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    Classic Performance Product’s introduces its brand new compact, but powerful, lightweight 400 Series™ Vega Power Steering Box. This is a MUST for any hot rod application that uses a manual Vega box. CPP’s new box utilizes late model power steering technology and allows use of the original steering ...
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    Flaming River has announced that it will soon release new Dual Adjustable Aluminum Shocks. The lightweight shocks will feature a twin-tube design with a sleek clear-anodized finish. The shocks offer 19 positions of compression and 19 positions of rebound adjustments to allow for a total of 361 different valving combinations, the company said.

    The aluminum shocks feature adjustment knobs that are clearly labeled with a “C” for compression and an “R” for rebound. Other features include an advanced three-step sealing system, a machined aluminum piston with a deflective disk technology and a PTFE/bronze pistol seal, and a 5/8-inch centerless ground-hard chrome-plated piston rod. ...
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    Get a Complete Performance Package and tune up your chassis with some of the best upgrades for a great price! This package teams up all of the pieces that will convert your ride into a corner carver on the track and a pleasure to drive on the streets. Totally Tubular™ Control arms in the front (and the rear for applications that have rear trailing arms), front coil springs, front and rear performance sway bars and front and rear Black Magic™ performance tuned shocks are part of all the kits. Early Nova and Mustang kits feature our innovative MINI™ Sub-Frame, 400 Series™ performance steering box and also include Caltracs traction bars. ...
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    Classic Industries has announced the release of its all-new reproduction grilles for 1964 Chevy full-sized B-body models. The grilles will fit all 1964 Impalas, Bel Airs and Biscaynes.

    The grille assembly has been manufactured from completely new tooling and comes complete ...
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    After putting that big motor into your street rod, keeping it cool becomes one of your concerns. One way to help with this is by getting excess heat out of the engine compartment. McMillan Rod & Custom has just made this easier. New from them comes this line of stylish and ...
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    Complete Rear Coil-Over Conversion Kit


    CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension




    Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kit



    Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.




    Honoring Suzanne E. Vanderbilt and the GM Damsels of Design




    Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.

    Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.

    From basic pencils sketches to designing




    The year 1978 was a great era for Oldsmobile



    1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme advertising


    Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.


    I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values




    The 1966 Dodge Dart models were seeking rebel drivers



    The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
    The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.




  •  Featured Vehicles

    1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan



    Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc




    1966 Shelby GT350 Fastback



    To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,