The Jalopy Journal
If you buy from an aftermarket supplier ask them for some pictures of their product being installed and see if it would work for you. There are...
Panels for a roadster are probably small and fairly flat. Have you considered a wide strip of Velcro around the back of the panel and the mating...
I have a 30 AMP Hypertherm and it isn't much bigger than a lunchbox. The hose and cord coil up around the handle and it sits on the shelf until I...
I have used Alan Grove stuff on several builds and it is good stuff. Quality made and fits perfect. reasonable prices.
The trans and adapter are probably worth what you paid and easy to sell if you don't need them. I too use an old tire to cradle engines, it works...
First swap I was about a month from graduating from High School and bought a really rusty '40 Ford coupe from the local junk yard along with a 303...
I'm 75 and wear tri-focals. Even my high end helmet with large lens doesn't work well overhead or out of position so I took my glasses...
I ran a '59 unit on my '57 back in the '60s and after learning how to tune it made good power on the 301. I'll try and give a brief description of...
It gets a little warm in Texas in the Summer so when I built my shop I located it on a line Southeast to Northwest to take advantage of the...
You might want to flush the cooling system and replace the hoses too. Good grease job and check the steering box too.
There are only so many venues available to support the size of events and only so many weekends. Take your pick, make your plans and enjoy it.
I don't know for sure but it was probably a pickup truck of some kind. There were a few European cars with four on the tree but the shift linkage...
Maybe it's just me but I can't figure out how it had 60#s of oil pressure with the pickup laying in the pan. Must have had about 10 quarts of oil...
I have run across a few installs that were tight around the hole by the distributor due to a thick manifold or wrench clearance and Chevy used a...
Kind of like block sanding, you have to learn when to quit hammering. If you have a small shallow dent and you start hammering the back side with...
I will catch flack but here goes, Flathead Ford V8s are cool and nostalgic but not very powerful or sturdy. The connecting rods are long and break...
I'm 75 and as I got older and realized I couldn't do a lot of things like I used too I learned other ways. I keep an engine hoist assembled and...
The numbers tell you what GM plant built the engine, when it was built and what vehicle it was installed in. I don't have my book close to decode...
Check the 12VDC connection to the unit for corrosion and voltage then look inside the cap for any moisture or carbon tracks. Moisture can...
Nothing special about it but check for cracks and defects then you can build almost any SBC with it. Should be cheap to buy.
I have been playing with Hot Rods, bikes and boats all my life and it always irritated me that after all of the welding and building drivelines...
Doesn't help much now but when I was just learning about engines and such back in the '50s there were a few kits sold to fix the valve oiling...
ESAB makes an "easy grind" soft MIG wire but not in small spools.
It looks like a stock GM Delco distributor with the paint cleaned off and an aftermarket cap. Most of the early ones were painted black and the...
I admit to being both old and a non-repentant Hot Rodder and growing up poor I learned the value of Permatex and reusing gaskets when they came...
I realized last January that I would never live long enough to finish all of my projects so I basically took the year off to work on Bucket List...
Liquor bottles all have the labels facing out, beer in the 'fridge don't matter it's all Shiner Bock.
If the bearing cups are fully supported it should be OK. You can go to a NAPA store and look through the paper catalog and find a match or check...
It was cold in the Winter in New England so you could rent a propane heater that hung on a rear window with the bottle on the outside and a small...
A little off topic but forgive an old man. Back in the 60s when I was in the Navy and defending the world from the Commies everyone usually had a...
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