George Vondriska and Brent Ackley teach you how to prepare a headliner for installation into a 1956 Chevrolet 150. They talk about the tools that you’ll need (tape measure, scissors, hammer, pneumatic staple gun, push tools and a heat gun), and demonstrate each of the essential classic car maintenance tips and techniques you’ll use.
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6:50How to Replace a Trunk Mat
Protecting your trunk floor, and reducing heat/noise from entering your car are important aspects of installing a high quality trunk mat. Mark Simpson shows us the process of planning out, making a template, cutting and installing a new trunk mat in a classic car. For this project the team will be using an innovative new…
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4:08Classic Car Restoration: Setting the Dwell
Classic Car restoration is an exciting and hard working project. In this video, Brent Ackley shows you how to approximately position the points on a classic car’s engine, safely use the dwell meter and adjust the points for the perfect distance. One of the techniques can be done individually while the other needs a partner.
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1:28Tape to Remove Upholstery Adhesive
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17:30Dash Bezel Restoration
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