O’Brien Truckers has introduced new valve covers for the Buick Nailhead engine that are an exact copy of the famous Fenton valve cover, which hasn’t been available in over 50 years, said the company. The thick-wall castings come with a highly polished finish, just like Fenton supplied them. The valve covers will fit all Buick Nailheads from 264–425 cubic inches.
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Real Deal Steel has announced the release of its new steel 1957 convertible skeleton. The skeleton is the complete main body structure, less the exterior skins, which are available at an additional cost. The skeleton includes the full floor and trunk floor with all braces and supports, firewall/cowl/A-pillar and windshield frame assembly.
It also includes the inner and outer rocker panels, inner quarters, trunk walls and wheelhouse panels and the complete trunk hinge assembly. All of the components are fixture-welded and ready for an exterior skin to be installed.
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Omega Kustom Instruments, the gauge division of Doc’s Kustom, has released a new “2-in-1″ speedometer/tachometer combo. The gauge features a 4.725-inch stainless bezel with a true glass lens, and comes in a choice of black, white, tan or silver.
The gauge will fit a 4.375-inch hole, which allows it to be used in early dashboards. The speedometer features one-button programming, with an odometer and trip odometer. The tachometer is packaged at the bottom.
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Wheel Arounds from Kugel Komponents were designed to make the act of moving a chassis around a shop easier. They’re made of injection-molded polyurethane and can support up to 1,500 pounds of static load (375 pounds per wheel).
The Wheel Arounds are designed to move the chassis only and will not support the weight of a body and engine. They measure 24 inches tall and are 1 3/8 inches wide. The Wheel Arounds are sold as a set of four.
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Todd Rosenzweig of Florida is restoring a 1969 Camaro SS350 coupe. His welder of choice is a Weld-Pak® 3200HD wire feeder welder (current model is Weld-Pak® 140HD).
Todd fabricated this body cart to guarantee the Camaro will be square
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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