“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 […]
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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 […]
Winfield Chop Shop Tour Houston, TX – Part 2
After the seam was welded, Gene and the crew went ahead and made a new panel for the one rear corner to make it all fit seamlessly. He used Eastwood Plastic Metal Shaping Hammers and Sandbag to form the panel and get the rough shape that was needed to fit the roof.
Patch Panels with a TIG Welder- How to use your TIG welder for rust repair
When we’re attending SEMA we talk to a lot of pro builders and fabricators. We want to know what the new trends, techniques, and products are that they used to get the results we’ve seen at shows and in the magazines that year. This is one of the ways we […]
SEMA 2012- Eastwood Company Part 2 Coverage
Every year I’m still amazed at how many hidden “gems” there are in the show. You could walk rows and rows of products, models and through thousands of people, and suddenly you turn a corner and there is a beautiful car tucked in a booth. It’s almost like a treasure […]
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 […]
Chopping the top on a 1950 Dodge Pick-up – Eastwood’s Project Pile House- Part 1
One of the next big projects planned for Project Pile House is performing a mild chop and smooth job on the cab and roof. We started the process in a previous post where we showed you How to Shave and Smooth Unneeded Holes in the bed and cab. Today we […]
2012 Macungie Das Awkscht Fescht Highlights
As mentioned in our last post about Crosleys Being Featured at Das Awkscht Fescht 2012, we stopped by the show to get some footage of what the event is all about. Das Awkscht Fescht has a great laid-back vibe and Macungie, PA has the small-town-USA atmosphere that we love, so […]
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 […]