The Jalopy Journal
2020 sucks out loud, covid has put a hault to both my wifes and my incomes so im selling off art from my batcave to get by, Here is a phony...
I am curious, might be something I need...lol, I do seem to have that twinge of being jealous. When next to one of these old hearse in person how...
Yikes!!! I do want a car I can drive daily but I do not need or care if it's perfect, I do need my doors to close, the seller says they sag...
At the moment I really dig the car and believe I can get a good deal on it, But from the way you guys describe it that if the wood was really in...
You might recall I'm hunting something of a jalopy for a daily driver, I have built vettes, kit cars, customs all kinds of junk, ground up but not...
Actually, I have received some very good info in this thread....
I do not recall it saying what the chassis was but oddly it has power steering, That's just the feed back I need, I can imagine this and others...
In my life of building junk I have done wild stuff with fiberglass and some metal, I'm not a wood worker but have friends who are, I know the...
I have been on the hunt for a car for my wife, She wants something that looks like some jalopy that the Munsters would drive, Some thing late...
I thought about that... what is grinding at me is within the last 3-4 days I saw on a web site pictures of the rear door and even fillers for...
I am in the market for a Model A sedan, I want something jalopy style, Well I need/want the rear delivery door, and saw somewhere online a company...
So is that the number that is used as the cars VIN on the title?
In your case you do have a VIN on the car curious what year is the car? I have a real fear now....If I want some ford that now it appears ran the...
I am NOT building a $$^#$%& Lol Rat...I admit I look at old weird ones, ( and sometimes laugh ) but I do not want one, I want a daily driver...
Old 20-30's stuff that stamped the VIN on the block and in some not all cases the frame rail....I understand Ford "T's" and "A's" were in this...
Okay I said the wrong thing and got my post deleted..sorry I will be more careful I still would like to know on old cars with the VIN on the...
This would be a win day, I got down and dirty...love it, and I got the tranny not only into neutral but have the side plate on ( very tricky ) and...
What I have come up with so far is the Corvair saginaw has the guts/internals of the lopo Saginaws, the shifting is a rod coming out the front...
I made a post first then my intro, :rolleyes: Lets see...I live in Orlando, I have been spinning wrenches well over 40 years I still like to learn...
Thanks... So I call a couple shops...I avoid places like Aamco but the first shop I call asked what is a sagginog? I just hung up on him. The...
Yes...it is stuck in a gear I do not know which gear, I have to take care of a few things but will get some pictures today, here are a few more...
I will get you pics when its light out tomorrow...yes, I could see the rings
The tranny is a mid engine lay out, the shift rod comes out the lower drivers side up front, I pulled the side cover and everything "looks" okay...
You got me there....I have a locked up Saginaw 4 speed transmission, I was looking for forums that could give me some tech, I am getting the...
Sorry...I didnt know it was that formal....I need more than wiki has to offer but thanks..um well I was talking about the tranny...not the...
Well...I typed out the whole story and lost the post, So I will start from scratch...any saggin'@alls oops Saginaw gurus here? I need help... Many...
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