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What car would you give a Singer-like restomod?

If you were in charge of a company like Singer Vehicle Design, what car (or cars) would you pick to build a highly intricate restomod?

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Shop Work: How to upgrade a classic car to a modern alternator

We show you how to convert your classic car's dated electrical system to a modern alternator.

Restoration & Renovation: The realities of restoring a race car

Old race cars might live in grainy black and white, but bringing them into today’s world can require some hardnosed detective work–and some tough decisions.

News and Notes: How to get stunning glasslike paint in 6 easy steps

Detailing a car just takes products, technique and time.

Shop Work: 9 tips to get a project car unstuck

Restoration or project car stuck in suspended animation? Here are a few tips on how to get the ball (or, in this case, chassis) rolling again.

Shop Work: Stay out of your own way: 8 tips on how to better assemble a car

Whether you are working on a priceless Ferrari or a commonplace Beetle, here are eight tips to ensure correct reassembly.

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Restoration project car updates

Maintaining and repairing an air-cooled 911? Easier than you think.

The Porsche coasted to a stop–silently, without any warning. No glowing lights on the dash. Yes, plenty of gas in the tank. 

I was returning from a PCA get-together at …

Making our Corvette safer to drive with a few minor fixes

The first thing that needed fixing on our 1965 Corvette was the leaking caliper. Generally we would do these in pairs, but as the rest had recently been …

Constructing a seat mount for our Elva's freshly-made passenger seat

After finishing the fiberglass portion of our Elva’s passenger seat, we still needed to build an upper seat bracket.

We took a …

Fabricating an Elva passenger seat–by replicating the driver seat

Why did we build a passenger seat for our Elva sports racer?

Because that’s what the racing rules of the day required.

A related quote, in fact, from the SCCA’s …

Well, our Elva’s new clutch system would require some fabrication

So, our new clutch hydraulic system? We ran into a snag.

You see, the ideal place for the clutch slave cylinder mount on the transaxle was already occupied by …

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