Overhaulit Part 86
Cubic dollars

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As good as 1,100 horsepower is, this is how we could have done better and saved money. I am living proof that stubbornness is expensive.
Whenever someone asks how much power our 1970 Plymouth makes, they’re eyes widen. Eleven hundred horses sounds like a lot. And it is.

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Overhaulit Part 87
Time to shine

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The paint is on and the sanding is done, which means the best part is yet to come. This is an utter mess. And it has been that way for days. The 1963 Corvette has been covered in some sort of soupy goop ever since it left the paint booth. Everyone thinks when you lay down the final coat that you just take off the masking tape and drive off. Not so much for a show car.

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Overhaulit Part 88
Tune it! (Or torch it!)

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Bolting on the parts is the easy part. Now it’s time to make it all work. Just drop in a new engine and drive off into the sunset, right? Or, take the new carpet kit out of the box, put it in and relax by the pool?
This is what some glossy magazines would have you believe about restoration and modification. “Ten easy steps to painting your car in your garage.”

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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C – July 28, 2014 AutoPilot

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The arrival of any new sports car is occasion for celebration among enthusiasts. The launch of the Alfa Romeo 4C in North America will likely have them doing cartwheels and reaching for the bubbly.

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Overhaulit Part 89
Fit for the finish

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In what has turned out to be a rather massive – by backyard-mechanic standards, anyway – engineering project, something has been neglected: the bodywork on our 1970 Plymouth.
Yes, we’ve been so busy trying to build engines and install suspension parts and brakes that we’ve been remiss in reporting on something as fundamental as the car itself.

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Overhaulit Part 90
A little insurance

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Then there was a stubborn overheating problem that was eventually traced back to a faulty water pump.
And then there was the fire.
A fire is not really the way to find out that we’re $47,000 underinsured.

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Overhaulit Part 91
What’s the diff?

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There wasn’t really anything wrong with the old rear axle in the 1965 Mustang.
If there were, we wouldn’t have spent all that time and money putting in new springs, a rear anti-roll bar and giving it a fresh coat of paint.
But when we just couldn’t get enough clearance for the exhaust system and the tire width once the car was at the desired ride height, we knew we were going to have to go with a clean-sheet suspension design, which meant a new rear axle.

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Shift! July 28, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding automotive content on technology and vehicles designed to reduce pollution and save readers money.

What it is: The first “green” feature. One of our most popular new weekly features takes a look at the auto world from the unique perspective of fuel efficiency and technology as it relates to the environment, from hydrogen, hybrids, electric power and other alternative methods of propulsion. “Shift” is exactly that: a shift in thinking. What will the vehicle of tomorrow look like? Your readers can find out today in Shift. This predesigned module can be used as-is or reconfigured to fit just about any space.

Product specifications

  • Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
  • High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
  • Includes Photoshop layers file of main “Shift” art.
  • Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
  • Layout is 8″x13″, but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
  • PDF of layout included.
  • About 900 words: separate text file included.
  • Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

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The Auto Sleuth – July 28 , 2014

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Use: Voted the best automotive news column available: you need it.

What it is: If you could have only one automotive feature, this should be it. At Wheelbase Communications, we’ve chosen to stay away from providing an automotive-news column until we could do it in a non-traditional way. And here it is: the Auto Sleuth. Our worldly gumshoe has his ear to the ground, digging up the latest news on everything from product launches and updates to names in the news. The column is solely driven by reader interest. No boring statistics or auto-company pap here, just the straight goods peppered with the Auto Sleuth’s commentary and speculative, gossipy-style.

Product specifications

  • Mac and PC print layout with separate text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
  • High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
  • Multi-platform layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
  • Layout is 8×16 inches (newspaper), but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
  • PDF of layout included.
  • About 850 words: separate text file included.
  • Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

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Cale Yarborough – Legends July 28, 2014

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Darlington Raceway wasn’t more than a hop, skip and jump from his home in Sardis, S.C., a dusty town formed at the crossroads of Creek Road,  Dogwood Road and State Road 403. When you grew up in South Carolina in the 1950s, you did one of two things: grew tobacco…

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