The Jalopy Journal
Soo, I get a new Android phone and want to get my HAMB working on it. Go to log in and can't remember my old password - I stay logged in all the...
Thanks to COVID, I'm road-tripping to project sites instead of flying these days, so that means take time to "smell the roses" (or the feed lots...
So I was walking around the Fremont Swap Meet this morning and ran into a few good long-time friends and fellow HAMBers. "Hey, did you see there's...
Out of the blue this afternoon my boss asks me to come into his office. He begins quizzing me about T-buckets and wanting to buy one to tool...
Needed a mental health break this weekend with all the overtime I've been putting in and took a few hours Saturday to go to World of Wheels. There...
I'm pissed off beyond comparison. Was at the Father's Day Car Show in my home town of Yutan, NE today and some asshat left a colored-paper show...
Was at a model railroad swap meet yesterday and stumbled across a catalog from Tyco circa 1964-1965 showing they made HO-scale slot cars at that...
I'm going nuts. People are asking me where to find fan belts that are not cogged, toothed, grooved or otherwise wouldn't look "right" on a...
I'm stumped, and this should be real simple to answer. Have a '55 Victoria with a '65 SBF 289/C4 combo with a '67 2100 2-barrel carb on top-this...
I suspect someone out there has an answer for this. Went to move my '55 Ford last weekend - has been stationary for past couple of years, brakes...
Driver's bucket seat out of '66 T-bird, manual seat track. Good base to work with for your period custom, gasser or cruiser. I don't have rear...
Good rust-free right front fender for '63 T-bird, in dry storage over 30 years, needs pucker worked out of wheel arch/reveal. Buyer pays actual...
Have pair of used door vent window frames without glass/inner frames from high-roof Victoria model 60B hardtop (NOT for Crown Victoria or...
Have two factory-tinted rear windshields for 1961-1963 T-bird hardtop/Landau, one in car and one boxed up from moving. Both originally from '63...
Stainless steel moldings for Club Sedan (2-door) from top of rear fins to side window belt line including both quarter windows and one door trim...
Have several '63 T-bird door shells, solid/rust-free, driver and passenger sides on and off of car. Will not ship - you have to come get'em....
Rear deck lid from '55 Fairlane - not rotted out at bottom. Some surface rust, needs to be cleaned up. Will trade for good, rust/dent-free right...
390-300hp FE hydraulic-lifter engine out of '64 Galaxie with auto trans, late November '63 castings including C4SE 9425A 4-barrel cast iron intake...
Have factory PPG Herculite rear windshield for Ford sedans, '55 Victoria & '56 Fordor Victoria hardtops (NOT Crown Victorias - too tall). One...
I've got too much time on my hands - broke my ankle a couple weeks ago and am pretty much restricted from working in the shop for a couple of...
30-odd years ago I set out to redo a '55 Victoria and decided on painting it in the Styletone combination of red roof/lower body and white middle....
I have a dilemma that I could use some expert help with. I am at the threshold of having to liquidate my car collection thanks to being out of...
Got a '55 Ford Victoria with a '65 289-2v and a C4 automatic. Car's been sitting for a few years, carb (Ford/Autolite 2100) was rebuilt 6 years...
I'm trying to figure something out for a friend with a 40 year old OT car he just got. I've been trying to convince him to get antique plates and...
I'm kind of stumped. Have a '55 Victoria that's been modified with a 289/C4 in place of the 272/FOM, and rewired with a custom loom for 12v with...
This is more of a "what was offered in the day" question that really drills down to finding specifics on manufacturer/model/construction and...
Any body else see this? I was reading the January 5, 2012 Old Cars Weekly last week and ran across the article "What's Hot In Hot Rodding" for...
Anybody got an old NAGS catalog? I'm trying to compile a listing of T-bird glass/pattern numbers for '55-'66 and OT years. A PM with numbers and...
Just read a story on the Kansas City Star website that Kansas City Int'l Raceway owners may be selling the drag strip to the city so that it can...
What should have been a grand weekend of T-bird nirvana ended up on the back of a flatbed Wednesday night when my '63 'Bird decided it didn't want...
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