Steering Wheels and Accessories Carburetors and Intake Manifolds Help your engine perform better by removing the restrictive factory airbox and replacing it with a performance intake system. Pep Boys has Performance Air Intakes in stock from leaders in the industry such as: Find your local Pep Boys'69 Hurst Edition Oldsmobile MuscleCar starts out with a a 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlast, hoping to rebuild it with inspiration from the classic Hurst Edition Oldsmobile. Is THIS your Father's Oldsmobile? Tommy and Rick start a new project, hoping to build it with inspiration from the classic Hurst Edition Oldsmobiles. Also, Year One's Braselton Bash, and the guys do a little paint-mixing wizardry. Sucker Punch Finale & 461 Oldsmobile Motor Build This time the finale of Project Sucker Punch, HorsePower's Buick Century station wagon being built as the ultimate sleeper machine. A 461 turbocharged Pontiac engine goes in along with race-ready transmission and the works, before a payoff on the street.

Olds Powder Coat and Quarters The guys get the Oldsmobile blasted, fix some gnarly quarter panels, and talk tech with the best chassis guy in the business. Also, Flashback takes a look at a super-fine 442. The Oldsmobile gets planted onto the Art Morrison Chassis, and the guys do some customizing on the body including flush-mounting glass and shaving drip rails. Flashback takes a look at a classic Trans Am. Pro Street Dodge Suspension Rick and Tom get a hankerin' for some suspension work. They unbolt, chop, cut, measure, and install a whole new front and rear suspension set-up for the Dodge Dart, including some Pro help with a back-half kit from one of the leaders in the field. Tommy also hand-fabs a steel Spoiler for the Oldsmobile. Oldsmobile Rear Bumper Fab and Floor Pans Tommy shows step-by-step how to do custom metal mods on the Hurst Tribute Oldsmobile's rear bumper, and the guys do engine and tranny mock-up, where they find that some floor modifications have to be made.

Tommy and Mank set to work on the Olds Cutlass Hurst Tribute Restomod by making room for an oversized set of custom wheels and tires. Flashback takes a look at a rare Mopar that was built to take the strip by storm, and Mank shows a $20 fix that can be a serious upgrade for your brakes. Olds Tank Mods & Glass Etching The Oldsmobile Restomod Project's fuel tank requires some modification for a serious fuel pump, and the guys show you how to do it. Toyota Hiace Headlight Bulb ReplacementTommy does some rust repair on a door that is in need of rescue, then Mank and Tommy do some glass etching, with 3 different ways to personalize the glass on your ride.Prom Dress Store In Oxford Valley Mall Custom Firewall and Muscle Car MuseumToilet Fill Valve Flow Restrictor

The guys work on getting a completely custom firewall installed on the 1969 Oldsmobile Hurst Tribute Restomod, with help from car builder Brad Starks. Also, Tommy and Mank take a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains to visit one of the nation's Premiere Muscle Car Museums, where they make some rare finds.Period ads from the author’s collection. There is a certain irony in the fact that many of the aftermarket parts vintage car buyers in the 1980s and 1990s would immediately replace with factory components after purchase—steering wheel, shifter and/or handle, gauges, valve covers, wheels, etc.—are now becoming sought-after nostalgia pieces for use or display. I can vividly recall walking row upon row at swap meets back then and seeing used RAC and Dixco gauges, Superior metal-flake grip steering wheels in a multitude of intense colors, Hurst T-handles, aluminum slot wheels, Keystone Klassics and many other accessories of the 1960s and 1970s being offered for a song. While I’m sure there are still deals to be had today, these parts and many more have elicited pangs of nostalgia in enough car guys and girls who lived through the era that they have grown in value.

Some are now even finding their way back into the same types of cars from which they’d been banished all those years ago. Demand for Day Two-style items has increased to the point where companies are reproducing parts and accessories with the same styling as those they made 40 or 50 or more years ago, and others that never stopped offering them are reaping the rewards of the resurgence. Just to name a few, Grant has three-spoke chrome steering wheels with wood grips or foam grips; Stewart Warner is producing many of its vintage Standard, Deluxe, Wings and Green Line gauges; Mooneyes has 3-spoke steering wheels with metalflake grips (by Grant) in a choice of wild colors, finned aluminum valve covers and gauges; Hurst still has T-handles and Cragar still makes its legendary S/S five-spoke chrome wheel and now has Keystone’s Klassics as well. After decades of stock restorations and moderate and heavily modified cars dominating show fields and cruise-ins, it’s refreshing to see these Day Two cars with mild mods that express the tastes of their owners—just like they did back in the day.

