The Jalopy Journal
Here are the master cylinders.[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my SM-G930V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Here are some close up shots of the dual master setup. Both operated with a balance bar in the center. Also notice cable operated arm that...
Working on the driver's side firewall today.[ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my SM-G930V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Here is a How To video on how to make patch panels. I used the Thomas Rocket Car as an example. I hope to finish the firewall repair this...
Firewall repair on the passenger side (sorry for flipped pics) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cool! I don't know how the Thomas car picked up the rocket name. I have some news clippings from when it was on tour in 1940. They called it...
Registration said 3600 lbs. I think. Sent from my SM-G930V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
No on the full weld. This car is going to live inside a climate controlled building. I'll just use Dura-glass waterproof filler on the outside...
Here is the video of finishing up the trunk pan and tool tray. [MEDIA]
For some reason these pictures are stuck sideways even though they are straight on my computer. Sorry. [ATTACH] Trunk belly pan where the fuel...
You are correct. I came into the project about two years in. The car was blasted and had some body work done, but the rust repair wasn't done....
Here are the requested pics of the suspension. Rear is '36 banjo with custom half shafts and coil sprung swing arms. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Here is the video of the floor top. [MEDIA]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Then I moved back to the rear firewall to finish that up. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
After the floor structure was complete I made floor boards from more 18 ga. They are plug welded to the floor structure. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Thanks. This has been an all volunteer and charity effort. Although this car doesn't have the historical significance of some other cars I...
Yeah, thanks. I tried to be as safe as possible. I'm 40 now so mesothelioma at 70 would probably suck. This car is super strong as even with...
Here is a video of making the big panels [MEDIA] Clamping the pre-primed pan in place. [ATTACH] Welded from the top side and tacked around the...
Finishing up the structure before the belly pan. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Bam, new belly pan panels out of the bead roller. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't mention it to not muddy the waters, but I guess it is important. So I didn't have the white stuff tested,...
It's not actually exhaust. It's a rear seat heater to duct air from an exhaust heat exchanger to under the rear seat. The checkerboard pattern...
Began the floor/bellypan reconstruction with a new 1 x 3" spine. You can see how the floor was designed to mimic an airplane wing. [ATTACH]...
With the rear end dialed in I moved onto the trunk firewall. Here is the first panel out of the bead roller. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
After reinforcing the spring tower I was able to remove the rear wheel well. Not too much left. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My friend Chad helped do the...
I have a ton of pictures and will put some of them in an album called Thomas Rocket Car under my username. Here is the trunk as I started....
I haven't posted in a while as I have been busy and didn't know how all the picture hosting was going to pan out. This is my first post using the...
Me either. I sold an off topic car to a young couple for 4K and the dude shows up with 200 twenties. I was like, "What's wrong with hundreds?"...
A little garden I built with rocks dug up building my new pole barn. [IMG]
I met Pete at SEMA and Detroit probably three or four times. I always made it a point to go to the Hot Rod Alley and find him. He was a very...
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