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Today in the shop we are changing out the window weatherstripping on our Chevrolet C10. When restoring a classic car or a classic truck, you'll find that the weatherstripping is usually old, hard and breaking apart. Which those problems can cause squeaks, water leaks, air noises and raddles. Fixing these problems is not hard...as long as you go with a high quality pr …
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Today in the shop we are going over how and when to use anti-seize. Anti-seize will make future jobs easier. The anti-seize we are talking about has two different options. Silver anti-seize is good from -60 degrees to 1600 degrees, copper anti-seize is good from -30 to 2000 degrees. You don't need to use a lot of this stuff, so try to just cover the threads you kn …
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Learn how to properly use, maintain and store a Torque Wrench. There are a few different types of torque wrenches. The ones we recommend would be, beam style torque wrench, click type torque wrench, and digital torque wrench. The best bang for buck torque wrench would be the click type torque wrench. They can be bought or even rented from just about any hardware store or …
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When deciding where to start when upgrading your cars performance, there's no better place to begin than the brakes. Everyone loves a screamin' V8 powered, 500 horsepower muscle car, but at the end of the day, if you leave the stock drum brakes or disc brakes you're going to run into trouble. Some key points of interest when buying a disc brake conversion kit or just upgrading …
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We were out at the Lassiter Mountain Dragway to cover the Southeast Gasser Association takeover event where they were running 1/8th Mile drags. What makes up a Gasser? A Classic Gasser car is any closed body production vehicle from the mid 1930s through the 1960s. Usually Gasser drag cars will be stripped of all extra weight and the front end of the car will …
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