The Jalopy Journal
Hello I have been wanting to do th exact same thing. I have some pics (sorry about the mess) of a Mercury crank in Model B blokck. It's just a...
Hello I'm trying to patch up my 1932 Ford roadster quarter panel. I need the wheel well area up to about 2" above the fender reveal. So I'm...
Very interesting. I have been wanting a F-head for years. Any pics of Gary Richards combustion chambers? Are they done from the original patterns?...
Hi Well I'd like to buy the bellhousing flywheel and starter motor. But If I could just get the approximate diameter of the bolt circle towards...
Thanks guys. a ton of information right there... or 3/4 of a ton? So it seems all Ford hubs fwill fit. just need to find nice looking ones and...
Hello there Bringing this old thread up agian. I have been thinking and I think I'll try to go with stock Ford brakes on this axle. So now is...
Thank you all. I think I have most of the info I need. For the record, it's the big axle look I'm after. Just like the S&S Willys in the current...
Hello Have not recieved the axle yet. But I have some pics provided buy the seller. It's a Highland and as I said, it's just the housing, I...
Yes it's a3/4 or 1 ton axle. Didn't know it was made by Timken but yes Studebake also used them as far as I know. Yes I have considered cutting...
Hello I finally found an old quick change axle buiilt using a 40's Ford truck axle. It's just the housing so I need to get the brakes, hubs,...
Thanks you for posting. I had seen the Youtube clip, but was not aware of the fact it has a single plane crankshaft. I value your input, since you...
Damn. I've been looking for one of those shifters for a long time. Do you have more? //Magnus
Hello I'm curious. What is the diameter of the Chevy 2 piece rear main seal? Seems pretty large. Do you weld up the crank and grind it to size...
As I see it it should have the same vibration as a 4-cylinder only worse since will have more rotational mass. But it does have the same unbalance...
Hi Dragging this old tread back up. I have not forgotten this thing. FAct is I think about it alot. Everytime I see a larger 4-cylinder crank I...
Thanks for the clip. I hadn't seen any footage of the race. Only thing I can say about your ride is... Smoooking :D Thanks, Magnus
Hey Bangers I have not done anything new to my banger just drivven it. Went down to Germany, about 400 miles one way, and raced on an old...
Well that would work of course. Unless I did such a sloppy job welding my last exhaust manifold. I used 2 shortened stock manifolds and the ports...
Hello Made some updats on my banger. Built a new header for it and for the first time ever I run a muffler. I have caps that screws off if I...
Hello Yes I drilled the crank myself. It's pretty easy, but it takes time. The hard part is to get the drill started in the journal. I used a...
Put me in line for a set or two :D Great find. //Magnus
Hello This is a little post about my latest engine build. Only a year or so delayed, but now it's running, or at least it was. Ths build has...
Thank you an1951 for the info. The parts list of the clutch hydro is very interesting indeed. I'd love to see some kind of nstruction sheet or...
Hello I'm also interested in this. I have a modified Hydro that's supposed to go behind my injected Nailhead. I figure it's easier to set it up...
Hello I have this distributor angle drive, but I don't have the distributor to go with it. More specific, I don't have the dissy gear that...
Thanks Jim. Just what a girl needs. BTW I'm dead set on either finding a OHV setup or adapting heads from another old engine. But really I...
Bump and a pic request. A couple of weeks ago I saw a pic of someone that had made his own overhead cam setup to use on a OHV head converson on a...
Reverse flow :) I like it.
OK that's sounds right. The cam is an Isky RR7000 so this is a Isky set I have... although not complete. But that helps me. Thanks, Magnus
Hello I have a roller cam and lifters for my Nailhead, but I'm missing 2 of the lifters. Can anyone I.D the manufacturer? Maybe they are from...
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