Uh oh…
My rough-as-a-corn cob Ford Coupe, with the SBC. Notice the chalk mark above the body line on the rear section of the body. Five minutes with a 4.5 cutoff wheel removes the head off this 77 year old Ford. I only wanted the rear section, so I removed the door jams without cutting ‘em up. The removed cab section. I’ll probably just end up selling it, but I think a neat little...
Pulled the 1931 Ford out of the backyard!
Finally pulled this toy out of the backyard again! I wasn’t having any luck finding a runner big block Chrysler, but I had a decent drivetrain in a ‘62 Chevy pickup I just wasn’t going to get to for a while, so I pulled it out for the Model A. These year trucks have a hydraulic clutch, so getting that to work should be an absolute breeze. That’s an S-10 T-5 tranny...
Roofing the Model A
Spent a day putting a 1951 Packard roof onto my Model A. I haven’t finished it up yet, needs a little more trimming, but looks pretty good! I’m still having issues with the hydraulics (brake and clutch, not lowrider hoppin’ stuff!) Read More →
Hot Rod Drivetrain Woes
Leakdown test on the old 383 revealed than half the cylinders were at 80% leakdown, and the other half at 50%. This is one shot 383! Take a close look, every exhaust valve whacked every piston, severely!! Always replace your timing chain. At one point I pulled the timing chain cover of and the chain had skipped several teeth! I’m not sure how it even ran, or that it didn’t...
Random Pictures of the Model A Coupe…
Dan, Steve, and I all went out to take pictures of our cars on a nice sunny spring day out in the backroads of Livermore. These are a couple pictures of my Model A from that little trip. 03.03.07 Read More →
Really Old Fords at John’s Burger 12.16.06
Winston snapped some really neat pictures of our cars down at the weekly John’s Burger cruise in…. Winston’s unchopped 1932 Ford Coupe, Brian’s chopped 1932 Ford Coupe, and my own chopped 1931 Ford Coupe… Read More →
My Trip to the exhaust shop
Look at that rusty under-carriage!! Livermore Muffler is pretty good, its the only exhaust shop I go to for all my stuff. Only $150 to put exhaust on my Model A, and $125 or so for Steve’s Dart a whileback. Read More →
Flamed my Model A Coupe!
Last Thursday night, my buddies Steve, Brian, and I were drinking mass quantities of beer, so we laid out some flames on my ‘31 Coupe. This was my first time doing flames, we did it for fun, and it’s only rattle can. It’s not perfect, but I think it turned out cool. Here’s some pictures. Read More →
Early December Update on the Model A Coupe
12.03.06 Cruised over to some of my brother Relic’s house to do some engine tuning. By the end of the evening it was running like the proverbial scalded cat! I drove it around the day before, and it was running like crap. Spooked some horses, downtown Livermore was doin’ some Christmas thing. Now that it runs decent, I can get on to the next thing to fix. Exhaust, maybe?...
