When it comes to insuring your restored or modified car, you hope your insurance agent knows what he’s doing…after all, that’s not a typical used car sitting there in your garage. That’s why insurance giant State Farm refurbished this 1968 Chevy Camaro in a unique way. Though it doesn’t run, […]
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West Coast Report — 11th Edition: By John Gilbert
Sons of Anarchy — Game of Clones I’ve never hidden the fact that I love watching TV, and in particular I really enjoy watching the Sons Of Anarchy. That’s if those guys aren’t doing real time in prison and the show is off the air for nine months at a […]
Building A Custom Steering Column for Project Pile House
Now that the custom firewall was welded into Pile House I could work on making the truck finally steer from inside the cab. This is one big step to making Pile House an actual vehicle rather than a piece of “garage art”. Pile House (like many hot rod and customs) […]
Texas Man Adds A Little Extra To His Restored 1939 Ford
Like other car aficionados, Joe Wilkins brought his ’39 Ford to Doug Leopold at Classic Collision and Restoration in Bryan, Texas to rebuild the classic from the ground up. “Big project, no big deal, but this was a little bit of a bigger project,” said Leopold. That’s because Wilkins didn’t […]
Welding the custom firewall and making a custom transmission tunnel
In the last update I had finally made the firewall a 3 dimensional part and I could almost see the light at the end of the tunnel for this part of the project. Since then I’ve decided it would be a good time to tackle the first part of the […]
Bay One Customs Builds a 1958 Chevrolet Cameo Concept Truck for SEMA 2013
TC Penick and Bay One Customs are names you may start hearing more of very soon. We first introduced you to TC during our Interview and Feature of Kevin Tetz and his “Jaded” Mustang . TC and Bay One were the driving forces behind helping Kevin finish the car for […]
West Coast Report — 10th Edition: By John Gilbert
Have Coffee –Will Travel Welcome to the 10th edition of West Coast Eastwood’s West Coast Report. Gee, it seems like only nine editions ago that I first started writing this report. Wow how time really flies when you’re trying to get something done before the next week rolls around. Take […]
West Coast Report — Ninth Edition: By John Gilbert
You Ain’t Nothing but a Hoon Dog I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this before, but I like to drink a little coffee, and watch TV while I write. After chugging down two big cups of extra strong Yuban spiced with Vietnamese cinnamon I turned on the TV, and […]
Street Rodder Road Tour 51 Ford Custom- More Metal Work, Filler, and sanding.. lots of it!
The crew at Honesty Charley and Street Rodder Magazine have been doing a great job of keeping the 2013 Road Tour car under wraps. We’ve been bugging them for a while for some teasers and they finally shot us a few photos to keep us enticed. As we mentioned in […]