Builds, Features & Press

Building a 1934-35 Chevy

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Overdrive transmissions might seem like the perfect solution for any vehicle, and indeed they are offered today in almost every machine from the smallest...

Overdrive Automatics for Classic Trucks: What Holds Up, What Fails, and Why

Overdrive Automatics for Classic Trucks: What Holds Up, What Fails, and Why

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A 73 to 87 C-10 with a three speed Turbo Hydra-Matic behind a fresh engine is a truck that runs out of gear at 65 mph. Everything else on the truck can...

Hitting the Sweet Spot

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We’ve all read car features in magazines and noted the major components used in each one’s construction, but how many builders actually build to a plan and...

Street Rodder

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Gear Star has been remanufacturing performance automatic transmissions since 1984, but what separates the company from the rest is the fact that every one...

Simple C-10 Solutions

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Why is it always the little things? They seem to be able to make or break just about anything in life, from trucks, taxes, to the opposite sex, but let’s...

Stock Sucks

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Three Times The Factory Power Equals One Tough Camaro SS The Camaro has been through a lot in its 35-year existence, and this particular 2000 model...

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