The Jalopy Journal
I've recently been watching flathead racing and hill climbs like TROG and the Colorado hill climb on YouTube and I am getting inspired. I even...
When pulling a motor out of a seventies smogger to be swapped into a fifties car, should the assorted tubes that went to the carbon cannister be...
I have a 2x2 pair of Stromberg Aerotype carburetors. These carbs were produced from 1937 through about 1955. Stromberg Aerotypes were produced...
Anybody know what the wheel lug pattern on a 1955 Dodge is? Is it 5 on 4 inch circle? DickJ
1940 Plymouth Coupe. 350 SBC with TH350 installed and running. 1977 Camaro rear end. New radiator. All glass is serviceable. Body is pretty...
About a year ago I found a thread from somebody who adapted Ford Explorer rear discs to the front of his Mopar (1940?). I have spent the last...
I sure hope somebody has an answer to my problem. It seems like after messing with SBC motors for sixty years, i'd have learned something,...
Help! I've finally got my motor and tranny buttoned up in my '40 Plymouth. I tried to "bump" the motor over to seat the distributor and ran into...
How do you tell if an ignition coil is 6v or 12v. how do you know if it needs a ballast or if it has an internal? I have an ohm meter and...
I'm welding up a bunch of old header pipes to make a header that will fit. I cut the pieces, tack them with MiG, and then do the final welding...
I want to keep my original brake pedal in my 1940 Plymouth. Does anybody know where I can get a master cylinder for that car. It uses a unique...
Okay, let's try this again. Has anybody had any experience putting GM discs ('84 Camaro) on a 1940 Plymouth. I read that the Plymouth hubs were...
I'm 72 and still at it. I just started a 1940 Plymouth coupe. I find that my work is a lot slower (but I'm in no hurry). I progress at about...
It is great to see some "young blood" starting out in traditional hot rodding rather than spending time on a planned obsolete modern tin car. I...
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