The Jalopy Journal
I'm taking in my 85 Chevy Pickup with a 91 engine, my warhorse, towpig and best thing I've ever owned..I live in Hays County near Austin Texas..I...
I love Zephyrs...that one missed in my worthless opinion..there is something about how the roofline flows down to the trunk and down to the bumper...
Henrys first company from 1899 to 1901 was the Detroit Motor Company. That company made 20 cars then went broke. Do any of these cars exsist? Also...
pulling in to a gas station and saying "gimme a dollar please" which at the time was about three gallons of gas..sitting in the way back of a...
I can't get into too much detail because the property owners assoc. may be looking in and might use it against me..counting under tarps and hidden...
You have to get the give and take going..If she will somehow justify going out and spending $1000 on dental work for a Dog, then I can go out and...
The Falcons cousin, the Mercury Comet, was first designed as a compact model to be presented by Edsel. We know what happened to Edsel..
How to turn an old horse trailer into a pig roaster...The Piginator!
My 50s fiberglas finned powerboat, no engine, sat across the street from me for a week with two flat tires on the trailer. Finally I took the two...
Yeah, I had my pick of old company trucks..my Dad thought if I could figger out to drive the damn thing I could go for it, couldn't hurt it..So,...
Cat piss is one of the most caustic, destructive chemicals on the planet..I used to collect and restore mid-century modern furniture, if I stuck...
Totally agree with the Zephyrs (want one) and 53-54 Studebaker coupes (got one)..my additions would be 55-57 Nomads and Safaris (had one and...
Spacers will cure the problem..that said, do them right, use loctite, double check the lugnuts, check them again..I know this from ugly experience..
My 1950 Dodge Coronet was in the movie Nadine and my WWII Jeep was in an episode of General Hospital. My 1950 Ford coupe was in a...
In 1967 this was as cutting edge a look as anything is now..My 55 Chevy had as big a cheater slick as I could get inside the fender well. Jacked...
Exactly..it is a game with us to try and spot "old" Japanese cars..If they were (are) so great where are all the old ones? When you start being...
back in the 60s at the weekend swimmin hole..a car was broken down and it was towed home by knotting together several pairs of blue jeans...
If I was able to get it together to take the 55 to the dragstrip(gasoline,homework,cheater slicks,hamburger money) thats where I was. Sundays was...
My Dad loaded us up in the then almost brand new 57 Chevy stationwagon and we went to go see The Ten Commandments..We thought that was so cool we...
I've only driven one new car in my Life..in 1986 I bought an 85 Chevy Pickup for $12K my payments were $272 a month..First car in 1965 was a 55 2D...
I am to this day opening up emails he sent to me. He was a relentless miner of humour and loved passing it along, kind of his outlook on Life I...
Any grassroots movements to save her? donations?...my company designs,constructs and maintains water treatment plants, every cast iron piece of...
Dang! are these old cars, the raw materials, getting so scarce and expensive that some one would want to put out the effort, gasoline, time to...
Most all of my stuff is passed along to me by my Dad..pinks and greens and authentic bomber jackets with hand painted mascots and logos..we were...
Haven't read the whole thread...Do the mechanicals first (drive it and work bugs out) put in a working seat for this and start on...
P-38 opener...K rations...Mmmmm........ I found a 1900s high wheel bicycle in a 1929 Chevy roadster, still have the bike
Guy here is advertising a really nice looking 64 Buick Wildcat two-door hardtop Sport Coupe for a fair price..He sez it has a 7.3 liter 452 cubic...
Budget?
I recently traded mine off for a 34 Pickup and a 29 A coupe..they are pretty neat, but know that if you are a big guy and you park the Met and...
Congratulations Man, we all know it ain't easy, you have to work at it..Lets remember back a ways..it was 1968, I was 18 and Sally was 15..Jeez, I...
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