The Jalopy Journal
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.
A couple of glamor shots before the sun sets.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I started on the exhaust last night. I got most of it done. Will still need some clamps and hangers, but it's good enough for now. I incorporated...
Work is getting in the way of accomplishing much lately. I'm doing stuff that doesn't show now. I finished the fuel system. The original car used...
That night the Magazine guys met in the hotel lounge and compared notes on the cars and tallied up the scores. Somehow I was able to overhear most...
Saturday morning we go to the Good-Guys show in Phoenix. We are led to the front and center to park our group. Once again, we were treated like...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Early the next morning I'm back at the shop and hitching a ride to the guy that had the Pontiac diff parts. We rounded...
I put on the window decals I could identify. With time I should be able to figure out the others, maybe. Part of the problem is they were...
Rear quarter panel letters done too.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Got the dash lettering done today. Pretty good match.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just sold the aftermarket front tubular upper control arms on E-bay fir 251.62 bringing the purchase price to $3407.23. Hooray! under $3500...
Gotta admit I'm more than a little excited about how this is looking. I know it's not done yet. There's still a few more lettering to apply, but...
Now for a short rant about Pontiac Olds rear ends. I know they were very popular back in the 60's. you could say they were the "Go to" axle of the...
It's been a while since the last update because I tweeked my back and couldn't get much done. The carpet is in and a shifter boot installed. Trunk...
We arrive at the shop and unload the car and get it inside. I'm not used to other people helping on my cars but I gotta tell you, those other...
What a cool little track. We arrive about 10 and prepare the car. I don't think anybody else did much pre race changes but I was determined to...
After a good nights rest we Gathered in the hotel parking lot and had a much needed car wash. The days activities were to go to Speed-World...
Driving though the night was fortunately uneventful. It could of ended badly with slicks on the car but we soldiered on through the darkness...
400 miles took forever. We didn't get to our destination till late that night. Along the way we did the fuel economy test. After leaning my car...
Naturally it rained a lot of the way to Phoenix. This shot was taken while waiting for some guys that got separated from the group. Parked on the...
I need to back up for a second here. If you'll notice the sweatshirt I'm wearing. Since I had prior knowledge of the Ego-Rama logo from the...
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