These days, it's hard to argue the merits of modern conveniences like independent suspension, fuel injection, power steering, and air conditioning without someone mentioning how it's not traditional...
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Fabricating, or building, goes hand in hand when building a hot rod. But for many of us, we don't have welding skills, nor do we have a shop full of fabrication equipment...
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Recently a company called RCD Classics figured out a way to install a conventional cover on a Bilstein shock. It's actually a noteworthy achievement. Though a Bilstein looks like most other shocks...
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If you've ever driven your hot rod for an extended period, that heavy-footed feeling you get from constantly mashing down the 'go' pedal can certainly be fatiguing...
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To insulate our Chevy's passengers from the elements the crew at Woody's Hot Rodz turned to SoffSeal for the windshield and back window gaskets, weatherstripping, and various rubber gaskets...
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Building a gasser has been a departure from the type of car we're familiar with, so some creativity was required to set up the suspension. When construction began, the car put on a hoist...
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Putting together a neat homebuilt hot rod is a heck of a lot of fun, but being able to do so without spending a king's ransom makes it an even more enjoyable endeavor to say the least...
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In the last couple of years, I've met three people who are experimenting with a process that is so new that it doesn't have an "official" name yet. I'm calling it Low Pressure Press Forming...
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According to Chevrolet archives the 1947 pickup design was in progress under the direction of the famed GM designer Harley Earl back in 1942. Early trademark design cues included the integrated headlights...
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Buying a crate drivetrain package off the showroom floor and slipping it between the framerails of your hot rod in an afternoon with the result being a 300hp, dead-reliable, factory-proven combination...
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When we decided to build a street gasser there were only a few things we knew for sure: The car would have a straight axle, a blown Hemi, and fenderwell headers...
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Over the past few issues we have followed the complete build of Factory Five Racing's '33 Hot Rod by Dave Perewitz and his crew, who have added their own personal touches along the way...
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All in all buildin' a hot rod at home is a great experience-it may not be all fun and games, but there's nothing like transforming a junker or a big pile of parts into a cool hot rod on your own...
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At one time finding the parts to build what is described today as a traditional hot rod was easy enough-early Fords were cheap and plentiful and the junkyards were full of the parts...
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With the fabulous cars we're all used to seeing on a regular basis it takes something very special to get a reaction from most street rodders today, but the crew at Woody's...
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A touch of talent, an abundance of free time, a can or two of striping enamel, a few assorted brushes, and the wish to embellish just about anything that doesn't run away is about all one needs to learn how to pinstripe-eventually, that is...
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Just think of the engine bays that have been occupied by the Ford FE: fastback Galaxies screaming to victory in fender-to-fender NASCAR competition, beating the Ferraris...
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There's no question that using air suspension under a street rod offers a number of advantages when compared to leaf or coil springs...
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There are three words in the hot rod vocabulary that can remove all doubt as to whether or not a car is worth a second look: quick-change axle...
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An unfortunate aspect of building a hot rod that's seen more than 50 years worth of abuse is the fact that Mother Nature...
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If you've been following STREET RODDER for the past year, you've undoubtedly taken notice of some of the work coming out of The Garage--Jason Grimes' shop in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky...
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It's pretty common for us enthusiasts to assume that the art of pinstriping is contained solely in the realm of the hot rod world...
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It's one of those things everyone needs for their ride: a gas tank. Sometimes you can get away with a stock tank in a stock location...
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Is space a premium in that hot rod of yours, or are ya just tryin' to hammer together a cool traditional ride? Well, I recently came across a brand new version of those popular (and nearly impossible to find) Ansen-style swing pedals...
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A couple of weeks or so ago I got an e-mail message from my boss, Brian Brennan, asking if I'd cover the installation of a fuel injection system the guys at Westech were getting ready to install...
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