The Jalopy Journal
I'm old. First time a young guy looked at my car and said "that thing's SICK man" I was ready to tell him to shove his opinion where the sun don't...
How about "clips"? Somebody is always going to put a Camaro front clip on their truck or whatever. I wanna see a picture of that. Around here, a...
Pair of BF Goodrich radial T/A tires 285/70/15 just removed from a streetrod. These monsters are roughly 30.5" tall, 11.5" cross section, 8.6"...
If it's been in there since the 60's or 70's it could be "Black Knight" body filler. It was a medium/dark gray after it hardened.
Mine must be rare, too. I have 3 of them that are parked each year from around Halloween to around April Fools day and none of them has ever leaked.
You guys are good! The NAPA 7286 looks like it will make it with a couple of inches trimmed off, and the tri five Chevy (Gates 20242) looks like...
I need to replace the molded lower radiator hose on my '32 roadster. TCI chassis, Afco radiator, SBC. Must be thousands of these belly button...
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No other guesses? Surely someone has seen this before.....
Hard to tell from pictures, but the Dodge looks narrower, more pointed. This one is pretty short and fat. I can rule out '38 Chevy. Had one of...
Guy gave me a headlight bucket, but didn't know what it came off of. I'm stumped. It's about 9-3/4" long, 7-1/8" opening in front, approx 8" in...
I think that dimple was likely for the drive dog on the lathe when they were machining them.
OMG. What the hell were they thinking???
First one, 1973. [IMG] .
I'll take a camera next week for sure.
First name is Dick. Feeble mind can't remember his last name right now.
Local pub here has a weekly "Taco Tuesday" that has become a regular meeting place for a lot of the older hot rodders in the area. Met an...
Popping on decel can be caused by retarded timing. Make sure your vacuum advance is working.
If you have an ignition switch with an ACC terminal you can run the alternator excite wire to the ACC terminal instead of the ON terminal. When...
I want the roadster parked on the side street. [IMG]
For sale ads are worthless without pictures, but even worse are the ones without prices. "Make offer" doesn't get it. Just tell us how damn much...
My current lawnmower - 1962 Ford 671 Select-O-Speed. Have had lots of old Fords '39-'64. Don't know anything about any other tractors, but I do...
Welcome from Peoria!
Most of us who live in Peoria just don't admit it....
Apologies for the length of this post, but if I tell you what I know it may be easier for someone to tell me what I NEED to know. I painted a lot...
One more grouch here that won't attend Indy this year. Don't need the open show format or a visit to that neighborhood. I can stay home and see...
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