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Gallery: Bulletproofing a 727 Torqueflite With TCI Auto

Kevin Shaw

June 11, 2015

“Because race car,” is a common phrase being bandied about lately and has become a catch-all for explaining many of the otherwise inexplicable things we car lovers do; like how much we spend on our ...

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Interior

Gallery: Pop-Out Quarter Window Restoration

Mike Wilkins

May 22, 2015

We often see these cars with scratches and poor plating in the areas of the windows, whether it is the front and back glass and trim, or door glass, and vent wing glass. Most of ...

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Engine

Gallery: Box Stock Chrysler 383 Restoration, Long Block Build & ...

Mike Wilkins

May 20, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, we brought you Part 1 of our original 1971 Plymouth Road Runner’s 383 B-block. As many on our Facebook page noted that “there ain’t anything performance about good old 1100 ...

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Engine

Gallery: Box Stock Chrysler 383 Restoration, Short Block Build

Mike Wilkins

May 11, 2015

Possibly one of Mopar’s most common big block engines was the ‘B’ series wedge engine. During the heyday years of Chrysler’s muscle cars, the 383 became the defacto performance engine for the decade, and was ...

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Brakes & Suspension

Gallery: Get Sprung! Restoring Your Leaf Springs

Mike Wilkins

May 1, 2015

Unless your springs are very low mileage, they should be disassembled, blasted, and have all the inner zinc liners, the plastic spacer wear pads, and the front bushing replaced. The front spring hangers should be ...

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Brazen – '69 Dodge Charger

Gallery: Wicked Wedge of The South 535ci Stroker Top End ...

Kevin Shaw

April 20, 2015

To be fair, calling our stump-pulling torque-monster of a 535 cubic inch 440 Wedge a “junkyard build” would be partially, if not completely, an outright lie. Although we did fish our low mileage, HP-casting 440 ...

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Paint & Body

Organosol painting factory black hood matte

Organisol: Separating Truth From Fiction

Mike Wilkins

March 26, 2015

The original paint that is commonly called “Organisol” is no longer available. The paint code in the system at a PPG dealer will be listed as DDL 9355. Even if your dealer can still mix ...

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Drivetrain

gear vendors a-833 install 4 speed overdrive

Gallery: Gear Vendors Install on a A-833 4-Speed

Larry Weiner

March 12, 2015

Picture this if you dare: A vintage big block Mopar B-Body in the slow lane on the Interstate that sounds like it’s wound way too tight while doing little more than the double nickel. Adding ...

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Tech

Home in Time for Dinner: 10 Items to Never Hit ...

Kyle Cunliffe

March 11, 2015

For anyone that has grown tired of the massive traffic tickets accompanying nearly any exciting driving in today’s cities and suburbs, the off-road landscape is calling. In any legal off-road territory, the trees, fresh air, ...

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Brazen – '69 Dodge Charger

Gallery: Wicked Wedge of The South 535ci Stroker Bottom End ...

Kevin Shaw

March 10, 2015

Horsepower versus torque. It’s a battle as old as Ford versus Chevy (because factoring Mopar into the argument isn’t even a question). When it came time to outline what our fateful project car – the ...

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