Day: 6

Doing it Right: Art & Mary Krepp’s 1961 Corvette

Art and Mary Krepps’ 1961 Corvette Art Krepps built his 1961 Corvette with one hand tied behind his back. Well, maybe we’re exaggerating just a bit. But he did bring the ’Vette from backyard trash to a showstopper himself, with help from his sons. That includes fabrication, body work, paint, engine work, interior, and anything

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Updated: Parking Lot Engine Swap! Snow Flies…Profanities to Follow?

[portfolio_slideshow] When we last left our super heroes (Hot Rod magazine’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan), they were on their way to Summit Racing Sparks, where they planned to perform a parking lot engine swap on their ’69 El Camino. The good news: the ailing Elco survived the trip from L.A. to Sparks, NV. The

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Primetime: A Closer Look at Dupli-Color Self-Etching and Filler Primer

When was the last time you stopped in your tracks at a car show, looked at a killer custom paint job, and thought: “That’s an incredible finish; I wonder what kind of primer they used.” In a hot rodding world filled with custom colors, eye-grabbing metalflakes, luscious candies and pearls, and mean flat finishes (not

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