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 […]
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Project Resolution Phase V
Since we last checked in with Project Resolution we had a lot of goals and plans of action on how we were going to repair and restore the car. Since then, things have changed quite a bit! Sometimes we think this should be called “Project Surprise”! We’re constantly finding that the car has a lot of hidden damage and surprises that are much worse than initially anticipated.
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 […]
‘Shop Talk’ Podcast – Episode 5: Ron Covell, Master Metal Shaper & Creator Of ‘Covell Creative Metalwork’
In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Ron Covell checks in with Kevin to chat for a while and share some of the philosophy he subscribes to when it comes to working with metal and the artistry behind it. Ron takes us back in time to when he was just getting started to discuss some of the people that mentored and shared their skills with him, just like he does with others today. Kevin also discovers the history of ‘Covell Creative Metalworking’ and gets a glimpse inside the mind of the man that created it.
How to Build Custom Cafe Racer Motorcycle Handlebars
I’ve had my hands full with my four wheeled projects lately and I haven’t been giving my little “cafe” motorcycle; a DKW RT125 much attention. I recently decided to build a set of clubman style drop bars for it. My problem with off the shelf parts are that I usually […]
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 […]