In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk,’ Kevin Tetz chats with Ryan Shand, former Trucks co-host and master mechanic.
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Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 21: Kevin Tetz Talks Shop With Mark Lambert, Host of Classic Car Restoration for DIY Network
In 2003, Mark began a new chapter in his life, becoming the host of Classic Car Restoration for DIY Network.
Now, owner of Lambert Auto in Nashville, Tennessee, Mark takes the time to chat with Kevin and exchange their philosophies of communicating with small business and shop owners.
Assembling The Roof- Cleco Panel Clamps Are The Third Hand
The entire process of chopping the roof on a vehicle is quite long. Along the way there are a lot of tricks and tools that will make your life a lot easier; especially if you work alone. Since I wanted to keep my A-pillars in the stock configuration I had […]
Chopping The Top On A 1950 Dodge Pick-Up – Eastwood’s Project Pile House- Part 2
Time and money seem to always be the deciding factor in how long a project takes to complete. After preparing Pile House for a chop my time ran thin and it took longer for me to get to cutting the roof than I’d like; but I’m sure everyone can relate […]
A Visit from Rolling History- The Keystone Cops Model T Car Club Visits Eastwood
Like the saying “birds of the same feather flock together”, automotive enthusiasts with similar tastes and interests normally cruise and meet together. This is especially true with fans of Ford Model T’s. Recently we got a call from the local Ford Model T car club who wanted to stop in […]
How to Make a Custom Running Board From Scratch- Project Pilehouse Edition
In one of our last posts we gave you some sneak peaks of the custom running board project we’ve been working on for Project Pilehouse. During the process we documented the full build and shared some of our secrets to help you build a similar project yourself for cheap. After […]
Building Cab Mounts
After getting the cab mount brackets welded to the cab on Pile-House, we next had to decide what height the cab would sit at. After raising and lowering the cab and chassis to get an idea of what the optimum ride height would be, we found we had to make […]
You know you’re in “deep” when….
I use that statement quite often.. seems in the “car world”, there are a number of different levels of being an “enthusiast”. Some of us like to simply shine up our daily driver, personalize it a bit, make it our own. Then on the other spectrum, there are people like […]