The Jalopy Journal
Modern iteration of the Beat Generation. [IMG] Though I look more like a prospector these days. [IMG]
Had a great time there and caught up with some old HAMBers. [IMG]
It's only been twenty years. Anyone know where the customized 2x2 manifold is? Nevermind, just read Sam got it back a couple years ago. Glad to...
This is what I do for a living. I design racecar suspension. First step, purchase a $4k+ software package and familiarize yourself with it. You...
We really thought we'd shred a tire or pinch a tube between the heavy load of camping gear and the bad conditions of most of the trails. But the...
We've survived the first half of the trip. Before we got to California we lost the clutch. It was stuck "on" which left us with high gear only. No...
We had planned to go in the spring. But, three things had to line up to go. We had to leave before June 15th to be back in time for some other...
Around five minutes with both of us working on it.
We took the camping car out to the local park to take some photos of it. With all the canvas sides down. [IMG] [IMG] With the awnings up....
To close up the "trunk" under the bed, we made a canvas tailgate. The solid bar across the top uses the same misalignment clasps used on Jeep and...
With the canvas sides done, we started on the fold-out canvas tent. We started with the steel support bars and an octagonal wood ridge pole....
Next we started on the side curtains for the truck bed. I was used to sewing finer cloth and holding everything together with pins. But the...
To warm up to sewing and figure out how our machine works, how the settings affect things, what size needle is needed for our heavy duty thread,...
I had stuck a '70s style Stewart Warner temperature gauge in the dashboard while we were working out the tuning. I sent a package of parts to...
I had bought a bunch of crappy 1925-26 front fenders to make some rear fenders from. We cut two left and two right fenders up to salvage the...
After driving it for a bit, we found the edge of the rubber mats needed to be secured. I picked up a pair of 1919 thresholds and we added them to...
Since we wanted to sleep in the bed of this truck, we had to have supports for the side gates to keep them flat. We added clevis eyes to the side...
Next we laid out some slats to see how they rested on the roof frame and what sort of angle we would need to put on the edge of the frame. [IMG]...
Mocked up the side pieces of the roof frame. [IMG] And mocked up the wood spacers that would be applied to the uprights. These were done because...
Back to the build up of the T! We hit another milestone a few months ago, so I'll update the thread to there. After a few more test drives we...
Small update. We tidied up the wiring and started dialing in the engine. But, the ignition kept cutting out. Turned out the on-off portion of the...
It doesn't look like it needs one. And it's hard to get -good- data on how water pumps actually work on these engines. Most Model-T people that...
This meant that we had no neutral, no reverse, no low speed, could not stop while the engine was running and could not shift the auxiliary Warford...
One of the last things to do with the engine is add a fan. Trying to add better components when we can, I bought a six blade Derale fan. This is...
We're beginning to catch up to present day. Mounted the coil. I chose one that did not require a ballast resistor to make the wiring easier....
Yep, that's pretty much how a Hyatt bearing works. It's a non-precision bearing that works well in a non-precision bore. I've managed to build the...
Next we built the floorboards. These are removable so you can access the top of the transmission to adjust the bands as they wear. First the...
As an aside, that neat gear reduction starter allows more room around the pedals. It's hard to see in the greasy mess that the original engine...
I'm glad it's not getting booted, not being an actual hot-rod and stuff.
The path is mostly set. Starting in Trinidad, Colorado we're following the Trans-America-Trail to Lake City. Then following the Engineer Pass road...
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