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Restoration & Tech

Practical guides, mechanic advice, and tech tips for classic car owners.

Bare rat rod rolling chassis with no body on a shop floor, showing open C-channel frame rails, front beam axle, vintage steel wheels and a mocked-up flathead V8
Restoration & Tech

Rat Rod Frames and Chassis

Ray Delgado · · 9 min
A row of classic hot-rod engines on stands at a swap meet: a finned Ford flathead V8, an early supercharged Chrysler Hemi, and a chrome-dressed small-block Chevy
Restoration & Tech

Hot Rod Engines: Flathead to Small-Block

Dan Reeves · · 10 min
Classic pickup truck body lifted off its bare rolling chassis on a hoist in a restoration shop, the defining frame-off restoration moment
Restoration & Tech

Frame-Off vs Frame-On Restoration Explained

Robert Halloran · · 8 min
Vintage bare-steel body shells lined up in a builder's yard: a chopped coupe, a sedan, and a weathered pickup cab for choosing a rat rod body
Restoration & Tech

Rat Rod Body and Cab Choices

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min
1975 Chevrolet C10 floor pan -- fresh weld repair in workshop
Restoration & Tech

Replacing Rusted C10 Floor Pans: A Step-by-Step Guide

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Chopped-top hot-rod coupe in side profile with a dramatically lowered roofline under moody side lighting
Restoration & Tech

Chopping a Top: What It Means and Why

Ray Delgado · · 7 min