Auto enthusiast John Findra doesn’t work on real cars. He’s a model builder, and much of his business comes from customers who’d like custom model replicas of their favorite old cars. But for fun, he builds classic car models and then “un-restores” them! “Underhauling”, as opposed to overhauling. John says […]
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How to Make a Custom Running Board From Scratch- Project Pilehouse Edition
In one of our last posts we gave you some sneak peaks of the custom running board project we’ve been working on for Project Pilehouse. During the process we documented the full build and shared some of our secrets to help you build a similar project yourself for cheap. After […]
The Ultimate Woods Find – A Classic Saved By A Helicopter
How far would you go to save a rare classic you love? I’ve gone to pretty great lengths to obtain a car, or even parts for a car. I remember climbing piles of cars just to get a tiny little interior piece and thinking “man this would suck if these […]
Mocking up the Bed on Pile House.
Now that we have the cab and front end sheet metal mounted and they are a “bolt-on” affair, it’s time to start tackling the job of making bed mounts, as well as stretching the bed to fit the chassis. I initially was going to shorten the chassis to match the […]
Parking Lot Gems- Original 50’s Chevy Pickup
Next to Eastwood there are a few fairly busy shopping centers which always provide a diverse crowd. With that diverse crowd you get everything from the businessman with his new sports car, to the moms with mini vans, customs, restored classic rides, and my favorite “original classics”. I decided to […]
Philadelphia Rats, Rods, Rust +Race Coverage
More and more these days you are starting to see more “lifestyle” grassroots types of shows and events popping up. It seems you could fill every weekend during the summer hitting all of the gatherings for cars, trucks, bikes, etc. With this, comes a lot of events that fail because […]