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So I was on the road for a month...so now I get back and I start nosing around the Jalopy in the garage...blew a couple more fuses on it...called for help...we actually got it to turn over last night...probably the first time in probably 30 years...I was stoked... So....ordered more parts...went...

Hey Rat Rod guys and gals out there... I left my govt job in January 2023 so I am down to working part at the local Home Depot...so like 25 to 30 hours a week...3 days a week... So I am out in the garage at lot more but I find if I am away from it for more a day or two I get jittery for happy...

So I was working in Judy this afternoon....I had to swap out a brake light switch...and when I got done I sat back in the seat and I tried to fit my feet in to work the pedals...I have had VW Beetles and Willys Jeeps too and I drove them both with out hitch?... Do I need a pair of skinny boots...

So I am neck deep in this cobbled up old Plymouth...someone before took the liberty to put a first gen Camaro or late 60's early 70's Nova front clip on it...it was cobbed up mess but it seems with lots of measuring that it in square...but not too sure about the caster on it... I love the...

Hey Fellow Rat Rodders So it is really really hot outside...so my shop is kinda toasty too...So I was just standing looking at it mentally adding up what I have spent on it so far...unless the engine is blown...most of big purchases are done... All the heavy lifting is too... I think I built...

Going into my second year with "Judy" the ole Junker 1939 Plymouth...the more I work on it the more I wonder...what the heck was I thinking when I created this thing?? I have built a lot of rusty junk in my day but this Judy car is the biggest dung pile I have every created... I sat in the...

So I am to the point in my cobbing on this ole 1939 Plymouth That I am adding fluids to make it stop and move...a nervous nelly for sure... If I fill the reservoirs and open the bleeder screws on all the wheel cylinders and the clutch cylinder in theory the car should bleed itself...

So I am waist deep in a 1939 Plymouth coupe jalopy project... Well this is go it going many times over to the same thing....I hung the motor 3 times before I got it to where it supposedly belongs... this was I think the second motor mount here... Maybe the third one here.... Shoot so...

Hey Sparky rat rodders I bought this harness from the fine folks at Speedway...

So I was yacking with some old car guy and we were chatting about these old heaps we create and he was saying "if you make them safe and replace all the worn out parts and you trust your workmanship these old vehicles are a blast to drive".... Got me to thinking...lots of chin scratching...

Hi Rat Rod Family I took a month and went out to North East Kansas (Topeka area) to try and find a small house with a big shop to purchase...I was looking for something less than hour from the son and his family (they are in Lawrence). There was nothing available that I could afford. I have...

Hi Rat Rod Rules folks... So I am out in the shop doing my daily 90 to 120 minute shift on the Jalopy when a light goes off in my head... "you know what MikeyC....all the heavy lifting on this heap is done... Not that I am done on this project...not even close but damn...it rolls...it has...

Hi Rat Rodders I have become very close friends with my tape measure...and my grinder and my welders too... First time with the tape and welders Still didn't look right....more chin scratching nothing was lining up again... I finally had to to give up on it all...I made a post on a 6...

I am knee deep in a rat rod project...just keeping grinding and cutting and welding and all that fun stuff...Fed-Ex and UPS seem to be stopping here every other week...so progress is coming along... So it appears that I have caster issue with the 1970s Nova front clip someone welded in before...

Hi Fellow Rat Rodders I got my latest project by accident I saw it on Facebook so I bought it site unseen and had it shipped to my place... I told myself "self...you got 9 months to get this heap to some state of rolling"... My goal is based on my leaving my full time job of 25 years and...

Hi Fellow Rat rodders... I have been fiddling with a Morris Minor most of the winter and then this popped up on Facebook down in Virginia so I had it shipped up to my place in Mechanicville NY... I went to my first race at the age of 4 in the summer of 1965 with my dad and one of his...

So I have never ever had a V8 engine in anything I have owned... I was wondering if anybody else on here has every built a 4 banger or a 6 cylinder rat rod?? My Willys Jeep from 2014 era... This is from my 1953 Chevy 1 ton I rebuilt and sold...2016 time frame... I even did a partial...

Hi Rat Rodders I am still bumming about the sale of my 1940 Ford coupe Jalopy...after it got sold I took sometime and I was able to put some fresh insulation board in the shop while I waited for something to pop up...My dad always told me to stay away from English cars...So I had until Nov of...

Hi Rat Rod folks... I just picked up this video...I have followed a lot of his builds at the rat rod magazine over the years...he is so down to earth with tons of common sense tips too... So has anybody else gotten to view this video yet?? MikeC

I picked this up from a craigslist ad a couple of months ago, I thought you guys might like it...was going to try and put it back on the road but it is pretty rough old heap...want to put it back to the way it was when it raced... from the craigslist ad... as it arrived at my place.... I...