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Adding brake lines to the 8in
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Posted June 6 2010 10:09 AM by kevelliott
With the chassis brake lines already run on Project Purple Pig (check out http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/techarticles/1001rc_1949_chevy_brake_lines/index.html ), I just had to add the lines to the rearend to...
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Filed under: Rod & Custom Magazine, Automotive Brakes
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Finally I can get the front sheetmetal finished.
Undercoating the trunk floor
Final Year Flattie P/S Upgrade
The Father Of Arin Cee And His Comic Strips For Car Guys
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Posted May 6 2009 05:21 PM by R&CTimB
Hot rod cartoonist Pete Millar inspired millions of enthusiasts with CARtoons magazine, which he created in 1959 and later with Drag Cartoons, which appeared in 1963. He is also the creator of the Arin Cee comic character...
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Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson
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Posted April 22 2009 04:57 PM by R&CTimB
Just a little toy town on the freeway Gas station grocery store and cozy cafe Deadeye waitress with a shoot to kill smile Says it's time for my break I'll be back in a while
When my watch fell asleep I got up on my feet...
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The World Is Going Flat
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Posted July 9 2008 04:58 PM by RCTimB
Flat. Suede. Primer. Non-gloss. Call it whatever you want, this style in hot rod and custom car paint has been around too long to be considered a fad. And it’s too widespread to be dismissed as a half-baked alternative to...
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Filed under: Rod & Custom Magazine, Auto Paint, 1950s Hot Rods
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Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson
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Posted June 19 2008 01:59 PM by RCTimB
Routine maneuvers through the downtown summer night Local radio soundtrack for dancing reflections rolling under streetlights Hare and hound sheep and wolf slap and tickle exercises mix it up with rooster challenges issued...
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Filed under: Rod & Custom Magazine, 1960s Hot Rods
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Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson
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Posted April 30 2008 05:19 PM by RCTimB
Just when we ran out of asphalt The first raindrops fell They hit the ground like airstrike invaders and made the dust dance We smiled at the baby Dresden and crunched through the gravel When I downshifted for Spaghetti...
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Finding His Old Ride After 37 Years
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Posted April 30 2008 05:14 PM by RCTimB
If there's anything better than building and driving a hot rod or custom car, it's being reunited with a long-lost favorite. In the "Yesterday's Young Guns" department in the November 2007 issue of R&C, we told...
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A Street/Strip Initiation Ritual Study by Scotty Gosson
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Posted April 15 2008 12:57 PM by RCTimB
Chain hoist balancing act—working without a net to fit five hundred pounds into a one pound bag—stretching the envelope to get the message inside. Sleight of hand trickery somehow fits eight header tubes into no available...
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Cuban Classics As Custom Car Raw Material by John Gibbs
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Posted April 15 2008 12:48 PM by RCTimB
I recently had one of those serendipitous moments. You know, like that old TV commercial where one guy with a bunch of chocolate runs into another guy with peanut butter and they go down in a big messy heap, only to...
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A Look at Vintage Kart Racing
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