jrod's Blog

Re: Real life accident reports

November 7, 2009 by jrod

4th to last one is my favorite, they're all funny and I can see how they are true accident reports

Re: 1970 BAGGED CADILLAC HEARSE with COFFINS

November 5, 2009 by jrod

thats a neat concept of the coffin shape muffler. I like the hearse, not a fan of the super huge wheels. 18" is the biggest I go on anything I have built. Do you make those mufflers in stainless?

Re: Starbucks , what is THAT about?

November 5, 2009 by jrod

Their coffee is the worst, it is absolutely horrible. The people that go there and drink their coffee are "eccentric" and they like writing screen plays or novels in public because "what's the point of writing if no one can watch you type"

Re: How do electric cars do in collisions?

October 31, 2009 by jrod

I saw the Tesla on Top Gear, pretty cool for an electric car..... smugness + uncool = prius, The car kinda reminds me of a lotus exige. If it were my car and if I could afford that particular I would be sick. I never would have thought a prius would never have had enough power to shove a car under a mini van.

Re: My 56 Chevy 6100

October 28, 2009 by jrod

I'll see if I can find some. Haven't worked on it in several years. Its been in storage for a few years

Re: WTB: International Harvester Scout, and a Schwitzer S200G turbo for another project

October 27, 2009 by jrod

I just bought my schwitzer S200 turbo for my sleeper mustang project.

I am still looking for an 4x4 international scout.

Re: My 56 Chevy 6100

October 27, 2009 by jrod

Lou I have a 46 chevy COE that I started a frame off restoration on. Looking at putting a cummins, or duramx in it to replace that old straight 6.

Re: Just Noticed This Category!

October 27, 2009 by jrod

well at least it's still in the US its a shame though its going to a non union plant

Re: New here

October 27, 2009 by jrod

thats an interesting set up lagerhead, i noticed that it was back in there quite far. Are you going to run a lakewood scatter shield?

Re: THE SHOW!!!

October 27, 2009 by jrod

can I be a guest on the show?

Re: How do electric cars do in collisions?

October 27, 2009 by jrod

hmm... I guess I am the big on the windshield oh um the bug on the bumper....

Re: hi brothers and sisters

October 27, 2009 by jrod

welcome to the forums.

Re: Just Noticed This Category!

October 23, 2009 by jrod

thats  a shame. hecho en Mexico now I guess..... like how GM did outside of Cincinnati

Re: New here

October 21, 2009 by jrod

Is my perspective screwed up or do you have the engine in the back of that thing?

-e-merlin

its in the front, he is running an I beam axle, look at the edge and you king see the steering knuckles, king pin etc. The reasosn it looks like its the rear of the car is because of the red pan hard bar that's going in front of the axle. (optical illusion) I had to take a double take myself

Re: Just Noticed This Category!

October 19, 2009 by jrod

I did a stereo install in a 99 Freightliner Classic for my dad, we since sold the truck. Had 3200 watt stereo in it. It was fun wiring it because, when I managed to get in the dash and wire in the headunit i found that all of the wires were yellow and did not have any numbers on them. I ended up running all the wiring for the speakers under the cab because there was nowhere to go in the cab with them. When I installed the speakers in the overhead I had to drop the headliner, and overhead compartment itself and naturally the air horn went off. Kept the amps under the bunk where the qualcomm unit used to be. The best thing of all is that I did not take away any storage space in the truck.  It took me about a week to get the entire stereo set up with the fiberglass enclosures etc I had to make.

WTB: International Harvester Scout, and a Schwitzer S200G turbo for another project

October 18, 2009 by jrod

I am looking for a 4x4 International Scout from the early to late 60's. It can be a complete basket case as long as it runs and drives. My commuter car died and went to the salvage yard. (Didn't wreck it, a fuel injector stuck and the engine grenaded. cost more to fix the car than what the car itself is worth so I sold it to the local salvage yard for close to blue book value.) I don't know what those old scouts go for now a days, my dad has owned several over the years and said they are great for the winter time.

As for the turbo, it is for my mustang. The Schwitzer S200G is typically found on a deutz tractor, I bought one for cheap, that is like brand new, however, I cannot seem to find another one.

Thanks in advance

Re: New here

October 17, 2009 by jrod

thats what I highly recommend using for header fabrication. Have any pics of the car?

Re: New here

October 17, 2009 by jrod

Welcome to the forums. I have been messing around with fabricating headers for the past month. I have been using these things made by hooker headers, it holds the tubing together and it also doesn't allow anything to get inside the tube as your welding

Re: We now have a Sargent in our house

October 11, 2009 by jrod

wow, thats awesome your son is a sergeant in the marines. The military works in strange ways on a lot of things, especially promotions.

Re: Guess a Chevette is My Next Project!!!

October 9, 2009 by jrod

never thought of it like that

Re: Guess a Chevette is My Next Project!!!

October 8, 2009 by jrod

can't be that hard to push into the garage. I pushed my lemans up my driveway by myself (stupid thing to do) which is pretty steep. best of luck getting the beast inside

Re: Introduction

October 8, 2009 by jrod

+1 on the pics. Nice to see someone with an olds engine in something other than an oldsmobile

Re: Got a Police Escort out of Burger King Yesterday

October 8, 2009 by jrod

my bad, still thats cool you got to see him.

Re: Got a Police Escort out of Burger King Yesterday

October 7, 2009 by jrod

hey badjuju what location do you work at?

Re: Guess a Chevette is My Next Project!!!

October 7, 2009 by jrod

Single row radiator huh. Try an honda civic radiator, they are small and compact and I believe are a 2 row.