The Jalopy Journal
Living the life in the flats!!!! I dig that pickup, I want it! Now find a "restorer" who wants my good-running 36 flathead and 3 spd to trade me a...
Who needs fenders!!! Not me! James
LOL thanks TIKI! I did see somebody pushing around a stroller following us when we were headed back to take a couple pics of them posing with my...
Here are a couple pics from my AV8 RPU's Maiden voyage, a whole 5 or 6 min drive to the sins of steel show in Davisburg mi, we had NO seat, the...
Congrats!!!! I know the feeling, I just took the maiden voyage in mine over the weekend, with no seat, generator not hooked up, and the starter...
Thank you for the pics, forgot my camera, took a couple with my phone though.... The Highboy RPU in the corner is mine, It was our maiden voyage,...
Dont know anything about it, but I followed if for about ten miles on the way in.... It was awesome. I wanted that thing! Sounded sweet, he was...
Kind of reminds me of a hearse or flower car with those rails on it like that.... Very cool nonetheless. James
With a fresh battery, she fired right up and purrs like a kitten again! PLUS it now has exhaust!!! SOunds like it has a cam in it at idle, I dig...
I dig it! Shooter, I LOVE your car, fenderless all the way! James
Throw some juice brakes on it, a dropped axle, a reversed-eye spring front and rear, a tire and wheels swap, and an overdrive, and drive the shit...
If he comes here I have a 30x40 barn to put stuff in...... My hat is off to you Porknbeaner..... James
Thanks for the info Rodnut, and the bumps Tiki. I really appreciate it. I am going to throw a fresh battery in it as I beleive the one it has is...
I am thinking maybe I need to check the engine ground, it was moved. This would be a good place to start. James
WOW. Thanks for posting the pics. That has to be THE baddest collection of customs in one place I have ever seen.....(pics of).... THat is THE...
I am new to the flathead game, I got my AV8 RPU recently, and have just rewired the entire thing. It is not completely finished, as some lights...
Gonna go try and donate blood today at the red cross in town.... They may not let me (or so my mother says) since I am a paraplegic, but I dont...
Just turned 30, My first car at 14 was a 68 Chevelle, I had a 79 Z-28 mullet mobile in high-school, a 70 chevy shortbed done sorta salt-flats...
90%, age 30. Those damn 58's threw me, and I mixed up one of the Mercs by year.
I was doing a little research, and it appears you can use any 56-64 ford 12V generator as a Swap for the 6V units on the late flatheads, I think...
Awesome truck. Congrats on scoring it. Are we going to see it at billetproof? Yes you will!!!! Hopefully it wont take a shit on me on the ay...
Thanks guys, nope she was securely bolted/pinned on, if only at the hinges. It was wired shut at the top. And it didnt come unwired, as it would...
That wagon is sick. I dig it. Love the sticker on the back. Congrats to you and the wifey! Shes a keeper for letting you marry her at a car show,...
I know rockey, what were you thinking? LOL It has done nothing but rain here for the last 2 weeks straight. And it is going to rain for the next...
So My new AV8 RPU showed up today, it journeyed 2600 miles from California to my house... All is good, Except, some fucker stole my tailgate!...
I think it would be bad-ass as a Westergard-style Taildragger.... I love the old blank and white pics of the EARLY Customs.........
Awesome build. You guys cause me to stay up til o'dark-thirty every damn night looking at all the excellent fabrication, welding, and...
I will check into that place. Keep your eyes peeled for a tank for me please! Thanks for the kind words, I am already ordering a wiring harness...
Bought it last friday, it got picked up yesterday In CA, it will be here next thurs... I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have toyed with the idea of...
I plan to test my theory of a working setup in the next few weeks...... It is mostly borrowed from Amphicar's setup:...
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