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Fresh Start – Assembling a Golden Star Classic Auto Parts 1970 Chevy C10 Pickup Cab on a Replacement Frame

April 30, 2026

While many enthusiasts reminisce about a “golden era” of hot rodding in the past – oftentimes referring to a time roughly between the 1950s and 1970s – there’s a strong argument to be made that the modern era has as much glimmer as any before.

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Sealing the Deal – Keeping your Chevy Truck Interior Cool and Wind-Noise Free with Help from LMC Truck

April 9, 2026

In the old car and truck world, it’s quite common to start one upgrade on your ride only to have it lead right into another project, then another, and one more. Snowballing is the term. You plan to install drop spindles one afternoon and the

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Huffing and Puffing – A quick look at the enduring legacy of the GMC ‘Jimmy’ blower

March 19, 2026

It was 1976 when Les Sustak hopped in his ’69 Camaro, picked up a buddy, and drove more than 300 miles from his home in Ontario, Canada, to suburban Chicago for one reason: Buy a blower. “It was a kit from Gary Dyer’s machine shop,” says

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Cones and Corners – Gearing up for the 2026 Goodguys AutoCross Season

February 27, 2026

The 2026 Goodguys event season will be kicking off by the time you read this, and with it comes an all-new season of cone-dodging, corner-carving, tire-punishing track action with the Goodguys AutoCross Series. For nearly two decades, the Goodguys AutoCross Series has brought fast-paced action,

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Shocks and Coil-Overs

Simply Shocking! A Guide to Shocks and Coil-Overs

February 12, 2026

Every vehicle on the road is equipped with a sprung suspension of some sort, whether it has old-school leaf springs, coil springs, coil-over shocks, or even torsion bars engineered to absorb bumps and road variations, support the weight of the vehicle, and to keep the

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Trim Shop Challenge - How Technology is Changing Custom Upholstery Interior

Trim Shop Challenge – How Technology is Changing Custom Upholstery and its Workforce

October 14, 2025

Foam, glue, fabric, hog rings, and sewing machines. For decades, those were the primary resources used by automotive trimmers to create hot rod and custom car interiors. The industry has seen a significant change in the past decade or more, though. Emerging technologies, from CAD

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brake system Components

Brake It to the Limit – Behind the Scenes of Brake System Components 

August 12, 2025

When you trace hot rodding through its early days, brake performance was often a secondary thought compared to speed and appearance. In fact, the brakes were almost more of an afterthought, a necessity of course, but not a huge priority. Just look through any vintage

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Wilwood Superlite 6R

Bigger, Better Binders – Assembling and Installing Wilwood Superlite 6R Disc Brakes

June 25, 2025

If you wanted improved braking capabilities “back in the day,” it likely involved a scavenger visit to a local junkyard to search out a set of discs from a Corvette or other disc brake car and maybe score some larger rear drums from a heavy-duty

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Brake Lines with Sled Alley

All the Right Bends – Pro Tips for Bending, Forming and Flaring Brake Lines with Sled Alley

June 18, 2025

Hot rods, customs, street machines, resto-mods, and pro-tourers – building them ultimately requires a certain amount of fabrication. If the mods or upgrades include brakes, they’ll typically need new, custom-bent hard brake lines. For those with little experience, hard line bending can seem intimidating, but there’s

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Speaker Pods Tin Man's Garage

Turning Light into Sound – Recycling Headlight Buckets into Custom Speaker Pods with Tin Man’s Garage

June 11, 2025

The crew at Tin Man's Garage work metal like artists, sometimes repurposing old pieces into new, better fitting components. In this case, Brian Limberg of TMG provided the details on turning a vintage set of headlight buckets into custom speaker pods on a project. Follow

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