Classic Car Tips & Techniques
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4:521956 Ford F100 Built in Memory “For Dad”
Sentiment. It can be a good reason and sometimes a bad reason for restoring a classic car, and over the years I’ve seen countless examples of both. The bad is when a loved one passes away before their dream car project has been completed, but the project requires intensive amounts of work to complete yet…
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8:17Father/Son Classic Car Projects
Every classic car enthusiast has a story of their connection to the hobby, and for many, the story begins at home assisting their father or an older sibling making car repairs or modifications. There is no shortage of father/mother and son/daughter duos at many classic car events, and in large part, these traditions are what…
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7:451941 Ford Convertible Custom Street Rod
What is a street rod? There are many opinions as to what a street rod really is, and there are those that draw hard lines between street rods, hot rods, and customs—but why get bogged down in the semantics? For many years, die-hard street rodders considered any modified car that had removable front and rear…
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4:01Grampa’s 1929 Model A Hot Rod
Since the birth of the automobile in the late 1800s, car owners have sought to make cars go faster. This led to stripping away any unwanted weight including fenders, running boards, seats, etc. and increasing the engines performance. This quest for speed gave birth to what we know today as the Hot Rod. Fords were…
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7:05MHRA Rod Shop – Car Repair
The Michigan Hot Rod Association is an alliance of seven car clubs; one of their missions is to help fellow car enthusiasts get running again when the unthinkable happens and their car breaks down while attending an event they are at. This volunteer group of dedicated car guys have been helping get rides on the…
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4:15Back to the 50s Car Show
For nearly as long as there have been cars, there have been car shows. Many of the earliest car shows were held so manufacturers could debut their latest models to the public. But as the love affair between the public and their automobiles grew, so did the desire for owners to personalize their cars to…
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1:52What is Mopar?
The term Mopar was first used by the Chrysler Corporation in the mid-1920s and became an actual brand in the late 1930s. The name is derived from the words “motor” and “parts,” and was used to brand its parts division, which often used the same parts on makes and models of various years. Walter P.…
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6:14Hemi Powered 1958 Chrysler 300D
In the 1950s, the pinnacle of performance in the Chrysler Line was the Chrysler 300 model. In the 1950s, the pinnacle of performance in the Chrysler Line was the Chrysler 300 model. They were made in 2-door hardtops and convertibles and were the sportiest, most powerful cars Chrysler had to offer. By the late 50s,…
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5:401969 Dodge Super Bee
The 1969 Dodge Super Bee is a worthy member of the muscle car family. Add options like the A12 package, including a Dana 60 rear axle and a 440 six-pack engine, and this muscle car becomes a monster. Fewer than two thousand 1969 Dodge Super Bees were built with the A12 package, which also included…
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