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Four Digit Stomper: Check Out The Parts And Pieces Freiburger Is Going To Turn Into 1,000+ Naturally Aspirated Horsepower
Everyone has goals, right? Somedays our goal is to make it a full day without covering our shirt in mustard, somedays it is to get some work on a project knocked out, and somedays it is to find cool...
Home-Grown Paint Job? Yeah…Uncle Tony Has A Thing Or Two To Say About That
One of the things that I’m flipping a coin on is whether I’m going to paint the Rough Start Fox or not. Our 1989 Mustang is two different shades of red (mostly Cabernet Red, some Bright...
Basic Tech Video: How to Shim a GM Starter for Proper Fitment
Starter shimming is one of those operations that we should all be participating in at some level, but few of us do. Normally when you are swapping a starter, you are stuck somewhere, annoyed that you...
Rack Repair: Fixing A Valiant Wagon’s Front Subframe Rail’s Damage
Happiness this year is found in the garage, ain’t it? Yeah…this is where you learn if you are a car builder or just would rather watch one on television. I’m finding that I’m...
Let The Beauty Shine Through: Scrubbing The Ugly Off Of A Muralized Dodge Ramcharger
One thing that I always wondered when I was a kid, reading Sport Truck and other magazines in the 1990s, was how all of these vehicles that had gotten these radical, super-detailed paint jobs were...
The Challenger Revival, Part 19: Air Conditioning And The Reconstruction Of The Dash
Dylan McCool and I have several things in common: a strong Mopar streak, a love of the open road, and we both live in a part of the United States where the summer weather can be described as,...
The Spark Is Fixed, Now It’s Time To Address The Air And Fuel On This Old Galaxie!
Luke’s 1964 Ford Galaxie is a neat old cruiser that is actually being used as a daily driver. Already, we dig it simply because this car is actually being used and loved. It’s also...
Suspension Tech Video: Learn All About The Benefits Of Tubular Sway Bars From The Crew At QA1
There’s a basic question that every hot rodder should ask when they are looking to buy parts for their car. “Why do I need that?” It’s a basically question but one that so...
Ground-Level Maintenance: Radiator Restoration From The Other Side Of The World
One phrase that gets me is “uneconomically repairable”. In certain situations, I understand why something can be uneconomical to repair…say you were off-roading and you went into...
Build Your Own Adjustable Swaybar For Your Next Project!
I’ve built a few adjustable sway, or anti-roll bars in my time, but never has one of my modifications been nearly as trick looking as the one Matt from Urchfab has whipped up for the Mongrel...
Screwing In The Water: Furze Takes His Homemade Screw Tank Swimming
Everytime I see Colin Furze working on a project, I can’t help but hear the cartoonish laugh of an Evil Genius™ that has made something that surely will work. The difference between the...
Back On The Buick: Here’s A Lost Episode Of The Hagerty Straight Eight Redline Rebuild Series
We’ve been jonesing for an update on the Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Redline Rebuild project from Hagerty of late. With the whole social distancing and other junk it’s stopped a lot of...
The Fiero Revival: Suffering Through The Joys Of Painting
There’s two different kinds of paintwork: rattle-canning something and properly spraying it. I’ve done enough rattlecan paint jobs to last a lifetime. Everything from the blackout...
