The Jalopy Journal
I'm with you on a nice tonneau cover. Any thoughts on finding/buying vs building one? Hard or soft? The one Flin showed above was nice, but a...
You nailed it! Congrats!
The aluminum bottom grille for mine was one of the many areas that had been hit. I tried to straighten it, but no luck, so I'm headed toward a...
Hell yes!
@JimSibley looking good!
The ones I recall were on top of the springs and ran to the rear.
IIRC, it was in the big Mopar chassis book.
I want to say there was something similar mentioned about the ram chargers from the early 60's where they did some thing very similar. It allowed...
I used mine a while back to create bead roller profiles. It was a proof of concept that turned pretty well. It also forced me to learn some new...
There are several threads here that talk about hammer welding techniques (for areas where you have access to the back of the panel). Not all MIG...
The only thing I would add to what @Moedog07 said, is just be sure that it either has easy to acquire consumables, or better yet uses common...
Just getting caught back up on your project and love it even more! Great work!
@Harv How would anyone know which differential you've chosen? It's not one of those visible items like F/I or billet pieces under the hood....
I love it when some of these old threads pop up, almost always get to see something cool! Otherwise, it would have been a miracle for me to have...
@Johnboy34 beat me to it... It is one of my saved favorites. Don't know when I'll need that info, but I have it! If only I could duplicate some...
As had been mentioned, it can certainly be done. A buddy had one in a slightly OT Mustang. It caused all sorts of issues with suspension....
@CoolHand could you form the lip on the wheel well with a handheld rolling tool? Something like a scaled up version of this tool? My thought...
To me, all the pieces go well together. Great find!
^^^ A corking tool. Wood, or other similarly soft material. While I know what one is, I don't have any experience using one to form metal...
I feel ya. At least it was an easy fix for the most part! Love the use of the lock washer too, that had to have saved some work!
Maybe not a mechanic per se, but a buddy has spun a rod bearing in his Cleveland engine. He had taken it to a 'popular' engine shop and the...
I find that my rationale is as follows: decide on a project, car or component that requires a skill or talent I don't possess. That's the easy...
Congrats! Enjoy that thing, it's gorgeous!
I'm with @Stogy on that one... I need a horizon reference or I get a bit green around the gills! To many years in various armored things that I...
Like @VANDENPLAS I've used Gmail for a very long time and last I checked, I wasn't a scammer.
Just an idea... Perhaps there is some technology available to the classified section that could add a water mark to images uploaded there....
So happy I clicked on this thread! Marty, Ed and Chris, thank you for telling the story so well. I got to experience it a bit though you guys!...
The one's showing on Autometer's site have orange pointers. Maybe the one from CarID is an older model? I certainly understand the visibility...
I've had a few that were in areas that needed a bit more bite, but still non-structural, so I used a quick tack on the back side to stick them!
To dredge up a slightly old thread... to hopefully add a bit to it. Just found this video and it had an excellent DIY way to achieve what I did...
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