The Jalopy Journal
Hey thanks! Its cool to see what ive been imagining for awhile start to take shape and actually look like something. Good to know, i miiight have...
Getting dangerously close to hearing this car make noise for the first time in many many decades. Pressure tested the intake with a mickey moused...
I dont know if and what this will end up on, but ran across this one awhile back and had to grab it [ATTACH]
Hey Perfect! Thank you for the reply, that really gives me some direction to start looking at some specifics! Its a great looking car!
Another vote for Wheelsmith. I've bought steelies from Cragar, wheel vintiques and others through Summit and other sites, but i went with...
I dont know anything about those spinner bars, but i dig em! As a little follow up from my post in this thread last year when i was actively...
I have a Westach waiting to go in my 6 volt Buick, albeit negative ground. Im glad theres a company making them, they were great to buy from, it...
yeah, it was posted in the model A's that do it for you thread, and it really ticks the boxes for me. I have to finish the buick so im not in any...
Plugging away and getting dangerously close to starting the straight 8, a little nervous just with how much time and money i have into this thing...
[ATTACH] Does anyone have any details/frame/suspension/who's the owner of this one? Im in the very infantile stages of planning/ collecting parts...
Welcome also from Massachusetts! Love a 39 Ford, none in my collection of stuff im working on, but theres quite a few 39-40 fords around Mass....
Maybe not alot of work done on the Buick this weekend, some stuff ordered and some stuff figured out, but did get to take the '29 Tudor out on its...
Yup, this is an experiment/ hoping for the best, loosely based on some old intakes i've gotten to fondle and wanted to try and make one. The shape...
@sunbeam Unfortunately he had passed away before i had a chance to talk to him, and i believe he was a member on here, but Don Montgomery was...
Im not a super genius when it comes to intake plenum volume and things like that, but it did seem like the intake as i made it, maybe had a bit...
I swear i've been working on stuff! i've just been bad at documenting! i got it in my head that i wanted to hear this big brute straight 8 run by...
Sounds like it is still a problem judging by this thread a few months ago...
Really digging this! Very cool car you have there!
Dont forget Expensive! I had the 320 (1947 engine) for my '37 coupe rebuilt a year ago and it was about $9k, but i also had the babbit rods...
But the big block looks a little more reasonable [ATTACH] Its probably the raised bed floor to accomodate the suspension, but for a truck that...
i originally started building this truck almost 15yrs, with air suspension and an interior i made out of sheet metal, 49/50 Ford gauges and clock...
Yup, just trying to weigh my options. When i first found the leaks, immediately went to trying to find a capable radiator shop that handles the...
Bringing this thread back up as i found some big expensive leaks in my Harrison radiator for my '37 Buick and now i have to make some decisions....
Great day as the sort of season opener of old car stuff for the area. Seeing some famliar faces and old cars is a great way to spend the day!...
Damnit thats looking cool! Great chop and love to see other Mass cars getting built
It hasnt really been started yet as a project, but i have $100 into everything in this picture. The body, front and rear axles/ suspension,...
As a flipper/ reseller, what does OP care what he's selling? Just resell these widgets instead of those widgets. Old car parts are expensive...
If the area being underlapped/ plug welded to is already painted, what i do is drill the plug holes in the overlapping piece and get it lined up...
I didnt add any angle to my intake for the carburetors. From the Edmunds Customs intake i used as a concept, and the Howards 6 carb intakes i have...
Im starting to gather parts for my '28 and was pretty set on full fendered with a hood, but damnit this is giving me second thoughts!
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