rag down the oil fill breather cap tube? (I...
Dennis, You will be glad to know retirement #3 has started for me. I have finished my “honey do” list and a project on my ot 65 GTO. I am now...
WOW!! for a minute there I thought the car in the above post was my old car. :) I haven’t seen mine since 1988. But it isn’t it, just a really...
1-SHOT Thanks for info on door adjustment!!! I did pre adjustment but I may have to find a phone book for final adjustment which is coming up...
Billy, I absolutely love your 34! I have enjoyed every picture I have seen of it over the years. To be honest yesterday was the first time I ever...
I thought on these old cars you adjusted the door gap by beating on the hinge. Well by the looks of the witness marks on a few of my hinges...
My Lil’Indian mini-bike. It had a 2 1/2 HP motor but that was not fast enough so I took the 6 HP off our snow blower as shown below. It would...
The beginning of my love for cars…..The car was yellow, I could get it going fast enough to do a U turn and get the inside wheels off the...
Some tracks in the US have a pre-stage light and a stage light. If you get there first wait at the pre-stage light until the other car gets up to...
My first "car" was this 67 Chevy van I bought with paper route money when I was 15. I had an Earl Schieb paint job done on it and saved up for...
Cool shop truck!!! I had a dark red car that had paint about the same condition as yours. My car was beyond any waxing or buffing and I wanted it...
I need to figure out how to have your video run on a continuous loop in my barn on my 40” flat screen…all day when I walk by it I can enjoy it and...
You could use the big one since it is nicer but grind or belt sand it down in size closer to the original size one.
When I packed the bearings on my 53 Chieftain last spring I re read the manual 3 times thinking I was mis understanding it, but the procedure does...
That turned out beautiful!!! Great job Brian!!!
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