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1980 Chevy truck V8 install progress 27 Aug 2013 | 03:25 am
You would think that replacing a six cylinder engine and installing a V8 in a vehicle that was originally designed to host such an engine would be easy. Well, it IS easy but there are several items th...
Swedish cars at the GoodGuys Hot Rod show 23 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Most folks do not connect the GoodGuys hot rod show with sixties cars but they did open up for later model cars for good and bad. The bad part is that it can be easily saturated with muscle cars but t...
Project 1980 Chev Truck: If it is not fast enough…CHROME IT !! 17 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
Upgrading to a stock Mr. Goodwrench V8 engine is not much to write home about but it will certainly be more exiting than the completely smogged out 6 cylinder 4.1 liter paper weight that was occupying...
Goodguys, WA 2013 12 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
The fairground in Puyallup Washington was once again filled with hot rods from all over the country. The weather was perfect with sun and temps in the low eighties. Armed with 100 SPF ultraviolet pro...
Guy Hall’s Award Winning Hot Rod 5 Aug 2013 | 11:06 pm
Guy Hall brought his new 1930 Ford Model A Hot Rod to the NSRA meet in Ridgefield a few weeks ago and it was picked the top ten by Street Rodder Magazine. Guy will get a cool jacket and maybe some in...
Does chrome really make an engine faster? 30 Jul 2013 | 08:09 pm
In the interest of hot rod research we will sacrifice and do this, that’s the kind of folks we are. While we are cleaning up the V8 engine destined for action in the 1980 Chevrolet shop truck the ide...
1966 Chevrolet Impala Wagon 26 Jul 2013 | 02:26 am
Testing to move some older articles to the new ClassicRoad.com 1966 Impala Wagon This example is equipped with the rare original 283/200 hp four barrel engine, Also, factory A/C and rear facing seat...
Chevrolet shop truck get some attention 25 Jul 2013 | 12:58 am
The 1980 Chevrolet Plain Jane shop truck has been ignored for too long. It got a set of Buick Road Wheels a while back and that definitely helped the looks but it was still lacking power (and the righ...
Let’s check out the car corral at the swap meet 21 Jul 2013 | 12:18 am
Some swap meets have an area set aside for just complete cars and this is a walk through one of them. Let’s take a stroll: How about an arrest-me-red 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury? With a Hi Performance ...
Cult car For Sale: 1982 Volvo 245 GLT Turbo 4 speed OD 19 Jul 2013 | 09:58 pm
The Volvo Turbo was introduced with the 1981 model year in the US. In 1982 Volvo did something that changed the perception of the parental units boring station wagon: They introduced the Turbo wagon. ...
