The Jalopy Journal
PUMP HAS BEEN SOLD!! Thanx to all who inquired!! Tom
This was featured recently on "Roadkill". Rudy Ramos' Marathon Boat....
Transmission is still available. New price is $450.00. Somebody should by this relic!!
Time to move on from this waterpump. Fits 1937-40 V8-60hp Fords. Fits either side according to box. Pump is apparently rebuilt some years ago,...
Genuine 1934 CA license plate. Came out of father's barn many years ago. Decent shape for restoring or just running as is. Pix are"After" and...
BTT.... C'mon, somebody must be building/restoring a Gasser!!
I gotta quit reading some of these posts, I'm posting too often!! Turlock swap meet, guy selling Chopper motorcycle frames ,rollers, etc. Had a...
Not sure that my story really qualifies for here, but I was involved with the swap... Dad took over a Hudson dealership in 1952 didn't keep the...
I posted the roadster that started it all for me... Here's one that keeps the flame burning!! Pete Chapouris' [IMG]
This car made a lasting impression on me mant, many moons ago. Being from Ventura County certainly had an effect also! Dave Marquez'...
I thought you might have found that reclusive 9/16" socket that is always missing!!
Still available---Somebody needs this! THANX
More pictures of the B&M linkagr on the transmission------[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
B & M Hydrostick transmission(?) Transmission has stickers, some linkage and torus that all say B & M. It has been sitting for many years and...
My father opened hisown auto repair shop in the rarly fifties. Had to have a shop truck so purchased a 1946 Ford 1/2 to pickup with the flathead...
Love the HUDSON automobile. HUDSON commercial pickups were called "Big Boys" and the largest 6 cylinder engine from HUDSON was 308ci. Always...
This didn't happen to me, but I was in on the "fix". We were on the way home from Sturgis Rally many years ago with our camper. Got to Rest Area...
GOOGLE "HUDSON" Nascar. Also, Jack Clifford, Ike Smith and others all drag raced HUDSON with great success.
Anyone mention the NOVI Indy engine with the Paxton blower? Not real successful, but nice to look at. Article say that you could hear the blower...
In the early years, classes were determined by cost of engine and Cubic inches. "E" rules stated not more that $1250 and 246ci. Good information...
Ive had two out of three--- First, my 1953 Olds Super 88 two door sedan that I drove to and from school in the late 50's, Then my 1962 E-Type...
A little different view.... More than once I have seen people lean into a car, not touching, with a cup of beer in their hand, Yep, spilled beer...
A number of years ago we decided, on the spur of the moment to go to the mtorcycle Rally in Sturgis. Bought an old camper for the pickup, loaded...
1955----What a great car time!! I was 15, Dad took on his own auto repair shop in small So Cal town. We had a 1946 Ford pickup for a shop truck,...
Lots of pix on the HOT ROD site--...
The HUDSON from Down Under has to be very near the top of my list-- [IMG] Just very clean flowing lines.
This was in the late 50', early 1960's----- Two cars---First was a 1953 Oldsmobile Super 88 two-door sedan, Standard transmission. Yeah,...
Can someone school me? Is that transmission an early "single range" Hydramatic? Isn't a Dual Range much more desirable? Anybody still around to...
NASCAR used to have a 4" block that every car had to drive over w/o touching--during Tech. Crews would jack up their cars to clear, hit each...
I recall Penske showing up at Riverside (average temp over 100 degrees!) with a fuel filling tank that had cooling coils around it, lowereing the...
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