The Jalopy Journal
EDIT: I feel like I just bored a whole bunch of people to sleep with my absent-minded post, LoL I apologize for any yawns or boredom I caused with...
If this has been hashed and re-hashed, my apologies. I'm old and jaded now, can't navigate TJJ on this phone like the old days with my computer......
I did the search thing, I have better luck putting my query followed by HAMB in Google than I do using the search on here (no fault but my own,...
Specifically, the rear doors. How does one disassemble the spring mechanism in order to be able to get the door off the car? I've tried making a...
I put this question under "technical" because I figured it's a "how-to" or DIY type thing...and if there's a certain process for rendering it...
This carb...is driving me batty. It's a double pumper from an engine I sold a fellow a few years back, it was on a SBC, and it ran pretty well,...
This is much better than Paint or Photoshop for giving a visual example of the crazy stuff that goes through my head...I'm somewhat of a Luddite I...
I did the dizzy swap but wonder... WHAT IF...a person was to retrofit/modify a later non loadomatic vaccum advance to the original points...
My niece has been posting photos on her facebook, I didn't get to go (darned my impoverished luck), but live vicariously through her photos every...
It's been a while since I posted anything, those who were here in the "old days," i.e. pre-2000 might remember me, so hello again to my old...
Okay, most of what I saw involved wheelbase, frame dimensions and the like. What I need to know are the dimensions of the trunk lid, width between...
I posted a status on Facebook about an old Ford cabover I spied while driving the freightliner for my job, not ten minutes later my oldest brother...
I posted this in the chapel, but I know some of y'all who weren't part of that were sending prayers and positive thoughts on Dad's behalf. I can...
If you don't wanna read a "downer," then by all means pass this by. I don't blame you a bit. I've not been able to so much as lurk a lot lately,...
I think they're capacitors...they look like ignition condensers to me. Sorry, no pics...but someone who knows about vintage AM radios will know...
The '56 chieftain has left handed wheel studs and lugnuts on the Driver's side, I thought I could find them in the catalog at work...no dice. The...
I am one of the first to boo-hiss at modern stuff on old cars, but after a near disaster the other day (electric fuel pump stayed on after killing...
...or "What kept me from the HAMB drags this year" ...or "What's the HOLDUP on getting the FLEETLINE going?" <object width="425" height="344">...
...and tells me his brother wants to know if I want their old fleetline... I will go into further detail about this car being somewhat relevant...
I know in recent years the traditional silver or gold basecoat, adding pigment in greater quanities to the successive layers of clear has been...
Guys/Gals that have done this, what exhaust manifolds did you use? Looks to me like the steering box might be in the way of rams' horns... The...
car was saved from the crusher by a HAMB'er...THANKS!
:mad: I've hit a snag:mad: 1973 Chevy 250 inline 6, The gasket that goes between the intake and the heat riser of the exhaust manifold on my...
Simple engine swap...make the '56 pontiac accept a chevy engine and trans...a 250 inline for now, mounts will accept a sbc some day, IF I decide I...
I was just wondering if anyone on here has dealt with B and M engine from Conroe, TX? I purchased an intake manifold from them on eBay, never...
A while back I posted asking for some chopped 46-54 chebbies...then later posted pics of my chop...I was looking for something like the sinister...
I apologize if someone else posted the customary weekend post already, I searched first to make sure...didn't find one. anyway, here's what I've...
some time ago someone posted a link to a site that listed salvage yards by state, county, city...I did a search and cant find it on the net,...
There's been some discussion at work as to the displacement of a certain inline-6 that resides under the hood of a 1953 Ford f-500 truck....
I looked at the KKOA site...didn't see it listed for this year... anyone heard whether or not it's a go or no-go? MarK
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