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Overhaulit Part 21
You can restore a car a thousand times,
but it will be . . .

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Original just one. Decisions, decisions. It would seem that there really aren’t all that many when restoring a vehicle. The road map is right there in front of you. If you realize that it’s only original once, then you can never, ever get back to original. What really matters, then, when it comes to a restoration is that it looks brand new and, for the most part, correct. For the most part?

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Overhaulit Part 22
The right stuff

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Starting with a restored car has a number of benefits when it comes to a project like this. Now, you could put a half-finished car in the garage or go out and buy a totally finished car with the intention of carrying out modifications to improve the driving dynamics. Improving a finished car has a couple of key advantages, not the least of which is saving time. Cars are fun to work on – usually. . .

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Overhaulit Part 23
Powder keg!

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The boiling point is reached as a botched wheel order forces us to take matters into own hands, with powder coating to make it right. I can see that he’s telling me all about power coating, since his lips are moving, but no words are coming out of his mouth. They’ve been replaced with the ringing in my ears. It’s not the first time Marcel Allain has slammed together two hollow aluminum cylinders – the kind used to carry oxygen – to show just how tough their powder-coated finish is. And it won’t be the last. Here he goes again . . . uh oh.

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Infinity Q60 Concept
AutoGraph Oct 13, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Weekly automotive infographics that inform, enlighten and delight readers. Our high-impact infographics add visual appeal and variety to your auto-section pages. Wheelbase’s designers are some of the best in the business with numerous awards for dynamic newsgraphics and page design. AutoGraph will show your readers, with engaging visual style, what they want and need to know about their automobiles as well as today’s trends. These professional, useful and intelligent graphics will help raise the profile of your auto section.

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  • Designed by Wheelbase Media’s editorial staff using Macromedia Freehand (for backward compatibility for most  systems) as well as Adobe Photoshop.
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  • Files included in your download: native Freehand file; Freehand EPS file (which is how to edit the AutoGraph with Adobe Illustrator) and a 300 dpi CMYK low-compression jpg file.
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2016 time machines
AutoKnow Oct 13, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding a variety of automotive topics for broader readership.
What it is: Diversity matters. An automotive print product or Web site largely based on new-vehicle reviews is missing an enormous readership. Auto Know gives us the latitude to explore fantastic auto-related stories outside the realm of mere reviews. Whether it’s about how surround sound is engineered into a vehicle, European cars that will land on our shores, or knowing when it’s time to throw in the towel on your old beater, Auto Know is the perfect tool to capture new readers. . . with solid, interesting stories.

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  • Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
  • Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
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Description

Welcome to 2016!
Hey, wait a second . . . aren’t the new 2015 models arriving just now? Well, in the automotive world there is no resting. See a niche and build a car for it. And do it right now.
Here’s a sampling of some new or redesigned 2016 models that have already been announced with either spring, summer or fall arrivals planned.

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Robert Bosch
Legends Oct 13, 2014

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The spark off automotive genius begins on a cold December day late in 1901, in a small German factory. A 30-year old man is bent over at the waist, glancing over the shoulder of his talented assistant. “You really have hit the bulls-eye,” Robert Bosch tells Gottlob Honold, slapping him on the back. In Honold’s hand is the world’s first spark plug.

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Pony up!
The Octane Lounge Oct 13, 2014

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When Ford rolled out the all-new 2015 Mustang, it was inevitable that the first extreme makeover of the iconic pony car was something of a tease. Sure, the 2015 Mustang is available with a 435-horsepower V8 and what Ford calls the “Performance Package” to optimize handling and braking. But you just knew that Ford wasn’t showing its full hand, and that the ultra-high-performance variants were still to come.

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Overhaulit Part 24
Made of mettle

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Good bones.
You’ve heard that phrase a thousand times, but when you’re pushing 400 horsepower through a 50-year-old car, it had better have great bones, because that’s what holds the whole thing together. Looking at a bare frame, it’s fair to say that we’re committed to this project, so we need to be able to think through and handle whatever comes our way.

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Overhaulit Part 25
The Watt’s up?

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This is a huge deviation from the original leaf springs – century-old technology, by the way – but changes that bring the ride and handling quality ahead 50 years while providing the right stance and infinite adjustability. Second time around, it’s perfect.

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Overhaulit Part 26
The Domino effect

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Building 1,000 horsepower power means bringing the rest of the car along for the ride. The first engine was built 10 years ago and while 449 horsepower from our 6.0-liter (360-cubic-inch) engine was completely satisfactory back then, especially given the stock nature of brakes, chassis and suspension, it’s natural that the engine would evolved as the goal of the car evolved using newer and better technology that became available.

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