The Jalopy Journal
"J" at 2400# with the 6 cly* vs not the small 4cly { Red Seal Cont. Jeep 4 } 6 cly was a bit of a hotrod already. I got a $75 ,used 1950 "J"...
If ya can't find stock replacements;; Things we hope you know,; the ride hight you want,were the center of axle goes { with in frender well}= With...
"Shiny" vs "Flats" Ya,I know I'm old,so try to learn from first hander.. Time after WW2 to is when`I started building an painting modal...
Common ruff ride things,are most often what some owner{ could be before you owned,have done wrong.> Often it was done,do too some thing they...
Last few years,have had to look at what I can an can't do more vs,jump into things. :(Now be 84 yo this Sept. A little over 25 years back,I picked...
RodStRace ; There maybe one of my old posting about doing wildcar T shirts. On HAMB some were ? After about 1965,I was too bizzy with new...
Roth was a awesome "Carictor !"< My word for him!, All though he hired a number of other art guys to do much of what he sold n took credic for{...
For most oval track racing,between 5 to 10 gal. was enough=tanks were used,before fuel cells,that were often 5 gal jerry cans{ WW2 left over stuff...
Back when all my cars had real bumpers,I had clamp on type hitchs{ towed a lot of stuff with it too! Even had a one dolly wheel little...
Thanks,enjoyed to dealer ship photos! Sorry,I don't have pics,just the ones in my head going back to when my Dad started taking me with him to the...
Every time,,,is short A to Q. But super bad was one time,trying to get a new hotrod tidal,did what rules said,but every time he looked,found...
I name all my hotrods ,customs and race cars,that kind of gives it away. !
I tryed one years ago,kind of just to see if?? They worked. I never really got it in the right place maybe? But,nope didn't work for me. My 28A...
Split wishbone is the go to fix vs Stock Wishbone with rear ball . Split also acts like a front swaybar. The fact "V" now not going to point/ball...
my guess would be,builder never found another 2D,,door for other side an gave up,so it drives
Never made silver screen,but did make TV.
My buddy Bob an I traded a go-cart we found in a trash pile n fixed, back in 1959,for a old used up,ragged out, stockcar left at W T Price Crain...
Little things can be missed ,but I really like them,I added a lot of them in the early 1960s too my Sr High School hotrod{ I still have*} Stuff I...
I don't hate any ones car,even though I would of done something another way. I can still like it as far as its been taken. None are perfect,not...
I like the details :D in anycase! I allways try to make stuff look like chrome by polishing as much as I can=Don't understand,an never will,why...
No help with the Q. I like the older rod n custom type mags. Yes,there are a lot that were small,limited to only a few months or years. There is...
Kind of fun reading the storys. I only gave a passing thought to not using my own name.; Should I use my Art name or nick name,or even a new made...
God Bless All In Need
We all,i think do that stuff. When I'm hunting for a tool,way too often,I find other tools,that I now have 2 or more of same tool=Why is,I got...
All other things aside,that EX looks sexy
Your $,right now has more valve an gaining. If don't know why,find some real news, turn off the media you been using. Good buys can be had,have fun.
I like chrome,but the cost of doing custom headers is up there. One off custom type are pretty high $,an even then can be not as good as hoped...
Thanks for interest,cool. Things not EZ to see in my old pics,,,I had done,all four fenders had custom statinless wheel well flairs,and top of...
I still like the idea,my "J" could turn up ;),but that photo has zero parts like my full custom. Plus my power that I added to replace the...
Wow,great photos,thanks! Always enjoy seeing whats going on in other states.. :D:p:cool:
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