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1937 Buick Special Business Coupe: A Restoration Journal - Part 8
Feature Articles
This journal entry covers a part of the restoration process where precision is definitely required.
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Beauty Under the Skin: Pontiac Chassis Clean Up
Feature Articles
There are other options available other than a $50,000 frame-off restoration. For many collectors a more practical alternative is cleaning up, rust-proofing, and painting as much as possible.
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Classic Car Buyer's Guide: 1968-1972 Olds Cutlass & 442
Buyers Guide
After Pontiac's success with the GTO, the Lansing Boys decided to make their F85 and Cutlass a performance car. Thus, the 442.
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Resto-Mod Restorations: Part 15: Drive Train
Resto-Mods
In this installment of our continuing series on resto-mods, we'll take a look at some of the popular transmission choices builders make.
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1937 Buick Special Business Coupe: A Restoration Journal - Part 7
We pulled the engine to look things over...we've got to get this Buick to give up smoking
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1946 Buick: Where the Fun Begins!
Buick was ready to go when World War II ended. Because the 1942's were completely redesigned, the '46's were still pretty fresh.
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Resto-Mod Restorations: Part 14 - Exhausts
There are at least a gazillion options (you can quote us on that) available when it comes to selecting the exhaust systems for your resto-mod project. We hope this provides some guidance.
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1937 Buick Special Business Coupe: A Restoration Journal - Part 6
Time to make sure that the gas tank is in proper condition.
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Controlling Noise and Heat in Your Classic Car
To make your classic car more enjoyable to ride in, you want to reduce noise and heat as much as possible. Here's some information that might help when considering automotive insulaton.
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New 6 Volt Fan Line
Maradyne Introduces a new line of 6 volt fans for classic vehicles.
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Resto-Mod Restorations: Part 13 - Crate Engines
In this installment of our Resto-Mod series, we take a look at crate engines, what to look for, and some things to avoid.
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We were concerned about making brake lines for the '61 Daimler SP-250 we've been restoring. Fabricating the "pipes" wasn't the problem; knowing what "pipes" to fabricate was.
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1937 Buick Special Business Coupe: A Restoration Journal - Part 5
After our little mishap described in Part 4, it was time to dig in and make sure that didn't happen again.
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Restoring Instrument FacePlates for Your Classic Car
Details...it's all in the details. Leaving a clock or instrument faceplate in its original worn condition detracts from the look of a freshly restored car. Here's one approach to giving those faceplates a new look.
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