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Never Let a Dead Battery Keep Your Car Parked

If you store any of your motor vehicles for months at a time, this is a Must Have!

When the nice weather finally rolls around that means only one thing, its time to pull out your classic and go for a cruise.  Only today there is one problem the battery is dead.  Who knows how long it will take to charge up enough to get it started and even once it does start you cant turn it off.  It could take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes for the alternator to charge up the battery enough for it to start on its own.

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Disassembly Organization – Saves Time and Frustration

Nothing is worse than missing parts especially when you’re in the middle of putting your project back together.  Don’t think you are the only one because I can almost guarantee if you’ve ever taken a bolt off of something you’ve probably lost it during the process.  The key to any project going smoothly is organization, if your garage isn’t organized every part of the process slows down.

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5 Sheet Metal Projects to Get you Work in Aluminum

Aluminum is one of those materials that a lot of beginners and DIY guys and gals in our hobby tend to shy away from, especially sheet aluminum. The reality is that once you have an understanding of how it reacts when shaped and welded, it’s a beautiful material to work with and it can be formed into complex shapes much easier than steel of the same gauge. It also saves weight and can be mirror polished without rusting. Today we’re going to focus on 5 projects you can do yourself to get your feet wet in Aluminum work.

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Create Factory-Like Spot Welds with Your MIG Welder

Spot Welds with a MIG Welder?  Factory Quality and Super Easy!   If you’re going for that factory original look but need to replace panels with stamped new ones you’ll need to recreate the spot welds.  Simple enough if you have a resistance spot welder but most guys don’t have […]

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Project Pile House- Shaving the Door handles

Since guys have been customizing cars, shaving the door handles has been one of the most common modifications to make the car look as smooth as possible. This process can be a pretty simple process, but there are a few things that can make it go smoothly. I decided to show the process on Project Pile House.