The Jalopy Journal
Just a FYI. They are illegal on any track and a number of states. They flip open and spill gas in an accident. I machined mine so a...
I read quite a bit about forming fenders. Just had to jump in, cut it up and start hammering. I was pretty amazing about how much you could move...
[ATTACH] I finally got back to working on the Plymouth. Finished the chassis and got the body mounted mounted last fall. When building the...
I tabbed my own several years ago on a 64 Cobra. Horton or Speedway parts were to expensive for me. Bought 7/8" 4140 bar stock and forged...
Looking good. Takes a lot off priming and block sanding to get it straight. Like quite a few others fell off the site with the big upgrade....
Before I ought an electric knife I used my wife's bread knife. The scalloped edge works pretty well. Just don't tell the wife.
My 50 ford only had one fuse which was on the top of the headlight switch. There was one circuit breaker under the hood and 1 under the dash....
I lost two cam/lifter sets during startup on a Ford 460. Too stupid to buy the expensive oil and lost a second engine. Only use Joe Gibbs...
Here is a pdf of the frame and all mounting locations and a photo of the body mounts. Took me three tries to figure it out with new site. Note...
There are some pictures buried in my build link. By the front of the door there is one on the inner frame through the toebard and one outside the...
The chrome trim is hard to find. Usually has to come from a re-pop door panel. You can go to the auto upholstery shops and by landau trim....
Well I took the car to a local mechanic who works on older cars. Ran a vacuum test and the vacuum decreased at idle when it got warm. Brake...
Insulated the fuel lines and nothing is close to the exhaust on the furl train. Spins over at the same speed hot or cold. I will try hot...
Yes solid blue spark.
I have a 1955 Ford Thunderbird Y-block that starts well when cold and runs fine. It will not restart when hot after being shut down for 15+...
I keep the interior close to original. Gray pinstripe seat fabric with gray trim and burgandy lower trim was the way the car was built....
I have been sewing boat and car seats for 20 years. I had an old singer treadle machine converted to a electric motor that I used up to a few...
Almost done. I Lay out the panel to see how it fits. You then need to trim the foam off the back of the fabric. This is the only way it will...
Side Panel: Lightly glue the fabric to the foam. One way to do this is to double it back on itself so you don't get glue on the fabric. Mark...
The door went pretty fast, so I slowed down and took a few more pictures of the side panels. This may help understand how it went together....
Here is the finished product. I use Vicars Landau parts for the chrome trim. They are aluminum so scratch easy (blue tape). They have small...
The door is made up of three panels, each made separately. Pretty much step by step here. Center Panel: Glued the foam to the center...
To give it a little padding I used 1/2" sew foam. Easy to glue to the board and or sew to the cloth. Always use a punch to cut the holes in...
Since I made the seats thought I would finish up the doors and rear side panels. Like most vintage cars look a bit worn out. First I stripped...
The wiper motor came from Newport Engineering. It fit perfect with all the correct brackets. Simple wiring, new bushings for arms. It runs...
Got carried away with sewing and fitting the parts on so forgot to take photos. Here it is setting in the car completed. Looks pretty good,...
I had some out vinyl so made sample patterns. The old fabric was so far gone could not use it for much. I found the original gray flannel pin...
Spray glue and a bunch of hog rings get it all attached. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well it has been pretty cold here in Wisconsin so hard to work outside. Propane prices have over doubled and can't even get it to heat the...
Had them on my MG and never came loose. Needed to carry a big lead hammer to get them on or off. When I build a replica Cobra looked at the...
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