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1947 Lincoln Pinstriping at V8 Speed & Resto Shop

We had a cool 1947 Lincoln street rod roll into the shop recently in search of an A/C system leak fix, and we ended up adding some cream and red old-school pin stripes to break up the acres of maroon paint. Our in-house painter J.J. handled the task with ease, putting his steady hand, squirrel-hair brush, and One Shot paints to add some style to this classic ride. Contact us at the V8 Speed & Resto Shop for striping on your ride! Click Read More to see the action!

1969 Ford F100 on 2002 Ford Lightning Chassis Conversion Photo Gallery at V8 Speed & Resto Shop

Have you seen the latest on the 1969 Ford F100 / 2002 Ford Lightning "Thunder's Truck" being built in the V8 Speed & Resto Shop? Our crew transplated a 2002 Ford Lightning engine and chasis under a 1969 Ford F100 Ranger pickup including everything from the supercharged 5.4L V8 to the antil-lock brakes and everything in-between. The chassis was shortened and modified to fit under the 1969 cab and bed. Click through the pics to see the process, or you can read the story on the V8 Forum HERE! We'll be posting vide on on this process as well!

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817 S. MAIN STREET - RED BUD, IL 62278

1969 Chevrolet Camaro Fabricating Custom Steel Hood Vents at V8 Speed & Resto Shop

This is not really a car build, but we had a customer approach us about building and installing some custom hood vents for his ‘69 Camaro. He liked the style of the vents in the carbon fiber hood on Mark Stielow’s Hellfire Camaro, but these would be steel. Stielow’s hood does not have the same underside structure as a stock steel Cowl Induction hood, so these would have to be a little different to fit into the opening in the structure without remaking the support structure.

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817 S. MAIN STREET - RED BUD, IL 62278

1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL 428 Dual Quad 4-Speed Restoration Photo Gallery

This 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL rumbles thanks to a 460+ cubic inch 428 fed by two four barrel Holleys on top, and is shifted with a 4-speed manual transmission. The car came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop for some basic maintenance, as well as bodywork and a re-spray. Follow the progress here!

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817 S. MAIN STREET - RED BUD, IL 62278

1968 Pontiac GTO Bodywork and Paint Restoration Photo Gallery

andThe 1968 Pontiac GTO is a great looking car, and this one came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop after the restoration metalwork had been completed. The V8 crew jumped on the car to complete the bodywork and paint process. Follow along to see the progress!

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817 S. MAIN STREET - RED BUD, IL 62278

1978 Pontiac Trans Am FAST EZ EFI Fuel Injection Overdrive Engine Upgrades V8TV V8 Speed & Resto

This 1978 Pontiac Trans Am came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop more like a lame duck than a bird of fire, so our team went to work adding new rear gears, a 2004R overdrive transmission, a roller cam from COMP Cams, and a FAST EZ-2.0 EFI system for better driving manners. The Pontiac 400 engine even received an unexpected refresh along the way.

Some of the parts used in this upgrade:

F.A.S.T. - EZ EFI 2.0 Fuel Injection System

Royal Purple - Max ATF and Max Tuff Synthetic Assembly Lube

B & M - Torque Converter Lock-up Controller

Tanks Inc - Fuel Tank, HP Fuel Pump and Sending Unit

Shiftworks - Shifter Conversion Kit

COMP Cams - Roller Cam, Roller Lifters, Push Rods and Roller Rockers

Eastwood - High Temp Ceramic Engine Paint

K&N - Air Filter

817 S. MAIN STREET - RED BUD, IL 6227

1969 Camaro "Carbon Flash" Restoration At V8 Speed & Resto Shop

1969 Camaro “Carbon Flash” Restoration in the V8 Speed & Resto Shop

Sometimes it’s advantageous to take over a project than to start from scratch. In this case, the customer wanted a cool ‘69 Camaro, and we happened to find him one that was already undergoing a restoration. The owner of this clean Arizona car changed his mind and decided to sell his project, so we had the car shipped to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop in Red Bud, IL, where it will now become the Pro-Touring Camaro the new owner has always wanted. Features include a Holley Terminator EFI system, Vintage Air A/C, Scat seats, restoration parts from Classic Industries, Axalta paint, ARP engine hardware, COMP cam, and much more.

Once the car arrived in our shop, we took inventory of all the parts that came with the car and gave it an initial once-over.

It is a very clean car that had just received a silver paint job. Our customer wants a different color, but at least this one does not require extensive bodywork.

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