Car Interior 102 – Rebuilding Your Seats
January 18, 2010 by GreaseGirl · 1 Comment
Car Interior 102 – Rebuilding Your Seats
Looking at this picture now, I can no longer imagine my original plans were to simply slap some seat covers on and call it a day. I changed my mind when I realized these ol’ seats had been rat-infested and that the majority...
Car Interior 101- Redoing a Classic Car
January 4, 2010 by GreaseGirl · 6 Comments
Car Interior 101- Redoing a Classic Car
Happy 2010!! Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to get down to business! And for Grease Girl that means giving you more of what I originally set out for…to help the beginning car person get involved in the garage!...
4 Speed Times: Hurst Shifter Rebuild How-to Video
January 3, 2010 by pikesan · 8 Comments
4 Speed Times: Hurst Shifter Rebuild How-to Video
Do your choices for how you build your own ride need to make sense? To everyone? I’m sure there’s more than a few people who’d say I’m nuts for putting a Dagenham 4-speed back into my 1963 Falcon Wagon project. ...
Salt Flats Speed Shop: Traditional Hot Rod Builder
December 25, 2009 by Hechtspeed · 4 Comments
Salt Flats Speed Shop: Traditional Hot Rod Builder
Salt Flats Speed Shop in Orem, Utah is run by Chris Davenport, a metal fabrication and finishing craftsman and hot rod builder who is dedicated to building 1930’s traditional hot rods. Chris has been in business officially...
What’s on Your List?
December 24, 2009 by GreaseGirl · 4 Comments
What’s on Your List?
I’ve found that everybody has their own unique approach to building and working-on their car projects. You’ve got factors like money, who’s doing the work, skill level, space to work in, time, end-result, and of course personal...
Happy Hot Rod-days and a Merry New-gear!!!
December 24, 2009 by Hechtspeed · 2 Comments
Happy Hot Rod-days and a Merry New-gear!!!
Just wanted to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2010 will be rockin’ at MyRideisMe.com. I thought I’d share this Gingerbread Rat Rod I made last year. I was planning a Chop Top 1932 Tudor for this...
One Stanced and Cambered Acura Please
December 23, 2009 by Hechtspeed · 3 Comments
One Stanced and Cambered Acura Please
The Acura RSX is definitely one of the cars on my short list for fun to drive daily transportation. They’re lightweight, good handling, reliable, fuel efficient and the performance model (Type-S) has a 200hp high revving...
“Internet Barn Find #11″: Sandy’s Soda Can Hot Rod Masterpieces
December 17, 2009 by Hechtspeed · 1 Comment
“Internet Barn Find #11″: Sandy’s Soda Can Hot Rod Masterpieces
This is probably the coolest Barn Find to date. I’m not gonna talk much on this one, because it will take up too much space where pictures should be. Please check out this website. Looks like each car can be purchased...
“Internet Barn Find #10″: Burkland’s 400 MPH Streamliner
December 14, 2009 by Hechtspeed · 1 Comment
“Internet Barn Find #10″: Burkland’s 400 MPH Streamliner
Dallas Volk, my Salt Flats insider, sent me this link. He is good friends with the Burkland family. I knew I needed to share their website with you all. This post does come with some sad news, that Gene Burkland has passed...
1929 Roadster Part 1: A Long Time Coming
November 27, 2009 by Hechtspeed · 5 Comments
1929 Roadster Part 1: A Long Time Coming
Boy do we have a treat for you guys? I’ve wanted to do a “work in progress” story on Larry Volk’s street roadster since I found out about it earlier this year. It’s finally progressed to a point...
