The reference to our hot rods as toys implies that we are somehow childlike and compelled to continue to play with toys. While I personally feel vintage cars and hot rods are much more than simple ...

Typically, when it comes to lowering a leaf spring-equipped vehicle, it's a pretty straightforward affair. A pair of lowering blocks and perhaps some longer U-bolts are usually all that's needed. When ...

It is said that the leaf-spring suspension is the oldest suspension used for automobiles. The leaf-spring system was used more recently in '70s production cars, some of which are still in service ...

If drum brakes and flat-tappet camshafts are old-school technology, then springs are quite literally ancient. In some respects the wooden bows and catapults used by medieval knights to bludgeon their ...