The Jalopy Journal
Yup, I drove a Model A and a 1945 Ford PU to high school. Purchased the cut up 29 sedan in early July, 1965 at age 13. As long as it is about...
I will toss in my story. Have 1978 VW Rabbit diesel. Had a copper aftermarket radiator that corroded out, why? That way when I got it in 1995....
Now it makes sense. The custom belonged to Prince Valium , the soon to be suitor of Princess Vespa.
Hmmm, a mix of Olds Rocket 88, Kaiser Darin and early Facel Vega. Needs a pair of 1959 Cadillac bullet tail light lenses inside each of the the...
Could be the lockout rod and fork are tweaked or bent. If you have parked the car in OD turn off and then come back to start, toss in reverse and...
He came out of the store and the guy in the Galaxie was waiting for him to move. The guy in the Galaxie told his reverse gear was out. My friend...
Why is it when looking at these wet photographs, I keep hearing a banjo playing ?
I remember bring home a 32 coupe about like that. But that was some 50 years ago and I was 50 years younger !
On my 69 Camaro I went from factory rally wheels to real mags with steel inserts to keep from wallowing out the lug holes, to aluminum then to...
Beautiful car, only original once. I love chrome.
I think it was about 1965, there was a crazy guy near me that shoved an Allison V-12 into the back inside of a 1957 Ford 2-door station wagon....
"" For sure! The old test on if a truck was overloaded was if you couldn't see the tires between the wheels and the fender openings. If the...
I suspect the truth is, a lot of stuff comes off the assembly line as new and yet would not be accepted by us if we really knew the truth. In...
""Farmers are not always the keenest at maintenance and upkeep."" Hey, I resemble that ! Yes, we hit the bearing race with a pencil tip on an...
Yea, I think they are heat treated. What I did/do was/is take a pencil tip on an acetylene oxy torch and just heat up the pin tip till red-orange...
Gary Rickels of Lemon Grove, California , 1968 Rod & Custom. I think I have that copy in my collection. Thanks for the tip. Now that only goes...
The pins were mushroom head'd new when installed, using a round punch with a countersunk tip. Other end was bucked up against a weight, like an...
Same here, always used it. Welding cable is more efficient than conventional battery cable. Electricity actually travels more on the surface of...
I recognize the guy with the black T and trophy but can't remember his name. Anyone out there know ?
Another thing, must have a good clutch pedal return spring so the linkage and fork don't slop around and make random contact on the throw out...
[ATTACH] Edd Byrnes, no fat tires. We always ate at drive in burger joints and there was A&W. So we could eat off those metal trays that always...
OH Yea, Bird Automotive AKA Bird Engineering. I remember first seeing the basic kit for sale even in J.C. Whitney. I wound up with a used...
Actually I am helping a newbie try and sort out a recently purchased 36 Coupe that has a spring perch conversion. The original reason for the...
Some of the early "dishpan" blowers had a mount for a single Stromberg 3 bolt pattern carb. Mounting twin carbs vertical would make it way too...
HA HA, that's funny. I purchase MY first car, a cut up 1929 A sedan for $78 that's including sales tax as the old man had it behind his business....
Well technically that is a Monkey with a Crescent wrench. The real " Monkey Wrench " according to the source of all knowledge , was invented by...
This works. [ATTACH]
OOOOHHHH Yea. Been there. My Brother and I had a restoration shop in the 1970's that specialized in vintage British vehicles. First thing was...
Most people don't know that the points opening and closing does not just make a connect and dis-connect. Each spark discharge at the spark plug...
Use the voltage regulator box I listed a link to on amazon. Your 12v batt starts at 12.5 and up to 14.5 volts when charging and running down the...
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