Auto Restoration 101

An 8″ sander is a great tool that can save you a lot of time and work. I had a Mac Tools gear drive 8″ sander before I bought my National Detroit and it was always in need of repairs. Basically it was a piece of junk. If you are looking to get one, make [...]

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Have you ever done something and not recieved any credit for it? It’s happened to me a couple of times. This is one of them. I’ll post about the other one later.

Photo courtesy of Tom Strongman’s Auto Ink
Go HERE to read Tom Strongmans article about this car.
I did some work (a lot) [...]

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I surf the internet all of the time looking for auto restoration resources. I will be posting about the ones that I think you might benefit from. Some of them you might already know about. Second Chance Garage is a great website for auto restoration information.
Second Chance Garage was started by Satch [...]

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One of the biggest and most frustrating problems that you come across restoring an old car is stripped or damaged threads. One way that might help fix the problem is to “chase” the threads with a thread restoring tap or die. They are different than a thread cutting tap and die. A [...]

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Beverly Rae Kimes the noted automotive historian and journalist passed away on May 12, 2008. I had not heard of this until I was reading this blog post by Jil McIntosh. I had heard of Mrs. Kimes before. It seems like had just read an article on her just recently but I can’t remember where. [...]

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If you are looking to restore your car and do all of the work yourself then you will need to know how to do sheetmetal repairs. To have great paint work on your car it needs to have a good foundation and that starts with the metal preparation. Body and paint work without the proper [...]

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