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Gallery: Custom Fabbing a Hemi Hood Scoop For Project Brazen

Kevin Shaw

August 17, 2015

With our ongoing Project Brazen ’69 Dodge Charger, we’ve been encountering “happy problems.” These are often small (but not necessarily inexpensive) issues that rear their ugly little heads only once you get your car finally ...

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Drivetrain

Why Drive When You Can Overdrive: Our TJ Gets an ...

Kyle Cunliffe

July 22, 2015

One of the greatest struggles for the owners of automobiles is something we like to call “Modification Remorse.” Modification Remorse affects hot rodders, road racers, and off-roaders alike. No matter what denomination of automotive performance, ...

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Drivetrain

Shifty Business: Installing a Mr. Norm’s Shifter in a 2015 ...

Larry Weiner

July 3, 2015

Since the advent of the automobile, changes are what makes new cars so exciting and the new 2015 Challenger is no exception. With its fresh take on the classic 1971 E-Body as the basis for ...

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Brazen – '69 Dodge Charger

Gallery: Troubleshooting, Repairing and Improving Your Lighting

Kevin Shaw

June 30, 2015

There are a lot of steps we’ve taken with our current street/strip ’69 Dodge Charger that we would’ve avoided had we had the chance to do it all over again. Key among them would be ...

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Brazen – '69 Dodge Charger

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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