The Jalopy Journal
Progressing well that man! Looks like you will make it for the deadline. Every job you do is one less job to do! Cheers old man and compliments of...
Or maybe this...... [ATTACH] That I have painted on the beltline of the coupe.
I would probably have to stick with this for loyalty reasons..... [ATTACH] It is where my son works after all!
[ATTACH] A little update, we are settling in to the new digs, bought a few 4 legged lawn mowers to eat at a later date. Organizing carport and...
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you breaking news.......[ATTACH] The delivery has been delivered! [ATTACH] With a helping hand from the two...
[ATTACH] All tucked up in their new home, until we build the shed. I have lifted the projects to give storage space below, better than stacking...
[ATTACH] Out of the shed, ready to go on Saturday morning to the new home.
I loaded the coupe on a trailer today, ready to move it to our new home this weekend.
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[ATTACH] Door hung again (temporarily) so we can do the big move next week to our new digs. Back to packing!
So it looks like I managed to shoot myself with a shower of my own shite! All the time and effort I put into smoothing out the engine on the coupe...
Oops! Both the voices seem to have won this time! It would appear "Buy it!" was first and "Build it!" will follow soon after. Today we bought a...
Most of the voices are saying "buy it" or "build it"!
Try not to argue with the voices mate. You will never win!
The motor was $49 brand new, because it was noisy! I ran it up and could barely hear it above the crickets and the tinitus!
More to come.
Something a little different today. A while back I bought a bunch of stuff at an online auction, amongst it all was a heavy duty metal shaping...
This grill has been hungry! It seems to just keep on eating 5mm machine screws and nylock nuts! I have coated the back side of all the chrome...
Primed and top coat, either gloss for hidden parts or satin for visible ones. The shop was looking like a Chinese laundry today. [ATTACH] All...
I placed the door in the molasses bath for a spell and pulled the panels that were in there. The front valance, spare dash and grill had been in...
Today's mission was relatively successful. I finished removing the last few pieces from the door, bagged and tagged them for future assembly. The...
Finally got back to work on the delivery today, after a break to service others in the fleet. I decided to attack the front door to straighten the...
New vent braised on with the assistance of some argon purge to prevent launching anything into suboptimal orbit. [ATTACH] And the appropriate...
I started the car yesterday and it was making a horrible mechanical banging sound, like a hammer somewhere under the car! It didn't make sense to...
There is just enough room to drop it down, but it only takes one fastener to drop the exhaust out of the way.
So, the expansion joints eventually arrived. No excuses left, it was time to get back to work. I have just come in for a break after stitching...
Sharp!
Good luck mate. I had considered using m/c tyres on the roadster. Are the beads on the tyres the same?
Looking like good progress JW!
Yesterday I got the main primary tubes cut, tacked, welded and assembled from the flange plate to the collector. [ATTACH] Sanderson on the top,...
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