Last week we talked about how after five months of trying I finally sold my custom ride, and just before that we talked about shopping for a good tow vehicle. But as of Friday my wife was still jobless, so I changed my mind about dropping $20k on a truck — it just didn’t […]

I happen to be the proud owner of a 1951 Chevy truck, and to say it’s a little bit rusty would be like saying that the Grand Canyon is a little bit deep.  Fortunately, my ‘51 is still salvageable, but if it weren’t, I’d consider this mighty nice custom restoration option. It’s a cab […]

If you’ve got a Chevy small-block V8, ditch the stock valve covers, timing chain cover, and filter, and replace ‘em with this sweet kit.  Proform makes it out of shiny chrome, and they even paint on the Chevrolet bowtie and lettering — a nice touch that’ll look sharp on your resto rod, or on the […]

The ‘88-’98 Chevy fullsize truck was one of the most popular body styles in its day, but if you get into one nowadays, you can tell. First, you’ll notice the creak in the driver’s door, then the sag in the bodyline. Eventually, it’s the latch not latching and a ton of frustration. Now, though, you […]

There are a lot of posts up here at FOC, and most of them sound the same. So what’s different about this one?
It involves steps.
1. Buy a Trailblazer.
2. Make sure you do step 1. Seriously.
3. Take out the stock cluster, because it sucks harder than Lindsay Lohan on a bender.
4. Put in this US […]

Looking for that period-correct look, without the hassle of hunting through junkyards? Brother’s Trucks is offering these repop hubbies for the 1947-1960 Chevrolet trucks for $150 a set. They’re made out of stainless steel, and they’ll look great with whatever project you’re working on. Just make sure you don’t lose ‘em on the freeway!
‘47-’60 Hubcaps […]

Let’s get personal for a sec here, because nothing works better than breaking protocol. I love the ‘47-’55 1st-series Chevy trucks. For years I dreamed of building one of those, until just recently when I picked one up for $1,250 — and I even got a clean title with it. As a result, I […]

Man, life keeps getting easier and easier. Used to be that if you wanted to put a LS series engine in your ’60s Chevy truck, you’d have to fab your own mounts, take a bunch of measurements, and do a lot of work. Now, though, you can just go out and buy the mounts from […]

Billet grilles are so last-year, at least if you’re in the “baller” scene. Seems like the mesh-style grille is the hot ticket nowadays, and now they make it for the ‘06-’08 C6 Corvette. It’s a chromed mesh made from stainless steel, stamped to match the shape of the bumper, and its non-scratch rubber edge won’t […]

The guys at Bassani know that fitting headers to your A-Body Chevy can sometimes require a BFH and a lot of patience. That’s why they came up with these new headers. They’re built out of stainless steel using 3/8″ flanges, and they don’t require any fancy mods to get around your plug wires or […]