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The engine swap has been a time-honored tradition of hot rodding for almost as long as people have been “hopping up” cars to make them go faster. The first hot-rodders took to tinkering with the four-cylinder engines that were common prior to World W

My mother had a ’64 Galaxie 500/XL with a 390 and I knew what a ’64 Fairlane was. I loved that body style. My brother told me about Mario’s car, and I said, “Bob, I want the car.” I didn’t care what color it was — I knew that it was a four-speed and

Since its introduction as the new Corvette propulsion unit for 1997, the LS engine has appeared in more than 40 different iterations. So before you begin ordering parts, it’s essential to know which one you’re dealing with. Begin your investigation w

Ideally, a used engine would be subjected to a start-and-run check (either in the donor vehicle or on an engine run stand) before one lays out the long green. Neither option availed itself to us in this case, so we relied on a personal inspection and

I contacted Galen Govier about my Challenger and put it in his registry. He told me that the intriguing thing to him was the scheduled build date. The car was built on June 10 of 1971, which was a strike year and production stopped on June 17th. He s

Q: As an enthusiastic enthusiast, I am happy to keep my fleet of vehicles running myself when at all possible. Recently, my 1995 GMC Rally Wagon van, (G-20, 350, 4L60E, 288,000 miles) refused to run when hot, even though the starter motor cranked des

Q:I have a 1991 Chevrolet short bed pickup with a 4.3-liter V-6 and a three-speed manual transmission. I also have a 1989 4x4 short-bed parts truck with a V-8. Can I swap rear ends? I know the 1989 truck’s wheel track measurement is wider, but I woul

Few pieces of clothing are more useful and versatile than a black baseball cap, and Hemmings now offers one with the stylishly updated Muscle Machines cover logo. This top-quality brimmed hat (item MHATB) is made of heavy cotton, with the carefully e

By Tom Comerro Simplify the plumbing of your remote-mounted electric water pump by eliminating T-fittings, Y-blocks, and extra hose ends with these new, adjustable coolant crossover tubes. Each design allows for varible lengths and can be used as a c

IF THE CRUSH OF HUMANITY and hour-long bathroom lines were keeping you from attending the Barrett-Jackson auction, have we got news for you. At the October 22-24 event, held at the company’s traditional location at Westworld in Scottsdale, Arizona, t

RESERVE: Minimum price owner will accept SELLING PRICE: What the vehicle sold for, inclusive of buyer’s 5-percent fee RECENT MARKET RANGE: The low-to-high value range for the vehicle based on published results of similar vehicles sold at auction over

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The pandemic that erupted in 2020 opened a lot of eyes here in sunny California. Obviously, nothing like that horror story has ever happened to this country before, except for the historic flu pandemic of 1918, which we all fortunately missed! So, du