The Jalopy Journal
Saturday morning and as we walk out of the hotel, we encounter a guy digging around in the dumpster next to the truck. The early bird gets the...
Maybe my "Butt Dyno" is out of calibration. I skipped the next session to let the car cool a bit and lower the tires to 17 PSI. They soon call the...
We slowly creep forward until it's finally my turn. The car fires instantly and I pull into the water box. I do a small burnout to heat the tires...
With 6:00 approaching I uncap the headers and check the tire pressure. Because these are new wheels and are not drilled for screws to prevent the...
We get to the track and the place is filling up. There's not much happening until evening so we set up our spot and check out the place in the...
I'm not too familiar with tow vehicles. I've used my 95 Caprice wagon for towing locally and it's worked fine, but for this trip I tried this...
Here is the schedule for the event. We left on Wednesday and drove 400 miles to Mesquite Nevada and stayed with a friend that night. That broke...
Here we go! I borrowed a truck from my friend to pull the car to Tucson. An 07 Duramax. She's a little rough in the looks department but has a...
The real car at this point of it's evolution ran low 12's and dipped into the high 11's. If my butt dyno is still accurate I think I'll get into...
This is it. I'm registered to go to the Duct Tape Drags next weekend in Tucson with the 57. I've been working the last two weeks to get ready. I...
We went to a cruise night on Tuesday at a place called "The Garage Grill". It's an automotive-themed restaurant. Dave Kindig showed up in one of...
Sold one of the Super Trapp mufflers for 156.98, bringing the purchase price down to 2720.53[ATTACH]
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A new landmark has been passed. Sold the bare steel fenderwell headers on E-Bay for $201.39, finally bringing the purchase price under 3 grand to...
Just sold the front bumper for $180.00, bringing the cost of the car down to $ 3078.90!
As mentioned above, We took the 57 to Wendover for the car show at the Nugget for the opening weekend of Speed Week. It was fairly easy to pick...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Our destination was Youngblood's Rod Shop in Centerville, where they served a lunch buffet. Great food and fun to talk...
They pulled in around 11:00 am, and after some greetings we headed out onto the road. It was really cool to cruise along with these guys.[ATTACH]...
The Rolling Bones passed through here on the way to Bonneville last Wednesday and we joined up with them in Morgan Utah. Morgan is a small town on...
My upholstery guy just dropped off the Tonneau cover. Man, it finishes off the interior nicely! I think the cars about done. There are just a few...
Sold the wide Belair rear quarter trim panels for $106 bringing the price down to 3258.90.
Sold the rev limiter chips from the MSD box on E-Bay. Total down to $3364.90. Transformed my battery to look like a DieHard . I used some black...
Got the car licensed last Monday and insured on Friday. Did a few passes up and down the street and headed for the local car show in the park on...
The interior is nearly done. Just have to get the rear seat tonneau cover done and it's about ready. Still looking for some old school seat belt...
I got the roll bar tube back from the bender and welded on the rear supports and cross bar, and painted it gloss black. I think it turned out...
Two more things off the list. I rounded up some 3/8 plate and cut some traction bars out. These will be like the Bill Thomas bars used on the...
I suspect some of you out there are wondering why I didn't use a Pontiac rear in the car like the original had. I've used Pontiac rears before,...
Finally, some progress. I was given a Dana 60 a few years ago. It's a weird one out of a Chevy truck I think, so it has a strange panhard bar...
I believe it says on the can you can reduce it 10% with acetone. It makes a big difference.
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