The Jalopy Journal
Two swap meets during the weekend. I managed to buy a cheap shifter for the Coupe. Also scored these cool old chromed hairpins. I guess I have...
Thank you. I mean it would have been great to have this in driveable condition but small things always take more time. This is my winter project...
I’m happy! I will continue again next winter. This garage season was pretty good. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Finally new paint in trunk lid! [ATTACH]
We have functional steering!! Great milestone. Vintage Motors Finland machined new steering links, thank you. It was a tight fit between Vega box...
Long skirts in my Packard. [ATTACH]
I built front shock mounts and when they were finished I realized my poor old frame is flexing like hell. I made some reinforcement and now it’s...
I had to blow the gas tank in parts. Now everything just bolts on back together. Here is my new old dash which was cut off from the tank and now...
Some updates from this winter period. One step forward and two back. I removed the whole rear leaf spring suspension and will replace it with coil...
Thank you for everything Gene Winfield. [ATTACH]
Kustom Kulture Show, Helsinki Finland [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Great to see that this car is progressing again! I remember seeing the car several times in early 2000's.
I love this car. Not sure if I like the dragster plan.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The new garage season is about to start! It was a sunny autumn Saturday. Rolled the Hot rod out from the garage for motivation...
In Finland we have inspection on every other year for old cars like hotrods. The first registration inspection for modified cars like this is more...
Hi again. Summer is turning into a fabrication season again. I haven’t started with Coupe yet though. I made some horse trade earlier and got me...
Haha, that's so cool! It's not the speed the it's the feeling, right?
Looking good! Any video clips from Hayride Jamboree race?
4 inch channel, 5 inch chop. Work in progress.[ATTACH]
Cool project, thanks for sharing and documenting everything. Nice to see another hot rod project from Finland here on HAMB. Have you seen this...
Two pictures from last weekend.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Two pictures from last weekend. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is my '51 Packard Kustom. You can find the thread from here:...
Thanks for the comments. Now it’s time to put this project on hold for the summer and I will continue next winter again.[ATTACH]
Maybe Buick taillights.[ATTACH]
Very cool. Why not whitewall tires?
I received cool photos of my car when it was found in the Finnish forest after decades of resting. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It’s a 3 banger. I asked, and it is from a 1964 DKW from East Germany.
Reference picture: Dana Galante Coupe [ATTACH]
We are outside! Feels great to see what I have done during the winter. Looking just right! I’m very happy how the Hot rod came out. [ATTACH]...
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