This time the traveling Winfield Chop Shop stopped in Cincinnati for the 2013 Cavalcade of Customs. This time around the car under the knife was a stock 1949 Shoebox Ford with the original flathead V8 owned by Tim Jones. Tim has owned the car for 3 years and he’s been into cars since he was a kid.
Tag: Ford
2013 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale- Top Ten Cars For Auction
Every year the Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson collector car auction gets larger. This year they’ve announced it’ll be the largest yet with some of the most rare, valuable, and interesting vehicles for sale. The 2013 auction also has the largest number of Shelby vehicles for auction at one time. That includes the […]
Kevin S., Senior Product Marketing Manager- What Makes Us Tick
What’s your favorite Eastwood product? Why? Eastwood TIG 200 AC/DC welder. Having access to the advanced process of TIG welding at an affordable price is great. I have always wanted a TIG welder in my home shop, but could never justify the expense. The value of the Eastwood TIG 200 AC/DC welder has opened up the door to welding aluminum and stainless for me.
2013 Eastwood New Years Resolution- Reintroducing our Project Ford Mustang
A while back, we talked about a “Fox Body” Ford Mustang that we picked up off of the local Craigslist with plans of using it to test products and eventually “restore” it. Since then, we’ve used it for testing of new products and for a tech video where we restored the original […]
Can Malicious Software Disable Your Vehicle…Or Worse?
This was never a problem with the classic cars most Eastwood customers work on. But with all the computer hardware and software loaded into cars nowadays, is it possible your vehicle is vulnerable to a lethal computer virus? Intel Corp.’s McAfee software unit, known for software that protects computers against […]
Custom Body and Interior Modifications- ’51 Ford Shoebox Street Rodder Road Tour Car Project
The crew at Honest Charley garage have been kicking butt on the body of this once-rotted 51 Ford Shoebox Ford. After replacing the rotted lower quarters, they moved on to making some subtle modifications to smooth out the body of the Ford while they have it in bare metal. Below […]
Steve Hall- 1932 Ford
“My father in law had owned this 1932 Ford five window street rod for the past 40 something years.About 10 years ago he started the process of doing a frame off restoration to this car when his wife was diagnosed with cancer. He put the street rod project aside and […]
Kerry Johnson- 1970 Mustang, 1964 Galaxie
“On Sept. 11, 2012 a flood retention dike broke and the flood hit my home and workshop; here’s a youtube video of it hitting our home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpE-IgiUifM our home is the tan brick home the flood is hitting the garage doors head on. It also hit the workshop in back […]
Brain Reeves- 1965 Mustang
“When I was 18 I lost a very dear close friend to a car accident. I purchased a 1965 mustang coupe from her parents that was her car. I m ade a prom ise to m yself that I would build the car in her m em ory. I have […]