The Jalopy Journal
The hole is for a spring loaded pill that keeps the choke plate from moving off fully opened and fluttering and making a racket. The early carbs...
Thanks for the bump Joey, good to meet you as well! Holy crap its been a year since I have made an update. I started the year off pretty strong...
Your not to expensive you just have the wrong customers. They are looking for value and you are selling quality.
This is how it was explained to me at my local ColorCrafters auto body supply place. I normally just bring them in old color chip charts usually...
Looks good to me.
For wires in plain sight I'm using textured shrink tubing to make them look a little less obvious as new....
The whole VIN thing to get a color on a new car is because each car is literally a different color and they keep track of that. Generally...
Difference in width or just materials construction?
Hard to "like" a post like that, but I'm pulling for your family.
Thank you for the response. I'm a careful driver, leave plenty of space and never tailgate but brakes on old cars are an area of concern for all...
Enjoying the thread. I know you still have mechanical brakes. Are you running floaters in the front? You drive the crap out of it and trying to...
My new acquisition in for the winter for long delayed maintenance/sorting. Has not been driven any real distance in 15 years, and always with...
Needs one of these https://iandireproduction.com/products/ge04 Many choices here too...
Not sure if the big truck is the same gear set as all others call Michael at ThirdGen and ask if this will fit....
Just throw a blanket over the fender and get to work. With fenders come running boards and with running boards you get a nice place to sit and...
My new toy. 5 window coupe, rumble seat, factory stock down to the aluminum heads and mechanical brakes. Been sleeping for a very long time,...
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I cant help but on my 34 5 window one door opens wider than the other and I can only assume that part of one strap is hanging up somewhere in...
I use rustoleum barbecue black on the under car pipes if they are not aluminized. I have used Eastwood's stainless steel pigmented manifold...
We have about 7 or 8 rolling up from Atlanta on Thursday.
6000-7000 boomers die each and every day in the US and if just a small percentage has an old car stuffed into a garage or barn there is a virtual...
Thanks @Dave Mc I enjoy all the images you post. I studied historic architecture preservation for a while before switching majors to art history...
Keep an eye on the new tie-rod rubber boots as well. They are made of the same junk rubber. I had some that look just like yours go bad sitting...
I still have it almost 30 years later. It was a barley functional old car that I drove around Northern VA and DC as a 20-something between under...
Been going for about a decade. This will be the first year I actually drive a car there rather than catch a ride. Look for my pile with new...
The Rule of Thirds is classic art of proportion. The roof should be one third and the body two thirds to be in perfect visual harmony. The...
Hot start these days is usually just a modern fuel problem. I have found that modern gas evaporates extremely quickly from a hot carb and the...
I'd go to all the work to take the leaf apart to just the main and see where it sits when compressed using a ratchet strap to compress it. My kid...
Absolute best use of a fat 4 door, more doors for more chicks.
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