We often have local customers cruising to the Eastwood retail outlet in their classic cars. During the winter the number of interesting cars and trucks that we see goes down considerably, but that doesn’t stop everyone. Ray T. stopped by the other day to price out some tools and supplies […]
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Building Bumper Brackets To Take Abuse
I must admit that when it comes to my projects I have A.D.D, especially one as large as Pile House. Sometimes life gets in the way or we have other projects going at Eastwood (like our Project Resolution Mustang), that I can only devote small amounts of time or maybe […]
I Wonder If They Get The Eastwood Catalog At The Southern Desert Correctional Facility
Forget stamping out license plates. Inmates at the Southern Desert Correctional Facility north of Las Vegas are part of a program that employs inmates to restore classic cars. They have two mottos: “We have the time to do it right”, and “Built with conviction”. Obviously, they also have a sense […]
Meet Keith Paine our Help on the Horizon Contest Winner
During the end of 2012 we ran a contest called “Help on the Horizon” where we asked customers that had a tough time, or a rough year to send us a story about themselves and their project car. Out of the piles of submissions we narrowed the entries down to […]
Straightening the Heavily Dented Roof- Eastwood MIG Stud Weld Kit
Pilehouse didn’t live a charmed life, it was used and abused as a farm truck, then sat for many years in the woods. Mother Nature has really left her mark on the truck. From the scratches and scrapes, to HUGE dents and smashed in sections, some would say I’m a […]
Keith Paine- 1957 Chevy 3100 Truck
“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 […]
Tech Tip- How to easily fill body seams with TIG Rod and a MIG Welder
One thing I like about building a true custom (not just bolting on shiny wheels and putting stickers on the windows) is that there are no rules. It’s all about what looks good and what fits your vision of the final product that is YOUR project. One theme that I […]
A Classic License Plate To Match Your Classic Vehicle
So you’re working on restoring a 1955 Chevy Bel Air. You’ve got every detail down, from the gold “Bel Air” name script to the chrome spears on the front fenders. But there’s one element that just doesn’t look right. The only 1955 license plate you could find is so rusted […]
Guess Where They Found The “Back to the Future” Truck?
If you saw the second and third “Back to the Future” movies, you likely remember the celebrated DeLorean car that was used in the pictures. But there were other vehicles in the films too. Michael J. Fox’s character, Marty McFly, drove a 1985 Toyota Xtra Cab 4X4 truck in those […]