The Jalopy Journal
And then there was the one year only aluminum head for the 300 buick. At least it fits the '61-'64 215 blocks.
I built a small English Wheel from High Desert plans to shape my Avatar but needed a larger unit to do the infill for the Ruby. This Yates scroll...
Thanks Osage. I spent a couple hours on trial runs trying to cobble together a G code program for the CNC mill but just quit and did it manually....
I narrowed a '32 Chevy dash for the Ruby and had to change the instrument cutouts so I engine turned some stainless with a Cratex abrasive stick...
I'm glad someone in Ohio saved these Dorset doors. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Since I had the manifold situated, I made a foam pattern to adapt the Holley Economizer with its spreadbore to the square bore. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Curt, it sounds like you are set. The VFD should work great. My P5-2 runs off a rotary converter but with a replacement motor doesn't have the two...
Single steering joints max out at 30 degrees. I have never needed one of the doubles. When I built the Austin I mocked up the steering column with...
[ATTACH] When I got the inkling to put the aluminum blower motor in a 1/4 scale car, I ran down one of the fiberglass outfits that made these...
I started putting together another of my Craigslist piles. This is a 1962 Buick 215 block that had been bored for new sleeves. That increased the...
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Thanks for the heads up Pav8427. That is good to know. I have not run it in this configuration and just used it to get a belt length and alignment...
This is a shot of one of my $300 piles of 215 basket cases. The red one is a cast iron 300 engine that I have not checked yet. Also there is a...
I ended up with around seven of the 215's by buying C list piles for a couple hundred dollars. I assembled one runner so far and working on...
I always thought the visible V8 was neat, so when I decided to build the 1/3 scale smallblock I went to a Hobby Shop to look it over as a possible...
Sandcrab was what they called a molder in the foundry. He scuttled backwards on the foundry floor ramming molds from the heap of conditioned sand...
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Except for the temperature required for the exhaust manifolds this link shows intake manifolds Kelly Coffield has made using the lost foam...
I run the 1/3 scale smallblock at least once a year at the Hot August Nights Swap meet. this is a scratch built model in cast iron that has been...
What Gene said. I had a 215 Craigslist engine that hadn't been properly honed and broken in that I was able to resurrect with a re-hone. The...
Is there a crossover index that goes back to 1962? I have been following some of the mishaps with hydraulic throw out bearings and would like to...
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Dave, must be that time. I found this in my metal pile inside the shop. I have had Rattlesnakes, but this turned out to be a Bullsnake. They eat...
Marty, This is a 1933 Austin Ruby widened 4" and lengthened 6" from the cowl forward. I narrowed an 8" rear end and a Speedway dropped Ford...
Another example of CAD. I save the bottom sheet from my pallets of stove pellets. It is a nice thickness and 48" square. I used one of the...
Engine, check, 1962 Buick 215. Transmission, check, T5, exhaust, check, glass packs although I will have to check on the direction I installed...
I finished the vents in the hood and mounted the fenders to shape the lower edge of the sides. Then I widened the rear fenders and mocked up the...
I started work on the Ruby hood to fill the gap from the 6" engine bay extension and the 4" widening then added the third vent. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I had widened the Ruby by four inches and today I soldered up the two windshield frames to fit the opening. I lost the latch to open it when I...
Like swade41 I was looking for something that wasn't there so I had to make one. I couldn't reach the shift lever on the T5 without leaning...
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