The Jalopy Journal
WHERE TO BEGIN? It's been 3 months since I've updated so this may be long winded. We have the kickboards, pedals, floor, firewall, driveshaft &...
Still kicking around, BTTT
While seeking diversion from cleaning up my driveway, I did a quick and ugly brush job with some Eastwood Rust Encapsulator that I wanted to use...
TRUTH! I'm getting excited to move past this stuff. I've grown to really dislike firewalls; they always fight me. I really want to get back to...
Was it you that needed spring brackets from me? I've totally forgotten who needed them but I did get them off the frame cleanly if anybody...
I've seen cola used with foil on old chrome. I assume it's for the citric acid.
Chasing a few things down on the Thundercasket still. The drive shaft should be ready soon and the block is about ready for assembly at Powerplay...
UPDATE! The AAV8 is back in progress and relieved of shed duty! I dug what turns out to be an old Express bed tailgate, TT or AA, with the three...
Basically everything we have done for the past 6 or 7 months has been ERGONOMICS. Fitting the driver in this can with the TRANSMISSION IN THERE...
OVERDUE UPDATES - I decided on a build with what you got solution for the floor. I took a couple pieces of subrail crossmember and ran down the...
Do you have a build thread for it?
SO, in the interest of speed and cutting down on working 16ga hammer-braking and or bending, I am looking at a 46-48 Direct Sheetmetal rear floor...
toreadorxltOK, UPDATES! Starting with the worst, most recent, discovery here - when I added another 2" to my kick up, years ago now, I neglected...
I keep hitting a mental wall with the floor to firewall to transmission cover to subframe to cowl to pedals problem on this car. The transmission...
More work on the seats! We decided to shorten the support tubing to soften the angle on NYE before evening plans. Then we got another day in...
We did a little work on the seat to start getting it firmed up. We also put some Eastwood rust encapsulator on it. It actually cured ok despite...
Hmmmm, something is familiar about this one...
to give a little reference for the idea behind the lower seats, these are an 80's Countach. I'm building a simplified low back version of these,...
I've been picking away at my car since October. And I've been awful about taking pictures but here is a photodump from Halloween for eye candy....
Been a minute since I've made updates! We've been working most Saturday afternoons on this car since the last update. Most of those efforts have...
I like this style with that original style homebuilt big QC for my $0.02! [IMG]
I did eventually figure that out. Yeah those are my mockup tires. they were winters off a 39 ford. I have matching 600-16s inbound.
I don't get it.
Been puttering around in the shop a bit looking for odds and ends to pick at on weekdays. I ended up making some templates for interior panels...
[IMG] Did you use hockey tape on the spring here?
The matching Firestones 6.00-16's are still at the shop waiting to be picked up; one of us just needs to get down there and get them. I also have...
We mostly did some cleaning and organizing in the shop to make more room this weekend. I got to roll the car out and snap some pictures along the...
We have been continuing to chip away at some of the broad stroke 'will this be in the way of something else' type things on this car rather than...
I did a bunch of smaller tasks this weekend to clean up some loose ends. I got my drive shaft cut down another quarter inch to get it just right,...
I have actually been working on my car, just mostly doing stuff to @justa170 's build lately (that update is coming next). [ATTACH] I got my...
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The Jalopy Journal
