Today is the first official day of the 2012 SEMA Show and we are as excited as ever. Walking through the first few rows of the hottest cars, trucks and bikes tell us that the automotive hobby is as strong as ever. We spent day one walking around spotting out […]
Tag: Project
Make it Fit- Building and Modifying a Custom Aluminum Radiator With the TIG 200
In the world of building modified cars, you have to be willing to think outside the box to make different parts jive when building a car. Whether it’s notching the frame to lower a vehicle, rolling the fenders to fit oversized wheels/tires, or fitting an upgraded radiator to cool that […]
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 […]
Customizing a Chevy Corvair Van Bumper to Fit Project PileHouse
PileHouse is starting to shape up and we can now envision what the truck will someday look like when it’s “done”. But I still felt that the front end needed “something more”. After staring at it over lunch one day, I decided that the truck needed a custom bumper to […]
Suspension Removal Video and Custom Running Board Build
While we haven’t been updating as much as we should, we’ve been busy! I figured I’d give a peek into what’s been going on with Pile House since our last official build update. We got a comprehensive series of videos coming together for the front suspension and chassis detailing. Check […]
Street Rodder Road Tour 2012 Car in Paint
It seems like just yesterday we were visiting with the lads at Hollywood Hot Rods and the Street Rodder Road Tour 1940 Ford Project. We recently got some updates from Troy and the crew at Street Rodder Magazine and wanted to keep Eastwood fans up to speed. <img src="http://eastwoodgarage.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DSC093452-e1334867029309.jpg" alt="" […]
Bed Floor Restoration and Setting Rear Ride Height-Project Pile House
We have been lucky enough on the east coast to have a pretty mild winter. This meant that we could really get work done AND enjoy our customs/classics throughout the winter (now I know what you west coast folks enjoy!). This meant that there was a month where I didn’t […]
Project Debris Capri Interior Update- Making Old Interior Parts Look New!
It’s been a while since we’ve updated everyone on J.R.’s Project “Debris” Capri project, but he’s been busy! Most recently he updated the look of the worn out original interior. This isn’t a vehicle you can grab a catalog and order repopped interior parts for, so he had to get […]
Project Pile-House Gets a Donor Skeleton
Since my last entry, I’ve been searching for a suitable, short bed, standard cab S10 or Dodge Dakota donor for my project. Unfortunately it seems so is everyone else! So everything I found was so far gone, or too nice to cut up and they wanted way more than my […]