When asked to describe the Chrysler Corporation in the '50s we've always characterized it as the company that produced cars engineered by experts, designed by lunatics, and assembled by amateurs...
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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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Modifications to a performance car take on a variety of forms, and for traditional muscle cars the most obvious mods are those underhood contributing to the "go." Probably just as important...
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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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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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While waiting for a few suspension components to show up so we can get Ramrodder up on its wheels, we turned our attention to what firewall modifications...
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There's a lot to love about a vintage muscle car. We can swoon over the seductive styling, the purposeful simplicity, and intangible raw element of power that seems to emanate from these classic American machines...
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Improving the lighting on a highboy can generally be accomplished by just bolting on any number of the upgraded set of headlights...
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Although street rodding has developed into a distinct segment of the automotive hobby there's no denying its lineage and the impact that those early days of drag racing had upon it. Over the years street rodding and drag racing have grown...
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We take a fairly stock 340 Satellite and add power the old-fashioned way, one part at a time
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Learn the secrets of the bodywork trade and you become one step closer to the goal of automotive self sufficiency.
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Mini-tubbing will provide a lot more room to stick fat meats under the rear of your muscle car. Here's how to do it yourself.
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Holy cow, Slant Six tech!
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As American automakers clamored to turn out new car designs following World War II, a number of prewar construction techniques lingered, particularly on lower-priced makes and models. One was the practice of stamping hoods in two pieces and welding them together in the center. The resulting seams we
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Every project has to start somewhere, and mine usually begin at the bottom-with the suspension and brakes. I'd like to say it's because I approach car projects logically by stripping them down to bare frames and rebuilding them from the ground up, but that's not really the case. I'm not nearly so ra
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Popular Hot Rodding technical article on the building of the g-force 1971 Plymouth Barracuda at Johnson's hot rod shop
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Low cars have a longer, leaner, meaner appearance. Check out Rod and Custom Magazine as Damon Lee and crew lowers a 1951 Plymouth Suburban. Sweet!
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Check out this 1951 Plymouth, as they change its brakes for better stopping - Rod And Custom Magazine
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Rod and Custom Magazine show how easy it is to install a rewire kit from EZ Wiring in a vintage 1951 Plymouth Wagon.
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