Vintage Truck Restoration

Happen to be looking for tech support? Maybe installing something on that project of yours and you need a few pointers? Well, here in our technical section you can find articles, tips, and helpful guides related to anything you might be building on your classic truck.

Classic Truck Parts & Accessories

	Painless Performance Wiring Harness Install - Project Get Shorty Wired Science - Tech When I was 16 years old I set out to build the ultimate stereo for my ride, within my budget that is, which was inauspiciously diminutive. more

	September 2010 Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace - Classic Marketplace To meet the demands of welding applications ranging from light- to heavy-duty, Tregaskiss offers two brands: TOUGH GUN MIG Guns and TGX MIG... more

	Stainless Works Custom Exhaust - Hootie And The Blowpipes - Tech A Stainless Exhaust For Project Get Shorty more

	Information On Alternators - Shock Treatment - Tech Choosing The Right Alternator For Your Truck more

	Lokar Performance Products Upgrade - The Missing Link - Tech Project Get Shorty Gets Hooked Up more

	1979 Chevrolet C10 Upgrades - Concealed Weapons - Tech How To Cruise A C10 In Coolness And Comfort more

	August 2010 Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace - Classic Market Place A great mate to their column are these new tie-rod sleeves from CPP. more

	Chevrolet C10 Weatherstrip Replacing - First Things First Replacing '73-87 C10 Weatherstrip more

	Chevrolet C10 Rear Axle Upgrade - A Matching Pair of Axles Upgrading the Rear Axles to Match the Front Bolt Pattern more

	Get Shorty Paint Job - Project Get Shorty Paint It Black II more

	Custom Dash Gauge Install - Gauges For The Ages Installing Gauges On A Custom Dash more

	Chevrolet C10 Brake Upgrade - Low-Buck C10 Upgrades Swapping Out Front Drums For Discs more

	July 2010 Custom Classic Truck Parts - Classic Market Place Classic Performance Products offers a high-quality direct bolt-in Hydroboost brake assist system for '67-87 Chevy trucks more

	Restoring A 1962 Ford F-100 - Old Friend, New Flame - Tech When we left off, I had told you about buying my longtime buddy Dan's parents' '62 Ford F-100 longbed. more

	Serpentine System Install On LS Engine - Serpentine Solutions - Tech Deciding what mill to run under the hood of your truck is one of the most important decisions to make when it comes to building a classic... more

	1971 Project Truck Gets A Paint Job - Project Get Shorty - Tech It's been a long time coming, but it's finally time to slap some lipstick on this pig-this pig being Project Get Shorty. more

	June 2010 Custom Classic Truck Parts - Classic Market Place Kugel Komponents offers the original remote fill reservoirs built from a solid piece of billet aluminum and are available in a single,... more

	LMC Truck Light Install On Chevrolet C-10 Truck - Bright Lights, Big C10 - Tech The nature of customizing a classic pickup to extract the utmost in personal enjoyment has always been to upgrade the truck in as many... more

	Building A One-Off Bumper And Roll Pan Install - Rear End Rehab - Tech One of the liberties many people take when it comes to classic trucks is the treatment of the front and rear bumpers. more

	Custom Bed Side Exhaust Pipes - (Not So) Exhausting - Tech With the F-1 project winding down nicely, it's come time to sort out all the little things prior to rolling her into the booth for the... more

	May 2010 Classic Truck Parts - Classic Marketplace Energy Suspension's Hyper-Flex polyurethane performance motor mounts are now available for GM LS-series engine conversions. more

	GM E-Rod Crate Engine - Learning To Love Living Green - Tech Back when smog control devices first started to appear on cars and light trucks the consensus in the enthusiast community was that... more

	Understanding Plasma Cutters - The Cutting Edge - Tech If you've built a custom classic truck, chances are you've had to deal with cutting metal-it may have been removing or modifying something... more

	Vintage Air Climate Control Install - Cool It Now! - Tech One of the greatest inventions known to mankind is arguably air conditioning. more

	April 2010 Classic Truck Parts - Classic Market Place Burn, Baby, Burn! Flaming River has developed a complete power rack-and-pinion conversion system for rear-wheel-drive '73-87 Chevy/GMC C10... more

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GMC Yukon XL 1500 Research

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	1967 Chevrolet Pickup - Sweetheart A Couple's Other Love... more
	Finishing a Ford F-1 Project - Haul Monitor Summer Salvation... more
	Three Vintage Trucks - Truck Trio - The End? Longtime reader Noris Carsen spotted this trio on one of his many ventures about the country... more
	1953 Ford F-100 - Sweet Sixteen Better Late Than Never... more
	1965 Chevrolet C-10 - Readers' Trucks A C10 That Knows a Good Deal Garry Beightol from Montevideo, Minnesota, sent us shots of his '65 Chevy along with the story behind it.... more
	1954 Chevrolet Five-Window Truck - Time Shifter Is This '54 Chevy Five-Window Retro Or Contemporary Or What?... more
	September 2010 Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace - Classic Marketplace To meet the demands of welding applications ranging from light- to heavy-duty, Tregaskiss offers two brands: TOUGH GUN MIG Guns and TGX MIG Guns.... more
	1957 Ford Delivery - Haulenore Steve Brattin's Shelby-Inspired Hauler... more
	Painless Performance Wiring Harness Install - Project Get Shorty Wired Science - Tech When I was 16 years old I set out to build the ultimate stereo for my ride, within my budget that is, which was inauspiciously diminutive.... more
	George Barris' Cruisin' Back To The 50's Culver City Car Show - Out On The Street Way back when young builders and modifiers and racers were basically inventing the hot rod hobby in Southern California, Culver City was one of the places it was happening.... more

	SEMA, The SAN, and www.carinitiative.com It’s an exciting time for the auto enthusiast, be it muscle cars, hot rods, or in our case,... more
	Gearstar TH350 on sale Here's the Beef! Not bad for $895.00, I had the pros at Gearstar Performance Transmissions... more
	Show-Me F-100s 23rd Annual Show-Me F-100 Ozarks Run July 9-11th For more information, visit: www.showmef100s.org... more
	Bay Area Shop Robbed! ... more

	Ball Joints Can a lower ball joint for a 66 C-10 be pressed into a 71 or later a-arm?... more
	63-70 2 1/2 drop spindles Chevy C-10 Just purchased a week ago a set of drop spindles for a 66 C-10. One spindle has been removed from... more
	transmission swap I've got a '64 Chevy C20 with a 230 inline 6, and i want to swap out the granny 4 for a 5 speed... more
	TOPPIN' IT ALL OFF 2010 [IMG]... more