The Jalopy Journal
A quick shout out to HAMB member Rusty (e1956v) at Speedometer Service in Colorado Springs for building me up a tach drive cable. Install was a...
I think I figured a solution..... I think...lol Using a piece of 2" x 2" x 1/4" angle iron I trimmed out a steering arm similar to the flat arms...
So today received a few parts I had order a while back. The local hot rod shop has been..... while a pain in the ass to deal with. Great on the...
The front is connected to the back........can someone explain why that is such a good feeling? I know the engine is not running and I still have a...
Absolutely squirrel. I had been eying up a sorta L bracket to tie into a nearby cylinder head bolt hole. Will post finished pics in a few days or...
Been a bit since I posted. Mostly waiting on some parts so in the mean time took care of a few random items on my list. I removed the turbo 350...
Rear brakes installed! The shoes and drums from the big olds were in great shape so I am reusing them. I ordered a new spring kit although the...
Spent a late nite tinkering in the garage. Mocked the sheet metal (hood maybe later today) back on the car. Did this mostly to free up space in...
Thanks for the offer squirrel. Looks like e1956v will be building me up a new cable. Hoping to have the tach all mounted up to confirm cable...
I think I have watched it 100 times....lol
Very nice squirrel. I found today, honestly by chance...... I was "working" today. A Mallory tach drive distributor. It has the small square end.
Perfect squirrel thanks for the information , but what I take away is that you have a cable hanging in your shop........ hmmmmm......
Found this very cool Accutronic 11,000 (11,500) RPM mechanical tach! I can't seem to find much internet information on it. The older fella I...
Hi Thor1. Attached is a picture of the shock part number. They were passed along to me from my dad. He had them on his 55 chev.
Thanks all. Been a little busy this week so I haven't managed to get as much done as I would like..... A quick transmission clean up before I...
Since my last post the lifter situation has been eating at me. I can't help but think there has to be further damage to the internals. I very...
Thanks for all the replies fellas. This is by no means what I wanted to do.... lol but again my budget (I am also of the opinion do it once and...
Well......... a good day and a confusing one. This is where I will need some input and help! Today I picked up a running SBC for the 63. Now not...
With the kids in school I had some free time. Worked on and got the firewall and subframe painted (they were painted separately I just forgot to...
Finally getting settled in to the new place and started back working on the 63, now I have others thing I "should" be doing but....... I...
Hi shiny. Not the most facebook savvy person........ I searched under groups but was not able to find the group?
Finally managed to get moved. A nice three car garage with 11' ceiling height. A heck of a lot more space thankfully. Had the 63 towed on a flat...
Well the 63 is ready for transport. All the front sheet metal is back on including the hood which for the first install actually fits very well. I...
The subframe is all welded up. Things for me will be slowing down on the car as our family is moving. My goal is to get the 63 back together for...
And now the shocks mounts are tacked in place. I spent some time trimming the mounting brackets and also removed the dust shield...... cause who...
Well I managed to get the 63 down on its four wheels today, despite incorrect parts sent from Speedway. My GM disc brake conversion kit included...
Finally! King pins fit. Time to get this front end finished! Built up a "temporary"shock to aid in locating my upper and lower shock mounts. I...
Some steering work done.... I have a good idea where the drag link will be located (and there is only really one spot I can put the steering box)...
Yesterday I spent some time adjust the leaf spring pack and replaced my temporary shackle mounts with the ones I built myself which are 1/2...
Yah I have removed one as well. The leafs are relatively flat and that last pictures is unloaded so they do flatten out more. I am using temporary...
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