Automotive blogs have been buzzing this weekend after GM debuted the new 2014 Corvette Stingray at the Detroit Auto Show. This car has all the ingredients that Corvette fans have come to expect; great looks, effective aerodynamics, amazing handling, and a big engine. Designers have really outdone themselves this time […]
Tag: Chevrolet
I Wonder If They Get The Eastwood Catalog At The Southern Desert Correctional Facility
Forget stamping out license plates. Inmates at the Southern Desert Correctional Facility north of Las Vegas are part of a program that employs inmates to restore classic cars. They have two mottos: “We have the time to do it right”, and “Built with conviction”. Obviously, they also have a sense […]
Emmanuel Koutouzos- 1969 Chevelle SS
“This Year was very difficult for me and my family. We came home late sunday night the first weekend of January to find our house on fire. After the realization that there isn’t anything you can do to stop the situation, we had to sit and watch our home burn […]
Keith Paine- 1957 Chevy 3100 Truck
“I am a state trooper in upstate NY. I also have a 57 chevy 3100 pickup that I have restomoded from the ground up. On 3/2/11 while I was working patrol parked behind a disabled vehicle I was struck from behind at 59mph (radar on monitoring speed) by a full […]
Anthony Franqui- 1968 Camaro
“I married my girlfriend of 14 yrs finally and we have a son with cerebral palsy so I put my car aside to marry her and pay for a house in 2008, by 20011 she had cheated on me and left with the neighbors 20 yr old son. leaving me […]
America’s 5 Greatest Muscle Cars…Do You Agree?
You know how it is when you’re at a car show…you’re shooting the bull with the boys when the discussion gets around to muscle cars. Everyone’s got an opinion on what the top American muscle cars are, and each muscle car fan has his or her own “list”. But I […]
Corvette Turning 60 Years Old
1953. A gallon of gas was 20¢, the average cost of a new car was $1,650, Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England… And the Chevrolet Corvette was born. When that first Corvette rolled off GM’s Flint, Michigan assembly line, many thought the concept wouldn’t last long—after all, it had […]
Restoration Rule #1: Be careful where you park your project car
In the Northeast, where our Eastwood headquarters are located, the weather has been pretty stormy this summer, but it was one particular July 2012 storm in the Southeast that brought a tear to our restorer’s heart. Thankfully, no one was physically hurt, but there was an emotional and financial toll […]
Disassembling A Chevy 350 Small Block V8 (SBC) With Eastwood Tools
We’re always elbow deep in projects here at Eastwood, and while tearing down an original 350 SBC (small block v8 Chevy engine) we decided to document the process. Since the engine had never been apart before, we decided it would be a great test for our Eastwood Air Tools and […]