Just stumbled across this 1940s vocational education film on becoming a mechanic. Its a great film clip for checking out vintage service equipment, car part cutaways, uniforms, etc. What strikes me is how radically the skill set has changed for a new car mechanic. In the pursuit of simplicity, reliability and safety, new cars have [...]
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1940s Auto Mechanic…
1948 to 1950 Ford Trucks: Rubber
So a friend of mine just got himself a brand spanking new 1950 Ford truck. For the most part, it’s bone stock and he is already gathering the parts needed to give the little hauler a lower stance. However, he isn’t quite sure yet what to do about tire size. It’s an important decision because [...]
A Hack & His Strombergs
When I was in college, I had a 1950 Ford coupe. I bought it from a local old guy for $900 using one of those credit card checks. I can vividly remember limping it home from his house in Oklahoma City to my apartment in Norman, OK. The car was pretty much all original and [...]
How A Differential Works
Remember those “101″ articles that used to run in Hot Rod Magazine? They covered the very basics of mechanical things. A youngster could learn how to read spark plugs, how a carburetor works, the principles behind suspension geometry, or an endless number of other simple ideas behind the fundamentals of hot rodding just by reading [...]
Bailiegh Bail Out – WINNER!
Man… That was one hell of a contest that came right down to the wire. Around 1000 folks voted and the winner took the goods by the slimmest of margins. In all honesty, all of the participants are winners. I know, cliche… But we really had some great entries this time around and I’m awful [...]
Baileigh Bail Out – Vote Now!
Well folks… That was one hell of a tech week. From projects as complicated as fabricating drip rails to as simple as rebuilding a gauge cluster, this event gave us a little bit of everything. And now, it’s time to pick the lucky fella who is going to take home a prize worth around $2,000 [...]
Baileigh Bail Out – It’s Tech Week!
A few weeks ago Shane at Baileigh approached us and asked if we would be interested in doing a pretty special tech week. The idea is simple. Give folks two weeks to post their best tech articles, after that time we will pick ten finalist and then give folks another week to vote on their [...]
HD Fuel Pump
I spent the weekend with family in Santa Rosa, CA. As you read this, I’m hopping on an airplane and heading back to Texas. Obviously, I didn’t have much time for a post this morning but I thought I would leave you with one of the tidbits of old Ford information you always pick up [...]
Tech Week – Winner!
Well, another tech week came to a close and we had to sit down and pick a winner – not an easy task. A few of us argued back and forth over who should take home the bacon donated by Wren Hand Tools, but we finally settled on one post. Drum roll please….
The winner of [...]
TECH WEEK!
Mike Wren owns what is mostly a mail order tool company out of Spokane, WA. He’s been a sponsor of one of our sister sites, garagejournal.com, for a number of months and has gotten rave reviews from our members over there. The tool freaks on the Garage Journal have fallen hard for the TOPTUL line [...]
