When's the last time you looked underneath an early hot rod with a tube axle or I-beam axle and found rack-and-pinion steering?.....
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Bumpers are one of the most utilitarian parts of a car: They're there to take a beating and protect the more aesthetically appealing components between them.
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ccording to Robert Genat's great book on 1932 Fords, the last Deuce body style to go into production was the sedan delivery.
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Building hot rods or customs can be an exercise in packaging sometimes, getting everything to fit and work alongside other components.
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Today's street rods and customs are built with ever-changing technology and the line between street rod and custom rod continues to be blurred...
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So you have fabrication skills, a decent set of tools, welding ability, and some spare time you can set aside every week, but you're down on dinero?
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Jamco Suspension is well known for suspension parts, be it dropped spindles and uprights, leaf springs, lowering blocks, or its modified '49-53 Ford Shoebox suspension that does away with the kingpins, replacing them with ball joints.
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Despite the decades-old availability of fiberglass bodies, the vast majority of rods out there still use original steel bodies, and many of them are approaching 90 years of age.
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One of the obvious benefits of the ever-expanding aftermarket industry that supports our hobby is the availability of components and kits that make what used to be complicated jobs so much easier.
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The immediate focal point of any hot rod or custom car is the exterior, but over the years customizers have treated themselves to plenty of unique interior modifications as well.
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On or off, the removable aluminum hardtop is one of the most attention-grabbing design features of Miller's '29 roadster pickup. Laying beneath the stylish upholstery is a story crafted from talent and metal. The hardtop came together during filming for one segment of the RIDES TV show at Miller's A
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Not long ago, we took a look at a selection of four-cylinder engines as possible hot rod powerplant fodder, and here we are again.
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After boxing the 'rails, adding an X-member, and building some engine and trans mounts for the stock frame of Ron Werderitsch's '30 Model A coupe, Chad Blundell and Greg Gillaspy at Blundell Speed & Machine wanted to upgrade the clutch and brake pedal assembly...
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The age of mini tubs is well past its heyday, but there are still quite a few instances when the wheelwells of a rod or custom need to be modified or re-fabricated completely.
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Early Fords, and most other early cars, came from the factory with padded top inserts and wooden support bows.
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Open Headers When You Want 'Em, Full Exhaust When You Need It. Check Out Steve Young's '32 Tudor
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Elsewhere in this issue, you may have read about another custom '36 Ford three-window the owner started with a nicely restored stocker because he was unable to find another decent starting point. Check Out Geir Natvig's '36 Ford Coupe
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Ask someone who builds race cars for a living and they'll quickly tell you a car should be built around the wheels and tires (particularly the back ones). Some hot rods and customs are fabricated that way too, but plenty aren't. If a car isn't constructed arou
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Does your rod or custom wander from side to side when driving on a straight road? Do you have to constantly fight the steering wheel? Does the frontend feel "light"? Or does your steering not self-center after a turn? You may have some frontend alignment issue
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While in most cases a broken axle isn't the end of the world, Ford's unique design comes into play.
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Read About Installing Defrost On A '32 Coupe
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Not many items are designed with individual expression in mind in today's bolt-on hot rod parts market. Ian Roussel of Way Kool Metal Werks is an artist who expresses himself in metal, and more specifically with hot rods, and he has come up with a few interest
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Read About How To Detail A Traditional '32 Ford Chassis
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Mickey has brought a brand-new body style to the market that blends the classic cowl of a '23 T with the flowing lines of a '26-27 Ford roadster and its graceful turtle deck rear.
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Read about putting new sheet metal on the door of a 1932 Ford Five Window Coupe from Rod and Custom Magazine
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