The Jalopy Journal
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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Pull the plugs and try again, possibly that storm that you had got some water in there?
Watched it on youtube. Did anyone happen to get a photo of the blue roadster with yellow wheels? At one point in the video it was parked with a...
corrosion on/in the battery cables/terminals?
I use the 3M black stripping "rice cake" wheel in a drill, it does not take off any metal, only paint and rust. Unlike a wire wheel it will not...
I ran into the same problem, out of stock everywhere (you can get the backer that holds the bulb just not the jewel itself). You were lucky to...
If the offer is too low I simply state "its worth more to me".
He should seriously consider buying a 50's car. They really have a far superior ride compared to the glorified stage coaches that the early cars...
Kids first, always. Best wishes to you two.
A couple more from @Cabbage Hot Rod Revival [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A couple I grabbed off the TV while watching the stooges! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Most cars have a greater track width in the front. It makes for better turning stability and smaller turning radius. Check out @onekoolkat1950...
I've seen this before but never really studied it. It appears to be sporting a Chevy cowl side vent, Chevy? rear fenders and what looks to be to...
I have inserted a piece of steel brake line inside the rubber hose then I can bend it to make it go the way I want it to. It comes out looking...
I belong to a old boat forum that once had a sad post from a one-time poster as a warning to others. Their son bought a yellow painted aluminum...
Sorry to hear about your father. That looks like a very nice convertible sedan. You can certainly put it in the classifieds here on the HAMB....
Nice deep black coupe at this weeks overcast cars and coffee at Piedmont Church in Marietta, GA [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oldsmobile Obsolete for NOS and used stuff. Always eBay if you are patient and know part numbers to help with searches so you don't get 3000...
That old mohair is going to turn to dust under your bum in no time. With the current lack of any reproduction interior kits I'd be tempted to go...
two more on my you got to be kidding me list; $21K 40 merc convt https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1940-mercury-convertible-3-2-2/ and a nice 40...
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