The Jalopy Journal
Wayward tires/wheels are no joke. I sold my high-school-built hot rod to a friend in '69 (a '58 Ford) and shortly after while he was peaceably...
Rust can be like icebergs, only 10% of it shows...
@glendale There's a Tap Plastic store in Sacramento, they show a 50"x98"x.025" clear sheet (enough to make two inserts) for only $170 and they may...
And if you do decide to just repolish you what have, I'll recommend Meguiers Plastic Polish with a lo-speed buffer (under 1K RPM) with a...
Yeah, $1500 is a bit stiff on the price IMO. I still think if you did your own forming buck and trimming of the formed piece you could cut the...
I have a cruise unit out of a '96 t-bird and a '58 Edsel tele-touch steering wheel. I've been toying with the idea of using the original shift...
Well, there's still the industrial-sized AC solution... I'm sure by now that the original plastic insert has some serious weather-checking going...
Yep, grind on that puppy. Take another 1/8" angle cut off that corner and you should be fine. That's the truck manifold I mentioned to look for,...
Mr. Cobbs was present at more than a few important events. I stumbled across a Brian Lohnes video a few days ago about the history of...
The glass-top Fords and Mercs were unfortunately ahead of their time. Hopefully you have the interior 'sun shield' to help keep the heat out....
Autolite still has a couple of midwest US factories, but most are made offshore. The history of the 'big three' US spark plug manufacturers is...
Voltage drop is the enemy of all automotive electrical systems, especially 6V. When current goes up, so does voltage drop. As mentioned, the cable...
I've been taking some heat for this one... LOL. Let's see... under our bed: a pair of aluminum heads, a '56 DeSoto door panel, a re-chromed '50...
Yep, there's been several internet guys who have done oil filter comparisons by cutting them open and seeing what's inside, Fram was bottom of the...
Re-do the exterior in all black, put the Cragars back on and you'd have a helluva Hot Rod funeral flower car... I would ditch those weird ovals on...
Which is why I posted this. They may emerge from bankruptcy, or the component parts may be sold off separately. The names do still have some value...
First Brands Group, the makers of Fram filters and Autolite spark plugs has filed for bankruptcy. And those aren't all of the major brands...
There's variations in every swap, so trying to predict what would fit is a crapshoot at best, especially without pics. FWIW, Sanderson makes quite...
Ford built small blocks with the ball-style rockers where you just ran the nuts down until they stopped starting in '68 according to a couple of...
Must be a WAYMO throwback model... No driver! LOLOL...
Nice Ranchero! OK, I'm late to the party but yours is a twin to one I owned in the mid '70s minus the flattened passenger side where somebody laid...
Somebody is funnin' ya.... and if it was AI, it would look better. That's a photoshop mess...
Yeah, this is why I seldom trust color codes.... Turn Signal Wiring How-to | The H.A.M.B. Follow the directions and this will identify all your...
Yeah, having some ballast in the front if doing speed runs is a must. I had a buddy that had a '64 turbo 4-speed Monza 'vert and he went off the...
The thing that separates this one from his others is he resisted the urge to 'smooth' and monochrome the car ala' modern cars. Nearly all of the...
Fastest two fingers in Yelm!! LOLOL....
It's the solenoid.... Stay away from the cheap ones, buy the better name-brand ones like Standard products or better yet a NOS Ford unit. But my...
The repair method for pitting and other small flaws in non-ferrous metal is to strip off the existing plating, then carefully grind all corrosion...
JB weld works almost as well at a fraction of the price for repairs before powder coating. Neither one is suitable for standard plating processes....
I know, I know, late model stuff is frowned on here, but this semi-rebodied late 'stang morphed into a '69 Mach 1 is a real beauty. There's been...
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