Category: Riff Raff – 1956 Fairlane

Historic Main Street Car Show on Parade

Strawberry Festival Parade

Cruisin’ in the 63rd. Annual Strawberry Festival Parade. We had the honor to be picked as one of ten vehicles to represent the Historic Main Street Car Show in the 63rd annual Strawberry Festival Parade in Garden Grove, California. My…

Slidebar Radio from Custom Autosound

Custom Autosound Slidebar Radio

New Products at the 2022 SEMA Show featuring Ryan McDonald from Custom Autosound Ryan points out the awesomeness which we call SLIDEBAR. Custom Autosound’s Slidebar Radio provides enthusiasts with a completely authentic looking classic car or truck stereo without sacrificing…

The Touch

I have found a good process to follow when you have a project car. 1) Get it running. 2) Make sure all the safety measures are in place. Brakes, Electrical, Steering, etc. 3) Now you can tackle the aesthetics. One…

Keep Your Master Cylinder Cool and Looking Cool!

Lava™ Heat Shield For Your Master Cylinder Cooler Brake Fluid and Improved Braking Performance for GM Master Cylinders with Lava™ Master Cylinder Heat Shield from Heatshield Products Direct-fit for popular GM cast-iron disc-brake master cylinder Chemical resistant and rated for…

Smooth Steering

Full Size Ford Power Steering Conversion There is something magical about driving an old car. Now, I don’t mean to wax philosophical on you, but if you have been behind the wheel of a classic car, I am sure you…

Cruisin’ The Bridge of No Name

Mercifuls So Cal were invited to take part of the celebration of the replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge going over the entry to the port of Long Beach. The original bridge was built in 1968 as an arch style…

Underhood Details

Here are a couple of videos adding some nice details under the hood of Riff-Raff, our 1956 Fairlane Club Sedan businessman’s edition. We start off with insulating the hood with Thermo-Tec’s COOL-IT Mat. I also dig the way the highly-reflective…

Third Member Rehab – Pt. 3

Follow along as we install the Ford 9″ with brand new Eaton Detroit TrueTrac Differential and US Gear 3.50:1 Ring and Pinion Gear set. We do the standard break-in and get ‘er back on the Blacktop where she belongs. On…

Custom Autosound’s USA-740 Radio

Impeccable audio technology is wrapped in a classic look with Custom Autosound’s USA-740 Radio. Imagine cruisin’ down the boulevard with your betty by your side and you reach over to an outdated AM/FM Cassette with cracklin speakers. She says: “Uh,…

Third Member Rehab

Part One With a small leak in our rear end of Ol’ Riff-Raff, we decided to open it up and see what we have in our Third Member. In this video we talk about how to determine gear ratio and…

New Shoes for Riff-Raff

Last year we painted the roof with PPG blue candy over silver metalflake and black lace at Cambra Speed Shop. That gave the car a new look after having the car for 14 years with the same Corvette Cloisonette blue…

Riff-Raff Gets Cooler

Project Riff-Raff’s 390 tends to run a bit on the hot side. Around 190°-210°, the electric pusher fan kicks in as loud as can be. One day, I noticed the fan quit working. Hmm, thermostat? Switch? Checking all the fuses…