Learn About American Muscle Cars

Three Considerations When Buying Muscle Cars

2011-11-16T15:16:25Z

Being highly desirable, it’s important that you know what to look for if you’re looking to invest in a muscle car. There are a number of great models throughout the years, ranging from classic legends like the 1973 Plymouth Duster, to newer Dodge and Ford variants.

The principle of a muscle car is simple. A comfortable and aggressively styled car, with a huge engine. The essence of a muscle car is being over-powered, so you know if you put the pedal to the metal, you’re going to roar away.

Don’t rush into a purchase though as it can be a jungle. Take this simple advice on board to make sure you’re not getting ripped off.

Value & Price

Pricing of muscle cars can be really ambiguous. Owners often hold their cars in high regard and over inflate the price. This means that the price for a private sale can often be too high as the owner can be reluctant to sell for market value.

Dealers also have a high mark up, and notice they never publish the prices of the cars they have sold. This is usually because the cars they have in stock are often sold at a much lower price than the advertised one.

Dealers are good at restoring muscle cars, but remember you can do a lot of this work yourself for a lot cheaper. You can heat shrink a dent out of your car without too much trouble. The basic message here is to research the fair market price to make sure you’re not overpaying for a car that is being overvalued.

Status & Desirability

Remember that some muscle cars are more desirable than others, and although they can cost a little more, it’s worth investing in a good specimen. The better car will hold its value, and not feel the wrath of depreciation as badly.

A timeless model will also stay in demand for generations to come if it is well looked after. You can take out car gap insurance to protect your investment if you’re worried the insurers are undervaluing your car.

Many of us buy muscle cars for the status too, so if you want the kudos from fellow enthusiasts, try to obtain a rare or desirable car that will make your peers bow in your grace. A top model can be a fantastic talking point too and well worth the extra outlay.

Authenticity Validation

As the popularity of rare muscle cars increases, so does the price. This unfortunately leads to a rise in the number of clones and black market models around. It’s every potential owners worst nightmare to own a dud car, so check everything is in order before you buy.

To ensure the car has not been in an accident, has incorrect badging, or anything else suspicious, check the vehicle chassis number and also any documentation available with the car. The vehicle identification number (VIN) will tell you everything you need to know about the factory parts for the car, and specific information about the date of manufacture too.

Getting smart and doing your research is the way to ensure your investment is protected and you’ve got a great deal on your dream car.

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How To Heat Shrink A Dent In Your Car

2011-10-04T16:20:25Z

Have you ever had a dent, or crease that just won’t come out of a car no matter what you do? How to heat shrink a dent will help you get that stubborn dent or crease out of your beautiful classic car, or muscle car if you do it right.

We all know that a dent can be almost impossible to remove at times. Usually we see a crease and say to our selves, oh god this is never going to come out of my car. But with a little time spent, and a bit of work it can and will come out of your car.

I will attempt to try and explain how to heat shrink a dent out of your car. The process really isn’t that hard, although some people would like you to think that it is. You do need a few things to heat shrink a dent out of your car.

List Of Things You Will Need

1. A acetylene torch.
2. A rose bud torch tip for the torch.
3. A plastic bucket filled with water.
4. A sponge to cool the metal with.

5. A 5” air grinder loaded with a 24 grit disk.
6. A waffle faced body hammer.
7. A Waffle faced dolly.
8. A smooth dolly.

Once you have the list of tools above, you can begin the process of removing the horrible ugly dent from your beautiful car. First of all you will need to get the grinder and remove the paint, and rust from the area where the dent is.

Once you have done this you are ready to begin the heat shrinking process. It starts like this, you need to get the torch and out the rose bud torch tip on it. After the torch has the rose bud tip installed you can begin the process of removing the dent.

You need to turn on the acetylene to the torch, when you see the black soot in the air, you can add the oxygen to the mix. What your looking for is a short blue flame at the base of the rose bud tip, followed by an orange outline, then you have the torch set right.

What you will do next will heat the area where the dent is in your car. You don’t need to melt the metal, all your looking for here is a nice orange glow on the affected area, move the rose bud tip in slow circular motions. Next you will use the waffle faced hammer an dolly to repair the damaged area.

