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T5 Transmission Swapped into a 75 year old Ford Truck | Pt. 1

This week Davin tackles upgrading our 1946 Ford truck’s transmission. This was a truck assembled in 4 days on the grounds of the Hershey Swap meet in 2015 and ever since the plan has been to upgrade to a T5. Well, six years later Davin finally found the time. Watch along as we take you through the process. We’ll show you what it takes to do an upgrade like this, and worse case you might learn…

Deciphering our 1937 Ford race car’s front suspension | Redline Update #84 – @Hagerty

This week Davin gets to tackle something he’s been dreading for quite a bit, the front suspension of our 1937 Ford race car. When Snowball and the boys put this car together they worked with the parts they had or could salvage from somewhere near. They didn’t have a website to order from and wait for the proper parts to arrive in the mail. They improvised and made it work. Davin respects what…

Here’s what you need to know about torque wrenches – Kyle Smith @Hagerty

Here’s what you need to know about torque wrenches

It’s easy to tighten bolts, but sometimes a bolt needs to be a very precise tight. That is where torque wrenches come in. Davin is here with the latest DIY video to take some of the mystery out of the tool that every home mechanic needs in their garage.

The duty of a torque wrench…

Hagerty Redline: Freshly rebuilt engine goes back into the Ford Model A

Freshly rebuilt engine goes back into the Ford Model A

In the leadup to the next Redline Rebuild video, the Hagerty video crew has released three videos documenting Davin Reckow’s rebuild of a Ford Model A four-cylinder. While Davin knows his way around a domestic V-8, each engine family tends to have its own quirks. These “banger” engines are a whole different animal entirely, since they predate…

Redline Rebuild: Watch this tired big-block 396 go from crusty to trusty – Kyle Smith @Hagerty

There is no sound quite like a tuned-up big-block. Sadly, when our 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 rolled in the shop it had more of a wheeze than a growl. This engine got a refresh just five years ago, but in that time the car’s duties included teaching hundreds of young drivers how to use a manual transmission, driving road trips, tours, and general use. Given the oil in the ‘Maro’s tailpipes,…