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Read it now: Saving the world’s saddest Iso Grifo

You don't have to wait for the March 2025 issue to appear in your mailbox–subscribers can read the digital edition now.

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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Restoration & Renovation: 12 tips for better project car management

Restoring a car is more than just the grunt work. You need to have a game plan, too.

Features: 10 steps to performance-tuning your favorite classic

You’ve rebuilt the engine, redone the body, and rejuvenated the suspension. Your latest restoration project is ready for the open road, right? Not always.

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.

Safety: How to diagnose that errant noise

Not sure what that noise is? Check our guide to find out what it is so you can make it stop.

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

Detailing a car just takes products, technique and time.

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How to recreate the plumbing for our cooling system

The cooling system of our Elva Mk VI sports racer perhaps served as our biggest mystery. Until just recently, we couldn’t find any photos showing how the maze …

Why buy new Corvette seat covers when we can restore the originals?

While both leather and vinyl seat covers are readily available for C2 Corvettes in all the stock colors, we wanted to preserve as much of the original interior …

Little details matter: Adding period-correct registration stickers

Among life’s great mysteries: Stonehenge, the Big Bang and a reason for the empty registration sticker box in the corner of New York’s old orange license plates.

Let us …

Recreating our Elva’s missing header tank from scratch

Our Elva was missing its header tank. The old photos that we found told us the story.

While we already created the …

Determining the ideal place to mount our Elva's kill switch

Back in the day, race cars didn’t have kill switches that would instantly disable a car’s electrical system. Today, though, virtually every sanctioning body mandates these switches.

While at the …

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