The dent will come out a lot better if you work it in reverse from how it went in to the car. Slowly heat the rear of the dent first, moving the rose bud in slow circular motions until the area your working is glowing orange.

You will need to use the hammer on the back side of the dent, and back it up with the dolly on the front side of the dent. Hit the back of the dent with your hammer, working from the back of the dent toward the front of the dent.

After you have heated the area, and hammer and dolly-ed it, you can cool the affected area with your water soaked sponge. You will need to repeat this process until the entire dent is gone. Wala that dent is removed now, all you have left to do is a little filling and sanding, but that is for another article.

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The 1969 Yenko Camaro

2011-09-29T20:48:09Z

1969 was truly the year for the Yenko camaro, this was the year that the car would prove it’s self one of the meanest cars ever built, Don Yenko being the savvy person that he was, ordered the car form the Chevrolet Central Office Production Order,”COPO” with two of the packages that were highly coveted by racers of that time era.

He ordered it with the 9737 sports car conversion, which provided a 140 MPH speedometer, sport suspension, and rally wheels, and then topped that off with the COPO 9561, which provided the L72 427 CID 425 HP engine.

After Don got the cars at his dealership he would then added a graphics kit that included an arrow on the cowl hood arrow, with two stripes moving back toward the passenger compartment of the car, he then added a big golf club stripe, that started at the front fender and went all the way to the back of the quarter panel on each side of the car, it ended with a little triangle on each end of the spoiler.

After that exterior graphics Don would add a gage package to the inside of the car, and a few small goodies, and this created the sYc, or Super Yenko Camaro. Super was the appropriate name for the car when Don put Dick Harrell behind the wheel of this car would would perform amazing feats at the race track.

The Yenko Camaro was good for a 12.59 @ 108 MPH in the ¼ mile, on stock rubber, with the headers corked, I have been unable to locate the times that the car ran with the headers open, and a set of wrinkle walls on the car, but you can bet on around 12.30 @ 115 MPH, no sloutch for a street car huh.

Most of these cars came with a Muncie M21 or M22 rock crusher transmission, and if you ever wondered how the rock crusher got it’s name, supposedly they dropped diamonds in to the gear box, and before it chewed the gears, the rocks were crushed to powder.

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At Become.com It Will Be Found

2011-08-08T22:54:57Z

Are you constantly worried about your car getting broken in to, and you high end car stereo equipment getting stolen? It could happen unless you protect you investment with a new viper car alarm. They will not get by this technology and steal your high dollar equipment.

Does your motorcycle need a place to call it’s own. How about a brand new motorcycle wheel chock, it’s just motorcycle for bike stand. These are top quality bike stands that you can trust to keep your motorcycle standing upright.

This is one way to be sure that your bike is never found laying on the ground after a kick stand gives out. A Motorcycle chock will give you the peace of mind that you need. It will keep your bike safe, and dent free.

Is your car steering wheel looking a bit rough, maybe it’s about time for a new car steering wheel cover. Put the beauty back in your hands, and protect the integrity of your car steering wheel for a long time to come, it’s one easy things that you can do for your car.

Nothing says I love my car like trying to make it look as good as you can. By keeping it looking good inside and out, a car steering wheel cover will help you with this idea. It’s simple, and it keeps your car looking great.

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Are You Looking For a Reliable Auto Repair Shop in Your Local Area?

2011-07-13T15:19:21Z

Are you looking for a local auto repair shop in your city? Is your car a 1990 or newer model? It can be a hard task to locate a auto repair shop that you can trust, rather you have a Dodge Ram, or a Honda Accord it will need repairs and maintenance at some point in time.

Most car manufactures have a scheduled maintenance plan that they follow to keep the cars they sell in top running order. All cars need brakes, oil changes, tire rotations and the like. If you keep up on these things you will never have to pay boat loads cash to repair your car.

I know it’s hard to trust your car to a shop that you don’t know. It seems these days that auto repair shops are getting harder to trust, but the only way that your going to know is to give them a chance. The truth is the matter is that most of the real shops will treat you good to retain your business.

Out surfing web today a located a great resource to help you find a shop that you can trust your car to. It’s called Repair Pal, and it does a great job of locating auto repair shops in your local area. I tried it and it seems to do a great job, give it a try today.

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