The Jalopy Journal
I do like the A shell as well I just didn’t think it flowed as well with the 50s look. It may find it way back on the car one day who knows…
If talking about my boy, without a doubt! Love being a dad, it’s the best! if about the coupe, There is a lot about the car I don’t like but...
Thanks Tim! I’ll be sure to pass that along to him!
Thank you very much!
I greatly appreciate that Stogy! Thank you!
My dad who was building this amazing model a sedan to come up and race me, built this entire car in 10 months start to finish. I don’t think he...
Well by this point in the restyle of my coupe the drags are getting uncomfortably close and I have a lot of shiny chrome and 8 different shades of...
Thank you! I looked at a lot of early mags for the inspiration for the rear fenders and finally just held a 5 gallon bucket lid up to the edge and...
Thank you very much! Your builds are amazing, definitely inspired me with making this as good as I could at the time. They’re never finished but...
Oh wow! Thank you for re-reading! Looking back at some of the stuff I did makes me wanna look away haha but I learned a lot and had fun with this...
[ATTACH]Last one for today! Had to pull it out and walk around! Really loving how it’s looking at this point but man that bodywork and paint is...
Now that the car was going back in time so to speak I felt the bobbed frame horns didn’t jive with the 50s look. Luckily I kept the horns I cut...
[ATTACH]Now it was time to build the rear Nerf Bar…I was nervous since I built it out of Solid stainless steel round bar. I decided to practice...
[ATTACH]Needed to reroute the mechanical temp sensors since I was now running dual temp gauges and wanted them to work (I know now that I only...
Thank you Tim!
Thank you! Can’t wait to do Hotrod stuff with him, but he can take his time he’s already growing so fast (10 months old)
Since I got the coupe on the road I’ve been busy with home life as we tend to do! Got married and had a baby boy! [ATTACH]Hudson’s first day home...
Yeah, have to keep things fresh, the bobbed/cycle fenders look isn’t often done atleast lately so I wanted to pay tribute to that style and I...
Thank you! Yeah when I first got it on the road I knew that wasn’t how it would stay. Tastes change and I’m a 50s Hotrod guy at heart. Trying to...
Thank you Tim! I’ll have more updates tomorrow! Stay tuned!
After the cycle fenders were wrapped up I turned to the gauge panel, while I loved the Aristocrat panel that I had, I felt it didn’t really belong...
Now for the fun part, where the real transformation starts! First up was to take my repop 32 she’ll and attempt to make it look more original,...
After the roof was done (still need to get the vinyl top made) I drove the car for a year changed the stock heads out to Edelbrock script heads...
It’s been a while, lots have happened but the coupe has been just as great as when I first got it on the road. Changed the looks up a bit after...
Awesome collection of parts! Sounds like a killer Tub!
Thank you, that’s very cool how is the project coming? Post up a picture of it if you want! Yes it appears to be an A frame with chopped deuce...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I just picked up this one today definitely an old homemade job. Used 36-39 Wide 5 axles, drums and wheels. Newest tire...
Hahaha no I don’t think she’s the same girl but I could be wrong. I don’t believe I’ve seen the “butt girl” from el mirage lol
I couldn’t help but colorize and clear up these photos. Trying to see how the headlight bar was made and other general parts/pieces [ATTACH]...
What’s the plan?
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