The Jalopy Journal
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Damn metric system!!! This was good ol actual 2 inch tape. Stuff we've had laying around forever.
4inch chop on mine. Dad and I went very scientific on this. We researched, summoned spirits with an Ouija board, called on aliens and crop...
Not many frame pics. Drove it bare for about 3 years to work the bugs out. Its torn apart now for paint.
Thank you! Those pics are a couple years old. It's currently torn down so i can paint it...2 summers ago! Haha!
Do not use a wheel barrow! Id heard of this trick. Thought id try it. It looks like what it is...a wheel barrow shoved in to a firewall!
I will say measure, slow down, think and plan before you mark and cut! I took the firewall out, cut the distributor "pocket" out flipped the...
I flipped my stock firewall around cut the indentation out and welded it back in facing in stock direction so the distributor would fit. Welded it...
I painted mine just to get paint on it got the car running so we could work the bugs out before we tore it down for paint. A friend of mine all...
Where do I sign up?
Here's mine...
I won a Traxxas Slash RC truck. Owner of the local hobby shop has a 68 mustang so he donated it and had a drawing for a complete setup, battery,...
The one with "Jake the Alligatorman" in the car I helped build. I did the car someone else did the sculpture. The other two I've one at other shows.
Probably more than I'll ever know, but a few lessons that stick out are: Don't take any sh*t from anyone. Don't do anything you don't want to....
There's a few of us here in Salem
I'm running lake headers with caps and full exhaust all the way back. I usually run them open, pulled up in traffic next to cops. they don't...
Here's mine...and one with the worlds worst pinup.
Dude, we should hang out some time.
Does it come with the tire chain? Like it says if you're building a rat ro...I can't even say it. NO!
A million thank yous!
You and me both! Interesting side note, pushed the car out of the garage two days after the show, tapped the throttle twice and WHOOOM! Fired...
Alright, now I feel better. Thanks man. It was cool seeing your car there. I cracked up when I saw the pans under it!
Now that you put it that way...I'm not real bright am I?
Here's my few pics. Nothing that hasn't been posted already, but what the hell. I took these during setup, mine is the Model A. Took best in...
I'm going to go out and punch my car because it doesn't look like this.
Speedway kit. Not bad to put together if you just take your time, measure, mark, re-measure, mock-up, and make sure they look right then tack and...
Here's my 2 cents. It's my half of a trophy for an upcoming car show. The engine and rear wheels are from an 1/8th scale set and the rest is...
Had mine done with ceramic then high heat paint. I've had to touch the white up here and there, but the ceramic is still on there.
F**kin' a that was fun!!!!
^ Sounds good. I'll try and swing by!
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