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This is a '66 Nova race/ street car that I am working on for a customer. He plans to run it in the 255-15 tire size Rodz class. Here is the car: Here are the Tires: The car will have a '69 Chevelle 12 bolt that will be narrowed to 54 1/2". The rear end will get a set of 33 spline...

Check out my '63-'64 Galaxie Control arm repair post above.

While helping a buddy rebuild the front suspension on his '63 Galaxie, we discovered that the lower control arm bushings were completely destroyed and loose in the control arm. We figured that some new bushings would fix everything. We then discovered that the rear bushings on the lower control...

We run the required Toyota rear end in our Legends cars, and they did not come out easily until I employed this modification on the centersections.

Here is a tip that will make removing 8" and 9" centersections easily the next time you need to remove one from your car. I perform this small modification on any centersection that I build, sell or work on. This will also work on 8 3/4 Mopars, and '55-'64 Chevy, Pontiac and Olds. You first...

CO2 gets a bad rap. CO2 is all I use and is a fraction of the cost of the mix gas. You can weld nicely with it. 75/25 will not weld correctly either if the machine is set wrong, you have dirty tips and nozzles, have a bad ground, or dirty metal. Keep everything clean, have the correct wire...

I haven't, and I have pulled and installed hundreds of engines over the years. You first want to examine the threads on the intake manifold and repair stripped or corroded threads. You want to use the longest bolt possible, get a good grade bolt, and tighten them.

Here is a small article on how to build an engine lift plate. You can buy them, but what fun is that? Save the debate on engine lift plates for another thread. I have used them for 25 years with great success. I used a piece of 1/4" plate for the bottom plate. The extra hole will be welded...

I have used those as well, but they never seem to last very long. My brother and I race a couple of Legends cars at three different tracks, so we are constantly changing out rear end centersections. My new pump made gear changing super easy now.

I worked on the border fence between El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico a few years ago. It was all done with flux core wire feed welders. The welds come out really nice. When you use flux core wire, it really isn't MIG anymore because you don't have the "G", which stands for gas. You also DO NOT...

The pump is off any Ford 289-302-351W-351C- or 5.0 from '63 to '97.

I managed to find the lid to the bucket. I also eliminated the pickup hose and used a piece of 1/2" aluminum hard line with an A.N. fitting on the end. I used a grommet where the line passes through the lid: I also added a filler port so I can pour in the gear lube when it runs dry. I used a...

I can't believe I went this long without building this project. I do alot of rear end work on my own cars as well as customers cars, and it is always a pain in the A$$ to get gear lube back in rear ends and trannys. I have used the store bought pumps, funnels etc. and I always seem to make a...

They are aluminum, and they do not look exactly the same. You really do not need an artistic hand for the sanding, as the edges of the letters dictate where to stop sanding.

Those plates are not legal in any state for a car to be registered with. A buddy of mine had some made up with the numbers of a real set he registered, he got pulled over, spent some time in a squad car and had his car impounded for a week.

Trying to mask the line will only make a mess. Sanding the letters/numbers is far easier, as you are sanding on a raised surface, and since you have 5 coats of clear coat underneath you cannot do any damage. You keep lightly sanding until the numbers are perfect.

The stock plates are really not reflective, but they have small metallic flakes in them. Originally the '69 and up plates were white, but they yellow over the years, even if they are new and have never been used. I simply matched a new Texas plate's white paint, and painted mine to match. The...

The '74 plates are going on my brother's Bronco: The '70 plates are going on my Mach I: The '58 plates are going on my dad's '58: And the '64 plates are going on my Nascar styled '64 Galaxie:

Here are a couple of the '69 and up plates that have to be reflective. I used a metallic white with a pearl on top, and they came out pretty awesome:

In Texas, you can use a vintage license plate that matches the year of your classic car or truck as long as you have two plates in good condition with the proper colors. You can register them as either Classic Car which requires you to re-new the plates every year, or as Antique plates which are...