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Dashing Dials for a 1957 Chevy Bel Air
There's something inherently cool about dashboards in '50s cars, particularly those from the latter part of the decade. They assault your... more |
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How Four-Barrel Carburetors Work
It's safe to say that just about every person reading this magazine has built, driven, worked on, or tampered with at least a few cars in... more |
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How It Works: Independent Front Suspension
Let's face it: just because we all love to look at, ride in, and even build super cool rods and customs, we don't always understand the... more |
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Mechanical Speedometer Calibration - Speedo Demons
If you drive your hot rod, even once in a while, then you depend on all of your gauges to be reliable and accurate. Read About Mechanical... more |
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History and Detail on Solid-Axle Front Suspension
This issue marks the final 50th Anniversary tribute to ROD & CUSTOM magazine, and it is interesting to note that while hot rodding has gone... more |
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Custom Wheel & Column Provide One Good Turn for a 1932 Ford
Choices, choices, choices. Today's rodder has more than ever, enough to make his head spin like a Moon disc at Bonneville. You want air... more |
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Nothing Shocking - Rewiring a 1951 Plymouth Wagon
Does the word electron intimidate you? Do your eyes glaze over when people start talking about voltage, amps, or direct current? Does the... more |
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Installing a Holley's StealthRam MPFI
We pit Holley's new StealthRam fuel injection against the venerable 750 double-pumper in a showdown for maximum power and driveability. The... more |
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Speakin' French
The Pros At Full Tilt Street Rods Show Us How To French Headlights With A Hagan Kit more |
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Hot Wire
How To Wire A Hot Rod--Painlessly more |
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Custom Ford Shoebox - A Little Off The Top, Part Three
How To Chop A Shoebox Ford, Part Three more |
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Ford Shoebox - A Little Off the Top: Part One
When the Pierson Brothers coupe roared down the salt half a century ago, it set the rodding world on its ear as an early experiment in... more |
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Custom Ford Shoebox - A Little Off The Top: Part Two
A Little Off The Top: Part Two more |
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Glass Versus Steel - Choosing a Hot Rod's Right Body
Fiberglass versus steel bodies. A few decades ago, this wouldn’t have been an issue among street rodders. Original steel bodies were... more |
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Custom Steering Wheels - Steering Committee
Seems like every kustom we looked at this summer had a '59 Impala steering wheel. Check Out The Latest Steering Wheels To Customize Your... more |
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Go Big with Custom Tires for Custom Ride
Since the birth of the automobile and the days of Henry Ford, automotive technology that was developed on the racetrack has trickled down... more |
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Old Dog, New Trick - Custom Brakes from Master Power Brakes
Sometimes it takes both feet to get 2-½ tons of American iron stopped. Even though my ’60 Olds is equipped with power brakes, the... more |
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Ford Model A Super X Crossmember Kit
Model A frames flex. They were designed that way partly because roads weren't all that smooth--or even paved for that matter--in the '20s,... more |
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Hammer Welding 101for Metal Repair
Like everything else in this world, there's a right way and a wrong way to handle metal repairs. For instance, if you're installing a patch... more |
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Performance Carburetors from Demon Carburetion - Overview
High-performance four-barrel carburetors are a hot rodding mainstay. They’ve seen duty on dragstrips, oval tracks, super speedways,... more |
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The Steel Deal - Getting Real Metal Body Parts
In the early days of street rodding, rodders and customizers could manipulate genuine steel to realize their dreams of speed and beauty, as... more |
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Suspension Buyer's Guide
Suspension choices can be dizzying in their variety and complexity. Do you want a dropped axle up front or IFS? If a solid axle, should it... more |
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Building A Modern 1932 Chassis
They don't make 'em like they used to. Thank goodness. Today's chassis are a world apart from the flexible flyers that the factories used... more |
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Engine Buildup with Beck Racing Engines
When RB’s Obsolete decided to build its ’47 Chevy panel truck to drive on Americruise ’02, Ray Doe decided he needed some... more |
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Getting Shifty with ididit's Column-Shifter Cable
We all know how cramped the engine compartment in a hot rod can get. First you stuff a big V-8 into a space originally designed to hold an... more |
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