The Jalopy Journal
Pedal extensions for a short friend with a Austin Healey 3000. [IMG]
This is going to be the year of cheap projects, and finishing jobs I've got parts to but put off. [IMG] Lowering blocks installed; 2" blocks I...
Helped my father in law finish up his wood floor installation. [IMG] He pushed this project to the side for me last winter when we did a lot of...
I found a cheap used repop bumper and threw that on my Suburban, but I couldn't bring myself to throw out the old one. It's got a nice big dent...
Got the front rebuilt a couple weeks ago. Still needs an alignment... I'll get to that eventually. In the meantime I've just been enjoying the...
Front suspension rebuild this weekend. Also decided to modify the lower control arm shafts to get a bit more caster angle out of it. This is...
I don't actually work at the power plant. It's actually a private power plant for the industrial park I work at; it provides power and steam to...
She's back on the road for the season... [IMG] Found a used reproduction front bumper for $40 that was in great shape, down in Carlisle. Threw...
Learned how to install a windshield yesterday... didn't crack anything! [IMG] [IMG] Barn door windows, and then fixed-glassed rear windows......
So I go on vacation with the wife for a week, and I start getting texts from my father in law. While I'm mildly disappointed I missed out on work...
I've considered it. My truck already has discs upfront (looks like a CPP kit but I haven't really looked much once I verified they worked and...
Another productive weekend. Cleaned up the plug welds on the piece above the windshield, patched the interior panel in the same area and got a...
It's TriPlus part number 610-4060. I got it from Summit since it was the cheapest place I could find it once shipping was taken into account.
Fixed the issues found last weekend; new exterior windshield-to-roof panel. Probably the best fitting piece of repop metal I've had so far. Some...
I'm going with original fawn color, but it'll be a satin finish. My father in law recommended the same; the dash of his '55 F100 is a high gloss...
All the glass looks great, and is a great match holding it up to the originals. Gave the spot above the windshield some love with the sandblaster...
Three local glass shops I called couldn't source green glass. The one that could told me his sheet supplier put the cost at $600 before he even...
Driver fender fitted and door welded back up. [IMG] [IMG] Again had to remove the fender brace, remove some metal, trim the fender skin, and...
[IMG] Other side is getting there... since the bedside came up a bit short, had to have another piece in the back. Getting that compound curve...
Not photographed above: Lots of repetitions of swearing and fitting, marking, removing, cutting/tweaking/massaging and then starting over... Some...
Started up on the driver side: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Bringing an old thread back to life... Anyone have issues with Dynamat/Fatmat/Hushmat/whatever type products sticking to things like Bill Hirsch...
My wife calls it Big Girl, despite it not actually being very big compared to a modern Suburban or pick-up.
The holidays really slowed stuff down. Getting the slider frame back together... [IMG] Cut off the hitch that was only held on with booger...
I'm not willing to give up on the sliders. It's one of the main draws to the Suburban to me. I mean, I'm not likely to sit back there, but I...
Still working on the door, but the skin is on. A spot of oil canning, but good enough to move onto front fender fitment. Will circle back to the...
That's almost exactly the problem I'm running into. The repop inner is just shy of 1/4" longer, and at one end it's 3/8" wider. Six hours of...
Did a bunch of tweaking on the new sheetmetal to get it laying better, made a pretty pathetic patch to the kick panel... it works, but it...
The guy is awesome. He's frame off building a '49 Chevy pick up that he pushed off to the side for this. He also has a somewhat stock '72 C10...
My father in law had the week off while I had to work. He's been busy without me. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
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