The Jalopy Journal
Along a similar vein, a place that I worked at received a package of parts that was a complete mystery. Come to find out they had been ordered...
Some years ago my son (who was probably six at the time) and I attended a car show, and we looked at a '32 Ford that made a rat rod look like a...
My Grandfather joined the Searsport FD on 1941, and they bought a 1941 Chevy fire truck. It was his favorite, and he always drove it in the town...
I like your three minute rule! I used to know someone whose shop was such a mess that it was often easier for him to walk to the hardware store...
[ATTACH] I'm sure this isn't what you have in mind, but I couldn't resist!
A friend of mine had a patina'd barn-find 1936 Buick coupe tucked in his own barn some years ago. I used to enjoy sitting in it just for the...
That short wheelbase car is interesting. I would like to see the completed project if any photos of it exist.
An OT car I had used a Borla muffler near the end of the exhaust system. I later added a round Magnaflow muffler upstream to quiet it down and...
Every year I resolve to work less and enjoy myself more, but somehow the opposite always happens. Maybe I should just resolve to make better bad...
I used to know someone who told me he had a Model T when he was a teenager (back when Maine winters were brutally cold); every night he would...
Congratulations! I still have 3-1/2 years to go, but I'm already starting to get more involved in other things that will fill up my retirement...
I remember when Craftsman meant quality. Some of my stuff is 45+ years old and still going strong. I've looked at what's available now; looks...
What if the catch was installed in the door and the latch installed in the door? That way you could have a redundant mechanical release hidden...
My uncle has something like 1200 drawers full of small hardware and electrical connectors and parts. Some of that stuff has been stored for...
Owls Head Transportation Museum had one in their collection the last time I was there. Bet that would be fun to cruise the snowmobile trails with!
About thirty years ago I grabbed a cheap Taiwan import drill press out of the scrap bin at work because the table support was broken (the company...
For the next 25 minutes or so, the parking lot was my workshop. The cutter was dull and jumped off the track on pretty much every rotation....
Nice work! What are you using for the front springs?
They used to hand-scrape the bed ways on machinery way back when; those old time machinists were really good! I've done it myself, definitely a...
https://www.signnow.com/fill-and-sign-pdf-form/332906-single-form-thread-fit-chart-harvey-tool Here's the chart I mentioned in my previous post....
https://www.signnow.com/fill-and-sign-pdf-form/332906-single-form-thread-fit-chart-harvey-tool This is a great chart showing a number of...
It was always impressive to see how much he could fit onto a single page! You could study it for hours and still miss some little detail.
This reminds me of a Pink Panther cartoon, where a painter was using blue paint, and the Pink Panther kept painting over it in pink. At one point...
Some of the antique features I added to my house (mechanical doorbells, mail slots, etc.) have fasteners with obsolete thread pitches, so I had to...
At work we have aquablasters, which use water and media (glass beads, I believe) for blasting. The window has a windshield wiper to keep the...
Much later (early 1980's) I worked at a gas station with a high school friend. We used to rent U-Haul trucks there as well; had some funny and...
I was about to say the same thing, but you beat me to it! Friend of mine had a yellow one back in high school, used to describe it as a mini...
Not exactly car-related, but I bought my 1978 Kubota B7100 from the original owner. Roy Morris and his wife Terry had been friends with my...
No inspection for antique (25 years or older) in Maine when you run the antique plates. I think we're limited to 2000 (maybe 3000) miles per...
Those are wonderful! I agree, looking at the background is just as interesting as the main subject.
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