Don’t be dirty. with grease.
One of the biggest complaints that a gearhead faces with our spouses is greasy hands. While being elbow-deep in 40 year-old engine grease and road grime is not a big deal to [...]
January 2015
How to Restore a Dash Pad with a Dash Cap
There are relatively few items on a muscle car that aren’t readily restorable at home. Most restoration jobs require a little research, maybe some welding or paint, while [...]
How to Build Custom Door Panel Speaker Pods
Creating a quality audio system requires more than just good speakers. In order to create a well-balanced sound stage, the speakers need proper placement, not always an easy [...]
Introducing the Street Tech Fold-Up Cruisers Series
The RDR Corvette looks almost as good on paper as it does in real life! Growing up in the 70s and 80s, my generation was the last of the low-tech kids. We actually played [...]
How To Repair a Rusted Core Support
Well maybe it’s not sexy, but how about non-rusty? While most rodders leave the unseen alone, this is one area that needs to be tended to. The core support doesn’t just [...]
How to French a License Plate
If you plan on driving your ride on the street you gotta have a tag. Of course, license tags are ugly and we would all prefer to keep ‘em off, but no dice. At the very [...]
How to Apply Vinyl Stripes and Decals- Pontiac Trans Am SE
What makes a “Bandit” car a “Bandit”? While the general public believes any black, late ‘70s to be a bandit car, in reality, Pontiac never made a “Bandit” [...]
For the Seat of your Pants
When my 1951 Ford 2-door Custom rolled off the assembly line sixty-four years ago, everything was shiny and new, and the upholstery was clean and crisp. Flash forward to [...]
Keep It Trimmed
So you’ve finally finished your car. The engine runs smooth, the seats are stitched up, the paint is buffed and shiny, the trim is all dinged up…..What do you mean all [...]
The 2014 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational
100 of the Nation’s Highest-Performing Street Cars Duke it Out After the SEMA Show By Scott Parkhurst Images Courtesy of OPTIMA Batteries For the seventh consecutive year, [...]