From Rats to Running: Wiring the Royal Scamp
Mention it once and your buddies will suddenly be busy for the next three weeks. Wiring is the bane of existence for many gearheads; voltage, ohms, soldering, not to mention [...]
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Put Your High-Beams On
While the term lead-sled refers to an overall style of rod, there will always be one image that comes to mind, the 49-51 Mercury. No other single model has ever possessed a [...]
Street/Strip 383 Mopar Big Block Build-up
When it comes to putting together an engine, we need to consider design in addition to assembly. Anyone can pick parts out of a catalog and assemble a motor, but proper [...]
Before you junk it, read this!
Engine blocks are tough. They deal with thousands of pounds of force pulling in every which way thousands of times a minute for hundreds of thousands of miles. Add to [...]
727 TorqueFlite rebuild Tips and Tricks
The good ol’slush box. Late model transmissions, particularly automatics, have advanced way beyond the years of the two-speed Powerglide, in fact there are now 8-speed [...]
Spit Shine
The shiny parts on or in any rod are necessary bits. Even for a “traditional” style or rat rod, there are usually a few pieces of chrome or aluminum, especially if you [...]
Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits- Installing Quarter Panels
On practically every car, no matter the vintage, there is one section of the body that is the bane of existence for its owner, the quarter panels. It never fails, drive a car [...]
Guano How to hot-rod a batwing air cleaner
Rat rod, rusto rod, traditional, whatever you call them, they all require certain style-specific parts. Whitewalls are a must for a traditional rod, as are pinstripes. One [...]
A Touch of English
Unless you get lucky, most restorations require a little metalwork eventually. Some panels require heavy repairs, such as rust and serious collision damage while others just [...]
Royal Scamp
This is the first installment of the “Royal Scamp” street\strip A-body build. The main objective for the Scamp is going fast, after all this is supposed to be a 10-second [...]