You may not have consciously thought about it, but the way we build cars is very different from the way we build airplanes. Your sedan or SUV has a smooth, unibody exterior because its individual ...

Bomber-style seats have been used in street rods since the '40s, and "back in the day" most of these came from military surplus yards. Lately these seats have become enormously popular, and now we are ...

After removing the body from the frame we discovered what would qualify as an average C1 chassis that has spent its life east of the Mississippi. This particular car was a southern Kentucky/Indiana ...

Rust is a powerful force, eating through the toughest steel plate and turning the stoutest bolts into welded rivets. But if you're not familiar with the term “rust jacking” it might come as a surprise ...

Hub of 16-inch wire wheel removed from rim with aid of bolt cutter. Bolt hub in jig and trim spokes. A marker, held stationary while hub is rotated, will indicate amount to be trimmed. The finished 15 ...

Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...