The Jalopy Journal
Oil threads always leave me more confused after reading than before. So, we know that the most current service classification is SN, that zinc...
I might have the Sams; if you can't find the number on the outside open it up and look for a label, should have a tube chart, etc.
We had some problems with a few jobs; the instructions used to say bare metal was fine but check the can, they no longer do. I asked a rep about...
Sometimes you just need to clean the points; that's what I had to do and mine has been running for at least 10 years. It takes a lot of...
Friend of mine told me about how, back about 50 years ago, he added AC to a 50-something Caddy. He found an old window AC that used a belt-driven...
Had a '52 Fordor Customline V8, fairly solid, let it go for $250 in 1997. It had been abandoned at our shop around '85 and I didn't want the...
I was given this boat that I really didn't want, powered by an Iron Duke. I had been looking around for the drain plug and it was missing; finally...
67 Impala 283, one lonely night on the two-lane blacktop I took it to 100. She needed the whole road at that speed. I sure would like to go full...
Jerry Clower told the story about the guy (probably Marcel Ledbetter!) who put those chains on his pickup truck. When asked why, he said "Well,...
I can't speak for the whitewalls, but I've run some of the Dayton Quadra series and they were great tires, I got somewhere around 80k miles out of...
My thoughts are like Revoh. If this were mine I would be keeping it extremely original. I say, do with it what makes you happy, drive it (because...
Or, the data plate is hanging on a nail in a dusty garage, long since forgotten, never intended for anything more than decoration.
My first car (67 Impala that I still own) wasn't ideal for a 16 year old. Not reliable enough, always costing money, hard to park, and I had to...
You can have an awful lot of fun with a car like that. Funny how they look without all the chrome. The 3-on-the-tree is also a great anti-theft...
Some cool stuff; I'll just miss your next meet-will be in Hurricane the last Friday of this month, on the way to see family in Ashland. We usually...
Buy a good grade (CAPA certified) aftermarket part for a late model car and it won't need much work, some are actually very good. I haven't seen a...
Real good point. It's all new in China, and in many ways they can learn from our mistakes and inefficiencies. It feels good to knock them, say...
Best we've ever used, and I'd guess we've tried them all over the years, are the Crown brand (made in USA) sold here:...
I think this is the same design in this older emblem, the "fleur de lis" that the wikipedia article mentions. Oh, sure, I could go out in the yard...
Good signage, with some sample prices-human nature that lots of folks won't ask a price, even if interested. They'd rather just keep walking....
I really like learning about all these things GM/Ford, etc. sold around the world, and how they are related. Doesn't seem to be enough on the web...
S-M-O-O-T-H looking cars. This one is a nice diamond in the rough; tons of potential, the before and after shots are gonna be great.
The toughest I've had in recent years was an Interstate. I really abused that thing but it kept bouncing back. I've seen several people bragging...
Just yesterday a friend of mine was in here telling me a 30 year old story about how he changed his oil to Castrol and it plugged the drain-backs....
Boss loaded 2500 lbs of iron in the back of the old C-10 shop truck, then sent me on a parts run. On my way back, pulling onto the 4 lane, the...
Plain Centari is getting hard to find due to VOC laws but the local stores still carry pitch black in facpac. We usually keep a gallon on hand for...
At a show, I won't even slow down when walking past the SBC specials. I don't care how nice they fixed it up, if I was looking for a cookie cutter...
Pretty much all the "good" yards are gone around home. Ashame, but most of those guys were no businessmen. The nearest guy, I needed a pair of...
Yeah, don't go to DC without hitting the American History museum...the exhibits get changed around over time but they do get some cool car stuff...
I was 14 when my Dad started asking what I wanted. He showed me a primered 79 Camaro that he could have gotten cheap but of all the cars in the...
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