classic car repair tips
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5:58United Pacific LED Mirrors and Light Bezels
We’ve long been a big fan of United Pacific’s great line of LED lighting solutions, from intensely bright LED headlights to trick sequential tail lights, but did you know they also offer classic car trim and body panels too. When our good friend Shawn mentioned he wanted to add some of their state-of-the-art LED side…
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17:59Cleaning Fuel System: Bringing a Car Out of Long-Term Storage
Unfortunately, oftentimes when a classic car has been stored it wasn’t properly stored. But rather it just stopped being driven. This commonly means the battery is still in place, the fluids are dirty and the fuel tank is partially full. To bring any car out of long-term storage requires more effort than simply adding fresh…
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17:23Battery Care: Bringing a Car Out of Long-Term Storage
Oftentimes when a classic car is put into long-term storage, the intention is not for it to be in storage at all but rather the car was simply no longer driven. This often means many items that should have been taken care of before sitting for extended periods have created their own problems. This includes…
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3:20Bringing a Car Out of Long-Term Storage – Water Pump Packing
We’ve all come to expect that various components on our classic cars require routine maintenance, but on early classic cars the maintenance schedule includes several items we’ve come to take for granted on more modern classics. One item that requires more care on older classics is the water pump. These early water pumps worked well…
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7:33Ford and Mustang Roundup Part 2
Dennis Gage continues his quest to check out nearly 1,000 cars attending the All Ford and Mustang Roundup Show in Silver Springs, Florida. Tom Tate’s 1975 Ford Mustang II 2+2 stood out from the crowd and Gage needed to examine it just a little more. Originally this great little car was owned by a street…
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17:25Dash Wiring and Circuit Boards
Many car enthusiasts don’t give their wiring or electrical system a second thought, that is until it fails. On the other hand nothing makes a classic car owners heart sink faster than having their car dead on the side of the road. Mark Simpson joins Bob Wilson of RJ Restorations as they dig in and…
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10:15Sound Deadening Insulation Install
Heat insulation and sound deadening insulation is and important step in building a solid new ride. Mark Simpson takes on the task of quieting down our 1968 Chevelle with the assistance of some great products from Hushmat, including their Ultra insulation, Pro Roller and new Quiet Tape. Our Big Block Chevelle makes plenty of heat…
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5:31Converting from Bench Front Seat to Bucket Seats
Bucket Seats were popular in Muscle Cars of the 60s and 70s, although many were built with the more practical bench seat. Join Mark Simpson and Ross Kiehl as they upgrade our project ’68 Chevelle to bucket seats including finding buckets, installing the correct seat tracks and welding in a set of inside bucket seat…
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4:01Pinnacle Wax and Polish
In time every freshly painted car develops swirls in the finish, these often develop from simple routine care like washing or putting on the car cover. Dennis Gage is joined by Mike Phillips of Autogeek.com to demonstrate Pinnacle’s Advanced Compound for buffing car finishes. This new compound features an engineered abrasive, when used with a…
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