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 […]
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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 […]
Any Of These Silly Features On Your Classic Car?
Rob Sass of Hagerty.com wrote the following column about five of the silliest automotive features ever. (Courtesy of FoxNews.com) Occasionally, automakers get it right in the new feature department. Seat heaters? Good. Back-up camera? Good. Intermittent wipers? Really good. Self-parking? BMW’s iDrive and Ford’s Microsoft Sync? Let’s just say the […]
‘Shop Talk’ Podcast – Episode 4: Brian Finch, Custom Fabricator, Shop Owner
In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Kevin talks shop with Brian Finch, who’s made quite a name for himself in the pro-touring hobby as well as a custom fabricator and shop owner.
For those unfamiliar with the term ‘pro-touring’, it is modified muscle cars that are built to go fast, stop and to turn, all exceptionally well; Keeping up with late model high performance cars and giving the cool silhouette of a custom classic. This section of the hobby has taken off in the past couple years and bridges the gap between restoration and racing.
Classic Cars Stuck In Time…in Havana, Cuba
While browsing through some videos on YouTube, I came across a 4-1/2-minute home movie that someone took on a trip to Havana, Cuba. It’s amazing, but at first glance you’ll think it’s a video about a classic car show somewhere in Florida! Virtually all the American cars in Cuba are […]
We have a Brake Pedal and The Firewall Becomes Three Dimensional
In the last update I was working on cutting out metal to make the firewall and mocking up my new brake pedal setup from Speedway. Since then I’ve been pretty busy making something from nothing. I had to initially tackle how I was going to mount the brake booster and […]
West Coast Report — Eighth Edition: By John Gilbert
Nothing can stop the Duke of Earl. Why are donut boxes pink? Hang on friends, its early, early morning and I’ve been drinking coffee that’s blacker than the tires on my black Harley-Davidson. Blacker than the cat that keeps trying to cross my path. This coffee is so black I […]
How to paint a motorcycle – Painting your motorcycle with spray paint
Since Eastwood introduced 2K Aero-Spray (catalyzed 2-component spray paint), we have been bombarded with questions of whether or not a car or motorcycle could be painted with Aero-Spray. The answer to that question is “yes”! To prove it, Eastwood’s Kevin S. decided to paint his motorcycle with spray paint by […]
How To Clean BMW N54 Intake Ports and Valves with Walnut Shells
Cleaning of intake valves with walnut shell blasting tool – review By: Mike Ngo and Eurowise Modern engines are often direct injection, as this process allows for advantages in fuel consumption as compared to conventional fuel injection, as well as yielding more power with an engine of identical displacement. The […]