The Jalopy Journal
[ATTACH] Had to resurrect this thread to add a new update. From my daughters wedding this fall !!! Pretty proud papa here !!!!
The "Turd" was born in 51, and the "Turdmagnet" was in 63. Car has got me beat by 12 years !!!!
Got one from my wife I think the first year we were dating. Thought "what the hell am I going to do with this cheap thing!" Well 35 years later...
Put the car in the back garage for the final time. Started snowing around 8:30am so we quick got it fired up and moved back. By noon we had...
I built a set of 4 using casters off of 45gal drum carts we were scrapping out at work. Each wheel is 2x4, full ball bearing and rated for 750lbs...
I go thru this every year with my buddy. He's got such a ritual for every gas powered piece of equipment he owns. Takes him weeks to get...
Recently sold my OT daily and the new one won't be in for a month or so, so the ol Turd has been seeing a lot more miles than normal. And I'm...
Agree with a thin film of grease over oil. Another thing an old mechanic showed me when I was a pain in his ass was to wipe a bit of grease on...
I bought this pump off of amazon.ca after playing with several commercial vacuum pumps to find out how much flow the wipers actually require to...
Have to agree with the bucket with antifreeze in it. We use our hot tub all winter long and had a problem with the buggers getting inside it and...
In front of my buddy's place[ATTACH] Sent from my SM-A205W using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Finally got The Turd out and went to visit a buddy just to get out of the house for a bit. Parked in front of his old barn and thought it made a...
That's the best thing we can do for our kids - teach them how to use their hands and their minds. It will go a long way down the road for them...
In Ontario we've seen it as low as $0.64 per litre (about $1.60 US gal after all the conversions). Filled up over 3 weeks ago for $14 (1/2 tank),...
Pretty low key here too. But I did manage to sneak a new ringtone onto my wife's phone. I retired a few years back while she's still working and...
Later part of the year I was still in my mommy [emoji16] Sent from my SM-T560NU using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I'm retired but the wife is still working. She's been deemed critical staff for the city so her and another lady are taking turns going in. Not...
I've done something similar but with the cheap 12v led tape lights. A long wire and alligator clips to hook up to the battery. Got one long one...
The only time I get my electronic one out is to do a quick imperial to metric conversion or backwards. Set it to the readout you want then...
I got a bunch of misc shop supplies to restock the exhausted supply - gloves, sandpaper,driver bits, etc. Stuff I can always use. Some small...
When we moved to our current place 25 years ago we had to sign an agreement to "no clotheslines, no flag poles, no eternal structures, etc. etc....
When I did my 12v conversion I picked up an alternator that's used on a tow motor (was told they are designed to operate better at lower rpms)....
As my girls were growing up I'd always find some of my smaller hand tools missing (taught them early on trying to fix things themselves), but...
Been retired for just over 2 yrs now and enjoying every moment. Wife is still working - got a year and a bit to go then she's done too. I did...
Been there done that !!!!! But it did get the bug guts off quick!!![emoji15] Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Not so much as in taking me back in time as the oldest vehicle I ever had was a 74 vega (until we got the Turd) and never experience that era....
We (the family) are some of those jerks. We play the "how many wave back" game when we are on the way to the cottage that takes over 3 hours....
I've got halogens in the Poncho - it has better lighting than both my modern dd's and the latest one has the fancy led headlight. If I'm gonna be...
My wife and I attended a show close to the cottage yesterday. We were about an half hour into it when she grabbed my hand, snuggled in close, and...
Me too !!!! The Turd's keys are in one of those old folding leather jackets with the big metal snap to keep it closed. Once you open it and...
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