The Jalopy Journal
All these cars are amazing !
i think it's awesome, i like the original grill though, but both look cool
still building cars for the Detroit Autorama, 2024
hi Brent, i'm sorry missed your post i know it's been a while but i can still do project post. i still have the car and it still looks the same.
I have 98% of all the models i have ever built since i started in 1969, here's a picture of me in 1972, i was 12 at the time and still have every...
that looks like my old car ! i sold it 24 years ago ! i fully restored it at my custom shop i had. the picture is very faded.[ATTACH]
here's another mild one, lowered, '55 dodge caps, that i dri[ATTACH] ve too.
here's another i have and drive also[ATTACH]
here's another i have and drive,[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
here's my mild custom, should be ready by first of summer[ATTACH]
hi Jason that would be great, i would like to call, thanks
and the 1990 engine is externally ballanced.
hi dan i was going to use the '49 to '50 merc pressure plate and the disc that goes with it. if i have to i'll have the flywheel drilled and...
Hi Athony, can you tell me what tooth fly wheel you used by chance? thanks, Will.
hi Jason, you happen to know what fly wheel to use would you? a 168 tooth or a 153 tooth chevy fly wheel? thats my only hold back to getting this...
[ATTACH] hello, please help me here, do you use the 168 tooth fly wheel or the 153 fly wheel? i'm doing this conversion right now and i keep...
thankyou Pete !!!!! :)
i changed the door lettering after the detroit autorama.
ok, will do, thanks for the tips !!!! [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
wow, thankyou guys for the nice comments, yes , it was a big job, but now i look at it, and i can't believe it's all done !!!!!!!!
thankyou everyone for the comments, i'll have to figure out how to do the full size Pete.
man, no one wants these cars? i guess i;ll have to keep them and do the blue one up this spring. i just got done doing this '57 ford fairlane 500...
c'mon guys, these are rare cars and I'M NOT making a dime on these, i just want someone to make the blue car awesome. i don't want these sitting...
thankyou very much !
i took the bulging headlight bezels off and put the headlight bucket on the back side of the fender and put a 1956 ford pickup headlight bezel in.
Finally! done ! i do all this stuff myself too !!!!
heres'is more pictures of the willys.
i hope everyone likes this. i went to arizona to pick up this basket case willys 8 years ago. flew out with $27,000 in my sock, bought a used...
thankyou !
thankyou, when i got the car it had a 351 w in it and a c6 trans.
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