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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?
A complete interior insulation kit that can be easily installed with little modification? That's what Design Engineering, Inc. says of its complete custom kits.
Wish a step-by-step manual existed that told you exactly how to restore a car? As we found out with our 1965 Corvette Coupe, such guides do, in fact, exist.
Here are 23 things you can do to make your classic car easier to live with and more enjoyable to drive.
While Tim can’t ignore the temptation of a new project–like our Elva sports racer–many of the cars in his collection that he restored decades ago now require a bit of rejuvenation.
As it turns out, the things that truly help you make the most of your time in the shop aren't always tools, per se.
This was going to be tough. We had no original parts to copy. We had no shop manual. We had no diagrams.
What we did have was a whole bunch …
We needed parts.
We couldn’t find those parts.
Fine, we figured, we’ll make those parts ourselves.
Our Elva project needed some crucial components to mate its engine to …
Our next task for our Elva Mk VI sports racer was to run brake lines. Before we could do that, however, we would need to hang the front suspension. …
From looking at old pictures, we knew our Elva Mk VI sports racer would have had an oil cooler. We could even see the remains of an oil cooler mounted …
Womp, womp, womp, womp.
The Porsche needed new brakes.
We could feel it when coming to a stop–warped rotors, many would say.
But not quite. Technically “warped rotors” are …
