The Jalopy Journal
[ATTACH] Cruised the shopping center with its spectacular lights, went for dinner at Bonefish Grill, wrapping up the evening with an Old...
My friend Thom from Saltworks Mfg is hosting a curated traditional car show at his shop January 17. Should be an outstanding experience, his...
[ATTACH] My pals and I here in Sarasota went to Cars and Coffee at UTC this morning, where we stood out in the welter of uber-expensive exotics....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I got the trunk lid latch mount roughed in for the roadster. I used bodyman in a can (long...
I put a PCV valve in the valley pan of the DeSoto Hemi in the roadster with bits from Hot Heads Hemi parts. Cheap, easy, and the car no longer...
I’ve got a question about my trunk lid hopefully someone can help with. I’ve used an Austin Healey handle a bezel, which I simply put where I...
[ATTACH] We got down to Sarasota at 0930, got the roadster from its long nap in a storage unit and now we’re setting in our favorite local...
Since August the Impala has been hard to start with the engine hot, as if the starter were soaking heat and dragging. This is a pretty common...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] It’s still REALLY nice here in SW lower Michigan, but I’m being pro-active in getting the shop cleaned up an organized in order...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Today I covered the little trim panels for the C and D pillars of the ‘52 DeSoto wagon, and even found and installed the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ever since I "finished" the '52 DeSoto wagon 4 years ago I've been unhappy with how the '59 Imperial grill fit. It was too far...
We’re geared up for the Riot at The Gilmore! Lots of awesome cars here tonight for the kick off party, weather looks great for tomorrow’s show....
I finally pulled the original column shift lever out of the mast of the Impala. Why did I wait almost 3 years to do this? Why did the guy I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ever since I got the Impala I struggled getting all the taillights and signals working properly. The taillights didn’t ground,...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This not really a question, but something I thought I would share because I’ve never seen anything like this....
I got the new Grant gold ‘flake wheel for the Impala and got rid of the black foam rim one. HUGE improvement, and it’s an inch less dished than...
So close. I struggled all afternoon to fit the Borgedon steering box in the ‘59 T’bird project. Tricky trying to do it alone as it has to go in...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The turn signals in the DeSoto wagon have been working erratically, and brake lights. Not good since the wagon this...
[ATTACH] When I got the Impala, included were some period style seat belt with the chrome latches in a nutmeg color that clashed with the car...
I mentioned to my wife that I'd decided to get rid of the T'bird, said I was going to sell it or give it away if somebody would finish it. She...
One day I'm tucking the roadster in for the long hot summer, the next day I'm dusting off the cars that slumbered over the long, cold Michigan...
One of things I'm trying to do in my retirement is being more tolerant of stupid people, or at least tolerate the foolish questions and comments...
Today's project, carpet that fits and doesn't look like ass. I had used some crappy patio carpet that I had, only because I had, temporarily....
What does one do with a roadster on a beautiful spring night in Sarasota? One goes to the beach, of course. And, when was a Model A dashboard...
Well, I guess it's finally finished. Had the roadster striped by a local guy here in Sarasota, he did a great job, understood what I wanted, took...
We're leaving the roadster down here in Florida this summer rather than having it hauled back to Michigan. Last summer I didn't drive it much,...
We've spent the winter in sunny Florida, so now instead of thinking about putting a car up for winter, I'm getting a car ready to put up for the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I noticed that the rubber bushings on the lower coil over shocks on the roadster are completely pounded out and collapsed....
This is my happy face after getting the little DeSoto running properly in the Model A (picture 2[ATTACH] [ATTACH] )! I'd bought a rebuild kit for...
When I put my roadster together, I bought and installed an Austin Healy deck lit handle, and never gave any thought to actually latching the trunk...
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