In this episode of the Trans Am project, Mark fabricates a tip-over jig to use in place of a body rotisserie in his tight home garage. This will give him easy access to the bottomside of the car, allowing him to easily replace the floor panels.
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Project Internet Café – Episode 3: Fabricating a Custom Electrical Tray
In this episode of Eastwood’s Internet Café project, JD digs into some metal fabrication to make a custom electric equipment tray for the chassis. He gets the tray roughed in and welded up, then paints it in preparation for later installation.
Mark’s Trans Am – Episode 2: Removing a Lead Seam and Making a Patch Panel
In this episode of the Trans Am project, Mark cuts out the factory lead seams in the B-pillars and fabricates a replacement panel using 18 gauge sheet metal formed on a bench brake and shrinker-stretcher. At the same time, he also fabs a patch for the sunroof drain channels that […]
Project Internet Café – Episode 2: Building a Custom Frame Hoop
In this episode of Eastwood’s Internet Café project, JD fabricates a custom rear frame hoop to replace the factory rear seat support and encounters a common problem that occurs when heat from welding warps the work pieces.
Mark’s Trans Am – Episode 1: Introducing the Rotten T/A
Eastwood R&D product manager introduces a 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that he bought as a personal project. In this first episode, Mark examines the rust issues and discusses his plans to address the rot with a combination of fabricated patch panels and full replacement panels from Firebird Central.
Project Internet Café – Episode 1: Teardown
JD introduces the 1980 Honda CB750 Custom that will become Eastwood’s “Internet Café” project build. In this first episode, the crew puts the 42-year-old bike on a motorcycle lift and starts tearing down the bike. The engine gets a compression test before JD comes up with creative way to get […]
Introducing Eastwood’s Café Racer, Project Internet Café
We believe the only way to truly understand your machine (car, boat, motorcycle, go-kart) is to work on it yourself. The bond between man and machine can only be built through emotion. The pain, the joy, and the craftsmanship that goes into it are what define that bond that we […]
How to Clean Pitted Rust
When working on any project; whether it be a car or just something that’s old and rusty, it’s inevitable that you will eventually run into some areas that have rust pits. When faced with these you can ignore it and have them pop there ugly heads back up in the […]
Project of the Week- Powder Coating a vintage Mini Bike
Here at Eastwood we’re always working on new products, but we always make sure we’re testing products we’ve offered for quality. Recently JR decided to powder coat a vintage mini bike to show off some of our Hot Coat Powder and test the outcome of our metallic powders.