Do you have colorful steering wheels, stylish gauges, wild shifter knobs, finned valve covers and/or period correct wheels or other parts on your vintage car? Or even hanging on the wall in your garage? If so, tell us why you like them and what memories they conjure up for you.540 Danforth Street Coopersville, MI 49404 *For estimated shipping times click below: HOURS (Eastern Time) Monday-Thursday: 8:00am - 5:30pm Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm Welcome To Keyser Manufacturing! Our web site offers products and information online for easier access.  With the ability to search the entire catalog, we feel confident that you can find what you are looking for.  With new product developments and daily updates, the latest from Keyser Manufacturing is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 19" X 27.5" GM HIGH PERFORMANCE DOUBLE PASS RADIATOR RADIATOR HOLD DOWN KIT - HIGH PERFORMANCE CORE KEYSER RADIATOR ONE PIECE ALUMINUM HOOD PIN WITH SUPPORT FLANGEForty years after the end of the “classic” muscle car era, there is still some confusion over horsepower ratings, especially how they relate to today’s cars.

Let’s try to clear it up. Prior to 1972, American carmakers used the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) “gross” measurement of horsepower. Gross meant the figure was taken from an engine running on a test stand, with no air cleaner assembly, accessories or exhaust system connected. By 1971, carmakers began reducing compression in many engines in order to meet upcoming emissions requirements and to use unleaded fuel. General Motors and Chrysler began advertising both gross and SAE net figures in 1971, derived from an engine tested with air cleaner assembly, accessories or exhaust system connected. The net ratings, which were applied across the board for 1972, must have been a shock to some customers. Suddenly, muscle cars appeared to lose 100 hp or more. For example, the Corvette’s optional LT-1 350 cu. in. small block V-8 had 370 gross hp in 1970 (with 11:1 compression), then a 330 hp gross rating (with 9:1 compression) for 1971-1972 with a 255 hp net rating.

The mighty Chrysler 426 cu. in. Hemi kept its high compression and 425 hp gross rating for 1971 and showed 350 net hp. Jim Campisano, editorial director of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords and Super Chevy magazines, has revisited the classic muscle car horsepower topic numerous times over the years. The magazines have compared old and new muscle cars and have also put classic models on a chassis dynamometer to record rear-wheel horsepower. “Rear wheel horsepower was at least 30 percent lower than the reported gross figure, in some cases even more,” Campisano said. Some Super Chevy readers must have been stunned to see that an LS6 Chevelle SS, with 450-hp rating, put down 288 rear wheel hp in the dyno test. That would have put a net hp rating at around 350 hp for that legendary big block. You don’t need a dynamometer to estimate net horsepower for classic muscle cars, or to check claims of current models. Roger Huntington, the renowned technical writer who penned articles for many car magazines into the 1980s, developed a formula to show the relationship between quarter-mile performance and power output.

Keep in mind that some muscle cars came specially prepped from press fleets, sometimes with non-factory supertunes. That’s one reason that making comparisons using vintage road tests can be sketchy. Different axle ratios, testing methods, drivers, test conditions and other variables also affect results. But we can try anyway. In 1970, Car & Driver tested a Pontiac Firebird Formula 400, which had a 330 gross hp rating and was equipped with a fairly tall 3.07 axle ratio. They recorded a 14.78-second ET at 98.9 mph. A 1970 Trans Am with the same engine, but with a 4-speed and a 3.55 axle ratio, was tested by Muscle Car Review magazine in 1995. That car burned the quarter-mile in 14.68 sec. at 97.17 mph, quite close to the C&D test 25 years before. Pontiac gave that engine a 255 net hp rating for 1971. Now, let’s add a later model into the mix. When C&D tested a 1979 4-speed Trans Am with the emissions-controlled W72 400 engine, the one with a 220-hp net rating and the “T/A 6.6” decal on the shaker hood scoop, it ran a 15.3 second ET at 96.6 mph.

That car had a 3.23 axle ratio. As a drag racer will tell you, the mph figure is the better indicator of horsepower than ET. So, the 35 net hp deficit from the 1971 engine seems accurate, and not nearly as bad as some might have thought three decades ago. Some myths still persist, though, one being that the 1969-1970 Ford Mustang BOSS 302, which had a 290 hp gross rating, really had “around 400 hp.” Vintage road tests show mid-to-high 14-second ETs at 94-97 mph for a car weighing about 3500 pounds with a driver and test gear. That’s about 100-150 pounds less than the 400-powered Firebirds cited above. Given those figures, the BOSS 302’s 290 gross hp rating seems accurate, pegging net hp closer to 240. Contrast that with the 2012-2013 Mustang BOSS 302. Ford rates the modern BOSS with its DOHC 5.0-liter V-8 at 444 hp. Car & Driver, driving one the way most drivers would (not powershifting), recorded a 12.8-sec. ET at 113 mph. Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, with hot shoe Evan Smith banging off full-throttle powershifts and the car running on drag radials, scorched the quarter-mile in just 12.07 sec. at 114 mph.