The Jalopy Journal
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] “Freshened” up the lift system in the 1978 Apache pop up camper I drug home last month.....Honey Bunny says we are going camping...
I have just about always ran used motors. If they sound okay after warmup and don’t smoke - change oil and filter and away we go. I am more of a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Never quite saw five foot five, have taken tons of shit about it over the years, but grin ear to ear when I stretch out...
When it runs it’s done
Hung up the white flag on the Nash in my avatar last fall, too goddamn big, and traded it for a econoline pickup, have bought and sold several...
[ATTACH] I am a 70s child, and yeah, we had Nixon, gas lines, and the 55 mph speed limit. But we also had hot pants, pink floyd, bra-less halter...
sold
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Was thinking of pulling our camper with the Econoline. Mmmmmmm maybe not.
two events come to mind......watching the opening scene when Martin Sheen drives the California Kid into town. My jaw hit the floor, I started...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 62, and three weeks into retirement after 42 years in a brewery. Did my bit for king and country. Get so happy...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Fired up my 61 econoline pickup for the first time. Was kinda nervous, as the motor had sat for several years, but all is well,...
[ATTACH] The fact that the Willys is smaller is what makes it cooler than the Ford. True, one needs to be hobbit sized to be comfortable in it, I...
[ATTACH] Just a spectator, but I too am amped up for the drags.....Kinda reminds me of the old Goodguys Indy event back in the early 90s that us...
[ATTACH] I picked this up from a friend last october, and have decided to make it my last big project. Retirement is right around the corner, and...
[ATTACH] Finally got the nailhead bolted down in my beater Sprite project
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] slid the nailhead in the bugeye for a look, started on some subframe reinforcing
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Willys was an 8 month build, like others, much left to do, but running and driving
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I wanted to swap a baby nailhead into my bugeye when I bought it several years ago, but did a late four banger...
[ATTACH] First shakedown ride last march with sweetie......and my awesome wife.
Very interesting topic....Early in my motorcycle days, I was told to dress for the crash, not the ride. Heavy jeans, leather jacket regardless of...
[ATTACH] Saving the "Big Ugly", my 49 Nash for a retirement project.
I remember a "snow rod" pickup I had years ago running just a remote cooler for the auto trans, and it froze up on me on the way to work on a sub...
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[ATTACH] Got the four out of the bugeye, bought a new sawzall, gonna start carving out room for the 215. Let the butchering begin!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sold the Stewdy project that just sat, and drug home the Nash project.....Nash will now sit cause I just bought a 215 nailhead...
[ATTACH] 215 Buick and 5 speed arrived yesterday for the bugeye, Nash is the last major build I have planned, getting old....
waiting for delivery of a 215 nailhead mated to a rover 5 speed to put in my '59 bugeye sprite.....am pumped.......gonna call around for a postal...
[ATTACH] All things will end...I am understanding that more and more as I age. But I have a twenty year old heart in a 61 year old body, and it...
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