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Plymouth Prowler: Hot Rod From the Factory
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The Plymouth Prowler looks like an extreme prewar hot
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Frame Rail Damage: Inspection and Repair Basics
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A car can look straight, track normally on a short
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Lincoln Mark LT: The Luxury F-150 Few Bought
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The Lincoln Mark LT offered the appearance of a luxury
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Adding a Fog Machine to a Dodge Charger
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Smoke curling around a Dodge Charger can create a strong
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Lynx Eventer: The XJS Shooting Brake Conversion
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The Lynx Eventer is a hand-converted Jaguar XJS coupé
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Choosing a Body Kit That Improves Aerodynamics
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An aggressive body kit can make a car look lower and
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A heavily rusted first-generation Ford Bronco with faded paint parked outdoors on a gravel lot during golden hour Cars
First-Gen Ford Bronco: Prices That Defy Logic
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A rusty first-generation Ford Bronco can be advertised
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A vintage white Suzuki SC100 Whizzkid coupe parked in a driveway in the warm afternoon sunlight Cars
Suzuki SC100 Whizzkid: The Tiny Coupe With Big Charm
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The Suzuki SC100 Whizzkid looks as though someone squeezed
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Emus Racing a Holden Colorado in the Outback
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For a moment, emus running beside
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Frozen Fuel Line in an Old Ford Ranger
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On a cold morning, an old Ford
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A light blue and white Autobianchi Bianchina vintage car parked in a workshop with open doors and brown interior
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Autobianchi Bianchina: Fiat 500’s Fancy Cousin
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The Fiat 500 is familiar: a tiny
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A purple Plymouth Prowler factory hot rod parked on a sunny suburban street with exposed front wheels
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Plymouth Prowler: Hot Rod From the Factory
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The Plymouth Prowler looks like
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Black Lincoln Mark LT luxury pickup truck parked on a paved driveway with chrome grille and wheels
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Lincoln Mark LT: The Luxury F-150 Few Bought
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The Lincoln Mark LT offered the
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A black Dodge Charger with its trunk open containing a fog machine emitting dense smoke onto the ground
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Adding a Fog Machine to a Dodge Charger
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Smoke curling around a Dodge Charger
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A technician wearing a respirator applies a blue base coat with a spray gun in an automotive body shopPainting
Choosing the Right Spray Gun Nozzle Size for Automotive Primer, Base Coat, and Clear
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A nozzle that starves thick primer can overfeed clear
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Color Sanding Grits for Show-Quality Finishes
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Color sanding a show-quality finish means leveling
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Choosing an Automotive Paint Mixing System for Hobbyist Car Painters
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A recipe or an expensive mixer cannot guarantee a color match.
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Waterborne vs Solvent-Based Car Paint
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Waterborne paint can reduce emissions during the color-coat
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Mechanic in black gloves inspects a leaking wheel cylinder on a rusty car drum brake assembly Repair
Repairing a Leaking Drum Brake Wheel Cylinder
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A damp drum brake assembly, weaker braking, or a parking brake that no longer holds as expected can point
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Why Your Brake Pedal Feels Spongy and How to Fix It
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A brake pedal that suddenly feels soft, travels farther than usual, or becomes firm only after you pump
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How to Replace a Cabin Air Fan Motor
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A silent, intermittent, or noisy cabin fan can make the vehicle uncomfortable and obscure the real fault.
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Fixing a Speedometer That Stopped Working
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A dead speedometer creates immediate uncertainty about legal driving, speed limits, and whether the vehicle
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Mechanic wearing safety glasses and gloves uses a flashlight and a ruler to inspect damaged frame rail of a car on a frame machine
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Frame Rail Damage: Inspection and Repair Basics
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A car can look straight, track
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Severely rusted spare tire well and trunk floor inside an open car trunk with water damage
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Repairing Rusted Trunk Floors and Spare Wells
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A trunk can look clean until you
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Closed-Cell Foam in Car Body Cavities: Pros and Cons for Rust and Noise
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Filling body cavities with closed-cell
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A mechanic wearing safety glasses and gloves inspects surface rust on a metal panel with a flashlight
Bodywork
Treating Surface Rust Before It Spreads
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Fresh paint can look like a successful
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Mechanic in safety glasses and black gloves measuring panel gaps on a gray car door in a workshop
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Aligning Misfitting Doors and Panel Gaps
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Uneven panel gaps, a door that
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Mechanic wearing black gloves aligns a new replacement fender on the side of a car in a repair shop
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Installing a Replacement Fender Correctly
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A fender can look installed while
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A woman standing by a gray car with its hood open and steam rising from the overheated engine on a winding road at sunsetEngine
Engine Overheating Causes and Fixes
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The temperature rises in traffic or on a long climb
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Hybrid Engine Maintenance Differences
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A hybrid’s gasoline engine may shut off in traffic
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Engine Break-In Procedure for Rebuilt Motors
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A rebuilt engine needs a deliberate break-in because
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Diagnosing an Engine Misfire
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An intermittent shake or a brief loss of power can
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Hankook Ventus vs Kumho Ecsta Budget Performance Tires
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Hankook Ventus and Kumho Ecsta are families, not single tires. A brand-level verdict can therefore mislead
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Top 5 Floor Jacks for Home Garages
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A floor jack can look suitable on a shelf and still fail at the car: its nose will not slide beneath
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Masking Tape Showdown: 3M vs Sellerio
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A tape that fails to seal can let paint seep under the edge. A tape that grips too hard can pull off
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Liqui Moly vs Red Line Fuel System Cleaners
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Liqui Moly and Red Line SI-1 are both available as bottle-in-tank fuel-system cleaners, but Liqui Moly
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Choosing a Body Kit That Improves Aerodynamics
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An aggressive body kit can make
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Close-up of a gray sports car suspension in a garage with a blue adjustable sway bar and tools nearby
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Adjustable Sway Bars for Sharper Cornering
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Sharper turn-in and less body roll
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Boost Controllers: Manual vs Electronic
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A manual boost controller is simpler
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Tuning
Corner Balancing a Car for Even Handling
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A car that turns willingly in one
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Grey performance hatchback parked on electronic corner weight scales inside a professional tuning garage
Tuning
Weight Reduction Mods That Improve Performance
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A lighter car can feel more alert
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Nitrous Oxide Systems: Wet vs Dry Kits
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Choosing between a wet and dry
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