The Jalopy Journal
Gary, that thing is bad to the bone with a wheelbarrow for the marrow. --Chris, Exiles CC
It's not Ford, of course, and the Frazer logo is completely different. I can't find any Fiat lettering that's even close. I'm inclined to think...
I can't figure out why the photos didn't come up--it makes no sense without them.... Okay, here we go.
It's a horn ring with a slick Olde English F in the center. The important part is that the center of the ring opens up into a compartment with a...
Stopped a .38 with my right leg 23 years ago. Fucked up that leg, with permanent drop foot, and my left leg compensated which fucked it all up as...
Another vote for watching local flea markets--and don't give up. That's how it's done around here--often over the state line. I would also...
YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT? The electric wimp things make a kind of canned squeak, A well-oiled vacuum whistle not only makes a right shriek when...
If you mean the Little Daddy Roth striping paint, here's a vote of confidence. I bought four colors, so far I have used only the Rat Fink green...
Two classic tests might reveal the culprit--have you tried a timing light? That'll tell you if Eddie's right, and he might very well be. And...
Got that right. I don't know if Gary and his brother have any kind of special hospitality suite set up at his place, but if you're coming to...
Switch the pump out to a nice antique brass bicycle pump--you get looks and air pressure. I've made similar rigs, I used to use them in the...
The other day I found a bottle of my own pain medication I forgot about in my Ford. That was pretty cool. In a cheap motel (in LA) once I dropped...
Bava-- We need to know what the final outcome was. And now that I know about the discs and all, I'd vote more in that direction except for the...
I had one that cracked the block from the exhaust into the water jacket. Overheated ike crazy, but there were no outward signs. A good radiator...
Whose barn? what barn? my barn Vaya con Ford, stranger, you can't go wrong.
Weld was out viewing the vintage midgets at Jungle Park (Indiana) with the rest of us--either last year or the year before, can't remember that...
absitively posolutely correct.
Hey, with Traci Lords, Amy Locane (hubba-fuggin-hubba) and Iggy Pop in the same movie, how could you go wrong? Even better, Rachel Sweet does all...
Butt pugs, like little butt boxer dogs?
There are four cables, choke, temperature, heater and wipers. They all have distinctive chrome balls as handles, as you can see. I have an...
Figured I might as well hang a portrait of the grille up here. It's not some stylistic coup but it does have a shape I like. It is huge and would...
bump-o-roonie
I like 'em. A lot. Never saw them on anything where I didn't like them. Maybe that's just because I like the lights so much.
I mean other than on trucks, you buncha smart asses. Reason I ask, I tumbled onto a bitchin Mack Model E grille shell the other day. Model E was...
My 61 Galaxie lead sled was originally seafoam--it's still visible in little unpainted hidden spots. It's black now, but I wish it was seafoam...
Magnificent. That Bowlesmobile wails, and the driver's helmet is off the charts. So is the hemi, with five carbs in a handy box. And killer club...
Before you guys bake LowFat a cake, look at the Kaiser's bumper. See that big flat spot in the middle that looks about the size of a license...
I had a C-4 that leaked like a seive when parked. I learned from experience that adding too much ATF didn't hurt, it seemed to just drizzle out...
There's one Three Stooges movie where they run around in cricles chasing each other or being chased in and out of the open suicide doors of a '37...
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