Built to Hold
Build guides, transmission tech, and install notes from the Gearstar shop floor. Every unit we ship is assembled by one builder, matched to your combo, and dyno-tested before it goes out the door. This is where we show the work: what holds, what grenades, and how to spec it right the first time.
Automagic Transmissions- Computer Controls for Electronic Overdrives
How Gearstar Builds Performance Transmissions
An order comes in, it gets a tag number, and then it becomes one person's responsibility until it is crated. Not a station on a line. One builder, from...
Ultimate Summer Camp Jeep Buildup, Part 3
The Ultimate Summer Camp Jeep came together quicker than you might imagine, as can be seen in the current coverage of our annual weeklong...
Motoramic Illusion
In 1957 Chevrolet sales brochure offered six different versions of it’s “handy dandy” station wagons, including the “beauty queen of all station wagons,...
No Recess!
I can remember back when Total Cost Involved was about to drop the '58 Chevy 235 engine and Gear Star Turbo 350 trans in my '39 just as they finished...
Installing An All-Ford Drivetrain in a Classic Truck
If you’ve been a longtime reader of Classic Trucks, you might remember my F-1 project that I’ve been working on for the last handful of years. It’s been...