The Restoration Journal
The know-how behind the guides: restoration fundamentals, modern-muscle conversions, and the model history we publish — written the way we work. Decisions first, measurements off your car, mistakes named before you make them.
Modern Muscle Conversions
LS Swap Into a 1964–1972 GM A-Body: The Honest Primer
Chevelle, GTO, Cutlass, Skylark: the decisions, the fitment, and the gotchas of the most common conversion in the hobby, in project order.
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More Journal pieces are being written against the guide library: a 10-point baseline check for barn finds, drum-to-disc honesty, and the driveshaft-as-measurement rule. Each one links the guides it belongs with. Browse the guides meanwhile →