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To instal the Tri-C Hood kitl"
A common problem with four-piece hoods is
that they often have a loose fit against
the body, and they don’t appear smooth
even when they are adjusted perfectly. The
ability of all four pieces to move on hinge
pins is an open invitation for chipped paint
and poor panel fit. When rodders began building
extremely smooth cars, builders came up
with new...
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L.A.
Sedan A Dream Realized
The “L.A. Sedan” began as a
dream when I was approximately 12 or 13-years
old. Until that time, I had built plastic
models of airplanes, ships, and other things,
but someone gave me a model car kit (it
was a Lincoln by AMT) and from that point
on, I was building only car models.
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ROD
& CUSTOM FEATURE CAR
Steve
Young started building this hot rod when
he was a kid—even before he was old
enough to drive. At the same time he was
gluing together 1:24-scale hot rods made
out of plastic parts and airplane glue,
he was building a full size traditionally
dressed and flamed ’32 Tudor with
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Fries
'56 GMC!
The Fries Family handed the chassis over
to Tri-C Engineering in Valencia, California,
to have the front of the frame boxed before
Total Cost Involved cross member was welded
in.
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Power
Therapy!
Former Indy Racing League drive Sam Schmidt
of Henderson, Nevada, was paralyzed from
the neck down in a January 2000 crash, which
put a crimp in the driving of his street
rods and muscle cars. Determined to once
again ride in something
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L.A. Tub!
In
these articles Rod and Custom magazine
explore the L.A. Tub from scratch to finish.
When the Ala Kart, built in 1957 at Barris
Kustoms in Lynwood, California, made its
first appearance at the 1958 Grand National
Roadster Show, people went nuts. As one
of the first vehicles to take the distinctive
styles of hot rods and custom cars and
blend them in a single ride, the Ala Kart
helped kick off the whole new category
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Neumann's
Own!
Neumann has wanted to build a car like this
for the past 35 years, and now that he had
the time, resources and inclination to do
it exactly the way he envisioned it, he
could make certain it was done right. The
build started with the frame- a tube chassis,
which was acquired from Tri-C Engineering
in Valencia, California
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Hot
or High Tech!
Rod and Custom magazine covered an an exclusive
with more work done by Tri-C Engineering
in this article about a custom job being
Hot or High Tech and what differences may
be seen in each.
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The
Roadster Show!
Rod & Custom covers The Roadster Show
featuring some of Tri-C Engineering's work
on some of the most custom cars in the automotive
world.
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Roddin'
Around!
In this spectacular display
of custom hot rods, Rod & Custom does
a feature on promoting track roadsters.
This article shows a unique way of fabricating
a chassis with a full tubular structure
inside the body.
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American
Rodding!
Happy
days are here again. At least they were
for the city of Glendale, California in
July of 1995 when the Glendale
Cruise Night showed more than 250 cars
for spectators to view including hot rods,
customs, and classic cars lined within the
three city blocks.
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FASTWOOD!
Look
at that wood!
There's no doubt that the wood grained wagons
have become the fiber of hot rodding.
This restored beauty sat in a barn broken
down from long treks from a train station
to the fishing lodge on the East Coast "sometime
in the '50s" before Dennis Eland purchased
this 1940 Ford and transcended it into a
phantom two-door with a race-bred mill with
a little help from his new friends at Tri-C
Engineering.
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Size
Does Matter!
Street Rod magazine covered an important
tutorial section in the Sept 2005 issue
on how to adjust the Seat, Brake Pedal and
Stick shift for Driving Comfort headed by
Tri- C Engineering's own Rick Cresse.
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Cut
to the Chase!
In the Aug. 2005 addition
of Car and Driver magazine Tri-C Engineering
is covered once again with a spectacular
new design for filming car chases and movie
scenes with the Go Mobile all without killing
Matt Damon and other stars who have been
attached to this awesome cutting edge vehicle
designed for speed, security and safety
for both the film crew and the actor within
the car being filmed.
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RATASTIC!
Some ideas never go out of style. Arnie
Gustin is an ex-off-road racer who bought
a brand new '64 SS Chevelle back when cars
were simpler but not nearly as fun. In fact,
the hottest engine you could buy was a 300hp
327.
With this in mind a few decades later Arnie
commissioned Tri-C Engineering to assemble
a '90s version of his original dream car.
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94
Yearbook!
Good Guys Good Times
features one of the custom autos on the
cover of the 94 Yearbook that included a
'93 season review!
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Pyro-Technique!
How to flame a hot rod.
A tutorial covered by Hot Rod Magazine in
full form right down to the last stroke.
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Turning
Right!
When building a hot rod
everyone wants to have the best car they
can have. So they think about an engine,
suspension or other major qualities in a
custom auto, though steering is an easily
overlooked importance.
In this Hot Rod Magazine article we learn
how to properly install the steering column
and the mechanisms that make them work
and keep us all safe.
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Custom
Grille It!
Build
a custom Grille for your dashboard.
Some of the fabricators at Tri-C Engineering
show us the proper ways to bend, shape and
weld metal together that will give the reader
the basic knowledge to fabricate most anything
that you may
want to build and install into your custom
hot rod.
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Years
Top Ten!
Street Rodder Magazine gives
us look at the hottest cars back in Jan.
1997 featuring yet another fantastic custom
job created by Tri-C Engineering.
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Best
of both Worlds!
Rod
& Custom cover a story about Larry Gimenez's
'32 backyard find transforming an old rusted
out but otherwise cherry '32 three window
deuce into an orange blast!
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Cover
Page!
Take a look at this street rod that Tri-C
Engineering fabricated and was featured
on the cover of Access Street Rods &
Trucks
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Back
on Track!
Hot Rod magazine covers a story on an engine
swap where Rick Cresse and his fabricating
shop Tri-C Engineering built a chassis to
hold this beauty while it cruises down the
street.
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Starsky
& Hutch!
Tri-C Engineering teams
up with Hollywood yet again to build a suspension
that could withstand the beatings of some
high velocity impact jumps through the streets
of San Francisco in the Starsky & Hutch
remake.
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