Go one step beyond the basic restoration and add eye-popping elements when you build a trick dashboard
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`There's a saying that goes, "Everything old is new again." When it comes to our hot rods, nothing could be closer to the truth, as more and more dudes and dudettes look to the past for inspiration in the present. One of the up-and-coming retro trends is the v
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If you've been drooling over the '67 Mercury we've been transforming into a Stock Car replica over the last few issues and want to see the completed car that will be given away, here it is. In this final installment of the Timber Wolf Comet project car story,
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Don't spend big bucks-get a good foundation then build on a budget. We'll show you how to build a $3,500 street machine.
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We show you the steps to give your paint the show-car prep on our project AMC Rambler
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'Oops! We have a new project car. We are going to get into real trouble for this one because we just hatched this idea, saw an opportunity, jumped online, and bought a car in Las Cruces, New Mexico, without looking at it or asking anyone if this was even a goo
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All It Takes Is A Boneyard 6.0L Truck Engine With A Mild Hydraulic Cam, A 750 Holley Carb, And Headers To Get Some Serious Horsepower
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This is the math to build your first drag car.
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Build A Musclecar In One Day (OK, Maybe A Little Longer) And Drive It 2,000 Miles-All Without The Help Of A TV Production Company.
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After nearly twenty years of ownership, we had to say something. How much longer could McGean's Camaro sit?
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Building a 13-second 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 powered by a 455 Big-Block for very little cash.
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We got caught up in a mad dash to ditch the farm-tractor inline-six the Rambler was delivered with in favor of a proper V-8 and
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What do you do when the strip numbers don't jibe with the hardware?
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What would you do if someone threw $25,000 in your face and told you to buy a car and told you to use the rest of the money to make it faster? You would do what we did: buy a good condition Nova and stuff it full of parts sourced from eBay. See what it took to build our 1972 Nova SS for the eBay
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It is said that every car has a personality and that the personality develops further with every experiance you have with that car. This '69 Camaro Convertible illustrates this concept very well. See why this car had to be saved and lovingly restored for future memories and experiances.
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Elsewhere in this issue we detailed the buildup of two project cars, a Fox Mustang and a Nova, constructed for the eBay Motors Editor's Charity Challenge. In addition to the efforts of those two teams, there were eight additional groups of editors from other t
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It seems that everyone these days has a pickup. Don't believe it? Take a look around the next time you're on the road. The real issue for any Car Crafter is how to stand out in the sea of trucks in both performance and looks while still keeping the practicality pickups are known for. In true Car
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It's the TPS, dude! This is our third F-body project car in the past 5 or 6 years, and we hear that tip from the local help nearly every time there is an undiagnosed problem. In reality, the TPS hasn't failed on any of our cars. It's the computer, dude! The EC
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Striping has to be the easiest way to de-goof your new ride. We added a '69 Chevelle SS stripe to the Disco during part one of the build and only spent $89.10 to do it. Here's what we didn't show you in the magazine.Also, see part one in the May 2005 issue o
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We take a poll on our rebuild of the 1967 AMC Rambler American. Find all the details inside Car Craft Magazine.
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A 14-Year-Old Car Crafter's Resto Effort
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A 14-Year-Old Car Crafter's Resto Effort
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How To Install Nitrous-Oxide Injection On A V8-Powered Street Machine
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In a perfect world we would all earn loads of money, have plenty of time off, and (of course) drive awesome, tire-shredding stre
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In the quest for lower e.t.'s at the dragstrip, we usually focus on installing horsepower-producing parts or traction-generating bolt-ons, but we pay little attention to making sure the hop-ups are securely held in place. If you've got a 500-horsepower engine
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