* Classic Car Resources *

Your old car needs your help in order to perform it's best and hold it's value. Classic car maintenance starts with fun easy stuff like cleaning, but there's also oil changes, tune-ups, correct coolant and coolant level, and tire maintenance.

Classic Car Maintenance

Best Oil for Classic Cars

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Car Shows

Regardless of where you live, you can probably find a car show close to where you are. These shows are great places to learn more about cars. Most owners will gladly tell you more than you’d ever want to know about theirs!

Everything You Need to Know About Car Shows

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Automotive History

Ford Flathead V8 Identification and Specs

American Automotive Industry During WW2

American Cars of the Fifties

American Muscle Car History 1964-1969

85 MPH Speedometer Law

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Project Car Help

Restore An Old Car And Not Lose Money

any convertible car is a worthwhile project

Project Car Buyers Guide

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Tires

Classic Car Tires Overview

Raised White Letter Tires For Classic Cars

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Tools and Equipment

Automotive Restoration Tools and Equipment

Best Hand Tools

Set Up Your Garage

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Battery Jump Pack

Having a battery jump pack with you when traveling means never getting stranded with a dead battery. They're also handy for motorcycles, ATV's, or any other vehicle that doesn't get driven regularly.

Battery Jump Pack Review

Best Metal Gas Can

Well-designed and rugged, the Wavian Jerry Can is the gold standard for safe, portable gasoline storage. Their serviceable life is often 50 years or longer.

Wavian Metal Gas Can Review

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Build A T-Bucket

To build a T-bucket fifty years ago, you'd have to have been a mechanic, welder, and painter, and also know how to lay fiberglass and do upholstery. Today, it's a whole lot easier.

Build A T-Bucket

Hot Rods and Customs

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Restore An Old Beetle

VW Beetle History

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Emissions and Exhaust

Automotive emissions have always had a bad rap with old car enthusiasts, mainly because it was forced on us by the government and slowed down our cars and made them more complicated. But that's not why they were designed - they were designed to protect our earth, the air that you and I breathe. When I was younger I did not appreciate this, but now, being older with children of my own, I get it.

Emissions System Components Explained

Add Oxygen Sensor To Old Car

Air Pump Function and Diagnosis

3 Ways To Test A Catalytic Converter

EGR Valve Function and Diagnosis

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Recommended Sites

Jeep Lovers Website - Comprehensive and fun guide to choosing, buying, owning and using Jeeps, old and new, off road and on. Recommended viewing for all Jeep Lovers!

Classic Motorcycle Build - How-to articles, pictures, history, and information on classic and old-school custom motorcycles.

MotorMouthRadio - If you like cars and like to laugh, check out in Chris and Ray's podcast.

Ray's 1965 GTO Project

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Go Karts and Mini Bikes

Restore An Old Go-Kart

Classic Mini-Bike Build

Minibike History

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Daily Drivers

For 13 years, my daily driver was a 2001 and then a 2008 Ford Explorer Sport-Trac.

Aside from getting me back and forth to work faithfully and comfortably, my Sport-Tracs have transported bicycles, motorcycles, go karts, kayaks, kids, lumber, mulch, furniture, kitchen appliances, engines, transmissions, tires, wheels, and on occasion, a few trips to the local dump.