Overhaulit Part 65
Pipe puzzle

Overview

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Description

You need to be good with a welder, or get good with a welder, or know a good welder And puzzles. You have to like puzzles. In life, there are some people you need to become good friends with. A doctor, a lawyer, a golf pro and a plumber. And if you build cars, a welder . . . and a metal fabricator. And if you can get the last three in one person, you’re really all set.

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2016 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen
AutoGraph Aug 25, 2014

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Overhaulit Part 66
Smooth as glass

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The Corvette side glass is ridiculously simple and simple to install (most side glass is). It’s flat as a pancake with no mounting holes. We ordered the windshield with the tinted strip across the top to cut the glare a bit as we do actually want to cruise the car a bit. With new front and side glass, the 1963 Corvette really does look like it came out of a time capsule. Several small dings were removed from the stainless-steel trim, which was then polished.

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Overhaulit Part 67
Instrument of performance

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Dialing in new gauges that are both functional and matching. Gauges are gauges, so why bother with the hassle of replacing them. That’s what most of us think. I mean, is there really anything wrong with the stock instrumentation of a car? Not likely . . . if the car stays stock. But for any vehicle that’s modified and requires more information – and more accurate information – an upgrade just might be in the cards.

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Overhaulit Part 68
Weighing the pros and cons
of fuel injection yields a . . .

Overview

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Description

To go with fuel injection or stick with a carburetor, that IS the question.
My personal belief is that absolutely everyone would go with fuel injection in an aftermarket situation if it weren’t for two issues: price; and complexity. Are we crazy? That’s a fair question as it’s sort of THE question, and the point of this story.

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Overhaulit Part 69
The mask

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Just as much prep goes on inside the paint booth as does outside. It’s the cleanest room in the body shop, it has the best lighting and has a huge air exchanger to keep it clean in there.
We did a lot of the masking outside of the booth – the windows and under the hood – and left the lower areas for inside the booth since the Corvette really couldn’t be moved once it was fully taped.

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Overhaulit Part 70
Tune age

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Description

Is there anything that can date an interior more than the stereo system?
We all know what dates a car on the outside: big murals of dragons and skulls with smoke pouring out the nostrils; jacked-up rear ends; white-letter tires sticking out past the fenders; giant scoops the driver can’t see over; and sidepipes. And then there’s the wheels. Ugh.

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Overhaulit Part 71
When everything is new in a completely
untried engine combination, you get . . .

Overview

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Description

Systems overload!
Bolting on the Procharger supercharger and keeping the carburetor, we made 830 horsepower with relatively low boost pressure. With a good-running engine and baseline, we could then get our tuner guy to fly in for our fuel-injection conversion.

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Useful? Intuitive? Valuable? – AutoKnow
Aug 18 , 2014

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Music apps, Internet searches, stock prices, voice activation, sports scores, dinner reservations and gas prices. They have little if anything to do with driving, but that’s not stopping automakers from putting such “conveniences” into their new cars.
The list of features, options and advancements seemingly never stops growing. So, when does enough become too much? And where is the line between what technology should be versus what it could be?

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For Pratte’s Sake! – The Octane Lounge
Aug 18, 2014

Overview

Description

For the last decade or so, Phoenix, Ariz.-area construction magnate Ron Pratte has been a fixture at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector-Car Auction, where he has purchased some of the world’s most desirable cars and amassed a huge collection, along with an equally impressive assortment of automotive memorabilia.
Barrett-Jackson will sell Pratte’s entire collection at its 2015 Scottsdale, Ariz. auction in January: more than 100 cars and more than 1,400 pieces of automobilia. It is expected that the sale of Pratte’s cars and collectibles alone could fetch more than $50 million.