The Jalopy Journal
My very first truck at 12 and the memorie lingers as my dad sold it while I was away,and when I got home the fantasy of a red ram faded.Now at 73...
I live near a magazine phony who never busted a knuckle ever.Rags never made hot rodders.We did and we did it cause we could and we allways...
Poplar Mechanix,Mechanix illustrated,Tom Macahill,Toby Tobias,Jim ladd,many dirt track racers,and the slow start of hot rodding,On both coasts.:eek:
I ve built and sold 6 of the shoeboxes,the last one a flat head 51 hardtop ,my real dream car.Have patience and yo can get a flatty reasonable.I...
Any old truck heaters 6 volt blow great on 12 and are easy to find.
Did it in 56.
I love that thing .Drive it man...:cool:
Welcome from moontanker.I wish I had your classy duece.
I hope you find it cause you sure put alot of time and work in it.Only ghosts of old rods can haunt us.
Its ww2 for sure.Dad and I would go to the junk yard and they had lots of ww2 planes.He bought engines and tons of stuff.One of these tanks was in...
Back in the 50 60 era I had a shop in hershey,Low key before posey and when still hot rod was a bad word and inspection was awful.I moved south...
Have you heard of john schooler?He told me he invented the 5th cycle cam.Just curious cause he said he was around Ed Isky back in the day.
Oh the mighty rubber band power.It only needs talc to lube.
thats a 56 or 57 Glastron .I am certain.Well sort of ,its not a real good shot.
I had an ultramatic in a 50 packard once and would not advise this box for racing.I dont know about the 57 But othe salt i wont matter much which...
In 63 and 64 I had a shop inthe alley in Hershey ,Pa and I ran a 57 Buick at york us dragaway on saturdays.Days were spent in a bodyshop,nights...
Hey Those solid axel cars can be the greatest riding ever if set up right andspeedmaven I am 70 and still...
I been a rodder for 60 years and I have had alot of rods and alot ofc ustoms,Did a bunch of drag racing on both coasts ,now I cant hardley work on...
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